Chapter 70 Storm Date
In the wilderness, a magnetic storm is brewing.
Safe capsule room. Temporary combat command post.
Chris was checking the communication records with Mary, waiting for the latest mission file to be returned from the First Fortress. They had learned about Fitzgerald's latest mission arrangement last time, and they only needed to wait for the research team of Sir Klotte of the First Fortress to calculate the final data before they could officially enter the third mission.
The most important mission objective of this trip is the safety of the Zerg defense line.
Gary hasn't come out yet.
Rambo, who was on guard, glanced at the closed cabin door and took a look around the temporary command post.
Just as Chris came over to check on Gary's progress through the hatch, Rambo lowered his voice and reported in a low voice: "Sir, I have a question!"
"Ask." Chris glanced at him and understood his thoughts.
"Hehe," Rand smiled awkwardly, "Boss, if Gary, a 3S-level mental counselor, can this omega be saved?"
"Is our second mission objective going to fail?"
Although Rambo looks stupid and has a mediocre IQ, no one who can join this team is really stupid. He knows it very well in his mind that the third mission objective is the most important after all.
The scheduled mission time will soon arrive. If the two missions conflict, the one lying inside will definitely be abandoned.
The alpha, who had always been careless, did not regard Su Xi as a powerful person of a higher level just because he saw her powerful ability.
Perhaps we cannot simply say that this is Rand's mentality. For a long time, the ABO society has almost formed an extreme "A power supremacy" mentality of admiring the strong. Therefore, for omegas, no matter how strong their abilities are, at most they will only be evaluated as "very special" in their hearts, rather than being respected equally.
Chris didn't notice his thoughts and said in a heavy tone, "Even ordinary sequelae of advancement are troublesome, but her situation is more special, and it is more difficult to cure and stabilize her."
"But she is too important to get into trouble."
While the two were talking, Gary walked out.
"I'm not a 'mental counselor', I'm a 'mental inducer' and the Seventh Army's first interrogator." Gary corrected Rambo expressionlessly, "Soldier, please understand these basic common sense! Thank you!"
"How's the situation?" Although Chris had already seen the result, he still asked a few more questions with concern.
"I was bounced out the first time I entered. In the second round, I used the 'speech technique' to set a trap before I could get in. I have done my best." Gary hesitated for a moment, then whispered to his friend, "I was invaded in reverse."
Then he made a gesture that only the two of them understood, and pointed to the center of his eyebrows.
Chris immediately looked back at him in surprise.
Gary responded with a self-deprecating smile, and as someone who always took things easy, he quickly let go of the little knot about 'alpha pride'.
"I say - Chris, it's not right for you to leave me alone in here just now, right?"
Gary hammered Chris's shoulder and gave her a reproachful look. "Is this what a friend does?"
"Oh?" Chris raised his eyebrows and smiled: "You guessed it so quickly?"
"Look at your personnel configuration this time. There are such obvious similarities," Gary said with a smile, crossing his arms and looking around. "Isn't it obvious enough that you have carefully selected them to such an extent?"
Lao Mo, who was checking the equipment at the side, showed an expression of understanding, smiled and shook his head, then held a cigar in his mouth and continued to work with his head down.
"Haha! Don't worry." Chris smiled and said to him, "I will definitely transfer you to another position after I return this time. Isn't that great?"
"Okay. I'll listen to you."
Rambo, who was listening in the fog, became even more curious.
He approached Lao Mo, who of course ignored him. Then Rambo nudged Allen with his elbow, and Allen adjusted his glasses and gave him the same confused expression.
So, what exactly is the identity of this "very important" omega that Chris mentioned?
Rambo whispered to Ellen that although he was recruited from the streets, he had been on the mission for many years and knew the discipline well, so he did not ask any more questions. But the curiosity in his heart was like a hundred claws tormenting him.
Who is this omega who is so strong that he doesn't seem like an omega?
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Snap—pop!
Chris's high five attracted everyone's attention. "Now that everyone is here, let's explain the next mission change again."
