Chapter 197: Trapped Beast
Rong Yuan never thought that he was the smartest person in the world... Well, he really thought so when he was in middle school. But after getting the "Book of Merits" and experiencing so much, he repeatedly found his mistakes and clumsiness, and Paco and Emilida taught him a lesson. Now Rong Yuan's eyes no longer stay in the unreachable place outside the nine heavens, but lowered his head and began to look at everyone around him seriously.
The monks he met, including Deb who lost his life because of greed, were not very smart. But their clumsiness is sometimes the best camouflage. Why did Paco know his true identity? It was because he thought Paco was stupid and looked down on him, so he was less vigilant and defensive when getting along with him, thus revealing his flaws. For the same reason, he didn't put much thought into understanding the other party. Otherwise, he would not have not realized that Paco had noticed something.
So when the monks in the ruling hall quickly discussed the results and made new discoveries after they appeared, Rong Yuan was not surprised. He was just surprised at the efficiency of this government. In his impression, government departments have always been very slow, and he was also very curious about what they would do next. After all, smart people sometimes do very stupid things.
"You're not surprised."
The person who came to meet him on behalf of the Executive Office was a young octopus named Yalin. He had a cold attitude, but was very polite. Even a pitch-black octopus could make his every move pleasing to the eye, so that the people in front of him could easily tolerate his cold tone and eyes, thinking that this was just his character.
Yalin was usually a person with little presence, but he was deeply trusted by Geoso. He sat in on the entire meeting, and the doctor's sinister intentions simply refreshed his worldview, but he always looked calm, and not many people could see his abnormality. He did not reveal a word of the content of the meeting except for informing Rong Yuan and the others as ordered. Rong Yuan's calm reaction at this time confirmed his guess - he had known the doctor's plan for a long time, so he dared to show up directly, because under this situation, Bi Qiuxing had no possibility of cooperating with Kayul, and they had no way to retreat, so they had to stand on the same line with Rong Yuan and the others.
Rong Yuan didn't say anything. He first glanced at Emilida, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa wearing sunglasses and headphones, and then said, "I guessed it."
These sunglasses and headphones are like a TV on the Biqiu Star. This is just an ordinary model. The more advanced holographic viewing cabin will make the audience feel as if they are in the scene. Some can also let the audience choose a role to play at will, which is very proactive. However, even this most ordinary one, Amirida is addicted to it and can't let it go. Therefore, when Rong Yuan heard that Yalin was coming to visit, he sent the girl to watch TV.
Yalin also looked at the girl from Landia. He had heard that in many backward planets, high-level intelligent aliens born on orthodox core planets like this would be treated like princes and princesses; if they were willing to settle down, they would often be granted titles without doing anything; even if they traveled on ordinary spaceships, they would be noticed and treated respectfully by everyone. But among the two people in front of him, Rong Yuan, who claimed to be born on a remote small planet, took the leading position. Of course, this was because the girl was too simple and naive, but it still looked very strange.
But Yalin didn't say much. He just glanced at it and then looked away, saying, "Then you should also know that we don't actually have ten days."
Ten days was the deadline given by the doctor. Rong Yuan and the others did not have the so-called deadly virus. Once the ten-day deadline was over, the doctor might have released the virus. Yalin and others had heard about the cruelty of the doctor's experiments. If it was that person, he might really do such a thing.
But the question is, can he really wait patiently for ten days? It is now the early morning of the seventh day. The Biqiu Star is still generally orderly and stable because the people still have confidence in the Executive Office and their army, but the atmosphere has gradually become restless. Some of the tourists trapped here are of high status, and many conflicts have indeed occurred during this period.
It is conceivable that if the search continues to yield nothing, small-scale escapes will soon occur. Even if their army can intercept them, by the ninth day, when there is still no result, such escapes will surely break out on a large scale. By then, even if Geosio kneels on the ground and begs, people will not listen to him in order to survive. And can their soldiers shoot and kill people just because they want to survive?
When they can't stop them, Kayul Company will definitely stop them, using viruses or other more direct means. Even if they shoot all the spacecraft trying to escape with guns and cannons, it is still unknown whether the alliance can convict them, because they can use the pretext of helping the Biqiu Star Administration Office maintain order in order to prevent the virus from spreading to the stars. The "Interstellar Major Fatal Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Law" has long stipulated this situation. If you can't wait for help calmly and try to escape to other places, then in order to protect the vast majority of people, not to mention a planet, even a dozen star systems can be abandoned.
But if they give the answer people want and confirm that they have captured Amirida and the other two, then perhaps the doctor will release the virus in advance and they will not be spared either.
"I heard that the Star Network base station was destroyed. Don't you have any other way to contact the outside world? If you can report the situation here, maybe Kayul Company will be afraid." Rong Yuan thought for a while and added: "Or send a spacecraft to quietly leave Biqiu Star. I think a mere company cannot block the entire Biqiu Star."
