Chapter 252 [Revised] The Really Reckless Wisdom
Sava was talking nonsense, and listening to a flock of birds chirping and talking back and forth for a few words, his tense nerves relaxed a little.
"I won't say any more. Seeing how much you guys are enjoying your meal, I'm going to ask the logistics department to serve you some food."
People say that with great power comes great responsibility. However, Savoie simplified this to: the greater the ability, the greater the appetite.
He performs two hours of boxing training every day without fail, and his energy consumption is more than three times that of other birds, and his appetite also increases proportionally.
Savoie ate two servings of heated chicken pasta, and was still not satisfied, so he also successfully took over a basket of steaming bread.
He carried bread into the rear cabin, with one loaf in his mouth. The chicken randomly stuffed the bread to the soldiers, mumbling, "Here." Everyone was bored at the moment and were singing together. The birds sang beautifully, and the seafood banged their brothers' clam shells as accompaniment. It was very lively.
There was only one person, sitting quietly in the corner, holding the terminal in both hands, playing the video over and over again.
Sava took a look and saw that it was the shark, Shaq.
The bread was handed to him, and Shaq looked up in surprise and took it. Sava asked the soldier next to him to move over, squeezed in and sat down, and leaned over to look familiarly, "I'm looking at your daughter. The little shark has two dimples, so cute."
When talking about the child, Shaq naturally opened up and said with a smile: "She looks like her mother. Her mother was a great beauty when she was young."
Previously, Shak’s daughter was kidnapped on the border planet and could not be found despite the desperate search. Later, Bai Ling gave a clue, and they spent several months following this clue and finally found a ship about to set off at the federal border.
Ignoring the crew's objections, he opened the hidden rear cabin, revealing a number of frightened and pale little faces. Even a tough guy like Shaq burst into tears when he held his daughter, who was lost and found again and looked pale and thin.
After settling his daughter in a safe area in the rear, Shaq returned to the team. He is born with a keen sense of smell and is an indispensable member of the rescue team. This time when he goes to the capital planet, he will lead a team alone to search the ruins after landing.
As for what kind of force is it that specifically searches for children who are alone in remote areas? And where will the ship eventually dock? They know nothing. Because of lax federal jurisdiction, the ship’s registration is to a shell company.
The company's website says it is a business with a "long history dedicated to extending life for older people." To put it bluntly, they sell health products.
There are countless similar fraudulent companies, and it is difficult to trace their origins from the surface information. I'm afraid that only if we find their headquarters one day can we catch them all in one fell swoop.
When talking about this, Shaq put away his masked enthusiasm, and in his lowered eyes, there was no lack of the pain of being a parent:
"Although we found 75 people in this batch, we found out from the interrogation of the crew that five of them had died on the way. In order to avoid being checked, they put the children in the cargo hold. The rear cabin was pitch black, cold and lacked oxygen, and the weak children couldn't survive at all. I lost control of myself at the time and beat them up. I put a gun to their necks and wanted to kill them, but I didn't expect that I would force them to confess something else—"
Shaq's pupils were dark, and he turned to Sava, "It turns out that I was lucky. The ship we intercepted was the last one. There was a bigger ship ahead, which abducted more children. It has already sailed into the universe and cannot be traced."
The laws of the old empire were harsh. The trafficking of a single child is enough to punishable by death.
As Shaq said, a child trafficking case of this scale and with this much organization has not been heard of in the past hundred years. But the forces behind the scenes have repeatedly reached out to take action, which shows how arrogance they are.
Shaq sighed, "In the past ten years, the empire has been in a state of chaos..."
His words are also what countless people in the empire think. At this point, everyone's eyes are fixed on the revolutionary army, and everyone is pinning their lifelong hopes on them.
If even the Revolutionary Army fails...
Sava's heart was shaken and he slowly sank. The people of the empire will fall into unprecedented despair and will never be able to recover.
Spiritual despair is more terrifying than physical death.
