Chapter 40
The unicorns were created as a slave species, and their genes were imprinted with the thoughts of the sovereign civilization that created them. They were sold to other civilizations to be used as slaves. As long as they were imprisoned for a day, they would not be able to live according to their own thoughts.
This kind of ideological stigma cannot be solved by external means.
But is there really no solution?
I don’t know whether to say that 058 is lucky or unlucky. Qi Heng is indeed one of the few people who knows how to unlock the seal of thought. When the civilization was confiscated, some important and interesting technical information was entered into the database of Tianjia civilization.
"Freedom, what is freedom?"
Qi Heng threw the question back lightly, neither saying he could do it nor saying he couldn't. He didn't think 058 knew his identity.
If I had known, I wouldn't have the attitude I have now.
The ruler of the Tianjia civilization is known for his brutality, which can stop children from crying at night and scare interstellar civilizations to move on the spot.
058 had indeed never thought of removing the ideological seal. This unsolvable confinement prevented him from thinking of confronting the dominant civilization. He just hoped to gain a certain degree of autonomy in his life.
"I hope to be able to take charge of my own life, and not be placed in one place like a tool and live out the rest of my life in a daze."
Interesting, Qi Heng thought.
"You are different from the unicorns I have met."
The unicorns are all obedient people. Their existence is just a tool like those tool insects of the original Zerg, but they have their own thoughts.
In the eyes of most unicorns, obeying the orders of their masters and serving their masters is the whole meaning of their lives. So far, Qi Heng has only seen one unicorn like 058 who was born with the intention of entrusting his own fate to the unicorn.
Picking one at random and getting such an interesting unicorn is like pulling out an SR surprise from a pile of R cards.
"If you obey me and work for me, will you no longer be a tool?" Qi Heng asked with interest. What is the difference between this and jumping from one pit to another.
You have to know that although he seemed to have randomly picked a lucky person tonight to force him to know the information he wanted to know, he had actually considered it in his mind. In essence, he asked 058 to obey his orders just to find a tool.
058 didn't let him wait too long and gave an answer quickly.
"This is my own choice."
When 058 realized the strength of Black Shadow and his vague interest in Tianyun Star, he realized that his chance had come.
Compared to the future life where the final outcome can be seen at a glance, this sudden existence in front of me may be the only "change" that appears in my life that I can grasp.
"My only request is that after you have completed what you wished to do, you take your loyal servant with you and leave here."
It was impossible for someone with such strength to appear on Tianyun Star. The shadow was most likely an outsider. Furthermore, regardless of the shadow's purpose, he would eventually leave Tianyun Star, so it should be no problem for him to take him with him.
058 was not afraid that Black Shadow would go back on his word. There was no need for a powerful person like Black Shadow to deceive him about such matters. All he had to do was to show his value as much as possible - a value that was worthy of being taken away from Tianyun Star.
Rather than resisting the other party's death, or forgetting what happened tonight and continuing to do nothing, 058 would rather take a gamble.
Bet that the other party needs you now.
Even if he is still treated as a tool, different tools have different uses... Besides, the status of a servant is not fixed. Wouldn't it be better to let Black Shadow use him conveniently and give himself the opportunity to work hard to climb up and become a subordinate that the other party values?
"interesting."
Qi Heng himself didn't know when he would be able to leave Tianyun Star. After all, the information he learned from 058 fully demonstrated that it was very difficult to leave Tianyun Star. But if one day he could really leave, it would not be impossible to agree to 058's request.
"I promise." If that day really comes.
"Thank you for your generosity." 058 was a little excited.
He had been working on Tianyun Star for more than 40 years, and this night he finally saw a glimmer of hope of leaving Tianyun Star.
The lifespan of an ordinary one-horned person who has not undergone genetic enhancement is more than 200 years. Each batch of one-horned people on Tianyun Star will receive an inferior genetic enhancement drug, and after the injection of the drug, their lifespan will reach more than 400 years.
Unless something unexpected happens, they will stay on Tianyun Star until they die.
"I'll come back to see you."
"Maintain the status quo before that and don't let others find out anything." Qi Heng threw down the last words and used his mental power to put 058's consciousness into a deep sleep.
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After leaving the trading area, Qi Heng looked at the time and found that it was already very late, so he didn't think about going back to Yan Ning's house.
He came to the river bank in District 49, and in the dim moonlight at night he could see a thin layer of ice on the surface of the river.
No one will come here at this time.
Qi Heng glanced at the galaxy image displayed within the system. More precisely, it was a bird's-eye view of the entire star field. It wasn't a pixelated image, but a truly processed, normal galaxy image.
The system's 'game' database includes the backup database of the Tianjia civilization. It seems to be integrated, but in fact it can be divided into two parts.
The pictures and videos that come with the game data are all pixel-based, while the pictures in the Tianjia civilization backup database are normal starry sky maps. However, because the system database including the backup database is damaged, both parts have been lost to varying degrees.
As the number one intelligent program of the game system, A1 also manages the Tianjia civilization database within the game. However, without Qi Heng's explicit instruction, all that is displayed is the data within the game system, just like the pixel Tianyun Star seen last time.
A0 is different. It is a system created for the Tianjia civilization. When accessing data, its first reaction is to search the database belonging to the Tianjia civilization. If no relevant information is found, it will further search the system database.
This magnificent star field map displayed on the system interface was once a star field directly ruled by the Tianjia civilization, and it was simply named after the two words "Tianjia".
The reason why he said it was once was because he learned from 058 the new name of this star field - the Lost Star Sector.
