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【Chapter 453, Return to the palace】

"What should we do with these three hunters?" Xiao Lou turned around to ask Yu Hanjiang for his opinion.

Yu Hanjiang stepped forward, looked at the miniature version of Xiao Lou in the bottle, and asked in a low voice, "How did the hunter come to this world? Where did you find out about our experiences in other secret rooms?"

Na Xiao Lou said coldly: "Of course we have a source of information, otherwise how would we kill you?"

Yu Hanjiang asked: "What good does killing the challenger do to you? Can you live in the card world for a few more years?"

The other party fell silent suddenly, and there was no expression on his pale face, as if he had turned into a statue.

Yu Hanjiang frowned, and softened his tone: "If you tell us about the hunter organization, since you and Xiao Lou look exactly the same, I can consider not killing you."

"Heh..." The corner of Xiao Lou's mouth suddenly curled up, as if he heard a big joke, he let out a weird laugh in the bottle, laughed for a long time, and then said lightly: "Anyway, I will live if the mission fails." No, give me a good time." After he finished speaking, he closed his eyes and put on an indifferent expression of "going to die calmly".

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou and shook his head.

Xiao Lou had no choice but to forcibly pull the three hunters back to the Peach Blossom Spring and set them on fire.

These hunters are simply stubborn.

Everyone has gone through the level and met many hunters. What they have in common is that they would rather die than reveal any secrets about the organization after the mission failed, as if they were collectively brainwashed.

Their loyalty to the organization even exceeds the most instinctive desire for survival of human beings? Why?

People who are not strong-willed are likely to betray their friends and relatives when they are about to die. Not all the hunters are tough guys who are determined and take death as home. It's too weird to hear anything about the organization.

Xiao Lou said softly: "Everyone is not afraid of death. I don't believe that all the hunters take death seriously. I guess, if they leak the secrets of the hunters, they may be more sad than death, so they would rather Choose to die without saying a word."

Yu Hanjiang thought about it carefully, and agreed: "It makes sense. Those who leak the secrets are likely to die. When the mission fails, many hunters simply take poison and commit suicide."

Xiao Loudao: "This organization has its own rules, such as the 'head reward system', as well as the method of shuttling between different secret rooms and replacing some special plot characters. Now I doubt that the hunter organization...will be a gatekeeper The organization created by the former to fight against our challenger?"

Hearing this, Ye Qi patted his forehead suddenly, walked up to Xiao Lou and said excitedly: "Professor Xiao's suspicion is very likely! If there were no gatekeepers involved, how could these hunters enter the secret room world? How about becoming a key plot character? Whether it is the adoptive mother of Mr. Shao in the tenth level, or the clone of this level, it would be too coincidental to appear suddenly, right?"

Shao Qingge said: "If that's the case, maybe the hunter also travels to different worlds to do missions?"

Lu Jiuchuan said with a sullen face: "When I was undercover in the hunter organization, I would often receive mission instructions from my superiors. There was only one mission goal - to kill foreigners. However, because I am not a real hunter, every time I Zhou often asked Huaying to help cover, they didn't know that I failed the mission, and they didn't punish me. I don't know what punishment the hunter who really failed the mission will receive."

Tang Ci said: "In other words, it is very likely that from the moment we entered the card world, there is a force that has always been against us. Our goal is to clear the secret room, and their goal is to kill us?"

Hearing Tang Ci's words, the teammates looked at each other in blank dismay.

At first, everyone thought that this force was spontaneously organized by the "aboriginal people", like a "cult" targeting foreigners, but now it seems that the hunters can not only find out all their cards, but even know their cards. In the past experience in the Chamber of Secrets? How can the aborigines have such a great ability? !

After all, the aborigines are limited to one world. For example, the princes and princesses in the ancient world of the 8 of Hearts could not appear in the entertainment world of the 9 of Hearts, so they would not be able to know what happened in the entertainment world.

