Falling into the Abyss

Ethan's memories are long, but using the simplest declarative sentences, he finished all the important events that happened that year in less than 5 minutes.He avoids all the details he doesn't think are necessary, and doesn't touch on any of his own feelings, like a robot narrating events.

"He said he chose me because I was easy to take advantage of. I pointed a gun at him and tried to kill him, but he didn't succeed, so he took the gun away. He knocked me out, and I was dead when I woke up. Surrounded by robot police." Ethan ended his narration flatly, and he never let his eyes leave the retro pen in Hopkin's hand that was shaking with the movement of writing, and finally raised it at this time. Eyes, glanced in the direction of Tanithel.

The priest was staring at him with no smile on his face, nor any other emotion.

Hopkins raised his eyebrows, "So you didn't take the initiative to betray the country. It's just that you suspected him long ago, but you didn't take any action? Even after the matter was revealed, you lied to help him escape?"

Ethan said after a while, "Yes."

"Just because he is the only Alpha who has eyes for you, you don't even want the country, even your own future?"

The obvious contempt and irony in those words made Ethan clenched his fists, and a burst of anger welled up in his heart.What he obviously didn't want to say, these people forced him to say it, forced him to tear the deepest scar in his heart, and laughed at him after he finished speaking.He sneered, and said as if giving up on himself, "That's it, I'm just so horny. What? Are you going to arrange an Alpha bed partner for me to control me?"

The provocative words obviously displeased Hopkins very much. The old man frowned and stared at him like vultures, "Young man, I advise you to think carefully before speaking."

Ethan knew that he shouldn't be rude just now, after all, he didn't know whether his behavior would affect his parents.He lowered his eyes and whispered, "Sorry."

"President Hopkins, I think it is enough to know this." Tanisel said suddenly, all eyes were on him, "His narrative is basically correct with the results of the investigation by the intelligence agency, I believe he did not Lying. Being human, falling in love with the wrong person or two, I don't think that's a problem."

"Not a problem? My lord priest, maybe your Eve is different from Earth culture. But for us, loyalty is the most important thing. Sacrificing the interests of the country in order to satisfy personal desires is an intolerable behavior! As long as this person is an Alpha How do you know that if you let him participate in Project Zero again, he won’t be bewitched by Alpha agents sent by other hostile forces?”

Tanithel stood up slowly, nodded slightly to the president, "President Hopkins, I would like to guarantee that he will never make the same mistake again."

"Guarantee? Once something goes wrong, no one can bear this responsibility."

"Maybe that's the case, but without my Eve's Prologue Egg, your No. [-] Project would not be able to continue." Ethan's tone has subtly changed, from the gentle and gentle just now, to gradually transitioning to the needle hidden in the cotton," When the time comes, the President will be furious, will you take this responsibility again?"

Hopkin's brows were tightly wrinkled, and he stared angrily at the alien priest.However, he knew that Tanisel was right. If the priest insisted on this person, it would be useless for him to object.He sighed, picked up the paper in his hand and handed it to the assistant next to him, then looked at the head of the guard and Gray Mao, "You two are responsible for assisting the priest of Tanithel to take care of this person, so that there is no trouble. If you are outside the Forbidden City You have the right to punish him for any suspicious behavior, including attempting to contact ordinary people or other unauthorized government personnel, and even suspend his life."

The chief guard and Gray Mao stood up, and the latter looked at Ethan with a chilling gaze.

Hopkin and several other companions left the house, but Tanisel did not leave, nor did the chief guard and Gray Mao.Tanithel walked up to Ethan, looked down at him for a moment, "Do you have any luggage to bring?"

Ethan shook his head, seemingly confused about the situation.

"Fine, come with me."

Tanithel was about to take Ethan out, but was stopped by the chief of the guard and asked, "Are you going to take him away now?"

"Yes. Questions?"

