Xingtetsu: Why is the captain on the train?

"Ha..." Heita laughed, not sure whether it was sarcasm or self-mockery.

"Back then, the universe was full of life and vitality."

Chapter 163: Simulated Universe: Meaningless Persistence (V)

"What are they going to do?"

Stephen looked at the huge screen, where the captain and Yuexia were sitting opposite the leader of the robotic resistance army, and muttered to himself.

"Inference: Based on my understanding of the Captain's character, he will show his hand."

"Just a showdown?" Stephen frowned. This was not what he thought.

"He is in a simulated universe, and there is no risk in a showdown. He has countless opportunities to try and fail. It is natural for the captain to choose a showdown." Heita turned his head and glanced at Stephen, who was younger than Ruan Mei. This kid's brain was not smart enough.

It doesn't refer to scientific research, but to things like dealing with people.

In the simulated universe, the captain's choice was indeed the same as ScrewGum's analysis.

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"I'm sorry, I really find it hard to accept..." A square-faced native of Adrifen with bone-gray skin, the leader of the intelligent machine resistance during the Emperor's War, a man named Timlis in the simulated universe, said with a serious face, "Your description is really too horrifying, even..."

"You're exaggerating, aren't you?" The captain looked at the man sitting opposite him, who was probably not called Timlis in history, and exhaled quietly. "I understand, but facts are facts. Whether you want to believe it or not, it doesn't matter to me... It's just that the real stinging insects controlled by [Breeding] will not change their trajectory because of our communication at this moment."

Timlis, a dignified man with a face full of frost and hardship, exhaled hard, "So, Captain, you brought such news, is there any hope that Adrifen can do something now?"

"No, it's not that I want you to do anything." The captain had already prepared a plan on the way here. At this moment, facing the helpless and bitter smile on Timlis's face, he said seriously, "It's that we should do something."

"At least, we can't wait to die, right?"

Timlis gave a weak and bitter smile, as if nothing had happened that was beyond his expectations. "War, another war."

"The people can no longer bear it." Timlis sighed weakly, "The war between the intelligent machines has lasted for many years. Now the intensity of the war has weakened. Everyone is looking forward to stability and peace..."

"The sudden insect swarm and locust plague, even every insect is a fateful traveler..."

All I can say is that the commander in front of me is still strong enough.

The captain had no doubt that if a person with a weaker mind sat opposite him, the other person would probably not be able to sit steadily on the chair and would collapse on it.

"Sir, you just said 'we'..." The commander stared at the captain's face, "So you mean..."

"I will stand with you." The captain nodded to the man with a bitter and determined face, "Let's face the Zerg together until this war ends."

This may be the only consolation.

The leader of the Omnic Resistance gave a somewhat stiff smile, stood up and extended his hand to the captain, "I understand, Captain, thank you for your willingness to help."

"I hope that Adlifen can repel the insect tide." The captain stood up, shook hands with the weathered middle-aged man, and smiled.

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"Done?" In the Black Tower office, Stephen raised his eyebrows after seeing the captain shaking hands with the leader of the rebels. "But I always feel like something is not right."

ScrewGum remained silent, as his brain processed countless data. After a long while, he spoke, "Conclusion: Captain, we all made a wrong choice."

"Error?" Heita raised his eyebrows.

"The captain will become a pillar in the hearts of the people of Adrifen. His charisma, strength, and existence will have a huge impact on whether Nanook can become a god." Screw Gum narrowed his eyes.

"Then let's continue watching." Heita narrowed his eyes.

Screw's explanation was straightforward enough, and Heita also vaguely felt that the captain's existence was a huge variable, but... variables did not mean that this matter would turn into a bad thing. She chose to continue to wait and see instead of calling a halt to this simulation.

And the fact is just as Screw said, with the captain as a beacon that always stands tall, and the news of the impending Zerg that he brought in advance.

The Yadrifen people prepared themselves mentally and prepared for war in advance.

In the office of the Black Tower, time passed silently. For several standard days in a row, the three geniuses were silently watching the simulated universe where time flowed faster. The captain led the Yadrifen people to prepare for war, mobilize, and restore a certain amount of production.

Then we engaged the Zerg for the first time.

Then the second time, the third time, the fourth time......

