Volume 1 The Encounter of Fate Chapter 74 The Morning Star Group (2)
To be in his current position, Parker does have a good eye. In a short period of time, he clearly judged the threat of these people introduced earlier, which made Fei Jiawen admire. But when I think about it, it feels very normal. If he didn't have that ability, how could Pike become a councilor.
Handing over a photograph again, Pike saw a blurred figure in the photo, a huge cloak covering his body, and the hood of his head was also pitch black, unable to distinguish his face, and the whole person was like a shadow, standing behind Layton.
Pike looked at Fei Jiawen with some puzzlement, waiting for the other party to continue.
"We can't get the information about this person, and the few times we appear are showing people in this image." Fei Jiawen took a breath and continued: "Leighton's retirement should be related to this person, Leighton, who was in the limelight at the time, suddenly chose to retreat behind the scenes and became an instructor of the Republic's special operations force, and this person appeared next to Leighton. Soon after, Layton even resigned as an instructor, but he was not separated from this man, and I deduced that he must have some huge plan with Layton. But now we can't get any exact information, and that's my relution. ”
Parker shook his hand, signaling that Fei Jiawen didn't have to blame himself, and said, "Jiawen, you've done a good job, you don't need to do this." Which superior doesn't have a few invisible assistants by his side, like the Black Death, who knows that he is my man except for the three of us? ”
Fei Jiawen was relieved when he heard this, and continued: "This person under the cloak is probably not a human being, because in a hundred years, his figure has appeared everywhere in the human camp. You look at these photos. Fei Jiawen handed Parker several blurry photos, and a figure under the cloak could be faintly seen in different scenes.
"Although the life span of human beings has been extended, it is not possible for a normal human being to be so active for a hundred years. From the first appearance of this figure, assuming that he was a human, he began to function at the age of sixteen, and now he is more than a hundred years old. Although there are many human beings at this age, it is absolutely impossible for them to remain so active. The last time a similar figure appeared was a year ago, you look at this, jumping down from a height of more than ten meters, this could not be a human centenarian at all. Fei Jiawen pointed to a clearer photo and said.
Pike didn't speak, he wasn't a man who believed in coincidences. In Pike's eyes, the figure in the photo is simply a person, with a striking resemblance in size, movement, and posture. Putting down the photos, Pike asked, "Is there any more detailed information?" ”
Fei Jiawen shook his head and replied, "No, but since this person has a close relationship with Layton, he will inevitably be a help from Morning Star, and we need to be extra careful." ”
"Well, go ahead." Parker said.
Fei Jiawen didn't start the introduction directly, but asked Pike a question: "My lord, do you remember the real reason why we sent people into Alpha 137 in the first place?" ”
Pike nodded, how could he not remember, he originally just asked his son to gild to confirm the accuracy of the information, but he didn't think that letting him die in a foreign country would be a pain for Pike for the rest of his life.
Fei Jiawen paused for a moment, and saw that Pike's mood returned to normal before continuing: "Our real purpose was to confirm the authenticity of the existence of the Alien Queen on Alpha 137. But nothing was gained. You look at this person. As he spoke, Fei Jiawen handed a photo to his companion and continued: "This woman's name is Quinn, and she appeared after Morningstar landed on Alpha 137 for the second time. Like the previous one, she had no information to find, but by her face, she resembled a victim who had died at the hands of the Kuroshio Star Thieves. ”
Parker compared the two photos in his hand, and the similarity was indeed very high. But under today's human population base, such a physical similarity is not a low-probability event.
"This woman named Quinn, since she appeared next to Morning Star, is the person who has accompanied Morning Star to appear in the public eye the most often. In any of Morningstar's battles, she appeared more or less, even if she didn't do it herself, it was bound to be not far away. Oh no, she wasn't there when Warrensburg landed, but that time the Morning Star landed alone, and it should have been for some reason that she didn't bring any of her comrades. Fei Jiawen continued.
Pike was a little impatient and asked Fei Jiawen to get to the point. But Fei Jiawen didn't seem to hear half of it and continued: "There is reliable information that in the evacuation operation of Haiwen Star, the final decapitation operation was completed by this woman and Morning Star. Although she hasn't received detailed feedback yet, judging from the combat effectiveness of the alien insect force, the opponent the two of them encountered must not be too weak, and this woman can still escape unscathed in such a dangerous battle, which is enough to explain her identity! ”
Pike's eyes lit up, and his voice trembled a little as he said, "What do you mean?" She's the Queen of Worms? Is our message exact? ”
Fei Jiawen nodded and said, "It's just a bold assumption, but I firmly believe that it's true." If you look at her figure, there is no trace of harsh training, and on the whole it looks no different from a woman at home. Judging from the time she appeared, she appeared next to Morningstar after landing on Alpha 137 for the second time. Finally, there was information from the soldiers of the Third Fleet that both the woman and the Morning Star seemed to have some special abilities that would make the insects unoffensive to them. Connecting these points together, and then boldly assuming, can we come to a conclusion that this Quinn is the Queen of Insects we were looking for in the first place! ”
Pike's fist flailed in the air and said excitedly, "I knew, I knew, she must exist!" ”
Fei Jiawen saw that Pike's emotions were a little excited, and hurriedly poured a basin of cold water to calm Pike down, and said, "My lord, although I also firmly believe that this woman named Quinn is the Queen of Insects, there are still two doubts that are difficult to explain. ”
Pike's heightened mood remained unchanged, and he said, "Tell me, what is the doubt. ”
"One is how Morningstar brought the Insect Queen to its knees. As you know, our intelligence shows that the genes of the insect are full of destructive desires, and since this Quinn has become the queen of the insects, she must also have a strong desire to destroy. And how did Morning Star use to make her so obedient and behave exactly like a normal human being? Pausing the narrative, Fei Jiawen left Pike a brief time to think about it, and then continued: "The second is even more strange, since Quinn is the queen of insects, why can't she control those insects on Haven Star? ”
Of course, Pike couldn't explain these two suspicions, but the existence of the Insect Queen made him extremely excited, and said: "Jiawen, this matter is left to you to deal with with it all, no matter what the price, you have to get the woman named Quinn and control it, with her, who in the starry sky is still my opponent?" ”
This is not the first time Fei Jiawen has heard of Pike's ambition, and it is precisely because of this ambition that Fei Jiawen chose to be Parker's brainchild. Equally excited is a Black Death who doesn't speak on the sidelines, ambition represents fighting, fighting will lead to killing, and killing is the Black Death's greatest hobby, what better choice in life than satisfying hobbies?