She glanced around at the six people in her current team, as well as the other four members who were on the holographic communication line and who had just completed engine maintenance on the Sun-Swallowing Shuttle.
Chris returned their salute and motioned for Mary to unfold the document.
The 3D hologram of the Great Wilderness Star Region appeared out of thin air before his eyes. Chris swiped it lightly, and the 3D hologram of the Great Wilderness Star Region was like a glowing anemone spreading out in the deep sea, spinning and floating, surrounding the gaps between people like a living thing.
Chris stood in the center of the hologram with his hands behind his back and began to speak with a relaxed look:
"We have a total of three tasks on this trip. Although the first two have some twists and turns, they have come to an end so far. After the successful return, the corresponding points and contribution points will be distributed to everyone's accounts."
"Oh oh!" Whistles and cheers rang out, and the atmosphere at the scene relaxed a little.
However, Chris's expression turned cold, and his tone was serious, almost stern: "But! Soldiers of the Empire! Please remember that the next mission is the focus of this trip!"
"The original mission plan codenamed S85 has now officially received a replacement order!"
"Our primary mission before was to respond to and cooperate with the commander in this 'Universe Desolate Zone' operation! Escort the latest generation of 'Mother Worm Samples' back to the First Fortress. But now the situation has changed!"
"Five minutes ago, we received the latest update and data correction of the Zerg Gene Chain from the First Fortress. According to Sir Kolot's calculations, the Zerg's activities have entered the stage of defensive retreat before the generation change - this means!"
"The peak of hatching of this generation of worms has arrived ahead of schedule!"
"Once a new generation of queen is chosen!"
"The old defense strategies that humans used thousands of years ago will no longer be able to stop them!"
Christen paused, and was satisfied to see that although everyone looked shocked, they did not lose their composure. Even the usually loud Rambo maintained the serious attitude that an iron-blooded soldier should have when facing military orders.
She continued, "This mission has nothing to do with points or military merit, and even after completion it won't appear on anyone's public resume!"
"I hope everyone will face it in the highest state of combat readiness!"
"Do you understand?"
"clear!"
"clear."
Behind each passionate response is the persistence of belief and the commitment to all mankind behind the Zerg strategic defense line.
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Such passionate shouts made someone who had just woken up blink his eyes.
Su Xi slowly curled up and sat up.
In the small space, she pondered quietly for two minutes.
The dimly flickering azure light at the 'heart chakra' on her chest gradually faded away. She spread out her hands, and the small piece of beautiful icy blue crystal lay quietly in her palm.
My eyes scanned the narrow space. There was a neatly stacked pile of clothes and a space button at the head of the medical bed.
Inside was all her stuff, cleaned out from the rubble.
Su Xi got up, changed into clean clothes, took out a miniature space capsule from the space button, put the 'ice flame' substance into it as before, and then hung it around her neck again.
As her body had gone through several cycles of 'collapse-reorganization' during the advancement, her cells had actually been metabolized several times. Her hair, which was originally short when she fell on this planet, had grown long like seaweed and almost reached her calves. It was half dry and half burnt, and looked quite wolfish.
Su Xi had no choice but to gather her long hair in her hands. Then the liquid silver bracelet on her wrist followed her wishes and turned between her fingers into a shiny silver knife.
With a neat cut, she returned to her shoulder-length hair style.
While dealing with these trivial matters, Su Xi kept her eyes closed and felt the remaining spiritual energy circulating in her body. The dissipated and chaotic riot finally subsided slowly after her deliberate and active adjustment.
She couldn't help but recall that when her mental power was unstable and dissipating, she unexpectedly resonated with the scattering waves of the planet itself.
So...what kind of existence is calling her from under this planet?
She thought about it, but had no answer.
Su Xi pushed the door and walked out.
The transparent micro-shrinkable air capsule that she had stored away was now lying in the recess between her delicate clavicle, like an ordinary ornament for an omega.
