The other side of time and space.
A bloody battle across the galaxy, in the territory of the Royal Court of Amos.
Although there is no night or day in the void, according to the traditional customs of the Amos people in various star regions, this time is the time to rest.
After a long period of planning and preparation, Mycroft's temporary latent spy Kreller and his alien international friend Elma are now ready to launch an exploration of the Amos Royal Court - to be honest, although this matter has nothing to do with the two. People's original goals have nothing to do with it, but as long as they are intelligent creatures, they will always have curiosity that can kill them. This is the case with Crelle and Elma today. Under the influence of a certain adult, they are sincere. Want to explore the truth behind the strange situation in the royal court.
After all, behind them, there is a kind and kind God of Steel watching them.
"Are you ready, Kreller?"
Elma, who looks more like a tall human woman than a tentacled alien, is currently repairing the front port of the void battleship. It can be seen that her whole body is filled with substantial life energy, which is in harmony with the battleship's main engine. Port for information exchange, and behind her, the black-haired human youth touched his clothes with an uneasy expression, and then reluctantly said: "Ready... Uh, so, let's just drive the battleship... To be precise, use your body to go out and walk around?"
Kraler now also knows the specific life style of the Amos people... In the Amos Royal Court, most of the people responsible for manual labor are prepared 'flesh servitors', a strange half-biological, half-mechanical artificial life. body, and Amos people who have experienced the 'Divine Light Trial' (magic radiation exposure) are generally divided into three categories: 'war', 'thinking' and 'universal', dealing with combat, scientific research, various Culture, production and finishing fields.
Amos people of the thinking category are generally concentrated in several closely protected artificial star fields, guarded by the power of Emperor Amos himself. Amos people of the war category and Amos people of the universal category are both physically present. It has evolved to the point where it can enter and exit the void. Only by reaching this point can one hold citizenship and speak out on various topics. The three categories can be converted into each other, and Elma is a typical example. She has experienced all three categories, and her body naturally has the ability to enter and exit the void.
In other words, it is a large biological warship.
When he knew this, Kreller was still shocked. It was difficult for him to understand that the human figure in front of him was just an interactive terminal, and that the battleship under his feet was the real body of 'Elma'. However, he soon accepted this. Setting - The mage tower also has a tower spirit, weapons also have a tool spirit, and there is nothing strange about a ship having a ship spirit. I understand.
What really made Krelle feel uncomfortable was actually the clothes on his body: these clothes were actually part of Elma's body, an active substance secreted by the other party in front of him... They were alive and used to communicate with him in real time. , and a tool to detect physical conditions. To be honest, as a young man in his early twenties, Krelle really felt embarrassed when he saw Elma's tall and elegant human appearance while wearing such a 'clothes' that could be considered part of her body.
But it was obvious that Elma, a friend from Alien International, did not have this consciousness. She answered matter-of-factly: "I am a high-level individual with 'commander' authority. I have the authority to enter and exit major confidential facilities. As long as I I do, and ninety-five percent of the secrets are no secrets to me.”
"However, the abnormal situation in the royal court this time happens to be the five percent that I don't know about. Going to the star field uplink database and forcibly cracking it to obtain the information is the last resort. Before that, I want to observe the surrounding situation and see Let’s see if there’s anything gained.”
It was a very reasonable action logic, and Krelle himself had no intention of objecting. Just like this, the two of them, shaken all over, began to slowly set off from Elma's private void anchor point and began to sail in the star field.
The calm void is like a sea without undercurrents, and the battleship is like a giant beast in the sea, swimming slowly.
The star field where Elma is currently located is located in a relatively remote border area of the Bloody Battle Galaxy. The Royal Court does not have strict control here, so Elma can secretly prepare a plan to escape from the Royal Court's control and hoard materials for this purpose. Of course, Even so, there is also a complete community in this star field, and a large number of Amos people thrive here.
At this moment, it is late at night for most civilians in this star field, but for combat individuals, they do not need sleep to adjust themselves and rest, so they can see many groups of void battleships patrolling in the star field. Block the main road.
Elma's body is an anti-detection warship that can fully sneak. Its specific shape is a fusiform whole, with detection tentacles that can be derived from both sides. Although Elma can initiate stealth actions, this time she revealed her full form in an unusually high-profile manner, swimming in the void in a translucent, fluorescent form.
Kreiler was naturally a little nervous about this, but he knew why. As a member of the Royal Court, Elma naturally knows the various rules and unspoken rules within the Royal Court. As an individual with commander authority (Peak of Ultimate Intention), her comings and goings will not be restricted by most patrols. Attention, being asked only when entering and exiting important facilities, is a privilege.
