Cold Star Blade

Kisialian was released the next day, but four of his subordinates were still detained by the Council of God.

The new galaxy garrison is based on a military island in the middle of the southern ocean of the planet, which is also the base of the previous garrison.

And the previous commander of the garrison, that is, Kisialian's former order maintainer, was said to have been executed by the God Council for corruption, oppression of the people, and private expropriation.

The last riot on Demon Star was 18 years ago, when the garrison at that time exchanged fire with the privately established armed organization of the Shenhui, and was beaten to pieces. In the end, the order officer was executed, and all "rebels" in the army were burned to the stake. , The soldiers who surrendered all dropped their military ranks, joined the God's Association, and became saints who prayed for redemption for their sins.

These materials are all top secret sealed in planetary government archives.

When Kisialian saw the name of the previous order officer, he seldom lost control of his emotions. He couldn't help calling the governor to the office, pulled out the file, and almost smashed the governor's face.

He said coldly: "Admiral Anchester Hamu Ninth Division, he was the assistant mentor of Emperor Dougalin when he was still the prince, the hero who liberated the slavery of the Bird of Paradise Galaxy, and saved 500 million people trapped in the ice. Xing’s imperial prisoner, he is honest, self-disciplined, upright, and is a well-known Qingfeng officer in the military. The funeral report you sent to Capital Xing said that he died of a serious illness, but the sealed file said that he was corrupt? Oppressed the people? Expropriation? Where's the evidence!"

The governor sat in front of Kisialian, with a calm demeanor, without changing his face, he said: "The Star Administration has indeed found evidence of his corruption and extortionate extortion, and seized more than 26 billion unknown funds under his name. The stolen money from the source. The manuscript of the funeral to the capital star said that he died of a serious illness, which also took into account the past achievements of Admiral Hamu, to preserve all his reputation during his lifetime, and let him die with dignity. This is his request before execution. "

The Governor's face was as still as water: "The letter of request is still kept in my office, do you need me to fetch it for you to witness?"

Kisia Lian sneered: "Is it my last words, you have already drawn up?"

The governor smiled slightly: "Admiral, don't be joking. People change, and you can't be biased just because he was your teacher in the past."

Kisia Lian smiled: "Governor, you have never changed. You are an official, you have won the hearts of the people, and God will take on a heavy responsibility."

Only then did the governor's face change slightly.

Kisia Lian sat down, calmed down, and said, "He has an old ministry. You sentenced him to 200 years of hard labor. Is he still alive?"

"It means Shang Feng is the former brigadier general. He is in the Xinghaizhou labor camp. Would you like to arrange for you to meet?"

It was only later that Kisialian learned that the labor camp was the site of the Adventist Association, and blasphemers who disobeyed the "God's decree" would be imprisoned here to work as coolies and be educated.

On this day, four priests came to pick him up. They put a black hood on him, removed all weapons and accessories from his body, and took him to the airship.

A few hours later, the airship landed, and he was taken for a long distance, which seemed to pass through a wind-swept area, followed by a quiet corridor, down for a while, then up for a while, and finally In one room the hood was removed.

The room was watched by the clergy, and there was a glass screen in the middle. After a while, the door opposite the screen was opened, and a man in a gray-green prison uniform was brought in by the priests, who was in front of the screen. on the chair.

"Shang Fenglin Brigadier General."

Kisialian knew this man in the past. He is a well-known intelligence analysis expert in the military and one of the staff of Admiral Hamu. Communication codes, espionage, and reconnaissance are his three major strengths, rare in the empire|military Mathematics Module Calculation Master.

Today, when artificial intelligence is highly used in military warfare, mathematical calculations are indispensable in any battle. Highly educated talents who can do precise mathematical module calculations and simplify AI control instructions are extremely important officers in the army.

Shang Fenglin's information was confirmed as an "accidental death" by the military headquarters in the capital.In the early years, Kisialian was skeptical about the death of Admiral Hamu from a serious illness. She entered the imperial military archives and checked a series of people around Admiral Hamu. Shang Fenglin's files not only marked the cause of death , he has no permission to read more detailed content.

Now it seems that all the truth seems to be gradually surfacing.

The man on the opposite side of the glass plate has a haggard face, his cheekbones are particularly prominent because of his thinness, and he has long lost the handsome demeanor that was rumored to be in the military department in the past.

He looked at Kisia Lian with a pair of dark eyes, and said with a leisurely smile: "It's been a long time since I've heard my full name pronounced, are you...?"

I don't know if he pretended not to know Kisialian on purpose.

Kisialian said: "I am the new galaxy order officer who came here to take over the position of Admiral Hamu."

When Shang Fenglin heard the words, he snorted in a low, cynical voice, and said, "Oh, I heard that this position has been vacant for more than ten years, and finally a new official has come to take over."

