Merit Book·Xinghai

The drinks on the table had been left on the table for too long, and the faint sweet aroma had dissipated completely, showing a brown-green color under the rays of the setting sun.

Lin Lai sat at the table with his hands resting on his forehead, not moving for a long time, as if he had turned into a stone sculpture.

Mo Gui leaned back on the chair next to him, stretched his long legs straight, and looked at the ever-changing orange-red-gold clouds in the distance with his eyes, with a peaceful expression.

The gestures of the two seem to have no connection at all, and it seems that there are countless invisible lines between them, and there is no barrier between them.

After a long time, Lin Lai let out a long breath, raised his head and said, "He didn't agree."

"But I didn't refuse." Mo Gui said calmly.

"Yes. But I..." Lin Lai's throat twitched, he swallowed the words that had come to his lips, and said with a wry smile, "If he is really the person I guessed, I think... I think... he Maybe there will be a little pity for us...all of this, all of this...maybe he brought it!"

"You are wrong. Even if it is what you think, I don't think there is any responsibility in it." Mo Gui said: "More than 200 years ago, the reason why human beings rebelled against alien races was because they did not live like human beings. , Just like the reason why alien races resist humans today. History always repeats the past. If there is no such god in the legend, of course there would be no human oppression of alien races today, but would you be willing to be a slave?"

"It's true..." Lin Lai rubbed his face and cheered up and said, "Maybe it's because I had too much hope, and if I didn't get the expected answer, my mentality was a little out of balance. Anyway, he didn't refuse. , then..."

Suddenly, a bell rang from Lin Lai, he immediately closed his mouth, looked at Mo Gui, and connected the communication.

"Yes, the task has been completed... yes... yes... understand."

After hanging up the communication, Lin Lai looked at Mo Gui and said, "The boss told us to go back immediately."

Mo Gui nodded, and there was not much surprise in his expression. The information they discovered this time is too important to be disseminated by any technological means, and it is difficult to accurately describe everything they discovered in words or words. I will report it in person. It is the safest.

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——The Bloody Tulip Tragedy.

Downer said that's what people privately called the massacre that happened that day.

3 people is not a huge number compared to the capital's population of more than 800 million, but overnight, more than 3 people turned into corpses, what is the concept?

The strong smell of blood makes it almost impossible to breathe. The gurgling blood seems to turn the road into a river of blood. Dead bodies piled up on the ground as far as the eye can see. There is still fear and desire to survive in the eyes that cannot be closed. Has become numb and gray.

The executioners who used to drive these people to a dead end with guns were not completely cold-blooded machines. Perhaps they forgot the emotions they should have as human beings because of the atmosphere and certain mechanized emotions when executing the orders. After the incident, facing the bloody scene caused by themselves, many people collapsed because they couldn't bear it. Some cried loudly, some knelt down to repent, and some couldn't help convulsing or vomiting, but such a scene could not be obtained. Victim understanding or sympathy.

Because the damage has already been done, the dead will never be able to come back to life again.

But many people like Tang Na also understand that what they should really resent is not these soldiers who simply follow orders, but those big figures who give orders behind them.

For a long time, there has been a group of people on Zhongwu Planet. They take it as their mission to resist the humiliation of alien races by human beings, and they call themselves the Rebel Army.After the bloody tulip tragedy, the number of rebels increased by 30.00%.They huddled together to keep each other warm, encouraged each other not to give up, and waited patiently for the chance of revenge.But in reality, do such opportunities exist?

In fact, many people understand in their hearts how slim the hope of this matter is.The longer they wait, the less likely their wish will be granted.

Of course, there are still things they can do, such as causing some bloodshed, assassinating some people, or creating chaos to rescue some people.But what can be done and what can be saved is only a few after all, but it cannot fundamentally change the overall situation.

Because the top and most advanced technology and knowledge in this world will always be in the hands of human beings only.The longer the time passes, the greater the gap in technology between the two sides, and the narrower the space for them to struggle.But this is something that cannot be changed no matter how brave they are, how they fight, and how much they risk their lives. Even humans who sympathize with other races, in order to maintain their own race, will subconsciously not pass on high-end knowledge that can subvert the entire society to them. Foreign races like the rebels, at most, only teach them some basic knowledge that makes it easier to make a living.

But that's not what they really want.

The arrival of the Rongyuan spacecraft gave the rebels new hope.In their view, although Rong Yuan and his party are very similar to humans in appearance, they are aliens after all, and they don't have deep-rooted racial concepts like the humans on Zhong Wuxing.Maybe they look at the various races of Zhongwu Planet, just like humans look at monkeys, bison, goats, rabbits and other animals. Although monkeys are most like humans, they are all animals in the eyes of humans, and there is no fundamental difference.

Therefore, these days, the rebels lurking near the manor have tried every means to avoid the government's eyeliner, reveal the real situation of Zhong Wuxing to Mu Xiaohu and his party, and try to arouse their sympathy and pity for the alien race.Although it sounds shameful to pin your hopes on the mercy and charity of alien races, as long as they can win a future with more freedom, power and dignity for their people-according to Tangna-the leader of the rebel army is willing to die Allegiance to Rong Yuan and others.

Lol couldn't help but want to laugh.

It is said to be allegiance, but the rebel army can be said to have nothing now, what is the meaning of their allegiance to Rong Yuan and others?Unless Rong Yuan first helps them gain a certain status and power, then it makes sense to control one side.

The proposal of the rebel army is not completely empty-handed. If Rong Yuan and his party are not as friendly as they appear, then it is still useful to use the rebel army to turn the clock on Star Zhongwu.It is difficult for conspiracy theorists to convince them that aliens would have outright benevolence on a strange, backward planet.

