How is this possible? she thought.
The starship Quiet Abyss was assassinated in the Heart of Rose. A surviving military recorder on the frigate captured fragments of it, and she watched it hundreds of times.
The first time she got the power of attorney for the Eden Garden Management Committee from the old man in the Gordon family, she personally checked through the Eden Garden's database and paranoidly confirmed with her own eyes the time and place when that person disappeared into the Eden Garden.
She could even recite the complex interstellar coordinates word for word.
So it must be fake.
Within the Eden surveillance network, gene cloning is strictly prohibited. But it doesn't mean that the barbarians from outside the territory and the eight galaxies won't do this... It's also possible that this person is not even a clone, but simply a cloned biochemical person.
Rage like a nuclear explosion exploded in Lin Jingshu's thin chest. She clenched her teeth so tightly that a bit of blood came out.
How could they, how dare they!
But Lin Jingshu was not used to expressing her emotions and anger in color. After being suppressed for a long time, her facial muscles no longer had the ability to react immediately. Therefore, no matter how turbulent her heart was, she could only bite the blood and suppress it - Lin Jingshu subconsciously knocked on the personal terminal of the guard captain, easily gained control of his personal terminal, and replayed the scene just now.
This time, she saw the man more clearly.
For many years, Lin Jingshu liked to collect all the news about the young general... although most of them were negative. But in her opinion, even the media articles that criticized him in various ways were very interesting to read. Whether he lived as a bastard or a thug, his existence was already the deepest comfort.
To others, Lin Jingheng is a name, a photo, and a vague and cold image. But in her heart, he was moving. His cold and arrogant demeanor, indifferent attitude, and careless walking posture were all described in her mind countless times. Sometimes Lin Jingshu even felt that if she wanted to By changing her personality and appearance, she can even play the role of Lin Jingheng who can look real and fake.
In the blurry video, the man looked too familiar.
Lin Jingshu looked at him for the second time, and the cliffs in her heart began to collapse bit by bit.
Even if they are replicating biochemical humans or cloning humans, with exact accuracy, can they replicate exactly the same soul?
And...that robot hand.
Lin Jingheng never shows Zhan Lu to others. Even if he needs to take Zhan Lu with him sometimes, he just lets him wear a military uniform and mix with the guards. Anyway, others can't tell that he is not a human being. Compared with several other famous mechas, Zhan Lu It was too mysterious, and the only thing that appeared in the public eye was the huge mecha body.
Lin Jingshu is one of the few non-military people who has seen Zhanlu's mecha core.
She remembered that day, Lin Jingheng was appointed as the first person in charge of the Silver Fortress. After the conferment ceremony, there was a banquet where dignitaries gathered. The management committee deliberately tried to sell the young admiral, and brought along the young general who was still doing social work in school. Study researcher Lin Jingshu. At that time, she had not yet learned how to get along well among those people. She reunited with her brother who had been separated for many years, and they were speechless.
Those people gave them some alone time out of social etiquette. Perhaps Lin Jingheng couldn't find anything to say, so he casually introduced Zhan Lu to her. Although she knew that Zhan Lu was a computer, his appearance was still too lifelike. Lin Jingshu was somewhat reserved with him. She happened to be wearing a knitted sweater with the college logo that day, and Zhan Lu looked at the dress thoughtfully. The college logo on the campus has been transformed into a robot hand that means "technology changes the social structure."
Growing up, this was probably the only little secret between their siblings.
She didn't know that since then, Lin Jingheng had set Zhan Lu's energy-saving form into a robotic hand, and she didn't know how he escaped from the deadly Heart of Rose and completely erased himself from the database of the Garden of Eden. Yes, she didn't know why he was in the eighth galaxy, why he didn't come back, what his plans were, whether he was doing well now... she didn't know why he refused to send her a few words, even just a hint.
He is still alive. Lin Jingshu thought, he was in the eighth galaxy.
For a moment, Lin Jingshu felt as if something had stabbed her numb heart, and then she began to cramp violently. Fresh flesh and blood came out of the rotting body. The real pain even gave her the illusion that she was still alive. .
She raised her head blankly and met the cautious gaze of the guard captain.
In an instant, Lin Jingshu came to her senses. She immediately realized that the man in front of her was afraid and was also observing her reaction.
"Lin Jingheng is still alive" - this news will turn the entire war situation upside down.
No matter what he was doing in the eighth galaxy, he would personally take action against something like "Flying Eagle", which showed that the people and resources he had at hand must be very limited.
Lin Jingshu glanced at the dressing mirror at the corner of the table calmly, making sure that there was no clue on her face. She was a "blue sea" that once bloomed under a microscope. Every petal unfolded, and there were countless pairs of eyes. Staring and considering, I have become accustomed to having a specific posture even for breathing.
In the flash of lightning, Lin Jingshu restrained all her emotions. Then she turned off the video on the guard captain's wrist expressionlessly, raised a cold smile, sat behind the desk like a dignified doll, and spread her arms. Hands: "What is this? Is this the reason you gave yourself?"
The head guard opened his mouth: "Madam, this person...don't you think he looks like..."