Only when it was shaken slightly by the master's movements, the 'ice flame' substance inside, which had completely condensed into a solid state, would occasionally flash some extremely tiny light under the refraction of light.
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And on the other side, the edge of the event horizon of the 'Hera black hole'.
This supernova-level black hole, which can absorb all matter and energy due to gravitational collapse, now has one or two extremely tiny flashes wandering at the edge of its event horizon.
That was the visual reflection caused by the Dark Flame mecha dancing gracefully, floating on the 'escape point' of the black hole's gravity.
At this moment, the Dark Flame Mecha's 'Trident Engine System' was fully activated. Under the point-like ejection of 'non-typical force field particles', it restrained the tearing of gravity while adjusting the output power of the nuclear crystal engine in order to minimize the pressure of special substances on energy conversion.
This is a delicate dance like walking barefoot on a knife's edge. At the 'capture point' and 'escape point' of the black hole's gravity, the Dark Flame Mecha accurately maintains an extremely beautiful dynamic balance.
機甲艙內，進入深度精神鏈接的菲茨傑拉德，正分出一部分心思在第一要塞的跨時空通訊中。
他肯定了艾伯特的猜想，“是的。我現在位于‘赫拉黑洞’的視界邊緣，可以踩在‘時空悖論’的臨界點發起通訊。”
無視與艾伯特的驚訝及科洛特的谏言，他簡短交代完接下來的安排，就單方面切斷了通訊。
留給他完成任務的時間不多了。
如果說這次跟以往的任務有什麽不同，就是他在履行自己的職責同時，也想兼顧一下自己的私欲。
就如同此刻踩踏在黑洞視界的邊緣，一面是新生的過去，一面是深淵的未來。
他不想再舍棄蟲夢幻境中的那個小小的漂流艙，也不能舍棄銘刻在基因深處的‘種族職責’。
這兩者，他都想兼顧。
菲茨傑拉德睜開眼，捂住胸口的手重新撫上了機甲的控制按鈕，他感應到缺失的那一小塊‘靈魂碎片’所産生的波動，那突如其來的兇猛暴動，徹底平息了。
是平息，不是湮滅。
真好。
紅發alpha緊皺的眉頭才略微的舒展，他微松一口氣，目光轉向了赫拉黑洞的入口。
千年前人類預設在‘赫拉黑洞’的反物質力場，在四周小型人工黑洞的爆破下，無聲的扭曲撼動着赫拉黑洞的巨大引力。
于是‘赫拉黑洞’的最中心位置，就這麽出現了一個極小的白點，微如米粒卻又邊緣清晰，仿佛只是視覺上的一種錯覺。
然而菲茨傑拉德卻知道，那就是入口。
通往蟲巢的，囚禁蟲族‘末代金色女皇’的唯一入口。
在這個由‘時間靜止’力場所造成的囚籠中，蟲族的這一只‘末代女皇’，既無法‘生’，也不能‘死’。
這就是人類封鎖限制蟲族威脅的‘唯一戰略’，數十代人類傳承和兢兢業業的執行了近千年的防禦戰略。在這個戰略下，作為‘繁衍中心’與‘決策中樞’的‘蟲族女皇’将被永恒的鎖死在最衰弱的狀态下！
蟲族将永遠處于分裂的狀态，‘清道夫’的終極功能将永遠無法啓動。
只有這樣，作為當前‘星際霸主’的人類，才能站在這個宇宙生态鏈的最頂端，才能避免遭受最致命的生存威脅。
