The rapid-firing bug had a fast firing rate. Although its acid was not as corrosive as that of the acid-spitting bug, it could fire continuously like a machine gun. Soon, under the influence of this rapid-firing bug, a large number of acid-spitting and silk-spinning bugs with long-range capabilities quickly connected to the Hell Network and began to infect the original bugs.
The old vulture, who had never seen such a scene, was dumbfounded. He stared at it all with his eyes wide open, like a miner who went down to the mine for the first time. He wished he could slap himself in the face to wake himself up from his hallucination... Fang Qingyun fired a shot, and then these tricksters rebelled?
The hastily retreating warrior Diao Chong quickly crawled past the unsteady old vulture. Originally, the enemy in front of it should have been an existence that it would pounce on and bite at the cost of its life, but now it was ordered to retreat. However, before it went a few meters away, a bullet of infectious acid caught up with it from behind.
Only then did the old vulture see the changes in these salt bugs up close. After being hit, the warrior salt bug was like a remote-controlled car out of control, stumbling into the wall next to it, with only its big mouth rubbing against the salt grains. It was not sure whether it was in pain or excitement, but the warrior salt bug was twitching violently, and black shells grew from its back and joints, replacing the original brown-green shell. Two limbs also stretched out from both sides of its mouth, turning into a pair of blades.
Just like that, a warrior bug evolved into a blade bug right in front of the old vulture, and it also grew an unknown special shell. The warrior bug perked up, roared excitedly, then turned around and began to infect its original brown-green counterparts.
It saw all of this. The mutation of these tricky insects... or more precisely, evolution was the answer it had been longing for. While it let those tricky insects retreat, it prepared to have a talk with this human. In order to evolve, the swarm consciousness would pay any price.
It gathered its mental strength, and first it planned to try to communicate. Although it preferred to use force, letting the swarm charge now would be nothing but giving away its lives. It could make preparations for both situations. On the one hand, it could try its best to transfer the elites from other hives, and on the other hand, it could negotiate with the human. If the negotiation failed, it would just attack by force. There was nothing that the swarm consciousness could not obtain.
Now... it first needs a spokesperson, a spokesperson who can carry "it", so that the human being can be cautious and show his magnanimity: if he hasn't taken direct action, isn't that magnanimity?
The dwarf's gaze stayed on the old vulture. No, it couldn't bear just staring at the dwarf. If the old vulture suffered from his initiation, it would explode immediately and be shattered all over the ground.
It ignored the rookie and the dolphin and focused its attention on Kikuchiyo. This female human was no match for it either, as her will was quite strong and she could only force it to utter a sentence, before it was forcibly expelled.
Then there was only one final target, and it set its sights on Yulis. This female human possessed very strong physical fitness, and her willpower was also enough to withstand its initiation. Without further ado, it immediately injected its mental power into it.
Feeling that she seemed to be targeted by some ancient giant beast, Yulis only had time to scream and hurriedly made a gesture to Fang Qingyun before losing consciousness under the impact of mental power.
Fang Qingyun looked at Yulis's twitching calves and did not panic. On the one hand, he was a patient with mild paranoia. Although he did not distrust everything, he was also a firm supporter of Murphy's Law. Therefore, he had already set a secret code with everyone, through which he could express his predicament and what kind of help he needed.
This secret code was originally agreed upon by Fang Qingyun and his roommates in his previous life to prevent choking when eating, but it seems that it is not a bad thing to teach it to Yulisi, at least it is used now.
He sent Ulyss to hell for isolation without hesitation, and then cut off the connection between the two worlds, so that Ulysss was at least in a relatively safe place, and the isolation was to prevent hell from being attacked by unknown things.
This action could be said to be a lucky coincidence. If "it" had just injected a small amount of mental power at this time, then Fang Qingyun's action would have no effect other than twisting Yulis's brain into a ball of paste. However, "it" had already injected most of its consciousness into Yulis' body, and now its retreat was suddenly cut off, and because it suddenly entered hell, it was filtered out as "impurity"...
