Consul allowed Al Empire spaceship to depart, but only agreed to let Princess Shao Han would leave with the spaceship, and Ye Jie was cordially invited to stay behind.
Before leaving, Princess Shao Han once again invited Lorraine to follow her back to Al Empire. Lorraine politely declined, but packed Qing Yue and Qing Chu and sent them aboard the spaceship, let them went back to visit relatives and friends, implying that they could take the opportunity to stay and no need to return to Odin.
In a way, 'Princess Lorraine' was no doubt to die.
The fish died and the net broke was the best ending. Qing Yue and Qing Chu did not need to be left and be buried with her.
It would appear that Ye Jie gave her two choices, but in fact there was clearly only one choice.
Because she was a fake princess in Odin Federation who deliberately colluded with foreign enemies and attempted to steal Odin Federation research's secrets. If she wanted to live, her only choice was to leave Odin with Ye Jie. Basically there was no other choice at all.
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At Life Research Institute
Feng Lin and Lorraine walked side by side on the main avenue. The weather was already cold. There were many golden leaves on the ground, making rustling sound when they stepped on it.
Feng Lin opened nutrient and took a sip, "This road is very safe to talk. Speak your mind!"
Lorraine asked, "What kind of person is Consul?"
"The one I respect and worship."
Lorraine looked at Feng Lin in amaze, "Does it need to be so exaggerated?"
"Truth as it is, absolutely no exaggeration."
Lorraine recalled the attitude of the dukes towards Consul in the conference room.
Feng Lin drank nutrient, recalling while saying: "At that time, we fortyish children were training at the base, and there was one day the former Consul came to see us."
"Chen Sha's mother?"
"Um, accompanying her were two tall and handsome men. One was the commander, Chen Sha's father, and the other one was the great celebrity General Yin Nanzhao. He was standing beside the two heavenly pride of the Federation and was no less, even more dazzled the eyes."
Lorraine had seen photos of Chen Sha's parents and knew that they were both brilliant and magnificent figures. If Yin Nanzhao was more dazzling than them, Feng Lin's respect and worship was definitely not an exaggeration.
Feng Lin looked at each yellow leaves gently falling down from the sky with long thoughts in her eyes. Her expression was quite forlorn, "That time, we were still young, our thought were immature. The training was very hard. The ruthless elimination mechanism made us desperate as if living in hell. To put it in exaggeration, General Yin Nanzhao showing up was like a ray of light splitting darkness in hell and let us see the beautiful scenery awaited, knowing that as long as we endure through, we can become a person like him."
"Yin Nanzhao was also selected through elimination mechanism?"
"No, he had worse than us. Although we are orphans, but we were born in Odin Federation and clearly know who our parents are, and then we were picked by the Duke at a very young age. Not only did we have not been discriminated against, many people even envied us. But Consul was a slave bought by Professor An from other planets. He didn't know where he was born or who his parents were. Because of mutant genes, he had suffered from human discrimination and abuse. I heard that when he was first bought, he was covered all over with cuts and bruises and was nearly dead at one point."
Feng Lin sighed, "After Consul came to Odin Federation, he was subjected to hinder aside because of his status as a slave. A teenager who never had formal education, no professional skills, no academic diploma, and he couldn't even read much words. In order to live with dignity, he could only join military. But his qualification was so bad that no army wanted him, only the death squad with the highest mortality rate could accept him to be cannon fodder and use his own bones to contribute other's success. However, in military service, he unexpectedly rose from the lowest level of cannon fodder step by step and became the most oustanding general in the Federation."
Feng Lin said with emotion: "We were just a group of children in elimination competition. It seemed to be harsh, but there was no life-threatening danger. General Yin Nanzhao actually experienced through death elimination over and over. To see him standing in front was like seeing a living signpost that made us felt that our efforts had direction."
Lorraine couldn't tell what she felt in her heart. She did not hear Consul's life experience for the first time, but it was her first time she genuinely heard it.
It turned out that Yin Nanzhao was like her, totally an outsider. Although he was a mutant, but when he first set foot on Alicata, he had no country, no relative, no friend. He had nothing at all. She had experienced panic, confusion, loneliness, helplessness, negligence and hostility, that slave boy had also experienced it all.
She was lucky to meet Qian Xu, relying on his guidance to help standing firmly step by step in Odin Federation, but he could only join death squad and fight with his life.
Feng Lin watched Lorraine staying silent, and asked curiously: "What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking... why Consul is not hostile to me. Unlike you guys, he had personally experienced humiliation and mistreat from human, he should be very hostile to humans. My genes and status make ma a representative of all human beings."
"Because he is Yin Nanzhao!" Feng Lin's eyes were full of adoration. "I will tell you a secret. When I hadn't met you yet, Consul had come to tell me to treat you well. Consul said you are not an enemy nor a research object, but a bridge that will connect mutant and human together. If we want to gain benevolence, we must first pay benevolence."
Lorraine was speechless. So actually it was like this. Yin Nanzhao's vision was not only to cure genetic disease, but for the future of mutant. He wanted to change the situation of Odin Federation being isolated in the entire interstellar and let mutant coexist peacefully with human.
"Lorraine?" Feng Lin pushed her lightly.
Lorraine came back to her senses and masking said, "Consul and the first Consul You Beichen have something similar. Not only their experience are somehow similar, but even their name are also somehow similar."
