Mecha and Knife

Nantianmen Space Station, a meeting room.

"If we use this marquis orangutan as a hostage, talk to the empire, and let Ji Xinghe go to the empire star..."

"Why is Ji Xinghe going? Why not let Jackson go? Why not let your Yingzhou ace Cavill go?"

"They can't learn qi, they don't even know kung fu."

"Ji Xinghe can learn it? Is the emperor an idiot? Why does he teach Ji Xinghe Qi?"

"We can give it a try. The emperor of the empire is unwilling to teach, but Ji Xinghe can learn it himself, and can learn more information. If Ji Xinghe is sure that he can't learn it, then we will give up researching this kind of power."

"How to guarantee the safety issue, a Marquis orangutan, the empire will catch a lot, and there is only one Ji Xinghe."

"Yes, there is indeed only one Ji Xinghe, but we not only have the Marquis orangutan, we also have a prince orangutan. The prince orangutan should be more important than Ji Xinghe, right?"

This sentence made the meeting room silent. The Federation has fought against the Empire for more than 20 years. Up to now, the highest captive status is a prince, a general, and an imperial orangutan who is said to be the prince. He was beaten to death by Li Yuanba.

Although many people felt it was a pity afterwards, the situation at that time was indeed life and death, and the consequence of Li Yuanba's withdrawal was that he was beaten to death by the orangutan.

"The prince orangutan can't ask anything, and the research has not made any progress. It doesn't make any sense to kill it. Why don't you use it to exchange Ji Xinghe and the marquis orangutan. Two for one, Captain Ji Xinghe... very Important, but he is only a captain, only a special class, and he is sixty-six years old..."

"It's ridiculous. This plan is too ridiculous. I don't think it makes any sense. What difference does it make to us whether we can learn to be angry or not? Imperial orangutans can be angry, but they can't when they don't wear armor. Can't beat our armor-piercing warrior, that angry prince orangutan, if he shoots more than a dozen shots, he will die as long as he hits a vital point."

"It makes sense. The power of qi is actually not important, but it can be the beginning of negotiations. We can actually talk to the empire."

"Talk? We have died so many people, you tell me now that you want to talk to them? Do you want to talk to our dead brothers? Do you want to talk to them?"

"We didn't have the conditions to talk about it before, but this time we have it. They attacked the No. 3 base at all costs, and the loss was very large. I don't believe they can bear it. We didn't have to talk about it before, but the No. 3 base can't sustain it now." Hold on, it may be destroyed at any time. The location of the No. 6 base has been exposed. Their next target must be the No. 6 base. We can't hold it. Losing two bases in a row, we have to talk to them .”

The meeting room was silent again.

The beginning of this war has been a long time ago for many people present. The imperial army suddenly appeared on the alien planet more than 20 years ago, and the war started directly. Since then, the two sides have never tried peace talks.

But what is the concept of a war that has been fought for more than 20 years?

Even if it took more than 20 years to fight on the blue star, the resources consumed are incalculable, not to mention traveling at least 50 million kilometers to fight on another star.

The 300,000 mecha fighters in active service only have 50,000 usable mechas, and even a special class like Jackson has no real spare mechas. They obviously have more powerful missiles, but they have to let the ground troops charge. Chocolate costs 300 contribution points...

The federation has run out of money.

"Now is the best time to negotiate. We and the empire have lost a lot, but because they are attacking at all costs, their losses are greater than ours. If you don't talk now, wait until they destroy it at all costs." If we destroy our No. 6 base, they will not talk to us with the leap gate technology."

"I disagree."

"I think you can try it."

"It doesn't make sense. This is a war of genocide and genocide. Negotiations will only give them time to breathe."

"But we also need to breathe a sigh of relief. Do you know how much money your fleet lost in the last air strike? Five billion, you don't have to think about where the money comes from, but if you run out of money, your fleet will become Decoration."

"As a result of our battle, 50,000 orangutans and monkeys were killed by us."

"There are billions of orangutans and monkeys in the empire, and they can serve as soldiers for all the people, but how many 50 billion do we have?"

"Last year, the GDP of the entire Federation was one trillion yuan."

"Are you stupid for fighting a war? The gross domestic product is the gross domestic product. It doesn't mean that we can spend one trillion yuan every year to fight this war. This year's military budget has come out, and it is only 11.23 trillion yuan, of which Longzhou It took 5.21 trillion yuan, and Yingzhou took 4.13 trillion yuan. It’s not that other continents don’t want to take more, but they can’t get it out, you know?”

"They just don't want to take it. Longzhou's GDP is 25 trillion, and Yingzhou's GDP is 21 trillion. The combined total is less than half of the federal GDP, but the military expenditures of Longzhou and Yingzhou are the entire federal military expenditure." Nine out of ten, and only one tenth of the remaining half?"

"This is not an issue we should discuss. What we want to discuss is that we have no money to fight. Once the third base and the sixth base are destroyed, the cost of resource transportation will increase sharply. We have to talk to them .”

"..."

The debate lasted for a long time, and the problem gradually evolved from letting Ji Xinghe go to the Empire Star to try to learn the power of Qi, to negotiating with the Empire.

In this war between the Federation and the Empire, when it came to the level of negotiation, the importance of Ji Xinghe dropped sharply, and his life and his hatred were not worth mentioning.

Even the many soldiers fighting on the battlefield are not worth mentioning. For some people, they are a number that can increase or decrease at any time.

Half an hour later, the five-star general Li Anbang, the general commander of the Federation in the Alien War, finally spoke.

"Captain Ji Xinghe, how is your practice going?"

