Chapter 506: Yemengard

One Viking fighter plane after another moved away from Behemoth, catching up with the large wreckage left after the explosion of the three Hellbat-class destroyers at the fastest speed, and blasting them into a pile of pieces with the mt50 Lanzel flying mine scum.

Don't look at the wreckage of the Netherbat-class destroyer. Due to the high level of technology, it still has a certain research value. Tang Fang doesn't want to see these wrecks appear on the second-hand goods trading market. If you buy it from a military-industrial enterprise like the "Technology Consortium", if you turn around and produce something to suppress yourself, wouldn't that be shooting yourself in the foot?

Since he didn't have time to salvage them, he would simply destroy them all. Anyway, he already had two roughly complete Netherbat-class destroyers in his hands, and those floating wrecks were dispensable to him.

Under the drag of four Protoss transport planes, the Black 3 and the "Morning Star" slowly lifted off from the ground and gradually left the asteroid's gravity range.

At this time, Bechymos, who was at the same level as the asteroid, swung his tail and raised his head, swallowed the Black 3 into his abdominal cavity, and then followed the same pattern, and sent the "Morning Star" into his mouth.

The crew had been evacuated by Tang Fang 20 minutes ago. It was the first time for the chief cook, Valentine, Li Ziming and others to see this giant starry sky beast with a body length of more than 10 kilometers. Li Ziming and some crew members frightened His face turned green, but Valentine's eyes lit up, as if seeing the New World.

He has seen puppies, worm queens, and so on, and obtained some samples from Tang Fang for research, but he never thought that the lovely Captain Tang would have such a giant beast in his hands. The big guy named "Behemoth" might be comparable to "Jomungard".

The so-called "Jomungard" is just a code name used to describe a huge life form discovered after humans entered the space civilization, because the captain of the first scientific research ship that discovered this creature was a descendant of Norwegians. At that time, when reporting to the local government of the Republic of Date, "Jomengard" was used as a metaphor, so it was named "Jomengarde" by the lazy bureaucrats.

It is said that a media magazine later interviewed the captain of the scientific research ship who discovered "Jemungard" and asked him why he used this name to describe the giant beast that can survive in a vacuum environment. The captain of the scientific research ship said that when the scientific research ship was collecting samples of material thrown out by supernova explosions in deep space, it happened to encounter a small wandering planet.

At that time, the researchers working in the scientific research ship routinely dispatched the shipboard unmanned probe to scan the frequency spectrum of this small wandering planet. But no one expected the scan results to be surprising.

The superficial strata of the wandering planet are suspected to have zero element residues, but according to the map drawn by the computer, these zero element residues are scattered and strangely incoherent, which is different from any resource star elements found in the history of mineral exploration. The distribution trend of veins.

Moreover, there are two other confusing places,

The superficial layer of the planet unexpectedly has extremely low biological heat source radiation, and there is also a weak zero element reaction in these heat source radiation areas. What's even more weird is that the biological heat source is moving at an extremely slow speed.

Such a phenomenon suddenly attracted the attention of all the staff on the scientific research ship. After a brief exchange with the chief scientific officer, the captain issued an order to abandon the original plan and investigate the wandering planet instead.

Next, the scientific research ship reached the gravitational range of the wandering planet, dropped drilling equipment on the ground, and started to form a landing force to investigate the wandering planet.

However, just after confirming the login member. When preparing to release the atmospheric shuttle, an unexpected thing happened.

Violent geological movements occurred within a range of nearly 100 kilometers in the radiation area of ​​the biological heat source of the wandering planet, and cracks occurred in the crustal plates. The mountain peak collapsed, and countless broken stones rolled down from large and small circular ridges to the bottom of the pit like rolling soybeans.

The hundreds of meters thick rock formation arched upwards and broke, raising countless gravels. The entire land seemed to be scooped up by a shovel, and the landslides and ground cracked, devastated. Then, a shadow rose from the fractured part of the rock formation. Crush huge rocks one after another, and fly into the void at extremely fast speed.

The earth trembled. The planet roared, mingled with the silent roar of the shadows.

The scientists on the research ship were almost dumbfounded. The expressions on the faces of the only two astrobiologists are like those when Columbus discovered the New World.

According to the images captured by the high-resolution optical camera, the shadow is clearly a huge cosmic creature, a snake-like creature with a body length of more than 20 kilometers!

Its central body is similar to that of a python, with a diameter of up to one kilometer. Its head is similar to that of an eel, narrow and sharp, with a calyx structure around its neck, and its tail is shaped like the hind body of a squid. It has 8 tentacles, 2 long and 6 short. When traveling in the void, the tentacles will move from time to time, spreading a faint blue halo.