Of course, it would be even better if they were as kind as they appear to be.The two of Mu Xiaohu and Rasini did not show any discrimination or disgust towards the alien race in the way they got along with them. On the contrary, they were very friendly and even faintly showed some sympathy for their situation.It is very likely that such a young man with a conscience, blood still alive, and no deep-rooted racial ideology will choose to help the rebels and aliens out of sympathy.

Ordinary teenagers may have infinite sympathy for them in Tangna's cries and tears, and then if they are moved by the ideas, temperament, words, etc. of some people in the rebel army in further contact, they may even become willing to become Tang Na. A warrior who will fight to the death for the cause of alien rise.But Luo Er is not an ordinary boy. He does not have his own emotional tendency in his heart at this time, but he can abandon this tendency from his own thinking and analyze the whole thing with the most rational and objective attitude.

The rebels are very accurate about one thing, that is, Lore and others have no preference for different races. Due to the current tragedy of the original race of Zhongwu Star being oppressed by humans, they are sympathetic to alien races.But what Lore knows better is that which side they ultimately choose to stand on is not determined by their personal feelings, but by Rong Yuan's attitude.Although he has experienced the voyage across countless light years with Rong Yuan, his understanding of Rong Yuan is very shallow, and he dare not say that he is the other party's companion.He doesn't know what Rong Yuan will choose, and he won't make any promises easily.

Therefore, when Tangna finished talking about the situation of the alien race and asked for their help, under her tearful gaze, Lore pondered for a moment, and then considered how to blur her request.

But before he had time to speak, he heard Mu Xiaohu beside him say, "Well, no, at least not now."

"Why?" Tona screamed, looking at him in disbelief.Compared with the treacherous and indifferent Luo Er, she has always had a better impression of the cheerful and enthusiastic Mu Xiaohu, and in the narration just now, this dark-skinned young man was obviously moved, and almost shed tears several times.So Tang Na didn't expect that Luo Er, whose expression didn't change from the beginning to the end, didn't say anything, but Mu Xiaohu rejected him first.

The girl looked angrily, then she seemed to think of something, she bit her lips, she put away her angry expression as if she had been betrayed, tears fell down involuntarily, she reached out her hand to wipe it rudely, glared at Mu Xiaohu, and asked: "Why...why? You, like those people, think that only human beings are entitled to human rights? Or...or...your sympathy, your emotion...is that hypocritical? Because it's troublesome, because it has nothing to do with you, So... so no matter how miserable others are, they can turn a blind eye, right?"

She was originally suppressing her anger and complaining, but as she spoke, she wondered if she remembered someone from the past, and her expression was full of sadness.

"No." Mu Xiaohu shook his head and said, "Although I don't know if I have the ability to change anything, but if what you said is true, I am willing to do my best to help you - the premise is, What you say is the truth."

"I'm not lying to you! I'm telling the truth!" Tangna almost shouted.

"Even if you say that..." Mu Xiaohu's eyes were clean, but he was also very stubborn: "That's all your own opinion! What's more, how do you know that what you know is all?"

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Tang Na walked away angrily.Seeing her disappearing into the twilight while avoiding the monitoring, Luo Er said to Mu Xiaohu: "You shouldn't have said that."

"Ah?" Mu Xiaohu blinked and said, "Even if she looks very sad, this kind of thing has a lot to do with it. We can't just listen to a girl crying, right? We have to investigate!"

Luoer sighed, feeling that he had no tacit understanding with this guy at all."I mean, you shouldn't have promised her," he said.

"I do not have."

"You have. Don't you mean--you'd be willing to help them if what she said was true?"

Tang Na was too young, she came with huge expectations, but she didn't get a positive answer right away, so she only heard the meaning of rejection, but Luoer knew what the real promise in Mu Xiaohu's words was.

Mu Xiaohu frowned and said: "Shouldn't it? If the humans on this planet really oppress other intelligent races, according to the Star Alliance law, no star citizen should turn a blind eye to this situation! Isn't it the right thing to help them? ?”

"But this is not the Interstellar Alliance, it is the Dark Starfield, an extrajudicial place." Lore tried to make him understand what he meant: "What's more, even in the Interstellar Alliance, do you think this kind of thing will be rare? It's just that no one That's all."

"No one said that the lawless place, so this kind of thing is right?" Mu Xiaohu's expression was very stubborn, full of childlike innocence and stubbornness.

Lol was dumbfounded.After a moment of silence, he said: "But you have to know that you are not representing yourself alone. Your actions may involve Mr. Rong. Do you know what Mr. Rong thinks about this matter? If he Disagree? What if he's on the side of the native humans?"

"I will investigate first, and then bring my findings to Brother Xiaoyuan. If everything is as Tang Na said, then I will try to persuade Brother Xiaoyuan to help them too. Even...even if Brother Xiaoyuan doesn't Agreed, and I'll do it too! Because I think it's the right thing to do. But until then, it's just me alone, and I won't let them implicate you. Also, with Chung Woo-sung's level of development, I don't think They have the ability to hurt brother Xiaoyuan and you. If you don't want to be stirred into this muddy water, you can leave first."

Lore heard some kind of determination from his words, and said angrily: "You are crazy! Don't forget that we are just passing by! Do you still want to stay in this place?"

There was no hesitation or confusion in Mu Xiaohu's expression. He ran his fingers across the names that represented death and hope, and said softly: "I don't know...but I know, if I just turn around and leave like this, If nothing happened, I will never let go of this place and these people for the rest of my life!"