Chapter 091
As mentioned before, there is a convention in the universe that states that advanced civilizations cannot commit acts of aggression, enslavement, etc. against lower civilizations. If discovered, they will be sanctioned by other advanced civilizations.
Thousands of years have passed since the Federation developed into the interstellar age. Although other galactic civilizations have been found in the universe, the only one closest to the Federation is the Mora Empire in the neighboring galaxy.
When the Mora Empire was discovered, the Federation was already quite powerful, and so was the Mora Empire on the other side. So even if the Federation did not have the protection of the convention, it would not be easy for the Mora Empire to annex the Interstellar Federation.
On the surface, force doesn't work, so they prefer to act secretly and carry out some dirty conspiracies and tricks.
Therefore, both Scott, the local marshal, and Wu Zimo, the time traveler, knew that the neighboring Mora Empire had been looking for an opportunity to legitimately incorporate the Federation, a rich country, into its territory.
That's why Wu Zimo was worried that a planet with intelligent creatures could be considered a primitive civilization. The Federation developed it as a tourist planet. Although it was not an invasion, everyone knows that those who play politics are very good at calling black white and calling a horse a zebra.
Anyway, they are good at talking and can say anything, leaving you speechless.
"No." Scott looked down at Wu Zimo's serious expression, and a smile suddenly appeared in his heart, but on the surface he still shook his head with an icy face.
Seeing Wu Zimo looking at him with a puzzled expression, his black and white eyes filled with his own reflection, the Marshal suddenly felt a strong urge in his heart, but fortunately it was suppressed by his strong willpower.
He stared at Wu Zimo for a while before explaining, "Although this planet has signs of intelligent life, it is too low-level. Without external forces, it will take at least tens of thousands of years to evolve into a true primitive civilization."
After Scott's reminder, Wu Zimo finally understood: "So the planet is now in an era older than the cavemen." The beginning of human civilization? Ruth's ape period?
Scott didn't know that Wu Zimo's mind had wandered into a black hole again. After seeing that the other party understood, he stopped explaining and asked, "Do you want to go down and take a look?"
"Of course I have to go down!"
As soon as Scott finished speaking, Wu Zimo had no time to think about anything else and immediately responded excitedly, while pushing Scott to take him down quickly.
There was no way. It seemed that Wu Zimo, this otaku, was also a person with poor sense of direction. Not to mention familiar places, this was the first time he entered an interstellar battleship and he had no idea which road led to which direction.
Fortunately, in the interstellar age, there are already very good auxiliary tools to help with the problem of directionality - the star network map, whose signal covers the entire federal area. You deserve to use it!
Advertisements for the Star Network map certainly sell well, but that doesn’t mean it will also include the internal passages of battleships… This is a military secret, and anyone who leaks it will be brought to a military court.
With Scott leading the way, the two soon reached the warehouse door at the bottom of the battleship.
Standing on the battleship's lift platform, Wu Zimo looked at the sparse figures on the ground. It seems that few people choose to leave the warship. Wu Zimo noticed that most of the people on the ground were students wearing the uniforms of the First Military Academy.
As for the soldiers of the Condemnation Legion, they were rarely seen. Most of the remaining ones were technicians wearing technician uniforms like Wu Zimo.
They will leave the battleship, probably to check the condition of the battleship's hull. As for the small number of soldiers, it is not surprising. For these elite warriors who have experienced many battles, there is nothing they have not experienced. After the war, they had their own way of relaxing, unlike the students at the First Military Academy.
Landing on a strange planet is like letting monkeys go free, jumping around happily.
When Wu Zimo and Scott appeared on the lift platform, the nearby students and technicians of the First Military Academy saw them, saluted Scott, and then continued to do their own things.
Although the students of the First Military Academy were curious about why Wu Zimo stood next to Marshal Alman, they could be curious but could not ask directly. Who knows if there are any military secrets in it? Anyone who casually pries into military secrets will be brought to a military court!
