Chapter 181 Chapter 181
Chapter 181
"I know everyone here must be confused, but please don't treat an old guy like me as a fool."
"With your power, most of the people present now have a general understanding of D-5889's ancient ruins, and some have even touched upon what happened in the ancient ruins, so please make a decision."
The person in charge standing on the stage looked quite old, and his eagle eyes made it difficult to look into his eyes.
Young people today may not know much about the origins of this old man, but if we go back more than 100 years, we will find that in the interstellar world at that time when the Zerg was rampant, this old man relied on his eloquence to persuade the three major countries to cooperate collectively.
It also brought the Human Federation, which was on the verge of disintegration at the time, back to a position equal to the other two countries.
However, after the Zerg were defeated, the old prime minister abdicated and lived a leisurely retirement life.
Until recently, because the three major countries once again cooperated collectively, this old palmist was released by the Human Federation to maintain order.
The old prime minister spoke quite rudely and exposed the past of everyone present. However, the old prime minister did not care about his status and position at all. He said this to give face to the young people present.
However, after seeing the composition of the people on the scene, the old prime minister finally understood why the Human Alliance hurriedly invited him out of his mansion.
If it weren't for someone of his status keeping the peace, a fight would have probably broken out by now.
The old prime minister thought about it and squinted his eyes at the princes of the other two countries.
"The Crown Prince of the Holy Star Empire is just like his father. He looks old at a young age."
The old prime minister looked at Si Heng, who seemed a little surprised at first but then became calm. He recalled when his father was the crown prince and had to admit that heredity was a wonderful thing. Then he saw Feng Li.
Old Prime Minister: ...
"Has the Orc Empire become so difficult? Can such a superficial prince become the crown prince?"
The old prime minister looked at Feng Li, who looked somewhat nonchalant even though he tried his best, and thought in disbelief.
Although the old prime minister knew that the princes of both countries were only sons, it was the first time he realized that the gap between the princes of the two countries was so huge.
A series of conspiracies and schemes subconsciously flashed through his mind, including but not limited to devouring the Orc Empire, or using the Holy Star Empire to compete with the Orc Empire.
But when he came to his senses and looked down, he silently put his thoughts back into his mind.
He has already retired, so let's leave everything to the young people today, the old prime minister thought.
However, even though so many thoughts flashed through his mind, he still maintained his poker face and spoke in a long, arrogant voice.
"It's very good. No one present wants to quit. Then let's move on to the formal explanation session."
As the old prime minister spoke, he waved his hand and a holographic image immediately appeared in the center of the conference room.
——The topographic map of the ancient god’s ruins appeared on the holographic screen.
The old prime minister narrowed his eyes and said, "I hope that after I finish explaining this, everyone present will not back down out of fear."
As the old prime minister spoke, his eagle-like eyes once again swept across the entire conference hall.
Leander, who had met the old Prime Minister before, looked at the old Prime Minister's appearance and spoke with emotion through the light brain to Marshal Theodore beside him.
"I never thought that the old man would be like this. He was not like this when he was cheating and not taking medicine."
Theodore looked at the old prime minister standing on the stage, directing the holographic image to give a lecture, with a complicated expression.
——Does this man know that his true identity has been exposed by his doctor?
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Fortunately, Leander just joked about it and then took the meeting seriously.
The Human Alliance decided to let the three countries explore the ancient god ruins on the planet D-5889 because there was really no other way to deal with the ancient god ruins.
They can decipher the other small ruins of ancient cities in half a year or even a year at most. Even if more people die, as long as human lives are invested in the ruins, the source of the mutation will be found sooner or later.
However, the ancient god ruins on Planet D-5889 were the first large-scale ruins ever discovered, and also the first ruins discovered by the Human Federation. Regardless of its status, the exploration of this large-scale ruins cost countless lives.
There are even rumors that if one wants to travel all over the huge ruins, the number of lives consumed will be more than enough to fill the entire human federation.
Although Leander did not believe this ridiculous rumor, it can be seen from this how many people were swallowed up by the super-large ruins. Even if their subsequent treatment became smoother and smoother due to his research, if given a choice, who would be willing to turn themselves into a half-human, half-ghost appearance?
Especially those soldiers who went down for the second exploration, they stayed in the hospital for a full year and a half before they could return to normal life.
