Qi Yan was already used to Lu Fenghan's outfit, and after observing him for the past few days, he even made a note in his mind that "Difficulty Level: SSS" behind the item "Cooking".
Qi Yan spoke before the two of them: "I'm going to take a shower upstairs. Call me when you're ready for dinner."
After saying that, he went upstairs without waiting for Lu Fenghan to answer.
Lu Fenghan and Vincent were the only ones left downstairs.
Taking off his grey plaid apron with one hand and casually draping it over the back of a chair, Lu Fenghan looked at Vincent: "How did you find this?"
Vincent unceremoniously pulled out a chair and sat down. "Didn't you ask me to come? Munger found me suddenly, so there must be someone behind him giving him directions. But because of the great defeat at the front, he is embarrassed inside and out, and few people are willing to take advantage of him, let alone give him directions. Besides, even if someone gives directions, the chance that they can clearly point to me is really not very high."
"so?"
"So I became suspicious and specifically checked where Mengge went and who he met in the past few days. I found that he knew it was best for him to keep a low profile and not attract attention, so he kept to himself and rarely went out for social events. The only exception was the Qi family's celebration banquet."
Without waiting for Lu Fenghan to ask, Vincent continued, "I did find you from the surveillance video inside the Qi family. It took me a lot of effort. But what I'm curious about is that you and Mengge didn't say a word from beginning to end. When did you ask him to come to me?"
Lu Fenghan's eyes moved: "You didn't say a word from beginning to end?"
Vincent: "Yes, I saw from the surveillance that you and Monger were always in the hall, far apart."
Lu Fenghan couldn't help but look upstairs.
When he met Monger behind the rockery, he did deliberately avoid surveillance. However, he could not avoid surveillance when entering and leaving the hall, and he would definitely be photographed.
But now, Vincent said that according to the surveillance, he and Monger were always in the hall.
Lu Fenghan was very clear about the abilities of Vincent, who had served as his adjutant for three years. He would not make mistakes in such trivial matters as checking surveillance.
Then, the only possibility was that someone deliberately tampered with the surveillance video and directly erased the part where he and Monger left the hall.
Lu Fenghan had already thought about it, but he didn't show it on his face. He just said, "People who have been in Leto for many years are all shrewd people. Monger has always been a neutral party. He knows that I must have exchanged more than a little military information with him in exchange for a smooth promotion. But he didn't point it out. He just followed my instructions and went to find you without asking or saying anything extra."
"Indeed, a simple exchange of interests is safer." Vincent stared at Lu Fenghan for more than ten seconds, and only now did he finally reveal a little emotion of "I am very excited that my former superior is back from the dead."
He joked: "After the news came back from the front, I felt that you would definitely not die. However, in my guess, you either lost your hands or legs, or you have one eye or are disfigured, anyway—"
"At least not like now, a complete and intact person? I really disappoint you." Lu Fenghan's smile was as casual as usual, but his eyes gradually turned cold. "If I die, who will give an explanation to those who died?"
Vincent sat up straight abruptly: "Is this really a trap?"
Lu Fenghan: "Otherwise?"
Vincent clenched his fists and knocked on the table out of habit. "It's true... When the news of the great defeat on the front line came back, I felt something was wrong. You led the team to support the lost vanguard troops. Let's not talk about why the vanguard troops suddenly lost contact. Just the fact that you were ambushed by the enemy immediately after coming out of the jump point doesn't make sense."
He curled his lips, but there was no smile on his face, and he sneered: "Since when did the precise coordinates of the front-line military jump points become common knowledge that anyone on the street knows? Can this war still be fought? The Alliance should have raised the white flag eight hundred years ago."
Vincent's eyes became more fierce: "A traitor or a spy leaked the location of the jump point, right?"
Compared to Vincent's exposed emotions, Lu Fenghan's tone was very calm: "I know, no need to ask."
Vincent looked at Lu Fenghan again, even more puzzled: "Then why didn't you die?"
The joy of knowing that Lu Fenghan was still alive had long gone in the past few days. When he really met the person, what he was most curious about was how this person survived and even made it from the front line of the Southern Cross Region to Leto!
Lu Fenghan: "Almost died, but was saved."
"Prayer?"
"Yeah." Lu Fenghan smiled faintly, "The waist was pierced."
Vincent glanced at Lu Fenghan's waist and asked inquiringly, "Was he really hit through? Would it affect some functions?"
