black queen hypothesis

Norma's eyes narrowed even more at Veras' question. "May I ask where you heard the word first, Your Majesty?"

"The medical area is like a control center." Vilas shrugged and didn't mind, "They are discussing this. It seems that this lock can easily control Smitz, so easily that he has no chance to resist?"

Norma's lips were drawn into a dry line.After being silent for a long time, he said softly, "What a lot of talking."

Vilas was sure that the Senta Mastermind had hundreds of punishments planned by this point, but that wasn't his concern. "Smitz didn't know about this back door, or if he did, he didn't expect it to be so powerful, did he?"

Needle dropping could be heard in the hall for a moment, until Norma spoke again. "I knew from the very beginning that Ashlio would be an ungrateful guy," he scoffed disdainfully, "It is obviously very stupid to entrust my precious trust to him."

Vilas doubted this very much.Because based on what he knows so far, Norma is extremely selfish; even if Smitz is not a good person, he is obviously regarded by Norma as a pawn that can be called as soon as he is called. "No matter what it is, it must be completely in your hands, so that you can rest assured."

"It sounds like you have guessed something." Norma's tone became cold again.

"That scar," Vilas pointed out, taking a step forward, "you put it in when you did the body modification. And I just found out," he paused, his eyes quickly sweeping across the face. Field experiment subject, "The pheromone smell of these people is no different from that of Smitz."

Although Vilas didn't make it clear, Silvio had fully understood it.It is said that there are dozens of experimental subjects, but in fact they are replicas with similarities and minor differences.Duplication refers not to appearance, but to Sentinel physical characteristics.Relying on the pheromone of Vilas, the experimental body eliminated the weakness of the sentinel that is easily affected by pheromone, but not all—

These so-called dark sentries are actually sentry puppets that only respond to Norma's pheromone!

"Then?" Norma asked, staring at Vilas for a moment, making people panic.

Vilas is as if he didn't see it. "Borrowing from your statement just now, the damage inflicted on the guide will be reflected in his bound sentries hundreds of times. I have reason to guess that, apart from screening out affected individuals with my pheromones, your Another important task is to amplify the influence of the guide pheromone on the sentries as much as possible. Only in this way can we explain why Smitz has no time to resist."

Norma still stared at Vilas. "Your reasoning is really great, Your Majesty." He clapped his hands vainly twice, "I have to think that your brain will definitely become my most beautiful treasure." As if seeing a carrion vulture, he mouthed There was an excited twisted smile on the side.

"Really?" Sivio said coldly, "I don't think so."

This didn't distract Norma too much. "Although it's useless for you to say anything now," he said sarcastically, "I'd still like to hear your thoughts, Your Excellency the President."

"I can only draw one conclusion." Sylvio said in a deep voice, his fingers clenched the particle knife on his waist, "You must die."

As if thinking it was a ridiculous threat, Norma turned her head away. "Really, Your Excellency the President? Then I would like to suggest that you and Your Majesty learn a thing or two. Facing reality is always a good quality."

Vilas glanced back and forth between the two. "I agree with Silvio," he chuckled, "there is really only one solution."

The wind of the conversation reversed instantly, and Norma opened her eyes slightly. "You two really have a great sense of humor," he spread his hands—the dark sentinel subjects immediately took a step forward aggressively, "Even without pheromone cages and inhibitors, you wouldn't be able to leave this hall today! "

Vilas and Silvio exchanged a look. "Oh, do you think we're going to die?" Vilas said, "It means that this place has a self-destruct device besides the annoying mental shield?"

Now Norma's eyes are almost blind. "I originally thought that no one could understand me, but maybe you are one." He finally abandoned his previous disguise, and his tone became extremely gloomy, "Do you know what this means, Your Majesty?"

"It means you think I must die." Vilas said lightly, as if he didn't realize what he was talking about. "Although I personally think this is still open to question." He added.

"What gave you such false confidence, Your Majesty?" The sarcasm in Norma's tone became more obvious, "Could it be that you can fight against the Dark Sentinels here?"

The encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, but Villaras remained calm. "I usually don't like to mention it, because it sounds too boastful-you do know that I'm a super S-rank guide, and you're not even an S-rank, right?"

The subtext of these words is obvious. "A high-level guide has a chance to deceive a low-level guide when using the spirit touch. Do you want to say this?" Norma snorted coldly. "That's the reason, but let me remind you that inhibitors are not so easy to be effective."

