Chapter 115 Chapter 115
Chapter 115
The next day's news, Ethan Sellars, their former federal treasure, sued his parents in court, which directly occupied the headlines.
The former fans were originally planning to follow Jiang Qi's schedule, but when they opened the trending searches, they saw that their former idol had suffered mental abuse for more than 20 years, and they were immediately furious.
"Now let's take a look at the latest news. At 8 p.m. yesterday evening, Federal Gem Ethan Sellars called the police and sent his parents to the police station. When asked why he called the police, Ethan Sellars made shocking accusations against his parents..."
"If convicted, Ethan Sellars' parents could face life in prison or even be sent to St. Mary's Fertility Center for the charges of mental induction and mental abuse of a minor."
"…It's unbelievable that our former federal treasure has faced more than 20 years of mental abuse. Outsiders like us can't get to know his real life, and those suitors can't meet his family either?"
In the interstellar era, all news on the Internet are reviewed by AI. If there are any untrue or ambiguous content, AI will directly mark it in big red font.
But there was no such logo on any of Ethan Sellars' news.
——All of them are gone.
No matter how unpleasant the words those news anchors said were, the familiar big red font did not appear.
Oh, one family showed up.
But when fans saw the words "…not in line with reality, the degree of description is somewhat reduced compared to reality.", they wished that this sentence had never appeared.
The TV station also issued a statement that for the sake of the public's mental stability, they did not follow the facts when reporting the news.
This made the fans even more excited, and all kinds of messages were flying around in the comment section under the news.
The red font of ai never stopped.
Various cyber violence warnings were also flashing everywhere in the comment sections of those original pursuers. At first glance, it looked like fireworks were being set off in the comment section.
The Interstellar Age AI said that it is okay to cyberbully, but it is only to vent emotions. The first post will receive a warning and be deleted. If it is not deleted, the AI will give the bully a package of the same intensity as the person being cyberbullied.
The mastermind ensures that you won’t know which one is real and which one is controlled by AI.
At first, this regulation made the public dissatisfied, but after hundreds of years of implementation, the public has become at ease with this system. They no longer have to worry about being cyberbullied or others being mistakenly cyberbullied.
The mastermind will tell everyone the truth.
As for the freedom of speech that some people are talking about...
They are allowed to post normal comments, but for comments that just want to vent their emotions, they are advised to seek psychological counseling from AI, and they can also vent their emotions in the holographic world.
-After all, in the interstellar age, when are the laws already in place? When will it be the turn of those without law enforcement powers to enforce what they consider to be justice?
Fortunately, the chaos only lasted for a while at the beginning, and then Ethan Hawkins' students came out to make a statement.
"The teacher is taking a leave today. We are also shocked by what happened today. In fact, the teacher is always in a bad mood every time he goes home, but he will smile again when he sees us. We didn't take it too seriously. Besides, it's the 82nd century now. I never thought that there would still be people who mentally abuse children..."
Elena wanted to cry when she thought about how her teacher looked happy every day but was suffering such mental abuse behind the scenes.
She was originally a fan of the teacher, and her family was relatively wealthy, so they could support her in enrolling in linguistics. Unexpectedly, she actually overcame many difficulties and became the teacher's student.
Although the teacher doesn’t usually talk about her private life, she has occupied a high position in the fan club by virtue of this identity.
Even after Jiang Qi appeared, most of the fans ran away, but there were still some fans left.
Now something like this actually happened...
Elena's eyes were almost red from crying. In fact, she was only one year younger than Ethan and was 27 years old now. She usually looked quite cool, but she cried like this. The fans who had originally supported her were also feeling upset.
But who can they blame?
The Yi family has now been taken into custody, and they will all receive the punishment they deserve, while Ethan has severed ties with his parents and is now quietly healing in his own residence.
Ultimately, fans' anger can only be directed at those former suitors.
But now these fans have become more rational and stopped setting off fireworks in the comment section of their suitors again.
Unfortunately, these suitors still feel uncomfortable.
——Because these dual fans of Ethan and Jiang Qi directly associated their behavior towards Ethan with Jiang Qi!
William looked at the comment section and pinched his brows with a headache.
The results of last night’s power outage have not yet been investigated, and the problem resurfaced this morning.
When his cousin Alberta, who had also pursued Ethan, called, William thought it was just a small problem, but now it seems...
——Look at the comments under the social media account, these fans are simply crazy.
"You have had so many interactions with Ethan's parents, did you really not notice?"
