Merit Book·Xinghai

Everyone in the Ministry of Supervision usually earns a high salary, and their families enjoy life more than ordinary people.Mutel is not the only one who plans to go to the eighth floor to participate in the carnival activities this time, but everyone else is going with a relaxed mood to play. Only Mutel is worried, but he forced himself not to show any abnormality. .

Rong Yuan once thought about whether to hide her completely, but later he rejected this idea.Because in case things really change, he needs Mutel to believe immediately and obey the arrangement of the respondent to ensure safety. In this case, they must make an agreement in advance.

Seeing a group of women arm in arm, laughing and walking into the gate of the carnival venue.Mutel was caught between them, turned his head and waved at Rong Yuan with a smile, his figure was already blocked by the surging crowd.

Rong Yuan, who escorted them over, had no intention of mixing with the bustle, he found a nearby small restaurant with a quiet environment to sit in the corner, ordered a few signature dishes, and while waiting, he swiped his wrist like a normal customer Screen.

Not long after, a person sat across from him, and Rong Yuan glanced up.

The person on the opposite side was wearing a black nocturnal cloak and a mask decorated with red crystals around the eyes. This kind of attire is commonplace and featureless in a carnival where all kinds of monsters and ghosts are rampant, but Rong Yuan looked at the person on the opposite side Dressed up like this, he still showed a faintly playful smile.

"Owner."

Alpha took off his mask, and there was some subtle helplessness and embarrassment in his voice. It is hard to imagine an intelligent life with such real and complex emotions, but Alpha and its predecessor Noah are different from other intelligent life in the galaxy. the same.

"Rong Yuan!"

Pea jumped out of Alpha's cloak, grabbed the clothes on Rong Yuan's chest, looked at him pitifully, and whispered: "I miss you so much! Let me stay by your side in the future! I can change like before. It can be made into earphones or wristbands! It is guaranteed to be much stronger than the one you are using now!"

Saying that, it also stared at Rong Yuan's bracelet.That is to say, this bracelet is just a tool without emotion, otherwise I am afraid that I will tremble under the threat of Pea.

Rong Yuan smiled and patted its head and said: "Okay. I planned to bring you back this time, and I may need your help next time."

"Okay!" Pea cheered, clenched her small fist vigorously, and said happily, "Don't worry, I'm useful, and I won't let you down."

Rong Yuan nodded, put the pea on his shoulder as before, and then looked at Alpha.

Alpha said: "The resident population of Liocastao is 37. After checking one by one, the following 11 people are most likely to be the murderers who caused the destruction of the seven asteroids."

As Alpha spoke, he sent a list to Rong Yuan. The first person on the list and the most suspected person was He Yun, the former spaceship owner who was said to have died for many years. The second was the current Lika, and the third was Alima, the former Director-General of the Ministry of Supervision, who is also deceased, is fourth, Davalo, the current Director-General of the Intelligence Department, and Mapu, who is heavily suspected by Todd, is only No.9 in this list.

In addition, four of the 11 names on the list are marked as having died years earlier in official records.

In the list, there are also various doubts and analyzes listed by Alpha, but Rong Yuan didn't look at it carefully now, and asked, "What else did you find?"

"When I investigated the population flow and material entry and exit records of each ship floor, I also found a very suspicious place." Alpha said: "No. The records of anyone else entering and leaving are only the records of the regular delivery of various materials every week, and there are traces of human modification in this information. I cross-contrasted the information records of all the materials in the spaceship, and finally found out the materials provided to the 18th floor amount."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then said: "At least half of the precious medicines, minerals, biological samples, etc. purchased from other galaxies over the years by Liocastao have finally entered the eighteenth floor. In addition, this ship Two-thirds of the exotic substances such as longevity jade obtained by the spaceship from various sources entered the eighteenth floor, but this is not the strangest thing. The strangest thing is that over the years, each ship floor has provided the eighteenth floor Food and nutrient solution, although the amount provided by each layer changes every time, but the total amount obtained in the last eighteen layers has remained at a very stable amount, at least there has been almost no change in the past 20 years."