Yu Hanjiang was testing the fake Liu Qiao at that time, and she could answer the information about the eighth, ninth, and tenth levels fluently, which showed that she knew very well the experiences of Xiao Lou and his party in different worlds.

Thinking of this, everyone just shuddered.

It was as if there was a pair of eyes watching them all the time.

In the card world, there are only four people who know what happened in each secret room-A Heart A, Diamond A, Spade A, Club A, the four gatekeepers!

Gatekeepers can freely control the time flow rate of each card world. They are the real leaders of the card world, and there are big kings and little kings behind them. Perhaps, as Xiao Lou speculated, the Hunter Organization itself is a camp they created themselves. From the very beginning, they selected a group of people to stand on the opposite side of the challenger?

Ye Qi gave an analogy: "It's like when playing an online game, there are two official factions. For example, World of Warcraft has players from two factions, the Alliance and the Horde. When they meet in the wild, they are red names and can attack each other. Put them on the card The same works in the card world, hunter vs challenger, are two opposing camps?"

Xiao Lou was not sure about the origin of the hunter organization before, but after this time, the hunter has a good grasp of their information.

Holding more and more, he also had to doubt the intentions of these gatekeepers.

It doesn't feel good to be played and applauded by others, but since the faction is officially set, the mission will not be deceiving. The way they want to leave here is still to clear the secret room. It's just that it's more difficult.

*

At this time, Liu Qiao had already spent ten minutes informing His Majesty of the cause and effect of the clone incident.

His Majesty the mermaid clan was horrified, and he couldn't believe that the killed Elder Karen was actually secretly researching replicants, and even produced a version 2.0.

In order to convince him, Liu Qiao took him through the maze, and found a large number of petri dishes that looked like glass coffins in the laboratory at the tail of the fish, in which there were indeed many identical "human specimens" soaked.

When His Majesty saw so many specimens, his face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Liu Qiao suggested: "Father, the clone plan is too crazy, we must stop it as soon as possible. Otherwise, there will be a large number of identical clansmen in the future, and the order of our mermaid clan will be completely messed up." She paused and added He added: "Moreover, after gene duplication, our bloodline is no longer pure."

The last sentence is the key point. Mermaids value bloodlines the most. If the future mermaids are mixed with human and Zerg genes, this is absolutely unbearable to His Majesty.

His Majesty made a decisive decision: "Destroy all the specimens in these laboratories!"

Liu Qiao nodded: "Father, don't worry, the aftermath of this matter will be handled by me and my brother."

The specimens should have the genes of Zerg, Human, and Mermaid. They have not yet awakened after soaking in the nutrient solution. The Mermaid Palace is in the depths of the ocean and cannot be lit. Liu Qiao told Xiao Lou about it with a tacit understanding: "Father Agree to destroy all replicant experiments, ask Xiaoye and Mr. Shao to help, and take away the petri dishes in the laboratory."

The [Teleportation] card in the hands of Ye Qi and Shao Qingge can not only carry people, but also transport 200 kilograms of things. The two swam back to the deep sea maze again, and used teleportation cards to move hundreds of petri dishes back to Taohuayuan in batches.

Looking at the hundreds of "glass coffins" placed under the peach tree, the teammates looked dignified.

Yu Hanjiang and Lu Jiuchuan looked at each other, and the two brothers walked forward tacitly, fished out the replicants from the glass containers one by one, and piled them together. Yu Hanjiang poured a few bottles of alcohol on it without hesitation, and set it on fire.

This scene made the teammates feel a little uncomfortable.

Especially seeing that the burned replicant looks exactly like himself...

Ye Qi resisted the urge to vomit, his face turned slightly pale. Shao Qingge wrapped his arms around his shoulders with one hand, covered his eyes with the other hand, and said in a low voice: "Don't think too much, these replicants are not conscious, just pretend, they are following our image Made inflatable dolls."

