Raymond was silent for a moment, and Opal could also hear the deep meaning of Rector's words - let Raymond not think about whether he was a clone or a human, but simply act according to his beliefs.
So what is Raymond's belief
"Teacher." Raymond said, "What do you think of Horius' belief?"
Rickett frowned slightly, and Opal said, "Teacher, you know it. Horius' original intention was not to destroy all enemies."
Raymond and Opal exchanged a look, and Rector said, "You inherited Horius' last wish?"
Raymond nodded and said: "I regard myself as a human being, the next successor of Horius. I hope that human beings can leave a place for the Wisdom Legion, and the Wisdom Legion also has its own living space."
Recht shook his head disapprovingly, and Raymond said: "It's like the middle of the Dark Ages, when Horius and Kalb reached an agreement, and the human and the Wisdom Legion stopped fighting and were at peace with each other."
"You don't understand." Rickett said, "You and Opal are thinking too simple, things are not what you think..."
Opal: "Then tell us, teacher."
After another long silence, Recht said: "Replicants are not human, and the Covenant still does not recognize it as a species of life with its own intelligence, which is very complicated, including their lifespan, inheritance and genetic mutation. Possibilities, and this group’s sense of identity with humanity.”
Opal said: "If every clone that already exists, has a different face, like Raymond, you see... you see."
Opal went over to break Raymond's face, pinched his ears, pressed his eyebrows to give him a splayed eyebrow shape, and said, "This way, it doesn't look like Coroline."
Rickett smiled helplessly, and this behavior finally made the atmosphere a little more relaxed.
"I think between us and them, we need to understand each other." Raymond still said seriously, at this moment, his tone was sincere, and even used the name "we" to separate himself from the Legion of Wisdom Come.
"You can think of it, we've all thought about it," Recht said. "That's how Gleibney was imprisoned by Kalb in the middle of the Dark Ages, and Horius died in the defense of King's Wharf because of his kindness. ."
"But not necessarily every replicant wants to fight, I think..." Opal said: "Teacher, just like us humans, sometimes the start of war is not necessarily the common will of all individuals."
Opal discussed this with Rector with extreme care, not out of fear of his anger, but out of respect for him in his heart. After all, this already involves Recht's principles and beliefs.
"Then give me reasons, give me assurance, give me someone who can take all the responsibilities, he has to have enough weight to deal with the series of issues that follow after a decision is made," Recht said. I will still stand my ground."
Speaking of this, Recht's meaning is very clear.
Opal and Raymond looked at each other, and Raymond said, "Go back first and see the situation in King's Wharf."
"Prepare to jump," Opal said. "Destination, King's Wharf."
The combined machine in the state of the defense tower jumped at the same time, and suddenly separated when it arrived at the King's Wharf. At this moment, most of the battleships have been withdrawn, and the entire planetary defense system of the King's Wharf is as if nothing. The three shuttles turned into near-earth sports cars and flew to the Great Astronautical Association.
There is a tense atmosphere of the future of the great enemy on the whole planet. Rickett quickly ran into the Great Astronautical Association. Opal found that the Imperial Army had left, and Cororin didn't know if he was still in the association.
In the Great Astronautical Association, the adventurers are filling all the atomic furnaces with new energy stones, the central reactor is restarted, and the energy supply is gradually restored from the association to the whole star.
"What about those imperial people?" Opal asked, "Where did they all go?"
"War is coming! The Republic declares war on the Empire!" Someone said, "Something has happened! The Presidium is meeting on the second floor."
Opal said, "Where's the big ace?"
"Let's go." Another humane said.
There were people around, all with solemn expressions.
"Is the communication band still connected?" a staff member shouted.
"Connect now!"
With the sound of swishing, all the light screens in the hall of the association were all lit up, and then they were gathered from all directions towards the center, embedded into a three-dimensional projection grating, and the picture lit up. A female anchor was broadcasting the news, and two spaceships and the king were in the background. There is no sound at the pier and the Fortress of the Holy Maiden outside the strong star.
