Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 326 Silicon Empire: Hive City
Among the stars in the universe.

A Galaxy-class commercial starship carrying a large amount of hydrogen fluoride beverage is speeding towards the capital planet 001.

Inside the cockpit.

As usual. After counting all the stowaways in the cargo hold, the commander of the 13th Imperial Army, General Aaron Isaacs, who was disguised as a merchant, directly used the spacecraft's built-in communicator to contact the imperial high-ranking officials far away on the capital planet.

He sent a telegram into the communicator.

"My Lord Bishop."

"I have already collected the 100,000 sacrifices for this month under the pretext of helping with smuggling."

"This time, shall we still follow the old rules and randomly select only 50,000 people for sacrifice, and then release the rest?"

"No" in the communicator.

The silicon-based man whom General Isaac called the Bishop also responded with an electric signal.

"Recently, the number of intelligent life forms in the Barred Spiral Galaxy 013 has suddenly and inexplicably dropped dramatically."

“It’s even on the verge of extinction.”

"This extinction event directly caused the emotional power we collected to drop sharply."

The Imperial Bishop said with a hint of helplessness in his tone.

"Without enough emotional power to contribute, we can only settle for the next best thing and choose to seek compensation from other places."

"Like this month's offerings."

"Barred Spiral Galaxy 013?" Isaac was puzzled after hearing this: "I remember that place was called the Milky Way, right?"

"Then the number of intelligent life forms among them has always been quite large, right?"

"How come everything is gone at once?"

"Is there some highly infectious plague? Or has someone invented a weapon of mass destruction?"

"It's not clear yet." The Imperial Bishop replied, "But the Empire's top brass has already sent people to investigate."

"It probably won't be long before we get the answer."

"I understand." Seeing that the bishop didn't seem to be very clear at the moment, Isaac tactfully stopped asking further questions.

He got back to the point, "So how many sacrifices will be required this month from the original 50,000?"

"Let's just offer 80,000!" The Imperial Bishop thought for a moment and replied, "If too many people die or lose contact, it will inevitably cause suspicion among the friends and families of the sacrificed people, and even trigger public opinion on the Internet. So let's just offer 80,000 people for now."

"If it's still not enough by then, then we'll find another way."

...

Just as General Isaac was talking to the Imperial Bishop.

Inside the cargo hold of a commercial starship.

Xie Shen and Deng Bin, who were wearing imitation silicon-based human exoskeleton armor, were using their limited time to absorb the original power floating in the starry sky of the universe.

Because their cultivation is too high.

Especially for Deng Bin, who has reached the Return to Void Stage, it is difficult for him to make further progress just by practicing hard.

So after meditating for a while, he spoke to Xie Shen with a little impatience: "Brother Xie Shen, there are really a lot of silicon-based people in this cargo hold."

"I just used my spiritual sense to secretly scan it."

"According to my observation, there are at least 100,000 silicon-based people in this cargo hold."

"I just do not understand."

talking.

Deng Bin said with a hint of doubt in his tone: "So many silicon-based people are sneaking to the capital planet."

"Logically speaking, the noise caused during this process must be quite big."

"So why haven't the leaders of the capital planet discovered it yet?"

In the cargo hold.

Before Xie Shen could express his opinion, Li Xiu's voice sounded in the combat power detector.

He said calmly, "The reason is simple. The reason why the top leaders of the capital planet have not discovered it is because they don't want to find out."

"From this, we can further infer that the capital planet of the silicon-based people is likely to be extremely short of people."

"As for why there is a shortage of people."

Li Xiu gave the following speculations.

"I personally think that some human experiments involving silicon-based humans are probably being carried out secretly on the capital planet."

"Or, it could be that the higher-ups are using silicon-based humans as consumables to replace their own aging parts."

"Also, there are sacrifices to a certain evil god, and some rituals that we cannot understand that require the consumption of human lives, etc."

“All of this requires a large population.”

"That's why the top leaders of the capital planet chose to turn a blind eye and allow a large number of stowaways to pass through the checkpoints."

"No." After hearing Li Xiu's analysis, Deng Bin was somewhat unhappy.

Hiding inside the exoskeleton armor, he couldn't help but frown and said, "Since you know that the stowaways are consumables, why did you let us board this cargo ship? Isn't this the same as sending us to our deaths?"

"Xie Shen and I are very powerful, but the silicon-based people are, after all, a four-dimensional civilization that can transcend our own galaxy cluster."

"Li Xiu, what are you thinking?"

