Phoebe and Barbara didn't leave Korea immediately, after leaving the practice room, they went to live at the Yongsan base, which was organizing the relocation, and stayed at the base for two more days to avoid the eyes and ears of the Koreans, before they started to get down to business. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As mentioned earlier, Phoebe has established a secret biochemical laboratory here, and has carried out research and cultivation of highly contagious and high-lethality viruses.

No one who knew about Titan led by Phoebe and anyone who knew that Phoebe was planning to conduct such a study in South Korea did not stand up to stop it, and even tried to help Titan hide the information, and even helped Titan get the original samples of the smallpox virus that had been sealed.

Because those who know about this know that this is what every force will do, just as the reason for letting the major countries in the world keep peace is not because of equality and fraternity, but because of nuclear bombs that can completely destroy human civilization.

It's the same as no matter how much discord there is between South Korea and RB, the two countries will not really fight, because above them, there is also the United States to balance.

From a certain point of view, the reason why the Middle East has been chaotic for so many years and shows no signs of stopping is entirely because the United States, which is supposed to play a higher role in the Middle East and should balance the Middle East, is too partial after Israel has seized a large amount of Middle East land by cunning for more than 100 years.

Of course, the US cause in the Middle East has been more or less interfered in by the European Union headed by France and Germany, as well as other countries that are not satisfied with the United States, so that the United States cannot become a powerful and "fair arbiter" in the Middle East as it is between Japan and South Korea -- since authority is not authoritative enough, everyone will compete for authority.

Based on the same principle, Titan, which is rapidly rising along the extremely existing system of the United States, has also entered a field where there is no real "authority", and there are actually many forces that have entered this field, and in a field where so many forces have different interests, the lack of authority is simply a disaster.

In the era when science was not developed, it was still possible to use faith to restrain people's hearts, but with the power of science and technology to completely surpass the power of God in traditional beliefs, there was a huge crisis of lack of authority in the circle again.

Fortunately, the emergence of nuclear bombs, it does not take much, and a nuclear explosion supported by data on the polar stratosphere can completely destroy the earth's ecosystem very simply, so that no one can live as freely as in the past.

As a result, many of the early forces have mastered this terrifying weapon, but at the same time, they have also mastered some relatively cheaper but effective technologies, such as virus technology.

Some emerging forces that are different from Titan do not realize that they should do the same thing as other forces in the circle after they develop, so they are often plundered by other forces in this circle during some major crises.

Phoebe had already deduced some of the rules of this unknown circle early on through the information she had obtained, so she knew that if she didn't do such research, it would make others even more worried about Titan - whether Enceladus would have mastered an even more terrifying technology that no one else knew.

The rise of Titan was really beyond many people's expectations, and even more unexpectedly, Titan actually had a tendency to master the means of defense before entering the circle, but before everyone could launch a full-scale encirclement and suppression of Titan - the containment of the Detroit branch by violating the Fair Employment Act was only a prelude - Phoebe got the ticket to the circle, and she and Barbara's secrecy level was raised to level 20 or more.

As a result, many follow-up measures against Titan were stopped, because it was clear that the wisdom shown by the young girl who led Titan was not yet eighteen years old, and was indeed qualified to govern human society with everyone.

Therefore, she wants to get those dangerous virus things, and everyone helps to hide the news, because since she has put her energy into this direction, it means that she has absolutely no intention of fighting with everyone, which is very good, and friendly exchanges on the basis that both sides have the ability to kill each other 10,000 times are the most credible and sincere.

It is precisely on the basis of this understanding that the traditional American elite will pursue the theories mentioned in "Atlas Shrugged" in such a way, to be precise, as eternal truth.

Although the Titan people were vaguely uneasy about the company's virus research, their support for Phoebe did not decrease in the slightest, and even became more fanatical.

But Phoebe has made one thing clear before, the selection mechanism of employees who join the physical and chemical laboratory is different from that of employees in other parts of Titan, that is, there will be no three-month to semi-annual job rotation here, but people who can "calmly" abide by the rules and regulations of the laboratory through psychological questionnaires.

