I, from 1000 years ago

Chapter 78

This time, the interception of smuggling by the patrol of the civil waterway alarmed the upper floors of the fortress, and almost everyone learned that there was a ship-level confrontation in the narrow airspace of the civil waterway within a short period of time.After Lin Jian and others returned to the voyage, a large number of people gathered at the civil waterway patrol station, which was always sparsely populated before. It can be seen how long the patrol team here has not really done anything.

The interns probably also knew about this incident. Except for Lin Jian and Xia Lifenna who was assigned to the logistics department, all ten people were sent to the actual combat department, but what no one expected was that they were assigned to Lin Jian at the civil waterway patrol department encountered an actual combat opportunity.Although this incident is not a war at all, or even a small friction on the border, it is a real confrontation after all.

Just after Lin Jian got off the ship, she saw Morris and Charifna waiting beside the space shuttle.

The combination of this pair is a bit unusual, Lin Jian walked over. "Is this welcoming me?"

"Just because of your poor performance?" Morris scoffed at Lin Jian's words, but the light in his eyes obviously didn't match his words.On the contrary, Charifana was quite direct, but her question was also very sharp, "What exactly is the smuggled goods?"

Lin Jian looked at Charifina in surprise. Although Brandt did not specifically explain the secrecy of the incident after returning to the command ship after the incident, he remembered the so-called "smuggled goods" Lin Jian had seen. Jian's face was still a little ugly.She didn't answer Xia Lifenna's words directly, but walked slowly forward past the two of them.

Lin Jian's silent behavior made the two of them aware of something unusual. They looked at each other and followed together tacitly.Knowing that he walked out of the spaceport and breathed in the natural air, Lin Jian let out a long breath of the stale air in his heart.

"I think I may not be able to forget what I saw today for a long time." It was almost evening, and the artificial stars in the distance were exactly the same as the sunset in the evening in my memory.She suddenly thought of the scene when she met Falainen in the National Museum of Capital Star, and his words about human beings and alien races were clearly imprinted in her mind at this time.

[How strange, every creature on the earth has its natural enemies, only human beings have no, and there has never been anything that really threatens the survival of human beings.They don't have strong bodies, sharp fangs, or the ability to soar into the sky, but they have firmly ruled the earth for thousands of years.I don't know if the god called God will regret creating human beings, and regret not giving them a natural enemy while creating human beings. 】

Although his words only regarded human beings as the natural enemies of other species in the earth age, but at this moment and under such circumstances, Lin Jian felt that he had experienced the kind of human beings who wanted to hide but wanted to hide in Falainen's tone at that time. to express hatred.

At that time, after completely controlling the other ship, Brandt signaled her to follow the inspector to check the smuggled goods.It was possible for the patrol to mobilize almost all thirty ships at once. Lin Jian thought that the smuggled goods this time might be very unusual.But when the door of the warehouse where the "smuggled goods" was stored was opened, she was still shocked by the scene in front of her.

This is a medium-sized civil transport cargo ship. It is actually smaller than a warship with a length of three to four hundred meters. It is only about 400 meters long, but it has a warehouse the size of half an old football field. It was actually densely packed with some "creatures".

The reason for using the term "creature" is because Lin Jian didn't know what the things in front of him were flying all over the warehouse in a panic after opening the hatch.

Even though she had a good mental quality, she couldn't help turning her head to look at the inspector standing beside her.The inspector beside him, who looked to be in his 30s, also had an awe-inspiring expression.

"What the hell is this?" Lin Jian was a little impatient with the other party's silence.

"This is the 'Xiku people'," Mr. Inspector glanced at Lin Jian, and explained after discovering that the other party really knew nothing about this species, "More than 200 years ago, the people from Daxiku on the outskirts of the Federation A planet with life was discovered in the star field. The life body discovered at that time belonged to the same carbon-based life as human beings, and belonged to a weak C-level intelligent body. At that time, this discovery was a sensation. Similar levels of intelligence, and their structural composition is similar to that of humans. At that time, the Federal Academy of Sciences named this species 'Xiku'."

After listening to the explanation, Lin Jian looked at the warehouse speechlessly. These weak C-level intelligence bodies are only half a level behind human C-level intelligence, which shows that the intelligence of adults of this species is about the same as that of human five or six-year-old children s level.This is already an intelligent species, and the Federation has blatantly smuggled intelligent species!

These "Xiku people" are shorter than normal humans, about 150 cm tall, and have the same torso and limbs as humans. Without exception, their heads look slightly elongated, and each has a pointed chin. Compared to humans, their eyes looked disproportionately large, and the golden eyeballs made Lin Jian feel a little creepy.Their skin is white and almost transparent, and the "palms" and "feet" are much smaller than humans. It seems that the functions of these two parts are not the same as those of humans. At least they can hardly stand on the ground and can only rely on Flapping the four light blue dragonfly-like wings on the back, it barely controls the balance.At this time, except for a small number of "Xiku people" who can still stabilize their bodies facing the wall with their wings, most of the "Xiku people" have fallen to the ground and made a low-pitched sound.

etc!Just now the inspector seems to have used two titles, one is "Xiku" and the other is "Xiku people"!Do these two titles have any special envoy significance?Lin Jian turned to look at the inspector. At this time, he had already started to contact the main ship through the communicator on his wrist. His expression was quite serious. At the same time, the undisguised disgust could be seen on that serious face. .

