Chapter 196 Guardian
Although the ruling office of Biqiu Star does not have an intelligent computer like Noah II, the energy and power they possess are far beyond what Rong Yuan can compare. This research institute of Kayul Company has a history of more than a thousand years on Biqiu Star. The reason for choosing this planet is, firstly, the special ecological environment and natural environment of Biqiu Star, and secondly, the simple and unsophisticated Biqiu people can complete very precise work. After more than a thousand years of infiltration and mutual influence, many of the original employees of the institute chose to settle down on Biqiu Star and pass on from generation to generation, and now nearly half of its employees are Biqiu Star people. Although Kayul has a confidentiality regulation, it is easy to find one or two people who are more loyal to their own nation and planet among so many employees. Moreover, ordinary Biqiu Star people usually don’t have too many twists and turns in their minds, so it is also easy to operate if you want to get some words out of them.
After the virus incident was announced, the Executive Office began to search for Amyrida and the other person on a large scale throughout the planet according to the requirements of Kayul Company, and on the other hand, tried to understand what the stolen virus was. Although the top management of the institute was unwilling to reveal it, they still managed to get a lot of fragmentary information from the internal employees. It was just that before, when they didn't understand the situation, they could only believe what Kayul said, and they didn't have many choices. This information could also indirectly support the statements of the doctor and others; but now, if they choose to believe Amyrida, there seems to be a more credible line that vaguely connects all the fragments.
Everyone present had great trust in each other's perspective. Since they had decided to believe in Amirida, who looked very innocent, a certain stubborn talent in their race made them stop spending more energy on doubting whether Amirida's words were credible, and instead tried to think about what factors made them feel abnormal if this was the truth.
So they did not join Dakuka in being angry, nor did they immediately think of condemning the Kayul Company. Instead, they all seemed to have grasped something at the same time, and they mobilized their thinking and tried their best to grasp the fleeting inspiration.
After Dakuka roared for a while, he got no response. The faces of the people did not look like they disagreed, nor did they look like they were afraid and retreating. Instead, they looked like they were all thinking about something, which made him look like he was performing a one-man show. He slapped the table angrily, sat down angrily, drank a sip of water, and thought of his subordinates who had been exhausted for a lie these days. He said angrily, "Damn Kayul, he said that if it is not resolved within ten days, the virus may spread to the Bhikkhu star..."
All of a sudden, everyone looked at Dakuka, and suddenly a light appeared in their eyes.
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Aimirida was terrified and almost risked her life to come to the Geo with Rong Yuan. Although she did not really experience any major battle, her energy was almost exhausted. She cried again, and her suppressed emotions were released. Therefore, although she was worried, she fell asleep quickly in the lounge.
Rong Yuan covered her with a blanket and dimmed the lights. Although the Executive Office arranged two bedrooms for them, Rong Yuan could not leave the girl alone in this place where there might be dangers everywhere. He did not go to sleep, but sat quietly by the bed, thinking about the whole thing again in his mind, outlining the whole picture of the incident bit by bit.
With the help of No. 2 and Paco, Rong Yuan knew as much about Piqiu as any native Piqiu person, and Emilida, who had always been with the doctor, provided him with a lot of information about the research institute. Putting aside the feeling of hesitation that arose involuntarily due to the unfamiliarity and mystery, and the feeling of oppression that he was swept into the center of the storm, he calmly watched from a third-party perspective, and some things that he had not discovered or had no time to think about before gradually surfaced.
The destroyed star network base station... the entire planet search... the ten-day deadline... the Kayul Company Research Institute, which seemed to be completely controlled by the Executive Office and he stayed out of it... Paco's bloody head and jagged fractures... the spaceship that suddenly landed from the Kayul headquarters... the box that was escorted down from the spaceship in high confidentiality... the research institute continued to work as usual... during the extraordinary period, some abrupt personnel transfers within the institute, and their delicate interpersonal relationships...
Ten days... Rong Yuan knew best whether they had the virus or not. He initially thought that this was just an excuse for Kayul Company to force the government of Biqiu Star to catch them at all costs, but why set such a short deadline? To force the government to complete their ? The ocean is so big, how can they be sure that Biqiu Star will definitely catch them within the deadline? What if they fail to catch them and the time is up, how can the doctor justify himself? Could it be that the bandits suddenly have a change of heart and decide to postpone the release of the virus?
In other words, they don't really care whether the Biqiu Star government can catch Rong Yuan and the others... If so, once the time comes, will the virus be released as scheduled? Who is in charge?
The only possibility is that Kayul Company itself is crying thief.
Cut off the star network, so that Biqiu Star loses its channels of external communication; block sea, land and air transportation, so that no one can escape this place; carpet search, causing panic throughout the planet, and making people give up work and study, all staying at home, reducing the possibility of exchanging intelligence and creating chaos; the network inside the planet is still connected , which has stabilized the social mood to a large extent, and there is no need to worry about someone revealing the truth on the Internet. After all, everyone knows that false information is flying all over the Internet. Even if someone really touches the truth, as long as a few hundred more exaggerated "truth posts" are released, the real intelligence can be submerged in the ocean of data; all the most trusted troops of the Executive Office are dispatched, searching day and night, exhausting the physical strength and endurance of the elite soldiers; the extremely short deadline creates a sense of urgency, making it impossible for people to stop and think, and can only desperately do what they want, for fear that one negligence will lead to the demise of the entire planet.
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"So, we have always been led by the nose, and we have never even thought about why all this happened." An old man said with a sullen face at the conference table.
