In the year 2188 of the solar calendar, cracks gradually appeared in the defense line of the Southern Hemisphere Heterogeneous Survey Alliance.

In the observer of the special equipment, you can see a pale blue protective wall hanging over the ground, pure and transparent, like the most beautiful sapphire.

It was the last line of defense of the Xeno-Investigation Alliance, and at this time, several people were in an emergency meeting in the conference hall of the Xeno-Investigation Alliance's Expatriate Combat Section.

A holographic display hovers above the conference table, showing the fluctuating blue shield, shot from all angles and from side to side, so that the participants can get a clearer picture of where they are at this time.

When the last video was played, a woman sitting on the right side with a few freckles on her face and yellow hair said arrogantly: "Dear Captain Lania, I don't think this is a serious accident, and it doesn't indicate anything. ”

After noticing that there was no displeasure on the face of the cold young man who was presiding over the meeting, she continued: "The sapphire shield is indeed good, but the last time a small earthquake caused it to fluctuate. So I don't think that means the weird stuff is already hitting the shield. ”

After she finished speaking, she began to ask the attendees around her, constantly seeking support, and sure enough, everyone around her agreed with her, except for two.

Aliga, the vice-captain of the expatriate combat department, and Nanpei, the head of the Southern Hemisphere Xenomorph Investigation Alliance.

Alija sighed boredly, feeling that there was no need for this discussion meeting.

People in other departments were uninformed, and could hardly help in such a mission that required expatriate combat.

No one knows the current situation better than the people in their department.

S is a planet with a highly developed technological civilization, but a few decades ago, a hole suddenly appeared in the adjacent space-time region, and a creature that looked like a dinosaur and had wings on its back began to appear in large numbers from there.

Dinosaurs are prehistoric creatures that have long since perished, and although there are many intact skeletons in museums and scientists are very skilled in reconstruction, they are not living creatures.

Therefore, no one can understand the impulse to see living things, so in the beginning, some astronomers came to a conclusion after precise calculations.

The sudden hole is likely to be similar to the principle of wormholes, with a transportation function, and those dinosaur-like monsters should be ancient dinosaurs!

As we all know, although dinosaurs are dangerous, humans with high-tech weapons are not impossible to deal with, so a group of scientists went to investigate with great interest under the escort of the military.

However, they underestimated the danger of the creature so much that they were wiped out, and from the last distress signal, they only repeated one sentence: "Fire, fire, dragon, dragon from hell!" ”

With this painful lesson, the military no longer dared to characterize those monsters as ordinary creatures, so they thought of the Xeno-Investigation Alliance.

After careful verification by the Alliance, it was confirmed that those creatures were not ancient dinosaurs, and that they were more ferocious and dangerous than dinosaurs.

Because the secret weapon that led to the annihilation of the first group of people was the extremely incendiary green flame that erupted from their mouths.

Again, the counterpart to such a terrifying secret weapon is the ferocious personality of these creatures.

Not surprisingly, these monsters are carnivorous creatures, but when they are not hungry, they will subconsciously breathe fire and burn everything around them, including humans.

The way to deal with them is surprisingly simple, it turns out that although those green flames are powerful, they are extremely afraid of water, and they will be extinguished when they encounter water, even faster than ordinary fires.

After the fire is extinguished, the monster dragon will not be able to breathe fire again for a short time, so at this time, as long as you use concentrated fire strafing, you can wipe them out.

With this method, in the initial battle against the monster dragon, the Xeno-Investigation Alliance won a landslide victory.

And that's what the other departments in the Xeno-Investigation Consortium have learned.

"Miss Aliga? Miss Aliga?! ”

Returning from her deep thoughts, Aliga suddenly heard her name being called, and when she looked back, she realized that it was the aggressive yellow-haired woman from before.

"Miss Aliga, can you answer the question that the captain can't answer?" Seeing Aliga's blank face, the yellow-haired woman's arrogance became even stronger.

