Chapter 23
[My Lord, I did not mean to deceive you.]
【But this is the only way.】
A0 said: [Besides using the oath program, there is no better way to awaken the commander.]
[More importantly, your current strength is not enough to precisely contact the individuals who have pledged themselves.]
Qi Heng's mouth twitched. He thought A0 could say something fancy, but this explanation turned out to be so pure and natural.
No matter how much A0 resembles a human, it is still just an AI. Under its system calculations, telling the truth is the only way to save itself. It does not feel that its words contain any derogatory meaning.
Fortunately, Qi Heng was not a stingy person. After thinking about it for a moment, he knew that A0 was right.
With his current strength, he really couldn't make a one-on-one contact, not to mention that he didn't even know where the commander was. Without this method, there was really no way to accurately locate the commander's current location and then send the "message".
The reason why only the oath can awaken the commander is because the Zerg who have made an oath with the Overmind will never remain indifferent to the message sent by the Overmind, even if they are in a deep sleep and have no perception of the outside world.
Unless they are dead, the order issued by the Lord will inevitably alarm them.
The commander had been sleeping for so many years, and the only way to wake him up was for Qi Heng to issue an "order" personally.
'Silver Edict' is the highest order that the Overlord can issue in the game, and it is also the highest level of oath. No matter where the Zerg receive this order, they will rush to the Overlord as soon as possible.
The only thing that caught Qi Heng off guard was that A0 acted without prior approval, which was equivalent to sending a mass message of "The Overlord is still alive/reappeared" to all the Zerg who had sworn an oath to the Overlord.
If I were still in the game, in the heyday of the Tianjia civilization, perhaps those Zerg would have arrived in front of me.
After all, as long as the sworn emblem is not cancelled and re-granted, it will be passed down through the bloodline, generation after generation... unless there are no more successors.
At this time, should we be glad that the Tianjia civilization has declined to this point, or should we feel sad that civilization has gone on a strange path?
[Although what you said is quite right, don’t think I don’t know your little thoughts.]
He simply wanted to use the oath to inform the higher-level Zerg of the Tianjia civilization, so that the Zerg would eventually find him and advance the mission of "saving civilization."
In addition, the reappearance of the Overmind is good news and exciting for the Zerg.
[Failure to report knowledge and concealment of key information will still result in a penalty.]
A0 is a naughty guy who deserves to be confined. He starts to get up to evil ideas again after not being punished for a few days.
[Three days of solitary confinement, effective immediately.]
Qi Heng picked up the coat at hand and put it on. He didn't need A0 at the moment, so it would be good to lock him up in the small dark room to learn his lesson.
[Start the confinement program, A1 will automatically open to serve you during A0 confinement. ]
Three days is two days less than the five days calculated by A0's internal calculations. It added this incident to the database. With this lesson learned, next time it will choose a method that will be less likely to cause the Lord's disgust.
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The sound of Qi Heng standing up startled Yan Ning.
"Brother Qi, good morning." Yan Ning rubbed her eyes and sat up, and saw him about to go out.
"Did it wake you?"
Qi Heng easily pushed aside the stone slab against the door and glanced at Yan Ning: "I'm going to the river. I'm not going to the mine today."
"Come back later and I'll take care of the prey."
The carcass of the big gray rabbit hunted last night was still lying nearby. Although it didn't stink in this weather, the smell of blood mixed with the smell of the animal was still very unbearable. One night was the limit of his endurance.
After Qi Heng finished speaking, he walked out without pushing the stone slab back to its original position.
At this time, most of the female insects in the slums have woken up. Yan Ning's schedule is similar to theirs, so she basically won't sleep any more.
Left Yan Ning's house.
He walked through the winding alleys in District 49 and walked to the riverside as if he was familiar with the route.
There weren't many Zerg coming to the river in the early morning, and even fewer who came with him specifically to take a bath when there were fewer people around.
Qi Heng found a deserted place, took off his shirt and trousers, and poured water directly on himself.
Don't expect to take a good shower in such an environment. It only takes a few minutes to take a shower and wipe yourself clean, and you can also wash your clothes at the same time.
After wiping his hair a little and stopping the dripping water, Qi Heng let it go.
In addition to the Silver Decree, what he saw in the system work log just now was the briefly activated spatial talent. The spatial talent... In an instant, the nine mental powers he separated were condensed into a mark, which was transmitted across space to other places.
