169 Tue – Third Force (4)
“Heh, heh heh! It’s real. It was real!”
“…”
Right after Richard’s body, which was in free fall, passed through the gate, he decelerated at some point, and someone caught his body.
Reflexively dangling from the hard carapace, he smiled madly at the glow in the mask that looked down at him.
“The existence that I only saw as data is in front of me! Black wings!”
Kang Do-yeon, who spread her wings and received him in the air, did not like the man who was struggling in his arms, but he couldn’t let go of him from thousands of meters in the sky.
“Phuh.”
Instead, as soon as he landed on the ground, he threw him to the ground. Richard got up hastily and widened his eyes when he saw the Legion’s nest under the moonlight of the Demon Realm.
‘This is where you will be active.’
“This is definitely the Demon Realm…it can be like this. Didn’t you get a report that you were in the Demon Realm?”
Vaguely thinking that he would go to a place where he was fighting the rebel coalition, he seemed shocked by a completely different sight.
“What is the purpose of this? Two factions are now intertwined here, and the Federation and other factions will continue to come in the future. It’s not a good place for you guys.”
‘You could say that the purpose is to drive out the demonic demons. Of course, if necessary. Earthlings can use it too.’
“Okay, I know what it is.”
Richard grinned as if he had noticed something.
“It’s not an alien monster. Your origins may be…”
‘You don’t need to make useless inferences, right? After all, things in this world are more complicated than you know.’
However, CNU forcibly closed his mouth. After all, if you don’t know about units and players, it’s just pointless speculation.
*
“It’s just applying mechanical commands. The problem is the communication system, but I don’t know if living things can do that. I don’t know if there are any telepathic abilities on Earth.”
‘That’s no problem.’
I showed Richard, who started working in earnest, a fragment of the Hive consciousness. His expression changed every moment, and his body trembled.
Suddenly, he fell to his knees on the floor, pale face, sweating in a cold sweat.
“It was a more powerful and superior race than I thought. It deserves to eat a part of the universe.”
‘I’ll give you strength, so try making it somewhere. A new system.’
“Designing a new, backwards-compatible colony consciousness under the colony consciousness. It may be possible now.”
He looked a little excited and started working right away. First, he connected his own brain to the huge brain he had prepared in advance with nerve bundles in the form of tentacles.
All I gave him as a member of the Legion was that gigantic auxiliary brain. He began to assemble a program using the Hive Consciousness using the computational power of that huge brain.
“Like I said, it’s like moving a robot using some sort of command. But there’s no comparison. This Hive consciousness, this brain can push its limits.”
“Crazy bastard.”
Kang Do-yeon, who had been watching him keep talking with his mouth excited about the subject with his eyes wide open and turned upside down, shook his head.
Still, there is an effect. Our new sub-mind, Richard, started moving the mass-produced legionnaires who were nothing more than empty shells.
It wasn’t as natural as Eve’s movement, as if each one was alive, but at least the group’s behavior was flawless.
‘A maximum of how many can be operated?’
“There is no limit to the number itself because it moves by inputting a set command. If it is a restriction, it is the time to input a command per group. If you control it in real time without any delay, it is about 10,000 animals.”
‘How to increase that limit?’
ten thousand? It’s not small, but it felt too inadequate for me, who was used to the billions of troops. I wanted to extend it a little more. Surely.
“It’s simple. With my brain, that’s the limit, it’s enough to increase the number of commanders like me.”
And Richard quickly gave the answer. It wasn’t difficult, but it was something to think about. First of all, it’s not easy to find a crazy person like Richard who voluntarily wants to become a monster.
“It’s not such a big problem. It says 10,000 ‘without delay’. How many animals can move with ‘delay’?”
At that time, Kang Do-yeon snorted and made an important point. As the saying goes, the limiting part is the delay in changing the command. If you don’t mind the delay.
“For example, when a command to attack indiscriminately is issued, if a delay of 10 seconds is required to reverse or correct it, the number of available troops increases by 100,000.”
“…It’s about tearing and killing demons. No delicate manipulation or mercy is required.”
‘great. First, the magazine based on 100,000.’
I also agreed with Kang Kang-yeon that quantity is more important than detail right now.
The time it takes to mass-produce 100,000 legionnaires is about five days at the current nest size. time is empty
“If you allow me, I’ll go kill them even by myself.”
