Yang Ming stood on the bridge of the Dongfeng, looking at the metal buildings spread out on the ground below, which looked like moss clinging to stone surfaces, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Lu.
"Are you the mastermind behind the new buildings?"
"Yes, boss," Lu showed a gentle smile, "You promised me that I could use 80% of the previous income to expand my own hardware, and I did it according to your requirements.
"
Yang Ming crossed his arms and said with a smile: "Are you so stressed?"
"What pressure?"
"Your senior gave it to you," Yang Ming said with a smile, "Sure enough, pressure can make people mature quickly, and you have become more and more mature recently."
Lu rolled his eyes, followed Yang Ming's example and crossed his arms, and said calmly:
"I didn't feel any pressure.
“On the contrary, it’s you, the boss, and the strength of the accompanying mechanical thinking body is closely related to the amount of resources controlled by the host.
"I have the advantage of technological change and being a latecomer. The gap between me and that senior is much smaller than the gap between you, boss, and Levi Sherman."
Yang Ming had several black lines hanging on his forehead.
That guy was a 'historical figure' from tens of thousands of years ago.
If he lived in the same era, he would not necessarily lose!
Of course, this can only be said not necessarily.
"I will arrange the welcome ceremony to safeguard the dignity of my father," Lu's figure disappeared in a flash.
Yang Ming:……
She was still angry.
Yang Ming yawned and looked out the window at the ground getting closer and closer. The outlines and structures of the newly added buildings became clearer and clearer. The metal buildings everywhere were empty, with only some robots operating on their own.
The Dark Star II Base is located at the center of Luofeng Empire's territory. At present, twelve information highways have been built, which can radiate the entire Luofeng territory through Dark Star II.
Later, Luofeng only needs to formally establish an alliance with the surrounding small countries and sign an information exchange agreement, and Lu can instantly control all the network resources of those small countries, completing the expansion of Yang Ming's power.
But then again...
Lu's mood seems not to be very good.
From Yang Ming's intuitive feeling, Lu seemed to be under some kind of tremendous pressure, some unexplainable pressure.
The leg of his trousers was gently pulled down. Yang Ming put away his thoughts and looked down.
There was a cute little girl staring at him with a pair of clear and bright eyes, and said crisply: "Hug."
Yang Ming lowered his head and hugged little Bosuo, and said with a smile: "Are you bored? Have you played all the games on the boat?"
"Not yet," Wusha looked out the window, "Is this your base?"
"one."
Yang Ming said slowly: "This is also the foundation for my foothold. I will continue to be active and strive outside, and the resources I acquire will be replenished here. When it develops to a certain stage, it can feed me back."
Posuo asked: "Do you want to become the emperor of mankind by doing this?"
"No, you should be able to understand me," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I have my own goals to strive for. Of course, if I become a being like Levi Sherman, I can better achieve my goals, and I won't
Will deliberately suppress my ambition and desire for power."
Posuo nodded thoughtfully and whispered: "These are meaningless."
"Why?"
"When you obtain the Ancient God Cell Group, you have a ticket to enter a high-dimensional civilization. The next step is to accumulate energy, improve yourself, and improve your genes."
Whisper reminded:
"You should spend all your energy on these aspects.
"I don't need to do anything now, because you are doing it for me. When you get the same level of genes as me, I can attach myself to you and complete the energy jump."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "You have a good plan."
"So, it's an investment."
Xiao Wusuo suddenly nodded forward, her forehead lightly touching Yang Ming's.
A warm force spread on Yang Ming's forehead, and the cells in his body seemed to have experienced a short but refreshing bath.
Yang Ming was stunned for a moment and wondered: "Are you giving me energy again?"
"The improvement of your own energy is too slow due to genes. When the creatures I control can surpass you, I will not be able to help but attack you."
Little Posuo struggled for a few times, and Yang Ming let go of her legs. She jumped to the ground deftly and waved her hand to Yang Ming.
"I'm going to play and get the cell pellets early."
Yang Ming stared at the back of this little guy running away, feeling a little stunned.
Good guy, she is now her own investor?
He wouldn't mind a little more loan.
Outside the porthole window, the ground slowly cracked open, like an abyssal beast opening its mouth.
"Boss, we are about to enter the No. 6 maintenance dock. Miss Hera is waiting for you in your exclusive lounge. We have conducted detailed tests. Her body data has not changed, and the planet-wide biological shielding equipment has been turned on."
"Yeah," Yang Ming nodded, feeling a little uneasy for no reason.
The worst-case scenario must never happen.
…
Yang Ming's exclusive lounge highlights two points, comfort and luxury.
The inverted pyramid metal frame embedded thousands of meters deep underground resists the squeezing pressure from all directions and deploys a panoramic simulation system inside to build a simulated town with a living area of more than 200,000 square meters.
This is the 'lounge'.
The huge room with transparency on all sides is surrounded by lush green plants, enjoying the starlight illuminated from the ground using super-sensing optical fibers.
When Yang Ming stepped out of the elevator, the first thing he saw was the thin figure standing in the corner of the floor-to-ceiling window.
