Chapter 162: Protect and Kill
"This..." The octopus alien's eyes wandered for a moment, and he lowered his head to look around, not wanting to say anything.
Rong Yuan raised an eyebrow and said in a suspicious tone: "You don't know?"
The octopus alien jumped up as if his authority was questioned, and shouted: "Of course I know! I know a lot of things! I know all the planets in this star field!"
Rong Yuan followed up with a question: "Then tell me, what is so special about this planet? "
When this was mentioned , the octopus alien wilted, but he wanted to go back to Biqiu Star and still rely on Rong Yuan. In his opinion, they were the only two people who could rely on each other on this remote planet. This life-and-death situation gave people an illusion of intimacy and trust, so he looked around furtively. Even though he knew there was no one around, he still lowered his voice and whispered, "Then I'll tell you quietly. Don't tell anyone else! This is highly confidential."
Rong Yuan replied immediately: "Okay."
The octopus alien came closer and whispered, "You know what? Most of the creatures on this planet are not individual creatures, but a collection of organisms."
Rong Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling, so he asked, "What do you mean?"
"Take the natives in front of us for example. Ninety percent of the cells in each of their bodies are actually microorganisms. There are more than one trillion bacteria parasitizing on their skin alone. Do you know how rare this is? On the planets we know about now, it is quite common for two or three organisms to have a mutually beneficial symbiotic parasitic relationship, but tens of trillions of organisms parasitizing each other? It has never happened before! Do you know what this means? It means that the bodies of the natives of the Earth actually contain the most types of gene fragments in the universe! Any organism! Any organism that has been discovered in the universe so far can find the same gene chain in the bodies of the natives of the Earth."
Rong Yuan had no expression on his face. The octopus alien couldn't tell whether he was shocked by what he said. After a while, Rong Yuan slowly said, "It sounds very special, but I think it's a bit disgusting, and it doesn't seem to be of any use."
"How can it be useless?" The octopus alien winked and whispered in a somewhat mysterious voice: "Have you heard of... the virus test field?"
"Virus test field?" Rong Yuan repeated somewhat dryly.
The octopus alien said: "Due to the unique living state of the Earth's indigenous organisms, no matter what invaders they encounter, they can produce immune cells to fight against them in a very short time and restore the balance of parasites in the body. Therefore, since the Interstellar Alliance discovered the uniqueness of this planet more than 8,000 years ago, it has classified the existence of this planet as top secret. Whenever a large-scale infectious disease that is difficult to cure appears in the interstellar, as long as the pathogen is released to the Earth, it will not take long for antibodies to be found in the bodies of the Earth's indigenous people. So this place is the legendary virus testing field."
Rong Yuan asked a few more questions, and the octopus alien gave him a few famous examples. It is true that sometimes the "incurable" viruses released by the aliens only caused the human beings on Earth to have influenza for a while, but there were also a few times when, by comparing the time when it said the pathogens were released with the calendar on Earth, it was not difficult to find that that was also the time when famous diseases such as smallpox, the Black Death, influenza, cholera, etc. were spreading on a large scale on Earth.
According to the octopus aliens, only a pharmaceutical company under the direct management of the Interstellar Alliance has the authority to travel to Earth for research, and they are regarded as heroes by everyone because they have repeatedly saved the alliance from danger.
These aliens only saw the vaccine they received shortly after the pathogens were released on Earth, and the countless compatriots they saved as a result, but did not see the tragic death toll on Earth during this period. Time and again, they used invisible weapons to massacre humans on a large scale without any sense of guilt, and instead of feeling ashamed, they boasted about this as an achievement.
The octopus alien looked at Rong Yuan's face. He was originally explaining science happily, but now he gradually dared not speak. He couldn't tell what Rong Yuan was thinking, but he felt a chill on his back, and his tentacles were twisted into a dough.
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He made an appointment with the octopus alien to leave together after he found the star map. Before parting, they exchanged names. Only then did Rong Yuan know that the alien's name was "Pako". The pronunciation was very strange, and it sounded like the alien sneezed when he said it.
After they turned their backs to each other, Rong Yuan's face gradually darkened.
