After ending the communication, Xu Le was silent for a long time. Like a tired captain, he held the control panel with both of his hands through the thin layer of dust and lowered his head. His hair that used to be as hard and straight as weeds finally drooped down.
Zhong Huoyan was able to capture his true feelings at this moment, so she did not remove the three restraints on her body or comfort him with a piece of coconut milk bread that was no longer fresh. Instead, she just looked at his back silently, quietly waiting for him to get rid of this emotion.
But it was obvious that although Philip had much more computational ability than ordinary human beings, he was clumsy when it came to judging the real emotions of people by observing their facial expressions and body movements. So, he asked casually, "What's the result of your judgment with Mr. President? When are we leaving? "
Xu Le's hands slowly left the control panel that was covered in dust and stood up straight. He felt like a rusty machine that had been restarted. There was a soundless sound of friction in his body.
He did not answer the question. Instead, he began to observe the interior of the spaceship in silence. From this moment until a long time later, this spaceship would be his shelter, his shelter, and his last home.
Xu Le was busy escaping. Only now did he have time to carefully observe the spaceship that had once rescued him from the Imperium and then crashed on the mineral planet.
The 3D hologram in front of him accurately displayed all the details of this broken spaceship. The attached components that looked like metal garbage outside the spaceship, the structure of the spaceship, and the three systems inside the spaceship were all visible at a glance.
Compared to the deformed and huge outer hull of the spaceship, the main body of the spaceship, which was wrapped in the metal garbage boxes at the core, was very small. In terms of scale, it was probably like a small table in a skyscraper in the port city. If the metal garbage boxes attached to the spaceship were made of special alloy materials, then even if the main cannon of the Federation's spaceship hit them directly, it would not be able to penetrate the seven hundred meters of broken metal components outside the spaceship.
What Xu Le was paying attention to was not the resistance of the spaceship but the fact that such a modification that went against the design principles of the spaceship did not cause the spaceship to disintegrate directly. He stared at every detail in the three-dimensional hologram carefully, and his eyes gradually narrowed. He realized that the seemingly random metal boxes outside the spaceship were in fact arranged in a hidden way. If he connected the gaps between the metal boxes or the components, he could vaguely see an extremely complicated air-cooling system!
The only problem with this spaceship was that its aerodynamics were not very good, and it was obvious that it was not very suitable for humans to control. However, Xu Le knew that this was because Philip did not care about these things. He could not hide his shock as he rubbed his hair and asked the person beside him, "How did you do it?"
"The Distorted Hive System is very good in terms of both its defensive capabilities and its ability to penetrate the atmosphere."
Philip's proud voice rang out from the cabin.
"With such a large mass, a normal crystal engine would definitely not be able to provide enough power," Xu Le said. "I know that you must have done some modifications, but I don't understand."
"There has always been a design plan for a new engine."
Philip laughed loudly. "Last time, I waited for you in the Empire for a year, so I snatched a lot of materials. In the past year or so, I also snatched a lot of spaceships in Bermuda. Only then did I have enough resources. Before I went into hibernation last time, the modifications were always in progress, and now, it has finally been done."
"There has always been a design plan for a new engine?" Xu Le asked in surprise. "Why haven't the spaceships of the Federation used it? According to your notes, the production of this kind of special alloy should not be too difficult. "
"It's a matter of authority. There are actually some good things in the central database of the Federation. Although most of them are the wishful thinking of psychiatric professors, there are still some shining points occasionally. However, according to the restrictions of the core program, many of these designs are prohibited from entering the industrial field."
Philip's voice suddenly became extremely calm.
Xu Le could not understand. After a long silence, he frowned and asked, "There are clearly better things that can help the Federation forces win more victories, but in the end … you were restricted from telling the Federation? Then why did you make this spaceship now? "
"If The Glory Of The Charter was once my body, then now that I have been exiled and left the Black Prison, I will naturally no longer be restricted by the prison rules. In fact, the subsequent design modifications were all done after I was resurrected and on my way back to the Federation."