"The total amount of food and nutrient solution has hardly changed?" Rong Yuan frowned: "This means... its total population has always been maintained at a constant value?"

"Yes. According to my calculations, it should be about 1 people." Alpha said: "In the past 20 years, no one has been born, and no one has died. In other words...every time a person dies, there will be a new one immediately." People add in, so that their demand for the outside world remains constant.”

"What do you think is the most likely reason for this phenomenon?" Rong Yuan asked.

"Clone." Alpha replied without hesitation, obviously he had already thought about it.

Rong Yuan nodded, he thought so too.

"About Villana's dementia, what did you find out?" Rong Yuan asked.

"There are only more than 300 cases of this disease in the records released by Leucas, but the actual number of people who suffer from it is between 15 and [-]." Alpha said: "Like Miss Xi Yanxin who was fortunate enough to be treated by you personally. It is very rare for people who can persist for more than half a year under harsh conditions. Even if there are, it is only possible to use expensive drugs and the highest level of medical services in the medical department on the twelfth floor. They paid a lot of money to buy their own lives back. But the vast majority of people who get sick are homeless and lonely adventurers. Died within three to five days. The corpses after death could hardly see their original appearance, and were basically regarded by the Ministry of Military Affairs as common causes of death such as hunger, flu, serious illness, and old age. Without any investigation, they directly The body was cremated."

"The Ministry of Fighting?" Rong Yuan said: "I have met Yin Mu twice, the chief of the Fighting Department. He doesn't seem like someone who would do such a thing."

Alpha replied: "Yes, according to my analysis, the probability of Yin Mu's participation in this matter is less than 30.00%, and the probability of knowing about it is less than [-]%. The members of the Fighting Department are all directly responsible for handling such corpses and covering up the facts. Except for them, [-]% of the people in the Fighting Department participated in this matter, but I think more than [-]% of them don’t know the inside story I just thought it was because the upper echelons on the spaceship didn’t want these accidental deaths to affect the order of Leucasao. In addition, there were traces that these people received orders from Stavalo, the chief of the intelligence department, but The direct sender should be Ma Pu."

Rong Yuan pondered for a moment, and then asked: "The four people on your list have all died many years ago, why are they also suspects? Have you found any signs that they are still alive?"

Alpha shook his head and said: "That's not true, it's just that... In recent years, most of the foreign substances purchased by Thiocastus from adventurers and the outside world have the effects of prolonging life, increasing cell vitality, and promoting benign changes in body functions. Efficacy, some of them can even resurrect the dead in legends, but the efficacy has not been verified. In addition, the materials they purchase from the Star Alliance also tend to be in this direction, and these materials basically flow into the eighteenth century. layer. Therefore, I think the suspect is likely to be a person who is close to life, or even physically dead."

"Indeed, there is great terror between life and death. In order to survive, it is not strange for a person to do anything."

Rong Yuan sighed slightly.

He has traveled to many planets in these years, and he has seen too many people who do many unimaginable things because of fear of death.Some take elixir, some seek immortality, some eat people's hearts, some harvest yin to nourish yang or harvest yang to nourish yin, some change skin, change blood and change organs to change everything that can be changed, and some directly remove their brains and keep them in a container. Among the machines full of nutrient solution, some tried to transfer their consciousness to the star network, but the result was death without exception.

There are also some long-lived races in the Milky Way. Their lifespan is much longer than that of ordinary intelligent races, and some can even live for thousands of years.But no matter how long one's life is, one is always unwilling to accept one's fate when faced with death, and struggles with all one's strength.

Wei Wei was in a daze, and Rong Yuan said: "It seems that all the roots are still on the No.18 floor. As long as the secrets of the [-]th floor can be discovered, many questions can be answered. Six days later, I will take the opportunity of the general manager meeting to go to the No. [-] floor. The eighteenth floor, I will find a way to figure it out by then."