The next second, Fang Qingyun found that there was another Yulis in front of him, but different from the Yulis who had just fainted, this Yulis looked more naked. The dragon horns on her head had become shaped like limbs, with some short and hard spines like those on crab claws. However, her clothes were the same as when they first met Yulis, a revealing bikini.
It looked down at its palm. Is this the human body? It is a structure full of inefficiencies and impurities. It looks like it succeeded?
But in fact, it only completed the materialization of its own spiritual power and successfully used Yulis's body to repay itself as a wandering ghost.
"Negotiation, human thing." It said this expressionlessly in the voice of Ulysse. Unfortunately, this action did not let Fang Qingyun down his guard. He felt its abnormality and drew out the holy sword that he used as a knife without hesitation.
The old vulture next to him did not see the scene where Fang Qingyun pulled Yulisi back to hell. In his view, its behavior was a sudden betrayal, which made him stand firmly on Fang Qingyun's side. He pointed the gun at its head from the other side, and blood flowed down his temples. This was the work of a stone when it was unstable just now.
"Negotiation requires sincerity. You expect me to talk to you nicely after you come and attack me?" The holy sword in Fang Qingyun's hand switched from a knife to a chainsaw sword. The madly sliding sharp teeth rotated at high speed on the chainsaw sword as if to tear it into pieces. It was naturally not an ordinary stuff. It could also be seen what kind of power the holy sword possessed. If this holy sword really hit it, it might really be injured.
It subconsciously wanted to leave this body, but found that because its mental power was excluded, it had turned into a physical entity. It could not withdraw even if it wanted to. Moreover, once this body was injured, it would automatically mobilize the remaining mental power that had not been injected into the body to replenish it... In other words, once this body was destroyed, its mental power would completely collapse.
Realizing that the initiative was no longer in its hands, it raised its hands obediently. After receiving some common sense from Yulis, it knew that this action represented surrender. It was normal to surrender when you can't win, not to mention that it couldn't afford the responsibility of having its body destroyed.
The medical staff in Hell checked Yulis's vital signs. She was still strong and had even gained some benefits. She just needed a good sleep, probably only about ten hours.
After Fang Qingyun confirmed that Yulis was safe, he placed the holy sword in his hand on its neck, and the saw teeth stopped turning: "What do you want to talk about? You can say it now."
Chapter 360: Rockpox? What is rockpox?
Originally, Fang Qingyun actually wanted to reach a consensus on the issue of compensation first. After all, this guy copied Ulis's body without saying a word, causing Ulis to be admitted to the hospital. But Ulis herself is a life dragon. Although her head-on combat ability is not as good as Fang Qingyun, she is definitely not an easy character to deal with.
Such a giant dragon of life was no match for this guy. It only had time to issue a warning before it fell unconscious. Although Yulis was fine and this guy raised his hands in surrender, how could Fang Qingyun believe that it was helpless and gave up resistance instead of casting a spell secretly?
While Fang Qingyun was still thinking about whether what he said would reveal his weakness, he had already exerted his instinct as a Zerg, which was to say what he wanted to say: "Rockpox is coming soon; I need the ability to evolve; if you have it, just name your price."
The way of speaking these two or four words at a time gave Fang Qingyun a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen someone speaking this way in his previous life... But these were not the main points. The content of his speech was what confused Fang Qingyun.
Evolution? What evolution? Rockpox? What is rockpox?
Before Fang Qingyun traveled through time, Deep Rock Galaxy had only officially reached its second or first season. All professions obtained the third main weapon. In addition to the original tricky insect enemies, an additional robot enemy was added. Due to its thick blood, difficult to deal with, and flexible fighting, it made a large group of people miserable. Now, judging from what it said, it seems that there is a new enemy?