With his feet stepping on the soft soil and his nose filled with the fresh scent of herbal incense, Wu Zimo felt that he had not smelled such a natural scent for a long time. Just like the most primitive smell revealed by the washed earth after a heavy rain.
Smelling the natural scent in the air, Wu Zimo felt relaxed, but he did not forget his work this time.
"Scott, what are the test results of the new battleship control program?" Wu Zimo knew the previous test results, but he had to leave the bridge when the battleship entered formal combat status, especially the last warp voyage, which he spent in the hibernation capsule.
Wu Zimo has always been eager to know what happened next.
Scott looked down at Wu Zimo and without keeping him in suspense, simply told Wu Zimo what had happened.
"Blade worms?! The ones following behind those cosmic insects are actually blade worms."
Wu Zimo couldn't help but be shocked when he heard that they almost faced off against a group of high-level Zerg Blade Bugs.
He had seen the blade worm at the Dimensional Zerg exhibition. That huge blade worm was placed at the door with great malicious intent by the exhibitor to scare people. Wu Zimo was so scared that he got goose bumps.
More than twenty minutes ago, they actually passed by such a group of ferocious and terrifying dimensional Zerg. Thinking about it, Wu Zimo felt that he was lucky.
"Well, Scott, it's not that I don't believe in your ability, but we are indeed a little short of people. When we encounter that group of ferocious giants, casualties are inevitable."
Wu Zimo breathed a sigh of relief before he remembered that next to him stood a commander who had never been victorious in the battlefield. Speaking of their behavior just now, from a certain perspective, if you put it nicely you can call it a tactical transfer, but if you put it bluntly you can call it escape!
Wu Zimo knew that the word "escape" was a very bad word for the commander.
Scott watched Wu Zimo gesticulating and explaining that his words had no other meaning, with a hint of smile in his eyes. Scott is not one of those arrogant and self-willed leaders who never change their ways when faced with problems, who just like to fight to the death with their opponents, and who do not take the lives of their subordinates seriously at all.
Scott is an invincible marshal, but that doesn't mean he won't run away. When facing an enemy that he is completely unable to defeat, he only thinks about dying together with the enemy, but doesn't think about temporarily avoiding the enemy's edge and then using other means to win.
The former is simply the behavior of a self-righteous and reckless man.
Anyone who has read books on military theory passed down from ancient China knows that war is the art of deception. Not to mention that this is a military book from China that has been widely used in the interstellar world and the last part of it says that the best strategy is to run away.
So running away is really not a shameful thing.
Compared to Wu Zimo's worry that his words would cause his dissatisfaction, Scott was more concerned about something else.
Shaking his head at Wu Zimo, showing an indifferent look, Scott looked at Wu Zimo seriously and asked, "Wu Zimo, how much do you know about the strange energy shield that appears when the new control program is in warp speed?"
That’s right, compared to what has happened in the past, Scott cares more about that magical new energy shield!
"Are you talking about the strange energy wall that Master Haili and I inferred was the reason why the warship's speed could be increased across levels?"
"yes."
Wu Zimo didn't know why Scott mentioned the energy wall that appeared out of nowhere, but seeing Scott's serious look, Wu Zimo told the truth even though he was surprised, and shook his head: "Master Haley and I don't know."
When they saw this energy wall on the instrument, they thought it was a space distortion phenomenon caused by the battleship entering warp speed.
After seeing the speed suddenly increase so rapidly, Wu Zimo and Master Haley were frightened. Then they carefully studied and calculated the data one by one, and finally determined that the speed of the battleship increased sharply, perhaps because of this strange energy wall.
They have no exact explanation for the principle of energy wall formation and can only infer it.
Perhaps multiple warships will activate the new system at the same time, thus forming a natural energy cycle. Under the connection of the new system, the energy that is scattered in the universe because of the warships entering warp speed is condensed, affecting each other and then forming this very special energy barrier that will wrap up the battleship fleet.
It's not like there are no similar precedents for this. Think about it, Wu Zimo’s previous parent-child system is actually similar to this association model.
