Someone laughed out loud.

"Here it is again, even if it does exist, it will not be our turn, the Big Ten must have found it and taken it for themselves. That's why their technology is so far ahead of us. One said.

Another person immediately added: "Even if they don't find it, on the other hand, how can we get something that the ten giants with such advanced technology have not yet found." ”

"Or maybe it doesn't exist at all, and the super-civilization is a visitor to an extragalactic galaxy. The Big Ten must have scouted every stellar wreck in the Milky Way. ”

The idea that a supercivilization would exist next to a burned-out star is shared by almost everyone - if it were still glowing next to a star, it would have been found long ago.

However, there are also people who believe that the Big Ten have even searched for stellar wreckage, and even human supremacists who claim to look down on aliens have such a thing.

"Don't be too mythical about the Big Ten." "They've lost their aggressiveness, and even if they have the technology to search for all the stellar debris, they won't necessarily do it." I think that at least within our association, we should sit down until the blind fear of the Big Ten is completely eradicated. ”

"You are, and you should find a way to eradicate your blind contempt for the Big Ten."

"That's it!" Seeing that the dispute was about to start, General Kirk shouted loudly, and even General Zhang, who was older than him, changed his face, "This kind of dispute has no meaning, General Dai, you can stay in class and engage with young people." I now propose that we vote by a show of hands on what kind of way to deal with the current situation. ”

At this time, the oldest general spoke: "There is no harm in discussing more, but how can we unify opinions without discussion?" Lao Zhang mentioned this possibility so solemnly just now, shouldn't you already have a clue? Could it be that Lin Zhengyi's little baby found something? ”

"We have obtained the information left by Lin Zhengyi and completed the interpretation, although there are still a few pieces missing from the puzzle, but we can already guess the approximate location, we estimate that there are five to ten targets that need to be searched in the speculated area, and the search team is being formed." Instructor Li, the only one present who was in charge of front-line work, immediately replied.

The answer caused a whisper - a whisper of the airwaves, of course.

Then a general with slightly graying hair asked, "Wouldn't the search party also be led by Lin Zhengyi's half-race son?" Isn't it okay to lift a half-breed like this? I've heard that when he was in danger, the Dhowcas sent a dreadnought of the first rank to find him. Those gods wouldn't be so enthusiastic about an ordinary human. ”

The speaker made no secret of the hostility in his words. Obviously, the alien blood in Lin Youde's veins made him very nostalgic.

After he finished speaking, the blue-eyed female general next to him immediately said, "If Lin Zhengyi's son leads the search team, doesn't that mean that the Ilarai is also there?" Wouldn't having a Princess Ilarah participate in such a search party tantamount to giving up the secrets of the super-civilized home planet to the Ten of the Galactic Council? ”

"Don't worry." General Zhang shook his head slightly, "The search team will be composed of experienced and determined adult soldiers. I don't want young people to carry such heavy burdens anymore - that being said, but the key information was brought back to us by Lin Zhengyi's children, and the two fathers and sons had done so much for our association. I can't rely on them anymore, that child should go and embrace youth now. ”

The voice did not fall. Someone immediately asked: "Embrace youth, the civil war is about to begin, do you want to make people laugh when you say such things at this time?" ”

"I think that's why we old men are sitting here and having worried meetings, we won't necessarily die in the future civil war, but those young people will definitely die in droves, they should be daydreaming, bragging, falling in love on the schoolyards, they shouldn't be sent to the battlefield, let alone the battlefield. Many years ago, we unanimously passed a resolution to permanently block research on immortality technology. It is believed that a short life can burn brilliantly, but can cannibalism be considered brilliant? Can a young life disappear on the battlefield of a civil war be called glorious? General Kirk said in a bold voice.

The whole room fell into a brief silence, and then I don't know who to start with, and the whispers of "Ephemeral life burns brightly" filled the entire room, which was the default code word of the whole association, and the embodiment of the spirit of the association, at least according to the elders here.