Unfortunately, due to the poor soldier security and welfare of the Human Federation, although they still received their salaries, all of their wages were spent in the hospital. Many of them faced the fate of being separated from their wives and children after they were released.
Under such circumstances, fewer and fewer people wanted to explore the ruins. Even if there were high bonuses and promotion opportunities dangling in front of them, they were rejected. Some people even sued their superiors in the military court.
The military court turned a blind eye and gave the officer a mild punishment, but it also showed how much the soldiers resisted this.
But we can't let the officers go, because they are not like the soldiers who are easily deceived.
So when the soldiers were unwilling to go, the Human Alliance decided to take out this large ancient god ruins and hand it over to the expedition teams of the three countries to explore together. Of course, the Human Alliance would get the biggest share.
but……
"I always feel that those old guys in Congress are still hiding something from us. After all, after those old guys learned that the large ancient ruins had the possibility of immortality, they frantically sent people to try to get in, even at the cost of human lives."
'In order to transfer us soldiers who loved us, they even offered us a huge profit, which offset the previous punishment. After that, they gave Ethan a green light and gave him all kinds of honors as if they were free. By the time Ethan realized what was happening, he had already been clearly arranged by these old guys and had no time to return to the scene to observe the situation.'
Leander sent a message to Theodore on the side through the light brain.
'However, after a period of time, they suddenly lost interest in the ancient ruins. This time, they even let the three countries explore the ancient ruins. Even though they took the lion's share, I always felt that this was not in line with their character.'
In Leander's opinion, after learning about such a large relic, it would be normal for these old guys in the alliance to hide the relic for a thousand or eight hundred years. If possible, Leander believed that they would lure unsuspecting young people into the relic and reap the benefits themselves.
However, it is unimaginable for these congressional gentlemen to share the ruins with the world in such a normal way just for the purpose of exploring the ruins.
Theodore quickly typed on his laptop and replied: "Think about the three explorers who went down there the first time and disappeared. There is still no information about their identities. I have almost wiped out all the pirates around me in the past few years, but I still haven't heard from them."
'And there are no Federation people with similar identities in other countries. After all, we are only two sexes and cannot become orcs. It is also difficult for them to disguise themselves as sub-orcs. Genetic testing is different.'
Needless to say, Leander immediately remembered the first three people who went down two years ago.
One of them is still in the hospital. Whenever he goes out, he feels that someone wants to harm him. Even though his mental state is no longer affected by the ruins, he was still frightened and became ill.
Leander sent an approving expression to Theodore, then raised his eyes to the center of the meeting room. At this time, the old prime minister had already mentioned the dangers of the ruins.
"——The Human Federation sent 8 expeditions for exploration in two years, with a total of 87 people." The old prime minister did not care about the tolerance of the people present at all, and showed all the bloody numbers and pictures in front of everyone.
"Among them, 80 people had physical abnormalities, 72 people had mental abnormalities, 32 people had permanent physical injuries, and 19 people had permanent mental injuries..."
The data spoken by the old prime minister shocked everyone present, but Leander was quite familiar with these figures.
After all, most of them were recorded by him.
He has been very busy in the past two years. Every once in a while, someone would send these guys to him, hoping that he could save them. Unfortunately, he was just a chief physician, not a god, so he could only helplessly provide other treatment methods.
'The figures revealed by the old prime minister are probably exaggerated. Some of the limb injuries were caused by people who were too scared to do anything and cut off their own limbs. They also refused to restore their bodies and directly installed prosthetic limbs.'
As Leander spoke, he watched the old prime minister intimidate the people present, and he was telling Theodore the truth below.
'As for those with limb abnormalities, although there are many of them, most of them just have a little limb abnormality and then retreat. At most, they just grow a few extra fingers. In this case, it doesn't matter if they are cut off.'
Recalling the original scene, Leander felt a little helpless. He looked up at the old prime minister again. At this time, the old prime minister had already talked about the benefits of the ruins.
And he looked quite fanatical.
Leander felt that the old prime minister's eyes looked familiar, and he sent a message to Theodore again.
'It was said that eight expedition teams went down, but only the first expedition team of soldiers entered the town behind. The others couldn't stand it before they even passed the mural corridor. They screamed and were called back by the emergency call system.'
Theodore, who had been fighting against space pirates, heard about the development process of the ruins for the first time in two years. After hearing this gossip, he looked at the old prime minister with a complicated expression. He really didn't expect that the old prime minister, who looked serious, was actually a good at making up lies.