機甲艙內，菲茨傑拉德垂眸查閱了在腦域共鏈中的龐大數據流。直到力場的平衡達到最完美的那個狀态。
終于，可以進去了。
黯炎機甲收起光翼，毫不猶豫的邁步跨入了那一個極小的白點。那是一條單向，而無法返回的通道。
漆黑的宇宙背景下，白點倏然消失，一切未曾出現。
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（本章正文結束）
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---【番外】蘇熙的人物小傳——
(備注：以下不計入收費字數哦；蠢作者在琢磨女主心态時一不留神寫太多，沒錯，就是兩分鐘的事兒，被我琢磨了一個番外出來，考慮到正文節奏并沒有放劇情裏，但放作話裏又字數太小傷眼睛，可以省略不看哈！)
01.引子
蘇熙慢慢的蜷身坐起。
在狹小的空間中，她靜靜的沉思了兩分鐘。
這兩分鐘裏，她回憶起了自己的過去。她問自己：你有多久沒有想到那個‘蘇熙’了？那個以方塊字為代號、一筆一劃一共十九個筆順的‘蘇熙’？
那時候還黑發黑眼，一如精神力透支暈倒前瞥眼的那個Beta女性克裏斯，小麥的膚色，微波的大卷。
而不是現在這個以星際通用語發音的‘蘇熙’。
這個孱弱嬌軟的身軀，精致甜美得跟櫥窗裏的芭比娃娃一樣的模樣，而她初中開始讀住宿學校後，就不再擺弄娃娃了。
原本的她的模樣，就算上初中前最廋弱的那一年，也比這樣的長相，更男孩子氣一點。
蘇熙把頭埋進了膝蓋。腦海裏那些紛紛擾擾的過去，讓她深深嘆了一口氣。
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02.糖果
她幼年極為模模糊糊的記憶中，原本也是有父母的。
至少四歲的生日她有一個父母送的兔子布偶，布偶的背帶褲上的口袋是可以打開的，那時候臉蛋還肥嘟嘟的蘇熙驚喜的打開之後，口袋裏還有糖果。她永遠記得那顆糖果的甜蜜，那時爸爸撫摸在頭頂溫熱的大手，媽媽低頭微笑親吻時柔軟香甜的觸感。
但突然有一天，據說送她兔子布偶的爸爸媽媽都去了很遠的地方，去了星星上面。去了宇宙的另一端。
她再也沒見過他們。
然後她就和很多小朋友一起，喊一個神情永遠嚴厲的女人為‘院長媽媽’。偏偏這個‘院長媽媽’至于在面對他們的時候嚴厲，如果福利院門口停了黑色的、紅色的、或者其他顏色的小轎車的時候，‘院長媽媽’的臉上才會有笑模樣，才會溫柔的給他們整理玩髒的衣服，溫柔的給更小的孩子喂飯。
那時候五歲的蘇熙廋弱得跟一只小貓小狗似的，她學會了在別的孩子為了一顆糖果圍着‘院長媽媽’讨好的時候，站得稍微遠一點。
她不想吃嗎？當然不是。否則她也不會把偶爾分配到的糖果吃剩的糖紙偷偷的藏起來。
好像反複聞着味道就可以再吃一遍一樣。
大概就是這個原因，之後的‘蘇熙’在蕾拉阿薩伊的回憶中，見到那個貓尾蘿莉用髒兮兮的爪子，捧着糖紙讓快死掉的阿薩伊再‘舔一舔’的時候，那種不可抑制的情緒共鳴。那種止不住的淚，那種非要為對方做點什麽的沖動。
這種沖動，讓初入異世，對于精神力的世界，還十分懵懂的她，莽撞的在他人的腦域裏，為一個或許還處于敵對關系的豹耳少年，搭建起了一個虛幻的‘理想之國’。
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03.養母
“嗨！蘇熙，跟阿姨回家好嗎？”短發和藹的年輕女性蹲下身，以最溫柔的語氣問她。
夏日的蟬知啦知啦的枝頭響着，樹蔭下的風依舊燥熱又潮濕的讓人難受，而溫柔望着她的這個女人有一種讓人很舒服、很清涼的味道。
這個時候的蘇熙六歲半了，膝蓋破皮，手臂上有被劃拉出的一條不深不淺的口子，她剛跟幾個大孩子幹過架。
她不在乎那點小傷，也不想回答這個女人的問話。
“哎呀！這個孩子皮得很！也倔得很！”院長媽媽賠笑着說，“要不您再看看沫沫，那個女孩子才乖呢！您說呢？張老師？”
“謝謝你院長，蘇熙是我朋友的孩子，我并不是領養她，而是幫舊友照顧她女兒直到成年。”
被稱呼為張老師的年輕女子禮貌又客氣的回複，然後從口袋裏拿出一個信封，微笑着放在了院長手裏。
“哦！哦！這樣啊！”院長媽媽賠笑了幾聲，從善如流的接過了信封，兩個成年人互相望着笑得十分的和氣。
然後院長媽媽很快的就帶着張老師辦完了手續。
六歲半的蘇熙坐上小轎車之後，還有點回不過神。一只溫熱的手撫着她的頭頂，虛虛的蓋在了她柔軟的發旋上。她并沒有強迫年幼的蘇熙去親近她，或者直接改口喊她媽媽。
只是很快的辦完了‘上戶口’‘補學籍’等等一系列瑣事。
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後來。
沒什麽好說的，都是一些平淡的日常。養母對她很好，年幼的蘇熙很感動，卻始終喊不出那個稱呼。
養母始終沒主動要求她。
給她梳頭紮辮子。生病時陪伴照顧，也會在她犯錯時教育她。
