Chapter 183 Avatar! Pandora! Eva!
"Hoohoo...!"
Because David Martinez was wearing a sealed mask, his rapid breathing became particularly clear and loud.
Even through a thick layer of power armor, he could feel his two beating hearts beating against the hard breastplate.
As an outstanding graduate of LA Company and Arasaka Joint Academy, David Martinez successfully joined the "Iron Hands" Corps of LA Company with his excellent grades.
Now he is one of the members of the advance team of the Astartes Corps, and his immediate superior is Jack Wells!
"Everything is normal, no suspicious creatures have been found for the time being."
David Martinez stepped forward cautiously while reporting the situation through the communication device.
At this moment, the HUD function of the mask David was wearing was displaying the information transmitted by the scanning radar.
As well as the environmental data detected by the dynamic sensor, and the team members beside David were also marked as safe green dots.
This shows that David is in a relatively safe environment, and there are no suspicious dangerous factors for the time being.
[Keep alert and report the situation at any time! ]
Jack Wells' voice sounded in David's communication device.
"Yes!"
David looked at his personal heart rate displayed in the upper right corner of his mask. Since this was his first time landing on an alien planet to carry out a combat plan, his heart rate was much higher than usual.
If he were to clear out the fragile rebels on Earth, David would be completely merciless and kill the heretics who were hostile to the company.
But this is an alien world after all. When he doesn't know the opponent he will face next, David will be more nervous and serious than usual.
Soon, when the advance team members who had landed on Pandora reported one by one that there was no abnormality.
V, the commander of the Astartes Legion, then made a summary report to Morgan Blackhand, the commander of the giant ship in the sky:
"The Iron Hands advance team has successfully arrived at the destination. Everything is normal on the ground, no abnormalities!"
As soon as V finished reporting, the real-time communication device transmitted V's words to a height of several thousand meters above Pandora.
[Received, temporarily standby, report immediately if any abnormal situation occurs! ]
Morgan's voice sounded soon.
After receiving the order, V immediately ordered most of the advance team members to rest and standby on the spot, and sent a few soldiers to simply investigate and monitor the surrounding environment.
Just in case!
At the same time, the Infinity Array Group stationed near the low-Earth orbit of Pandora tightly wrapped the blue planet like a semi-ring.
It seemed to declare that the planet had been locked by LA Company.
At this moment, Leon, standing on the main command platform, was looking calmly and steadily at the full visible picture of the ground of Pandora displayed on the real-time screen.
Skyhawk shuttles, flapping-wing aircraft, AT-99 Scorpion fighters, and Vargus armed helicopters are taking turns to shoot scenes all over the planet.
Through the videos, images and other information sent by the ground forces, Leon can basically confirm that this Pandora planet is the alien world he is familiar with!
Just a dozen days ago, a starship array consisting of 200 Infinity giant ships completed the space jump through the channel blasted by the Macedonian engine.
The fleet of LA Company arrived safely near Pandora.
In order to ensure that there are no alien forces or fleets from other universes around Pandora.
Leon cautiously sent out a flight advance team to conduct reconnaissance around various planets.
After confirming that there were only human giant ship arrays here, Leon boldly sent out 20 Infinity starships to form the first vanguard around Pandora.
Under his command, the entire fleet slowly approached this strange and beautiful blue planet.
The reason why Leon was so careful, sending out aircraft for reconnaissance and conducting slow and orderly explorations, was to find out whether this was the Pandora he expected.
What if the indigenous Na'vi on Pandora have been enslaved by other alien hybrids or exterminated by other aliens.
Then Leon must make a more complete plan. As the chief commander of this huge expedition, he must be responsible for the lives of these eight million starship warriors.
"Boss, it seems that this is the same as we expected. Pandora is still in an uncivilized state. There are no traces of other civilizations here."
After integrating the various information collected by the ground forces, Morgan Blackhand organized them into clear documents and summarized them to Leon.
Some of the LA company's colonial soldiers on the ground have taken photos of the indigenous Na'vi on this planet.
Judging from the appearance of these blue-skinned people, Leon was sure that he had come to the right place.
"Well, I understand."
Hearing this, Leon finally felt relieved.
For this expedition, he specially dispatched two hundred large-scale Infinity warships to participate in this colonization operation.
This seems to be a cautious gesture of "a giant cannon shooting at a mosquito". In addition to the display of strength for political purposes, Leon is also wary of other cosmic civilizations.
It is better to be safe than sorry.
After all, the system did not tell Leon whether the Pandora planet that appeared in the cyber world view was still the same as in the original Avatar movie.
"Give orders to continue the next reconnaissance operation. All aircraft will expand the search range. Report in case of emergency and request support. Don't fight."
Leon gave orders to Morgan Blackhand.
A lion fights a rabbit with all its strength.