In fact, as expected, those patrol spacecraft with black shells that looked like an inverted iron fist stopped when they noticed Elma's body, respectfully sent out signals of goodwill, and occasionally appeared The patrol leader (the larger ladder pyramid spacecraft) just sent an inquiry signal as a routine matter, and Elma did not reply to the former's signal. The latter also dealt with it casually, and then continued like this naturally in the void. Wandering.
"The martial law inside the Star Territory is very serious. There are usually some wandering individuals even late at night, but now, in the entire Star Territory and more than a dozen worlds, only patrols and some authorized military personnel can be seen. "
Inside the battleship, Elma's humanoid avatar had a serious expression: "When we faced off against the Annihilation Order on the front line, the border star field was not under martial law to such an extent. I am afraid that only the control during the total war can be compared to now. - Krelle , as an individual of the Amos Royal Court, I can only think of two possibilities: 'The Royal Court is preparing for war', or 'The Royal Court is defending against the World Eaters', but I'm afraid it's not that simple. What do you think? ?”
Elma knew very well that although her knowledge was broad, it was likely to be limited due to the social characteristics of the Amos people. Although Krelle could not be called a wise man, he at least had the perspective and perspective of another race. Something to learn from.
"My opinion." Hearing the question, he paused for a moment. After all, Kreller was also an elite Mycroft who had received the captain's education. He thought for a moment, and then replied: "This situation is a bit like back then." During the Dragon's Disaster, cultists spread the plague and the empire was under martial law. Every household must be independent. Only knights and patrols patrolled to avoid the spread of the plague caused by population movement."
"Of course, it's also a bit like some highly mobile monsters or cultists have appeared. They are lurking into the city, so they must maintain strict security and find their traces."
When he said this, Krelle couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous in his heart - what kind of plague could spread across the void? What kind of monster of Warcraft can make an entire huge galaxy empire declare martial law
And it's not one, but two. The Thakur Annihilation Order has been like this recently. Two huge xenophobic void forces are so prepared. How can mere plagues and monsters do this
Impossible.
The star field where Elma is located is not large, and the void situation is not complicated. Soon, most of the area has been detected. Except for martial law, no abnormalities can be seen. The internal news and various notices of the Royal Court are also included. is normal.
At this point, Krelle did feel that Elma was special. This Amos person had suspicion and action abilities far beyond those of ordinary Amos people. She only relied on a little metaphysical 'feeling' and 'Guessing', I found a few things wrong in the seemingly normal star field.
"The Xinba family lives in this void settlement, but the fluctuations in time and space show that no individual has entered or left this settlement for more than ten days and nights."
Inside the spaceship, Elma thoughtfully restored the afterimage of the time and space trajectory on the light screen. She imitated the serious-faced Kreller beside her, bit her lip, and whispered softly: "I suspect something may have happened to the Xinba family. … There had to be an opportunity to see what was going on inside this settlement.”
"Leave it to me to sneak in and explore. Your goal is too big to stay around here for a long time."
At this moment, Krelle also knew that it was time for him to show off. The black-haired young man stood up, put a direct hand on the black and gold belt around his waist, and whispered: "Crisis management system, activate!"
"Load the extraordinary plug-in—Shadow Gold!"
[Loading completed—Are·you·ready?]
"Wear armor!"
The fast and short exchange passed by in an instant, accompanied by a subtle mechanical vibration sound. Taking the belt around Kreler's waist as the source, large clouds of black dust mist spewed out, surrounded by golden lines, like lightning. Completely wrapping Kraler - and the next moment, all the dust and golden lightning suddenly shrank, and then turned into a strange black and gold full-coverage armor, completely wrapping Kraler, and you could see the top of his head and shoulders. There is an eternal dim flame burning, and at its core, there are golden sparks flickering.
He's quite handsome, even with the Amos people's aesthetics. On the side, Elma, who was watching this scene, couldn't help but have such a thought in her mind.
[The special installation version of Qiao's system is launched... The crisis management system is linked and modular processing is started... The extraordinary armor·Yujin Flame is fully activated]
[lurking, attacking, and eradicating the roots, we are all the flames in the shadows!]
"Activate, 'Shadow Path'!"
Without any hesitation, Kreller activated the extraordinary armor and immediately used the most core one of the armor's extraordinary abilities, the 'Shadow Path'! It could be seen that a knife suddenly appeared in his hand, which seemed to appear completely from the shadow. Without hesitation, Krelle threw the knife in the right direction with the help of Elma.
