The Wheel of Chronos

Xue Lun slowly picked up the jade teacup on the table in front of her, and took a sip of the tea in the cup. This was not the first time she tasted oriental black tea, but no matter how many times she tasted it, she would still marvel at the profoundness of oriental tea culture.Chinese black tea is prepared in a very different way than English black tea.No milk or sugar is added, simply tasting tea, the bitterness of the tea itself gradually transforms into a touch of sweetness, which has a long aftertaste in the mouth.

"It's delicious." Out of the excellent upbringing that has been deeply rooted in her bones since she was a child, even though she is in a rather embarrassing situation now, she still praises it sincerely.

"Hahaha, is that right? Ask Tianyang to give you a few bags some other day. This tea was bought by Tianyang for her cousin." Mu Li said with a smile, her tone of voice to Xuelun was like a The elders who are close to each other are like elders, which makes Xue Lun feel warm inexplicably.How many years, she has not felt this kind of care from the elders for so many years, probably except for old Jack and Aunt Joan, there are no close people around her.

Suddenly, a strange feeling enveloped her heart, and Xue Lun only felt that everything in front of her was distanced from her.Why is she here?The inexplicable sense of comfort that rose from the bottom of her heart before gave her a sense of crisis.

The Nokia in Leng Buding's pocket vibrated, and she answered the call:

"I said, Lord Earl, where are you? The sit-in demonstration tonight is over. The crowd clashed with the police, and some were injured. It is said that a man in black broke in at the scene, but I haven't found out the specific situation. In short, Nothing major happened. Bishop Charles didn't even show his face."

"Thank you, I see." Xue Lun said, and glanced at Mu Li who was opposite her. Her Majesty didn't seem to care much about her phone call, and drank tea on her own.

She almost forgot about Pistor, but this offline intelligence agent did his duty.

"I asked you something, where are you?"

"I can't tell you where I am." Sharon replied as usual.

"Really, you are a secretive person." Pistor complained, "I have a copy of your mail here, you have to tell me where to send it."

"Why do you have mine there... Wait, what kind of mail, is it a file?" Sharon asked hastily.

"Hmm...it's a kraft paper bag package, which seems to be a square hard thing, which is quite thin. The courier said that the delivery address is my home, but the note on this thing is to be handed over to you. I guess, could it be you who said What kind of hard drive is that?"

Before Xue Lun could answer, she suddenly saw Her Majesty mouthing to her:

【I'll send someone to get it, you ask where she is. 】

"Where are you? Someone will get that package later."

"I'm at my house." Pester said, "You know where my house is."

"Understood, please keep that package safe." When she said this, Her Majesty had already pulled out a photo of a car from her bracelet to show her, and Sharon immediately understood: "The person who is going to get the package will open the car." A navy blue sedan with license plate number LD8900. Long-haired woman, Asian, with a mole on the lower right corner of her lip, about [-] years old. Yes, okay, goodbye." She then described Mu Lixia A picture of a woman in a black suit.

As soon as the phone was hung up, Mu Li looked at the mobile phone in Xue Lun's hand and said, "I really miss it. In this era, you can still see Nokia's C7 model. This is probably a popular mobile phone in 2010."

"Your Majesty, are you familiar with the communication equipment before the catastrophe?" Sharon asked doubtfully.

Mu Li smiled, but did not answer this question.

Footsteps sounded outside the hall, and Lan Ni came back, followed by a group of people.At a glance, Sharon saw Old Jack walking in the front. Behind Old Jack, there were four tall men in black suits, escorting an elderly man into the room.That old man was exactly the one that Sharon tried her best to protect tonight——Charles Williams.

"Miss, are you alright?" Old Jack stepped forward to look at Sharon, who comforted him.At the same time, Lan Ni leaned close to Mu Li's ear and whispered something, and Mu Li nodded calmly, his eyes always on Charles Williams.

The cardinal of Westminster Abbey had been tortured enough tonight, and now he was suddenly brought in front of Her Majesty the Queen and Her Royal Highness, he was a little at a loss.But after all, he is old and has rich experience in life, so he quickly calmed down and greeted:

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, good evening."

