Chapter 19
[The system can confirm that the commander is still alive.]
[When you first arrived in this world... although your life force was very weak, there was still a possibility of awakening.]
A0's words made Qi Heng raise an eyebrow.
[This ability of secondary reincarnation will cause the commander to transform into a juvenile over a period of five thousand years. Once he returns to the form of a juvenile egg, he will hatch again and grow again...]
"I know that."
"If nothing unexpected happens, that's exactly what should happen." A0 changed the subject and said, "But you didn't come as promised, and you disappeared without a trace shortly after the commander's second reincarnation."
[The order to mobilize the entire civilization for war requires the signatures of the Tianjia Civilization Empire's Chief Archon and the Grand Marshal to take effect. Therefore, upon learning of your disappearance, the Commander forcibly awakened from his reincarnation and signed the war order alongside the Chief Archon.]
The strength of the Tianjia civilization was greatly reduced after losing the combat power of the original Zerg. As the war situation continued to deteriorate, it eventually lost the war in which civilization was at stake.
A0 was talking about what happened in the game after Qi Heng left the game, and he knew nothing about it.
[The Tianjia civilization was destroyed twelve thousand years ago. Seven thousand years ago, on the day the commander completed his second reincarnation, you did not appear... It has been waiting for you to appear.]
Qi Heng was silent.
When he was still the ruler of the Tianjia Zerg, he did have an agreement with the commander-in-chief that he would come to pick him up in person on the day of the commander's rebirth.
But at that time he just thought it was a game plot, and never thought... the commander had really waited for him for such a long time. The system had no reason to deceive himself, so the commander must still be alive, which was also good news.
Recalling the game plot about the commander, the place where the commander finally chose to reincarnate for the second time was the Tianyun Star under his feet.
Is this a coincidence or a deliberate choice by the system?
In a flash, he remembered the place where the commander was reincarnated for the second time on Tianyun Star, and a guess emerged in his mind.
"Is that egg pit the nursery on Tianyun Star?"
Even if the system could sense that the commander was still alive at the moment of landing, it would not be possible to sense it from a distance, and the location and shape of the egg pit were very similar to the lower half of a building in memory.
[Your idea is correct.]
A0 confirmed his guess.
There is a nursery on Tianyun Star, which contains difficult-to-hatch insect eggs sent from various planets.
Qi Heng has always been paying attention to the growth of the civilization's population, so after discovering that the aura on the commander could promote their hatching, he gathered these insect eggs. Later, the place where the commander chose for his second reincarnation was right below the nursery.
The breath of the commander can promote the hatching of insect eggs, and the life breath carried by the insect eggs can also feed back to the commander, greatly increasing the possibility of the commander waking up after the second reincarnation.
Qi Heng didn't speak for a moment.
He felt a little guilty and remorseful, as he brought the commander's loyalty and faith in the master in the game into reality. He was like a scum who broke his promise and betrayed those who trusted him.
The reason why the commander was asked to undergo a second reincarnation was partly due to the idea of conquering and colonizing larger galaxies in the game after the civilization was promoted again in the future.
So when he knew that the commander was attached to the master and was unwilling to leave for five thousand years, he made an agreement with the commander to pick him up in person after five thousand years.
Because of this agreement, the commander obeyed the orders of the master even though he was extremely reluctant.
What I didn't expect was that my thoughts would change so quickly.
Overlord... Qi Heng smiled bitterly in his heart. By this calculation, Overlord had not only broken his promise to the Commander, but there were also many things that he had agreed to do with the 'story characters' in the game but had not yet fulfilled.
"How do I wake up the commander?"
It is imperative to awaken the commander-in-chief both intellectually and emotionally.
After missing the date for so long, it's time to fulfill the promise we made in the past.
And now, I really need a commander.
[First, Lord, you must reach 50% of the first stage of fusion, then go to the commander's location and use your mental power to resonate the frequency.]
[Only after sensing your presence will the young egg carrying the commander awaken from its excessively long hibernation.]
Fifty percent fusion degree is not high. It should not take much time to achieve it by combining star power and mental power. Qi Heng thought for a moment and made a decision.
"A1 didn't mention this information, and it's not in the database."
"How did you know that?"
[As a hidden program of the system, some of the information I know does not appear in the system's information database. It comes from the images I observe.]
A0 gave an explanation slowly and leisurely. Its built-in program was slightly different from A1's, but they were basically the same.
Whenever Qi Heng asks a question, he will tell you everything he knows.
"Even if I reach the 50% fusion level you mentioned, I won't necessarily be able to awaken the commander, right?"
[Yes, but the chance of awakening is 70%.]
Seventy percent is already a very high probability for the system, after all, it is more than fifty percent.
Qi Heng knew it very well.
