Chapter 355: Questions

They found an opportunity to ask the tired-looking commander the questions in their hearts.

"General, these attacking creatures seem to be of a fixed type, and they are like—" Jie Ming weighed his words, "—like some kind of mass-producible cannon fodder unit?"

The commander looked at Jie Ming with some surprise, seemingly not expecting this "technical consultant" to see this point.

He nodded, his tone heavy: "That's right, these are their expendable vanguards. The real trouble is the 'Blue-Skinned Ghosts' behind them who possess higher intelligence and drive strange vehicles. They are the real commanders and difficult opponents."

"Blue-Skinned Ghosts?" Lei Ke keenly caught this title, "May I ask if there are any samples or captives that we can study?"

"Hmm, because their skin is blue. We have captured some wreckage, but not much. They seem to have some kind of self-destruct mechanism, or will be recovered by companions in time, making it difficult to obtain complete research samples." The commander shook his head, "We don't have any ready-made wreckage on hand at the moment."

This made Jie Ming and Lei Ke a bit regretful.

For the next few days, they behaved unusually "well-behaved."

They didn't make any more requests to go to dangerous areas, just using the observation data provided by the base for analysis.

Occasionally, under absolute protection, they conducted some environmental parameter collection on the outskirts of the base.

It wasn't that they didn't want to obtain more data, mainly because they knew very well that with their current state suppressed to that of ordinary people, rashly stepping onto the battlefield would be no different from seeking death.

Their "cooperation" and "professionalism" won the commander's favor, and the alert level was gradually lowered.

Even, to satisfy their need for "more detailed battlefield environmental data," the commander specially arranged an experienced and well-equipped squad to escort them to a relatively close-to-the-front-line area where a small-scale conflict had just occurred for "field investigation."

However, an accident happened during this investigation.

"Attention! Enemy attack!"

Accompanied by the harsh alarm sound, Jie Ming and Lei Ke shrank behind the protection squad nimbly.

After confirming that they hadn't been ambushed, they dared to carefully look at the so-called enemy through remote observation tools.

That was a team of about ten or so "alien" units, mixed with a few creatures that looked like Molten Core Dogs and two simple-looking walking mechs that looked like insect limbs.

This team didn't know why they broke through the alert net in front and appeared in the hilly area on the flank, colliding head-on with the guard squad Jie Ming and the others were in!

At this time, the other party seemed a bit surprised to encounter the enemy. Although the two walking mechs didn't seem to have time to react, the biochemical beasts around them had already assumed an attack posture.

"Pay attention to protecting the technical personnel!" The guard captain roared, and the well-trained soldiers immediately dispersed in a fan shape.

Energy rifles spat out hot beams, and automated turrets were also quickly deployed from the transport vehicle, building a simple defensive line.

The battle broke out suddenly and fiercely.

The fireballs spat by the Molten Core Dogs exploded into brilliant and dangerous halos on the energy shield, and the rapid-fire energy weapons of the walking mechs left scorched marks on the ground.

The guard squad firmly occupied the upper hand by virtue of superior firepower and sophisticated equipment.

They were accurate in shooting and coordinated well, quickly suppressing and annihilating this isolated enemy team.

The whole process was safe and sound, and Jie Ming and Lei Ke didn't even feel much threat under the tight protection of the soldiers.

But their gaze was locked on the two walking mechs that were focused on and finally paralyzed and smoking.

The battle ended, and they began to clean up the battlefield.

The soldiers carefully checked every "corpse" to ensure they completely lost their threat.

"Sir! There is a mech here, the core was destroyed, but the shell is relatively complete!" A soldier reported loudly.

Jie Ming and Lei Ke felt a move in their hearts. The two looked at each other, and Lei Ke immediately requested the guard captain: "Captain, this relatively complete enemy vehicle has great research value! Perhaps it can help us find their weaknesses, please allow us to take it back to the base for analysis!"

The captain looked at the two "frightened but still duty-minded" technical experts, and then looked at the strange mech that was damaged but structurally intact.

After weighing for a moment, he nodded.

In fact, he didn't think Jie Ming and the others could have any new discoveries; after all, they had studied these Blue-Skinned Ghosts many times.

But he also knew how curious these researchers were. Anyway, with the transport vehicle helping to transport it back, it didn't take much effort.

More importantly, with this thing, they could end this boring guard work early and go back.

So with the help of the soldiers, this "alien" mech emitting a burnt and strange machine oil smell was carefully loaded onto the transport vehicle and transported back to the secret research warehouse at the rear base.

After obtaining the commander's tacit approval, the two immediately devoted themselves to the dissection and analysis of this mech.

Opening the twisted and deformed armor, inside the exposed cockpit was a pilot's remains that had already lost signs of life.

Just as the commander said, this was a non-humanoid creature.

The skin presented an unnatural indigo color, the figure was slightly more slender than ordinary humans, the head proportion was slightly larger, and the facial features were 70-80% similar to humans, but there were many limbs similar to octopuses, and no obvious hair.

However, when Lei Ke used the medical scanning equipment of the base for deep dissection analysis, he had a more astonishing discovery.

"Jie Ming, look here!" Lei Ke pointed to the internal structure diagram of the creature constructed on the holographic projection, his voice carrying suppressed excitement, "Beside its circulatory system, this set of parallel distributed, pipeline system similar to a nervous system but different—this structure, this potential node distribution—"

Jie Ming looked intently. As a wizard, he was too familiar with the operation of energy in living bodies.

The complex meridian system in front of him, although the details were different from any cultivation system he knew, the overall structure and the position of key nodes were clearly designed to efficiently guide and accommodate some kind of supernatural energy!

That is to say, this was a physiological foundation with spellcasting potential!

Moreover, this creature was very likely to possess supernatural power from birth in theory.

It was just that under the suppression of the special rules of this plane, the innate advantages of this race were erased, and they could only be beaten by humans.

Jie Ming and Lei Ke looked at each other and saw the realization in each other's eyes.

"In my travels along the way, except for a very small number of individuals, the main body on those planets was still human." Jie Ming suddenly said.

"Judging from this situation, the main body of the 'indigenous' civilization of this plane is most likely the human society we are currently in." Lei Ke said in a low voice, "And these 'aliens,' including those cannon fodder creatures before—as long as they are non-humanoid biological bodies, they are all specifically set as the 'hostile camp' by the 'system' of this plane."

After all, the living environments of humans and other races are worlds apart, and according to Jie Ming's records over the years, the alien races humans face in the news are not just one.

With such an obvious gap in life, unless the race of the mastermind has some special hobbies, otherwise the mastermind of this plane is using humans as the protagonist.

"However, why?" Lei Ke pushed his glasses, the lenses reflecting cold light, "With the ability shown by this system, maintaining absolute peace, or even letting all races unite, is easy. Why does it painstakingly create a constant, seemingly meaningless interstellar war?"

Jie Ming shook his head regretfully.

This added question naturally could not be answered.

But for explorers, the question itself is a signpost to the truth.

At least, Jie Ming and the others now knew that these wars did not happen naturally but were "designed."

Then, the purpose of designing this war might be one of the key keys to uncovering all these mysteries. ===== CHAPTER 356 =====