Infinite Stream Metaverse

Chapter 261 The Ship

It was dawn and the snow stopped.

The sun shines on the thick snowdrifts, a bonfire rises in the scrap iron, the subtle sound of "crackling" is mixed with the smell of volatile gasoline.

Five people sat around the bonfire in silence.

"You almost killed me."

Jiang Yixia said expressionlessly.

Fu Qinghai looked embarrassed and sincerely apologized:

"sorry."

"I assimilated Dormammu's power and spent a total of more than 3000 assimilation points."

Chen Xin said expressionlessly.

The implication is: In order to save you, everything is gone.

Fu Qinghai said with a wry smile:

"sorry."

"Qingshan, I..."

Li Xingxian hesitated to speak.

Fu Qinghai squinted at the past:

"What happened to you?"

Li Xingxian said straightforwardly:

"That night, I was scared too!"

Only Huxley still looked dazed:
"Last night, what happened?"

But no one paid him any attention.

……

What the hell is a god seal?

This has to start with the Dead Space series.

Dead Space is a game of EA, as well as derivative novels, movies and animations. It focuses on deep-space claustrophobic sci-fi horror. It was once considered "beyond the Resident Evil series", but it was later made unfinished by EA.

Shenyin, an ancient and mysterious alien device, appeared in the dead space universe without beginning or end. It appeared on the earth together with the asteroid impact 6500 million years ago, and quietly appeared in Ta Fran 200 million years ago. on the planet Tis.

Let’s talk about the fate of alien civilization first.

Two million years ago, a group of alien creatures with very advanced technology discovered the "ocean planet" Ta Frantis located in the spiral arm nebula of the Milky Way. The original home star of these alien wanderers was on the verge of death. Lantis just provided them with a shelter.

At some later point in time, aliens discovered a mysterious device in the shape of a double helix on the seabed of Tower Frontis. Since it was constantly broadcasting high-intensity electromagnetic signals to the surroundings, the alien civilization regarded it as As an important infinite energy source, a large number of similar devices were imitated and distributed on the entire surface of the planet.

Soon a disaster broke out on Tower Frantis, and most of the aliens were converted into "necromorphs" by the gods they worshiped and began to slaughter their compatriots.

After the massacre provided enough biomass, the seal of the gods triggered an "aggregation event", and all the living infected people and dead corpse fragments were attracted together by some kind of force, and the huge pressure brought them together. The flesh and blood gathered together to form a "satellite" composed of organisms in the orbit of the planet.

That is "blood moon".

Although their own race is on the verge of extinction, in order to prevent the gods from continuing to harm other intelligent races, the remaining aliens built an environmental modification device to rapidly freeze the entire surface of the planet Ta Frantis. In this way, Yin was buried under the thick layer of ice, and the fusion process of the "Blood Moon" was temporarily suspended.

"Blood Moon" is a sentient life form, which can be regarded as the ultimate form after the aggregation of "Necromorphs". At present, it is not clear what the purpose of "Blood Moon" is, but there are many evidences that they After forming, it will continue to search for and devour other organic life.

It's a bit like a low-profile version of the Tyranids.

Let's talk about the fate of human civilization.

The impact of the asteroid led to the extinction of species, but the divine seal seems to be related to the explosion of new species. In other words, it may be the existence of the divine seal that accelerated the evolution of life on Earth and led to the emergence of humans.

When humans on Earth finally evolved into modern society, in 2214, archaeologists unearthed this device on the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico. The same plot: scientists discovered that it emits high-intensity electromagnetic signals all the time, which is preliminarily inferred to be infinite energy.

With the deepening of the research, there was a large-scale death of researchers, which led to the outbreak of the first "necromorph frenzy" on the earth.However, under the influence of the male protagonist Dr. Altman's halo (he established a spiritual link with the God Seal and reached a certain tacit understanding), the "necromorph" produced by the God Seal was finally quickly suppressed by the Earth Defense Force (EDF) .

Later, the public research turned into secret research. Originally, the divine seal had shown great danger, but at that time the earth government (EG)’s rule over the earth was already in jeopardy. They hoped to use the divine seal to solve the energy crisis. On the one hand, he also hopes to use the ability of God Seal to research weapons and maintain his dominance.

