Deserted stars, wind and sunshine. The insects are rare and don't come to disturb the people in the base, so everyone is scrambling to produce metal, robots, explosives, and computer chips......

…… No matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary morning.

Lao Wang inspected a circle of factories, had cordial exchanges with the masses, listened to their difficulties and hopes, and promised that those who could be improved would be improved as soon as possible, and everyone who could not improve would work hard to overcome them......

…… After pacifying the masses, Lao Wang staggered back to his office, took out a bag of "tea leaves" roasted from unknown plants, and boiled water to make tea.

The hand was busy and the mouth was not idle, and while washing the teacup, his eyebrows fluttered and he hummed a song:

"Socialism is good, socialism is good ~ socialist people have a high social status ......"

"The reactionaries have been defeated, and the imperialists are holding their tails ~ running ~ ~ yes ~ running ~ "

"Huh? Comrade Wang? Why are you so happy today? What's so happy about me that makes me happy? ”

Suddenly, a long-lost voice suddenly sounded in Lao Wang's office.

"Old Xia?" Lao Wang was pleasantly surprised, "I haven't seen you for a long time, busy man...... Why do you have time to come to my idle yamen? It's so good, it's better to come early than to come at a good time, come and try my own fried tea......"

Lao Xia was not polite, and sat directly opposite Lao Wang and waited to drink ready-made.

A pot of tea was brewed quickly, and looking at the cup of brown tea that was somewhat greenish and steaming, Lao Xia looked a little restrained.

In fact, his relationship with Lao Wang has never been good - to some extent, it is not an exaggeration to call him a sworn enemy. As for the reason, it is actually very simple, because of a woman whom both of them love deeply.

When Lao Xia was young, he was too angry, and he was not as flamboyant as Lao Wang would please girls, so in this war of love, he was completely defeated, and he was also convinced.

But just when he himself felt that she would be happier with Lao Wang than with himself...... She disappeared silently, no matter how frantically he questioned and investigated, she was as if she had never appeared in this world, and there was no news of her.

In addition to the love, Lao Xia began to use crazy work to suppress the grief in his heart......

As decades passed, his status became higher and higher, and that friendship was gradually buried deep in his heart. Sometimes when I work late at night, I occasionally sigh to the bright moon.

It wasn't until more than ten years ago, due to the fact that the level of secrecy had been reached, that Lao Xia was not until her whereabouts by chance - it turned out that she had already died in an alien invasion.

And this is the reason why he hates Lao Wang so much, and this is also the power source for his desperate research on tidal phenomena.

For more than ten years, the two have not dealt with each other, but fortunately, the two belong to different jobs and may not be able to meet once in a few years, but the chance of friction is relatively reduced.

Until this time, Lao Xia took the initiative to run to Malaysia...... As a result, I got into it and was caught by aliens on such a dangerous planet.

However, in the process of getting along during this time, the relationship between Lao Xia and Lao Wang is actually gradually easing, especially when they learn that they will be sold into slavery by aliens and are determined to die.

It can be said that it is precisely because of this common experience that the two have changed from rivals in love to close friends.

However, the good times did not last long, and with the emergence of Chen Zheng, the two once again had some deviations in the most fundamental concepts.

For Lao Wang, everything is for the country, and he encouraged Lao Xia more than once, wanting him to persuade Chen Zheng to serve the country. However, Lao Xia was obsessed with the research resources and knowledge provided by Chen Zheng, and did not want to be hated by Chen Zheng like Lao Wang......

So although the two are no longer rivals in love, this embarrassment has always existed between the two.

"Drink? How? Afraid I'll be poisoned? Then I'll drink it to you first. Lao Wang Maitreya Buddha smiled and took a sip of tea, and looked Lao Xia up and down with interest: "Or ...... What's wrong with you? ”

“…… It's hard to say. Lao Xia shook his head, and did not say the concerns in his heart, but lowered his head and looked at the fragrant tea in a daze.

