With a strong abyssal reaction, the surface is covered with disturbing black and red paint. For mortal races, just looking at it seems to be invaded by crazy evil thoughts, and even touching it with your hands will instantly distort yourself Mutated monsters—this is the impression that the spaceship of the Fallen Apostle gave to many people. The equipment used by the Abyss Independence Group of the New Empire has been purified, but for most people, it is still a dangerous thing that is best not to even look at it without firm determination. Now these spaceships that have just come from the Abyss are naturally It carried an unprecedentedly strong sinister aura, which was stronger and more dangerous. The automatic detection device of the deep diving port has issued several alarms. If we hadn't let the main engine of the deep diving port suppress the automatic defense and counterattack system in advance, the entire port would have been fired by artillery.
In order to welcome these special "visitors", Tavel set up a relatively small star port in the open space away from many sensitive facilities in the deep dive port. Keeping this star port away from other facilities is an instinctive vigilance against the abyss area on the one hand, and on the other hand. On the one hand, it is to prevent the pollution from damaging the sensitive devices here or disrupting the daily recording work of the gate of the abyss. Abyss Xiling still understands this arrangement very well.
Three large transport ships and a group of small spaceships slowly docked next to the small star port, and immediately a large group of autonomous machinery and engineering probes with blue lights flashed out from the various passages of the star port to conduct routine inspections. According to the agreed procedures, these spaceships from the abyss area opened all the main and auxiliary passages to facilitate the boarding inspection of the Imperial Army, and soon the special forces commander sent a message: "Your Majesty, we have scanned the cargo warehouse, Matched the list. Also contacted the personnel on the spacecraft, uh… the contact process went well."
I looked at the holographic projection in front of me. The commander of the special forces displayed on the communicator was an imperial soldier covered in light armor. The black streamlined mask covered the opponent's expression, but I could take In the hissing voice, I heard that the other party seemed to be stuck in the second half of the sentence, so I couldn't help laughing: "You didn't fight, did you?"
"No." The special forces commander turned his body slightly so that the probe could take pictures of the environment he was in: it looked like a spaceship control center, the spacious and bright hall had the same layout as an imperial warship, the difference was a lot of equipment The light flickering on it is the unique dark red of mutant psionic energy. There are quite a few people in the control center, all of whom are crew members of the spaceship. In our terms, they are the fallen apostles, and the rest are imperial soldiers who boarded the ship for inspection. Standing together, this scene is simply...
Well, I can see from the screen that the atmosphere on the scene seems not very harmonious, but there is no intention of fighting at all: this is the excellence of the Apostles of Xiling, they will have hatred and anger, but they follow more rules. Absolute reason and order, in short, it's good not to fight.
By the way, I also know the reason why the commander at the scene got stuck.
"Look, I'm very sincere," Abyss Xiling's voice came from the side, "The spaceship has the research materials you want and various facilities packaged and shipped, including small laboratories. It’s in the hyperspace ganakul. There are still some super-large facilities that cannot be transported by transport ships. After a while, I will use the world gate to deliver them as a whole. In addition, there are 120 elites on the spaceship Scientists and thousands of assistant researchers are my elite scientific research team—of course, not all of them. I have no plans to transfer all research work from the abyss area to your side. The leader of the team is an emperor-level apostle, Ivan Sion Renekton, one of the most influential warlords in the Abyss, also has a good understanding of the bridge project. I know that such an interface as mine has limited value in Shadow City, so you can think that he It's half a hostage—if you don't mind that the hostage has a higher combat effectiveness."
Ivan Sain? Renekton was also a very famous emperor in the old empire era. I have heard this name from both Sandora and Pandora. It is said that his glorious starship: Ivan Sain's core of order is also famous in the old empire. strategic fortress. However, the former reputation and identity of the other party are not important now, he is only here as a negotiator and "hostage".
After the two processes of equipment scanning and boarding inspection, the three transport ships and all small spaceships were marked with "safety", and then Tavel's engineering troops cooperated with the escort troops of the fallen apostles to receive those who were placed in the warehouse. What’s inside: the research facility needs to be dealt with briefly first, neutralize the abyssal breath above it before transporting it to the deep diving port, otherwise they can’t be directly activated and compatible with normal Xiling equipment, this is not a problem of energy nature, The compatibility of the source energy mine cannot be solved.
While the goods were being transferred to the processing facility, guests from the Abyss area also came to the central assembly hall of the Star Port under the gaze of countless eyes, and met with their "boss" and the host here (that is, me).
I, Harlan and Abyss Xiling soon met the leader of this group of people.
Several fallen apostles wearing long white robes of researchers stood in front of the teleportation device in the center of the assembly hall. They seemed to be the senior leaders of the research team. Standing in front of them were two people with almost the same height, appearance, and clothes. Young men, two men wearing the uniforms of high-ranking commanders, with strong build, short black hair, slightly dark skin, deep-set eye sockets, high nose bridge, seem to have a calm and restrained temperament, they should be the commander of this fleet official.
