Puppeteer [Interstellar]

Scar's half-human, half-worm appearance looked really weird, and Scar himself seemed to realize that this group of humans cared about his image, so Scar quickly transformed himself back into a complete human form , probably because he mutated too frequently, the clothes on his body had long been torn, and only a few pieces of fabric were still hanging on his arms.

A Xiao first wiped Scar's face with water, then took out a coat from his backpack, put it on Scar, and said to Scar, "I'll take you to see your master."

Scar responded to the word "Master" and obediently followed behind him, so a group of people took the puppet on the road again and embarked on the journey back to the base. In order not to cause trouble to the base, they moved forward. Also observe the surrounding scenes at the same time, in case there are enemies such as Zerg following them.

On the way back, A Xiao couldn't help turning his head to look at the puppet behind him a few more times. Thinking of the ghostly look of the puppet just now, A Xiao vaguely realized that something was wrong. A normal puppet shouldn't be like this...at least The puppet that A Xiao has seen is not like Scar, but the puppet that A Xiao has seen, the body seems to be partially deformed, maybe it is because A Xiao has too little experience?

Although he didn't understand what was going on, A Xiao told the teammates behind him not to speak casually of what he saw just now.

A Xiao's teammates were very honest, and they all nodded when they said anything.

On the way back, they were lucky, they didn't encounter any annoying bugs, and there was a puppet called Scar in the team, which made people feel a lot more at ease.Although the scene of Scar's previous battle gave A Xiao and others a lot of horror and shock, the strength of the puppet is well known.

The team walked quickly, and after about a hot day, at night, the base was already close at hand.Ska, who had been silently following at the end of the team, could feel Lyle's traces from a long distance away. He became excited all of a sudden, but although he was excited, he followed the team steadily on the surface, but walked slowly. sooner.

The base of the Earth Lost Army is located underground. It is said that it was just a large-scale air-raid shelter. Later, it began to expand based on this air-raid shelter, increasing the capacity of the underground and turning it into a relatively complete underground building that can accommodate thousands of people. On the surface, the entrance to this base is on the edge of the desert terrain.

Moreover, the entrance is very simple. If you remove a stone slab on the rocky floor, you can see a narrow and deep stairway. Go down the stairway and walk for a long time, and you can see an open underground cave, but this underground cave It's not a base yet, it's just used as a cover. At first glance, this cave seems to be a closed environment with no other entrances and exits, but there is an underground river inside the cave.

Diving into the underground river, and climbing through a passage in the underground river, you can reach the other side of the next door, in another karst cave, and in this karst cave, there is an elevator built on the rock wall. Take this elevator and go straight down. Can really reach the base of the Earth's Lost Army.

This is a very clever entrance design. The entrance is just under a stone slab that can be seen at any time in this desolate land. Even if you find this entrance and go down the stairs, you can only see a natural cave, and the real passage is hidden. In the underground river in the karst cave, it was buried by the sometimes rushing and sometimes calm river water.

The water source is a natural protective film. The Alliance Army has searched the earth many times and used all kinds of monitoring equipment, but there is still no way to find the group of "earth inhabitants" in the rumors. After many searches, over time, They also gave up, and even once thought that the statement that there are still people living on the earth is nonsense.

However, although the Alliance Army can be fooled, it is a question of whether the Zerg can be fooled. The Zerg's sense of hearing is very strong, and to some extent it has surpassed some detection equipment developed by humans. It can slightly perceive the sound, assuming they go to the land above the base, they may also be able to slightly feel the sound of human activities underground.

When A Xiao and others took Ska back to the base, in order not to let the Zerg find out, they put a special layer of sound-absorbing cotton under the shoes, so that there was no sound when they walked. This is what they left behind. A special way to fight Zerg.

In the past, when the alliance army had not completely repelled the group of bugs, occasionally some bugs would cross the front line and run to the earth. Human life, successfully repelling these bugs, and then, they figured out some simple ways to deal with the Zerg.

Against this kind of creature, there is no chance of winning with a head-to-head bar. The Alliance Army may be able to win with powerful weapons and equipment, but the Lost Army cannot, so they did not intend to face the Zerg from the beginning.

The Lost Army chose a method similar to guerrilla warfare. They only moved underground, crossing terrains that were unfavorable to or inaccessible to the Zerg. They did not make any sound, or slammed into the east and west. They wore equipment that covered their body temperature, and tried their best to avoid combat. , to hide their existence and traces.

The Lost Army is a ghost army. They are a group of people who have been abandoned, and they are also a group of people who have long been regarded as dead. Since they are dead, then they do not exist, they are illusory, and they are a group of ghosts.

When A Xiao and others took Scar back, Lyle in the ward was being led by the beautiful female doctor Xia Yuan to the library of the military base.

Because Lyle also showed interest in oriental culture before, Xia Yuan said that although he was seriously injured, the injury was basically in the shoulder area, and he was able to walk, but he could not lift heavy objects with his hands.

At the same time, Lyle couldn't sleep, and didn't want to continue to lie on the hospital bed. After a hard time with Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan finally agreed to take him there, so they went to the library and visited the entire Lost Base by the way. the whole picture.

This is a well-equipped base with all the places for people to live, rest and work, as well as many entertainment facilities and training places.The population in the base is about a thousand people, not many, but it is still very lively. People often come and go in the corridors, and they will say hello to Xia Yuan. By the way, they pay attention to Lyle beside Xia Yuan curiously.

Lyle was a little surprised when he heard the population of their base from Xia Yuan, and asked, "Is this the entire population that is still alive on Earth?"

Xia Yuan laughed: "How is it possible? There are several bases like this in other places, distributed in different locations on the earth. We are base No. 2, and our largest base camp is actually on the seabed. It has dried up quite a bit, but it still exists, and the largest base is in the depths of a shallow sea, the deepest and most difficult to detect."

