"To be honest, it's really unsightly for a girl to vomit while walking outside and curse at the same time …"
"But this girl is a ship, and all she vomits is system waste. This image is subtly acceptable."
"But if you think about it, your ship is technically a ship girl, a ship girl! This image is too unsightly! "
Nolan rolled her eyes and looked at her captain helplessly. "Boss, you have been talking about it for a long time. Can you take a break?"
"Forget it, let's get down to business," Hao Ren said.
Everyone's attention was still on the wreckage of the festered monsters that had been torn apart.
The analysis of the wreckage was quite effective. Hao Ren had figured out the original appearance of a considerable number of the monsters, their power levels and special abilities after the mutation, how the power of the Mad Lord worked on these creatures, and the general process of their mutation. Each piece of information was precious, and it was one of the few pieces of direct information about the Mad Lord that Hao Ren had obtained in the Plane of Dreams. The last time he got such valuable information was when he was fighting Lockmarton in Collow.
But in the end, he still could not figure out why these monsters suddenly showed "discipline" at the last moment of the battle.
The festered monsters lacked discipline. Other than swarming together, they acted almost entirely on instinct. This was their biggest weakness. If they could control it well, they could fight these monsters even if they were at a disadvantage. However, once this weakness disappeared, the threat of these monsters would increase exponentially. The monsters were large in number, fearless of death and pain, and had all kinds of strange abilities. As the battle went on, they would continue to contaminate and corrupt everything on the battlefield. If such a group of troublesome enemies, coupled with the skill points of command and proficiency in tactics, Hao Ren would even be more willing to duel with Raven 12345. At least Raven 12345 would be pleasing to the eyes.
According to the MDT's calculations, if the monsters had been as organized and disciplined from the beginning as they were at the end of the battle, it would have been much more difficult for the drones to win. Although they could still win by relying on the reinforcements from the rear, it would have been a pyrrhic victory. It would not have been as easy as the previous battle.
But from the analysis of the wreckage, these monsters did not have intact thinking organs. Their brains had long rotted away, and it was impossible for them to perform such exquisite cooperation and surprise attacks on the battlefield.
Vivian tapped her fingers on the armrest of the chair as she looked at Hao Ren. "Do you have any idea?"
"I just thought of something," Hao Ren said frankly. "Do you think these monsters are remotely controlled? They don't have the ability to think, but they act rationally. 'Remote control' is the best explanation. Previously on the battlefield, they were in a mess at the beginning. They only knew to lower their heads and fight. When they were about to be wiped out, they suddenly came to their senses and organized themselves to break through the encirclement. It gave me the impression that the enemy commander, F2, had sent a wave of soldiers over. Because the sprites did not have the ability to resist, the commander did not do anything after he came over. After a while, when he saw the population drop, he suddenly reacted and rushed over to save the day. But it was too late … "
Hao Ren's idea was reasonable and logical. Vivian thought carefully for a while and clapped her hands. "Because I have never played games before, I have no idea what you are talking about."
"… Then why do you look like you have understood something?" Hao Ren was speechless.
"Okay, okay, I'm just kidding. I understand what you mean." Vivian smiled and waved her hand. "I think what you said is a possibility, but this possibility is all based on speculation. There is no visible or tangible evidence at present, so this is only —"
Before she could finish, the MDT suddenly jumped out. "Wait a minute, if you want tangible evidence, we have it now."
Hao Ren and Vivian turned to look at the MDT at the same time. "What evidence?"
The MDT flew in front of the two and turned on its holographic projection. The projection showed a black battleship distorted by parasitic biological tissue. The black battleship was obviously a reconstruction by technical means because the battlefield ravaged by the droid swarm would not leave such a complete wreckage. As the image switched, the internal structure of the analysis became clear, and some dark red network structure and large clusters of color filled most of the battleship.