But it is also true that if it weren't for the old prime minister's eloquent speech, it is probably unclear whether the Human Federation would exist now.
"By the way, I always feel that the old prime minister's eyes are somewhat familiar, and I always feel like I have seen him somewhere."
Leander said while sending a message.
Theodore immediately looked at the old prime minister on the stage and immediately realized what was going on.
"Do you remember those cultists I caught and sent you before? They tried to join the pirates in order to preach to them and make them believe in their Lord, but most of them were treated as crazy and thrown away after being beaten up."
Theodore recalled the original scene and frowned as he said, "Some others were kept by the pirates because they did not need money and worked efficiently, but they had to endure the bombardment of their eardrums."
'But I always feel that there is something wrong with those people. They serve their so-called master too sincerely, and there is always a faint smell of seafood on them.'
'They were questioned by the pirates whether they had not taken a proper bath every day. But they were stripped naked and washed about 8 times in front of everyone, and they still had that fishy smell on their bodies, but the artificial intelligence could not detect what type of disease it was.'
Leander was also interested in hearing such a strange thing, and he asked: "Where are those people at the end?"
'Finally, these people were thrown out again because they were still sincere in preaching to them after being washed eight times. Now they are probably working as preachers in some black clinic.'
Theodore said, but his expression was a little cautious.
I didn’t make the connection before, but now that I do - isn’t that so-called fishy smell exactly the same as the fishy smell in the ancient god’s ruins?
As Theodore thought about this, he casually glanced at the people present.
I noticed that most people had expressions of fear on their faces, but the trio sitting over there looked fine.
At most, the child from the Orc Empire looked a little scared, but after getting close to Ethan, the child calmed down as if he had absorbed some strength, and he gave Ethan a big smile.
Theodore looked quite complicated. He had been busy clearing out the pirates for the past two years and had little time to think about Ethan.
He should have forgotten about him, but he unconsciously paid attention to Ethan's situation, including his papers and the research results he published.
Theodore didn't know what was wrong with him. Before, Ethan treated him kindly and didn't care, but now Ethan is sarcastic when he sees him and can't forget him.
He couldn't tell whether it was because he learned to cherish something only after losing it, or he was just being a loser.
Fortunately, they met again this time.
Theodore thought as he looked at Ethan who still had no expression on his face.
Let’s just put an end to it this time.
Once he lets it go, he might be able to pursue Jiang Qi in the best possible manner.
Jiang Qi, who was waiting for notification in the room outside the conference hall and on the starship, said: "A-choo!"
After Jiang Qi sneezed, he always felt that he had a bad premonition about this conference, and this premonition became a reality after seeing Marshal Hill and others.
"Why did Marshal Theodore come to explore the ruins? He actively tried to attend the conference this time. He came purely to see Professor Ethan, so why did they come too? "
Jiang Qi burst into wailing after seeing the list of people attending the conference.
Fortunately, he quickly recovered. He knew why those people were asked to participate. It was simply to make the exploration of the ruins smoother.
However, thinking about the mocking looks from the people around him and the look of understanding on everyone's faces after learning his name, Jiang Qi wanted to blow up the world. Fortunately, there is still Professor Ethan in this world,
After greeting Professor Ethan and finding that he still remembered him and was very kind to him, Jiang Qi went further and further down the path of Professor Ethan's addiction.
Jiang Qi, who was waiting in the room, soon saw the official document that the conference had ended. He also received a notice about which starship he would board in a few days. Jiang Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
but……
After the conference was over, why did all those big shots who walked out of the venue look so unhappy on their faces?
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These so-called big shots did not look very good, especially Feng Li.
However, the other people looked unhappy because the old prime minister did not give them any face at all.
This old guy directly pulled their pants off and let them know that if they wanted to get the biggest share in this project this time, they'd better get along well with the Human Federation and give up some interests on some project levels.
After all, the Human Federation is now the country in the entire universe that has done the most research on the ancient gods' ruins. They even have a Professor Ethan who can read the characters on the ancient gods' ruins.
While other bigwigs were holding their noses and returning to their rooms to discuss how to get the biggest piece of meat from the Human Alliance at the lowest cost, Feng Li was angry that he did not know the situation of this project in advance.
