Chapter 77 Controlling the Core

(Thanks to the three book friends 08A, AN, and Wuma for their rewards.)

Tang Fang didn't dislike these resistance forces, but he didn't like it much either. Since Francis regarded him as a member of the resistance army, he didn't bother to tell them apart.

Seeing him pondering silently, Francis just regarded him as acquiescence, paused, and said slowly, "The one who asked me to kill you is Wei Dongfang."

"Wei Dongfang?" Don't think too much, it must be a member of the Wei family.

"Yes, he is my cousin." Francis replied simply.

Today is bound to die. The situation has developed to the current situation, and Wei Dongfang is not to blame. At the beginning, he had sworn to guarantee that this kid has no background, no backstage, and is a drowned guy who can't even make a splash.

It sounds good, but in reality, this kid has a mysterious power, a mysterious power that is so powerful that it is terrifying. Will this kind of person be ordinary? If it was an ordinary person, why did the Wei family try to get rid of him?

This is simply Wei Dongfang's attempt to kill with a knife. It would be fine if he was just a "human", but this kid TM is a demon, the king of slaughter from hell.

At this moment, Francis was self-righteous and blamed all the faults on Wei Dongfang. One of them was the culprit who killed him, and the other was the executioner with a butcher knife. Once the two met, no matter who died, he would applaud in hell. relative? Going to his mother's relatives, it was because of his belief in Wei Dongfang that he ended up like this.

"The Wei family, it's the Wei family again!" Tang Fang exhaled, his face as cold as a winter ice lake. Not long after one Wei Haitao was killed, another Wei Dongfang came and stabbed the rat's nest. Step on the little ones, and sprang out the old ones. In the end, what kind of festival did the Wei family have with him, or Tang Yan? The hatred of killing the father, or the hatred of stealing the wife? As for doing so?

Sometimes, Tang Fang was very suspicious of whether the other half himself (Tang Yan) had given Wei Hongguang that old thing a green hat to wear, so that the other half insisted on sending him to hell before giving up. But unfortunately, after rummaging through all Tang Yan's memories, he couldn't find that bloody green hat moment.

What the hell does this happen?

"Did Wei Dongfang tell you why he wants my life?"

Francis shook his head. For this question, he was not interested in knowing it before, but now he is interested, but he has no chance to know.

Tang Fang frowned and stood up.

"I told you everything I know, shoot."

"Are you really in such a hurry to die?"

Francis nodded: "What is the face of the defeated general, who would rather die quickly."

"Oh?" Tang Fang smiled slightly: "Lord Colonel, I forgot to tell you, I have a problem, and I hate others to be heroes in front of me. So, take your time, don't worry, wait for me to clear the ruins database, and then send It's not too late for you to be on your way."

"Empty the relic database? What nonsense is he talking about." Francis' eyes widened. For a long time, in terms of deciphering the Epsilon script, unless the confidential information in the data core is accessed, the security program is activated and self-destruction. Otherwise, with human technological means, it would be impossible to take the initiative to empty it.

Tang Fang naturally wouldn't explain it to him, he walked slowly to the three-column building and looked up.

The energy diamond is the hub of the total control center, which is equivalent to the system platform of the human computer. The six rune balls suspended around the diamond,

It is a database that stores the geological data of Nami Star, the refining process of the zero source isotope, and the operation logs of various facilities.

The hall they are in is not the ground floor of the building, but a circular platform similar to the second floor of a large shopping mall. In the center is a circular hollow with a diameter of more than 20 meters. Three pillars more than 100 meters high, which can be hugged by five people, protrude from the first floor below the hall and meet at a high altitude.

Tang Fang lowered his head and glanced under the hollow. In the center of the three columns was a square platform with a lift in the center, which could lead to the underground refinery. I wanted to come to Francis and others eager to complete the deciphering work before the Sulu Imperial Army discovered the Ipsilon ruins.

Like the underground refining control room, the control platform of the master control center is also a mass of psychic flames, suspended in the center of the hall.

Tang Fang walked to the edge of the ring-shaped hall, clicked his fingers on a touch panel, and a crystal ladder that led directly to the psionic flame was transformed into an illusion.

Francis swallowed hard in the distance, his eyes full of astonishment: "He... what is he going to do, courting death?"

Like this kind of psionic flame, most of the Epsilon ruins have it. Although everyone knows that it is the hub that can control the operation of the ruins, no one dares to act rashly. Of course, except for the begging.

Numerous facts have proved that this kind of psionic flame is extremely exclusive. Those light-sensing filaments repel all unfamiliar species. With the flesh and blood of human beings, once they approach recklessly, they will be cut off in light of ten fingers, and in the worst case, they will be directly destroyed by those light filaments. Unload eight pieces.