"Then, let's start voting by show of hands now, and agree to the people who will seize the Belle family laboratory now and give everything to Lin Zhengxiong. Raise your hand......"

"Wait a minute, why don't you first see if what Lin Zhengyi left behind can really find the super-civilization home planet?"

"Because I'm not as naïve as General Zhang," General Kirk looked at the headmaster of the Special Academy, "I think even if I did find my home planet." Nor can it be calmed down. In fact, finding the home planet is only the first step, and we must conceal the news that we have found it until our research on the supercivilization comes to fruition, otherwise the combined fleet of the Ten of the Galactic Council will swarm in the next moment. I don't think we'll achieve anything before the start of the civil war. ”

"Maybe we'll find a super warship left behind by the super-civilization, and we can scare both sides when it comes out." General Zhang's own tone was very unfirm, so everyone instantly fell to General Kirk.

"So. Those who agree to support the dictatorship of Hayashi Masao-hsiung are invited to raise their hands. ”

No one raised their hand.

"If you agree to sit back and watch the outbreak of civil war and secretly accumulate strength, please raise your hand." General Kirk did not raise his hand, apparently choosing to abstain.

Others made the same choice.

The oldest general said: "Is there really no way to stop the civil war?" ”

"We control fewer fleets than both sides, and Hayashi Masao has used human supremacy to bring many of the ships that were originally under our control to his name."

"So just said a round of beautiful words to avoid the meaningless waste of young people's lives in civil war, and in the end it still can't do anything? I don't remember being part of such a useless association! The old general slapped the table hard, "This has clouded my military career a moment before retirement!" ”

"If you hadn't chosen to become a professor in the Higher Division of the Non-commissioned Officer Academy, you might have enough influence to control all the ships of the Space Force now." There was a hint of sarcasm in Kirk's words, "After all, you've made great achievements - and they're all public, and I'm a ghost agent who retired and rose to my current position, so most of my exploits can't be made public. ”

"What about the option of being the first to start a mutiny?" Someone asked.

"There is no chance of victory, Lin Zhengxiong is very concerned about the movements of those ships that are not under his control, and there is no way to quietly concentrate on pretending to be this thing."

"What about using Ansebo to suddenly notify all ships of warp towards Arcturus?"

"How do you solve the problem of arrival order? And if Lin Zhengxiong smelled danger after the warp speed started, he fled before the warp speed of the spaceship was completed. Warp speed doesn't happen instantaneously. If we had a way to make the ships scattered in a vast area of human control suddenly appear at the Great Horn. Then the mutiny has a good chance of success, so what we need is not warp speed, but folding space navigation or leap navigation, which of you can 'take' out of science fiction. We can start a mutiny. ”

Everyone was silent.

General Zhang spoke: "We already have a plan to protect the most promising young people. We're going to form several interstellar caravans, send them to far-flung galaxies, and tell them that no matter what happens on humanity's side, they can't come back. ”

"But if they don't listen to you. What about running back? The white-haired general, who had just said that he didn't like Lin Youde's bloodline, asked.

"Then we can only hope that distance will help us, the galaxy is very vast, even if it is a sixth-level warp speed spaceship, it will take nearly a year to cross the galaxy, and we estimate that the civil war will last about half a year. Modern military technology has made killing more efficient, and the more intense the conflict, the quicker it will be over. ”

"But it also means that there will be far more casualties in this conflict than in any previous conflict." General Kirk's voice was very heavy, "Before humanity entered the universe, the person who led us firmly believed that after entering the universe, the abundance of resources would make all disputes unnecessary. He called entering the universe 'the ultimate solution to all problems,' and it was a pity that the adult had made almost no mistakes in his life, but his final judgment seemed to be wrong. ”

"Maybe it's just because we're too stupid to be as good as the adults thought we were." General Zhang added such a sentence, which made the atmosphere in the conference room even heavier.

