Chapter 1 The Artificial Human No. 1's Dissection

Artificial Human No. 1 was currently dissecting the stomach of that Slaad, and this fellow's stomach had an astonishing volume, capable of holding at least two or three people. After Artificial Human No. 1 cut it open, he searched very carefully, because what he originally wanted to find was the giant monster's possible stomach stones. If this thing was found, it would be quite valuable.

At this point, we must mention the future human concept. Because after the great integration of culture and race in the interstellar colonization era, Western culture and Eastern medicine were also spread, and acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine began to formally show a trend of combining with Western medicine.

In traditional Chinese medicine, it is very popular to use animal stones to treat diseases. For example, the very famous three treasures of Chinese medicine: niu huang (cow gallstone), gou bao (dog kidney stone), and ma bao (horse intestinal stone).

In Fang Senyan's real world, China's annual demand for niu huang reached an astonishing 450 tons, while China's annual natural niu huang production was only one ton, so its price even reached twice that of gold. After mad cow disease became popular in Europe, in order to prevent mad cow disease from entering through the drug route, China decided to ban the import of Chinese patent medicines prepared from bovine source materials, and the price of natural niu huang soared several times again!

In this interstellar colonization era, various new plants and animals have been discovered, which has greatly expanded the scope of traditional Chinese medicine. There are even books like the *Compendium of Materia Medica* appearing. The stones of these high-level beasts are collectively called beast cores, which can be used to cure many diseases, and the price is surprisingly high.

Therefore, Artificial Human No. 1 was actually very careful when dissecting the stomach, for fear of missing anything. The value of a beast core the size of a pea could exceed that of five artificial humans.

It was because of this meticulousness that he suddenly discovered that a large half of a metal piece was nailed to the stomach wall. This metal piece was about the size of a lighter, and a large part of it was deeply embedded in the stomach wall. If there were no remnants of a broken chain, it would be difficult to find.

Discovering metal products on such a wild planet was originally a matter full of mystery, but it could not be ruled out that it was left by those Yautja (Predators).

However, after picking up the metal piece and carefully wiping it to check, Artificial Human No. 1 immediately knew that he had discovered something extraordinary. He couldn't make his own decision about this kind of thing, so he could only ask Fang Senyan and the others to come and take a look.

It turned out that this metal piece was a dog tag used by a soldier!

The text on the dog tag is all standard.

The first line is the owner's last name.

The second line, name and abbreviation (or only abbreviation).

The third line: service number, social security number, blood type - A, B, AB or O and Rh factor.

The fourth line: abbreviation of the branch of service and gas mask size - XS, S, M, L, XL.

The fifth line: religious belief is used in full, with the first letter, such as - C for Catholic (Catholic), H for Jewish (Hebrew), P for Protestant.

The sixth line: identity, such as RA is Regular Army (Regular Army, referring to volunteers), US (conscripts), NG (National Guard), R (Reserve), O (Officer).

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Because the dog tag is small, it contains a lot of information. In addition, this thing has been soaked in gastric juice and corroded very badly. The words on it are a little blurred. So everyone gathered together and studied it for a long time before finally understanding that the original owner of this thing was a private first class named Douglas.

Then some accurate information on the dog tag was recorded, and then it was queried through the artificial human's offline database. The unit he served in was very special and should belong to a highly classified unit.

Obviously, this Mr. Douglas should be dead, because the Slaad's diet should not include metal. It would never swallow a piece of metal for fun, unless it was because other creatures treated Mr. Douglas as a sandwich, and then this Slaad took the opportunity to catch the cicada, and ate the creature.

More importantly, judging from the degree of corrosion of the dog tag, it had been soaked in gastric juice for no more than two hours, and the human limbs found in the depths of the stomach sac next fully proved this point. Then things became very clear.

"There are still living humans on this planet?" Hedicury said in disbelief.

D'Artagnan said:

"This possibility cannot be ruled out, because didn't they mention it before? Before us, the Star Alliance sent many people to explore this place. Although the official data shows that no one can pass through the asteroid belt, the official data is always unreliable, and there are often some exceptions."

Fang Senyan's eyes flickered, obviously thinking of a crucial thing. At this time, he was keeping to his plan of hiding his edge and keeping a low profile. He would never be high-profile when he could be low-key, but when necessary, he was extremely tough and would never retreat, so he had no intention of speaking at this time.