A 70% probability is enough. Success is gratifying, and failure is not a pity.
…
That night.
In the wasteland.
Qi Heng used his star power to maintain his own temperature, crawling beside a weathered building. He was covered with camouflage made of plant branches and leaves.
He held his breath and reduced his life activities to a minimum.
This is the wild area outside Area 49. Not to mention at night, you rarely see other Zergs here even during the day.
Qi Heng came here to hunt.
A week ago, he produced the third batch of 150 mining bugs after absorbing energy for the second time in Mine No. 1. Today, he went there again to absorb all the dozens of tons of obsidian crystals dug out by those mining bugs.
After deducting daily consumption, the system's stored energy reached 6,000, and the mine began to steadily produce about 6 tons of obsidian crystals every day, earning 600 points every day.
After careful consideration, he spent 300 energy points to activate the [Subsystem Scan] branch of the system's basic scan. After superposition, the scanning range was upgraded from three meters to one kilometer, and the constant consumption was 1 energy point per minute.
The perfect [Scan] function can record everything that happens within one kilometer in great detail. Combined with the [Subsystem Analysis] activated with 500 energy points, everything can be organized into documents and stored in the system. Under Qi Heng's instructions, many overlooked details will be analyzed.
Qi Heng tried to repair the system after his energy points exceeded 5,000, but was rejected by A0.
A0 said that the system's initial repair would require at least 10,000 points, and suggested that after he had accumulated 10,000 points, he should first repair some of the system's built-in folding spaces, namely the backpack grids and warehouses in the game.
Qi Heng thought about it and felt that A0's suggestion was very useful.
If you have a folding space with you, you can store the mined ore in the space as an emergency backup energy point, so that you will not be particularly passive in case of a crisis.
Just then.
A red thermal image appeared on the system interface that was scanning an area with a diameter of one kilometer. It was an animal that had drilled out from the hole he had marked previously. Based on the traces, it was estimated that it was an animal with a size of 40 to 50 centimeters and was good at digging holes.
Nine times out of ten it was a rabbit that lived in this wasteland.
The rabbit hole was less than a hundred meters away from where he was now. He squinted his eyes and saw a gray head emerging from the hole, with half-grown drooping ears, a chubby and fleshy body, strong lower limbs and degenerate upper limbs that could dig holes very quickly.
A thin, narrow and sharp knife appeared in Qi Heng's hand. It was made of obsidian. The hard obsidian blade was sharper than those made of bone or stone.
Products produced by the system must be of high quality and can attach star power to attack.
10 energy points for one, nothing wrong with it except that it's expensive.
The high price is not the system's problem, it's his problem.
The thin blade was shaped like a scalpel. Qi Heng held it between his two fingers, then moved his wrist slightly to swing the black blade out.
After throwing the first one, he quickly threw the second and third ones.
The knife covered with a layer of star power flew out at an extremely fast speed, and then pierced into the carotid artery of the big gray rabbit as easily as a knife piercing tofu.
Not far away, the big gray rabbit fell to the ground with a bang.
Qi Heng stood up, shook off the bush disguise on his body, and walked towards the place where the big gray rabbit fell.
The wilderness is not safe at night, and any animal that survives here is not a good person.
If the price of meat in the slums had not been too high and it wasn't worthwhile to keep exchanging it with Star Stones, he wouldn't have come hunting as soon as the scanning function was turned on.
Even the flying knife technique was learned at the last minute. Fortunately, all the conditions of this body are extremely excellent. Even if it is learned temporarily, it is enough to hunt big gray rabbits, which are animals at the bottom of the food chain in the wilderness.
The system scanning function will monitor the surrounding environment before being turned off, and will issue an immediate warning if there is any danger or accident. This is also the reason why Qi Heng dares to wander around in the wilderness after dark.
Qi Heng walked to the big gray rabbit and pulled out the knife that was stuck in the rabbit's carotid artery.
The next moment, blood splattered out.
Fortunately, he was prepared, so he was not splashed with blood.
He bent down and wiped the blood off the black blade with rabbit fur, then wrapped it in a cloth and placed it in his pocket along with the others. Finally, he grabbed the big gray rabbit by its long ears and walked back, carrying the dozens of kilograms of rabbit.
One is enough. Given the climate on Tianyun Star, if you can't finish it in a short period of time, it will become smelly and rotten.
In addition, the smell of blood left by the dead rabbits will attract other predators. Qi Heng has no combat experience. If he encounters jackals, tigers, leopards, etc., it will definitely be a fierce battle. There is no need for him to take that risk.
Area 49 is very quiet at night. Even female insects will feel cold due to the low temperature at night, so no female insects will walk around outside after dark.
——Except for the female insects who, like Qi Heng, brave the cold and go hunting in the wilderness.
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