imperfections

The border guards of the eighth galaxy and the first galaxy have always been relatively friendly, and both sides are very polite. Before closing the wormhole, the eighth galaxy issued three warnings, and then began to emit special interference waves.

For security reasons, the Frontier Guards of the First Galaxy withdrew from the Heart of Rose across the board.

Therefore, in the deserted Heart of Rose restricted area, the huge interstellar signal tower trembled first, then began to bend and deform in the direction of the Heart of Rose, and suddenly broke in two from the middle, and countless fine parts flung away like drops of water. Come out and be sucked into the restricted area.

No one knows who dropped a mech as a backup energy source. It exploded continuously in a small area, and then quickly fell silent due to the passage of gas. It collided with the broken corpses in space, and they stuck together and entered the space cemetery.

All the artificial temporary devices that were not taken away are collapsing, and the scene is extremely spectacular.

If someone could witness all of this, they would probably feel horrible, because the weak carbon-based life is like an ant under this suffocating force, but there is an artificial shadow behind this force.

The entire collapse process lasted for three hours, and the Heart of Rose, which was already populated by humans, once again became a barren forbidden land.

It may be that the technology is not good enough. This time the eighth galaxy closed the wormhole. The movement was very loud, and there was a wave of chaotic high-energy particles. Due to the impact, even the nearby transition points were malfunctioning. For safety reasons, they had to completely evacuate the Rose Heart area.

Therefore, no one saw that the "vortex" in the heart of the rose was quiet for a short moment about ten standard Votto days after the big movement of the eighth galaxy blocking the wormhole. Out came a whole super-space-time heavy mecha team, gathered in the Heart of Rose.

These mechas simulated wormhole interference and emitted a flow of high-energy particles that could be faked. After being amplified by special instruments, they scattered to every place in the first galaxy, coating the heart of the rose with a dangerous black border, as if the first The eight galaxies are still "closed" all the time.

The heavy-armored team hid in the Heart of Rose and waited for orders. Then, a team disguised as a civilian starship slid out of a heavy armor, bypassed the Heart of Rose from the other direction with ease, and quietly mixed into a group of people. In the remote civilian supply station, waiting in line to enter the first galaxy.

"According to this speed, it will take about two hours to wait. The efficiency of the first galaxy is really amazing. Has it always been like this?"

As the man said, he quickly walked down from the top floor of the starship.

He was wearing a shirt that fit very well. The cut was very interesting. If the hem was too fat, the waistline could not be seen clearly, and if it was too thin, it would make people feel a little cramped. Under the light of the bar counter, there is a special light shining, the color is almost ambiguous.His irises have been processed into dark green by special technical means, and his slightly curly hair has been bleached to a lighter flaxen color, pulled into a straight back, and shaped obediently, making it more prominent in recent years due to thin With the angular facial features, the original warm and stable temperament disappeared.

If it weren't for the acquaintances who get along day and night, it would be almost impossible to recognize that this is the always reliable Chief Lu of the Eighth Galaxy.

There is a bar on the bottom floor of the starship, Lin Jingheng pushed him a glass of wine from behind the bar, and looked around him calmly: "Usually the border inspection of the first galaxy is indeed stricter, but this is a bit too much. "

Of course, the border inspections are all artificial intelligence inspections. The database of these robot staff is connected to the Internet, and the efficiency is extremely high. It stands to reason that one minute is enough to scan an entire merchant ship, and it really shouldn't be so long.

"It is likely that a manual procedure was added after the mechanical inspection." Lin Jingheng said, "In the old ephemeris era, the abuse of artificial intelligence caused many disasters. Therefore, since the beginning of the new ephemeris calendar, the alliance has always paid attention to the safety of artificial intelligence. It is very strict, and it is often stopped by investigations. The risk of research and development is high, so the investment is low, but attacking, manipulating and managing artificial intelligence has become a popular subject. After 300 years of such unbalanced development, it is easy for ordinary working artificial intelligence Being hacked, so if there is a sudden security incident, before the overall security of the robots can be upgraded, a human barrier will be added... The atmosphere is so tense, it seems that something really happened to Duke."

When Lu Bixing heard "manual", he frowned first: "Manual inspection? Will we have any problems?"

"Don't worry, Chief." A voice suddenly came out from the dark corner. If Lu Bixing hadn't heard someone there because of the chip's extraordinary hearing power, he would probably have been startled by him—it was the tenth guard of Baiyin who spoke. Bayer, "Lao Li is fair, that's what he does."

"After the Garden of Eden was broken, Li Fulan wandered around with Bai Yinyi, taking advantage of the chaos to create many fake identities, just in case." Lin Jingheng said flatly, "The starship we are sitting on now, the person you play, There are complete ins and outs, if a border inspection can easily find out, he doesn't have to mess around."

