Xiaohanxing (7) Update
After listening to the two people's stories, Shi Jianxia didn't say anything to comfort them.
Reality is always so cruel. When she was taken away and threatened by the doctor, no one came to save her.
Gathering her scattered thoughts, she said to Gongye Jiwang, "Transfer control of the Twin Towers. I'll check on their health."
Gongye Jiwang had been standing beside her without saying much since just now, and he didn't say much at this time. He strode to several floating virtual screens and unfolded his intelligent brain.
A virtual tentacle popped up and connected to the control screen, and the no-signal icon on the intelligent brain immediately turned into a prompt that the signal was connecting.
One of Gongye Jiwang's purposes in transferring authority to the central control room was to activate the signal base station inside the twin towers.
In this way, the intelligent brain can communicate and exchange information within the coverage area of the signal base station, which can save a lot of trouble.
A virtual keyboard appeared, and he stared at the content on the screen, his slender fingers dancing with unusual beauty, as if he was not touching the keyboard, but playing music on the keys.
Under his fingertips, strings of dense and complex data flowed across the screen. Shi Jianxia was not good at data-related things, and slowly withdrew his gaze from those exceptionally beautiful hands.
She walked up to the brother and sister and took out the medical robot from the space bracelet.
This was prepared after she killed No. 5 and was seriously injured, in case she was seriously injured and fainted again one day and no one cared about her.
It is impossible for Number Nine to appear every time, and it is even more impossible for him not to ask about the reason for her serious injury every time.
He seems to act without thinking, but he rarely reveals anything about himself. It is hard to tell whether he is a friend or foe. It is best to keep a distance from him and avoid a life-and-death fight.
Yan Ya wiped away her tears and looked curiously at the robot whose surface was painted to look like a white coat.
She had seen robots in the military base she had stayed at before, but those were military robots that assisted in repairing weapons or transporting supplies. They were simple and crude in design, with many functions but only simple frames. They were nothing like medical robots, which looked almost the same as humans.
Shi Jianxia said, "Don't be nervous. This is a medical robot. It will give you a small physical examination. If you have any hidden injuries, it's better to treat them as soon as possible."
The brother and sister looked extremely weak. Hunger might be one of the reasons, but they had been hiding for so many years, and even if they were lucky enough not to be parasitized by the Zerg, they must have suffered a lot of injuries.
She has a medical robot that can check the patient's physical condition and decide whether to use medicine or mimicry talent for treatment.
For example, cell degeneration is a disease that most therapeutic mimicry talents are unable to treat, and can only be treated by human medical means.
The healing potion taken out from Master Wu Yu's medicine box might be able to work, after all, the effect of that potion is permanent.
But as he said, the effect of the potion needs to be supported by his strength, which is a terrible burden for him, so it cannot cure the disease in essence.
Yan Qing didn't expect that she would offer to treat them. Tears welled up in her red eyes and she whispered thank you several times.
After hiding for so many years, they even had difficulty filling their stomachs, let alone taking medicine and seeing a doctor. If they also had a medical robot, perhaps Sister Wen and Brother Yan would not have died from the serious injuries half a year ago.
Yan Qing quickly shook his head. The dead are gone, and thinking about it would only add to his troubles. He pushed his sister out first and asked her to follow the instructions of the medical robot to undergo a physical examination.
Shi Jianxia pointed to the hole still blocked by Meng Ji and asked, "Where does this lead to?"
If I remember correctly, the central control room was about twenty meters from the ground. These brother and sister were really good at digging. They really dug through.
Yan Qing replied, "It's the Zerg Investigation Office's warehouse. We wanted to get into the twin towers, but we didn't dare stay on the ground any longer. We figured we'd be dead anyway, so we decided to just dig our way in."
The liquid that corroded the wall was prepared by him using the chemical raw materials stored in the warehouse. Otherwise, it would be impossible to dig here with only two pickaxes, and even if he did dig, he would not be able to get in.
Without waiting for Shi Jianxia to ask further questions, he took the initiative to say, "There are still a lot of chemical raw materials left in there. You can go over and get them."
Shi Jianxia nodded, "If you need it, I'll get it."
She asked some more questions, and Yan Qingzhi told her everything he knew, even drawing a detailed map with a pickaxe.
"For the past thirteen years, we've been wandering around this city. We've gotten to know it inside and out, except for places with parasites. I hope this helps you a little."
