I Am the Swarm

"Is it possible to partially redecorate?" asked the captain.

"Unlikely, Wright collected a very wide sample area, but the data is almost consistent. Unless they remodel the colony as a whole, this effect cannot be achieved."

"Is that so?" The captain was lost in thought.

The team member who spoke just now thought for a while, and continued: "I also found a problem. The construction materials of the Ratman are average, but the wear rate of the ground is very low. Especially the living area, which should be an area with intensive activities, but the wear and tear of the ground is very low. The inaccessible equipment area is almost the same. I thought it was the floor of the living area that had been refurbished, but when I came back for inspection, I found that these floor materials were a batch of goods.”

"Does this mean that the colony of the Ratmen is just a sham? They hardly ever use it?"

"It can be understood in this way."

"If the Ratman doesn't use this place, then..."

"It's obvious, isn't it? The owner here was the Zerg before. For some reason, maybe it was because of joining the Alliance, maybe it was something about the Riken tribe. In short, they foresaw something in advance and built this place. This is where it came from. To deal with us, their resistance is just playing hard to get."

"Then why are they doing this? Swearing that they are the masters of this place?"

"I think it is to cut their connection with the Zerg. Think about it, this is the closest place to the origin star. If even this is the Zerg's territory, then the Ratmen only have one place to develop on the parent star. But as far as Under such circumstances, the entire elite of the Ratmen consciously concealed all of this. This is definitely not something that can be achieved by forceful control."

"Yes, now that I think about it, all the Ratmen's actions, including the Zerg's eagerness to stop stepping into the galaxy of origin, what the two of them did was to appear less intimate."

"Then, thinking in reverse, the relationship between them..."

"It's a pity that we noticed the changes in the galaxy of origin too late. When we deployed the monitoring device, the Zerg already had the ability to defend against them. This made our understanding of the galaxy of origin nearly zero for nearly a thousand years."

"It's okay, I feel like we're getting closer to the truth."

"But the Ratmen are on guard against us, and we can't find any information. What should we do now?"

"Maybe we should be more direct." Branca said suddenly.

"You mean?" The captain asked in surprise.

"That's right! We have shown our faces this time, and the chances of obtaining information will only decrease in the future, unless the clan sends a new team, but that also means that our mission has failed. I don't want to add such a thing to my resume." one."

"But that could lead to a diplomatic row."

"Don't worry, let's be careful. There are few people here, which is just right for us to act."

After weighing the pros and cons, the captain finally agreed to Blanca's proposal: "In this case, sooner rather than later, Warwick, can you hack into the management system here?"

Warwick hurriedly took out a few portable devices from his backpack, scanned the room, cut a small gap from a corner, and pulled out a data cable...

After some operations, Warwick made a gesture of yes.

The captain nodded in satisfaction. When operating, reliable teammates are the key to the success of the mission: "Warwick, now invade their network background, take over the monitoring system, and call all personnel distribution in the base."

Warwick nodded, flicked his fingers, and then turned on the projection screen on the instrument. Everyone saw that it was divided into countless small grids, and each grid represented a surveillance image in the Ratman base. .

"Hack into their personnel management system to see which cutie we should be targeting."

Ratman's network protection, in front of the Ji clan technology, has no power to resist. Soon, the people with the highest identities of the Ratmen in the base were marked on the small grid.

After some comparisons, they finally selected two targets. A laboratory supervisor was alone in a remote laboratory at this time. He had a high position and authority and was alone. He was an excellent target.

The other goal is to be one of their guides today, who is the chief executive of this base, and he is resting in the living area at this time. Although there are many people in the living area, this Ratman has a noble status, and the information says that he has royal blood, so he was allocated a large single room. Be careful, and it should not disturb other people.

"Warwick, plan the best route for us in real time, block the monitoring along the road, and keep the communication unblocked." The captain looked at the team members who were ready to go, and turned his head to order.

Warwick patted his chest and made a reassuring gesture.

After everyone nodded to each other for confirmation, they slipped out of the room quietly after receiving Warwick's signal.

"Pay attention to starting the auxiliary equipment." At this time, the members of the Ji clan are wearing closed helmets, which not only integrate many functions, but the most important thing is that they can communicate freely. The auxiliary equipment is the optical invisibility and mute devices of the protective clothing. Although there are seven or eight people standing in the passage at this time, no abnormalities can be found with the naked eye.

"Emina, pay attention to the life signal scan, and report abnormalities at any time."

"Received!" This is not only the territory of the Ratmen, but also the things of the Zerg may be hidden. In order to guard against things on the life science and technology route, targeted scanning equipment is a must.

"Warwick, check communications."

"The communication is smooth, captain, the laser alarm device five meters ahead of you has been blocked, please pass quickly."

The captain didn't continue to talk nonsense, and with a gesture, the team passed through the path ahead in an orderly manner.

"Turn right 100 meters ahead. The alarm along the way has been lifted. Note that there are two ratmen in the room on the left 50 meters ahead. There is a blind spot in the surveillance. I can't see their route. Be careful."

The captain didn't make a sound, and silently switched the helmet's field of vision to the super penetrating infrared mode, and immediately two blurred lights and shadows appeared in front of him. Seeing that they were far away from the doors and windows, the captain raised his hand to indicate that the team passed quickly.

In this way, he approached the laboratory without any danger. The location here is the most remote and the easiest way to start.

"Captain, the situation has changed. Target A has just left the laboratory."

"Stay hidden, Warwick continues to observe."

"He met with several Ratmen, and it seems that he is going to have a meeting or discuss something."

"Damn it!" the captain cursed secretly, the meeting of the scientific research staff was not on time, and they couldn't wait here: "Go to target B first! Warwick plans the route!"

The team changed direction, but fortunately this time it went smoothly. With their advantages in technology and equipment, they successfully arrived outside the door of the Ratman Chief Executive's room.

"Warwick, can you open the door?"

"No problem, hehe, low-level civilizations will never know that these electronic devices are the most unreliable. Ten seconds~" Warwick chuckled and started counting down at the same time.

"ten"

"Nine"

...

"one"