It turned out that just when she was stunned, there was already a small debate over there.

"What's the problem?" She adjusted her expression and straightened her back to face the confrontation.

However, the previous wandering did not escape the eyes of the others, and the corner of her eye noticed the disgruntled expression on the captain's face, and the snickering on the faces of the others.

The yellow-haired woman said again, "My question is, if water and guns can destroy those monsters, why do they have to break through the sapphire's defenses?" ”

Aliga's back straightened a little after hearing this, and a pair of dark eyes stared at the questioner motionlessly.

It wasn't until the other party switched from arrogance at the beginning to doubt, from doubt to panic, and finally from panic to anger, that he spoke unhurriedly.

"The reason is very simple, the space-time hole has not been closed, and that kind of monster keeps coming, but ...... Water is running out! If this continues, it will inevitably affect the ecological environment of the entire planet, and even the problem of drinking water for people will be difficult to solve. ”

These words were obviously useful, because with every word she spoke, she could feel a little quiet in the room, and until she finished speaking, no one dared to interject.

Anyone with a brain knows that this is not a joke!

The yellow-haired woman was a little embarrassed, her voice was much weaker, but she still questioned: "But how is this possible?" There is so much water on the planet, and water is a renewable resource that can be recycled! ”

"You're right, but I'm afraid that except for the people in our department, everyone else doesn't know enough about this incident, you don't know, the only one who can extinguish that strange fire is fresh water!"

After Aliga said this, she could sense a clear displeasure on the faces of the others, but she didn't care, and continued, "Fresh water is a scarce resource, right? ”

At this moment, everyone, including the yellow-haired woman, stopped talking.

With a smug smile on her face, Aliga gestured to the captain with her eyes and asked him to get started on the topic of today's meeting.

Rania understood, cleared his throat and said, "With the current scientific research capabilities of S star, it is not possible to repair the hole in space-time. But there are already studies that show that this is artificial! Therefore, the authorities hope that we will send personnel from the combat department to eliminate this troubleshooting. ”

"That's your business? What does it have to do with us? Then a man in his forties, who had never made a sound, spoke.

He shrugged his shoulders and looked like he didn't care about himself, and Aliga was so angry that she took off her shoes and threw them in his face!

Sure enough, there are really a lot of rice worms in the alliance that eat this kind of mixed food!

Lania's face was not good-looking, but after all, he was asking for help at the moment, and it was not easy to scold, so he still explained: "This mission needs to travel through time and space to catch the initiator, so it needs the support of the technical department." ”

"Need support from the technical department? Oh! Don't be kidding! How can we, who can't even repair the holes in time and space, help you travel through time and space? Stop making this joke? ”

The yellow-haired woman who had spoken from the beginning was the representative of the technical department, and when she heard that others had asked her, the expression on her face became smug again.

Hearing this, Aliga looked at Nan Pei, the head of the company, but saw that he was also frowning, and immediately realized the situation on his side.

Although the Ministry of Science and Technology is under the jurisdiction of the Alliance, it also has ties with some consortia because scientific and technological research and development still requires a lot of financial support.

Over time, it gradually broke away from the control of the alliance and became an independent institution!

So at this moment, the Ministry of Science and Technology said that if it doesn't help, even the head of the alliance can't do anything!

Aliga frowned, just wanted to continue to try to persuade her, after all, this was not just a matter of their department, but a major matter related to the survival of the entire S-star people!

But the yellow-haired woman didn't give her this chance, and she suddenly said, "Oh, the section chief called me, it's been several!" Oh my God, I missed such an important call because of this boring meeting! ”

Then Aliga saw her figure flash and disappear, it seemed to be offline, it was a hologram meeting.

With the exception of her and the team leader, the rest of the congregation met remotely via hologram devices.

The original purpose of this meeting was to obtain the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, so the representatives of the Ministry of Science and Technology were offline, and there was no need for the meeting to continue.