Phoebe didn't tell everyone that she actually chose people with ****** personality traits that she had recorded through Asteria's daily observations.

Including Barbara, I don't know that the research area of the entire physical and chemical laboratory is actually a base camp for "metamorphosis".

Phoebe believes that even people with psychological problems will not endanger social order as long as they have the positive guidance of Asteria and distract them from a specific time.

At least for now, Phoebe was right, and although the bloodiness of the test zone was a little disgusting to Barbara, a former intelligence officer with extraordinary supervisors, it was at least acceptable. The level of bloodshed here does not mean that there are human experiments in vivo, but that live experiments on primates and canines and felines in the experimental area will certainly be unacceptable to the general public, after all, the main research direction is the primitive smallpox virus.

After entering the surveillance area, Moritz, the head of the laboratory, said: "Your Highness, the stability of the original virus that the Americans have given us is very impressive, we have carried out more than 60 successive transmission experiments on physical samples, and the results are amazing, as we have reported, the destructive power and stability of the virus are amazing." To be honest, we all don't understand how several low-lethality mutants came about, after all, the transmission of this virus is not very dependent on the host. ”

Phoebe nodded and said, "The magic of nature is here, and it may or may not be the result of the action of radioactive materials." By the way, have you tested and evaluated the delivery methods in the direction I gave? I haven't seen any reports of this. ”

Moritz nodded and said, "It's tested, but you know, the U.S. military knows what we're doing here, so our people are being watched very closely, so despite everyone's best efforts, they can't get the virus out." Speaking of this, Moritz shook his head very regretfully and said: "It seems that as His Highness said, the launch experiment can only cooperate with the US military." ”

Phoebe shook her head and said, "There's nothing to regret about this, after all, I strictly ordered you not to inject yourself." ”

Barbara, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Moritz nodded approvingly, and added: "Your Highness, you are right, to be honest, in fact, just conducting continuous transmission experiments in the laboratory, everyone thinks that it will not help us to completely grasp the smallpox virus, and they all want to spread it." ”

Barbara finally coughed, signaling Moritz not to be too crazy - she certainly didn't know what kind of people Phoebe was picking, and she didn't know what Asteria said to the staff in the lab, but it was different from the employees in other parts of Titan, and the staff in the test area were more fanatical about Phoebe because they thought Phoebe would lead them to experience more "fun" things.

Phoebe turned her head to look at Barbara and said with a smile: "If you don't want to be completely isolated and inspected by the U.S. troops stationed outside when you go out, drink more water later." ”

Barbara could only nod helplessly: "Well, I know." ”

Phoebe turned to Moritz and asked, "What about the others?"

Moritz scratched the bridge of his nose and said, "It's all about recording the results of the experiment inside." ”

Phoebe actually knew that the group actually "liked" the subjects who were infected with the primordial smallpox virus, some of them out of their own volition, and some of them turned their attention in this direction because of Astria's "teachings".

So Phoebe didn't say anything, nodded and said, "Well, that's nothing, in fact, I just came to take a look, and the current experiment can continue, but there is no need to record continuous transmission." Well, we recently had some new agreements with the Americans, and we intend to take advantage of some slack in the North at the end of the year to send some gifts to the North. I brought the plan, you start to study it, and the people from Langley will come and contact you the day after tomorrow, and then you will do what I instructed. ”

Moritz nodded with bright eyes, and then asked, "Your Highness, has there been a change in the means of delivery?"

Phoebe smiled and said, " There are some changes, and this launch will not have an immediate effect, at least it will not break out until May and June, when the north restarts some projects, well, after all, no one else can find out, by the way, if the people from Langley ask more and talk more, they can be cleaned up directly without asking for instructions, although their idea is to create opportunities for the new president to intervene in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, but to be honest, I am not at ease with the people of the Langley faction, once the news leaks, we will be in big trouble, which has a great impact on the company's global strategy, you should not take it lightly。 ”

Moritz nodded with burning eyes, but Barbara, who saw his expression, felt very uncomfortable.

