Chapter 247: A Tale of Two Cities

"A civilization that has entered the interstellar age, but at the same time, it is also a civilization where capital wealth is most concentrated and ordinary people live in even poorer lives!"

"The best of times are also the best of times, aren't they?"

The black-red Gravitation was silently suspended in the orbit of the gas giant Polyphymis and almost merged with the deep pitch-black cosmic starry sky.

Shen Sen looked through the bridge and looked at the fluorescent planet Pandora in the distance, and calmly said this sentence from the literary works created in his previous life during the barbaric growth of industrial capital.

The stars learned many things from the captured crew, such as the details of the ship, the details of the RDA company, and even the history of human civilization behind the RDA company.

As some people once predicted, the development of science and technology has not made all mankind more equal and prosperous. On the contrary, it has caused social fragmentation and a high degree of monopoly of wealth under the capital system.

is like the protagonist Jack Sully, although he was born and died for the organization as a member of the Space Marine Corps in the early days, but when his legs were disabled by the war, he was not cared for wholeheartedly, nor was he compensated for a huge amount of compensation, but was ruthlessly kicked out of the team and forcibly retired.

You know, the human civilization behind the RDA has long had the technology to treat leg disabilities, but Jack Sully has no value and no money, so he can't get all this.

In this way, Jack Sully's "mutiny" behavior also seems to be able to find a motive for the crime. There is no love and respect from his compatriots, only a walking corpse that has been constantly alienated by a perverted system. And on the Na'vi side, he has gained love, career, glory and respect.

The early interstellar exploitation movement in the RDA world was like a re-enactment of the Great Discoveries of the Maritime Geography, with commercial corporations led by countless capital organizations rushing towards every planet that could potentially make a profit like sharks smelling blood.

People tend to be more concerned about the volatility of stock prices than the wars, killings, and deaths that come with expansion.

For example, the RDA's early expedition to the planet Pandora was considered a huge risk. In the late 21st century alone, the construction of ISV Startup Stars has put a tremendous strain on capital resources.

However, the huge capital investment has paid off thanks to proprietary mining rights to Un superconducting ore, worth $20 million per kilogram of raw ore and $40 million after processing, as well as potential profits from antivirals, biofuels and cosmetics.

This is a staggering amount of money, and other companies have been at odds with RDA more than once over the ownership of the planet Pandora, most notably in the Pandora War, which took place two hundred and thirty-four years ago.

Which war officially established RDA's exclusive right to Pandora, so that others did not dare to get involved easily, and the stock price of RDA company soared, and it became one of the major interstellar business giants.

In order to protect this interest, an armed group called SecOps has been set up under the RDA Corporation, which is far more powerful than the military forces of most other countries on the home planet.

These mainly include large starships and heavily armed infantry.

Some of its ships include the Cosmonautics SA-2 Samson, the Scorpion gunship, the Dragon assault ship and the Valkyrie space shuttle. The ground forces include reinforced mobile platforms and armed infantry.

A small number of these forces are deployed on the planet Pandora, and most of them are stationed on the home planet, which strongly guards the interests of every shareholder of the RDA.

And they are one of the next obstacles that the stars will have to face.

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"You are now the son of the Omaticaya tribe, and you are a member of the Nawi people!"

Under the Homestead Tree, all the members of the Netini family approached, gathered around Jack and placed their hands on Jack's shoulders, back, and chest, and attached their hands to Jack's body.

As a warrior, Jack truly gained the respect of all the people of the tribe with his excellent performance.

That night, Jack and Neytiri were alone in the rainforest.

Behind them, a waterfall poured down in the silvery moonlight, and Polyphemus rose silently from the trunk to the treetops.

Netini stood on a stone and jumped into the water, shattering the calm of the mirror-like lake. Jack followed her into the water, and they swam above the glowing anemones.

They seemed to float in a gleaming garden full of floating plants, and a tiny colored fish swam around them like a whirlpool.

As they floated freely in the water, their hands clasped together and their fingers intertwined with each other, as if communicating two worlds.

The two of them stopped and walked until they came to a dense forest.

The trunk of the willow tree is knotted like a bonsai, and the slender willow branches that hang from the tree emit a hazy light, and the soft curtains that hang down.

Beneath their feet, patches of moss glow hazy. The footprints of the feet are light and continue to expand until they disappear.

I have to say, it's really a beautiful place.

The willow tree fluttered, as if in response to their visit, and Neytini flicked the willow silk with her hand, letting it rub against her.

Jack looked at it all curiously, and according to Neytiri, prayers were heard by the goddess Ava here, and sometimes they were fulfilled.

Jack stretched out his hands, tendrils fluttering on his fingertips, palms, and forearms, and his eyes wide open as if he heard the voices of the ancient Na'vi.

"Jack! Jack! ”

It's like a sound that can be felt clearly.

"We call it the Tree of Souls, or the Tree of Sound, which is the voice of our ancestors with Eva." Neytini explained.

Some tree spirits surround them, flying over their shoulders and arms.

Now they stood very close, and her eyes were fierce and almost glowing.

He took her hand, their fingers gently intertwining with each other.

The choice has been made on both sides.

Jack's face was close to hers, her cheek rubbing against him as they explored each other.

Netini dragged Jack down until he knelt face to kneel, hundreds of glimmering strands of nerves, like willows surrounding them, fluttering Netiri's flexible fingers in a slight non-existent way, slowly and gently untying Jack's braids, his hair floating outward to his shoulders. And they again.

Their hair was like life, braided and tangled in the air, and their nervous systems were directly connected to each other, a powerful force that Jack had never experienced.

Jack and Neytiri seemed to have reached an infinite existence, and through her eyes he saw himself.

The tendrils gently undulate and wrap.

Jack gently sways between his and her nervous system, ultimate intimacy.

They were closer in a wen, lying on a bed covered with moss, with a rippling glow spreading around them, the soul willows swaying without the wind, and the night was full of beating vitality.

And in the darkness not far away, several pitch-black figures only showed a pair of bright eyes in the night, curiously and shyly watching each other towards the great harmony of life.

"Truthfully, the researchers said, this is a very rare sample, a biological soul that has detached itself from its original body tissues and achieves harmony with a completely different biological body, which has not been encountered once in hundreds of years."

"Yes, Captain, we see."

It was late at night, and the voices in the channel gradually fell silent.

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