The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

After Xiao Lou discovered the sunken Egret starship in the deep sea before, his first reaction was that when General Lin Zecheng was driving the starship to escape, he accidentally heard the mermaid singing at sea, because the mermaid singing had a "confusing" quality. Ability, they can't help but fly to the place where the song came, and they will be swallowed by the sea vortex.

There are a large number of destroyed ships and human skeletons near the whirlpool on the sea, which also proves that the legend of the mermaids hunting with singing is true. Based on this reason, Xiao Lou deduced that General Lin and his party were unlucky and encountered an accident.

But what if... it wasn't an accident?

There are at least ten planets known to be inhabited by humans. Why did Lin Zecheng go to the Azure Empire?

Although the Egret starship has been decommissioned, it is the top warship of the empire after all. How could it "coincidentally" sail to the sea and be sucked into the deep sea by the sea vortex?

So many coincidences, explained by "accidents", actually have many unreasonable places.Now, Zhang Shaohua has confirmed that her husband fled the empire to perform a "mission", which further proves Xiao Lou's speculation.

Xiao Lou asked softly: "General Lin, did you go to the Azure Planet when Princess Xiao Rou got married?"

Zhang Shaohua nodded, and said with a white face: "Yes. I was worried that His Majesty would silence all those insiders of our genetic plan, so we got together to discuss countermeasures. During that time, the capital of the empire was very alert. The guards are strict, the patrols are constantly going back and forth, so many people are fleeing together, it will definitely attract people's attention..."

Yu Hanjiang frowned: "So, Xiao Rou's wedding is the best opportunity for you to escape?"

Zhang Shaohua took a deep breath, looked at the two of them and said: "The princess is married to the Azure Empire, and Prince Herman will come to pick her up in person. The gate at the space station will be open for a while. Your Majesty is busy presiding over the wedding. General, he has activated it in advance." The Egret starship took advantage of this opportunity to escape, and then went to the Azure Empire with Prince Herman's wedding party."

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang glanced at each other - that's why.

The sinking of the Egret starship in the waters of the blue planet is not a coincidence. They escaped with the team that Princess Xiao Rou was married to. Xiao Rou must have known about this, but she did not tell Xiao Lou. Misled Xiao Lou, and even asked Xiao Lou and his teammates to go to sea to find the Mermaid.

legend?

I'm afraid she already knew the location of the mermaids, and knew that the mermaids could use their singing to lure nearby ships. The Egret starship sank in the deep sea—maybe she caused it all by herself.

It wasn't that General Lin and the others had an accident, but that she wanted to silence her!

Thinking of the older sister who smiled gently at him, Xiao Lou felt a chill in his heart—I always felt that something was wrong before, but now that I think about it carefully, they actually overlooked many details during the investigation.

According to Xiao Rou, when she accompanied her mother to the hospital 20 years ago, she happened to enter the laboratory with a nurse and found hundreds of cloned children exactly like her younger brother——

The replicator project is a top-secret project, how could it be possible for a princess to "coincidentally" enter the laboratory?Wasn't the area where they were experimenting monitored?Can idlers go in casually?

Xiao Rou also said that she was flustered after knowing this and didn't dare to tell anyone. It happened that her father asked her to marry Prince Herman, so she agreed to marry far away.

There is still a contradiction here - since His Majesty wants to keep it a secret, how could it be possible for a daughter who knows the truth to marry another country?If Xiao Rou tells the story, wouldn't the Azure Empire know the secret of the clone?

If His Majesty wants to keep the secret, the best way is to put the princess under house arrest in the palace instead of letting her get married.

The princess is clearly lying.

Xiao Lou looked at Zhang Shaohua and said, "Professor Zhang, can you give us the information about the Noah's Ark project in your hand?"

Zhang Shaohua shook her head: "That document is not with me."

Xiao Lou was a little surprised: "It's not with you? Did you hide it?"

Zhang Shaohua clenched her fists tightly, her lips trembling slightly: "When those people who participated in the plan 'accidentally died' one after another, I knew that His Majesty wanted to kill everyone and hide this secret underground forever. I can only pretend I can only continue to live as a clone. I can't carry the information with me, so I have to give it to Mrs. Ye."