Shi Jianxia recorded the map with his smart brain. After thinking for a moment, he took out a children's smart brain he had given to the children to study from his space bracelet and handed it to Yan Qing. "You should need this."
Neither of them was wearing a smart bracelet, most likely broken or lost.
Yan Qing didn't act pretentiously. He thanked him and put on the smart bracelet.
Yan Ya had finished the physical examination and came over curiously, whispering, "Sister, what should I call you?"
Shi Jianxia then remembered that she hadn't introduced herself yet, so she said, "My name is Shi Jianxia."
She also pointed at the young man who lowered his eyes and yawned, "His name is Gongye Jiwang. Just call us by our names."
朏朏 poked its head out from Gongye Jiwang's uniform jacket and waved its front legs at the brother and sister who were looking over at it in a familiar manner. If you didn't know better, you would think they were human cubs wearing plush leather suits and pretending to be cute.
Cheng Huang, who was lying on top of Gongye Jiwang's head, also followed suit.
These two cubs are so unruly. One of them crawls into someone's arms, and the other one lies on someone's head. Will they crawl into someone's bed again in the future?
What is this called?
Conjugated cub?
When Gongye Jiwang heard Shi Jianxia's words, he looked over and nodded politely to the brother and sister.
After the medical robot finished examining Yan Qing, Gongye Jiwang successfully transferred the control of the Twin Towers to his own intelligent brain, and directly checked the material reserves in the various warehouses inside the buildings.
The weapons depot is empty. I guess they were all distributed to the investigators to fight against the Zerg during the retreat. The food storage area is still full, but the family knows their own business. There will be nothing in it except nutrient solution.
Gongye Jiwang has been a member of the Zerg Investigation Office for four or five years. He has never eaten anything other than nutrient solution while working in the Twin Towers. He even has to carry two or three boxes of nutrient solution home during the holidays, calling it welfare.
Even a respectable person like Jiang Yingdu complained to him about whether the Federation's overproduction of unsold nutrient solution was all sent to the Zerg Investigation Department for internal consumption.
In places where materials are scarce, it is actually a good thing to have a large supply of nutrient solution. This thing is light and easy to carry, and as long as it is stored properly, its shelf life is quite long. There are also some collectors in the Federation with special hobbies who specialize in collecting old nutrient solution.
After Gongye Jiwang had a general understanding of the situation inside the twin towers, he activated the security system and inspected the entire building.
The damaged wall in the central control room was detected immediately and the system issued a red warning.
There was a clanging sound of gas being pushed, and the two security robots that were dormant with their heads drooping in the central control room were injected with energy, stretching their bodies one by one.
Their mechanical joints quickly regained their flexibility, and following the instructions given by the security system, they walked to the gap and repaired it.
Yan Ya tugged at her brother's arm and exclaimed softly.
When Xiaohan Star fell, she was still young and had not seen much of the world. More than ten years had passed, and the prosperity in her memory had long since become blurred, leaving only a devastated world.
Shi Jianxia's gaze turned to the place where the security robot had originally stood.
There are several energy cables hanging there, most likely used to charge the security robots.
Gongye Jiwang noticed this. "Once the security system is activated, the building will be covered with an energy network. Anyone or anything entering or leaving the Twin Towers will be monitored, not even flies or mosquitoes can escape."
"In addition, all security robots have been awakened from hibernation and can be dispatched to perform more dangerous tasks when necessary, thus avoiding loss of manpower."
After the energy net was unfolded, the entire building became one. Even if Yan Qing had chemicals that could corrode the walls, he could not break through the protection of the energy net and damage the building.
The Twin Towers have sufficient energy reserves. As long as the stairs are not destroyed and as long as the light from the stars continues to fall on the planet, the light energy can be continuously converted into energy reserves to maintain the normal operation of the Twin Towers.
The Zerg Investigation Office built the Twin Towers so completely because they thought they could serve as a refuge when a Zerg plague broke out.
In other words, the Zerg Investigation Bureau is an alternative military base.
After briefly explaining the situation, Gongye Jiwang hugged Xiaoxiao, who had just emerged from his arms, and patted its little head. He then asked Shi Jianxia for her opinion, "Shall we go back to the dormitory?"
Shi Jianxia nodded.
Meng Ji immediately changed back into his cub form, trotted to her feet, rubbed her ankles, and then ran towards the gate ahead.