He really didn't expect that this time he was just thrown here by his father to participate in an international project. However, after the opening, he realized how terrifying this project was, but he had no way to leave.
He represented the Orc Empire, and his father had left him here because he didn't want him to leave, so he could only hold on - God knows he almost jumped up from the ground when he saw the murals in the ruins.
Feng Li would rather fight the star pirates with real swords and guns than watch these weird things. Fortunately, not long after he returned to the room, he received good news that this event did not require people of noble status like them to go down in person.
They just had to watch through the screen how the selected expedition members fought desperately. Fengli was relieved. It was not because he was a coward. But in this situation where they knew it was dangerous but still went down, it was natural that they would rather die than die.
After Feng Li recovered from his shock, he naturally thought about making friends with the Human Federation and obtaining more benefits from the ancient god ruins.
The entire universe is flocking to the substance in the ancient gods' ruins that can control the human mind and even change the human body shape - at the genetic level.
The Orc Empire is no exception. Although Feng Li is blind in some things, he still knows what it means to be flexible when it comes to national interests.
——Yes, Feng Li planned to reconcile with Ye Ruian. After all, he saw Ye Ruian sticking to Professor Ethan throughout the meeting.
The doctor professor seemed to be quite nice to him and Aaron next to him. Although their faces were cold, it was obvious from their expressions that they were not angry.
Thinking of this, he began to gather the team this time to give him advice on this route.
But...the team members all looked embarrassed to reveal their real names, and some even spoke frankly.
"——Your Highness, this is indeed a bit too difficult. After all, before you participated in this project, you just saved Ye Yu, and the entire galaxy knew about it."
Feng Li felt the veins on his forehead throbbing wildly.
He was the one who saved the person. How could he not know that the whole galaxy knew about Ye Yu and him? Wasn't the purpose of summoning them here to figure out how he should reconcile with Ye Ruian in this situation?
Otherwise, if he hadn't saved Ye Yu, he would have taken advantage of the end of this conference to approach and chat with Ye Ruian.
Seeing the veins throbbing on Feng Li's forehead, the deputy beside him quickly came over to smooth things over. He first pulled the young man who had just spoken behind him, and then spoke to Feng Li.
"Your Highness, this is indeed a difficult point. My suggestion is to take it slow and steady. After all, it will take us half a month to reach Planet D-5889. During this half month, you just need to show your gentle and considerate side as much as possible."
The deputy said sincerely to the people around him with a look of "Are you serious?"
Although Feng Li felt that this long-term approach was too slow, he couldn't find a better way now. After all, he had already pushed his favorability level down to negative numbers.
In this situation, if Ye Ruian was willing to talk to him again, it would be a victory.
Feng Li nodded, indicating that he accepted this approach. He then dismissed everyone and started thinking about how to proceed in the room.
The staff members who were kicked out of the room asked the deputy in surprise on the way.
"Are you serious about what you just said? If Ye Ruian gets angry, with his current status, he wouldn't dare to hit Feng Li, but he dares to hit us!"
The deputy smiled and said, "Don't worry, Ye Ruian is not the kind of person who doesn't distinguish right from wrong. Especially since he knows what kind of person His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is, he won't vent his anger on you."
So the only person who could be beaten could be the prince?
The person next to him wrote this sentence with his eyes.
"Besides, if we use this method, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will at least try to pretend to be gentle and considerate in front of Ye Ruian. Then we can ask Ye Ruian to hold a few more meetings, and take advantage of the opportunity when he is around to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince approve all the documents..."
The originally questioning eyes of the people around him instantly turned into admiration. The deputy's move was simply perfect. But apparently they forgot the saying that plans cannot keep up with changes. Similarly, they also forgot that some people are born with the ability to make a good situation very bad.
And Feng Li is obviously such a person.
Three days later.
Day of embarkation.
A clear but cold voice echoed throughout the corridor.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince of the Orc Empire, if you want to pursue Marshal Theodore or Chief Leander, please go to them and tell them directly."
The young man with a delicate face said with gritted teeth, showing a rare anger.
"——Instead of holding on to a poor, frail professor like me whose mental power is only C-level and who doesn't spend much time with them!"
Feng Li was just trying to find a topic to chat with, trying to show his gentle and considerate side to Ye Ruian and Professor Ethan: ...
Now people say that he overdosed his strength. Is it possible for us to do it again?
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