After sacrificing 60% of the lucky attributes (approximately 0 points) within 14 days, [Bold Explorer] was activated, and the world in front of Han Xiao suddenly changed.

The perspective is suspended in outer space. There is a giant planet at the foot. A piece of silver-gray land with a curvature extends out of the sight and bends at the end. The horizon is covered with a blue-white dazzling light, with a shining light embedded on it.

Dot, that is a huge photon energy tower, dotted with the background curtain of the dark universe.

Han Xiao looked around and saw that the earth was a steel forest without any green vegetation. Countless mechanical buildings of strange shapes occupied every inch of space. The mechanical towers pointed towards the sky, making this giant planet look like a mutated sea urchin.

Wearing steel armor, it is cold and heavy, yet there is something evil about it.

At this time, the perspective suddenly zoomed in, falling towards the earth, and mechanical cities passed by at low altitude. I saw that the residents of this planet were all a group of mechanical bodies with different appearances. It was almost impossible to find two identical individuals, and the structures were all complicated.

Exquisite, gorgeously painted, looks very high-end.

"They are all mechanical bodies. Could it be that this is a civilization of mechanical life?"

Watching this scene as a bystander, Han Xiao couldn't help but think of the Youzu mechanical civilization under his command. The two were very similar. The difference was that the mechanical civilization revealed by [Bold Explorer] was more advanced and had developed to a mature stage.

"Did the virtual rebellion virus originate from this unknown mechanical civilization..."

Han Xiao thought carefully while looking at the things in front of him.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

Suddenly there was a dazzling light outside the sky, and a huge torrent of rays swept past, and the giant planet was right along the way.

A large shield appeared in the outer space of the giant planet and enveloped the entire planet. However, the moment it came into contact with the ray, the large shield evaporated and was broken into countless energy particles.

The next moment, the giant planet lost its protection, and the earth was peeled off layer by layer, annihilated and decomposed in a short moment. The entire planet was easily wiped out in the universe by this beam of rays.

At this time, the skill ended, the illusion in front of Han Xiao disappeared, and he returned to the room, frowning,

The last beam just now was an ultra-high-energy directional gamma ray burst. It may not just be a natural disaster, but it seems to be suspected of being weaponized.

Gamma ray bursts are common cosmic disasters. Evaporating a planet is just a joke. Most civilizations today have protection against such natural disasters. However, the civilization in the illusion is very advanced, but it is

Once it entered the soul, it was turned into powder, which was a bit strange.

Normal people can't observe many details, but the senses of Transcendent A-level beings are different and they can see many things that ordinary people can't see. He found that there was obviously some material added to this gamma ray burst. It might be someone

Star-destroying war weapons of advanced civilizations.

The universe is full of radiation and is actually very lively and bright. However, in the eyes of ordinary people, there is only darkness. Different levels of life have different views of the world. They all see the world through keyholes, and the keyholes of advanced beings are larger.

"The information brought by this skill is not enough, there is no clear direction..."

Han Xiao rubbed his lips with his thumb, summarizing the information displayed in the short illusion.

First, there was an advanced civilization suspected of mechanical life. They had a high-tech large-scale colonial star. Then the planet was blown up by a star-killing weapon, proving that there was another advanced civilization as their enemy. The starting star cluster of the enemy civilization's strength

level, possibly reaching the quasi-universe level.

The creator of the virtual rebellion virus should be one of these two civilizations. There was too little information about the other civilization, so Han Xiao did not consider it. He mainly analyzed this unknown mechanical civilization.

"There are many possibilities for the origin of mechanical civilization. The most common one is the enlightenment of a Transcendent A Grade mechanic, but it may also be another origin. For example, biological civilization undergoes mechanical ascension, and the consciousness of the whole family is transformed into a mechanical mind, and the physical body is replaced by

Machinery, in order to gain immortality... It is also possible that this civilization is a form of AI civilization, a world dominated by some intelligent life forms, and the external mechanical body is just a vehicle for them to walk in reality..."

Han Xiao analyzed it, and what puzzled him the most was that the era of this mechanical civilization was obviously not the civilization of the modern Star Sea Calendar. He did not know whether it was a lost civilization that existed in the Exploration Calendar, or an unknown advanced civilization in the unexplored universe.

I still have to continue to use [Bold Quester] to collect intelligence, maybe I should look for a more relevant target as a skill target...

Han Xiao suddenly felt something in his heart.

I almost forgot that the triangular safety device that stores the virus has been seized by the three major civilizations. Isn't this a better target?

By the way, I can also visit Harrison and others. This group of hard-working guys were temporarily imprisoned due to the release of the virtual rebellion virus. The supervisor's promise to give them freedom has obviously become a fart that goes with the wind. So big

How could a small supervisor have the final say in the disaster? Harrison was singing Tears Behind Bars in prison.

The three major civilizations were considerate of this group of prisoners, fearing that their bodies would become rusty due to their long prison life, so they conducted intense interrogations on them every day and helped them exercise and stay healthy.

With this in mind, Han Xiao asked a bunch of subordinates to stay in the room to help Philip analyze the virus code. He himself left the R&D department and strode to the empire's office in the headquarters.

The three major civilizations have appointed senior officials from their respective supervisory departments to take charge of matters in the ancient star desert. With Han Xiao's status in the Scarlet Empire, he was able to meet the supervisory minister in charge of the empire without any hindrance.

The other party stood up to greet him, exchanged a few words, and then sat down.

"Your Excellency Black Star, what do you want from me?" the Imperial Supervisor Minister asked.

"I read the information you gave me and am going to study the device that stores the virus. I hope I can apply to borrow it."

"That's easy to say." The Imperial Supervisor Minister agreed directly, which was very flattering.