However, the parent-child system is different from the control system of the new warship. The parent-child system is that the subsystem cannot leave the control of the parent system. Although they are also independent individuals, they must respect the parent system as the main one.
The new warship control systems are different. They are all directly independent. Although they can be connected into a loop, the individuals are unrelated to each other.
After testing by Wu Zimo and Master Haili, it was found that this strange energy barrier would only appear when there were five or more warships. The two men believed that a certain number must be reached in order for the energy overflowing from the warships to resonate and form this peculiar energy barrier.
Wu Zimo was not very good at explaining very professional things, but after his explanation, Scott also understood that the emergence of the new energy shield was full of accidents. Because even the creators of the new system don't know where it came from.
"Scott, is there something wrong with that energy wall?"
Chapter 092
Wu Zimo knew that Scott would not mention the strange energy wall for no reason. After observing the Marshal's expression, he felt that this should not be a bad thing. Otherwise, Scott wouldn't have asked himself about the energy wall so calmly.
Scott did not lie to Wu Zimo, nor could he lie to him about the new energy shield. He directly said to Wu Zimo, "New energy shield."
"What?" Aren't we talking about the strange energy wall? Why did the topic suddenly turn to the new type of energy shield?
Wu Zimo, who had not yet reacted, did not connect the new energy shield Scott mentioned with the strange energy wall in his mouth.
Scott did not explain, but turned on the optical computer and sent the data collected by the technicians to Wu Zimo. Soon after Wu Zimo saw Scott take out his light computer, his light computer started to ring and he opened it to take a look. Interestingly, the file was sent through multiple encryption.
It's really troublesome for the two of them to stand face to face like this. It seems that the new energy shield mentioned by the Marshal is really serious.
But after Wu Zimo finished reading the data in the encrypted file that Scott sent to him, he instinctively looked at Scott with a stunned expression.
"What on earth is this?!"
It's no wonder that Wu Zimo reacted so strongly, because after he read the data on the encrypted file, Wu Zimo suddenly felt like he was encountering a special sale in a mall, a buy-one-get-one-free promotion.
And it’s definitely not one of those buy one shoe get one shoe free deals!
"Scott, are you sure the data recorded above is correct?"
It’s not that Wu Zimo doubts the accuracy of the data, because it’s really too shocking!
He and Master Haley originally just wanted to create a new battleship control program that could make the Federation's battleships more maneuverable, but what about this energy shield? !
right! What drove Wu Zimo a little crazy was the energy wall that appeared in the battleship group for no apparent reason.
After reading the data Scott gave him, it showed that the energy wall, no, it should be called an energy shield, was actually 200% more powerful than the energy shield currently developed by the Federation.
Yes, Wu Zimo was sure that he was not mistaken. It’s not 2% or 20% but 200%, and there are two zeros after the 2!
If the Federation really had such an awesome energy shield, let alone anything else, they wouldn't have had to worry at all when they encountered the blade worms just now. They could have just rushed into the blade worm swarm like a bull, and the destructive power would have been astonishing enough!
Scott was also very shocked when he saw the latest data, and at the same time he had an increasingly strange feeling about this little guy Wu Zimo.
How many surprises can this tiny body bring him?
Wu Zimo was indeed surprised after seeing the data. His expression was completely unexpected. But he soon realized that this new type of energy shield was indeed awesome, but it was not developed by him!
Soon Wu Zimo's excited expression turned into a bitter face, and he said to Scott depressedly.
"Scott, Haley and I don't know where this energy shield came from. We only know that this energy shield will appear when five or more warships that have installed the new warship control program start warp speed navigation."
Because of this, Wu Zimo and Master Haili didn't care much about this energy shield, because the conditions for its generation were too troublesome. After seeing that its appearance had no effect on the control program of the new battleship, the two of them became even more lazy to care about it.
Not to mention the appearance of this energy shield, which greatly increased the speed of the battleship, the two of them would only be more satisfied with this sudden appearance of the energy shield.
