The mess in front of him made Lu Jinchao speechless for a while.

A week ago, he was still sitting in this laboratory, taking care of these brains that had never awakened conscious reactions, and he had already gotten used to such days for two full years.

He stepped forward, the shoes hit the debris and the culture fluid, making a slight sound of water, and the nearest brain was in front of him.

Lu Jin squatted down, it still maintained its structural integrity, a brain the size of a woman or a child, but after being exposed to the external environment, the bacteria floating in the air and the fragments of the culture column on the ground had already killed it.

The nose was full of the fishy smell of the brain, and Lu Jinchao didn't dare to move forward, because every step he took might step on the limp brain tissue.

Among the hundreds of broken and collapsed culture columns, it is difficult to find the one numbered E7.

"E7?" Lu Jinchao called softly, "Are you there?"

no respond.

"E7." Lu Jinchao's voice cooled down, "Wake up, don't sleep anymore."

"Hmm...huh?" The boy's dazed voice re-emerged in the earphones, it yawned, and said vaguely, "What's the matter, you woke me up suddenly... Eh?"

Through Lu Jin's camera towards the terminal, E7 clearly saw the scene in the laboratory.

"Oh my god!" Its voice rose an octave, and the screaming with its face held together seemed to be right in front of your eyes, "This...was this a thief? Who did it, it's just...it's amazing! "

Lu Jinchao was speechless.

In the sympathy of compatriots being killed and the ecstasy of the sudden reduction in competitive pressure, E7's instinct made it choose the latter, just like a newly hatched chick will push other brothers and sisters who have not yet hatched to get more nutrition. The lair is like... brothers fighting against each other in a huge family, even brothers fighting each other.

Only this time, they all originate from the same individual.

E7 looked at the entire laboratory through the camera, looked at the brains on the ground, and said in a regretful voice: "It's a pity that they all fell on the ground and can't be eaten. I told you to eat them a long time ago. Now, it's all a waste. "

Lu Jin's back felt hairy. He took a deep breath, and then let it out lightly, and said, "Don't you want to say something else? Fortunately, I have the foresight, otherwise this will be your end."

"That's right!" E7 gave Lu Jinchao a non-existent thumbs up, and now he was completely awake, and also felt a bit of fear: "Thanks, I'm no longer here..."

He couldn't clean up the mess all over the place by himself. Lu Jinchao exited the laboratory and told others. Fortunately, he had already moved E7 to another safe place, otherwise E7 would really have died here for no reason.

The opponent's goal is very clear, hindering the research of neurosis, and destroying E7 at the same time.

There are not many people who know the existence of the brain, but very few know the true identity of the brain. Lu Jinchao is not sure who broke into the laboratory and killed him, but he also has a few candidate lists in his mind.

Wen Rongxi had already rushed over, and was listening to the students report the situation, when Lu Jinchao came to the teacher and said in a low voice, "Laboratory No. 1003 was also broken into."

Wen Rongxi frowned, he raised his hand to signal that we will talk later, and came to the relatively secluded inner room with Lu Jinchao.

"All the samples to be tested were destroyed, and the brains fell to the ground. It is not clear whether other things were stolen, but the other party obviously came prepared and wanted to destroy E7."

"It's not damaged."

Lu Jin shook his head: "No, only I know that place."

"That's good." Wen Rongxi nodded and breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't tell anyone."

Lu Jin hummed, the situation became more and more serious, the existence of E7 was already a taboo, he really wanted to know how long it would take until the day when everything would be revealed, but faced with the tired face of the elderly teacher, he still couldn't ask out.

Send a message to Lin Xiaoming to tell him to go back first. Lu Jinchao helped clean up the laboratory. The lost experimental data is not particularly important. As long as the samples and experimental records are all there, just re-simulate.

It had been five hours since everything was sorted out. Lu Jinchao was very tired. He dragged his exhausted body home. Lin Xiaoming had already prepared dinner and was waiting for him to come back.

As soon as the guide entered the door, Lin Xiaoming smelled the smell of biological tissue on his body, which was covered by the smell of disinfectant.

A faint fishy smell, but no smell of blood, unlike internal organs, maybe...brains?

"I have to take a shower." Lu Jin couldn't bear it to himself, cleaning up those white brains had almost wiped out his SAN value, not to mention there was still an E7 nagging in fear all the time.

