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Breakfast, along with new bandages and medicines, went directly to Alfred's bedroom from the built-in transmission pipeline in the Palace of Dawn.

Alfred contacted Butler Mark, told him that the prince was here, and asked him to make sure that no one came in--Alfred's face was still red, and he couldn't go out to meet people, and he didn't mention yesterday In fact, most of the injuries have been forcibly recovered, and he has been lying on the bed crying that the wound hurts, and Xiu can't just walk away.

The two had breakfast without going out, and were fixing the bandages on Alfred's abdomen. When the bandages were wrapped, his arms wrapped around Alfred's waist, as if they were embracing.

"Brother, is that question so difficult to answer?" Alfred looked down at Xiu who was busy, "You said you would think about it before telling me, you have been thinking about it all morning."

Xiu remained silent, but wrapped another bandage with force.

"Hiss... Take it easy." Alfred complained, "I spent my 22nd birthday with knives, beatings, and open wounds. But after last night, everything is fine. Worth it. This year's birthday present is better than the previous 20 years combined..."

Xiu looked up at him, and Alfred stopped talking, not daring to talk about what happened last night unscrupulously.Xiu was much more silent than usual, this was unavoidable, no matter how steady he was, it would be difficult to accept that he suddenly overturned his cognition of his life experience.

Alfred tried his best to talk to him, not letting him stop to think too much, so he asked again: "Since who is the person behind me and you want to 'think about it', how can I know who is the person behind the high priest?" who?"

Xiu looked up at him again, a little unexpectedly.

According to Alfred's one-sided temperament when he was a child, he must get what he wants, and he must hear the answer he wants to know no matter how long he pesters the other party.Xiu knew that he was suspicious of that matter for a day or two, and finally had a breakthrough. He thought that he would not be at peace today, but he didn't expect...

He did grow up.He has learned to choose between "what he wants to know" and "what is good for him".

"can."

"You have to answer one of the two questions... huh?" Alfred was surprised that Xiu agreed after speaking halfway through, and confirmed in surprise: "Yes?!"

Xiu tied the bandage and said, "Okay."

Alfred didn't care about pretending to be seriously injured, and immediately asked, "So, who is it?"

Xiu didn't say it directly, but instead talked about a seemingly unrelated topic: "We always think that our ancestors were lucky, do you know why?"

This is very basic historical knowledge, Alfred answered without thinking.

"In ancient times, the ancient earth, the place where human beings originated, was on the verge of collapse, and people scattered and migrated. Only us were lucky enough to find a galaxy that could barely support civilization before the spaceship resources were exhausted. Later, our ancestors came to the world through genetic modification programs Adapt to the environment, and finally human civilization can continue in this new home.”

"This is the answer in the history textbook." Xiu said, "But the book "Our Homeland: Heaven or Hell" puts forward a point of view, that is: Is there anyone more fortunate than us in the great migration of human civilization? survivor?"

Alfred had read this popular science book, and Xiu had read this book in front of him not long ago, but he didn't pay much attention to the point of view in the book, which was not written much. Xiu brought it up at this time , he just felt a little horrified.

"But... It is said that the space navigation technology in ancient times was very backward. Our ancestors were able to sail from the distant ancient solar system to this point. The genetic modification plan of the world has actually survived, and that is even a small probability. We are so lucky to be able to continue our civilization, how can we be more fortunate than us?"

"For example," Xiu replied, "I have never been troubled by the environment, never threatened by an existential crisis, and have never had a gap in technology."

Alfred was silent for a while, and slowly said: "So, beyond our exploration limit, there is an advanced intelligent civilization with extremely high technological level?"

"It's a civilization with a very high level of technology, but it's not some kind of 'advanced wisdom civilization'." Xiu said, "It's human beings, human beings with the same origin as us, human beings who are... luckier than us."

The history of the empire is a history of blood and tears of civilization struggling to survive, and even so, people consider themselves lucky enough to survive in the end.But now tell him, no, there are people who survived without experiencing any hardships at all, and live a much better life than you.

When there is no comparison, they think they are lucky, but with comparison, they become unlucky.

For a while, Alfred had a hard time accepting this matter. He reluctantly said, "The high priest must have been deceived, right? If there is really a civilization of our same origin that survived and wanted to contact us, why not?" Instead of touching the royal family, what about him?"

"Because the other side is also a shady identity." Xiu Dao, "The rebel army once discovered an unfamiliar fleet outside the empire... To be precise, it was discovered by the other party. When the high priest contacted the rebel army a few years ago, he originally hoped Reached a cooperation with the rebel army, but accidentally discovered a human from a strange civilization behind the rebel army. The other party claimed to be a star thief—”

"What is a star thief?" Alfred asked.

"It's a bandit wandering among the stars."

"Bandits... have Starfleet?!"

In the empire, interstellar travel is not yet popular. Most ordinary people may have never sat in a spaceship in their entire lives. The interstellar aircraft that can be called "fleet" are even impossible to privately own by the nobles. They are all in the hands of the royal family. Call it the Royal Legion.

It's certainly surprising that a mere bandit could own a star fleet.

"Not only do they have a fleet, but a fleet that is much higher than our technological level." Xiu said, "They claim to have lost their way in the universe because they were avoiding the pursuit of the official army, and they want to get information and supplies. In exchange, they He took out the weapon design that the rebels wanted. Those people are all ordinary people without any genetic ability, but the rebels dare not offend them at all, because they have shown strength beyond our understanding."

When Xiu said this, Alfred suddenly remembered that two years ago, Xiu changed his usual style on the battlefield and appeared very radical, and he insisted on driving out the rebels.

"That's why you wiped out the rebel army, hoping to monopolize this channel." Alfred said, "And it did succeed. After the rebel army was wiped out by you, the high priest became the only contact person... The second prince is their Assisted you to kill."

Xiu did not deny it, he said: "The Palace of Stars, which represents the highest level of technology in the empire, the so-called 'living palace', is just a toy to play with in their eyes. Even if they are so powerful, they still need to avoid being hunted down by the authorities. , so what is that civilization like, and how powerful is their officialdom?"

"That's what I was going to ask you," said Alfred.

"I don't know." Xiu said, "This is information that only the high priest himself knows."

Alfred's expression flickered, and he said, "I thought he trusted you."

"He does trust me." Xiu said, "Just what I know is enough to prove trust."

"Then you told me all this now," Alfred's eyes lit up, and he asked expectantly, "Is it because of...?"

Xiu was silent, he did not answer this question, but lowered his eyes to avoid Alfred's sight, and said softly: "I have said so much, you should also answer my question. Do you know...my Who are the biological parents?"

Alfred paused for a while and didn't speak for a moment. Finally, he admitted: "I don't know, but I have a guess, which is easy to verify. If you want to know, I'll arrange someone to do it now."

Xiu nodded and said, "I want to know."

Alfred immediately dialed a communication.

"It's me." In front of Xiu, Alfred didn't call the other person's name.

"Help me do another genetic test. No, I don't need to send you a blood sample this time. Just use the blood sample I gave you two years ago, and the one I sent you from Xuelixing not long ago Help me find out...whether these two people are related."