Then you can see a black stream of light flashing away and disappearing straight into the void settlement not far away.
Shadow Path!
The shadow power obtained from the demon lord Goliath of the Sixth Abyss, combined with the material control ability of the legendary warrior Radcliffe, creates a powerful and extraordinary ability!
[Create a shadow knife and throw it in any direction to form a path of shadow. As long as the user is within the range of the path of shadow, it can penetrate almost all time and space barriers, energy defenses, material walls and positions. shield.]
[The results of the thirty-seventh experiment on the power of shadow are quite effective, but Goliath looks very unhappy... 'I'm not here to be an experimental animal! ',What does it mean?]
[—Mr. Radcliffe, a combat researcher who does not want to be named]
Nodding slightly to Elma on the side, Krelle flew directly along the Shadow Path. The seemingly long distance could only be crossed in an instant. Even the detection organ deliberately prepared by Elma could not be covered. I didn’t see how Kreller passed through this shadow path.
"It's like a jump!"
At this moment, Kraler has entered the void settlement, but Elma's voice can still be heard, because the clothes on his body are part of the other person's body... But Kraler has no time to care about what Elma said at this moment. Something happened, because in the spirit, the warning from the crisis management system pierced the membrane.
[warn! Abnormal biomass detected!]
[warn! Sensing erosion from alien substances!]
[warn! Large-scale microscopic life forms are approaching!]
What the hell? !
Even though he was mentally prepared for the danger inside the Void Settlement, Kreller did not expect that the danger would come so quickly and so unusually—he just raised his head and glanced at the wall, which seemed to have nothing unusual. and the hall, they were attacked by strange things that could not be seen at all!
"Damn it, is this the only way to use it?!"
As a last resort, Kreller could only use the second extraordinary ability of the extraordinary armor, Golden Flame [Shadow Desolation].
Based on the previous activations of the extraordinary armor, Elma and Crelle knew that the Golden Flame has four powerful extraordinary abilities, [Shadow Path], [Shadow Desolation], [Sunfire Refraction] and [Embers Coming].
Among them, [Shadow Path] is mobile and invisible. You can throw it out to move long distances, or you can throw it under your feet to hide yourself in the shadows. [Sunfire Refraction] can create a small cloud of steel mist around the body. It is a complete stealth method that can completely eliminate all traces of Kreller's breath, energy fluctuations, etc. It can also be turned into a shield in times of crisis. , offset and reflect part of the non-corporeal energy damage.
As for [Embers Coming], it is a complete life-saving skill. It has an extremely long cooldown time, but the effect is great - when the wearer encounters fatal danger, the crisis management system will forcefully erupt the full power of Shadow Gold, issuing A legendary blow, and at the same time, regardless of whether the wearer dies or not (most likely on the spot), the body will be burned to ashes, and the soul, together with the core of the gold of shadow, will be transferred to a part of the shadow that has been cut out in advance. next to the gold fragment, and then regenerate and recover.
In addition to special skills, armor can also greatly improve the physical fitness and reaction speed of the wearer. It also has various auxiliary combat systems. It can be said to be an all-round amplifier. Even if a grandmother in her seventies equips it, I'm afraid they can defeat ordinary extraordinary professions that are not proficient in combat.
And [Shadow Desolation] is the only attack method of the entire Youjin Flame Armor - taking the surface of the armor as the origin, creating a layer of black body space, all material energy hitting this space will be destroyed by the power of steel in the space. Decomposing and smashing into pieces is a perfect combat method that integrates offense and defense, except that it cannot be used remotely. But in addition, there is another disadvantage that is not a disadvantage. Because the power of Shadow Desolation is too great, it is likely to accidentally injure teammates, or absorb the attacks of teammates, so it cannot be launched when there are many friends. Its power can be maximized when infiltrating and being surrounded by many enemies, when the user is preparing to break out or to eliminate witnesses.
With the activation of Shadow Desolation, a dim shadow appeared on the surface of Kreller's body. As soon as it appeared, it immediately ignited dark golden flames in the seemingly empty space around it, and continued to move towards it. As it spread in all directions, Kraler looked around in shock. Of course he knew that this was a strange phenomenon caused by the invisible existence in the air being corroded by the power of steel, but he still didn't understand what it was that was attacking him.
"...Krelle, go find the... bodies of the Xinba family."