Ye Bowen's wife?That is Ye Qi's biological mother.

Yu Hanjiang asked in a low voice: "Madam Ye is still alive? Where is she?"

Zhang Shaohua said: "She is dead, but her child should still be alive."

General Ye escaped from the capital planet with General Lin and died in the deep sea of ​​the blue planet. At that time, Mrs. Ye was pregnant. Zhang Shaohua gave her the information to take away secretly. She fled to a remote city and gave birth to Ye secretly. Qi, sent Ye Qi to the orphanage... But she herself failed to escape His Majesty's pursuit.

The official obituary stated that General Ye and his wife died unexpectedly on the front line.Their child, Ye Qi, was stranded in an orphanage. I don't know what method Madam Ye used, but His Majesty did not kill the child.

Later, Shao Qingge went to the orphanage to do charity, and after seeing Ye Qi, he felt familiar, so he adopted Ye Qi.

His Majesty only killed the insiders, but did not kill the innocent children...Probably he did not expect that those insiders would use various means to leave clues, including the safe left by Shao Qingge's father and Moss The password, and the complete information Mrs. Ye may leave behind.

It seems that Ye Qi has to rely on Ye Qi to find this complete information.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang exchanged glances, and the latter continued to ask, "Where is your laboratory?"

Zhang Shaohua said: "The first experiment was done in the secret laboratory on the top floor of Capital Xing Royal Hospital. I don't know if the laboratory has been moved over the years."

Xiao Lou asked: "Rod Bell, was the leader of the Star Bandits you captured back also taken away by General Lin?"

Zhang Shaohua nodded: "That's right, he is the sample of the first generation of gene extraction."

Xiao Lou closed his eyes, and carefully traced his train of thought in his mind——after finding out Xiao Rou's neglected point, most of the incidents could be explained reasonably, and the last link was still missing.

Why did His Majesty give him an S-rank mecha spirit fox?And on his birthday, who sent the invisible man who sneaked into the Gemini?

Xiao Lou thought for a moment, then suddenly asked: "20 years ago, the Noah's Ark project was restarted, and among the first batch of genetic clones you made, there was a sample of His Majesty, right?"

Zhang Shaohua said: "Of course. We only made one sample of His Majesty. This is also His Majesty's request. He wants to make a copy of the body data. In case of injury or illness in the future, the organs of the replicant can be used at any time."

This was also expected by Xiao Lou.

Xiao Lou continued to ask: "Is there a sample of Princess Xiaorou?"

Zhang Shaohua said: "There is also one."

Xiao Lou: "..."

He was right.

Since His Majesty copied the prince, how could he ignore himself and his daughter?Since the original intention of the clone project is to make a copy of the body data, so that when the "main body" is sick or injured, the organs and tissues of the "copy body" can be used for repair at any time - His Majesty will of course prepare for himself and his daughter. One such "insurance".

Therefore, among the first batch of replicants, there are not only Prince Xiao Lou, but also His Majesty himself and Princess Xiao Rou.

Of course, the throne of the empire is inherited by the prince, and the princess does not need to go through the Gu project to survive the fittest and select the most powerful one. Therefore, His Majesty only made a copy of the princess as a genetic backup and hid it in the laboratory.

What Xiao Rou discovered in the laboratory back then may not only be her younger brother - but also herself.

Zhang Shaohua said that there were samples of His Majesty and Xiao Rou in the Noah's Ark project, but Xiao Lou and the others did not have the genetic data of these two people in the information they found in the mermaid and Zerg, and it was obviously deleted.

Who deleted it?

The only person who has been in possession of data related to the genetic project is Star Bandit leader Rod Bell.

The original Noah's Ark data, except for the backup left by Zhang Shaohua, is the one that General Lin and the others took away is the most comprehensive.After the shipwreck of the Egret starship, General Lin and the others quickly drowned in the deep sea. Only the star thief Rod Bell, who was fused with the Zerg gene, and a few unconscious clones survived.

Rod Bell got the data, modified the data, deleted the part about the princess and His Majesty, and handed it over to the mermaid.

