Chapter 17 Chapter Sixteen

Jenkins drove the car.On the winding road leading to the emergency landing field.I didn't meet a single person on the whole road.A soldier stopped them at the landing gate, and Jenkins handed him his business card. "Chartered?" The soldier was an earthling, and he glanced at the certificate.The initial hostility turned into impatience, "It's not picnic time, you might know what you're doing." She took a closer look at the pass and turned to Jane. "Is the document wrong?" She asked anxiously. "Go in." The soldier nodded, "Anyway, it's your own heads." He pointed to the sky, in the center of the pale yellow light of the zodiac, a small sun was raging and emitting its heat, "It's just Remember there's a war going on. In interstellar space, nothing on a business card will help you!"

Jenkins pulled over outside the safety pit.He sat in the car for a while, looking at Jane suspiciously, and finally, making up his mind, said, "I want to show you something." Passing through the winding tunnel of the safety pit, they stood in front of the warning sign of the Goodbye Jane, and saw that it read "The spaceship is polluted! Rays are dangerous! Do not approach!" Several eye-catching red letters. "See that?" Jenkins studied her expression carefully. Whatever tricks she played should be exposed by now; whatever she chose, she would not choose death.

Rays are much weaker than before, but still do a lot of damage.She doesn't want her beautiful hair to fall out and her smooth skin to grow scars; she must still want children, but she doesn't want her children to be born like monsters. "See Shu? She didn't even stop to look at the Geiger in her hand, and walked towards the spaceship. "I see, Nick," she said softly, "we'd better hurry up and build the transmitter." Her lips turned gray and trembled.Eyes turned purple with fear.She naturally understood the meaning of the warning.She took his arm and they walked together to the hatch.If she was really up to something, it must be more important than her life.

Ten minutes later, the dilapidated tugboat took them to the sky above Tor.Through the periscope, Jenkins saw a long silver needle shining beside the golden-roofed building. "Nick, what's the matter?" "I saw the Adonis." "Then your uncle is here to guard his alloy, and his asteroid servants are very loyal, Nick." Jane reminded, her voice suddenly took on a provocative tone, "What are you going to do?" "I don't know." Jenkins turned to the periscope again, preparing to land. "I was just wondering what my uncle would do if this happened."

The tug finally stopped on the landing field.Jenkins opened the hatch and descended the gangway, carefully holding a white aluminum can in his hand. Tor is like a secluded sanctuary, a rare peace and quiet.The lawn is green and green, and the blue water waves shine like a rainbow under the sunlight.The golden roofs are brilliant in the shadow of the mountains. However, it is heavily guarded here.Holding the aluminum can, he waited patiently beside the tugboat for his uncle's arrival.He found that there seemed to be concrete forts hidden among the yellow rose bushes.The bodyguards patrolling the side of the Adonis all had automatic rifles on their arms, and there were black hole muzzles hidden under the golden eaves.

"Nick!" Brian yelled at him as he stepped out of the building. "Gast did get you out?" "No." Jenkins held the small can tightly, "He didn't save me." "Anyway, I'm relieved to see that you're safe and sound, Nick." Brian stepped forward with a smile. Still down eighty-three. And those asteroid thugs smashed half the windows in our corporate building." He held out a sweaty hand. "Nick, I'm worried for you. Those thugs could kill you at any moment, and Adam said you'd be safer in jail. "He suddenly opened his eyes wide in surprise," Nick, what's the matter with you? "Not only did Jenkins ignore his outstretched hand, but he took a few steps back, leaning against the scuffed hull of the tugboat, still holding the small can carefully in his hand. Brian saw it all at once: "This is what is it "

"A long time ago, in Sun City, you taught me a simple thing to make," Jenkins said quietly. "For it, you had to give me the eighty tons of alloy. That was originally bought for the Star of Liberty." Yes, I'm going to use it to make a transmitter right now." Brian shook his hair in surprise and took a step back. "Nick!" he cried, "you're out of your mind!" Jenkins shook his head. "No, I'm probably the most sane person in the Host. I'm going to build the transmitter and end the CT wars." "You must be crazy!"

"Ask your men to drag out the anti-gravity loading tube." Jenkins said seriously, "Put the alloy ingots in the bilge. The spaceship has been irradiated, and it won't cause too much damage to them in a while. Let them leave Stay away from the upper deck!" Brian stood still. "Nick," his voice became harsh, "if it's just an over-the-top joke..." "No!" Brian finally broke out: "Why should I give you an alloy worth 300 million dollars?" "It's not worth that much!" "The panic-buying has caused the price of alloys to rise again and again today," Brian said angrily. "At the close of the market, it was close to 4 million yuan a ton. People want to buy some wealth that is easy to carry. You say, I will what to give you..."

