black queen hypothesis

In the dark and boundless universe, a huge spiral galaxy is slowly rotating.

It hosts tens of thousands of stars, measured in light-years, at vast distances from each other.However, all planets are one, and they are connected to each other by star bridges - space elevators, or essentially short-distance wormholes.Self-made gravity is so ubiquitous that you can see buildings with opposite points, double-sided tube roads, and people who suddenly span 180 degrees of ground everywhere.

You don't need to reason, you know that this is a place with extremely advanced technology.

Through the transparent long portholes, Vilas looked at the row upon row of arc-shaped star bridges from a distance.That is the symbol of the Giant galaxy, and it is also the building that the Giants are most proud of—the star bridge turns the huge galaxy into a village. It is as important as a space jump, but it is more convenient than a space jump.

"As long as you have a pass, no matter where you start from in the Giant galaxy, you can reach the main star within half an hour." Debicki's voice came through the current, and it was slightly distorted because of the stealth shielding around the fleet. "We have to do it fast."

Through the long-distance space teleportation, Vilas has just boarded the deck. "Actually, we don't have that much time." He said lightly, glancing behind him.

This ship is an information mothership, accessing all signals, analyzing and processing them before returning to instructions.Data streams of different colors are rapidly flashing across several three-dimensional photoelectric screens, and several researchers wearing layered glasses are busy working on them.

At this time, above the deck, there is a fluorescent yellow, strangely shaped quadrangular pyramid-shaped three-dimensional projection that is slowly rotating - Senta, the main star of the Giant galaxy, is a genuine artificial planet, which is roughly divided into three layers except for the defense system.The mastermind who controls the overall scheduling is located in the core security area, the outside is the work area, and the sharp corner of the pyramid is the information sending and receiving point.

"Fortunately, Norma is a cautious person," Debicki added.

Vilas knew the subtext of the Secretary of Defense.If Norma had the guts to put a teleporter on the main star—the ubiquitous real-time monitoring and capture is already troublesome enough—then the possibility of the entire commando being wiped out would increase infinitely. "schedule?"

"Group zero and group one are in place, and group three is on standby." Debicki replied immediately, and then asked hesitantly, "You will always be on the mothership, Your Majesty?"

Vilas stared without blinking at the live map that the mothership's artificial intelligence had just called up for him.Above, the twelve black dots representing group zero—that is, the Anubis guards—had reached outside the atmosphere of the main star without a sound; the group responsible for covering the tracks had also ambushed according to different attack routes.

"Tune all the equipment," he picked up another wire microphone at hand, "make sure everything works."

The Giants are advanced in technology, and no one can guarantee that the process of diving in and out will not alarm the alarm system.And if this happens, they must reinforce or retreat as soon as possible-portable teleporters are the key.In addition, for the same purpose, they need to assign some troops to control the information sending and receiving point and the star bridge, so as to delay the time to the greatest extent.

Soon, the AI ​​returned everything normal.Vilas kept the three groups of ships on alert at all times before switching back to the channel of the Minister of Defense: "Assuming everything goes well."

Debicki was silent for a moment.

Assaulting the Giant galaxy is a very risky and worthwhile thing to do.The reason for taking the risk is that Norma has probably already researched a semi-finished product of the Dark Sentinel, or a near-finished product; it is worth doing because Norma has not publicized his ambitions to the outside world. If they can succeed at this time point, This can prevent this from turning into a real civil war.

In this case, the primary goal is of course to catch the thief first and the king first.The second is to destroy all the data and experimental subjects related to the research of the Dark Sentinel.The guards were divided into two groups. Anubis and Amit led a team to deal with Norma, and it was best to capture him alive; Mater led the rest of the guards to sneak into the main brain area.

No matter which goal it is, it is required to go deep into the Giant Star.Debicki sincerely hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would not join the reinforcements, let alone rush ahead of the reinforcements. "There are still 45 minutes before the target sunset time." He said thoughtfully, "We need to observe whether there is any abnormal reaction during this time period."

Vilas nodded.He was about to study the best route again, when a short shriek sounded suddenly.Turning his head to look, a suspicious object framed by a thick red line appeared on the originally empty photoelectric screen.It crossed an extremely fast and extremely bright trajectory, plunged headlong into Senta's atmosphere, and its whole body glowed with oxidative combustion.

"Irregular body, preliminary scan results, carbon-rich ore." The voice of artificial intelligence followed.

...carbon-rich ore?Are you talking about diamonds?

