Interstellar leader

Li Qing returned to his residence, his footsteps were very light, and he couldn't hear a sound when he stepped on the hard synthetic material floor.When he stood still in front of the door, holding the handle of the gun with his fingers, the door in front of him suddenly opened silently.

Jörg leaned against the door, his face was half hidden in the shadow, and the corners of his mouth raised vaguely at the edge of the junction between darkness and light.It was a smile, but it looked very cold and creepy.

"Put the gun down and come in and talk, honey."

Li Qing still pointed his gun steadily at the man in front of him who had a familiar face but an unfamiliar expression. "Who are you?"

"As you can see, I'm Joerg." The man said coldly. "I'm just his second personality, and I won't hurt you."

The door behind him closed slowly, and the beeping electronic sound echoed in the eerily silent room.Li Qing kept a distance from that man, his whole body was tense, and his guarded posture made the expressionless him slightly frown.

"Multiple personalities are independent of each other and have different names, experiences and even memories. Who are you?"

"My name is Daniel Richter. If you don't mind, you can call me Daniel." Daniel narrated flatly, his dark blue eyes staring at Li Qing without fluctuation, like the body of the soul after leaving the body.

"That Daniel Richter?"

This surname is not common, but the most famous one in the whole galaxy is of course that one - a genius dedicated to the computer modeling of the brain and thinking, and the builder of the Richter model.The most well-known application of this model is the supercomputer "Galaxy".

"It's me." Daniel replied succinctly.

"When will Jorge come back?" The vigilant light in Li Qing's eyes still did not fade away. Daniel sat down and made a gesture of invitation to him, but he still stood there.

Daniel crossed his fingers, held his chin, and looked at Li Qing with a half-smile. "I'm not sure about this, but before he comes back, I need your cooperation. I flipped through the things in his computer just now and found that your research progress is really too slow, and it's only now that I guess the micro-connection and thinking. connect."

"You know this too?"

"I know a lot more than you do, dear."

"May I refuse that title, Herr Richter? It makes me sick."

"I thought you were in love with me." Daniel raised his eyebrows in surprise, Li Qing countered without hesitation: "That's Jorge, not you."

Daniel curled his lips. "I am him, and he is me."

Li Qing felt a thousand bees buzzing in his mind, and felt dizzy.Overnight, everything changed. The person next to him suddenly disappeared and was replaced by the so-called "second personality".He didn't think what Daniel said was true, and Jörg had never shown any traits of multiple personalities before.And the weird brain activity detection data, Daniel didn't have an emotional face... Everything was so weird, he instinctively felt that Daniel was lying.

"I don't think we should argue about meaningless things, Mr. Richter, please remember the basic qualities of a scientist. Now, tell me what cooperation you need, and what more things you know." Li Said coldly.

Daniel moved lazily, letting himself sink deeper into the sofa that intelligently adjusted the shape, and he stated slowly in a very relaxed tone: "You have discovered that the mind and soul exist, and you call it The No.13 dimension outside of time and space, coincidentally, I also call it this way, even if it is not independent of time—whether it is thinking or body, tangible or intangible, it cannot escape the expansion and contraction of the entire universe after all , entropy increase and entropy decrease. All things with high-order information have thoughts, that is, micro-connections, from stones, bugs to human beings, but the strength is different. Micro-connections can affect the material world—yes, it It is even possible to manipulate matter, but every micro-connection of the universe is bound to some degree."

"Bound?" Li Qing expressed doubts about this vague concept. "What is binding?"

"The model of this binding is unclear. The key is that it prevents intelligent life from affecting the material world of the universe. In this way, the material world can evolve according to the established trajectory until it dies and is reborn." Daniel suddenly stood up, step by step Approaching Li Qing, his eyes fixed on him from beginning to end, the blue pupils were burning with greed and obsession.

"During the siege of Orson, how did you send the model you wanted and that sentence to Hehir with your mind? Have you ever thought about it?" Daniel stopped only twenty centimeters away from him, staring at Looking into Li Qing's eyes, his voice visibly trembled. "Because you are not part of this universe, you are not bound, you can control matter with your thoughts, and you can do things that no other life in this universe can do. Do you understand? Time traveler—you Is the universe, the only God."

His voice broke into Li Qing's chaotic brain, and after finally realizing what Daniel was saying, the young man's black pupils shrank suddenly, he took a step back, bumped into the sofa, and tripped over a metal bookshelf at his feet, after the harsh bang sound There was an eerie silence, until the cold voice of the AI ​​tablet broke the silence.