Pea, who had been sitting on Rong Yuan's shoulder and listening quietly, changed her expression at this moment, she subconsciously grabbed the corner of Rong Yuan's collar, and said nervously: "Rong Yuan, why don't you just investigate this time and don't do other things?" Let’s do it! The enemies this time are different from the previous ones, they are too dangerous! If I’m not mistaken, those who suffered from Verana depressive disease, as well as the people on Lanxi planet before, are all because of They died only after being robbed of their vitality. Especially on Lanxi Planet, those death signs indicate that many, many people died in an instant! There is such power across 1 light-years, this kind of The ability is too powerful and terrifying, your string force is not necessarily an opponent. There shouldn’t be such a person in the galaxy! And...and there may be [-] such people!”

It bit its finger worriedly, looked at Rong Yuan timidly and said: "Rong Yuan, I... I know I shouldn't say that, but... But if there is really something that can't be done, you, you can leave it alone, okay? We leave, okay?"

As the tool spirit of the "Book of Merit", saying such words violates its basic principles.But in Wandou's heart, the concern for Rong Yuan surpasses everything else.

With warmth in his heart, Rong Yuan smiled and nodded Pea's forehead and said, "Don't worry, I'm not the protagonist of a hot-blooded anime, so I won't be reckless. If I'm not wrong, there shouldn't be many people with that ability." Human, most likely there is only one person, and the other 99 are just cloned tools. And if it is really beyond my ability, then I will naturally think of other ways.”

"Then it's settled, don't take risks, no matter what the situation is, no matter how many enemies there are, you must put your safety first." Pea said persistently.

"Okay, I promise." Rong Yuan comforted softly: "Besides, aren't you still watching me by my side? If you feel dangerous, we will leave immediately, okay?"

"Well, good!" Pea nodded vigorously, "I will definitely watch over it for you!"

Rong Yuan said to Alpha again: "Help me take care of Mutel, in case of emergency, take her away immediately."

Alpha replied: "Yes."

"In addition, find a way to take over the weapon system on the No.13 floor, and don't let the family members of everyone in the Ministry of Supervision be attacked. If there is any emergency, remind them to move immediately."

"Yes."

"When I reach the eighteenth floor, the communication between us may be interrupted. At that time, you can judge for yourself what action should be taken."

"Yes."

"Okay, you go first. It's time for my lunch to be served."

"Yes." Alpha replied, stood up, but did not leave immediately.

"What's wrong?" Rong Yuan looked at him and asked, "Is there anything else you forgot to say?"

Although essentially being an intelligent robot, there will be no such thing as "forgetting".But at this moment, Alpha was hesitant to speak, and this never-before-seen appearance made Rong Yuan feel funny, so he made a joke.

Alpha shook his head, looked at Rong Yuan in silence for a while, and then whispered: "Master, you must return safely!"

He said this sentence dryly, without any emotion.But Rong Yuan was still stunned for a long time, until Alpha left, he couldn't help holding his forehead and laughing softly.

"Although I am really touched by your concern, but... why do you all think that I am the weak one compared with that guy who hides his head and shows his tail?"

He looked sideways at Pea and asked.

Wan Dou was startled, then silently crawled into Rong Yuan's pocket, and closed the zipper without any hassle.

"Heh." Rong Yuan chuckled and snapped his fingers.

The waiter in the restaurant suddenly remembered that the dishes on this table had been ordered for a long time and they forgot to serve them. He hurriedly brought up all the dishes that had just been prepared. To express his apology, he also gave a glass of bubbling blue drink as a gift.

Rong Yuan tasted it, and it was not bad with a hint of alcohol in the sweet and sour taste.

It was suddenly dark in front of him, and a person sat opposite him, and said in a lazy voice that seemed to contain sugar: "Hello, don't mind if I sit here."

Rong Yuan's perception had already discovered this person, and when he looked up at this moment, it happened to be what they had just mentioned before - Davalo, who was ranked fourth on the list of suspects.