Even if it is against the indigenous Na'vi on Pandora, if you can kill them in a group, don't play a one-on-one duel. The lives of alien species are not as precious as those of human warriors.
"Yes!"
Immediately, Morgan Blackhand once again issued an order to all company troops on the ground through the real-time communication channel in a low and calm voice to continue moving forward.
After receiving the reminder from the Infinity's main command center, V ordered the soldiers of the Legion to continue to move forward.
"Got it, let's go!"
The area where V and Jack are located is an environment similar to the primitive rainforest on Earth, but it is completely different from any rainforest on Earth.
Because the trees, flowers and plants here seem to have been irrigated with abundant oxygen, sufficient sunlight and water resources, and each has a huge size.
Hundreds of meters tall trees can be seen everywhere, and the most important thing is that V feels that his body seems to have become "lighter", and he feels like he is being carried by someone.
As expected, V scanned the data feedback table on the right side of the mask with his peripheral vision, and the information displayed on it had a line of prompts:
Gravity: about 0.8G!
All the above information shows that V and his team of Astartes Legion soldiers have actually arrived on another planet at this moment.
For the legionnaires who left their homeland on Earth for the first time and stepped into the rain forest of an unknown planet, it would be somewhat novel and uncomfortable.
The most common emotion lingering in the hearts of the legionnaires was the tension as if facing a great enemy, and the full concentration of vigilance.
After all, it was the first time for everyone to fight against alien species, and no one knew how far this colonial war would go.
Although they were all professionally trained and had participated in many anti-insurgency campaigns on Earth and had established countless merits.
But facing such a situation, it was impossible to say that they were not worried at all.
Even most of the Astartes warriors had an AI tool in their brains that could control their thoughts.
However, V's state seemed very calm and stable. As the commander of the "Iron Hands" Legion, he had already accepted any war test calmly.
Therefore, even on this new planet Pandora, V still maintained enough calmness and high fighting spirit.
Jack Wells, who was beside V, immediately stepped forward as planned after a simple observation, and then further obtained information about the planet through professional equipment.
"0.9 atmospheric pressure, 0.8G gravity, carbon dioxide content greater than 18%, it seems that we have come to the right place!"
"V, this is Pandora."
Jack smiled carelessly. The scenery of this planet was not as terrible as he imagined, at least it was not full of bloodthirsty monsters and weird man-eating plants.
It can even be said that the landscape of this planet is quite unique and beautiful, and it really feels like a paradise.
"Don't take it lightly."
V didn't feel relaxed like Jack. He knew that the more beautiful things are, the more vigilance is needed.
Nature is often colorful and rare animals with extremely high lethality, and this beautiful extraterrestrial planet may be the same!
Before thoroughly exploring the environment here, maintaining the most basic vigilance and alertness is responsible for one's own life.
"Li De, David, you two lead the team to explore at 9 o'clock, Jack, you lead the team to 3 o'clock, try to find the open area of this rainforest."
"But remember, don't be reckless, be careful!"
After sending his adjutant and the captain of the advance team to explore the situation, V ordered the rest of the people to stay where they were, start building defensive positions, and carry wired communication base stations.
According to Leon's action plan, after the company's ground forces all arrived on the planet, what they have to do next is to expand the scope of activities.
Then, within the safe camp, they began to establish communication connections to facilitate the legion soldiers in various regions to maintain smooth contact with each other.
In order to avoid sudden accidents of human soldiers, encountering ambushes or attacks by the Na'vi natives, resulting in their own people being unable to contact the company's reinforcements.
"Understood!"
Li De and other members of the advance team responded in unison, and then followed V's instructions and led the Astartes warriors to the depths of the rainforest.
In the following time, V, who was in charge of the central army, began to command the actions of soldiers from other troops.
The members of the advance team equipped with large mechanical exoskeleton devices placed the huge equipment box on a relatively open and dry ground, opened the lock, and began to set up a wired base station.
Small groups of soldiers, like streams, flowed to various parts of the rainforest and began to conduct thorough reconnaissance and patrol.
Boom...!
Ten Infinity ships, which served as large-scale military bases in the air, also stayed steadily in the sky above V at this time.
Dozens of flapping-wing aircraft, Skyhawk shuttles and armed helicopters began to fly out of the cabin one after another, delivering basic supplies to the soldiers on the ground and conducting comprehensive surveys.
At this moment, David Martinez's heart rate had dropped to a normal range. He held the company's standard rifle, the Armat M41A, and moved forward steadily.
Just as the reconnaissance team he and Li De were in was about to leave V for nearly 200 meters, they suddenly heard a cry of an unknown creature.
"Gu...! Gu!!"
In an instant, David's neurons suddenly became active. He immediately turned off the safety and raised his rifle to the direction of the sound.
Li De, who was calm and composed, was not like David, a reckless young man, who would get nervous at the slightest sign of trouble.
