Chapter 213 Edge of Tomorrow! The Principle of Reset! Superluminal Particles

Chapter 213 Edge of Tomorrow! The principle of reset! Superluminal particles!

"Edge of Tomorrow" Earth!

March 3, 2020.

The western part of Europe in early spring is always shrouded in humid rain and fog.

The drizzle also makes the battlefield where the exchange of fire is taking place particularly muddy and slippery.

Boom--! !

The dense sound of gunfire and the deafening sound of artillery turned the battlefield outside the city into a cruel purgatory.

The flying soil and metal fragments, accompanied by the continuous artillery shock waves, kept flying in the air.

"Well done, soldiers, you are almost able to win this war!"

"Now make a concerted effort to completely wipe out these alien bastards!"

"..."

Listening to the commander's orders from the communication device, the human soldiers on the battlefield suddenly burst into a hearty roar of excitement.

At this moment, a stealth AI reconnaissance drone that ignored radar scanning and was completely transparent was flying over the sky.

Under the observation of this AI drone, all that was seen was the chaotic battlefield full of metal debris and wet mud.

A large number of soldiers wearing mechanical exoskeletons were following the instructions of their superiors in the team voice and slowly advancing towards the city area in front of them.

The buildings around them were already riddled with holes, and there were houses collapsed into ruins everywhere, and the soil under their feet was also mixed with a large number of human broken limbs and internal organs.

Obviously, the battle just now was definitely not an easy crushing game for the human soldiers.

It was a difficult victory with tragic casualties.

"Hiss--!"

Seeing that the defeat was inevitable, the alien lifeforms that lost to the human soldiers also made a sharp and piercing sound at this time, as if they were calling on their companions around them to gather and withdraw from the battlefield.

Immediately, they relied on their own many tentacles to alternately grab the ground and roll away quickly like waves.

These life forms that are like black "venom" have glowing orange cores in the gaps inside, which are their energy-driving organs.

For these alien life forms with irregular shapes that can produce tentacles or bone shields according to the battlefield environment, humans uniformly call them "mimics"!

Bang...!

At this time, a human soldier who was busy chasing shot and hit one of the mimics.

After the bullet hit the mimic, its body tissue was like broken jelly, directly shattered on the spot and exploded.

Before the mimic slowly gathered together again, the soldier continued to shoot and shattered the core organs in the mimic.

After a desperate struggle, the mimic completely collapsed to the ground and died.

"Well done!"

The shouts of teammates rang out beside the soldier.

Seeing that the mimic army had retreated, the morale of the human soldiers rose unprecedentedly.

The outcome of this war has been determined, and the AI ​​drone group has also begun to take off and increase the distance, clearly transmitting all these scenes to the headquarters base.

Under the intelligent recognition of AI, these black alien life forms are not identified as biological beings, but living weapons similar to the "Kaiju Beast".

In short, mimicry is more like a controlled weapon.

As for the person behind the scenes who controls this batch of mimicry, it is naturally a higher-level life form!

As the AI ​​drone took off, when it reached an altitude of one thousand meters, a relatively hidden small star gate appeared in a dense forest in the suburbs.

And near the star gate, many large base station devices have appeared, as well as the busy figures of the engineering team.

In one of the temporary combat huts, several Astartes warriors were standing behind many holographic screens and the control consoles of military instruments.

The video and image data sent by the AI ​​drone have all been displayed on these terminal devices, and uploaded to the headquarters of the Wanjie Base behind the star gate through the base station signal.

In fact, as early as 12 hours ago, a fully armed Astartes ace advance team had crossed the star gate and arrived in the world of "Edge of Tomorrow".

Like the previous operations, after arriving at the new world of the heavens, the engineering team of the giant company first established a base station nearby to ensure the smooth flow of signals and facilitate the headquarters to issue instructions.

The soldiers of the advance team continued to go deeper.

After a careful search and investigation, combined with a large number of AI drones for reconnaissance.

The Astartes warriors can basically be sure that the world on the other side of the star gate is another parallel universe Earth.

Judging from the equipment of the human soldiers on the battlefield just now, the development of human technology here is not much worse than that of Earth 002.

Even exoskeleton power armor can be equipped to the soldiers, which shows that the development of military weapons in this world is still relatively advanced.

At this moment, the advance team soldiers have figured out the location here. This is a desolate area on the outskirts of Verdun.