There was a commotion in the rear cabin. Suddenly, the speakers overhead rustled twice, followed by the station announcement from the ship's AI:
"We have arrived at the [Garden Corridor] checkpoint. Please prepare to disembark for inspection."
They are rebels, and they will definitely be attacked if they enter the capital planet normally, so they have to disguise themselves as civilians to get through. The number of people we brought this time is not many, only about 3,000. It would be difficult to declare if there were more than that.
But Sava was still nervous, fearing that he would be stuck at the checkpoint.
According to intelligence, the chief of this checkpoint was recently replaced. I don’t know if he has nothing better to do, but the probability of random inspections is four times higher than before.
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"belch."
Beehawk emptied the snack bag and burped out of boredom.
It seemed like he had eaten too much... He touched his growing belly and decided to go out for a walk.
Ever since Lu Hang was exposed as a spy for the Revolutionary Army, he has also been affected. He was kicked out of the core team of the military and thrown into this godforsaken checkpoint.
——When they say birds don’t poop, they really can’t poop. Floating in space every day, the gravity reaction gives me a headache, and the meals are compressed food, which will cause constipation if I eat too much.
If Heinz hadn't asked the passing jellyfish spies to bring him some supplies from time to time, he probably wouldn't have... gained ten pounds in two months!
There isn't even a gym here. The Honey Buzzard's only chance for exercise was to climb up to the observation tower breathlessly and order someone to open the cabin. Then he ran down panting, looked around on board, and checked the average decoration level of the Empire's transport ships.
He quite likes the feeling of "opening a blind box".
The premise is that the captain does not curse.
For example, the one in front.
"I'm warning you not to check randomly. Hey, I'm talking to you! Open your eyes and see clearly. This is my special pass. I am exempt from inspection at any checkpoint in the empire!"
Seeing him yelling loudly, the Bee Hawk came over to take a look and said, "Cargo ship? What kind of cargo are you carrying?"
The captain was a bald middle-aged man. When he saw Bee Hawk's rank of colonel, he snorted disdainfully, "Can't you tell for yourself what you are talking about?"
Beehawk checked the files and found that the declared goods were "children's toys". He subconsciously glanced at the ship's exterior paint and frowned slightly.
The spray paint with the company name on it had blurred edges, as if it had been rushed off before the paint had dried.
It feels a bit weird.
Moreover, the documentation states that this ship has only been in service for three months as a company ship...it needs to be painted again in such a short time?
The honey buzzard bit the pen cap and wrote [tentative] on the back board. Then he spat out the lid and ordered neatly: "Get out of the way, routine inspection!"
The captain and the first mate's eyes flickered, and their expressions revealed a hint of guilt.
This guilty feeling instantly turned into panic when Bee Hawk knocked on the wall and ordered his subordinates to pry open the baffle. The captain winked at the first mate, who immediately ran out to make a call while no one was paying attention.
When the baffle fell, an unpleasant sour smell hit the bird in the face, almost making it fall down on the spot. He fanned the air and walked inside despite the fishy and pungent smell, but he felt that the air became thinner and the cabin became colder the further he walked.
It was so cold that when he saw the children shivering in the corner and hugging each other for warmth, and the rows of young, twisted, and stiff bodies on the ground, he froze in place, as if someone had injected liquid nitrogen at minus 20 degrees Celsius into his veins.
It’s not hell, but it’s worse than hell.
"Uncle... help... help..." The children cried as softly as the hum of a mosquito.
The voice of the honey hawk broke through his throat, "Hurry up and find a doctor! And a blanket...carry them all out."
As he spoke, he turned around angrily, "I will report this matter, and you too!" His eyes were bloodshot as if they were about to spit out flames. The eagle, who was known for his tameness and timidity, gnashed his teeth for the first time in his life, "How dare you do such a thing? Death penalty!... You all must die!"
The short captain was lifted into the air by his muscular arm with one hand. He was so scared that his limbs trembled and he cried out in fear: "Master, Master, I don't know anything. I'm just a long-distance sailor... I really don't know anything. I kowtow to you, please forgive me——"
At this time, a group of people rushed in from outside.
