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"A few months ago, because of some things, Perkins came back into our sights. They are probably clues that have no deep relationship with you at the moment. I want to know more about Perkins and the Chilis family. ,,,You have probably read most of Perkintz’s books, right?” Macquarie was thinking as he spoke. The world he was exposed to was not the same as Cassia’s. He needed to consider what things would be helpful to talk about. Which ones are currently not necessary to inform.

"I have read most of it. I only learned about the Kiris family when I was in the military school and looking for other books on the black market. Mr. Macquarie, judging from your tone, the Kiris family should not be a secret in your eyes, and Still very familiar.”

Macquarie smiled: "It's too familiar to say, but there are indeed many people who know him. Because his history of taking root in the empire can be traced back to the founding of the empire, many people's view of him is just one of those in the black market. A big intelligence supplier, with a similar status. He has almost never done anything harmful to the major forces, and has always been connected by interests. This is how the Kiris family survives in the empire."

"But whoever wants to completely eradicate the Kiris family one day will not only be extremely costly, but also extremely difficult. The Kiris family knows its position in the empire, so it has always been very cautious in doing things and will not reveal any traces. To Uncovering them who have been hiding throughout the empire for so long requires a lot of work. In addition, the other party does not have much power in the empire and does not pose a threat. Naturally, they act as a trading platform for various ancient artifacts and intelligence. The role of businessman.”

"As for the reward for information..." Cassia asked about the information that had been explained to Macquarie.

"I have been collecting information since then. I really did not expect such a long plan circumference. At present, there are no more clues. I can only say that the Kiris family is positioned as a huge stronghold and a stronghold in the empire for the Theocracy. Intelligence gathering group. The people of the Kiris family have been assimilated into the imperial environment, so there is no need to expect them to be able to organize a powerful force to carry out certain important operations. Everything still has to rely on people from the Theocracy. From the time you mentioned Look,,, the Venetus ocean-going ship that docked at the Far Sea Commonwealth a few years ago may be an important clue." Lost in thought here, Macquarie spoke again more than a minute later, Cassia waited patiently .

"Maybe the Kiris family will be a clue. For this purpose, the people from the Theocracy have already arrived when the Venetus docked in the Far Sea Commonwealth. That was the initial starting point." Macquarie at this moment The words are more like talking to oneself, guiding oneself to think, "If this is the case, things will be much more complicated than imagined, and the aspects involved and the emphasis of the enemy will also completely change."

"However, Cassia, what you need to know now is the Kiris family. He will only be an intelligence gathering agency. Don't worry about more."

"This way I can put down some things to think about." Cassia replied.

"This is the best situation." McGregor replied, "In addition, Cassia, if you have any information about Perkinz, such as some symbols, etc., you can provide it to me at the right time. Perkinz's symbol , you should have seen a lot of it in his books, that’s no secret.”

"Peckins? I'll pay attention." Cassia showed appropriate doubts.

"Yes, Perkinz." McGregor must have heard and guessed Cassia's thoughts at the moment, "Based on some intelligence, of course, the following are my guesses and those of people around me - Perkins in history It has existed for thousands of years, but there is some possibility that he has not really died, but is alive in some form, waiting for the opportunity to come out and be active again."

"Perhaps you don't know, Cassia, that in the empire, as well as the other two giant countries, including the Kiraandi family, there have always been some means of protecting the family itself. Among them, some technology is used to completely freeze some people who survive until they reach the senescence stage. High-level surgeons are the most commonly used method. When the time is right - for example, when biotechnology to extend lifespan matures, or when the family itself is in danger of extinction, these frozen high-level surgeons will be unblocked. Of course. , once the lockdown is lifted, regardless of the technical aspect or the reason why they are in the aging period, it is also a sign of respect for every high-level surgeon in the family. They will spend the rest of their lives in the future."

"The Kiraandi family has existed for the longest time, and the person who can re-enter this era is probably a surgeon six hundred years ago. So for Perkins, somewhere in the empire, there may be A certain device is waiting to be activated to allow him to re-enter the world a thousand years later."

