Evolution Beyond the Stars Volume 1 The Beginning of Eden o1159 Conjecture: "Of course they are not fools, but this is our arrangement. You can either choose to obey or continue to stay here, and we will not force you. What do you think?
"Zhang Yu said.
Oakham was stunned for a moment, thinking he heard wrongly. He looked at Philim next to him. Philim was sitting upright with a serious look on his face. He seemed to think there was nothing wrong with this arrangement.
So Oakham couldn't help but secretly wonder: 'Could this be what Philim said about finding another life?'
Thinking of this, Oakham added: "Okay, but my brother and I are together. Wherever he goes, I will go, and I will listen to him."
Felim smiled slightly when he heard this but said nothing.
Zhang Yu said in surprise: "Huh? I thought you were the leader of the 'Golden Lightning Group'. What, you are just a spokesperson?"
Oakham glanced at Zhang Yu coldly and said, "This is a matter between our brothers, you don't need to know."
Zhang Yu smiled: "Okay, okay, it doesn't matter. Then... what is Mr. Philim's plan?"
Felim shrugged: "I don't have any objections. Since you need us, just tell us how to do it next without having to explain it so troublesomely."
"Happy person." Kanehara on the side liked Felim's character very much.
However, Philim just smiled slightly.
"Well, we will have a small operation at three o'clock this afternoon, but only one of you is required to participate. You can go back and discuss it. If you decide, just tell us an hour in advance." With that, Zhang Yu stood up and planned to leave.
When Philim saw this, he stopped him and said, "Wait a minute."
"What's wrong?"
"I'm very curious, how far do we have to go, or... what result do you want to get before you let us go back?"
After Zhang Yu and Jin Yuan looked at each other, Jin Yuan replied: "Until you are no longer valuable, or we find out the black hand behind the scenes, in short, when the time comes, we will naturally let you go back."
This is what I said...
Felim smiled, he understood: "Okay, I understand, let's go back and discuss it first."
With that said, Philim and Oakham left the interview room.
…
After the two left, Jin Yuan said: "This Felim is indeed a bit weird."
"Huh?" Zhang Yu was puzzled.
"I can't tell you exactly what's to blame, but as soon as I saw him, I felt uneasy..."
Zhang Yu raised his eyebrows: "Tsk? You also have times when you feel uneasy?"
Kanehara: "Nonsense, my premonitions are always very accurate, okay?"
"Then... let's try him first for the afternoon operation?"
"Hmm... we can consider it... but with the relationship between Oakham and him, this cannot be fought or touched. Is it really that easy to try?"
"No problem. I just applied for a maRk IX exoskeleton with the 'Puppet Master' system pre-installed from above. With it, what else do you have to worry about?"
Jin Yuan's eyes lit up, he patted Zhang Yu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, little comrade! You have grown a lot recently!"
Zhang Yu rolled her eyes at him and said, "Can you please use a smaller hand next time? I'm not as resistant to being beaten as you are!"
Jin Yuan laughed: "Okay, okay."
…
Returning to Philim's room, Oakham asked directly: "Brother, what do you think? Why do you have to cooperate with them?"
Philim motioned for Oakham to sit down, and then explained: "Don't you think what happened recently is very strange?"
"Um?"
Philim looked directly into Oakham's eyes and said, "Isn't this the first time you've done this kind of thing by putting entrainment in the cargo?"
After Oakham hesitated, he decided not to hide it anymore.
"Yes...but so what, I've always done a good job, very secretly, and made a lot of money. You know, I really need this money!"
Philim has already thought of this.
Oakham is not a gambler, nor does he have any other expenses. The reason why he chooses to take risks is probably related to his daughter.
But……
"I can understand that you want to save Ofelia, but are those guys from the Foreign Spirit Tribe really reliable? Do you really think they can turn Ofelia back into a normal person?"
Oakham was silent for a while and then said: "What if it were your son Phyllis? Would you just give up?"
Ferim was speechless for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I understand...but you shouldn't hide it from me."
Oakham smiled bitterly: "I know that although you are now a 'free citizen', you have always wanted to return to live in the dome... and if you get involved in this kind of thing, you will have no chance at all... So
...I'm sorry, brother, I caused you trouble."
After hearing this, Felim was very moved. He patted his brother on the shoulder and said, "I won't say anymore. Now that we have reached this point, let's think about what to do next."
Oakham thought for a moment and then said: "Although I have never dealt with an arbiter, I know how these guys behave, especially this Zhang Yu. I don't think he will let us go free, so... we must advance
Make plans."
When Philim heard this, he subconsciously raised his head and looked around.
Oakham knew what he was worried about, so he said: "Don't look, everything here is under surveillance, but the Arbiter's surveillance system is controlled by the top management. Even if they want to see it, they have to go through layers of approval."
