Xiaohanxing (9) Today's update + supplement
Seeing this short line of words, not only Shi Jianxia, but Gongye Jiwang also held his breath.
Marshal Jiang Wenzhan is the grandfather of Jiang Yingdu and Jiang Jiuhan. He is the most senior of the seven current marshals and has a very high voice in the Federal Parliament. He has led and participated in many clearing operations in high-risk insect-occupied areas. His combat power is at the third level of the Extraordinary and is infinitely close to the Holy Domain.
Zhuang Mingyue said that the secret mission carried out by her father was of a very high confidentiality level, and only the head of state and the marshal had the authority to review it. The words left by Nan Chi involved Marshal Jiang Wenzhan, which exactly corresponded to this.
Shi Jianxia's heart began beating uncontrollably when he thought that he might have seen the secret mission in advance.
She suppressed the chaotic thoughts in her mind, gently picked up a corner of the page, and carefully turned it over.
[The hypothesis is true, the Federation may be in great trouble]
The incoherent sentence made both of them stunned. Shi Jianxia immediately turned the page, but found that the remaining pages were empty.
"What do you mean by that?"
Shi Jianxia carefully turned every page of the manual, making sure that he did not miss any words while turning the pages, but until the end he did not see a single extra word.
Gongye Jiwang also frowned, thought about it for a while but couldn't figure it out, so he turned to check Nan Chi's wrist.
The intelligent computer and the space bracelet are both there. Due to being in a low-temperature environment for a long time, a layer of frost has covered the surface, but they are still intact and not damaged.
He took them off and tried to find valuable information from them, but found that the intelligent brain was damaged and the space bracelet could not be opened.
Shi Jianxia observed all of this and mused, "Could it be that the information involved is too confidential? Principal Nan Chi couldn't be sure who discovered him, and fearing that the news would get out and cause trouble, so he had to write such an ambiguous statement. But Marshal Jiang Wenzhan knew what 'guess' meant."
"That makes sense." Gongye Jiwang agreed with her guess.
Let’s not talk about why Nan Chi appeared on Xiaohan Star, but when he disappeared, Xiaohan Star had already fallen. Theoretically, there are no humans on this planet.
He probably knew that the secrets he discovered would be forever buried in this fallen planet after his death, and writing his will in the booklet was just his last hope.
Fortunately, he waited until the time when the Little Cold Star fell and saw Xia and Gongye at their full moon.
Shi Jianxia lowered his eyes and thought.
[The hypothesis is true, the Federation may be in great trouble]
A careful analysis of this sentence shows that the mission carried out by Nan Chi originated from a speculation about something within the Federation. He verified this speculation and was seriously injured as a result. He was unable to bring the verification results of the speculation to Marshal Jiang Wenzhan, who might be the person who issued the mission.
Let’s look at the second half of the sentence.
The Federation may face a major disaster
What kind of thing could bring such a disaster to the Federation?
The worst thing about the Lenovo Federation’s current situation is undoubtedly the continued expansion of the Zerg.
At this moment, Gongye Jiwang said, "Maybe it has something to do with the Zerg."
He guessed this too.
"Since he only left this sentence in the manual, he probably won't have any other clues on him."
Having said that, the two of them still carefully checked the items that Principal Nan Chi was carrying. Apart from the damaged intelligent computer and space bracelet, there was nothing extra.
Shi Jianxia suppressed the disappointment in his heart, put Nan Chi's body and the booklet into the storage box for insect crystals and put it into the space bracelet.
After sorting everything out, they walked around the base again, taking away anything that might be useful.
After discovering the late Principal Nan Chi and possibly coming into contact with a huge secret, both of them felt a little dazed.
Shi Jianxia was completely worried by those words. She was eager to know what mission her father had carried out that year, but she was on the fallen planet and had no way to contact the outside world, let alone go directly to Ji Yang and ask her for the mission information.
She sighed deeply, causing Gongye Ji to tilt his head and ask, "What's wrong?"
Shi Jianxia shook his head. "Why do you think Principal Nan Chi died in this base? He seemed to appear out of nowhere."
"Perhaps he escaped here due to serious injuries and is using the base to hide from something—"
Having said this, both of them paused at the same time.
How powerful must the 'enemy' be to be able to seriously injure Principal Nan Chi, a second-level extraordinary expert, and make him flee here to hide? And such a terrifying existence is very likely to be on Xiaohan Star, or somewhere in this area.