Lin Xiaoming took the jacket he had taken off from Lu Jinchao's hand, and threw it all into the washing machine. Soon there was the sound of rushing water in the bathroom. He took the terminal that Lu Jinchao took off and put aside, and said, "What's the matter?" gone?"

"You almost won't see the lovely me." E7's voice came, "Fortunately, Brother Lu has the foresight. I'm so tired. I'll go to sleep for a while."

The voice of E7 became quieter, Lin Xiaoming frowned, will the AI ​​also be tired and want to sleep?

The fishy smell on Lu Jinchao's body always made him think of the brain he saw when he visited the laboratory.

Whose brain is that is still unknown, and even Lin Xiaoming is not sure whether the brain is still there.

Quickly cleaned himself up from head to toe, making sure that there was no smell and would not cause trouble to the sentinel, Lu Jin came out wiping his hair and sat down at the dining table.

"Is it all right?"

"never mind."

"Let's eat then."

It was obvious that Lu Jinchao was in a bad mood, so Lin Xiaoming didn't say anything more.

The two had dinner together, Lu Jinchao slumped on the chair and raised his hand to pinch the space between his brows, while Lin Xiaoming stood up and cleaned up the dishes.

I've gone through too many things this time, so don't tell Lu Jinchao the news, let him take it easy.

Lin Xiaoming came out of the kitchen, and there was no one at the table. Yunjin was resting on the bird stand. Lin Xiaoming gently pushed open the door of Lu Jin's bedroom, and saw the guide lying on the bed, burying his face in the pillow.

He knelt on one knee beside the bed, bent down, and lightly touched Lu Jin's shoulder with one hand: "Are you all right?"

"It's okay." Lu Jin turned over, the corners of his eyes were of course dry, but his brows were furrowed, "It's just a little annoying, just sleep and it will be fine."

He couldn't tell anyone about the troubles he encountered around him. He wanted to share E7's true identity with Lin Xiaoming and ask him if he had any good advice, but he couldn't.

Lin Xiaoming took advantage of the situation and lay down beside him: "Just now I went back to the military headquarters and sorted out some information that may be available now, maybe it can help you."

The thoughts of the past life have been deeply rooted in Lin Xiaoming's mind for too long. He is a lone wolf, and the only person he can trust is himself. In his eyes, anyone is someone who may backstab him in the future.

When Lu Jinchao joined the tower, he really realized that this kind of self-appointment was not appropriate, but he has never found a suitable reason and time to share information with Lu Jinchao in a real sense.

Maybe now is a good time.

Lu Jinchao raised some spirits: "Telling me won't cause you any trouble, right?"

"No." Lin Xiaoming paused, "Compared to getting you into trouble because of insufficient information, even a little trouble is nothing to me."

Lu Jinchao sat up cross-legged on the bed, ready to listen carefully to Lin Xiaoming's next words.

"The five major families are actually not clean in secret." Lin Xiaoming's first sentence shocked Lu Jinchao, "The Windsor family has been manufacturing illegal drugs for a long time, and on the companion planet near the capital star, there is their secret pharmaceutical factory .”

"The Shaymiyev family is behind the electronic chip industry."

"The founder of the dark net pays a huge fee to the Zhang family every year to obtain the protection of the Zhang family."

"The Miyagawa family is related to the Star Thieves Group. Many of the minerals they control come from the Star Thieves. After buying them at a low price, they sell them to the Federation at a higher price."

"The Burns family applied for a huge amount of money from the Federation on the grounds of developing the latest aerospace equipment, but no one knows where the money was spent."

Lu Jinchao: ...

It took less than 2 minutes to say these few words, but it took Lu Jinchao a long time to digest them.

He knew that electronic opium was related to the Shaymiyev family, and he even met Tasha in the Taber galaxy, where chips are the most rampant, but other families are also like that...

"At the same time, Miyagawa Lance and Margali are controlling many dignitaries through unknown means."

Lin Xiaoming paused, and added: "Although I don't know exactly what method can be used to completely control people, all clues point to this possibility."

This is the information that Lin Xiaoming got in his previous life. Even if he worked in the military, it is impossible for him to get this information with only two years of experience.

The so-called military department has always been a cover for him to provide information to Lu Jinchao smoothly.

"This is the ability of a guide." Lu Jinchao murmured, "For a powerful guide, it is not difficult to subtly control other people's thinking. Maybe for the controlled person, it may be just a difference of thought, and they will never Know that your decision-making has actually been interfered with."