From local friction to multiple contacts, the vanguard troops that lost contact many times attracted the attention of a large number of insect swarms, and Adlifen launched a full-scale war against the universal locust plague.

The time has come to the fourth standard day. Until this stage, the Yadrifen people are still fighting hard, and under the effective leadership of the captain, they are able to hold the defense line...

Until the fifth day, in the simulated universe, after the captain and Yuexia had experienced nearly three years in Adlifen, the real stinging insects felt the resistance from the people of Adlifen. The stinging insects no longer attacked savagely like irrational beasts, but began to transform the environment of Adlifen.

Large numbers of stinging insects fly up to the troposphere, spreading the hallucinogenic scales on their elytra.

The Zerg no longer poured into Yadrifen from the universe, but began to build nests on the spot and set about transforming their occupied areas, devouring matter on the spot, kidnapping humans and building them into Zerg eggs, and began to explode on the spot.

The resistance of the Yadrifen people began to lose ground, and more and more natives became addicted to illusions and dreams, unable to break free. The efforts of the captain and Yuexia gradually became futile in the face of the overwhelming insect tide.

"That's enough, stop it."

On the sixth day, Stephen spoke, his voice very hoarse.

The entire battle report of Adlifen kept flashing on the screen, and on the huge screen, the captain and the dusty moon were protecting the only remaining sober person, fighting against the Zerg all the time. This combined together made the young man, who was not mentally strong enough, finally unable to bear it.

"It's not our turn to worry." Heita's eyes were always on the captain on the huge screen.

"I sent him a message. If the captain had chosen to give up, this simulation would have ended long ago." Heita shook his head. "He knows this himself, but he has never given up. So we have no right to interrupt this."

Stephen felt his chest was choking. After a long silence, he finally spoke, "What does he want to do?"

"I don't know." Heita shook his head.

Stephen turned and looked towards the black tower.

And Black Tower was also staring at the images and clips captured by the simulated universe system. "Perhaps, he is just simply persisting?"

"What's the point of simply insisting?" Stephen scratched his head in annoyance.

"Then we will know only after he comes out."

Chapter 164 and 165: Simulated Universe: Aha's Appearance (VI)

Unlike the three geniuses outside the simulated universe who were observing the locust plague war on Adlifen in the simulated universe, the captain and Yuexia, who were actually in the Shura hell of Adlifen, were not like them at all. They were not depressed or anxious.

According to Yuexia, this is just the beginning.

The world has not yet been destroyed, and there are still people alive and struggling, so it is far from the time to give up.

The captain's idea was even simpler.

Is the current situation of Adlifen enough to become the breeding ground for the birth of [Destruction] Nanook?

Isn’t it far from enough?

Yes, the geniuses did not understand his meaningless persistence, and the captain would laugh at them for not knowing what true despair was.

It is said that people with bad luck need a lifetime to heal their childhood.

In the captain's opinion, the same is true for the Star God.

From the perspective of the Star Gods, as an ordinary person, everything he experienced in his "childhood" ultimately led to the fate of each Star God.

Some are lucky, such as [harmony] [preservation] [order], etc...

Those who are unlucky will naturally be [destroyed].

Can Adlifen, now, train a madman like Nanook?

The captain felt that the soil was there, but fertilizer was lacking.

So he had to wait and see, not only because the goal Black Tower set for himself was so simple, but more importantly...

The captain had a hunch.

The mortal life stepped onto the high branch and turned into a [Star God]. It seemed to have a certain connection with his coming to this universe from the Quantum Sea. At least in the captain's feeling, the promotion of a [Star God] was also a kind of upgrade.

There may be many differences, but there may also be some similarities.

Moreover, the promotion of a star god might attract the attention of other star gods.

Time continues to pass.

Adlifen's miserable condition was getting worse day by day.

The Black Tower adjusted the speed of data evolution externally. To put it bluntly, the flow of time in the simulated universe is faster than that in the outside world. It is so fast that if any emergency occurs, the Black Tower outside may not have time to react at all. Everything is left to the captain and Yuexia to decide.

After all, at this speed of time, even Screw's intelligent brain couldn't handle the reports scrolling down from Adlifen in the simulated universe.

"Hint: This has violated the security protocol." Screw Gum watched Black Tower increase the data evolution speed of the simulated universe by a hundred times without any psychological pressure, and gave Black Tower a serious reminder.