"Yes! Captain, those on board are indeed β-level genetically modified Xiku people! Yes! Human genes account for about 60.00%! The number is 130 seven."

The inspector's report made Lin Jian even more horrified. These species are actually modified bodies of humans and alien species!This is probably the most unbelievable thing she has heard or seen since she came to 1000 years ago.

After the inspector reported the situation and watched the executive staff begin to clean up the warehouse, he saw Lin Jian standing there with a slightly pale face. My child, I couldn't help asking right now: "Are you okay!" I also complained to Brant in my heart. It is good for this kind of noble girl to stay at the waterway control area. What are you doing here? What kind of psychological shadow is cast, the commander does not know whether he will blame them.

"What are these 'Xiku' sent to the Empire? Why are they doing such a thing?"

After hearing Lin Jian's question, the inspector looked a little weird, hesitated for a while and saw Lin Jian's pale but determined face, and replied with a sigh, "These are all sent to the imperial capital for some high-ranking nobles, you know, those Aristocrats will always have some preferences that are different from ordinary people. Less than 100 years after the discovery of the species of the Great Xiku star field, some people in the Federation have realized their genetic modification. These modified Xiku people are hermaphroditic, and their * Compared with human women..." At this point, the inspector is really embarrassed to explain clearly, anyway, it is understandable at this level, "They were created and sent to all parts of the galaxy to make those nobles marry Play."

Although it had been a while since he got off the other party's cargo ship, Lin Jian couldn't help feeling sick when he thought of the inspector's words.Morris on the side was also a little worried when he saw her pale face.

"What did you see?" The words were already a little hasty.

"Morris, do you know the 'Xiku people'?" Thinking that Morris is also an aristocrat in the imperial capital, and he can be described as notorious in terms of the relationship between men and women, Lin Jian suddenly looked up at him, feeling a little uneasy.

"Xiku people?" Morris was taken aback for a moment, and then saw Lin Jian's dark face, and understood what she saw on the boat for a while, and his face was a little bad, "I saw it once, it was in Loni At the birthday party of Avon Similas. I can’t say that he has a good relationship with him, but his father, Count Similas, is a good friend with my father. I also went to the party when I was bored. Didn't expect him to get such a disgusting thing." Morris recalled the situation at the time, and it was obviously not a good memory.

Lin Jian was relieved by Morris's answer. If this guy was one of the people who had a special interest in that kind of creature, she really didn't have the confidence to be friends with him, and she might not even be able to speak so calmly.

"These moths of the empire!" Charifna, who hadn't spoken for a long time, uttered such a gnashing sentence, which stunned Lin Jian and Morris. Seeing the surprised faces of the two, Charifina sneered, "You know one' How much does a Xiku cost? I heard that the price of an adult 'Xiku' in the hands of smugglers is 700 million Reichsmarks. At the beginning of this year, the Prime Minister issued an edict from His Majesty the Emperor, requiring nobles above the earl who own land in the empire Paying the land tax is used as a development deposit for the residents of remote star fields, but they are unwilling to pay the annual tax of 100 million Reichsmarks, and they are still entangled in the Ministry of Finance until now. This time, the supplies sent to the most important fortress ahead are compared to last year It’s also a little less. I heard from the supply officer of the fortress that in recent years, the number of supplies has been smaller than the previous year, and even the quality is much worse. Even the armor of the new warships sent by the dock is not as thick as before! The empire’s finances have been reduced. At such a serious point, those nobles are still thinking about how to have fun and hunt for novelty."

Morris was somewhat disapproving of Charifina's words.Although Xia Lifenna's elder brother is an upstart in the military, he is from a commoner background, and her family is just an ordinary family of small citizens.Morris, on the other hand, came from a formal imperial noble family background, and the gap between the two classes can be seen even by Lin Jian, who believes that all people are equal.

Although Lin Jian had nothing to do with the extravagant life of the nobles, the Lin family was all in the military, and the lack of finances would inevitably lead to a shortage of military expenses.It may be possible to fool the past in peacetime, but once a war breaks out, the losers will be the soldiers fighting on the front line.

Thinking of this, Lin Jian couldn't help feeling a little sad.

Looking at the simulated starry sky that is completely consistent with the starry sky of the universe, Brant not far away is still leaning there.The creature seen on the civilian cargo ship, the conversation with Maurice and Charifna in the evening, and the last question Brant asked about why he stepped into the military.One ring after another made her feel depressed.

"Let's go." The originally calm mood was gradually suppressed at this time. Lin Jian stood up, greeted Brandt, and went downstairs, walking towards her intern dormitory.

Although it took nearly an hour to walk back to the dormitory, her mood didn't seem to improve much. Everything that happened today made her confidence that she had adapted to this world slightly shaken.Maybe no matter how hard I try to adapt, deep down in my heart, it is still difficult to have a complete sense of belonging to this world.

The emotion of loneliness, when one is exhausted and has no strength to guard against, floods in like a tide.

(End of this chapter)