"Margali is your introducer in the tower—"

Lu Jin said firmly: "I will not be controlled by her, she is not as strong as me, you can rest assured about that."

"I know." Lin Xiaoming smiled, "I was a little uneasy when I learned that you joined the tower under her recommendation, but now it seems that I didn't believe you enough at that time."

Lu Jinchao knew that he couldn't ask too much about Lin Xiaoming's job content, but he still couldn't help asking: "Is this why you were so busy with missions before? Go investigate the internal... muddy waters."

"No, it's actually the Dogon people." Lin Xiaoming didn't hide anything, "The Dogon people have been trying to infiltrate the federation. Maybe war will happen soon, and a large number of sentries will be sent to the front. Death is inevitable, but to some extent It's a good thing for the Federation."

Lu Jin murmured: "Because the death of a large number of sentries will pull the ratio of sentries to a relatively normal level."

Lin Xiaoming nodded: "War may be used as a means of adjustment, but it will also cause many more serious consequences. The sequelae of a large-scale war may take decades to fully recover."

Lu Jinchao has more sympathy for this. The biological son of his adoptive parents and the elder brother he had never met died in a certain local war. Since he was a child, he has witnessed the pain brought by the war to his adoptive parents. .

"But what exactly do they want?" Lu Jin frowned, "What good is a federation in deep quagmire doing to those in power?"

"Our ordinary people with normal thinking can't understand the thoughts of those in power. Maybe it's for their own vanity, maybe it's for the family to always stand in the highest position, as long as this glamorous and beautiful shell can continue to exist and bring them wealth. And glory, there will always be someone who doesn't care what kind of rotten inside it is."

Lu Jinchao still finds it incredible that those who treat the Federation as a toy in their hands and don't care about the future are all dignitaries who have received elite education since childhood.

Maybe it's because everything you have is so easy that you don't know how to cherish it.

Thinking of the five major families, Lu Jinchao couldn't help asking: "Do you think Victoria, Zhang Jiyue and the others will know about those things in the family?"

"Maybe, maybe I didn't know it when I was young, but they are all direct descendants after all, and they will take over the burden of the family in the future."

Lu Jinchao fell silent. Yes, Tasha, who was two years older than them, had already gone deep into the Taber galaxy to contribute to the family's electronic opium business. At this age, Victoria and the others gradually began to get in touch with family affairs, which is nothing more than normal.

It's just that Lu Jinchao always felt that they would not accept it as smoothly as Tasha. Victoria was willing to go to Tianya Star to participate in the rescue at the dangerous moment of the eclipse. Obviously, he had not been assimilated by the huge family. The two brothers of the Zhang family It seems that he is not interested in family affairs.

I have been meeting and chatting with my friends almost every week, and the things I have talked about...maybe have some subtle influence?

As for Ludwig... the person Lu Jinchao is most confused about is him. He saw Ludwig's memory fragments when he solved the knot for Master Burns. Sentinels have always grown up with patriarchy. Under the oppression of others, they are powerless to resist, so that they breed the inner demon of "as long as it is not No.1, it is a waste".

He wondered if Ludwig would have the courage to keep his heart when facing the family authority again.

Thinking of this, Lu Jinchao couldn't help but sigh, and began to miss the days when he was still in school.

"You must be careful with Margaret. She can be said to be the most dangerous person so far. It is not possible for ordinary people to climb from an unfavored illegitimate daughter to the position of first lady step by step. I am afraid that apart from using Apart from guiding ability, what other methods did she use?"

"I know." Lu Jin nodded. He had discovered that Margali was infecting the guides in the tower with spiritual power a long time ago, and promoted the wizard perfume in a small area.

The guides who can serve in the tower generally have high-ranking combined sentries, and Margali wants to control those sentries through the guides.

But I will not let her succeed so smoothly.

They are working together to prevent the implementation of the dawn plan, and they need enough voice, but it will be him, Lu Jinchao, who will really use the power of the other party to hold the power in the tower in his hands.

Strength and connections will be his confidence.

It is indeed very different.

It is difficult for Lin Xiaoming to find the shadow of the past from the guide in front of him. If he has to say it, the quality called dedication has overcome cowardice, patience and hesitation, and has remained intact until now.