'I have clearly remembered all of you. No matter whether you can see it or not, you are not breaking the law. But Jiang Qi must not be hurt by you again like Ethan!'
"One victim is enough. You know how much traffic your identity as a pursuer brings you. Now you are just being beaten back to your original form. You are powerful and this loss is not big for you."
Such remarks are everywhere in the comment section, but Alberta's comment section is better, as everyone in the comment section believes that he doesn't have such a brain.
William's head hurt even more when he saw this. He admitted that he did see some of it at the beginning, but he didn't tell Ethan.
Ethan is essentially just a tool to bring him traffic. He doesn't believe that someone with Ethan's physique will not be taken away by those bigwigs in the military. Now, while Ethan can still move around in the outside world, the most important thing is to gain as much benefit as possible for himself and the group.
Although this is a bit heartless, there is basically no possibility of failure. After all, the money and time he invested are real. However, what William did not expect was that Ethan would break up with his parents with such a decisive attitude, and this storm also affected them.
Fortunately, the matter did not escalate for long. It seemed that Ethan’s students contacted him, and he posted on the social platform that these matters had nothing to do with their pursuers, which made those fans calm down.
Ethan's students also sent photos.
The golden sunlight sprinkled on Ethan's golden hair, and combined with his drooping eyes, it inexplicably brought a sense of sadness to his temperament.
An idea suddenly flashed through William's mind.
"Like a prince who has been hurt by the world..."
*
These news also brought a bit of fun to the adventurers on the edge of the Federation.
The same goes for Kelly and the others.
"I never thought that such a big shot would be mentally abused by his parents and only realize it after he grew up."
Kelly said with a tut.
The three of them form a small adventure team. Although most things can be replaced by AI now, things like exploring new planets still need humans to do.
Originally, this job was done by professors who lived a life of luxury in the Federation. It would be quite difficult for them to discover ancient ruins or explore for resources.
So there came into being these so-called adventure teams, which were actually official mercenaries. Apart from not taking on illegal jobs, they would be asked to do all the dirty and tiring work. In addition, these people basically had murder cases on their shoulders, so sometimes they also took on some shady jobs.
The same thing happened to Kelly's team, and this time, the tasks they received were serious ones, which were much better than the last job of wiping out an entire family.
Although the planet we are going to is quite remote, experts have said that there may be large energy veins inside.
Unfortunately, the previous adventure teams all returned empty-handed, which made the boss who bought the planet grit his teeth and increase the bounty amount a little bit, which attracted Kelly and the others.
Her mental strength is A+, and her partner Chris's mental strength is also A-level. According to common sense, they should serve in the army, but unfortunately, neither of them likes the constraints of the army.
Kyle, who came with them, was directing the drone to take pictures of the planet that was getting closer and closer to them.
This planet is actually a semi-habitable planet with yellow sand and sea. It looks desolate and weird.
It's to the extent that ordinary people would feel creepy when seeing it.
But for Kelly and the others, this was not a problem, as they had seen even more bizarre scenes.
Commander Kelly landed the spacecraft on a patch of yellow sand that could barely support the spacecraft, and then drove the exploration vehicle out of the spacecraft.
"Tsk, this planet has been searched, it seems to be true as the rumor says. The lower few hundred meters are all yellow sand, nothing else."
Kelly said with a click of the tongue.
Hearing this, Kyle looked dejected at first, but was slapped on the back of the head by Chris.
"Don't be discouraged. We haven't been exploring for long."
Kyle also retracted his expression and carefully recorded the yellow sand along the way.
Kyle's mental power is only C, but he has excellent photography skills, which is why Kelly chose to bring Kyle with her.
Previously, the recorder she and her partner Chris brought with them wanted to kill them and take all the credit, but they ended up killing him instead.
Although Kyle is not very old, he has a good reputation, so he got this big pie.
Kelly and Chris are a pair that can solve all problems with their equipment if it weren't for the restriction that the adventure team must have a minimum of three people.
Instead, bringing a third person would only cause them more trouble.
But unfortunately, that's the rule, and Kelly and the others can only accept it reluctantly.
"Wait, there's movement!"
The scanner on the exploration vehicle beeped, and Kelly immediately looked at the screen, but strangely, the scanner only beeped once, and then it became quiet as if it was their illusion.
Kelly frowned. They had been driving for over an hour, and the scanner had only beeped once.
Most people might think that the sound was just the result of a malfunction of the instrument, but Kelly and Chris had saved up enough money to do what they have today, so they naturally wouldn't think that it was a problem with the instrument. They looked at each other, immediately marked the place they had just remembered on the instrument, and then drove towards that place immediately.
