too late, organism

[Salute to you, General. 】

Kazuo saluted respectfully the projection of the female Zenor, who was the only five remaining of the [-] tax police who fought against the dead skull mercenaries in front of the presidential palace after the Zenor Consolidated Group stole power One of the survivors, she became the leader and spiritual banner of the Restoration Army after the events of Death of Hope.

But even the elder, who had experienced many battles and had seen many times, could not predict what Ga Zhuo was going to say next.

[I and the envoys of the Holy Roman Empire bring you greetings from the first citizen of the Holy Roman Empire, the patron of the self-discipline machine, the leader of the prosthetics, the master of the Iron Throne, and the magic sword. 】

[What are you talking about! 】

[Let's open the skylight and speak honestly, dear lady. 】

Seeing a flick of a tentacle in the general's projection, Infiltrator I, who was worried that the general would cut off the communication urgently, activated the holographic projection in Gazhuo's right eye, and projected the image of his robot form in front of the general.

【After we learned about the existence of the orthodox state of the Zinor people from Kapa, ​​we want to work with you to overthrow the tyranny of the Zinol United Group. Freedom belongs to the people. 】

【who are you? 】

The general on the other end of the communication, who was about to cut off the communication urgently, raised his hand, but did not press the button to cut off the communication.

[You should have heard our name in the propaganda of the Zi Nuoer United Group. Not long ago, we had a conflict with the Zi Nuoer United Group and were forced to sign a contract. 】

The general looked at the direction of the projection of the infiltrator I, perhaps out of sight, someone reminded the general, so that the general's expression became less confused.

[What do you want to get?What do you want us to do?As you can see, the Scarlet Restoration Army does not have the ability to launch an uprising, and you are probably no match for the Deathskull mercenaries. 】

The general looked at Infiltrator I seriously.

[What we want is very simple, that is, the Zinor United Group disappear from this universe, and we don't expect you to launch an uprising now, that is unrealistic.We will assist you in any way you specify, and all we want you to do is provide us with information on the Deathhead Security Company. 】

【Then what?If after overthrowing the rule of the Zenor United Group, we usher in the rule of aliens, our battle will be meaningless. 】

【Then, respected general, what kind of guarantee do you want? 】

The general on the other side of the communication platform was silent for a while, then looked up at Infiltrator I.

[Your army cannot land on our planet, but you must provide us with weapons and ships. After you solve the outer space security department of the dead skull security company, we will launch an uprising to regain power, and then we will establish a reasonable foreign relations. 】

[Sorry, respected general, this point has exceeded my authority, I suggest you send an envoy to the Holy Roman Empire, where we will complete further negotiations with you, but now, in order to show the sincerity of cooperation, I will give you a gift within my purview, a gift that will allow you to avoid the ubiquitous monitoring of Deathhead Security Company. 】

Chapter 32: Day 30

Holy Roman Empire, Core Sector, Ring World

When the technical masters and technical boys of the Academy of Engineering figured out how the factories and research facilities left on the star ring worked, this place became the heartland of the empire.

Countless and various resources are transported here every day, and then processed in the factories left by the pioneers on the star ring, and then sent to all corners of the empire.

Even the important parts of the empire's brain, the Academy of Physical Sciences, the Academy of Engineering, and the Academy of Social Sciences, moved most of the research institutions to the research facilities left by the pioneers here, because the technology is too advanced and can be called magical research facilities. here we go.

Only a small part, because of the departments involved in too many small secrets and budget competition, still stay on the home planet to work.

Only the Academy of Social Sciences, as the loser of the previous budget wars, simply moved all the research departments to the star ring, and snatched many research facilities from the Academy of Physical Sciences and the Academy of Engineering.

Even after disappearing for 2 years, the technology of the pioneers is still far ahead of the Holy Roman Empire, so that Mr. Ma, who was sent to dig the sand, set the excavation site here. More than 730 million nights of canned food and stuff.

