Future Crystal Crown

Yau came out of Elson's office feeling like a dream.

The fleet has already set off, and flight instructions from the flagship Daphne can be heard in the work area from time to time.The path has been set, and the entire fleet is in accelerated flight.

The machine was roaring, the floor was shaking slightly, and the walls were also shaking slightly. Qiu felt that even his own thoughts were being shaken non-stop.

He still can't accept the fact that he was appointed second in command.

Confused, Qiu found the office with his name written on it, and was about to sit down and get used to it slowly.

Push the door in and find that the room is quite spacious.At one end of the room stood two workstations facing each other.One has my name on it, and the other has my name on it, um... I can't read it.

It seems to be a leaf. The lines on the leaves look like words but not like words, like paintings but not like paintings. The intentional and unintentional gestures and structures are put together. It seems to be understandable but not intelligible. In short, it is very high-end and beautiful. Very fantasy.

"Is this a person?" Qiu looked at the name and said to himself.

Sit down at your own workbench.Turning on the computer, Qiu decided to do what he should do first.

These named computers on the ship are for personal use.Yau's computer will be connected to Yau's computer in the office so that he can retrieve data at any time.

Qiu browsed through the documents first, and looked at the Sagittarius survey task book issued by the military department.

It is written in detail, who will lead the team, who will escort, and who will be responsible for logistics support.Below is Rogge's signature and Elson's signature.

Qiu thought to himself, was it a whim that Elson made himself the second in command, or was it just a matter of discussion?

Do you want to confirm with Roger?

Playing with the communicator on his wrist, Qiu hesitated again.

After thinking about it, forget it, Rogge is so busy, he was just temporarily arrested, and it was not a formal appointment, it was just a matter of ten days and a half months, is it necessary to ask him for confirmation so seriously? ?

As if he wanted to be an official so much, if he was misunderstood, he would avoid embarrassment.

Qiu smiled and put aside the appointment.

The communicator that Rogge gave was really cute. Touching the thin and cute folding screen, Qiu pressed the function button on it.The folding touch screen automatically pops open to become a display the size of half a sheet of A4 paper.The blue light is shining brightly, and various functional modules inside are displayed one by one.

Qiu gently slides the cursor to open those functions as he likes.All icons are as sensitive as feathers, flashing quickly when touched.

Not only is this thing a powerful computer, it's even faster than the computer on Chu's desk.

After playing for a while, Qiu felt that he couldn't put it down.So I connected to the Internet, downloaded all the gadgets and games I liked and played, and put them in there for backup.

After dealing with this, Qiu heard a commotion from the corridor outside.Then someone "bang bang" knocked on his door twice, and before he could answer, please come in, someone broke in.

In came the Ramon trio, Ramon, Morgan and Red.

Ramon was still smiling, but the smile was as gritted as if he had eaten a rat's tail.

"Congratulations, Qiu, you were promoted to the second person in charge of the mission as soon as you came, it's not easy for you." Ramon said.

Qiu was surrounded by three standing people, and for a moment he seemed to return to the situation where he was surrounded by people punching and kicking him.

He instinctively raised his arms to protect his face, but saw Ramon's face froze suddenly.He looked at the communicator on Qiu's wrist, obviously hating him to death but insisted on twisting a smiling face, the already somewhat mean face under the light looked quite ferocious.

"Qiu, we brothers will still rely on you in the future. Don't forget us if there is any good thing for us to join the job together. Of course, the brothers will definitely praise your reputation and make sure you have face." Ramon seemed He stretched out his hand and patted Qiu's shoulder affectionately, and winked at Morgan and Lieder.

Morgan and Lied immediately understood, laughed and patted Qiu on the shoulder.

"Yes, yes, Qiu, it's great that you can be the second in command, everyone expects it, everyone expects it." Lied said.

"After you, you will be our leader, Qiu, you can be careful of those guys sent by the research institute, they have always looked down on us, I think they are not friendly this time, maybe they came to compete with us , pay more attention." Morgan has always been vicious and thoughtful.At this time, he just took the opportunity to tell the truth, on the one hand to please Qiu, and on the other hand to cause Qiu some headaches.

Qiu was not as thoughtful as they were, and was a little confused by him. He knew that they had no real intentions, but he didn't know how to get rid of them.

While pulling, someone knocked on the door again.

