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"This..." The octopus alien's eyes wandered for a while, and he lowered his head to look around, not wanting to say much.

Rong Yuan raised his eyebrows, and said in a suspicious tone: "You don't know?"

The octopus alien jumped up as if his authority was being questioned, and shouted loudly: "Of course I know! I know so many things! I know all the planets in this star field!"

Rong Yuan followed up and asked: "Then tell me, what's so special about this planet?"

As soon as he mentioned this, the octopus alien faltered, but he still had to rely on Rong Yuan if he wanted to return to Biqiu. In this remote planet, in his opinion, only the two of them could rely on each other. People bring an illusion-like sense of intimacy and trust, so he looked around furtively, knowing that there was no one around, but lowered his voice and whispered: "Then I will tell you quietly, don't tell others Oh! This is highly classified."

Rong Yuan replied in one go: "Okay."

The octopus alien got closer and whispered in a whisper: "Did you know? Most of the creatures on this planet are not individual individuals, but a collection of creatures."

Rong Yuan's heart skipped a beat, with a bad premonition, he asked, "What do you mean?"

"Take these earth natives in front of us as an example. 90.00% of the cells in each of them are actually microorganisms. There are more than one trillion bacteria parasitic on the skin alone. You know how rare this is." .On planets we currently know, two or three organisms in a mutually beneficial parasitic relationship are quite common, but a total of tens of trillions of organisms are parasitic together? Never before! You know what that means Does it mean that the natives of the earth actually contain the most types of gene fragments in the universe! Any creature! Any creature that has been discovered in the universe can find the same gene chain as them from the natives of the earth."

There was no expression on Rong Yuan's face, the octopus alien couldn't tell if he was shocked by what he said.After a while, Rong Yuan said slowly: "It sounds very special, but I think it's a bit disgusting, and it doesn't seem to be useful."

"How can it be useless?" The octopus alien winked and said softly in a somewhat mysterious voice: "Have you heard of... the virus test field?"

"Virus experimental field?" Rong Yuan repeated dryly.

The octopus alien said: "Because of the uniqueness of the living state of the biological aggregates of the indigenous peoples of the earth, no matter what invaders they encounter, they can generate immune cells to fight against them in a short time, and re-form the parasitic organisms in the body. Balance. Therefore, since the Interstellar Alliance discovered the uniqueness of this planet more than 8000 years ago, it has classified the existence of this planet as a top secret. Whenever there is a large-scale infectious disease that is difficult to cure in the interstellar, as long as the pathogen is put on the earth, use It won't be long before antibodies can be found from the bodies of the natives of the earth. So this place is the legendary virus experiment field."

Rong Yuan asked a few more questions, and the octopus alien gave him a few famous examples. It is true that sometimes, the "difficult to cure" virus injected by the aliens just caused the people on the earth to catch a cold for a while, but There have also been a few times, comparing the time it said it released the pathogen with the calendar on the earth, it is not difficult to find that it is also the time when famous diseases such as smallpox, black death, influenza, and cholera spread on the earth on a large scale.

According to the octopus aliens, only a pharmaceutical company under the direct management of the Star Alliance has the authority to conduct research on Earth, and they are regarded as heroes by everyone because they have repeatedly saved the Alliance from fire and water.

These aliens only saw the vaccine they got shortly after the pathogen was put on the earth, and saw the countless compatriots they rescued because of this, but they didn't see the tragic death toll on the earth during this period.Time and time again, they massacre human beings with invisible weapons without any sense of guilt. They are not ashamed, but boast of their achievements.

The octopus alien looked at Rong Yuan's face, he was happy at first, but now he gradually dared not speak.He also couldn't tell what Rong Yuan was thinking, but he felt a chill on his back, and his tentacles involuntarily churned into twists.

……

I made an appointment with the octopus alien and left together when he found the star map. Before parting, they exchanged names. Only then did Rong Yuan know that the alien was called "Paco", and the pronunciation was very strange. The alien said Sometimes it's like sneezing.

After turning their backs and parting, Rong Yuan's face gradually darkened.

