Chapter 196: Anything can be destroyed, it all depends on the energy required!
"Something's wrong!"

While using the scanning equipment for a quick test, V suddenly observed the damage to the surface tissue of the corpse, which actually showed white spots like high temperature burns.

"Could it be that these people were burned to death by the high temperature..."

Before V could shake his head to reject his outrageous guess, Jack Wells on the side had already pointed out the doubts in advance.

"It doesn't look like they were burned to death. If they were really burned to death by high temperatures, why don't their clothes show any signs of being burned?"

Jack's idea is exactly the same as V's. If they want to understand the real cause of death of these corpses, they may have to rely on dissection to observe the condition of the internal organs of the deceased.

"too weird!"

V was completely confused by the indescribable scene before him, and his doubts grew even deeper.

"Never mind, let's take photos of the characteristics of these corpses first."

As Jack spoke, he took a photo of the dead body on the ground and uploaded it to the headquarters base.

V gave a brief situation report to the other soldiers in the investigation team's voice chat:

"This is Team 01. We have discovered a large number of humans who died in strange conditions. All teams please pay attention."

As soon as V finished speaking, investigators from other teams also issued the same situation report.

"Team 03 also found a human corpse with a strange death."

"So does Team 09."

"..."

On the team's communication channel, replies came one after another from the other Astartes warriors.

It is obvious that the strange corpses that occurred in this city occurred over a large area and in large numbers, and were not isolated cases!

This means that the suspicious heat source that V will face next may have a wide-area killing capability.

V must always be ready for battle!
"It seems that the heat source captured by our reconnaissance aircraft is most likely these dead humans."

After completing the upload of the intelligence information, Jack immediately summarized the results of this investigation.

There is no such thing as mysterious alien life, it's just some humans who died unnatural deaths.

As for the cause of death, it might be something like a virus.

V did not say anything in response to Jack's hasty conclusion, but continued to remain cautiously skeptical.

"Maybe, but we still have to be careful."

V looked at the faces of the dead bodies on the ground and found that each of these dead humans had a distorted look, as if they had seen some extremely terrifying monster.

Just as V was secretly guessing more possibilities, he heard Li De's voice on the communication channel:

"This is Team 07. We have discovered a secret passage in the 1698 area of ​​Sana'a."

"Based on the time of death of the bodies here, I think there may be a shelter under this city that has just fallen."

"I think we can find more key information in that shelter!"

Li De's unexpected discovery made many soldiers excited.

This means that they are getting closer and closer to the truth about the cause of death of these humans and the suspected heat source!
"Haha! This investigation is finally producing some results." The Astartes warriors were very excited.

After hearing such good news, V's slightly heavy mood finally relaxed a little, just when he was about to go to Reed with Jack.

V suddenly realized that the slightly shrunken radar on his helmet screen began to flash dense red heat points.

And these heat sources were attacking him and Jack at an alarming speed!
'wrong! ’

'They are the real heat sources!'

In an instant, V realized that the "heat source" he was seeing was the real murderer who killed these humans.

"Jack!!"

V immediately roared, then raised the rifle in his hand and aimed it in the direction of the heat source, quickly pressed the trigger, and fired at the heat source with full force.

As V's good brother and old partner for many years, Jack immediately cooperated with him and raised his gun to fire the moment he heard V's call.

In less than a second, the two of them cooperated with each other and launched a powerful fire sweep.

However, when they scanned the radar, they observed that the heat sources had appeared within their visual range.

Only then did V see what the heat source looked like through the holographic screen of the helmet.

They turned out to be a group of vaguely visible and blurry "ghosts", just like the code name of their operation this time, "Netherworld"!
“Oh my god…! There really is a fucking ‘ghost’ here!”

Of course, Jack also observed the "ghost" of the heat source in front of him. Just when his brain was a little confused and he didn't know what countermeasures to take.

The group of ghosts standing in front of V launched a swift charge directly towards his position. Judging from the state of the ghosts, they almost "flew" over!

“Fire—!”

"This is Team 01. We have been attacked by supernatural life forms and a firefight has occurred!"