After leaving the crust of the wandering planet, it is like a fish returning to the sea, with its tail swinging, quickly leaving the planet's gravity range, and then stirring up a dark blue halo, disappearing into this airspace out of thin air.

This is undoubtedly a major discovery and an important milestone in the biological history of the universe.

Since then, "Jormungandr" has been included in the encyclopedia of life sciences as a legendary creature, and has become one of the most frequently searched creatures in human society for decades.

As a professor of biology, Valentine naturally has a strong interest in such legendary creatures, but it is a pity that the universe is too big to travel through in a lifetime. After appearing for the first time, it has not appeared in the human field of vision for decades.

He didn't expect to see a creature of the same level as "Jemungard" in his lifetime. More importantly, this giant whale called "Behemoth" was manipulated by Tang Fang.

For a moment, Valentine felt that if he was a woman, he might be excited to marry that guy surnamed Tang. Of course, he is not a woman, but a bad old man. Captain Tang will definitely not like his ass.

Therefore, he could only put on a genuine yet false smile, looked at Captain Tang kindly and said, "Boy Tang..."

Tang Fang didn't let him finish his sentence, looked around at the people around him, smiled and said, "I know what you're thinking."

While speaking, two medical transport planes landed in an open area not far away.

Tang Fang said: "Don't say that I treat the employees badly, I will give you some benefits, a half-day trip to Bechymos. Those who are willing to go can board the plane."

Valentine's old arms and legs were like a clock that had just been wound up. He was the first to jump out of the crowd, rushing towards the medical transport plane like a beggar grabbing food.

Yingluo followed closely behind. The girl's anxious voice came from the communication frequency band: "Professor...Professor, run slowly. No one will fight you for this kind of thing..."

Tang Fang shook his head and smiled wryly. Whoever said that older people will definitely look away, as long as they poke their hearts, they will still be excited, even more active than taking a bride into the bridal chamber.

Claire walked up to him and asked, "You put the 'Morning Star' into that big guy's stomach, what should we do? Wait here for the Covenant Navy to rescue us?"

Tang Fang shook his head.

"Then...could this big guy have the ability to travel between stars?"

Claire is not a biologist, which does not mean she is ignorant. According to some experts in the field of biological sciences, "Jomungard" should have the ability of interstellar navigation, otherwise, with its huge size, it is absolutely impossible to hide from the scanning equipment of the scientific research ship and disappear without a trace.

In the past few decades, the territory of mankind has continued to expand, but "Jomengard" has never appeared again, and there is not even a trace left. This can only explain one problem, its flying speed far exceeds the speed of human colonization of the universe .

As a life form of the same level as Jormungandr, Bechymos probably also has the ability to travel between stars.

Tang Fang nodded. Affirmed her guess: "Behemoth does have the ability to travel between stars, and the warp level is as high as 9.8."

He didn't just say this sentence to Claire, but he used the public channel.

Regardless of whether it is Valentine who has run into the medical transport plane and is panting heavily. Yingluo, Roy, Li Ziming, and the other crew members behind all changed their expressions drastically after hearing this sentence, and their movements froze.

9.8! Warp level 9.8! Behemoth's warp level is as high as 9.8!

And "Morning Star" is only 6.5...

"But... it's not time to make its existence public."

Everyone thought for a moment and understood what he meant. Now that the Tianchao star area is in a state of turmoil, it is better to keep a low profile, keep a low profile, and quietly develop is the top priority now. Tang Fang can be said to have a great reputation in "Babylon", but what is the result? Attract 5 Netherbat-class destroyers. Fortunately, he had the Ipsilon Artifact in his hand and replaced it with someone else. I'm afraid that the soul has already returned to the netherworld, and even drank 3 bowls of Mengpo soup.

If you don't ask for help from the Covenant Navy and don't use Behemoth, how will you leave the asteroid next?

This kind of question flashed across the minds of most of the crew, and was immediately forgotten. This is a question that Captain Tang should worry about. As a crew member, why should he think so much?

Two medical transport planes carrying more than 100 crew members slowly lifted off and dropped into Behemoth's "pocket".

With Izsha at the center, there is no danger of any accidents.

Claire recovered from the shock brought by the number "9.8" and asked him what the hell he was up to. At this time, Aros and Zhou Ai also came over and looked at him curiously.

Tang Fang didn't say much, but with a thought, a Hercules transport plane appeared at the human base, and with another thought, a ray of light lit up in the dark void above the asteroid, and a brand new ship slowly sailed out of nothingness.

