The snowflakes were still drifting down in a seemingly irregular pattern.
The room was as quiet as ever.
Jing Jiu backed out of the room, but he didn't go far. He waited calmly.
A moment later, the person shrouded in fog also left the room and followed Jing Jiu to a distant place.
The hidden network in the simulated scene was like a patch of empty space. It could be constructed according to the user's will, and a house could be built in an instant.
If one liked it, he could even build a palace here. However, this palace would be built on the sand of data, and it would collapse at the slightest gust of wind.
Jing Jiu pushed open a door in the empty space, motioning for the other party to follow him in.
The person shrouded in fog was obviously not satisfied with the square house he built. She shook her head and built a Ferris Wheel nearby.
She was a woman.
Jing Jiu came to this conclusion not only because she liked the Ferris Wheel, but also because many men liked the Ferris Wheel in the novels and movies he had skimmed through. The problem was that this person, like Bai Zhenren, liked to cover her face in a patch of fog.
Apart from herself, only a woman would do this.
As soon as Jing Jiu and the person walked in, the Ferris Wheel started rotating. The speed was sometimes fast and sometimes slow, indicating that the algorithm was updated automatically. It was believed that nobody could eavesdrop on their conversation at the moment. It was evident that the person intended to show off her technical prowess to Jing Jiu, but it was evident that Jing Jiu didn't care about it.
"The person you want to investigate is Chen Xin, an interstellar soldier in the fourth military region of the Federation. He died in the fight against the Sea of Dark Matter eleven years ago."
The person in fog continued, "Since you want to investigate him, it means that he is still alive. Am I right?"
"He is dead now," replied Jing Jiu.
The person in fog guessed what Jing Jiu meant. After a moment of silence, she asked, "What do you want to investigate then?"
"He is an assassin," said Jing Jiu. "I want to know who bought him, or which organization he belongs to."
The modern people usually called him assassin, but the person was not used to being called an assassin. After a long moment of silence, she suddenly asked, "Have you heard of the butterfly?"
Of course, Jing Jiu knew that she was not asking about the Lepidoptera.
The misty man said, "About two hundred years ago, there was a special department in the Allied Army. It had no number or code, and it didn't exist in the files. You don't have to ask me how I know about this department. All I need to tell you is that it did exist, but it was quickly disbanded by the military. "
Jing Jiu said, "Continue."
The misty man said, "Even though the Special Unit did not have a code name, in the first three missions, they found traces of the butterfly."
Jing Jiu was not used to waiting for the other party to continue the conversation halfway, but he had no choice but to ask, "Hmm?"
"In the first scene, there are two arcs, which can be seen as a simple drawing of butterfly wings. In the second scene, there were three dead yellow butterflies and in the third scene, there were two eyes. " The person in the fog noticed that Jing Jiu had no intention of talking to her, so she continued, "You know, eyes are a common part of a butterfly's wings."
"What were the contents of the three missions?" asked Jing Jiu.
The misty man said straightforwardly, "There are only post-investigation records in the top-secret files of the military, but there are no detailed records. But according to my research, they were all dreadful incidents. The second mission even led to the destruction of a planet."
"What does it have to do with the person I'm looking for?" asked Jing Jiu.
"Few people are qualified to know about this special department. I read some records by chance when I was a child, which said that the department had been disbanded, but I don't think so."
The misty man seemed to have thought of something, as she said in a low voice, "I think that the butterfly has been flying in the sea of stars all the time."
"Evidence?" asked Jing Jiu.
"I've studied all the major incidents in the Federation of the Milky Way in the last two hundred years. Eleven percent of the incidents were hard to explain, and I found traces of the butterfly in all the incidents. I believe that the organization has always existed, but I'm not sure if it's good or bad … "
The misty man continued, "For instance, during the election of the Federation thirty years ago, the most popular councilor was assassinated soundlessly on the heavily guarded Main Planet. In the war with the Sea of Dark Matter seventy years ago, the Stargate Base fell. As billions of populace were on the verge of dying, the permanent star in the galaxy suddenly erupted a large electric storm, which destroyed the connection between the monsters of the Sea of Dark Matter and the people living on the Stargate Base. What did the butterfly intend to do?"
"Hmm?" asked Jing Jiu.
The misty man said while staring into his eyes, "The image of the electric storm is a pair of wings of the butterfly."
"You think too much," said Jing Jiu.
This was an accurate judgment made by an astrophysicist.
The misty man said, "If Chen Xin were an assassin, he would be working for that butterfly."
Jing Jiu said, "A dead man coming back to life and becoming an assassin is more likely to be the will of the Federation according to the movies and novels."
"Believe me, it's not the Federation," said the misty man.
Jing Jiu pressed, "So you suspect that he has something to do with that butterfly?"