Lu Bixing nodded, and then he put his hands on the bar and leaned close to Lin Jingheng's ear.

Lin Jingheng thought that the chief had some important instructions, and was about to listen attentively, when Lu Bixing whispered in his ear: "If you want to see, just look at it openly, and glance around, which already constitutes harassment, you know? gentlemen."

The false identity is automatically matched from Baiyinyi's database, and the basic principle is "the smallest change, the most contrasting temperament". At this time, Lu Bixing's real eyes are hidden behind the green fake irises, which are vague, real and fake mixed Together, there is a certain sense of contradiction and mystery that is heart-pounding, which is simply poisonous.

However, in view of the fact that there was the captain of the tenth guard who was holding his ears and refusing to leave, Lin Jingheng had no choice but to maintain restraint and solemnity, squeezed Lu Bixing's chin, and pushed him out: "Go on, don't disturb me .”

As he spoke, he turned on his personal terminal in a pretentious manner, and quickly flipped through the Wotto Daily within ten days: "It's all boring and trifling. Or when the scandal was exposed and Woolf used force to take down the management committee—that is, they sensed a crisis and didn’t know how to stand in line.”

"General Duke was assassinated on his way back to Capital Star. The Central Army wanted to ask the alliance for an explanation. It is normal for the atmosphere to be tense." Killing Duke on his own territory, and the current situation is not stable enough to let go of the pain and kill the donkey, so it is obvious that the pirates with bad intentions are instigating discord, everyone will think so."

Lin Jingheng raised his eyes: "So?"

"So if I am the center of the alliance, I feel that the situation is unstable, the pirates are about to move, and there are already cracks between the alliance and the central forces of the galaxies. If it doesn’t work, then I have to launch a common enemy to make the situation turbulent and tense, and rely on this tension to reunite the scattered people.” Lu Bixing picked up the wine glass and shook it slightly in his hand. The whole person is wrapped in a pioneering and sharp attire, and he looks like a full-fledged playboy, but when he speaks, he becomes Chief Lu again, "In this way, 'Pirate Assassination of Duke' has become a very good theme , highlighted the rampant pirates, aroused the grief and indignation of the central military of each galaxy, and diverted the conflict—even the pirates felt that the alliance and the central military needed to provoke, shouldn't everyone be better united?"

Bayer poked his head out: "Chief, what do you mean to say, the central government of the alliance may be behind this assassination."

"If the blame for the assassination falls on the Liberty Legion, it is very likely that it is the handiwork of the Central Committee of the Alliance." Lu Bixing said in a deep voice, "But what makes me feel strange is that the news that spread to the eighth galaxy at that time It was claimed that the assassination of Duke was the Anti-Ukraine Society—the Anti-Ukraine Society was secretly manipulated by Woolf. We all know that, according to General Lee, the Anti-Ukrainian Society has been very quiet after its vitality was severely damaged. Isn’t it awkward for them to jump out and take the scapegoat? Isn’t Wulf afraid that if one operation is not good, it will set him on fire?”

Lin Jingheng: "So you think that the statement that Woolf was controlled by someone is likely to be true."

Bayer interrupted: "But the chief, this sounds really unrealistic. Woolf has grown old and smart, who can control him?"

"Dr. Harden talked to me about this person many times," Lu Bixing said, "It is said that Woolf categorically refused to enter the forbidden fruit list and was very disgusted with Harden's betrayal of the alliance, but it is also the same person. In the future, in order to cover up the fact that I was on the forbidden fruit list, I did not hesitate to sacrifice two galaxies—what do you think? Such a big contrast, doesn’t it sound like it’s being controlled by something? Whether it’s controlled by my own obsession, or Being controlled by external forces is actually the same. He has a weakness in his heart. A person, no matter how powerful he looks or how powerful his methods are, cannot make up for that weakness in his heart. If someone pokes him lightly, he may die without a burial. .”

Lin Jingheng's heart moved slightly, and she looked up at Lu Bixing.

Lu Bixing smiled at him in relief: "However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Woolf is unlikely to be manipulated by others. He is very likely to be prepared. We have received 'Wolf is under control' twice. The news may be the foreshadowing he planted."

Bayer heard that one head turned into two big ones, his brain was about to burst, and he felt that being an innocent Starkiller was pure and happy.Because his head was full of confusion, he didn't dare to answer rashly, but just gave Lin Jingheng a very sad look, and for the first time in his life, he was worried whether the commander-in-chief of their family who had a heart like a beehive would be sold out.

Lu Bixing took a box of snacks and handed it to the sad Bayer: "That's why we have to take a look for ourselves."

