Mecha and Knife

Ji Xinghe, already seventy years old, said that he would live another seventy years.

But what he really wants to say, just like what he is doing, can be summed up in only two words - fight!

The cage that should not be opened according to the rules was unlocked when Ji Xinghe's hand fell on the door.

Ji Xinghe, who entered it, ordered softly, and the magnetic shackles that bound Adakon lost their power to restrict it. The battle started without any surprises, and then ended with no surprises.

As Aidakang said, it is no longer the opponent of Ji Xinghe, because the treatment it has received is not comprehensive, and it does not seem to have any injuries on the surface, and there are many damages to its internal organs.

If it is not maintained by the power of qi, Aida Kang may die at any time.

It is precisely because of this that the qi and body functions it can use are all inferior to Ji Xinghe.

Naturally, there is no doubt that they will lose.

Aida Kang, who was lying motionless on the ground, looked up at Ji Xinghe standing beside it, and asked again: "Is it interesting?"

"interesting."

Ji Xinghe's answer was exactly the same as before, but the meaning was quite different.

Because Aida Kang's question point is very different from just now.

But not everyone can understand their dialogue.

When the superior speaks, he always likes to be so secretive and cloudy, allowing the people below them to analyze and guess painstakingly, just like the reading comprehension they did when they were students.

But this is not right.

In many cases, the reader's understanding during the reading process will be very different from the author's thoughts at the time, or even conflict.

The reason is that there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand readers.

It can also be said that people only want to see what people want to see, and only want to believe what people want to believe.

Ji Xinghe doesn't want to be a leader, just like Aida Kang thinks that the current Ji Xinghe should not be a reckless man, but what Ji Xinghe has done is a reckless man.

The active-duty lieutenant general of the Federation can be promoted to general at any time because of his military achievements in the Battle Scar Canyon, and his military rank can be said to have reached the pinnacle of the Federation.

The number of gold stars used to distinguish generals from three-star generals and five-star generals has been explained by Li Yuanba just now: it has no meaning to Ji Xinghe.

So after he answered Adakon's question, he expressed his thoughts in front of Aidakon and in front of the people who had signed the highest federal confidentiality agreement.

"The universe is boundless and vast, and the stars are like sand. In the endless galaxies that exist attached to the stars, there must be endless lives and endless civilizations created by endless lives.

We human beings, you orangutans, are not unique, but two groups that meet by chance among all living beings. With the development of science and technology, the footprints of life begin to travel between the universe, and this accident will gradually become a necessity. Because all life, after possessing wisdom, will yearn for the stars and the sea.

Or maybe, the reason why life can possess wisdom, and then evolve and develop into a wise civilization, is only because when life is still ignorant, it inadvertently sees the stars and the sea above the sky.

Therefore, the ultimate goal of intelligent life and its civilization must be the sea of ​​stars. "

Ji Xinghe seemed to be giving a speech, and what he said seemed to be scientific, but also had some philosophical meaning.

He is not a professional scholar, nor is he a scientist who can be called the glory of human wisdom, but precisely because of this, what he thinks and says is what most people would like to believe.

Because not everyone is a scholar, a scientist.

Whether in the Federation or the Empire, those who can claim the glory of wisdom are only a few of the few, and the Empire is even less in this regard.

Therefore, from this point of view, Ada Kang's thinking mode is not much different from Ji Xinghe, an ordinary person.

"In the vast and boundless universe, giants like stars can only be described as dust, let alone intelligent life and the intelligent civilization it creates and maintains?

The encounter of intelligent civilizations is inevitable by chance, but this inevitability is just a wave between galaxies in terms of the time scale of civilization continuation. In our more than five thousand years of history, we have only met your alien intelligent civilization. You, why not?

So, nothing to worry about.

Yes, your civilization may have existed for less than 5,000 years, but you encountered two alien civilizations, us, and the so-called advanced civilization that endowed you with technology.

As you become more proficient in using the jump gate technology, we will gradually master the jump gate technology, and the pace of interstellar exploration will become faster and faster. This kind of accidental necessity, from the perspective of probability, will show an exponential increase.

