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"Revenge against whom?"

"Humans." Carter pressed his eyebrows, "The relationship between Lingjun and humans can be traced back to the time of the Ark Fleet. At that time, the Ark Fleet had sailed in the universe for a hundred years, and the second and third generations of new humans grew up. They were born In the universe, they have never seen the earth, and are better adapted to life in space, not as hopeless as the first generation who escaped from the earth.

"But hope can't solve the crisis facing the fleet. Human beings lack fresh water, food and energy. Just when the voyage was unsustainable, the Lord Spirit appeared in the fleet. The crew believed that He was a special intelligent creature from a higher civilization. He... really It's very special."

Carter glanced at Heinrich and found that Marshal Chu remained calm.

"Marshal Chu, please believe my words."

Carter knows that with Heinrich's ability, he will not fail to understand that both the memoryrs and the imperial nobles have the same goal. He will not report Carter, but he may not believe Carter's "nonsense".

But the looming crisis forced Carter to give it a go.

He gritted his teeth and continued: "Lingjun looks like a human being, but he has no entity. He can travel between the vacuum of space and the spaceship at will without any tools. He learned the language that humans used at that time, and taught humans various things. A variety of technologies, subspace navigation, leap, curvature engine, new energy, light energy weapons...

"Humans on the ancient earth have imagined contact with many alien civilizations, and many imaginations are full of pessimism and destruction."

Carter seemed to be caught in some kind of memory, his tone became distant, and his emotion for Lingjun was mixed with fear and incredible nostalgia at the same time.

"But human beings did not expect that the first alien civilization they came into contact with would be so beautiful, intelligent and gentle. After entering the Einstein galaxy, human beings encountered many other civilizations, but the technological level of these civilizations and human civilizations The gap is not that big, and the empire can easily catch up with our neighbors.

"The level of science and technology of Lingjun's civilization is a peak that we can't imagine until now. A little leftovers from the fingers of a high civilization are enough to feed human beings for thousands of years. What's more, Lingjun is very patiently and caringly teaching mankind. much-needed technology.

"Until now, our leap technology, weapon design, and physical theory are still spinning in the wisdom left by Lord Ling."

"Why did he want revenge?"

Since Lord Ling sounds so gentle and kind, almost like a selfless saint, why should Carter be afraid of him?

Carter looked down at the table, his eyes out of focus, "Marshal Chu, I often think that in the past, human beings imagined alien civilizations as invaders and contemptuous people because human beings have their own ugliness, so they took it for granted that So do other creatures.

"Lingjun is not, but his goodwill is considered weak and deceitful by some people in the Ark Fleet. They try to control Lingjun for their own use. The confrontation between the Empire and the Alliance began with the split of the Ark Fleet. It is generally believed that the reason is that both sides Disagreement over the hierarchical order brought about by ABO gender differentiation, but there is another reason.

"The predecessors who established the alliance opposed the other party's attempt to control the spirit king. The civil war broke out in the Ark Fleet. Humans used the weapon technology taught by the spirit king to kill each other, causing countless casualties. Afterwards, the spirit king disappeared and never appeared again. Perhaps he has been disappointed with the cruel and bloodthirsty human beings.

"In the history passed down from generation to generation, it is recorded that when the Ark Fleet sailed to a star field where the celestial bodies were in chaos and could hardly find any regularity, the Lord Ling raised his hand and touched the rotating stars to protect the fleet. Now, the Empire is investigating When the regiment returned to the earth, the celestial body was pulled and hit the earth. Everything seems to be related to the Lord Ling."

Carter was unaware of the self-destruction program activated by an unknown person in the Snow Mountain Base.

If the celestial attack was indeed the work of Lord Ling, he might have been connected with human civilization long before the Ark Fleet.

But... doubts remain.

Heinrich frowned slightly, "If the Lingjun civilization wants revenge, with its level of technology, it can attack the empire at any time, and there is no need to wait until now."

Carter smiled wryly, "I don't know whether Lord Ling regards humans as children or as pets. If it's the latter, of course he doesn't need to continue to spend his time after abandoning humans, but when the spoiled pets rush to him again, Wouldn't He be irritated to show off with his old toy for man?

"I intend to send a letter to the emperor to report the attack, and your majesty will understand. But before the emperor's order is sent back to the solar system, we must enter a wartime state."

Heinrich didn't speak. From his stern golden eyes, Carter couldn't see the trace of thinking, but could only feel the cold and majestic scrutiny.

A few seconds later, Heinrich said: "The Abyss Fleet and the Elan Fleet will hold a joint strategic meeting."

