After asking these words, Ethan felt like a heart was tied up with a thin silk thread and lifted in mid-air. The sensitive flesh and nerves were tightly restrained, unable to beat. He was a little afraid of the answers he might hear, but there was no way he could not ask.
Although he has nothing left, he is still afraid of history repeating itself. Such an outstanding Alpha like Roland and Taniser would suddenly favor such a bland Beta to him, which would always make him flattered like a dream, but it often means that this favor may not be because he is an expert. Charismatic man. He also held the delusion of belonging to a young man, comforting himself that there was probably an Alpha who liked him like Beta, and believed that he himself was the lucky exception.
Then reality slapped him hard, opened a black hole, and swallowed his entire life.
Tanissell took out a bottle of whiskey from the freezer hidden in the wall, and two glasses that were automatically filled with ice cubes, and the amber liquor rushed to the ice cubes in the glasses. As he poured, he said, "Because you're important to me. I said while helping you and Samuel that one day I'll need you to do me a big favor. That's not empty talk. Now I Helping you is just like borrowing money, and one day you have to pay it back to me."
Ethan frowned and shook his head, "But I'm just a non-human person, and I don't have any specialties. I'm not as good as Derek in terms of brain power, and I'm not as good as Samuel in terms of reaching out. I can't think of what I can do for you."
The priest handed a wine glass to Ethan, a calm movement that the latter couldn't refuse.
"Project Zero, it must be a name that you will never forget in your life, right?"
Ethan's hand holding the wine glass trembled, and his lips moved slightly in confusion.
Mass production of antimatter has always been the dream of every star nation in the galaxy, but it has always been strongly opposed to it. A small cup of antimatter releases enough energy to surpass the most powerful nuclear weapons in existence, creating weapons that can destroy stars in an instant. And its use is not limited to the military. With antimatter, people can break through the current speed limit of curvature and rush out of the galaxy to expand into the far-reaching universe. It can replace nuclear energy, and only a little bit is enough to maintain a star country's energy consumption for a year, greatly alleviating the energy crisis. Unfortunately, the process of extracting antimatter is too complicated, expensive, and extremely inefficient, so even though research on antimatter has been around since ancient times, there has been no progress until now.
In fact, every country is secretly looking for a breakthrough. The Southern Star Nation, led by the Ophiuchus Alliance, advertises in media advertisements that antimatter weapons are an evil, world-destroying thing that should never be developed. In fact, they just don't want others to develop it. It's just that they are now one of the most powerful star nations in the galaxy, with many allies, so no one dares to question them.
However, the Earth Alliance has never bought the account of the Ophiuchus Alliance. Matter itself has no good or evil, and it is human behavior that gives them moral meaning. If one day such a terrifying weapon is mastered by the enemy, it will be the real doomsday. So the Energy Bureau, under the order of the State Council, submitted a plan for research and development of antimatter and its applications to President Abiya in the form of five-level secrets. After being approved, it named Project Zero and began to build an experimental base inside Mars.
Any information related to Project Zero, including the minutiae of the names of the personnel cleaning the experimental base, is an absolute state secret. After all, if the Ophiuchus Alliance has any tangible evidence that the Earth Alliance is secretly manufacturing anti-material weapons, there is reason to ask the Galactic Arbitration Tribunal to intervene, unite the southern star nations to put pressure on the Earth Alliance and even impose political, economic or military sanctions. What's more dangerous is that if the experimental results are stolen, the other party may even preemptively create antimatter weapons.
This is the energy agency's most focused program in the past five years. However, under strict secrecy measures, in addition to the president himself, the top ten members of the state council, researchers on Mars, first-level officials of the energy agency, and senior officials like Ethan Secretary, no one knew about the existence of Project Zero.
However, the wind still leaked out. Ethan still does not know how Ophiuchus was aware of the intentions of the Earth Alliance, and quietly dispatched a top spy who had been in the Third Empire for many years, came to the Earth Alliance as a Third Empire ore researcher, and was in the A possible weak link has been found in the well-kept chain of secrecy - Ethan Eldridge.
Ethan's vigilance suddenly rose, and the knuckles of the wine glass were also a little white. He murmured, "Why do the Eves know about Project Zero?"
"It's very simple, you people on Earth told me." Tanisel took a sip of the cold wine, and made a gesture of switching projections. As a result, the nebula image originally mapped on the wall changed into a real scene around the building—the towers in the sky criss-crossing the tenth space station, and the dreamlike blue planet occupying half of the sky.
Tanissell continued, "Eve's relationship with the Earth Alliance has always been close, probably because our governance methods are very similar? The Ophiuchus Alliance has obtained all the important information on Project Zero. The current situation is, either Shut down the Project and wait for the Ophiuchus Alliance to develop an antimatter weapon, or bite the bullet and break through the research bottleneck in the shortest possible time. Obviously, you chose the latter and chose to cooperate with Eve. Probably because of you The chief of guards reported the egg of the prologue to an important person. In short, they hoped that Eve could rent the egg of the prologue. And the reward is to share the research results with us. And I am to ensure that this transaction is carried out smoothly and fairly messenger."