The old vulture next to him had a stunned expression, not knowing whether he was stunned or thought of something. Too many things had just happened and he couldn't handle it anymore. The tracking gun in Fang Qingyun's hand, the automatically deformed sword, the sudden betrayal... all these made the old vulture completely lose the ability to speak. He only had a vague feeling that things might be changing on **star.
Although this is five thousand meters underground...
"Let's exchange names before the formal negotiations." Fang Qingyun rubbed his temples with a headache. He urgently needed a person who could negotiate. He was not good at speaking, but was more adept at fighting. He was OK as a manager who didn't need to talk to boost morale, but if he was asked to do diplomacy with others, he would sell his pants. "Without a name, there is no address. How can we negotiate without an address?"
"Name? Inefficient thing; we are the swarm consciousness." It faced Yulis's face, and it seemed uninterested in this, but Fang Qingyun's holy sword was placed on her neck, and it had to bow its head due to the intimidation of the holy sword, even though Fang Qingyun had no intention of forcing it: "Name, how about Thorn?"
Fang Qingyun took a look at the horns of Thorn. Like Yulis, they were large horns similar to those of an argali, but without any breakage or damage. The few spikes on the horns did look a bit like a crown of thorns. From this perspective, Thorn was a qualified name. "Okay, I'll call you Thorn. So can you give me a brief introduction? I didn't understand what you just said. You kept saying two or four words at a time. I was tired of listening to you."
"I want to show you; for now, put down the sword." Although Jingzhi had her hands raised high, Fang Qingyun was still worried about her behavior. Are you kidding? You want me to put down the holy sword. What if all you did before was a delaying tactic? What if you take advantage of the time it takes to put down the sword and run away?
Fang Qingyun refused without a second thought. Are you treating me like a three-year-old kid? You're asking me to give up the only possible effective method when we're still not sure if the Holy Sword will work on you? Fang Qingyun didn't buy it. "It's okay. Just tell me your way first."
…Five minutes later, facing Thorn's expressionless face, Fang Qingyun was tortured by the two-word and four-word communication method and almost fainted. He began to doubt whether Thorn was going to defeat him in this way. He thought about it and realized that if he couldn't beat him, it would be useless to be on guard. If he could beat him, he would have to settle all these accounts with Thorn in the end. Fang Qingyun sighed and took the holy sword off Thorn's neck: "Forget it, show it to me."
Thorn slowly put his hand down. This action was like a cunning insect retracting its claws and fangs. This action was so slow that even the old vulture could see it clearly. Thorn believed that such an action could show her peace-loving heart. She learned this from some of Yulis's memory fragments. When the two sides are on the verge of a fight, one side needs to make concessions first.
Unconsciously, Thorn's own way of thinking also tended to be more human.
She slowly placed her hand on Fang Qingyun's palm, as if inviting Fang Qingyun to dance, but the moment her hand touched Fang Qingyun, Fang Qingyun felt that his thoughts and vision seemed to be rapidly pulled up, from five thousand meters underground to the complex terrain on the surface, and then to the boundless space. A large number of space drilling platforms surrounded the **s star like licking dogs, and there were also some larger command drilling platforms in between.
But these were not what Jingzhi wanted Fang Qingyun to see. Fang Qingyun's vision was widened, and he soon saw a large number of meteorites flying towards the planet **s. There were so many meteorites, and they were flying towards the planet **s like a meteorite belt. At this speed, it was estimated that it would only take two days for these meteorites to hit the planet **s.
This was not all that the thorns showed Fang Qingyun. Fang Qingyun's vision kept zooming in on the meteorite, even seeing through it. Fang Qingyun gradually saw the yellow...starfish wriggling inside the uneven surface of the meteorite? It looked like a clay-colored tentacle monster, except that the center was replaced by a yellow core, and it was still wriggling. It didn't look like a good thing.
Fang Qingyun shook his head after coming out of the illusion. The view was too close just now, and he felt that his face was pressed against the tentacle monster. The squirming and sticky feeling made him feel very uncomfortable. After getting rid of such an illusion, Fang Qingyun asked, "What is that?"