But Mr. Ma firmly believes that he can dig out enough alien artifacts on the star ring to make him atone for his sins.

The Academy of Social Sciences also believes that after speeding up the research progress on the star ring, it can change its fate of always being cut budget.

"Is there any other project that can be used to apply for funding?"

In the conference room of the Academy of Social Sciences, Zha Cheng looked at the crazy doctors under him.

Since the crossing, the Academy of Social Sciences led by Zha Cheng, except for the study of the history of the [Pioneer] and the study of the [Naval Academy] received full funding, the rest of the time can only pick up the leftovers from the Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Physical Sciences cold sunburn.

Occasionally, the budget would be cut because the other two colleges received urgent missions, especially when the Big Cat car went to the Koprulu sector, the engineering college intensified.

Today I need to spend some budget to toss new types of naval guns and shells, tomorrow I will spend some budget to make experimental crystal-coated armor plates, and I am going to start tossing cloaking devices the day after tomorrow.

From time to time, there will be a shuttle full of all kinds of messy things, and it will be sent directly from the Krupp star area to the branch of the Academy of Engineering on the star ring.

The wormhole station is just like the backyard gate of the Academy of Engineering. You can open it as you want, and guess where the huge amount of resources used to start the wormhole station came from.

Whenever he sees technical boys and tech masters happily moving new toys from the shuttle into the laboratory on the tarmac of the engineering institute next door, Zha Cheng starts to have phantom limb pain under the watchful eyes of all the crazy doctors.

Even the crazy doctors who followed the big tech to the Koprulu sector said that otherwise we should simply separate from the Academy of Social Sciences and set up a Department of Organism Assimilation.

Can't go on like this!

In order to save the Academy of Social Sciences, which has been reduced to a cash machine for scientific research, Zha Cheng plans to put together a wave of projects to compete with the budgetary forces headed by the Academy of Engineering at the upcoming budget meeting for the next year.

But the current situation is not very optimistic. Even he can't convince himself of the projects that Zha Cheng has prepared to use these things to replace those of the Academy of Engineering that can make the battleships of the Holy Roman Empire bigger, redder, and stronger. technology.

I heard that the experimental destroyer Imperial Guard class of the engineering institute next door is about to freeze and finalize the design. I only have some things that look ugly at first glance, such as [Army Combat Training] and [Ground Defense Plan]. fiasco.

[Head, big discovery, you'd better come and take a look. 】

Just as the mad doctors in charge of research projects in the meeting room were all motionless and pretending to be a sculpture, the mad doctor in charge of researching the history of the Forerunners sent a communication to Zha Cheng.

"There is not much time left before the next annual budget meeting of the Empire, hurry up and get some good projects out!"

After leaving a word, Zha Cheng left the meeting room and took the light rail between the research institutes to the research room where the historical research project team of [Pioneers] was located.

The [Pioneer] historical research project team has a much larger site than other research departments of the Social Research Institute, and it is even comparable to the experimental dock of the [Golden Horn Warship Design Bureau] under the Academy of Engineering.

In this large research institute that fits three destroyers, it is full of pioneer relics collected from the star ring and the space station by the pioneer history research project team.

From Pioneer cub toys, to malfunctioning personal vehicles, from expired Forerunner food, to lost Army equipment, almost everything about the Pioneers except for research and production facilities was packed and moved here.

After walking into the project management office, Zha Cheng saw that all the crazy doctors he could name in the project team gathered here, surrounded by a projection of a sculpture, who seemed to be arguing about something, and the notification light of the communication interface was flashing. Like flashing lights at a press conference.

"What did you find?"

Zha Cheng walked over.

[Here comes the head. 】

A group of crazy doctors nodded to Zha Cheng one after another. After all, this is one of the few departments in the entire Academy of Social Sciences that can get a full budget.

Zha Cheng still has some prestige here, unlike in other departments, he is basically in a half-transparent state.