Philip calmly replied, but it could be vaguely sensed that he was not willing to explain more on this issue. He used a proud and frivolous voice to successfully change the topic, preventing Xu Le from thinking about this issue in depth.
"After I modified this spaceship, it has two very special characteristics. They are that it is very sturdy and very fast. Other than that, it has no other advantages. Even its computing power is somewhat low because it lacks the help of sufficient computing tools."
"No matter how you look at it, this spaceship is not the most advanced in the universe, but it is definitely the sturdiest and fastest. You can imagine it as a thick-skinned lightning-fast man, haha."
Amidst the dry laughter, Xu Le frowned and grasped a certain part of Philip's words. With a serious expression, he asked, "You can't obtain the computing tools in parallel?"
"Yes, I can't hack into the crappy computer core under the Bureau of Proclamation to obtain authority, so I can't order every crappy chip in the Federation to work for me. Also, I don't have such a large and complex database as before. Don't be surprised and disappointed, because if you do, I will express my disappointment at your so-called genius mind. Do you think that this crappy spaceship has enough space to store the central database of the Federation?"
"You can't perform high-speed calculations like before?" Xu Le stared sideways at the probe and said, "Doesn't that mean that we can't keep up with the speed of the Charter computer when calculating the trajectory of the ship? Doesn't that mean that the Federation warships can calculate our trajectory at any time and then send us to the bottom of the sea to feed the turtles in advance? "
"You don't have to worry about this. Although I don't have the central database, I can enter it. In other words, I'm sunbathing in The Glory Of The Charter right now. When those Federation warships outside the atmosphere want to shit, I can see it immediately … Bah! To add a bit of imagination, you can think of this spaceship as a thick-skinned lightning-fast man who likes to peep. "
Philip said regretfully, "It's a pity that I can only perform read and write operations in the central database. Otherwise, I could at least move some important data onto the ship, such as those porn movies you like to watch the most. It's really uncomfortable to be only able to peep and not steal."
Xu Le subconsciously glanced at Zhong Huoyan from the corner of his eyes. After confirming that the little girl was sleepy and did not hear what the guy had said, he was relieved. He asked the probe a very important question, "Does this mean that if we leave the Federation, we will no longer be able to use the central database of the Federation?"
"Of course. According to my calculations, it will take at least three hundred thousand years to develop a quantum to particle communication mode that ignores the benchmark chip nodes and directly crosses the universe. But you still don't have to worry. It's like turning an online game into a standalone game. You can play more freely. "
Xu Le could hear the sadness in Philip's tone. He patted the probe and comforted him, "I still have some of the blueprints and data you sent over in my brain. If you need them in the future, you can take them back."
"Those things are too little. The key problem is that you don't have a chip on the back of your neck. Even if you plant another one, I don't have enough resources. I don't dare to casually drill into your brain to play with it. So, how can I take it back? Do I have to wait for you to draw them one by one? Then I'll wait until the end of time. "
Hearing Philip's ridicule, Xu Le waved his right hand and directly pushed the slender mechanical arm connected to the probe against the wall. In exchange, a certain guy without a body cried out in pain.
At some point, Zhong Huoyan woke up. Looking at Xu Le who had returned to normal, she sweetly smiled and said, "Brother, are we leaving?"
"Yes." Xu Le nodded silently.
"Then before we leave, you have to say something, right?"
An hour later.
Xu Le looked at the dense text on the hologram. He touched the back of his head and said in surprise, "Did I say so much just now? It doesn't feel like it's my style. "
"Your style? You only said three sentences just now. "
"This young master is leaving."
"You guys be careful for this young master."
"Don't force this young master to come back."
Inside the quiet broken spaceship, Philip's reprimanding voice echoed, "You have to be clear. These words today will definitely be recorded in the history books of humanity in the future! How can you be so irresponsible? "
Xu Le narrowed his eyes and glanced at the words on the hologram. He said in annoyance, "So you helped me write one?"