For the Earth, the ban of the Interstellar Alliance is more of a slow killing than a "protection". They "care" for humans like lab mice, not letting them die, not letting them be invaded, and not letting them face the real and free world outside. In the short term, their decrees have indeed ensured that the Earth grows in a relatively relaxed environment, with the sacrifice of a small number of people in exchange for the continued survival of all. However, it is conceivable that in order to protect this "virus test field", when humans begin to try to explore space outside the solar system, they will inevitably be obstructed or even destroyed by more advanced civilizations. They want to lock humans in the huge, safe cage of the Earth to ensure that the Earth can continuously provide them with "virus vaccines" when the Alliance needs them.
If Rong Yuan had to choose, he would rather face alien invaders like the Peninglang Empire, either being destroyed in the flames of war or being reborn in the struggle. Being raised like a pig in a greenhouse? He would rather die than do that!
"How can I stop it?" Rong Yuan murmured to himself.
Pea suggested, "When you get to the Interstellar Alliance, how about collecting evidence and making this public? Didn't Paco say that the Alliance classified the existence of the Earth as top secret because this kind of thing violates the "Bill of Rights for Intelligent Life Forms"? I think there must be truly kind people in the interstellar space who value the lives of others as much as their own lives. If they knew that the Alliance allowed that company to do this, they would help you sanction them."
"Maybe there are such people everywhere, but Pea, if we really do this, do you know what the most likely consequences will be?" Rong Yuan asked in a low voice.
Pea thought for a moment and said, "Will the mastermind find a scapegoat?"
"Not only that." Rong Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the people who were hurrying on the streets in the distance and living their lives so hard and seriously, and said: "If it were me, if I did such a thing, when I found out it was exposed, I would immediately send someone to destroy the evidence completely so that no one could catch me. Of course, the planet that is bound to attract all the attention cannot be allowed to stay any longer - this is what I do, Pea. You can't expect those guys to be kinder than me."
"So... public opinion doesn't work?" Pea asked hesitantly.
"No. When you are fully prepared, media can be used as a fuse, as an additive, or as a trump card. But media is a double-edged sword. If you rashly use the power of this sword without any preparation, the biggest possibility is that you will hurt yourself before hurting others."
"So, what can we do now?"
"Wait. Let nature take its course..." Rong Yuan finally looked back at the direction where the octopus alien Paco left, and said, "Only then can we control nature."
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Even after swallowing up the alien spaceship that Earthlings have always dreamed of, the sea remains as calm as ever. Without wind, the sea surface seems to be motionless, and only when you get very close can you see the ripples caused by small fish floating to the surface to breathe oxygen.
Rong Yuan unexpectedly discovered that the fisherman thrown into the sea by Paco was still alive. He did not look well and had lost a lot of weight. He drove the recovered fishing boat away from this sea area. The other fishermen seemed to have received a warning as there was no fishing boat nearby.
Rong Yuan drove the rain shuttle and slowly sank from the expected landing point of the spacecraft. If someone was directly above the sea at this time, they would see that a piece of water suddenly sank in the middle of the sea, forming a large dent in the shape of a raindrop, and then gradually a pair of wings appeared on both sides. After a few seconds, the pit became smaller, and the surrounding seawater suddenly shrank back, forming a small vortex, and a string of transparent bubbles emerged. Several slender fish swam over quickly, wagging their tails, opening and closing their mouths, and approached the place where the vortex disappeared.
The seawater was indigo blue, and the sun shone into the water. There were many fishes chasing each other in the swaying waves. Rong Yuan turned the rain shuttle shell into a fully transparent mode, so he could clearly see the surrounding scene.
The deeper they went, the darker the sea became, and more and more sea creatures could be seen. The light from the rain shuttle illuminated the seabed which was always dark, scaring away some sea creatures, while others were attracted by the light and came closer, staring at Rong Yuan through their transparent shells with their big, bulging eyes.
Several jellyfish and starfish were hanging on the hull of the spacecraft and dived for a long time before leaving. There was also a big octopus that tried to wrap around the rain shuttle, but was quickly let go after Rong Yuan opened the protective shield and shocked it.
After more than 20 minutes of diving, the detection system on the spacecraft detected the seabed, but no metal objects. Rong Yuan turned on all the lights on the ship to the brightest, illuminating the surroundings as bright as day. The sea creatures with particularly random appearances fled one after another, and the colorful corals showed a bit of dreamlike magnificence under the lights.
A burnt-blackened spaceship, covered with all kinds of algae and kelp, was leaning against the edge of a trench not far away.
