Chapter 11 chapter Ten

There was a buzz in Quinn's mind, and he stared at Brunn blankly. "When she was experimenting on Skyfish, the lab exploded," Bruen told him. "Is it an accident?" "I think the saints must have done it." Her face was full of concern. "Your mother took care of a devil so they hated her." Quinn had a dull pain in his throat, and searched for the lovely image of his mother in that old photo in his mind. The photo must have been taken by his father. His mother was playing in the sea at the seaside of the earth, her fluffy and beautiful long hair fluttering in the breeze.

Now, no matter what, he couldn't bring back his mother's happy appearance.Back in his memory was his mother's skinny face, as she had looked when she left Jannott to take care of the alien bird. "—you'd better stay on board." He heard Brunn talking. "We took off immediately after loading the engine materials. I accepted a new mission to rescue and conquer the Neptune station." "If you run into that monster—" "Take a risk." She shrugged. "I'm afraid you're taking more risks disembarking at Kodo." "I'm willing to take the risk."

"Then I wish you—" she said tremblingly. "I wish you all the best." She told him to wait in the engine room when the ship docked at the Codo berth, out of the way of the wharf inspectors.Those people were dark-skinned, wearing neat black uniforms of the Ministry of Security, strange-looking headscarves, and long black beards. "Sik," she told him. "They come from Asia, they have their own religion, and the giants let them guard here, because they are brave and good at fighting, and they also despise the saints and hate the Revelation." While waiting, he stared at the screen, anxious and sweating.Now it seems that no matter what dangers Bruen encounters, the spaceship may really be safer than Skynet.His mother is no longer in this world, so finding his father is easier said than done!He knows nothing about the outside world, so what can he do after getting off the ship?However, he has no way out.

When the fuel tank was being refueled, he watched the dock doctor push the passengers who had taken Life Brake out of the spaceship. Some Sikhs were busy checking those who had awakened, while others were checking supplies and returning crew members. Even the service workers who can't get on the ship are not spared. At this moment Masuda rushed into the engine room without a word and told him that Brunn had sent him to the crew room, and his mood suddenly brightened. Oh, finally to the side of the sun! "I've been trying to find out information for you." She shook her head wearily. "But there is no longer the case of your mother. There is no official conclusion as to who attacked and conquered the Neptune station-despite the revelators' attempts to create confusion and illegal propaganda that the Lord of Darkness is coming and will flood the kingdom of the sun. To hell beyond the stars."

"Does anyone believe it?" "There are too many people who believe it." Her face twisted. "The Kowanan and the Chen family are tearing each other down. The Kowanan gathers strength to fight against the enemies in space, while the Chen family fights against Kowan, denying that there are aliens in space. "Now, Commander Kovan is missing, the Aperture Station is abandoned, and the Conquering Neptune Station is under attack—all of these have terrified the Solar Empire. It is said that the building has been paralyzed, and the giant has disappeared. Now the flight command executes military orders. "

She grabbed his arm. "Quinn, come with us." There was emotion in her voice. "If we are lucky enough to survive, then the situation must be better than now, and I will have more time to obtain legal status for you." "I don't have time to go with you." A yellow light on the control panel began to blink. "If you really want to go, get off the boat now." Her tense face twitched, but she still grabbed his hand and signaled him to leave the cabin.On a sudden impulse to say goodbye to her, he turned around, but she had already buried her head in the computer.

He had already seen the pier on the screen in the engine room, where the sun shone with silvery light, and where the sun didn't shine was darker than the starry sky.The entrance is a bit like a celosia, extending from the roofless tower near the space antenna to the dock spaceship. Both the service staff and the sikers left.He staggered off the spaceship alone, and walked into the cool exit.Behind him, Bruun's ship slammed its doors shut forever.Skynet's pull made him dizzy, and even the pillowcase, which didn't contain much, suddenly felt very heavy. Even so, there was a burst of joy in his heart.No matter what awaits him ahead, he has finally come to the side of the sun!

The floor beneath his feet was hard and smooth, and he felt a faint vibration as it hummed beneath it.Following the direction of the flashing green arrow, he walked out of the exit and came under the hull of a huge Kevan.Monotonous and colorless obstacles surrounded him in a narrow corridor. In the distance, the cargo ship made a dull thumping sound, and the bitter air was full of pungent smells-the stench of plastic used in construction, the smell of gasoline from the iron grilles on the floor, and the smell of chemicals waiting to be transported. There is the astringent smell of food, the musty smell of food and drink from nowhere, and the unpleasant smell of human sweat and things he can't name.