The part that was taken to the Zerg later was also deleted, so Xiao Lou and the others have never doubted whether His Majesty and Xiao Rou are clones, because there are no genetic samples of these two people in the database!

It now appears that Rod Bell deliberately deleted the data of His Majesty and the Princess, in order to mislead Xiao Lou and the others in their investigation.

He knows Xiao Rou.

Maybe, all these plans were conspired by him and the princess.

But why did a princess and a star thief join forces?

***

Through the interrogation of Zhang Shaohua, combined with the results of the previous investigation, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang finally confirmed most of the speculations. The two secretly sent Zhang Shaohua back to General Lin's villa, and then used the Taohuayuan to summon their teammates.

Xiao Lou briefly explained the results of Zhang Shaohua's interrogation, as well as the current conjectures, to his teammates, who were shocked when they heard it.

Ye Qi couldn't believe it and said: "Xiao Rou? The sister who looks gentle and kind, who has been helping us all the time, is actually the mastermind behind the scenes? I actually have a good impression of her."

Shao Qingge helped his forehead helplessly: "So, my sapphire necklace was directly given to the dungeon boss?"

Everyone: "..."

Lu Jiuchuan smiled lightly and touched his nose: "You can only give Boss a gift, Mr. Shao."

Shao Qingge: "..."

Ye Qi helped Shao Qingge smooth things over: "Ahem, fortunately, I made a copy before sending it out. However, this necklace of Mr. Shao may have some effect, at least Xiao Rou didn't send someone to kill us immediately after getting the necklace. .”

Xiao Loudao: "She didn't kill us, she just used the 'legend' to lure us to investigate the mermaids at sea. If we hadn't reacted quickly enough, our hover car would have almost been sucked into the deep sea."

Ye Qi: "...Is she borrowing a knife to kill someone?"

Yu Hanjiang concluded in a low voice: "This princess, the method of killing people with a knife is really clever. The sinking of the Bailu starship may also be her handwriting."

Lu Jiuchuan raised his eyebrows: "The woman who looks weak and weak is really hiding something. But why does she do this? Does she want to inherit the throne? She doesn't look like she is ambitious..."

Xiao Lou said: "Her motive is still unclear, but she and Rod Bell must have teamed up."

The teammates were silent for a moment, Xiao Lou changed the subject and said, "How is the wedding investigation going?"

Tang Ci said calmly: "I have already found out the time, place, and list of people invited to the wedding. Brother Nine and I will use the [Masked Mask] card to pretend to be General Lin's guards and go to the wedding scene together." .”

Chu Huaying said: "The wedding will be held at St. John's Church in Jinsha Castle, and I will pretend to be the priest of the church."

Shao Qingge asked: "How do I and Ye Qi get there? The two of us are not on the invited list. If we pretend to be other people, Liu Qiao has a [Twin] card that can pretend to be someone we have met within half an hour."

"You don't need to go to the wedding venue. You two have other tasks." Xiao Lou looked at Ye Qi and asked, "Xiao Ye grew up in an orphanage. Do you still have any impression of your biological mother?"

"I don't remember what my mother looks like. Since I was born, I have been an orphan without father and mother..." Ye Qi scratched his hair, frowned and recalled carefully for a moment, then suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up and said, " By the way, there is a kind aunt who visits us at the orphanage every weekend and brings us delicious food. Could it be that woman..."

"She is probably your mother. Think about it carefully, has she given you anything?" Xiao Lou said.

——Xiaoqi, have you heard of the wishing bottle?Bury the wishing bottle under the tree, and the wish made will surely come true.

A childhood memory suddenly flashed in Ye Qi's mind.

The image of a woman in his impression is very vague. After all, he was not yet 5 years old at that time, and he was too young. He only remembered that the woman's voice was very gentle. Every time he came to the orphanage, he would bring a lot of food and play for everyone. Children They all like her very much.It's just that one day, after she finished speaking, she hugged Ye Qi, and she never appeared again.

"Wishing bottle, under the tree." Ye Qi recalled this childhood memory, looked at Shao Qingge and said, "Let's go back to the orphanage and look for it. There is a tree at the entrance of the orphanage. Maybe it is the tree she left behind. Give me a clue?"