Instead of a doctor and a blanket, it was the deputy stationmaster who came.
The deputy stationmaster walked over quickly and whispered, "Let them go."
Beehawk turned to him in disbelief: "Are you kidding?" He pointed his hand back heavily, "Don't you see these miserable children?"
The deputy stationmaster has been running this business for many years, and his mature face is covered with tired wrinkles. "I saw it. I just received a call from above. I want to tell you that if you insist on detaining them, we will be the next to die."
While the Honey Hawk was stunned, the captain knocked his hand away, jumped to the ground, and laughed at him with contempt, "What a lousy colonel, he really thinks he is nothing."
He straightened his work badge, grinned arrogantly, walked over, and kicked the stiff child's corpse on the ground with malice in front of the Bee Hawk.
"You dare to report it? Go ahead and report it. Let's see how many lives you have. How dare you go against us?"
The ship carrying "children's toys" set sail again. It slid out of the channel as if nothing had happened, as if everything that had just happened was just an insignificant illusion.
The doctor arrived late, but saw the Honey Buzzard sitting there with his head down, muttering something in his heart.
I gave him medicine, but his condition didn't improve. The bee eagle's hands and feet were numb and he couldn't breathe. He could only hear the children's whispers floating in front of him, "Uncle...save me..."
He thought he could eat and drink and stay out of it.
It was not until the sand of the times fell on his head that he suddenly fell - even the newborn, youngest buds were strangled to death in front of him. Is there any hope for this country?
"Stationmaster, the information reported by the next ship is very suspicious. There are 3,000 passengers, and they say they are going on a company-wide trip. You know, there was an earthquake in the capital city, so why are they going on a trip? There is something fishy here, could it be——"
The honey hawk's eyes turned subtly.
He stood up and started to scold, "What's wrong with team building? Why do you care so much? Why didn't you say so much just now? What if this is the company of some boss in the capital star? Can we afford to offend him?"
The subordinate was panicked and immediately changed his words: "That's right! You have thought it through better than me. I will let them go right away."
Having said this, he trotted away.
The Bee Eagle was still shouting at him from behind: "Open a green channel for them, do you hear me?"
"I heard—"
Then, this huge fleet of "company team-building" ships sailed to the capital with green lights.
The Bee Hawk calmly walked back to the house, sat down, opened a new bag of snacks, stuffed them into his mouth, and started searching with his optical computer:
[How many years will a soldier be sentenced to for collaborating with the enemy and letting him go...]
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In the vast space, a small transport ship painted with a "child's smiling face" quietly sailed to the back of the planet, and plunged into the atmosphere of New Columbus from a place where the star could not reach.
Blue Foot looked up.
He saw from afar what seemed to be a transparent film in the sky. The night was turbid, and a faint, dim light cut through the night sky. The film opened a corner, and the light slid in like a loach, and finally fell on the other side of the horizon.
It should be a spacecraft landing.
Lan Jian sighed deeply. Since yesterday, he has been cut off from the revolutionary army. I heard that some defense facility was activated and the entire planet was covered with a thin film. No quantum information from the outside could be transmitted in, and he couldn't report to the organization.
Suddenly, the window was hit by a stone, making three "ding, ding, ding" sounds. Lan Jian stuck his head out and immediately ran down to open the door for Pei La and Mu Li.
Pei La stood cautiously at the door and took a look. "Is there no one at home?"
"My grandparents went to the rally," said Lan Jian.
"Then we'll go too." Pei La pulled him out without saying anything. The three of them jumped into the sewer skillfully and moved around as nimbly as mice.
Mu Li ran back and said, "Today is their big gathering. The whole city is going. They seem to be celebrating some festival."
Lan Jian panted: "What festival?"
"The day of God's coming will be celebrated for three days. Maybe that's why the entire planet is fenced off and no one is allowed to enter or leave."
"We're here." Pei La reminded.
Then, three pairs of eyes moved closer to the sewer grate. They carefully used turning mirrors to observe the outside world. With every breath, the smell of rust mixed with a disgusting fishy smell rushed into their mouths and noses.