"Actually, I probably know that." Lao Wang sighed, "Actually, I've always known what you think. ”

"......" Lao Xia was silent.

"You must think we're going back to Earth soon, don't you? You're a little confused about whether to continue your research here or return to China to work, right?

Lao Wang looked at Lao Xia's expression and looked clear.

Apparently, he had guessed right.

"Don't worry, it won't...... Don't think about it, at least for the time being. Wang shook his head.

"Huh? How so? Lao Xia was stunned.

"Tsk...... You, you...... It's still so wooden. Lao Wang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Obviously there are such good resources...... Alas, I'll tell you clearly, that little guy has great ambitions! When he is not sure that he has control over all the forms, he will not risk letting everyone go back. ”

"Nope! He's not that kind of person!! Lao Xia affirmed, "You may not know very well, this child can be said to have grown up with me since I was a child!" Although his character is somewhat imperfect, he is by no means such a selfish person! He won't ...... for the sake of rights"

“…… Yes, yes......" Lao Wang sighed helplessly, "Then let's change the word...... If you can open that door right now—"

"Tidegate!" Lao Xia interrupted.

"—Tide Gate." Lao Wang glanced at him angrily, and then said, "Do you think it's over to send everyone here back to Earth?" ”

"Isn't it?" Lao Xia was stunned.

Lao Wang said with a serious face: "...... Didn't you think about the future? ”

"After that?" Lao Xia thought for a while, "Everyone goes back to their own homes, and everyone looks for their mothers to be ...... What else? ”

"No, I believe that none of the people who return from the Desert Star will be free again, and the lucky ones will be secretly protected by the Earth Shield member states, on the one hand, to ensure that the news will not spread, and on the other hand, to conduct research."

"Research!? Human Studies!? Lao Xia waved his hand frequently, but Lao Wang didn't give him a chance to continue.

"No matter what kind of research, including human studies." Lao Wang's gaze drifted out of the window, "Do you think that a person whose body has traveled through an unknown number of light years and survived in an alien environment for a whole year has no scientific research value?" ”

"......" Lao Xia has never thought about this problem from this angle, but the terrible thing is ...... Following Lao Wang's train of thought, he found that if he knew that there was a person who "traveled through most of the galaxy and survived in an alien environment for a whole year", such an individual was really too valuable for experiments! Anyway, I want to get a ......

Imagine for a moment when my former colleagues looked at me with the eyes of the test subject......

…… Lao Xia couldn't help but shudder.

"Besides, we have a lot of agents from various countries here, and these people seem to be decent right now, but I'm sure that if there is little chance, some of them with ulterior motives will do big things......"

"Whether you want to keep it secret or protect us, with that child's character, it is impossible for him to let us appear on Earth without protection until he is absolutely sure."

"So put your heart back in your stomach, it's better to do research than anything else! If you really have the right opportunity, you don't have to worry about it, then the kid will arrange everything properly......"

……

Ten minutes later, after consuming a pot of hot tea, Lao Wang sent away Lao Xia, who had no doubts.

"Hey...... It's really ......" After Lao Wang returned to the office, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

"But...... That kid is amazing...... No wonder people say that the world is ours and yours, but after all, it is still the ...... of young people."

Wang returned to the office and retook a pot of water and put it on the stove.

The matter of Mei Guoren was solved, and during this time, Lao Wang rethought it many times, and found that no matter from which point of view, Chen Zheng's plan was better than his much more complicated plan.

And the people of Mei did not turn their faces - because Chen Zheng really grasped the weakness of the other party.

It is precisely because Lao Wang knows how many hole cards Chen Zheng has, so he can better understand how rare this sensitivity and determination is.

Chen Zheng pressed all the means that could be used, and directly broke through the opponent's psychological defense line with a quick knife to cut through the chaos, stopping the opponent's attack at that time, and at the same time creating an incomparably powerful image in the opponent's heart, making the opponent greatly overestimate his own ability, but avoiding further conflicts.