"That's right." Another person nodded in agreement. "If someone really wants to release such a virus, then why would he do so? Who can be so resentful that he would not hesitate to drag the entire planet to be buried with him? If he is simply an antisocial personality, don't forget that he is also on this planet. If the virus is released, no one will survive. Unless he has a vaccine, but..."
"But Kayul said at the beginning that they don't have a vaccine for treatment." Dakuka is no longer furious. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, he has become calmer than anyone else. "And no one has left so far. The panic in the institute is very low, and even the daily research work has not been stopped because of this."
"I got inside information that Kayul Company has not strengthened its research in any area recently because of the virus incident. The major projects currently underway have all been going on for a long time. Apart from a spaceship that was said to be sent by the company's headquarters, there are no expedited research projects targeting the virus."
"Several people who have close ties to the top brass seemed to be packing up important items, but they did not show any signs of leaving."
"The doctor backed up all the important experimental data. Also, the group of wild animals he raised were recently locked in a nutrition cabin. It is said that they are preparing for the next step of research."
"Can the nutrition cabin prevent viral infection?"
"Maybe. The nutrition cabin is a fully enclosed structure. But the virus is transmitted through the air, which means that once you leave the nutrition cabin, you may be infected."
"I have a question. If there really is a virus, if Kayul Corporation is really behind all this, what is their purpose? Why would they want to kill Biqiuxing if there is no grudge? Even the two children, apart from the fact that Amirida escaped from the Doctor, I don't see any hatred between them."
"Secret box."
"The evidence left by Paco."
"The contents inside may be more serious than we thought."
"Hand those two people over to Kayul Company and let them interrogate themselves. If we find the secret box, will it be possible to make them stop?"
"Stupid! We can't possibly hint to Kayul that we have guessed their plan. This would force them to act in advance. Nor can we prove that we are completely unaware of the contents of the secret box."
"The most important thing is, just like Paco left Rongyuan and Emilida as backup, who can guarantee that the three of them didn't tell anyone about this? They showed up behind the search line on their own initiative, and our people didn't find any trace of them before. Until now, we have no idea where they were hiding or who they contacted. It is very possible that they moved the contents of the box."
"So, regardless of whether they have accomplices or not, the only thing that can be confirmed is that if there are other companions, these people must be on the Piqiu star."
"If I were Kayul Company, and wanted to completely kill someone and silence them, it seems that there is only one choice."
Others continued to add to the discussion one after another - this is the Bhikkhu star. Even if they are high-ranking government officials, none of them hides their talents under a low profile, and none of them cherishes what they have. Instead, they try to reveal everything they can think of in order to inspire and integrate the ideas of others. When one person's mind is insufficient, he will make use of the wisdom of everyone.
Therefore, this group of people can lead Biqiu Star to develop stably, peacefully and healthily in the interstellar era, without exhausting national strength in internal struggles, and not becoming a colonized planet in the process of foreign exchanges due to innate intellectual defects. You know, the core planets of the Interstellar Alliance are basically dominated by intelligent species, and the general intelligence of Biqiu Star is even lower than that of ordinary intelligent creatures, but it can communicate with many powerful planets without being humble or arrogant, and successfully joined the trading circle dominated by the Peninglang Empire to become a subsidiary star. It also has a considerable presence, which is also a very unique existence in the alliance.
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Although Rong Yuan did not participate in the meeting in person, the awareness of prevention on the Bhikkhu star was much better than that of the people on Earth, and No. 2 was unable to infiltrate and eavesdrop, but Rong Yuan closed his eyes and seemed to be able to replay every word they said in his mind.
Because he had thought about the whole thing over and over in his mind for a long time, and he had carefully weighed every possibility. He knew what conclusion they would come to in the end as long as they were not completely stupid.
However, even so, Rong Yuan still found it hard to imagine who could make such a cruel decision. Even if he was in the past, even without the constraints of the "Book of Merits", he would not treat a planet and the countless creatures on it as toys for his own benefit and kill them all. But looking at what Kayul did, there is only this one explanation.
If it was just to silence her, the virus should have been released at the beginning. The reason there was a ten-day deadline was that, on the one hand, the doctor still hoped to find the secret box. After all, even if the planet was destroyed, the box would still be intact, which was always a hidden danger. On the other hand, I'm afraid he still wanted to capture Amirida, whether to punish her for escaping or to continue to use her wisdom. But to say that he really cared about this girl was a joke.
However, Rong Yuan didn't even have much video footage of the doctor. He wasn't very sure of his conclusion, and he didn't know whether the people on Bi Qiu Star would make any crazy decisions in panic, so he didn't dare to let himself fall asleep like Amirida, and he always remained vigilant and prepared for the worst. He knew that if he asked Amirida, this girl knew the doctor better than anyone else, and she could give him the most accurate answer. But he didn't want to do that. He wanted to isolate those things from the girl's world.
Rong Yuan had never treated a person like this before, he almost held her in his hands and cherished her. In the past, he concealed it mostly to protect himself; but now, if he concealed it, it might bring danger to himself... He wondered with some uncertainty, could it be that in addition to wanting to protect the girl's life, he also wanted to protect her heart?
Rong Yuan looked down at the sleeping Emilida. She curled up, her fingers unconsciously hooked on the corner of Rong Yuan's clothes. The dim light cast deep and shallow shadows on her face. On her chubby face, there was one point of fear, two points of peace of mind, and the remaining seven points were full of dependence.