Hera.
His heart felt a little hotter for no reason.
026 followed Yang Ming with little Bosuo in his arms, looked curiously in the direction of Hera, subconsciously held a finger in his mouth, and whispered:
"It looks delicious."
The corners of Yang Ming's mouth twitched slightly.
But it seems that there is no danger hidden in Hera.
The shuttle bus took them directly to the entrance of the room. Yang Ming motioned to 026 to take Bosuo for a walk, then he opened the door and walked in.
Hera has turned around, her big eyes are like calm lake water. Following Yang Ming's call, the lake water has a few ripples.
"came back?"
Yang Ming sighed and took the initiative to open his arms.
Hera originally wanted to be reserved and took a few steps forward slowly, but in the end she was unable to suppress the impulse in her heart. She rushed towards Yang Ming quickly, bit her lip and jumped into Yang Ming's arms. A pair of slender calves hooked Yang Ming's arms.
Ming's waist, lowering his head for a kiss.
Yang Ming gave her an enthusiastic response.
If not, when Yang Ming turned his head and saw 026 and Whistle at the corner of the glass room with wide eyes, he would definitely not have stepped on the emergency brake.
Yang Ming temporarily pushed Hera away, but the latter was already short of breath.
026 quickly covered his big, dancing eyes, turned around and ran to the room a little further away.
"So, your child?"
Hera frowned and asked, then realized that it was too indecent to hang on Yang Ming, so she lowered her head and jumped down.
"She," Yang Ming sighed, "in a sense, I am her child, but only part of my genes...she is the Valkyrie."
"I've heard Lu talk about it."
Hera's face showed surprise, then she narrowed her eyes and stared at Yang Ming, and then stretched out her hand to hook Yang Ming's neck.
“Can’t it be opaque here?”
"Of course," Yang Ming snapped his fingers.
In the thinking space, Lu muttered "Galaxy Prodigal", "Famous Carrot", "This is Humanity", and changed the glass room to full occlusion mode.
Half a day later.
Yang Ming and Hera were lying on the cushions of the swimming pool, with a towel wrapped around their bodies.
Hera yawned tiredly and whispered: "Have you not had a female companion recently?"
"Yes...why do you ask?"
"I'm almost exhausted," Hera muttered. "Although I am an adult woman with normal physiological needs, your physical strength is too good."
Yang Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't you have to go crazy yourself?"
"Bah, I'm a lady."
Hera turned sideways, holding her cheek, her wet hair stuck to her face, and there was deep attachment in her eyes.
"Ming, I miss you."
"Me too," Yang Ming sighed, looked at the starry sky projected on the ceiling, and whispered, "Don't leave once you're back."
"I have to go back later, and the research work hasn't been completed yet."
Hera bit her lower lip gently, then simply lay down again, and fumbled with her right hand to hold Yang Ming's left hand.
She whispered: "Sorry, I lost my mind last time because of my father's death."
"I can understand."
"Don't you ask me why I came back?"
Yang Ming smiled and said: "If you need money, a boat, equipment, or robots, don't worry, I will prepare them for you. Who let me be poisoned by you?"
"That's not it. For my current research, human instruments at this stage are no longer useful," Hera muttered for a few times, "Let me report my current research direction first, boss."
Yang Ming cleared his throat: "Speak."
"I have been in constant communication with that queen. Last time, before the queen led a swarm of tens of billions of insects to invade the New Federation, she tried to devour my consciousness."
"Swallowing consciousness?"
Yang Ming immediately sat up and looked at Hera with a frown.
Hera hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I am still Hera, human Hera. The queen chose to give up at the last moment."
Hera sighed softly and began to talk about her experience at that time.
At that time, she rejected the queen's conditions, and an abyss of consciousness appeared before her eyes, and the abyss swallowed her up in one breath.
"Different species have different perceptions of the universe and different interpretations of the concept of death.
"At that time, the queen wanted to assimilate my consciousness and make me an inconspicuous part of her huge consciousness, but she soon discovered that I was still a human being.
"The Queen has determined that if she assimilates my consciousness, her huge body of consciousness will become diseased, similar to being affected by human cognitive concepts.
"Of course, the Zerg's understanding of the universe and space is closer to the essence. She is not afraid of human culture and civilization. What she is worried about is..."
"What is it?" Yang Ming asked.
Hera said: "Human pleasure."
"What the hell?" Yang Ming's expression was full of confusion.
Hera laughed and said softly: "The space Zerg is a high-dimensional creature. The first-order Zerg to the sixth-order Zerg are all the developmental stages of the Zerg in its larvae. What must be said here is that the only individual recognized by the Zerg is the mother worm itself.
."
Yang Ming said: "I understand all of these."
"What is pleasure?"
Hera asked herself:
“Pleasure is a relatively primitive self-reward mechanism for low-dimensional cosmic creatures, such as us humans, based on body hormone secretion and neuron circuit structure.
“A simplified understanding of the rules of biological evolution - when an organism completes a behavior that is beneficial to survival, in order to allow itself to remember this behavior, the brain will form a pleasure circuit and drive itself to repeat it.