At this moment, human beings have unified the world, and began to gradually colonize aliens. They also want to continue to study the gods, and in order to prevent the gods from causing serious consequences on the earth, the human base camp, so the earth government thought of a way-to use the gods Replicas are placed on remote colony outposts or mining planets, where secret research is conducted far from Earth.

That is, the desolate planets such as Proxima Centauri, Uther, Gliese 581, and Aegis VII.

Seeing this, keen people have already realized that something is wrong.

The seal of God is so high, it goes against the common sense of the world, and it contains the beautiful fantasy of "perpetual motion machine". Neither aliens nor earthlings can understand the magical device that can be cracked. Why is it so easy to say that it is copied?

Perhaps, "being copied" is what God Seal itself expects, and it uses "infinite energy" as a temptation to attract these intelligent races to keep making its copies.

Later, people discovered that no matter how many light-years apart, the original god seal can have some connection with the copy god seal.

And this is the conspiracy of the seal of God.

Among them, "Holy Shield VII" is the planet where the main story of the game takes place, and the place where the Ishimura incident broke out. After the "necromorph frenzy" occurred, the Earth government successively dispatched the search and rescue ships Kelion and O'Bannon to investigate. All disconnected.

Why do you say dead space is a bad ending?
In the finale of the last game in the series, the hero and heroine escaped death and killed the "Blood Moon" on Tower Frantis. After going through all kinds of hardships, they finally returned to Earth, but found a huge "Blood Moon" above the Earth's orbit waiting for them...

An Alien-style ending.

It means that all human beings are finished.

The official did not explain what the God Seal is, but based on the above background information, it can be roughly guessed:

The God Seal is a weapon made by a high-dimensional existence, yes, a weapon whose purpose is similar to the sophons of the Trisolarans, a weapon for systematically destroying intelligent races.

Using "infinite energy" as a bait to attract intelligent races to study it and copy it, and then quietly spread spiritual pollution, creating a "necromorph frenzy", and the necromorphs aggregated to form a "blood moon".

This is a super weapon against civilization level.

Not to destroy a person, but to destroy a civilization.

This kind of high-dimensional level of mental manipulation is very terrifying and difficult to resist.Not only is the scope wide, but the method is also very secretive. It will implant specific ideas in the minds of specific individuals. For example, the assassination of Dr. Altman by federal agents is said to be influenced by the subtle influence of the seal of God.

It's very Cthulhu.

Friends who are familiar with the core of the restraint system will know that mental pollution is not measured by grade and strength.

In the Cthulhu series, some investigators (protagonists) will not be affected by the Old Ones, and can stay sane when facing the ancient gods and outer gods, while some people (supporting actors) just glanced at the Cthulhu The creature went mad on the spot.

It has nothing to do with whether the body is strong or not, or whether the mental willpower is tough or not. What are "the hard-working man", "the war-torn veteran", and "the brain-developed genius boy" will not be regarded as Mental Pollution Affected by...

This is all using the self-righteous thinking of low-dimensional creatures to speculate on the rules of the high-dimensional world. Why should the high-dimensional world operate according to the "experience" of low-dimensional creatures?

There is no logic, no reason.

The level gap is so big that it is completely incomprehensible.

This is called Cthulhu.

The seal of God is a very Cthulhu setting-the original words from the production company.

Looking at the entire Dead Space series, there are only the novel hero Michael Altman and the game hero Isaac Clarke. These two people can be highly linked with the God Seal and are completely unaffected by the God Seal.

These are the natural protagonists, the chosen ones.

What is Fu Qinghai, just a reincarnation.

Many people have not clarified the truth: what is the strength of the protagonists in these zombie horror games?
Is it their agility and precise marksmanship?Or are they physically strong and enduring?neither.The protagonists of the Resident Evil series, Ethan, Leon, Jill... are strong because they will not be infected with the virus for various reasons. Some are stronger and more agile than them, but once they are infected by the virus, it is useless to say anything.

In the same way, Isaac Clark, the protagonist of Dead Space, is known as "the first engineer in the universe", but after all, he is just a system engineer on a mining spacecraft. He is not a professional soldier who has received professional training. He can kill The craze of corpse mutants was because he was not affected by the seal of God, while the other soldiers were controlled by the seal of God as soon as they landed on the spaceship, and they couldn't show their abilities.

……

"So, the seal of God is far beyond what we can deal with, right?"