"In addition, I want to get in touch with the group of scavengers who dug up the virus. If possible, I want to let them out temporarily."

"You can see them at any time, but just letting them go... seems a bit inappropriate."

"I know that you have been interrogating them, but there is no harvest. They should be just simple unlucky people. There are not so many conspiracy theories. There is no use in locking them up."

The Imperial Supervisor Minister frowned and said in a serious tone: "However, releasing the virus to cause such a big impact is a serious crime. Even if it is just a simple accident, they are still responsible. How can they just let it go?"

Han Xiao shook his head and said: "Maybe they can help me. Let them stay with me for the time being and make meritorious service. If they really contribute, they will make a profit."

"...Since it is your request, fine, but they are still prisoners and cannot move freely. They must follow you." The Imperial Supervisor Minister hesitated for a while and agreed.

He only relented because of Black Star's status. If ordinary people applied to him, he would not accept anything.

"Thank you." Han Xiao smiled, "I have another application, hoping to work part-time in the field."

"Are you going to take action outside?" The Imperial Supervisor Minister was a little surprised.

Han Xiao nodded, suppressed his smile, and said seriously: "Yes, Manison and the others are in charge of the research and development work here. I don't need to devote myself wholeheartedly. It would be a waste of resources for me to stay here. Currently, there are two tasks and

It is equally important to develop a three-piece antivirus suite."

"You say."

"The first is to find the core of the virus. If the core of the virus can be solved, then most of the triggering mechanisms of the virtual mutiny virus will be invalidated, which is equivalent to destroying the opponent's brain, and the threat of disaster will be reduced."

"This is indeed very important." The Imperial Supervisor Minister agreed.

If the core of the virus could be controlled, then the progress of resolving the disaster would be increased by more than half at once. However, the core of the virus was hidden too deeply, and it was impossible to know what kind of abnormal data it was. The three major civilizations have been unable to find it, just like looking for a needle in a haystack.

As he said that, Han Xiao raised two fingers and said: "Secondly, in my opinion, it is only a matter of time that the three major civilizations and the abilities of many Transcendent A Grade mechanics are concentrated to crack this virus. This is not impossible.

The real difficulty lies in people with evil intentions.”

Hearing this, the Imperial Supervisor Minister frowned.

"History has taught us countless times that people's greed and suspicion are the catalysts for disasters. If not controlled, small problems will eventually evolve into big problems that cannot be dealt with." Han Xiao said slowly: "I think the empire also understands that the virus itself

It’s not difficult to solve. The real problem is those guys with ulterior motives in the universe. The outbreak of the virtual mutiny virus is like handing the switch of disaster into the hands of these people... With such a good opportunity here, who doesn’t want to possess a strategic deterrent weapon?

Woolen cloth?"

He could see clearly that this was like an opportunity for anyone to easily obtain nuclear weapons, and the cost was extremely low. No ambitious force would want to give it a try.

The Imperial Supervisor Minister stood up, paced back and forth, and said in a deep voice:

"You are right. The top leaders of the three major civilizations have always been worried about this. We are all our own people, and there is no need to hide it. The Transcendent Star Cluster civilization has been obedient to us for a long time, and they will not be obedient. The intelligent heroic soul of the empire has done this

Analysis shows that it is not only the advanced civilizations in the ancient star desert that are eyeing the virtual rebellion virus, but also various external forces. They will hire countless black market mercenaries and wanted criminals to help them smuggle the virus. This is also the blockade of the star field by the three major civilizations.

One of the reasons.

But we need the ancient star desert civilization to cooperate with us in anti-virus. We cannot be too tough on them, especially the super star cluster civilization. They can reopen their own external communication base stations at any time. Whether the virus is leaked or not, in fact, we have no say, they are in control.

Of course, they don’t dare to mess around. Therefore, if the three major civilizations want to control the situation, they can only be cautious, turn a blind eye, and dare not push them into a hurry. And this is what we think

Another reason to quickly develop a three-piece antivirus suite - as long as the threat of virus technology is fundamentally resolved, the small moves of advanced civilizations will be self-defeating."

As he said that, the Imperial Supervisor Minister stopped, supported the table with both hands, and said slowly: "Your Excellency Black Star, since you are willing to go out on field duty, then I will hand over three imperial fleets to your command. I hope you can capture as many greedy hearts as possible.

A bastard who doesn’t care about the safety of the universe.”

"good."

Han Xiao stood up and shook hands with him.

The other Transcendent A-levels are focused on research and want to understand this virus technology. No one is willing to waste energy going out to arrest people everywhere. In their view, it is all hard work that they should not be responsible for.

But Technician Han is different. He has the task of [Intelligent Plague]. If he wants to improve the task evaluation, research and development alone is not enough. After all, the credit is shared by a lot of people.

In his opinion, the direct way to improve task evaluation is to catch those fish that slip through the net with evil intentions.

Moreover, the special request was to destroy the core of the virus with his own hands, so he was naturally interested and did not want to stay at the command headquarters doing research every day.

As for doing research, the more others decipher it, the more you can share it. Once Lao Maitou has completely analyzed the virus structure, you can just go and get the ready-made secondary research. You can save a lot of effort and have a great time.

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Reaching a consensus with the person in charge, Han Xiao left the Imperial Office and went all the way to the prison area to visit Harrison.

When the warden learned of Han Xiao's intention, he immediately warmly welcomed him in and led the way respectfully.

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In the single cell, Harrison rested his head on his hands, lying on his back on the bed, staring at the ceiling in trance.

"Is this what I will do in my life..."

Harrison sighed.

During the month he was in jail, there was not a day when he didn't regret it. His premonition was correct. The triangular device he unearthed really brought him huge trouble. If he had known this, he would not have left the ruins alive or dead.
To be continued...