"Rockpox infects everything; it is good at destroying the world; and it is difficult to deal with." Thorn spoke frankly, and Fang Qingyun roughly understood the description with this. It seems that this thing called rockpox will infect everything around it and cause irreparable damage to the ecological environment... It feels a little more powerful than the virus in Resident Evil, but not as good as the Flood in Halo, but it is definitely not an easy character to deal with.
"Then what do you want?" Fang Qingyun didn't understand. If this thing had the ability to infect, then what Thorn should do now was not to strengthen itself, but to quickly form an alliance and explain the interests to the dwarves. In this way, the Deep Rock Galactic Group, which had already taken over the planet **s, would definitely plan to join forces, and Thorn would then offer some small temptations.
For example, when the dwarves come down, they only need to bring tools and food, and the security will be provided by the bugs. When mining minerals, the bugs will never stop them. The deadline is one year. Such temptation is enough to cause a second wave of gold rush on **s. Deep Rock Galaxy Group will definitely spare no effort to deal with those rock pox. The only thing to worry about is whether Thorn will keep his promise...
"Evolution, more evolution; for example, armor like this." Thorn's green jade hand pointed at a thorny insect that had grown thicker at Fang Qingyun's feet.
After being infected, this bug has become a loyal soldier of Hell. The special shell that grows on its body is the same shell with deflection ability that the golden beetle in the Addiction Dungeon grew before. In addition, the sharpness of the limbs and zombies has been improved. They are as tough and self-healing as plague warriors. Such a warrior bug can at least beat ten bugs before, and they have to rush up at the same time.
"I can give you the technology, but it's useless." Fang Qingyun shook his head. "You're going in the wrong direction. If the rock pox is really as contagious as you said, then no matter how you strengthen your worms, you will only be making things worse for the rock pox. After all, there is no way to isolate the worms. Once they are infected, the entire group will be infected. How will you deal with those strengthened worms then?"
This hits the nail on the head. It's like a war between two sides. The other side has missiles, and you have light weapons. If you want to win, you have to counter with methods that restrain the other side, such as using missiles to fight missiles. Going down your own path to the end will only result in a more tragic failure. For example, no matter how much light weapons are developed, it is difficult to reach the range of missiles in a short period of time.
"In my opinion, this is a stupid move." Fang Qingyun had only one comment on Jingzhi. Trying to solve the problem in such a thankless way with such a short time would only lead to more problems.
"Is there a better way?" Thorn tilted his head. The nonchalant expression coupled with the unconscious tilt of his head made Fang Qingyun almost ignore that the person standing in front of him was not a curious little loli, but the Lord of the Insects of the **s Star who could control the life and death of the entire dwarfs at any time.
Fang Qingyun, the "United Dwarf", began to persuade them and put themselves in their shoes: "The survival of the Zerg swarm is nothing more than oxygen, water and food. There is no direct conflict of interest between them and the mining dwarves."
"Dwarves, you killed my descendants; machines, you destroyed my home." Thorn's face was hard and blue like an indestructible steel plate.
"How dare you say that?" Even if the old vulture next to him was stupid, he knew where Thorn's butt was sitting. At this time, he couldn't help it: "We just came down to mine, and you guys came here in groups to kill us."
Seeing that the two sides had entered the quarrel stage, Fang Qingyun accurately found an opportunity to intervene: "I have an idea. Let the worms lead the way for the dwarves, and the dwarves can bring some food as travel expenses when they bring the airborne capsule down. The worms will naturally avoid danger when leading the way, and there will be no problem of destroying the habitat. The dwarves will not be injured, and even the minerals can be asked to be transported by the worms. Cooperation is beneficial to both sides, while fighting is a loss to both sides. What's more, there is also the external enemy of rockpox. In addition, the dwarves have the most critical chemical protection clothing technology. The worms guard the outside road, and the dwarves eliminate rockpox. Isn't it wonderful?"