The energy shield that was ignored by both of them turned out to be so useful that Wu Zimo felt like they almost lost the watermelon and only picked up sesame seeds.
But of course, the new battleship control program is also very powerful, as can be seen from the commanders on the other eight battleships who are all staring at it with eager eyes.
When Scott saw Wu Zimo's pitiful and bitter face, he almost couldn't help but smile. However, the Marshal still followed his instinct, raised his hand and gently placed it on the top of Wu Zimo's head and stroked it gently. His voice was lowered a few degrees, and he comforted Wu Zimo in a gentle and soothing tone.
"I believe you can extract it separately with your ability."
"Pfft, Scott, should I thank you for being so confident in my abilities?"
It was rare for the Marshal to comfort people in such a humble manner, but Wu Zimo felt like laughing for some reason. Because this distracted Wu Zimo's attention, he did not immediately avoid the big hand that was rubbing his short hair.
Wu Zimo did not refuse his caress and the Marshal was of course happy to keep rubbing him for such a benefit. His extremely strong five senses allowed him to clearly feel that the short hair under his palm was very soft, just like the feeling that the young man Wu Zimo gave him.
After being rubbed by the Marshal for a long time, Wu Zimo finally reacted. No wonder his head felt a little strange, it turned out that the Marshal's hand was placed there! This kind of behavior, which seemed like comforting a child, made Wu Zimo, an adult, speechless.
Wu Zimo took a step back, avoiding Scott's palm, raised his head and rolled his eyes at Scott before saying, "Don't do it, you won't grow taller!"
No one can understand the heavy pain in the heart of this dwarf Wu Zimo. Although he was not very tall in his previous life due to genetic problems, the people around him were not tall either! We are all among the short people, so no one needs to envy anyone else.
But things are very different in the interstellar age. Interstellar people don’t know what they eat to grow up. Even those who took hormones back then couldn’t grow to more than 1.8 meters.
However, for people in the interstellar world, 1.8 meters seems to be the standard, 1.9 meters is very common. Of course, there are fewer 2-meter tall men, but they can often be seen in the military.
These are nothing. What makes Wu Zimo most sad is that he is actually three centimeters shorter than Lyle...just barely touching the edge of 1.7 meters.
Mocha and Sarah are at least 1.80 meters tall, almost 1.9 meters tall. Li Pengpeng is a girl, a little shorter, but also around 1.75 meters tall. The Marshal and Rokar are the tallest, definitely 1.9 meters tall. Luo Ye seems a little shorter, but also 1.80 meters tall!
So Wu Zimo was surrounded by such a group of "giants", and the pain could only be understood by experiencing it personally.
Seeing Wu Zimo pouting and muttering about not growing taller, Scott's eyes softened, and he said with a doting tone: "You're fine the way you are." Small, cute, and full of energy.
"Oh……"
Wu Zimo didn't want to laugh at his idol, even though what his idol said really deserved a beating!
So he decided to refuse to talk to his idol for even a minute!
Scott looked at Wu Zimo, who was looking down at the data intently. From this angle, he could clearly see Wu Zimo's long, thick eyelashes, and of course the cute little whorl on top of his head.
For some reason, the Marshal felt like laughing again. However, the Marshal knew that the young man in front of him had been irritated by him. If he really dared to laugh out loud, Wu Zimo would not have the attitude of simply refusing to talk to him like he did now.
A minute passed quickly, and Wu Zimo, who had been furious, calmed down. As if nothing had happened, he discussed with Scott some things on the data sheet that he didn't quite understand.
The discovery of the new energy shield is indeed very important, no less important than the new battleship control system he and Master Haley jointly developed.
If he could extract that strange energy shield, the new battleship control program plus such a powerful new energy shield, the result would definitely not be as simple as 1+1=2.
Scott also knew the importance of this, so he didn't tease Wu Zimo anymore, but instead carefully pointed out the parts of the data that he didn't understand.
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