Chapter 85
"Madam, I feel sorry for your loss." The woman said, handing over a bouquet of flowers, "I cultivated these flowers at home. After arriving here, everyone's living area has become a lot more crowded. We There's nothing I can do about it. I finally left a small flower garden. There are too few varieties that can be cultivated, and the colors are inevitably monotonous. Please don't dislike it."
Lin Jingshu was stopped by her while walking. Although she was impatient, she still thanked her politely. He took the flower angrily.
This is a bouquet of roses called "Azure Sea". The center of the flower is a deep blue that is close to black, and becomes lighter as it goes outwards. It unfolds layer by layer. The bottom of the outermost petals is azure, and gradually fades as it goes up. There is a The circle is close to the white border. The white is very subtle, not pure white. It is cold and misty, like the distant horizon when the sky is dim. The center of the dark flower is shimmering with tiny silvery dots, like a starry sky, and the multiple levels of blue on the petals are exactly the color of the sky on the planet Voto in a day - the more beautiful the "stars" are distributed, the more blue the layers are. The more, the clearer the "horizon", the better the quality of the flowers.
"Azure Sea" became popular after the alliance center moved to Angel City Fortress. After all, Angel City Fortress is man-made. It uses artificial energy towers for lighting and artificial atmosphere to breathe. The sky does not have that natural and magnificent change. Moreover, Angel City is small and exquisite, and the area is not vast enough. The horizon is generally not visible at the "beginning of the sun" and "sunset".
As a result, the "horizon" has become the most saddening image in the City of Angels, and the "blue sea" contains an irresistible melancholy, as lost and elegant as those ancient poems describing the collapse of a country and a family.
Lin Jingshu glanced at this bouquet of so-called "home-grown" flowers. This was a rare bouquet of the best. The rich and thick fragrance of roses hit her face. Looking at it up close, it almost made people feel dizzy - it was worth a lot of money. , not much, just a medium-sized mecha.
"If it hadn't been for the war, the child could have been grown in vitro. With the care of Eden, nothing could have gone wrong... This is really a pity and a shock. And you have just been discharged from the hospital and you have to work for the management committee. Everyone is She looks quite haggard, which is really sad. "This woman may be the wife of a high-ranking official. She has an unforgettable face, and a strong "Wotto" accent can be heard from her mouth - she speaks softly. Soft-spoken and full of emotion.
Lin Jingshu patiently thanked her for her nonsense, but still didn't remember who she was.
The woman mourned alone for a while, sighing three times, with half a bottle of tears shed, and finally came to the topic: "Madam, when can we return to the Garden of Eden?"
Before the evacuation of Watteau, Parliament Secretary Gordon was assassinated, and Lin Jingshu's child grew up. With the only flesh and blood of Gordon, her worth immediately became extraordinary. The secretary-general's grandfather, who was one of the seven directors of the management committee, personally made the decision and asked her to follow him on the first batch of mechas to Angel City. Enjoy the protection specifications of the management committee directors.
But there are unforeseen circumstances, and the Gordon family may have been making trouble for too long, and suddenly they feel as if they have been targeted by bad luck.
The old director originally had two sons and three adult grandchildren. In order to avoid risks, they should have left in batches. However, the pirates arrived too quickly at that time and Voto's transportation capacity was limited. The third batch of transfers would have to wait until the end of the year of the monkey. These people They all refused to stay a minute longer, so they ignored the advice and took the same batch of mechas to the Angel City. On the way, they were attacked by pirates and killed them all.
The old director couldn't bear this blow and couldn't afford to fall ill. As the elders of the Eden Management Committee, the Gordon family would definitely have a seat. The seven aunts and eight aunts from the side branch smelled it and all rushed forward. The old director had no choice. He had no choice but to temporarily push Lin Jingshu, the vase-like granddaughter-in-law, to the front desk to be his spokesperson.
Lin Jingshu stepped onto the political stage. Unexpectedly, her "vase"-shaped "mouthpiece" actually did a decent job. She was good at dancing in the management committee, and her special charm and methods that outsiders didn't understand took root. , and because of his good image, he has almost become the external spokesperson of the Management Committee.
Just a week ago, Ms. Lin ignored her own health and insisted on leaving the Angel City Fortress to visit the Eden Experimental Base. Unexpectedly, she was ambushed on the way. She only escaped with a narrow escape under the desperate protection of the escort team, but "unfortunately" lost the precious Posthumous child - In this era when most people would choose to conceive babies outside the body, a noble lady was actually forced to get pregnant by herself due to the war. She also encountered a tragedy that only happened in ancient times. The family members of the powerful and wealthy people living in the Angel City Fortress We heard that the collective shed tears for her for a week. It is said that some people are actively running to award her the 2076 Freedom Contribution Award.
Lin Jingshu said: "You know, the eight major galaxies are now like plates broken by pirates. It is unrealistic for us to restore the communication network in a short time. Eden also lacks hardware support. However, the management committee is now actively thinking of other methods. Our test base has been There are several proposals, can you please be patient for a while?"