"The Zerg has no objection; cooperation is the right way." Thorn agreed. As the consciousness of the Zerg, she didn't care so much about the death of the Zerg. These were all trivial matters. In order to survive, one should do whatever it takes. Hatred was an incomprehensible word to the Zerg.
Chapter 361: Resurrection
"I don't agree." The old vulture's eyes were almost popping out of their sockets with anger. Hatred made the corners of his eyes crack. He used his mechanical legs to step in front of Fang Qingyun step by step. He tapped him twice and felt that this was inappropriate. He changed direction and stood in front of Thorn: "The dwarf will never agree. Blood debt must be repaid with blood!"
"Diao Chong, pay off your blood debt?" Thorn's reaction was terrifyingly calm, as if those so-called offspring were just a number: "The number, you tell me first."
It seems that Thorn wants to do his best to make this deal happen. Rockpox is a major threat to the entire Hawks Star, and he is willing to pay any price for it.
Thorn's words made the old vulture lose his temper. Revenge was something that had to be done by the person involved personally. If the other party looked indifferent and said come on, then the person involved would only feel lost after the revenge, and the hatred would never disappear.
The enemy must be allowed to struggle in every possible way and die helplessly, in order to relieve the hatred in his heart to the greatest extent.
Fang Qingyun knew that it was time for him to take action. What he had to do now was to persuade the old vulture to surrender, so he had to offer an offer that the old vulture could not refuse.
"Hatred will eventually fade away." Fang Qingyun did not force the old vulture to forgive him, but chatted with him in a hypothetical way: "Hypothesis, suppose all your wishes can be met now, how can you let go of the hatred between you and Diao Chong?"
The old vulture thought about it, he sighed, and patted his legs that had become mechanical prostheses. Everything was self-explanatory. The seemingly disabled legs still caused him deep trauma. Even though the mechanical prostheses were actually better than his original legs, he was still more accustomed to his original legs. The feeling of being down to earth was something that the mechanical prostheses could not give him: "If my old friends could come back, I would forgive them, but the dead cannot be resurrected. Why do you want to know this?"
"... Just... is it that simple?" Fang Qingyun couldn't imagine that the old vulture had such simple ideas. After all, these miners should ask for more. Friendship, family, money, and health should all be included. However, the old vulture only asked for friendship and health: "Don't you have any... requirements for your family?"
"What can I ask for?" The old vulture sneered. "After the mission failed, my family received news of my accidental death. Even if I have metal prostheses installed, I am legally dead. What's the point of me going back?"
Fang Qingyun never expected that Shenyan Group would go to this extent, faking the news of death and actually keeping the people as bonded laborers. This behavior would be appalling even in Fang Qingyun's previous life. In this case, Fang Qingyun estimated that his previous idea was just empty talk. He wanted the short-sighted management to cooperate with Diao Chong. The result might be that the management would wish Diao Chong to be extinct, and then they would have to deal with the more troublesome Yan Pox before they realized what they had done wrong. But no matter what, he had to untie the old vulture's knot first: "Then... I'll implement part of it first."
Fang Qingyun snapped his fingers, and the orange-red hell energy spread out from the portal behind him. The old vulture was frightened by the sudden appearance of the portal and took two steps back. Fang Qingyun smiled and tilted his head: "Relax, it doesn't hurt at all..."
The orange-red hell energy was transmitted into the old vulture's legs. The original mechanical prosthesis was twisted and turned into dust the moment of contact. A numb feeling occurred in the cross-section of the broken leg. The old vulture almost shed tears for the long-lost feeling of his lower limbs.
"Although I can't revive your companion for the time being," Fang Qingyun helped the old vulture regenerate his legs with a snap of his fingers. Although the old vulture was walking barefoot on the ground because he had no boots, the long-lost touch still made this iron man cry and laugh: "...but I can regenerate your legs first."
"Why do you have such ability?" The old vulture became curious about Fang Qingyun's special ability, and Fang Qingyun's only response was a mysterious smile, one closed eye and a finger on his lips.
