Lin Ao and Anton followed Helena into the building, and to Lin Ao's surprise, he did not see the imaginary crystal chandeliers and marble columns and other decorations that rich people liked, but felt like he had entered a large warehouse. The hall of this building is made of white metal on both the floor and the walls, and there is nothing in the hall except for the reception desk and a few sofas in the center, and the overall atmosphere is very cold.

However, as soon as Lin Ao's feet stepped into the hall, the transparent voice suddenly remembered, and dazzling pictures began to play on the ceiling, which combined with the history and great achievements of the Moore Chamber of Commerce. Lin Ao had never seen a big performance since he was a child, and he was shocked by this sudden advertisement.

"Mr. Lin, it's big here, please follow me." Helena urged.

Lin Ao reluctantly left the hall, if he wanted to enjoy the sound and electricity show for a while, he was at a curious age.

The three of them made a "click" footsteps on the metal floor, and took the elevator to the top floor together, Helena turned around and said, "On the top floor, in addition to our president's office, there is also the museum of the Moore Chamber of Commerce, according to the custom, I will take you to show it." ”

Unlike the lobby, the top floor seems to have been carefully decorated for distinguished guests, but it is also luxurious, not too ostentatious, and not even as striking as the glittering exterior of the building.

"The collection is mainly materials on the important cooperation reached by our chamber of commerce in the past 200 years, memorabilia related to the 'New Earth' project, and gifts from many celebrities and dignitaries to past presidents."

As soon as Helena finished speaking, Sergeant Anton excitedly ran to the center of the exhibition hall, pointed to an exhibit and said, "This! This is the 'Marco Polo'!? Is it genuine? ”

The exhibit that Anton is referring to is a 20-meter-long spaceship, although it is displayed here, the hull is full of various scars and damages, and there is no repair or decoration, even if you buy it as scrap, you can't sell it for much money.

Helena came over and smiled and said, "That's right, it's the Marco Polo." ”

"Wow! This ship is actually in the collection of your Chamber of Commerce! ”

"Mark... Polo? ”

Lin Ao read this name, which was somewhat unfamiliar to him, Anton looked at him with disdain and said, "No, didn't you say that your parents are teachers?" You don't even know about the Marco Polo? This is the only ship ever to fly out of the solar system and back, more than 200 years ago! ”

Helena nodded and said: "Sergeant is right, more than 200 years ago, it was the stage when the countries of the earth were preparing to expand the universe, and the Marco Polo gathered the top technology and talents of various countries to explore the boundaries of the solar system. Our Creator of the Moore Chamber of Commerce, Jack. Moore is one of them. ”

While admiring the Marco Polo, Anton said: "Unfortunately, it took 6 years for the ship to fly to the border of the solar system and then suddenly lost contact, and people thought it was shipwrecked and could never be found again." Unexpectedly, ten years later, Jack. Moore returned to Earth on the scarred ship, and only one of the dozen crew members survived, and only two of the crew's bodies were brought back. Jack. More claimed that they had been attacked by aliens, but given that Jack was attacked by Jack. Moore wandered alone in the universe for ten years, and no one believed his nonsense, believing that the tragedy of the Marco Polo was caused by a crew error. But thanks to him, conspiracy theories that there are aliens outside the solar system are popular. ”

Lin Ao asked with some confusion: "Wait, if Jack. . . Moore is insane, how did he establish the Moore Chamber of Commerce? ”

Helena answered the question: "After the first president returned to Earth, he was treated for many years. After recovering from his illness, out of sympathy for his plight, he received donations from all over the world, and the president himself was the heir to the big chaebol, and the first president used various resources to establish our chamber of commerce. ”

"Not really, Jack. More is still a playboy. After the treatment, he was over half a hundred years old and changed more than ten wives, and there are many romantic stories! Sergeant Anton suddenly gossiped.

"Ahem, Mr. Lin, the president asked me to take you in, please enjoy our collection later. Sergeant, please wait here. ”

"No problem." Anton said.