"Hey, you are all here, come to the conference room for a meeting." This time it was Locke again, poking his head in and shouting.

Only then did the three of Ramon let go of Qiu, and turned to greet Locke with a smile. "I'd like to thank you for coming to invite me for the meeting, Mr. Guard, you are so considerate."

"I'm just passing by, I heard you guys are so busy, come and have a look." Locke said haha.Waiting for them to pass by, he looked at Qiu who was walking behind with special attention: "How are you doing? Are you okay?"

"Oh, it's fine." Qiu replied hastily.

"If you need any help, you can come to me anytime, I'm always here." I don't know if Le Kou, who is particularly enthusiastic today, is real or fake, but he has a very warm impression on Qiu anyway.

"Thank you!" Qiu said seriously.

There are many meeting rooms on the ship, this time in a large rectangular meeting room.

Ramon, Morgan, and Lied, who were walking in front, quickly found empty seats and sat down, while Qiu stood at the door for a moment.

Elson was already sitting in the head position, and on his left and right sides were people from the paleontology project team of the military department and people from the research institute.There was still a vacant seat to his left, which seemed to be reserved for someone on purpose.

Qiu was a little suspicious, why did he feel that this scene was familiar? He was also sitting in this position in that meeting, scolded bloody and half numb from the cold.Are you going to sit there again?

There are people in other positions.Qiu had no choice but to bite the bullet and go there, there was no escape but death.

Yau sat next to Elson.

A transparent electronic printout was handed over at Elson's gesture, and handed over to Qiu.Accompanying this electronic manuscript is the phrase that the boss of the Ministry of Science and Technology has always cherished ink like gold: "Read."

Qiu Yihui quickly cleared his throat and began to read.

"The objective of this mission: to investigate the influence of the centaur celestial body's cycle on the planetary organisms; to understand the situation of the Sagittarius jungle, and the relationship between the jungle and the change in the number of people and horses. Action requirements: crisis prevention measures must be taken under any circumstances, follow to avoid The principle of causing riots is to ensure the safety of the forest border and the surface of the planet and its airspace. For small-scale activities that violate the border, it is only observed from local friction for the time being, and there is no need to take large-scale lethal actions.”

"Specific task requirements: collect various biological, chemical, material, and data in space, surface, and underground; look for evidence of human and horse reproduction; place long-term observation instruments near caves; collect plant samples...capture living human and horse at various stages for in vivo experiments ?”

catch?

After reading this, Qiu stopped and looked at Elson next to him in surprise.

As a population of intelligent creatures living in the same cosmic space with humans at the same time and having a long history of communication with humans, the Sagittarius enjoys social status and union citizenship.Although they are less willing to participate in human affairs and prefer to enjoy their own way of life, their existence is legally protected.In the impression of ordinary people, they are equivalent to a special race of human beings. You go to a planet to capture locals and come back for experiments?Isn't this a crime?Can such an application be approved by the military department?

Qiu looked at Elson, but Elson was indifferent.

There was a murmur in the conference room. Many people, like Qiu, couldn't understand why there was such a word as "capture interstellar citizens" in the order of the military department.

"Everyone, this is a request from our research institute, and it is also the reason why we will personally participate in this operation." Someone spoke up, and it was the person in charge of the research institute.A 28-year-old man with black-framed glasses looks very bookish.

"Although there are samples of horses in the sample library of the research institute, they are all expired many years ago. We think that since the planet Sagittarius is now multiplying in large numbers, it is more convenient to take this opportunity to catch more live animals and come back for experiments."

"Other creatures are fine, but centaurs, they have human rights, how do we know which one is better to catch?" Qiu asked a very practical question.

In his opinion, shouldn't this matter be discussed with those who are dying of illness or death row prisoners like human beings, how can it be captured at will.

However, the scholar shrugged and directly denied Qiu Shanshan's idea. "Their human rights are not within the scope of our military's protection. There is no need to seek their opinions on this matter. We think it's just a matter of direct action."

"..." Qiu was stunned.It was the first time he had seen such a privileged disregard for human rights, and it made him uncomfortable.

Qiu endured his anger and looked down at the document, and opened his eyes again when he saw the following line.

"In terms of quantity, do you want fifty? What experiment do you use so many?" Qiu asked.