From once in five thousand years, to once in a thousand years, to once in a hundred years or even shorter.

But so what? "

Ji Xinghe looked at Aida Kang and asked, without waiting for an answer, and continued talking on his own.

He didn't just talk to Edakon.

"As long as we are unwilling to give up the stars and the sea, we are destined to face this kind of encounter. The encounter of different intelligent civilizations has only three results.

We and you are at war.

Us and them, and perhaps war, does not mean that the other two outcomes cannot exist.

Peaceful coexistence, integration of civilizations, and taking history as a mirror are nothing more than that.

If it's the other two outcomes, what's there to worry about? "

Ji Xinghe asked twice: What is there to worry about?

But people are still very worried, but it is no longer like the chilling or even desperate worry when they just heard the news of the so-called advanced civilization.

Yes, if human beings know the technology of the jump gate and have started to research it, will they give up this technology?

The empire already knew the existence of the federation, and there was a war that lasted more than 20 years. When that civilization reached the empire star, would it choose to help the federation hide it?

Occasionally has become inevitable, so we can only face it.

There may still be some people who want to escape, but the stars and seas are boundless. Human beings have not been able to really leave the solar system until now. They can cross the orangutan who does not know how many light-years away, and they have not found a second orangutan and human beings. planet.

where to escape?

So far, Ji Xinghe's speech can be said to be a success, just like the conversation he had with Jackson.

He was not convincing Jackson to help him, but convincing him to make a choice himself.

And it is precisely because he finally decided to make that choice that he has the current legend.

"You're right. I'm already a federal lieutenant general now. If I want, I can become a federal general now."

Ji Xinghe said the fact that whether he is willing or not is just a matter of whether the process is long or short.

"But it's actually not important. What's important is that when water comes to cover, soldiers come to block. No matter what the future holds, no matter what kind of enemy soldiers the human world needs to face, I will stand in the forefront."

Aidakang looked at Ji Xinghe with firm eyes, and suddenly said: "Just a general of the Federation?"

There was no hint of sarcasm in its tone, perhaps because it was beaten a bit badly by Ji Xinghe just now, and it was afraid of being beaten again. Or maybe it's because Ji Xinghe shouldn't even be ridiculed at this time.

Li Yuanba outside the cage also spoke suddenly.

"He is not the general of the Federation, but the general of the human world."

Aida Kang, who was lying on the ground, did not look at Li Yuanba, and continued to ask: "What's the difference?"

"You have learned Dragon Language, and you should have also learned our history, so you should know that the general and the general are actually different."

"I really do not know."

"..." Li Yuanba was slightly embarrassed, and explained: "General is not a specific position, but a general term for high-ranking generals."

Aida Kang understood: "You want to say that Ji Xinghe represents the will of many federal generals including you, so he is not the general of your federation, but the general of your human world? Hehe... My evaluation is , not as good as the general."

The general is different from the general. It is a specific position, and the empire also has it. Although it cannot be regarded as a general in the language of the empire, the meaning is exactly the same after being translated into dragon language.

The Grand General of the Empire, similar to the Field Marshal of the Federation, is the general who commands the generals.

Li Yuanba said that Ji Xinghe represented the will of the high-ranking generals, and Aidakang said that the representative itself has no meaning, and if the high-ranking generals agree to represent it, it is natural that the high-ranking generals may refuse to represent it.

The general is different. It does not need to represent anyone's will, it is the will that must be followed.

Therefore, Aida Kang is sowing discord again.

But Li Yuanba did not turn Aida Kang into a cripple as he said just now, because there are some things that do not need to provoke dissension. Conflicts and oppositions have existed from the very beginning, just generation after generation of conflicts and oppositions. Group after group of people changed.

He just looked at Aida Kang lying at the foot of Ji Xinghe, and said in a regretful tone: "You look like a dog now."

There was no sarcasm in the tone, but it was full of sarcasm that Ada Kang could not bear.

Aidacon, who was born as a king, has the title of conqueror in the empire, sits on a fief of tens of millions of square kilometers, and controls the life and death of hundreds of millions of orangutans. How noble is it?