In order to confirm their speculation, Shi Jianxia received a warning from Buzhou Mountain.
She looked up suddenly. "A large parasite is approaching. I can't determine its exact level, but the nearby parasite groups have either fled or been eaten by it."
Gongye Jiwang immediately said, "Let's go!"
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After leaving the base, the light snow turned into heavy snow, falling down. The vegetation that was originally exposed because Gongye Jiwang broke through the base gate was covered with a blanket of snow.
The cold wind blew over, lifting up Shi Jianxia's slightly drooping hair, trying to penetrate into her bones through the gaps in her uniform.
The palm-sized Bifang poked its head out from behind her loose hair. The cold wind seemed to hit a barrier of transparent fire, unable to penetrate at all, and the snowflakes that floated over also melted into nothingness.
The two of them looked into the distance through the hazy snow curtain, and sure enough, they saw a huge monster like a hill slowly moving towards the base.
Perhaps it cannot be described as "slowly". Its speed of advancement is not slow, but because its body is too large, the distance it moves is relatively short.
Gongye Jiwang thought that the large thing Shi Jianxia was talking about was a parasitic organism about ten meters high, but he did not expect that the area it occupied was comparable to the military base where they were.
Such a large terrestrial parasite could not have formed naturally. It could only be that the original parasite not only absorbed the insect crystals but also mutated its body in the process of devouring other parasites.
"I don't know if it's coming for us. I'll go and test its strength." Gongye Jiwang said as he was about to move forward, but Shi Jianxia grabbed his arm.
He turned around and gave me a questioning look, just as a cold wind blew, bringing a cluster of snowflakes and gently brushing the ends of his hair.
Shi Jianxia shook his head. "Its strength is definitely not weak. Since we are not sure whether it is coming for us, let's not alert it for now, lest it targets us and cause trouble. Let's leave here first and see if it will follow us."
This is indeed a more reliable method. Gongye Jiwang thought it made sense and gave up the idea of testing the strength of the giant parasite.
The two of them boarded the aircraft and flew slowly to the other side where the boys had explored a city that did not have a large number of parasites.
After flying hundreds of meters, the giant parasite did not change its direction. Shi Jianxia breathed a sigh of relief without leaving any trace. "It seems that it is not coming for us. It must have just happened to pass by here."
Such a big parasite, without a head or limbs, is just a mass of deteriorated flesh. It is difficult to determine the specific location of the insect crystal in its body. If you get entangled with it, you will definitely not be able to end the battle in a short time, and you may be targeted and find it difficult to escape.
Gongye Jiwang frowned slightly.
The giant parasite did not follow, but it had already moved to the front of the military base. It did not care whether there was a flat road or a raised hill in front of it. Relying on its body that could move like fluid, it rolled directly over the top of the base.
Wherever it passed, branches and leaves were broken, and one could faintly hear the rumbling sound coming from some parts of the mountain being crushed.
The military base was as solid as a battle fortress. Even if its defense system was damaged, it could still withstand the bombardment of the Federation's latest missiles. However, it succumbed to the heavy pressure from the giant parasite. This was not only due to the weight, but also possible energy erosion.
"If we had arrived a little later, would this base have been destroyed?" He lowered his eyes in thought, feeling that it was too much of a coincidence.
Buzhou Shan and his companions searched for the insect vortex nearby and searched a large area, but did not find the giant parasite at all. However, it appeared soon after they entered the base.
Gongye Jiwang turned his head to look at Shi Jianxia and asked, "Has Mount Buzhou discovered where it came from?"
Shi Jianxia communicated with Buzhou Mountain for a while, then touched his nose embarrassedly and said, "It was lying there motionless before, with a thick layer of snow covering its body. Buzhou Mountain didn't notice it and thought it was just an ordinary mountain."
"The noise you made when you broke open the base gate just now was so loud that it alarmed the nearby parasites. I was afraid they would gather around, so I got a tricolor golden pheasant to attract their attention, but I accidentally woke up this giant parasite."
Buzhoushan and the other cubs followed her instructions and led the parasite group far away. While flying, a few of them started playing and accidentally dropped a tricolor pheasant that was skewered on the top of the mountain. As luck would have it, it fell on the giant parasite buried under the snow.