"Today, so be it." General Kirk sighed, "The decision of the meeting is to save the strength and sit on the sidelines, no problem, right?" ”

No one objected. Even though they all abstained just now.

"Now, then, adjourn."

**

When Lin Zhengxiong saw his old butler come in, he stopped fiddling with the Rubik's Cube in his hand - this is his habit, and he likes to twist the Rubik's Cube when he thinks.

"What's wrong?"

"It's as if the association called a meeting. Not sure what decision was made. ”

"Leave them alone." Lin Zhengxiong put the Rubik's Cube in his hand on the table, stood up and turned to the wall behind him, and the next moment the wall turned into a window that transmitted light, and a black cosmic space appeared in front of Lin Zhengxiong.

In front of the black curtain are 11 dreadnoughts being prepared, all of which have been secretly built by the Lin Spaceship Company over the years. Several planets have been blown up to make them easy to mine, and at least 100,000 people have died in mining disputes, in addition to nearly 10,000 others who died in accidents while building them.

"We are ready, and now unless Eliabele suddenly makes a breakthrough, no one can stop humanity from moving towards a militaristic empire, and I will be the first emperor of the empire."

The old servant was silent, and did not make any comment on his master's words.

Lin Zhengxiong waited for a while before saying, "Don't you think you should congratulate me at this time?" ”

"I feel like I should remind you that you haven't ascended the throne yet, and until then everything is just a plan, not a fact."

"Hmph, thank you for the reminder."

"Also, are you really going to use the names of the ships that have been sealed?"

"Of course, what I want to build is a militaristic empire, of course, I have to use the name of a militaristic empire, Bismarck, Tipiltz, Yamato, Musashi, Nagato, Mutsu, what's wrong with these names? Compared to the names of 'Enterprise' and 'Bumblebee', our ship names have a more historical sense, right? ”

"But it's worse than Queen Elizabeth and Royal Oak."

"You don't usually raise a bar with me like that, do you?"

"Yes." The old servant agreed, and then immediately changed his tone and reported, "The First Cruiser Fleet has arrived, and the five ships Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Flying Dragon, and Zuzuru have just finished their warp sailing. ”

"Where's Xianghe?"

"It is said that it was a malfunction and was left in the company's dockyard for maintenance."

Lin Zhengxiong cursed, and then said: "Forget it, immediately start the refit of the five ships, dismantle the commercial equipment used for camouflage, and make them real warships." ”

"Yes."

"Is there any news from the informant on Old Man Zhang's side? What message did my dead brother leave behind? ”

"There is no news yet, we don't know what the information is. However, it can be determined that the blueprints that Lin brought back from Sethley have been turned into prototypes and are being shipped to the von Brown system controlled by Anaheim. ”

"Do you want to put it on the Enterprise?" Lin Zhengxiong shook his head, "That's what I hate the Space Army the most, this kind of boring superstition annoys me so much. Ships don't fly faster just because they're painted red, or they don't play a ship against a fleet just because they're called a business. ”

The old butler was silent.

"My future empire can't have this kind of superstition, so my fleet must have Prince Eugen, Nobun, Shiyu, and Snow Wind!"

The corners of the old butler's mouth twitched.

**

In the von Brown system, the high-speed cruiser Counterattack ended its warp voyage and appeared in space near the Navy Assembly Workshop No. 8.

From the bridge, General Zhang looked at the ships that were being built in the protective force field below the assembly workshop, and said softly: "Although I am a person who believes in those evil things, it is still a bit difficult to believe that this ship can work miracles. There is so little that a ship can do. ”

"I have a feeling that this ship will have a magnificent 'ship' in the future." Instructor Li's voice sounded much more confident than General Zhang's.

"Hopefully."

Then both of them watched in silence as the half-finished ship approached.

Several workboats are placing a piece of 3D printing technology on the front semi-disc of the outfitted hull, and the surface of the hull has been marked with the name and number of the ship in relief, as is customary:

UNSA-1701-Enterprize (To be continued.) )