It is now a mature free-range cub, and will scout the nearby situation in advance without Shi Jianxia giving any orders.
Yan Qing and his sister each drank a bottle of repair potion and could feel a slight fever in their bodies, which was due to the cell metabolism.
Shi Jianxia handed the invisibility cloak to Gongye Jiwang, who raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled, "This is for you."
"This is too expensive."
She had looked at the points redemption list of the proposed association. An invisibility cloak required one million points, and each person was limited to redeeming one. They also had to submit a redemption application, and the process was very cumbersome.
Gongye Jiwang had more than one item in his hand, which might be because he was Zhuang Mingyue's confidant. Shi Jianxia felt embarrassed to take advantage of him, and she had some of her own.
"It's not something valuable. If you feel bad about it, just treat me to a meal after you leave here." Gongye Jiwang scratched Xixi's chin.
The little thing squinted its eyes comfortably, looking as if it was having a great time.
What kind of meal is worth one million points from the Association?
Having said that, it would be awkward to refuse. Shi Jianxia put the invisibility cloak back into the space bracelet and said, "Then I'll treat you to a big meal later. How about a full-course banquet?"
Gongye Jiwang asked curiously, "What is a Manchu-Han banquet?"
Shi Jianxia almost forgot that only fragments of Blue Star civilization remained in this era, so he explained, "It was just a very luxurious banquet."
Gongye Jiwang smiled and blinked, "I'm starting to look forward to it."
As they were talking, they returned to the dormitory area.
Gongye Jiwang arranged for the garbage robot to clean out two more dormitories, and ordered the auxiliary robot to go to the food storage area to bring back unexpired nutrient solution, giving each person a box, and they could distribute it according to how much they wanted to drink.
Chaochao heard the noise and ran out, looking behind Shi Jianxia.
Not seeing the familiar figure, his big watery eyes showed a bit of disappointment, and his little face drooped completely, looking very pitiful.
Shi Jianxia knew that she missed her parents, but she couldn't bear to tell a three-year-old girl the fact that she would never see her parents again. When she hugged her calves and whispered "Sister Xia Xia", she just whispered to her that she didn't find her parents this time.
Chaochao didn't cry or make a fuss. She was very well behaved, unlike a child of her age. When she saw the thin Yan Ya, she held her hand and asked her if she was hungry.
Yan Ya almost cried, and felt that she was dirty all over, so she took several steps back. When she heard Xia say that she could take a shower in the dormitory, she hurried in.
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Two hours later, Shi Jianxia and Gongye Jiwang left the Twin Towers on a flying vehicle.
The area around here had been surveyed by Meng Ji and the other cubs who had gone out foraging, and there were no insect vortices.
A few parasites that had broken away from the team and were wandering around were killed by them together. Their bodies were burned to ashes by the cubs with the talent of fire, and the insect crystals were chewed and swallowed. It was a very clean deal.
Shi Jianxia looked down at the snow-covered city from the air. The tall buildings and wide streets showed the prosperity of the past.
But beneath the snow are only dead grass and bare trees, without a trace of life. The word "prosperity" is just an illusion, while coldness and loneliness are the reality.
She looked forward for a long time and said, "Do you think there are any other survivors on Xiaohan Star?"
Gongye Jiwang probably understood her complicated feelings at the moment, and his voice was as calm as usual, "Maybe, maybe not."
Those who don't want to die will survive tenaciously, like the green pine in the cracks, trying to grow towards the sun, wetted by rain and snow. They may die halfway, or they may become a towering tree that is one among thousands.
He thought for a moment and added, "After we get out, we can report this to our superiors and suggest that the Zerg Investigation Department send patrol teams to the fallen planets regularly to search for possible survivors."
Shi Jianxia looked at him and laughed after a few seconds, "Why wasn't there a patrol team before? Did no one think there might be survivors?"
Her voice was a little cold.
Gongye Jiwang was silent.
Shi Jianxia is both emotional and rational.
In this situation, it is hard not to feel sympathy for the others, but she knows very well that the Federation did not send anyone, not because they did not guess there would be survivors, but because they felt it was unnecessary and worthless.
Those who come to inspect need to take risks. It is irrational and even a waste of social resources to sacrifice more people for a one in a million possibility.
When the Federation decided to abandon Xiaohan Star, someone was bound to sacrifice.
