The people of the earth have never given up struggling—struggling in any way.

The Bartmins once said that the Commonwealth of Civilizations in the galaxy in which they live is composed of more than 200 different civilizations, of which about half of the civilizations have the ability to connect with the earth, but because the earth civilization failed to pass the assessment, the Bartmins temporarily assume the role of observers.

Since the announcement of the ban more than fifty years ago, some organizations have begun to try to get in touch with other members of the Commonwealth of Civilizations, anyway, the Bartmins have only forbidden the earthlings to use their technology for interstellar voyages, and have not stopped the exploration of outer space on Earth, some people speculate that in fact, they have long known about the small calculations of the earthlings, but they just ignored them.

"After a period of hard work, in the year 2145, ten years ago, the Atlantic Alliance succeeded. They made contact with another civilization willing to communicate with Earth, the Ahmeds. "After the communication, they also acquired some new technology...... Unlike the Buttermins, but without the interstellar travel aspect, as members of the Commonwealth of Other Civilizations are equally subject to the rules. ”

"Uh, that sounds like it wouldn't be the same without this new alien? Since they are all available with or without them, what is the problem? Zhao Yu asked.

"Of course those people don't want that, they want to escape from the countdown to death...... There was nothing wrong with the idea, but they chose the wrong way. Gabriel seemed to sigh, a rare occurrence, "after several years of research that found that new technologies did not help their aspirations, those people made a fatal choice. ”

The Earthlings applied to the Ahmeds for a second assessment.

The people of Buttermins have no right to stop this assessment, according to the rules of the Civilization Commonwealth, civilizations that can pass any of the first-level civilization assessments are eligible to directly join the Civilization Commonwealth. Like the Bad Minns assessment method, which everyone now knows, it is necessary to show initiative and try to run outside the solar system, while the Ahmeds - the old rule, the exam questions are kept secret from the candidates.

Zhao Yu scratched his head in confusion: "So, what's the problem?" Wouldn't it be nice to be able to retake the exam? ”

"According to the assessment of the Buttermins, under normal circumstances, the probability of an earthling passing the assessment of the Ahmeds would not exceed 1 in 10,000...... What's more serious is that if you don't pass the assessment of the Ahmeds, the consequences will be very, very serious for the civilization of the earth. ”

The white-haired man, who has always had no emotion, actually used two "very" to describe the consequences, which is indeed too rare, Zhao Yu couldn't help but ask: "What consequences?" ”

"It's a matter of confidentiality." Gabriel replied without hesitation.

“…… Well, I understand that whether the assessment is being carried out, the content of the assessment, and the results of the failure of the assessment, these are all confidential matters. Zhao Yu stared at Gabriel, although it was dark all around, he believed that the other party must have seen him clearly, "Then can you say one thing?" You...... Why know so much? ”

Originally, I thought that Gabriel would use "secrecy" to dismiss himself as usual, but the white-haired man paused for less than three seconds before giving an answer: "The people of Buttermins don't want that to happen, so they have cooperated with a part of the Earth Research Department, to be precise, with Dr. Thomas Bigtson, the second scientist of the West Coast Republic." ”

Dr. Thomas Bigtson, 89, is one of the few military active personnel who has been able to survive the Batmins technology and is still vigorous in his nineties, and is one of the few military active personnel who has experienced a time when the United States was still the world's first power before the Yellowstone eruption, and one of the very few people who is a top scientist and has not gone to the WPA. What's more, he was also part of the staff when the European Community was developing superparticle technology, which allowed him to keep in touch with the Buttermins – secretly, of course.

There are no impermeable walls in the world, and there is always some connection between scientists, and Dr. Thomas learned about it about two years after the Atlantic Alliance's contact with the Ahmeds, but based on his previous knowledge of the Commonwealth of Civilizations, the Atlantic Alliance's contact had always unnerved him, so he asked the Buttermins to verify the matter, and he got a very surprising answer.

"So, it was the Buttermins who told this Dr. Thomas that if they couldn't pass the Amod exam, the consequences would be serious, and most of the earthlings wouldn't be able to pass it?"

"Yes, Dr. Thomas wants to get as much help as possible from the Buttermins in this regard, but the Buttermins told him that the assessment must be based on the level of the Earth, and that most of the technical support of the Buttermins will be excluded by the Ahmeds, or even worse - if the earthlings rely too much on the technology of the Buttermins, they may fall into a technical dilemma at that time, just like the current earthlings can't fly out of the Earth-Moon system at all."

"But Dr. Thomas certainly didn't give up, did he?" Zhao Yu realized a piece of information he had just learned, "You just said 'most of the 'most' technology? That said, the Buttermins could still be of some help? ”

"Yes, a very small part, but even the technical support of this part requires absolute secrecy," Gabriel shrugged, "You know what the earthlings think about extraterrestrial technology right now. ”

Of course, Zhao Yu knew that now was the time to eliminate the interference of alien technology on human beings as much as possible. Anxiety about the fate of the future, dissatisfaction with the actions of the aliens to suppress the earthlings, after decades of mixed fermentation, have long since turned into antipathy, even hatred, of all alien technology, and even the most daring and radical people dare not openly say that they are still working with aliens - the only good thing is that the Atlantic Alliance is also afraid to do so, even if they are making deals with another group of aliens.

On this basis, Dr. Thomas single-handedly established the "Twilight Project".