"I need to arrange someone to watch over him. If you want to transfer him next time, please let me know in advance." The chief of the guard seemed a little unhappy, probably because Tanithel was going to take Ethan away without prior notice, so he asked the guard temporarily Some difficulties.Gray Mao said at this time, "I can go with them."

Hearing his relaxed and smiling tone, Ethan felt a chill run down his back.

Gray Mao put a black collar that he was familiar with on Ethan's neck, and rudely led him into an aircraft.Tanithel was on the same plane as them, and was talking to an Eve person through the screen projected by the Wanxi ball.The Eve language they use is not understandable to Ethan, but it can be seen that the priest with light blue hair who looks a little older than Tanithel on the other side of the screen is speaking loudly angrily, and Tanithel Then he propped his head on his hands absent-mindedly, and occasionally responded lazily.

Hearing the sound of them coming in, Tanisel seemed to prevaricate something casually, and hung up the communication before the blue-haired Eve finished speaking.He turned his head to see Ethan and smiled at him.

"Ready to go to Mars?"

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The size of Mars is much smaller than that of the earth, and it reflects the glowing color in the lonely universe, which is hot and beautiful.However, the interior of this planet has been hollowed out, and the largest research base in the solar system is built there, and many confidential researches of the Earth Alliance are carried out here.Their spacecraft landed among several docking stations on the surface of Mars, gliding to a building outcropping and protruding from the ground with eight trestle bridges.The cabin door is tightly fastened with one of the plank roads.Through the glass corridors of those plank roads, you can see the boundless rust red all over the sky, and the towering craters in the distance solidify into a black shadow, which has a desolate and sad beauty.

Such a magnificent sight made Ethan stop for a while, until Gray Mao pushed him from behind.Although I often see the name of the Mars base, it is the first time I have actually come to this barren planet.In the past, people on earth always thought that Mars was very suitable for being transformed into a second earth, but when the technology of curvature navigation became more and more mature, people turned their attention to more distant planets, instead of paying attention to the planet at their doorstep. The stars are gone.

At the end of the plank road, there are several small elevators next to the giant elevator that can accommodate several aircraft. Tanithel came to one of the elevators, scanned the pupil pattern on the door lock, and soon a perfect to distorted picture appeared on the small screen. The face of a male virtual artificial intelligence - Leo, the mastermind of the Mars base.

"Welcome back, Priest Tanithel. Please confirm the identities of the other two entourage."

"Ethan Eldridge, this is his pass." Tanisel called up a barcode from the Wanxi ball and scanned it in front of the combination lock, "As for the other guard of the Forbidden City, Maxim Corporal Ivanovich Vasiliev."

Grayfur took out his security card and scanned it.Leo smiled, "Welcome." Then he opened the elevator door.

The transparent elevator sank like a bullet, straight into the heart of the red planet.About ten kilometers below the surface, the eyes suddenly opened up.The entire underground has been hollowed out, and countless sky-pillar-like tall buildings are covered with bright lights, soaring up from the distant abyss, connecting to the top of the earth's crust.Between these many giant pillars, there are countless criss-crossing passages like ropes of different thicknesses.Many aircraft flowed around the huge buildings according to the established orbit, exuding various neon lights.

The entire underground space is illuminated by the tall buildings, passages, and the many spotlights embedded in the rock walls, making it almost seem like it is on the ground.

The elevator sank rapidly against the rock wall and finally stopped at the end of a passage.After the door opened, a welcome robot greeted them outside, and led them to stand on the transmission escalator through the long corridor, and turned a few turns in the air, heading for the tallest building in the middle.There are spiraling floors inside the high-rise building, and the walls of each floor show different wallpapers. Many staff walk through the aisles, and many people will nod and smile when they see Tanithel, and then cast their curious eyes on On Ethan.

Ethan had read many reports about this research base, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he knew how magnificent it was.

"Each building here has different research projects. The antimatter research center is in this building, and the two of you cannot set foot in other buildings unless you have permission."