“熙熙，我并不希望你将來做一個多麽‘成功’的人，我只希望你能做一個心智健全，有‘能力’去獲得幸福的人。”
“知道嗎？”
蘇熙抱着養母軟乎乎的腰，點點頭。
她漸漸開朗。
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再後來。
在蘇熙十歲生日那天，吹完了蠟燭，在短暫的黑暗中，她小小聲的喊了一句媽媽。
“唉。熙熙真乖！”黑暗中，養母停頓了好一會兒，才哽咽的回了一句。
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再再後來。
養母再婚了，她卻跟養父處得不好。沒什麽具體的矛盾，大概就是人與人之間氣場不對付的關系吧。
早熟的蘇熙在初二開學的第三天早上，在餐桌上提出了想去讀寄宿學校的要求。她條縷清晰的把自己的想法、理由以及後續的學業安排，都說得明明白白。
養母不同意，但已經懷孕四個月的養母，并沒有熬過蘇熙三番五次的要求，以及養父母雙方家庭親朋好友的勸說，最終還是答應了。
只是本來已經把她送到了學校，送進了宿舍，也給蘇熙鋪好了床，卻在分離時忍不住哭。蘇熙只得一邊安慰着孕期敏感的養母，一邊再倒騰一次把這個老祖宗給送回了家，再搭乘公交回到學校。
在新的環境裏，蘇熙适應得非常快。并沒有覺得有什麽不好地方，她甚至學着那些初中妹子中最流行的樣子，留起了長發還燙了卷。還收獲了兩三個死黨，一天到晚嘻嘻哈哈的極為快活的樣子。
在班級裏，她既合群，功課好，又受歡迎。
And she always has the most love letters and dates, but not many people dare to confess to her face to face. Her best friend said it was because of her strange aura, Su Xi said helplessly, "I obviously want to fall in love too, maybe it's not my destiny yet."
"As a pretty girl, you not only have a good reputation among boys, but also never get bad reviews from girls. I'm so jealous of you!"
"You're prettier, and I'm the one who wants the lemon essence, okay?"
Her best friend hugged her waist and laughed, "That's because you are so popular. People don't want you to fall in love! Otherwise, what would we do, hahaha!"
She was still in middle school and high school, so she didn't want to bother with a first love that would end in failure. She declined all the love letters and chocolates she received.
Study hard and steadily.
Gradually, her foster mother, who visited her every week, began to feel relieved. However, she always prepared a lot of food, clothes and various small items for her.
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And finally——
Su Xi still has the memory of her near death, the inexplicable farce at her funeral, and her heartbroken mother in tears.
If Su Xi still has something she can't let go of in the first half of her life.
This was probably the only woman who had no blood relationship with me, but was better than a blood relative.
