Chapter 82 Meet again
At this moment, the Great Wilderness Star Region is at the intersection of the polar day and polar night of the planet BV32-II.
The Sun-Swallowing Shuttle, which had long deviated from the "circle of life" course, was now dangerously docked on the edge of a cliff with "one side facing the sea and the other side rolling with lava".
It is surrounded by a group of volcanic islands that are forming at an accelerating rate.
This change is more abrupt and intense than any other "periodic magnetic pole adjustment" in the history of planet BV32-II! The biological destruction caused is also the most extensive in the history of the planet's magnetic pole adjustment.
However, for the two most powerful races in the interstellar age, humans and Zerg, who are currently confronting each other, this is just a routine disaster that is a bit troublesome but can be dealt with with ease.
After several emergency repairs, the Sun-Swallowing Shuttle's engine damage rate was barely maintained at around 60% of the starting line.
Therefore, in this interception battle with the Zerg's "post-disaster egg-grabbing", Chris decided to dispatch all special service mechas and fifteen automatic mechas to form a temporary guerrilla team to intercept every Zerg that can be captured.
It must be said that this is entirely due to the existence of the 'Su Xi' plug-in.
After all, the research samples obtained by humans before were at most "insect mother crystal nuclei" with the potential for "queen" development, not complete "insect eggs". And compared with the current batch of "golden insect eggs" hidden by the queen of the insect race under special circumstances, they are far inferior in quality and strategic research value.
It's no wonder that after seeing the effectiveness of what Su Xi called the "safe zone", Chris had the ambition and idea to snatch the batch of "golden eggs" from the Zerg.
The frequency band of the 'golden worm eggs' is completely different from the hatching frequency of ordinary 'mother worm eggs', and it is difficult for humans to track them with existing technology. But now Chris and his team have the 'Su Xi' plug-in, and after regaining the 'golden worm eggs' simulation band, the traces of the 'golden worm eggs' on the planet BV32-II are almost public to them.
Facts have proved that in the first fifteen encounters, humans maintained a frequency of winning two out of three battles and captured six "golden eggs".
At this moment, six new "forbidden rooms" were opened in the lower cabin of the Sun Swallowing Flying Shuttle. The six "golden eggs" were lying quietly in them and were strictly isolated.
In the main control room on the upper floor, Allen was busy setting up a new 'Zerg Imprisoner' program with sweat all over his face.
Even in his busy schedule, he still did not forget to keep an eye on the situation in the 'forbidden room' where the insect eggs were hatched. To his surprise, the five companion king insects that suddenly started fighting were devoured and only one was left. However, the energy fluctuations were not as severe as before, and a 'transfer of the same species' did not occur.
Ellen frowned in confusion and highlighted this noteworthy phenomenon in the logbook.
Outside the Sun Swallowing Shuttle, the 16th guerrilla war was underway. Chris and his men, with three heavy mechas as cover and 1,300 micro combat robots as the vanguard, were slowly approaching a group of ground insect soldiers transporting the "golden insect eggs".
It was a group of insects guarded by a fifth-level 'general'-level 'golden centipede'. They slowly carried the 'golden egg' out from underground and were waiting for the 'three-legged flying thorn insect' circling in the sky to pick it up.
Chris's tactic is to wait for the moment when the two groups of Zerg meet and then start fighting -
Effective tactics have helped them obtain the first fifteen 'golden eggs'.
The current development seems to be the same as the previous fifteen times, nothing special.
But Su Xi in the control room suddenly changed her expression. The sharp pain flashed by, and the "annihilation" scene that had disappeared flashed before her eyes again. However, it was a "total destruction" scene with a different background.
She pulled up the weapons storage in the mecha cabin, glanced through it, and then pointed to a page and asked Allen, who was working hard, "Ellen, is there a model of this EXO powered exoskeleton that is suitable for me?"
Ellen, who had just finished setting the new program password, turned around and looked at her petite figure. She said in surprise: "Probably only the smallest size can be used, but why do you ask this?"