Gray Mao also seemed to be amazed at the hugeness of this research center, and secretly sighed how many researches the Earth Alliance is conducting in secret?If the research on antimatter only occupies one building, what are the other buildings?

Ethan was arranged to live in a well-equipped staff dormitory, while Gray was arranged to live next door to him.It was a staff member who led them to settle down. Tanithel disappeared after handing them over to that person.

The staff member didn't seem to want to talk to Ethan, and all the necessary communication was with Gray Mao.Even when Ethan asked him questions such as "Is there a quota for hot water here", he just turned his head to look at Huimao and replied, "The water consumption here is 150L per person per day, please try to use sparingly."

Ethan heaved a sigh of relief after learning that he didn't have to live in the same room with Gray Mao.However, he was obviously not allowed to leave his room at will, and the staff member only informed Gray Mao of the password, which meant that Gray Mao could come in and out of his room at will.

This made Ethan a little uneasy, because he always felt that the gray fur wanted to kill him.

But Gray Mao didn't seem to have any intention of embarrassing him at the moment, and after giving him a warning look, he went to his room.After the door closed, Ethan finally lay down on the single bed as if discouraged.There was an unpleasant smell wafting from the place, something like melted plastic, which made his stomach feel a little queasy.

He thought of his haste when he came out, and he didn't say a word to Samuel.

But considering Samuel's character, he probably wouldn't be too worried about him... It's just that if he found out that he came out with Tanithel, another quarrel would inevitably be inevitable.Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

This time the task did not tell the score, but it was the most relaxing task since he entered the Forbidden City.After all, Tanisel had saved him so many times, so it was unlikely that he would harm him.

Drowsily trying to sleep, but suddenly there was a beeping sound of unlocking the door.Ethan woke up suddenly, bouncing off the bed like a rubber band, but he was relieved when he saw someone coming.

Tanithel had already taken off his locked priestly uniform, and approached in a simple white shirt and white trousers.The door slammed shut behind him.

"So..." Tanisel turned his back on the guest and pushed Ethan down on the bed directly, then put his hands on both sides of Beta's cheeks, tilted his head slightly and looked at him with a wicked smile on his lips, "Finally I have the opportunity to be alone with you. I have been feeling your emotional changes since I was listening to your past... love history. Although you speak very plainly, your inner activities are really... very touching The taste of excitement!"

Ethan was caught off guard by him, frowning together.That memory didn't excite him at all. Tanithel's reaction made him a little confused and angry, so he tried to push the priest away, "Really? But I'm not interested now!"

Tanithel didn't intend to just let him go, and leaned down and asked in his ear, "Compared with Roland, who do you think is more attractive?"

Ethan couldn't bear it anymore, he pushed hard, and finally escaped from under the priest.He stared at a pair of green eyes angrily, "You are also a priest after all, can you look like a priest!"

"What does the priest look like?" Tanithel looked innocent.

Ethan was angry, "How would I know! It's probably...be more pure-hearted and ascetic!"

"The last time I was on the Neptune space station, and on the Magic Flute, you don't seem to want me to be ascetic?"

Ethan blushed, "That's not you..." He couldn't say the word "seduce me", and always felt that it was not a suitable word to describe Alpha.

The priest laughed softly, his body trembling with the laughter, which was completely different from the solemn and kind appearance in front of others, "You are like a rabbit with fried fur now, so... very cute."

Seeing that he was so unruly, Ethan suddenly vented his anger.He probably felt that only he could see the priest's appearance, and he actually felt a little happy.He sat back on the bed and sighed as if he had lost to the opponent, "So what are you here for? What do you want me to help you with?"

Tanithel also restrained his smile a little, and sat up straight, "Tomorrow I will take some blood samples from you, and then I will let you try to contact the egg of the prologue again. If this experiment goes well, you may Be the first human in the galaxy to have direct contact with antimatter."