14 I sharpen the sword, but it is not I who bears it

In the direction of the Nt fleet relative to the Earth, there is a long-discovered but long-neglected "super-Earth" GJ357d (discovery date 2019-7-31), located in the constellation Hydra, about 31 light-years from Earth. Although it has not been confirmed for a long time since then, it has not been possible to confirm whether it is the birthplace of the N-star civilization, but some of the planets around it have gradually been confirmed to have disappeared and broken for unknown reasons within a few light-light years, as if there was a war, but it cannot be asserted.

But now, it is a waste of time to discuss this "super-earth", because the invasion of the Nt fleet in five years is imminent.

At midnight on November 20, 2099, news of the confirmed invasion of the Nt fleet was sent from Earth to the Minerva space station, which will arrive an hour later. At the same time, an emergency videoconference was being held with the participation of the heads of the world's space powers.

The content of this meeting is top secret, but we can get some clues from the layout of several important plans after the meeting: the United Nations Space Command ordered the manufacture of space propulsion units suitable for the Minerva space station, 20 additional large (complete and complete) living modules, and a corresponding number of supply storage modules, all of which are required to be completed within one to two years and installed on the space station in the next two years; Monitor public opinion trends on social media on terms such as "escape", "doomsday", "disaster", "aliens" and related topics, and when necessary, adopt methods such as restrictions, shielding, prohibitions, and control, to avoid arousing public suspicion, public opinion atmosphere, and mass incidents; All information from the Minerva is subject to strict vetting, and any organization or individual who leaks the information will be closely controlled or directly executed the necessary procedures (you know); Development and refinement of in vitro culture technology for human embryos, allowing gene editing in top secrecy (the above fields have long been technically conquered and have been secretly experimented...... Most of these plans were also carried out in top secret, and various indications can be inferred that the content of the meeting should be to determine the "human escape plan", that is, to use the Minerva space station to pass through the wormhole, colonize the world there, and use artificial embryos to breed and reproduce humans on a large scale (to ensure genetic diversity), so as to accelerate the colonization process. Or "intelligent colonization" - does not rely on manpower, but relies entirely on artificial intelligence to complete the birth, cultivation and initial education of human embryos, so that human beings can complete colonization in a fairly wide range of star fields without human operation.

Is it certain that the ruling class of the earth has decided to pursue fugitivism? The answer is no. Because another very important plan was also implemented a few days later, and it was jointly led by the military powers, and was entirely under the responsibility of military personnel, it was named the "Earth Active Defense Program". This project intends to build two to five large spacecraft, each spacecraft is loaded with at least twenty precision-guided nuclear missiles, launched to the Nt fleet to the earth's route to wait for the rabbit, when the Nt fleet approaches (actively) launch nuclear missiles for a head-on attack, even if the nuclear bomb is not of high practical value in the cosmic-level battle, but a direct hit will still cause great damage, especially the length of the Nt fleet is only about 500 meters, even if it is really "invincible", it can force it to deviate from the course, It is also in the interest of the planet to delay its arrival on Earth. For the current military, the feasibility of this plan is not a problem, but the necessity has caused controversy within the military, especially after the purpose of the "human escape plan" is more obvious, whether it is necessary to squeeze out the corresponding resources to implement this "active defense plan for the earth"? To this end, there have been several heated debates at the top level.

But everyone knows that what everyone cares about is not "necessity" at all, but whether they are the one who can escape when the "Human Escape Plan" is implemented.

We won't go into this age-old question here, except to know that the Earth Defense Plan was eventually implemented – even if it was just a compromise made by some policymakers to find comfort or appease their opponents.

While the plans made by human decision-makers are about to begin to be in full swing, the 7 billion people who do not yet know any information and truth are still living their own peaceful daily lives – which is certainly what policymakers want. But such a calm state was completely shattered with the rapid circulation of an article on the Internet.

On November 27, a week after Minerva's message and the top-secret summit was held, an article titled "Minerva Discovers Alien Invasion" appeared on the Internet, which was forwarded to major forums and websites by netizens around the world, and became the focus of Internet public opinion for a while, and also attracted the attention of the media. The article recounts a series of research activities by the 25 space station members after they were stationed on Minerva, including contact with extraterrestrial civilizations and learning about the imminent invasion of Earth by an alien fleet. The article is not long, but there is a detailed description of the situation of alien civilizations, at first glance it seems to be nonsense, but a closer reading does not look like brain-opening nonsense, its logical rigor and the integrity of the content make every reader staggered, and for a time dominated the top position of the major Internet special search words - but this is not the most terrifying part of this article.

The description of alien civilization in "Minerva Discovers Alien Invasion", as well as the description of the contact between space station members and alien civilizations, although they do not use real names such as "N star people" and "N particles", are completely in line with everything that happened on the Minerva space station - that is, this article completely reveals the whole process of Minerva members' contact with the consciousness of N stars!

When the article caused an uproar on the Internet, the decision-makers instantly realized that the information from the Minerva space station had been leaked and immediately ordered the relevant personnel to find out where the news had leaked. The investigation was almost over before it began, because the Earth Communications Office, which received the Minerva space station's communication information, used a relatively independent and sealed local area network, the possibility of being hacked was very small, and among the messages sent back by Miller and others after they were stationed on the space station, only one email was sent to the outside - the one Gao Jie wrote to his family.

