Chapter 145 Taboo

Liang Zhishen said:

"It was when I was selecting people for the special class that I saw Tan Haoran's file and understood the relationship between the two."

"Let me put it this way. Tan Haode and I were in the same period and were also born on our Yaochi ship. After graduation, he was transferred to the border defense line. After a few years, he formed a family with a mid-level mecha master on the Zhuhai ship and was transferred there to develop."

"As for the Tan Group, it was involved in some taboo experiments in the early years, which violated the federal law and led to its decline."

"During this period, because the results of the forbidden experiment had already been produced, the Federation did not directly deal with the results of the forbidden experiment, but allowed it to grow freely, or in other words, waited for it to die out on its own."

“But during this time, something went wrong.”

Li Yi frowned slightly and asked, "Could the so-called forbidden experiment be related to human cloning?"

Combined with what Tan Haoran had said before, this guess emerged in Li Yi's mind inadvertently.

Liang Zhishen said:

"It is related, but it is not. I am not sure what this forbidden experiment is, because it is an S-level confidential event. I only know a few outlines of the event."

"In short, the final result is that the Tan family fell apart. Our Yao Chi ship accepted Tan Haoran and trained him as a normal mecha master candidate."

"The Tan Haode that Tan Haoran knows is only the Tan Haode in his vague impression, so when he talks about this kind of thing, you need to distinguish whether it is his subjective opinion or not."

Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "A taboo experiment involves ethics or taboos involving major hazards?"

Liang Zhishen said: "As far as I know, it's both, but I really don't know the rest. However, since it has been classified as an S-level confidential incident, and Tan Haode is now working normally, plus my past understanding of him, it is probably reliable."

Li Yi said: "If it's just that the law doesn't allow it, it shouldn't be as simple as being classified as S-level confidential."

Liang Zhishen said: "Don't guess. When you have more authority, you will know what you need to know."

Li Yi nodded: "Okay, instructor, do you have any other suitable candidates to recommend?"

Liang Zhishen spread his hands and said, "No, there are still few people from other ships who can cooperate with me. After all, my strength is not that strong. I just rely on my seniority and a little bit of brains to barely get to where I am today."

"Well, the instructor is honest."

…

The second round will begin in three days.

These three days are the time reserved for the divine mecha to repair the damage.

Because among the first 120 people, some handled it with ease, while others tried their best.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the divine mecha will be damaged.

Three days, with the strength of a senior mecha master and full activation of the divine mecha, is enough to repair the routine damage.

As for broken limbs and heads, they need to be reattached to the divine mecha, and the repair can be completed in about a week.

What is more serious is that the main trunk was damaged. Because of the large area and the large amount of divine material lost, the repair process will take longer, about ten days.

Moreover, this is the case when the materials are recovered. If too much material is lost, the repair time will be longer.

These three days also gave Li Yi the opportunity to seize the time and generate another divine gene.

The last battle was quite intense, and he had already sensed the emergence of the fourteenth divine gene.

Before that, it is time to strengthen the self-imprint of the routine thought pillar.

Basically, every time he generates a divine gene, his soul will be enhanced and his toughness will be increased. He can use his own steel pillar to increase the strength of his soul.

Combined with digesting different types of memory fragments every day as nourishment for the growth of the soul.

His soul strength can provide enough margin for the divine gene.

Furthermore, under the influence of this huge potential difference, the divine genes condense at a very fast speed.

Otherwise, the radiation of multiple divine sequences alone would not be able to achieve his terrifying speed of nearly one per week.

For a normal strong person, it takes more than half a year to consume one, and it is normal for it to become slower and slower.

now.

After completing a round of self-reinforcement, Li Yi felt his soul slightly full, then he retracted the short needle-like steel pillar of thought and began to meditate.

Before meditating, he was distracted for a rare moment, his thoughts drifting and flashing:

"To digest the insights bestowed by Wushan Jinguang, by analogy, it is not like digesting memory fragments, but rather like digesting the self-imprint."

"Perhaps this is a common method used by ancient divine civilizations, using a method similar to the stamp of thought to convey morality, laws, rules, and even knowledge."

"I just don't know if the so-called heritage ruins in the Stardust Corridor are also similar."