"Headquarters has sent a new order. Withdraw the investigators first and return to the front-line base, leaving only a small number of drones for reconnaissance."

After the words fell, the Astartes warriors who received the order immediately returned to the tents at the base.

Thanks to the powerful construction capabilities of the giant company, the members of the engineering team have built a huge prototype of the base in half a day.

Basic lighting and power generation equipment have been connected, and many tents and air-conditioned halls provide comfortable accommodation, work, and entertainment environments for frontline staff.

Obviously, this will become an important frontline base for the giant enterprise and the base camp of the giant enterprise troops.

At this time, Leon, who should have been sitting in the rear at the headquarters of the Wanjie Base, has changed into the same combat uniform as the soldiers and wandered around the frontline base headquarters.

Accompanying him are all his trusted members, such as the original Mann team, V and Johnny, Morgan and others.

"Everyone."

Li Ang turned around and looked at the people in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "As you can see, the enemies we are facing this time are some life forms similar to black asphalt."

"From the video footage just now, these alien enemies seem to have been defeated, and it seems that there is no role for us next."

"But in fact, this is just an illusion deliberately created by the mimicry."

"The real difficulty is still behind!"

"I hope you will not relax at all, because this Zhutian Operation is more difficult than any previous one."

When Li Ang explained the situation to his subordinates with an unprecedented serious expression and solemn tone, everyone with different expressions was a little surprised.

It was the first time they saw their boss treat this Zhutian Alien World so seriously.

But the video transmitted from the AI ​​drone showed that the "mimicry" creatures here were clearly just like that when facing human soldiers.

Even if the mimicry army deliberately retreated, it should not be difficult for humans to drive out these alien heretics.

But in the mouth of the boss Li Ang, it became a completely different picture!

The humans here seem to be destroyed by mimicry? !

"Boss, you mean... the alien life called mimicry is deliberately using the strategy of arrogant soldiers to let the human soldiers here relax their vigilance."

"Then they can catch them all in one fell swoop, right?"

Morgan Blackhand couldn't help but ask after thinking for a moment.

Ever since he heard Li Ang's "surround three and leave one" on Earth in "Pacific Rim", Morgan, the commander of the giant enterprise troops, has been studying the knowledge of Chinese allusions overnight.

Especially the thirty-six strategies in the art of war.

So from Li Ang's words just now, Morgan immediately thought of the so-called arrogant strategy.

Seeing Morgan's question, Li Ang just nodded to him, as a response to his question, and then said nothing more.

He didn't have time to explain too much to everyone now, and after simply explaining the next action deployment and plan to V and others.

Li Ang sent these trusted members away and stayed alone in the headquarters command room.

Because he also felt a little unfamiliar with the slightly complicated plot and novel setting of the world of the universe in "Edge of Tomorrow".

Unfamiliarity means too much unknown information.

This requires Li Ang to make every decision more cautiously and carefully.

He needs some time to recall this world of the universe.

At this moment, Li Ang was standing in front of the holographic screen with his hands behind his back, concentrating on looking at various videos and image information sent by the AI ​​drone.

He fell into deep thought.

This "Edge of Tomorrow" universe has been listed as the 003 universe by the giant company, but there are not many troops entering the star gate this time, only a few thousand people.

After all, the enemy forces here are relatively single, and only Omega, who controls the mimic army, is the real target of Li Ang's trip.

If too many troops are brought, it is easy to alert the enemy and arouse the vigilance of the human government here.

Unlike the Earth in "The Dark" and "Pacific Rim", the human government in "Edge of Tomorrow" has not collapsed due to the attack of alien creatures.

Therefore, Leon needs to take it step by step.

'Omega, mimicry, time goes back...! '

Leon narrowed his eyes and began to recall a lot of information and details about the world of "Edge of Tomorrow".

According to the original plot, in 2015, a meteorite with mimicry life first landed in Hamburg, Germany.

Then the alien species called "mimicry" began to invade.

Under the invasion of the mimic army, Germany and France fell one after another, followed by the countries in the entire Western European region.

Due to the invasion of alien species, human countries established the United Defense Force based on the United Nations, referred to as UDF.

In the five-year battle with mimicry, the defense force was basically defeated repeatedly, and the number of casualties of the army and civilians had already exceeded tens of millions.

It was not until the "Victory of Verdun" in 2020 that the defense forces and the humans on the planet were inspired to turn defense into offense against the mimics.