Elma, who witnessed all this in real time with the black-haired young man, was the first to react. She soon knew that the 'universal logistics personnel' living here, the Xinba family whom she was quite familiar with, might have encountered an accident, but the sadness and Anger could not make her hesitate for a moment. Elma guided: "The Xinba family is not big in size. They are a professional logistics family. While living in this void settlement, they are also responsible for maintaining the safety of passing patrols and combatants. Bodies and machinery. Most of the time, they should be around the maintenance room on the lower side of the settlement."
"OK."
Kreiler naturally had no objection. He raised his head and looked around the hall... I have to say that the size of the Amos people is not comparable to that of humans. The ordinary doors on the other side look like the triumphal arch in the capital of the Far South Kingdom. It was so huge that he felt like a villain who had entered the kingdom of giants. However, with the support of the extraordinary armor and the guidance of Elma, he quickly passed through the corridors and arrived at the maintenance room on the middle and lower floors of the void base.
Along the way, Kreller encountered several more invisible attacks, but Kreller used Shadow Desolation to resolve them all. Soon, Kreller met his first target.
A huge, snail-like corpse.
This corpse is located in the center of a corridor, almost blocking the road. It is 40 meters long, 25 meters high, and an astonishing 20 meters wide. Its main body is a huge, alloy material. A metal volute, and what supports this metal shell is a network of carbon fiber soft columns - which seem to be the bones in front of this creature.
There was no flesh and blood on the corpse, and there was no pus on the ground. With the presence of rotten flesh, the entire corpse was clean. Even if Krelle used Shadow Desolation to get closer, he did not sense the presence of invisible danger—the corpse was empty. Nothing, nothing left.
"What kind of creature is this..."
Kreiler was naturally surprised. He stared at the corpse, which was as big as a building, and couldn't help but sigh: "Is this the Amos people? You guys are really huge. Even the logistics staff are... Such an amazing body!”
"wrong!"
But Kraler heard Elma's solemn voice: "No! The bodies of the Simba family are not like this... What they chose to evolve is the information processing system evolution of the specialized 'brain'! They simply don't have the cumbersomeness of a shell." Things are usually soaked in the nutrient solution in the maintenance room to deal with material transfer and maintenance logistics issues!"
"Go and look elsewhere. It could be the bodies of other Amos."
Kreiler naturally didn't care. With the help of the Shadow Path, the various walls and blocked gates of the Void Settlement had no effect on him. In less than ten minutes, he traveled through the entire Void Settlement. every corner.
In the process, including the first one, he found a total of five corpses in the corners of the maintenance room - one with a huge snail shell, one with strong bone wings, and one with no specific image. All that was left was a fragmented skeleton, and what was left was only the crystal that should be the eye crystal.
The strangest thing is the last corpse - he also grew a huge metal shell, but two huge jets appeared behind the shell. If there is no mistake, the two jets should have been connected inside. The flesh and blood engine allows it to accelerate.
"...Five bones are the population of the Xinba family...the eldest son who is engaged in engineering and manufacturing, the mother who transports materials, the second daughter who controls the machinery, the second son who is responsible for observation, and the father who is responsible for the maintenance of the void battleship."
Elma murmured: "Although this corpse is completely different, it still has obvious characteristics... and these shapes all feel familiar..."
Soon, she suddenly remembered her familiar feeling: "Wait a minute, aren't these shapes the special abilities and special individual prototypes that we Amos people have evolved over the generations?!"
"This is an atavistic mutation!"
And just as Elma, who was walking back and forth in the surrounding star field, recalled where the familiar feeling came from, Krelle suddenly received a prompt that the 'crisis management system' fed back an important message.
[The epitome of extreme microorganisms has been successfully identified: the forced evolution of molecular-level autonomous organisms (tentative name: extreme virus)]
[Effect: Force the host to evolve, consume a lot of energy, 100% unlock the host's potential, and randomly evolve it to a certain level of extreme state]
[Tip: If a non-Extreme Intention-level being infects this evolved body, it will suffer an irreversible collapse of the essence of life. In the case of insufficient energy, there is a one in a hundred billion chance of successfully evolving into the extreme state. In the case of sufficient energy, there is One in a million may evolve successfully to the extreme state, and the loser will consume all expendable energy, including but not limited to fat, muscle fiber, blood...]
[Final conclusion: Super dangerous extraordinary virus!]
[Recommended treatment measures: Complete elimination!]
[Prevention methods: complete material isolation, throwing infected materials into the star, or baking them at a high temperature of more than 12,000 degrees for 20 seconds to destroy its outer shell and completely inactivate the virus!]
[Real-time processing countermeasures: Emergency escape!]
I originally wrote it in one go, but it turned out that this plot was too long and could only be divided into two chapters...
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