Keeping the information shared by Lin Xiaoming firmly in his heart, Lu Jin moved to Lin Xiaoming's back and massaged the sentinel's shoulders: "Thank you for your hard work."

As he was busy in the laboratory, Lin Xiaoming would clean up the house before cooking, and sat at the table waiting for him to come back. Lu Jinchao didn't know what Lin Xiaoming looked like during working hours, but he must be so handsome that he was speechless.

Externally, he is the best young generation of his peers, and internally, he cares about everything in order. Lu Jinchao wondered if he saved all mankind in his previous life, so he was lucky enough to meet such a good Lin Xiaoming.

There is a point of view in Lu Jinchao's heart that has not changed in the past four years: when he is with Lin Xiaoming, he doesn't need to think at all, because the sentry will take care of everything meticulously.

"It's okay." Lin Xiaoming patted the back of his hand, "Go to rest early today. As for the royal family, there may be some problems."

"How to say?"

"A few years ago, the emperor's daughter Samiya triumphantly returned from the front line, but she was assassinated and died on the way back. Since then, the emperor's health has been in poor condition. According to the files I have seen, it is not likely that his body collapsed due to excessive grief. of."

"Are you saying that someone is tampering with His Majesty's body?"

"Yes." Lin Xiaoming can be sure of this point. You must know that even if the emperor's daughter Samiya is dead, the emperor has never changed the candidate for the crown prince.

The emperor of the previous life died eight years after the emperor's daughter was assassinated, and then the second prince succeeded to the throne. He should have wanted to do something, but unfortunately he was just a puppet in the end.

At first, Lin Xiaoming thought that the people from the five major families had tampered with the emperor, but later he realized that whether the old emperor died or lived had little effect on them. Good sons who have none.

Lu Jin nodded thoughtfully. Although he didn't understand that the royal family had declined like this, what was the point of fighting again, but after all, the person surnamed Hicks was not him. As big as a pig, he, a mere commoner, cannot understand the thinking of the princes.

But since that's the case... I have to add another one to the list of possible candidates for breaking into the laboratory today.

Time passed without knowing it, and the two shared information that each could tell the other.

Listening to Lin Xiaoming calmly talking about any secrets that could shock the world, Lu Jinchao realized the strangeness no matter how relieved he was: Even if he had a certain channel in the military department, it would be impossible to know such details, right?

The five major families can still be said to be secrets that are tacitly understood by everyone, but it is very strange that even the real reason for the old emperor's physical illness is known.

One must know that Wen Rongxi is in charge of taking care of the emperor's body. As Wen Rongxi's most valued apprentice, even Lu Jinchao knows nothing about many things. How does Lin Xiaoming know?

Not long after they met, Lu Jinchao realized Lin Xiaoming's problems. The sentinel's behavior was beyond what he should have at his age. No matter in the face of accidents or crises, he was so calm.

Lu Jinchao never felt that he was actually a younger brother who was six or seven years younger than him, and even said that many times, he felt that Lin Xiaoming's mental age was much older than him.

Is it because of the experience before burning blood?Lu Jinchao didn't know that Sentinel Qian's life 18 years ago was a blank for him, and obviously Lin Xiaoming didn't want him to know.

Perhaps the secret lies in that tower in the center of the mental picture.

Anyway, no matter what, Xiaoming will never harm him.

While chatting, Lu Jinchao couldn't help but yawned and narrowed his eyes sleepily.

"Go to sleep." Lin Xiaoming pulled the quilt to cover him, and he was about to sit up, "It's not too early."

"What about you?"

"I'll go out for a while." Lin Xiaoming turned off the light for him, "About two hours, don't wait for me, leave Qishuo here to accompany you."

"Okay." Lu Jinchao responded softly, hugging the snoring big snow leopard, and buried his face in Qisuo's furry neck.

Lin Xiaoming closed the door of Lu Jin's bedroom and quickly put on his clothes. He still had to go to Grenisu.

After he raised the issue of the Skaar galaxy, Nikola sent his staff to investigate again, and found some rather hidden anomalies. If there are no accidents, the next mission will come soon.

Finally sharing the information that has been accumulated in his heart for too long with Lu Jinchao is considered a big stone. In his previous life, Lin Xiaoming suffered from the lack of information. This time, he must not let Lu Jinchao experience what he has suffered. those who have been.

As for more secrets about himself... Lin Xiaoming wonders if there will be a day when he can confess to Lu Jinchao.

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