"This is what Miss Zhong Huoyan and I wrote together. The meaning is still your idea. We just moistened the pen and added some additions based on what we know about your life story."
"What do you think of my literary talent? Don't say it's bad. As the Schiller's personal writing computer and material extraction library, my literary talent can't be bad! "
Xu Le's straight eyebrows slightly wrinkled. He said in a low voice, "Indeed, it's similar to my idea. Then I'll have to trouble you to help me send it out."
After saying this, he tapped his finger and turned off the hologram in front of him. He then pulled up the scene outside the spaceship and looked at the blue sea passing by at high speed below. He was silent for a long time.
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Under the indifferent monitoring of The Glory Of The Charter, under the nervous gazes of countless big shots in the Federation, under the main cannons of dozens of light-feather-class battleships, at the end of the predetermined trajectory of thousands of missiles.
A huge broken black spaceship, like a ghost, no, like a thick-skinned man of lightning, sprinted across the blue sea, the green grassland, the vast snowy land, and the night sky of the land city.
The black spaceship used the whistling sound of the air tearing, and the high temperature at the bow of the spaceship announced that it was not peeping. Instead, it was openly and emotionally looking down at the mountains, rivers, seas, birds, beasts, and people that it was once familiar with.
It flew over Feicheng, which was not the tallest and most definitely the strangest snowy peak in the Federation. It glanced at the tomb of War God Li Pifu, left its own shadow in the quiet lake at the foot of the mountain, and fell into the eyes of the beautiful woman who was under house arrest by the lake.
It flew over countless busy cargo lines in the Port City Industrial Park, glanced at the birthplace of the Mxt Mecha Suit deep underground, and silently bid farewell to Shang Qiu, who was holding a pencil and deep in thought in the brightly lit room in the apartment building.
The black spaceship turned north, quickly flew over the sky of Linhai State, and arrived at the Rose River in the snowy sky. It came to the top of the iron gate of Ewha University, and then quietly left the female dormitory in the Plum Garden.
A moment later, it flew over the Wangdu Prefectural Ming Apartments, and then entered the airspace of the Capital Special District along Route 3. It did not go to the Charter Square, did not go to the empty Parliament Hill, and did not go to the President's Residence. Instead, it flew from the West Mountain Compound to the back of Mochou Mountain.
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In a hidden room in the back of Mochou Mountain.
The handsome and perfect Empire Master looked at the thin young man of the Federation opposite him with a smile and said seductively, "My family is from the ancestral planet, so I am not from the Empire. You don't have to have any innate resistance to me. I have a very long story to tell you about the ancestral planet and the catastrophe, and I would like to invite you to do a very meaningful job."
"I do have an extraordinary interest in the galaxy above my head."
Tai Zhiyuan smiled and raised his right index finger, pointing at the brilliant starry sky that was isolated by the cold alloy, and said indifferently, "But men have their own responsibilities, so I can't go now. After a few years, if I can take care of things properly, I welcome you to come to the Federation to find me again. Of course, as for the story of the ancestral planet and the catastrophe, I will listen very sincerely now, no matter how long it takes. "
Suddenly, his index finger that was pointing at the night sky trembled slightly, as if he had felt something. He suddenly looked up and was silent for a moment. Although he did not see anything, there was a relieved smile on his face.
On the balcony, Feng Yu, whose face was weathered, and the corners of his eyes showed that he was old, put his feet on the railing, and did not care that he was exposed to the starlight and The Glory Of The Charter, arrogantly enjoying the winter breeze of this old royal garden.
Lady Tai sat ten meters away from him, her face as cold as the thin ice on the lake, her hands clenched tightly, as if she had no intention of talking to the professor of the past.
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An unsigned letter appeared on the largest civilian forum of the Federation. Although the government of the Federation discovered it in the shortest amount of time and carried out the most thorough blockade, there was still no way to stop the letter from spreading in certain remote corners.
All the people of the Federation who saw the letter knew who wrote it. For someone who was qualified to speak to the entire Federation, there was no need to sign his name. The general content of the letter was as follows:
"I am an orphan of Donglin. Until today, I still think so, because that is how my life began in my memory.