In the case of the Poison Maiden galaxy, it is no wonder that no one in the central government has been willing to come to this ghostly place.

When Shang Feng approached, he was a little cloudy and flowing, with an unpredictable tone, coupled with that face, many Betas in the military department were fascinated by him.Kisialian continued: "I have some questions, and I want to hear the answers from you."

Shang Feng asked: "What does the admiral want to ask?"

"Was Admiral Hamu executed for corruption?"

"That's right. The evidence is conclusive." Shang Fenglin glanced at the clergyman and asked if he could have a cigarette. After getting permission, he took out a cigarette from his jacket pocket, groped for a long time, and muttered, "Oh, I forgot my lighter, admiral, do you have one? Borrow a lighter. The priests here don’t smoke.”

There was a gap above the glass panel, through which Kisialian threw the lighter that she carried with her.

Shang Fenglin lit up a cigarette and smoked it dejectedly: "Maybe you can't believe it, but it's the truth. We did plan an anti-government operation, and several masterminds who participated deeply were executed. My participation is relatively low, but I didn’t want to believe in the White God, so I came here. Hehe, life is so incredible. I remembered that I used to have dinner with the admiral at the Sky Garden restaurant in Capital Star. I hope you won’t follow in our footsteps.”

Kisialian asked coldly, "Why did you do this?"

"What's the reason..." Shang Fenglin raised the corners of his mouth and said not quite seriously: "Admiral, let me tell you a famous saying, it was said by Bo Xilong, who we all liked before, 'wisdom makes people find light , can also trap a person in mud'."

After Shang Fenglin finished speaking, he got up and threw the lighter back to Kisia Lian, with a sinister smile on his face: "Admiral, we are not the same way, presumably, you can't find any answers from me .”

He was escorted out of the door by two clergymen, Kisia Lian couldn't help getting up, and for a long time reflected the back that was no longer in the past.

After returning to the mansion, it was already midnight, but Kisialian still called Sanser, and Moha, the leader of the intelligence investigation team.He handed over the task, and Maha asked, "Where is Chief Yining?"

Kisia Lian said: "He can't return to his post for the time being, and you can take the staff team with him."

Maha said: "Officer Yining is really prone to trouble..."

Kisialian dismissed them, and stayed busy in the office until dawn.

At seven o'clock Santher knocked on the door again and came in, saying, "God will send someone to fetch you, and have breakfast with their bishop, and perhaps attend the morning service."

Kisialian pinched the bridge of his nose with a headache. Afterwards, this kind of invitation came back and forth frequently, and he was always invited to go to the God Council for a walk.

He could see that the bishop was deliberately cutting up his time so that he would have no time to spare.Therefore, the progress of investigating the past activities and penetration of the God Council in the Venus Galaxy has become very slow.

The participants in the Siqi incident were all related to the Adventist Society, and Kisialian believed that there must be a conspiracy by the Divine Society behind it.To let everything burn and disappear means that God will have to hide something.

It makes people sick, is it that the thing to hide is on people?

There is no perfect thing in the world, where there is light, there must be shadows, and where there is evil, there must be omissions.Kisialian waited for God to show his feet, but waited left and right, God would not give him a chance to breathe, and arranged for the baptism of the believers by the covenanters; It is a ritual to pray to the White God; it also forces him to learn various etiquette dogmas of the Shenhui, and the Shenhui also has a set of "White God Language" invented by itself, and Xida taught him this language.

Two weeks later, when Maha, the leader of the intelligence team, came to him, he couldn't help but said: "I think you have the potential to become a new generation of 'sage'. You look good in that white sacrificial costume. White It suits you better than you think, and if you're not a soldier, maybe a missionary is fine."

The military uniforms of the imperial commanders are all dark gray, and the military uniforms are black and gold. They have hardly seen Kisialian wearing white.

Kisialian had a gloomy face, smiled and said, "Stop mocking me, have you made any progress?"

Maha immediately said seriously: "I have found the source of Bo Xilong's words, and it is only included in his only rare book "Hearing the Cry of the Siren at the End of the Night". Unfortunately, this rare book is Dante's book. Marshal Leah's favorite thing during his lifetime, when the rebels raised their troops, they took it away as a relic, and it should be in the National Library of the Union."

Just as Kisialian glanced questioningly at Maha, Maha continued: "Fortunately, however, we have kept the photo of the full reprint of the rare edition. That sentence appears on page 127, line 43."

He handed the printed copy to Kisia Lian: "This should be a code word. Demon Star does have Building 43, 127rd Street. There is a room on the [-]th floor of that building that has been leased for a long time, but no one lives in it." .”

He put another key on the table: "You should go and have a look. Take the photo with you, there may be secret codes such as passwords hidden in the front and back."