For the earth, the prohibition of the Star Alliance is not so much "protection" as it is a kind of slow killing.They "love" human beings like guinea pigs in the laboratory, preventing them from dying, preventing them from being invaded, and preventing them from facing the real and free world outside.Looking at their decrees in a short period of time, it has indeed ensured that the earth grows in a relatively relaxed environment, and the sacrifice of a small number of people is exchanged for the continued survival of everyone.However, it is conceivable that in order to protect this "virus experiment field", when human beings try to explore the space beyond the solar system, they will inevitably be blocked or even destroyed by those higher civilizations.They want to lock human beings in the huge and safe cage of the earth, so as to ensure that the earth's energy can continuously provide them with "virus vaccines" when the alliance needs it.

To let Rong Yuan choose, he would rather face those alien invaders like the Peininglang Empire, either be destroyed in the flames of war, or be reborn in the struggle.Raised like pigs in a greenhouse?I'd rather die than die!

"How should I stop it?" Rong Yuan muttered to himself.

Pea suggested: "When you get to the Interstellar Alliance, how about collecting evidence and announcing this matter? Didn't Paco say that the Alliance classified the existence of the Earth as top secret because this kind of thing violated the "Intelligent Creatures' Bill of Rights"?" ?I think in Interstellar, there must be truly kind people who value other people’s lives as their own. If you know that the alliance allows that company to do this, it will help you sanction them.”

"Perhaps there are such people everywhere, but Pea, if we really do this, do you know what the most likely consequences are?" Rong Yuan asked in a low voice.

Pea thought for a while and said, "Will the black hand behind the scenes find a substitute?"

"It's more than that." Rong Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the people who were hurrying and working so hard and earnestly on the street in the distance, and said: "If it was me, if I did this kind of thing, when I found it When it is exposed, I will send someone to destroy the evidence as soon as possible, so that no one can catch me. Of course, the planet that is destined to attract all attention cannot be allowed to stay— —that's what I do, Pea. You can't expect those fellows to be kinder than I am."

"So...isn't public opinion okay?" Pea asked hesitantly.

"No. When you have made all the preparations, the public opinion media can be used as a fuse, as an additive, or as a killer. But public opinion is a double-edged sword. If you have no preparations, you will rashly use the power of this sword , the biggest possibility is to hurt yourself before hurting others."

"So, what can we do now?"

"Wait. Let nature take its course..." Rong Yuan finally looked back at the direction where the octopus alien Paco left, and said, "Only by controlling nature."

……

After swallowing the alien spacecraft that the people on earth dreamed of, the sea is still as calm as ever.There is no wind, and the sea seems to be motionless. Only when you get very close can you see the ripples caused by some small fish floating on the surface to breathe oxygen.

Rong Yuan unexpectedly found that the fisherman thrown into the sea by Paco was still alive.He didn't look very good, he lost a lot of weight, and he drove the recovered fishing boat far away from this sea area.Other fishermen appeared to have been warned, and there were no fishing boats in the vicinity.

Rong Yuan drove the rain shuttle, and the spaceship sank slowly from the expected landing point. If someone is directly above the sea at this time, you can see a piece of water suddenly sinking in the middle of the sea, forming a large raindrop-shaped dent , and then gradually a pair of wings appeared on both sides. After a few seconds, the sinkhole became smaller, and the surrounding sea water suddenly shrank back, forming a small vortex, and a string of transparent bubbles appeared.A few slender small fish swam over quickly with their tails waving, their mouths opened and closed, and moved to the place where the vortex disappeared.

The sea water is indigo blue, the sun shines into the water, and in the swaying waves, there are many fishes that seem to be shining and chasing.Rong Yuan adjusted the casing of the rain shuttle to a fully transparent mode, so that he can clearly see the surrounding scene.

The deeper you go, the darker the sea, and you can see more and more sea creatures.The light from the rain shuttle illuminates the perennially dark seabed, and some marine creatures are scared away, while some are attracted by the light to come closer. Through the transparent shell, the big eyes protruding into a ball look at Rong Yuan.

A few jellyfish and starfish were hanging on the outer shell of the spaceship, and they dived for a long time before leaving. There was also a big octopus trying to wrap around the rain shuttle, but it was shocked by Rong Yuan's opening of the protective cover before it hurriedly let go.

After diving for more than 20 minutes, the detection system on the spacecraft detected the seabed, but no metal objects were detected.Rong Yuan turned on the lights on the boat to the brightest, illuminating the surroundings like daylight, the random-looking underwater creatures fled one after another, and the colorful corals showed a dreamlike magnificence under the lights.

A scorched spaceship, hung with various algae and kelp, leaned against the edge of the trench not far away.