"Turn on the sound!"
Opal always felt that something was wrong. Three seconds later, the voice of the female anchor sounded:
"… The remains of the Replicant Legion in the Dark Ages were discovered, and there were signs that the Replicants had invaded human society again. The Imperial Prince Alex refused to express any opinion on the matter. The Republic submitted a report to the Covenant, asking the Lion Star Empire to hand over the R&D Marshal Rotman denies all replicas and destroys replica technology."
All the adventurers stopped what they were doing and stood up straight and looked at the screen.
"Prince of Opera Ledgerson recently disappeared in the female Luoxing, and according to the testimony of witnesses, he was identified as having participated in the research and development project of replicators..."
The whole hall was instantly fried, and Recht's expression was very complicated.
"The situation in the abandoned ruins shows that multiple replicas have entered the area of human activity. The following are the characteristics of replicators."
The first person was projected on the light screen.
"Krelaus ben Azeroth. Former Mercenary King of the Stars."
"Ijan Artemis. The twelfth Archbishop of the Holy See."
"Horius. Major Shining, God of War."
"Ji Shax, the nineteenth King of Shax."
"The above are the clones that have been discovered, and there may be more in the future. The Covenant hereby calls on the residents of all member countries to be vigilant."
Cosmic Era 20112 saw the most serious conflict between the Republic and the Lion Empire since the end of the Dark Ages. After being silent for thousands of years, the replicator technology has reappeared in human rumors.
The forces of all parties are waiting, and the most nervous of them is Lie Xing. After all, there is a previous Lie Xing King among the clones!
Lie Xing immediately asked the Empire to investigate the truth, and the Republic's aircraft carrier drove to the middle of the Covenant to put forward conditions to Rotman. Rotman denied all the inside information, the two sides were at each other's throats, and the war was about to break out.
The Great Astronautical Association integrated all the information, and Douglas submitted an earlier report, which stated that Alex had traveled to and from the Lava Star many times, using polysilicon to replicate human chip research and development technology, and the Great Astronautical Association had completely defected The situation was reversed, and the Republic began to demand a thorough investigation of clone technology across the Empire, and dismissed Rotman for investigation.
Recht reported all the information to the Great Astronautical Society and the Republic Ambassador, including some of their speculations, the history of the incident, the cause, and the estimate of the remaining combat power. There was only a short answer: "Understood, Rector."
"Kashtlan, this is no trivial matter. I hope that the government of the Republic will take measures immediately," Recht said.
"I can't interfere in the decision of the Council." The ambassador of the Republic to the Empire said: "But I will give your report to Cullens. As for what action they will take, I really have no control. I have to go, friend. "
The ambassador of the Republic to the Empire took off his hat and greeted Lecter. The time for the two countries to cut off diplomatic relations was imminent. The spacecraft of the diplomats of the Republic took the King's Wharf as a transfer station.
"At a time like this, humans should gather together." Opal frowned, "Why doesn't their focus seem to be on this at all?"
Recter looked at Opal for a while and said, "It's strange? It's always been the case. Even during the short rest period when Horius forced the Legion of Wisdom, the human coalition still couldn't reach the outside world. Lions Autonomous Prefecture In peace talks, the interstellar community demands war."
Lecter and Opal returned to the Great Astronautical Association. Rumors of Horius' resurrection have spread throughout King's Wharf. On that day, the adventurers did not see Horius' resurrection with their own eyes, but saw the dark green saber-toothed tiger mech across the sky. .
This is a reassurance for everyone, at least when the clone corps makes a comeback... no, they won't necessarily make a comeback either.
Because the Empire has completely denied this matter, and pointed out that the Republic's parliament has spread rumors, and at the same time, the country has started to check all suspicious signs, Emperor Kartus finally came forward and denied the existence of the clone army. The Republic demanded that the Empire hand over Lejason and investigate the matter thoroughly.