"Ackerman is coming up with a message."

"Connected." Li Qing replied hoarsely.

The general's old but majestic voice sounded in the room: "Major General Lancelot, the main force of the Imperial Expeditionary Force has arrived at the Rockefeller border, please lead your legion with Heythel to assist in the defense of the leap point from l1 to l6 according to the previously discussed deployment. area."

"Understood, General." Li Qing replied concisely, and quickly cut off the communication.There was another silence in the room, and he raised his head and glanced at Daniel. "I'm off right away, now to cut a long story short, what else do you know? What do you want me to do with you?"

"I don't know more. You are a time traveler, not me. My mind is still bound by the micro-connections of the universe, and I can't exert my own power. I only know that you have to focus, you have to enter that mind. Dimensions, abandon everything, only thinking."

Daniel showed a smile, which made Li Qing feel very weird.He stretched out his hand, on the palm was a white disc, Li Qing recognized it at a glance, it was what he asked for from Bai Yu yesterday, a small detector for detecting brain activity.

"This is my purpose, to discover your power, apply it, and then tell me what the model of thinking is, and what is the binding that restricts the power of thinking of the natives of the universe."

Li Qing glanced at him again, Daniel still kept that weird smile, the corners of his mouth were raised up, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.Without saying a word, he picked up the thing in Daniel's hand, put it in his pocket, turned around and walked out of the room.

The moment the door closed, the smile on the blond man's face disappeared. He slowly stood up from the sofa, his movements a little stiff, and walked to the French windows step by step.The clean and bright glass reflected his expressionless face, and he picked up a smart tablet from the table, which was playing the video of Vice President Delphi's last interview.He glanced at the picture with his cold inorganic eyes, then turned to the glass in front of him, adjusted the transparency, and then began to practice smiling.

When Li Qing arrived at the airport, Sarah had already been waiting there for a long time.This young female officer is Ackerman's granddaughter. She has inherited Ackerman's calmness, determination, and resourcefulness. After the last siege, Sarah was promoted to major and was transferred to the Hehir Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Creek, who filled the talent gap, served as the captain of the Starfleet Squadron.She was accompanied by Charlotte Stapan, the girl whose fiancé had died in the last battle, now looking more mature and determined, and her special subconscious calculation ability could provide a lot of help for correct command.

"Report sir, all starships are ready, please give instructions." Sara said calmly.

"Set off."

Li Qing issued a concise order without saying anything.Every soldier of the First Legion quickly arrived at his post in silence, and one starship after another sailed out of the airport in order of model and type.He suddenly remembered the ambush in Oates, when Sarah and the others entered the battlefield for the first time, the innocent and firm eyes in their eyes.Now after the baptism of battles, the look in their eyes has gradually dimmed. What blood and fire have brought to human beings is not strength, but numbness.

"Heythir, are you in place?" Li Qing asked another commander through the connected communication system.

"Already set off." Hehir replied concisely and forcefully. "Must win."

"Definitely."

After a jump, Li Qing's command ship "Rockefeller" reached his defensive range, near the midpoint of the jump points of L2 and L3, Sarah Deling and Charlotte Stapan brought a whole standard a The Type Fleet went to l1.The six transition points leading to the star field inside the Republic, these are the targets of the eastern front of this battle.

Three minutes later, Hehir's fleet appeared on the three-dimensional model in front of him, and she brought four standard fleets.At this time, seven motherships, 3 battleships, 42 six cruisers, and countless small destroyers were moored in the open and dark space. Rockefeller's western front had already exchanged fire with the Imperial Expeditionary Force, while the eastern front was silent, only those on the model The looming fuzzy dots indicated that the Imperial Expeditionary Force had jumped from the territory of the Empire to not far from the Rockefeller Eastern Front, and was rushing towards the six jump points defended by Li Qing and Hehir.

The blue lines suspended in the air outline the outline of the Rockefeller District, on which countless red, yellow and green light spots flash alternately, each light spot represents a detected starship, Li Qing has never been on a model I've seen so many dots.The Empire, which wanted a quick victory, devoted nearly half of its space force to the battle, and the Republic, as the defender, had to use the same number of starships to fight.Once the winner is determined, there will be no doubt about the final result of this battle.

The decisive battle has begun.

Book Six: Twilight of the Empire