"She doesn't keep photos and doesn't want to take photos with you, just to protect you."
Ye Xiao picked up the red wine glass, shook it, took a sip, and said to Jiang Ning: "It's just that you mother and daughter are so similar. People who know your mother will know that you are her as long as they see you.
's daughter."
"Then do you know where my mother went?"
Where did her mother go? This is the question that has been hanging in Jiang Ning's mind.
"I am not sure as well."
Ye Xiao shook his head and replied helplessly: "Except that your mother sent me that golden playing card and asked me to protect your safety, we have no contact."
Jiang Ning sighed softly, a gleam of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
Dinner was spent between Qin Shi and his wife, Long Jingyun, gossiping about Ye Xiao's past, and Ye Xiao listing various embarrassing things about Qin Shi.
Simple but warm.
After dinner, Jiang Ning was dragged to the cabin by Long Jingyun to discuss the topic of beauty.
On the topic of "dressing", women can have endless things to say.
On the deck of the freighter, Qin Shi leaned on the side of the ship and watched the waves hitting the rocks in layers, throwing up waves two to three meters high.
"What do you want to ask here, kid?"
Ye Xiao walked to Qin Shi and handed him a can of soda.
Qin Shi took the soda Ye Xiao handed him, looked at his master, and asked, "You really don't know where Jiang Ning's mother went?"
"really do not know."
Ye Xiao replied seriously: "However, I have a guess that Yulia's disappearance may be related to an operation she participated in back then."
"What action?" Qin Shi asked Ye Xiao.
"I still remember when you watched "Avengers", you sighed, if there really is a space weapon support system like 'Veronica', then no matter where you go to perform combat missions, you no longer need to worry about the lack of weapons and ammunition.
question."
Ye Xiao did not answer Qin Shi's question directly, but recalled some words Qin Shi said while watching a movie on the island.
"Hey, those are all random nonsense I said while watching a movie, and I was only 14 years old at the time. Although I had been on a real battlefield, fired a gun, and killed people, I had never seen such a good movie.
When I saw Iron Man's equipment descending from orbit to the ground, I thought, if my mercenary team could have such a weapon support system when fighting in Africa, maybe the team would not suffer from lack of weapons and equipment.
medicine, and was trapped and died in that village..."
Qin Shi was reminded of past memories by Ye Xiao. Those words he just said were just random thoughts while watching a movie, and he suddenly understood what his master wanted to say.
“Imagine boldly and verify carefully.”
Ye Xiao pulled the tab of the soda can in his hand, looked at the incoming container ship on the sea in the distance, and said: "Sometimes, things in movies may not be all lies."
"Is there really a weapons support system like 'Veronica' in this world that runs on space orbit and can quickly land to any location as needed?!"
Qin Shi stared at his master with wide eyes and disbelief.
"In reality, that system was called 'Prometheus'. When we learned about it, it was still in the experimental stage. But it appeared earlier than 'Veronica' in "The Avengers"
A lot." Ye Xiao replied.
Qin Shi stared at Ye Xiao, and after confirming that he was not lying to himself, he couldn't help but sigh, "Master, if you tell me now that Stark Industries really exists in this world, I won't be surprised."
.”
"I don't know if Stark Industries really exists."
Ye Xiao shook his head and said: "But I know that there is a weapons company called 'Odin' in this world, and 'Prometheus' came from this company."
"Odin Weapons Company? The weapons company that developed the 'Melting Pot' and participated in the tender for the Ministry of Defense of the Amilik Free Federation?" Qin Shi asked.
"right."
Ye Xiao nodded.
"Microwave weapons with destructive power equivalent to nuclear bombs, and space weapon support systems that can operate autonomously in space orbits. What is the origin of this company that develops such sci-fi weapons and equipment?" Qin Shi asked Ye Xiao.
"I don't know its specific origin."
Ye Xiao replied: "Odin Weapons Company was founded in the early 21st century. When it was first established, it was just an inconspicuous studio.
When it was first established, it participated in the shotshow that year. At the exhibition, it showed the public a new rifle bullet with a propellant cartridge made of polymer and a caliber of 6.8×43mm.
Marston Oakley, who was not the president of Odin Arms at the time, personally stood behind the display cabinet to sell this new rifle cartridge to everyone.
But at that time, everyone regarded Marston Oakley as a lunatic because there were no weapons that could use this new rifle bullet at that time.
No one would have thought that 6.8mm caliber ammunition would today become the ‘ideal caliber’ described by the Armed Forces’ Ministry of Defense.
No one would have thought that the weapons studio, which could only get a booth in the corner of the shotshow, would become a super weapons company surpassing General Electric.
No one thought that the ‘salesman’ who tried his best to shout at the booth but was ignored would be the president of Odin Weapons Company.”
"So the action that Jiang Ning's mother participated in back then was related to the 'Prometheus' developed by Odin Weapons Company?"
Qin Shi thought carefully, and a bold guess suddenly flashed through his mind. He looked at Ye Xiao and said, "Isn't Prometheus in the hands of Jiang Ning's mother?"
"Jiang Ning's mother, named Rosie, codenamed 'Yuliya', was a member of 'baseroom'."
"'baseroom', 'basement'? What kind of organization is this? Why have I never heard of it?"
"You haven't heard of it because it has disappeared."
Ye Xiao explained to Qin Shi: "'Basement' is an organization that is not affiliated with any country and has an employment nature.
It has a total of 16 members, 16 of whom come from different countries and have different skin colors. Although 'Basement' is not affiliated with any country, it has close cooperation with the governments of many countries and specializes in handling matters for the governments of those countries.
Some dirty work, dark work.
Odin Weapon Company's development of 'Prometheus' was originally a top secret, but who knew who leaked the information instantly attracted the attention of many countries.
It is no exaggeration to say that this kind of space weapon support system that can operate autonomously in space orbits and can quickly land anywhere in the world at any time according to the needs of combat operations will completely subvert the way modern wars are fought around the world."