Lu Fenghan's eyes were slightly stern.
Vincent waved his hands repeatedly: "Just treat me as if I didn't say anything, Commander, keep going, keep going."
"I was lucky. I was pushed far away by the airflow caused by the explosion of the command ship. I happened to come across an abandoned supply transfer station and hid inside. Otherwise, I would have been killed by cosmic rays without having to lose too much blood."
"And then?"
"Then I found a medical robot that had run out of power, a bunch of expired medicines, and a bundle of bandages that had changed color at the supply transfer station. I barely bandaged the wound. I waited for an unknown amount of time before a civilian transport ship broke down and temporarily docked here. While they were opening the cabin for repairs, I quietly hid inside and returned to Leto."
After hearing this, Vincent raised his eyebrows in surprise: "You are not dead yet?"
Lu Fenghan: "I've been in the Type VI treatment chamber for three days. It's hard to die."
Vincent frowned, "Type VI? What's going on?"
Lu Fenghan thought, I also want to know what happened.
The Type VI treatment chamber is the most advanced treatment method currently available in the Alliance. As long as a person is still alive, it can be cured regardless of broken limbs or complete damage to internal organs.
But also because of its remarkable effect, almost bringing it back to life, it is extremely expensive and cannot be mass-produced. The only production capacity is not for civilian use, but exclusively for the alliance military.
As far as he knew, there were only four in the entire alliance, all deployed on the front lines where the fighting was most intense.
But he saw Channel 5 in Qi Yan's bedroom.
Seeing that Lu Fenghan didn't answer, Vincent guessed that it might be a military secret and stopped asking.
"So what are you going to do now?"
"On the front line, Weiss has taken the position of acting commander, but with Erich here, it shouldn't cause much trouble. The rebels have just made a big progress, so they won't attack rashly and will stay where they are for a while. During this time, Leto will definitely fight for the position of 'chief commander of the expedition'."
"You are not going back to the front for the time being."
"Yes, if I go back, how can those people hiding in the dark take action openly? Besides, news from all directions comes to Leto. When there is any disturbance, everyone here is like an antenna on their head, and they are extremely sensitive. Not many people in Leto know my face, so it is very convenient for me to act."
Understanding Lu Fenghan's plan, Vincent recalled the scene he saw when he entered the room: "When I first came in, were you cooking?"
"Well, the food outside isn't very tasty, I'll try the recipe."
Vincent complained in his mind: Who on the starship would rather take nutritional supplements and nutritional pastes every day than take a few more steps to heat up the can of mashed potatoes
You complain that the food outside is not tasty. Commander Lu, when did you become so demanding on quality of life
"Why are you letting me come this time?"
Lu Fenghan replied: "Help me find someone."
"who?"
"The Wise who has taken my place now, Wise Will. I want to know who transferred him to the expeditionary force two years ago."
Vincent agreed immediately and pointed upstairs.
Lu Fenghan understood what he meant and said briefly: "No need to check, they are not enemies."
Before leaving, Vincent asked Lu Fenghan: "You haven't been back to Leto for almost ten years. When you came back this time, did you go to the Sky Diamond Plaza?"
"What are you going there for?"
"Isn't there a statue of your father standing there?"
Lu Fenghan put his hand on Vincent's shoulder and pushed him out: "What's the point of a sculpture when the person is gone? Look at how I look like my father?"
The door closed again and Lu Fenghan turned and walked inside.
His father, Lu Jun, was once a general of the Alliance, and his mother also worked as a civilian in the military. When he was eleven years old, his parents died on the front line, and since then, he has been taken care of by the military.
At the age of fifteen, he was admitted to the First Military Academy as an exception, becoming the youngest student there. He was also at a competitive age, rebellious, and got hurt in fights almost every day.
Usually he won, but sometimes when he lost, he would sneak out of the school, go to the Sky Diamond Square, sit in front of Lu Jun's sculpture, and complain to him.
But gradually, he went there less and less.
So what if you complain? Lu Jun can't hear you.
No one else will help him except him to fight and win it back.
Lu Fenghan went upstairs to call Qi Yan to have lunch.
The burnt semi-finished product in the kitchen is definitely not edible. The only choice is to continue eating set meal A in the fresh-keeping box.
Qi Yan had just changed his clothes, and the tips of his hair seemed to be soaked with water. He ate a few bites and suddenly asked, "What's wrong with you?"