"My Wushan Golden Light directly aroused the cult's covetousness, but they quickly extinguished the clues."

"During the two days of training break, maybe we can take a walk around the Inspection Department and observe if there are any problems with the Inspection Department."

"If there are hidden dangers, we won't be able to participate in the competition leisurely and safely."

As his mind flashed, Li Yi entered a meditative state, digesting his self-imprint.

…

The next day, 18th standard time.

"You said you wanted to go to the Supervision Department?"

Liang Zhishen looked at Li Yi in surprise.

Li Yi nodded and said, "Coach Liang, let's go over and take a look. Don't worry, we won't cause any trouble. We just want to observe their situation and see if there are any problems."

Liang Zhishen said thoughtfully: "Do you also suspect that there was something fishy about the deaths of the two captives last time?"

Li Yi said: "Yes, the two captives were at most driven insane by the cult's ideology, and it is impossible for them to die. Moreover, the Supervision Department is good at dealing with cults, how could they be so careless?"

"In short, if there are any signs of danger, we should nip them in the bud. If there are none, we can still participate in the competition without any worries."

"Besides, it will only take half an hour at most. If it takes longer, people will definitely notice our abnormality."

"This is perfect. It won't interfere with my practice and I can relax a little bit."

Liang Zhishen was speechless and said, "You call such a dangerous thing relaxing? If they really have problems, wouldn't you be sending yourself into danger?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "We are behaving properly and standing upright. As long as we don't show any hostility and act casually, they will naturally let down their guard."

Liang Zhishen became confused and paced back and forth.

Because this matter needed to be kept confidential, Li Yi only discussed it with Liang Zhishen.

No one else explained.

Therefore, although others were curious about what the two were talking about, they were tactful enough not to disturb them.

After a while, Liang Zhishen asked, "If they really have problems, are you sure you can tell?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "It depends on the situation. I can only say that there is a chance. After all, we can't step into their territory openly. I just plan to observe the people coming in and out of the surrounding area and get a general understanding."

"Of course, if there are people who are really problematic in some aspects coming in and out there, I should be able to tell."

Liang Zhishen frowned and asked, "Like what kind of questions?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Please allow me to keep this a secret for now, Instructor. After all, this is my ultimate weapon."

Liang Zhishen sighed and said, "Well, no matter what it is, since you are confident, let's go for a walk. Let's agree that we will only walk around the periphery!"

"certainly."

The two of them left as soon as they said they would, and set off immediately.

The headquarters of the Supervisory Department is in the 14th district of the main base, which is only two districts away from the area they chose this time.

It would only take four or five minutes for two people to walk there.

However, go out of the training ground and walk to the next door 13th area.

You can see a lot of people dressed as starship soldiers around, with travel bags on their shoulders, trotting in groups towards the starship landing and take-off area nearby.

Seeing this, Liang Zhishen touched his chin and said thoughtfully:

"Are you in such a hurry to launch the starship? The pace seems to be much more hurried than before."

Li Yi observed for a moment and said, "Looking at their status, they are probably going to have a combat mission, and they will probably have to stay away from the border star for a while, which will probably take at least dozens of days."

Liang Zhishen asked: "You can tell this? Is it because of their travel bags?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "Yes, their travel bags are very heavy, completely different from the standard weight we saw before, at least three times heavier. If we calculate based on the standard weight of travel bags, it is easy to come to this conclusion."

Liang Zhishen said: "But this travel bag is only slightly more bloated than normal. I can't tell that it is at least three times heavier than the standard."

Li Yi nodded: "This is a training method for predictive ability. According to the structure of the human body, the changes in the shoulders, waist, and steps, we can actually intuitively judge how heavy those travel bags are. Of course, if the gravity standard of the place is different, it depends on the situation."

Liang Zhishen: "...Well, no wonder you are always invincible, it turns out that you have such a deep understanding of the human body and mechanics."

Li Yi did not respond, but said: "The question now is, why are these starship soldiers so anxious? Could it be that aliens are coming in large numbers?"

Liang Zhishen said: "It may not be impossible. After all, the aliens are always eager to make a move because of our mecha master competition every year, intending to take the opportunity to search for the long-lost heritage relics."

Li Yi nodded and fell into thought.