That is the time point where Leon is now!

One of them, a female sergeant named Rita Wrataski, killed hundreds of mimics alone with a mechanical skeleton device.

And this female sergeant with the name "Verdun Battle Angel" or "Full Metal Bitch" is the heroine in "Edge of Tomorrow".

'From the information just sent by the AI ​​drone, I should have just arrived on the day of the victory of the Battle of Verdun. '

'In that case...'

Leon was thinking.

The day of the decisive battle when the defense forces gathered the human army and planned to wipe out the mimics in London, England, Brussels, Belgium, and Lausanne, Switzerland is coming soon!

Li Ang, who knew the truth, knew that this was just a trick of the mimicry, and the purpose was to wipe out the human army in turn.

Unlike the human army, these creatures are actually controlled by the same consciousness.

According to different types, mimicry can be divided into three types.

The first is the most common black mimicry. Their role and status are only responsible for cannon fodder in fighting and are biological weapons.

These mimicry will complete their own replication by swallowing soil, just like earthworms, so as to achieve a continuous number of mimicry.

In addition, the soil excreted after digestion by mimicry will also become a substance harmful to other organisms.

In other words, the activities of mimicry will also threaten the native creatures of the earth, leading to the deterioration of the ecological environment of the earth!

What's more exaggerated is that the center of the crack of the mimicry, where the orange light core device is located, can also launch a sand-yellow sharp spear bullet.

The disgusting degree of this mimicry is no less than that of the Kaiju in "Pacific Rim"!

As for the second type of mimicry, it is the Alpha mimicry that only appears among millions of mimicry.

Alpha is bigger, stronger, and has a blue light core. It is the "central nervous system" in the mimicry and belongs to the advanced mimicry.

The third mimicry is called Omega. It looks like an anemone and is the "brain" in the mimicry. It basically has no combat ability.

When Alpha dies, it will trigger Omega's "reset" mechanism, which will go back to the previous node.

And Omega will also have all the memories before the reset, so as to command the mimics and make more complete battle plans and deployments.

'These damn alien species really treat the human army of "Edge of Tomorrow" as a game level! '

In addition to complaining, Li Ang also felt deeply afraid of this mimicry creature that also has the ability to go back.

Because the alien species called "Omega" is not so easy to kill.

To kill Omega and get its reset ability, you have to succeed once, otherwise there will be no second chance!

In the original plot of the movie, William Cage, who has the aura of the male protagonist, accidentally killed an Alpha and absorbed Alpha's blood.

He got the reset mechanism of the mimicry.

But his existence is a serious "bug" for Omega.

In order to trap William Cage, drain his blood and fix this fatal "bug".

Omega even implanted a false fantasy in the minds of all Alphas.

However, the final ending is that William Cage used the instrument to locate Omega's position and came to Bo Tianxiu's counter-killing operation.

After Omega's death, all the mimics that invaded the earth died, and William Cage, who absorbed Omega's blood, also returned to the time node through the "reset" mechanism.

Originally, William, who had died in the process of assassinating Omega, and the heroine Rita, as well as the members of the J team, were all resurrected.

The classic "Happy End" ending.

Then the most critical question is, what useful technology points can Leon get in the world of "Edge of Tomorrow" this time.

And what exactly is the Omega in the mimicry, especially the [Reset] mechanism of Omega, what is its principle!

Leon must figure out these questions before he can make the next deployment decision.

After all, if Leon follows the male protagonist's approach and exchanges extreme one-for-one with Omega, just to get this [Reset] ability.

That means he has to really fight face to face with the mimics and "die" with his own life.

This is not an easy decision for Leon, who has finally survived until now.

Although there is a system rewind function, you can start again after dying once, and at most you will receive some punishment.

But Leon is unwilling to die inexplicably. Before he fully understands the mechanism and principle of [Reset], he dare not make a rash decision.

'In "Edge of Tomorrow", I am afraid that only the mimicry of Omega is worth studying. ’

After thinking carefully, Li Ang found that there was really nothing in the world's technology that was suitable for the world's giant companies to study.

The technology level of the Earth in "Edge of Tomorrow" seems to be good, but to put it bluntly, it is still a native, and the human camp only has an exoskeleton armor.

In "The Netherworld", the Earth at least has condensed matter technology, and in "Pacific Rim", the Earth also has a giant mecha that can be built for fun.