The old vulture understood, and he took out the communicator from his waist bag. Although the communication had been cut off, he still threw the communicator on the rock on the ground for safety reasons. Parts flew everywhere, and the broken screen mixed with salt particles slid to Fang Qingyun's feet. He patted Fang Qingyun's chest and swore his own oath: "As long as you can revive my friend, I will follow you even if you are a devil from hell."
The old vulture's words let Fang Qingyun know that his strategy was successful. After getting the full cooperation of the old vulture, he would play a bigger game. Now he could act as a lobbyist, a middleman between the dwarves and the cunning bugs, and try his best to promote cooperation between the two. But if the cooperation fails, maybe he can lure Thorn and her many cunning bugs into hell?
Or if he had a bigger appetite, could he not only lure Thorn to hell, but also lure so many dwarves on Hawks who could be resurrected to hell at the same time?
These are a large number of engineering talents that Hell is in great need of. Although the weapons and technologies of the miners are civilian versions, and these engineers are at most half-baked and only know the basics, as a race that can travel in the universe and contract planets for mining, no matter how superficial what they have learned, they are far superior to ordinary weapons scientists on the planet.
Just like in the Middle Ages, one only needed to study until the age of sixteen to call himself a complete genius, but in modern times, even if one studies until the age of twenty-two, one only knows the basics. However, the value of this "knowledge of the basics" far exceeds that of the so-called "complete genius".
"Excellent, regeneration ability; insect swarm, also want to learn." Thorn looked at the old vulture standing barefoot on the ground, and became interested in this regeneration ability visible to the naked eye. Although insects also have regeneration ability, it is not so exaggerated. It takes a week to recover from being covered with wounds to being full of energy... although this is already exaggerated.
"Let's do this, step by step." Fang Qingyun thought about it. Negotiations with Thorn must be done step by step. Any attempt to get something for free would cause a strong backlash from Thorn. Fang Qingyun also didn't want to be overwhelmed by the tricky insects summoned by Thorn. Although those tricky insects could not do anything to him, it would not be so easy for him to gain a foothold on Hawks Star.
"I can help you contact the dwarves, but this matter has to be done slowly. If you fulfill one of my wishes first, I will give you the special shell you want. This way, you won't lose out even if the negotiations break down." Fang Qingyun made a proposal that Thorn could not refuse. After all, this special shell was one of the evolutions that Thorn longed for. Fang Qingyun had nothing else now. Although he knew that this thing had no effect on rockpox, Fang Qingyun could only rely on this to gain Thorn's trust.
"Make your request quickly; time is running out." Jingzhi's expression did not change, but Fang Qingyun could feel the desire and excitement between her eyebrows, just like a little girl who saw a lollipop. Although she was still standing there obediently, the desire in her eyes could not be concealed.
Fang Qingyun pushed the rookie in front of him. The rookie wiggled his legs and tried to hide behind Fang Qingyun, but was stopped by Fang Qingyun with his palm. "Within 50 kilometers of this area, there should be three creatures like him... or the corpses of three creatures. Please bring them and the dwarves who followed them here. Don't harm their lives."
Jingzhi did not answer Fang Qingyun, but closed her eyes directly. Her perception was spread out like a big net. Even a less sensitive rookie could feel her powerful mental power, as if something had penetrated his flesh and blood, seen through his bones, and taken out his organs bit by bit for observation. There was no pain, only a chilling feeling of being seen through.
"Soon, the target is found; then, three dwarves; immediately, all captured alive." The punctuation of the thorns gave Fang Qingyun a headache, but the good news was that his main mission in this world had been completed, but another problem arose...
"Rookie, do you still remember how many dwarves there were when you went down to the mine?" Fang Qingyun asked the rookie. The chubby rookie thought hard, his eyes slightly narrowed and looking upwards. When he thought of the answer, he raised his fins, like a good student answering the teacher's question.
