Leon began to drink coffee, the bitter taste reminded him of Columbus, who was 8,000 kilometers away, and he couldn't help but feel moved in the face of Smith, who had always refused to speak.

"Do you know Sir Columbus of R57?" asked Leon casually,

"That bastard! embarrassed to say he's a knight, and he lives like that, not even a human being!" Smith looked manic and contemptuous as if he had heard the most absurd thing, and then he realized that he had lost his words, and he couldn't help but cry out for being fooled when he saw Leon's smiling smug face.

"It turns out that Tuoba Hongyan has done all these years and all the things that Uptown knows," Leon pouted,

"Actually, Columbus and I are also friends, we used to be the descendants of the same soldiers, but later he chose to follow in his father's footsteps for the sake of a woman, and stay in that ghost place as a puppet...... As for Tuoba Hongyan, before the Falling Moon Era, that guy was in the same system as the army in the upper city at all" Smith said with an embarrassed face, he had to admit that that kind of scientific madman was actually his predecessor.

"Why did they separate out? And after independence, they haven't been suppressed by the Upper City? As far as I know, the main function of the Exterminators is to eliminate this kind of powerful dissidents, right? If the Upper City didn't have the energy to take care of them 50 years ago, but after stabilization, it is definitely capable of exterminating the ...... of the war ashes" Leon looked confused, as if muttering to himself,

"Stupid, of course Tuoba Hongyan made an internal deal with the Eye of God!" Smith finished speaking, eager to bite his tongue off, this time he picked out the stubble himself, Leon didn't make a sound, just smiled and looked at the old man, which made Dr. Smith let out a strange snort,

"You little slippery head!"

The secret of forty years ago was finally carefully opened by Old Man Smith. And Leon, while verifying some of his guesses, was shocked by the truth again and again.

Tuoba Hongyan's original position was one of the seven generals of the interstellar forces in the old era, responsible for the research of outer space creatures, which can be said to be the most insignificant of the seven generals, because in the development process of human beings for thousands of years, outer space creatures have always been phantoms with only rumors and no entities, batch after batch of archival materials, and conclusive rumors one after another, but no one has been able to come up with enough convincing evidence.

And Tuoba Hongyan, the head of such a department full of illusions, was secretly ridiculed as a face general by other generals of the interstellar forces. But it is precisely this face general who participated in the Skyfall Project, conducted a series of private research, and a year before the official implementation of the Skyfall Plan, solemnly submitted the "Moon Shadow Report", which is like a science fiction movie, alarmistically describing a large number of alien biological conspiracies, and the "Augusta Project" is mainly a response to the invasion of alien creatures.

Tuoba Hongyan used to be a top biology student at Cornell University, and has always been keen on the exploration and research of biological evolution theory, but the "Augusta Project" he proposed was thrown into the most inconspicuous corner of the Skyfall Archive at that time, when everyone was staring at energy and nuclear launch towers, who would care about the so-called extraterrestrial biological threat theory?

But after the Falling Moon Era, a large number of mutated creatures emerged, and some people remembered the biological experts of the year, and Tuoba Hongyan had already taken advantage of the chaos to start secretly implementing his plan at that time, after all, he was a general with some power, and R57 was one of the military bases that he used his power to incorporate into his private plans.

Later, the Eye of God, a religious organization originally created by the world's four major energy groups, gradually overrode the various reserves and became the new master of this world by using various resources and the belief gaps of the Falling Moon Era. And the Eye of God just took a fancy to Tuoba Hongyan's strength and technology, so they made a deal.

Tuoba Hongyan develops technology to train warriors who can resist mutant beasts, while the Vision of God is responsible for suppressing each reserved area, not exterminating and intervening in Tuoba Hongyan. It seems that simple.

"That's it?" Leon raised his eyebrows and exclaimed in a strange voice, "How is it possible?" In my correlation map, the Five-Star Guild is also an abnormal existence, their background and genetic development technology are also mysterious, and it is definitely not easy for an organization that can develop its own forces around the world."

"Oh, what else do you have to guess?" Smith's eyes were full of excitement, and he felt that this rough-looking boy had a rare thoughtfulness, and he really didn't look like a rough soldier growing up in the wilderness.

"The Eye of God is not a divine existence...... Leon's eyes were gloomy, "they are just dressed in a religious cloak, and what they do behind their backs should be dirtier than any organization."

"As far as I know, there are factional contradictions within the Eye of God" Smith sighed, "It's normal to have contradictions, and after there are contradictions, there will be competition and suppression, which is also normal, where there are human beings, there are dirty deeds"

"Factional struggle?" Leon was stunned for a moment, then slapped his face, "That's right! I said that there are always some connections full of contradictions, it turns out that the problem lies in their internal relationships!" Leon's eyes rolled, adjusting his virtual correlation diagram in his mind, and said after a moment:

"The Five-Star Guild and the War Ash belong to two factions, but there should be another faction, they are all using various means to strengthen themselves, but the ultimate goal is not the same, am I right?"