"Hi, Bishop Charles, please sit down."

Mu Li signaled Charles to sit beside Sharon, and Sharon raised her eyebrows without any objection.Charles hesitated a little, but he still walked over, bowed his body, and sat beside Sharon.

"Let me introduce you. The person next to you is the Earl of Sunderland who saved your life tonight, regardless of her own safety—Ms. Sharon Spencer."

Bishop Charles was obviously taken aback. He looked at Sharon, and it took him a while to realize that Sharon was probably the so-called "gangster" who caused the police riot and forced him to stop his speech and evacuate the scene.

"She has received reliable information that someone is planning to kill you tonight. We have confirmed this to be true."

"Ah, thank you Earl Sunderland for saving your life. The grace of the Lord is with you." Bishop Charles crossed himself and bowed to Sharon again.

Xue Lun clasped her hands together to return the salute without making a sound.

"Then, Bishop Charles, do you have any clue as to why you were attacked tonight?" Mu Li asked.

Charles was at a loss for words, not knowing how to answer.

Mu Li smiled and said:

"It's okay if you don't tell me, let me tell you." She took a holographic projection pen from Lan Ni and put it on the tea table. After clicking on it, a very detailed investigation report was brought up, and she started Turning over, he said:

"This is an investigation report about a certain organization. We temporarily named it 'Eden'. Why did we name this organization? That is because this organization is so obsessed with completing the story of the Garden of Eden in the biblical legend. God created Adam, a man, and Eve, a woman, from Adam's rib. They lived happily in the Garden of Eden. It was a perfect world, but of course it was an unreal world. Men and women were shameless at first, even if they were not naked Living together, you don’t understand the difference between each other, and what the difference is for. In your opinion, this world must be broken by some kind of external force, so you are willing to be a snake bewitched by Satan, tempting Adam and Eve understood the significance of the difference between men and women."

Mu Li raised his face, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, cutting into the depths of Charles' heart:

"Bishop Charles, as an important member of the Garden of Eden organization, do you have anything to refute what I just said?"

Charles swallowed and opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

Mu Li smiled and continued:

"You induced a number of men and women, imprisoned these people together on the grounds of religious activities, and forced them to have relationships with each other. You also injected them with a large amount of sex hormones to stimulate the vitality of their reproductive cells. At the same time, you are still Continuous research on reproductive gene medicines, in an attempt to change the genome in the human body, so as to restore the natural fertility of modern humans. Do I wrong you by what I said?" During the process of Mu Li's speech, four research institutes affiliated to the "Eden Garden" have been called out. Organization" scientific research centers or clinics.

Bishop Charles lowered his head. His pale and thin hair and wrinkled face made him look older.

"Why did you do this, when did you start?" Mu Li asked lightly.

"There is a problem in this world." Bishop Charles said softly, "From the beginning of the birth of human beings, there were men and women for the purpose of combining with each other, multiplying and inheriting. After more than 1000 million years, why did this iron law change from 100 It was cut off suddenly many years ago? I can’t accept it. In fact, many people can’t accept it. This may be God’s punishment for us, and the war of annihilation caused by punishment for human beings. God wants us to kill ourselves and cut off our ability to reproduce Now, even the reproductive instinct is gradually disappearing, but why do people feel so at ease, do they really feel that they can sit back and relax with artificial reproduction technology? I don’t believe that the reproductive ability that has been passed down for 1000 million years will disappear overnight , there must be some way to reawaken our ability to reproduce.

Six years ago, when Westminster Abbey collapsed, my second son, Zack, his wife, and our young grandson, who had just returned from the Bureau of Life, were there.However, the tragedy happened like this. Zach barely survived, but his wife and son never disappeared.The current Zach is just a paralyzed disabled person who lives in a nursing home and spends the rest of his life as lonely as ashes.The doctor said that even if he married again, he would not be able to have a healthy child because his spinal cord was damaged and the medication had a bad effect on his IPS cells.If...if he still has the ability to give birth, he won't end up alone forever! "

Bishop Charles suddenly raised his head and said excitedly: "This world is wrong, it is wrong, and someone must stand up to correct this mistake. Your Majesty, as the leader of the empire, have you never had a correct understanding of this? ? I know my experiment is illegal, but that’s also because your government has done absolutely nothing. You’ve devoted all your resources to artificial reproduction, and no state-owned scientific research institution has ever studied the subject of restoring human’s natural fertility. This is simply too Weird!"

