Mercury was silent for a moment, then said, "That's just a last-resort choice in the worst-case scenario.

I've reassessed the status quo, there is energy in the base, and we only need to move the food conversion system to the base, so we don't have a shortage of water and food for the time being.

As long as the enemy doesn't find out here, then we're all safe.

The status quo has changed.

A strategically minded and good adult is more important than an unknown embryo.

Our priority now is to keep you safe.

If you need to solve your physical needs, you can go to the virtual training room of the Quistarship, which allows you to enter the virtual world.

There you can find everything you want to find. ”

Xia Lian opened his eyes, supported his head with one hand, leaned his elbows against the mattress, looked at Mercury and teased: "You really don't have a sense of humor." ”

"There are no cells in the human body that are called by that name." Mercury said, "If there is, it won't be needed to transform people." ”

Xia Lian stared at the mercury, with a faint glint of unknown meaning in his eyes, and suddenly spoke.

"I've heard about the Circe project before, where the military group uses artificial wombs to grow embryos, educate them as they grow, and then modify them.

They don't have a life of their own, they can't control their own destiny, they don't even have the right to choose to be a normal human being, they are not allowed to have feelings.

From the moment of birth, it was for the Helios family...."

After a pause, Xia Lian asked, looking into mercury's eyes.

"Do you hate the principality? Or rather, do you hate the Helios family? ”

Mercury turned her head and looked at Xia Lian, her expression did not change much, on the contrary, she was very calm.

"What answer do you want from me?"

Xia Lian raised his eyebrows, "It's just pure curiosity, you don't have to answer." ”

"No one has absolute control over their own destiny, their own life form.

What do you think I should hate?

Do you hate that they gave birth to me in this world without my consent?

Would you hate that?

I never think about such meaningless things. ”

"Is this what you really think?" Xia Lian said.

"Yes." Mercury said as usual.

Xia Lian continued to stare into Mercury's eyes, and after a moment, he looked away and smiled.

"Give me a few micro and nano capsules, and if you can, load all the knowledge in your head into it."

"Yes." Mercury responded, she continued to raise her hand, and the micro and nano worms in her body combined into two capsules in her hand that were the same as the capsules Xia Lian had eaten before.

Xia connected the capsule, looked at the capsule, and suddenly spoke.

"Cognition and thought may be instilled, but the practical factors cannot be changed, and thinking cannot be erased.

In this world, there is a truth that can never be changed. ”

Xia Lian raised his head and looked at Mercury, he said.

"Are you right?"

A momentary glimmer flashed in Mercury's ancient eyes, and then, she bowed to Xia Lian.

"Yes."

Xia Lian smiled and waved his hand, "Go out, I'm going to rest." ”

Mercury bowed to Xia Lian, then turned and opened the door to leave, but then, Xia Lian's voice came from behind her.

"Your original black gothic dress looked good, so wear it in the future."

Mercury paused at the door for a moment, did not look back, just answered.

"Yes...."

Then she pushed the door and left, her steps slightly brisk, and she seemed to be in a good mood.

.....

Xia Lian watched as the mercury completely left his sight, and he put the two pills in his pocket.

The girl's heart was not as strong as she appeared.

It's not that she's rebellious, it's that she's confused, confused about her own existence, confused about whether she is a real person, or a container that carries some kind of thought.

But at this moment, there is no confusion in her heart.

[After having the wisdom given by Athena, I somehow like to preach. 】

Xia Lian shook his head self-deprecatingly, lay on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.

But then, Elsa's voice came to his ears through the communicator.

"Your Highness, something has happened."

Xia Lian opened his eyes again, but this time, he saw not the dormitory of the Kui Star Ship, but the image transmitted through Elsa's perspective.

This is one of the features of AS, sharing perspectives.

In Elsa's view, there is a star map on the projection screen on the right side of the surveillance screen.

On the star map, about 0.0023 light-years away from this star system, a red dot is flickering slightly.

Xia Lian stared at the red dot and asked, "What's that?" ”

"Judging by this signal frequency, this is a distress signal." Aisha replied.

"SOS model, so close?" Xia Lian said with some confusion, "There shouldn't be a space route around here, where would anyone go this way?" ”

"Bahram's people, perhaps?" Aisha said.

Xia Lian shook his head and said, "There is no need for them to release a distress signal. ”

"I was involved in escorting the Acadia Space Corridor three years ago."

At this time, Wang Zhen joined the communication channel, and he was in the main control room at the moment.

"At the time, there were frequent interstellar pirates in the vicinity of that route, and some of them would mimic public distress signals in an infrequent area to attract nearby ships.

At that time, many merchant ships were deceived by this distress signal and plundered.

Later, the Duchy issued a temporary circular informing all merchant ships engaged in trade not to respond to distress signals and that warships would come to the rescue.

Pirates are rarely seen on the Acadia route these days, but it is said that the pirates eventually fled to the Duchy of Bahram. ”

"What do you mean...," Xia Lian frowned, "The other party may be a pirate?" ”

"They're too close to us." Wang Zhen said with a serious face, "Our space concussion bomb was dropped twenty light years away, and the enemy may be searching for us in the vicinity.

Such an obvious distress signal will undoubtedly attract the fleet that is searching for our Principality of Bahram from a dozen light-years away nearby. ”

"It's a wave that hasn't settled, and it's rising again." Xia Lian whispered in a low voice, "Alayya, is the blessing of these three goddesses still a little troublesome?" ”

[Perhaps, Greek mythology also talks about cause and effect and fate, Achilles soaked in the water of the Styx River to obtain an invulnerable body, but also had the fatal wound of the ankle.

Paris has acquired the most beautiful woman in the world, but it has also caused the Trojan War, and you have gained and lost, and you have been blessed by the three goddesses, and you have to bear the corresponding tests.

However, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, Hera's blessing will make you have a vast land and royal power in the future, and the blessing of the god of beauty will make you have the most beautiful woman in the world.

The difficulties you encounter before these two blessings are fulfilled may hasten the timing of the fulfillment of these two blessings. 】

Alayah's voice continued to ring in his head.

Xia Lian's expression was slightly subtle, [You mean, my own father in this life may have been killed by me? 】

Suddenly, I was so filial.

[It's just that there is this possibility, and the most delicate part of fate is its uncertainty. 】

Xia Lian didn't say anything, he came back to his senses and continued to stare at the red dot on the screen.

"Is the Kui Star Ship still fighting now?"

Wang Zhen thought for a moment and said, "There are still thirty percent of the backup energy, and the weapon system is quite complete, so it should be able to fire a few shots."

However, if the opponent has an energy shield, it may only be able to shatter the energy shield. ”

"Is it possible to shatter, or is it bound to be shattered?" Xia Lian asked.

"The Kui Star is a strategic assault ship, the latest generation of warships.

It's not in the same dimension as those pirates' ships at all, as long as the other side is not loaded with Helios field, then it is no different from paper to us. Wang Zhen said seriously.

"What if the other side has more than one starship?" Aisha said.

Wang Zhen shook his head, "This is not a chaotic star region, the pirates wandering around here are generally only a single starship, because it is convenient to escape, and the fleet-type pirate target is too large, and it is the primary target of the two countries."

Such pirates can only be in the Chaos Zone, not here. ”

Aisha bowed, and then, she asked Xia Lian in the communication channel, "Your Highness, do you have any plans?" ”

Xia Lian stared at the signal.

"The stupidest thing in the world is to sit back and wait for luck to come."