“For example, continuous positive interactions for the purpose of reproduction bring happiness, the satisfaction of getting food after hunger, the sense of relief from letting oneself rest after being extremely tired, and the realization of a dream that has been thought about day and night can also bring pleasure.
“Pleasure is the body’s reward mechanism at the moment when desires are satisfied.
"So, not completing these behaviors and directly stimulating the brain to produce biological signals to obtain pleasure is essentially the self-degradation of individual life."
Yang Ming nodded: "You mean, the Zerg have no pleasure mechanism?"
Hera's eyes lit up: "Yes, the female eggs exist in low latitudes, and the adult state of the female individual exists in high dimensions. In the high-dimensional world, reproduction has lost its meaning, and their pleasure mechanism has been abandoned in their evolution.
"Under extremely limited conditions, I observed the mating process between male and female worms, but of course it was not the huge sixth-order female worm.
"It's just a behavioral stimulus that allows the female worm to gain more biological energy and produce more 'self-protection' pseudo-worm populations. They have no pleasure and are afraid of pleasure.
"Excessive satisfaction of pleasure will have counterproductive effects and diminishing marginal utility.
"Insects without desires have no weaknesses, but as long as we give them pleasure circuits, they have weaknesses."
Yang Ming:……
"No, if you study this topic, can you deal with the insect swarm?"
"Not yet."
Hera sat up and licked her lips gently:
"But I think, what would happen if all the bugs in the Milky Way today could understand what pleasure is, especially the Queen who is about to ascend to another dimension, and let her bring the pleasure mechanism to the high-dimensional world? This must be very interesting.
interesting!"
Yang Ming scratched his head.
Hera suppressed her smile and said seriously:
"Ming, my current research direction has nothing to do with protecting human beings.
"To be honest, I have become numb to this topic. I have done everything I can, and I don't owe the human race anything.
"As for the New Federation, I no longer have any belonging to this country. Refusing to become the envoy of the Zerg to destroy them is all I can do.
"Now, I only live for two things - to improve mankind's understanding of Zerg and to satisfy my own thirst for knowledge."
Yang Ming pointed at himself.
"You are my lover," Hera immediately added, "You are a part of my life, this is different, and because you fund my research, I will share all my research results with you later.
, allowing you to gain an advantage when facing the insect swarm."
Yang Ming couldn't help but rub his eyebrows.
The good news is: Hera has completed her adjustment and she is back to those two happy years.
The bad news is: Hera has independently completed the change in her self-perception and has embarked on the path of a paranoid scientist without any scruples.
"I'm a little worried about your mental state," Yang Ming said solemnly.
"I'm fine, Ming," Hera turned around and jumped into the pool, turning her body a few times, "I feel great now, you don't have to worry about me at all."
Yang Ming looked at her beautiful body and reminded: "We have known each other for a few years, and your skin condition is getting better and better. This is actually the influence of those microorganisms."
"This is nothing to me, but can it be considered a reward to you?"
Hera chuckled softly, swam to Yang Ming's side, raised her hand and stroked Yang Ming's chin.
She said in a soft voice: "I am not a qualified lover. Most of my actions in the future will be for scientific research, but Ming, I love you."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "So, what do you want me to do with you now?"
Hera blinked and whispered:
"I have a crazy plan, which may require your cooperation...
"Shall we go on a trip to the New Federation? Just go near Ram Star, or near the Zerg forces in the Milky Way, but this is more risky.
"I want to restore our life for those two years without any biological shielding device, but I will not spend my time at work every day, but spend it with you.
"I want to continue to generate pleasure, and through the network of individual information exchanges between mother worms, I will continue to deliver this pleasure to the galaxy worms.
"Last time the Great Queen sent people to attack us, it was not because she felt humiliated. The Zerg do not have such complex social cognitive concepts as humans. It was because the interaction between us stimulated the Great Queen. She was on the edge of dimensionality and could not bear it.
This part is exciting.
"Our most advantageous weapon against the Zerg is not the ship, but the primitive body."
Yang Ming was a little in disbelief: "That's it?"
"Yeah! That's it!" Hera's facial capillaries were slightly congested, "Is it okay?"
"I'm just busy and don't have much time," Yang Ming thought carefully, "Will this stimulate the Zerg to a decisive battle with human civilization?"
Hera said: "It's possible, but if the experiment is successful, it might be able to change the Zerg... Believe me, the human civilization in the galaxy has a good chance of winning against the Zerg here!"
Yang Ming groaned a few times and continued to consider.
As long as he does this and that with Hera, he can contribute to human civilization. He will definitely not refuse. The problem is...this...it always feels like being peeped by the big queen...
It's better to think about it in the long term, and he doesn't have that much time now.
"Hera..."
Buzz, buzz!
The watch by the pool suddenly vibrated, and Lu couldn't help but jump out.
Hera subconsciously covered her chest and squatted into the pool.
"Boss!" Lu looked at Yang Ming with gleaming eyes, "My main brain on the Dongfeng has just received a huge amount of information! It's the same as last time! It's the same as the time when Dabosuo was there!"