Chapter 1589 - Autopsy (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“It is unsightly for a girl to puke on the sidewalk.”
“But this girl is technically a spacecraft, and the puke is only system waste. I guess it is not that awful.”
“But think carefully about it; you are a freaking ship girl in essence. A ship girl! Doing that is uncomely!”
Nolan rolled her eyes at her captain. “Boss, you have been complaining for like an hour. Will you stop?”
“Forget it, let’s get down to work.”
Everyone’s attention was on the wreckage of festered monsters.
The analysis of the wrecks and body parts had enabled Hao Ren to reconstruct the appearance of some monsters. It allowed him to understand the level of power and unique abilities of the monsters after the mutation, the influence of the Mad Lord on them, and their process of mutation. Each piece of information was precious. It was one of the few times where Hao Ren got first-hand intelligence about the Mad Lord so far. The last time he got information of this value was during the battle with Lockmarton the world of Collow.
The only thing that he still could not wrap his brain around was why the monsters had suddenly shown discipline at the end of the battle.
The festered monsters, aside from attacking in groups, totally relied on instinct, which was their biggest weakness. But once this weakness disappeared, the threat of these monsters would increase exponentially. They were many, not afraid to die, and having strange abilities. They could contaminate everything around them on the battlefield. Had these monsters been more disciplined and having a strategy, they would have been invincible. If that happened, Hao Ren would rather choose to fight Raven 12345, who looked at least more pleasing to the eyes.
The MDT ran a simulation; had the monsters been more organized at the start of the battle, just like what they had shown at the last moment, it would give the drone cluster a hard time. Although the done cluster, with its endless reinforcement, could still win the battle by virtual of their sheer number, it would be a tragic victory. Never as easy as the previous battle.
The analysis of the wreckage samples showed that these monsters did not have their thinking organs intact. Their brains had rotten long ago, and they could never act so cooperatively by themselves on the battlefield.
Vivien gently tapped the armrest of the chair with her finger while looking at Hao Ren. “Are you thinking of something?”
“I am just thinking,” Hao Ren said. “Do you think someone has been remotely controlling these monsters? They had no intelligence yet behaved so smartly. ‘Remote control’ is the best explanation. Earlier, when the battle started, there was only chaos. But toward the end, they seemed to have quickly gotten organized. It seemed to me that some commander had ‘F2-ed’ an army going after the sprites. Since the sprites were defenseless, the commander just let the army run on autopilot and forget about it. After a while, the commander checked in and was shocked to see his army was almost wiped out. By the time he came to his senses, it was too late.”
Hao Ren was thinking out of the box, and it sounded logical. Vivian carefully thought for a moment and then clapped her hands. “I have no idea what you are talking about; I don’t play games.”
“Then why the heck you look enlightened?”
“All right, I am just kidding. I got what you meant.” Vivian waved with a smile. “I think what you say is possible. But it is just a speculation. There is nothing to support the theory. So—”
Before Vivian finished, the MDT suddenly popped out. “Wait a minute, if you are talking about evidence, now you have it.”
Hao Ren and Vivian turned to look at the MDT and asked in unison, “What evidence?”
The MDT hovered in front of the two and turned on its holographic projector. The image showed a black battleship twisted by parasitic biological tissue. The armed drones had blown the battleship in pieces during the battle earlier, and now the MDT had used a forensic technique to reconstruct the battleship virtually. The holographic image switched, showing even more vivid details of the battleship’s internal structure. There were some dark-red meshes and color patches inside most parts of the spacecraft.