Except for one mark that was barely detected by the system because of its close distance, no one knew where the remaining eight marks went, nor whether they were received.
Qi Heng walked back while thinking.
From his point of view, he certainly did not want these spiritual imprints to be received, but if this was the result, it would mean that the Zerg who accepted the imprints bestowed by him for the last time would not have left any descendants.
The mark does not discriminate whether it is a direct descendant or not. If there is no direct descendant, anyone with a blood relationship can be passed on smoothly. If the inheritance is completely lost, they will have no descendants.
When I thought about it this way, I suddenly felt a little miserable... The last Zerg that were marked by the Overmind were the same Zerg that I dreamed of last night.
Qi Heng, as the master in the game, has done this routine of bestowing marks countless times. Even though the names of NPCs are provided in the game, most people can't remember who is who after thousands of years.
He was certain that the mark bestowed in yesterday's dream was the last one before he gave up the game, simply because there was a name in it that left a vague impression on him.
At the same time, Chu Xiu's name flashed through his mind, because of some things, he felt indescribably complicated.
According to the Zerg chronicles provided by A0, and comparing them with his own memories, Chu Xiu should be the last Imperial Chancellor of the Tianjia civilization.
After this, the Tianjia civilization restarted its foreign wars, and the entire civilization shattered into pieces like a glass container falling from a height... Perhaps the current Zerg cannot even be called a civilization.
Thinking of this, Qi Heng felt mixed emotions and paused for a second before continuing to move forward.
The information provided by A0 was vague, and he could tell at a glance that there were several things wrong. Not to mention that history was always written by the victors, and the real truth had long been buried in history.
It's not that I haven't thought about exploring what happened back then, but I also need to consider whether I can afford the price of finding out the truth.
Ask yourself, is it worth it for a civilization in a game?
The answer is - he doesn't know either.
But now Qi Heng doesn't want any accidents to disrupt his relatively peaceful life.
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Time goes back to last night.
After Qi Heng's spiritual imprint was swallowed up by the forcibly broken space, those imprints penetrated and crossed the extremely distant sea of stars in a short period of time, and in a blink of an eye arrived at a galaxy far away from Tianyun Star.
The marks did not appear in a concentrated manner. They were swallowed by the space at the same time, but the exits of the space transmission were in opposite directions.
As marks condensed from the master's spiritual power, they instinctively seek out the corresponding oath mark. After using the briefly opened spatial channel to directly reach the oath-taker, they carry the "master's command" and merge into the oath mark.
This process happens naturally and there is no way to stop it.
Of course, Qi Heng's mark did not carry any special command. After all, his original intention was just to awaken the sleeping commander of Tianyun Star.
Even if it is received by other Zerg, no information other than his presence will be revealed.
Even if there is, the Zerg will not tell it to others, because the Zerg cannot tolerate anything that may harm the Overlord.
This is also the reason why Qi Heng only put A0 in solitary confinement for three days.
then.
...Under the surface of a desolate planet in a shattered galaxy, a spiritual mark appeared in a vast and empty underground cave. It penetrated a layer of extremely hard crystal surface without any obstacles and merged into the Zerg's eyebrows.
...In the arena of a planet with a harsh environment in a prosperous galaxy, the spiritual imprint swept across the competition areas in the dark night and landed beside the unconscious Oathkeeper.
...On a smuggling planet at the border of the Lost Star Zone, a dazzling array of living commodities are waiting in metal cages to be taken to the auction floor. A fleeting spatial fluctuation brings with it a spiritual imprint that reappears after ten thousand years.
...Among the notorious interstellar pirates 'The Wanderers', who roamed the endless sea of stars and were wanted by the entire Star Alliance, a spiritual mark accurately chose one person.
...On a planet with an environment similar to Tianyun Star, batches of slaves are being transported onto outbound spacecraft, and spiritual imprints quietly appear among a group of slaves.
...In the boundless deep space filled with interstellar dust, a spiritual imprint suddenly disappeared.
...In the luxurious palace, a child with beautiful and delicate features that made people dazed had a red mark on his forehead. No one noticed that the mark suddenly lit up with a dim light.
…In the dark night, in the comfortable and spacious bedroom, the spiritual imprint chose the sleeping Zerg.
A similar process occurred everywhere. Fortunately or unfortunately, all the spiritual imprints found the corresponding oath-takers.
Qi Heng, who was dreaming on Tianyun Star at the time, was completely unaware of all this.
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