He stopped before a hole in the floor.I saw the darkness below, only the mechanical devices that were booming and running, maybe they were transporting goods, or pipelines containing reactive substances.He bent down to see if he could lift the bars. Hiding in the shadows and stealing a dock worker's uniform, an ID card, or even a weapon—fool, if caught like that and without the sun mark, he'd be committing suicide.He went on. Looking up toward the tall hull, he saw the Earth.Even the Kevanlong line between the pier and the ever-placed planet was so thin that he couldn't see it clearly, and the sky cities drawn along the line seemed very far away, only the earth, that cloudy blue orb was dazzling , It's so wonderful that he couldn't help but stop and watch.

"I'm sorry, sir." A blunt and polite voice came from behind, with a very strange tone. "No one is allowed to enter here—" Startled, he turned and spotted the speaker.Another lean, dark Sikh with a sun-mark flashing on the side of his bushy black beard.Seeing Quinn's face, he took a step back and quickly reached for the weapon hanging on his hip. "Don't move!" He raised his gun. "What are you doing here?" He can only tell the truth. "My name is Quinn Durn, and I just came back from Aperture looking for my mother—" "Certificate?"

"Let me explain—" "Certificate? Labor permit? Travel passport?" "you listen to me--" "Stand still!" "I'm not a prisoner." He tried to be brave. "I was born in space, my mother had a sun-mark, and I have a right to a sun-mark—" "Sir, you have no rights." The man squinted at him. "Not here. Without a sun sign, you have no rights.Put the package down! " Quinn dropped the pillowcase, indicating that he was unarmed. "Sir, I came here on the Mars Kirvan—" "Don't talk! Lean against the wall, raise your hands, and spread your feet back!" Quinn had no choice but to do so, regretting that he hadn't lifted the iron bars on the ground just now. "Stand still!" The Xike returned to the original place without finding anything. "I'm Sergeant Nanak Sig of the Sik Guards Battalion." He touched a round gold badge with his gunless hand. "Don't touch this." He kicked the pillowcase over the barrier. "Move forward!" "Where to-" "Don't ask!" Seeger stopped talking, and only occasionally yelled an order or two, escorting him along the empty corridor, and finally entered a small room.The door slammed shut and he scrambled up, staggering - Jannot didn't have an elevator.He hastened to grab the wall and the elevator stopped. "Hold on!" Sig yelled. "Otherwise I will kill you!" The door through another hallway had the name "Inspector Santok Das" written on it. The door slid open, and a second hooded Sikh blocked him in the far, narrow chamber.The siq was taller and older, and some of the long beard was graying. "Prosecutor—" Quinn tried to ease the atmosphere. "I'm from the Aperture, where I don't get the Sun Mark—" "Hold out your hand!" the voice was monotonous and emotionless. "Check the bloodstains." He stuck his index finger inside a small black cylinder and felt a needle prick him. "Absolute sun blood," he said. "My genes have been tested." Darth waved him over to a protruding lens. "Facing the camera, report your name. We will test the voiceprint. You can say a word, or ask for rescue. Every word you say must be recorded and reported to the security department." "Thank you, Inspector." He held his breath and forced a smile into the lens. "I'm Quinn Durn, born in Aperture, and my mother is Dr. Naya Durn—" "Dern?" Darth took a step back, as if the name annoyed him. "She's dead." "She has a husband." Quinn's heart beat faster. "Dr. Olaf Thorsen. He's a scientist at the Kovan Technical Division, if I could speak to him—" "Thawson?" Das tapped the keyboard on the desk, and turned to face a large image screen, which showed a map of the high-altitude line connected to the earth.The wiring diagram gradually evolved into a beautiful reception room.A beautiful young lady sits quietly at the computer, with sun marks shining on her dark cheeks. "Kewan Technology Department." Her smile is very charming. "Is there a problem?" "Dr. Thorson!" the Sikh asked. "Security calling Dr. Olaf Thorsen!" She sat motionless for a long time. "I'm very sorry." Her bright smile faded. "Dr. Thorson was not found." Darth reached for the keyboard. "Please—" Quinn begged. "Please tell me where he is and how to find him? It's so important—" Her dark eyes grew sad, and she shook her head. "Sir, I'm very sorry." She raised her watery eyes to express sympathy. "Dr. Thorson can't be found no matter what." When the keyboard was pressed with a "snap", her image disappeared immediately, and the circuit diagram returned to the screen.Suddenly Quinn understood that the lady was a computer simulation.He was so anxious that he lost his mind and looked behind him.Seeger was standing nearby with a machine gun. "Don't