[Head, last week we completed the age detection of all the relics of the pioneers. We are grateful to the pioneers for their habit of marking the place of origin and manufacturer on all parts. Through comparison, we found a very interesting thing. All the relics that were not produced in this galaxy The relic, even the most recent one, predates the 'Day Zero' when the Precursors disappeared by a decade. 】

On a certain day 2 years ago, the Pioneers completely disappeared from this universe, leaving nothing but this star ring and the giant space station, so the crazy doctors who studied the history of the Pioneers Call that day Day Zero.

A lunatic doctor called up countless shrunken projections of the pioneer relics, which marked the place of origin and the time from the zero-return date. None of the relics produced in the galaxy were produced within ten years before the zero-return date occurred.

"So, before the pioneers completely disappeared, they only had this star ring left or lost contact with the outside world?"

[It should be that only the star ring is left. With the help of the Academy of Engineering, we called up the shipment log of the pioneers.In the 11 years before the zero return, a large-scale material exchange took place here. Countless industrial products and warships produced here were transferred to other star regions, and food and raw materials from other star regions were also transferred to this galaxy on a large scale. . 】

Another crazy doctor turned off the projection of the cargo and opened another cargo record. Since the language of the pioneers has been basically deciphered, all the sacred Roman letters that Zha Cheng is familiar with now appear on the form.

Just like what the mad doctors said, the types of materials on the freight bill cover almost all aspects needed for a demented operation.

"Are they preparing for war?"

[It is possible, but after consulting the port records, the fleet transferred by the pioneers to this galaxy has only small-scale dispatch records before the zero day. Although the frequency is high, the scale is not large, and the largest dispatch only includes The small fleet, including three destroyers and six frigates, was dispatched ten years before the zeroing day, and there was no record of mobilization after that until the zeroing day. 】

In the re-opened ship entry and departure records, all the ship departure records are concentrated in the ten years before the zero day. During that period of time, countless small-scale fleets frequently entered and exited the port, like a swarm of frightened wasps Same, until one day all activity suddenly stopped.

Until Day Zero, the long series of pioneer warships, including the Juggernaut-class flagship, the Titan battle group, and the battleship detachment, left the home port and never came back.

"It looks like a natural disaster, maybe they immigrated to the new world, just like we developed the Koprulu sector."

[This is the problem, what kind of natural disaster can destroy the pioneers, and almost before the pioneers in this galaxy react, it destroys all other pioneer colonies, and even post-disaster reconstruction and refugee accommodation are not needed .If it is really a natural disaster, even the pioneers are powerless to resist and can only choose to leave, then will we also encounter this kind of disaster? 】

"Have you got results?"

Zha Cheng looked at the projection of the sculpture surrounded by mad doctors before.

[I have a guess, just like what you just said, the pioneers observed a natural disaster in advance, and before the natural disaster happened, they greatly increased their production capacity in order to combat the natural disaster. This is the record we found in the factory of Xinghuan , from 20 years before zero to ten years before zero, their production capacity has been continuously rising. 】

A panic-phobic form was projected, along with a line chart that looked like a jet plane was climbing.

[Until ten years before the Zero Day, natural disasters broke out.The remaining pioneer colonies did not survive the Scourge.Afterwards, perhaps due to the psychological reasons of the fragility of the organism, or perhaps due to the observation of the cycle of the next natural disaster, they all evacuated from this world. 】

"Then what is this?"

Zha Cheng pointed to the projection of the sculpture and asked.

[We don’t know, we found this kind of sculpture in many places on the star ring, without exception, they were all destroyed, we got this after restoring it with the fragments we collected, but we don’t know it at all What is the meaning of. 】

Zha Cheng looked at the statue carefully, but couldn't understand what it was at all.

"What are you going to do next?"

【Based on the voyage data of the forerunners, we basically locked several planets, which used to be the colonies of the forerunners, and are still in the empire. We want to go to those planets for testing to see what happened 2 years ago, and What's left of the pioneers. 】

Zha Cheng blinked the indicator light of the communication interface with some embarrassment.