He raised his hand to stop the soldiers beside him and whispered:
"Fire after hearing my order, don't expose our position too early."
While Li De gave orders to the Astartes soldiers beside him, he raised his rifle and looked into the depths of the rainforest.
"Yes!"
All the soldiers, including David, nodded in unison to show that they understood.
"Gugu! Gugu!"
The crisp chirping sound became more and more obvious, accompanied by the sound of rustling quickly passing by. It was not until the soldiers passed through the dense jungle that they saw the source of the strange sound.
It was a group of blue-skinned monkeys about 1.5 meters long and looked very light. At first glance, they looked a bit similar to those on Earth.
Seeing that the suspicious risk factor seemed to have been eliminated, David removed his index finger from the trigger of the rifle and breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately, David's mask HUD automatically locked onto one of the alien monkeys and enlarged its feature image so that he could observe it more carefully.
These agile alien monkeys each have three pairs of limbs, and there are leather wings like flying squirrels on both sides of their bodies, which allow them to shuttle and wander freely in the jungle.
Just a moment later, this group of alien creatures passed over the heads of the Astartes warriors and disappeared in the dense forest of lush green and dark blue.
After confirming that the threat was temporarily lifted, Li De lowered the muzzle and then half-crouched under the roots of a giant tree.
He began to observe the blue beetles in the soil under his feet and the gorgeous blue and pink plants around him.
"The color characteristics of the plants and animals on this planet are quite obvious and bright. They don't seem to worry about predation and attacks by natural enemies at all."
Li De said thoughtfully.
Looking at these dreamlike alien natural scenes, Li De had to wonder if there was a guardian god on this planet, or if it was the back garden of some advanced civilization.
Otherwise, why did these creatures get along so harmoniously, and even when they saw humans who had never appeared before, they had no fear at all.
"Keep going."
After thinking fruitlessly, Li De took David and others to continue the exploration mission.
In the next few minutes, this team of Astartes warriors encountered creatures that looked like wild horses, but were more than twice as large as horses on Earth, and had three pairs of legs.
After seeing the human soldiers, they still did not show any tension, tyranny or fear, but just passed by Li De calmly.
Since they landed on Pandora, until now, Li De has realized that the size of animals and plants on this planet is 2-3 times higher than the average on Earth.
Fortunately, the creatures they encountered were mild-tempered and did not show much aggression, which meant that Reed and his team did not need to open fire to defend against the enemy or call for emergency support.
Seeing this scene, Reed became more and more certain of his inner guess. The creatures here looked more and more like experimental subjects kept in a greenhouse.
They were not like animals on Earth. When they encountered creatures they had never seen before, they would show some emotions.
The creatures here were a little too calm!
Just as Reed was thinking, a flapping-wing aircraft flew quickly over his head.
And this flapping-wing aircraft also shared the real-time images they had taken, presenting them in the corners of the masks of each Astartes warrior.
Through the shared images brought by this flapping-wing aircraft, Reed and David saw that there would be an extremely open area 500 meters ahead of them.
"Our air force has found the resource target. Let's speed up now."
With Li De's order, the team of Astartes warriors began to march quickly. After passing through the dense forest, they soon came to the edge of the rainforest.
When the unobstructed large open area appeared in front of them, everything seemed particularly clear!
However, Li De was on the edge of a towering cliff, but when they looked into the distance, they were surprised to find that the surrounding cliffs and peaks were floating like clouds!
Yes, floating!
The mountains suspended in the air were like huge ancient stone pillars pulled by some mysterious floating force, forming a magnificent natural wonder.
"This is the floating stone that our company needs to mine!"
David looked up at the floating mountains with a dull look. Until this moment, he couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart at the wonders of the universe and nature.
This journey was not in vain!
[Multiple wired communication base stations have been established and are now connected normally! ]
[The Skyhawk shuttle has detected a large number of floating stone resource areas, and ground troops are heading to the destination. ]
[Please pay attention to safety of each group of legion soldiers. If a firefight occurs, request support immediately! ]
[……]
At this time, V's calm and steady command voice once again resounded in the team channels of various Astartes Legion soldiers.
According to V's instructions, a large number of company troops are heading towards the front area, and technical and scientific research personnel are also escorted by aircraft and are about to land in the floating stone resource area!
Seeing these magical mineral resources, LA Company's colonial journey is halfway completed!
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In the low-Earth orbit of Pandora, the main command center of the Infinity giant ship.
"According to the video and image information sent back by the ground forces, Pandora is exactly as we expected."
"The planet has a magnetic field of sufficient strength to protect the atmosphere, the radiation intensity is normal, and the atmospheric pressure of 0.9 is enough for our soldiers to carry out their missions normally."
"So far, the company's technical team and engineering team have arrived at the floating stone area and are conducting exploration and testing under the protection of the soldiers."
