Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 327: Discovered Already?

In the cargo hold.

After hearing what Deng Bin said, Xie Shen glanced at him and said, "Why do you think that the team of 20,000 people are the experimental subjects, and the team of 80,000 people are the survivors?"

"It's obvious." Dunbin said as a matter of course: "If you were the ruler of the Imperial Hive City, would you choose 80,000 people as experimental subjects from the 100,000 stowaways, or only 20,000 people as experimental subjects?"

Xie Shen replied truthfully: "I will select 20,000 people to be the experimental subjects."

"After all, it's not easy to be discovered when there are fewer people."

"In this way, with the 80,000 people who successfully stowed away as an example, more stowaways will come to our nest city in the future."

"This way, we can have a steady supply of experimental subjects to the laboratory."

"That's right." Deng Bin agreed with Xie Shen's point of view very much.

He nodded to Xie Shen, then turned to Li Xiu and asked, "Brother Li, what do you think?"

Inside the combat power detector.

Li Xiu's emotionless voice slowly sounded: "Based on the information we have so far, I agree with your opinion."

"Conservatively speaking, there is at least a 70% chance that the people are the designated survivors."

"You should follow the group with more people. This is a good choice."

Since Li Xiu also agreed with this decision, Xie Shen and Deng Bin naturally had no more worries.

The two men found Mond, the captain of the eight-man team, and asked the rest of the team whether they planned to follow the team of 20,000 people and land at the lower level of the hive city, or follow the team of 80,000 people and land at the bottom level of the hive city.

"The landing site?"

Captain Mond answered without thinking.

"Does this need to be said?"

"We are, of course, landing at the bottom of the hive."

"The members of our team have all been reduced to relying on each other for warmth, so naturally everyone is poor with no money, no connections, and no connections."

"So, even if we want to infiltrate that group of 20,000 people and land in the lower level of the hive, we can't afford it."

"how"

When he said this, Captain Mond suddenly glanced at Xie Shen and Deng Bin.

He asked curiously, "You guys don't want to buy a place to go to the lower level of the hive, do you?"

"I'm telling you."

As he was talking, Mond suddenly adopted the tone of an old senior and earnestly educated the two newcomers, Xie Shen and Deng Bin.

He continued, "Poor people like us, even if we can afford the tickets to the lower level of the hive, should not spend that money easily."

"After all, the cost of living in the lower levels of the hive is not low."

"Especially the food and accommodation."

"If you choose to rent someone else's house, then apart from the extra costs, at least half of your monthly salary will be used."

In the cargo hold.

Seeing that Mond started a long speech as soon as he disagreed with something, Dunbin, who didn't want to listen to this nonsense, quickly interrupted him.

"Captain, you misunderstood."

"Not to mention that my brother and I can't afford the tickets."

"Even if we can afford it, we are willing to follow you and the team."

"After all, just like you said, if we form a team together, we can take care of each other after we arrive at the hive, right?"

Several people were talking.

Accompanied by a whistle sound generated by an electrical signal.

Finally, after a whole day and night, the starship Ferdinand successfully arrived at the legendary hive city.

at the same time.

The group of stowaways crowded in the cargo hold of the starship also heard a burst of electronic synthesized sound.

【Dear passengers. 】

[The pass to the lower level of the hive will be sold in the cargo hold of Sector 18 in three minutes.]

【If you are interested, please go to the designated location to purchase as soon as possible. 】

Since neither Xie Shen nor Deng Bin intended to purchase a pass, this episode had nothing to do with them.

Seeing that the starship was about to dock at the port, driven by curiosity, Xie Shen and Deng Bin looked through the tempered aluminum-silicon glass of the cargo hold.

They can see:

In the vast starry sky, there is a giant building floating, as big as a planet and shaped like a honeycomb.

The building has four floors from top to bottom, which are connected to each other by countless densely packed bridges and pipes, and the overall texture is metallic.

At first glance.

The first thing that catches the viewer's eye is the palace, garden, and various luxurious facilities built on the top floor.