After listening to Fu Qinghai's explanation of the origin of the divine seal, Chen Xinlu asked seriously.

Fu Qinghai nodded: "Yes."

"Then what do we do now?"

Jiang Yixia asked.

Fu Qinghai sighed and said:

"It's my fault for encountering the seal of the gods. I was careless. The perfect human deliberately left a hidden clue for me to follow, and then I was led to the seal of the gods."

Fu Qinghai thought he was a hunter, but he didn't expect that he was the prey that walked into the trap.

"The top priority now is to find a way to find a perfect man-made satellite in space orbit. I can't stand the feeling of being monitored by the enemy all the time, including the traps set up this time. The time and place are just right."

Fu Qinghai said.

Affected by the orbit and weather conditions, artificial satellites cannot monitor the planet in all directions at all times, but it is enough to annoy Fu Qinghai to glance at it occasionally, after all, he cannot see others.

Fu Qinghai returned to the tank and saw the words and symbols he wrote with blood on the bulkhead.

"Fusion...sublimation...into one..."

With a gloomy face, Fu Qinghai wiped off the crooked dried blood with a towel moistened with snow water.

Just like E mold and Black God Faith, Plaka Parasite and Illuminati, a horror game without religious elements is not a good horror game. In the Dead Space series, the proportion of religious elements is also not small.

The seal of God is subtly brainwashing the surrounding intelligent creatures all the time. The "Unification Church" hidden among human beings is the product of this brainwashing. They believe that Dr. Altman's death is a conspiracy by the Earth government. Only becoming a part of the "Blood Moon" is the final destination of human sublimation.

This is a cult that encourages suicide and martyrdom.

Fu Qinghai has always hated religion the most.

Even carelessly said.

……

Fu Qinghai no longer approached the valley where the seal of the gods was hidden, but kept searching along the surrounding area.

Fu Qinghai's search efficiency is very high. He only needs to fly in the air and scan the scene in front of him, and Qingming will automatically analyze and compare it to judge whether it is worth further exploration.

After spending less than a week, he really discovered something abnormal somewhere.Near a small ice lake covered by snow, Qing Ming said: The thickness of the snow on the shore varies, and there are traces of large objects being dragged.This is a detail that ordinary people will not pay attention to or discover.

Fu Qinghai looked carefully and checked the surroundings.

There are no other pitfalls.

Thermal imaging views show no signs of life.

Fu Qinghai turned off the reactor of the jetpack, fell freely from high altitude, and smashed hard into the thick ice.

"Snapped!"

The ice cracked and the water turbulent.

A cascade of bubbles rose, and the Space Marine sank slowly.

"Snoring..."

The muffled sound of water rang in my ears.

A searchlight lit up on Fu Qinghai's chest. The white light was cylindrical, piercing through the turbid water and illuminating the dark bottom of the lake.

A huge monster lay quietly at the bottom of the lake.

Fu Qinghai sank to the bottom of the lake, stepped on the loose soft mud with magnetic shoes, and the turbofan of the jetpack rotated, rolling up strings of fine air bubbles, pushing him forward. Fu Qinghai came to the side of the mechanical creation, stretched out his hand to brush The brown-green algae attached to it were opened.

Hegemony Shuttle.

A line of English appeared on the shell.

Fu Qinghai understood, turned around and floated towards the surface of the water.

……

"Rumble..."

The tank drove towards the lake and stopped slowly.

Fu Qinghai untied the lock that was connected to the armored vehicle, tied a thick steel cable to it, carried a large bundle of steel cables into the icy lake, and let the bitterly cold water flood him.

A mere underwater operation is not a problem for the all-weather and fully enclosed power armor. Fu Qinghai tied the steel cables to various positions of the shuttle, returned to the shore and drove the tank to drag it vigorously, pulling out the shuttle that sank at the bottom of the lake little by little. water surface.

On the pure white snow-covered land, the aircraft that was deliberately hidden under the water finally revealed its full view.

In terms of overall structure, this shuttle looks like a space shuttle. There are short wing-like structures protruding from the left and right sides of the fuselage, and attitude control nozzles are provided under the protruding parts.

There is a searchlight at the front of the aircraft, a dual-mounted cannon is mounted on the back of the aircraft, and three engines are installed on the rear half of the shuttle to provide sufficient power for the aircraft. The fuel filler port is located at the rear of the fuselage back.

