Chapter 586: Pioneer Research Institute and ‘Army Formation Card’

"eternal life?"

The moment Amber heard the word, she straightened up from her chair.

"Can this thing really be researched?"

Saleh nodded with a rare seriousness: "Of course, we pioneers study everything, and we can figure out a reason for most of them."

Amber: "So have you researched anything? Can you really succeed in immortality?"

"I don't know either." Saleh had a look of regret on his face.

"How could you not know? Aren't you a deacon of a think tank? Didn't the radicals come here to arrest you and turn you into an 'old frozen meat'? How could an important person like you not know?"

Hearing this, Saleh was so anxious that he even stamped his feet like a human being: "Think tank deacons don't know everything!"

And when she saw Amber was about to open her mouth again, she seemed to have thought of something and said first:

"Stop saying things like, 'Those who hold think tank positions are obviously very powerful'! I'm really sorry that I'm not that powerful as a think tank deacon!"

After Amber heard this sentence, he suddenly felt helpless as if someone else had spat out his mouth first, and Saleh opposite him continued to speak and explained:

"The level of this research is very high, and there are very few people who can come into contact with it. My research direction at the time was not here, so it is normal for me not to have access to relevant content in this area - if everyone knows about it Regarding the research progress of 'Eternal Life', do you think other people can still think about doing other things?"

Amber knew there was nothing wrong with Saleh's explanation.

After all, the ultimate topic of 'immortality' is inherently very tempting for intelligent races with limited lifespans. Even Amber knows that she will definitely not be able to resist the temptation of 'immortality'.

Therefore, once the progress of this thing is made public, it will easily become a situation where "all people are waiting for eternal life", and even society will not be able to operate stably by then.

But soon, Amber also thought of a new question.

"According to what I know, scholars believe that the universe we live in also has an 'age limit'. What if you Jerram people achieve immortality, but the lifespan of this universe has come to an end?"

"The 'Time and Space Expedition' has a backup plan," Saleh said calmly.

"What plan?"

"'Endless Crusade'. When immortality is truly realized, the 'Time and Space Crusade' will never end, and my tribe will not stay in one universe forever."

After hearing Saleh's words, Amber realized that the forerunners of this universe were likely to be more powerful than what was shown in the game. The "Endless Expedition" sounded like a very majestic action, and he couldn't help but get involved in the drama. Arrived at a certain 'Green Legion'.

Thinking of this, Amber no longer struggled with this, but continued to ask: "What is the current situation of this research institute?"

Saleh: "A scientific research ship that was dispatched first observed the outside for a while and concluded that this research institute should be in a stagnant and closed state now. I just don't know if there are still relevant data or research results stored inside."

"So you think this place is valuable and worth spending time exploring?"

"Of course~" the forerunner nodded, "Even if there are no research results on 'immortality' in it, even if you can get some scraps, you humans' biotechnology can be greatly improved!"

Hearing this, Amber was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "You mean, the Forerunners' research on 'immortality' is based on biotechnology?"

"What if?"

There was a hint of disapproval in Saleh's tone, and he didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with this.

"We pioneers study immortality in order to allow the entire race to break through the shackles. It is not just to 'create gods'. Naturally, we start from biotechnology so that our entire race can achieve true evolution."

Amber was really taught this time. He nodded slowly and sighed: "I originally thought that your research on immortality would be through 'mechanical ascension' or relying on spiritual energy to create it."

Saleh's tone was very serious: "The 'immortality' achieved in that way is ultimately flawed, and we dare not gamble with the future of the entire ethnic group."

"Then how do you know that the biotechnology route you are taking is correct?"

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Amber's rhetorical question silenced Saleh.

Although the deacon of the Forerunner's think tank knew some fragmentary information about the research on 'immortality', he did not know the specific situation, let alone what conclusions the researchers finally reached.

After thinking about it and realizing that he could not refute Amber anyway, Saleh curled his lips and said:

"With all that said, just tell me whether you want to go or not."

"Go!" Amber replied decisively.

——

If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools, and projects like exploring the ruins of the Forerunners are no exception.

In the last excavation work of the Forerunner ruins that Amber participated in, due to the limitations of the strength of the Atlas Group, the size of the fleet and the complex environment it faced at that time, only the special mission ship "Polarized Light" participated in the operation. .

But today is no longer what it used to be. Atlas Group is no longer the Atlas it was back then, and the scale of its combat fleet has expanded rapidly to a level that was unimaginable at the time.

Therefore, for this Forerunner Research Institute involving the 'immortality' technology, Amber can easily select the units to participate in the operation among the troops currently stationed in the A. Bawa Ku asteroid fortress.

After many upgrades, the Atlas Group's comprehensive command component has also expanded to very mature related functions for Amber to use.

When Amber enters the Atlas comprehensive command component, he can see the current status, armament, supplies and crew status of each warship in the fleet. The command component finally gives a comprehensive combat coefficient. .

As for other combat units, the status of each platoon-level combat unit can be seen temporarily, including the current number of personnel, equipment status, supplies, and the latest psychological and morale test of the combat unit.

You can even see the unit's "historical performance" - including but not limited to the type of tasks it specializes in, time on duty, the number of enemies destroyed, the number of its own losses, exchange ratio and other data.

With the assistance of such a system, what Amber has to do now is to form an "optimal solution" force based on his own needs among the troops stationed in the A. Bawa Ku asteroid fortress.

From a certain point of view, this whole process is very similar to the process of ‘forming troops’ before the war when he played real-time strategy and tactics games in his previous life.