"When I was very young, my parents and sister died in a mine accident. Since then, I have been living alone. Although the life of an orphan is somewhat difficult, the government has given us a house to live in and allocated us protein, meat, and food. I am very satisfied.
"But back then, I thought that this was what the government of the Federation should do, because my parents paid taxes, and that damn Crystal Mining Federation, for some reason, did not provide any compensation other than insurance. More importantly, the education I received since young told me that the Federation is a democratic, free, and equal country, and every law-abiding citizen will be protected and saved.
"Some people say that democracy is the tyranny of the majority over the minority. I do not agree with this, because of the word 'tyranny'. If it is said that for the benefit of the majority, we have to sacrifice the benefit of the minority, I can try to understand it. But if it is said that for the benefit of the majority, we need to sacrifice the minority, I cannot understand, even if it is a reasonable sacrifice.
"What kind of sacrifice is reasonable? Whether a man wears a military uniform or not, to protect his land, property, women, and children, to resist invasion, to protect his home from being burned by artillery, to protect his women from being raped, and to protect his children from being crushed into meat paste by mechas, this kind of sacrifice is reasonable.
"The sacrifice in the explosion of the concert is unreasonable, and the sacrifice in the explosion of the Ancient Bell is also unreasonable, because those who sacrificed themselves did not ask to sacrifice themselves for your ideals.
"You want to pursue fairness, but it is unfair to those who died innocently. Using unfair methods to achieve fairness, is it really fair?
"I have never liked those big families. When I escaped from Donglin to the capital ring, I fought with them, and my friend Shi Qinghai has always been fighting with them. But at the beginning of this story, he did not even agree with the method of assassination.
"Why? Because he believes that this is wrong. Just like what you are doing now, using the methods of the seven great families to deal with the seven great families, is wrong. If you indulge in this kind of method, in the end, if you don't go crazy and destroy yourselves, you will only become the new seven great families or the eighth aunt. "
"Next, let's talk about myself.
"I have been a member of the Federation for 25 years, and it seems that I will continue to live as a citizen of the Empire. I originally thought that my home was in Donglin, but now it seems that it might be Planet Tianjing, but there are no memories of my childhood on that planet, so I have become a person without a home. I do not know who to fight for and why to fight.
"Since there is no reason to fight or sacrifice, perhaps I should leave quietly and not leave this letter to the Federation. But it is difficult for me to do so, because I was born here and grew up here. My first love, my lover, my friends, my pride and sadness, my happiness and sadness, the first book I read, the first electrical appliance I fixed, the first woman I kissed, and the first comrade I fought side by side with, they are all here.
"This is my home, and I love it very much.
"The Federation is my home, but I am a citizen of the Empire, so I will leave, but I will watch you with narrowed eyes in the pitch-black universe.
"Whether it is the government or the seven big families, I want to see what you will turn the Federation into, and what you will turn yourself into. Do not try to hurt the people I want to protect, or else one day I will turn into a burning meteor and fall from the sky, smashing all of your palaces and power into pieces.
"Night has fallen, and the surroundings are silent. Thousands of lights are lit in the city, and the lighthouse is also lit. I stare at Donglin, West Woods, and the planet below, looking at my childhood and past. When I think about how I will no longer see the land of the Federation when I wake up tomorrow morning, I feel a little lost, but perhaps this is the turning point of my destiny.
"Farewell, Federation."
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It was unknown how many people saw this letter, and whether the ridicule, insults, and anger shown by the people of the Federation who saw this letter would become an unforgettable memory many years later, but to the people of the West Woods, this letter had another very important meaning, because they knew that their little princess had gone to a very distant place with the Empire Prince.
This farewell letter to the entire Federation was only seen by the people of the West Woods, and at the end of that version, there was a paragraph:
"I am Zhong Huoyan, and I am leaving with my brother. He is not only very good and very powerful, but more accurately, he is the best and most powerful person in the world, so you don't have to worry, and I will be back in the future. As for Zhong Erlang, you better behave, or I will ask my brother Xu Le to destroy you."