"Boy, that's great," Smith said again, as he grew fond of this clever little fellow, who was not only clear and logical, but also quite bold, "as far as I know, the Vision of God is divided into 'Returnees', 'Conservatives', and 'Futurists', but that's all I know, as for what their respective goals are, and which faction supports which organization, I can't fathom as a 20-year-old retired man."

"So which faction was going to make a deal with you back then?" Leon's eyes sparkled, this question was critical,

"It was Bishop Hugh Grant, at first he didn't ask for my 'Anna Bio' technology, but just gave me some genetics for me to experiment with in the next step, and at that time the rumors were already very tight, and it seemed that many technologies related to biological modification were targeted, but I still cultivated the gene fragments he brought, and then I found out ...... That's, that's a monster!" Smith sank into deep memories, Leon could imagine how the Doctor felt when he first saw a monster embryo in the culture tank, and he should feel like his technology was tarnished.

"And then?" asked Leon in a whisper, making the old man look stunned, and then he let out a sigh of relief, and said:

"Of course I ruined the thing, and I rejected Hugh Grant's request for cooperation to my face, and I was arraigned the next day...... As far as I guessed later, he must have belonged to the conservative group," Smith narrowed his eyes, thinking of Hugh Grant's kind and handsome face, and the ugliness of that face when it became annoyed.

"Oh, that's more complicated, if he's a conservative, what kind of bishop of San Juan is? he seems to have a good relationship with the Tolan family" Leon began to pinch his nose, and the action moved Smith slightly, he remembered an old friend, who also liked to do it, but ...... That's impossible...... Smith couldn't help but shake his head. However, looking at Leon with a somewhat cordial look, he vaguely guessed why Tolan, the strict and demanding old woman, would choose such a mercenary to trade.

"The faction of San Juan and Bishop Huang Zifang, I'm afraid you will have to ask Old Lady Tolan," Smith smiled bitterly, "If I hadn't closed myself off all these years, I just collected these old antiques every day, often went to the Rubik's Cube nightclub to look at my thighs, and gaged when I met people, and became a well-known old man...... I'm afraid I've already drawn a cross on the death list of the Eye of God!"

"Marshal Tolan won't allow this to happen, will he?" Leon couldn't help but be surprised, no matter how downtrodden this former minister was, Smith was at least Tolan's husband and little Pudding's grandfather,

"Ten years ago, she might have been able to take care of me, but over the years, the forces within the Tolan family have exhausted her, otherwise she wouldn't have asked for help from a little guy like you" Smith's face darkened, "So, she's put all the treasure on you, you have to try to help her deal with the Eye guys"

"Herein lies the problem, Marshal Tolan is not willing to say anything about the apostles and monks, even if it is a bargain," Leon smiled wryly at Smith,

"Can I know the contents of the deal?" Smith picked up the coffee in front of him, the glass of water was already cold, more bitter and aromaless,

"The first, of course, is to continue to impersonate Hyde, to become a puppet marshal, and to receive so-called military training, for which I can hold a little bit of control of the army. Second, to get the merry daughter of the Darius family, the marshal said that she could provide sufficient 'pickle funds', but she also asked to try not to cause too much conflict with the Asian reservation, which is really a bit difficult...... Also, to protect little Pudding until he can take over the seal, and I am willing to cooperate in this matter, because then I can come and go as I go in and out of the upper city, and the marshal promises that as long as we don't cause too much trouble, no one can touch us."

"Hahaha, this dead old woman," Smith laughed, "can she come up with the idea of making a mercenary a marshal?

"I'm no ordinary mercenary" Leon laughed heartily, "It doesn't matter if anything else, at least I'll protect the pudding"

Before Smith could speak, a tender call came from outside the door: "Brother, does grandma want you to protect me?" Then the dirty little pudding appeared at the door, his fat face was still shining with oil, and he was followed by Instructor Russo with a serious face.

And Leon immediately felt a strange coercion, with obvious hostility. Leon looked at Smith, the old man pouted helplessly, Leon suddenly understood that this tall and burly instructor was probably also sent by Tolan to train pudding, and was one of Marshal Tolan's cronies. The main thing is that this guy knows his true identity.

At the same time, Russo was also carefully observing Leon, an important chess piece selected by Marshal Tolan, and also a young marshal who needs to be trained by himself in the future, and it is said that he also defeated Zhang Yaxuan in the Asian region, but looking at this kid's momentum, he doesn't look like a martial artist at all. Russo thought viciously: Is the so-called young marshal the same soft noodles?

Finally, he couldn't help it, and snorted disdainfully in the depths of his nasal cavity:

"It's up to you to protect Your Excellency Sting?"

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ps: Let's spend the flower tickets, give Xiao Hei an excuse to add more!