However, when they arrived at the location, it was still a sea of yellow sand. Kelly and Chris looked at everything in silence and thought that their reaction was wrong.
"How about leaving? It really feels like there's something wrong with the instrument." Chris said with a frown.
But Kelly was a little skeptical.
"Let's dig down first to see if there's anything there," Kelly said as she directed the exploration vehicle to deploy the excavation equipment and start digging down.
Chris frowned and said in an inexplicably irritated mood: "You are wasting energy."
Chris, who is in charge of accounting, is not happy with Kelly's wasteful behavior. However, Kelly insists on doing what she wants, and the two start arguing.
Kyle, who was sitting in the back seat, was like a child sandwiched between his parents, wondering who he was with, recording the situation helplessly and pitifully.
However, just when Chris was about to take action.
“Beep, beep, beep, beep—!”
The scanning device in the car sounded the alarm without any warning. The sound was so sharp and piercing that the two people who were originally arguing subconsciously quieted down.
However, after things quieted down, the incessant alarm sounds from the instrument became so sharp that it seemed even more eerie.
Kyle ventured a glance at the instrument.
——On the instrument screen, layers of red dots appeared around the exploration vehicle.
However, when I just came here, there was only a blank map on the instrument.
"Why does it feel so weird, like a scene from a horror movie..."
Kyle subconsciously wanted to make a joke to liven up the atmosphere, but it seemed that his joke was a little inappropriate.
Kelly and Chris both felt a chill down their spines, but when they thought about the reward they could get this time...
They gritted their teeth and decided to dig according to the location they explored at the beginning.
Soon the exploration vehicle's excavation equipment dug a path directly underground for them. They also put on exoskeleton armor and started the descent mode.
However, when they reached the bottom, even Kelly, who was the most knowledgeable, was speechless.
What appeared before them was not an energy mine.
——But it is a relic that looks extremely glorious!
*
"This should be a temple from some ancient civilization."
Kelly said as she turned on the exoskeleton's night vision mode, and Chris nodded in agreement.
But they always felt that there was something strange here, especially those shadows that faded away with the lights on them...
Kyle didn't notice that Kelly and Chris were in a daze. He was carefully taking pictures of the temple in front of him.
In front of the temple, with their arrival, mottled shadows were scattered all over the ground like marks carved by time.
And these shadows seemed to have life. Kyle saw them wriggling, twisting, and multiplying in a trance, and even felt that they were whispering in the darkness.
But in the blink of an eye, all the illusions disappeared.
The door of the temple is tightly closed, like a mysterious door leading to another world, tempting people to explore the mysteries within.
As he slowly approached the temple, a rotten smell hit him in the face. Kyle vaguely smelled the smell mixed with damp earth and the long-lost smell of death.
Kyle shuddered as he suddenly came to his senses.
The life support facilities of the exoskeleton armor made it impossible for him to smell any odor here.
After realizing this, Kyle did not smell the indescribable scent as well as Sen*Wan*Zheng*Li, but... he seemed to have really smelled it before.
Kyle regained consciousness and boldly took photos of his surroundings.
However, the surrounding environment was even more strange and abnormal.
The strange plants that Kyle had never seen before were twisted and slender, with branches and leaves like tentacles, trying to break free and reach upwards, as if they knew which side was the sky.
In the darkness, these plants emit a faint fluorescence, flickering like ghost lights, adding a bit of weirdness and mystery to the temple.
While filming, Kyle finally came to the entrance of the temple, which was covered with thick spider webs with dried insect remains hanging on them.
It was as if these insects had tried to break into the temple, but were permanently trapped above the gate by a mysterious force. However, Kyle only felt disgusted, after all, the entire gate was covered with the remains of these insects.
Kyle finally breathed a sigh of relief after he finished taking pictures of the temple gate. His mission was accomplished. He immediately returned to Kelly and Chris, but strangely, the two of them just stood there, staring at the shadows on the ground.
But Kyle didn't think much about it. He slapped Kelly and Chris on the back and said, "Boss, I'm done. We can move now."
However, Kelly and Chris's behavior scared Kyle.
Kelly and Chris looked up suddenly and took a big step back as if they were awakened from a nightmare. Even through the exoskeleton, their heavy breathing could be heard.
"——Boss, what's wrong?" Kyle was startled and asked.
"Nothing, maybe this place is too dark, and it brings a lot of mental pressure to people... Let's go to the gate and take a look."