Lin Jingshu's gaze penetrated straight through like an icicle . The captain of the guard watched his skull and suspected that as long as he said the three words "Lin Jingheng", the robot at the door of the office that was as elegant and elegant as the owner here would rush in and smash him into a pile of minced meat.
"If you wanted to anger me, you succeeded." Lin Jingshu said word by word, "Who gave you the idea?"
The guard captain was stunned for a moment before realizing what she meant, and he quickly shouted out: "No, this was not arranged by me, madam. How could I blaspheme... blasphemy... Besides, how could I get General Lin's genes? You believe me, I..."
Lin Jingshu raised her eyebrows slightly, Interrupting him: "It's not you? Who is that?"
She is extremely slender. Her face is only as big as a palm. Her skin is too pale and she looks extremely fragile. Her snow-white neck is so thin and long that it takes so much effort to break it. Woolen cloth? But he was just afraid of her. The closer he got, the more he could smell the sweet rotten smell on her body. She had an indescribable temperament, like the shadowy ghost in a nightmare, standing in front of you and smiling at you, but you didn't. Knowing what terrible things she could do next.
Lin Jingshu asked again slowly: "If it's not you, then who is it? Huh?"
Chief of Guard: "I...I'll check for you..."
"You'd better go," Lin Jingshu said, "I don't care about you. In what way, I want to send this counterfeit back to the meat grinder. I also want to know how his genes were leaked from the alliance and who copied him. I want you to chop off every hand that touches him. , If you can't do it, use your own recharge—"
The guard captain shuddered slightly.
"I want to investigate thoroughly, and I want to completely control the eighth galaxy," Lin Jingshu twitched her temples, "from now on, I want you to send more manpower to the eighth galaxy."
"Madam," the guard captain said quickly, "the eighth galaxy There really isn't much oil and water to be found in the galaxy, we shouldn't put too much resources and energy into..."
Lin Jingshu raised her head and looked at him expressionlessly.
The head guard said bravely: "As a result, our sales will be affected for a period of time in the future, and the losses will be heavy." If
the plan cannot be completed, this woman will definitely not reflect on her decision-making mistakes, and she will still be angry when the time comes. he.
Lin Jingshu asked: "Loss? What, the first batch of opium promoted in the army is not effective?"
The guard captain said in a low voice: "The experimental phase is not over yet, the first batch of chips that need to be replaced are still fifteen days away, no You know what the active repurchase rate will be at that time, and you also know that you must be very cautious when promoting opium into the military and Angel City Fortress. If you are not careful, you will be noticed by the superiors..."
Lin Jingshu smiled at him without showing her teeth. : "How could it be? Do you know that legal emotional potions are no longer available in Angel City Fortress? Even my note doesn't work anymore. Everyone has begun to use their own skills to contact the black market. "Legend" Some black markets have already With the ability to build a "Partial Eden", only a small chip is needed, and now everyone is thinking hard and looking for ways to purchase this kind of chip."
The chief guard heard the implication of her words and was frightened on the spot. Cold sweat. She realized that this crazy woman had more than one drug trafficking route, extending in all directions like a spider's thread. She was just one of the links... and maybe a link that could be discarded at any time.
Lin Jingshu stretched out her cold fingers and clasped the wrist where he installed the personal terminal: "I don't allow anyone to impersonate Lin Jingheng. This is a counterfeit, and the counterfeit must die. Do you understand?"
The guard chief originally had hesitation in his heart. After all, The man's appearance and posture looked too much like Lin Jingheng, but after receiving Lin Jingshu's decisive order, his hesitation was quickly replaced by fear and worry. Anyway, he did not dare to ask Lin Jingshu how to judge that the man in the video was not Lin Jingheng himself, but for ordinary people Lin Jingshu was a little unsure and would not shout so hysterically to kill, so maybe there was some kind of special connection between the twins.
The captain of the guard was completely occupied with the impossible task that Lin Jingshu left for him. He unknowingly accepted the premise that "the person in the video is a clone" and thought angrily in his heart: Identical genes cannot be copied to create identical people. Man, even the primitive people on the fucking earth know this bit of common sense. What kind of lunatic looking for death would do such a boring thing and put his hand on Lin Jingheng's head? This angered the female devil and put him in a dilemma.
He was so distracted that his reaction was a little slow. Lin Jingshu directly picked up the half cup of scalding hot tea at hand and poured it on the face of the guard chief.
The head guard screamed, covered his face and backed away. He howled for half a minute in the well-soundproofed office. The burnt areas on his face and back of his hands immediately became red and swollen.
Lin Jingshu: "If he doesn't disappear, you will disappear, do you understand?"
The head guard did not dare to understand. He endured the pain, panted like a bellows, and fled out of her exquisite and tidy office in a panic.
Lin Jingshu sat alone behind the desk, sitting upright - a lady from a well-known family must not only control her mouth, but also her body language. She couldn't make those little head-scratching movements. It was best Always like a still painting of a beautiful lady.
But at this moment, she really wanted to curl up into a ball because it was really cold.
The artificial intelligence walked in with a low eyebrow and silently cleaned the water stains on the ground. Lin Jingshu stared at her, motionless, because for those beasts living alone, weakness often brings fatal dangers, so their way of dealing with pain is to try their best to cover up, endure it, and never leak anything to the world.