On the surface of the tropical ocean splashed by heavy rain, thunder and lightning rolled in the thick clouds.

The autopilot aircraft swayed in the mid-air of the troposphere. Zhou Pingbo endured dizziness and helped Lin Xu open the hatch. The heavy rain poured in and wet Lin Xu's whole body.

"You have 90 minutes, you must return after 90 minutes, okay?" Zhou Pingbo had to talk to Lin Xu at the top of his voice as the strong wind from the sea poured into the aircraft.

The weather here is too unpredictable, Zhou Pingbo is worried that he will be struck by lightning if he stays for a long time, "If there is an emergency, please contact me at any time."

"No problem." Lin Xu walked to the edge of the cabin door, turned around and told Zhou Pingbo, "If you encounter a deep-sea monster, please contact me at any time, and I will come back immediately."

"It doesn't matter, the aircraft will hover in the air."

Lin Xu said, "They may have tentacles."

Zhou Pingbo: "..."

The next moment, Lin Xu leaned over and jumped from a height of [-] meters, and dived into the sea water like a cannonball, setting off a circle of gray water column.

After he took off his clothes at the bottom of the sea, he turned into a fishtail. The changed clothes were pressed on the bottom of the sea with a stone, and he would put them on again when he turned back into a human body.

Without the hindrance of the cloth, the strong fish tail allowed him to travel at full speed in the sea, and quickly reach the place marked on the map where the mermaid bones were found.

The light in the deep sea is dim, and a few jellyfish that can emit fluorescent light float by from a distance.

Swim a little further, and you can see the markings and monitoring equipment left by the expedition team at the place where the mermaid bones were found. Zhou Pingbo temporarily turned off the recording equipment for him.

Lin Xu took the underwater lighting lamp in his mouth and quickly circled the sea area, but found nothing more.

He thought about it carefully, if these mermaids were really transformed products, where would they choose to live?

The deep sea area is dark and cold, food is scarce, and sleeping mutated deep sea creatures divide their territories, it is by no means a suitable place to live.

Mermaids should retain some of the habits of humans. They need sunshine and occasional cooked food. Compared with deep seas, shallow seas are theoretically more suitable.

Mermaid skeletons that accidentally appear in deep sea areas may be the product of accident.

Lin Xu swam towards the ocean surface and the nearby land along the cold sea water. On the way, the sardine clusters gathered like a storm were scattered. He caught a few fat and fat sardines in his hand on a whim.

As the depth decreases, you can see the sparkling sea when you look up. The land in front of you seems to be a small island. Lin Xu is flying around the coastline, and his black hair is scattered like silk in the blue and clear water.

After humans disappeared, the pollution stopped, and the ocean recovered itself at an extremely fast rate.

He passed a coral reef, sea cliffs and fine white sandy beaches, but found nothing but two big lobsters.

Just when Lin Xu was about to return, several bones buried in the sand and stones in the shallow sea suddenly attracted his attention. Its shape was similar to the spine of a mammal, and more importantly, a section of the corroded and incomplete spine was made of some kind of metal. substitute bone.

human creation.

A few small carnivorous fish looked at Lin Xu from a distance.

Only a short section of the bone was either pushed by the sea or dragged by a predator.Lin Xu flicked his tail and swam towards the carnivorous fish. The fear of the powerful predator made the small carnivorous fish flee back in terror. Lin Xu followed them all the way back to the coral reef area.

The little fish hid in the densely packed colorful corals. The mutated corals were huge, and the whole coral was like a giant ship full of flowers and trees.

Lin Xu's speed was slowed down by the branches growing around the coral, and his eyes no longer swept across, but identified possible traces of human life one by one.

His heart also became cautious, he couldn't be sure whether there were mermaids still living on the earth, and he couldn't infer their possible living conditions.

A reflective object caught Lin Xu's attention. When he looked closer, it was a glass bottle reflecting sunlight. He wanted to take out the glass bottle, but a branch of white coral blocked the thick body of the bottle.

No, wait...it's not white coral, it's half a human sternum.

The glass bottle slipped from Lin Xu's hand, and he stepped back a distance to see the whole skeleton—half of the sternum, with a section of fish tail bone connected to it, buried in the sand all the way, and a small red coral came out of the hollow of the human skull. It grows out, cracks the eye sockets, and faces the sunlight falling on the ocean.

Lin Xu's heart began to beat wildly. He continued to search in the coral, and found more than a dozen skeletons scattered among the colorful coral, most of which were disassembled and thrown around by later fishes. The first skeleton found was actually the most complete.

The merfolk have disappeared for a long time... no companions to bury them according to the old custom.