Lan Jian pointed in the mirror and asked, "Who is this? Why are they surrounding him?"
Mu Li: "According to my observation, it should be the bishop."
"Bishop? Aren't they Cyber Buddhists? They should be called abbot."
"Don't get hung up on the wording. This is a polytheistic religion. It actually has elements of both the East and the West. You'll see once you go in and take a look."
"I'm not going."
"Your grandparents are both faithful believers. Didn't they say they would take you with them?"
"No." Lan Jian shook his head. "Maybe they think I'm studying away from home and don't believe this."
The "bishop" was an elegant middle-aged man who looked unfamiliar - at least Lan Jian had never seen this person since he grew up here.
He looked at the magnificent hall again. The sound of people's excited chanting was endless, as if the faith had seeped into their flesh, bones and blood, and was deeply attached to their cells.
Pei La suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Since they are all gathering, tonight is a good time to act! Get ready, let's raid the hospital."
Lan Jian was confused: "Didn't you say you couldn't get a pass?"
Pei La was full of confidence: "I have an idea. All I need is a pass from you. When Mu Li and I turn into our original forms, you can carry us in your arms."
Lan Jian's face flushed red, and he quickly stood up and waved his hands, "No, no, there's a difference between AB and AO!"
Pei La ignored him and turned around to pack up her equipment. "What's the big deal? I don't mind you being a male A, so why do you mind me being a female B? Or maybe you just mind that Mu Li is an O and smells bad."
"...I didn't!" Lan Jian wanted to cry but had no tears.
So, B and O walked away with an alpha crying.
They ran to the sewer entrance of the hospital, Pei La turned into a snake, Mu Li turned into an oyster, and Lan Jian was forced to climb up quietly with the snake and oyster in his arms.
They were lucky. The back door of the hospital warehouse was open tonight and a mechanical vehicle was constantly carrying boxes inside.
Lan Jian hid behind a box and watched the robotic arm move the box in front into the freight elevator.
At this time, there may be a mechanical failure, causing the sealed box to fall to the ground and crack a corner. Lan Jian blinked and saw a tattered rag doll fall out of the cracked corner.
The rag doll was lying on the ground, dirty, its eyes lifeless, half of its head missing, revealing the messy cotton inside.
Why are there children's toys here?
"Hurry up!"
Someone came over scolding. He seemed to be on the radio, and kicked the rag doll with his long booted legs, kicking it into the corner like trash.
The moment the man walked over, Lan Jian saw his face.
A face that is handsome and three-dimensional enough to be a hostess, but looks a little unnatural when you look closely. If you watch it too much, it will give you a vague feeling of discomfort.
Lan Jian subconsciously wondered if this person had had plastic surgery.
But thinking back, the man's outline was very smooth, especially the slight concave in the middle of his jaw. It seemed like I had seen it somewhere before...
Where is it...
Just as he was thinking hard, he heard a man's low voice:
"Uncle, yes, I received the goods, but one ship was missing. The superiors were very angry when they found out and wanted to blame you, but I stopped them."
"No need to thank me, it's just a piece of cake. I'll transfer the money to you soon. What they mean is that you can continue to deliver goods. The next batch will be larger than the previous one, and the number required this time is 30,000. 'Big' goods are also fine, but customers still prefer 'small' goods that can be used for a longer time."
"If there are other businesses, I will introduce them to you first. Of course, in exchange, you have to tell me where my brother is now."
Lan Jian thought to himself that this person might have lost his younger brother and was in a hurry to find him and bring him home.
"——Don't worry, I won't let him die easily after I find him." The man laughed sinisterly. "He pushed me off the cliff, disfigured me, and even pretended to be me and slept with my omega. I must skin him alive, pull out his tendons, and cook him slowly in a pot over low heat. Only then will I be worthy of our brotherhood."
When Lan Jian heard this, all the pores on his body exploded and he subconsciously stepped back.
KALA——
The kicked can started rolling.
