Chapter 059 Dark Heart
For the deified self, Steve Welland never felt that he was born a genius or had too many extraordinary things - he just stood in a different position. He was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, and was destined to be the heir to the Welland group. He was arrogant and had been dealing with all kinds of people all his life. The accumulation of more than 50 years has made him very skilled in exploring human nature, and he knew how to use these human natures to seize what he hoped to get, money, and power... These are no longer goals for him.
Although he did not serve in government departments, almost half of the people in the Federal Parliament listened to him. The astronomical financial resources of the Wayland Group influenced the Federation. The surname "Wyland" is more convincing in the federal high-level officials than the president, and he also enjoyed the "control" process.
But now, he has always represented authority and cannot violate his will, he encountered challenges - Zerg and humans. The evil beasts call themselves "Zerg". They go to war against humans for no reason, and the master even named him to target him, which is absolutely intolerable. Humans refer to certain organizations active in the border areas, especially Abraham Blair. Although Verland had never confronted him face to face or even talked to him, he believed that Blair was a cunning opponent and a threat. Although today's Heavenly Punishment still bears the title of "terrorist organization".
However, things have to be done one by one. The appearance of these opponents did not make Verlander rush. In his opinion, it was nothing more than adding a stronger seasoning to his life. He still believes that the fight between Zergs and rebellious humans in the border areas is a place where the warriors are scattered and brave, and it is difficult to become a great weapon.
The reason why the federal army did not immediately strike the Zerg was that Verland saw the future of mankind from the Zerg - a more powerful future. Hundreds of years ago, humans had fantasized about the booming machine era to replace human dreams. The battlegrounds are always cold and ruthless machines, and everyone with flesh and blood can enjoy the undeprived right to life.
However, due to the constraints of machine technology and the frustration of artificial intelligence, the robot's "brain" cannot produce "intelligence" that is as creative as humans and can carry out independent logical thinking. When "intelligence" is not intelligence, the flame of fantasy is ruthlessly extinguished.
When there is no other pursuit in life, Verlander intends to challenge this impossible - the Zerg that appeared more than ten years ago made some people see the fantasy future of robots, and in terms of combat power and reproductive ability, the fantasy robots are not even more fierce than the Zerg.
The reason why he stubbornly pursues this is not entirely because he wants to make great contributions to mankind from the bottom of his heart - but mankind will definitely remember him.
When the Zerg is enslaved by humans and used in various wars, he will become a great hero, legendary figure recorded in history books, and immortal monuments will be piled up and carved by generations of human beings. At the same time, in the dark side, he can also maintain his absolute control of power.
A kill of two birds with one stone.
He now feels that he is very close to this goal.
Today, on the Crick Colonial Star in the far region, a group of special powerful people, Wayland, and General Joseph Patton of the Federal Navy rushed to the local Wayland experimental base to visit the new breakthrough achieved by the Zerg.
Verland was wearing a specially customized black suit with a serious expression, which was almost his signature image; Patton beside him was wearing a blue naval uniform, with short black hair and a thorny moustache, and was slightly fat, looking like a calculating businessman, but this posture was full of momentum.
Crick is one of the colonial stars who recently discovered Zerg activity. To be on the safe side, Patton has already arranged a fleet above the planet to ensure that they can evacuate as quickly as possible in the event of unexpected situations. To be safe, there are private bodyguards everywhere on the ground.
The defenses here are almost airtight, and everyone who is lucky enough to come to visit can have the idea that even if they suffer a nuclear strike, they cannot shake the slightest.
Verland learned from the lessons of being sneak attacked by Zergs many times. He built the secret research base in a solid nuclear bunker, surrounded by guards. Even if the surface is full of bugs, it cannot enter this area in a short time. The weapons equipped in the base are enough to clear everything on the ground.
Under the guidance of the staff, Wayland came to a vast test site underground. It was covered by a semicircular glass. Each area below can be observed through the solid bulletproof glass. At the same time, the built-in camera will also transmit the signal back and play it on dozens of display screens.
As he nodded, the test officially began.
A group of Zerg units called "Alien" by humans were released, and more than a dozen ferocious and terrifying beasts began to move around. Many aliens crawled directly onto the glass dome that covered the test site, and walked upside down, looking at the appearance of wanting to find an exit to escape.
At this time, a small hanging metal cage fell down and stopped at a height of two meters above the ground.
A supervisor came up and said, "Mr. Weiland, this is the Zerg signal transmitter recently developed by the laboratory. It is simulated based on some mysterious command signals of Zerg. When we turn on the transmitter, the Zerg will be affected and will follow the signal source."
"Open it, Chavez," said Verland.
"Please wait." Chavez immediately directed his men to turn on the signal transmitter. An ultrasound wave that was inaudible to the human ear spread out. The Zerg, who had just been shaking around, suddenly stopped.
They stayed in place, and although they did not take immediate action, their eyes were all looking at the location of the signal transmitter.
Verlander and Patton observed carefully, with almost no blinking. The Zergs were manic and bloody in the videos that humans could shoot, and they were playing killing marchs almost all the time. They rarely saw a scene that was dazed like the ones now - perhaps Verlander prefers to call them "tamed horses".
Verland stared at the tempted alien intently and said, "Give my horse a little more motivation!"
"No problem, sir." Chavez's face was full of excitement and allowed his subordinates to increase the intensity of the signal. This time, several aliens finally took steps and walked towards the signal transmitter.
But after walking a few meters, they stopped themselves, as if they were suspicious of the order.