The situation was extremely tense, and the strings on both sides were tense.
Lecter's traces ended at the second base. According to the information Raymond got from Kairley, there were still two clone bases in the universe, one of which was the black box planet left over from the dark age, and the other one. One, even Raymond didn't know what was on it.
On April 17th, the Republic and the Empire finally went to war, and the Republic Intelligence Organization took a step ahead of Recht and found a third base. A firefight erupted in Andromeda with Imperial search ships.
"It's up!"
As soon as the two countries went to war, it broke the big pattern after the end of the dark age, and the entire interstellar was shaken.
"It's fighting!" Many adventurers gathered in the hall and shouted, unable to attend to the task.
Opal looked up at the battle image on the projection. The small warships of the Republic filled the universe and began to attack the territory of the Empire.
No one could have predicted that the Republic would be the first party to start the war. Another light screen played the declaration of the President of the Republic's Parliament: "... The tragedy of the Dark Ages cannot be repeated, and the anti-human experiment carried out by Kartus will surely be Sanctions, today I once again call on all Star Alliance and Dark Alliance member states to boycott the technology developed by replicants…”
Opal said: "Teacher, do we want to join the war? Stop their war?"
Rickett said: "No, what we have to do now is to find the last clone base. As long as the whereabouts of Kyle and the black box are found out, everything will be solved. Now the human race is about to win, and the four bases have been destroyed. Three were found."
Raymond has been staying in the data room these days, checking all the way from the magic blue fluorite and the dark age, in order to find clues about the base.
Rickett's investigation process also came to a standstill. At this moment, everyone was desperately rushing for time.
Opal thought again and again, and connected to Iszur's communication. Some adventurers have discovered the similarities between Raymond and Coroline, and Opal can only say that they simply look alike. After all, only the presidium saw him on the day the big trump card appeared, and luckily, the presidium did not ask, as if it was some kind of acquiescence.
Opal knew that Douglas might have guessed something, but he had no time to go to the chairman for confirmation.
"This is the central government department of the Meteorite Building." Allen's voice replied: "Opal, long time no see."
"Long time no see." Opal sighed and asked, "Where's the teacher? I need to talk to him."
"He hasn't been in the grip of the Rotary Light recently." Allen said, "He told me that if there is danger in King's Wharf, you can return to your home planet at any time. At present, Iszur is the safest place, and you can take any of your friends. bring them all…”
Opal pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you, the situation in King's Wharf is okay, I want to ask something else. Is there a military plan in Iszur recently?"
Opal spoke so bluntly, and Allen was unable to answer for a while. Opal knew that in this case, the effect of roundabout inquiries and direct questions were the same. If he could know, he would definitely say, and if he could not know, no matter how he asked. It is impossible to reveal the wind.
After a brief silence, Caesar's voice said, "I'll talk to him."
"Opal." Caesar said, "How are you doing? I heard that you are with His Majesty's teacher?"
Opal took a deep breath, thought about it, and said, "Yes, but we have some differences in concept. I have the information on the replicator base here, and I will pass it on to you now."
Opal sent the information to Caesar through long-wave communication. Caesar said: "His Majesty is not in Iszur, but in a while, there will be military operations on the Anubis."
Opal said: "I need to know which side Iszur is on in this war."
"We will be on the side of the Republic," Caesar said. "But no agreement has been reached with Livy. I guess His Majesty is preparing for this."
Opal breathed a sigh of relief.
Allen said, "Let me see, what data? My God."
Opal said: "This information is very important. There are no photos of King's Wharf, so please keep it confidential."
Allen: "It's terrible... When did this Legion appear?"
Caesar: "I guess Your Majesty already knows."
Opal said, "How will the Meteor Legion help the Republic?"
Caesar said: "The specific strategic goals have not yet been determined, and we need to wait for His Majesty's order."
Opal thought for a while, nodded and said, "I wish you good luck."
"Opal, if there's any danger in King's Wharf, go home and stay for a while," Caesar said.