After that war, the Tianjia star region no longer existed.
The Tianjia star field, which became the main battlefield, was the center of the entire war. Not only was the entire star field beaten to pieces, but it was also unknown what means the Tianjia civilization used to make the entire star field dangerous.
058 said that there are only a few safe routes in the Lost Star Sector that connect the galaxies that are like isolated islands. Apart from these routes, the environment in other areas is changeable and complex. So far, no spacecraft that has deviated from the route has appeared again. They were all buried in the Lost Star Sector.
[Lord, what are you thinking about?] Seeing him staring at the star map in a trance, A0 couldn't help but ask.
The personality of the current Lord is very different from that of the Lord recorded in the data. A0 originally thought that the Lord would be the first to get angry after hearing what 058 said, but it turned out that he was the one who was the most angry.
The Lord's exterior was so calm it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. If it weren't for those few hints of emotion that leaked out, he would have truly believed that the Lord wasn't angry at all.
[Thinking of the day when the stars fell.]
"Are you going to save them?" A0's mind wandered at this point, and he changed his words: "You will definitely save them, right?"
If it weren't for the last "right", it would be hard to tell that A0 actually lacked confidence.
It's not that A0 doesn't have confidence in the Lord, it's just that the Lord is not as strong as before, and he doesn't have any useful subordinates... In total, there are only himself and the young commander, oh, no, there is also a newly recruited unicorn.
——It’s of no help no matter how you look at it!
Woo woo woo, I am useless and cannot help Your Excellency the Lord.
[It's difficult to save them.]
Qi Heng put his arms on his bent legs. He knew who A0 was referring to as 'they', and of course he wanted to save them.
The Falling Star Day is the day that 058 mentioned when all the insect wings, female insect cubs, star stones and other things needed by the Ikal civilization collected on Tianyun Star will be transported out.
Assuming that 058 is not lying, before they transport the female insect cubs out, hundreds of spaceships will descend into the sky of Tianyun Star and drop the supply boxes needed by Tianyun Star.
After delivering the supply boxes, these spacecraft will fly back to the designated location to wait for the Zerg that have been transported there, and then take off again to rendezvous with the flagship mothership that is stationed in the low-Earth orbit of Tianyun Star.
The sparks from the friction of the supply boxes dropped from the sky and the tail flame of the spacecraft looked like falling meteors under the cover of night. The Zerg living on Tianyun Star called the twice-a-year day of the spacecraft'Falling Star Day.
It means the day when stars fall from the sky.
Over time, even the One-Horned People used this to refer to the arrival of a spacecraft.
The nearest star-falling day is half a month away, which means that if he wants to rescue the Zerg who are about to be sent out of Tianyun Star, he only has half a month to prepare.
Once they left Tianyun Star, their hopes of success became even slimmer.
He asked himself, with his current abilities, was it really possible to snatch people from the Ikal civilization's spacecraft?
The answer seemed obvious. Qi Heng's fingers on his legs tapped lightly from time to time. His brain was working at a high intensity without stopping for a moment, thinking about ways to solve the current dilemma.
A0 was silent for a moment, then suddenly said firmly: [If it is your Excellency the Lord, you will definitely succeed!]
[Just trust me, I know my current situation very well...]
Qi Heng was speechless. He didn't know where A0's mysterious confidence in himself came from.
[That's right! A0 will always believe in the Lord.]
[——Because there is nothing you can't do, only things you don't want to do.]
[You believe in me, but I don’t believe in myself.] Qi Heng sighed softly.
Reality is not a game where you can reload the game anytime and anywhere.
Um, wait, reload the file?
If it can be used... it seems that I am not completely unable to save the Zerg who are about to be sent away from Tianyun Star. How could I have forgotten this powerful weapon?
Qi Heng turned the system interface to the skill page of the Overlord, only to see that the skill page that was originally shining with golden light had become dull. Upon closer inspection, he saw that only one [Chain of God] was unlocked, and the light gold color looked as if it would fade away in the next second.
He flipped through the pages one by one and found a skill called [Between Time] in the last item on the last page.
Qi Heng clicked on it and found the unlocking conditions: (100% fusion in the first stage will unlock the primary mode.)
[A0, has this skill changed due to time travel?]
Qi Heng remembered that this skill didn't have a primary mode, which made him wonder whether the changed [Time] would be different from the original one, and whether the primary mode could still meet his expectations...
[Yes, Lord. In order to be used synchronously in the real universe, the [Time] skill has undergone certain changes after being compatible with the rules of the real universe.]
[What is the difference from the past?]
[A0 cannot answer this question. You will need to unlock and use this skill before you can obtain detailed information about [Time].]
Qi Heng calculated in his mind that in the past half month, he had raised the fusion degree of the first stage to 67%... but it was not enough. The remaining half month was far from enough for him to raise the fusion degree to 100%.
Regardless of whether the changed [time] is useful or not, you have to give it a try. This is the only method with a slightly higher success rate at the moment.
"Is there any way to speed up the fusion process?" Qi Heng said after a moment's thought.
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Author's words: The appearance of the uke is a little late, but it will be real soon. If nothing unexpected happens, he will appear in the "Falling Star Day Story" (guilty)
I'll stop here for tonight_(:з」∠)_I have other things to do.
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Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or provided me with nutrient solution between 2022-08-11 23:32:00 and 2022-08-12 23:03:56~
Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: cute little caracal, can't think of any name 1;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: 4704044912 bottles; 1 bottle of Fanmodao and Xichen;
Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!
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