The only technology point in this world is probably Omega's [Reset]!

'If you understand the principle of Omega's time retracing, maybe you can use the scientific hub to develop new technology points! '

Thinking of this, Li Ang abandoned all distractions and put all his thoughts into memories, trying to find details about Omega in the original work in his mind.

The role of the system and the star gate is only to refresh the world of the heavens for Li Ang, but it will not provide him with any reminders and help.

So Li Ang can only use the existing clues in the original work and his own reasoning to find the most realistic answer to the problem!

‘Reset the present, go back in time… Could it be that Omega is some kind of four-dimensional creature? ’

This is the first guess that Li Ang made based on the current situation. If Omega is an alien creature that exists in four-dimensional space.

Then it can make changes on the timeline, just like humans facing ants moving on the ground, just move their fingers to make the ants return to the starting point.

But Li Ang is not convinced by this result.

After all, if the mimic species is really a four-dimensional creature, it would be like playing with a three-dimensional human.

Just fiddling with the timeline can change the fate of the human species.

Why would it take so much trouble to fight with the human army for several years?

Moreover, from the perspective of the scale of the universe, time cannot be reversed.

The direction of the universe is the direction of entropy increase, and the speed is the amplitude of entropy increase.

There may be some negative entropy flows that can allow a few individuals to return to the old state, but this negative entropy is extremely limited in the universe.

If it is just to restore a single thing to the past, it may be possible.

But to restore to the extremely microscopic level and let all things return to the past state, more negative entropy is needed.

But at this completely uncontrollable quantum level, I am afraid that the entire universe system will face collapse and disintegration!

In other words, there may be a few very few "chosen ones" who return to the past in a negative entropy state, but that is only a possibility!

Therefore, Leon does not believe in mimicry, and Omega will be a four-dimensional creature, which does not conform to the current situation.

Since Omega is not a four-dimensional creature, it means that its [reset] mechanism is not actually a real time travel!

'If Omega's reset is not a real time travel, then could it be that there are some changes in memory? '

Leon suddenly thought of a possibility that is lower in cost and more in line with reality.

That is, Omega can use some "things" to allow himself to stand from the perspective of a four-dimensional creature and see the progress of the entire timeline!

Then, in some way, a piece of memory information is inserted into the past self so that he can make the best choice.

This is equivalent to Omega, who was originally just a creature in three-dimensional space, seeing what will happen in the future through his own high-tech means.

From a time period to the end of a time period, everything can be observed by Omega.

Combined with the trigger mechanism of [Reset], the situation will be as follows:

Alpha dies, and the signal sent by Omega will travel through time, giving a dangerous warning to the past self, and preserving this memory.

Therefore, the real function of Omega is definitely not the real time travel, but the death warning!

And this high-tech is equivalent to the recorder placed in the four-dimensional space by the mimic species. They use this technology to record everything that happens in the three-dimensional space.

It just needs to be triggered by the unique "death" mechanism to see the whole process captured by this "four-dimensional recorder".

This means that mimicry is not an omniscient and omnipotent "god", and they also need special mechanisms to see the truth of the future.

This inference is already the closest to the truth.

But there is a most fatal omission. The male protagonist in the ending of "Edge of Tomorrow" "survived".

And he survived by [Reset]!

Logically speaking, the male protagonist should have died together with Omega!

If we exclude the option of the plot forcing a "Happy End", it can only mean that a small number of negative entropy states have happened to a few people such as the male and female protagonists by luck.

However, due to the excessive number of people entering the negative entropy state, the quantum level is uncontrollable. The male protagonist retains his original memory, while the female protagonist and other members of Team J do not.

Considering the most realistic possibility, Li Ang is more inclined to the former result.

That is, the extremely rare negative entropy state will not happen again when [Reset] is triggered.

The reason why the male and female protagonists, as well as the people of Team J, can survive is entirely due to the male protagonist's own protagonist halo!

If it happens again, this negative entropy state will most likely not happen again.

Li Ang is not the male protagonist in this plane. Who dares to guarantee that he can have this halo, can perfectly trigger negative entropy, and ensure that he has a life to return to before death.

'If this is the case, then what exactly is the key technology on Omega? ! '

This is the key point of the key point!

Li Ang racked his brains and kept thinking. In the chaotic and complicated memory information, as time passed, a string of words suddenly emerged in his mind.

[Superluminal particle]!

‘Yes, this is it! ’