Feng Lin smiled and said, "When Consul was bought back, he was a slave with only a serial number and no name. His name was given by Professor An. It is said that he hoped for him to be as strong and brave as the great hero You Beichen. At first, everyone laughed at him and didn't expect that the hope would come true later. Those old goat all said that if there was no You Beichen, the federation would not be unified; if there was no Yin Nanzhao, the federation would have broken up long ago. Now federation's two interstellar space battle mothership, one is called Beichen, one is called Nanzhao. Yin Nanzhao is already on the same level of the great hero comparable to You Beichen."
Lorraine had been so busy all these years and did not hear what was going on outside the window. She didn't know this at all and she asked in disbelief: "Is Consul really that almighty?"
Feng Lin nodded madly in admiration, "I personally think that Consul is more almighty than the first Consul, a hero emerged in the world of chaos. You Beichen is more or less a hero produced of his time! Yin Nanzhao actually turned from a cannon fodder into a hero entirely on his own. The most rare and remarkable thing is that he is an expert killer but doesn't like killing. He holds great power, but he doesn't love power."
Lorraine looked at Feng Lin with face full of astonishment.
Feng Lin blinked her eyes, "I don't have the guts to comment on Yin Nanzhao. It was the former Consul, Chen Sha's mother who said it. In any case, Consul is also half considered a member of An family and should call An Rong the aunt according to family hierarchy."
An family? A flash of light came to Lorraine's mind as if she had caught something, "Professor An, An Rong, Anda, and Anna are all surname An. Is there any relationship between them?"
Feng Lin patted Lorraine on the shoulder in admiration. Although this matter was not publicity, but it was by no means a secret. Lorraine actually knew nothing about it at all that this was the case she really been unconcerned of all these years and only focused on studying, "They are not related by blood but they are all from An family. The first Consul You Beichen had six competent assistants with him, all were children from orphanage and took 'An' last name. They determined to unite and stabilize the federation. They were not like the dukes of seven districts who could inherit titles, but the An family has keep watch and defend one another from generation to generation and came forth talented people in all professions. Geneticists Professor An and Consul An Rong are among the best well-known figure."
It was the first time Lorraine had discovered that the high up Consul and the ordinary Qian Xu were not without any connection. Anna was in charge for Qian Xu's experiment. Anda was Consul's chief steward. Between them was a faint thread connecting them.
Lorraine asked: "How did Yin Nanzhao become Consul?"
"The former Consul and the commander were killed at the same time in a flying car explosion accident. Federation suddenly lost two talents. Citizen hearts were shaken. Several dukes began to stir. Many external star nation headed by Al empire were eagerly watching like a tiger glaring its prey. At that time, only General Yin Nanzhao could control the federal troops. He was elected to be Consul at a time of crisis and practically also a commander. He made vigorous efforts against crazy tide to prevent federation from breaking up."
Feng Lin opened her hands regretfully, "At that time, I was still young and didn't know many things. I just felt that people around me were panicked. Later, everyone did not breathe a word to a soul about this dark history. If you want to know the details, perhaps you can only go to Zi Yan. He certainly knows a lot more than me."
Lorraine squeezed the empty beverage cup and put it in the recycling bin. She asked as casually as possible: "Do you think Consul is generous and easy-going?"
"Generous? Easy-going?" Feng Lin trembled with a laugh, "Consul has many virtues, but generosity and easy-going are absolutely not among them. Please remember, he was a slave who had been suffered from abuse and luckily survived, was a cannon fodder crawling out from piling dead people, was the terror of one who heard his name in the storm of battle field, the devil's heart Yin Nanzhao. His whole body from top to bottom and every pore was soaked in blood!"
Lorraine was silent for a moment then asked, "When did Consul get sick?"
"In his sixth or seventh year as Consul, I can't remember exactly."
"Do you think if I ask to see his rotting body, will he allow me?"
Feng Lin rolled her eyes, "If you want to die then try!"
"If I not only ask to see his body, but also want to take off his mask, will he cooperate?"
Feng Lin glared at Lorraine, "Is your brain having problem?"
Lorraine asked stubbornly: "Do you think Consul will cooperate?"
Feng Lin said helplessly: "Of course it is impossible!"
"Is it absolutely not possible?"
"Definitely impossible!" Feng Lin made it definitely clear, "Consul has been alone for so many years. It's not that no one wants to send someone to please him. Both women and men had been sent to them, but all were driven back. Except for his attending doctor Professor An and Anda who has been following him, Consul does not allow anyone to be near him at all."
Lorraine walked in silence, kicking the fallen leaves on the ground.
The impossible thing had happened. Consul not only allowed her to untie his bandage and took off his mask, but even took off his robe indicating her to examine him as her wish. He knew what she was suspicious of. In order to eliminate her doubt, he had made an exception. However, if he was just Yin Nanzhao, how could he know what she was suspecting? Even if he knew, did he need to cooperate that much?
Feng Lin asked puzzledly: "Why are you suddenly concerned about Consul's illness?"
"I am a little interested in the living dead disease, somehow want to study it."
Feng Lin frowned and said, "If you want to study the living dead's disease, there're plenty of cases. Let's forget about Consul! Based on Odin's law, Consul's health can only be taken care of by a specific specialist. You are not suitable to participate."