Arknights? Colonization Ark!

Unless one day

They saw the light.

When a slave first gains dignity, he will be terrified and afraid because he does not know what it is and no one has ever treated him like this.

But if you take away this bit of dignity from him again, he will understand that that is what a real person should have.

At that time, even if it costs his life, even if this body turns to ashes in the raging fire, he will take back what rightfully belongs to him.

This is the nature of intelligent life.

No one is really born a slave.

So even though these people may feel flustered and nervous when they first arrive here, as long as they get through the initial three-month adaptation period, they will naturally get used to the things that come next.

After all, a car may contain hundreds of years of human technological history, but it only takes three days to learn how to drive it.

Moreover, there is no gap between the old and new urban areas, and the traffic is unobstructed, so anyone can move around freely.

During the weekends, Tallulah would also organize citizens from the old city to go to the new city to help them adapt to the environment here as quickly as possible, so as to avoid any gap between the old and new residents.

From time to time, you can see people hugging each other and crying. They already knew each other, maybe they were relatives or old friends. They thought they would be separated from each other and would never see each other until they died, but they didn't expect to meet again here.

Tallulah walked slowly out of the new city. She had taken advantage of her free time on the weekend to visit many places in the new city and inquired about the slave workers who had just been rescued from the mines about their living conditions and how they were adapting.

After all, although Lexington is collecting data, there are some things that people dare not say because of fear, worry and other small thoughts. Only if you ask them in person will they tell you, and during this period you cannot reveal your identity, otherwise you may get a completely different answer.

Tallulah does this almost every week. Only in this way can she feel that she is standing with everyone, rather than being a high-ranking ruler.

Even though she was just an agent, Tallulah was doing her job very seriously.

In fact, what she does every day may be much more than what Zhang Miao does.

After all, Tallulah didn't need to review a bunch of formulas that she had forgotten for who knows how many years, and there were many more things that she had never learned.

She has plenty of time to do what she thinks she should do.

But if she had time, she would go to the research base to check out the situation, because Tallulah knew that was the root of everything.

Those newly arrived peasant miners can become qualified basic laborers in a short period of time, but they cannot become engineers and scientists in a short period of time, which are cutting-edge professions that require a large amount of knowledge reserves.

Fortunately, Lexington has basically replaced the position of engineers, and those scientists who have finally come here only need to hold books and lose their hair most of the time.

After all, there is only one thing in their project, and that is Originium.

It was attributed to high energy physics by Miao Zhang.

Not that damn psychic technology.

Chapter 94: Research on Originium

The number of people in the research base was still sparse, with only two or three people, big and small. If it weren't for Lexington's assistance, they might not even be able to operate the research equipment.

These people actually have a lot of connections and resources in their hands. After all, scientific research is not a one-person job, especially in a completely open feudal country like Ursus. Scientists basically serve local nobles, mayors and even emperors, rather than private enterprises.

There is actually a big difference between the two, because those nobles cannot understand your papers at all. They only care about your actual output and whether it can be turned into money or weapons.

Unless it is a specific project, they will not care about the communication of papers or research results between researchers in different regions.

In Columbia's enterprises, your paper does not belong to you but to the company. You have no right to disclose company property, otherwise you will be pursued for compensation.

Even if you quit your job, you will most likely be forced to sign a non-compete agreement.

Therefore, in Columbia, researchers generally do not dare to communicate privately, and the last contact between them may be during their college years.

It’s a pity that even now in Ursus, although those researchers can communicate with each other and even move around, they are still closely watched, but not to such an exaggerated extent.

Because before, not only Zhang Miao had deceived researchers through means such as letters of recommendation, but also those companies in Columbia had done the same.

After all, for scientific researchers, a better research environment is more attractive than the ownership of the paper.

It is now very difficult to recruit people from all over the place through legitimate means.

but it does not matter.

Because he is about to use unfair means to deal with people.

Now floating in front of Tallulah were two large pieces of pure Originium, one white and one red, both as tall as a person.

One of the two Originium stones came from Tallulah's hands.

This kind of pure Originium is different from scattered individuals. The larger the size of a single individual, the greater the power of the explosion.

He is as tall as a person and weighs several hundred pounds, plus the Wendigo has specializations in witchcraft.

It can directly raze an entire city block to the ground.

There was only a glass curtain between Talulah and the two Originium stones.

She asked the elderly man next to her who was calculating something.

"Is it still impossible to mass-produce this kind of Originium?"

That old man was already the one with the highest status and knowledge among the researchers recruited previously.

Originally, he was the director of a research institute founded by a mobile company. However, a student who was kicked out due to oripathy in his early years sent him a letter with only a row of formulas and a position written on it.

And then he was hooked.

The old man looked up at her and recognized the person who came. It was this girl who had added a lot of work to him!

"This is the effect of the Wendigo's witchcraft, which does not fall within the scope of physical changes. According to Bozhuocasti, you have fixed your emotions on the Originium, which is why this change has occurred."

As he spoke, he seemed to be suddenly irritated by something.