For three minutes, Lu Fenghan was in a trance.
Lu Fenghan held the chopsticks and asked, "Is Turan College about to start school?"
"Yes, there is still half a month left."
"You've been in Leto for a month. Have you been to the Diamond Plaza?"
"No." Qi Yan shook his head, and then he remembered, "On the first day after I came back, Xia Zhiyang came to the Star Harbor to pick me up. He drove a hovercraft and circled outside the square."
"That means you haven't been there before." Lu Fenghan suggested, "Why don't we go there after dinner?"
Although it was sudden, Qi Yan had no objection to Lu Fenghan's proposal: "Okay."
Diamond Plaza is the center of Leto. As the symbol of Leto, people from other planets come to visit all year round. However, due to its large area, it is not crowded.
After parking the hovercraft in the parking area, the two walked towards the center. Lu Fenghan asked Qi Yan: "Do you know where the name 'Leto' came from?"
Qi Yan shook his head.
Lu Fenghan: "'Leto' comes from Greek mythology of the Earth era, meaning 'nurturer'. In the mythology, Leto is a goddess who gave birth to Artemis, the goddess of hunting and fertility, and Apollo, the sun god in charge of light and the future. During the second technological explosion, humans broke through the limitations of the Earth and reached the interstellar. The ambition of mankind can almost be seen from the name 'Leto' - reproduction, conquest, light, and the future."
“… Leto is a new starting point for mankind! At that time, everyone was shouting that mankind is destined to move forward and never retreat!”
There were shouts coming from afar, Qi Yan looked in the direction of the sound and saw two people standing on a stone platform, and a crowd of people gathered in a large circle below the platform.
"who are they?"
Lu Fenghan looked at them from a distance, then looked away: "The so-called bards are said to be a traditional profession that flourished in the 11th century of the Earth calendar. These people travel around the alliance, promoting their political views and ideas. Their slogan is very lofty, 'For humanity and ideals'."
Qi Yan had never seen it before, so he took a few steps closer with interest.
The young man on the platform was excited: "… After the third technological explosion, we ushered in the heyday of technological prosperity. However, in just over a hundred years, technology was destroyed!
The phrase "The end of science is theology" is the result of human arrogance, comparing themselves to God! If it weren't for humans thinking they had the key to the universe, being eager for quick success and instant benefits, and touching the realm of God, how could the Alliance have suffered in this technological catastrophe, with countless planets exploding, three-fifths of the human race dying, and five of the nine administrative regions once conquered by humans sinking back into the eternal darkness of the universe? "
Qi Yan listened to a passage and asked: "Is this person a supporter of the rebels?"
"That's about right. The Alliance has freedom of speech. Even if someone shouts that the Alliance will lose in this square, the military won't dare to arrest them."
Lu Fenghan found this interesting and asked Qi Yan, "Do you think the great technological destruction that occurred in Star Calendar 143 was also due to humans' eagerness for quick success?"
Qi Yan shook his head without hesitation: "Whether it is the Earth calendar or the Star Calendar, the scientific process is the same. New laws are discovered, and new scientific foundations will be established. Then, many unknown areas and categories that humans cannot understand will be solved. Historically, for example, cell theory, such as the theory of relativity. After that, countless scientists will open up new territories on this new foundation."
"It's just that the foundation that the third technological explosion relies on is hollow and extremely easy to collapse. Therefore, the subsequent technological destruction is just a fact that was destined from the beginning. There is no such thing as 'man challenging the authority of God'."
Lu Fenghan looked at the crowd from afar and said, "But the rebels use this theory to deny science, promote theology, and deceive people. They also regard all scientists as blasphemers, and based on this, they publish the so-called blacklist."
Qi Yan decided to use silence to express his disdain for this theory.
Looking at Qi Yan, Lu Fenghan's hands suddenly felt itchy and he wanted to poke this person's face.
But it's just a thought -
What should I do if I get poked and cry
Without listening to the bard's speech any further, the two walked past the fountain and greenway and stood in front of the sculpture group.
Anyone who has made great contributions to the alliance will have a place here for future generations to pay tribute to them.
Qi Yan looked at them one by one, stopped, and pointed: "You have the same last name as that person."
Lu Fenghan followed the direction he pointed: "Lu Jun? Well, it's quite a coincidence."