Kisia Lien took the key, perhaps because she had waited too long, and a smile that was hard work and happiness appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Good job."

Maha said again: "There is also this lighter, which has been replaced. How do you know that the lighters on both of you are exactly the same model?"

Kisia Lian smiled wryly: "Brigadier General Shang Fenglin and I both like the same brand of cigarettes and the same style of lighters, and they are both obstinate. I discovered this by coincidence before, and he joked that since we have so many If you have the same hobbies, maybe the three views are very compatible and you can communicate."

Maha was puzzled: "Brigadier General Shang Fenglin is an Alpha, right?"

Kisialian closed her eyes, and as if sorting out her thoughts, she stroked the hair on her forehead that blocked her eyes: "Do you think I can rescue him?"

"It must be possible, we are willing to follow you because we believe that you have such ability, admiral."

Maha continued the topic just now: "The ball in this lighter has been replaced with a storage ball, and the information inside has been deciphered, and you can check it with your personal optical brain."

There are two parts recorded in the storage ball:

A profile and a video.

The file records that five years ago, a pirate spaceship of unknown origin disappeared due to a sudden space distortion in the nearby star field. One year later, this spaceship suddenly reappeared in the gravitational circle of the Demon Star. , was easily taken down by the galaxy traffic control team.

There were 850 people on board, all of whom were detained in the Xinghaizhou Forced Labor Camp.Afterwards, there were three prison escape riots in the labor camp. Although they all ended in failure, it is clear that "those people" will not stop there.

"Those people" - these three words are specially marked with quotation marks in the file, which makes people pay attention. Who exactly are "those people" referring to?

Another video, from an earlier date, seems to be a memory saved by Shang Fenglin using the mental system to simulate the scene at that time.

The environment is the office Kisia Lien is currently using.Standing by the window was a burly man in an imperial gray military uniform. Shang Fenglin walked over. The man turned around, revealing a fierce and heroic face. There were a few strands of silver in his golden brown hair, and his pupils were deep-set. grey.

It was Admiral Hamu.Blonde hair and silver pupils are a symbol of royal blood.

"Your Excellency, God will openly announce with a private armed force that they will go to war with the garrison, and they will describe us as heretics, and they will execute us on behalf of the majesty of God." When Shang Fenglin said it, he still found it ridiculous .

"Perhaps it's time to say goodbye, Fenglin." Admiral Hamu said seriously.

Shang Fenglin was slightly taken aback, and said with a little panic, "Your Excellency..."

Admiral Hamu said: "Our empire is now like a lion that was too ferocious in its youth and became mad in its later years. It is violent, crazy, sad, and angry, but the animal trainer who can stop it is no longer there. , we can only watch it go crazy."

Shang Fenglin held his breath and listened quietly. Admiral Hamu's expression was depicted in the memory fragment with every detail clearly carved into his bones.

"The younger generation in the empire is still immature. The crown prince is only 22 years old this year. He is weak, unstable, and difficult to rely on. A group of old officials have their own ghosts, and the undercurrent is raging, especially Pierre and Juris, the two jackals. Your generation will surely disturb the peace of the imperial regime in the future."

Admiral Hamu sighed heavily.

"It may seem that the current situation is a bit out of date, with external and internal troubles, full of holes. However, I still believe that there is still hope for the future of the empire."

Shang Feng said: "Are you talking about Major Kisialian?"

Admiral Hamu looked dignified, turned to the window, seemed to let his thoughts settle down, and then continued: "He and Ellen are both my favorite students, but it's not that I'm partial, Ellen is too serious, a bit like when he was young Emperor Dougalin. Yalian is more open-minded than him, she can see everything more broadly, and she can see farther."

Shang Fenglin also agreed: "These two people are very popular in the capital now, but if Ellen becomes bigger in the future, there will be very few people who can really get close to him, and Kisia Lian looks pretty good. Easy-going, maybe it is easier to generate some cohesion."

General Hamu said: "In the future, no matter which of the two of them comes here, they will definitely re-investigate our case. So, Fenglin, you must wait until then."

Shang Fenglin was surprised: "Your Excellency, you won't let me go with you?"

Admiral Hamu looked at Shang's staff solemnly, and said: "As long as I am selfish, I have to leave something for my students. If they come here, they are likely to fall into the same predicament as us, and someone must guide them , can’t let them be buried here like me. This is also for the future of the empire.”

When the video ends here, the screen disappears automatically.

The people and things of 18 years ago have long since disappeared in the time flowing away like a rushing river, like bubbles, passing away from our eyes forever and irretrievably.

Kisia Lian leaned heavily in the armchair, raised her head and closed her eyes, and covered her face with her palms, leaving a trail of clear water.