(Chapter 26) Betrayal (Seeking Follow-up)

After recovering the advance team outside the Star Gate to the hangar, and receiving the guidance of the ancestors in the future, Gu Fan pointed out a new direction for the Queen of Glory.

At this moment, the giant ship is moving at full speed towards an old colony in the fourth cantilever in the western part of the galaxy, which, judging by the data in the star map, has not yet been touched by any foreign forces.

As for the specific situation, you can only know if you go.

While the warship was sailing at an even speed, Gu Fan was carefully reading the set of information brought back from the outpost outside the river, although most of them were some inconsequential logbooks, but there was also some key information in them.

- For example, the detailed records of the Torch Project.

This is a civilizational self-rescue operation approved by the Imperial Government since the blight spread widely in the Human Empire, with the aim of selecting the most suitable race from among the inherited races that have been created and cultivated after all mankind has fallen into a deep sleep.

The chosen ones will inherit part of the human heritage and become the agent civilization until humanity officially returns, and the chosen agent will take charge of the vast empire that once spanned three-fifths of the galaxy.

And the executors of all this are the observers created by the hands of humans.

Sounds good? Combined with what he had seen and heard in the near future, Gu Fan understood that everything did not develop as his compatriots expected in the end.

As he continued to search, he finally found the truth in the diary of a certain crew member, and it all turned out to be the result of a shameful betrayal.

The Seven Races, which had been created and chosen as candidate agents, took advantage of the weakest moment of the Human Empire to launch a rebellion using the blessings that humanity had bestowed upon them.

Although the remnants of humanity and the affiliated civilizations that remain loyal to humanity have joined forces to resist.

But in the end, these worm-like beings still won the battle with despicable means, and established an alliance on the sacred territory of the old human empire, which was followed by the galaxy community that now rules the galaxy.

The Emma and some of the members of the community are also mostly one of the seven races that have participated in the rebellion.

Now, everything seems to have suddenly opened up.

This hard-won truth once again made Gu Fan understand who the real enemy was, and the next goal seemed to become obvious.

Looking at the remaining nearly two thousand documents in the database, Gu Fan planned to stop for the time being, so as to leave himself some time to digest this information.

But with the unintentional touch of his fingers, a technical demonstration document at the bottom was accidentally pointed out by him, originally Gu Fan was going to read it again after a while, but an inadvertent glance of his eyes made him glimpse a shocking title.

——[On the possibility of intelligent machinery equipped with artificial wombs and the possibility of reproduction in place of human mothers.] 】

Although the topic was very long, Gu Fan still searched for a few unusual words from it at first sight.

Intelligent machines, artificial wombs, reproduction possibilities?

For a while, Gu Fan only felt as if he understood something, but as if he didn't understand anything.

Artificial wombs are not an uncommon technology in the past, but because of this technology, it will inevitably bring a series of ethical and moral problems.

Some absolutist academics and politicians have consistently opposed the spread of this technology, which has been taboo for a long time by past governments.

Except for special reasons, no one should use this technology lightly.

Not far away, I saw Xue Feng sitting in front of the bridge, concentrating on the small correction of the direction of sailing, and did not seem to pay attention to this side.

With hesitation, he finally straightened his back and refocused his attention on the somewhat odd document.

[On October 4th, the upper echelon has approved the experimental plan, and the first batch of samples has been successfully loaded into the test body. 】

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[On October 11th, the successful cultivation of the first egg was observed, although it is not as efficient as the professional cultivation warehouse, but there does not seem to be much problem in terms of stability. 】

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[On February 4th, it was observed that the test subject 016 machine successfully conceived an embryo, and the gene sequence inside the embryo was very stable by detecting it, and it can be edited many times, which undoubtedly represents a great success in the experiment of the artificial womb in the artificial human body. 】

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[On March 7th, the upper echelons approved the plan to carry artificial wombs for the large range of artificial people, and I believe that this technology will greatly change the problem of the large imbalance between men and women among the survivors in the future, and provide great help for the continuation and reconstruction of human society in the future. 】

I see......

Survival and reproduction are an important cycle for any organism and civilization, and from the description in the document, the survivors who have escaped are facing serious survival problems for a variety of reasons.

That's why they've turned on what was previously considered unethical, in an attempt to secure the survival of the human race in the future.

Thinking of this, Gu Fan once again moved his gaze to Xue Feng beside him, looking at the petite figure of the other party, he only felt that it was somewhat unbearable to look at directly......

Just as Gu Fan was still silently sorting out the newly obtained information, suddenly, Xue Feng, who was only listening to the side, reported in an eager tone.

"An unauthorized presence has broken into the core power compartment."

The moment he heard this, Gu Fan only felt a little incredible, could it be an intruder?

"Bring up the picture."

After receiving the command, the spaceship's system quickly started running, and in a moment, the monitoring screen from the power compartment was displayed on the screen in front of Gu Fan.

Strangely, the person who appeared in the video was actually Lilim......

At this time, she was holding a plate in both hands, walking in the engine room full of energy with a confused expression, and she was continuing to walk in the direction of the stern.

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"Lilim? What are you doing here? ”

Soon, when Gu Fan found her, the girl named Lilim was about to plunge into the engine compartment at the stern of the ship.

Hearing the voice, Lilim finally cheered up.

"Ah...... God-sama, I'm looking for you everywhere......"

Well, it looks like this guy is really just going in the wrong direction.

"This ...... It's a mix I made with the ingredients I found, and I hope you enjoy it. ”

As she spoke, Lilim held the plastic floppy disk in her hand in front of Gu Fan.

Mixed vegetables? The other party's words made Gu Fan feel confused for a while, he didn't remember that he had bought ingredients for cooking.

I saw that the plate was filled with obviously treated leaves, and a little orange-yellow powder was sprinkled on the surface, which was pretty good.

"I'm curious where you found this stuff?"

Hearing the inquiry, Lilim only replied in a whisper.

"In a pot in the cafeteria...... There used to be similar plants in the outpost where I lived. ”

If nothing else, the other side is referring to the genetically modified wild vine man, an ornamental plant that can make the roots of the seeds dormant in the most extreme environments.

Due to its strong vitality, many long-distance ships will carry it in order to add some different scenery to the boring and repetitive life of the crew.

As for using it for bibiography? This is the first time Gu Fan has heard of such a use.

However, unexpectedly, after carefully tasting the treated leaves, except for a slight bitterness, the taste was generally acceptable, especially the orange-yellow powder, which tasted a little spicy.

At least it tastes much better than those bars.

"It's okay to ......"

Hearing such an evaluation, Lilim's expression finally became relaxed, and then she only heard her say with some joy.

"Great, it seems that using those explosive particles to neutralize the bitterness in the leaves is the right choice."

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Wait a minute???

What particles did you just say???