Chapter 123: The Fish That Slipped Through the Net
Australia's Highway 1 is a huge necklace around the entire Australian continent, with a total length of 14,500 kilometers, which is not particularly wide, but it is a logistics channel that runs giant trucks all year round. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
About 150 kilometers from Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, a three-car trailer truck roared past, and the road immediately rolled up the loess, and the whole ground seemed to tremble.
At this time, a pickup truck came out of the dust behind the truck, and suddenly stepped on the accelerator, and the pickup truck successfully overtook the large truck in front.
"Yo, man, where are you going?" The truck let out a low whistle, and the truck driver waved his arm to the pickup truck.
However, Luke, the driver of the pickup truck, did not respond, he grabbed the steering wheel and pressed the accelerator hard, leaving the big truck far behind.
"What a ruthless guy...... "The bearded truck driver muttered, shook his head and turned on the music, driving his truck along Highway 1 to the sound of metallic rock.
At the next intersection, the map shows a motel, and Luke looks at the darkening sky to prepare to stay there for the night.
The bell rang, and the motel staff, a middle-aged woman with an ordinary appearance and a figure like a bucket, glanced up, saw Luke walking in with a bag, and asked expressionlessly, "Is it a meal, or a room and board?" ”
"Room and board." Luke walked over to the bar, looked around, and asked, "Do you have internet here?" ”
The middle-aged woman replied: "There are only telephones, radios, televisions, no Internet!" ”
"Okay, get me a room. By the way, how is your business here? Luke stepped into his chair and looked at him.
"It's okay, count you have four or five guests a day......" the middle-aged woman glanced at him as she wiped her glass, "Of course, there are more than a dozen truck drivers who come over for dinner at noon every day." ”
"You're a journalist?" The middle-aged woman asked suddenly.
Luke was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "I used to be the host of a BBC car show. ”
"No wonder it feels ......familiar," the middle-aged woman said and stopped talking.
Luke thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'm going to stay here for a week or so." Do you have envelopes and stationery here? ”
"You want to write a letter?" The middle-aged woman looked at her in surprise, shook her head, and said, "I don't have these things, but there is a grocery store five kilometers ahead, and there may be something you want." However, it may be convenient to make a phone call to write a letter, and I can calculate your cheapness. ”
"Thank you for the reminder, but I still think it's better to write a letter." Luke rejected her offer and turned to buy something to write the letter.
"What a weird guy, what age is it, and he still writes ......letters," the middle-aged woman shook her head and smiled, lowering her head and continuing to wipe her glass.
During the night, after a simple dinner, Luke locked himself in his room.
He took out the pen and paper he had bought in the evening, began to think about it, and then put pen to paper: "Dear Cathy, do not wonder why I have contacted you by letter, I am now in great trouble, and this is certainly not a joke! I learned a secret that put me in a very dangerous situation. ”
"It all started with the last time John Ming met me...... You would never believe that aliens are invading Earth, while our government is already preparing for a retreat. Believe me, it's true. I don't dare to use any modern tools now, because the other party controls the entire online world, and all our conversations will be recorded."
Luke's hand trembled as he wrote, and he paused, then continued writing.
"John Ming is missing, and in the midst of this Downing Street chaos, there are several journalists who have disappeared with him, perhaps as is often the case in Hollywood movies, and they have been silenced."
"They all knew about the aliens and tried to expose it. I don't know if I'm on their list, but if I go missing one day, please let me know what I'm going to talk about! ”
Then Luke changed a piece of paper and began to tell the story of the incident.
Luke did know a lot of things, he talked about the Ferro civilization, he talked about the Earth Fleet, and he also talked about the Earth Fleet is now recruiting scientists and managers, and planning to lead hundreds of millions of people away from Earth in the future.
"The fleet can only take some people, which means that most people will be abandoned, I won't comment on the rights and wrongs of this matter for the time being, but the people who can't leave, should they have the right to know the truth?"
After writing the letter, Luke leaned against the head of the bed and fell silent.
He stamped the envelope, but he began to hesitate again, not knowing if he really should send the letter.
Cathy is his former work partner, and the two have a very good relationship. Will she be involved in doing this yourself?
