Dwarf In The Future

Qiao Zhiya is a hybrid. Before he was born, his elf father wanted him to have a strong physique unique to dwarfs; while his dwarf mother wanted him to have a tall body unique to elves. And then he ...

Chapter 14 Gifts

Chu Rong turned off the recording, glanced at his three subordinates, tapped the table, and said, "Your conclusion."

"The conclusion of the polygraph is 80% credible. Considering Qiao's personality, I think the black hole is true." Fan Xiangnan frowned and analyzed, looking at Chu Rong: "Sir, we must remind all the border planets to be on guard. The black hole appears again. This is a dangerous signal."

Chu Rong nodded and replied: "I have sent a communication to my eldest brother, he will make the arrangements."

"On all the planets known to the Federation, there is no valley called Polit or mountain called Alec. I speculate that these two place names are direct transliterations from the language used by Joe himself and are the names circulated among the indigenous people. Yesterday I re-interrogated the miners and found new clues. They bought a batch of cheap slaves of unknown origin from a human trafficker on a planet on the edge of the Federation. I suspect that Joe is from there." Lin Zhen added the new clues obtained after the re-interrogation.

Chu Rong's eyes were cold: "They are indeed a group of dishonest guys. Keep interrogating them until they can no longer tell lies!"

Lin Zhen nodded to show that he understood.

"Qiao Qiao's reaction..." Zhuang Yu frowned in worry and spoke last, "It's very similar to a stress response after a trauma. Self-avoidance, closed memory, and lack of security. I watched the video of him in class and noticed that everything was normal before he learned the word 'black hole'. His behavior started to become strange after learning the word, as if he remembered something terrible. After that, he hid back in the room, and when he came out, he had an injury on his wrist. If Captain Tan hadn't looked for him, maybe... In addition, I checked the records of the optical computer he used and confirmed that he searched for 'black hole' after returning to the room."

So after searching for the "black hole", you cut yourself?

The other three all looked over. Chu Rong frowned and said in a deep voice, "Continue."

"Everyone knows that the unknown rays randomly released from the black hole have a chance to pollute or directly destroy mental power..." Zhuang Yu glanced at Chu Rong when he said this. Seeing that he had no special reaction, he continued, "With Qiao Qiao's S-level physique, his initial mental power is at least C. The process of red tin ore destroying mental power is very slow. Even with the influence of the mental power suppressor, it will take two to three months to completely destroy a C-level mental power qualification. According to the confession of the miners, Qiao Qiao may have arrived at the black mine less than a month ago. Combined with the strange phenomenon of his growth cessation, I guess that he was irradiated by the rays emitted from the black hole before he was caught, and his body was affected. The red tin ore is just making things worse. Everyone knows that damage to mental power may lead to memory confusion and intellectual disabilities..."

"He is very smart." Chu Rong frowned and rejected her last sentence.

Lin Zhen nodded in agreement: "Yes, he learns very quickly, so his intelligence should be quite high."

"I know that. What I mean is..." Zhuang Yu looked at Chu Rong again and said through gritted teeth, "The impact of black hole radiation is currently unsolvable. His lost memories may never come back in his lifetime."

In other words, unless the real name of Pollitt is found out, no one will know the origin of Georgia.

After going around in circles, things returned to the starting point and the atmosphere in the meeting room was a little stagnant.

There is actually another solution to find out Georgia's origins. That is to send people to all possible marginal planets to search for traces of the hermit race being exterminated by the bugs. However, since it is a hermit race, it must be difficult to find traces of its residence. There are so many marginal planets in the Federation, and it is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find it. If Georgia is actually a hermit of the Empire, then the search will be even more impossible. Once the bugs appear, if they are not injured after killing people, they will immediately retract into the black hole to absorb evolution and lie dormant waiting for the next sudden attack. It is also difficult to implement this method based on the insects' activity trajectory. In short, the clues are broken again.

"Sir, he's a good kid, he can't..." Zhuang Yu was a little anxious, she felt that the little cutie was extremely pitiful. She could almost imagine the process of how the little cutie became what he is now. First, he lost his parents and tribesmen because of the black hole, his mental strength and body were all damaged, and then he was caught by the bad guys and sold to the miners, and then he was transported to this shitty place... It was too miserable. If the commander hadn't happened to come over for inspection, the little cutie might have died here silently.

Chu Rong came back to his senses from his deep thoughts, waved his hand to interrupt her, and called out, "Lin Zhen."

Lin Zhen glanced at him, and remembered what Fan Xiangnan said about "another self". He paused, temporarily put aside the principles, opened a document, and said quickly: "The four Federation fringe planets that the miners have reached are D-level 12, D-level 67, D-level 93, and F-level 78. Among them, traces of recluses appeared on D-level 67 and F-level 78, and some of the slaves purchased by the miners also came from these planets. There are eight reclusive tribes discovered on these two planets, and each has a different reason for seclusion, most of which are peculiar in appearance and different from ordinary people."

"F78, a newly discovered reclusive tribe. The reason for their seclusion: their appearance is different from that of ordinary people. The tribe was wiped out due to an accident. The current number of remaining members: 1." Chu Rong opened his mouth and directly customized an origin exclusively for Georgia.

Fan Xiangnan frowned: "Sir..."

"Transfer his file to the Chu family, set it to be encrypted, and fill in my name as the person who handles the file. If anything happens to him, I will bear the responsibility." Chu Rong finalized the matter without allowing any objection, and added: "If he is a bad person, I will kill him myself."