"Four, I remember it correctly, it was four." The rookie repeatedly confirmed his memory, and the old vulture next to him also gave corresponding evidence. Although three or even fewer people can go to the mine in the game, it is not like this in reality. If any of the four professions is missing, it is like missing a limb. Therefore, the airdrop capsule cannot be started without a four-person team.
Do you think this is for the sake of the dwarves? No, it's because every dwarf's equipment costs money, and three people going to the mine is basically giving it away for free. Maybe in the game, you can still fight without a gunner as a firepower support point, but in reality, the gunner's shield generator is a life-saving good thing. It can save lives in some cases by giving the whole team a breath and emergency treatment of wounds.
"Can you find the body or... relics of the dead dwarf? It would be even better if you could see the soul," Fang Qingyun asked Jingzhi. As long as there were some bodies or relics left, Fang Qingyun could use those things to resurrect the dead dwarf. If there were none of these, then Fang Qingyun could only go to the place where the dwarf died in battle and resurrect him there.
Jingzhi closed her eyes, and then made a move that Fang Qingyun could not imagine... She pouted her lips, as if she was acting coquettishly and asking for a kiss: "I have taken the relics with me; I cannot see the soul..."
Fang Qingyun subconsciously took a step back. He had only one reaction to the thorn with a face like Yulis: "Be more normal, I'm scared"
Chapter 362: Maybe we can find Carl?
"First of all, we need to have a frank talk." While the gang of villains were besieging the boss and the dwarf, Fang Qingyun started a fire. The flames illuminated each other's faces in the dark underground. There were not enough trees in the salt pit to start a fire, so they could only rely on the compressed fuel in the wilderness survival bag prepared by the old vulture to start a fire.
Although flares are effective, they still have to be used sparingly. Even if everything goes well and they finally succeed in reaching an agreement with the group, their team will probably have to face a tricky version of the biological virus, such as rockpox, without more supplies. It is also uncertain whether the group can use the ammunition bay to deliver chemical protective clothing. After all, there are more than 5,000 meters between them and the surface, and a small drill that can drill 5,000 meters underground is very valuable.
"Let me tell you what I can do first." Fang Qingyun held a stick in his hand and watched everyone sitting around the flame. The soft flame roasted the greasy silkworm meat in his hand. The thorns next to him leaned on the body of a silkworm. The belly of this silkworm was soft. This action made it look like a doll. "In short, I still have three people left in the command platform we came down. Now I have gained the trust of the engineering department and the bar miners, and I can contact them... I just don't know if the level of the command platform is high enough."
"It's definitely enough." The old vulture, whose hatred was half resolved, showed just the right amount of awe towards Thorn. Before, he had shown great disgust towards Thorn due to hatred. Although he still had some resistance now, he could look at Thorn with a more normal eye. After learning about Thorn's true identity, the old vulture realized what he had just done...
He lost his temper at the boss of Diao Chong, a character who had the power to move mountains and fill the seas. Fortunately, Thorn was in a state of knowing but not understanding the emotion of hatred. Otherwise, if Thorn was really annoyed and wanted to do something, the old vulture would be dead by now.
“But we don’t know what the people at the top are thinking.” The old vulture shrugged his shoulders and looked very touched. “Although I don’t want to say this, when you are at the bottom, it is best to treat your boss as a fool, and when you are in a higher position, you should treat the people below as fools... It is difficult for both parties to reach an agreement, so communication is a technical job.”
Fang Qingyun completely understood what the old vulture said. Some people would not hesitate to tell a huge lie in order to avoid the disaster in front of them, without caring about what their fate would be after the lie was exposed. Some people would even tell a lie that cost countless lives and was serious enough to be executed just to avoid the consequences of punishment, just to be smart and gamble on the possibility of not being discovered.
To put it bluntly, if Fang Qingyun did not show off his skills, he would easily be regarded as another liar by the people above him. He might even have to talk directly to the upper echelons. If there was a smart-aleck messenger who wanted to "share the worries", Fang Qingyun would be in trouble.