"The autonomous robots have decomposed the wreckages of the 17 black battleships. After piecing together the data of these wreckages, they finally restored a complete enemy battleship. Look at these network structures. Every wreckage has them, and they are similar in structure and principle. They are a mixture of metal data lines and biological nerve tissue, like a neural network all over the battleship. I guess this thing is the original electrified control network of the battleship. After the crew of the battleship mutated, the control network and biological tissue merged into this. These dark areas are the nodes of the 'neural network'. These nodes are obviously the result of late proliferation. They are all swollen and deformed sarcomas. Judging from the shape of the sarcomas, they should be the original bodies of the festered giants. "
Some disgusting biological tissues appeared on the image. Even a knowledgeable person like Hao Ren could not help but feel a little numb. The biological tissues were the swollen and deformed corpses of the giants, but the corpses had melted like wax to the point where no details could be discerned. Around these rotten flesh tissues, a large number of tubular things extended out, which was the so-called 'neural network'.
"The neural network and the Festered Giants form a control system. The former is the command transmission unit, and the latter is equivalent to an antenna. I found that this system has the function of receiving remote commands, and at the same time, it also has a certain degree of autonomous control. If there is no external command, it will automatically control the spacecraft. Of course, in this case, their execution efficiency will be extremely low, just like the first half of the previous battle."
"It really is remote control." Hao Ren scratched his chin. "Only these battleships have this kind of structure?"
"There are also smaller 'neural remote control systems' found in other wreckages, but they are significantly different from the ones in the black battleship. I guess those small units may not be directly commanded by the highest authority, but as wingmen or escorts, controlled by the black battleship. But when the black battleship itself is in autonomous combat mode, the efficiency of these cannon fodder units is obviously not that high."
The organizational form of these festered monsters and the way their army operated were finally unveiled.
"A pyramid … or a tree-like control network?" Vivian frowned. "So, when they were chaotic before, they were in automatic combat mode, and when they suddenly showed discipline, they were under the direct control of the superior unit. It seems that this' superior unit 'is a very tricky thing to deal with."
"From the performance of the battle, the superior unit of these festered monsters has a different level of intelligence compared to the normal minions of madness. It or they have a high degree of discipline and tactical thinking, and can formulate a quick and rational response based on the current situation, and more importantly —"
Before Hao Ren could finish, Vivian interrupted. "More importantly, they already know that we are here."
"It is unavoidable." Hao Ren waved his hand. "Such a large-scale battle cannot be covered up. I am now only worried about how much the controller behind these monsters knows about our strength. They only extended their consciousness when the battle was about to end, so they probably did not see much directly. But I do not know if these monsters' nervous system or command system has a 'memory buffer' mechanism. If the battleship that was destroyed uploaded the battle record, then we will expose a lot of things." Nolan's voice came from the side.
"The sheer number of the droid swarm is a hard advantage. We are only facing the minions of madness, not the Mad Lord or the goddess of annihilation herself. So, as long as we can overwhelm them with numbers, exposing part of the data of the droid swarm is not a problem."
Hao Ren nodded. "You are right. Inform the main consciousness of the droid swarm to bring in all the reserves from the periphery of Star Cluster X. The droid nests in Star Cluster X will prioritize the production of armed droids to the highest level. Also, before I give the order to stop, or before the crisis in Star Cluster X is resolved, do not stop the injection of troops into this area. My request is simple: when the battle starts, no matter how big the enemy's position is, my droid swarm must fill up 99% of the space in their field of vision. "
"Understood, Nolan."
"Also, pay attention to the active defense and scanning of the area," Vivian reminded. "Our presence has been exposed, and they may send a second wave of troops."
After arranging the local defense and droid production, Hao Ren planned to continue to observe in this' experimental site 'for a while, but the information from the' Naqdal Continent '(this was the new name given to the planetary fragment; after all, it had a name when it was a fortress) forced him to return early.
The analysis of the 'navigation crystal' had finally come to fruition.
As the navigation computer of the Naqdal Planetary Fortress, the mysterious crystal contained a huge amount of data. But the goddess of creation had encrypted the crystal, and most of the data could not be deciphered. But that did not mean that nothing could be analyzed from it. After Vivian accidentally activated the crystal, it went from a 'dead' state to a semi-active standby state. Although the encryption system was still working, Hao Ren … well, it was the MDT who found it. The MDT found that the information stored in the crystal was layered. Although a large amount of data was sealed, the rest could be decrypted using conventional algorithms.
So, Hao Ren asked the MDT to design a special system to crack the crystal's encryption. During this time, the crystal was placed in the control center of the Naqdal Continent, constantly being read and deciphered.
The crystal's shallow information had been cracked, which meant that the real coordinates of the 'heart' had been found.
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