Gabriel continued: "My code name is T19, and T is the initials of torch. The Doctor's hope for me was that I would be the torch that would lead humanity when it was completely dark after dusk. ”

“…… Sounds like a lot of hope! ”

"Using a little bit of inspiration from the Buttermins, the Doctor developed an upgraded version of his own supramolecular technology, using artificial materials to mimic the workings of human cells and nerves." Gabriel said, "To put it simply, the ultimate goal of the Dusk Project is to develop robots that can disguise themselves as earthlings, and in the words of your time, I am a 'high-imitation' earthling." ”

"The word 'high imitation' is a really good use." Zhao Yu said sincerely, "But I think everyone else has begun to suspect that you are an alien...... But why does the Dusk Project want a robot to pretend to be a human, which is helpful for the assessment? ”

"It's a matter of confidentiality."

"Secret, guess what, guess it, otherwise why would you doctor bother with this effort!" Zhao Yu complained twice, seeing that Gabriel was still "you can guess, I won't say it anyway" expression, and sighed, "I still have a question, why did you come out to me to say this?" ”

"Because we're similar." Gabriel probably saw that Zhao Yu's face changed a little, so he added: "Although the essence is not the same." ”

But Zhao Yu was still scared and sweated: "Why is it similar?!" ”

"You have been revived by the technology of the Buttermins, more than eighty percent of the cells and nerves in your body have been rebuilt by them, and like me, although you can be considered an earthling in terms of characteristics, you are different from ordinary earthlings - of course, compared to me, you can still be regarded as a pure earthling."

“…… So? Are you looking for a patient who has the same worldview as you? ”

"No, as I said, my mission is to obtain an item that only I can do to its senses, and you ...... It's the person other than me who is most likely to put it to use. You're my understudy. "Neither can anyone else, not everyone we meet along the way, except you." ”

"Just because I was resurrected by the Buttermins?"

"So to speak. Of course, it's also crucial that you're from the old times, and according to statistics, more than 90% of the old people have no prejudice against extraterrestrial technology. ”

"Dare you worry about being discriminated against...... Okay, so what exactly are you looking for? ”

"It's a confidential matter at the moment, and the fewer people who know about it, the better, and if it's time for you to use it, you'll know."

Zhao Yu spread out his hands and made a helpless look of facing the sky on his back. Can't communicate! What about good trust?

"I'm telling you this in the hope that you will be mentally prepared, because now that more and more people are eyeing me, the possibility of you replacing me is also increasing." Gabriel pointed to the headset, "I want you to keep these words secret...... You can wear it back. ”

"Old man! What the hell was going on? As soon as communication was restored, Borg's voice came, "What's the matter with a source of interference?" You're still alive, aren't you? What about Gabriel? ”

"We're all fine." Zhao Yu thought about it and decided to hide what Gabriel just said, Borg and Hunter are out-and-out anti-aliens, and it is not necessarily a good thing to let them know, "The enemy here is more troublesome, and we haven't found a survivor yet." ”

"Expectedly, listening to the old man, if it doesn't feel right, hide it and let our archangel deal with the enemy."

Zhao Yu thought about it before he realized that the spelling of "Gabriel" and "Gabriel" is the same.

Gabriel is still holding a rifle in his hand and moving forward steadily, but the mentality of Zhao Yu, who is following behind, has changed, he used to think that he may be following behind a Marvel or DC superhero, and now he feels that he may be following behind a Terminator, anyway, the code names start with T.

The jungle is still full of ghosts. Along the way, Zhao Yu opened his eyes, this is simply a strange zoo, drag it to his own era and can directly open a horror theme park, all kinds of bionic robots emerge in endlessly, from spiders, praying mantis to orangutans, cheetahs - of course, they are just similar, these things show sharp blades from all kinds of places, spray bullets, and even release poison gas and nerve damage weapons, Zhao Yu had to stay at least fifty meters behind Gabriel, watching him pass all the way through the level, and beat those bionic bodies to pieces.

But Borg had already praised him: "Damn, that's a Gamlin nervous tremor...... It's okay for you to be so close to it, old man! ”

"Where did you see that I'm fine...... Zhao Yu only felt dizzy at this time, the world was spinning, and he desperately suppressed his urge to vomit, "Commander, can you see my current physical signs, do you call this okay?" ”

"Most of the people have begun to lose consciousness at this distance, and they have convulsions directly, and it is useless to wear power armor." Borg said.

"Thank you for the compliment...... But don't you compliment Gabriel? He doesn't have anything to do......"

"I've long thought he's an alien, and you're still an earthling."

"Captain...... Thank you for trusting me......" There is a sentence that I can't help but say, Commander, your intuition is really sharp.

Although Zhao Yu felt dizzy, his basic thinking ability had not been lost, and he had become more stressed now.

According to the information Gabriel just revealed, the Union forces secretly contacted another group of aliens to make up for the exam, but the Bartmins thought they couldn't pass the exam, and the consequences of failing were serious. And Gabriel was secretly researched because of this to help the earthlings cheat...... But what kind of assessment is needed to require a combat expert like Gabriel who is far beyond ordinary humans? And what is it about you that qualifies you to be Gabriel's replacement?!

Gabriel turned and walked back from the woods, his rifle was completely broken, his black tights had been shattered in several places, only one of the magazine pouches was still hanging on his body, and even his face had a very obvious scratch, but ...... Naturally, there was no bloodshed.

He suddenly turned his head to look at the grass somewhere.

Zhao Yu hurriedly raised his gun and pointed it there, but he didn't find anything.

"Ah, I found it." Gabriel said.