Something in your pocket?
Major Xier immediately lowered his head, reached into his chest pocket, and took out the things inside - except for a ballpoint pen that he always carried with him, the rest were the five snack cards that Ke Jin had given him at the hospital entrance just now.
...Could it be because of these cards?
Major Seale waved the hand holding the cards in the air, and sure enough, he saw that his brother's eyes were following his hand - no, it should be said that they were following the cards.
"Major Siller, what are those cards?" Dr. Wens obviously also discovered that Siller's changes were related to these cards.
"These are some snack cards given to me by a passenger in the hijacking incident." Major Seale said as he handed the cards to Dr. Wens.
After careful observation and with Major Sill's consent, Dr. Wins materialized one of the "Maple Cookies" SR cards into a real object. When she opened the lid of the cookie gift box, she saw that Sill's dull eyes on the hospital bed suddenly lit up.
Dr. Wens and Major Seale looked at each other, and the latter picked up a cookie and handed it to Seale.
"Sillery, do you want to try it?" Major Seale asked softly.
Xile didn't say anything, but his staring eyes undoubtedly showed his desire.
Major Seale brought the maple syrup cookie to his brother's mouth, who opened his mouth and took a small bite, then another, until he had finished the whole cookie.
"Lieutenant Siller, how do you think it tastes?" Dr. Wens asked in a soft tone.
The person on the hospital bed did not speak, but for the first time in so many days, this young man who had been closed in his own world looked at Dr. Wens. The corners of his mouth curved slightly, revealing a faint smile.
Major Seale and Dr. Wins were both shocked.
Then, there was incredible ecstasy!
"It's incredible." Although she tried her best to remain calm, Dr. Wens' voice was distorted by excitement.
"Major Seale, where did you draw these cards from?"
***
The sun gradually set and the sky began to darken. Ke Jin glanced at his watch and prepared to end his business for the day and close the shop.
After Oroi removed the strange black card hidden in the crystal sand pool, the energy of the card pool finally returned to normal. However, due to the special nature of Mobis City, even if no one draws cards, the energy of the crystal sand pool will be lost to a certain extent, so Ke Jin will seal the pool at the end of business every day. Although sealing the pool still cannot prevent the loss of energy, it can at least reduce some losses.
Ke Jin finally understood why the vacancy rate of the card pool in Mobis City was so high - the energy of the card pool here dissipated too quickly, and if enough people drew cards, the card pool would die directly due to energy depletion. The population of Mobis City was too small, and except for some card pools for daily necessities, other types of card pools would find it difficult to survive for a long time.
No wonder the snack card pool is unpopular here. I guess most of the ones that opened before went bankrupt directly because of dead pools...
Thinking of this, Ke Jin suddenly felt very pressured.
In the early stage, with the support of the mayor and the bonus of popularity, his card pool is currently developing well, but after the novelty period, it is hard to say how it will develop in the future. It seems that he must have a complete plan for the future and think carefully about how to maintain and attract more customers... Ke Jin thought a little worriedly.
After seeing off the last guest, Ke Jin was about to close the door when he suddenly saw several military armored vehicles driving towards him from the end of the street.
Eh? There are military vehicles coming into the city at this late hour? Ke Jin thought. I don't know what this is about. Could it be related to the martial law at the base?
With the mentality of a bystander, he paused to close the door, wanting to see where the convoy would go. Then he saw countless convoys of cars, raising dust along the way, suddenly braked one by one and stopped instantly in front of "Lingyuan".
Then, the car door opened, and soldiers in military uniforms walked out one after another.
Among them was an acquaintance whom Ke had just met this afternoon.
After getting off the car, Major Xier saw Ke Jin, nodded to him, then turned around and shouted to his subordinates with great momentum.
"Assemble! Line up!"
Dozens of soldiers gathered at the door in an instant, all with solemn expressions and imposing manners.
Ke Jin: “???”
"Why does it take so long to close the door?" Oloy's voice came from behind, "What are you doing..."
The voice stopped abruptly. Oloy, like Ke Jin, looked at the soldiers lined up neatly at the door in a daze.
"What are you doing?" Oloy asked Ke Jin.
"I want to know too..."
Ke Jin considered himself a law-abiding citizen, but seeing so many uniformed soldiers suddenly gathered at his doorstep, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy, and of course, more confused.
But he didn't know that although everyone in the queue had a firm look and a dignified temperament, they actually had a lot of questions in their hearts. They received an emergency order from their superiors and thought they had a new mission to go to the 13th galaxy, but they didn't expect... to be brought to Mobis City.
Why come here? They definitely want to know this question more than Ke Jin.
"Mr. Ke Jin, can you still draw cards from your card pool now?" Major Xier suddenly turned around and asked.
