Director Sawai sighed helplessly, knowing that the meeting was about to enter into endless arguments again.

Starry Night's words made a smile appear on Director Yoshigang's face, while Staff Officer Nanyuan and Captain Megumi Kurama frowned.

Hoshino tapped a few times on the computer in front of him, and the center of the circular conference table lit up, converging a 3D model of the Earth.

Hoshino glanced at everyone in the room and said, "This is the Global Satellite Defense System I developed, which is planned to consist of a global defense network of 354 attack satellites distributed in the Earth's high orbit, including backup satellites. The high-powered laser weapons that will be mounted on the satellite will be enough to intercept anything that threatens the Earth outside the atmosphere. As long as this defense system is completed, it will be impossible for either a monster or an alien spaceship to run wild on Earth as before. ”

"Hmph," a staff officer sitting next to Nan Yuan's staff officer snorted coldly and objected, "Have you forgotten what we are? We are the Earth Peace Alliance, a peaceful organization that deploys powerful weapons on a large scale in outer space, and what do you make people all over the world think of TPC, they will say that we are developing and deploying powerful space-based weapons under the cloak of peace." ”

"I think Dr. Hoshino's plan is feasible, and once we complete it, we can keep the threat out of the planet. This is very beneficial to the Earth, and we are here to protect the peace of the Earth from extraterrestrial threats. A staff officer sitting next to Hoshino agreed.

"But countries don't think so, they just think that we in the TPC are developing strong armaments. The staff officer shouted as he slapped the table and glared.

"Is it possible to leave the safety of humanity behind just for the sake of this?"

“”

"Alright, don't argue!" Director Saui spoke, although the voice was not loud, but the majestic voice made the two blushing faces stop arguing and sit down.

"Dr. Hoshino," Director Sawai turned his head to look at Hoshino, "how much budget is needed for this plan?"

"A satellite costs about $300 million. Hoshino said calmly, as if it wasn't enough to say what the weather was like today, and threw a bigger bomb: "And the corresponding supporting equipment and personnel are needed, these are just an advance investment." ”

"What?" his words were like dropping a depth charge, and the otherwise peaceful conference room instantly became a mess.

"Impossible!" The second person to object was Motoko Hirano, the head of TPC's finance department, who stood up and stared at Hoshino's nose as if he was about to eat Hoshino: "Do you know what you say again? This plan is absolutely not going to work, the budget of 100 billion US dollars is just a joke." ”

"That's right, and the actual role of these satellites is unknown. ”

Everyone objected, Starry Night still smiled and looked at the messy conference room, some people objected to it for sure, so much of the budget will definitely be reduced by the budgets of other departments, even if it is correct, there will be people who will object. It's been a routine, and every plan is going to be discussed, discussed, discussed, and discussed, and all kinds of compromises to be finalized.

Director Sawai was a little stunned, and from his slightly open mouth, it could be seen that he was also frightened by Starry Night's generosity.

"Dr. Starry, the weapons you installed on the Phoenix didn't have authorization from headquarters. A staff officer abruptly shifted the subject to this side.

"The Phoenix is a test machine, and I remember that I have already submitted a real report on the weapon system. Starry Night looked at the aggressive staff officer and narrowed his eyes unconsciously.

"Is today's behavior real? This is tantamount to telling the world that our TPC has fighter jets that can be used in real combat, and if you are not careful, you will ruin the peaceful situation. The staff officer aggressively buttoned up his big hats.

"Hmph," Xingye snorted coldly and looked at him with unkind eyes: "It's not your turn to take care of the affairs of our research institute, when and in what way is it my business, you can take care of your own affairs, I don't need you to worry about it." Do you understand?"

"What kind of attitude do you have? The staff officer was irritated by Starry Night's contemptuous attitude, and when he wanted to say something, he was pulled by the person next to him, and then sat down in anger.

Starry Night no longer paid attention to this guy and talked about it: "If we humans don't arm ourselves to protect the earth, we will not be afraid of any challenges until we are strong." I think this system is necessary, it is a good investment to protect our planet, no matter how cost-effective. ”

"Alas," Director Sawai looked at the conference room that was once again in a quarrel with some headaches, and every time this issue was discussed, it would quarrel, but the problem could not be avoided, because every time someone raised this issue with various reasons, and then quarreled again.

