I walk in the past, continue the future

Chapter 32 Interstellar Pirates
Mercury was silent for a moment, then said: "That's just a last resort choice made in the worst case.

I have re-evaluated the status quo, there is energy in the base, just transfer the food conversion system to the base, then we will not be short of water and food for the time being.

As long as the enemy doesn't find it, then we're all safe.

The status quo has changed.

An excellent adult with strategic vision is more important than an unknown embryo.

Our priority now is to keep you safe.

If you need to solve physical needs, you can go to the virtual training room of the starship, where you can enter the virtual world.

There you can find everything you want. "

Xia Lian opened his eyes, propped his head with one hand, leaned his elbow on the mattress, looked at Mercury and said, "You really don't have a sense of humor."

"There are no cells with this name in the human body." Mercury said, "If there were, it would not be necessary to transform people."

Xia Lian stared at Mercury, with an inexplicable gleam in his eyes, and suddenly said.

"I've heard about the Circe project before, where people in the military use artificial wombs to grow embryos, give them targeted education during their growth, and then transform them.

They don't have their own lives, they can't control their own destiny, they don't even have the right to choose to be a normal human being, they are not allowed to have feelings.

From the moment he was born, he lived for the Helios family."

After a pause, Xia Lian asked Mercury's eyes.

"Do you hate the duchy? Or, do you hate the Helios family?"

Mercury turned her head and looked at Xia Lian, her expression did not change much, instead, she was very calm.

"What kind of answer do you want from me?"

Xia Lian raised his eyebrows, "It's just pure curiosity, you don't need to answer."

"No one has absolute control over their own destiny, their own life form.

What do you think I should hate?
Hate that they brought me into this world without my consent?
Do you hate this?

I never think about these meaningless things. "

"Is this what you really think?" Xia Lian said.

"Yes." Mercury said as usual.

Xia Lian continued to stare at Mercury's eyes, and after a while, he looked away and smiled.

"Give me a few micro-nanocapsules and load all the knowledge in your head if you can."

"Yes." Mercury replied, she continued to raise her hand, and the micro-nano worms in her body combined into two capsules that were the same as the capsules Xia Lian ate before.

Xia connected the capsule, looked at the capsule, and suddenly said.

"Awareness and thinking may be instilled, but the reality factor cannot be changed, and thinking cannot be erased.

In this world, there are truths that can never be changed. "

Xia Lian raised his head and looked at Mercury, he said.

"do you think so?"

A momentary glimmer of light flashed in the eyes of Mercury's Gu Jing Wubo, and then she nodded to Xia Lian.

"Correct."

Xia Lian smiled and waved his hand, "Go out, I'm going to rest."

Mercury bowed to Xia Lian, then turned around and opened the door to leave, but then, Xia Lian's voice came from behind her.

"Your original black gothic dress was beautiful. Let's wear that in the future."

Mercury stopped at the door for a moment, did not look back, just answered.

"Yes"

Then she pushed the door and left, her footsteps were slightly brisk, and she seemed to be in a good mood.

Xia Lian watched Mercury completely out of his sight, and he put the two pills into his pocket.

The girl's heart was not as firm as she appeared to be.

It's not her rebellious heart, but she is confused, confused about her own existence, confused whether she is a real person or a container that carries some kind of thought.

But at this moment, she was no longer confused.

[After having the wisdom given by Athena, I inexplicably like to preach. 】

Xia Lian shook his head mockingly, lying on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.

But then, Elsa's voice came through his ear through the communicator.

"Your Highness, something happened."

Xia Lian opened his eyes again, but this time, what he saw was not Kuixing Ship's dormitory, but a picture transmitted from Aisha's perspective.

This is one of the features of AS, shared perspective.

From Elsa's perspective, there is a star map on the projection screen on the right side of the monitoring screen.

And on the star map, just about 0.0023 light-years away from this star system, a red dot is flickering slightly.

Xia Lian stared at the red dot and asked, "What is that?"

"According to this signal frequency, this is a distress signal." Elsa replied.

"The distress model, so close?" Xia Lian said with some doubts, "There shouldn't be a space route near here, where would anyone go this way?"

"Perhaps from Bahram?" Elsa said.

Xia Lian shook his head and said, "There is no need for them to release a distress signal."

"I was escorted on the Arcadia spaceway three years ago."

At this time, Wang Zhen joined the communication channel, and he was in the main control room at the moment.

"At that time, there were frequent interstellar pirates in the vicinity of that route, and some of them would be in an area where they do not often sail, imitating public distress signals to attract nearby ships.

At that time, many merchant ships were deceived by this distress signal and looted.

Later, the Principality issued an interim notice, informing all merchant ships in trade that they should not respond when they encounter a distress signal, and warships will go to rescue.

Nowadays, pirates are rarely seen on the Arcadia route, but I heard that the pirates eventually fled to the Principality of Bahram. "

"What do you mean?" Xia Lian frowned, "Maybe the other party is a pirate?"

"They are too close to us." Wang Zhen said with a serious face, "Our space shock bomb was dropped twenty light years away, and the enemy may be searching for us nearby.

Such an obvious distress signal will undoubtedly attract the fleet of Bahram Principality that is searching for us more than a dozen light-years away. "

"It's a wave that hasn't settled down yet, and it's coming up again." Xia Lian whispered softly, "Alaya, are the blessings of these three goddesses a little troublesome buff?"

[Perhaps, Greek mythology also talks about cause and effect and fate. Achilles immersed in the water of the Stygian River to obtain an invulnerable body, but he also suffered a fatal injury to his ankle.

Paris won the most beautiful woman in the world, but it also led to the Trojan War. There are gains and losses. You have received the blessings of the three goddesses, and you also have to bear the corresponding test.

However, blessing and misfortune depend on each other. Hera's blessing will allow you to have vast land and kingship in the future, and the blessing of the God of Beauty will enable you to have the most beautiful woman in the world.

The difficulties you encounter before these two blessings are fulfilled may expedite the fulfillment of these two blessings. 】

Alaya's voice continued to ring in his mind.

Xia Lian's expression was slightly subtle, "You mean, my father in this life may have been killed by me? 】

Suddenly so filial.

[There is only this possibility. The most delicate part of fate is its uncertainty. 】

Xia Lian didn't say anything, he returned to his senses and continued to stare at the red dot on the screen.

"Is the Kuixing Ship still fighting?"

Wang Zhen thought for a while and said, "There is still 30.00% of the backup energy, and the weapon system is still complete, and it should be able to fire a few shots.

However, if the opponent has an energy shield, it may only be able to break the energy shield. "

"Is it possible to shatter, or must it be shattered?" Xia Lian asked.

"The Kuixing ship is a strategic assault ship, the latest generation of warships.

It is completely different from the spaceships of those pirates. As long as the other party is not loaded with Helios Field, it is no different from paper to us. "Wang Zhen said seriously.

"What if the other party has more than one starship?" Elsa said.

Wang Zhen shook his head, "This is not a chaotic star area, and the pirates wandering around here are generally just a single starship, because it is convenient to escape, and the fleet-type pirates have too large targets and are the primary targets of the two countries.

Such pirates are only possible in the Chaos Sector, not here. "

Aisha nodded, and then asked Xia Lian in the communication channel, "Your Highness, do you have any plans?"

Xia Lian watched the signal.

"The stupidest thing in the world is to sit still and wait for luck to come."

(End of this chapter)