The smell of blood and flesh awakened the giant parasite. It extended a tumorous tentacle and swallowed the tri-colored pheasant directly, scaring the hills.
Gongye Jiwang had never imagined that the giant parasite would be startled like this. He chuckled softly, suppressing the feeling of discomfiture in his heart. "It seems we have to be careful. There might be a parasite hiding under the snow, ready to attack us when we are not paying attention."
Shi Jianxia nodded, but then said worriedly, "It's heading right towards the Twin Towers. If it doesn't change its route midway, it will reach the Twin Towers soon."
The giant parasite moves in a very domineering way. It doesn't care what is in front of it and just runs over it. Nothing is spared in its passage. If it hits the Twin Towers, even if the internal systems are still functioning, it would probably be difficult to preserve them.
The Twin Towers are the best place they have found to stay so far, and it is also a good place to avoid attacks from the parasite swarm. Chao Chao and Yan Qing are ordinary people with no fighting ability, so it is safe enough for them to stay inside.
Unless it was necessary, Shi Jianxia didn't want to give up that place.
"Are there any more tricolor pheasants?" Gongye Jiwang suddenly asked.
Shi Jianxia blinked, "You want to..."
"Let's try to use the golden pheasant to change its route. If we can, maybe we don't have to worry about this behemoth." Gongye Jiwang answered.
He added, "Tell Buzhoushan and the others to explore further to see if they can find the second giant parasite."
Shi Jianxia's mind was very flexible. She immediately understood his intention and made an OK gesture.
She took out the tricolor golden pheasant from the space bracelet, cut off the bloody smell, and hung it on Buzhou Mountain, telling it not to drop it this time.
She also used mimicry to sense the connection between herself and her master, allowing the other cubs who were still foraging outside to fly farther away, swallowing as many insect vortices as they could find. Once they were full, they would return to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, striving to clean up the area in the shortest possible time and prevent the giant parasite from continuing to devour other parasites to increase its strength.
Mount Buzhou grew in size and flew far away against the heavy snow falling from the sky.
In such cold weather, the tri-colored pheasant was soon frozen to death. The two Phoenix cubs poked their heads out from the hillside of Buzhou Mountain, and the fire of Nirvana burned up, keeping the tri-colored pheasant warm and activating its blood circulation.
Seeing that the giant parasite stopped moving forward, Shi Jianxia knew that something was going to happen, and immediately ordered Buzhou Mountain to fly in the opposite direction of the Twin Towers. As expected, the giant parasite began to move in the opposite direction.
The military base, which had been crushed once, was under heavy pressure again. Some places could not bear the weight of the giant parasite, and collapsed with a loud bang after making painful creaking sounds.
Shi Jianxia silently chanted "Amitabha" in her heart, and was also glad that she and Gongye Jiwang were lucky enough to have found Principal Nan Chi and brought out the important information he wanted to convey.
The second giant parasite was hard to find. Shi Jianxia was afraid that the giant parasite would come back again, so she simply asked Buzhou Mountain to keep an eye on it and report any movement in time. She and Gongye Jiwang returned to the Twin Towers first.
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In the next few days, Shi Jianxia and Gongye Jiwang went out every day to look for the military base.
With the help of the flying sacred mountains, the two of them saved a lot of exploration time. They could directly reach their destination to search each time, but they found nothing except weapon parts and military robots, and there was no trace of the space shuttle.
After going out to look for the space shuttle without success, the two boarded the aircraft to continue searching for the next target location. On the way, they saw Buzhou Shan and his companions harassing a giant parasite that was moving slowly forward.
The giant parasite was covered with a thick layer of snow, and from a distance it looked like a moving hill. Only when the tentacles covering its body occasionally moved, causing the snow to fall off, could its ugly and disgusting body be seen.
Shi Jianxia felt a little strange, "It's been several days, why is it always moving back and forth in this area?"
She once tried to let Buzhou Mountain lead the giant parasite to a farther place, but it would move back after leaving a certain distance, as if something in front was attracting it.
This guess made Shi Jianxia's heart skip a beat.
Gongye Jiwang gazed into the distance, the snow-covered expanse, his eyes darkening. "Is there something tempting it to keep going back? But the temptation is limited. When it is disturbed by other events, it will still deviate from its original trajectory."