Phoebe said: "There is one more thing, the laboratory should be cleaned up and ready to move out, although I judged the new president of the United States correctly, but I didn't expect him to think differently from the traditional Democratic president, so we can no longer be in this place that may become the forefront of intelligence warfare in the future." ”

Moritz's expression became a little unwilling, but he nodded anyway, indicating that he accepted Phoebe's order.

And Phoebe smiled again: "Well, on the African side, our food aid project has built a new city, you know?"

Moritz suddenly realized: "Your Highness, you want us to move over there, well, this is very suitable." ”

Barbara felt a little hairy, but she couldn't find the reason, so she had to frown and stop looking at Moritz.

Phoebe shook her head at Moritz and said: "It's not to go to East Africa, but the company is going to set up several humanitarian medical camps, well, you probably don't know, Congo has shown signs of Ebola virus transmission again, after all, food is tight, many people go into the jungle to hunt the animals there, creating an opportunity for the virus to spread again." We'll have to wait six months for the smallpox virus, but your professionalism in the lab is awe-inspiring, so we, Titan, want to join humanity in the fight against Ebola. ”

This time Moritz did not reply immediately, he was a little stunned at first, and even caused Barbara to look at him again, but he quickly nodded as if he had reacted to something: "Well, that's right, I will immediately organize everyone to prepare for going to Africa." What Barbara didn't know was that just now, Asteria "translated" Phoebe's words to Moritz, that is, after they went to Africa, the main job was to record, not to treat, and of course, for the international community, they were there to fight the Ebola virus.

Phoebe naturally knew what Asteria would probably say to Moritz, so when she heard Moritz's response, she nodded with a satisfied smile, and said, "I wanted to meet you this time, but since you are all busy, then I can go." ”

Moritz struggled for a moment, nodded and said, "Well, okay, Your Highness, then I won't send you." With that, he turned around and wanted to enter the high quarantine area.

Barbara couldn't help but say, "I said, at least you can send us." After speaking, he said to the microphone that monitors the test area and can talk directly with the test area: "I said you, Phoebe is leaving, and you don't plan to come out?"

Through the supervisor's screen, Barbara saw that the few people in white coats were either indifferent to their words, or waved their hands at the camera to stop talking, but one guy said: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, the experiment is in a pinch, this chimpanzee is the one who has been holding on for the longest time, and she even wants us to help her, we have all found something that traditional experimenters wouldn't notice, sorry......"

The guy almost glanced back at the isolation room, and after saying that, Barbara thought that these high-level experimenters were like crazy people, but Phoebe waved his hand at Moritz and said, "Go ahead." I'll just go out with Barbara on our own. ”

Moritz turned around and rushed into the quarantine and dressing area as if he were about to be amnesty, while Barbara said depressedly: "I said, don't you see, these people don't seem to be staying here normally?

Phoebe motioned for Barbara to leave, and said: "Actually, I didn't think about this matter at first, you know, people are really easy to have problems when they work in the basement for a long time, and it's no problem when they go to Africa." ”

"Oh......" Barbara nodded first, but her brow was still furrowed, and after the two of them walked a few steps, Barbara said, "Phoebe, I always feel that the atmosphere here is a little wrong." ”

"Hmm. Phoebe replied noncommittally, and when Barbara saw Phoebe say this, she pouted and grabbed the hem of Phoebe's suit and said, "You must know what's going on." ”

Phoebe sighed and said, "Barbara, do you know that Chinese people are very fond of infighting, whether in the past, present or future?"

"Huh?" Barbara was stunned by Phoebe's strange direction of the topic.

"It can be said that the Chinese have never liked to find a fixed external enemy, they prefer to fight with their own people, with the people in their own cultural circle, and after such struggles, they have built and continued a splendid culture for more than 2,000 years. ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Barbara was stunned.