The scholar shrugged, "Anyway, they have what they have, so let's catch as many as they can. We'll pick from the inside, and kill those who are satisfied." The scholar said nonchalantly.

Looking at the scholar, Qiu couldn't help cursing in his heart, your books have been read in the dunghill, right?No matter how many of them there are, you can justify breaking the law.Leave those who are satisfied and kill those who are dissatisfied. Do you think they are your cattle or sheep or chickens and ducks?It is simply a devil!

"Keep reading." Elson's voice sounded again at this moment. Although the three words were plain, they seemed to be pressed against Qiu's head like a slab of stone, forcing him to suppress his anger.

"The ground jungle search task is divided into two teams, led by Lieutenant Colonel Bentley and Lieutenant Colonel Del. The first group's route is the border area between the forest periphery and the grassland. The main task is to check the expansion of the forest and the movement of people and horses in the border area. Activities; the route of the second group is the dense forest center area, check the vegetation coverage in this area and the recent migration changes of people and horses..."

Qiu tried his best to read the document in a calm tone, put down the electronic manuscript and looked around.The meeting room was extremely quiet, everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, but this kind of calm was unusual, as if the moment before dawn when the battle was about to start, everyone was silent, not because they didn't want to speak out, but because they were waiting for someone to send the first message. gun.

"Dismiss."

Suddenly, Elson broke out the most unexpected two words.Everyone froze for a moment.

Then someone loudly objected. "Sir, the meeting cannot be adjourned, we haven't finished yet."

"Then you guys just sit here and continue the discussion, time will kill you." After finishing speaking, Elson stood up, turned around and left regardless of the expressions of his subordinates.

Qiu watched his back disappearing through the door in surprise, and couldn't believe that this was the way a department's top executive did things.Simple, rude and irresponsible!

But Elson really walked away.Just like his usual style, he doesn't even notice when you cry.

Then the nest exploded in the meeting room, and all the firepower was fired at the innocent-looking Qiu.

"I'm doing scientific research, how could I be allowed to go to such a dangerous place? Did you make a mistake?"

"Who divided this group? Even the military ranks are wrong. How can I be ranked third..."

"I haven't touched a gun for many years. I won't go into the jungle. At worst, you will kill me."

"If they don't enter, we won't enter either. We are all from the Ministry of Science and Technology, so why favor one over another?"

"This kind of task shouldn't be given to our Science and Technology Department, it should be sent to the War Department to die."

"Yeah yeah……"

Everyone is not stupid, everyone hides selfishness.

Searching for creatures with a humanoid upper body and a horse body lower body in the dense jungle is very difficult in itself.What's more, the jungle has suddenly expanded a lot recently, and the inside doesn't know how complicated the situation is.

People and horses live in the mountains and forests all year round. They are familiar with the terrain, very protective, and savage by nature.God knows if they will operate on the fringes or in the center.They are tall and powerful, and their fighting power is so strong. If they are attacked by them, they will not be able to run away.

Faced with such a task, the best way is to let others do it and not do it yourself.

Qiu sat in his seat and was besieged by a group of sharp-tongued people, but there was nothing he could do.In fact, he didn't know what this mission was. He was full of questions and had nowhere to ask. How could he know who planned it, approved whose arrangement... He was simply taken advantage of.

"Okay, okay, the meeting is over, let's go out, I'm going to lock the door." Le Kou greeted everyone at the door, and people began to go out one after another.

Qiu noticed that the scholar in the research institute hadn't spoken all the time. He sat quietly and looked at himself. The eyes behind the lens seemed to be thinking and sneering.

That look made Qiu very uncomfortable.I secretly recalled that I had never seen this person before, but why did he look at me with such a naturally hostile expression?

It's depressing enough.

"The military department and the boss are just decision-makers, and you are the one in charge of execution. Since the military department has approved the quantity I want, you have to catch it for me. If you can't give it or what I want, you Be careful of the consequences." The man stood up and said something in a statement of fact, but with obvious threats.

What Qiu is most depressed at the moment is the matter of these fifty men and horses. It is too difficult to be human if you have to do something when you can't do it.

"I, try my best." Qiu said helplessly.

The communicator on the wrist rang "chirp", and the melodious ringtone was as clear and pleasant as a bird's song.

Qiu looked down, and the signal showed: Martina.