"Don't worry." Li Xiu replied calmly: "Although the illegal immigrants are at the bottom of society, they are also human beings, and they also have relatives and friends."

"So even if the top leaders of the capital planet would use stowaways for human experiments, they can only do it secretly." "Just ask."

Li Xiu asked Deng Bin in return: "If you were a high-level ruler, would you send all the stowaways to the laboratory for experiments at once?"

"That's definitely not the case." Dunbin answered without hesitation: "I will only send about half of them to the laboratory."

"As for the rest, we turned a blind eye and allowed them to enter the capital planet."

"Only in this way can we ensure that the black industry chain of smuggling can continue for a long time."

"Only in this way can I ensure that my laboratory can obtain a steady supply of experimental subjects."

"Good analysis!" Li Xiu followed Deng Bin's words and said, "That's why."

"Since at least half of every batch of stowaways survive, what do you have to be afraid of?"

"As high-level cultivators, you have various magical powers to protect yourself, and you also have divine consciousness to help you gather all kinds of intelligence."

"It would be easy for you to blend into the 1/2 group of survivors, right?"

It is true.

Deng Bin nodded slightly when he heard this and didn't bother about it anymore.

"I"

Just when Dunbin wanted to chat about some other topics to pass the long journey.

A sound generated by electrical signals suddenly and without warning rang in the minds of Xie Shen and Deng Bin.

——The one who spoke was a silicon-based man who came forward on his own initiative in the cargo hold of this starship.

He said to Xie Shen and Deng Bin, "You two, are there only two of you?"

"how?"

Seeing a strange silicon-based person approaching and talking to him, Xie Shen immediately responded calmly.

The strange silicon-based man sent an electrical signal representing a smile and explained: "Don't think too much, I don't mean any harm."

"I just saw that you two seemed to be alone, so I thought we could form a team together."

"This way, when we reach the bottom of the hive, we can take care of each other."

——The nest city mentioned by the strange silicon-based people refers to the so-called capital planet of the silicon-based people where Xie Shen and Deng Bin are about to go.

As for why the capital planet is called the Hive City, it is because the capital planet, which houses hundreds of billions of silicon-based people, has different areas stacked on top of each other, and from a distance it looks like a super-giant honeycomb, hence the extremely vivid name of 'Hive City'.

According to the information collected by Li Xiu:

The hive city is divided into four different areas: upper, middle, lower, and bottom.

The upper class is mainly inhabited by the ruling class of silicon-based people, nobles, the imperial royal family, and some members of the church.

The middle level is inhabited by bureaucrats who manage day-to-day affairs, as well as capitalists.

Then there are some middle class people in society.

As for the lower level, it is where most of the workers and other low-level laborers live.

Finally, the bottom layer.

Needless to say, the bottom class is home to all the illegal immigrants, criminals, gang members, and the poor.

Inside the starship cargo hold.

Seeing the strange silicon-based people inviting him and Deng Bin to form a team, Xie Shen remained alert and asked, "How many people are there in your team now?"

"If you guys are included, there are eight of us now." The strange silicon-based man answered and then took the initiative to introduce himself: "My name is Lance Mond, you can just call me Mond."

"Before I boarded this starship, I was working as an intermediary, specializing in helping people get fake certificates."

"So as long as you are willing to join my team, then as a benefit, I can help you get any fake ID you want for free."

"how?"

The silicon-based man Mond looked at Xie Shen and Deng Bin with anticipation in his eyes, and waited for their answers.

Given that silicon-based people communicate through electrical signals and cannot hear any sound.

So Li Xiu gave a suggestion directly in the combat power detector: "Promise him first. With trustworthy personnel, our operational space will be greatly increased, and we can also collect various useful intelligence more efficiently. In short, we will not suffer any loss."

Since Li Xiu had spoken, Xie Shen naturally didn't think any more about it.

Without hesitation, he responded to the silicon-based man named Mond: "Okay. But can you take me to meet the other members of the team first?"

“It has to be.”

Mond also responded promptly.

...

Not long after Xie Shen and the others accepted the invitation from the silicon-based man Mond to form a team.

All the silicon-based people in the cargo hold of the starship received a burst of electronic synthetic sound generated by electrical signals at the same time.

The voice said slowly.

【Dear passengers. 】

[The starship Ferdinand will arrive at the imperial capital in one hour. ]

[Due to limited places, only 2 people on this flight can land on the lower level of the hive. ]

[Lower landing spot will be auctioned immediately, the highest bidder wins. 】

[As for the rest who did not get a place, they will be arranged to land at the bottom of the nest. ]

(End of this chapter)