McGree ended the topic with a laugh, like a teacher after a lesson in class.

Afterwards, Cassia suddenly had a strong desire to read Perkinz's data again. Macquarie's words aroused extremely strong interest in him, and as a result, various seemingly unrealistic conjectures came to his mind.

In the southern forest, the illusion that appeared when he invaded Cassie Hei's body through the devouring method; the scene of the giant whale that he saw from the time when the tundra itself fell to the bottom of the sea, was frozen into ice, and was salvaged, was just that. These two things made Cassia definitely believe that there is something, and the influence and interference of time on it exists, but it is very small, and it will take an extremely long span to disappear.

Cassie Hei emerges from the dragon egg, and its span seems to have exceeded the ancient historical period. In addition, the dragon that was reborn from the fossilized bones in the Blino area, and the volcanic no-man's land, the fossils around the skeleton - it should be said that it was a thousand-headed dragon that was dormant in a strange way, are also strong conjectures. Evidence - If it is Perkins, or it is not limited to Perkins, as long as he knows the appropriate method and has the technology, maybe the time span is just a long dormancy.

However, Cassia believes that there are still many limitations to this type of approach. After entering hibernation, it means a long period of suspended animation, and life essentially has the opportunity to restart. However, the long blank time during this period, changes in the era, environment, power transfer, etc. will all have an impact on these people who enter the hibernation period. Otherwise, the old people of the current major forces should immediately carry out this kind of hibernation after entering the aging period.

From what Macquarie said, it seems that the only people who can perform similar hibernation are high-stage surgeries. Does this mean that life itself is also passing during dormant time? The only difference is fast or slow.

Cassia treats these people as medicines with a certain period of effect. After they wake up, they don't last long. It is more like a mutually beneficial agreement between them and their respective families. On the one hand, the family protects these dormant people and uses them as combat power regardless of casualties when necessary. On the other hand, it is also those who are willing to enter dormancy to seek a hope for themselves in the future - perhaps a long time later, technology will Breakthroughs in strength can make the continuation of life a universal reality.

"Corresponding to the empire's approach, there should be a similar situation on the left and right prime ministers on the continent." After a point in time, the thinking spread to a larger area, "With the power of the Knight King class, the passage of life during the dormant period has no impact on them. It should not have any impact at all. The power of the knight king class in the alliance between the Theocracy and the Nature Association seems to have always been able to maintain its continuity. There has been no discontinuity in the past thousand years... If so, can it be considered that in one period of time, two Can the super country send more than ten knight kings in combat strength?"

This was not a good guess, but once it appeared, it took root firmly in Cassia's head. At this moment, Cassia even felt that Macquarie was explaining these things to herself just to make herself think about this matter. Vague guidance and hints, Cassia thought of two words later.

"What I am currently thinking about is completely different from the group of people at the top of the Empire's pyramid. The history of the other two super countries is hundreds of years longer than the Empire. After the Empire's Creation War, the two super countries competed with each other. The empire has been given time to develop, and after that, there is no more energy left to swallow up the interests of the Queen's Continent. But this does not prevent the other party from making long-term plans."

"In other words, in addition to the two super countries, some people who know a lot of secret information are also executing their own plans on an individual basis. Among them, Perkins is very likely to be one of them who will succeed."

Cassia recalled that the contents of the books written by Perkins were, without exception, related to extreme regions and certain ancient ruins. In fact, when the Empire began to increase its exploration in this area, the reference material was Perkins's book.

"The arrival of the six red stars seems to mean something extremely important, just like the impact on this world. If people like Perkins use their own abilities and calculations to find the answer in ancient ruins, knowing the six red stars The time for the arrival of a red star... I have exhausted my wisdom from the beginning, laid my own preparations in history, and prepared for the awakening after a thousand years... If these preparations are indeed quietly running over time and have not been corresponding People of this era have discovered that words that have naturally become the norm..."