That’s all.”
Is there such a thing?
Felim felt a little relieved. After thinking about it, he said: "Then you have to tell me first what exactly you sold to the 'disciple'.
thing?"
Oakham hesitated for a moment before replying: "It is the basic raw material collected from the ruins of Afania."
Although Filim already knew it from the encrypted information package given by Zhang Yu, he was still stunned when he heard that it was mined from Afanya.
Because he was so familiar with that ruins.
As one of the imperial outposts, Alfania was razed to the ground at the beginning of the war between the Zansbol Empire and the Commonwealth. At that time, most people thought that Alfania had been completely wiped out from the planet Gaia.
But later, when freedmen entered the area of the old site to explore, they discovered that there was a huge ruin underground in Afania.
The antiquity of these ruins can even be traced back to the Darkest Civilization period, which is at least four thousand years ago.
However, there is nothing mysterious about this underground ruins. It is just big enough, just like an empty underground palace left by the ancients. Archaeologists from the Zansbol Empire built the foundation of this ruins after discovering it.
What became Afania was built on it.
The underground ruins became Afania's material and arsenal, and a large amount of pre-war equipment piled up into mountains, becoming a gluttonous feast for the "free people" later.
When Filim first arrived at the underground ruins of Afania, the place had been basically emptied.
So in his impression, that place should be an empty city with no secrets.
But……
"It's impossible. I've explored Alfania many times. Although that place is big, it's not complicated. How could you possibly find basic raw materials in a place like this?"
Oakham smiled and explained: "I know that Alfania may be quite mysterious to ordinary people, but what do we pioneers do? Ah?"
Ferim chuckled: "I am also a pioneer, why didn't I find it?"
Oakham raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "That also depends on luck."
"Oh?" Philim refrained from teasing him, but his expression made Oakham understand.
He chuckled and said: "Okay, I won't be too blunt, in short... I found that these base raw materials do have a lot of luck... And let me tell you... the place where the base raw materials are stored is more secret, so...
...When we go out, we can go back and have a look, maybe there will be something else!"
"Other secrets?" Philim originally just wanted to know the details of the matter, but after hearing Oakham's words, he couldn't help but become curious.
"for example?"
"For example..." Oakham thought about it for a moment and said, "For example...'a door'!"
"A door?" Felim looked confused.
"Yes! That door is so evil! As long as I get close to it, all the equipment will malfunction, and I always feel like there is something in that door."
"Tsk...listen to what you said, there is something evil about that place." Felim felt as if he was hearing a ghost story.
Oakham smiled: "That's right, but I was in a hurry to transport the basic raw materials out, so I didn't check much. Maybe I was overthinking it."
Philim nodded and secretly made a mental note of this place.
"Let's talk about these basic raw materials..."
"Well..." Oakham's smile faded and became serious.
"Whether we are free people or citizens of a glorious republic, 'disciples' are not a good thing to us. When you deal with these people...have you really not thought about the consequences?"
"Yes, of course I have thought about it... But only the 'disciples' are willing to pay a high price for basic raw materials, and no one else dares to touch them at all. I can't hand them over to the arbiter." I heard the blame.
Oakham was a little unhappy.
Felim sighed and said: "I didn't mean that, I meant... have you ever thought about what these 'disciples' plan to do by purchasing the base raw materials at high prices?"
Oakham stopped talking, of course he knew.
"If you have thought about it, do you feel strange when you think about what happened in the past few days?" Philim was not actually blaming Oakham. On the contrary, his tone was always calm, so these words were not related to
It's better to say it's blaming than guidance.
Oakham frowned. After carefully recalling it, he said in surprise: "You mean... all of this is within their plan?"
Filim nodded: "Well, if my guess is correct, they have prepared two plans a long time ago. One of them is to use us as bait to catch big fish, and the other is to catch us and cut us off."
Disciples' access to these base ingredients."
Oakham listened very carefully, but there was one thing he couldn't understand: "But there are drawbacks to both plans, right?"
Filim smiled slightly: "Yes, both the first plan and the second plan are just superficial work on the surface, and they will not hurt the foundation of the 'disciple' at all, but... if you are caught
Once you live there, things will be completely different."
"Oh?" Oakham was confused again.
Filim explained: "For the arbiters, their goal is always 'disciples', and those of us are at most a bait, but the problem is, if our bait is irreplaceable, then you
Think...what will happen next?"
Oakham finally understood after hearing this.
"You're saying... that the 'disciples' will definitely try their best to obtain more basic raw materials in order to realize their plans... and I... am the only channel, so they must take risks?"
Philim said nothing, but judging from his expression, Oakham's guess was correct.
hiss……
Thinking of this, Oakham suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.