No! Luke shook his head, this letter had to be sent, he didn't know when his life would end, but he must not let the truth drown in the dust of time, and with this letter, he also had an extra talisman.
The lights went out, and Luke fell into a deep sleep, and in his dreams he seemed to see aliens who were very different in appearance from humans beginning to invade the earth, and they had far more technology than the earth. In an instant, all human resistance was ineffective, and then the entire human civilization was wiped out.
Luke awoke to find the room dark.
Darkness is the eternal theme of the universe.
Earth Fleet, a place of temporary house arrest for "prisoners".
John Ming and hundreds of other people have been locked up here for more than a few days, and instead of death, hundreds of people are staring at the robots that bring them food every day.
"It's your lunch, enjoy!" The slightly clumsy robot doesn't look scary at all, and in a way, there's something cute about it.
"John, do you think we look like prisoners about to be executed now?" A chubby man with glasses helped the holder of the glasses, took his lunch from the robot and said as he ate it.
John Ming was silent, completely unaware of "not eating the food that came to him", and picked up his chopsticks, which he was not very proficient in, and began to eat.
After they were caught, they were not subjected to the torture they imagined, but were confined to this large closed room, which was indeed a good place to live and relax, if not considering the question of freedom.
After a few days, they had become somewhat accustomed to this place, eating when they should eat and drinking when they should drink, and their captors seemed to have forgotten them here.
Not long after they had finished their lunch, suddenly the door opened again, and they all looked over and saw Zhou Chen walking in accompanied by several armed robots.
"Guys, are you used to living here?" Zhou Chen asked lightly.
"Are you Mr. Zhou?" John Ming said with some surprise.
"Yes, you must know my identity by now."
John Ming nodded with a wry smile: "I really didn't expect us to meet in this situation." ”
Three years ago, Zhou Chen had just taken office as the president of Huaxia University, and he had also been interviewed by John Ming.
"Mr. Zhou, when are you going to let us go back?" When the others saw Zhou Chen, they were a little excited and wanted to rush over, but they were all stopped by the robot.
"Let you go back?" Zhou Chen seemed to hear a joke, and his expression became grim and said, "I advise you to dispel this unrealistic idea as soon as possible!" ”
"What do you mean, you're going to keep us here?" After listening to Zhou Chen's words, the reporters were stunned at first, and then looked at him angrily.
Zhou Chen glanced at the more than 100 people present, and a fine light flashed in his eyes: "Do you know why I am detaining you here?" ”
"Because we are ready to expose the conspiracy that governments are uniting to carry out!" Several reporters stood up with a sense of justice.
"Conspiracy?" Zhou Chen sneered, "If the preparations to ensure that human beings can leave the earth are conspiracy, then I really have nothing to say." ”
Seeing that the reporters were still indignant and unrepentant, Zhou Chen shook his head in disappointment: "You all have extraordinary minds, can you answer me, if people all over the world know the news that aliens are going to visit the earth, what kind of disaster will it cause?" ”
"For a patient with early stage cancer, there may be an 80% chance that he will be cured through careful treatment by doctors, but if the patient is told in advance that he has cancer, he may not survive for even three months!"
"This ......"
Looking at the speechless reporters, Zhou Chen became more and more disappointed, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Brains are a good thing, I really hope everyone has them!" ”
"Mr. Zhou, please don't insult us!" The reporters were indignant.
"Insulting you? I think I'm complimenting you! ”
"Mr. Zhou, they have the right to know!" John Ming spoke at this time, "The right to know is the right given by God to all human beings, even those who are destined to be abandoned, they have the right to know their own circumstances and make their own choices, rather than being confused and let others decide their fate." ”
"Mr. John, you have disappointed me! Maybe you are a good journalist with a sense of justice, but you are by no means a good decision-maker, you let the destined outcasts know their environment and let them make their own choices, have you considered it, what choices will they make? ”
"They are not saints, so they will not make the choice of saints! Is it to watch others leave and be indifferent, or to fight as hard as you can? I think you have the answer in mind. ”
Looking at John Ming's eyes full of surprise, Zhou Chen knew that he had said enough, waved his hand, and walked away with a team of armed robots.
(To be continued.) )