"That's why you suddenly appeared in the Earth Alliance... But what are you doing in the Forbidden City? What does this have to do with me?"
"You are the only Earthman other than the Eves who have not died or mutated due to excessive radiation after directly contacting the eggs of the Prologue. Even we Eves have to be trained to know how to control the eggs of the Prologue. Eggs, when can you touch them and when you can’t, otherwise there will be danger to your life. But you don’t seem to be affected by it very much. Similarly, the power of entropy gods does not affect you much, even if you touch it with ordinary people. Anyone who is a descendant of the entropic god will be infected and mutated, and neither do you.
Maybe it's because you have the bloodline of Tianqi in your body. Some ancient books record that although Tianzhen people seem to be thin and weak among the interstellar people, they are very resistant to various viruses and bacteria. The aging method of Sirius is completely different from that of ordinary interstellar humans. Their growth is phased rather than linear. Compared with mammals, they are more like insects such as silk moths, as long as they do not develop to the final "adult" stage , like never getting old. But once they reach adulthood, they age rapidly and become fragile, and even a ailment like cancer can take their lives. Sorry, I seem to have gone too far, in short, you are a very useful existence. From your blood we may be able to extract the ingredients that prevent human mutation. "
Indeed, just like the mother. Ethan's mother has always been the same beautiful look from childhood to adulthood, with green eyes, dark brown long curly hair, and confidently walking along the beautiful ginkgo forest aisle of the Fifth Space Station University holding a music theory book. She is always full of energy, even though she is in her fifties, she still looks like she is in her twenties or thirties, wearing the latest dress and brightly colored lipstick.
But one day a year ago, my mother suddenly seemed to be a different person. She locked herself in the room and saw no one. She didn't even drink water or eat. She slept for a week. During that time, he repeatedly tried to call his mother out, and even thought about forcing the door open, but was stopped by his father. He will always remember the sad look in his father's eyes at that time, he didn't even know that his father could show such a fragile look.
"Your mother is about to enter the next stage of her life, don't disturb her." His voice was trembling imperceptibly, almost to himself, "I just didn't expect it to come so soon."
When she woke up again, she changed. Overnight, she seemed to have aged ten years suddenly, her skin became dull, showing a certain blue-gray color, her green eyes were also cloudy, and there were even fine lines at the corners of her eyes. She no longer laughs brightly, no longer swings to the music, or even plays her cello. Her eyes became dull, her movements sluggish, and her hair became dry and gray, as if all her vitality had been exhausted.
He no longer dared to look her in the eyes because he was afraid. He is afraid that he, who has a quarter of Tian's bloodline, will also enter this final, withered and terrifying "adulthood" someday unknown.
Ethan listened to the other party's eloquence and seemed to have a good reason, but he always felt that something was missing, "The last time you went to the Forbidden City was to make sure I was still alive?"
"Let's put it that way." Tanisel walked into him slowly, very close, so close that Ethan even felt a sense of oppression before he stopped. With his pretty eyes down, he said in a low, slightly hoarse voice, "And a little bit of selfishness, after all, that night on the Magic Flute was rare even for me... happy."
Ethan could smell the very light sandalwood fragrance exuding from his body, and felt his shadow, his breath, and his rays of light were constantly rolling down towards him, making the skin of his whole body seem to be burning. The priest's neckline was half-open, revealing a large area of milk-smooth and warm skin, and the contour of his jaw was so beautiful that he wanted to kiss it gently...
However, Ethan tried his best to control himself, who was easily deceived by beauty, but refused to meet the priest's eyes, "So... I am a blood bag?"
"You're worth a lot more to me than that, but I can only tell you so much at the moment."
"… "
"You don't have to think too much, or even believe me. We are simply using the relationship." If it was supposed to be heartless, the words that came out of those plump lips somehow turned into some kind of weird and twisted love words. , hovering like a feather on the edge of his auricle, "You have nothing to lose anyway, as long as you remember that I am using you, and you can use me at any time to protect you, you will not feel hurt."
Ethan chewed his magical words in a daze, feeling the bright heat radiating from him. He raised his head and looked at the bewildering eyes.
"Simply exploiting relationships..." he muttered to himself, as if hypnotized, and chuckled bitterly, "That's right, it's simple, not so much entangled. What's more , I have no choice."
The choice of words was engulfed in Tanithel's soft lips, and the priest raised his face with one hand, plundering his lips domineeringly. The smell of spirits permeated the long, devouring kiss, and he heard the priest's incantation-like voice in his head, behind his closed eyes.
Sacrifice yourself to me, and I will take control of your body, conquer your will, take you beyond temporary pain and joy, and lead you to eternity.