At this time, he was beaten into a dead dog by Ji Xinghe, and what he said was even more like a dead dog who knew he was going to die but was unwilling to give up, so he could only bark.

That's right, it's already reached this point, so what's the point of it still saying such things?

Maybe.

But Li Yuanba told it on behalf of Ji Xinghe: You are just barking.

The silence lasted for a moment after Li Yuanba's words, and was broken by Aida Kang who tried to get up and sit.

Its figure is really tall, even if it is sitting on the ground, it gives the guards outside the cage a feeling of being overlooked. Among them, there are also reasons for its identity and strength.

But in fact, it is looking up at Ji Xinghe.

"After I knew about it, I asked my second brother a question."

Aidakang looked up at Ji Xinghe and said calmly, "Why don't we join forces with humans?"

These two sentences created unprecedented expectations among the audience. The technology brought by a reconnaissance spaceship could allow the Empire to suppress the Federation in terms of actual military strength.

So how powerful is the civilization represented by this spaceship?

If it were another civilization comparable to the empire, people would not be so fearful to the point of despair. One would fight, and the other two would also fight. Fighting and fighting might be a tripartite confrontation.

If history is any guide, this is nothing new.

But in the world of ants, a human being who may have evil tastes appeared. The boiling kettle in his hand is nothing in the human world, but it can bring disaster to ants.

So people fear to the point of despair, and will try to seize all the power they can, even the empire that has brought despair to the Federation and mankind.

"My second brother didn't answer me, but asked me a question."

Aidakang continued to look up at Ji Xinghe, as if he was looking up at Emperor Wu III who should have looked up but never really looked up.

"Humans, are you willing to submit to his rule?"

This is indeed a problem, and somewhat unsolvable.

Emperor Wudi III was unwilling to join forces with humans in the face of such a crisis, is it because it can't live for forty-seven years?

Ji Xinghe, who was already seventy years old, publicly said that he would live another seventy years, and Emperor Wudi III would naturally live to that time.

Therefore, the reason why Emperor Wudi III was unwilling was easy to guess.

Just like when the federation faced the empire, it couldn't truly unite as one and go all out. When the Federation and the Empire join hands, how can it be possible to be united?

It's just turning an external fight into an internal fight, which will deplete the strength of both sides to a greater extent.

Because the real disintegration almost always comes from within.

Smart and well-informed people, because of Aida Kang's two sentences, thought of many facts and even tragedies that will inevitably happen after the two parties join forces.

Also understood the idea of ​​Emperor Wu III.

I have to admit that some people think that Emperor Wudi III did the right thing, although it is very detrimental to human beings.

"Ji Xinghe."

After Aidakang talked about its conversation with Emperor Wu III, he didn't say what it thought, but asked a seemingly irrelevant question.

"How about that white-haired orangutan?"

six ears.

People thought of this name, because of the independent regiment, this name already has a great reputation in a certain level of the Federation.

Some misnamed.

But after Liu Er surrendered and joined the independent regiment, he has done well.

According to the latest Venus calculation method just proposed by Ji Xinghe, currently he can only drive the six ears of the formation-breaking mecha, and has become a federal special-level mecha fighter, if the federation approves it.

Its number of gold stars has reached thirty-three. Considering the performance level of its driving mecha and the difficulty of the battles it participated in, its breaking speed is really very fast.

Becoming an ace mecha fighter seems to have become a kind of necessity.

But this is not the real value of the six ears, so what if the driving mecha is strong?

Anyway, they are not as strong as Qin Tong and the others, let alone compared with Han Li and others.

It is a possibility represented by the six ears. Combined with the two sentences that Aida Kang just said, people have some expectations and express their admiration for Ji Xinghe's foresight and insight.

But no one knew why Ji Xinghe accepted the six-eared white-haired orangutan at that time, just like no one knew about a certain dream he had.

Ji Xinghe pondered for a while, and asked, "You also want me to give you a name?"

This is a good question, but Li Yuanba suddenly became a little nervous.