The voices of V and Jack, mixed with the roar of the rifles in their hands, rang out simultaneously, and the entire silent square became noisy because of their gunshots.

Because these ghosts are in a quantum state, they cannot be directly observed with the human eye.

Therefore, V can only clearly see the locations of those dark things through the motion capture function of the holographic screen of the power armor helmet and the hyperspectral camera function.

Soon after opening fire, V realized that their bullets were unable to cause any effective damage to the group of Netherworlds in front of them!
'No! They are not afraid of bullets!'

As a battle-hardened Astartes warrior, V certainly could not believe that his marksmanship would be so bad as to be able to "outline the human body".

Since he has not been able to hit these ghosts, there can only be one reason, that is, they are not affected by conventional physical attacks at all!
At this moment, Jack, who realized like V that the Netherworld in front of him could not be hit by bullets, was also stunned and shocked.

After seeing with his own eyes that his guns were unable to cause any effective damage to Youming, Jack immediately used the team's communication device to hurriedly remind his teammates:
"This is Team 01. Physical attacks are ineffective against the Netherworld! I repeat, physical attacks cannot cause any damage to them!"

"..."

At this moment, Leon, who was sitting behind the star gate, had clearly seen the Netherworld that V had seen through the real-time video of the investigation team.

The moment he saw Youming, Leon instantly confirmed that this was the quantized soldier from the "Youming" universe.

There were no unexpected alien life forms, no other weird things, this was the world in the movie "Ghost"!
It seems that there is nothing wrong with the alien world opened by the star gate, and they have come to the right place.

'Finally it's confirmed!'

After a brief moment of happiness, Li Ang had no time to think about it. He immediately used the highest authority voice notification on the front line to issue an order to the soldiers of the investigation team:

【Use the plasma discharge gun now to repel them! 】

The plasma discharge gun that Leon mentioned was the extra weapon he had prepared in advance for these Astartes warriors.

Before V officially set out, he noticed that there was a strange pistol in his equipment box.

And that pistol was the life-saving weapon that Li Ang prepared for them!

Conventional rifles are of no use against these Netherworld soldiers in a quantized state; pulse energy weapons must be used.

However, since more powerful pulse energy weapons and equipment are still being rushed into production, the current Astartes warriors can only use this pistol to barely deal with the Netherworlds.

Soon, as soon as Leon finished speaking, V, who was in danger, immediately reacted and took out the pistol on his body.

He quickly took out the plasma discharge gun, and when the netherworld was almost touching his face, V pulled the trigger and fired the pulse bullet.

In an instant, several Netherworlds in front of V were instantly beaten into smoke-like particles, and they flew away like exploding flour.

Seeing that this plasma weapon could indeed cause damage to these ghosts, V and Jack immediately felt confident enough to launch a counterattack.

With the exquisite coordination of the two, dozens of ghosts that pounced on them were all turned into powder and disappeared without a trace.

"Fuck! Great job! V!"

Jack breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, when he saw Youming rushing towards him, he really felt a sense of fear of dying.

Even after dealing with this group of ghosts, the fear in Jack's heart still did not dissipate, but became more serious.

"These ghost things are really weird!"

Jack couldn't help but yell and curse, as if only by doing so could he feel calmer.

"This is Team 01. The Nether in the area has been killed. Are there any casualties in the other teams?"

V ignored the frightened Jack and asked about the team's latest situation through the voice communication.

"Report, this is Team 03, no casualties."

"This is Team 09, we have successfully killed Youming."

"..."

After a round of personnel reports, V learned about the encounter that had just taken place, and all the Astartes warriors responded in a timely manner.

In an instant, he pulled out the key plasma discharge gun and dispersed the ghosts attacking them.

[All investigators must evacuate Sana'a immediately, quickly! ]

Just when the soldiers relaxed a little and congratulated each other that there were no casualties in this operation, Li Ang's order was conveyed again.

From Li Ang's urgent voice, everyone could vaguely sense that there seemed to be some terrifying existence here, secretly spying on them.

In fact, the reason why Leon was so anxious to order the investigation team to evacuate quickly was precisely because the Netherworld soldiers who had just been dispersed were not really "dead"!
They were simply disintegrated by the impact of plasma weapons, but after a period of reorganization and aggregation, they would be "resurrected".