Opal said tiredly: "Yes, Chairman Douglas has not yet participated in the war, and we can exchange information at any time."
He turned off the communication, thought about it, and contacted Lie Xing again.
Xun: "Opal, are you in the Great Astronautical Association?"
Opal: "How's it going?"
"Very bad." Xun said: "The Empire can't show any evidence, so it directly took action. The Republic said they got another intelligence. I have many fathers. It's just... It's absurd."
Opal said, "Where's the star? What do they say?"
Xun said: "The National Commission has been issued, listen, Opal, they also suspect another thing, someone saw Cororin in the last war..."
Opal was taken aback.
"They said that Raymond and Coroline look alike." Xun said, "I told them, it's just that they look alike, and there's nothing wrong with them. There are a lot of people who look alike in the universe, um, that's it."
Fortunately for Opal, Xun said: "Rosen took the battleship to search the imperial domain and deep space. The Republic said there is still a base. That is the most important place, where all the technology is preserved, isn't it?"
"Listen, Xun." Opal said, "It's like this. The teacher calls it a black box. I suspect that the last base is not in the imperial area. You can find another target."
Xun said: "Oh no, Opal, if I were them, I wouldn't leave any clues to be found, you know? Rosen and Cullens discussed it, and now Cullens is the main force of the Republic Army, Li Wei To contain the Rotman Legion, Cullens led the troops to find possible insiders in the empire, most of the mercenaries were dispatched, and Urka and the mecha team stayed in the strong star."
Opal said: "Well, if you have any information, be sure to contact me as soon as possible."
Xun said, "Okay, that's all."
Opal cut off the communication, stood thinking, and Raymond's voice said behind him: "Is there any progress?"
"No," said Opal. "I can't find Cororin."
Raymond asked, "What about in the dream?"
"Neither in my dream." Opal looked up at Raymond.
These days, Opal and Raymond are almost all acting together. Instead, Rickett is alone. Both sides are inferring what will happen next in their own way. However, the sudden interruption of the clues makes it impossible to guess the battle situation. If there were no words relayed by Raymond, Opal even wondered if there were only three clone bases.
"The confrontation between the Lion Galaxy Empire and the Galactic Republic is expanding. Most of the Covenant members have already participated in the war. The Meteor Legion has not issued a declaration for a long time. Once the Meteor Legion enters the war, the Lion Star Empire will encounter the dilemma of fighting on both sides at the same time..."
The sound of the news attracted the attention of many people.
Rector stood in the hall and looked up at the projection area, his eyes were full of doubts.
"Why didn't Coroline fight?" Opal was also a little puzzled and asked.
"He's waiting," Raymond said.
Opal: "Wait for what?"
Raymond said he couldn't guess either.
Opal thought for a while and connected to the third communication.
Pastor: "Opal, let me tell you, it's useless to persuade anyone, I'm not the Pope..."
Opal: "Oh, I didn't come to persuade you, I found your teacher."
Pastor: "Where?"
Opal: "Ivory Tower Proving Ground, Cororin's body."
The shepherd's side was silent, and Opal said, "Can you sense him? We're looking for the next base."
The pastor said, "No, is there really such a thing? I always thought it was a smoke bomb released by the Republic."
Opal said: "How is it possible?!"
Shepherd: "Why is it impossible? Li Wei and Tifeng supported Baroque in ascending the throne, Alex lost in the Fierce Star War, and the Republic threw the trump cards one by one, and now even Rotman can't handle it. Live, I don't think there is any base at all, as Rotman said, it's all the republic's trouble... "
Raymond said: "No, pastor, yes, I'm sure there is."
One is more unclear than the other, it's enough, Opal can't do anything about these guys, the pastor seems to have a few words with the archbishops over there, and then asks: "There are really those replicants of Azeroth. Uncle didn't tell me anything. Karthus is about to let Baroque inherit the throne."
"Yes." Raymond said, "If you get any news, remember to notify us."