"Who's there!" The man turned his head vigilantly, narrowed his eyes dangerously, pulled out his gun, and strode towards this side.
He came up to him in an instant. Suddenly, a colorful snake slowly crawled out on its belly, emerged from the shadow behind the box, hissed at the man twice, and then quickly twisted into another shadow.
"It turned out to be a snake." The man said slowly and put away his gun. At this time, the mechanical arm outside was stuck. He stepped heavily on the ground with his boots, raising dust, and walked out of the warehouse.
——Take advantage of this moment!
Lan Jian rushed out holding his breath from where the man had just stood, less than a meter away, grabbed the little snake, and made a series of sleek moves that were so smooth that he couldn't believe it, and finally slid into the freight elevator that was closing.
Press the floor, press the floor, dead hand, press it quickly!
"You idiot, you want to swipe your work badge!" The little snake stretched out from the collar and scolded.
"Ding!" The light came on, "It's on!" Lan Jian's whole hand was shaking with nervousness, and his body was twitching a little as he leaned against the car, "Oh my god, I'm scared to death."
The mission failed and three people almost lost their lives.
The little sea snake spit out its red tongue and said, "Hiss, you two owe me a life. Remember to treat me to fried gluten later."
Oyster twisted his head darkly in his clothes, "Eat, eat, eat. Can I cook myself and make soup for you?"
"No, your pheromones are sweet, and I like salty ones."
"I've never seen a B as picky as you."
"Well, now you see it."
It was almost late at night, the elevator stopped on the 20th floor, and it was pitch black outside. The corridors were filled with voice-controlled lights, and Lan Jian walked very carefully, fearing that he would trigger the lights.
After finding a storage room, Lan Jian gave the two of them the clothes in his backpack and asked them to change into them.
Then, the three of them went out and kidnapped a nursing robot according to the plan, dragged it into the storage room, removed its chip, inserted it into the reader, and connected it to their own micro-optical computer.
Mu Li controlled the interface and pressed Enter. "Got it! I found your mother's name. Let me take a look--"
He squinted his eyes, his pupils glowing blue under the reflection of the light from the computer, and read out the words line by line, "Area A, 22nd floor, bed 109."
Pei La responded quickly, "It's our area. We just need to climb two more floors. Let's go!"
The 22nd floor was still eerily quiet. If they hadn't seen the nurse on duty at the counter from afar, they would have suspected that the place was deserted.
They safely reached bed 109 and opened the bed curtains. Lan Jian's heart was pounding with nervousness, but all his worries and panic finally faded away when he saw his mother's sleeping face.
She's still alive, so good...
"Let's ask Auntie if she's willing to go with us." Pei La lowered her voice.
Lan Jian whispered in her ear, "Mom, Mom, it's me..."
"Hmm... Who is it..." The woman turned sideways in a daze, and just as she was about to turn around, the back of her neck covered by her hair was revealed.
In an instant, the three people present saw the pain on her neck——
jack.
The woman opened her eyes suddenly. Unlike Lan Jian's imagination, his mother's eyes were full of strangeness and surprise. Then she rang the bed bell in a flash, grabbed the quilt and screamed viciously:
"Catch them! They're here-!"
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From the ventilation duct, waves of suppressed sobbing could be heard.
It’s not a ghost that’s crying here, but a funny seabird with Tiffany blue feet, hiding its face with its wings.
"Woo woo, she doesn't recognize me anymore..."
"Okay, okay. I know you're upset, and I'm happy to comfort you when I get back, but right now we have to think about how to escape."
The sea snake wrapped around the blue-footed booby like a colorful ribbon, going from under his left wing to his right armpit, and finally placing the snake's head on his back.
Ten minutes ago, in order to escape the pursuit of the guards who were attacking him, Lan Jian transformed into his original form and flew away with his two little friends in his mouth.
But he was not as good a flyer as an eagle. He could only circle twice and find an open window to hide in again. For safety, they crawled into the ceiling.
Although the clothes were lost, fortunately Lan Jian's wings were very big, so the backpack and computer on his back were not lost.
