Chapter 249: 129 Ao Star, Necrotic Disease, and the Girl Chapter 249: 129 Ao Star, Necrotic Disease, and the Girl Compared to the ‘backward rural’ Ram Star’s internal network, Aurelio Star’s network defense capability…
Ao Star was densely populated and was one of the New Federation’s top thirty stars in terms of population.
Yang Ming’s first impression of this place was a strong sense of liveliness.
It was like a beautiful girl playfully lifting her skirt to give you a coquettish look, enthusiastic, unrestrained, welcoming to every spaceship shuttling through the cosmos.
But when you arrived on the surface via a vertical train, it suddenly turned shy, using its inner charm to stir your interest and curiosity even more deeply.
Similar to the layout of Head Star of the Luofeng Empire, the core region of Ao Star was also an alluvial plain.
Three massive cities connected at the margins filled the entire plain area, earning it the simple nickname–The Capital of Three Cities.
From space, the three cities looked like a giant maze, trapping countless lives, while nurturing a rich local culture.
The key descriptors for the core urban area of the three cities were surely civilization, elegance, and artistic creation.
But as your gaze moved toward the fringes of the three cities, gangs, red light districts, and addiction agents emerged as new core elements.
On the way to the hotel, Yang Ming incessantly snapped photos with a stereoscopic camera.
–This was actually a small request from Lyu.
“What would it be like if swarms of insects covered the sky?”
Yang Ming couldn’t help but fantasize.
However, when he recalled the storyline of the game “Abyss,” he realized that the Sherman Empire had always been a major area affected by the insect plague, and the New Federation Camp didn’t have much of a ‘pest extermination’ plot.
Instead of worrying about the citizens here, he thought it was better to be more concerned about those innocent folks in the Luofeng Empire.
That was Yang Ming’s evaluation.
It took Yang Ming just half a day to complete the task for this trip.
He casually found a cafe, inserted a small storage device into the network port, leaving it there for a few minutes.
The rest could be left to Lyu to handle.
Ao Star’s network world had no black wall but only thick firewalls.
With Lyu’s abilities, infiltrating several research institutes’ internal networks without alerting the opposition was just a matter of time.
According to Lyu’s estimation, she could get it done in about four or five days.
Before going to sleep, Yang Ming decided to communicate directly with the Feinan.
He first turned on a paid adult film in the hotel, projecting the image of a beautiful woman directly onto the bed.
In doing so, Yang Ming ‘rightfully’ activated a jamming device, enveloping the bed.
Many young men did this.
Lyu’s voice instantly came through the miniature earpiece placed in his ear canal: “Boss, the infiltration progress is quite good; it will yield results in just eighty-five Galaxy Times. Even if we don’t find the formula we’re looking for here, we can still obtain a batch of fairly advanced biological science technologies from the New Federation.”
Yang Ming felt a bit perplexed: “Isn’t this too easy? Why don’t other countries conduct espionage activities? It seems like cutting-edge technology is handed out for free.”
Lyu: “Boss, is there a chance they don’t have a Mechanical Thought Body that can live on the network?”
Yang Ming ignored the unseemly scene next to him, as he wasn’t in the mood for entertainment.
“Lyu, what do you think about that matter?”
He remained very cautious and didn’t directly mention the Insect Race.
“The moral decline has refreshed my understanding of human limits.”
Lyu sighed softly: “Boss, I’d rather not discuss this topic, as it fills me with revulsion towards the human species. You only need to give me orders. Ruthlessness should have its limits. I feel even Dabichi and the others have more warmth than the decision-makers of the New Federation.”
“But, Lyu, remember.”
Yang Ming spoke gently: “Those are only a small part of people; human society has a complex structure, with most individuals being a mix of good and evil, leaning more towards good.”
“Boss, I want to conduct combat training on 026!”
Lyu changed the subject playfully, “Can we use the combat simulator on the Feinan, Boss?”
“Of course, do whatever you want, just don’t blow up the ship.”
Yang Ming, using his arm as a pillow, reached toward the woman’s projection beside him, his fingers gliding over her neck with no sensation.
It was just a technically sophisticated adult movie.
“Lyu,” Yang Ming whispered, “I want to return to the Ram Star one more time.”
Lyu asked seriously: “For a shared bath in the hot springs?”
“To verify something,” Yang Ming whispered, “I always felt my anomaly wasn’t one-sided. The other party should have exhibited some strangeness too.”
“Boss, I don’t recommend you go back.”
“Why?” Yang Ming questioned.
“I reviewed a lot of relevant data today. There are no indications that the Ancient God Life Form and the Space Worm Clan ever had a direct conflict.”
Lyu analyzed meticulously: “Of course, the conflict might have erupted beyond human perception. The Ancient God Life Form is an enormous life entity that floats through cosmic spaces, seemingly with no effective means of attack beyond mental interference. While the Insect Race group, after the queen evolves to the Third Rank, can generate combat power comparable to a Human Fleet, once the queen evolves to the Fifth Rank… the Ancient God Life Form seems more like prey.”
Yang Ming replied, “Human research on the Ancient God Life Form is still too limited. We don’t really know what cost the Sherman Empire paid to defeat that Ancient God Life Form.”