move!" Darth shouted. "We give you permission to find another witness." "Quick, get on Captain Brunn, she's on the Mars Kirwan, and I was an engineer on the ship." The line map disappeared again. "Information from the Flight Command." The same black figure laughed again. "Is there a problem?" "He asked to be put through to Captain Brunn." She showed sympathy again. "I'm very sorry, Captain Brunn is out flying and can't get through." The shadow lights up sadly, then disappears. Darth stared at him, biting his lip under his gray beard. "Dern, do you have anything else to say?" "I'm innocent and I didn't do anything bad." His head was numb and his voice became hoarse. "You have no proof—" "The law here requires no evidence." Darth turned to the lens. "The case is over." He said quickly, with no expression in his voice. "This is a case that clearly violated the anti-foreign law and space antenna safety regulations. The criminal cannot give any reason to obtain a lenient sentence. Method: Approval for execution—" "Wait a minute!" Quinn exhaled. "I have grounds for reprieve. I saw something in the aperture and had to report it to Flight Command—" "The case is over." Das winked at Sig. "take away!" "I saw a devil," he said aloud, his voice trembling. "It flew out of the aperture, and then it was the one who attacked the Conquest of Neptune Station—" "Lord of Darkness!" Sig muttered. "Did you really see it?" "I watched it eat the wreckage of the Spica—" Darth glared at him angrily, then turned his head to the lens again. "Revise the handling method. Transfer the prisoner to Colonel Chen." He nodded at Sig. "Take him upstairs!" Along the steel corridor, they entered another wide space, and he heard the sound of machines, footsteps and muffled voices coming from the tall obstacles in the distance.When he looked up and spotted the ferry through the high hull of Kirwan, a flash of surprise flashed through his drowsy mind. "Upstairs" is the direction of the earth!Because at the end of Skynet, the centrifugal force is stronger than the gravitational force.The ferry was a slender cylinder that hung like a gleaming metal bead from the Cowan Dragon Cable.He glanced at the ferry through the transparent hull overhead, and saw a thin rope stretching out to the golden earth in the distance. Sig escorted him, walked into a pie-shaped ship box and sat down.The preparatory bell rang, and the ferry speeded up, knocking him down on the seat.They crawled silently and swiftly towards the earth. He rode a Skynet wire! However, he still has to face Sig, who seems to mock him with the yellow sun-mark shining across his expressionless face.It was a long climb up the ferry.Surrounded by strangeness, Quinn had nothing to do but watch the ferry's movements—the seats wobbled from side to side as the ferry began to descend and the antenna slowed.The former roof became the floor, and he suddenly lost his sense of direction.Another preparatory bell rang, and the heavy tension on his body ended, and he suddenly felt a burst of relief, as if he was about to fly off the ground. "Upstairs, let's go!" Sig escorted him down yet another steel corridor, painted green, the security department seemed to love green.The corridor was empty and quiet, but the black boxes installed under the roof would drum every once in a while. He thought that these black boxes must contain cameras and weapons. Walking on the floor was very unaccustomed at first, but later he learned to paddle his feet in small steps, and then he walked more steadily.Seeger followed, shouting an order or two now and then, until at last they came to a door guarded by guards. "Behave!" he whispered. "Now go see Colonel Zeru Serenc Chen." The Colonel was nothing like a Sikh, a portly man in the black uniform of the Ministry of Security, sitting next to the video machine terminal.Sallow skin, huge head, as bald as Clay, like a potato.He leaned forward and roared in a high-pitched voice that was out of proportion to his stature.Quinn didn't understand what he was saying, and it wasn't until Seeger stuffed a translation disc into his ear that he heard the colonel shouting, "Who are you?" "My name is—" The colonel's blunt attitude made his voice tremble with fright. "My name is Quinn Durn—" "The traitor's son?" The colonel looked at the screen for a while, then stared at him again. "What's with the devil on the aperture?" "I saw it with my own eyes, sir." He straightened up and met the colonel's cold, distrustful gaze. "It's huge, I saw it swallow the wreckage of the Spica in one gulp—" "See? How did you see it?" "I received a signal from the rover on Mars Kirvan." "So what?" He squinted. "Captain Brunn did not report what you saw." "Her technician—" He decided not to mention Nicholas Chen's name. "The detection technician committed suicide." "You mean, the same thing that attacked the Conquest of Neptune