Nan Chi's inexplicable death on Xiaohan Star has always been a small knot in Shi Jianxia's heart that is difficult to get rid of. The words he left behind are also very likely related to the Zerg. Now there is such speculation again. She is a little restless, trying to figure out what is attracting the giant parasite.
But she also vaguely felt that what she wanted to explore was very dangerous, and it would be best to maintain the status quo for now. Otherwise, if they really encountered an existence that even Nan Chi would flee from, they would have to stay and be buried with it.
After thinking for a long time, Shi Jianxia said, "Should we let it go and see?"
If they really can't do it, they will move their position. Xiaohan Star is so big and there are more than one twin towers, so they can always find a place to stay.
These days, the cubs have been devouring insect vortexes in groups. The potential level of all of them has been raised to above B level, many have even reached A level, and about ten have been raised to S level. The nearby insect vortexes have been almost wiped out, and some teams of cubs have already gone to search for insect vortexes in farther places.
Shi Jianxia is not afraid that they will get lost. When needed, he can directly summon them back through the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
In addition, they actively hunt nearby parasites and eat insect crystals of the same level like snacks. The pockets of each cub are bulging, and the combat level has all been raised to above level four, and many cubs have been raised to level five.
Gonggong is the best among them, having already reached level six, thanks to the SS-level insect vortex he swallowed on Baipu Star before.
After his potential level was promoted to SS level, his speed of absorbing insect crystals increased greatly. Compared with before, it was like riding a rocket. No wonder people with special abilities always pursue mimics with high potential levels.
To be honest, if there weren't possible unpredictable dangers on Xiaohan Star, Shi Jianxia really wanted to stay here until all the insect vortexes were cleared out. By then, maybe one of the cubs could be promoted to the extraordinary realm.
But she was just thinking about it. According to the recent investigations by the cubs, the highest-level Zerg in this area was the giant parasite, and the specific level could not be determined.
Most of the others were between level five and seven, and level eight was rare. I don’t know if they were regarded as the main hunting targets by the giant parasite, but most of them were swallowed.
Gongye Jiwang was also curious about what was attracting the giant parasite. After thinking for a few seconds, he agreed, "We can give it a try."
In this case, the Twin Towers can no longer be maintained.
Shi Jianxia asked Chang Xi to take Chao Chao and the other two out of the Twin Towers and go to another relatively well-preserved military base. All the Zerg nearby had been cleared out, making it a safe enough place to stay.
After making a plan, Buzhou Shan and the other cubs stopped interfering with the giant parasite. The hill-like flesh monster continued to roll forward, occasionally extending its crimson tentacles to sweep across the nearby area.
Originally, it caught parasites in this way to eat, but after several days of sweeps by the cubs, and the cleanup by Shi Jianxia and Gongye Jiwang, the parasites were no longer present in this area, and it naturally had no food source.
The two of them followed the giant parasite in a flying vehicle at a close distance, and found that after it failed to catch "food" several times in a row, it moved forward much faster.
Shi Jianxia simply asked Buzhoushan, who was free, to explore in this direction to see if he could find any useful clues.
They did not waste time here, but went to an interstellar port. It was similar to what they had guessed before, it was shabby and there was basically nothing valuable to be found inside.
Coming out of the interstellar port, Shi Jianxia lay flat on the aircraft like a pancake, looking at the vast expanse of white sky. He sighed for the first time: "Director Zhuang, can you please help? Why haven't you come to rescue us yet?"
Gongye Jiwang listened to her complaints, knowing that she was just grumbling, and chuckled softly, "They should be on their way."
The crash of an interstellar spacecraft will certainly attract attention from the entire federation, but before the interstellar spacecraft crashed into Xiaohan Star, it had deviated from its original orbit and cut off contact with the tower. It is not easy to determine the specific location where it lost contact.
Suddenly, Shi Jianxia turned over and sat up.
Gongye Jiwang was startled by her action, "What's wrong?"
"You said that the Zerg can come to this universe through the Worm Vortex and can also travel between different planets through the Worm Vortex. Can we also leave here through the Worm Vortex?"
Shi Jianxia's eyes lit up and he felt that he had discovered something extraordinary.
Gongye Jiwang said thoughtfully, "Theoretically, it should be possible."
"Has anyone in the Federation done this test?" Shi Jianxia asked excitedly.
Gongye Jiwang shook his head. "I don't know either, but after the vortex is formed, there will be two states: an active phase and a dormant phase."