Not long ago, the bastard cat car got back from Koplu some said to be the wreckage of the invisible vehicle, and stole a lot of budget from the Academy of Social Sciences. Now the scumbag can perform on the spot if he doesn't wear clothes Let's talk about what it means to have a cool breeze in your sleeves.

"Let's prepare for the inspection team."

Zha Cheng thinks that this kind of natural disaster that can wipe out the pioneers is definitely a big news, and it should bring back a lot of budget.

So that afternoon, Zha Cheng applied for an emergency meeting.

This time, the group owner quickly approved Zha Cheng's application.

After signing the "Solomon Agreement" in humiliation, the group leader no longer criticized the bad practices of the previous dynasty, but began to seriously allocate the empire's computing power to improve scientific research and production efficiency.

In order to prevent himself from inadvertently becoming obsessed with criticizing the bad rules of the previous dynasty, the group owner also specially asked the Engineering Academy to customize a repeater and put it in his bunker.

Whenever I am not working diligently and conscientiously, the repeater will start to repeat.

"Have you forgotten the shame of the Solomon Pact?"

Usually the group leader will continue to work after shouting "Mo De!", and occasionally shout "Mo De!" because of being particularly angry.

So after entering the virtual conference room, everyone will see the group leader with a dangerous red light on, sitting high on his throne.

At this time, everyone will be more careful, so as not to be caught by the leader of the group who wished that tomorrow there would be a giant soldier carrying a ground-explosive star flying over the home planet of the Zenors and lifting up the ancestral graves of the Zenors. Pull it outside to hang street lights.

For example, an amateur archaeologist who did not want to be named, because he tried to put a fake alien artifact, a first-generation AI made by the creator, into the current Holy Roman Empire would be considered a mentally handicapped machine maid. Leave it to the group owner to avoid the work of digging sand.

The group owner appreciated Mr. Ma's creative ideas very much, and after hanging Mr. Ma on the street lamp of the most trafficked street in the Holy Roman Empire, he arranged for Mr. Ma to have a superior, the machine he was going to hand over to the group owner. The maid came to give him work.

Since then, the friends in the sand sculpture group have become more honest.

【All here?I'll tell you when I'm here that I've made a big discovery. 】

"and many more."

Zha Cheng had just started when he was interrupted by the cat car.

"No matter what big discovery you have, I suggest that you prepare your best mad doctor. Because I have already obtained a part of the ghost agent's body tissue samples, and will send them back to the star ring with other samples next time. Later If there are no accidents, there will be a living ghost agent sent back, which is related to our cracking of the pioneer warship, you'd better prepare early."

[Is this the ghost agent?The cat car is awesome! 】

[Worthy of being a master of skills! 】

Immediately, a string of 666 floated in the conference room.

[I said it was a big discovery. 】

Zha Cheng had no choice but to stop the rainbow fart behavior in the meeting room with a panda emoticon barrage.

[The disappearance of the pioneers is most likely due to natural disasters. I need a budget to explore the planets where the pioneers once colonized. 】

After Zha Cheng finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent.

Chapter 33 31 Acting Battalion Commander Mengsk

[It's over, it's over, the group owner's force is 25 times the intensity of natural disasters!Die! 】

[Calm down, let's see if it's Suzheng or the swarm, the weaklings like the swarm... The invincible master, let your technical boy think of a way! 】

[Don't panic!There is still time, install 2000 million planetary engines on the star ring, and start the wandering star ring project! 】

After a short period of silence, the conference room erupted as if five hundred ducks had been thrown into it.

[RUA!All quiet!quiet! 】

Then the group leader used the Great Silence Technique - after gagging everyone except himself.

[Don't panic!The situation is not serious yet, Zha Cheng, please tell me the specific situation first. 】

After the group leader lifted Zha Cheng's ban, Zha Cheng called up the form used by the mad doctors of the Pioneer History Research Project Team, and began to explain it fiddly.