Chapter 149 A Year

A few seconds later, Godora's receptionist replied.

"There are many technologies that can achieve this effect. It may also be a natural phenomenon. The universe has seen stranger phenomena than this. There's no need to be alarmed. Tens of thousands of new races are born and die every second. If you want to understand the specific cause, we must do the research ourselves."

Gu Hui: "This is exactly what we expect. We hope you can send someone to investigate on the ground."

"The request has been accepted. The current time: Star Sea Calendar 688, August 10th. The mission has been scheduled. Estimated departure on May 15th, 689, and arrival on July 5th."

The Star Sea Calendar was established by the three major civilizations and is used throughout the universe. However, some places still use their own calendar, just like Mandarin Chinese has been popularized, but locals still use dialects. The common calendar is basically only used for communication between different civilizations to facilitate time calculation.

"So long?" Gu Hui was stunned.

"All activities follow the schedule. Requests need to be queued. I have already received requests from other governments on your planet and will handle them at the same time."

The Godora receptionist's answer was rigid. Gu Hui had a familiar feeling and, after thinking about it, realized that this was the tone of the relevant departments making excuses.

Turning off the communication, Gu Hui looked helpless.

"We still have to wait a year. In a year, I don't know what the Esper phenomenon will become." Gu Hui shook his head. "Fortunately, the Espers can communicate and are enthusiastic about being mercenaries, so they can be controlled to a certain extent."

Xinglong's top leaders held a meeting. Since the Esper phenomenon cannot be dealt with temporarily, they should seize the time to start a war with Germination before the situation becomes more serious, destroy Germination, and prevent Germination from using this phenomenon to make a comeback.

The preparations for the expedition war were restarted.

…

Tap tap tap—

Military boots stepped on the cold metal floor. Hela was expressionless as she moved forward in the maze-like winding metal corridor. She did not hesitate at all when facing the intersection. She could not be more familiar with this area. This was where Aurora was imprisoned.

At the end of a deep corridor, a thick metal door blocked Hela's view. She walked over and slowed her pace. The automatic defense machine gun array in the corridor always aimed at her, as if it would fire at any time. Two guards stood in front of the metal door, blocking Hela in front of the door, one on the left and one on the right.

"I have permission," Hela said in a cold tone.

The guard stepped aside and clicked a few times on the control panel of the metal door to confirm that Hela had obtained a one-time authorization from the leader, so he nodded and said, "You only have one hour."

He opened the metal door, and light leaked out, illuminating Hela's delicate but ice-cold face.

In her eyes, a clean white room was reflected.

Simple structure, a bed, a table, a chair, a bookshelf full of books, and a toilet.

On the bed as white as angel feathers, a small, thin body was curled up in the quilt.

Hela walked forward blankly, stopped five meters away from the room, and stretched out her hand to press it into the air, her palm贴贴 on the transparent glass separating the room, unable to move forward.

The corner of her eye twitched.

The palm贴贴 on the glass suddenly clenched into a fist, so hard that even the knuckles turned white.

"Sister?"

The quilt wriggled, and a small head poked out of the quilt, moving carefully, with a shaved青皮hair stubble, delicate features, an unnaturally pale complexion, as if she had been malnourished for a long time and lacked sunlight, and big eyes flickering with surprise when she saw Hela.

Aurora lifted the quilt and staggered to the mirror, her steps faltering and weak. She was wearing loose patient clothes, and her bare forearms were full of scars from needle holes. She was thin and small, as if she had been瘦身 down to only bones, and her height only reached Hela's collarbone. Aurora扑到 the mirror, with her hands贴贴 on the glass, looking happy, "You came to see me."

Hela hurriedly stretched out her hand, and through the glass, two pairs of hands, one large and one small, were贴贴 together. Hela's nose was sore, she held back her sobs and asked softly, "Have you been… well recently?"

"The white coats come less and less often. The last injection was thirteen days ago." Aurora blinked her big eyes, revealing a carefree smile.

Hela forced a smile, her eyes swept over the needle holes on Aurora's body, and her heart felt like it had been stabbed with a knife. She knew why the white coats came to draw blood less and less frequently, because Aurora was recovering more and more slowly. Every time blood and bone marrow were drawn, Aurora needed more time to recover.

The power of the dead could sense life force. Aurora, who was once as dazzling as the sun, was now like a candle flame that could be extinguished by a gust of wind at any time, her flame of life was weak.

Her vitality was withering.

"Sister, tell me a story. I want to hear the one you didn't finish last time." Aurora sat down hugging her knees and looked up at Hela.

Hela also sat down, leaning against the glass, and said softly, "Where did I leave off last time?"

"Hmm…" Aurora tilted her head and thought for a while, and said, "That Uncle Zero escaped from the base. What happened after that? Did you fight him, Sister?"

Hela's eyes drifted away, and she continued the story in a gentle tone.

…

Germination headquarters, the leader's room, a row of high-level personnel stood in front of the desk, reporting on the organization's various aspects.

The leader sat upright, and no one knew the expression hidden behind the mask. The hands wearing black gloves were clasped together below his nose, and he said in a deep voice, "The Esper phenomenon has held the attention of the Six Nations, but it will not delay for too long. At least the Espers have bought us some breathing room. Be prepared, the enemy may invade Andea at any time."

The high-level personnel nodded.

The leader glanced over and paused, "Where is Cerberus?"

"Recent research has made breakthroughs. He is busy."

The leader suddenly stood up and strode away.

…

Eilex was so moved that he was in tears.

After a month of suffering, he was finally released.

It wasn't easy!

Although imprisoned, Eilex always paid attention to the forums and knew that Germination had captured some other players. After he was released, he was assigned to a special team composed of players. The number was "Esper Force". They were all unlucky players who were brainwashed and bound to the faction.

His level was far behind, but Eilex was confident that with his A-level potential Esper ability, as long as he leveled up, he would definitely be stronger than other players.

Foreign players like him were not uncommon. There were always some casual players who didn't care which planet was whose base camp and only chose novice planets according to their interests. Each novice planet had casual players from various countries.

Turning the brainwashed Espers into a small team was Cerberus's proposal, and it was approved by the leader. He believed that the Espers who could be resurrected had strategic value and could play a miraculous role in the war.

The leader sent a combat instructor to formulate a training and combat plan specifically for the Espers.

At this time, Cerberus was in another laboratory, in front of a special closed cabin. The researchers next to him were orderly调试调试 the instruments. An experiment was being conducted inside, and a painful and crazy roar was heard.

After a long time, the inside of the closed cabin became quiet. The gas valve was opened, and the cabin door hissed open, revealing what was inside.

A man with various exoskeleton mechanical components loaded on his body. The嵌合处 was all rooted in the bones. Except for the face, the skin of other parts had been replaced with a flexible metal. The bald head was silvery and full of technology. His body was huge, and his whole body was loaded with an exoskeleton, making his body a few circles larger, like a steel beast.

It was No. 1, who was the first to accept the Super Soldier Project transformation!