Opal said: "Listen, shepherd, after the end of the dark age, the Legion of Wisdom left their black box, this black box may be an asteroid, or a spaceship, or it may be an outside the star map. The base, we have checked all the star maps of the Great Astronautical Association, and we have not found this base."
The shepherd said: "But in the last battle of the dark age, as long as the clones in this cosmic space are destroyed, isn't it?"
Opal said: "So what if there were a large number of replicas that were not turned on at the time?"
The pastor was silent for a while, and said, "Alex is applying for asylum to the Holy See. I guess he gave up and wants to come in and become a bishop. I will ask him after Marshal Rotman sends him over."
"Well." Opal said, "When Alex arrives at the Holy See, be sure to let me know."
The pastor said, "Okay, let's interrogate him together."
Opal cuts off communication, thinking poor Alex...
Raymond sat on the sofa, still flipping through the star map information page by page, and said, "What do you think is preserved in this black box?"
Opal said: "It may be the headquarters of all replicators. I suspect that the ivory tower proving ground, the base found by the teacher, is just a branch of it."
Raymond said: "I don't understand, it's logically only a few years since Kelley escaped."
Opal said, "It shouldn't have been more than six years, you remember? Jimison released Kyle Ray after Jamie died."
Raymond froze and said, "How did he build so many bases in just a few short years?"
Opal said: "A lot? Only three... plus the technology he left behind..."
Although Opal does not know much about replica human technology, it does not feel realistic to build several bases in just a few years.
"The ivory tower said it." Opal said: "Kerley was hiding on the Wheel of Time at the time, and he came back after the end of the dark age, and built the test field that made you... Maybe he has a helper? This Who is the helper?"
Raymond said: "He is hiding on the Wheel of Time, so no one will find out his identity?"
Opal said: "So Cororin asked us to investigate the whereabouts of the wheel of time, but the clue was also interrupted..."
Opal sensed something vaguely.
His breathing seemed to be stagnant, and tremblingly opened the three departure documents of the Wheel of Time.
Light Era 3779: The Wheel of Time returns for the first time.
Light Era 3790: Wheel of Time II set off for the second time, and Logan participated in this plan as one of the navigators.
Light Era 11293: The Wisdom Revolution breaks out, and the replicants capture the entire universe.
Age of Light 14284: The Battle of Judgment, the end of the Dark Age of 2971.
"Before the trial battle." Opal said: "Kerley has already escaped from this universe and went to the wheel of time."
Raymond said: "In terms of time, it should be."
"So at least since 14284... Kyle has been on the Wheel of Time," Opal murmured.
Light Era 15330: The Wheel of Time returns for the second time.
Light Era 16008: The Wheel of Time departs for the third time.
"I know where the last black box is."
At this moment, Opal's body no longer belonged to him, and a bone-chilling chill surged up his back. If the last clone base was the wheel of time... then everything would be perfectly aligned. He didn't even dare to speculate on what happened, as if the inside story would subvert all his cognition, and even completely subvert his life.
Raymond got up and walked towards Opal. Opal looked at his hand in disbelief, at Raymond, at the world around him, and his mind was dizzy.
Kelley entered this exploration ship before the Wheel of Time returned for the second time, and followed it back 4,700 years ago, returning to the four-dimensional universe again.
Later, Logan started the Wheel of Time again and set off. If Logan at this time was no longer the navigator of the Wheel of Time at the beginning...
Opal didn't dare to think further, but he had to think about his mother's fall on the B-11 star, and her secretive expression about the past... What happened on the Wheel of Time
If Kyle Ray killed the navigator Logan on the Wheel of Time and used the Wheel of Time as a base to create a new replicator Logan, then he would be...
Kyle came back after the second voyage. It took them 4,700 years to revive the Wisdom Empire, and it was definitely more than just four bases.
A sense of crisis came to Opal's heart, and he turned and ran out of the hall.
"Opal!" Raymond said loudly.