…

After the incident on the road, the two quickly arrived at the outskirts of the Supervisory Department headquarters on the border star.

It was a partition consisting of three wide buildings about 30 meters high, with a combined area of ​​nearly three kilometers in diameter.

To make an analogy, it is like the ancient imperial city.

The two of them walked to the periphery and were also surprised.

"Is the Border Planet's Supervisory Department so impressive?"

Liang Zhishen said: "No wonder he is so arrogant. To be able to occupy such a big position, I'm afraid his internal power is not small."

Li Yi said: "Isn't this many times larger than the Supervisory Department of our ship?"

"Not just many times, but hundreds of times."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Liang Zhishen said:

"The inspection department of our ship only has about ten regular staff members and a small office building."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that our ship's supervisory department looks very impressive and respected from the outside. In fact, they have very little funding and often one person does the work of seven or eight people."

"If you see them coming in groups, it must be because they have called on people from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Thought Steel Pillar Management Office to help."

Li Yi suddenly recalled the time when the Supervisory Department came to him and gave him a stamp of approval while he was sleeping, and he found it funny.

Liang Zhishen also laughed and said:

"However, although they have little money, they do have great power. Basically, once they identify you as a cult member, you will definitely not have a good ending. Of course, if you are just a suspicious element, they will monitor you day and night to prevent any problems."

"Basically, the fact that our ship is still in service after more than a hundred years is also thanks to the work of our ship's internal inspection department."

Li Yi asked curiously, "They have so much power, don't they make mistakes? Who is responsible for supervising them?"

Liang Zhishen said:

"Usually, Queen Mother AI and the captain are responsible for supervision. After all, the Supervisory Department is the sharpest knife. Moreover, it is not easy to become a full-time employee of the Supervisory Department. You must have a solid and credible resume."

"So, these people are basically veteran mid-to-high-level mecha masters who are basically facing retirement."

"Just like Zhou Changling, who is very powerful but too old and has exhausted his potential, so he has no hope of advancing."

"Or those who have suffered genetic damage and cannot continue to advance, but whose original strength is quite good, also have the opportunity to join the Supervisory Department."

"Genetic injury?" Li Yi was surprised. This was the first time he heard this term.

"It means that the advancement failed, the divine gene exploded, and the gene sequence in the body was damaged."

"After all, not everyone's upgrade is smooth sailing. Some have toxic accumulation in potions, some use the wrong incompatible divine nucleus, and some have insufficient soul strength... In short, if the upgrade fails halfway, there is a certain probability of genetic damage."

"Any intelligent species is determined by genetic coding. If genetic damage only occurs in individual cells, it is not a big deal. It is like having an extra garbage cell that can be directly excreted."

"But if it spreads to the whole body, that's a different story."

Liang Zhishen explained:

"If you suffer a systemic genetic injury, it's just like a genetic disease. You won't be able to detect it at first, but it will develop into a physical defect later. If you're lucky, it won't affect your advancement, and you'll continue to generate divine genes and slowly repair the damage."

"For those with bad luck, their advancement will be affected. For those who are even worse off, they will develop all kinds of physical problems and eventually become incurable. Even nanorobots won't be able to successfully treat them... There are all kinds of situations."

"It's normal that you don't know this, because this was the difficulty that humans had to overcome when they first discovered the path to divine evolution two or three hundred years ago."

"These days, the problems we have faced have been minimized, and genetic damage is rare."

“It is also difficult to reflect this past through relevant knowledge books. After all, many people’s symptoms are not obvious at the beginning. They may be mistaken for divine characteristics, and only start to cause problems in their later years.”

Li Yi suddenly realized.

No wonder. After all, technology has developed significantly today compared to the past few hundred years. Those masters of the older generation paved the way for the younger generation and may have failed many times before finally producing a powerful person above the heavenly level on the human side.

Furthermore, protect one side and pass on the torch.

Liang Zhishen said:

"These people have outstanding military achievements, are talented people, and have a firm worldview. They will not be easily brainwashed by the cult's ideology. Having them monitor us is a good way to make the best use of them."

Li Yi nodded and understood where the retired mecha master went.

"In other words, the reason why this Border Star Supervisory Department is so impressive is not necessarily because of arrogance, but because it is the front line of the conflict, so the most powerful people have suffered irreversible damage, so it has formed such a large Supervisory Department group?"

