heavy fog

The "strange virus" that broke out in the deep blue star interrupted the social season of the upper class.

The round-the-clock balls and salons are over, and people who claim to be noble are hiding at home, anxiously waiting for the latest situation.

They have already learned that this epidemic is not accidental, but an attack on the Deep Blue Kingdom by an unknown enemy.

This made the nobles and officials feel strongly uneasy. Although it is the most powerful country in the Moby Dick galaxy, powerful people are afraid of death—it is not that people who are afraid of death are worthy of contempt, for example, those who have not yet given birth to an heir A certain Duke, His Majesty the King who did not see the success of the Restoration, and Cyrus who had not awakened, would have all kinds of reasons why they couldn't let go, and they didn't want to just die like this.

The Deep Blue Kingdom has no real enemies, and it has been peaceful for too long.

If a month ago, someone said that the Deep Blue Kingdom would face a powerful opponent, they would definitely be ridiculed by the noble lady waving an exquisite fan.

But those corpses that turned into monsters and were killed on the spot horribly stimulated their nerves.

The interstellar era has allowed for the development of science and technology, and it has also turned the lives of people in wars into boring numbers. When a battleship bombards the past, flesh and blood explode into dust in the universe. Ground combat is also a crushing mechanical armor, and energy cannons make killing It has become cruel and easy. There are only scorched soil and collapsed buildings on the battlefield. There are no mountains of corpses to make people feel desolate, and there is no bloody and resolute face to make people feel frightened and uneasy.

So this scene of blood splattering, corpses lying on the spot, and heads smashed caused many nobles with weak hearts to be sent to the hospital.This is not an organ health problem, but a spiritual problem, and the hospital can't cure it.

So the upper class did not question how the Deep Blue Kingdom could have other voices of enemies.

Looking at the architectural style and culture of the Dark Blue Star, one can see that people have long been influenced by the dark parliament to admire the retro. Except for the minor achievements in prolonging life and repairing genes, other biotechnology is really shallow—if a country has a direct smashing The firepower of the planet, is it necessary to develop biological and chemical weapons?

Military weapons have a friend-or-foe identification system, but biological and chemical weapons are really reluctant!

With the information obtained from different channels, Higgs, the head of the royal spy at the Apollo Casino, managed to concoct a truth close to the truth.

"The empire occupying the entire galaxy is rich in resources, powerful in technology, and its population and elite troops must be dozens of times that of the Deep Blue Kingdom. Moreover, the direction of technological development is completely different from that of the Deep Blue Kingdom."

His Majesty the King frowned and said, "So, that Holy Glory Empire came for our country?"

The greatest benefit of destroying a country is not to plunder its wealth, but to squeeze out the civilization developed in its long history.

The bald old man stood respectfully, which is why he didn't hide from the king. The disaster of destroying the country may be in sight - war always has a price, especially when facing a powerful enemy, the rear of the Deep Blue Kingdom must not be chaotic.

"I'm very sorry, because of this sudden incident, the Restoration Party has lost contact with the rebel who owns the mecha research institute." The bald old man bowed deeply, the king liked subordinates who dared to admit their mistakes.

Sure enough, Higgs saw the king waving casually: "Put this aside for now."

Even in the royal palace, the furnishings in the small living room are not very luxurious. This king hated all exaggerated and excessive decorations, but in the small living room where secret meetings were held, the king deliberately used many crystal products so that he could observe his subordinates in the reflecting mirror. expression and demeanor.

At this moment, the king leaned back on the chair in deep thought, looked at the ceiling and asked, "Can the cabinet withstand the Shenghui Empire?"

"I don't know." The bald old man replied without thinking, "But only the ruling party knows the performance of mechas. At this time, we need them to contribute to the Deep Blue Kingdom."

Although the meaning is to advise the king not to take advantage of the chaos to deploy people, and to analyze the strength exposed by the ruling party in the middle of the chaos, because the ruling party is not a fool and will not be unaware, but what Higgs said is very listenable, and it is also in line with the king's mentality .

"I have a chance to find a way to capture a few scientists from the Holy Glory Empire, master everything about them, and then—" His Majesty the King made a gesture of clenching his fingers.

Maybe the hope of restoration lies in this group of enemies sent to the door, draining their abilities and increasing their own strength.

It should be known that not only the Deep Blue Kingdom is a big pie to the Shenghui Empire, but also vice versa.

The bald old man immediately understood, bent down and replied: "Yes, everything is for the glory of the Meredith royal family!"

Higgs, the mentor who successfully fooled the king, left the palace happily. Sometimes he felt that it was easy to be a spy and an undercover agent, especially when the leaders of the two forces he "loyalty" were sober, rational and decisive.

With an exquisite tailor's toolbox hanging on his arm, the bald old man who lowered his head and hurriedly walked along the corridor of the palace was secretly proud of himself.

The main body of this oval-shaped palace complex has a very complicated internal structure, and there are many hidden stairs, which are walked by servants, waiters and musicians and tailors serving the court.

Only those with royal titles can use the ornately decorated passages covered with smooth marble.

Just when the bald old man hurried around to the end of the corridor, pushed open the secret door, and was about to leave the palace, he was suddenly dragged by a strong force to a small room next to him, his mouth and nose were tightly covered.

This is a storage room for tables and chairs for banquets, and the space between these unused furniture makes the interior dark and dark.

The door was closed silently...

The whole process happened so fast that even if you watched it on the surveillance camera, you could only find that the old tailor reached out and pushed the secret door of the stairs smoothly, and the next frame of the picture, the person disappeared.