Not only that, the nature of the psionic flame is very unstable. Once the invasion behavior of non-Ipsilon people is detected, it will start the self-destruction program, and then produce a violent energy release reaction, causing a big explosion, its power is no less. in a small-yield thermonuclear bomb.

This is also the reason why human beings have never dared to seek control of the ruins, but only make a fuss about the irrelevant situation in a side-by-side situation.

"Is this kid tired of living?" Francis shook his head vigorously: "No, no... Then what is he going to do?"

Facts quickly gave him the answer. As Tang Fang inserted his hands into the light curtain, those gossamers, which he thought were more violent and bloodthirsty than beasts, were like docile kittens, very obediently sticking to the back of the boy's hands.

"What the hell is going on here? He... is he still human?" Francis felt that his head was a little insufficient. The development of such a plot has seriously exceeded the computing power of his "CPU".

Compared with Francis' stunned expression, the expression on Tang Fang's face is not inferior, just because the psionic flame that seems to be exactly the same as that of the refining control room is actually quite different.

"Psionic fluctuation detected, diagnostics activated..."

"The diagnosis is completed, and the adaptive Protoss is confirmed."

"Perform frequency analysis..."

"Volatility Level C, Unlocking the Folding Tree, Technology Level 1, Unlocking the Building 'Control Core'."

The sudden big pie stunned Tang Fang, and the "control core" was unlocked, which meant that two more Protoss combat units were added to the battle sequence, namely "Stalker" and "Mechanical Sentinel" .

The Stalker is a combat machine developed by the Dark Templar. It can perform all-round three-dimensional strikes against the air and the ground. It is equipped with a small particle fragmentation cannon, and can study "flicker" (instantly) in the "Council of Light and Shadow". Shift) skills, in the StarCraft 2 game, can be called the leading strategic arms.

The Mechanical Sentinel is a combat drone equipped with a force field generator and a holographic projector. Its attack ability may be slightly inferior, but its comprehensive strength is not inferior to that of the Stalker. In addition to the integrated air and ground strikes, it also has three skills: "Force Field", "Guardian's Shield", and "Illusion", and These three skills do not require additional upgrades.

The force field can release an energy barrier in the target area, making the ground troops passing through the area seem to hit an invisible wall of air. It is simply an artifact of terrain warfare, closing roads to escape, blocking reinforcements, and sticking to narrow roads...

In addition, as long as the number of mechanical sentries is large enough, multiple force fields can be created to cut and surround the swarming troops of the enemy, concentrating superior forces, breaking them down individually, and nibbling away the enemy's vital force.

"Guardian's Shield", as the name suggests, can create an energy shield in a certain area where the mechanical sentinel is located, and the psionic energy straying within the range of the shield can effectively weaken the kinetic energy carried by the projectile weapon, the radiation energy directed at the weapon, and Offset the high-heat and high-explosive shock waves generated by the explosion of missiles and grenade weapons, which can greatly improve the defense of your own troops.

As for the "phantom", the mechanical sentinel can create an illusion to confuse the enemy, or for the purpose of reconnaissance. Just imagine, transforming into a 300-meter-high protoss colossus, or a large group of Void Ray ships, which can scare the enemy to death without attacking at all. Another example is the illusion of a Phoenix fighter, flying around the enemy base with its excellent maneuverability. The structure of arms and defense deployment are clear at a glance.

Of course, as long as the mechanical sentinels have sufficient energy, you can also form a phantom army, whether it is arranged in the front of your own troops as a meat shield, absorbing a lot of enemy artillery fire, to achieve the result of defeating the strong with the weak, winning more with less, or flanking. , sing an empty city plan, it is a good choice.

Among the units currently available to Tang Fang, the Queen of Worms is a healing auxiliary unit, while the Mechanical Sentinel is the real attacking auxiliary unit. With the reconnaissance ability of the Euglena and the super mobility of the Stalker, supplemented by Dogs, zealots, cockroaches, and the Terran troops are the main attacking forces. An all-weather, three-dimensional, and tactical ground force is gradually taking shape.

It can be said unceremoniously that after unlocking the control core, Tang Fang has a real technological arm, and has obtained the strength enough to compete with the empire's large-scale armored army.

"It's developed, it's developed..." Tang Fang's face was filled with joy that couldn't be concealed. Combined with the Epsilon runes that flowed continuously on his forehead, from a distance, it gave people a very strange feeling.

"He... high, tide?" From a distance, Hausen swallowed and muttered softly.

Aros glanced at him: "You are a typical 'you can't eat grapes, say grapes are sour' jealousy."

"I'm happy to do your shit."

When Aros and Hausen were fighting, Francis stared at the figure beside the psionic flame, with no fear or surprise in his eyes, just dull and dazed: "Almighty Lord Ah, what did I see... an alien? Or an Epsilon in human skin?"

At this moment, he was suddenly very grateful to Tang Fang and sent him to hell to accompany Huo Qing without a single shot. Because, before he died, he could see such a scene. Even if he saw Huo Qing, Edward, Satan or Jehovah, he still had enough money to brag.

