Chapter 199 Moon

Soon, the two followed Li Yi's method and interrogated all the captives below the Heavenly Rank, and used this to trick out the location of their group's base.

There are two in total, one at Mars Base No. 9, and the other at the foot of Mountain No. 0921 on Europa.

Moreover, they quickly figured out what their status was within the organization.

Afterwards, the prisoners were quickly handed over to follow-up personnel under the command of He Qiongying.

These personnel are none other than the hidden bodyguard group that came with them this time. They were lurking and disguising themselves as medics, mechanics, driving assistants and other roles.

However, in order to prevent the emergence of traitors, as far as Li Yi knew, He Qiongying did not throw out too many prisoners for interrogation.

Li Yi didn't ask too much. Since he had already helped to identify the surrounding strongholds, he couldn't help much with the subsequent execution.

Moreover, it is impossible for this starship to change its route to the other two places, as this would be like throwing a sheep into the tiger's mouth.

Among their group, several people knew the information about the heritage ruins. The most urgent task, of course, was to send it to the Earth ruins first to prevent the news from being completely leaked.

It will take at least a long time before it is removed from the list of key cults.

Next, his mission is still to go to the ruins on Earth, rather than spending too much time on cult matters.

Dealing with cults is mainly the work of another group of people arranged by He Guangzhi.

Originally, Li Yi and He Qiongying thought that a more ferocious attack could come at any time.

But when they arrived at the Moon Fortress, the attack still did not come.

…

In the solar system, a small starship flashed with tiny stars, heading towards the huge space fortress ahead.

Li Yi stood in front of the cockpit, looking at everything in front of him in amazement.

The star, covered entirely with silver-gray steel, occupied almost all of the vision ahead.

The entire moon is like a hedgehog-like steel ball, covered with various long-range gun muzzles. Each one is thick and hard, with large and deep holes, showing the excellent range of these gun barrels.

The layout of these gun barrels is not random.

If you look closely, you can see that all the long-range gun barrels are arranged in a zigzag pattern. Each partition is like this, alternating up and down and closely connected.

From a distance, the gun barrel looked like a planet with neat horizontal and vertical stripes, forming huge vertical and horizontal lines.

If you get closer, you can see that the lunar fortress is full of cold, old-school mechanical designs.

The thick steel pipes extending crosswise outside the gray iron wall, no matter what objects they are, are coated with anti-radiation paint. The style is a bit old, with black in the gray, but the outer layer's protective power is still quite good.

Liang Zhishen laughed and said, "It looks like a hedgehog."

Xu Weilu said: "Don't you think this Moon Fortress is beautiful? It feels like entering the world of an old-fashioned movie."

Hu Yitong didn't say much at first, but when he heard this, he asked in confusion: "What is a movie?"

The movies of this era are like the shadow plays that people watched hundreds of years ago. In addition to the beauty that transcends time, there are also puzzling things that transcend time.

Hu Yitong is just such a person who lacks common sense of ancient times.

Xu Weilu was a little embarrassed to explain, so she said, "It's a form of storytelling using video in the past. Modern people generally don't watch this kind of thing. Only people like me who like old-fashioned things will pay attention to it."

Hu Yitong was confused, mainly because he lacked concepts.

Liang Zhishen said: "You might as well say that it was an immersive virtual reality storyline game from hundreds of years ago, or a holographic video with a storyline from hundreds of years ago."

Hu Yitong understood and said, "Xu Weilu means that this space fortress is very retro, but she likes it very much?"

Xu Weilu nodded: "About the same. I am a person who naturally likes old-fashioned things. People say I am weird."

On the side, Li Yi didn't pay much attention to the idle chat of a few people, but was carefully observing the structure in front.

In his mind, he calculated the layout of the pipelines inside and pictured the corresponding scenarios in his head. For example, if he encountered an assassination that he could not handle in the lunar fortress, he could consider using these special terrains to get rid of the powerful enemy.

While he was thinking, the starship had already entered the apron in front and slowly landed.

Everyone needs to leave the ship and wait for three days until the lunar fortress completes three days of thorough starship inspection and personnel inspection before they can set off.

If any special problems are detected, you may need to stay for an extra day or two.

That means they will stay here for at least three days.

After exiting the helipad, there is a direct underground elevator.