"I want to say that although the Western world has inherited the Greek logical thinking system and led the world to this day, this system has a huge flaw, that is, at all times, it needs a clear enemy. But the Chinese do not need it, as long as someone can bring the Chinese mind together to some extent, such as the emergence of an absolute authoritative oppressive force above all the chaotic groups, they will turn their habit of treating others as enemies into a mode of constantly surpassing themselves, or making themselves enemies. The Western world always says that Chinese don't like to socialize and don't like parties, I think this is because Westerners will always find a clear enemy, so they usually fight themselves to exhaustion and need party for spiritual comfort, while Chinese are always fighting with themselves, so they don't need spiritual comfort, which makes their ability to resist pressure far more than Westerners. ”

"Really?" Barbara frowned, feeling a little unable to keep up with Phoebe's train of thought, you must know that she studied philosophy at Harvard for two and a half years, and she is actually very good at this kind of spiritual thinking.

Fei Bi said: "I have no facts to base this matter, but from all kinds of indications, the people under any new type of regime in Chinese history are like this, as long as this regime does not show signs that it cannot suppress the lower class of people, China will continue to develop." But from one side, you can feel some clues, in Western horror films, most of the negative images are physical, while in the horror films of the Eastern cultural circle, most of the negative images have no substantive form. ”

Barbara was tempted to say how you said this like the gypsies who tell fortunes with tarot cards and crystals at carnivals. But thinking of Phoebe's consistent correctness, she felt that it might be really like this.

So Barbara, although her expression still looked a little incredulous, still said, "Then your meaning can't be changed to ......"

Phoebe didn't wait for Barbara to finish before she nodded and said, " That's right, what I gave to Titanus is to learn the Chinese's self-hostile mentality, the new German government and France have always had the intention of uniting the United States to suppress China, but I think the Germans and the French have not understood the psychological structure of this Oriental at all, in other words, Germany is consuming the goodwill of the Chinese towards Germany caused by unknown reasons, originally my consideration was that the new president of the United States will shrink his power to a certain extent after taking office, and at the same time should start to take advantage of the Greek crisis, waiting for the opportunity to dismantle the European Union, you know, this used to be the biggest wish of the Democrats, after all, Wall Street standing behind them has long been separated from the European Union's financiersThis time, Wall Street has also tried its best to deal with European banks, so the EU will be close to China. ”

When it comes to Western politics, Barbara understands a lot and nods: "Well, you said that the election of the Democratic Party is the most beneficial for Titan, and we all know this." ”

Phoebe nodded: "Although Titan will encounter some embarrassment because of the position, but the position we are in at the moment can profit from both sides." But all this has disappeared with the offensive political tendencies leaked by the new US president, and it can be said that our main task in the next four years, in addition to those that have already begun, is to adjust the mentality of employees and learn from the Chinese spirit of being opponents with themselves, and this is also the real basis for Titan's continued development after mastering some of the top technologies in the deep sea and aerospace fields. ”

Barbara's application was a little excited, and she felt that it was really everyone's luck for Titan to have a leader like Phoebe who was really prepared for danger in times of peace and thought about a hundred steps at a time.

As for the atmosphere she felt in the laboratory just now, after listening to what Phoebe said, her thoughts were no longer to figure out what was strange just now, but to think that I am afraid that this laboratory is the "laboratory" where Phoebe tests and allows employees to learn to be enemies with themselves.

After thinking of such a statement for Phoebe, Barbara's mood was even more surging, and she couldn't help but hug Phoebe excitedly and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier, if you told everyone about this first, everyone wouldn't object to you." ”

After feeling the change in Barbara's mood, Phoebe shook her head and said, "I said, Westerners are used to having a clear opponent's way of thinking, so this kind of thing needs to change slowly. ”

Phoebe didn't lie, but she didn't tell Barbara completely, and Barbara herself misunderstood, so she couldn't help but hug Phoebe and praised: "Phoebe, you are really great, I don't think any leader in history is as good as you." ”

Phoebe shook her head and said, "Okay, don't praise it, I know you like me very much, let's get out quickly." Also, don't keep saying that sentence just now, didn't I tell you, don't engage in a cult of personality?"

Barbara was very excited and crutched Phoebe's arm as she walked, "Whoever makes you so good, anyone will involuntarily worship you." ”

The two chatted without saying a word, and some of the gas valves passing by were all opened and closed in automatic operation, until they reached the door of the laboratory, and several US soldiers on duty let them pass the X-ray detector in turn......