While listening to his narration, Sharon on the side gradually recalled that when she was investigating the collapse of the church, she had indeed seen someone surnamed Williams on the list of victims.But she didn't connect it to Bishop Charles at the time.On the day of the accident, Bishop Charles himself was attending the Christian Assembly in Vatican City, Rome region, and survived.After Sharon initially found out that he had nothing to do with the accident itself, she didn't delve into his family background.

"Do you think that the reason why the government does not conduct research on this subject is because I obstruct it, because of my selfishness?" Mu Li asked lightly.

"Isn't it? You and Your Highness the Queen were able to obtain such an excellent daughter as Princess Tianyang, all relying on artificial reproduction technology. Once the fertility of men and women is restored, your interests will be damaged." Bishop Charles said.

"Bishop Charles..." Mu Li sighed, "Humans' loss of natural fertility is the result of natural selection. More than 100 years have passed, and now it can be basically confirmed that this result is irreversible. I hope you face this reality, this reality It has been more than 100 years, and your unwillingness to accept it will only bring unnecessary harm. In fact, your wishful thinking has caused many people pain. As a priest, shouldn't you feel ashamed? "

Charles' lips trembled, but he couldn't speak for a while.

"You and your organization, I will hand over to the police to deal with according to law. In addition, I kindly remind you that the person who assassinated you should be a member of the New World Religion, because your attempt to restore the natural reproductive ability of human beings has touched the interests of the New World Religion members , In their view, you are the one who must be eliminated. Because if your goal is achieved, the human population will explode, which will definitely break the current situation of confrontation between the two continents. At that time, in order to solve the population problem, Limoli The sub-continent will become the target of human colonization. This is obviously not what they want to see. Next, the safest place for you may happen to be a prison cell."

After finishing speaking, Mu Li beckoned, and the four tall men in black suits stepped forward and lifted Charles from his seat.Charles didn't resist, he walked out obediently, but when he was about to step through the living room door, he turned his head and took a deep look at Mu Li.Mu Li looked at him calmly, and finally Charles took the lead to look away and walked out.

This was a very strange look at each other, and Sharon read a little irony from Charles' eyes.Now that his crimes have been fully exposed, what capital can he have to ridicule the current Empress?Sharon thought it might be Charles's last self-esteem at work, but even though she convinced herself like this, a trace of uneasiness still faintly rose in her heart.She glanced at Her Majesty the Empress, but didn't see anything from the latter's face.

"Ah, it's almost two o'clock. It's already too late, and it's still not calm outside. Sharon and this old gentleman, let's stay here for tonight. I've already arranged guest rooms for you. When dawn comes, My people will accompany you to the residence to pack your things, Sharon, you may have to deal with me all the time for a while." Mu Li said with a smile.

Xue Lun nodded and said: "I understand, I am willing to cooperate." Then she suddenly remembered something and said:

"Ah, in a few hours, I have an appointment and I have to meet someone. I wonder if you can give me this time."

"Of course!" Mu Li said, "I won't interfere with your private affairs. But I hope you don't mind that my people are always by your side. Your privacy may not be guaranteed."

"It doesn't matter, now, I don't have any secrets to hide in my life." Xue Lun showed her first smile tonight, but in Mu Li's eyes, that smile seemed lonely and tired.

Half an hour later, when Mu Li and Lan Ni fell on the bed together and prepared to rest as soon as possible, Mu Li said softly:

"It's not easy kid."

Lan Ni was worried: "She is very pitiful. But isn't our Tianyang innocent? Somehow, we can no longer get along with her. What kind of crime is this?"

Mu Li hugged Lan Ni's shoulders to comfort him: "Don't think too much, go to bed early, I'm here."

The author has something to say: Some topics that have not been discussed in depth in Leigh Byron, I will mention them in Ke Lun to complement the world view.