Everyone discussed for a while, but they were all inclined not to mind their own business and to complete the task first.

But at this time, Vasily suddenly said:

"You seem to have forgotten one thing. If these humans are survivors who were dropped off before, then they have survived in this world for at least a few months or even years longer than us! And they also have the responsibility of exploration and have exploration equipment... So, if there are any survivors, there is a high probability that we can obtain multiple distribution maps of phlebotinum ore veins from them! The intelligence data they have is likely to be extremely valuable, even priceless to us!"

Vasily's words were like a stone stirring up a thousand waves.

Hedicury and Azishah looked at each other and nodded heavily. At this time, everyone's attention was focused on Vasily's words, so they did not notice that there seemed to be light flashing in the eyes of all the artificial humans, but even if someone noticed this kind of thing, they would not be suspicious, because when artificial humans think, this effect will be triggered, just like the hard drive light will flash during game loading.

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At the same time, on the Little Eagle base, 2.7 million kilometers away,

In the central control room, the lights were flashing,

The dignified admiral once again "descended" using the holographic projection method.

Major General Mongo and Major General Fiji were standing there like elementary school students at this time. Their bodies were straight, but there were obvious thoughts of fear and awe in their eyes.

"You two have done a good job, using military exercises and research institutes to indirectly delay the actions of the Yautja (Predator) spacecraft, and at the same time jointly signing decrees to make the Little Eagle operate overloaded! You dare to make decisions on your own about things that damage the interests of the empire!"

Although the admiral was an old man curled up in a wheelchair, his voice was as amazing as thunder, deafening! It sounded like it could break people's hearts.

However, although Major General Mongo and Major General Fiji were hanging their heads, they secretly glanced at each other, and the eyes with deep fear suddenly lit up, because both of them heard at the same time that what the old man wanted to emphasize was not "damaging the interests of the empire," but the words "making decisions on your own"!

Major General Mongo immediately stood at attention and lowered his head and said:

"General, we really had no choice at the time. We were thinking about completing the mission no matter what... In addition, the space-time turbulence was very intense at the time, and the data transmission was very slow, so we didn't have time to ask for instructions in order to race against time..."

"When a general is out, he may not accept military orders! Your ability to respond in time is a manifestation of personal ability, which is understandable, but in any case, why didn't you report to me after you finished? Do you think you can do these things well by acting on your own?"

"The Imperial Experimental Institute wants to launch an ionization storm. How can it be decided by one person in charge? If I hadn't spoken to the Ministry of Energy, do you think that proposal could have passed? If I hadn't suppressed the Little Eagle Captain Russ's secret report to his immediate superior, do you really think you could cover the sky with one hand?"

Major General Mongo and Major General Fiji immediately broke out in cold sweat. They did not expect that there were so many twists and turns behind the scenes. The admiral said coldly:

"It is not wrong to be decisive in killing, but if you want someone to help clean up the mess after making a decision, then you should be more low-key."

"Yes, yes." Major General Mongo and Major General Fiji immediately bent their waists lower than anything else.

Seeing the two so humble, the admiral snorted coldly, nodded in satisfaction and said:

"So, what have you gained from your desperate approach?"

"Yes, we do!" Major General Fiji said first. This guy's scheming is obviously deeper. He took the initiative to jump out and report the good news first. Undoubtedly, people's mentality is happy to hear good news. In ancient times, those who passed the xiucai (successful candidate in the imperial examination at the county level) or juren (successful candidate in the imperial examination at the provincial level) and enthusiastically ran to report the good news would receive rewards. When have you ever heard of those who enthusiastically ran to report the bad news receiving rewards?

Major General Fiji took the lead in speaking, so he could naturally leave a good impression in front of the admiral. This detail may be insignificant, but it adds up, and many details will become the key decision!

"Regarding the progress of phlebotinum ore, there has been a major breakthrough. Below Mushroom Rock, the landing point we originally set, there is a medium-purity phlebotinum ore vein! This is something that image data can prove!"

Speaking of this, Major General Fiji also specifically released a video of a group of people using instruments to detect it.

"In addition to this, they also obtained several pieces of high-purity phlebotinum ore and used the instruments we provided to process phlebotinum elements with a purity of over 99%."