But if you look more carefully, you will find that:
In contrast to the beautiful and prosperous top floor of the hive city is the bottom floor of the hive city, which is filled with countless industrial facilities, garbage, toxic fumes, and even various mutated animals and plants.

"What an exaggeration!"

With the far superior vision of a Return to Void cultivator, Deng Bin could see the situation at the bottom of the nest city clearly at a single glance.

“It’s unimaginable,” he exclaimed.

"As a four-dimensional civilization, the rulers of the Silicon Empire actually allowed such a poor and backward lower-level area to appear on their capital planet."

"This is too cyberpunk!"

"Isn't this normal?" Xie Shen said, not surprised. "In the 21st century, there are also cities on Earth where technology is extremely advanced, but the gap between the rich and the poor has also evolved to the extreme."

"The gap between the rich and the poor and class divisions are phenomena that will appear wherever there is intelligent life."

"It's been like this since ancient times."

"always like this."

Ah this
Deng Bin was speechless for a moment.

...

...

Just when Xie Shen and other stowaways were about to arrive at the port of Nest City.

The bottom floor of the hive.

In a long-abandoned factory building, after crushing the metallic-gleaming crystal silicon leaves into powder, Albert, the former lord of Green Snow Star and chairman of Tower Company, carefully placed a large pot of fluorine-containing liquid on the fire.

This went on for about ten minutes.

When the pot of fluorine-containing liquid was heated to about 150 degrees Celsius and was about to change from liquid to gas, Albert hurriedly poured the freshly ground crystal silicon leaf powder into it.

This moment.

The crystal silicon leaf powder, along with the fluorine-containing liquid, turned into gas and rose into the air.

The pink gas immediately dyed the small area where Albert was pink.

"hiss"

Seeing the pink gas appear, Albert took a deep breath and felt a burst of joy that went straight to his soul.

He slumped to the ground, a look of reminiscence flashing across his eyes.

More than 160 years.
More than 160 years have passed since Albert was teleported to the Hive City by Li Xiu's Gate of Cause and Effect.

over the years.

Albert often thinks back to the different cigars he smoked when he was still a human, with different tastes and flavors.

He also tasted a variety of delicious food.

And the woman he spent a lot of money to support.

"Ugh"

When he thought of this, Albert couldn't help but sigh. Because time had passed so long ago, all the pleasures he had experienced as a human had gradually faded from his memory.

Along with the beautiful memories, the entire Green Snow Star that was once under his control was also forgotten.

And the Tower Company, which is rooted in Green Snow Star and has extensive influence.

And the agents behind the Tower Corporation.

...

Inside the factory building.

Just as Albert was reminiscing about the past in a corner of the room, taking advantage of the aftereffects of the crystal silicon leaf.

I saw a silicon-based man holding a laser cutter hurriedly walking in from outside the house.

As soon as this silicon-based man appeared, he spoke very quickly and shouted to Albert using electric signals: "Boss, there is news from the upper echelons of the hive!"

"Our people have learned that a starship carrying more than 100,000 stowaways will dock at the port on the bottom floor of our hive today."

"Why?" Albert was puzzled. "It is not a common thing for stowaways to come to our nest city on a starship? Is there any need to emphasize this?"

"No." The silicon-based follower said, "This time is different from the past. According to the news sent back by the upper echelons of the hive city, out of the 100,000 stowaways this time, 80,000 will be sent to the depths of the bottom of the hive city and offered as sacrifices to the ancestor, the Unspeakable."

"Eighty thousand?" Albert was puzzled. "Why are there thirty thousand more stowaways for sacrifice this time than usual?"

"Could it be," he speculated, "that something unexpected happened to the other barred spiral galaxies under the Empire's rule?"

"It's true!" The Silicon-based follower responded, "I heard that there is a problem with the barred spiral galaxy No. 013."

"The number of intelligent life in this galaxy has suddenly dropped sharply due to some unknown reasons."

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

Barred spiral galaxy No. 013?
Albert, who was slumped in the corner of the room, stood up quickly upon hearing this.

He breathed rapidly and said, "Is the barred spiral galaxy numbered 013 called the Milky Way?"