"Then... Aban shouldn't be the only leader of the Lost Army, right?" Lyle continued to ask.

"Aban is just the leader of our No. 2 base. Every base on the planet has its own leader. They occasionally get together to discuss some things, and they also have their own scope of work and action opinions."

Xia Yuan did not shy away from telling Lyle these things, she seemed to be very relieved of Lyle, she said: "Aban is mainly in charge of foreign trade, we often do business with those pirates and black merchants who are wandering... But don't worry, never It's not a dirty deal, we just get some necessities and food resources, etc., and we sell them some interesting intelligence about the alliance."

These words of Xia Yuan made Lyle think of something deeper. He hesitated for a while, and for the first time asked Xia Yuan in a tentative tone, and he said: "I have to escape from the pirates and the alliance. Do you have anything to do with a group of pirates who fled to Earth... a group of pirates calling themselves the 'Red Birds'?"

To be honest, Lyle's question was really not very polite, and his tone was even a bit questioning.Xia Yuan next to him seemed to feel it too, stopped in his tracks, turned his head and glanced at Lyle, the vision revealed by her glasses was a bit hazy.

Xia Yuan said: "We are only responsible for collecting and selling information, my dear, as for what those people want to do with this information, we cannot interfere. If this indirectly hurts you or the people around you, I feel sorry..."

"No, no need to apologize." Lyle shook his head, took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly, and said softly, "I am very clear about the stakes in this, and I am not the kind of innocent person... ...it's a cruel world, and I've seen it for a long time."

The child's tone of voice was a bit cold, and he looked a little depressed, which made Xia Yuan feel inexplicable in his heart, and he reached out and touched Lyle's head inadvertently, and complex emotions emerged in his heart.

"You are very much like my younger brother." Xia Yuan suddenly said to Lyle.

This sentence made Lyle stunned for a moment, and looked up at her.

And this beautiful female doctor seemed to be recalling something, her tone became ethereal, she continued: "My brother has a dream, he said he wants to build a brand new country, and re-establish the human homeland on the earth, he I want to make this planet prosperous again, so that the civilization of the earth can continue."

"Then, he died...he was killed when the Zerg came last time." Xia Yuan seemed a little sad, but her tone was calm.When she said this, she paused, forcibly pulled herself out of her memories, and turned to look at Lyle, "I'm sorry, I seem to have said something irrelevant."

"No, it doesn't matter." Lyle smiled at her. "No one has ever been willing to confide in me before. It's really nice that you can tell me this."

Then, in the middle of the conversation between Lyle and Xia Yuan, someone came to inform them that they had found Lyle's puppet.

Hearing the news about Scar, Lyle became so excited that he almost jumped up and cheered. He grabbed the person who came to report and shouted: "Where is he!? Take me there!"

So Lyle soon saw Scar again, the first time Lyle saw Scar, he jumped over happily, and flung himself into his arms shamelessly in the public, regardless of Scar's dirty body It was all Zerg blood, and Scar indulged him so much that he subconsciously reached out to catch it.

However, before Lyle could pounce, A Xiao who was next to him suddenly came out, stretched out his hand and grabbed Lyle who was halfway flying, and Lyle realized that he hadn't jumped into Scar's arms, and turned his head in confusion. Looking at A Xiao.

A Xiao said calmly and calmly: "He is covered with insect blood, poisonous, it is best not to touch him."

Lyle was not quite reconciled, and looked at Scar with shining eyes, and Scar looked at him tenderly, but in the end he was defeated by A Xiao's insistence, and asked A Xiao's people to temporarily take Scar away to clean his body .

It was just a short meeting with Scar, but they separated immediately. Lyle was very reluctant, but he was not self-willed. This is not a scene where he and Scar are alone, and other people will not indulge like Scar. Lyle, so he can only watch Scar walk away, and Scar will look back at Lyle, as if he is also reluctant to part with him.

After cleaning up Scar, A Xiao's subordinates took Si to Dr. Xia Yuan for an examination, because Scar's body was covered with insect blood. Although he thought it was impossible, he was not afraid of [-], just in case. , What if the golem is really infected with the bug blood virus?

However, Dr. Xia Yuan did not find out anything. After the puppet was cleaned, the whole body was clean, and the wounds and the like were completely gone. The results of various tests were normal, and the data of some mechanical instruments showed that , and even proved that he is a very healthy human being.

Although A Xiao had ordered it before, when the doctor asked, A Xiao's subordinates still confessed to the doctor that Scar was completely deformed, but the doctor didn't respond, and said, "It's normal, it's okay."

Since the doctor said it was all right, they really thought it was all right. Although they were new to the golem, it was not the first time these people had seen the golem.

"You are the owner of that puppet, right?" On the other side, as soon as Scar left, A Xiao put down Lyle in his hand. He observed Lyle carefully, and thought of such a half The older child was actually the owner of that kind of puppet. Although he couldn't believe it, A Xiao quickly became convinced of this fact.

By the way, A Xiao apologized: "I'm sorry, I was the one who brought you back... Well, I was the one who knocked you out with a gun."

When A Xiao said this, Lyle couldn't help but touch the swollen bump on his head.

Lyle's actions made A Xiao a little dumbfounded, "I want to apologize to you for my previous behavior, and by the way... the leader also asked me to come over to be your temporary base guide... When I go to find your puppet, I will meet you outside When a lot of bugs land on the earth, in order not to be discovered by the Zerg, then our base will be put on full emergency alert."

A Xiao said, looked at Lyle carefully, and said to him: "And you and your puppet will also follow me for a series of training."

"Training?" Lyle didn't understand, "What training?"

A Xiao said very seriously: "Didn't you agree to the leader to join our army? You have to train hard for this."