Signal lights of different colors flickered on the surface of the hull, and the light of the 7 propellers illuminated the thousand-meter void on the outside. The searchlights under the hull were turned on, illuminating the whereabouts of Tang Fang and the others in a silvery white at a height of 100 meters.

This is a ship with a body length of more than 140 meters. It is painted gray and white, and its shape is a bit bloated. At first glance, it looks like a small cargo ship.

"This is……"

The few people were a little dumbfounded. Along the way, they knew more or less about the "Ipsi Dragon Artifact" hidden in Tang Fang's hands inexplicably, and they would renovate it every once in a while, like some specialty restaurants. Introduce new dishes.

However, for a long time, the longest aircraft of the combat unit that has been biased towards the human technology tree is only more than 40 meters long, and does not have the function of warp speed navigation. I did not expect that today's "new dish" suddenly broke the original record, and it was 140 meters long. , reaching the level of heavy frigates.

Tang Fang explained: "This is the Hercules transport plane."

"Hercules Transport Aircraft" --- It shows that it has a strong load-bearing capacity and is also a transport aircraft.

Zhou Ai was very smart. Thinking of the scene just now, he asked, "Is this an interstellar transport ship?"

Tang Fang nodded and said, "Yes, the warp level can reach 8.9."

According to Emma's explanation, the prototype of the Hercules transport plane is a colony ship. It is not a battleship with very strict performance requirements, so its interstellar navigation speed is not high.

But even if it's only 8.9. It is also much higher than 6.5.

"Are you planning to use it to temporarily replace the Morningstar?"

"Not bad." Tang Fang agreed, and led everyone to the Hercules transport plane that slowly landed on the ground: "Before the repair of the Morning Star, we will use it for transportation."

Because considering that exposing Behemoth's existence now would not do him any good. On the contrary, it will expose its own strength and cause many troubles. It is better to hide this sharp weapon temporarily and use it to deter other countries in the future.

The main engine of the "Morning Star" was damaged, and it could not sail at warp speed.

The Protoss transport plane is too conspicuous. If it is taken out before the war between the Star Alliance, Sulu, and Monya, it is easy to be used by those who want to use it to cause trouble, and there is a risk of disrupting the layout.

The emergence of the Hercules transport aircraft can be described as timely help. Although it is different from the existing cargo ship system of the Star Alliance, it is undoubtedly a human creation, and because "Morning Star Foundry" itself is a ship manufacturing company, is it not normal to design a brand new ship? No one can say anything more.

As for the "Morning Star" and the wreckage of the two Pluto-class destroyers with research value, they can be entered into the system space through Behemoth's channel, and they will be released after returning to the "Dilar" star system.

In fact, Tang Fang has always criticized the feature that the system space can accommodate dead objects but not living objects, because the theory of the soul is illusory, and Emma can't explain what the so-called "living matter" is. In the end, he can only Use your imagination. Give a plausible explanation.

The interstellar system can be regarded as a microcosm, in which the laws of physics and chemistry are very different from the current universe, and the units produced by the system have a special standpoint. It has a certain transcendental relationship with the core of the system, and can freely project into the current universe through his portal.

The "living matter" that Emma said was formed in the current universe, and it also has a special force field, which can be called "life force field". Once this "life force field" overlaps with the special position possessed by the system unit, it is possible to The field energy is disturbed, and the connection between the interstellar system and the unit is interrupted, making it impossible to enter the system space.

Of course, there is one exception now. Maurice Nu, who transformed into Izsha, had her physique changed due to parasites. The so-called soul is also fused with Izsha's memory, presumably there have been unknown changes in the "life force field". Thereby gaining the ability to freely enter and exit the system space.

Thinking back on the various changes in the interstellar system along the way, Tang Fang suddenly had an inexplicable feeling that the system has been evolving, evolving in a direction that is beneficial to him, as if there is a simple will in the illusory core, Grow with him.

He suddenly remembered a topic he had talked about when he had tea and chatted with old people like Valentine and Nehemiah.

It is about whether "God" exists or not.

Nehemiah said that he did not know whether there are gods or not in this world, but it is better for human beings to have faith. Because of faith, people will have souls and can be called "human beings". If there is no faith, then the so-called human beings , is just a group of animals, no different from pigs and dogs.

Valentine is a scientist, and he prefers to look at problems from an academic point of view. He believes that there are gods in this world, but the gods he talks about are not those powerful existences in myths and epics that can turn wind and rain into soldiers.

"God" exists in everyone's body, and if we use an easy-to-understand word, it is "gene".

Birth, reproduction, life, death... All human behaviors are driven by genes, and they all act according to the information carried by the genetic material, or the rules. Of course, there may be a certain degree of freedom and extension, but Who can prove that this is not the tolerance of genes to human beings?