Everyone on the ship, including the chief pilot, medics, mechanics and other logistics personnel, was no exception. At the urging of several bionic men, they left the starship and entered the designated locations.

Among these people, disguised bodyguards like He Qiongying naturally followed along.

When everyone stood at the square opening marked by yellow lines, there was a click, and the steel plane carrying more than 30 people began to move downwards.

While falling, Li Yi looked up at the sky and could see the gray-white dome above the square stairwell.

The dome was actually covered with a lot of emerald green ferns gathered together, densely packed to form a shape like a big green eye.

Noticing Li Yi's gaze, Ning Feiyu on the side said with a smile: "It's a bit strange to see that green eyeball, right? That's the ecological green plant of the Moon Fortress No. 1, the self-circulating fern. It is said that it has been thriving for at least three hundred years and is spread all over the Moon Fortress. Everyone says that this self-circulating fern has become a spirit."

Li Yiqi asked: "You seem to be familiar with this place?"

Ning Feiyu said: "Don't you know that the Chang'e ship is the main ship built by the Moon Fortress? Many of our people on the Chang'e ship are from the Moon Fortress."

Li Yi understood. This was just like the people recruited by the Yao Chi ship mainly came from planets like Mars, Setan, and Zhiyexing.

Basically, some main ships have fixed planets for recruiting people.

He nodded and said, "In other words, you are a moon person?"

Ning Feiyu smiled slightly: "No, my ancestral home is also on Earth, but my parents had to live in the Moon Fortress because of work, so I left Earth when I was young."

Li Yi said: "So you are from an upper-class family on Earth. I am so sorry for your disrespect."

Ning Feiyu heard the teasing in Li Yi's voice, rolled her eyes at him, and shook her head, saying, "There are also different classes on Earth. Our family can only be considered the lower third class on Earth."

Liang Zhishen said: "I have heard that the interior of the earth is full of powerful people. You can encounter a powerful person at any step you take. Any young person has a prominent family background and a profound family background. Is this true?"

Ning Feiyu shook his head and said, "The so-called third, sixth, and ninth ranks do not refer to strength or family background, but to knowledge, research, cracking, and strategy."

Li Yi said thoughtfully:

"Could it be that the entire ecology of the Earth has formed a research-oriented social ecology that focuses on deciphering and conquering Earth's relics? The so-called hierarchy has evolved into an ecology that extremely respects knowledge?"

Ning Feiyu smiled and said, "That's not too extreme. The strong are also respected, but this kind of respect is different from the respect for knowledge."

"Respect for the strong and fear of power, because not everyone has the qualifications to be a mecha master. On Earth, divine cores are not common. They are still limited circulation items."

"On Earth, non-evolved people are still the mainstream."

"It's just that, a few hundred years ago, the top humans arranged a promotion channel based on cracking, strategy, and research in order to crack the Earth's ruins. This allowed many ordinary people to obtain the corresponding divine radiation and become evolvers by cracking the ruins and researching divine technology."

"This continuous upward channel has gradually made people on Earth firmly believe that knowledge can change their destiny, and they also have great respect for those who are rich in knowledge."

Li Yi understood.

This is similar to the introduction of the imperial examination system in ancient times. People went from being skeptical to gradually seeing more and more successful role models and coming to believe that studying can change one's destiny, and this reached a general consensus.

Li Yi asked curiously, "So what your family calls the third, sixth, and ninth grades, refers to the third grade in research ability?"

Ning Feiyu said:

"Yes, my parents are both ordinary ecological researchers. Their biggest professional responsibility is just to participate in the maintenance of the self-circulating fern."

"People like this who can only do ordinary technical maintenance work are generally considered to be in the lower third class of occupations. This is also the most discriminated occupation on Earth."

"Of course, this kind of discrimination is not deliberate suppression, but a kind of disregard."

"Just like when we were mecha masters, we often couldn't see the logistics personnel."

On the side, Lin Xiu said calmly: "It's a coincidence, my family, including myself, are all from the logistics background, so I didn't care too much about whether I was seen by the mecha master. In fact, although the logistics are not under the spotlight of the times, they are not bad either, just in a different circle."

By the end, his tone had risen, and it was clear that he was hiding some anger.

Li Yi knew that Ning Feiyu's unintentional words just now made Lin Xiu feel a little offended.