And in front of the two men who looked a bit like twins stood the commander of these fallen apostles, a tall man who looked about the same height as Harlan, but his figure was obviously much thinner. This tall and thin man, who was obviously the top person in charge, had short gray hair, a pale complexion, the same gray pupils, and a scrupulous, rigid face. The tall and thin man was wearing a very ordinary uniform of the Imperial Army, and there were no badges representing military rank and rank on the clothes: this was either the most common feature of a mass-produced soldier who had just come off the production line, or the Supreme Leader of the Empire—the latter Investors do not need to hang their ID cards on their bodies at all times.
He obviously belongs to the second type: Is this the fallen emperor from the Abyss, Ivan Sain? Renekton, a serious man with introverted demeanor who doesn't seem to have anything special, although he has a strong military demeanor, he can also be seen as a Confucian general.
"Evan Sain, long time no see." Harlan had a calm look on his face, although he had always had a poker face before, but now he had to come forward to say hello, "I didn't expect to meet again under such circumstances. "
"I feel the same," the fallen emperor named Ivan Sain had no expression on his face. He didn't know whether he was born with facial paralysis or the embarrassing situation at the moment made him unable to laugh. He nodded to Harlan as a greeting, and then looked at Abyss Xiling, "Personnel and supplies were sent according to your order. On the way, as you expected, you encountered the new army's telemetry station scanning, but there was no conflict."
When Ivan Sain talked to his immediate boss, he always had a zombie face, so it seemed that he was born with facial paralysis.
"Their leader is the crazy part of me, but not stupid," Abyss Xiling smiled, and it seemed that the situation in the Abyss area was really turbulent, "It's not worth the loss to intercept the old army's transport ship on 'that' route, she won't It’s risky. But next time, it’s best to let the second batch of convoys switch to an alternate route, too many changes will always alert the new army, and when they know what you’re transporting to the Empire District, they will work hard.”
In the end, the fallen emperor turned to this side, still only nodded slightly. There was no closeness but at least no obvious hostility: "First meeting, the head of the new empire, I am the emperor Ivan Sain? Renekton, He was ordered to come here for the handover of materials and personnel, and to serve as a consultant and second negotiator in the next project. I hope our cooperation will go smoothly."
Abyss Xiling is undoubtedly the first negotiator, so Ivan Sain can only be regarded as the second. The tone of the other party's speech is completely business-like and mission-oriented. Although it is a bit unreasonable, it must be admitted that this attitude can at least make both parties less embarrassing. His last sentence is also a bit interesting: he wished the cooperation to be smooth, but he did not say the last sentence "happy cooperation" optimistically...
"Well, I hope the cooperation goes well." I nodded to the other party with a stern face, then rubbed my forehead and turned to Abyss Xiling, "I feel so strange now, it's the first time in my life that I have met the fallen apostle face to face and calmly Talking, and in a state that has not been 'purified', they would never die when they met before, but now they have to cooperate like this... Tsk tsk, it's completely different from when we were facing you."
"Because I am the ruler of the abyss area, but I can only present an interactive interface in front of you, so I don't have an abyss reaction, but my nodes are real individuals with abyss reactions, which will cause you discomfort It's also normal." Abyss Xiling didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it. "In short, it doesn't affect the cooperation. Now as you can see, even the polluters can fully control their actions and communicate with others rationally, I think This also confirms my series of statements from the side: My empire is only doing those 'preliminary work' for the great cause, and there are not only lunatics in the abyss area. Well, at least they can maintain their sanity when I have orders."
I looked at Ivan Sain, the face of the zombie, and rubbed my forehead in distress again: Abyss Xiling is right, it seems that as long as she gives the order, the fallen apostle can control herself (of course there are some completely uncontrollable crazy individuals, here I have met more irrational guys), but can she send someone who is better at communicating, I am the worst at talking to facial paralysis...
The handover process was uneventful. After transferring all the goods and personnel, the three fallen apostle transport ships returned to the abyss area through the gate of the world: these spaceships are not included in the "supplies". However, the small spaceships that came with the fleet remained, and these abyss cruisers themselves were also research materials for the new empire.
Facially paralyzed Ivan Sain is a guy who basically doesn’t speak and has no expression, so I don’t need to waste time with him, but the fallen apostle scientists and officers he brought are a bit interesting, so I had a brief chat with them Yes, basically one thing is confirmed: as long as you don’t discuss with them sensitive issues such as the development prospects of the abyss empire, the routes of the old and new empires, the expansion of the abyss area, and the policy of the abyss Xiling, these fallen apostles are no different from normal people!
They can also communicate with you calmly, debate issues logically, and share their opinions with others with reason. There are also several scientists who have a sense of humor, and the two fallen apostles who look like twins The general is a very gentle guy, they especially like to discuss Ivan Sain's facial paralysis with others—
"His Majesty Ivan Sain laughed once twenty-seven years ago," said a general.
"You must have remembered wrongly. The last time His Majesty laughed was eighty-eight years ago. Twenty-seven years ago, he expressed surprise." Another general assured me confidently.
It looks like this facial paralysis is worse than Pandora!