There was obvious shock in Kelly's voice, and Chris was breathing heavily.
Kyle was a little panicked and wanted to let the two bosses take a break, but after his persuasion failed, he just silently directed the unmanned camera to continue filming.
Kelly and Chris are still the ones leading the charge. After all, Kyle's ability is only enough to protect himself.
Perhaps it was because the environment here was too depressing, and the communication between the few people subconsciously became less.
“Boom boom boom—!”
Kelly and Chris pushed open the door of the temple with the shattered insect corpses on their exoskeletons. This time, Kyle did not smell the smell of decay.
But he felt as if he was in another world the moment he stepped into the temple. The air around him became heavy, and a sense of oppression permeated every corner, making people feel suffocated.
Kyle shook his head to clear his mind, and commanded the drone to take a picture of the entire temple.
Through the image on the helmet, he discovered that there were some unrecognizable runes and patterns carved on the walls of the temple, which seemed to form a story.
When illuminated in the dim light, the mysterious symbols seemed alive—as if they were writhing.
But Kyle couldn't understand. If he was a studious person, he wouldn't have ended up being the recorder of the adventure team. So he just wrote down the symbols, and then once again took a photo of Kelly and Chris who were staring at the symbols.
This time, Kelly and Chris still had the look of someone waking up from a nightmare, but this time they quickly calmed down, which made Kyle breathe a sigh of relief.
As they went deeper, the scene inside the temple gradually appeared before their eyes.
The ancient and dilapidated altar was out of place in the entire grand temple, and there seemed to be dried blood on it.
But the strange aura coming from the altar made Kyle feel cold all over.
However, Kelly and Chris showed the qualities of an adventure team at this time - they carefully examined the altar, as if they were touching someone and wanted to see even a speck of dust.
Kyle was shaking as he recorded the video using a drone.
To be honest, he kind of wanted to leave.
Fortunately, Kelly and her friends came here to explore for mineral veins and naturally did not bring any archaeological equipment, so it was natural for Kyle to suggest leaving first.
"Boss, we don't have enough equipment now. Let's come back after we have enough. Anyway, this ruins is here and we can't escape. This place looks a bit too weird..."
Kyle spoke into the team channel, but all he got in response was an eerie silence.
"……boss?"
Kyle felt a little scared when he saw Kelly and Chris, who seemed not to have heard his words and were still looking at the altar carefully.
——What are they looking at?
Kyle couldn't help it, he took a step forward and slapped Kelly and Chris's exoskeletons hard again.
But the moment he took the photo, Kyle noticed that the feel was different.
The echoes from the back supports twice before were dull, which meant that Kelly and Chris's backs were staying in the exoskeleton obediently.
But now…
"null--"
There was a hollow sound coming from the exoskeleton, as if there was no one inside.
——But Kelly and Chris’ heads are still up there.
Kyle watched as Kelly and Chris seemed to notice his slap and slowly turned their heads away.
The next second, screams were heard.
"ah--!"
*
Federal Military Hospital.
"Director Leander, the two patients who came this time are quite troublesome. They seem to have been exposed to extremely strong radiation, and their bodies were deformed in a very short period of time."
The medical assistant beside him followed the tall man who was walking quickly in front and reported seriously.
"They are an adventure team that discovered an ancient relic on a fringe planet. It seems that because of the altar, they were exposed to strong radiation. But the strange thing is that there were three people who went there, but only two were exposed to radiation. The remaining one just had mental problems and is receiving treatment."
After briefly introducing the background, the assistant doctor started talking about the patient's condition: "... the patient's fingers showed abnormal growth, with a shape similar to the branching and expansion of a tree. This is an atypical bone and soft tissue growth pattern, which may involve bone malformation or soft tissue hyperplasia."
"As for the patient's trunk, except for the head, the rest of the body has shrunk significantly, showing severe muscle atrophy and reduction of fat tissue, with only skin and bones left, showing a typical state of cachexia or severe malnutrition."
“Such conditions include, but are not limited to, neurological disorders, endocrine disorders or severe chronic wasting diseases.”
The medical assistant said this with a puzzled look in his eyes.
"But here's the weird part - they were normal human beings when they were checked at the border three days ago."
"The doctors at the border have tried regenerative therapy, but it's as if their genes have been tampered with. No matter how they remove the limbs and let the body grow again..."
The medical assistant paused and pushed open the door of the ward. In the transparent isolation cabin, two creatures that looked like tree roots in soilless cultivation appeared in front of Leander.
“They’ll all become what they are now.”
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