After all, the stairwell was narrow, and it would not be nice for Ning Feiyu to ignore it in front of the logistics staff behind him, so he tried to smooth things over by saying, "It can be heard that Ning Feiyu was just describing a state, and didn't mean to look down on anything."

After all, Ning Feiyu was just introducing some situations to him, there was no need to cause conflicts with others because of this.

After hearing what Li Yi said, Lin Xiu did not get angry again, but just said:

"Ning Feiyu, please be aware of the situation. Even if you are a high-ranking mecha master, you should not have such a sense of superiority. Do you understand?"

Ning Feiyu narrowed her eyes and wanted to retort, but she thought that what she said was indeed wrong and was in a dilemma.

Here, Li Yi has already spoken:

"Lin Xiu, that's enough. If you have any objections, you can make an appointment with Ning Feiyu in private. This is the Moon Fortress, and we haven't passed the review yet. Don't let your anger delay everyone's schedule, including your own."

Lin Xiu said: "Okay, I won't cause any trouble. For your sake, Li Yi, I will pretend that nothing happened."

As he spoke, he crossed his arms over his chest and leaned to the side.

Liang Zhishen's eyes moved slightly, and he asked Li Yi in a voice transmission: "Why did Lin Xiu react so strongly? I thought Ning Feiyu's words just now should not be subjective, right? Is there something wrong with Lin Xiu?"

Li Yi replied in a voice transmission: "It's hard to say, maybe he is just the type with a strong sense of self-esteem, let's observe him first."

On the other hand, it was also a coincidence that He Qiongying, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, also sent a message to Li Yi and said:

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

"Pay more attention to Lin Xiu and be alert. His reaction is a little strange. A normal upper-level evolver would not be so emotionally unstable. An unstable person usually has a damaged soul or is seriously disturbed by his thought stamp."

Li Yi replied in voice transmission: "Okay, I got it."

At the same time, Ning Feiyu was also transmitting a message to Li Yi, saying:

"Thank you for helping me out, but I don't know if my feeling is wrong, but I can guarantee that I have absolutely no intention of taking revenge. I feel that Lin Xiu's aura is a little different from the previous times I saw him. What do you think?"

In addition, Lei Guangyao, who was standing next to Lin Xiu, was actually sending a message to Li Yi, also mentioning Lin Xiu's matter.

For a moment, Li Yi was overwhelmed.

Why do everyone think there is something wrong with Lin Xiu and are sending him messages at the same time?

Just as I was speechless, the elevator stopped and it seemed that it had arrived at its destination.

The front door slid open automatically, and an old-fashioned bionic man walked in front and smiled at everyone:

"Welcome to the quarantine area of ​​the Moon Fortress. Please follow me."

Having said that, he turned and walked forward.

Everyone followed immediately.

Li Yi also took the time to reply to the few people who had sent the message, saying that he understood and told them not to be nervous and to just observe first.

In his opinion, Lin Xiu should not be a cult member, he might just have encountered other problems and become emotionally unstable.

As for the different aura, it may be related to unstable emotions.

After all, it is impossible for a higher-level evolver to have no emotional fluctuations at all times.

…

The quarantine process lasted about half an hour and was very strict.

It doesn't take much effort to queue up. There are many steps in between, involving testing of the skin, saliva, hair, blood, stomach, intestines, organs, genes, etc. all over the body. The whole process is machine-tested and repeatedly scanned.

Each item needs to be checked for the possibility of external epidemics.

For example, genetic testing detects genetic diseases, and what they match are genetic diseases that already exist in the database and are difficult to treat. The probability of detection is very low, but Li Yi heard from Ning Feiyu that as long as it is detected, the person will definitely be banned from entering the earth.

Although genetic diseases are not contagious, they may be passed on to future generations and are difficult to eradicate.

Now that we have entered the interstellar age, it is not surprising that decision-makers would nip in the bud the dangerous factors that may arise in the next hundreds or thousands of years.

Li Yi estimated that if the Earth adhered to such a policy for a long time, it might be possible to cultivate a new generation of humans who were born without genetic defects, and even, with the arrangement of other supporting measures, cultivate a naturally extraordinary race like the Star Clan.

Li Yi is not sure about this approach.

His knowledge of genetics was only mediocre, and he couldn't tell whether this move was a good or bad one.

After all, for biological evolution, genetic defects may sometimes become benign mutations due to changes in the living environment.