The basic situation is like this: the first time I contacted the fallen apostle outside the battlefield, the first time I didn't talk to the other party with a rushing mentality, the first time I saw this kind of abyss polluter without crazy tendencies, all the feelings It's all novelty. I have to admit that in the past few years, the empire didn't seem to have given much thought to understanding the Fallen Apostles. Apart from analyzing their fighting methods and marching deployments and formulating battle plans one after another, we have never been able to understand the thinking of the Fallen Apostles. Too much energy has been invested in the method, personality change, psychological model, etc., so that now seeing two fallen apostles joking with each other will surprise me and other imperial soldiers on the scene.
I came to the side for a while, silently thinking about the deep enlightenment brought to me by this novel experience, and Abyss Xiling followed silently: "Actually, this is normal. Have you seen those scientists? A pure madness 1. It is impossible for individuals without logic to continue their research work, and those officers, if they cannot guarantee clear thinking, rationality and rigor, then even if the strength of the abyss area is increased several times, they will be easily defeated by your tactics. So many polluters are very sober, this is the effect of your incomplete purification back then. Of course, there are also crazy guys who have completely lost their minds in the abyss area, but they can only be controlled by rational high-level apostles. Become cannon fodder, also known as 'Ripers'. There are no fools who rule with a clear mind, and those who are completely brainless can only be regarded as an army of monsters, this is the rule in our place."
"Then what is the difference between you and the normal Xiling apostles?" I frowned, and couldn't believe that the fallen apostles in the eyes of the New Empire were no different from their own people. "I have transformed many fallen apostles. It’s true that their thinking patterns in a polluted state were not seriously analyzed at the time, but their madness was obvious.”
"In the combat state, there will be some loss of control, and the lower the individual, the more this will be the case," Abyss Xiling sighed, "Believe it or not, I have been researching the solution to this problem. After all, a more rational army can be more powerful. Strong, we don’t like to become lunatics ourselves. As for the differences... It’s just the same sentence, the goals are different, and the concepts of good and evil are meaningful only from a specific standpoint, but what you represent is a high order and void The mainstream camp in the world, so you are seen as the 'good' side, that's all."
After a short pause, Abyss Xiling finished the following words: "Now you and I have ceased fighting, so you have seen the side of peaceful exchanges and the rational and friendly side of the polluters, but if one day I reopen the war , what you see is still a group of frantic enemies—of course, I believe you can also think of this."
I nodded and said no more.
Everyone did not delay too long in this frontier time. After completing the handover and initial purification, we took this large amount of supplies to the deep diving test port first. Sandora had already waited here in advance, and Ice was with her. Tees and Tawil (Ontology). Tavel had to be present as the chief scientist, and Bingtis was here to join in the fun.
"Two comprehensive laboratories with a full set of scientific research materials and supporting personnel, three sets of deep-diving simulation devices and three sets of abyss erosion observation devices, twenty-six verification spacecraft that can continue to sail in the shallow abyss, and new types of suppression The tower and the corresponding production…”
In the upper observation hall of the control platform of the deep diving port, Tavier confirmed the list in front of him one by one with bright eyes, and in the dark space outside, a large number of construction machinery were nervously and orderly sending the weird equipment made by the fallen apostles to Arriving at the predetermined location and anchoring in space, those huge laboratories and units are like floating mountains in space. Hold on to that firmly. In the past two days, the Shenzhen Submersible Port has undergone rush work and expansion. Now it has not only greatly increased its scale, but also left a large area reserved. In these reserved areas, you can see the planned metal nodes. They are for the upcoming The "framework" for the calibration of the incoming Abyss equipment, Starfield equipment, and Huron equipment. Now the first batch of equipment from the abyss area is in place, and a quarter of the functional areas around the deep diving port are gradually being filled.
Of course, due to the vastness of space, no matter how large the equipment is, it is impossible to reach the planetary level, so the facilities in the distant space are still a bit sparse, only the powerful light curtain produced by the photon generator is outlined in the darkness It shows the future appearance of this space base: even if it is not completed, it is already quite magnificent.
Thinking that there will be the top research and development facilities of Starfield and Huron in the future, and endless knowledge will be displayed in front of her, Tavel's motivation is unprecedentedly high. I started humming softly... I was almost startled by her!
And Sandora came to the representatives of the fallen apostles after confirming the list of supplies. She stood side by side with me, with a curious look on her face: "Ivan Sain? I thought you were dead, according to me According to the information you have, your sky area is very close to the outbreak point of the year."
"Ivanova was with me at the time, and her glory starship allowed the two of us to survive the first round of impact." Ivan Sain nodded and continued to answer with a straight face.
"Ivanova's Glory Barrier... I didn't expect her to be alive, I hope to see you again." Sandora had a look of nostalgia on her face, but it seemed that she didn't know Ivan Sain very well, so she didn't talk to each other. After a few words, she finally focused on the flickering lights in outer space.
After a while, Sandora's deep voice came to my ears: "Soon, the things of the Protoss will also be in place. This may be the last big thing we do before the cataclysm of the void. I hope everything goes well."
(At the end of the day, I found out that there are a lot of things that have not been written, so fill it out slowly... Ask for a monthly ticket, although it seems late, but still ask for it!) RS