Lin Ao followed Helena out of the exhibition hall with trepidation, and what appeared in front of him was a magical corridor, and the floor of the corridor was playing a real-time scene in the universe, and Lin Ao did not dare to step on it for a while.

"It's okay, these are just sights, even if this building collapses, you won't fall into the universe."

After all, he couldn't show his appearance in front of a beautiful woman, Lin Ao gave himself the courage to walk through this short corridor with half-squinted eyes. But when Helena pushed open the door at the end of the hallway, Lin Ao almost fainted. The floor, walls, and ceiling of President Thomas's office all project a cosmic reality, which is much more exaggerated than the corridor!

"Can... Can you turn off these sights? I'm a little dizzy..."

"It's okay, just get used to it. Look, our president is already waiting for you. ”

In order to welcome Lynn, President Thomas specially prepared a glass table and sumptuous dishes in his office, but in this kind of room, the dishes on the glass table seemed to float in the universe. Lin Ao secretly reminded himself to be calm and not to do anything embarrassing, so he slowly walked up to President Thomas.

When President Thomas, who was plump, saw Lin Ao, his eyes showed joy, and he took the initiative to shake hands with Lin Ao, saying, "Mr. Lin Ao, I have been waiting for a long time!" I'm Thomas J. More. ”

"You, hello, my name is Lin Ao, thank you... Wow wow wow!! ”

Lin Ao suddenly screamed, it turned out that the "sun" on the right wall was about to "fly" towards him. Thomas smiled and clapped his hands, and the whole room turned into another cosmic scene.

Lin Ao blushed and said in shock: "I'm sorry... I didn't expect it to be so scary. ”

"Hahaha! It doesn't matter, a lot of people don't perform as well as you when they come in! Lin Ao, do you drink? ”

“？ No, no, I'll just drink water, thank you. ”

"Alright, Helena, you go out first. Lin Ao, don't be restrained, sit down, and eat whatever you want. ”

Thomas did not have the sense of coercion of a big man, and he was amiable, which made Lin Ao's hanging heart relax a little.

"Well, on behalf of the Osiris, I thank you for your assistance to us, thank you very much!"

"It's nothing, I admire your courage in fighting HER alone. As a businessman who manages a large chamber of commerce, there are many things I want to do but can't do, but I can still help you as much as I can. ”

"Thank you, and I personally thank you. The body developed by your Chamber of Commerce has always been in my possession. Instead of going back, you provided me with a range of equipment. Lin Ao said sincerely.

Thomas just finished taking a sip of red wine, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and said: "The Ten Swords Body, the significance of the test is greater than the significance of who they are in their hands, as long as they can provide the body data, in fact, whoever drives it is the same." And, if you hadn't snatched Unit 2, I'd have given it to HER..."

Speaking of this, President Thomas smiled mysteriously, leaned back in his chair and said with his big belly, "Actually... I wasn't surprised that Unit 2 was snatched by someone else, because I arranged it. ”

"Huh?!"

Seeing Lin Ao's surprised expression, he continued: "In order to entrap and contain the HER, the directors offered to hand over the No. 2 machine to them, but I was not reconciled, so I sent someone to contact the guerrillas on the earth under the banner of the Star Alliance to steal or destroy the No. 2 machine, and it just so happened that your captain accepted the task... I am saddened to hear that your guerrillas survived only you, but you did a great job of doing this and preventing HER from getting a weapon, please accept my respect. ”

President Thomas raised his glass to Lin Ao, and then drank it down, Lin Ao's heart was full of mixed feelings. Feeling all this I have experienced, the culprit is the man in front of me. If it weren't for him, he would still be living a secluded but happy life in the canyons of West Asia, and he could continue to cook for the refugees who live together. Bashar they will not die, and Hafi will not be disabled ... But think about the people you have saved along the way, if you hadn't piloted the No. 2 machine, would they have escaped?