Ye Qi was stunned for a moment: "Inflatable doll... Mr. Shao, you really know a lot."

Shao Qingge smiled lightly and rubbed his hair: "Of course, otherwise, how can I be your father? I will teach you slowly in the future."

Ye Qi was so choked that he couldn't speak.

The original discomfort of the teammates was instantly relieved when they heard Shao Qingge's words. If these experimental subjects were regarded as unconscious dolls and burned to death, it would indeed feel much better psychologically.

Lu Jiuchuan joked: "Today's Peach Blossom Spring is like a crematorium, won't Tao Yuanming have any objections?"

Xiao Lou said helplessly: "You can't start a fire in the sea, you can only bring it back to the Taohuayuan and burn it. Fortunately, the Taohuayuan will disappear automatically after 3 hours of existence, and the new space will be opened again tomorrow, so there should be no traces or smells."

At this time, the ground under the peach blossom trees was covered with black ash, and the air was filled with a strange smell of burning, which was really uncomfortable.

Xiao Lou glanced at the Peach Blossom Spring that was temporarily used as a crematorium, sighed softly, looked at his teammates and said, "Let's go, go find Your Majesty. After all, my tail is old Moran's, so it won't be good if it fades."

Everyone imagined that Xiao Lou was swimming in the sea, and the silver tail suddenly faded as he swam. They probably would have shocked the members of the mermaid clan——is the prince's tail actually dyed? It's all right!

*

In the palace, Liu Qiao and Xiao Lou had a tacit understanding and stayed by His Majesty's side to comfort this irritated old man.

His Majesty patted her on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Although your brother is the illegitimate son of your father who lives abroad, you are brothers and sisters after all. My father hopes that you can live in harmony and don't fight each other..."

The old king still has lingering fears about the duplicated scene of Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao confronting each other just now. I'm really afraid that one day the brothers and sisters will kill each other in order to fight for the throne. The last thing a father wants to see is this scene.

"Father, don't worry, I have always respected my brother. However," Liu Qiao looked up at his father in front of him with calm eyes, and said slowly, "It is more appropriate for me to inherit the mermaid clan."

"What?" His Majesty stared at Liu Qiao incredulously, "Could it be that you...have you always been ambitious?"

"Father, my brother doesn't want to be the leader of the mermaid clan. He has communicated with me privately and wants me to succeed him. I respect his decision and am willing to bear this burden for him. If you don't believe me, you can personally Ask him." Liu Qiao lied and didn't write drafts, and his acting skills have already been perfected. Of course, this is what Xiao Lou told her through his heart.

Xiao Lou's tail is dyed, so naturally he can't stay in the mermaid clan and become king. What's more, Xiao Lou's true identity is still the prince of Luo Ke Empire, he has to go back to solve the problems of their own country as soon as possible.

"This...I have to discuss it with your brother." His majesty looked worried.

at this time

, Xiao Lou just returned to the palace after disposing of the replicators. He walked up to His Majesty, bowed, and said respectfully, "Father, those experimental products have been disposed of."

"Your sister said that you don't want to inherit the throne, is that true?" His Majesty asked suspiciously.

"Yes, Father." Xiao Lou looked very serious, "Although I am your child, my mother has never been found. Many people in the clan think that my origin is unknown, and I am afraid that if I succeed to the throne, I will not be able to convince everyone. On the contrary , Liu Qiao is the only daughter of you and the queen, and her blood is the purest." He turned his head and looked at Liu Qiao gently when he said this, "Besides, my sister was smart and smart since she was a child, so she must be the last to inherit the king. Good candidate."

"..." His Majesty was full of confusion, as if hesitating to whom to pass the seat on.

"Why don't you make a decision after discussing with the elders?" Xiao Lou suggested.

"Alright, let me invite some elders to have a meeting." His Majesty turned and left.

There are a total of 7 elders in the mermaid tribe, and Karen has already died. Gui Yuanzhang can handle the votes of 3 of the remaining 6 elders. That is to say, there are at least 4 votes on Liu Qiao's side. .