Lin Xu didn't move the mermaid bones in the end. When he returned to the aircraft, Zhou Pingbo was a little dazed seeing the sardines and lobsters he was carrying in his hand, and the news that had just arrived at his mouth suddenly got stuck.

"You are..."

"I'm going back to the Victoria, and I'll come down again if there's something new." Lin Xu changed into his uniform under the sea, his body was dripping wet, and his breath was cold. "The inspection team will stay for two months, right?"

"There are still two months." Zhou Pingbo finally remembered what he wanted to say, "However, Heinrich also hopes that you will return to the Victoria. It is special, and it is inconvenient to stay on the research spacecraft."

"it is good."

The autopilot was turned on, the metal shell of the aircraft blocked all the storms from the cabin, and the lightning was like a giant hand tearing through the dark blue-purple clouds.

"Two books were found in the museum ruins excavated by the expedition team. The text on them should be the French you speak, and it also has an ancient English translation. You should bring it back to the Victoria."

Before leaving, Lin Xu handed over the record of his actions in the coral to Zhou Pingbo.

When Lin Xu took the flying shuttle back to the Victoria, Zhou Pingbo sent another message.

"The results of the genetic comparison have come out. The gene sequences of you, the deep-sea mermaid bones, and the Thales mermaid are basically the same."

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The burnt aroma of grease permeated the space along with the rising smoke.

As soon as Heinrich stepped into the kitchen of Restaurant No. [-], he saw the two bean eyes of the kitchen machine flashing red light, constantly issuing warnings, "Exceeding the smoke limit, fire hazard, fire hazard."

It was tied to the refrigerator door with four mechanical arms, and it rattled and raised its arms trying to break free.

Heinrich walked over and pressed the off button, and the kitchen was finally quiet.

A burst of sweet smell of burning overflowed from the oil pan, and Lin Xu was brushing a layer of honey on the golden fried food in the pan, and the color of the meat became more attractive.

Heinrich approached Lin Xu, lowered his head and asked in his ear, "What is this?"

"Sautéed sardines."

"What about that?"

Heinrich looked at the two big lobsters that were steamed bright red in the other steamer. One of them was steamed, and the back of the other was cut open and filled with garlic and condiments.

"Lobster." Lin Xu lowered his head, flipping the sardines that were dripping with oil, "I caught them from the sea, help me put the lobsters on the plate."

Heinrich looked at the white porcelain plate that Lin Xu handed over, staring at the bright red lobster as if he was facing an enemy, as if he was thinking about how to get the food from the pot to the plate.

Many interstellar humans have probably never been in a conventional kitchen in their entire lives.

Lin Xu "... find a spatula."

He watched Heinrich struggle to get the lobster onto the plate, forgetting for a moment what he was doing, and one of the sardines was burnt.

Lin Xu frowned and turned off the fire, took out the sardines and placed them on a plate, then re-heated a pot of boiling oil in a small pot, and poured it into the garlic lobster meat.

Facing the bubbling hot oil, Heinrich subconsciously took a step back.

Lin Xu took the tableware, picked up two porcelain plates and placed them on a round table on the side of the kitchen, and pulled two boxes as seats, and sat down facing Heinrich.

The hot oil cooled down a bit, and the bubbles stopped coming out continuously, and Heinrich's face turned pale.

"Did humans in the ancient earth era handle food with their own hands?"

Lin Xu blocked Heinrich's attempt to fork the lobster shell, and used a knife and fork to cut out the shrimp inside and put it on Heinrich's dinner plate.

"Not necessarily." Lin Xu looked at Heinrich who forked a piece of lobster meat, "How about it, can you accept the taste of earth creatures?"

Heinrich commented with a complex expression: "Very different."

But then, he tried a piece of sardine with a honey flavor. "I like the taste."

"So you like sweet dishes."

"...I like the taste of honey," said Heinrich.

Lin Xu himself didn't know the sweet aura that often emanated from him, otherwise, Heinrich would not have allowed himself to say this so bluntly.

"When you leave, find more honey and bring it back. There are no bees in the empire, and you can't find honey."

"Hmm..." Heinrich responded softly, and the indescribable memory of the taste of honey flashed in his mind, causing him to quickly change the subject, "Why do you want to cook today?"

"Marine creatures can't survive in fresh water, and they won't be fresh after a few days." Lin Xuping replied flatly.

"But you don't know what to eat."

Lin Xu looked up at him.

The top light in the kitchen was pale, and Heinrich's depressed mouth and eyebrows revealed depression under the burden of crisis, but his eyes in the dark shadows showed affection for no reason.

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