Chapter 71 The Date is Coming
Planet BV32-II. A temporary command post constructed with an escape capsule and two space capsules.
When Su Xi woke up and resumed normal movement, she stepped out of the hatch of the Sun-Swallowing Shuttle escape capsule. Chris's mission change instructions were reaching a critical moment.
Su Xi did not walk over directly. She tucked her oversized military jacket and adjusted the pheromone isolator under the windshield button. Then she restrained her breath and tried her best to avoid disturbing them in the meeting.
This petite omega just leaned on the steps and listened quietly.
In this makeshift command post, the star map of the 'Universe's End' is slowly displayed in mid-air, and the proportion of the display changes with Chris's operating gestures.
The background of the starry sky is dark, with only very rare galaxies and celestial bodies.
In the display model of the cosmic microwave background, this universe that has been completely eaten away by the Zerg is filled with large areas of "energy voids", making the entire background look like a dirty blanket that has been eaten away by insects and is full of holes and pits.
There is also a huge red 'warning' area surrounding it, which is an absolute defense line destroyed and isolated by human antimatter weapons thousands of years ago.
Chris pointed at the red area and said seriously, "This is the important strategic defense line that humans used to trap the Zerg thousands of years ago. The price we paid was giving up our legendary homeland."
"And now, we cannot retreat even an inch from our homeland!"
"The possibility of a new generation of queen being born must be completely nipped in the bud!"
Chris zoomed in on the desolate star field at the edge of the "universe's dead zone" and located the observation coordinates at a single star system with only five planets orbiting it.
It was a white dwarf star emitting a tragic white light and nearing the end of its life.
On its third planetary orbit is the life planet numbered BV-32II by humans under the feet of Su Xi and his friends.
"According to the intelligence sent back by the commander in the hive and Sir Kolot's model deduction, there are five mission coordinates to choose from." Chris clicked on several places marked with yellow cursors on the map of the Great Wilderness Star Region, and suddenly five flat light screens popped up, displaying more abundant information.
"These are the specific coordinates of the surviving 'golden eggs' hidden by the Zerg Queen. We only need to find a way to retrieve one and bring it back to the First Fortress. We should destroy the others as much as possible."
"This is the same danger level as the last mission to replace the core of the Zerg defense fortifications."
Everyone present held their breath. The last time the Sun Devourer obtained the young queen's 'insect core' on the Zerg battlefield, the price it paid was the destruction of the entire ship! At the same time, the commander who was the first heir to the empire was also trapped on the UFO planet.
"I only have two requests for you!"
"First, complete the mission!"
"Second, try your best to survive!"
"Do you understand?" Chris shouted!
"Understood!" The neat reply was filled with an iron-blooded and fierce spirit!
Su Xi, who was standing by, took a deep breath and sighed in this atmosphere. Her petite figure leaned on the steps in the corner, almost blending into the shadows. She closed her eyes slightly and let her intuition guide her to launch a mental detection covering the planet.
When Chris was telling her about the background of these missions, she seemed to have witnessed the historical events from a different perspective?
What is it?
The answer seemed to be before, when his mental power was dissipated due to unstable advancement, and he was attracted and lured by that 'inexplicable existence' and went deep into the center of this planet?
But at that time, the speed of the "long wave of mental power" sinking was too fast, and the amount of information was too huge. Su Xi felt a little depressed. In the final analysis, it was still the strength of this body that could not keep up with the growth of mental power.
Perhaps she could also consider implanting a silicon-based memory chip in the cervical spine?
However, this thought only flashed through Su Xi's mind. On the other side, the short mission briefing was coming to an end.
Chris said in a deep voice, "Let's assign tasks. I will lead Group A to conduct scouting, and Gary will lead Group B to provide logistical support."
Chris looked at the four people who stayed behind on the Sun-Swallowing Shuttle and maintained the engine through the holographic connection.
"Yes!" Gary and the four people who stayed behind returned the greeting and accepted the order.
At this moment, the images of the four people in the holographic conference trembled and the holographic communication became slightly unstable. This was a prelude to the strengthening of the magnetic field storm.
Chris spoke faster: "Rambo and Allen will stay on the ground to provide information support and protect the previous mission target. Until they return to the First Fortress safely!"
"The specific information has been sent to all optical computers. While the magnetic polarization storm of this planet has not yet reached Class A, we will take action in ten minutes!"
"yes!"
"Ellen, what's your question?" Chris saw that Ellen seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"Reporting to the commander, I apply to exchange positions with Mary!" There was a determined look in the young alpha's eyes.
Chris realized instantly that Mary's omega had just given birth and must be eagerly awaiting her safe return.
"You are a technical soldier, why are you fighting for a field mission? I'll take over!" Rambo raised his hand carelessly.
A very touching look flashed across Mary's face. You know, although Rambo is tough and strong, and ranks first in the special vanguard company every year, his situation is similar to hers, with a pregnant husband at home.
It must be said that in the face of this unexpected change in mission, Chris has taken all considerations of personnel assignments very seriously.
"I will obey the superiors' arrangements!" Mary said, firmly expressing her unwillingness to change. "The commission of the 'civil rescue mission' is to get the rescue target back to the first fortress safely. In addition to supporting the mission plan codenamed S85, you two also need to take on the additional responsibility of completing the second mission. The risk is not..."
"Stop talking nonsense. Even though you are a 3S, your skin is too thin! You will definitely not last more than three rounds and will lapse early!" Faced with the hypocrisy of his friend, Rambo chose to ridicule him mercilessly.
"You, you!" Mary's anger soared! The two people's hot alpha breaths collided in the air in an instant.