There was a brief silence for each of them, and after a moment, Pike said, "Jiawen, do you have any more information to report to me?" ”
Fei Jiawen nodded and said, "The exact information is gone, but I have a conjecture, and I think it is necessary to report it to you." ”
Pike sorted out the paper on the table, handed it back to Fei Jiawen, and said, "Well, let's hear it." ”
Fei Jiawen took the paper, put it together with other materials, and said: "I heard that on Haiwen Xing, Bai Yi, the son of the old general Baishi, has a good relationship with Morning Star, and the two have even been called brothers. And at the commendation meeting, Morning Star was even more in front of the media lens, crying out for the day. Recently, there has been news that the old general Shiraishi and Bai Yi have disappeared for no reason. I think it's very likely that the Shiraishi father and son have already joined Morningstar and become his subordinates. ”
Pike, who was still excited, instantly became solemn after hearing Fei Jiawen's words. Because Pike knew how tricky it would be for Shiraishi to really side with the Morning Star. Shiraishi, who is recognized as one of the three gods of war in the human camp, has decades of front-line battlefield experience making him almost invincible in this field, and once there is a small-scale war between the two sides, the result is really unpredictable.
……
Morning Star, who was sitting at his desk in a serious manner, suddenly felt a shudder, and a cold chill of clothes that seemed to be seen through penetrated his skin and went straight into his body. Standing up, Morningstar stretched his waist hard, and saw Catherine who had fallen asleep on the sofa next to her, and she couldn't laugh or cry. said that she wanted to stay up late with her to make rules, but Catherine fell asleep unconsciously. Morningstar walked over to the couch, bowed slightly, and took Catherine into his arms and walked towards the bedroom. Catherine, who was sleepy-eyed, reached out and put her arms around Morningstar's neck, her voice as soft as when she first woke up, and asked, "Is it done?" I accidentally fell asleep and couldn't be with you. ”
Morningstar shook his head, put Catherine on the bed, covered her with the quilt, and said, "Not yet, you go to sleep first, I'll go and see." ”
Catherine, who was trapped and disturbed, hummed softly, and her even breathing sounded, apparently falling asleep.
Morning Star returned to his desk, looked at the crooked rules he had written, re-examined them, and then crumpled them into paper balls and threw them into the paper basket, patted his head and stood up, looked at the starry sky outside the window and said to himself: "I'm really not suitable for strategizing, I wasted a night of time, but I didn't make any progress at all, what should I do?" ”
A fiery body behind him pressed against Morningstar's back, and Morningstar knew it was Caterina when he smelled the body fragrance. Earlier, Morning Star should have woken up Caterina who was already asleep when he sent Catherine into the bedroom, and Morning Star's self-talk just now must have also fallen into Caterina's ears.
"You're a warrior, Morning Star, charging and killing enemies is what you're good at, so why bother doing something you don't like for yourself?" Caterina pressed her cheek to Morningstar's back and said slowly.
Morningstar turned and pulled Caterina down in front of him, hugged the shining jewel in the imperial crown from behind, sniffed her hair, and said, "Is there something that always has to be done?" Putting it there won't give its own results either. ”
Caterina leaned closer to the morning star and said, "If you can't do it, leave it to someone who is good at it, and force it on yourself like you, not to mention whether you are unhappy or not, the result alone is likely to become a disaster." ”
Morningstar squeezed Katarina's hand a little harder, and said dissatisfiedly, "Are you doubting my administrative ability?" ”
Caterina was not angry, and replied, "Of course I doubt it, you are not studying this. ”
Chenxing sighed and said, "Then what should I do, those three old men don't help me, every day except for bickering, I drink and play chess, I can only do it myself." ”
Caterina drilled deep, stretched out her slender jade finger and pointed at herself, her delicate appearance made Morningstar feel good, and suddenly realized something, the one in front of her, the one in her arms, she was the eldest princess of the empire, and she was cultivated by Vistock as an heir, how could this little thing be difficult for her?