"It's been soaking in the lake for so long, can this thing still start normally?"

Chen Xinlu looked at the algae all over the casing and the silt slipping from the engine nozzle, and couldn't help asking with some concern.

After all, this is not a land vehicle. It is intended to fly people into outer space. Whether it can be activated is one thing. If something goes wrong during the flight, it is not a joke.

Fu Qinghai untied the steel cable and put on the industrial backpack.

I thought: I'm afraid you don't know who I am.

White Scars Corps, chief technical sergeant, and the only casting master, Aoyama Nayan Khan is also!
And something I can't fix?
……

After a series of operations such as draining, cleaning, drying, derusting, welding, riveting, reassembling...

Fu Qinghai sat in the driver's seat of the shuttle, pressed the start button of the control system, and waited patiently.

"Ding!"

The screen lights up.

"Welcome to the Sovereign Colony Alliance spacecraft control system."

"Authentication started..."

The electronic female voice sounded.

The shuttle's system started normally.

It's actually the Union of Sovereign Colonies, not the United Astronautical Society (USG) and the Harmony Mining Company (CEC).

"Qing Ming, crack it."

Fu Qinghai said lightly.

The end of the mechanical tentacles of the engineering backpack protruded from the universal plug, and plugged into the data interface under the operation panel.

Soon, the screen flickered again, and Fu Qinghai's profile picture appeared on it.

"Welcome, Engineer Qingshan."

The electronic female voice sounded.

"Please enter the control command."

"Open the logbook."

Fu Qinghai ordered.

The screen in front of me kept switching.

When the latest voyage record appeared at the top of the screen, Fu Qinghai read those few lines of brief text, his eyes were a little dull:
"Ishi... Ishimura?"

“航行日志：2508年7月21日，出发地：石村号行星裂解级采矿船，目的地：地球表面，坐标276-16-836。”

Because it is an assimilated item, the time in the logbook is not for reference, but the departure and destination... are very debatable.

This is the latest voyage record of the Hegemony shuttle. In my impression, since Ishimura entered service, it has been diligently mining in remote star areas and has never returned to Earth. How could there be Earth as its destination?

That means, the "earth" here may not be the "earth" in the dead space universe.

Could it be that……

Fu Qinghai's breathing became short of breath.

Slowly looked up to the sky.

……

In the crowd of Chen Xinlu and Huxley, the tail nozzle of the shuttle ejected yellow flames, the fuselage shook violently, the turbulent air flow blew the flying snow, and the Hegemony shuttle slowly left the ground. lift off.

Two 10 minutes later.

The earth has become a blue hazy water ball.

In front of Fu Qinghai, a huge iron-gray ship was quietly parked on the orbit.

"Wow……"

Fu Qinghai's eyes shone slightly.

Until the moment he saw the Stone Village, Fu Qinghai knew that he had saved more than 3 assimilation points and was worth it after all.

Just for now!

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The dead space universe has two technologies that Fu Qinghai is particularly concerned about—gravity manipulation and planetary disintegration.

The technical principle of planet cracking is actually based on gravity manipulation. This is a method that can tear mineral-rich planets or small celestial bodies into small pieces and drag them into space with a strong artificial gravity field, and then crush, refine, and process them. Efficient mining technology for processes such as

Ishimura, the ship based on this unique technology, is the first and largest planetary cracking class mining ship under the CEC.The name of the Ishimura comes from Dr. Hideo Ishimura, the inventor of the "shock point engine" technology, which is equivalent to the inventor of the "warp speed navigation" technology in the dead space universe.

Fu Qinghai looked at the spaceship from a distance.

Although it is far from being slender, it can still be regarded as a "skinny" ship in appearance. This impression is mainly due to the large number of ribs arranged symmetrically on both sides of the front and middle hulls. If you count the four long and four short cantilevers with gravity cables at the ends protruding from the bottom of the hull, it looks even more eerie and cold as a whole.

Every planetary cracking-class mining ship is a "fishbone spaceship" with this unique shape, but their size is not as large as the Ishimura-it can already be compared with the destroyers of the human empire.

"Connection, target: Ishimura."

Fu Qinghai said.

At the same time, hold the weapon in your hand tightly.

The Ishimura is also a spaceship that once carried the red seal of God, and the frenzy of necromorphs erupted concentratedly.

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(End of this chapter)