That night, His Majesty called an emergency meeting of the elders, and more than half of the elders believed that Xiao Lou's origin was unknown, and it would be easier to convince the crowd if the mermaid princess born to His Majesty and the Queen would inherit the throne.

The next morning, His Majesty announced the result in front of all the clansmen.

Liu Qiao walked through the palace in a formal dress, took the crown from his father, and officially became the heir of the mermaid clan. Xiao Lou stood beside him and smiled slightly, with a rather gratified look on his face.

Liu Qiao is his student in reality. After so long in the card world, this girl's carefulness, rationality, and courage have all improved to a higher level, and she has become more and more excellent.

This time, the sub-quest of the mermaid tribe can be successfully completed. Although Xiao Lou is the commander-in-chief, Liu Qiao's vigilance and self-poisoning and self-rescue method must be given a thumbs up. In case she was really stunned and her teammates were tied up in everything, it would definitely not be so easy to deal with the hunter team.

After the succession ceremony, Xiao Lou said goodbye to Liu Qiao and the old king.

His explanation to His Majesty is: "Father, I was brought back to the palace by Elder Karen when I was young, and I left my mother. I want to find her. Next, I have to leave the palace for a while, and you must take good care of it." Own."

His Majesty sighed softly: "Go, since this is your obsession, father has no reason to stop you."

Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao looked at each other, and Liu Qiao said with a tacit understanding: "Professor Xiao, we mermaids can't help much with the affairs of the Luoke Empire, you must be careful."

It is okay for the mermaid tribe to stay on land for a day or two, but it will be very uncomfortable to operate on land for a long time, and now that Liu Qiao is the heir, it is not easy to leave the mermaid palace without authorization.

Xiao Lou nodded to her: "Don't worry, the three of you stay in the Mermaid Palace and wait for our good news."

Gui Yuanzhang, Lao Mo and Liu Qiao went to see them off in person.

Just as Xiao Lou and his party were about to leave the sea area, Gui Yuanzhang suddenly said: "We can't help, but the cards can. Bring our three cards, Professor Xiao." As he spoke, he spread his palms like a magic trick , took out three card packs, obviously, the three of them had already discussed before giving the card packs to Xiao Lou.

Xiao Lou looked at Senior Gui in surprise.

Handing something as important as the card pack to his teammates shows that he has absolutely trusted Xiao Lou.

Xiao Lou said: "You don't keep self-defense?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "The problem of the mermaid tribe has been solved. The three of us checked carefully last night, and we didn't find any fish that slipped through the net among the tribe. could hurt us."

But Xiao Lou was always worried, he thought for a while, and said, "Leave the invisibility cloak and dyeing card, just in case."

The dyeing card can dye the tail of the mermaid, and it is not very useful to return to the Luoke Empire. The invisibility cloak can escape at a critical moment. Gui Yuanzhang nodded, and took the card that Xiao Lou handed back: "Take care."

Xiao Lou looked at them: "Take care, you three, and see you after leaving the secret room."

The six of them didn't say any more, they quickly swam back to the sea level, folded their tails and turned into normal people.

Shao Qingge drove the newly bought suspension car over, and drove his teammates away from the fishing village. At the intersection of the skyway, Shao Qingge stopped and asked, "Where are we going next?"

Xiao Lou said decisively, "Go back to the Luoke Empire."

*****

[Chapter 454, video material]

Only Shao Qingge and Ye Qi can pass through the security checks of the space stations of various countries, and Xiao Lou can only use the method of Taohuayuan teleportation again.

On a new day, the card skills were refreshed and cooled down. Shao Qingge and Ye Qi bought the spaceship tickets back to the Empire openly. After passing through the space station, they did not board the passenger spaceship, but directly boarded Chu Huaying to meet everyone The Dark Night starship, and then opened the Taohuayuan teleportation in the cabin.