In the end, there was no discussion in this meeting, but Starry Night never thought that this plan would be passed through at one time, and even if it was passed, this plan needed to be slowly advanced.

After the meeting, Director Sawai called Starry Night to his office.

"Starry Night, I think you still need to slow down this plan, it is true that once this system is established, it will greatly strengthen the defense of the earth, but the current period is not suitable. Director Sawai looked at the starry night and said seriously.

"I see, Director!" Starry Night nodded in understanding, "But I still think the sooner it is established, the better, the hunters have found a lot of aliens hiding on Earth in recent times." I'm afraid that the earth is being targeted by some aliens. ”

"Alas," Director Sawai sighed, "I know, how is the construction of the Atlantis?"

"Max's power system has entered the final testing stage, Dr. Yao is in the final stage of tackling, the test machine has been built, and when the final number is calculated, it can be tested in outer space. In one more year, the Yatdis will be ready for test flights. Starry Night introduced the situation.

"So how are the tests of the Phoenix?" Sawai asked with concern, "When will it be ready for use?"

"The test of the Pinnacle missile has been completed, and the docking with the system of the Phoenix has been successful. The flight test has also entered the final stage, and I think it will soon be able to end the test and enter the final stage of the whole machine test. Starry Night submitted a document, and Director Sawai took it and looked at it seriously, nodding frequently.

And in a mine on Jiuliang Island, a group of miners are working hard, and they exchange their sweat for the necessary remuneration for life.

A miner wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked into the depths of the deep mine where the miner's lamp could not shine: "Do you think Gakuma really exists?"

"Really," said an old miner, with great certainty, "Gakuma is really a zài." ”

"Daddy, tell us about Gakuma." A miner came over with a grin.

"Don't think it's just a legend," said the old man, glancing at him seriously, "Gakuma is the guardian deity who lives on the island, and he has a yellow horn on his head that can turn anything into stone," the old miner told the story he had heard.

A few young miners secretly laughed and said with a grin, "Daddy, have you seen Gakuma?"

"Hmm!" Dad nodded with certainty: "Then I used to work in the abandoned mine on the side, and once after the blast, the whole mountain shook and we thought it was a landslide and ran out quickly, but when I accidentally turned around, I saw a huge horn glowing yellow, and then the whole mine collapsed." Only a few of us escaped, and the others disappeared, and the corpses were not even found, they must have been turned to stone by Gakuma. That yellow horn is something I still never forget. ”

As they spoke, the earth suddenly shook, and gravel fell on top of their heads, and they were discussing Gakuma, which had now happened. The miners paused for a moment and immediately ran out.

"Gakuma is here, run away!"

The people fled from the mine in a panic, and the pickaxes, helmets, and lamps fell to the ground, but no one dared to turn back to pick them up, and now they only hated that they had lost two legs.

At this moment, a huge glowing horn was revealed behind the three miners who fell behind, and a blue light swept over the miners who were swept by the blue light, and immediately turned into stone statues.

After the stumbling miners ran out, they calmed down and counted the number of people, only to find that there were three people missing, and the old miner looked at the deep mine mouth in horror, and the fear in his tone was revealed: "It's Gakuma, it must be Gakuma, they must have been turned to stone by Gakuma." ”

In the midst of the chaos, someone called to report to TPC, and after receiving the report, TPC sent a search and rescue team to carry out rescue work according to the mining accident.

After arriving, the search and rescue team immediately sent a search and rescue team into the mine with a life detector to carry out search and rescue work, and they carefully advanced in the gravel mine, and finally came to the place where the life response signal was the strongest.

"No miners were found. A search and rescue officer looked at the instrument in his hand and reported outside.

"No way, it's the place where the signals of life are strongest, and there's a good chance that the miners will be stuck on the other side. Go find it. ”

"Got it. The leader of the search and rescue team said, turned to the two people and said, "You guys go over there and have a look." ”

The two men walked over with the detector, and just as they passed, they saw a huge glowing horn appear in front of them, and as soon as the flashlight shone on, a huge head appeared in front of them, and before they could scream, they were swept by a blue light, and their bodies turned into stone strangely.

The people behind were completely stunned by this change that exceeded their common sense, and before they could react, a blue light swept from the depths of the mine again, turning the two men into stone statues again. The rest of the search and rescuers shouted in horror and ran out, and before they could get far, two more were turned into stone statues.