"…"
In the starship command center with many screens and control consoles, the news reports from the ground are naturally too many to keep up with.
The LA company employees sitting at their respective positions are also paying close attention to the situation of various information and providing real-time news feedback to the ground forces in a timely manner.
In front of the core console of the command center, Li Ang is facing a holographic screen, looking at the first-hand intelligence displayed by the 3D imaging.
Through various information and materials sent by the front staff, Li Ang can be completely sure that this is the alien world he is familiar with, Pandora!
As the first human force to land on this alien planet, Leon's goal is naturally to plunder the floating stone resources on Pandora.
And occupy this planet and make it a resource production area for giant companies!
Moreover, minerals with special properties like this are the basic resources to maintain the ideal city.
In Leon's plan, he has included Pandora as one of the material supply planets for the Universal City.
This is his backyard!
However, this magnificent and magnificent Pandora also has some humanoid creatures that will cause trouble to human soldiers-Na'vi natives.
And some seemingly inconspicuous but actually murderous plants, and animals whose minds can be controlled at any time!
Yes, there is also a supernatural mysterious power on this planet, and the holder of this power is Eywa!
Eywa (Eywa), this is the respectful name of the Na'vi natives for their gods, and Eywa can also be called the real creator of this planet.
Of course, Li Ang guessed that the existence of Eva was probably as old as the age of this planet.
As a collection of the biological will of Pandora, Eva's birth was likely to accompany this planet.
Since the birth of Pandora, Eva has appeared in its earliest form.
When the creatures on this planet began to appear and multiply, the biological neural connection units they evolved from became Eva's nutrition tube.
Through these biological neural units, Eva has established close contact with all the creatures on this planet, and even shares information from billions of years of planetary consciousness from time to time.
Let these creatures get a sensory enjoyment similar to spiritual yoga.
And this peculiar way of neural connection has been perfectly embodied in the indigenous Na'vi people!
Because the axonal nervous system at the end of their braids can almost achieve a period of consciousness interaction with all the creatures on this planet.
Under the "spiritual tree" of the Na'vi people, they can even use the nervous system of their braids to achieve collective mutual connection and conduct large-scale divine meeting rituals with the god Eva!
In this way, Eva can control the creatures on this planet for a long time.
In addition, the Na'vi people have a religious ritual that is extremely terrifying. They will place the dying tribesmen under the "spiritual tree".
Let the "spiritual tree", a terminal device with data transmission function, upload the consciousness of the dying to Eva, the final server, and become a part of it.
This is the real reason why Eva is eternal on Pandora. It is the conscious life form of this planet!
"Eva..."
Standing in front of the central console screen, Leon was thoughtful.
From the various information intelligence he has mastered, this planetary conscious life form called "Eva" is actually very similar to his matrix server.
Especially the working principle!
The current matrix mainly controls digital life forms, allowing them to reproduce and generate electricity in the server, and create artificial intelligence AI tools that can be used by the company.
Eva can play more tricks.
It has existed and continued on Pandora for billions of years. This planet is like its exclusive home.
Eva cultivated creatures that could provide nutrients for her consciousness on this planet with a pleasant climate and suitable for the reproduction of life.
The animals, plants, and natives here are essentially the "conscious food" carefully cultivated by Eva.
Even the details presented in the original movie show that "Eva" can actually affect the consciousness of the human male protagonist, allowing him to voluntarily give up his human identity and join the Na'vi camp.
This shows that Eva actually has the terrifying ability to assimilate the consciousness of alien life and transform its consciousness into what she wants!
Consciousness assimilation, taking it for one's own use.
This ability is not much worse than the matrix.
Perhaps Pandora has also had other colonists visit, but they have all been transformed into their own part by "Eva" without exception.
Relying on the huge consciousness information and data of countless creatures, Eva has now become a veritable god on this planet!
Coincidentally, its working procedure is almost the same as Leon's matrix server.
But one difference is that Leon's matrix is a conceptual server, which can be connected to Eva's huge consciousness body, making it a part of the matrix!
Therefore, Leon never thought of forcibly enslaving the natives here by means of war from the beginning.
After all, even if it is the company's troops, they are not natives after defeating these people. The owner here is still Eva, not humans.
I am afraid that by then, when Leon's Infinity Fleet has just withdrawn half, the thief Eva will immediately launch a revenge action!
Therefore, it is more convenient to capture the king first, first deal with the Na'vi god Eva, and then use Eva to control the natives, animals, plants and other creatures here!
This is called efficient colonization!
Thinking of this, Leon turned on his matrix server and checked the attribute panel of the matrix.
[Genesis-level server: matrix
Quality: Legend
The current level is Lv3, and the life forms that can be connected are silicon-based organisms, mechanical life, and consciousness life.
Top administrator (architect): Li Ang
Security operation and maintenance program (operation and maintenance member): Song Zhaomei]
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