"Look who's here." Vilas smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes.

He'd seen it before, during his exile to Utimo—the biofluid ship of the Pitatus Pirates!Their camouflage status is enough to fool all scanning detections, unless, as just now, they are detected when they appear.

As for diamonds, after seeing the Crystal Palace, he had no doubt that Smitz would also like a spaceship made of diamonds.

Debicki was a little nervous.At this juncture, the addition of a third-party force may have a great impact on their action plan, not to mention the fact that the pirate leader has an unavoidable relationship with the Giants. "What are they doing here?"

Truth be told, Vilas couldn't be sure.But again, he had some guesses. "Go straight to Senta..." he mused. "This is by no means a fall. Smitz has a direct connection to Norma."

"Single-line, or the shortest link, can avoid transmission errors to the greatest extent, in line with Norma's consistent style." Debicki agreed.

"Smitz has been looking for guides, and various methods emerge in endlessly." Vilas continued, "But I have never heard of any guide he is bound to. Or..." He suddenly remembered the pirate leader in the Federal History Museum. He narrowed his eyes slightly, "He can be bound to multiple wizards, so it's not worth mentioning?"

Debicki was genuinely taken aback. "How can this be?"

Vilas looked up again, staring at the multi-layer star with a strong sense of technology outside the porthole. "Smits once said that a wide range of pheromone compatibility is an inherent advantage. I'm sure Norma basically holds the same view. Of course, Norma's point of view has to be added-no Sentinels affected by any pheromones are the biggest advantage."

"This is not his ultimate goal, but a means to his ultimate goal." Debicki understands very well, "He needs the most powerful army to open the way for him."

These, Vilas has long thought of.He realizes now, even more dangerously, that he might play a role in it more than he ever imagined—

Although he has never personally joined Norma's plan, not being affected by any pheromones basically means that the range of pheromone compatibility is infinitely approaching zero, which happens to be two extremes with the extremely wide range of pheromone compatibility.

In other words, if a sample of his pheromones were collected, it would be used to test whether the modified Sentinel was completely successful.Or worse, reverse the genetic sequence based on his pheromone code and add it to the modified Sentinel's genome.

This idea sounds like a fantasy. However, there is a precedent like Yige, and coupled with the fact that he can't take this risk, Vilas would rather consider things as the worst, and then come up with the best solution. "Is it time?"

And it is.Because just as he set his eyes on the black dots representing the operatives, they moved.The two teams marched at an angle, and four white lines representing track cover spread out like a mist in front of them.

"Everyone is on standby." Debicki's order sounded at the same time, "Level [-] combat readiness."

No one in the ship spoke anymore, only the faint but regular ticking of the instruments could be heard.Vilas stared intently at the hundreds of images that were sent back simultaneously in front of him, silently judging the situation—what is the relationship between Smitz and Norma?Can they take advantage of their gaps and turn this disadvantage into an advantage?

Half an hour before the Anubis guard moved, Smitz was already sitting in the living room of the Senta Core.He is familiar with this place, and he even knows which small decorations have been changed—yes, his body transformation was completed on this artificial planet.

Norma is his adoptive father and has helped him improve his physical fitness successfully, but he is impatient now.

In the beginning, he was really grateful.He can see farther, run faster, and jump higher than others, and these basic qualities can always save lives at critical moments of life and death.

But that's just the beginning.Norma is not a person who is easy to satisfy, otherwise she would not support the pirate forces - the secret research of the Giants requires various resources, which cannot be obtained from formal channels, and can only be obtained through certain dishonorable and illegal channels; Pirates are a good cover.

For this purpose he was sent far away to Cape Sounion.He obtained basic resources for Norma, and those resources were transformed by the Giants' technology, and some of those resources were transferred into normal capital, and then returned to supply research and pirate expenses.

The addition of technology to the value of resources is amazing, which is why the interstellar pirates are so rich.

After a long time on the throne, Smits felt constrained by Norma's meticulous management.It is true that Norma gave him enough money and guides, but once the desire for power grows, it is not so easy to take it back.

One more perfunctory, Smits thought.When he returns to Cape Sounion, he can do whatever he wants—he believes that at this moment, Norma only sees the new emperor who has just enthroned, and he'd better reap the benefits...

"Ashlio."

Smits looked up at the sound.Governor Giant had already walked into the living room, his flat face was as expressionless as ever. "Father." He stood up to greet him.

Norma nodded and sat down not far away. "The last question, are you going to explain it yourself?"