Lin Jingshu looked at herself in the mirror, as if she had seen the ending of the story at a glance.
She slowly applied lipstick to herself and then raised the temperature in the room.
When the shadow of the abyss shrouded the entire alliance and silently opened its bloody mouth, the eighth galaxy, which was waiting to be revitalized, was like frozen soil blown by the spring breeze. In the dead air, miraculous buds sprouted.
Inspector Yu used his last speech to wake up his confused compatriots, and Bai Yinjiu's sweep seemed to give them a refreshing soothing shot.
The communication network has not yet been repaired, and rumors have quietly flown out.
Countless people who had received the old medals stopped again to listen to the song of the Free Alliance Army in the distance. The leader of one party, who was in constant panic, was secretly buying the actual battle scene like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves on the black market, hoping to find new shelter and struggling on the line of life and death. People on board were whispering to find out whether it was true that people who had jobs on Day Star could exchange for daily necessities.
Chief Edward, with his team that had not yet been fully integrated, worked overtime for half a month in an emergency, but still did not have time to review the integrity of the investments submitted by each planet and base. The administrative structure of the eight galaxies has not yet been fully implemented, and the communication network design drafted by Lu Bixing San has been given the opportunity to be put into practice - the space technology workers sent from various planets and bases have become the first batch of people to earn nutritional needles from the new government.
There are skilled workers in the eighth galaxy, especially workers on man-made space bases and modified planets. Their level is far beyond Lu Bixing's expectations. For hundreds of years, those who have maintained the foundation of human daily life are these people whose names will not be left in history. Otherwise, we might not have to wait for those heroes to fight over each other in "buzzing" mechas, and an artificial atmosphere falls off, and the universe The ray can kill the heroes and bears on the ground.
It's a pity that there has been no planning and management for so many years. No matter how powerful the technicians are, they can only do basic maintenance work, earn crowdfunding remuneration that barely makes a living, and just wait to die with everyone. There is no use for them.
At this time, the entire eight galaxies gathered together under the light of enlightenment. Under the temptation of "high salary", these people were like insects accumulating energy underground. They finally crawled out bit by bit, tried to take off, and formed an organized project. After joining the team, they will even automatically complete details that were not considered in the overall design drawing.
The communication network was quickly repaired at a speed that Lu Bixing did not expect. At the end of April in the new star calendar 276, the communication network of the eighth galaxy was completed. An automatic update prompt suddenly popped up on everyone's personal terminal, and the official channel of the eight galaxy instantly passed through the muddy narrow alleys and desolate cities. , landed on every planet, every base, and every person's personal terminal. Chief Edward issued a new government declaration and inauguration speech for the first time, and also promulgated the Constitution of the Eighth Galaxy. Within three days, all local organizations and armed forces announced their participation. The government connected to the unified administrative and financial system, started a census, and handed over private armed forces and merged them into the Eight-Star Self-Defense Force.
The chaotic torrent finally merged into the river and flowed down the river, gradually revealing the fertile soil on both sides.
On May 15, 276, the new government officially recognized the Freedom Alliance Army of more than a hundred years ago as the official legal army, and recognized the Freedom Alliance Army as the predecessor of the Eight-System Self-Defense Force. In Daystar Galaxy City, the new government and the central square were completed by the hands of more than 300 robots. The stone monument of General Lu Xin, who was beheaded by Watto, stands on the side of the square where people come and go. He died quietly for more than thirty years, his features still intact, and he was reborn along with the ruins on the edge of civilization.
Galaxy City, a little-known little place, turned into the Watto of the Eight Galaxy in an instant. The residents celebrated the completion of the square, carousing next to the stone statues, and a mariachi band found from nowhere played a noisy symphony. Lin Jingheng, who naturally hates liveliness, and One-Eyed Eagle came to the square coincidentally and met in a newly opened tavern nearby. They exchanged a glass of wine and a cigarette. There was no quarrel or communication. One-Eyed Eagle did not reminisce about Lu Xin, and neither did Lin Jingheng. Explain his iron-blooded behavior that was like "betrayal" back then.
It was not until night was approaching and the carnival crowd gradually dispersed that the One-Eyed Eagle said: "Although the material production lines in various places have recovered somewhat, they need to be re-standardized and production expanded. To reach the level of self-sufficiency in the galaxy, it is conservatively estimated that it will take at least one year. In the year, the previous emergency military supplies have bottomed out."
Lin Jingheng put out the cigarette butt and said "Huh".
One-eyed Eagle: "We have to find a solution as soon as possible."
Lin Jingheng raised his eyes: "The engineering team is coming back soon, do you want to take me away?"
The small veins in the corners of the one-eyed eagle's eyes jumped twice.
Lin Jingheng looked at him for a moment and actually smiled. His acrimony suddenly disappeared. He smiled as narrowly as a young man. His gray eyes looked back at the stone statue in the square. The stone statue was covered with light and bathed in the sunset. middle.
"He paid the bill." Lin Jingheng clapped the old Persian cat to the bar counter and walked away.