The misty man said, "Otherwise, who could deceive the Federation and let a soldier of the military escape by faking his death?"
Jing Jiu could sense that the Federation of the Milky Way had a tight control over all social strata, no matter if it was in the underground neighborhood, the New Era Institute or Shou 'er City. The ubiquitous scanning had almost blocked all the criminal organizations in the galaxy. The scenes in the movies were merely in the imagination.
As such, this conjecture seemed reasonable.
However, the assassin in overalls didn't have any trace of the butterfly on his body. Thinking of his low Cultivation state, Jing Jiu wondered if he was a low-level member of this organization.
No matter whether the misty man's conjecture was correct or not, she had provided accurate information about the man in overalls and a possible reference.
Jing Jiu said, "The deal is done. What do you want?"
The misty man said while staring at his face, "I want to know who you are."
Jing Jiu had promised to do one thing when he asked the most formidable Cloud Ghosts in the Federation of the Milky Way for help in that room a few days ago, though it was up to him to decide whether he could do it or not. Who would have thought that the person in the fog would use this condition on him?
The Ferris wheel had rotated a dozen times, sometimes fast and sometimes slow. The two of them had talked face to face for a long time.
Yet, they didn't know what the other person looked like, and their voices were of course fake.
That person's technique was indeed brilliant, even a bit flashy. The Ferris wheel let out a faint sound of friction, making the room even quieter.
The atmosphere grew a bit depressing. The person thought that Jing Jiu would refuse his request. As he was about to mock Jing Jiu, he heard an unexpected answer.
"I'm Jing Jiu. Jing Jiu doesn't interfere with the well of the river. Nine out of ten things will happen. "
That person had done a good job in the after-sales service. He drew an image in the air with his finger, saying, "I look like this."
The atmosphere in the Ferris wheel suddenly grew cold.
If there was such an atmosphere in this world simulated by data …
Looking at the image, the misty man asked after a moment of silence, "Why do you have such a weird name as Jing Jiu?"
"The name Wild Rabbit is also weird," said Jing Jiu.
The atmosphere grew even colder.
It was true that Jing Jiu had figured out that the misty man was the "Wild Rabbit" whom he had chased to the battleship.
It was truly unexpected that the person who had a grudge against him was helping him investigate.
The Wild Rabbit said with a sneer, "The meaning of my name is that even a rabbit will bite when it's cornered."
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The universe was even darker outside the galaxy. It seemed that the tens of thousands of permanent stars in the distance could never be approached.
Looking back from the battleship, one could see the shape of the entire galaxy, which looked like a toy in a child's hand.
Standing outside the locked captain's room, the captain had a terrible look on his face and messy hair. He waved his hand to drive away his subordinates and yelled through the intercom helplessly, "The battleship has been offline for more than ten minutes … What on earth do you want to do?"
Nobody answered his question. He could only vaguely hear someone yelling something like "liar" inside.
As the door of the captain's room slid open, the voice grew clearer, "Liar! All men are liars! "
With a changed expression, the captain dashed into the captain's room as quickly as he could and locked the door from the inside. He came to a corner and asked, "Han Dong! What has happened? "
A young woman in a military uniform sat in front of a red metal box while holding a computer. Her face was red, indicating that she was angry.
Her name was Ran Handong, the computer maintenance officer of this battleship in the frontline.
Of course, she had a better technical ability and family background than a regular computer maintenance officer.
As for her family background, only three people on the fleet knew about it.
"Damn it!" Ran Handong didn't heed the captain. Looking at the perfect face on the computer, she said with a sneer, "I helped you out of goodwill, but you deceived me with a game map!"
The captain leaned over, looked at the face, and said with slight surprise, "Which company made this game? The Thunder? Who is the original artist? It's truly an art! "
Hearing this, Ran Handong was taken aback. She typed quickly on the computer, searching for the name "Jing Jiu".
"He is indeed a liar! The face is fake, and even the name is fake. How shameless is he?! "
Looking at the search results on the light screen, she had almost cursed out loud.
The search results were all about a book called "The Path Toward Heaven".
The more the captain listened, the more puzzled he felt, and a bit uneasy, wondering if the young mistress was dating someone online. And was she deceived?
"I'd like to apply for a vacation!"
Ran Handong said this while staring into his eyes.
The captain thought that he wouldn't dare refuse her if she asked for a vacation, but she had to give him a reason. She couldn't possibly use the excuse of treating a love wound. If this was known to the Main Planet, would he still be alive?
"I'd like to go back to the Stargate Base."
Ran Handong turned around and looked at the stars in the dark space. "I have a distant aunt who is not in good health. I'd like to visit her on behalf of my mother."
The captain knew her family background, so he knew who this distant aunt was, his expression changing slightly.
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