XXXI. Phantom Night Dusk Part 1

[Cal Almanac 1949/AC 9021 Cal Domain Army Experimental Country Base]

Cal Celestial Army's Base Seven spent another bright night. The transportation pipelines between the base buildings are running non-stop, and several electromagnetic fluctuations flash from time to time on the signal shield that surrounds the base, and the staff transfer to different traffic bridges to move from one job to another. This is the first practice of the Space Exploration Program, and the base is in the second-level combat state of the Joint Celestial Domain Army.

Three Cal personnel in protective suits walked into the observation room on the third floor of the war room and slammed the door shut. The Cal man at the top of the bench kicked over the chair in front of him, and the gold rune printed on the hazmat suit indicated his identity as a member of the military, while the two behind him could also tell that it was a female staff member or scientific advisor of the United Academy of Sciences and a male Cal diplomat or diplomatic assistant.

"The whole workspace is full of skinny, small Lave people, one or two who look a little taller than you," the soldier said as he pointed to the female researcher, his tone like a spew of fire, "What about our team?" If they are still sleeping in the hibernation pod, I am afraid that they will be burned directly, and then the observers of various civilizations will come and let them run in their pajamas to greet them? ”

The male diplomatic assistant picked up the chair that had been kicked over by the soldier and kicked the soldier back: "You are the only one who needs to lie down in the dormancy chamber in this base, you have not closed your eyes in 40 universes, you are sober," and then leaned over to confirm some matters with the scientific personnel, and continued to criticize the soldier: "All the observers have arrived at the base before the Four Universe Hours, and now the team members are introducing the work components, you will definitely not see it." I strongly advise you to take a good rest so that you don't have to wait for a command error. ”

"How did I make a mistake?" The soldier sat on the chair he had just raised, his pupils dilated, like two pools of turquoise water, "I am a manager, and the execution of any scientific task is not in the hands of your wife." The miracle that will happen in a while has nothing to do with me, and the failure has nothing to do with me, you just see how your life partner performs. ”

The researcher and the diplomatic assistant smiled at each other, and the diplomatic assistant gave each other a few words of advice and left. The researcher sat down in a chair next to him, stared at the data board, and asked the soldier in a steady tone: "Are you nervous when there are two universes left before the pre-start time?" ”

"Nervous?" The soldier sat upright, his eyes returning to normal, "That's the emotion left for you by appointment, you guys haven't reported the real composition of the research to the coalition government all along, haven't you, I think there are more than four hands and four legs in your elite group." ”

"That's a scientist of an alien civilization who has volunteered to be incognito," the researcher put away the data board, "The technology applied in the project is more demanding and complex, and we need such a selfless and great scientific force." In the past, it was said that science was for all mankind, but now for the sake of the civilization of the whole universe, your national project did not allow us to have a name before, but now our project is for the whole universe, can you come and get involved? ”

"That's not what I meant, Celestial Commander," the soldier remained serious, "I don't think it's a good thing to hide something about this incident. The military as a whole has indeed been intimidated by you, and is still investigating Lave rather than targeting your researchers, but I have always been involved in the mission, after all, it is still today, and I am not going to report to the authorities, but if we don't have a miracle by then, I hope these people will step up and take responsibility. ”

"That's inevitable, Colonel," the scientist said as he walked out of the room, "this is the basic morality of a scientific man." ”

Only a lone soldier was left in the observation room, and he confirmed that the scientific researcher had left the war room, and that only ordinary staff members who did not have the right to enter the observation room were left in the war room, and the communication protocol received by the data board was connected.

"What civilizations are the observers from, and have they been investigated?"

After a long time on the data board, the soldier asked again with words.

"Have the origins of civilization been investigated by the observers?"

"There are a total of eight observers, from the Earth, Lave, tiw, and Vic civilizations, all of whom are top technicians in their civilizations, and all of them are project technology providers, so they have the right to observe, and the rest of the data is under investigation."

"Is Vic a new civilization to join the coalition government in the M87 system?" The soldier quickly wrote the next sentence and put it into the data board.

"Vic is a cellular life civilization born of planet α-47 in the M87 galaxy, and has joined the coalition government for the development of cosmic communication technology. Now, the cosmic probe is planned to provide a stable neutron-guided nuclear fusion energy source and obtain observation qualifications. ”

"Good, take care of several people, back up their identities to the intelligence services. Those scientists say that this time they can open the door to a truly new world, and the next thing is to see them work miracles. ”

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