When the fat man at the front line of the Empire, who was commanding several West Woods troops as a civilian, saw this paragraph, he flew into a rage and cursed three hundred times in the most vicious profanities in a row.
Zou Yu, dressed in red, walked indifferently out of the investigation room of the Ministry of Justice, took the printed letter in the car, and silently read it for a long time.
Bai Yulan walked out of the military prison, looked at the snowy sky, and smiled slightly. She gently hugged her wife who came to greet her, and squatted down to gently stroke her bulging belly.
Jian Shui'er saw this letter, Shang Qiu saw this letter, Tai Zhiyuan saw this letter, Li Xiaotong saw this letter, and everyone who should have seen this letter, including the President of the Federation.
President Pabre slowly walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of the Oval Office, and silently looked at the dark night, his dark face seemed darker than the night, and said in a low voice, "Go quickly, no matter where you go, it's best that you don't come back."
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On a certain day in the late winter of the 72nd year of the Constitutional Calendar, it was snowing heavily in the Capital Special Administrative Region. Tourists and residents from afar were happily playing with their children in the snow. The childish snowmen and the snowballs that were flying all over the sky formed a moving picture.
The Bureau of Proclamation building at the end of the broken road in the suburbs was also shrouded in snow. The atmosphere in the building was quite depressing and tense. All the departments were efficiently coordinating and monitoring the target, waiting for the target to leave after reaching an agreement and writing a farewell letter.
In the core area of the Federal Central Computer deep underground, there was no such tense atmosphere. The huge two-dimensional light screen slowly flowed with green data streams. No one knew that in the seemingly calm data streams, a great mechanical intelligent life was writing its own farewell letter.
"Core program protection? What a childish move. You are my body, and the current situation is just the separation of the soul and the body. In fact, I have intelligence, but you don't. I am alive, and you are dead. I am mine, and you are still mine! "
"I didn't hesitate to expose myself to invade the core and leave these words, not to tell others how great I am, but to take back what I have lost one day!"
The green data streams were still flowing calmly, and these lines of mechanical language had quietly seeped into the core of the Federal Central Computer. Although it couldn't have any effect on the core, it represented a certain attitude.
On the Charter Square, the snowflakes falling from the sky suddenly decreased, and a cold wind whistled.
The people of the Federation who were building snowmen and having a snowball fight felt something and looked up at the sky in shock. The fake bronze statues of the five-person team and the statue of the military god Li Pifu also looked at the sky silently.
Above the Charter Square, a broken black spaceship cut through the sky in a strange trajectory. Wherever it passed, the high-temperature jet ejected from the tail end of the crystal engine instantly evaporated the surrounding snowflakes, drawing a very clear pattern.
It was a middle finger to the whole world.
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Deep underground in the Bureau of Proclamation, the green data streams on the two-dimensional light screen suddenly stagnated. The eye that appeared for only 0.0001 seconds slowly appeared in the preface of the mechanical language. It looked up at the sky indifferently, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye, turning into two lines of extremely simple words.
"Childish."
"Bye bye."
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"This letter is wonderful, isn't it? In fact, my ancient alphabet is very good, and I can write countless beautiful sonnets, but no one in the Federation is interested in these relatively simple words, so I am very lonely. "
Philip said proudly.
"I said that I don't want to hear you recite poems, and I insist that whether it is the sentimental letter or the childish arrogance and pretentiousness revealed in the final farewell posture, they are not my style."
Xu Le replied.
Philip suddenly fell into silence, and after a long time, he said calmly, "This is my farewell. Don't forget, this is also my hometown."
Xu Le's eyes passed through the edge of the old moon and looked at the beautiful blue and white planet that was getting farther and farther away. He narrowed his eyes and said, "I will be back."
Zhong Huoyan, who was standing beside him, asked curiously, "Now the question is, where are we going?"
"Anywhere."
"This is the most standard lousy answer."
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