Chapter 18: Scientists Quarrel
Andy's eyes widened when he saw the big face on the monitor.
This is clearly the old man who led the soldiers to break through Tibbetts Prison, and even destroyed Argos, who single-handedly contributed to Tibbetts's escape and even the new plague epidemic that followed.
While Andy pondered who he was, he spoke.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I will now make a televised speech using all the communication lines of the Great Dome, please listen carefully and seize this opportunity."
The old man's face was furrowed, and he looked about 70 years old, but his dark blue eyes were hairy.
"I am, Dr. Prester, and I am the former Chairman of the NCR Scientific Advisory Board; President Tanti's most trusted scientific advisor; The restorer of the Great Dome .... At the same time, it is also the one who invited you to come here. All of you are first-class senior talents, and with you, the world will have a future. That's why I cherish you, I care about you, and you have a pivotal place in my plans for a new world. I'm sure you understand this, otherwise... Why are you here? Is it just to escape, I don't think so? ”
Dr. Prester was too old, and he didn't grow kinder with age, which made him look like a ruthless machine at times, a terrifying ghost at times.
"I'm back, but why are you locking off the dome now? I hope that those of you who are now in a leadership or representative position can give me a reasonable answer. ”
The picture was silent for a while, and under the impact of this situation, the two groups of Pierce and Helen, who were making a lot of noise, also temporarily stopped the conflict, Andy stood in the dark and looked at the old man on the screen, constantly guessing what is the connection behind various things, what does he want to do so much? What does the new world mean?
The screen fluctuated for a moment, and the screen was suddenly split in two, and Dr. Prester's face, which had occupied the entire screen, was squeezed aside.
A shiny, gloomy-looking bald man suddenly appeared on it, he looked noticeably younger than the old Prester, but he was not young, probably in his forties or fifties, and looked tall and sneered, which made him even more terrifying than Dr. Prester's image.
"Victor Prest .... Long time no see, I'm really... Think-miss. ”
The bald head almost gritted his teeth and said such a sentence, and the amount of information in and out of the words was extremely rich.
Dr. Prester was slightly surprised at first, then visibly displeased.
His face sank, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"Kalinin Goddard? Why are you in the Great Dome? ”
Dr. Goddard sneered twice and looked at Dr. Prester mockingly.
"Hmm~ That's it, I've been waiting for this sentence for a long time.... Now that I've listened to it, it's as comfortable as I imagined... Hahahaha. Prester, there are times when you bastard you don't think of it, and it really makes me so happy and happy. ”
Unfazed by the other man's taunt, Dr. Prester thought for two seconds, quickly realizing that there was probably something wrong with the last group.
"Where's Dr. Agnes?"
Dr. Goddard touched his bald head and shook his head at Dr. Prester.
"She's here, but she doesn't want to see you, because you've betrayed her trust and adoration, and she's got her to bring people to you because you're trying to protect them and lead them into a new era, but what happened? It turns out that I'm right about you, you're an anti-human lunatic. ”
Dr. Prester simply lowered his head to operate the keyboard as Goddard continued to vent his emotions, and it wasn't long before his head tilted to the side as if to look at a nearby screen.
“......”
Prester glanced at it, and his look of displeasure deepened a little.
"Agnes... Why did you bring only a few people? This is too much difference between the amount agreed between us, I thought that you were steady and would not let me down.... Now it seems that I was looking at the wrong person. ”
Goddard jerked his head back, then yelled at something, and soon there was the sound of something being shattered.
"Okay... Prester, you old guy only controls the external automation center, and you can also call up our internal monitor permissions? ”
He looked back, an angry look on his face.
Prester's face turned to the front, as if the image on the other monitor had been terminated by some act of Dr. Goddard, his arms folded, his eyes showing contempt and arrogance.
"The Great Dome is mine, it was, it is, it will be a monument to the new world, it will be the origin of greatness. You think you can control it with your three-legged cat's technical understanding? I'm telling you, give you time, you can't do it either! ”
Goddard roared angrily, and was directly broken by what he said.
"Don't talk to yourself there, bastard! Tell me, then, why did you put all the scientists who had defected to you in the freezer? Not all of them volunteered to go in and freeze the coffin, right? What are you doing with that device called a white flash? Is it used to brainwash those who resist you! I've checked the data records of the Great Dome ZAX, what do you want to do? What did you do? Why is there such a project as a virus transmission path calculation map? ”
Goddard gasped for two breaths and continued to question.
"Who are the people who follow you? None of them are normal active-duty soldiers, are they? Why did I hear that you wouldn't be there until the Capitol bombing, and what meeting would you go to over there? Why did you leave again before the explosion after that? Was it really the Brotherhood of Steel who was responsible for this terrorist attack, as they claimed? Dr. Prester raised an eyebrow, as if surprised that Goddard had learned so much, but he just snorted coldly and didn't answer.
Goddard stared at the screen with a hideous face, as if he wanted to reach out directly from the screen and beat Prester.
"When you think about it, everything is clear, the biochemical lab information at the Hoover Dam is leaking; the Brotherhood of Steel's declaration of war; the emergency in Hoover Dam City; A strange group of barbarians captured the fortress of Alashid; NCR Eastern District has gone from being able to control the Great Dome to now being in Hoover Dam City; There are also the 370 robbery, the Capitol bombing, the sudden onslaught of the Brotherhood of Steel, and your speeches in the NCR states calling on talent to go to the Great Dome.... There must be something I don't know and can't think of.... You terrorists and traitors! ”
Prester was silent at first, then even looked at Goddard with some appreciation.
"You've done a good job, Goddard.... It's a pity that you are so stupid and stubborn, even if you only have one, I can make you change your mind, but it's a pity that you have both. You already have control of the dome and have the support of the other scientists around you, right? ”
He didn't wait for Goddard to reply to him, and turned his head to look at the monitor on the other side, his hand constantly typing instructions.
A mechanical sound came from above his head, and Andy looked up to see a built-in monitor popping up above.
Dr. Prester saw Pierce and the others through the surveillance device.
"Hmm.... I didn't expect that I casually asked Pierce to go outside to clean up some native maniacs, and there was an unexpected gain, these civilians were actually locked outside the big dome by you, I believe these people have something to do with you, right? Pierce, you go and catch them, and if you resist, you will be killed. ”
Pierce was still depressed because of family changes just now, when Dr. Prester's order was given, his whole body suddenly stiffened, and the three GIs were eerily silent for a while, and then suddenly rushed towards Helen and the others.
Add roared in front of Helen and the children, but was smashed by the GIs with the butts of their guns, and fell to the ground bleeding from his mouth and nose.
Helen panicked when she saw Andy under the monitor, and she desperately called for Andy's help.
"Help! Help me! ”
Before Andy could respond, the three GIs turned around like three robots, staring at Andy with gloomy eyes.
Pip-Boy pops up a prompt.
[New Mission: Hostage Rescue]
[You may be able to get information about entering the Great Dome]
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