station?" "Captain Brunn seems to think so—" "I don't." The translator Yuanpan interrupted him. "I think you are a spy sent by the saints, talking nonsense just to save your life!" "But, sir—" "If you lie, we have a way to make you speak the truth!" Newlyn four sisters (the family is allowed to have 4 children, because there are too few surviving Newlyn people.) The eldest sister Jin Jini, the successor of the gene chief, has reproductive rights.As the academic authority in her family, she landed a coveted job as a junior cosmologist at the Vermeuron Observatory.She died with honor when the Vermeeron Observatory was destroyed. The second and third sisters, Lu Ensang and Xiyanggen, had excellent grades when they were studying science at Newmarch University, and later worked as research assistants at the Nuclear Star Observatory to study the latest planetary beings. The younger sister, Snow Gray, stayed behind in North Point City.She is not as smart as her sisters, so she had to drop out of school early to take care of her elderly mother.The people of Newlyn lived on a starship when they fled the Seeker invasion, and they now live on that wreck. The ship remains as a museum of national history, but the living are too busy to attend to it.Naturally, they are more concerned with their future in the Elder than with their tragic past. She had grown up on an empty boat, more or less alone, tending to old curios that no one wanted to see and that would break if touched, and sometimes listening to her mother narrate stories about them. Among the exhibits is a small spy plane, also flying all the way from their lost star, flying in front of the starship to spot cosmic junk along the way.Now it was docked beside the hull of the big ship, still able to fly, and she had learned to pilot it. When they got the news of Jin Jini's death, her mother was dying.Lu Ensang felt that she belonged to the manager position and reproductive rights, but her mother gave them to the third sister Xiyanggen. "She is my good daughter, with the real gene type in her body. Do you know, my dear, that your genes are not pure." After her mother died, she still stayed on the ancient ship, taking care of the relics while recording the history of that interstellar trek.She was on the ship when Greenweeney and Sparks went to find the Newlyn man's weapon. "Mother used to say the weapon was destroyed," she told them. "But before she died, she admitted that her mother hid the weapon because of Elder. I can show you, but I can't tell if it is a weapon. It was Didn't stop the Seekers from taking over our home town." She took them into a cold cabin in the stern, littered with worthless artifacts from ancient times.The weapon was there, still in liquid helium. "It was going to launch a missile filled with an artificial virus," she said. "It turned out to be of no use to adult Seekers, but one would expect to be able to kill Seeker eggs or baby Seekers. My mother said—" The two cloning guys next to me seemed to forget her.They jerked off their coats and rushed towards each other, changing shapes constantly, hugging each other tightly, their tails curled up, emitting circles of light.At first she thought they were killing each other, but then Greenweeney thought of her and made an apology gesture to her. She was amazed by the intense intercourse between the two of them, as the Newlyn fucked inside.Males are small, produced from mature gene heads, become domestic pets, and then climb into the uterus of reproductive females and parasitize there. She thought of her poor father. When her mother died, he fell out of her naked body, smelling strange, small and wet, and stained with blood, like a baby with dystocia.He crawled about, trembling when he touched something, and soon he too died in pain. Xue Hui trembled for a while, she no longer thought about that terrible memory, and only stared at the two guys in front of her.Finally the two of them stretched out their shiny tails exhaustedly and slipped back into their coats, making it impossible to tell their gender again. "I'm sorry," Greenweiny said with shame on his face. "Sometimes love can get you carried away." "But we didn't make this trip in vain." Huo Hua looked indifferent. "With the weapon, it's time to experiment. Let's fly to the nuclear star with the queen. As soon as she builds a nest, we will attack!" The first and largest city in the Kodobosi Skynet, home to the headquarters of the Empire of the Sun, is the capital of the Kovan Tower.The city's docks are all over the place, stretching thousands of kilometers along the Skynet. On a geosynchronous horizon sits the Microgravity Factory and the Kirvan Laboratory.Below them are the offices, tourist resorts, and residential centers of the Empire of the Sun, and the closest to the earth is the "Sky Fortress" of the Empire of the Sun's Security Department and Flight Command.