Lin Ao was immersed in conflicting thoughts, and President Thomas suddenly coughed and said, "Lin Ao, let me ask you, what do you think of the development of human beings in the universe now?" ”

"Huh?" Lin Ao came back to his senses and replied, "Yes, I grew up on Earth, and the development of colonial satellites is really beyond my imagination. ”

"No, no, no," Thomas shook his head vigorously and said solemnly, "If you want me to say, it's too bad!" Don't want to forge ahead! 200 years ago, mankind built the first colonial satellite 'Eden', and it stands to reason that the people of the world should unite and make persistent efforts to expand beyond the solar system step by step! But they did not unite together, and for their own interests, they formed the major forces that are now competing for the resources of the earth's sphere to alleviate population pressure and resource needs... In the past 200 years, hundreds of colonial satellites have been established in the geosphere, but there are only scientific research stations of various forces on Mars so close! Even the exploration of the extrasolar universe was only 200 years ago with Operation Marco Polo! The direction of scientific research is completely towards how to live more comfortably on colonial satellites. Today's human beings are too short-sighted and too greedy for pleasure, and they were united to go to the universe in order to seek a new living space, but they have just taken a few steps and found that the resources of the earth circle are enough to enjoy themselves for a while, and they immediately forgot their original vows! When the Earth's resources run out, humanity will only continue this process, and the orbit of Mars will be less than 200 years or more! If this continues, there will be no future for mankind! ”

"Uh... I don't think humans have evolved enough to fully adapt to the universe, and it's not good to expand too aggressively. ”

"No, Lin'o. Evolution needs external stimuli, and it cannot be changed until the time of extinction comes! If humanity had been braver, 200 years would have changed a lot! ”

"But, Mr. President, I don't know if you are disgusted with human beings. So what is the 'new earth' that you strongly support? In my opinion, the 'New Earth' is nothing more than a large colony satellite. ”

"No, you are wrong, the 'New Earth' is not just the Noah's Ark of mankind on the day the Earth comes to an end, it is the cornerstone of mankind's march towards the wider universe! It does not require the sun to provide temperature, and it does not require tens of thousands of years of geological changes to produce various resources. ”

But if it could do that, wouldn't humanity be greedy for pleasure too? After all, nothing is missing. ”

President Thomas sighed: "You're right, there is such a possibility, maybe the 'new earth' that my ancestors and I have created will make mankind more unenterprising, but the current situation of the earth is not optimistic, and we can only build an ark for long-term consideration." The idea of exploring the vast universe can only be promoted in the future... Lin Ao, you know the 'legend', right? ”

Lin Ao nodded vigorously, not only did he know that there was still a relic from the "legendary" era on the Osiris.

Thomas continued: "I've been wondering why all the accounts of 'legends' that have been found now end in wars within the earth's sphere? And then? Where have the humans of the past, or other intelligent beings, gone? Are they all dead or out of the solar system? I'm very worried that we are going down their old path... Why did I build the Ten Swords and entrust them to test their technique? Ridiculously speaking, these weapons are the greatest technological advances of mankind since the colonization of satellites. Alloy A and photonic technology may have been used by humans in the past, and by studying them, I may be able to find a way to get us out of samsara. Lin Ao, you don't want us to become 'legends', but we can continue to do it, right? ”

"Hmm!"

"That's great! Thank you for agreeing with me! What I lack the most is a bosom friend, and in order to complete my ideals, your help is indispensable. ”

"Huh? I? Lin Ao was surprised.

"I'm just an ordinary person, I don't have a full education, I can only drive humanoid weapons and... I don't have the power to help your great ideals. ”

Thomas changed his seriousness and pathos just now, and laughed loudly: "Don't worry, Lin Ao, I have always been very accurate in seeing people!" You are not even aware of your abilities, and seeing you today, I am even more sure that you are the one who can help me. ”

Lin Ao was praised shyly, and shirked and said: "That, but I still want to follow the Osiris to continue to fight against the HER, and I don't want to do it for the time being..."

