In today's situation where science and technology have exploded and productivity has far exceeded the basic material needs of human beings, Nie Yun naturally hopes to invest as much of the remaining resources as possible in scientific and technological research and development.

In the interstellar era, science and technology preaching is the only way to become a god!

However, every elite scientist who has undergone "brain strengthening" consumes a terrifying astronomical amount of resources in the state of self-release!

Raising a group of such elite scientists is like raising a group of uncles.

All kinds of reasonable or unreasonable demands they apply for must be met as much as possible, funds must be allocated in a timely manner, and public property damaged must be reimbursed at public expense......

They are responsible for letting their dreams fly, and Nie Yun is responsible for paying for them!

Every time there is one more uncle like this, Nie Yun can clearly feel the suffocating feeling of the dream......

Therefore, the addition of Lawrence and Carl is not only a need for a rapidly increasing number of scientific research projects, but also a direct reflection of Nie Yun's own gradual improvement of his own strength and more rich resources in his hands.

During this period of time, countless technological items have been quietly devoured through the Gemini and Woolf Empires, bringing hundreds of technological sub-projects to Nie Yun.

Some of them can be made public, and they were put into the virtual world of the technology tree by Nie Yun for the scientists who have reached the corresponding permissions to analyze.

There are also technologies that cannot be disclosed for the time being, but are urgently needed by Nie Yun, such as the "wormhole expansion technology", which he entered into the database of the cloud research institute and digested it.

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"This thing...... My God! Karl's eyes were full of brilliance, and he was fascinated by the construction diagram of the "wormhole expansion device" in front of him.

From the three-dimensional images, it can be seen that the appearance of the device resembles a sundial, which is similar to the wormhole expansion device of the Locke Consortium.

Although Carl was not completely sure that this thing was indeed a "wormhole expansion device" based on this drawing alone, with the strength and omnipotence of his own boss, Carl instinctively acquiesced in its authenticity.

Whether it is the "Hades I Destruction Bomb" or the "Wormhole Expansion Device", this unreserved trust and powerful self-confidence make Carl even more determined in his heart.

He reluctantly closed the drawings in front of him, and then immediately made a personal request to Zhi Brain as an associate member of the "Cloud Research Institute", and then chose to go offline.

Taking off his virtual helmet, Carl put on his coat and a gentleman's hat, took a deep breath, and walked out of the manor where he was.

As soon as the door opened, a sea of tulips was in full bloom, swaying in the evening sunset.

Carl's place is a remote town in Europe, even today, when Captain Ghost is hacked in, it is just like the Middle Ages, retaining the original European classical town style.

Walking through a sea of flowers, past a windmill, and through a somewhat deserted street, Carl drove into a tavern in the center of the town.

Pushing open the wooden door, the boiling voice suddenly rushed to his face.

Unlike the deserted outside, the tavern is very lively inside, and it seems that the whole town is gathered here, all kinds of vulgar loud chatter and laughter, like another world.

Carl glanced at the bar, asked the bartender for a cocktail, and headed for a nondescript table in the corner.

There was already a man in a long trench coat, with a scruffy beard, rosacea, and heavy bags under his eyes, pouring himself a glass of whiskey.

He was a regular visitor to the tavern, and for half a year he would go to the tavern for two drinks almost every day, and he always sat in this seat.

The man saw Carl walking towards him with a glass of wine, and his cloudy eyes suddenly shot a glimmer of light.

He quietly pressed the pen on his chest, until the pen vibrated slightly, indicating that there were no suspicious electronic devices around him, and the man relaxed.

He picked up his glass and grinned at Karl, who had just sat down, "Mr. Carl, I think you can change a glass of whiskey next time instead of a bland cocktail, it will make you feel rejuvenated!" ”

"Thank you! But you know, I'm not here for a drink. Karl shook his head.

"Oh sure! So dear Mr. Karl, what good news have you brought back to our country this time? ”

"What I'm bringing this time isn't one piece of good news, it's two!" Carl said blandly.

"The first piece of good news is that Captain Ghost is almost completely defenseless to me, and I've gotten some of the technical details of two major scientific research projects."

"Oh?" The man suddenly became excited, but he didn't expect Carl to gain a lot just after entering the cloud research institute.

"And what about the second piece of good news?" He asked hurriedly.

"The second good news is that from today onwards, you don't have to pretend to be an alcoholic every day."