Obviously, His Excellency the Colonel did not know that Edward had set him up.

Interstellar 2 system space, in the Protoss base.

Under the command of Tang Fang, the probe drifted to the range of the crystal tower, psionic lightning flashed across, and a dark and deep wormhole formed, from small to large, and finally twisted and expanded into a proto-spirit building-- Control core.

The "Stalker" and "Mechanical Sentinel" that were originally gray and uncontrollable in the "Portal" were successfully activated and got highlighted icons.

Then move the cursor to the building interface of "Control Core", there are three upgrade options, namely "Protoss Air Unit Weapon", "Protoss Air Unit Armor", and "Warp Door".

The resource consumption of these upgrade options is still the same as the previous game value X10. "Protoss air unit weapons and armor" are 1000 crystals 1000 gas and 1500 crystals 1500 gas respectively. "Gateway" is 500 crystals and 500 gas.

The two skills "Protoss Air Unit Weapon" and "Protoss Air Unit Armor" are well understood. As for the "warp door", in the game, after upgrading the "warp door", the "portal door" can be switched to the leap state, which can directly send soldiers to the coverage of any crystal tower on the big map, far away It can be attacked, can be defended near, and its uses are flexible and changeable. Its strategic significance is self-evident, and it is a magical skill that must be studied.

Before on Planet 5, Tang Fang had instructed the Zerg worker bees to build an extraction field on the guts of the centipede monster. He still remembered that apart from the extraction field, other buildings such as the hatchery and the split pool were all gray and unbuildable. After Nami, he also tried to instruct the Terran SCV to build a supply station in real space, but it also ended in failure.

This can't help but make him have a question, both are buildings, why can extraction fields be built in real space, but other buildings can't? Is there a lack of a suitable opportunity? Or must an additional unlocking mechanism be required?

He doesn't know what to do to build buildings in real space, but he can be sure of one thing, the "jump door" skill is very useless for him now, because he can't build crystal towers in real space. However, it doesn't have it now, it doesn't mean it's useless in the future. The Protoss still has the "Transmission Prism" unit. In addition to the ability to transport troops, the transmission prism can switch the prism posture and play the role of moving the crystal tower. It is a very strategic A meaningful auxiliary unit, which cooperates with the main force to advance, can realize strategic and tactical actions such as side harassment and rear containment.

Compared with the word "multi-line harassment", Tang Fang actually prefers the expression "blooming ass".

If according to the technology tree in the game, after the "Control Core" is built, the "Mothership Core" should also be unlocked, but when Tang Fang moved the cursor to the Protoss Hub, he found that the "Mothership Core" option still appeared Gray uncontrollable state.

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. As the prototype of the ultimate war weapon of the Protoss, the mothership is definitely more than a hundred times stronger in reality than the ability in the game. Through the unlocking and production process of the Queen of Bugs, Cockroaches, Fanatics and other units, Tang Fang realized one thing. Although the data indicators of the system are arranged with reference to the custom game mode of Interstellar 2, however, after entering the real space, There will be some changes in the capabilities of each combat unit to make it more realistic, rather than unilaterally pursuing the so-called balance as in the game.

For example, the mothership of the Protoss, it is a behemoth, and it is unknown how big it is. However, with the technological level of the Protoss, the power of the mothership as the ultimate weapon of war is beyond doubt. As the prototype of the mothership, the performance of the mothership core in reality is probably far from comparable to that of general game units, and perhaps the aircraft carrier is inferior to it.

It is a bit unrealistic to want to unlock the big guy "Mothership Core" by "controlling the core" one by one technology building.

The smile on Tang Fang's face gradually faded, and he glanced at the deposits: Crystal 2385, Gas 6150.

If you upgrade the stalker's "flicker" skill, you will face a situation of exhaustion, so you might as well wait until you clear the relic database, go back to the underground refinery, gather all the resources, and do research again. That is more than 300,000 crystals and more than 400,000 gas. Converted to machine gunners, there are tens of thousands of people in a division! With such a huge sum of money, you can spend whatever you want.

After he had the scruples in his heart, he turned his attention back to reality, and countless runes flowed back and forth along the back of his hand---shoulder---forehead---shoulder---back of the hand, with the "delete" instructions issued one by one, surrounding The Epsilon characters on the surface of the six crystal spheres of the energy diamond gradually became dim.

Aros lit a cigarette, put it to his mouth and took a sip. Just as he was enjoying the expression on his face and savoring the aroma of the tobacco, the sudden change caused his complexion to change suddenly, and a chill pierced his internal organs.

A looter in front suddenly raised the K-12 quadruple grenade launcher on his arm and fired a "Judge" grenade towards Tang Fang at the end of the stairs. (The big chapter of nearly 5,000 words was gone at night.)