"It's a pity ......" Thinking of this, Lao Wang couldn't help but sigh again.

Because of the initial handling error, the best opportunity to win over Chen Zheng was missed, and it will be even more difficult to easily gain Chen Zheng's trust in the future.

However, the good news is that for the time being, Chen Zheng does not rule out further cooperation with the Foreign Affairs Division.

……

In the Pacific Ocean, huge formations of ships gather here. They neither advanced nor retreated, just floating on the sea east of Eben.

This is the fleet of the Mei people.

The wounded Reagan was being repaired in the port of Yokosuka, and in its place as the flagship was the USS Ford, the lead ship of the Ford-class aircraft carrier.

At this time, countless supply ships from Japan were replenishing this huge fleet of ships with fuel, fresh water, and food.

The faces of all the officers and soldiers were gloomy.

It is no wonder that the invincible aircraft carrier formation will be driven away by a mere plane...... When did the soldiers of the Mei Army, who are the world's number one power, ever be humiliated like this?

……

Plum country, white house.

"Smack!!"

"I'm going to blow it up!! Blow up Pyongkiju Island for me!! ”

The president slapped the table excitedly, his trademark hair standing high in anger, like a threatened umbrella lizard.

"Your Excellency...... Calm down! I can guarantee that the other side is definitely more difficult than the Els......" the Minister of Defense persuaded in a cold sweat.

"In fact, even if we launch a nuclear bomb, because the other party's information capabilities are too strong, once it is invaded...... In the end, it may not fall on the heads of aliens. ”

"The words of the Minister of Defense make a lot of sense, for those aliens, the missiles we launch are no different from the missiles launched by themselves." The Earth Shield Chairman followed suit.

"Bang!!"

A vase of great value was viciously thrown to the ground by Mr. President.

“…… Whoosh...... Whoop......"

After standing there and gasping for breath for a long time, Mr. President finally calmed down, "Then the question now is ...... What do the Els do you say? ”

"No explanation." The Chairman of Earth Shield seems to have thought about this question a long time ago.

"Are you crazy!? …… Aren't you afraid that they will do it again!? Mr. President asked incredulously.

"No, I'm sure they wouldn't dare." Chairman Earth Shield pushed his glasses, "Because I suddenly found a key piece of news that we hadn't noticed before." ”

"Remember when we first found out where this 'El Butcher' was?"

Without anyone else answering, Mr. Chairman replied himself:

"Here."

As he spoke, Chairman Earth Shield went to the whiteboard, took out his marker, and drew a circle on the map hanging on the whiteboard—the location of this circle was on the African continent.

"And the eyewitnesses at that time made it very clear that he was only one person."

"So here's the problem...... Where did that strangely shaped fighter come from? It can't be that he made it on Earth, right? ”

“…… Indeed, it didn't look like an earthly creation. The Minister of Defense also nodded in agreement.

Chairman Earth Shield nodded, and continued, "And before that, there were only two people around him - one was the Somali Resistance, and the other was the former CIA agent Damien we are familiar with. ”

"What the hell are you trying to say? What does this have to do with the fact that the El people don't dare to create a 'sky leak'? Mr. President asked, puzzled.

"It matters...... Because there were suddenly two more people around him - Mystery Man A and Mystery Man B. Their relationship to the target is noticeably closer, and the two mysterious men are the ones who are piloting the power armor. ”

“…… So? ”

"So I judge that these two people and the flying machine took advantage of this 'sky leak' to smuggle into the earth."

The Chairman of the Earth Shield is no longer selling Guanzi: "With only one target, the Els will already be overwhelmed, if he keeps having backup to follow, or even another one with the same strength as him...... What will happen to the Els? ”

"It will fail! will be slaughtered completely! The Earth Shield Chairman clenched his fists violently.

"So...... Gentlemen, the time for bargaining has come. ”

"If the Els want us to continue to help contain the target, then they must give us weapons that can defend against each other, or we will fall to each other under the pressure of reality."

"I believe the El will compromise ......"