After completing the quarantine, Ning Feiyu introduced Li Yi:

"It is said that there was once a pilot laboratory on Earth that used genetic intervention to adjust and train generations of humans to produce naturally extraordinary people."

"Logically speaking, the direct descendants of a couple who are both heavenly beings need to gradually grow up before they can master powerful genetic skills."

Li Yi asked curiously, "Born extraordinary, how do you define being born extraordinary? Is it a strong body, quick reaction, or is it related to divinity?"

Ning Feiyu said: "They are born with the ability to control divinity. After these children are born, as long as they begin to understand the world, they can control divinity, just like eating and walking.

Li Yi said thoughtfully: "It sounds like this is an amazing result, but why is it not promoted?"

Ning Feiyu said: "Because they are all short-lived, they will almost die when they reach adulthood. The cause of death is usually organ failure or brain atrophy."

Li Yi nodded and said, "The flaws of human intervention? For example, because the brain is not fully functional, the body is squeezed, and the divinity is abused?"

Ning Feiyu said:

"Yes, facts have proven that being able to control divinity too early is not a good thing, because children's minds are not fully developed. Even if researchers restrict them in every way, they will unconsciously stimulate divinity in their sleep, which will eventually lead to the inevitable collapse of their bodies."

"Moreover, it was later discovered that the experiment leader used many methods that violated human nature and common sense to complete the original 500-year plan in just a few decades."

"It is said that the laboratory has been shut down by the higher-ups, and the personnel involved in the laboratory moved to Mars to attract investment, but no one stepped on the landmine at the time, and in the end only a few powerful families that were about to decline joined forces to invest."

Hearing this, Li Yi's heart was slightly moved. He remembered what Liang Zhishen had mentioned before, that the Tan family was involved in a taboo experiment, and asked, "Is there a Tan in this declining Quan family?"

Ning Feiyu shook her head and said, "I don't understand this very well."

Beside him, Tan Haode slowly said:

"Captain Li's guess was correct. It was someone from our family who took the risk of contacting the person in charge of the genetic experiment in order to seek change."

"At that time, he said that he could inject a brand new and powerful gene of the Tianwei Quan clan into us."

"After the experiment started, we discovered that the man did not actually carry out the experiment on the schedule, but secretly used the funds given by the family to conduct other experiments."

"I believe Captain Li should know the result. Everyone in our family died directly because of the horrific experiment conducted by the person in charge."

Li Yi knew that this was most likely another scientific madman like Wu Huanling.

He asked, "What about the man behind? Is he still making trouble?"

Tan Haode said: "He should have died in the experiment. Of course, this is the result told to me by the investigation team at that time. However, I have never seen the body of that person, so I am not sure whether he is really dead or not. But there has been no news for so many years, so he should be dead."

As they were talking, everyone completed the other inspection procedures and entered the temporary resting quarters provided by the Moon Fortress to stay for three days.

Generally speaking, people with low authority are not allowed to move around freely except in designated areas.

Fortunately, Li Yi had already upgraded his authority to level five on the border star. So at Ning Feiyu's strong invitation, they, who had sufficient authority, prepared to go out for a walk.

As for why he didn't continue to be promoted, it was certainly not because of insufficient military merits.

Theoretically, his military achievements could be upgraded all the way to level seven.

However, starting from the sixth level of authority, there is an additional requirement to become a heavenly evolver, which is why Li Yi did not continue to upgrade his authority.

Generally speaking, only the captains of each ship or the strong men of each corps with sufficient combat merits can be promoted to the sixth level of authority.

For general upper-level evolvers, the normal corresponding authority is level three, and for middle-level evolvers, the normal corresponding authority is level two.

Li Yi's previous victory in winning the first place in the Yao Chi Ship Rookie Competition, which was actually very rare.

Generally, initial stage evolvers have level one authority.

By the way, upper-level evolvers with outstanding military achievements generally have level four authority. With this authority, they can normally travel through the lightly confidential areas of most important fleets, and can also travel through most confidential areas of their own fleets.

Level 5 authority requires exceptional military achievements and important positions to obtain. At this stage, one can freely read all kinds of confidential information within the fleet and has a high degree of emergency response authority.

It can also travel normally in the medium-confidential areas of other fleets.

People like Li Yi, who have made outstanding military achievements, are exceptions. They can ignore the restrictions of their positions and be promoted to level five authority in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)