Just as he was feeling sad, the oysters not far away were slowly sliding down the slope of the ventilation duct. Mu Li shouted anxiously, "I'm going to slide down, my shell is going to slide down!"
Sea snake: "Hurry up and stick it with your flesh."
Mu Li: "No, I'm not in heat, there's not enough water! I can't stick to it, sister!"
He slid all the way to the bottom, and the hard shell of Mama Lailai hit the grille with a clang, knocking Mu Li unconscious.
"What's that sound?" Someone spoke in the room below.
"That's the sound of those little bastards banging on boxes. It just stopped for a while, but now it's starting again. It's really annoying."
The three animals in the vent held their breath instantly, not daring to make a sound.
Only when they heard the door downstairs close and lock did they dare to breathe.
There was only a dim light on in the room below, and the light shone through the grille, casting dark and light stripes on Lan Jian's face. He turned his head and looked at the sea snake on his back. The sea snake said, "I'm long enough. How about you hold my tail in your mouth and I'll fall down to see what's going on below?"
Lan Jian thought, this girl B is really reckless.
After about three minutes, the sea snake used its strong abdominal core strength to curl up and slowly climbed into the seabird's back hair to rest.
Mu Li asked: "What did you see?"
The snake's eyes were dark and cold. "Grids, lots of grids, and there's a child in each grid. Like the transparent cabinets in a pet store where kittens are kept, with receipts on them."
Lan Jian instantly remembered the rag doll that had just fallen into the warehouse.
"What document? Medical record?"
"No." Pei La said in an unprecedented solemn tone, "It's an insurance policy. The insurance project is called the Human Immortality Plan. The effective date is 2012, and the expiration date is -"
"Three days later."
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The big screen was completely dark, with only a line of red words in the lower right corner, which read the date:
[Photographed at 15:08 on August 29, 2412]
The military satellite failed, and all the images of the new Columbus satellite taken were pitch black, as if the ground was covered by a strange large net, blocking the imaging of the components.
"But it's normal to take pictures of other places," the researcher pointed to his superior, "This is beyond my understanding. I can only guess that if this is not due to equipment damage, then they must have a protective energy network that exceeds the current technological level of the Empire."
"What kind of protective net?" asked Xiwu Si in a deep voice.
"I don't know," the researcher shook his head. "Sir, I am sure this is not the particle energy network we are currently using. Because particle energy will not make satellite images unobservable."
After discussing for a long time, the experts were still at a loss as to what to do. They all agreed that there was a mysterious and troublesome defense network within the atmosphere of New Columbus. But we have to wait until Kidd comes back with his bombs to find out the specific situation.
A tense atmosphere spread in the command and operations center. Seibuji had encountered various difficult battlefield situations, but this was the first time he had encountered something so out of the ordinary. He walked outside and lit a cigarette, then leaned against the covered bridge and frowned in thought. When the cigarette was about to burn out, the returning Seagull troops appeared in his field of vision ahead.
"How is it?" Xiwu Si walked up to him and asked.
Kidd took off his protective helmet and the cushioning vest on his combat uniform, saying with a sense of frustration, "This is fucking hell. I've fought in wars for so many years, and I've never seen anything so weird!"
The grenadiers following behind were also dejected. Upon asking, they found out that they had thrown down a full load of ammunition, intending to remotely blow up a large facility such as a power plant far away from residential areas to test the waters. Who knew that this throw would be like a stone sinking into the sea, the devastating missile hitting a layer of invisible cotton and becoming a soft, dumb bullet. It's useless.
After knocking open the door of the command center, Kidd impatiently called for someone to come over and operate it, and then said to Seibu:
"Take a look at this."
That was the only remaining footage from the onboard camera. The image quality was blurry, as if the electron beam was struggling with some force, with snow-like interference popping up from time to time. In this intermittent situation, I could barely piece together the entire process of the ammunition firing.