The woman stepped forward eagerly: "I know about this, I mean...has the management committee considered a partial Eden? Places where communication has not been restored should be considered first. Ignore them, let's use the inner network of Angel City Fortress to create a small-scale Eden, can't we?"
Lin Jingshu lowered her eyes and muttered awkwardly. In fact, she really wanted to shoot this idiot in the head - that way she would Then you can return to bliss as you wish.
However, the smile on her face was still as sweet as if she was about to hold a press conference. Lin Jingshu said in a voice like a breeze: "But the most important database in Eden Garden cannot be restored now."
The woman hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, just restore the basic functions. Since then After leaving the Garden of Eden, I have suffered a lifetime of anxiety and depression. Without the Garden of Eden, I would not be able to play with those old robots, and my life would be a mess... They also want to restrict the sale of mood-stabilizing drugs!
" The supply is simply in short supply. Without the Garden of Eden, it is easy to cause abuse. It has been ordered to be supervised by the Alliance Central Committee. Now in the Angel City Fortress, it can only be obtained through special channels.
Lin Jingshu immediately knew what she was buying for this precious bunch of "Azure Sea". She leaned close to the crying woman's ear, whispered something, then opened the personal terminal on her wrist to connect with the other party, and scanned a special seal.
Lin Jingshu: "You need to use the stabilizing agent in an appropriate amount."
"Okay madam, I don't know how to say it. Thank you so much."
After sending the official lady who expressed her gratitude so much, Lin Jingshu showed her courtesy and kept watching her. His back disappeared, and then he continued to walk forward.
The guards behind her were guarding her at a distance. Only one guard captain was qualified to follow her closely. The guard captain whispered to Lin Jingshu: "I heard about your miscarriage a while ago, and the old man actually woke up."
Lin Jingshu said . He raised his eyelids and said, "Really, how many minutes?"
"About twenty minutes, we were forced to inject him with a strong sedative." The guard chief said quickly in a voice so vague that it was difficult to hear, "This is the first time. His grandson's death was a "terrible coincidence", and the second time he died and his whole family was a "tragic accident", but it happened again and again, and this time he couldn't react. He had spent so many years in the management committee in vain. I said, you are too obvious this time, what are you doing? It's just a child. Even if it is born, will it pose any threat to you?"
Lin Jingshu looked at him with a smile, and the guard chief shuddered inexplicably.
"A baby is a little thing in the mother's body that competes with the mother for nutrients and fights to the death, especially those babies that are not expected. That is something you will never like intellectually, but when you are under the influence of hormones, you will You will naturally be seduced by it and have the illusion that you love it. In this way, it can cunningly win care for you and settle the score with you when it grows up." Lin Jingshu sneered, "The relationship between mother and child in mammals, ha. The old man is only here now. Do you understand? It's already too late. Can't he see the situation clearly? Then I think I'll just let him have dementia so that I don't have to pretend to see him every day."
Lin Jingshu said while walking along the pedestrian street in soft-soled leather shoes. Walk slowly, the Angel City Fortress is like a small Watto, it is beautiful, the streets are layered, people and cars do not affect each other, when a car passes by, the headlights will shine out from the closed lane above, delicately passing through the special Imaging device, people walking on the ground will see huge phantoms floating in the air from time to time. They are designed to look like legendary beasts such as Kunpeng. Accompanied by the singing of the musical fountain, they fly or swim, and then plunge into the layers. Walking in the clear sky forest is like walking in a fairyland.
The musical fountain is in the central square. The six-meter-tall crystal goddess statue stands vaguely in the mist. The tulle dress on her body is fully visible. She holds the hem of the skirt in one hand and looks up at the sky. Her slender neck is like a The swan, which was about to fly away, was stained by the water vapor in the fountain, and its eyes were full of tears.
Just looking at this, who would have thought that the Alliance was in dire straits of all-out war?
Suddenly, a siren sounded on the street, and the guards quickly stepped forward and surrounded Lin Jingshu.
I saw a middle-aged man suddenly rushing over from the other end of the pedestrian street. This man was well-dressed and handsome, but his eyes were red. His whole body was shaking like an epilepsy, and he shouted vaguely: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" "
A red light flashed on everyone's personal terminal. The next moment, a flat stone slab suddenly rose up from the ground, tripping the man. He fell about a meter away. Immediately afterwards, a circle of security robots with live ammunition came from all directions. He rushed out and held him down with all his might.
The man struggled desperately, grabbing the ground with his head, and his head actually made a crater in the stone slab that was about a palm thick.
The security robot skillfully knocked him out with electric shock handcuffs, sealed his mouth, and naively bowed to the residents walking around to apologize, saying "Thank you for your cooperation, and I'm sorry for the inconvenience" and other routine words, and then beat the man to death. Towed away the same.
"It's nothing," the guard captain waved to the guard behind him, "just a drug addict."
This is a new type of drug, the full name is very long, it is called "implantable human body and brain wave biochip", people call it abbreviation It is "opium".