"Support Chris, they haven't refreshed in three minutes."
Allen paused for a breath. Su Xi's predictions had never been wrong in the previous fifteen times, so he believed her without hesitation.
The young curly-haired alpha quickly turned to the control panel and checked the remote signal of the micro-robot, but there was no response! He then sent a communication request to Chris and the others, but there was no response!
"Ailun," Su Xi said to him, "Please help me adjust the compatible size of this EXO model. I'll go down and take a look."
"No," the young alpha said very firmly, "I can't make this decision without a warrant from my superior!"
"Besides, I should be the one to go!"
"The coordinates of the Sun-Swallowing Shuttle have been synchronized with the First Fortress. Please stay on the Sun-Swallowing Shuttle. Both the energy of the imprisonment device and the outer shell shield is sufficient..."
Bang——
Before Allen could finish his words, he was tied tightly to the seat by the liquid silver insect armor that instantly turned into energy. It looked like he was tightly wrapped in silver spider silk.
He struggled subconsciously twice, and the silver spider web, as if it were a living thing, loosened a little considerately, maintaining a tightness that was breathable but absolutely impossible to break free from.
Su Xi withdrew her hand and glanced at the flight recorder in the cabin.
The brown-haired omega tilted his head and smiled, saying, "That's in line with the rules, right?"
Ellen was speechless and choked: "..."
"Help me debug it," Su Xi asked again, then put her hand on the mental interface port and said, "I can read the manual myself, but it will be a little slower."
Ellen answered with difficulty: "Okay."
As soon as he finished speaking, a hole appeared in the silver spider web that was just big enough for his hands to pass through. Allen couldn't figure out how he felt. This mission gave him a new understanding of the omega gender in just a few days.
With his help, Suxi was quickly fully armed in the EXO equipment room.
Click - after the helmet was lowered, under the restraint of the powered exoskeleton that Allen had debugged, only the vague curves of the body could reveal that this was a warrior with a female secondary gender. Under that cold exoskeleton, no one would have thought that it would be an omega.
Finally, Allen asked hesitantly, "You also selected the maximum power handheld pulse cannon. Do you... know how to use it?"
"I don't know," Su Xi said honestly. Then she closed her eyes slightly and read the relevant data directly from the port of the mental interface on the helmet.
Seeing Ellen's speechless and worried expression, Su Xi couldn't help but explain a few more words, using that serious tone that only women have: "I'm looking up the instruction manual. It not only has a holographic holding demonstration, but also explains in detail the corresponding killing range of each power."
Ellen was speechless again: "..."
Su Xi comforted him dryly: "Trust me, I will be back soon. You are more familiar with everything on the Sun Swallowing Shuttle than I am. If anything unexpected happens, you are our last resort."
Su Xi was already standing at the open cabin door.
Leaning back slightly, she escaped from the invisible force field of the Sun-Swallowing Shuttle and jumped off a thousand-foot cliff.
In the dizziness of falling, in the sense of being upside down in this world that is half mountain, half sea, and half lava——
She suddenly missed 'Xi Guang'.
The wind whistled outside the helmet, and inside the helmet she could only hear her own shallow breathing, the sound of her heartbeat quickening as her adrenaline surged, and—
Wearing a transparent air bubble on her collarbone, there was a beautiful substance that was like ice and flame, responding to her heartbeat.
At the moment when she was alone in this world, she suddenly thought of the man who gave her such a precious thing.
Hiss—Bang—
The booster was ignited, and Su Xi stopped while falling. After adjusting the direction, he headed straight for the coordinates where Chris and his team had last sent a signal.
*
Just as Su Xi expected, just two and a half minutes after losing contact, Chris's team on the ground was trapped in a large-scale hallucination fog created by the "brain worm".
Originally, the micro-robot forward could still rely on it to identify direction and truth, but the "thread-shaped rot worms" that swarmed out from the ground quickly entangled the micro-robot's joints and trapped it on the ground, unable to move.