"Sorry." Gongye Jiwang whispered.
Shi Jianxia looked at him in surprise, "What are you apologizing for?"
She couldn't be the one to be sacrificed, and Gongye Jiwang was not the one who would sacrifice her.
The boy's hair was lifted by the cold wind. He raised his hand to scoop up a piece of snow, letting it melt into water in his palm. "I said nonsense that you and I both knew very well."
Shi Jianxia changed the subject and said meaningfully, "Someone will definitely come to rescue us."
Gongye Jiwang nodded in agreement.
As we were talking, we arrived at our destination.
A military base discovered in Buzhou Mountain.
The previous insect vortex group had been divided up by the cubs. Shi Jianxia could sense their happiness from a long distance away. She once thought that the impostor had brought her to this hellhole as a great fortune, like Long Aotian who fell off a cliff and turned a disaster into a blessing to pick up a peerless secret manual.
After the vortex disappeared, the parasites became very restless and extremely aggressive. They started fighting in groups of three or five. I bite your skin and you tear my flesh, or I tear off your legs and you smash my head. While fighting, they even squeezed together to eat the same parasite. The scene was quite bloody.
The aircraft hovered in the air. Gongye Jiwang saw them devouring each other and frowned slightly. "They seem a bit irritable."
Normally, parasites of the same kind will not fight among themselves. They are more inclined to unite against the outside world and tear the flesh and blood of other parasites.
Shi Jianxia knew this very well, but couldn't say it directly.
She was actually hesitating.
Gongye Jiwang was very smart. He hadn't seen any insect vortex along the way, so he might not suspect anything this time. But if it happened every time, he would definitely guess that the disappearance of the insect vortex was related to her.
Should we reveal our cards directly or keep it tacitly?
Before she could make a decision, Gongye Jiwang said, "Let them fight for now, and we will come back to harvest them later."
The process of Zerg devouring and digesting each other is very unstable. They are very weak at this time. As long as they seize the opportunity, low-level ability users can also hunt high-level Zerg.
Shi Jianxia collected his tangled thoughts and told about the exploration of Buzhou Mountain. "The entrance to the base is on the other side. The parasites there have been lured away by Buzhou Mountain. We can go over and take a look."
Gongye Jiwang nodded, and the aircraft carried the two of them to the target location of the base.
Mount Buzhou is waiting here, buried under the snow pile with several other sacred mountains, like playing hide-and-seek. Occasionally, a sacred mountain will be naughty, quietly nudging its little friend next to it, and then quickly hide again.
The sacred mountain that was pushed up bounced up from under the snow, but the culprit could not be found, so he just found a friend to push it up, and then pretended nothing happened, and the game started to repeat. It was really because he had been locked up in "Classic of Mountains and Seas" for too long that he could have fun playing this kind of mini-game.
When they sensed Xia approaching, they shook off the snow on their bodies and flew out impatiently, circling around her, just like a carousel in an amusement park, making people dizzy.
This is asking for praise.
Shi Jianxia touched the sacred mountains one by one and said "good boy" again and again.
It’s true, the vegetation on the sacred mountain is quite prickly.
When 朏朏 heard the noise, she poked her head out from under Gongye Jiwang's uniform jacket, staring at Shi Jianxia with her bright eyes, wanting her to praise her as well.
Shi Jianxia felt that the little guy was shameless and had done nothing. He just ate and drank from morning to night, or else he would lie in Gongye Jiwang's arms and sleep soundly. How could he even have the nerve to ask for praise?
She pretended not to see it and walked towards the base gate.
Feeling ignored, Xixi's eyes widened as she followed Shi Jianxia's back. Seeing that she was only busy checking how to open the gate of the base and didn't even look back at her, she immediately showed a tearful expression and looked at Gongye Jiwang pitifully, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Gongye Jiwang suppressed his laughter, gently patted its little head, and imitated Shi Jianxia's praise of Buzhou Mountain, coaxing it: "My dear, you are the best."
朏朏 was immediately overjoyed and snuggled into his arms again. Cheng Huang had never been as good at currying favor as it, but this little guy knew how to imitate others and also raised his little head to look at Gongye Ji, his intention was quite clear.
Gongye Jiwang followed suit and praised it.
Shi Jianxia heard it clearly, and for a moment he didn't know what expression to show.
This little rascal, 朏朏, will sooner or later lead all the kids astray.
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