"A worm vortex in its active phase is like a smooth, unobstructed road. A constant stream of Zerg emerges from it, but no one knows where the other end leads to, and no one dares to experiment."
The Zerg regard humans as food. As long as humans approach an active Zerg vortex, they will be besieged by Zerg nearby or even coming out of it. It is a problem whether they can enter the Zerg vortex, not to mention trying to cross the Zerg vortex to the exit at the other end.
Putting aside the difficulties mentioned above, the Wormhole, a cross-planetary and cross-universe channel, may cause strong pressure on the human body, and no one knows what is inside. Perhaps it is a whole nest of Zerg, and once you enter, you will be attacked by the whole group.
"As for the dormant insect vortex, it is closed, and the Zerg seem unable to open it—"
Having said this, Gongye Jiwang's voice suddenly stopped, and a line was connected in his brain.
He immediately looked up, and a look of helplessness appeared on his face.
It was the first time Shi Jianxia saw him show such an expression, and she became a little nervous. She couldn't help but ask, "What did you think of?"
"I... seem to have guessed what Principal Nan Chi meant by 'guess'." Gongye Jiwang said awkwardly.
Shi Jianxia sat up straight immediately and asked impatiently, "What is it?"
"Do you remember when we found Principal Nan Chi, his intelligent computer and space bracelet were damaged." Gongye Jiwang pressed his thumb against the tip of his index finger. This action seemed to slightly ease his uneasy mood at the moment.
Shi Jianxia nodded and waited for him to continue.
"The space bracelet's cargo-carrying technology is already very mature. Unless an external force destroys the entire bracelet, or the internal structure collapses due to the impact of a space storm, it will not be damaged."
"Principal Nan Chi's space bracelet was not damaged by external forces, which means it was affected by the space storm."
Space storms are common in unstable cosmic channels and can occasionally be encountered when traveling through wormholes, but the probability is not high.
"Considering the internal injuries that led to Principal Nan Chi's death, I suspect he passed through an unstable spatial channel and was squeezed by the distorted space, damaging both his brain and spatial bracelet. His body, unable to withstand the force of the spatial distortion, suffered crushing injuries."
"But his mimicry was strong enough. He didn't die immediately after leaving the distorted space. Instead, he left those last words in the manual."
Hearing this, Shi Jianxia had already guessed what he wanted to say and took a slightly heavier breath. "You mean, he came to Xiaohan Star through the worm vortex."
Gongye Jiwang nodded slightly, "I think this is the most likely possibility, otherwise it would be impossible to explain the various symptoms he has shown."
"And the first thing he said was that whoever found him should hand him and the manual over to Marshal Jiang. He said that he had left clues to his death on his body, and Marshal Jiang would know the truth by looking at them."
Shi Jianxia remembered what the doctor said to her when she returned to Higanbana.
When the Doctor found Dad, he was seriously injured and his mimicry was broken.
She had previously wondered if the doctor was the father she had found on Xiaohan Star, but later thought that it was unlikely.
According to Gongye Jiwang's guess, Dad and Principal Nan Chi were on a mission together, and both were seriously injured from crossing the vortex. However, Dad was luckier as he was discovered by the doctor and brought back the red spider lily, saving his life.
"What do you mean by guess?" Shi Jianxia murmured in a low voice.
What hypothesis needs to be verified by crossing the Wormhole? Is it the fact that humans can cross the Wormhole itself?
No, this was not enough to make Principal Nan Chi say, "The Federation may be in great trouble."
It's no secret that the Zerg can freely travel through the Zerg Vortex.
A bold guess is -
Suddenly, her nails dug into her palms. "Is it possible that Principal Nan Chi went to the universe where the Zerg live and discovered something terrible?"
Only this possibility can explain the words he left behind.
Only this speculation can explain why the confidentiality level of the mission is so high that Nan Chi would rather die than leave the clear mission content in the manual.
He couldn't be sure that he would be discovered. If he was really so lucky and saw the light of day again, he couldn't be sure whether the person who discovered him was good or bad. If it was the latter, it might bring a catastrophe to the Federation.
Gongye Jiwang did not expect her to have such a bold guess, and was speechless for a moment.
In the howling wind and snow, the two looked at each other. After an unknown amount of time, a message suddenly came from Buzhou Mountain, which was monitoring the giant parasite.
There is a discovery!
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