"What is the safety agreement?" Black Tower turned his head and looked at Screw blankly, then burst out laughing, "Screw, don't let me treat you as a rigid machine. He is the captain, the emissary of [Abundance]. If the simulated universe can kill him, all the ships of the Immortal Boat Alliance will come to the edge of the Azure Star tomorrow and beg me to give them technical guidance."

"Objection: What about Miss Yuexia?"

"That girl is not a fragile one, and she has the captain by her side. If something goes wrong, the simulated universe will naturally eject them..."

Before Heita finished speaking, an urgent alarm suddenly sounded in the office.

Immediately, at the login interface of the simulated universe, the safety pin burst out with a violently vibrating imaginary energy, and the login capsule was violently ejected. Then the captain and Yuexia struggled to climb out of the login capsule.

The captain looked down at his body and let out a long sigh.

Sitting in the cabin under the moonlight, his expression was a bit dull. Under the vigilant and strange gaze of the three geniuses, he sighed for a long time, "It's too exciting~~"

I don't know whether she was sighing or reminiscing.

"You guys are..." Heita narrowed his eyes and looked the captain and Yuexia up and down, "What happened?"

"Nothing." The captain smacked his lips. "I got punched by a star god, that's probably it."

The eyes of ScrewGum, which were originally filled with surging light, suddenly lit up like two light bulbs.

Stephen opened his mouth wide, looking in horror at the two people who were still intact.

Heita raised his eyebrows, but continued the captain's words with interest, "How do you feel?"

"I... can't say." The captain scratched his head in distress, looking at the black tower with a smile, "It's Aha who came."

"What happened was more like a super-sensory experience. I can't describe it in words." The captain recalled the memory that was inexplicably distorted compared to the present moment. "We waited for the moment of [Destruction]'s ascension to the Godhead in Adlifen. I won't describe the specific situation in Adlifen. Anyway, it was as tragic as it could be. And [Nanook] didn't ascend to the Godhead when he was determined to destroy everything..."

"Before he ascended to godhood, he took the initiative to destroy the civilization of Adrifen, slaughtering insects, Adrifen people whose brains were damaged after being hallucinated by the scales of real stinging insects, and even mentally normal survivors... Only a few people who agreed with his ideas followed him." Yuexia's face looked a little ugly.

"Yuexia and I were protecting the last spark of civilization, and Nanook found us." The captain paused here, "To be honest, I let him go. I saw Nanook's goal. He wanted to destroy the last spark of civilization of Yadrifen. I let him complete his goal, and then..."

"And so, [Destruction] Nanook was born?" ScrewGum's lightbulb-like eyes flashed with data again.

"Yes, at the same time..." Yuexia paused, "The body of a Yadrifen man who had been protected by the captain and I stood up, laughed, and applauded."

"[Joy] Aha..." Heita's expression also turned serious, "So, the birth of [Destruction] is related to [Joy]?"

Neither Yuexia nor the captain responded, they just looked at each other in confusion.

Heita raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

"Aha probably came to Adrifen because of me and Yuexia," the captain said. "I originally wanted to watch the process of [Star God] ascending to godhood, but Aha's appearance prevented me from observing the process of Nanook's ascension to godhood."

Heita frowned and didn't interrupt. She was thinking about what the meaning of Aha's doing this was.

"Captain, do you feel..." Yuexia gently patted his forehead, "there is something extra in your brain?"

The captain also frowned and nodded, "I feel the same way."

"Is there something extra?" Heita looked at the captain and Yuexia.

"Well, it's a vague and disjointed memory. It can't form a real memory. It's just some messy pictures." The captain turned his head to look at the moon.

Yuexia also nodded.

"Warning: You need to undergo a mental examination." ScrewGum said.

Of course, no one would object to his proposal.

So, a mental checkup.

Chapter 165: Simulated Universe: Stirred Memories (VII)

Outside the medical department, many staff members passing by were looking curiously into the busy department.

It’s no wonder these clerks have such uncontrolled curiosity.

After all, there is only one genius in the Black Tower, and it is hard for the staff to see her once every ten days or half a month.

Not to mention that in the medical department, in addition to Black Tower, there are two other geniuses, Screw Gum and Ruan Mei, who are beyond the reach of the space station staff.