Alien Knights

Sitting in the carriage, feeling the bumps on the road, Todd glanced at Wayne who was holding the document in his arms, and said, "You said you have solved the biggest problem of alien weapons, what exactly do you mean?"

Wayne scratched his head and said, "Your Majesty, regarding the actual combat results of the first heterogeneous warship, we have summed up some disadvantages. The first and most important problem is that during the battle, the keel parasite will extract a large amount of nutrients from the host. And then cause serious harm to the host."

Todd nodded: "Keel parasites, the nutrients for all actions come from the parasites. If it is only the size of the keel armor, it is nothing...but a warship tens of meters long, its steering, A series of actions such as parking, repairing, and propulsion all require a large amount of nutrients to be extracted, which is a disaster for the parasitized host."

"That's right, the human's frail body is simply not enough to provide nutrients for large-scale alien weapons. I have done experiments repeatedly. A strong adult man can only support the alien warship for 45 minutes under the condition of normal intake of nutrients. Wartime consumption... Moreover, the alien warship we have now is only about 20 meters long, and in terms of tonnage, it can only be regarded as a fishing boat at best."

Hearing this, Todd frowned. He clearly understood that the "experiment" Wayne referred to was a death experiment conducted with death row prisoners and prisoners of war. Some of the humans arrested in the rebellion three years ago, after falsifying their death records, were all tested and developed by the veterinarian in front of them with extremely inhuman methods as consumables.

"In the beginning, regarding the energy consumption of alien weapons, I designed a large bio-energy cabin on the alien warship." Wayne made a rectangular shape with his hands: "Specially design a cabin to store a large number of biological cultivation tanks." Put the human body in deep sleep into the culture tank, and then insert the mouthparts of the keel parasite into their body. In this way, these people become the energy source of the alien weapon, which can continuously provide energy for the alien weapon .”

Wayne rubbed his chin, as if talking about a trivial matter: "During non-war periods, the internal circulation system of these humanoid energy bodies can fully meet the daily consumption of exotic weapons; As the consumption increases, these humanoid energy bodies will be over-extracted from nutrients, and finally become mummy that can no longer be used. At the end of the war, the alien warships will dock for supplies, clean up all these mummy, and reinject them into new human bodies. "

Not noticing Todd's increasingly dark complexion, Wayne continued on his own: "I was quite optimistic about this method, but after actual operation, I discovered a problem...Using humans as bioenergy , the cost is too high, and exotic weapons cannot be mass-produced at all.”

"I have made an assumption. If a 137-meter-long heterogeneous destroyer is built, in order to maintain the maximum consumption during the war, it must carry at least 87 human energy bodies of standard physique. Moreover, this group of energy bodies is at most Only for three hours."

"According to this method of consumption, after a small-scale naval battle, the nutrients in the bodies of seven hundred adults need to be drained. In the long run, no country can support this consumption."

Todd coughed heavily, and said in a deep voice with an ugly face: "Using humans as energy bodies for alien weapons, this kind of experiment is prohibited in the future!"

Wayne, who was immersed in the alien experiment, didn't hear the strangeness in Todd's mouth at all. The former continued excitedly: "As hosts, humans are not suitable for carrying alien weapons. Their bodies are in front of the keel parasites. A way to satisfy the appetite of the latter. So... I set my sights on the crusaders..."

Hearing Wayne's words, Todd opened his eyes angrily, and his whole body began to grow rapidly. Thin dragon scales grew on his skin, and there were traces of flames at the corner of his mouth. out.

As Todd's body expanded, the entire carriage exploded into a pile of scrap metal in an instant.

"Bastard! You used those believers of the Crusaders as a heterogeneous experiment?!" Todd, who transformed into a dragon shape, glared at the humans in front of him, and shouted loudly: "Who gave you the power?! Who gave you the guts?!"

Looking at the increasingly large dragon in front of him, Wayne Dunlop understood the other party's anger in an instant, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, it's not what you think! I didn't regard the crusaders as alien weapons The energy body, and I have already discarded the plan of the bio-energy cabin..."

Hearing Wayne's self-defense, Todd stopped his body that continued to change, stared at Wayne with dark golden dragon eyes, and growled: "Keep talking!"

"Although the physical condition of the crusaders is far stronger than that of humans, if they are used as the energy bodies of alien weapons, they still cannot meet the needs of large weapons!"

In a panic, Wayne took out a piece of paper from the scattered documents and put it in front of Todd, and said anxiously: "Through the soul totem, I went to the library of the Heavenly Kingdom Research Institute, and found the energy source of the alien weapon inside." solutions provided.”

Todd lowered his head and looked at the pattern on the paper, which showed an exploded view of a battleship.

Wayne said loudly at this time: "What should I do if the energy consumption of a large alien warship is too high and the operation cost is too high? It's very simple, just divide this warship into countless modules that can be spliced ​​freely."

Todd was taken aback: "Module?"

"Yes! For example, a large heterogeneous battleship can be divided into many functional areas, such as weapon area, thruster area, steering area, ship armor area, etc., and each area can be further subdivided into more Small modules, such as the propeller area, can be subdivided into No. 1 propeller module, No. 2 propeller module, No. 1 bearing module, No. 2 bearing module and so on."

Wayne pointed to the hundreds of small modules on the exploded view of the battleship, and explained: "Our original design was to transform a keel parasite into a battleship. Now, if a battleship is disassembled Each module is composed of a tyrant keel parasite, and each keel parasite deforms into a corresponding shape according to the function of its respective module. For example, the propeller module, the keel deforms into the appearance of a propeller propeller. Another example is the ship armor module, the keel is transformed into a piece of ship armor. In this way, many problems can be easily solved.”

Todd asked while thinking: "So, how to link and combine the modules?"

Wayne spread his five fingers and said to Todd: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that there is a nervous system in the bone of the keel parasite, and two adjacent keel parasites can be connected to each other through connections." The nervous system makes commands and signals continuously transmitted in all keels like water."

"In this way, as long as a huge heterogeneous warship is divided into hundreds or thousands of small modules, each module is composed of a keel parasite, so that the host of each keel parasite, The nutrient extraction pressure will be greatly reduced."

Wayne explained: "The crusaders I mentioned before hope to arrange them into some modules that consume a lot. Such as propellers, weapons, and armor modules. The nutrients they need to extract during the war, ordinary humans It is unbearable, only a few alien races in the crusaders can assume the host position, such as orcs, tauren..."

After listening to Wayne's explanation, Todd closed his eyes and slowly returned from the dragon form to the human form, then opened his eyes and looked at the drivers and guards who were kneeling on the ground, not even daring to breathe, and said calmly: " It's all right, get up."

Todd took the robe handed over by the servant, put it on his body, looked at Wayne, and said calmly: "About the modularization plan of the alien weapon, let's talk as we go."