"We need to continuously increase the signal strength to enable the alien to resist the Zerg's command thinking and use its instinct to do certain things." Chavez explained that the ever-intensified signal made the alien unable to withstand the temptation of delicious food, and gradually stepped into the trap of human design.
"The next one is the target." Another technician said that when he pressed a button on the console, the metal iron cage that imprisoned pigs, cows and other animals was placed on the necessary path for the alien. When more than a dozen aliens were about to pass, he continued to increase the intensity of the signal. As the signal increased, the aliens also tore all the animals blocking the road or nearby in the process of expectations without hesitation.
Then, a large group of aliens continued to rush towards the signal transmitter. The staff quickly turned off the transmitter. The aliens suddenly lost their target and wandered around in a daze.
Wellander applauded, and the people around him also applauded.
"It's done very well!" Weiland said with a smile. "As long as there is this signal transmitter, even the violent Zerg will eventually become a docile pet who obeys his master's words."
"Thank you, Mr. Verlander," Chavez said modestly, "but unfortunately, we can only attract insects to somewhere at present, and we cannot truly achieve the docile pets that "will come and go when you want to move". The Zerg nature determines that they are extremely irritable and not easy to control."
"Where do you need to continue to make breakthroughs?" Weiland asked them.
"I'm afraid I need a little genetic sample of the Zerg Commander," Chavez said.
"Zerg Commander?" Weiland asked in confusion. Patton next to him didn't understand. The report of the Military Intelligence Bureau talked about the target Zerg units, among which the one with the most destructive single body was undoubtedly the giant beast, and the one with the strongest air defense ability was too laser worm, but no one had ever seen the commander.
"After checking the activity trajectory of the Zerg and having some assumptions, we believe that the Zerg will be under the command of a unit, which we named it 'Female Worm'. The Zergs are all produced by the female insects, so they follow the will of the female insect to a certain extent. If we can obtain samples of the female insect, it is very likely to break through the command of the Zerg."
Chavez paused a little and approached Verlander, "Sir, if we can catch the motherworm, another plan might be possible ahead of time."
"Have you found the right sample?" Weiland asked him.
"Finished," Chavez said, "If you want to use the excellent genes of the Zerg and play more on this basis - humans are undoubtedly a good choice."
Verland was silent, but Chavez knew that he did not reject the experiment of living people. The most likely thing to consider was the cost issue. As a businessman, even if he is rich, every decision and everything he makes has been carefully considered.
This may be the highlight of Verland. For this reason, Chavez continued to increase his bargaining chips: "Sir, if we study new varieties with the terrifying reproduction and combat capabilities of the Zerg, coupled with some of the characteristics we give - such as the most likely semi-plant and semi-biological traits, spore reproduction allows them to break through the obstacles of environmental and sexual reproduction, and treat their owners more docile..."
Verlander's eyes lit up. There are also signs that the Zerg can be trained to be loyal pets, but unfortunately the death of the key figure Selena Sanders has caused all valuable information to be destroyed by the Zerg. It is not easy to go this way.
"Where do you think the Zerg's command will exist?" asked Verland, who believed that if more effective "pets" could be trained, the Zerg's threat to humans would probably not be worth mentioning.
"There may be more commanders in places where the Zergs are raging." Chavez replied, "For example, the current Suen and Piltas colonies, we can destroy certain Zerg strongholds, observe their general direction, and combine other factors to judge to calculate the location of Zerg command."
"Catch it alive later and use it for research?" Weiland asked.
"It doesn't have to be captured alive, it only takes some organization. But if you have the conditions to capture alive, it's definitely the most perfect thing."
"You are ready to implement this plan," said Verland. "If there is a Zerg obstruction, just drop the nuclear bomb and let them go to hell, but I must get the genetic sample of the mother insect."
"Yes, sir!" said Chavez.
"General Patton, it's not difficult to ask you to send some of your subordinates to help me do these things, right?" Verland asked Patton, who hadn't said much.
"It's okay, but..." Patton said, his beard shook. "According to the information found by the Military Intelligence Bureau, there are some creatures in the Zerg who are proficient in human technology. They can operate and use spacecraft to navigate at warp speed to spread the Zerg to other planets. Currently, the lands of Suen and Piltas are full of Zergs. If you want to drive a spacecraft into the Zerg's territory, you may have to take a very large risk."
"How many planets in the marginal areas have shown signs of Zerg activity?" Weiland suddenly thought of this. The Zerg's attack on humans has been for several months now.
"There are six colonial planets in total." Patton replied.
"We can't let them spread anymore." Verland said that although he has confidence in the Federation, he will not blindly enhance his opponent's strength. "When necessary, some minor losses can be ignored. The Zerg is to serve us, but before that, we cannot fall on this road."
General Patton understood the term "secondary loss" in an instant, and he also wanted to carry out air strikes and other means to destroy the rampant Zerg.
"I will do this." Patton nodded, "but Mr. Wayland, there is one thing you may need to be wary of."
"What's the matter?" he looked at Patton.
"The MIIS may be eyeing you and your research," said Patton.
"Oh, I know." There was no surprise on Verland's face. "I have been reminded recently that some people from the Second Military Intelligence Bureau who have always been incompatible with me."
"Do I need to take a response?" Patton said in a silly way. He has always been very afraid of Ye Pinglan, the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau.
Verlander looked at Patton with a smile, as if he had guessed what was in his heart, making Patton a little nervous. After a while, Verlander patted his shoulder and turned around and left here. At the same time, a word that was not loud but definitely represented weight floated back.
"My people will do everything for you."
Chapter completed!