With a stern expression, he said to Tallulah

"Do you understand? It's emotion! (Ursus swears) Your emotions have an impact on the material world, and this change is preserved by the Originium!"

"But no matter how we analyze it, its basic structure is no different from that of ordinary Originium!"

His expression was like that of an old goat raging impotently at the air.

To be honest, it's right here.

If this old guy dares to glare at the local nobles in any city outside, he will most likely suffer.

But Tallulah still had a forced smile on her face and let the old man go on a rage.

The old man also knew that it was meaningless to be angry with Tallulah, so he quickly suppressed his temper.

He was not originally studying Originium. In research institutes outside, Originium skills were listed separately, but here Zhang Miao classified them into the category of high-energy physics.

He tidied his white hair which had not been taken care of in the past few days, and muttered to himself without caring whether Tallulah could understand him or not.

"The source particles of the three types of Originium basically conform to the quantum state characteristics of fermions, and there is no difference, so Wendigo's method should not be to change it at the realistic level."

As he spoke, he began to shake his head again, as if he was recalling something, but the movement of his head made his hair, which had just been trimmed, become messy again.

"The manifestations of Originium skills are basically different. They should be affected by the individual's subconscious sea, but this also involves psychology."

"Although the Originium you made has some of the properties of your Originium Technique, once the Originium individual is out of the influence of your subconscious sea, even if the Wendigo intercepts this change, it will no longer be able to continue to affect other Originium. Moreover, if the mutant individual continues to grow, the Originium generated by assimilating other substances will be no different from ordinary Originium."

The old man tried his best to explain the research theory in a way that Tallulah could understand.

Tallulah nodded, not quite understanding.

"You mean the performance of Originium skills will be affected by our subconscious mind?"

The old man nodded.

"Yes, this is just a statement I heard at an academic conference in my early years. Most people didn't agree with it, but I thought it was very interesting, so I kept it in mind."

"According to that person, Originium Arts represent your truest thoughts."

But this confused Tallulah again.

"But aren't all of our Drake's Originium skills based on fire?"

The old man waved his hand.

"This is not within the scope of my research, and I just heard it from others."

But Tallulah, who was intrigued, continued to ask.

"Then where is the person who originally proposed this statement now?"

"........."

The old man hesitated for a while, but finally said

"He died because he could not get investment and support for his theory. He conducted experiments alone in his room without any protective measures and using simple equipment. One day, his basement exploded and his entire family died."

This answer was beyond Talulah's expectations. She didn't know how to start the conversation for a moment and could only stare blankly at the two Originium stones in front of her.

Just like that...died...

The old man seemed to have noticed Tallulah's thoughts. He patted Tallulah on the shoulder and said

"Researching Originium is a dangerous scientific project, and he is not the first to die on this path."

As if joking, he pointed to the base under the source stone and said

"Maybe one day there will be a power outage here, and the restraining magnetic field will stop working. These two Origin Stones will fall to the ground, and we might all die here."

Then he shook his head again.

The two reactors are out of power, and his grandson probably won't live to see the day he dies.

"Little girl, you are not here for the progress of Originium research, right?"

Tallulah hummed.

"I want to ask how is the progress of the Originium weapon I asked you to design?"

She had received news that the Third Army was preparing its troops, so she came to see how the development of the Originium weapons she wanted was going.

Chapter 94: Tallulah's Melancholy

How many enemies will Tallulah and the others have to face?

The Third Army has a staff of 300,000 people.

And now she only has about 1,500 people.

The total cost is about 1V200.

If we deduct the logistical support that is not on the front battlefield, it would be probably 1V1000.

With this numerical difference, even the interior guards would have to lie down.

Moreover, although the soldiers under Duke Baikal have not experienced war for a long time, it does not prevent them from being well-trained regular troops.

Hundred Battle Vanguards, War Warlocks, Elite Assault Corps, heavy drones, more than thirty light, heavy and high-speed warships, and Originium artillery numbering in the hundreds.

An army group of Ursus is even enough to crush some weaker Wehrmacht armies head-on.

If it were a few days ago, at least Tallulah would have had Bozhukas as a substitute.

Now Bozhukas not only went to Kazdel, but also took away more than half of the combat forces. She was even told that these people were going on an expedition to Iberia and it was impossible for them to come back to help her this time.

And this is not the most troublesome part.

Those taken away by Bodrakas were basically the former shield guards and snow monsters, as well as the earliest members of the Reunion Movement.

In other words, those who stayed behind were basically new recruits who had been trained for no more than a year. At most, they had fought with the mine guards a few times, and all the battles were in their favor.

Now you tell them that they have to fight against an entire Ursus army head-on. These people do not simply desert but choose to muster up the courage to fight. This is already a great improvement.

The fear they have for Ursus cannot be wiped out by just seeing some advanced weapons.

Even if humans are holding rifles, they will be weak in the face of wild beasts without any training.

Tallulah's brows were almost twisted into a frown.

Will you lose?

That most likely won’t happen.

In other words, Talulah might fail, but the Terran Alliance would not.

But that was definitely not the scene that Tallulah wanted to see.