"Ah?" Ke Jin was a little slow to react. "Of course you can."
Major Seale nodded and turned to face his subordinates.
"Everyone! Enter the Garden!" he said, "Get ready to draw cards!"
Ke Jin & Oloy: "..."
Subordinates: “???”
The commander's orders were absolute. Even though everyone was confused, they still acted according to the instructions at the first possible moment. They lined up and went straight to the card drawing area in an orderly manner. They lined up in front of the card pool one by one to draw cards.
"Major Xi, Major Xier," Ke Jin saw the opportunity and quickly moved closer to the man, and asked nervously, "You... are you here for something?"
Major Xier looked at Ke Jin, who looked very nervous, smiled, and pointed at his subordinates: "Don't be nervous, we are just here to draw cards."
The changes in the 13th galaxy and the pollution suffered by the members of the cruise fleet are secrets that cannot be leaked. He cannot reveal them to Ke Jin casually, and it is not certain whether the cards in Ke Jin's card pool are effective for everyone. So after consultation between Major Xier and Dr. Wens, they decided to gather people to draw enough cards as samples, take them back for in-depth research, and then draw conclusions.
If it is finally confirmed that Ke Jin's card is really effective in curing pollution, it will definitely be reported to higher authorities and promoted throughout the base; if it is finally confirmed that his brother's recovery was just a pleasant surprise, he will secretly give Ke Jin a corresponding thank-you gift in other ways.
The card pool had been drawn many times during the day, and the quicksand bottles in the card refill room had been almost used up. The people brought by Major Xier had just drawn two rounds when white cards appeared in the card pool, which meant that the card supply had run out.
"That's all for today." Major Seale nodded to the team members, "Assemble! Return!"
He politely said goodbye to Ke Jin and led his men to board the armored vehicle. A minute later, the convoy sped away, and the street was empty and deserted again.
"What... is going on?" Ke Jin withdrew his gaze from the street and looked at Ouloi beside him in confusion.
"You ask me?" Oloy had a strange look on his face, and it was obvious that he had no idea either.
Ke Jin lowered his head and thought for a while, then slowly said, "Could it be that after Major Xier ate the snack cards I gave him, he thought they tasted good and wanted to draw some more?"
"He thought it was good, so he brought a large group of people over to smoke it together?" Ouloi looked back at Ke Jin with an indescribable look.
"Hahaha, it's not impossible." Ke Jin laughed awkwardly and nodded solemnly.
"Perhaps this is the legendary... strong recommendation, planting grass by force!"
***
Major Xier never explained to the team members why they had to go to the "Spirit Garden" card pool in Mobis City to draw cards. He just asked them to hand over the circulating cards they drew to him, and then he would pass them on to Dr. Wens.
The base was very busy, and Major Seale could not stay in the hospital for long. He soon returned to the base and communicated with Dr. Wins every day through a special communicator.
Dr. Wens did not mention the research on the cards, but he would report to Major Xier on Xier's recovery every day. Compared with other patients, Xier's recovery speed was very fast, and his reaction to the outside world had become more and more acute. He was like a person trapped in a shell, breaking down the barriers that surrounded himself from the inside bit by bit. As long as there was enough time, there would be no problem in recovering completely.
A week passed in a flash, and it was time for the federal army's weekly high-level meeting.
Due to Major Yisir's military rank, it was not his turn to attend such a high-level meeting, but because this meeting involved the "Eighth Ship Magnetic Field Pollution" incident, as one of the eyewitnesses of the incident, he was also required to attend the meeting.
This weekly meeting of the federal army is also known as the "Twelve Alliance Meeting," which is said to be a tradition passed down from the fight against the "Devil King" back then. The federal troops stationed at the base are from the twelve galaxies of the federation. Usually, they each govern an area and basically do not interfere with each other. Only during meetings can the top brass sit together at the same table.
Of course, the twelve star systems are not a monolithic entity. There are differences in the closeness and distance of the relationships between different star systems. This was particularly evident at the "Twelve Alliance Meeting" - the "Aquarius Galaxy", "Libra Galaxy", "Scorpio Galaxy" and "Taurus Galaxy" are one faction, with a relatively calm and peaceful style; the "Leo Galaxy", "Aries Galaxy", "Sagittarius Galaxy" and "Gemini Galaxy" are one faction, with a relatively radical and proactive style; the remaining "Capricorn Galaxy", "Pisces Galaxy", "Virgo Galaxy" and "Cancer Galaxy" are neutral parties and peacemakers, but are often secretly scolded by the other two factions as "fence-sitters".
Therefore, during the meeting, everyone's seats were basically divided into three groups. Major Seale came from the "Aquarius Galaxy", so he naturally sat quietly on the side of the moderates.