A group of people appeared on the starship Dark Night. Seeing that everyone looked tired, Chu Huaying poured a glass of water for everyone one by one, walked over and asked, "Is everything going well with the mermaid?" About the matter of the mermaid, Lu Jiuchuan I communicated with her when I was pretending to be Chu Huaying, so she also knew the general situation.

Lu Jiuchuan smiled and said: "It went well, all the hunters and replicators were eliminated, and Xiao Liu became the only successor. Moreover, we also found the key to the Noah's Ark project from Elder Karen's laboratory. Details."

Tang Ci said: "This information, combined with the medical records left by Ye Qi's father, will give us a clear idea of ​​what happened that year."

He turned on the optical brain and called up a video.

The video was shot on July 15, 2975 in the star calendar, the day when the Noah's Ark project was first launched.

In a spacious conference room, there were several experts, ministers, military officials, Shao Qingge's father, and His Majesty who was very young at that time. His Majesty projected a plan on the LCD screen, and said, "You can express your opinions on the Noah's Ark plan proposed by the three professors Qin Rong, Zhu Xingchen, and Palmer."

The three people named by His Majesty are the three fugitives whose bones were found on the sunken ship at the bottom of the sea.

There was a heated debate in the conference room, and someone said, "Isn't it crazy to copy humans?"

"I don't agree with such a plan. It doesn't make any sense ethically. Once the research on human gene duplication starts, the butterfly effect will probably make humans unable to control it!"

"Professor Palmer, why did you come up with such an incredible plan?" Ye Qi's father, Ye Bowen, asked.

Palmer smiled and explained: "Isn't it normal to back up the important data in the brain with a chip? General Ye, I remember that your father died of heart failure. Don’t you deny that if you give him an organ transplant when there is a problem, he can live for many years?”

Ye Bowen was stunned: "This..."

Palmer glanced across the audience, and said: "What if your beloved wife and child get a difficult disease in the future? There is a replica of organs, tissues, skin, and blood that can be used at any time. What will happen then?" I am not afraid of illness."

General Lin Zecheng frowned and said, "Birth, old age, sickness and death are things that human beings have experienced for thousands of years. According to what you say, if we make replicas and make a data backup of our bodies, we can live forever?"

Palmer shook his head: "It's not as magical as immortality. It's just that having an extra health guarantee is like buying a health insurance for yourself. Aren't you afraid of death, or your loved one dying of disease?"

The meeting room suddenly fell silent.

The young Zhang Shaohua said calmly: "The teacher is right. Animal cloning technology has long been mature, and human cloning has not been approved by the ethics society. The key is that ethicists believe that once human cloning enters society, it will pollute human beings." gene pool, and when they become self-aware, they are likely to come into conflict with the ontology."

Lin Zecheng looked at his wife in surprise, as if he couldn't believe that she would support her.

Zhang Shaohua's expression was extremely calm, she stood up, walked to the LCD screen, gently swipe the page, opened the detailed schedule, and said: "However, the replication plan proposed by Professor Palmer this time will not make the replication successful. Instead, they are placed in petri dishes for life. They have no consciousness, no human behavior, and are just used as a data backup and stored in the hospital."

Zhang Shaohua paused, looked at her husband and said: "It's like a 20-year-old young woman goes to the hospital to freeze a few eggs, and when the quality of the eggs declines when she gets older, she takes out the frozen eggs when she was young and becomes pregnant. You can understand that , Replicants are temporarily frozen organ banks cultivated from our own cells, and one day in the future when we get sick, we can take organs, bone marrow and other parts we need from replicants.”

Disputes rang out again.

At this moment, His Majesty suddenly said slowly: "I agree with this plan."

Everyone in the conference room turned their heads to look at him. The young His Majesty lowered his voice and said, "If this plan had been implemented earlier, my First Prince would not have died. He was poisoned and had acute liver and kidney failure. For the organs transplanted to him, if a replicant provided him with organs, he would be able to walk and call my father now."