Under the wrath of the Zerg Queen, the 'Brain Worm', which was originally only controlling the overall situation remotely in the outer space orbit of the planet BV32-II, quietly dived to the ground.
That 'golden egg' was originally a trap.
Chris and his friends, who were caught in an endless fight, had some doubts but found that they had lost their direction and the ability to distinguish between reality and illusion.
Until Chris found a breakthrough at the cost of losing a heavy mecha, and was about to destroy the "golden egg"!
At this moment——
'Stop!'
'Chris'
'That's Mary!'
Su Xi stopped in front of Chris, who was blinded by bloodshot. Her landing posture was not very graceful, and her manipulation of the pulse gun and the mecha exoskeleton was a bit excessive.
Su Xi stood up with great difficulty from the corpse of a heavily armored soldier that had been blown into a pile of mud. She did not have time to get rid of the sticky green slime. She struggled to climb over the "huge" mountain of corpses and came to Chris's mecha "Musician". Compared with the tall special service mecha, Su Xi, who was only wearing a light mecha skeleton, was only about the height of the "Musician's" calf.
Chris in the mecha cabin blinked and asked uncertainly in the communication channel: "Naya?"
“是我。”蘇熙掀開了頭盔外防護，站上了‘琴師’向她展開的手掌。
“這次不是幻覺。”
動力頭盔中的那雙琥珀色的眼眸朝她笑，克裏斯放下心來，像捧一個精細的玩偶一般，‘琴師’把蘇熙高舉到機甲艙的位置。
隔着兩層透明防護罩，蘇熙看見了克裏斯極為疲憊的臉色。
在腦蟲構造的‘虛幻時間’中，他們應該已經奮戰了很久了。
蘇熙在通訊頻道中說，“克裏斯，我需要鏈接其它人了，這次一定得快！對方的‘網絡’很強，比我們前十幾次遇到的，都強過數百倍。”
“并且，”蘇熙鄭重的說，“像前兩次那樣的深度鏈接，最多只能持續十五分鐘，不能再多了，否則你們之後的精神力晉級将失去自由性，将徹底依賴于我個人的極限——”
“而我的狀态，并不穩定。”
“我明白。”從幻象中清醒過來的克裏斯，揉了一把臉，疲倦而平淡的說：“目前任務優先，隊友的性命第二，至于晉級的事情等有命活着回去再說。”
這是他們的選擇，蘇熙不再多說什麽。
這次她并沒有時間再進入‘琴師’的機甲艙，而是坐上了這架線條繁複流暢的紅色機甲的右肩。