First it launched, then fell to a height of 1,000 meters from the ground. At this moment, a slight arc of light suddenly appeared in the void. Like the ripples caused by stones thrown into the lake, it presents a honeycomb-like hexagonal structure and is very stable. When the ammunition hit it, there was only a tiny, barely noticeable vibration and flash, and then the internal energy continued to be supplied, and the entire transparent mask became restored to its original state.
Under the illumination of the stars, an arc-shaped highlight flashed on its edge, like the grinning mouth of some transparent monster on the earth, mercilessly mocking their arrogance.
Then the picture disappeared and fell into darkness.
Kidd expressed his feelings solemnly: "This place makes me uncomfortable."
It was like a strong discomfort that humans feel when facing unknown things because they cannot understand them with existing common sense.
The situation was urgent, and Xiwu Si looked serious, "No matter what it is, the most urgent thing is to solve it."
"Sir! Request to speak." The researcher suddenly reported.
"allow."
"Sir, I just contacted Professor Morris. He is on the Wild Star and used to work at the First Military University. He is an expert in particle energy. According to him, this may be some kind of energy that humans on Earth have explored before, but the method to master it has been lost."
"But he's not sure, so he's applying to you for level one access to the Imperial Archives to find more evidence."
Xiwu Si frowned slightly, "Does it have to be level one? I can't approve it. Let him submit the application. I need to submit it to my superior for approval."
"But submitting applications through numerous levels may delay the operational plan, sir," the researcher reminded reluctantly.
"This is a military regulation!" Xiwu Si paused, "Unless..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of a sliding door moving away from behind him. Someone used his privileges to walk directly from the office into here. Everyone turned around and saw Bai Ling standing at the door, with no expression on his cold and delicate face.
Bai Ling turned his gaze towards the researcher, "We can make an exception this time. In my name, I will issue the authorization immediately."
"Yes! Commander." The researcher saluted nervously.
Seibu Tsukasa's expression eased a little, and the next step was to wait for the professor to give a conclusion.
What exactly is this unknown energy that cannot be controlled by the empire’s current level of technology?
If it was once mastered by humans on Earth in the 21st century, why has it been unable to blossom in the interstellar age 400 years later?
In fact, there has always been a lot of debate about the technological level of ancient Earth and today's interstellar space. A considerable number of industry insiders believe that the technological level of the interstellar world that developed from a wasteland, whether it is the Empire or the Federation, cannot compare with that of ancient Earth.
The most important reason is the gap in civilization. Or in other words, "wisdom gap".
You must know that in the 21st century, 90% of the world's high-tech technologies are in the hands of superpowers. The technological patents of hegemonic countries can be fifty or even a hundred years ahead of ordinary countries. When ordinary people still thought that the exploration of the Earth was limited to the moon, major powers had already discovered extraterrestrial life outside the Milky Way and planned to colonize outer space.
But these are not worth telling the public.
After the earth was destroyed by nuclear war, these technologies beyond human imagination were suddenly lost.
Some say that they were taken into the grave by technology giants; others say that the original scientists died and no one can ever reproduce them.
Of course, the most mainstream view is that they were buried in the rubble and disappeared. Therefore, a new profession has emerged in the underground cities of the earth - technological archaeologist.
They are specifically responsible for wearing anti-radiation suits and searching for lost scientific and technological achievements on the surface of the earth.
This is an extremely dangerous job, and many people will develop leukemia before the age of thirty. So these people often choose to keep one child...
"Professor Morris found evidence!" the researcher suddenly shouted, "He sent the file."
It was turned on and projected onto the large screen in the command center. Pairs of eyes stared at it closely, wanting to know where this huge obstacle that inexplicably blocked their path came from.
[File No. 2847, Project Name: Dark Matter Energy Shield]
[Discovered by: Bai Ke]
"Quickly check who this Bai Ke is?" the researcher instructed his subordinates.
Bai Ling stared at the extremely familiar name and stood there without saying a word. His fingertips dug deep into his palms, and the blood flow backwards caused severe breathing difficulties, but he seemed unaware of it. After a long while, he lowered his eyes and ordered in a hoarse voice:
“No need to check!”
That’s my…
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