The security department did not find out where this thing came from, so they could only pin the shit basin on the heads of the interstellar pirates. They first entered the market with the gimmick of "enhancing physical fitness and alleviating human disorders caused by the lack of Eden." People found that after implanting this biochip, not only did people feel good, but their bodies would also acquire "superhuman qualities" overnight. ", and can control human consciousness and surrounding machines under certain conditions. It is a simplified version of the Garden of Eden.
As a result, "opium" became popular in the alliance overnight, until the authorities urgently stopped it and publicly announced that opium chips are addictive. Long-term implantation will make people unable to extricate themselves and lose their minds. They also included it as a "drug" prohibited in the public security regulations. "category.
Lin Jingshu asked almost inaudibly: "What happened to opium after the alliance's ban?"
"It can't be stopped at all. Life without the Garden of Eden is too hard. You see, there are people who don't care about dignity even in Angel City. But think about how things have changed down there. "What happened?" the head guard said in her ear, "The alliance has been trying to figure out how to block the intrusion of implanted chips into electronic devices, so the implanted chips must be replaced every month. Because of the ban, we took the opportunity to increase prices. After checking the price, the sales in the seven major galaxies this month increased instead of falling."
Lin Jingshu: "What about the eighth galaxy?"
"This...the eighth galaxy is full of poor people and empty brains..."
Lin Jingshu paused. She asked expressionlessly: "So you can lose control at will?"
The captain of the guard immediately lowered his head: "Yes, I have started the trial as per your order, but..."
Lin Jingshu showed no emotion or anger on her face, lowered her head and took a deep breath. Taking a sip of the fragrance of roses, she handed this precious bouquet of "Blue Sea" to the captain of the guard: "When you go to see your daughter, give it to her to play with. I like her very much, and she will be a little beauty in the future, and she will be very good with flowers." Matching."
The head guard buried his head deeper, the hand holding the flower trembled a little, and he swallowed the words after the "but" wisely.
"The Blue Sea," Lin Jingshu smiled, with red lips and white teeth, a little innocent temperament, "what a good name."
A small hunting-like battle was being staged on the interstellar channel of the eighth galaxy.
An unapproved "merchant ship" landed in the eighth galaxy. During the investigation, it was discovered that these "merchant ships" were actually mechas disguised as mechas.
"What's the line? I built the mountains and I planted the trees... Hey, hey, hey," Turan shouted over the communication channel, "Ouch! TOC-R space missile, fat sheep! No!" Damn it! Control your firepower! Where are you who lost the team battle yesterday? Come on, you can't take down their mental network. "
"Team battle" is a special feature within the Silver Fortress ! The method of training mental strength was re-incorporated into daily training by Turan due to the joining of the Self-Defense Forces - the ground training ground simulated the mecha mental network environment. Each team of four people, each guarding a mental network, cooperated with each other to compete for each other. of. Those who are forcibly ejected from the simulated mental net will at most vomit and will not be injured into a vegetative state. So the frantic Captain Turan invented the punishment of "running naked" in order to urge everyone to do their best.
This kind of obscene and low-grade taste was caught once by General Lin, who called Turan over and cursed her face to face, and cut off two "tentacles" on her head. The captain of the guard endured the humiliation and was forced to relax the conditions for nudity/running - men can carry a pair of briefs with them, and women can wear a three-point bikini, but they have to sing.
Everyone went crazy when they heard this. In order not to tremble and sing in front of everyone, they surrounded him as if they were murderous.
The mecha squad disguised as a caravan was completely confused - I don't know when the eighth galaxy, which has always been "ignore", actually had a patrol team and would conduct security checks on passing merchant ships. You must know their regular waterways and smuggling before the war. I can't even distinguish the waterway!
And the patrol team in this ghost place is not a grassroots team. There are not many people, but they are extremely mobile. Like a wave of whizzing piranhas, they can unload their mental net in three times and five times!
"Captain of the Guards," the soldier who was the first to seize the opponent's mental network said in a deep voice on the communication channel, "there is something wrong with their goods."
Two hours later, the patrol escorted the prisoners through the jump point and landed at the Morning Star Base. Lin Jingheng, who had received the news early, was waiting on the platform. Turan walked towards him quickly, gave him a rare serious salute, and took out a small chip wrapped tightly in an evidence bag from his pocket: "General, look, it's this kind of thing again."
This was exactly what the Freedom Corps used back then . The general function of the biochip that the Poison Nest has tested in the eight galaxies has not changed, and has undergone simple upgrades.
"In three days, this is the fourth batch we have intercepted." Turan said, "The equipment and configuration of these people are all standardized, and they should be organized. We are now strengthening the control of all trade routes and traditional smuggling routes. For investigation."
Lin Jingheng glanced at the unconscious prisoners, walked onto the captured mecha, and saw that the huge chip boxes were neatly stacked with biochips, giving people an industrial look of neatness and sophistication. It doesn't have the messy style of the Free Corps at all.
"From which direction?"
Turan said solemnly: "The Alliance."