Zhuang Yu couldn't help but cheer. Seeing the officer looking at him coldly, he sat down silently again, coughed and said, "Officer, this isn't really a backdoor deal, so don't worry about it. According to federal law, an orphan like Qiao Qiao who is a third-level disabled person and can't explain his origins can also obtain official federal resident status after a certain period of supervision. You're just taking the initiative to accept his supervision, so don't think too much about it."

"I didn't think much about it." Chu Rong retracted his gaze and picked up the recording: "Dismiss the meeting. If you have nothing to do, go help the investigation team cover up the matter of the imperial warship. We have stayed here too long, and someone is going to jump around."

The three of them responded in unison, looked at each other, tacitly kept Georgia's matter a confidential file in their minds, and turned and left.

Waking up from a dream so chaotic that she could not remember the contents at all, Georgia sat up and stared blankly at the pile of glittering magic stones beside her pillow. She was dazed for a moment, then she let out a low cry of surprise and pounced on them.

——It was the magic stone he found in the underground warship that day! The white-haired monster returned it to him! It seemed that he even gave him a few more!

After a brief excitement, he remembered the conversation with Chu Rong before falling asleep. He raised his hand and touched his ears foolishly, his face a little red - the white-haired monster was so nice that he actually coaxed him to sleep, although his expression was very impatient... I guess this was through his inquiry. The white-haired monster was willing to return the magic stone. Does it mean that I have gained their recognition?

A huge joy surged from his chest, and he lay down on the magic stone again. Thinking of the discomfort he felt from the white-haired monster during the conversation, he hurriedly found the largest top-grade wood magic stone from the magic stone pile, then took out the magic book prepared for him by his father from the storage ring and opened the one with the formation diagram.

Advanced Strengthening Magic Array, Advanced Teleportation Magic Array, Advanced Protection Magic Array, Advanced Purification Magic Array, Advanced Healing Magic Array... That's it! Advanced Purification and Advanced Healing Magic Arrays! The effect of wood magic is most similar to these two magic arrays!

He now knew that the power cultivated by humans in this place was called spiritual power, a kind of soul power that almost everyone had. Since he was not a human, he naturally did not have spiritual power. The magic power he had was absolutely alien here and could not be discovered by others.

He had thought about using magic to heal the white-haired monster before, but now he had concerns. He couldn't use magic directly, so he could only use the magic circle to do it in a roundabout way. Although the effect of using the magic circle was worse than using magic directly, the process was much gentler and less likely to be noticed, so it was the most suitable choice at the moment.

Thinking of this, he became happy and started to check how to draw the two magic circles.

Ten minutes later, he frowned and put down the magic book, feeling a little depressed - although his aptitude had improved, it was only from the level of being unable to practice to the level of a primary magician, and he could not draw advanced magic circles at all.

Moreover, he forgot that he had never actually drawn these advanced magic circles before. He only had theoretical knowledge in his mind. If he put it into practice, his success rate would probably be very low.

——Just start practicing with the elementary magic circles, try drawing on low-level jade first, and then use the top-level magic stone when you are familiar with it. As for the white-haired monster, he can only wait a little longer.

A wave of gift-giving suddenly swept the warship, and the initiator was Georgia, who was in high spirits again.

After recognizing their own situation and letting go of the heavy stone in their hearts, the dwarves who love creation and hands-on work finally let out their nature. They drooled over all the machines they saw and made some cute gadgets anytime and anywhere.

"Sister Zhuang Yu." After lunch, Georgia found her way to the medical room where Zhuang Yu was. She looked around like a thief, ran over with a red face, and stuffed a light green vine-shaped hairpin into her hand. Her eyes wandered around but she didn't look into her eyes. She said quickly, "This is for you. You can use it to tie your bangs. Thank you, thank you for your care before." After that, she turned around and ran away. Her hair fluttered, and the tips of her ears, which were flushed, were revealed.

Zhuang Yu glanced at the cute little hairpin in her hand, was stunned for a moment, then covered her face with her hands and whispered, and hurriedly chased after her: "Qiao Qiao, come back! Sister will give you another physical examination, come back soon!"

Georgia ran faster after hearing that.

After the afternoon training, Georgia called Tan Shengwei over, threw a small mechanical doll over to him, and said quickly, "I heard that you have a sister at home. I modified this from a broken little robot. It can make cooing sounds. Here it is."

"Hey, how did you know I have a sister--where are you going, Qiao? Wrong, the cafeteria is over there!"

At breakfast time, Fan Xiangnan met Georgia in the cafeteria. When they passed by and greeted each other, he suddenly felt something heavy in his hand. There was a mechanical-style metal pendant in its hand. The pendant was very cute and unique, and it even waved its metal arms and danced.

Fan Xiangnan was stunned for a moment, glanced at Georgia who had already run far away, shook his head and laughed.

After the morning class ended, Georgia ran away first, which was unusual for her, showing no respect for her teacher at all.

Lin Zhen frowned, glanced at the modified electronic pen lying alone on the desk, and walked forward to pick it up.

In the conference room, Chu Rong sat at the head seat with a cold face, looking at his trusted subordinates. His eyes slowly swept over the hairpin on Zhuang Yu's head, the pendant on Fan Xiangnan's electronic file, and the electronic pen in Lin Zhen's hand. He tapped the table impatiently: "If you have anything to say, please tell me. I'm busy."

Zhuang Yu snickered, and Fan Xiangnan pretended not to notice his superior's displeasure. Lin Zhen tapped the cover of the document with a pen and said, "I just received a notice that someone from the Federation has come and said that in view of your distinguished status, they will send someone to help you share the task of patrolling the border."

Chu Rong was even more unhappy now, and he scolded coldly: "Sharing? I think it should be surveillance, a bunch of idiots who don't understand the situation!"