Soon, some well-known scholars and experts began to "refute rumors", "analyze", "demonstrate" and "refute" the remarks on the Internet, and the media took turns to broadcast (edited) video footage of the life and work of the members of the "Minerva space station", and published (at a glance it was known to be a forgery) the contact records between the space station and the earth, so as to smooth out the turbulent waves on the Internet. On the other hand, the relatives of several members of the space station have been secretly monitored, and the fate of these relatives can be turned upside down at any time at the slightest hint of wind - of course, the method, the process, and the outcome are "you know".

At the same time, an e-mail addressed to Miller was also sent to the Minerva......

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After a few days of rare calm, Gao Jie wakes up from a nightmare: she dreams that her husband and children on Earth are being watched by a group of secret agents dressed like MIB (Men in Black) waiting for final orders, and the silenced pistols in their trousers are disappearing. Not far away, the husband and children were unaware that a group of hostile people were lurking around them, and they were still leisurely. At this time, the secret agent pulled out his pistol......

"Run! …… Fast! Gao Jie screamed and woke up from his dream.

Realizing that this was Gao Jie, Gao Jie slowly shook her head, only to find that she was already sweating profusely, and she wanted to get up to tidy up her makeup, but she heard a sharp knock on the door outside the cabin door (because it was too urgent to use the doorbell) and an equally urgent call: "High! Open the door! It was a female voice, and Gao Jie vaguely remembered that the voice belonged to the female medical attendant from Brazil.

"Here it is." Gao Jie quickly opened the hatch, but what happened next made her stunned: the muzzle of the black hole was pressed against her forehead, and the cold touch seemed to make the blood in her body freeze.

Had it not been for the equally stunned and bewildered stares on both sides of the hallway, Gao Jie would have almost taken a chance to think that this was a drill, and at this point, the back of her head was held to the back of the head by a Brazilian "medic" with a gun, and she had to follow her orders - and soon arrived in the commander's room.

The female "medic" pointed her gun at the hatch of the commander's room: "Entre! (Portuguese for "go in")

Gao Jie complied, and after entering the cabin, the female "medical attendant" motioned for Gao Jie to sit on the chair next to the desk. Miller's desk is very neat and tidy, not quite the same as the rugged and bold Russian personality...... But at this time, Gao Jie had no time to think about this, and the "medical officer" continued to point a gun at her, and threw two things on the desk - Gao Jie's PDA and the translator's headset.

"Why the leak?" Gao Jie heard the "medical clerk" ask after putting on the translator's headphones.

"When am I going to leak the secret? How? To whom? Gao Jie stopped her body and calmly asked three questions, although the cold gun did make her a little scared in her heart, but since the other party chose to interrogate herself here, it also showed that there was still a lack of evidence of the so-called "leak" for the time being.

"Less nonsense!" The Brazilian yelled a little impatiently, "Isn't it all because of your messages?" ”

In this way, Gao Jie somewhat understood what was going on, she was confident that she had not leaked information about the N-star people, and threw her hand at the other party: "The message I sent is a greeting to my relatives, and there is no leaked content - otherwise you open my PDA, and I will unlock the password." Saying that, Gao Jie picked up his PDA and opened it to the email interface, but the other party did not block it, "Look, there is no information here that can be leaked." ”

Gao Jie thought that this would calm the mood of the "medical officer", but it did not make her anger subside in the slightest: "What about the photo?!" She raised her voice again.

"Photos?" Gao Jie was a little confused.

"Don't pretend to be garlic!" The Brazilian warned unceremoniously, and then poked Gao Jie's head with the muzzle of a gun, only to be stubbornly pushed back by her.

Gao Jie immediately checked his PDA, and found 4 picture files on the main interface, which were opened in turn to view, respectively, all the group photos of the space station members on the day they were stationed and three life photos of the space station members, no matter where you looked, you can't see the leaked content, but one thing can be confirmed: these photos were not taken with Gao Jie's PDA.

"I didn't take these pictures." Gao Jie explained.

"It's not you, who else?! It's your PDA! The Brazilian "medical attendant" did not listen to the explanation at all, but her question Gao Jie could not answer either.

Gao Jie could only shake his head in denial, and put the PDA back on the table - just then, the screen dimmed, and soon it would enter lock screen mode. The Brazilian suddenly remembered something, and asked in a very cautious tone: "Does anyone else know the password of this PDA other than you?" ”

"Mei Toda!" Gao Jie blurted out subconsciously, even if she didn't say it unconsciously, she would answer truthfully.

The "medical officer" was stunned for a moment when he heard the name Mei Toda, and then immediately looked up and shouted, "AI! Inform the Commander! Mei Toda has a major suspicion! She then lowered the muzzle of her gun and stopped pointing at Gao Jie, "Looks like you'll need to stay here for a while while and wait for the investigation there." ”

"Investigate what?" Gao Jie asked calmly to hide her confusion caused by the sudden change, but the "medical attendant" did not answer her question, just turned her head to the other side, and it seemed that she had relaxed her guard against Gao Jie.

Seeing that the other party ignored him, Gao Jie slowly lowered his head and thought: "Toda Bud? Could it really be her? But—

"—How did you leak the secret with just a few photos?"