咔嗒——EXO機甲外骨骼自帶的磁扣鎖死在‘琴師’的側肩，蘇熙便在這架高大的機甲之上立住了。
“我開始了！”蘇熙提醒了這一聲之後，就閉眼沉入了‘思維網絡’之中。
瞬息——
迷失在‘腦蟲’幻覺迷霧中的衆人，如同炎熱的夏日被一個冰盆徹底潑醒，他們面面相窺的發現這裏依舊是之前埋伏的山谷，而并非厮殺了數日的火山群島。
滿地的蟲屍提醒他們，在他們發動第一輪襲擊取得一次小勝利之後，就陷入了被圍攻以及互相之間自相殘殺的困境。
而那顆搶奪過來的‘金色蟲卵’呢，只是一塊普通的岩石罷了。
沒多餘的機會寒暄，以蘇熙搭建的‘思維網絡’為平臺，克裏斯直接跟衆人交換了自己的想法、認知以及後續的戰術安排。
那是比語言高效千倍的作戰溝通方式。
瞬息之後，他們的‘網’就跟迎面而來的另一個節點更多，核心更強的‘思維網絡’迎面碰撞上了。
雖然已經在這種狀态下進行過一次集體的思維交互及合作，但這種方式對于衆人而言，依舊是一種既瑰麗又詭異的體驗。
‘那是腦蟲！’
蘇熙極為肯定的把這個信息共享給了‘人類網絡’中的衆人。
在精神世界中，兩個‘網絡’瞬間碰撞、又瞬間分離的同時，現實中的蟲族和這支人類小隊，也幾乎同一時刻的發出了攻擊。
如果說在‘人類網絡’中的克裏斯相當于一個決策中心，那麽‘蘇熙’就相當于一個指揮中心，以及整個網絡的強大‘精神能量’的後盾。
當前人類小隊的幸存者中，只有瑪麗、加裏和老莫是3S的精神能力者，其它如克裏斯、蘭博等人也不過剛到2S頂級而已。
此刻在蘇熙所謂的‘十五分鐘極限’內，強勢的精神能量灌入，讓衆人在各自的能力等級上提升了至少三個小臺階，蘭博和加裏甚至直接越階到了4S等級。
雖然只是暫時性的，但這種強勢的灌入仍舊讓蘭博産生了極為強烈的快感，‘媽的！原來吊炸天的4S就是這種感覺！老子要拼了！全幹掉那些蟲子！’
現實世界中，‘腦蟲’仍然隐匿在重甲蟲的嚴密保護之中，然而在它的地面指揮中，不但作為步兵前鋒的‘噬金蟲’前撲後擁的絡繹不絕，擅長中鋒擊殺的‘螳蟲’也揮舞着節肢和鐮刀前肢沖擊而來——
進入‘思維聯網’的人類小隊，此刻既是個體作戰，又是統一的一個整體。
每個人的視角相通，每個人的特殊能力甚至在某種程度上可以互相流轉借用，在這‘十五分鐘極限’內，團戰的能力已經不能單純的用個體能力的疊加來衡量了，而是一個人幾乎可以抵擋一只軍隊。
但這樣完美的狀态很快就要超過十五分鐘的極限了，蘇熙在‘網絡’中倒計時，并作出放棄‘金色蟲卵’并後撤的建議。
但克裏斯卻請求到：‘蘇熙，請繼續。’
現實世界中，無邊無際的蟲族與這個勢單力薄，但實力暴增的人類小隊之間的争鬥，又陷入了膠着的狀态。
克裏斯表示：‘後撤沒有意義，只會暴露吞日飛梭的位置所在，那十五顆金色蟲卵只要不踏出禁锢器，只需要等到增援，我們就徹底勝利了。’
蘇熙輕輕笑着說：“情況沒那麽壞，克裏斯。你們能好好活着回去的。”
“我保證。”
然後她調整了精神鏈接的頻率，衆人被迫退出了那種極端‘深度’的多點同頻狀态。但若有若無的精神網鏈接，仍讓他們保持着最大的戰鬥直覺與對同伴狀态的感應。
來不及跟蘇熙多說，大家都陷入了各自職責的戰鬥中。
高昂的士氣，讓趁亂前來發動沖鋒的蟲族再次敗退。
克裏斯的機甲‘琴師’把蘇熙放入山崖一塊石壁的平臺上。然後它抽出武器，以機甲‘琴師’自身為盾，擋在了石壁之前。
克裏斯說：“謝謝你蘇熙。接下來是我們軍人的戰場，你的職責就是務必完好無損的活着回到第一要塞。”
蘇熙微微抿唇，答應了一聲‘好’。
但望着前方慘烈的殺戮戰場，蘇熙微阖眼，精神長波蕩開，她開始尋找那只狡猾躲藏起來的‘腦蟲’。
會的。
他們都會活着回去。
降臨這個世界後，除了熙光，蘇熙再一次有了一個小‘目标’。
至于她自己，她并不畏懼甘甜的死亡。
*
正在此刻，遠處的天空突然起了漩渦，那是蟲族撕裂空間，大規模運輸蟲兵所引發的特殊天氣現象！
果不其然，天空中仿佛突兀的撕裂開了一條黑沉沉的口子，無數蟲兵密密麻麻的降下——
衆人心底一沉。
蟲族來了增援，原本勉強平局的狀态眼看就要打破。
此刻，蟲族的兵源除了無邊無際的地面部隊，現在更是連空中領域都即将被全面壓制！
人類小隊的生存幾率渺茫。