The so-called human nature, the so-called soul, to put it bluntly, is just a by-product derived from a string of double-helix DNA chains.

At first, Tang Fang listened to the bickering between the two old men with the mood of watching the excitement, and regarded it as a bloody debate between sociologists and scientists, so he was not in the mood to study what beliefs do not believe, and what souls are not souls.

He was not in the mood before, and he is not in the mood now. He just thought of a strange idea temporarily. Do genes... really only exist in carbon-based organisms? It seems that there are silicon-based compounds in the body of the big snake entrenched in the Megal Epsilon relay station.

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An hour later, the Viking fighter squadron cleared the aerial battlefield. Valentine, Li Ziming and others also visited the interior of Behemoth and returned to the Hercules transport plane one after another.

Valentine has been pestering Tang Fang ever since he came back, saying that he is very interested in Izsha. It takes a few days to study her body carefully.

Tang Lin, Claire, and Zhou Ai didn't go to Behemoth's place to join in the fun, and their understanding of Izsha was only limited to the perception of "a beautiful woman". Therefore, facing the statement of "study her body well", I was a little surprised, and the gaze I looked at Valentine was very intriguing.

Zhou Ai and Claire naturally wouldn't say much, Bai Yue came out from the crowd and asked, "You...are you seventy-six this year?"

He used honorifics.

Valentine's thoughts were all on Tang Fang, and he didn't bother to talk to him, so he said casually, "Does this have anything to do with you?"

"No, no." Bai Yue shook his hands vigorously: "I'm just curious about the state of mind of ordinary people when they get old. I know that you will be strong and strong when you grow old. This is a great inspiration to me."

Valentine frowned, and finally realized that there was something wrong with his way of speaking. He glanced at Claire, Zhou Ai and others, and immediately came to his senses. The corners of his wrinkled mouth twitched a few times. Li Ziming planned to ask him to do it for him, but he saw that bastard raised his eyebrows. The facial features were squeezed into a big steamed bun, and he looked like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and he looked so suffocated.

The old man felt that if this matter was left to him. Maybe it will become a more ghostly description, because Li Ziming looks very heavy-mouthed, and his hobbies are also heavy-mouthed.

In the end, Roy and Yingluo stood up to rescue the old professor and told those who hadn't visited the interior of Bechymos about Izixia.

Only then did Claire, Zhou Ai and the others understand, and they looked at Captain Tang as if they were staring at a monster.

Bai Yue was suddenly very excited, and asked Captain Tang if he could turn him into that kind of creature. He thought it was boring to be a human being, and he just wanted to stand on a human standpoint. It is impossible to objectively and fairly evaluate various human behaviors.

Tang Fang directly ignored Bai Yue's request. Because even if he agrees with the alternative ideas of the brain-dead boy, there are no extra hero resources in the system space to use.

As for Valentine. After thinking about it, he also declined, but said that he could provide some research data collected by Emma for the elderly's reference.

Even though he knew Valentine was harmless, he still didn't want his subordinates to be used as experimental specimens.

He also didn't ask for Izsha's wishes, because in Tang Fang's view, such research is unnecessary. Valentine is just an idea based on personal interests. The research process is not important, but the results are important. Commander Xinggui The analysis results of Izsha's tissue samples are stored in the central database, so give him a copy.

After dealing with these two matters, Bechymos was taken back to the system space, and Yuffie, Claire and the driving team were greeted to enter the bridge of the Hercules transport plane, and the pilot team was instructed to observe the situation of the transport plane's own pilot. The operation method and details, and then give the sailing order.

The Hercules transport plane lifted off slowly, and the departure announcement resounded from every corner of the ship, and the crew found their seats and sat down one after another.

Although the Hercules transport aircraft is only 140 meters long, which is not as large as the "Morning Star", it is positioned as a transport aircraft without a bloated and complicated weapon system. It is still very spacious with more than 200 crew members. As a colonial ship, there are even Leisure facilities such as independent viewing deck, gymnasium and entertainment room.

A few minutes later, Hercules left the asteroid's gravity range, the pilot started the warp drive, the 7 propellers at the stern sparkled, the hurricane-like flames illuminated the void, a light flashed on the bow, and the transport plane disappeared instantly.

In the blink of an eye, the light turned into a wave halo, diffused and darkened, and the void returned to calm. Only the asteroid less than 100 kilometers away seemed like a dying old man, walking slowly and steadily farther and farther.

………(to be continued)

ps: Thank you for the angel's delusion, the hymn of destruction, for the rewards of Al, Baishanjun, Caijiyi, Shubai, and Jiang Ye.