Back in time, when the two indistinguishable news reached the Galactic City command center——

An urgent call for help, a strict warning, the meeting room exploded, and the generals of the Ten Silver Guards collectively looked at Lin Jingheng, who remained silent and did not express his opinion.

Lu Bixing raised his hand to suppress the noise: "It seems that the two sides of the bet are forcing us to make a choice immediately."

"Chief, a conservative choice is a safe choice." The person from the Ministry of Finance of the eighth galaxy said, and turned to Lin Jingheng again, "Commander, right? Similar things have happened once, and we almost lost you. In order not to repeat the same mistakes, be more cautious Not too much, right?"

Before Lin Jingheng could speak, Lu Bixing answered for him: "A conservative choice is not necessarily a safe choice, because we still can't judge whether an enemy wants us to retreat back to the eighth galaxy."

The Minister of Finance said: "I hope that the enemy who sealed the eighth galaxy will do us any harm? I believe that with the commander and the ten silver guards, the natural wormhole area can be kept safe even if it is opened from the outside. "

"Then what if we're all gone?" Lu Bixing interjected again before Lin Jingheng opened his mouth, "Besides, even if we defend the wormhole area, we don't live in a vacuum. It can be reached, considering the explosion speed of space mech technology, the time may also be shortened to an unimaginably short time, 50 years... maybe even 20 years, ten years."

The chancellor was at a loss for words.

"We are making the worst assumptions at the same time," Lu Bixing said, "if the eighth galaxy is not sealed, the worst consequence may be that the events of the first year will repeat itself, but what is better than the first year now is that we finally have our own Formed armed forces and regular armies are not as stretched as they were in the past. The worst consequences of closing the eighth galaxy are hard to say... Maybe there will be a force that we don't want to see to control the alliance and turn the outside world into a world that we don't even want to see. The world you see, let me give you a specific example—like the Freedom Legion."

The Minister of Finance looked at Lin Jingheng again. Lin Jingheng felt that Lu Bixing didn't want him to talk, so he simply kept silent.

"A classic horror sci-fi sci-fi meme in the Earth Age is the war between humans and the 'Zerg', which reflects the fear of the primitive people on the earth towards insects. Its social structure of 'no individual'. If there is a humanoid society similar to the Zerg, each individual's combat effectiveness is beyond the limit, and they can fully obey their own social class when they are intelligent, and they will sacrifice their lives Obedience to all orders, what do you think we will end up facing them? Don't look at the commander, at that time, ten commanders will not be enough."

Lu Bixing clasped Lin Jingheng's hand under the table, and opened his curled fingers one by one.

"Don't express opinions against your will." Lu Bixing glanced at him and thought, "If I also participate in their gambling activities in the alliance, I will definitely call and you will make a move."

President Lu made a final decision: "We cannot give up the opportunity to choose history."

That's why the eighth galaxy secretly sent troops to the heart of the rose, and the main force of the silver six was in charge. With the technical support provided by the interstellar expedition team, special devices were used to forge the energy flow that blocked the wormhole.

Silver Nine is still the last line of defense of the eighth galaxy, stationed in the natural wormhole area.

As a secret service team, Silver One provided a disguise, and carried with him a part of the elite of Silver Ten who was best at stealth and sneak attacks, and quietly sneaked into the first galaxy.

In Lu Bixing's life—not counting the last lap in the Heart of Roses, it was the first time he came into contact with human society beyond the eight galaxies. His eyes were not enough for him, so he ran down to eat something, and talked to Lin Jingheng for a few words , went back to the top floor of the starship, observed the supply station and the unarmed starship of the first galaxy, and kept sending communication messages to the front, back, left, and right fleets. During the two hours of queuing up, we chatted for a long time, and took out all three generations of others. Come out, and through the bitterness of a luxury businessman, estimate the economic situation of the First Galaxy after the war.

It was inconvenient for Lin Jingheng to go out with him, because the Baiyin-Napo system matched him with a sick man who needed to sit in a wheelchair and minimize his activities. He was not so lazy at first, but Lu Bixing firmly disagreed with his use of muscle-dissolving agents without the blessing of drugs. It would be easy for him to imitate the patient's behavior for a long time. In order to make his "weakness" more realistic, Li Fulan had no choice but to ask him not to move.

Bayer came over and shook hands with Zhanlu, the robot arm hanging from the bar: "You haven't been back to the first galaxy for more than 20 years, right? How does it feel to revisit the old place?"

Lin Jingheng sighed: "I remember the interstellar waterway map of the first galaxy and the deployment of the year... I have a little ominous premonition."

Lin Jingheng's auspicious words are almost equivalent to curses, and the ominous premonition will most likely come true.

Votto, Mid-Levels, Marshal's Mansion, the guard at the back gate was changing, the light in the robot guard's eyes flickered for a moment, then suddenly went out.