"Two battleships, four heavy cruisers, six light cruisers. That's almost ten destroyers and frigates each."

"Prioritize the ships with a comprehensive combat coefficient of 80 or above and complete the fleet combination~"

"HCP, heavy armored combat craft, marine troops, etc., just use the troops carried on the ship. The cooperation between them will be more proficient, and at the same time, the permission to customize the weapons will be opened."

"OK, the 'Weapon Cards' are assembled and input the name? Well, the 'Red Hand' strike team, I hope we can get some good things from this archaeological operation~"

The comprehensive command component that has been trained by Lilith is very convenient to use. In addition, this data-based model can find the 'optimal solution' after certain calculations, so Amber did not spend much effort. , a special strike team was formed.

Immediately after issuing emergency attendance orders to these selected units in the command component, Amber took advantage of this time to go to Zhongji Academy.

Only this time, he was going to find Master Ain Stormrage.

After more than a year of study and training, the 13 young psychics trained by him not only increased their psychic strength a lot, but their own ability to control psychic powers also improved significantly.

According to Master Aon Stormrage, the growth process of these children is more suitable than that of most human psykers, so it is basically impossible to have a 'psychic rampage'.

Before the series of events in the Rubian Galaxy occurred, Amber actually went to the 'Special Psychic Training Class' that was still located in the Tower of Babel several times in person.

He actually didn't want to force these young psychics to do things for him, so his original idea was to let these children who could already control their psychic powers stably enter modern human society like normal teenagers.

But what he didn't expect was that none of the 13 children were willing to leave the 'Special Psychic Training Class'. Instead, they hoped to continue to study with Master Aon Stormrage and join Art as 'psionic talents' in the future. Russ Group.——

When Amber was about to find Aon Stormrage and have a good discussion about the future of these children, among the selected combat units on the other side, officers and soldiers at all levels received on their personal terminals the information presented based on their military rank and confidentiality level. Emergency attendance notification.

From the information received by senior officers, battleship captains and others, they can basically know the general area and general mission of this mission.

The lower the military rank and level, the more sensitive points in this information will be blocked. When you reach the rank of top soldier, you are basically left with relatively vague information such as duty hours and duty mission types.

"Within 3 hours of receiving the information, the combat unit should complete the assembly of all personnel and equipment. The assembly location is .322 Deployment Bay, and the mission type is a dangerous area exploration mission."

In a certain battleship, a marine looked at the information on the terminal in his hand and muttered quietly.

As he received the order, the Marine's personal terminal's communication permissions were also restricted. For the time being, he could only contact other personnel of the same level who were also participating in the mission.

Moreover, his range of activities has also been restricted. At this moment, he must return to his ship as quickly as possible and start preparations for battle.

Looking at the drink in his hand that had just been served by the waiter, the Roma Marine hesitated for a moment, then looked up at the other Roma people at the same table.

They are all in the same combat unit, and they are taking advantage of a rare vacation to relax in A. Bawa Ku's rest area.

Today is the last day of vacation, so they plan to take advantage of this last opportunity to have a drink in a Roma pub and reminisce about the ‘taste of hometown’.

But I didn’t expect that as soon as I got the drinks and prepared to toast, we collectively received the notice to return to the team in advance.

"I asked, can we still drink this wine?" A tough-looking Roma asked cautiously.

"The battle assembly will be completed in 3 hours. If you are not afraid of being kicked out of the team, just drink it~" Another wolf-headed man quickly put down the wine glass, and then sighed, "Oh, it's a pity this wine~"

"It's really good wine. It should be airlifted from my hometown."

Another Roma man held the glass with reluctance, and soon showed an intoxicated look on his face, but finally put down the glass firmly.

"Okay, don't be depressed!"

A minotaur who seemed to be the leader of this group of marines clapped his hands, and then stood up first: "This kind of combat mission that requires early return to the team will give us a long vacation after it is over. It's not too late to drink then~"

Soon, under the leadership of this minotaur, this group of marines did not delay, quickly left the tavern and took the shuttle bus to the berth of their warship.

Soon after they returned to the ship, the heavy cruiser "Stardust Memories" where they were also completed the assembly of all members.

After quickly changing into combat uniforms, everyone also came to the hangar where the marines were located and began to configure their own combat equipment-this is also a new function of the combat unit personal terminal.

This function allows marines, HCP pilots and combat boat drivers to equip themselves according to the next combat environment and mission before leaving the port, and the members of the maintenance team will also organize and load these equipment before the attack.

This seemingly simple page actually took Lilith a little time to develop.

Because the premise of realizing this function involves many units such as combat units, logistics centers, asteroid fortresses, maintenance teams, and transportation teams.

Although Lilith has completed the generalization of information interfaces and scheduling rules for almost 90% of units as the "information mistress" of the entire Atlas.

But it is still not so easy to make this whole system run stably.

Fortunately, Lilith finally completed the development, and after the online test in multiple pilot units, it received consistent praise from personnel at all levels.

On the "Stardust Memories", a Roma marine whose duty is the team's "breacher", after listening to the captain's description of the general combat content, first thought for a while.

Then he gave up thinking and opened a convenient function in the equipment page.

"Whoever dares to challenge me, I will end his life! - Atlas 'BigBoss' battlefield unparalleled equipment set one-click configuration has taken effect~"

Seeing this message flashing by, the Roma man couldn't help but grin.

"Okay, the same equipment as Boss, now I can kill everyone!"