"What about Thorn? Are you the swarm consciousness of this swarm, or the swarm consciousness of the entire Hawks planet?" Fang Qingyun urgently needed to know this. If it was just the swarm consciousness of this swarm, then it could basically be boasted about. But if it was the swarm consciousness of Hawks planet, then Hawks planet could still be saved.
Otherwise, even if the dwarf leaders agreed to this condition, if they only got help from the bugs in this area, it would be better not to help... that would be equivalent to pushing dwarf miners in other places into the fire pit.
"The swarm is all under your command; orders must be obeyed." Although Thorn still had no expression on her face, her eyes were fixed on the grilled insect meat that Fang Qingyun was turning over and over in his hands. Logically, the swarm consciousness should have shown great dissatisfaction with Fang Qingyun's behavior, but she only looked eager. It seemed that she had never eaten cooked food before, but she had developed a considerable interest in this kind of thing.
"The question now is how can we express our friendship while showing our strength to gain cooperation." Fang Qingyun handed a string of worm meat in his hand to Jingzhi. Although only a little salt and cheap chili powder were sprinkled on it, judging from Jingzhi's expression, she should be very satisfied with this feed. If she had a tail, it would probably be shaken up by now.
Seeing the happy expression of Thorn's eyes narrowed after he couldn't wait to take a bite of the roasted worm meat, the old vulture's expression was a bit subtle, because it looked very much like cannibalism... But who knows? Maybe the swarm consciousness is just looking down at the swarm from the top, and she will only show her aggressiveness if the swarm dies from external forces.
"So... is there a character among the dwarves who is so famous that it's basically impossible to impersonate him?" Fang Qingyun touched his chin. He had been with the dwarves for so long that he was worried that his beard would grow so messy. "It would be best if that dwarf is still on Hawks, otherwise we can't contact him at all..."
Everyone fell into a state of silent thinking, with the occasional sound of Thorn smacking his lips. Most of the dwarves left on Hawks were miners, managing only their own little piece of land, and their social circles could not be that large. Among the dead dwarves, it was difficult to find a leader who could lead everyone...
At this time, Dr. Blowhole, who was previously an evil scientist, floated out by operating the gravity belt. Perhaps because he was worried that the flame would burn his tail, he bent his tail deliberately. This action reminded Fang Qingyun of something. Now was not the time to hide, and it would not do to let Dr. Blowhole maintain such a mutilated form. He used a regeneration technique on Dr. Blowhole to help him restore his tail that was bitten to pieces.
"Oh my god, my tail!" Dr. Blowhole was overjoyed. He had originally thought of a good idea and was about to tell it, but he didn't expect Fang Qingyun to directly restore his tail. This was a pleasant surprise: "You know, when I lost that part of my tail, I was looking for a way to allow me to move freely, which is this gravity belt..."
"Get to the point." Kikuchiyo hugged her chest and leaned against Fang Qingyun. If Fang Qingyun hadn't taken the initiative to get close to her, she would probably have still held herself to the duty of a bodyguard. Now she has somewhat recovered to the way she was when she talked with Pinxu. She is not so taciturn. It's a pity that the man is gone and turned into dust... and Fang Qingyun did not leave a portal to the world of Dona Dona, so naturally there is no means of resurrection.
Dr. Blowhole originally wanted to recall the glorious past, but after being interrupted by Kikuchiyo, he no longer had the mood to continue: "...Anyway, when I was searching for internal information, I found a leader among the dwarves who could serve as a totem..."
"Carl?" Fang Qingyun remembered the name after being reminded. The old vulture next to him patted his thigh and seemed to understand what Dr. Blowhole meant. He stared at the man and the dolphin in amazement without saying a word.
"Who is Carl?" The rookie's height when sitting down was almost the same as when standing. His chubby figure made Kikuchiyo unable to let go of him. She held him in her arms and stroked him hard like a stuffed toy.
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