Thomas waved his hand: "You misunderstood, I didn't want you to stay now." Although I am sure that you have potential, it is up to you to tap into it, and one day in the future, I will invite you again. Well, after all that, I'm thirsty, don't be restrained, the food is cold. ”

After Lin Ao finished his meal, he saw that Thomas seemed to have nothing more to say, and only waited for Thomas to open his mouth to see off the guests so that he could leave. But Thomas did not move for a long time, and he looked up at Thomas, and found that he was looking at him with a strange look. To be precise, Lin Ao noticed that he was looking at himself as soon as he entered the door, but Thomas's look was more exposed while Lin Ao was eating.

"Uh... Did you invite me here for dinner today, just to talk about the topic you just talked about? Lin Ao asked.

"No, I have one more gift for you."

"Gifts? What gift? ”

Instead of answering, Thomas got up and walked to the gate and beckoned Lin Ao to follow.

…

Seeing that Lin Ao actually followed President Thomas back to the exhibition hall, Sergeant Anton didn't know whether to open his mouth to call Lin Ao back, he wanted to say hello to President Thomas, but Thomas just smiled at himself. Seeing Helena, the secretary behind Thomas, motioning for herself to follow, she followed them into the elevator.

Thomas entered the elevator and didn't press the floor, but let the camera scan his eyes, and the elevator moved on its own.

"What floor is this going to?" Anton couldn't help but ask.

"Underground, the secret factory of our Chamber of Commerce."

The elevator doors soon opened again, and the walkway that appeared in front of me was obviously different from the commercial building on the ground, and it seemed that this was indeed a factory.

Thomas led them down the hallway, where the guards and men in overalls stepped aside when they saw him. When the door at the end of the hallway opened, Lin Ao blurted out:

"Unit 2? How is it here?! ”

What appeared in front of Lin Ao's eyes was the big head of the No. 2 machine, which resembled an evil god, and there was a huge hangar under the original building.

"Lin Ao? Sergeant Anton? How did you get here? Oh... President Thomas, long time no see. ”

Dr. Hohenheim is also here, and it seems that Lynd's departure from the Osiris was not long before he arrived with the No. 2.

Thomas shook hands with Hohenheim and said, "Long time no Doctor, welcome back to work." ”

Lin Ao asked, "Doctor, are you going back to work here?" ”

Dr. Hohenheim nodded reluctantly, and Thomas turned around and patted Lin Ao on the shoulder and said, "Lin Ao, my gift to you is the new equipment of the No. 2 machine." No, it's the full form of Unit 2! Dr. Hohenheim, is the installation complete? ”

"It's done, and the installation process went even smoother than expected."

Lin Ao lay on the railing and looked at the No. 2 machine seriously, but he didn't see any new equipment. Thomas nodded to Hohenheim, who said through the headset to the technicians on the hangar floor, "Show me." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two new arms stretching out from the back of the No. 2 machine! Unlike the thick arms, these arms are very slender like skeletons, but the palms are the same size as the original.

"My body... Became 4 hands? ”

"That's right! In fact, this is the true form of the No. 2 machine - Fudo Myowang! Originally, Unit 2 was supposed to have six hands like the mythical Chiyou, so that it could use the many melee weapons developed for Unit 2 at the same time. But normal people simply can't operate so many arms at the same time, so they become four, and AI is also equipped to assist in the operation. Now that the development of the Deputy is finally complete and equipped on your mech, I believe you will be able to use it well, Lin Ao! ”

"Fudo Myowang... The original appearance of Unit 2. ”

Looking at the No. 2 machine with four hands in front of him, Lin Ao suddenly raised his head and stretched his arms upward, as if grasping something that he couldn't see. And the No. 2 machine, which was originally still and didn't understand, also raised its head, and its four arms also grabbed something upward.

No one understood the meaning of Lin Ao's action, not even himself, and everyone was frightened by the sudden movement of the No. 2 machine. Only President Thomas's eyes lit up in amazement, and he said to himself: "Great, great, Lin Ao, the synchronization rate can actually reach this level, my vision is really not wrong!" ”