In the early morning of May 4, Jiang Chen met with Miss Monica, who had returned to China, in his office on the top floor of the Future Building. Although the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info is also wearing a long black dress, compared with last time, her figure has lost a lot of weight, and even her cheek bones are slightly highlighted.

It can be seen that her life has been quite haggard during these days, and she has endured a lot of tests, both physically and psychologically.

Jiang Chen asked the secretary to change the coffee to hot cocoa.

For the thoughtfulness of the boss, Monica smiled and nodded her thanks.

Holding the hot coco in her hand and taking a sip, she sorted out her thoughts a little in her mind, and began to report on the work during this time.

"Carmen's whereabouts are still unknown, and we have seen him on estates in Switzerland, Finland and other places, but we have never met him head-on. However, in the course of tracking down his whereabouts, we intercepted a letter addressed to the headquarters of the Krupp company, which revealed very interesting information. ”

"It's the 21st century, and there are still people who don't know how to use e-mail. Picking up the open envelope from the desk, Jiang Chen grinned and played with it in his hand, "What do these numbers mean?"

"A special kind of password. Monica nodded, "After deciphering it, we found out that this is a cargo transfer document. ”

"What cargo?"

"The remains of the K1 mechanical exoskeleton, a small part of which came from the Philippines, and most of it came from Ukraine. ”

Jiang Chen's brows furrowed slightly.

His worst fears came true.

As long as it is a war, it is impossible to go unscathed. Even with the most advanced technology, the orbital airborne brigade of Star Ring Trade has lost more than 20 lives in a foreign land since it entered the war.

As the most intense process of collision between the two civilizations, the two sides of the war learn from each other and influence each other, not only the living habits and cultural customs, but also the tools used to kill people in the hands of both sides. Before the Spanish landed in the Americas, the natives were still using bows, arrows and spears, but in just over a decade, the tribesmen learned the weapons of civilized people.

This is one of the reasons why he has always used power armor and Tiger II tanks as secret weapons and never sent them to the frontal battlefield.

"Have they come up with anything famous?" Jiang Chen asked thoughtfully.

"They reverse-engineered the K1 exoskeleton to a certain extent, replicating a mechanical exoskeleton called 'Lightning'. However, they can't compare to our exoskeletons in terms of load capacity and defense, and they are much bulkier in size. ”

"But these fakes can already defend against small arms shooting to a certain extent and improve the survivability of soldiers on the battlefield, am I right?" Looking at Monica, who was about to speak, Jiang Chen smiled indifferently and said.

"That's right. Monica nodded, "Part of the 'Lightning' exoskeleton produced by the Krupp Group has been delivered to Arrowhead and shipped to Ukraine for combat testing. ”

In fact, military mechanical exoskeletons have existed as early as ten years ago, but they have not been used in the field of actual combat. Regarding the appearance of lightning, Jiang Chen could only sigh lightly. Even without the remains of the K1 exoskeleton, sooner or later they will be able to design exoskeletons suitable for modern warfare, which is the general trend, and the Star Ring Trade has only accelerated the arrival of this day.

It's just that a fake is a fake after all, and there is still a gap between the two sides in terms of quality that is difficult to overcome in a short time.

They can't copy the neural access device, and it's difficult to reverse engineer the research in materials science, and even if they know the molecular configuration of the polyethylene shell of the K1 exoskeleton, it doesn't mean that they can imitate it. The core technology is still in the hands of Transwarp Trade, even if they want to imitate it, they can't imitate it, as for the mechanical mechanism and functional design, they can copy it if they want to.

His fingers lightly tapped the beat on the table, and after thinking for a moment, Jiang Chen commanded.

"When you get back to Europe in a few days, we'll see if we can get the blueprints for that Lightning, and preferably a copy of the weapons test report, so we can at least know where they've got." As for Carmen...... Keep an eye on him, but don't let him distract you. ”

"It's a challenging task, but I thought I could give it a try. Monica smiled.

It's easier to steal the technical information of the Krupp Group than to run around chasing an invisible shadow.

"I heard that there are two things you plan to report, and one more thing?" Jiang Chen then asked.

"While we were tracking down Carmen Rothschild, we stumbled upon an underground factory. From their product, we found this thing. With that, Monica took out a pitch-black sphere from her bosom and gently placed it on Jiang Chen's desk, "They call it a golden apple, although it has nothing to do with gold. It is said to be related to the legacy of the Third Reich during World War II, but we have not yet found out what the connection is. ”

"It's normal that you don't find it, because they don't even know about it. ”

Looking at the golden apple, Jiang Chen's expression was indescribably strange. He never imagined that after Carmen got the golden apple from him, he would actually start "large-scale production". The remnants of the Void have told him personally that their connection to this timeline has been severed.

No matter how much they produce "radios", the radio station itself is out of business, and there is still a use for hair.

"I'm curious...... How did they produce this thing?" Jiang Chen picked up the black sphere and looked at it for a moment.

Monica put down the hot cocoa she had drunk in her hand and replied, "It is said that embryonic stem cell induced differentiation technology is used, and there is an extract of the cerebral marrow component of a primate in it. ”

After listening, Jiang Chen nodded and put the golden apple aside.

"I'll put this thing here first, you can put down the investigation about the golden apple, there's no point. ”

"But ......"

Monica's expression was a little hesitant, she felt that there might be some amazing secret hidden in it, and she just let it go, in case she missed any valuable information, it would be a loss. However, Jiang Chen knew very well that this thing was a deep pit, and no matter how much he investigated, he couldn't find a flower.

"Do as I say. Jiang Chen said in a commanding tone.

"Yes. Monica bowed her head.

After knocking on the door, the beautiful secretary walked into the office and took away the coffee cup on Jiang Chen's desk. When asked if Monica would like another cup of hot cocoa, Monica declined her offer. All the work has been reported, and she will have to go to Crescent Island in a moment to report to her immediate boss, Aisha.

Looking at Monica's departing back, Jiang Chen fell into deep thought.

The EU integration movement is in full swing, Carmen's whereabouts are still unknown, and he can't think of any good way for a while. Even in the apocalyptic world, there is no prop that can directly lock a person's coordinates, which is out of the realm of technology.

Just then, Kirwin's phone call interrupted his thoughts again.

After connecting the phone, the corners of Jiang Chen's mouth hooked up a smile.

After hearing one bad news and one bad news, good news has finally reached his ears.

The electric ray A-1, which was sent to the UFO a month ago, successfully entered the return orbit. As they had previously suspected, the UFO was indeed the handiwork of an unknown higher civilization.

The reason why this is good news is because according to the astronauts on the mission, the UFO is a wreckage or relic that has been abandoned for an unknown number of years.

And the most exciting thing is that he also brought back an interesting thing from that flying object. (To be continued.) )