"Uh"

The silicon-based follower said with a little uncertainty: "It seems so. I remember that the life in this galaxy seemed to be called human beings."

Halfway through the sentence.

The silicon-based man discovered that the boss Albert suddenly seemed to have crashed, and just stood there in a daze, motionless.

So he tried to ask: "Boss, are you still listening?"

no respond.

The Silicon-based follower asked again: "Boss?"

"Ah?" Albert heard the other party's voice and said hurriedly: "I'm here, I'm here"

After learning that there was a big problem in the Milky Way, Albert was a little uneasy and wanted to be alone for a while.

So he waved his hand at the silicon-based follower and said, "You go and do your own thing first. I'm feeling a little unwell and want to rest for a while."

this.
The silicon-based follower did not leave as he was told.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he asked Albert directly: "That."

"Boss, I came to you this time mainly to ask for your instructions."

"With such a good opportunity, why don't we just take action?"

"After all, that's a full 80,000 people!"

The Silicon-based follower emphasized: "If we can rescue them all at the critical moment."

"With these 80,000 extra men, plus the fact that the empire's top brass suddenly lost so many sacrifices, chaos is bound to break out."

"This is a great opportunity. We should take advantage of it and rise up. Maybe we can take down the entire base of the nest in one fell swoop."

Perhaps he was worried that Abbott would not take the matter seriously.

The silicon-based man added, "Boss, this is a golden opportunity! You must not hesitate at this moment!"

Perhaps it was the fact that humans in the Milky Way were on the verge of extinction that irritated Albert.

It may also be that he could no longer endure this kind of life of being wanted by the Empire all day long and having to live like a rat at the bottom of the nest.

After careful consideration for a moment, Albert made up his mind.

He made the decision and said, "Let's do it!"

"Notify all gangs in the disorderly area to get ready."

"Once the sacrificial ceremony of the imperial high-ranking officials begins, we will immediately rush into the dark zone to rescue people!"

"Yes!" After receiving Albert's order, the silicon-based follower hurriedly took the order and left with an excited look on his face.

...

At the same time.

As the starship slowly docked.

Xie Shen, Deng Bin, Captain Mond and a group of eight people also followed the crowd out of the cargo hold of the starship.

I don’t know why.

As soon as the stowaways walked out of the cargo hold, they saw a team of soldiers armed with standardized weapons quickly approaching them from a distance.

The purpose of this team of soldiers is very clear.

When they came closer, they took out a long detection instrument from their waist without saying a word.

Using this instrument, the soldiers began to scan the stowaways closest to them one by one.

"broken!"

See this scene.

Deng Bin, who was mixed in the crowd, said anxiously, "Are these silicon-based soldiers coming for the two of us?"

"If that's true, then how did they know our whereabouts?"

"Could it be that they know how to predict the future?"

talking.

Deng Bin instinctively turned to Li Xiu for help: "Brother Li, please say something."

"What on earth are we going to do now?"

"When Xie Shen and I are checked, will the super shielding device you gave us really work?"

Inside the combat power detector.

Li Xiu must respond calmly.

"Given that the information we have about the hive city is too little, I cannot give any effective suggestions at this time."

"But you don't need to panic too much."

"After all, these soldiers are not necessarily coming for us."

"Let's just blend in with the crowd and wait and see what happens."

In the Starport aisle.

Just as Deng Bin and Li Xiu were discussing countermeasures, the captain of the Ferdinand starship suddenly stepped forward.

He showed his identity document and spoke to the small group of silicon-based soldiers with a slightly angry tone.

"I am General Aaron Isaac, the commander of the 13th Legion of the Empire."

"Which team are you from?"

"Why did you suddenly stop my people? What's your purpose?"

Hear what General Isaac said.

In the ranks, a soldier who was suspected to be the captain quickly and bluntly replied: "We are the Templar Guards who obey the Emperor's orders directly. This time, we are here on the orders of the Emperor to capture the alien lifeforms that have infiltrated the stowaway group."

! !
When these words were spoken, Xie Shen and Deng Bin were both shocked.

(End of this chapter)