No matter how powerful the plasma generator is, it has a limit on the number of times it can fire. Once the energy is exhausted, what awaits the Astartes warriors is a counterattack from the Netherworlds! "Yes!"

After receiving Leon's order, all Astartes warriors immediately evacuated the city of Sana'a in an orderly and rapid manner, and the shuttle in the sky also landed on the ground.

In less than five minutes, all members of the investigation team boarded the plane safely and got away from this troubled place.

By the time the Skyhawk shuttle flew back to the other end of the star gate, the underworld in the city of Sanaa had slowly regrouped from scattered particles and returned to its original state!

……

……

Behind the star gate is the base of all worlds!

At this moment, all the data and information sent from the front line have been sorted and classified by technical personnel and uploaded to the company's headquarters database in an orderly manner.

After confirming that the world in front of the star gate was exactly the "Netherworld" universe, Leon was certain that those Netherworlds just now were humans in the Bose-Einstein condensate state.

According to the original plot, the source of condensed matter technology is an Eastern European country called Moldova.

By using the energy provided by nuclear power plants and the raw material "rubidium", mass production of Bose-Einstein condensate has been achieved.

This material can gather a large number of particles in the same quantum state at an extremely low temperature close to absolute zero!
If this substance passes through the body, it will cause serious damage to the internal organs, brain, skin and other tissues, eventually leading to rapid death.

Although most of the members of Leon's investigation team are highly modified "Iron Hands" Astartes warriors, they still retain some of their original human organs.

For example, the brain.

If their brains were severely damaged, I'm afraid the fate of these Astartes warriors would not be much better than that of ordinary humans.

"Using condensed matter technology to create Netherworld soldiers is an interesting idea..."

Li Ang shook his head and sighed softly.

Judging from the characteristics of condensed matter, this technology is indeed not as suitable for weaponization as plasma.

Moreover, the manufacturing process is complicated and costly, but if it can be made into Netherworld Soldiers, it would be really great!

At least these soldiers can really achieve the kind of attacking state that Taylor in "The Three-Body Problem" dreams of.

In addition to being unobservable by the naked eye, Nether Soldiers move silently and can even release a considerable amount of energy in an instant to blast enemies at close range.

Of course, Netherworld also has weaknesses.

For example, they cannot pass through walls or facilities made of ceramic or pure iron, and will quickly collapse and disintegrate if observed by something from a microscopic level.

But even so, humans in the "Ghost" universe still chose to mass-produce ghost soldiers.

A research team from Moldova used molecular-level scanning equipment to scan human subjects and forcibly extracted a complete neural network system.

Later, 3D printing technology was combined to use condensed matter as the "vehicle" of human consciousness.

In this way, the first Netherworld Soldiers were formed!

"Using a bunch of uncontrollable ghosts as warriors is not a wise decision."

Li Ang said thoughtfully.

In his impression, these ghosts who were extracted from the neural network system were suffering tremendous pain and torture every moment on the boundary between life and death.

Just like the ghosts being tortured in hell, the ghosts fell into a state of madness and began to attack any living beings indiscriminately.

The ghosts in the original movie escaped due to a safety accident. This group of ghosts absorbed energy through various channels and began to self-divide exponentially.

Eventually, they became extremely terrifying "human weapons" of mass destruction, slaughtering millions of innocent people in just a few days.

It is precisely because of such "natural disasters and man-made calamities" that the various countries that are in a state of war choose to temporarily put aside their prejudices and shake hands in peace.

Let's fight these death ghosts together.

"Anything can be destroyed, it all depends on the amount of energy required."

Li Ang muttered to himself.

Although these Netherworld soldiers formed by condensed matter can ignore conventional bullets, they will be defeated by extremely high temperature plasma.

However, although the plasma weapons created by the company can disperse these ghosts, they may not be able to kill them completely.

Unless we use nuclear bombs and hydrogen bombs to wipe them out like the humans in this world, and trap these ghosts to prevent them from obtaining the energy to maintain their own quantum state.

The best way to deal with it is to send people directly to the nuclear power plant to cut off the connection between these dark neural network systems and the condensed matter.