The arguing people in the conference room fell silent, and only the relevant personnel answered immediately.

"Currently, the communication of No. 6 base is out of contact. According to the information we got half an hour ago, Captain Ji Xinghe didn't have the power of Qi. However, according to Captain Ji Xinghe himself, his physical fitness seems to have improved a little. For details, we still need to wait for the latest medical information.”

"Physical improvement? Because of Qi, or because of electricity?"

"Because of the electricity. In the report half an hour ago, Captain Ji Xinghe was very sure that he did not have the power of Qi, so it was because of the power of electricity. But the specific situation still needs to wait for the physical examination."

"Is the equipment at Base No. 6 sufficient?"

"Not enough. We proposed to transport Captain Ji Xinghe to our space station with an individual starship, but Captain Ji Xinghe refused. He said he needed the orangutan."

"Bring that orangutan, too?"

"Captain Ji Xinghe said that he needs the gravity environment of an alien star. Whether it is a weightless environment or the gravity environment of the blue star simulated by our space station, it is not suitable for him to continue his research."

"Is that right?"

"We can't make a judgment, but we have already contacted three instructors who have practiced strength. According to the relevant records of Nuwa's experiment on Captain Ji Xinghe, we have conducted repeated simulation experiments on Azure Star, Space Station, and Alien Star. .”

After pondering for a while, Li Anbang said: "Make a backup plan for the negotiation. After the communication is restored, ask Captain Ji Xinghe for his opinion. If he needs more time, then tell him how much time we have. Backup The candidates for the plan should not be limited to Captain Ji Xinghe."

"yes."

The meeting is over, but the debate is not over. From the Nantianmen space station to the blue star, from soldiers to politicians, it is impossible to get a final result in a few days.

So all of this has nothing to do with Ji Xinghe for the time being.

Base No. 6, medical area.

"Captain Ji Xinghe, your body has been tested by us, and there is no problem. Regarding your physical fitness...we really can't detect the changes you mentioned."

"There's none?"

Ji Xinghe frowned, and with the help of Nurse Wang, he reached out and took off all the induction patches on his body, and got dressed.

"Yes, we can't detect it. So we think there are two possibilities. One possibility is that your physical fitness has really improved, but this improvement is not obvious. The reason for the improvement in physical fitness is that our existing equipment cannot detected."

"Another possibility is the psychological illusion produced after continuous electric shock. Electric shock can make people excited, so you feel that your physical fitness has improved and your body has become younger, but like a stimulant, this state is not It will last too long. Maybe after a few days, you will feel suddenly tired."

Ji Xinghe looked at the medical examination report handed to him by the doctor, but he didn't really understand it.

"What about cell activity? What about my metabolic rate? Assimilation and catabolic. Didn't any change after these tests?"

"Yes, at the moment, we really haven't detected any changes."

"Okay, then I'll come back tomorrow."

"You mean, you still need to practice with electricity?"

"Yes, at least I don't have any problems with my body now, don't I?"

"But as we said just now, there is another possibility."

"I know it."

When Ji Xinghe was about to leave, Nurse Wang persuaded worriedly: "Uncle Ji, actually you don't need to do this, you are already a special class, you are already very strong."

"It's okay, I know it."

Ji Xinghe repeated this sentence again. People like Nurse Wang don't know the existence of qi. So far, it is still a top secret, so these people in the medical area think that he chose to become stronger. Practice.

After leaving the ward, Jackson, who was guarding outside, came over, but because of the presence of doctors and nurses, he held back and said nothing.

When they left the medical area and reached the empty corridor, Jackson finally couldn't help asking: "Old Ji, is it really feasible?"

"What works?"

"Practice with electrification, practice with breath."

"Not yet, I can't find the direction at all."

"But didn't you say that your physical fitness has improved?"

"I feel like it does, but they say it can't be detected."

"Then what to do?"

"I will go to the training area to do a physical fitness test. After I get the result, I will practice for a few days, and then I will do another physical fitness test."

"Let me accompany you, I also want to try electrification exercises."

"You don't even know how to practice, what kind of electricity do you bring?"

"You teach me."

"Do not have time."

After arriving at the training area, Ji Xinghe started the physical fitness test. In this regard, Base No. 6 lacked everything.

The first event is a ten-kilometer long-distance run. Now there is no plan to build an ace fighter, and Ji Xinghe is not worried that someone will force him to go to the battlefield, so there is no need to hide his physical fitness anymore.

Then, the people in the training area were shocked.

"Ten kilometers, 27 minutes and 09 seconds?"

"Old Ji is faster than me, what is the world record?"

"What age?"

"What age do you know?"

"I don't know, but Nuwa knows."

"Nuwa."

The shocked people called the base's artificial intelligence system, and got an extremely accurate answer.

"The world record for ten kilometers, male, is 26 minutes and 11 seconds under the age of thirty, 26 minutes and 27 seconds at the age of forty, 30 minutes and 45 seconds at the age of fifty, 34 minutes and 38 seconds at the age of sixty-five, seven Ten years old is 38 minutes and 02 seconds, and ninety years old is 1 hour, 2 minutes and 19 seconds."

"Women, under the age of 30: 29 minutes and 15 seconds..."

Compared with the world records of more than 60 years ago, these world records have only improved by an average of three or four seconds.

When the people in the training area were shocked, Ji Xinghe did not stop, he was still running, because he found that ten kilometers was not enough for him to run, so he wanted to run a marathon.

Jackson's heart itched unbearably. Although Ji Xinghe hadn't finished running, he felt that Ji Xinghe was absolutely fine.

"Nuwa, what is the world record for the marathon? Different ages."