"You are right." Yalin nodded and said, "So now, it is the Peninglang Empire that has sent a large army to surround Biqiu Star." He looked up at the blank ceiling, and then said to Rong Yuan, "During the communication period, Kayul Company has submitted a report to the Alliance in advance, proving that there is a rare and unsolvable malignant virus on Biqiu Star, which is fatal to more than 90% of carbon-based organisms and more than 40% of silicon-based organisms. They have solid evidence, and the actions of Biqiu Star also prove this. Therefore, according to the Interstellar Law, Biqiu Star will be blocked indefinitely until the virus is found, it is proved that no one is infected, or a vaccine is developed. In addition, out of the spirit of interstellar humanitarianism, the rescue team of Kayul Company headquarters will arrive on Biqiu Star within a week, accompanied by special personnel from the Alliance Disease Prevention and Control Center."
"I think when they arrive, there will only be a dead star left here, and Kayul will not have to bear any responsibility." Rong Yuan said.
Yalin nodded. There was one thing he didn't say, but Rongyuan had already guessed it. The ruling office of Biqiu Star knew this because they had worked hard to restore some external communications, but for the people, the star network had not been restored, because the Peninglang Empire would not allow the tragic scenes of the creatures of a planet under its jurisdiction, such as wailing and struggling before death, to spread to the entire interstellar. Now that Kayul Company was not needed, they would also take over the control of public opinion and communications. Kayul had taken the initiative, and would surely be fully prepared to make everyone believe that Biqiu Star was indeed in danger. Therefore, no matter how good the relationship was before, the Peninglang Empire would not believe them just because some people in the ruling office claimed that "there are no terrorists on our planet, this is all the work of Kayul Company". If they really did this without any evidence, they would only push away possible assistance and allies, and that would be really seeking death.
So they were trying to keep the lid on it, for the people, the aliens, the empire, and Kayul. Only a few people knew about it, and now, looking at Yalin, Rong Yuan knew that they were about to be crushed by this huge, hopeless pressure.
He glanced at Emilida again, then smiled at Yalin and said, "I have an idea that may solve this problem. Do you want to listen to it?"
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Doreen is a small receptionist at the Kayul Company Research Institute. She is not a Biqiu star, but a Jili. She is round like a jelly, with a tender green body like a new sprout, and is very lovable. In addition, she is gentle and considerate by nature, smart and docile, and has a good memory. She is very popular in the interstellar world and often undertakes reception, guidance, and early childhood education. Usually she is very busy and often has to receive people from all sides, but recently the entire Biqiu star has almost stopped operating. Even though the work of the research institute is as usual, Doreen has completely been idle.
When you are idle, you tend to think about all sorts of things.
People outside felt relieved when they saw that Kayul's research institute was still busy. Some people even sent banners and small gifts of encouragement in floating toy airplanes. But those in the institute knew that the doctor had not specially mobilized personnel to study the virus that was said to have disappeared during this period, so people were unsettled recently and there were all kinds of opinions.
To be honest, they didn't even know whether the institute had stored this virus before, and it was hard to imagine how Paco, a non-high-level employee, could steal such confidential information.
But since the doctor said so, they believed it. Although the doctor was sharp-tongued, cold, mysophobic, had many minor problems, and was difficult to approach, they all knew what a great person the doctor was. He had developed vaccines for many diseases and saved many, many people. So even if some people had complaints about the doctor's live research method, they could not ignore the contribution of that person.
Doreen is a loyal fan of the Doctor. Although someone recently told her that several people around the Doctor were packing up important things and seemed to be planning to leave, Doreen believed that the Doctor would not abandon them. For the sake of those Bhikkhus who needed them, the Doctor would not leave. She scoffed at the slanderous remarks about the Doctor, and the resistance of the headquarters spacecraft made her even more confident.
Just as she was daydreaming, a voice came from the communicator. Doreen just listened to the beginning and pressed the door switch to let them in. She knew it was those people from the Executive Office who came to ask if there was any progress in the virus research. Really, knowing that they would be notified as soon as there was any news, these people still ran here three or four times a day, as if they would not feel at ease unless they saw it with their own eyes.
She sat in her chair without getting up, knowing that those people didn't want to listen to her official words, but would go to some trusted monks to ask for information. Doreen was very angry about this behavior. She also knew that some employees in the company would contact the people in the Executive Office privately, which was simply betrayal! But the doctor was very magnanimous and understood their impatience, and told them not to pay attention to it, so Doreen let them go angrily every time, but she never gave them a good face.
But today was different. The hovercraft stopped in the yard, and the two people in the lead came straight to her and complimented her. Doreen had a stern face at first, but the other party was really likable, and after talking for a while, she couldn't help but smile. She was feeling very happy when she suddenly saw that there were two people who hadn't come in. They didn't go to chat with anyone, but walked around in the yard, seemingly admiring the statues. One of them seemed to notice her gaze, turned his head and took a look, then smiled softly and nodded politely.
Doreen couldn't help but think: Although the monk is ugly... this one is still quite cute when he smiles.
Noticing where her gaze was directed, the person she was chatting with casually explained that it was the Archon's junior who came out to take a breath, and then changed the topic to virus research. Doreen, who had a headache after hearing this, couldn't help but roll her eyes and forgot about the two people.
In the yard, Rong Yuan, disguised as a monk again, looked down at a stone bead in his hand, rubbed it hard, and could see the black lines of the secret box.
——The people of Kayul Company probably never thought that the things they were looking for were not taken away by Paco, but were hidden under their noses. Who said that all the people in Biqiuxing were idiots?
