Returning from the abyss

Chapter 528 Resurrection
Another stable day on the phantom star.

Although she received the warning and data from the observer, Lu Ning still carried out her scheduled plan step by step. If the blue giant star explodes in the next two days, even the gods will not be able to save the scene. At least she knows that she is a tourist since she came here. , then there is plenty of time.

Due to the early departure, the five of them returned to the outpost near noon.And just one day later, under the work of the robot, a bracket has been erected on the hill not far away, which is a simple satellite launcher.

"It seems that the launch work will be carried out in one day." Lu Ning roughly understood after a glance. This kind of satellite is a disposable item that appeared in the era of space exploration. It usually only has a service life of 30 days. It is equipped with a tactical guidance system. After 30 days of reconnaissance, it is directly used as a missile and thrown towards the enemy's position. It can be said to make the best use of it.

So its benefits are also obvious, simple structure, disposable fuel bottles do not need to consider energy issues at all, and convenient and quick construction work.

"Good afternoon, Captain."

Tie Mei was still standing outside the outpost, continuing his set of physical exercises that seemed to be doing exercises.After everyone said hello, Lu Ning went directly to the mountain to deliver the information to Longmai. The rest of the people naturally went back to the base to sort out the information obtained from the base station and compare them with the information given by Mo Lianren. right.

Climbing up the hillside, Lu Ning saw the dragon veins next to the landing craft.In front of him were several consoles wired from the inside, and two computers.

"Longmai, what happened to the launch pad?"

"Small idea, now the stabilizer has been assembled, the model of the satellite launcher is ready-made, and the robot is responsible for the physical work. I just need to adjust the data. Oh, and of course calculate the first cosmic velocity of the phantom star and calculate the orbit. ..."

"Okay, I know you understand this." Lu Ning waved her hand, "We went out and found something this time, and you can come and take a look when it's done here."

"So busy? Then can I apply for a raise?" Longmai joked.

"I think showing you the advanced technology of alien civilization is already a reward."

Longmai froze for a moment: "Alien civilization? Isn't that thing dangerous? We have to..."

"It's not here for a long time, only some relics are left. We need to interpret some of the things they left behind, and even update the weapons in our hands."

"That's a bit difficult, captain." Longmai shrugged, "It's very troublesome to apply new technology to weapons. It's not that it can't be done, but that it's not well controlled. You know, from the discovery of nuclear fission to the first nuclear bomb How long did it take for the explosion? As far as the current alliance is concerned, what cannot be stably grasped can only be used as a desperate trump card, not a weapon."

"I understand these principles better than you. So your first task is to interpret those things that I can't understand. If you have the ability, I will take you directly to the ruins in about thirteen days."

"Okay!" Longmai suddenly became excited, "Seriously, you can show me right now, captain. My side is just mechanized monitoring and construction at the moment. I can at most play the role of manual secondary inspection. See what technology the aliens use!"

"Open your terminal, I'll forward it to you, it's all picture information, I'm not capable of downloading files from a device I don't understand at all."

"Enough is enough. By the way, Captain, you'd better go to Yanghao first when you go back. That guy is yelling that he has made some amazing discoveries."

"...I see, it's better not to be so amazing."

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Outposts, underground medical laboratories.

Lu Ning pushed open the door again, and found that all the things here had been rearranged. In addition to the various specimens that had been classified into different categories, there were also some sketched hanging paintings. A specimen box carefully removes its original roosting eggs, while the brush sits further back, reviewing a scan.

"Cough." Lu Ning made a sound, and the two realized that Lu Ning had walked in. Yang Hao hurriedly got up, and said in a low voice, "Captain, I have a discovery... a big discovery!"

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

"Biology... no, scientific discoveries can't be judged as good or bad, but I can tell you that maybe we can take genetic technology another step further!"

Lu Ning glanced at him suspiciously.

"Are you going to tell me that guy's brain assimilation is complete?"

"No, how could it be so fast. And that's not the problem... Please come here! I'll show you." Yanghao excitedly pulled Lu Ning to her desk, piled the messy things on it aside, and gave it to her The computer is hooked up to a big screen.

Soon, some report documents appeared on it.Lu Ning could still understand some basic things: "Have you conducted a DNA test on that person?"

"It's impossible not to do it, right? You must also want to know whether this person is still human...I can answer now, partly yes."

"That answer is totally uninspiring."

"Listen to me, Captain. Most of this person's genetic fragments can be said to be human, and the blood circulating throughout the body is also human blood, which proves that the bone marrow should also be human, but!" Yang Hao pointed at the screen with his finger, "We Cells from his wrist, mouth, ankle and lower back were extracted for DNA testing, and the results in these places were alienation! Look, in terms of the mouth, there are 29 pairs in this guy's mouth. Chromosomes and DNA double helix structures are also close to 8% different from humans, and even the XY chromosome distinction that represents traits has disappeared..."

"in conclusion."

"We found similar fragments in some other biological sample tests that we conducted simultaneously." Yang Hao said immediately.

"What do you mean? This person's DNA has fused with other creatures?"

"Partially fused, captain." Yanghao quickly clicked on a few pictures and enlarged a part of the genetic map, "According to our gene bank analysis, this should be regarded as a beneficial mutation, and it's amazing that it only appears in necessary parts, or specific Dot, organ. Do you know what that means?"

"Frankenstein."

Yang Hao froze for a moment, and then stopped his movements after a while.

"Yaohao, I understand your excitement. Different genes exist on the same creature with the optimal ratio, which means that a real 'superhuman' can be made through genetic surgery, but what I see now is still a A monster, not a person." Lu Ning sighed, "There is a very terrifying danger on the phantom star. This danger has made this person what he is today. He can't communicate and has the instinct to attack people. How can you guarantee that? Is this method going to work?"