Vilas actually smiled. "Your mastermind only monitored me being injected," he said happily, "but it doesn't know that the so-called inhibitor is the neutralizer I brought before landing on Senta—the perfect kind."

"……what?!"

"……what?!"

Two exclamations came out at the same time, although the meanings were completely different.

Norma couldn't care about why Silvio was as surprised as he was at the moment. "How is it possible?" He asked loudly, "Who gave him the injection just now?"

The Mastermind's reply sounded as unbelievable as he did. "It's Kang Bo, Your Excellency."

"Traitor!" Before the words fell to the ground, Norma yelled angrily, her face almost distorted, "Traitor! He must be between those two people, catch them for me!"

Several experimental subjects immediately turned around, but the two guarding the wall were already ready.There was no sound, a sharp and violent airflow passed by, and the experimental subject at the head suddenly fell backwards - they were hit where the scars were.But more experimental subjects rushed forward, the speed was far beyond human comparison, and the two were subdued in the blink of an eye.

Although it only took a flash, Norma was still upset. "It's not even an interstellar time, and you can still instigate our people? Should I say that you are worthy of being a very convincing guide, Your Majesty?"

Vilas stared at the test subject who was staggering and trying to stand up, and shook his head upon hearing this. "It's probably thanks to you," he said quietly, looking away. "You've left too many openings."

Norma's eyes widened, her cheek muscles twitched uncontrollably. "How dare you say that! You don't know how much I have paid to realize my lifelong ideal—" He was suddenly excited, waving his hands wildly in the air, "An empire, a real empire, an empire only Belongs to my true empire!"

...the real empire that only belongs to Norma?

Suddenly, Vilas remembered what Smits had persuaded him: "Using this, you can bind with most of the sentinels—they rely on you, they listen to you, and they can't do without you! What is rebuilding the empire? You can build your own empire, a real empire!"

Vilas finally fully understood Norma's thinking and actions. "I see," he sighed silently, "then, it's time."

Before the words were finished, two silver-white things whizzed past the wall, so fast that they could hardly be seen clearly.Norma was about to ask, but as soon as he heard the lion's roar, he realized what it would be—Vilas's spiritual guide, and brought Silvio's at the same time.What's worse is that while the sense of crisis is coming rapidly, there is a new doubt that crowds his thinking time——

It is true that the spiritual guide of His Excellency the President is a white lion; but who can tell him why the rumored long-tailed tit turned into such a huge...

"albatross?"

Silvio's eyesight is much better than Norma's, not to mention he has been waiting for the opportunity to break free from the pheromone cage.Although he was quite curious about Vilas's ever-changing guide form, when the big silver-white bird swooped towards him, he followed its direction without hesitation, broke through the restraint, and went straight to Norma, with a knife in his hand. ——

boom.

The sound of a limp body colliding with the ground.

Bang bang bang.

There were many sounds of limp bodies colliding with the ground.

Vilas lowered his eyes and looked at the experimental subjects who failed to stop Silvio.They were slumped in a mess, their eyes out of focus. "You are indeed faster than them. Now I believe that the Federation has not given you the title of Chief Sentinel." He laughed, as bright as the rising sun.

Silvio turned his head and saw such a scene. "So you have always suspected that I have a false name?"

"You can't blame me." Vilas spread his hands, "I guess you haven't listened carefully to the introduction about you in the Federal Museum of History? That's really..." He paused intentionally, "There is a suspicion of personality cult. "

"If you mind, I'll let them add it for you when I go back." For the first time since coming to this hall, Silvio smiled, "I promise it's much better than mine."

Vilas immediately showed a thankful and insensitive expression. "Don't, I'm afraid of disgusting myself to death."

This conversation... Apart from the two of them, Kang Bo, the only one who was still awake, realized that he had to speak. "Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Excellency the President, I'm sorry to disturb you," he kneaded his arm that had just been twisted, "but I really want to know, is it just me who remembers that there is a self-destruct procedure in this place?"

That's right.As soon as Norma fell to the ground, the walls of the hall began to shrink inward, threatening to trap people inside.

"I hate biofluid materials." Vilas sighed heavily, but there was not much fear in it.

"Most reinforcements have arrived," Silvio looked at the ceiling of the hall, "I have heard the sound of the Imperial spaceship landing." He went to look at Vilas again, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Witnessing this scene, Kang Bo could only silently turn his face away.