鋪天蓋地的空中蟲群幾個瞬間就來到了這片戰場的上方，克裏斯心情更沉重了，她顯然認出來了：“那是躍遷蟲的部隊，不是單純的‘飛蟲’。”
蘭博舔了舔內腹被震出的血沫，嘿嘿一笑：“還沒殺過這一代最新的王蟲呢，這趟任務真帶勁兒。”
加裏什麽都沒說，整理了一下衣領。
所有人都做好了拼死一搏的準備。
然而接下來的發展卻大大出乎了所有人意料——
還有所有蟲的意料。
來到戰場上空的‘躍遷蟲’部隊，瞬間以一種自殺式的姿态沖向了地面的腦蟲部隊。
兩邊頓時殺了個天昏地暗。
戰場中這種詭異的發展，讓場中僅剩的幾個人類都楞住了。
蟲母還沒孵化，兩邊不同種類的蟲族就開始內鬥了嗎？
勉強處理完腹部被徹底洞穿的傷勢，瑪麗灌了好幾口強行提升劑，她面如金紙的暗呼：“從未見過這種情況，太不科學了！”
直到——
用不着人類出手，兵精糧足的‘躍遷蟲’部隊暫時把地面‘腦蟲’的步兵們，殺的殺，驅趕的驅趕。
場子很快就清理出來了。
立在争鬥中心的衆人迅速的溝通了各自對情勢的判斷，暫時察覺不出這只新登場的‘躍遷蟲’的敵意，便暗自戒備的靜觀其變。
于是，在這場蟲族勝者一方對敗者一方當場吞噬的過程中，那只僅盤旋在半空冷漠觀戰卻一直未動的七階王蟲，就顯得無比的突兀和詭異。
直到在戰場清理得差不多的時候，那只王蟲才不緊不慢的降落到了他們面前。
但接下來的舉動，從未在人蟲之争的漫長歷史中發生過，而以後也大概不會有。
除了蘇熙，在場的人大部分都是軍校畢業，其中嚴格培訓的各項課程中，對蟲族的已知分類及各種習性，那是一定必須倒背如流的。
這只王蟲此刻，位于頸部的鱗羽微微上翹，而尾部的長須以一種奇特的韻律輕柔晃動着……那是一只七階‘躍遷蟲無疑’，但那樣的姿勢……是一個不自主的‘求偶’的姿勢？！以及飛行過來時，蟲族信息素中那強烈的圈地意識。
衆人都僵住不敢動。暗地裏盤點中剩餘的武器。
難道他們搶奪的‘金色蟲卵’是即将孵化的‘女皇’？那可是七階王蟲啊，除了同等級的‘準女皇’之外，是不可能對稍弱等級的蟲母做出象征臣服的‘求偶’姿勢的。
但是在衆目睽睽之中。
The king bug suddenly made a strange leap and appeared out of nowhere on the cliff platform, only three meters away from Su Xi. Su Xi stopped Chris who was about to rush over, "Don't worry, let me communicate with it first, I promise I can protect myself."
Thinking of her performance in the wilderness, Chris and the others paused for a moment, and slowly stood in a position where they could respond at any time.
The seventh-level king insect standing in front of Su Xi obviously didn't care about the vigilance and attack preparations of other humans.
It simply lowered its tentacles and gently touched the soft palm of the brown-haired girl.
In the huge dark blue compound eyes, there are countless reflections of her, and now she looks like a wolf.
'It's me.'
'Come here.'
It was a powerful yet familiar mental fluctuation, carrying with it a sense of guilt and incomparable complexity.