The scene was so solemn a second ago, but now the style suddenly changes and it seems like a direct confrontation is about to take place!
At this moment when everyone is having a 'friendly' discussion.
A cold voice rang out: "I'm so sorry for causing trouble to everyone."
Then everyone noticed the extremely elegant magnolia, the faint and light omega pheromones faintly wafting in the air. And before she spoke, the scent was almost perfectly concealed.
Chris looked in the direction of the sound and saw a petite figure slowly walking out of the shadow in the corner.
Everyone turned their heads in surprise.
In their eyes, she looked pale and frail in her large military uniform. This brown-haired omega with a delicate and beautiful face, if judged only by appearance, was the most popular sweet and amiable girl among traditional omegas.
However, when she spoke or moved, the sense of comfort she brought out in every move was just like the feeling her pheromones gave people, making people feel both friendly and hesitant, wondering if getting too close would be blasphemous.
Su Xi slowly walked down the lifeboat platform steps where she was sitting, obviously having been listening for quite some time.
Most of the people present suddenly felt complicated. They had all seen the powerful deeds of this seemingly weak girl in the arid wasteland.
And the ruthlessness and decisiveness in killing that are extremely disproportionate to the wolfish and weak appearance of the 'half-angel, half-Shura'.
Suddenly, no one regarded her as just a weak omega.
There was a slightly different look in their eyes.
The scene suddenly became solemn.
Once again, Chris was the first to react. She gestured to temporarily disband the meeting and let them prepare on their own.
Then he took Su Xi to sit aside and asked her about her physical condition. "Hey! Did I wake you up? How do you feel?"
Su Xi nodded and replied obediently, "I feel fine now, thank you for your help."
"Then take a rest first. Allen and Rambo will escort you to the Sun-Swallowing Shuttle in a little while. It will be more comfortable there," Chris said as gently as possible. "Your Highness's information cannot be synchronized yet. We can only try to contact you after this magnetic storm is over."
However, Su Xi's answer surprised Chris.
She said, "This planet gives me an 'inexplicable' familiarity. I don't want to interfere with your work. But I am also very eager... to explore it thoroughly."
Because of the height difference, Su Xi slightly raised her head and looked at the Beta woman with black hair and black eyes.
Her hair color and eye color made Su Xi involuntarily express a special sense of closeness.
Chris was a little surprised.
However, what was even more unexpected was that the omega in front of him, who looked complicated, opened and closed her cherry lips, which were so pale that they were almost bloodless, and she expressed an even more unexpected request.
She said to Chris, "Please take me with you."
"I'll go with you."
People who were not too far away turned their heads to look at him in surprise, but Chris of course refused decisively.
"No! You are a protected target and cannot be put in danger. Besides, this is our military mission and has nothing to do with you!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Chris, who was an experienced O-controller, suddenly reflected on whether her tone was too harsh. She immediately softened her tone and said, "You are an omega no matter what. Even if the universe collapses tomorrow, you don't need to take risks. Do you understand?"
Su Xi suddenly smiled softly. It was not that she was unaware of their complex and subtle attitude towards her. After all, although the alpha's pheromones would not affect her, she could feel very clearly the emotions emitted by the alphas in the room.
It only took her one sentence to silence Chris.
“I can ‘see’ them,” she said.
"What do you mean?" Chris frowned. After seeing her abilities and performance, it wasn't that he didn't believe what she said at the moment, but he didn't quite understand what she meant by 'seeing'.
"Are we here now?" Su Xi said, taking the holographic model of the planet BV-32II from Chris.
The planet was in her palm. The interstellar light overflowed and leaked out from her slender body.
Chris blinked, suddenly feeling a little uncertain.
Su Xi said a piece of news that shocked Chris in an extremely slow tone. She said, "I don't know what the situation will be like in the other four locations, but under our feet, the so-called 'worm eggs'... are fluctuating? But it is so powerful that this planet cannot bear it..."
With a light stroke of her delicate white fingers, the holographic model of the planet instantly became a three-dimensional cross-sectional model in her palm.
"And the strongest place I can feel it is right here."
Su Xi pointed to the mantle layer.
"And this place is also very strange..." The slender fingers slid towards the center of the earth.
"Impossible!" Chris rejected. "Before we arrived at the preset time, we had already fully monitored and scanned this planet, and there were no abnormal fluctuations."
After hearing this, the omega with short honey brown hair, who was exerting all his mental power, closed his beautiful eyes slightly without caring, as if he was looking straight at the sky through the roof with his eyes closed.
She said softly, "That is not a frequency band that can be monitored by instruments, so the monitoring satellites you placed in outer space cannot detect it."
"If you don't mind, please allow me to show you."
She stood there so quietly, with a fragile but unignorable presence. And... a powerful mental strength so vast and strong that it made people feel like crawling on their knees.
Chris nodded.
Then Su Xi walked to Ellen's side and gently placed her hand on the entrance of the 'spiritual communication device'. She closed her eyes slightly and entered the human-machine synchronization frequency.
The holographic image was activated instantly, and a dense and extremely shocking scene suddenly appeared above the desolate planet with no signs of life. It was! The Zerg Army!
Chris paused for a moment, and quickly ordered, "Mary, report to the First Fortress."
"Call for reinforcements, and—"
"It's too late." The weak omega interrupted Chris's instructions and arrangements without being weak at all. She grabbed Chris's large coat, raised her head slightly, and looked at the sky through the transparent dome of the safe house.
“Because they are already here.”
"Will you accept the challenge, Chris?" Su Xi closed her eyes, then gently tilted her head to look in Chris' direction, "It's better to hide underground first."
"It's all up to you."