"The alloy originally belonged to CT Corporation, and was purchased for Freedom Star Laboratory! That's the reason!" Jenkins carefully lifted the small aluminum can and slowly turned it. "What's that?" Brian snorted. "A can of potatoes?" "Don't shake it," Jenkins warned. "It's a regular aluminum can, and it's not potatoes." He saw Brian tense up. "A simple thing," he turned cautiously, "you remember telling me about the CT weapon?" "Hey!" Brian took another step back, "What the hell is that?"

"Nothing, just a five hundred gram CT iron rod in the can." "Don't force me to drop it," Jenkins said quietly. "The permanent antigravity surface field inside is so weak that any slight bump would be a disaster." He gave Brian a small smile. "The same ton of plutonium bomb has the same power." He showed apologetic expression again, "If you just drop it, I'm afraid there won't be anything left here. Tell your men to drag out the loading tube." Brian shook his head , smiling sadly. "Nick, I'm so disappointed in you. I've been expecting you to use all kinds of extraordinary engineering capabilities to a more practical goal than the Fifth Freedom, but you suddenly turned from an idealist to a robber. I It was really unprepared.”

"Stop talking nonsense! Quickly load the alloy on board!" "Nick, really, I don't want to condemn your morality, but I..." Jenkins licked his lips and stared at him: "You really want me to drop this cannonball?" "Nick, you won't throw it away. It doesn't contain CT at all." Brian laughed suddenly. "A very ingenious invention, but you are immature in using this trick." Jenkins held Xiao Can's hands were wet with sweat. "You're a young man after all, Nick. You have an accomplice, I know, a young, pretty girl. You see, Gast called me a few minutes ago. Jane Harding bailed you out , there is no doubt that she is with you now." "so what?" "Don't you see the flaw?" Brian smiled at him, "Two such smart young people are eager to have everything in life. There is no way you will kill yourself." "Really?" Jenkins gave a wry smile. "Why don't you call Orrego and ask how long I have left?" Brian gasped in pain. "Nick, what are you talking about?" "I was also on the Liberty Star when the first CT missile exploded, and Urego said I could live up to ten days." Jenkins held up the aluminum can, "Now you want to try it, see if it's a CT, or Potato?" "No." Brian backed away quickly. Finally, he stood still and wiped his sweaty face with a towel, "Calm down, Nick, handle that jar carefully!" "Give me the alloy?" Brian's gray eyes blazed with rage, but he finally agreed: "Yes! Since you're such a fool. But I warn you, you won't get far with these booty You'll get caught if you're far away, and, even if you build a transmitter, the Fifth Freedom won't last long!" "That's my business! Ask your men to load the goods." Brian turned around and gestured towards the house.Suddenly three men with automatic rifles appeared, and he spoke to them in Spanish. "In English:" Jenkins snapped. "It's all right here, guys," Brian said lightly, "tell Manrig and his men to bring 80 tons of conductive alloy to my nephew and tell Vidal to get the autoloader out. Hurry up, Mr. Jenkins Don't worry!" Jenkins leaned tiredly on the tugboat, still holding the aluminum can carefully.Several dark-skinned people pulled out the python-like pipe from the side door, and pulled it all the way to the hatch of the tugboat.Under the action of the reverse gravitational field, the first batch of heavy metals were transported forward regularly.The pipe seemed to be alive, constantly wriggling and trembling.Two others were stacking the ingots in the hold in the hold.Brian stood by the pipeline, looking at the automatic counter, as if nothing had happened. Finally, the alloy ingots were all stacked in the hold, and the servants removed the loading pipe, and Brian said gently, "Take it, Nick. I've been thinking of helping you in life, watching you get involved I'm really sorry that I made this ridiculous plan." He shook his head remorsefully. "I don't care about those alloys. I lost 10 times what it was worth when the market opened today, and I can make it back tomorrow. I'm sorry for you." His voice trembled. "You know , the fleet that attacked the Liberty Star is operating between here and the Liberty Star, I am afraid you will come across more and better CT weapons than this aluminum can." Brian waved his hand mockingly , "Goodbye, Nick!" Jenkins carefully held the aluminum can and went up the gangway.Jane was waiting for him in the small dining room, and could not help laughing as he put the tin back on the shelf, her eyes full of envy. "You exchanged hundreds of millions of dollars for this unlabeled can of potatoes?" She said with a smile, "I'm afraid Mr. Brian has never done such a cunning thing himself. It's hard to imagine that when he knows the truth, he will be what expression!" Jenkins paused for a moment without speaking.Later, he said: "I was not sure whether I could succeed at first. My uncle had achieved many similar victories, and in the end he was defeated by himself." He didn't like the trick, so he was almost annoyed at Jane's admiration.My real goal is a greater victory for the Fifth Freedom, and that goal is still too far away. He got back in the wheelhouse and started the tug at full speed, his first priority being to find a way to the Liberty Star.