"We will definitely not experiment on humans first. The development of genetic science has relied on careful and steady development. Otherwise, the first genetic revolution has passed for so long, why hasn't there been a second outbreak? It is because everyone knows this Fundamental danger." He argued, "This person may have failed, but how many examples of failures are there in scientific development? We can delve into it."

"Time, nothing, we don't have time." Lu Ning shook her head slightly, "I believe that if you can spend some time and add a professional team, you can come up with a specific plan, but our time in Huanxing Not that much."

"...What did you find, captain?" Yang Hao is also a smart person, and quickly understood the meaning behind Lu Ning's words.

"There are dangers lurking on the phantom star, and the lifespan of this galaxy may not be long. I got a message to warn every intelligent life on this planet."

Yang Hao's hand trembled twice, and finally sighed helplessly.

"Okay, captain, there is another message."

"Ok?"

"I thought the one just now was more exciting. It seems... well, captain, we have verified the identity of this person through genetic comparison and some circumstantial evidence checks." Yang Hao turned off those pictures and reports, Another folder was opened.

"This person's name is Yang Chengsi, a soldier of the advance team number UDN827069, his position is suitable for reconnaissance, patrol and infiltration, and his comprehensive assessment is second-class. His age...we have conducted a bone age examination, and his current age should be 49 years old , even though it’s completely invisible from the outside.”

Yanghao released the picture first, and tapped again after Lu Ning nodded slightly.

"We searched for this name in the communication records you left and the alliance gave us, and his name was mentioned three times in total. The first message is a reward order. This person killed a threat level C Creatures, of course, are team kills, and the names of the entire team are in the list. The second time is a personal information report, and he and two other soldiers with special investigation expertise served as a long-distance reconnaissance job. And the third time..."

Here, the brush paused.

"This is the strangest thing to me, Captain. The third is the obituary."

"he died?"

"Yes, there was a dangerous situation during the investigation. One scout died on the spot. He escaped with the other two and lost an arm. After returning, he developed a fever and died a day later."

"How were the corpses handled?"

"In order to handle it carefully, his remains were collected and cremated. There should be nearly ten senior officers who witnessed his body being reduced to ashes in the incinerator."

Lu Ning pulled a chair and sat down.

"Yao Hao, you know all this, aren't you afraid?"

Hearing this question, Yang Hao just laughed softly.

"Biology is a scary subject, Captain - not the stuff you study in college, but what you actually see when you get to the high end. If we don't speak in general terms, it's from microbes to unidentified beings in space It's all included."

"That is to say..."

"Fear stems from the unknown, but this kind of resurrection from the dead is still within the scope of my knowledge and explanation. Losing an arm, there are many articles that can be done here, not to mention that we have also witnessed plants that can breed life before. Cloning is not a patent for human beings." Yang Hao said with a smile, "It can also explain some things, such as why he can't communicate, and why some parts of his body are mutated."

"You think it's a replicant?"

"This is just a possible explanation. When I can explain it, I am willing to believe in any possibility. Captain, do you have any better ideas?"

"I'm not as good as you in the professional field." Lu Ning looked at the records carefully, thinking about the time on them.

If Yang Chengsi had died long ago, the bone age test would not be so bad.The current age coincides with his age since he set off as a member of the advance team. Unless the skeletal changes can be completely replicated at the same time as the copy, how can he detect that he is now in his 20s.

"Can you find some memories?"

"It can only be through the method of recalling images, but you also know that his brain is becoming one piece now, and his memory is not so secure...it is basically a fragment in the forest."

Yanghao opened two pictures again.

"It must be said that the suspicious points are these two. I'm sorry that we can't restore it more clearly."

To put it bluntly, this method relies on color reflection to mobilize the subconscious mind to "take pictures" of memories. If I can't remember clearly, I can't take any clear pictures. Green represents the forest, brown represents the soil and tree trunks, and there are a few bright gray blocks in the middle, which look like a person running.

The other one is a little clearer, with a lot of gold and red, and it looks more like a flame from the shape. An indigo light splits the picture into two pieces from the middle down to about two-thirds, and there are many Black phantom.

"Yao Hao, if it is a replicant, will it retain the previous memory?"

"Captain, we can't judge when the memory reflected in this picture is. He has lived in the forest for so long, so it is not surprising that he has seen similar scenes."

"So, if this is really the clone you mentioned, he must have companions." Lu Ning pointed to the first photo, and then turned to the second, "As for this one, I have seen very similar ones. scene."

"But no matter what, there should be similar existences on the phantom star, and what we encountered is only one of them." Yang Hao nodded, "I can only make random guesses if I analyze it again. This is not in line with the attitude of scientific research. What to do next needs you to tell us."

"Let's keep your original job unchanged." Lu Ning stood up and walked outside the laboratory.

Not far away, a communication robot moved over. Lu Ning touched the touch screen, and a picture and Qiu Shu's voice were immediately displayed on it.

"Captain, in today's drone aerial photography, we found a friendly army team moving nearly [-] kilometers away from our outpost. The number of people is judged to be four, and the situation is battle-damaged. It seems that we have suffered a hard battle and lost personnel. Is it related to this A team to contact?"

"Numbering?"

"The certification number was not detected, but the nameplate on their chest can be identified through the high-resolution image. They belong to the NE-018 team, the natural evolution number."

"Let Tiemei bring a team of defense robots to fetch the man back and see what's going on."

(End of this chapter)