Carl's words made the man stunned, and a trace of bad feeling suddenly appeared in his heart. "What do you mean, Mr. Karl?"

Carl didn't answer directly, but pointed to the whiskey in front of him with a serious face, "Wine is good wine, but unfortunately, sometimes such a strong wine can easily make people lose their minds."

I'm a scientist, so I understand that only a clear mind can keep people sane and make the right choice! ”

When the man heard Karl's words, he didn't know what his so-called correct choice was, and his face immediately turned ugly.

"Damn! You have betrayed your country! He couldn't help but roar angrily, and at the same time his hand reached into his arms.

"I advise you not to make any drastic moves, I have applied to Zhi Brain for the internal staff benefits of the scientific research institute, and my family immigrated to the Third Crescent City, and the spaceship that wanted to pick me up has arrived over the town.

I'm not telling you, but if something happens to me here, do you think you can get out? Carl calmly said the "back road" he had arranged for himself.

"Do you think that if I take on this task and confront that being, I will still care about life and death? I am different from you, I am willing to give everything for my country! The man's voice was sarcastic.

Carl sighed helplessly, "Don't think I'm doing this for myself, you are too naïve to understand the horror of that person, the technology he masters, even if it is given to you for free, is not what you can afford now!"

You don't know anything at all, do you know the maximum 'threat removal plan'? Do you know what happened on Pluto? Do you know that Zhibrain can develop to do private equity on its own?

No! You don't know anything about power! ”

The man was stunned by Carl's words, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

"In fact, we can use more peaceful means of development, the cloud research institute prohibits the leakage of high-risk science and technology, but does not prohibit normal academic exchanges, and the knowledge I have learned can be taught to my students, who are the real future of science."

Killing me will do you no good, and you will even be retaliated against by Captain Ghost. ”

Carl is not stupid, he has long analyzed his current situation, under the deterrence of the ghost captain, it is reasonable that his personal safety can at least be guaranteed, which is the real reason why he dares to have a direct showdown today.

"Huh! Well, I'll admit you have a point......" The man smiled a little frustratedly, as if he had given up.

Karl breathed a sigh of relief, the matter was not too big, and being able to reconcile in such a secret way was the best ending for both parties.

But the next moment, what he never expected was that the eyes of the agent on the other side suddenly turned blood-red, revealing a sense of madness.

"Although what you say makes a lot of sense, I'm sorry, I still like whiskey, and I hate it when people tell me big things!"

With that, the man smirked and pulled out a delicate small pistol and pulled the trigger in Karl's incredulous gaze.

"Bang!" A little spark came out of the muzzle.

Carl watched all this in horror, completely unable to understand why the other party would suddenly make such a crazy move that harmed others and himself, and could get himself into big trouble.

This is a show when he meets a soldier, and he has no place to reason?

Was it because of my luck that I happened to meet a crazy agent who drank his head? Or do the guys in the Intelligence Department think, "What I can't get, you can't think of"?

Scientific research workers are really not suitable for espionage work...... Inexperienced people kill people!

Countless thoughts flashed through him in an instant, and he was stunned.

"Huh? The last moment of my life...... Seems a bit long, huh? The bullets have been flying for a while, right? ”

Then his eyes widened.

I saw that in front of him, a yellow-orange-orange projectile was quietly floating less than five centimeters from the center of his eyebrows, unable to move an inch!

"This ......" Not only Carl, but even the agent who fired the shot stared at the scene in disbelief.

The bullet seemed to hit an invisible wall, and after losing all kinetic energy, it happened to fall into the cocktail glass in front of Carl with a "ding" sound.

What's even more frightening is that the shot he just fired didn't cause any screams from the surrounding guests! This is not normal!

Turning his head stiffly, the man's pupils shrank suddenly.

I saw that between myself and Carl, I don't know when there was a strange young man wearing a "screaming version" grimace mask, holding his chin, listening to the conversation between the two with great interest.

He swore it was just him and Carl, and it was as if this weird guy had popped out of thin air!

Not only that, but the corner where the three of them were located was as if they were isolated from the world, and the surrounding drinkers were unaware of what had just happened!

The lively and noisy outside world sets off the death-like silence of this small piece of heaven and earth.

This extremely strange scene made the agent's face turn pale.

You don't know anything about power......

Carl's words suddenly came back to his mind, but this time they were full of sarcasm and cruelty......