Maybe some of my close friends too.
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04. Travel
Su Xi is an experienced backpacker.
At first, she just went camping and mountain trekking in the mountains around the school, but later she found that she preferred traveling alone to the group activities at the university.
Of course, due to safety concerns, I spent my weekends with my self-defense coach.
"You are very talented," the coach always praised her, "Although your endurance and explosiveness are not the best, your body's intuitive reaction is very good."
"This is a rare talent. Physical intuition, like intelligence, is a kind of human 'natural gift'. Don't waste it!"
The coach always liked to persuade her to join the martial arts industry and always asked her, "Would you consider fighting in amateur competitions?"
Su Xi wiped her sweat with a quick-drying towel and refused with a smile. Although the secretion of dopamine after exercise made her feel happy and refreshed, she did not forget the original intention of her training.
After being rejected several times, the self-defense coach gave up trying to persuade him.
In addition to normal social activities and hanging out with a few close friends, Su Xi spent her spare time researching various travel guides and planning her trips.
After graduating from university, she did not follow her adoptive mother's advice to continue her doctoral studies. Although she could maintain her daily expenses by working part-time, she was eager to have her own home and did not want to accept financial aid anymore. Her adoptive mother was just an elementary school teacher and she had already shouldered too much for her.
"Really, I'm not happy that you think that way. What burden is it? Xixi," the adoptive mother, who was in a very emotional state at this time, was about to cry again, "You are my biological daughter."
"Yes! Then don't cry, Mom! Why do you act more like a child as you get older?" Su Xi laughed at her, and then changed the subject as usual.
After graduation, Su Xi found a job very smoothly and was promoted rapidly year by year. Although she still had a long way to go before she could save enough for the down payment, it was a very pleasant thing to slowly accumulate capital on her own without using money from her family.
Gradually, as an adult, Su Xi was no longer satisfied with staying in the same place, the same city.
Whenever I have a vacation, I always plan it to the utmost. For a short vacation, I would travel around the beautiful mountains and rivers in China, and for a long vacation, I would go to the other side of the world. In a few years, I even accumulated enough gold cards from various airlines.
She was fascinated by that different kind of scenery, as if only when she was traveling could she feel her heart truly at peace.
As you travel more, you will meet friends along the way. If you travel together, you will travel together for a while. If you break up, you will say goodbye to each other. Only a very few people will keep a vague email contact after the trip.
These are very fond memories.
If there was anything that Su Xi still missed about her days on Earth, it would probably be the travel plans arranged on the calendar.
But just like in her previous life, Su Xi treated it as a time travel, a flight with no return, a long journey. However, what she was fully appreciating was the scenery of the entire universe.
For her, the past is full of beauty, nostalgia, and concerns... but there is nothing that cannot be completely let go in the face of death.
She said to herself, I let it go.
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05.
Su Xi raised her head from her knees.
She asked herself, have I really let it go? At the moment when her 'spiritual power dissipated', when she was torn and pulled deeper into the earth by that 'inexplicable' existence, the extremely familiar and warm waves made her think of the past again and again.
She must figure out what 'existence' at the center of the earth is calling her.
The dimly flickering azure light at the 'heart chakra' on her chest gradually faded away. She spread out her hands, and the small piece of beautiful icy blue crystal lay quietly in her palm.
This thing also made her feel complicated.
My eyes scanned the narrow space. There was a neatly stacked pile of clothes and a space button at the head of the medical bed.
Inside was all her stuff, cleaned out from the rubble.
Su Xi got up, changed into clean clothes, and took a brief rest to tidy up her shabby appearance. The external injuries on her body had been well treated and irradiated with a recovery device.
Now it looks much better than that wolf-like appearance.
She let the liquid silver knife neatly trim her overly long hair, tidied it up a bit, and then stepped out of the cabin.
Gary, the spiritual counselor, was right when he said, 'Don't dwell on the past.'
Now that you are awake, let's continue your journey into this other world.
--(over)--