Simply "unplug the network cable" to completely end the existence of these ghosts.

Previously, Le Ang's troops did not see Youming at the star gate, most likely because all the people there were killed.

These ghosts are afraid that they can no longer maintain their quantum form, so they choose to transfer, or they lack new energy, causing themselves to dissipate.

But no matter which result it is, it shows the extremely high lethality of these ghosts and their powerful reproductive ability that spreads like a plague!
If it is not controlled, I am afraid that all living things on this earth will either die or become quantized, and there will be no living things left.

By then, the entire earth might really become a "ghost planet" filled with ghosts floating around!
Saving the Earth in the Netherworld universe is urgent.

After much deliberation, Li Ang decided to send out another fully armed "ghost-fighting force" to Sana'a to rescue the local humans.

The information Li Ang currently has is still too little, far from enough for him to make better decisions.

three days later.

The base of all worlds!

"We have completed the control of the clones' consciousness through polymer devices."

Morgan Blackhand stood in front of Leon and gave him a detailed work report.

"Next, we will give instructions and orders to the Tyrant throughout the process, allowing him to control the clone soldiers to complete all reconnaissance and combat missions!"

The polymer device that Morgan mentioned is the technological point that can control unconscious life forms.

Under Leon's instruction, a group of clones from the factory have been transformed into soldiers who can be deployed on the battlefield through polymer neural control and the implantation of combat chips.

The tyrant, who executes the mission orders 100%, will lead this clone army to the Sana battlefield under the full instructions of the headquarters command room.

"Well, continue to prepare for subsequent combat operations."

Le Ang was quite satisfied with Morgan's actions. In just three days, he had prepared a large army of clones that could be deployed to the battlefield at any time.

With this group of clones, Leon no longer had to worry about any casualties among his own Astartes warriors.

After all, these clones are unconscious "living dead" and are puppet soldiers controlled by polymers.

The Tyrant is the leader responsible for controlling the clones. Even if he dies, there will be subsequent Tyrants to take over and continue to complete the combat mission.

"Yes!"

After receiving Leon's response, Morgan Blackhand immediately went down to arrange the subsequent plans and deployments.

……

The city of Sana'a.

In a basement dozens of meters below the surface, three focused soldiers were sitting in front of the control panel, watching the images on the screen.

This safe house with cramped environment, dim lighting and turbid air is the last guarantee of safety in their lives.

Because the underground room was too stuffy, the three soldiers did not wear heavy combat uniforms and helmets.

Unlike other ordinary soldiers, the firearms they carry at all times are not standard conventional rifles, but larger plasma generators.

This discharge gun has no ammunition, only a row of disposable battery blocks.

"What the hell... I don't know how long we have to live in this crappy place. I really want to go out and take a breath!"

The dead silence in the basement was finally broken by the complaint of one of the soldiers. He looked at the surveillance screen which was the same as usual and couldn't help but sigh.

"It will take at least three months, so be patient."

The soldier sitting in the middle looked obviously older. He was the leader of this group of soldiers and was responsible for leading the team to investigate the situation on the ground.

"Ah? We have to wait so long!"

When the other soldier heard this, he couldn't hold it in any longer. He cursed in despair:

"Sir, I'm really going crazy."

"Instead of being trapped in this basement dozens of meters thick, it's better to go out and fight those ghosts!"

"Even if I die, it's better than being here."

As soon as the soldiers finished complaining, their superior responded coldly: "If you want to die, go ahead and die. No one will stop you."

The commander's words choked the two soldiers who were complaining.

If they really wanted to die, why would they follow the refugees and flee into the basement?

Even though they cursed, the soldiers' bodies were still quite honest. No one really wanted to go up and give their lives to the underworld.

At this moment, the entire basement fell into awkward silence again.

The three soldiers continued to focus on the screen, observing the surface area they were responsible for.

They have been living like moles for almost ten years!
From their initial uneasiness to today's numbness and despair, they still cling on here, preferring to be trapped to death underground rather than dare to come out easily.

The main reason lies in the terrifying "ghosts" on the ground that appear and disappear without a trace!
(End of this chapter)