Due to Higgs' special status, the palace guards didn't deliberately look for his whereabouts, maybe it's a secret.

The poor bald old man felt that the arms strangling his neck were as strong as iron clamps. Not only could he not call for help, but even the gadgets he used for self-defense fell to the ground with black smoke and were reduced to ashes.

The old man thought angrily, he was too careless, because of his identity as a spy, he felt at ease every time he went in and out of the palace, and it was impossible for any force to attack him.

Could it be that someone in the Restoration Party wanted to rob him of his position as chief spy?

The bald old man tried to bite out a false tooth in his mouth - it was not a poison, but a tiny signaling device, but the palms pressing his nose and mouth were so hard that he could hardly breathe, and his cheeks were pressed so that there was no gap .

"Snapped."

It sounded like someone snapped their fingers.

The bald old man was horrified to find that all his muscles were paralyzed.

"Tsk, it's really hard to find prey in this palace!" The attacker said in a disgusted voice, and maliciously lifted Higgs by the shoulders, making the poor old tailor tremble and stare.

The palm covering his mouth and nose was released, and Higgs saw a man wearing a musician's gown, with curly and beautiful short black hair, tied in a neat bow tie, but his face was very pale.

"Don't pretend anymore, you are actually the king's spy."

The musician's sharp nails followed Higgs' immobile arm, cutting through the gaps in his clothes like a knife, and even the skin was split open, and then slowly bleed.

"That is to say, if you are killed, it is normal..."

The cruel bass gradually disappeared, and there was a horrible click, like a broken bone, a certain chair was kicked down, and a faint smell of blood filled the narrow room.

After a few minutes, everything was calm again.

The bald old man with a stiff expression quickly walked out of the storage room with a toolbox in his hands.

"Good afternoon, Higgs—oh, what's the matter with your wrist?"

"I fell down." The bald old man hurried downstairs with his back bent.

The passing waiter looked sideways and didn't say much.

"Look at the way!" A maid said unhappily after being hit.

The old man left in a hurry, and he didn't stop along the way. He took out the identity chip stiffly, left the palace along the passage, and went directly to the dungeon.

As a result, before he could walk out of the checkpoint, he was stopped by a tall figure in a cloak.

"Hey, Higgs! So you're here!"

The old man said with a blank expression, "I'm in a hurry."

"Urgent matter? Nothing is more urgent than falling in love with me!" The guy in the cloak yelled in a strange tone, like the grinding sound of metal teeth, "It won't delay for a few minutes, and it won't affect your great espionage career, I promise Andumari on the monitoring side has been blocked by me! This is a secret conversation, I can't wait!"

The two hands wearing black leather gloves rubbed together impatiently.

"Huh?" There was a suspicious voice under the cloak, "Why isn't your heart beating?"

There was a black flash in the bald old man's eyes.

"Your temperature, the sound of blood flowing—" roared suddenly, and the bald old man fell on his back, and the black air that controlled his consciousness burst out from his forehead, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Asmodeus, who took off his cloak, held Higgs' cold body.

Several scanning instruments did not detect any signs of life in the old man, and as the black air disappeared, Higgs's skin became shriveled, his face was black and blue, and his lips and eyes were terrifying colors.

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Prime Minister's Residence.

The mad scientists who ran to the port to "personally" receive the spoils, and conducted on-site research and analysis, have obtained an important analysis result.

"The shell paint is very strange, except for a few ... ingredients that enlighten us, the most unexplained is some kind of residual substance after reduction, it may be anaerobic gypsum."

Caput reports the discovery to Cyrus in the hologram.

Anaerobic gypsum is an invention of the interstellar era. It is a layer of special paint added to the surface of the gypsum, which can prevent the gypsum from undergoing qualitative changes in a vacuum or dry environment. It is cheap and is generally used as road signs on barren planets, or cheap decorative statues.

"That's how it got in?" Cyrus quickly realized the point.

Caput nodded heavily.

The Deep Blue Kingdom has strict entry inspections for all metal items and electronic products, but it is not so strict for plaster statues. The Kingdom style is also fond of Baroque retro style. The pillars are statues, the lamp holders are statues, and the coat racks are statues. Who doesn't have a plaster statue at home?Even in the pastures and farms, there are large sculptures that act as facades and guide the spaceship at the same time.

The statues are built higher and higher, not to mention tens of meters, even hundreds of meters. The entrance of the spaceship parking lot is dedicated, and it happens to fall from the sky to appreciate the exquisite and vivid skills of the huge statue.

A statue of an angel shipped from the borders of a kingdom, who pays attention?Maybe, more than one...

Cyrus didn't pay attention, and several fingerprints were pressed on the table.

A sudden commotion outside the room brought Cyrus back to his senses.

"boom!"

The door flew away, before it hit the wall, it disappeared into nothingness.

A tall figure in a cloak appeared, as if he had been invisible before.

"Asmodeus, you are—"

Cyrus' voice stopped abruptly, and he stood up abruptly.

He and Mitchell's mentor, Higgs, an old man who had lost his hair a long time ago, with a black face, was laid flat on the floor by Asmodeus, cold and stiff.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was dead.

The author has something to say: Although the deep blue star is a dream, he doesn't know what happened in the place that Cyrus didn't notice...

No one thought that Higgs would be attacked. In fact, the attackers were looking for food at random, and they were going to manipulate the corpse to spy on information... It was such a coincidence...

finally--

It's actually Higgs' halftime lunch.