Rania exhaled a cloudy breath and called the meeting to end, so the holograms on the seat disappeared one after another, and finally only Nanpei remained.

"Mr. Nan, then we ......" Rania looked at Nanpei, who was also worried, and suddenly couldn't speak.

Alija was a little angry, she smashed her fist on the table and said, "I don't understand, is this just a matter of one of our departments?" Sooner or later, the frozen film outside the sapphire barrier will fail, and the whole planet will be doomed! ”

The sapphire barrier had been built for the last twenty years, and before that, Alika had lived in the hardest hit by monster infestations, and she had seen the massive monsters fly through the air.

The dark red body had even obscured the originally blue sky, and green demonic fire descended from above, revealing a dead gray color in the pupils of the deceased, and then slowly collapsed and burned to ashes.

They didn't even have time to make it to the nearby lake before they became one with the earth, and then people could no longer tell which were objects and which were ashes.

Nanpei looked at Aliga, whose eyes were red, with complicated eyes, and said in a sad tone: "I understand what you say, but first of all, they are a group of conceited and suspicious people. The Ministry of Science and Technology currently does not have a complete machine to travel through time and space, and the only solution available is the one left behind by the defector decades ago. ”

"So what, there is a problem with its inventor, but there is no problem with the machine itself, so why can't we use it?" Rania heard that there was still hope, and immediately proposed.

But Aliga didn't want to care about this matter for the time being, because in her eyes, without the support of the higher-ups, no matter how much help they found, it would be useless.

So she looked at Nan Pei and said, "Mr. Nan, I want you to be honest, this is a great thing, why don't you support it?!" ”

"This ...... It's just that the technology is a bit complicated and takes time. Nanpei snorted haha.

But he was shocked by Aliga's gaze, he lowered his head and said a little sluggishly: "I think you also know that the sapphire barrier does not cover the entire southern hemisphere. ”

Aliga and Rania nodded, indeed, although they were still peaceful here, outside the sapphire protective barrier, it was actually a hard-hit area.

It has been reduced to dust by the burning of demonic fire, and it has been inhabited by abandoned people.

"Now that the population problem of the planet has been solved, the future ...... It would be even better. Nan Pei watched the expressions of the two of them change, and he could only continue.

Rania said incredulously: "You mean, the upper echelons solve the demographic problem in this way? In other words, there is a good chance that this place will be abandoned as well? ”

Rania knew that the smaller the sapphire barrier, the more powerful it would be, and when it was narrowed to a certain extent, it might be a safe moment for those inside.

At that time, the people who live inside will be the supreme masters of the planet!

"There's a way to fix it! We are not afraid of sacrifice! Why? Is it true that the population is too large to bear? No, it can't be like this! "Aliga can't control her anger anymore, and she can't accept that she was once an outcast!

"And what are you going to do?" Nan Pei looked at the two of them with a helpless gaze.

"Since there is no support from above, we will complete this task by ourselves, just the two of us!" The two spoke in unison.

Nanpei seems to have foreseen this outcome a long time ago, telling the two that there are just two more machines, and if they are ready to go at any time, he will be responsible for concealing the matter.

Two days later, on October 28, 2188 in the solar calendar year of S star, two space-time capsules secretly departed from the Xenomorph Survey Alliance base to carry out their mission.

One of them disappeared prematurely because of a machine failure.

At the same time, in a side hall in the palace of the Daxing Dynasty, Bai Ji, who was a white beauty at the time, finally gave birth to a baby girl after a day and a night of hard work.

"Beauty, it's a baby girl." Bai Ji's personal palace maid hugged a small bun wrapped in a brocade quilt and showed it to Bai Ji, who had just woken up.

Bai Ji took it carefully, and caressed it lovingly for a long time before saying, "Just call her Mingtai." ”

Tea Terrace? Aliga heard the name when she first woke up, but then, the stimulation of the space-time shock sent her brain back to a baby-like state.

And so it all began.