Liang Zhishen nodded and said:

"That's right. In areas of war and conflict, we should also focus on preventing the infiltration of evil cults or even human slaves from alien planets."

"I believe that even if there are problems with the Supervision Department, it is not the entire department that has problems. Most of the time, it is the bad apples that are causing trouble."

Li Yi said: "I hope so."

As they talked, the two of them walked casually around the outermost part of the Supervisory Department.

As people who temporarily entered the border star master base, they naturally had no authority to enter the Supervisory Department.

Fortunately, there are two military supplies transfer points nearby, and there are many people busy walking around, so the appearance of the two people here is not so abrupt.

Moreover, even if the two were not part of the local organization, they at least possessed considerable authority and had clean backgrounds, so they were not afraid of being mistaken for cult spies.

After walking for just five minutes, we saw three speeding cars from the Supervisory Department driving out, with a dozen people quickly entering and exiting them.

Liang Zhishen asked: "How is it, do you see anyone with problems?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Not yet."

What he calls "whether there is a problem" is naturally based on the sensitivity brought about by long-term use of the steel pillar of thought.

That is, sensitivity to one's own kind.

If the mentor he had speculated about before really existed, and had been using similar methods to brainwash and convert all kinds of people for a long time, then he should be able to more or less detect where the person who had been using the ideological steel pillar for a long time was.

Such people are either beneficiaries of the God Mecha Project or suspicious persons.

In addition, Li Yi also plans to observe the actions and personnel status of the local supervisory department to see if there are any other suspicious clues.

…

After more than half an hour, the two had no gain and were ready to leave.

Liang Zhishen breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"It's good that there is nothing found. This means that the Supervision Department was just arrogant before, and there is no real problem. If there is a real problem, I dare not imagine what the border planet is like now. A sieve? A leaky iron house?"

At this time, Li Yi frowned slightly and said:

"Wait, that flying car just now went in and out three times in a short period of time, that's a bit strange."

Liang Zhishen followed Li Yi's gaze and found a seven-seater black car driving into the gate of the Supervisory Department at a very fast speed.

"Indeed, I have an impression of this flying car. It is top-notch in configuration and can even go directly into outer space. But, what is the purpose of this top-notch flying car frequently entering and leaving the Supervisory Department?"

Li Yi said: "Every time they carry at least 500 kilograms of heavy objects. They carry the heavy objects out and then come back empty. Judging from the speed of the other party, there will probably be one or two more trips. Instructor, let's catch up later."

Liang Zhishen asked suspiciously, "Where can you find 500 kilograms of stuff to put in such a small seven-seater car? Isn't there enough space in the trunk?"

Li Yi said: "What if it is a divine nucleus?"

Liang Zhishen was startled and frowned, saying, "That's possible. The weight of some special divine nuclei is indeed extraordinary."

Li Yi said: "This is the key point. The daily work of the Supervisory Department has basically nothing to do with the divine nucleus. The people in it are also a group of people who no longer need divine radiation."

Liang Zhishen was reminded by Li Yi and suddenly realized:

"This is indeed suspicious. Okay, let's follow them later."

As he was speaking, the black car had already sped out, with a high-speed flame stream emitting from the tail wing. It was moving at an extremely fast speed and was heading towards the direction of the 15th District.

Seeing this, the two of them didn't waste any words and ran at high speed.

With their eyesight and speed, as long as they are not too far away, they will be able to catch up in a short time.

Judging from the frequency and time of its entry and exit, the farthest distance would not exceed 20 kilometers, which is barely acceptable.

only.

4 kilometers later, when Liang Zhishen followed Li Yi and chased the jet trail of the flying car, he saw the west gate of the main base in the distance and was immediately surprised: "This flying car sent the things out? Should we still chase it? It's too dangerous to go to the border star in the flesh."

Li Yi pondered and said, "Let's take a closer look first, at least we can know the general direction. Then, instructor, please investigate the owner of this flying car, or if there are other clues."

Liang Zhishen sighed and said, "Okay. Judging from the current situation, this flying car is indeed suspicious enough... Alas, I just hope this is a misunderstanding."

(End of this chapter)