If this is really the case, even if they escaped from the Ninth Free Trade Platform at that time, they would definitely be caught by the "disciples", because the key point of the entire incident lies in the "basic raw materials".
"Oh... I wonder why they are so kind to let us live here. It turns out they treat us as treasures." Oakham said with a sneer: "Then, as long as I stay here honestly,
Wouldn't it be safer here?"
However, Felim said in a deep voice at this moment: "Indeed, as long as we choose to stay here, we will be the safest... But... have you ever thought about the camp and our families?"
Oakham was startled, and then couldn't help but cursed: "Fuck!"
"The arbiters are not in a hurry because they have already got the cards they want. As for other things, they don't care at all... But I think that as long as they want to use us, they will definitely let us care about other things, and even
Remind us, so... there is no obedience or disobedience, because there is only one option from the beginning. From the moment you fall into the quagmire between the arbiter and the 'disciple', there is only one option of 'obey'! The difference is only in you
Choose or not choose." Philim's calm analysis made Oakham feel like he was falling into an ice cave.
He had never thought so much before.
Even when he packed the contraband into the goods, he only thought it was a simple transaction. He was just the middleman. Even if he was discovered, no one could do anything to him as a free citizen.
But things are different now.
By the time Oakham realized it, it was already too late...
What he didn't know was that Philim still had reservations when he analyzed this point. He didn't tell him all his conjectures because they were too dirty and dark.
"Then...then what should we do now..." Oakham panicked. His only support now was Philim.
After comforting Oakham, Philim said: "Don't worry, I will go out with them for a walk in the afternoon to see how big the fish they have targeted is, and then we will make plans."
Although Okemi is more inclined to let himself take risks, now he is really at a loss.
"Okay...you must be careful."
"Well, don't worry, nothing will happen."
…
Around 2:11 pm on April 14.
Felim was accompanied by guards to the assembly room.
Compared with the simple manual assembly room he had in the camp, the fully automated matrix assembly room in front of him was far too high-end.
Putting on the fitting underwear made by Yi Yuanzi Lengxian, Felim walked slowly onto the assembly platform.
The floor under his feet lit up with fluorescent light, and various weapon assemblies preset in the matrix structure were pushed out. Then, as long as Firim remained in place, the assembly work would be completed automatically.
About three minutes passed.
Fully armed, Philim put down his mask, his compound eyes lit up, then he took a deep breath and raised the corners of his lips slightly.
…
"Our original plan was to launch an air attack on a manor where the enemy is located at three o'clock this afternoon, but the outpost has just reported that the manor where the target is located has been invaded by alien species. Now the outer area has been occupied by alien species, and the target has escaped into
In the underground security fortress of the manor, so... we must first clean up the alien species inside the manor, and then break through the fortress before their support arrives, and capture the target alive! Listen clearly! It is captured alive!"
"yes!"
There were thirty fully armed arbitration enforcers sitting in the deployment cabin, with Felim and Zhang Yu sitting at the back near the hatch.
Hearing such an arrangement, Philim couldn't help but feel a little nervous, because this was far from the small operation he had imagined.
Zhang Yu seemed to sense Felim's uneasiness, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, I called you here today because of your participation. Your main job is to find out the secret passage inside the fortress after it is breached. This is your old job."
Our bank, are you okay?"
Felim laughed dryly, he didn't believe in any nonsense about participation.
Every previous contact with the vultures was a life-and-death struggle. How could one survive a raid like this?
So Filim replied: "I have no problem, but can you shut down your puppeteer system temporarily?"
Zhang Yu smiled: "That's not possible. The system you have is monitored by the highest management level. I have no right to shut it down for you privately."
Filim was speechless. What he hated most was handing over his life to others, let alone handing it over to a puppet system. But now he could only accept it and pray that the levels of those alien species would be as low as possible.
But Philim obviously ignored a very important point.
That is, how can a mutant that can move during the day be a low-level mutant...
When the time came to 2:55, the altitude of the aircraft began to decrease, and the orange warning light of the deployment compartment came on.
Filim took a deep breath and lowered his mask.
Jin Yuan stood up and said: "Please be energetic and do your job beautifully. Let's finish the work as soon as possible, and then I'll treat everyone to a drink tonight!"
"good!"
Ferim was surprised by what he saw. He originally thought that this guy named Kanehara was an unkind and iron-blooded general, but he didn't expect him to be quite interesting in leading the team.
Just as I was thinking about it, the pre-deployment alarm sounded.
Philim checked the fixtures on his body, then closed his eyes and began to pray. This was his habit, and it would not change even after the memory was fused.
"Beep!!!!!"
The green deployment light came on, the deployment module separated from the battleship, and then began to dive towards the target area in a vertical attitude.