Everyone: "..."

Looking at the sad expression on His Majesty's face, the conference room was silent.

His Majesty scanned the audience and said, "Start voting now."

The people in the conference room looked at each other, some raised their hands in agreement, and some remained silent. In the end, more than half of the people agreed, and the plan was officially launched, and the video ended here.

Tang Ci opened the second video.

In the same meeting room, here is the record of the meeting during the second plan. The three professors Palmer, Qin Rong, and Zhu Xingchen who led this plan did not say "join the Zerg gene", but only said: "We improve With the culture medium, this time, it is guaranteed that the replicants can survive."

Zhang Shaohua added: "Besides, after we succeed in training this time, we will destroy all the redundant experimental products, leaving only one or two as data backup, and keep them in the secret laboratory. When your children need them in the future , and then remove the corresponding organs and tissues from the specimen in the laboratory."

She also said: "If this research is carried out smoothly, it will be a leap forward in human medical technology, and all children born in the future can automatically obtain a copy as their lifelong health guarantee."

In the video, Shao Qingge's father had a struggling expression on his face. He must have been conflicted at the time, but in the end, when everyone around him raised their hands, he tremblingly raised his hand in agreement.

Everyone signed the proposal in turn.

*

From the data chip found by the mermaids, the video only contained the records of these two meetings, but it was enough to explain the problem.

The Noah's Ark project was originally led by His Majesty, a "Human Data Backup" project jointly proposed by Palmer, Qin Rong, and Zhu Xingchen, experts in genetics, reproductive medicine, and genetics from the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

Zhang Shaohua is a direct disciple of Professor Palmer, responsible for the collection of materials and

Experiment arrangement.

Their starting point at the beginning actually made sense. They just wanted to use the replicas as organ backups and keep them in the laboratory to prevent the replicators from possessing human consciousness, and the redundant replicas would also be destroyed. The replicators they want to make are actually more like "frozen organ banks" than humans.

In the two meetings, from Zhang Shaohua's performance, she didn't know about many things.

Xiao Lou speculated: "Zhang Shaohua was very young at the time, and blindly worshiped her mentor, thinking that her mentor's decision was right. She certainly didn't know that His Majesty's way of 'destroying' the duplicants would be so cruel, and she directly released 100 duplicants. Survival of the fittest together?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Palmer and others probably didn't expect His Majesty to be so crazy. So, after knowing all this, they realized the crisis, chose to escape, and took away a replica of the prince and a large number of replica specimens in the laboratory .”

Xiao Lou said helplessly: "The plan has deviated from the original intention and completely lost control. His Majesty violated the original agreement of 'not allowing replicants to join human society' and personally trained Xiaolou No. 2 and No. 3 into adults. He wanted to raise the most Excellent prince."

The two videos recorded by the chip, as well as the genetic data and case data of a large number of replicants, as well as the experimental protocols handwritten by Professor Palmer, Professor Qin Rong, and Professor Zhu Xingchen, and the observation records of Zhang Shaohua in the laboratory...

There's even a photo of the replicants they took with them when they escaped Capital Planet.

The photos are all numbered, like Xiao Lou No. 4, Shao Qingge No. 1, Ye Qi No. 7, and so on.

The information found from the Mermaid Clan is really solid evidence.

Yu Hanjiang said: "Now the physical evidence is very complete. If this evidence is put on the network of the empire, it will definitely arouse public anger. Then we will find a way to get this crazy emperor to step down. The key now is to find a few The testimony is enough to convince the public, after all, with today's high-tech means, the video can be faked."

Xiao Lou was thoughtful: "If witnesses are witnesses, I can testify in person. My sister Xiao Rou may also be able to help. The other... Zhang Shaohua?"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "We have to go back to Capital Star to find her as soon as possible. If she is also silenced, it will be unclear."

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