1950. Source of infection
“So you think the Xilu people built so many border outposts to guard against this thing?” Lieutenant General He Ru pointed at the overwhelming mud on the screen.
“This is just a guess.” Shepard said, “But we did find words like infection, spread, and isolation in the incomplete documents in the outpost. The first batch to go The instructions of the three cruisers reinforced by the outpost were to destroy Mnggal-Mnggal and prevent the spread.”
(I thought about it or Mnggal-Mnggal. To put it bluntly, 'Mangjia-Mangjia' doesn't sound good)
"You mean, this thing is 'Mengjia-Mengjia'?" He Ru asked.
"Looking back now, we forgot about this news at the time. In fact, during the process of annihilating the Xilu Empire, we did not encounter anything related to infection or spread. I think... maybe Xilu The empire deliberately concealed it," Shepard said. "Send technicians to carefully search the Xilu Empire's database and interrogate their senior officials to find out what this Mongar-Menggar is."
He Ruzhong. Jiang He nodded solemnly.
A staff officer came over at this time and gave a military salute to Lieutenant General He Ru. He knew Shepard, so he also gave a military salute to Shepard, and then said: "General, the 24th, Combat Battalions 15, 16, and 19 have begun operations toward the prison area. The Black Iron Steadfast-class cruiser has entered the atmosphere and is preparing to provide fire support."
"Seal the area, use flamethrowers in large quantities, and set up high pressure. Power grid, stop the spread of silt!" How to issue an order.
“Yes!”
"General! The communication spacecraft has been dispatched to the Dawn Planet." Another officer came over to report, "According to the request, a robot was dispatched."
"General! The star gate has been blocked, and the star gate is no longer allowed to pass. ! We prevented 7 forced intrusions and shot down 3 spacecraft!"
"General! Biologists and epidemiologists are already in place. According to their requirements, we will double-blade the Halberd. A sterile laboratory is set up on the class light cruiser. "
The situation from various places has been summarized. It seems that this time the suspected Mongar-Menggar infection has been controlled.
In fact, this is indeed the case. A mere hundred thousand infected people cannot make any waves at all under the firepower of the open space.
However, when the exploration fleet interrogated the captured senior officials of the Xilu Empire, they found that the situation was not optimistic.
It’s not that Mongal-Mongal’s infection is so powerful, but judging from the hundreds of senior officials who have been interrogated so far, no one who knows the existence of Mongal-Mongal is more than Ten! And even if they knew about the existence of Menggal-Mongal, most of those people had only heard about it and had no idea what it was!
The only person who was relatively useful was a former deputy official from the Xilu Empire's Ministry of Finance. He told Shepard, who was in charge of the interrogation, that the Xilu Empire had invested in biochemical research in the past ten years. They are all very large, and a large virus laboratory has also been built.
"Large virus laboratory? Where is it?" Shepard asked.
The official shook his head blankly, "I don't know. I only know where the funds are flowing, but I don't know the specific details."
"Border outpost? That's to stop invaders. ...What kind of invaders? There are a lot of them. The Xilu Empire has a lot of enemies. ...Well, that's right. If there is an abnormality from the outpost, our order is indeed to directly The outpost was destroyed...If you ask me why, I don't know. We are only responsible for the maintenance of the outpost. Well, it's normal for ordinary people to be stationed in that kind of place for a long time, right? ?" This is an officer's interrogation statement.
"Mongal-Mongal? I've heard of it. His Majesty the King and the others are very afraid of this. Is it probably a resistance army?"
Shepard rubbed his forehead and turned to look at the sitting The ghost agent Sen Luo, who was next to him, asked: "Did you find anything?" Sen Luo shook his head and said: "This guy didn't lie. He really believed that Mongar Mongar was a resistance army."
Shepard looked at the long interrogation list and shook his head, "No, there is no progress. Mongar-Mongar's message seems to have disappeared, and there is no trace at all. Clues.”
Sen Luo pointed at the list and said: "I noticed one thing. Among our interrogators, there is a missing type of person."
Shepard frowned, with a solemn expression, "That's right. There are no biologists.”
“It is impossible that there are no biologists in the Xilu Empire. They should use the most human battery technology. So in this situation, there is only one. A possibility..." Sen Luo said slowly.
"Cleaned..." Shepard's face turned ugly.
"The senior officials of the Xilu Empire obviously wanted this Mongar-Menggar to give us a fatal blow before they died, and they seemed to believe that this thing could do it." Sen Luo said.
"Yes, that's what I'm most worried about." Shepard nodded.
At this time, a soldier came over and said: "Sir, General He Ru has invited you. He said that he found some abnormalities there."
"The remaining people are not interrogated. If necessary, lock him up first and let's go." Shepard ordered and left the interrogation room with Sen Luo.
Back at the command center, Lieutenant General He Ru and Ashley Williams were both here. Seeing Shepard coming, He Ru said straight to the point: "We found a combat plan, which is when we After the raid on the outpost."
"What did they do at that time?" Shepardwin.
"They sent several squadrons over to look for traces of us." Ashley Williams said, "But obviously they didn't find it. But the most critical issue is not this..."
She put a handed a document to Shepard, and then said: "Among the fleets sent out, two fleets did not come back. Not only did they not come back, but after a series of battles that followed, these two fleets disappeared without a trace, as if they had disappeared. "
"So, there are two fleets wandering outside?" Shepard frowned, "If it's just a fleet, it's not a big threat. But what I'm worried about is... them. Why is it missing? "
"So I think if this is also related to Mongar Mongar, then it would be a big problem," Ashley Williams said, "The Xilu Empire is here. There are no foreign enemies in a star area, so what could be able to swallow up two fleets silently?"
Shepard also fell into deep thought.
At this moment, an officer walked over and whispered a few words to Lieutenant General He Ru. He Ru stood up and said loudly: "We found the laboratory!"