Cassia really doesn't know what the six red stars mean. The information he read from the stone paintings in the no-man's land of the volcano, in summary, was related to the age of gods that was older than the ancient historical period. Strength, life, individuals who will not be annihilated, etc., in order to achieve their own goals, Cassia is very willing to believe that a large number of people will do various things for it, such as the various measures implemented by various families in the empire to consolidate their status. .

"Many answers will appear when the Red Star really comes. The empire, the other two continents, dragons, giant whales, or powerful life forms that I don't know about at the moment are probably waiting for the extremely rare ones that appear in this historical cycle. Chance."

At this point, Cassia cut off her thoughts. From now on, many of them are just my own unfounded fantasies and have no practical significance. I can think about it when I have free time, but at the moment, these are things that have nothing to do with me.

His thoughts returned to tomorrow’s meeting with the members of the organization. In the afternoon, Cassia discussed with Isa and the others again before she could completely eliminate her uneasiness. But before evening came, Hessler came over with an urgent message. It's two thick stacks of photos, and except for a few, they are all centered on number zero.

"What happened at noon on the edge of Manoma." Hessler briefly explained when Cassia looked at the photos. "Zero met the forces of the dark world there. It is not yet known what the conflict was about, but the focus is on these On the background of the photo. As long as the enemy does not deviate from the three-stage scope, there is nothing he can do with the Zero. So the focus is not on the enemy's casualties."

The person who took the photos is very capable, and the images he presents are not deliberate, but allow those who look at the photos to naturally notice the scene he wants to express. No. 0's appearance has not changed much. His skin color has changed from sickly white to normal, and his face has more expressions. He looks more like a thinking person.

Regarding the background, Cassia didn't care much. Several of the photos have a tank as the background. The tank and its mounted bulletproof panels melted and broke apart from the middle. There is no scene of Zero using pneumatic weapons in the two stacks of photos. Thinking that Zero can turn into a dark red state after entering scales on the tundra, Cassia believes that this is based on the unique individual Zero. Use the scale ability. Perhaps it is close to the bioelectric induction force field, and it is not necessarily a transitional product from the third stage to the fourth stage.

Cassia believes that this picture is intended to illustrate this point. After all, as one of the important information on his side, the bioelectric induction force field occupies one item.

In several other photos, the photographer captured the injured No. 0. There was a wound on his left shoulder caused by a cold weapon. Whether it was done intentionally or because the enemy found an opportunity during the battle, Cassia believed that most people would not care. The important thing is the blood at the wound, the viscous gold-like liquid that Cassia is familiar with.

According to Professor Bruce’s explanation, this is because the body self-selects how to store energy before entering the fourth stage. Due to the lack of some prerequisites, the huge energy in the body cannot be transformed and stored like the four stages, so the best choice is also a way that can be used by oneself very quickly.

Three-stage surgeries will experience similar situations when transitioning to four-stage surgery. The blood will become thicker, but compared to the original viscosity of the blood, it will definitely not become liquid gold.

"Sure enough, intuitive things like photos are the most useful." Cassia put down the photos and said, "Notify our own photography team that we need to prepare some new photos."

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"I received a notification in the morning that I have contacted the members of Manoma. Judging by the time, the two have already been in contact. However, this is Soriatu's own wish. After realizing the danger, he has the heart to retreat, or should he say that it is Cassia decided after discussing with him to postpone the contact time until now. It may be both, and only the two of them know the specific details." After General Pullman finished speaking, he had just received the news, "My mission It’s done.”

"So now, are you still at the organization's stronghold?" After receiving the communication, Li Suman got up from the bed, stepped on wooden slippers and went to the window to open the curtains, letting the sunlight shine on herself. Her skin seemed to All sparkling.

"It's time to go, but if you want to see Soriatu, just ask Adolf to notify you, and you can find any reason. But under the current situation, using Soriatu to attract attention is no longer effective. General Pullman spoke.

"It's something else." Li Suman looked at the dazzling sun through the glass window and cut off the communication.

"Finally here..." Li Suman breathed out, and the smile on her face seemed to have a unique color under the light.