All the big guys arrived one after another and the meeting started soon.
The parties first exchanged some intelligence they had recently acquired. When it was the turn of Marshal Ghani of the "Aquarius Galaxy", he went straight to the point.
"Major General Leng Yan, whom I sent out, has already investigated the rumor circulating among the Federation star systems." He paused for a moment, "The matter of artificially synthesizing a superpower card pool is indeed true, and it seems to have been successful."
Major Xier looked up in surprise. This was the first time he heard the relevant news. Although the marshals of various galaxies were aware of Leng Yan's mission, they were obviously shocked by such a conclusion. There was a lot of discussion in the conference room.
As we all know, the supernatural card pool is regarded as a "gift from God" and it is impossible to create it artificially. But now, humans have actually broken the boundaries of God and seized God's authority, allowing the supernatural card pool to be created by human power!
"I know you are all surprised, but there is something else that deserves more attention." Marshal Ghani interrupted the discussion, looked around the scene, and said in a heavy tone.
"…The day when the artificially created supernatural card pool was declared a success was exactly ten days ago."
Ten days ago? Major Seale thought for a moment, and his expression froze.
Ten days ago...wasn't that the day when the magnetic field of the thirteenth galaxy changed and the demon king was suspected to have revived? !
Everyone thought of what Major Seale thought of, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became oppressive and heavy. After a while, Marshal Ryan of the Capricorn Galaxy spoke hesitantly.
"If it's a coincidence, it's too much of a coincidence... I think this incident is very likely related to the 'Devil King'."
"What do you mean by high probability? It's 100%!" The hot-tempered "Lion Galaxy" Kless slammed the table, "We can't wait any longer! We must enter the 13th Galaxy immediately!"
"We really can't wait any longer." Marshal Luo Xiu of the Sagittarius Galaxy echoed.
"Oh, then go and die on your own, no one will stop you." Marshal Erfa of the "Scorpio Galaxy" sneered, "Oh, yes, remember to choose a cemetery before you leave."
"Who are you cursing?!"
"You haven't even found the source of the magnetic field pollution, nor can you find a way to avoid it. Aren't you courting death if you go in now?" Marshal Erfa said with disdain, "When will you radicals learn to think with your brains? Isn't the Seven Star Wisdom Card enough to save your meager IQ?"
The two marshals of the "Cancer Galaxy" and the "Pisces Galaxy" sitting in the neutral zone simultaneously put their hands on their foreheads. As expected, once Efa's taunting mode was turned on, it immediately angered the radicals led by the "Lion Galaxy". At first, both sides were presenting facts and reasoning, but soon they turned into verbal attacks, and finally they started to bang on the table and roll up their sleeves, as if they were ready to fight at any time.
"Stop arguing, we're still in a meeting..." Marshal Rhea of the "Virgo Galaxy", who is also a neutral party, tried to dissuade them, but unfortunately no one listened.
The twelve marshals had long been accustomed to this kind of routine meeting pattern of "small quarrels during normal times and big quarrels during meetings", but Major Seale, as a first-time participant, was not used to it at all.
He was stunned at first, and then trembling with fear. It could be seen that his superior, Marshal Ghani of the "Aquarius Galaxy", looked accustomed to it. Major Seale gradually guessed that this was probably the daily pattern between the marshals, so he forced himself to calm down, watch their hearts, and lowered his head to wait for the quarrel between these big guys to subside.
While waiting, the screen of the communicator beside Major Seale suddenly lit up. He glanced at it and was stunned at first, then flashed a trace of ecstasy. He raised his head excitedly and saw that the conference room was still in chaos. He couldn't help but feel a little headache, but after a moment of hesitation, Major Seale slowly but firmly raised his hand.
Marshal Gani was a little surprised to see his junior subordinate suddenly raise his hand, and gave him a questioning look. Major Seale nodded to him, indicating that he had something to say.
"Everyone, be quiet. We have new information to share." Marshal Ghani raised his voice.
Unfortunately, Marshal Effa and Marshal Cluses were quarreling passionately, completely drowning out the voice of Marshal Gani.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the conference room. All the sounds disappeared instantly and everyone looked towards the source of the sound.
Marshal Ghani took his hand away from the table with a big hole in it, looked at everyone with a smile, and spoke in his usual calm and gentle tone.
"I say, be quiet for a moment," he said, "my subordinate has something to say."
Everyone quickly sat up straight, as if nothing had happened, and turned their eyes to Major Seale who was still raising his hand.
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Major Sier smiled gratefully at Marshal Ghani, then stood up and saluted all the marshals.
"My name is Xier, and I'm from the Seventh Fleet of the Aquarius Galaxy." Major Xier took a deep breath and said solemnly.
"I just received some intelligence and would like to report it to the officers."
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