‘I’ll allow you to act as a guerrilla.’
In the meantime, Kang Do-yeon asked me to move separately. I could not deny the request, knowing the bitterness I felt in him.
The deep resentment of our brothers and sisters towards the monsters, the enemies of our family. Because my younger brother wanted to avenge that grudge ever since he gained strength.
“What would be your reaction if you knew that you had come back alive even after being beaten?”
“…there are many who know how to overcome the right to kill.”
At Yoona Oh’s words, the younger brother laughed.
“At least not those goblins, right?”
Soon, Kang Do-yeon, Oh Yoon-ah, and some of the more capable flying species left the nest and flew into the sky.
I wasn’t worried. When we hadn’t made it to space yet. Because it was my younger brother who spread guerrillas against the enemies who were trying to power the planet together with the locals.
It was my judgment that he would do better than me, so I completely left it to him.
“That’s right. Kang Do-yeon is an excellent corps commander. So why don’t we focus on our work now?”
It was Eve’s voice that brought my mind back from halfway to the underworld. When I woke up from the sofa where I was leaning back, there was Eve with bright red eyes next to me.
“It’s our job…there’s nothing to do here anymore.”
“Why don’t you have a job? You are dealing with the child who comes to you now.”
Eve pointed out the door with a puzzled expression. It was only then that I felt a sense of popularity approaching this place.
A knock followed soon after. Without thinking, I stepped out and opened the door.
“Chief of the branch…?!”
“I’m sorry I came during your break.”
I couldn’t help but be surprised. The person who came to visit was Ji Chang-hyun, who should be in Korea.
“I have a secret story to tell.”
“…don’t worry, there’s nothing here.”
I flinched at his action as he looked around the room with a sense of urgency. His action was to find out if there was anything like a wiretapping device in the room.
“To put it bluntly, the League could make you fight other than monsters.”
“What do you mean?”
“Simply put, it means that the forces that were hostile to the League also saved the alliance. Like demons in the Demon Realm.”
The story he brought out with a serious expression was something we already knew. In the end, there were those who held hands by bridging players and users to survive Eve’s attack.
“But I heard that they too must be Jeko. They’re fighting those monsters… aren’t they?”
“I can’t be sure. I am well aware of the merits and follies of the human species. I have come to tell you this. If the Confederacy gives orders to harm people, not to protect them, you don’t have to follow them. .”
What Ji Chang-hyun said was, in the end, the same as his beliefs. I nodded and grabbed Eve’s head, who was looking at him in a crooked position, and made him nod.
“Then I wish the two of you the best of luck for making this difficult decision.”
“…Are you happy? The appearance of space monsters attacking the surroundings indiscriminately.”
But the moment Ji Chang-hyun said goodbye and was about to leave the room again. Eve opened her mouth and grabbed his ankle.
“Maybe you think that even this cosmic conflict can be sealed by using their appearance? As if the nations of the earth were united with each other through the appearance of the demon realm.”
Eve with a snort continued. For a moment, I pondered immensely as to whether to shut this guy’s mouth or not.
“I wish it were, but I think it’s rare. The Alliance and the rebels will eventually fight among themselves.”
“why?”
“Because those monsters are weak.”
At Ji Chang-hyun’s answer, Eve’s confident body stiffened and stiffened.
“At least, the way it looks now is not enough. It will be subjugated someday. It’s not for nothing that the Alliance is looking elsewhere while the frontier is being attacked. Then it means nothing.”
He just left the room. I put my hand on Eve’s stiff shoulder. Those narrow shoulders were trembling.
“…I’m lost. Since I went into space, I’ve been steadily increasing my power, but it’s still not enough. I’m sure others may think I’m stagnant, but from the moment I first got out of the labyrinth, I only knew one thing. I saw you and came all the way here.”
Eve, who had brushed her teeth without even letting it dry, muttered, suppressing her anger.
“I’ll have the whole world, I’ll eat it up.”
“Yeah. I know.”
I laughed bitterly. There are certainly times when he stumbles, but as a result, Eve has always been victorious.
“It’s all because of that giant battleship Zakoff. I’ll have to drop him first.”
Eve, who had been burned with fighting spirit, sat down in her seat. It was a signal to focus a little more elsewhere.