Opal saw the sunny courtyard from the window of the room. Cororin walked all the way through the garden and entered the hall. Several officers stopped on the steps and bowed to retreat.
"Teacher!" Opal went out of the corridor, and Coroline sat on the throne without saying a word, his face gloomy.
"I... teacher." Opal said, "I didn't mean to, because you let me practice in the palace, I was just a little curious..."
"I said." Coroline said, "I see. How many times do you want me to repeat it?"
He rested one hand on the armrest of the throne and narrowed his eyes dangerously.
Opal stepped forward and asked, "Teacher, is everything going well?"
Coroline didn't answer.
Opal went to the throne, knelt down on one knee, took off Coroline's black metal shoes, and asked, "Have you changed your clothes? Have you eaten lunch, teacher?"
Coroline glanced at Opal and said, "No, let's practice swordsmanship."
Opal has thought very clearly these days, and intends to take the initiative to approach Cororin step by step.
But Coroline seemed to be frustrated in some way and was in a bad mood, so Opal didn't ask any more questions, and went to the platform alone to pick up the feathers with a big sword.
In the evening he returned to the hall, and Cororin was still thinking on the throne.
Opal went to the arsenal to put away his great sword, walked up to the throne, and sat on the steps at Cororin's feet, watching the golden sunset outside the palace.
Coroline let out a long sigh, leaned his back on the throne, raised his legs, and his handsome face was shrouded in the half-light and half-shadow dusk sun.
Opal tried to radiate out with the power of faith, to probe the thoughts of Coroline. His small power of faith seemed very weak in the strong faith of Coroline. Take Cororin's thinking activity.
Coroline seemed a little moved. Opal's beliefs collided with his beliefs, and it was impossible to detect any thought activity of Coroline.
After a while, however, Coroline's near-infallible belief loosened, and he graciously made room for Opal to read his heart.
"You're very smart." Coroline said, "Have you learned to read minds, did you understand it yourself?"
Opal didn't have time to answer at all, he devoted all his attention to maintaining access to Coralin's mind, Cororin's consciousness was too strong, and it was hot, very hot... Just like his field of belief, it was full of lava with the sea of fire. Opal reads a few bits and pieces about the Republic, and then Cororin pats his head and says, "Enough, that's all."
Opal said: "Teacher, you know what I think; I don't know what you think, it's not fair!"
I don't know if Coroline was burdened by Opal's actions, or he figured out his problem, got up with a smile, and said, "Then practice hard, and one day you will be able to do it. Let's have dinner."
Opal followed behind him, trying to read Coroline's heart relentlessly, just like a harmless little animal that kept harassing a sleeping tiger, took a few more steps, and Coroline stopped. , turned to look at Opal.
A powerful but non-aggressive shock of consciousness came, and Opal slammed violently, and Cororin's power of belief surrounded him from all directions, and then closed in, pressing Opal's power of belief back into his mind. .
Opal: "… "
Coroline smiled, but the two went to the restaurant under the sunset for dinner.
Opal said: "Teacher, what did you do in the Republic?"
"Contact a friend and you'll find out soon enough," Corolin replied.
Opal: "?"
"Are you in a bad mood, teacher?" Opal asked.
Cororin said: "Some people are not very obedient, but they can't kill him yet. I will take you to the Milky Way after a while. Maybe you will have your own method after you read it."
Opal was instantly very happy and could leave here! After staying in the Meteorite Empire for nearly a year, his strength must have been greatly improved. His heart was full of joy, but when he was about to ask, Corollin said: "Opal, you are staying here for a long time. stuffy?"
Opal said: "Uh no... I just want to go out for a walk."
Coroline's expression seemed a little unhappy, and he said, "If you want to go out, you can relax anywhere in the grip of the light at any time."
Opal hummed, raised his head to look at Cororin's face tentatively, and said nothing, bowed his head to eat dinner, thinking that he was just going out to relax? No, he wanted to go out for a walk with Coroline.
Coroline's face softened a little and said, "If you don't want me to read your heart all the time, you can use the power of belief to build a world of consciousness."
Opal said, "I have nothing to hide from you."
Cororin raised his eyebrows and said, "All?"
Opal said, "Yes, teacher."
Cororin didn't speak again that night. After dinner, the night fell, and there were fireworks on the mountains in the distance. The two of them sat separately and watched the fireworks quietly.
When Opal was about to try to read Coroline's heart again, Coroline stood up and said: "My teacher said that in this universe, it is impossible to meet a person who loves you from words and deeds to souls. Unconcealed human, he was wrong again, very rare. Good night, Opal."
After Coroline left, Opal was still sitting at the table, watching the little robots come and go to pack up. After a long time, he had to admit that Rector was right.
Opal got up very early the next day, and he opened his eyes suddenly, as if he was awakened by something. He knew that was Cororin's way of waking him up. He suspected that Coroline invaded his dreams every day, but these dreams were very short-lived and forgotten by Opal himself. He didn't even know what he said in the dreams, which made him feel very insecure.
Opal dressed and came out. Coroline was already seated on the throne, with three officers recording his orders in front of him.
"There is no need to intervene in the matter of Lie Xing." Cororin said, "I have already made a comprehensive arrangement."
Opal tried to read Cororin's heart, but this time Cororin didn't stop him and let him enter into his brief thoughts. Opal saw a person in his mind: a wrench.
Mercenary King
Has Coroline made the wrench his new opponent? Before Opal could think about it, the officers saluted and retired. Cororin got down from the throne and said, "Have breakfast, do you have any luggage to pack? I'll take you out today."
After breakfast, the little robot came over with a set of clothes.
Opal: "Where to go? I don't need to prepare luggage... Teacher, what is this?"
Opal picked it up and looked at it, it was a set of children's clothes, whether it was big or small, it was probably the clothes worn by children in their teens. The black top, black trousers, and a pair of memory metal boat shoes are almost identical in style to Cororin's royal robe.
"Is this what you wore?" Opal asked. He looked at Coroline and felt that his dress did not look like a king at all. Maybe it was the clothes he was used to wearing since he was a child.
Coroline laughed and said, "You think it's possible?"
In the fog of opal, Coroline said, "It was more than three thousand years ago when I was a child."
Opal said: "Who is this made for?"
Coroline said, "You."
Opal: "… "
"Come with me."
Opal: "How can I possibly wear it!"
Coroline's palms were folded, and the clothes were automatically folded and put into a transparent cloth bag. The little robot also brought a few sets of children's clothes for washing.
Cororin took him out of the palace, and outside stood a giant in black armor.
It was not the first time that Opal had seen the existence of gluttonous. He had imagined how to show appropriate surprise at the first official meeting with this ancient god in order to win the trust of Cororin.
But when he really stood in front of gluttonous, he still felt no less profound shock than the moment he first saw the dragon ray.
Its black mecha refracted the dazzling light, it lowered its head slightly, its dark red eyes lit up slightly, sharp barbs extended from its shoulders, in front of its knees, and on its ankles, and six sharp wings spread out arrogantly behind it. A long cannon with the muzzle facing the sky.
Opal just standing in front of it can't help but have the idea of fear. Unlike the power of the dragon ray, the impression of gluttonous on him is that it is almost exposed and aggressive, and the sense of shock is coming, as if all creatures will be there. trembling before it.
Dragon rays are awesome, and gluttony is terrifying.
"It's like..." Opal murmured.
"The god of destruction in the universe." Coroline said solemnly: "The mission of gluttonous is to end, destroy and judge. Unlike the dragon ray used by my teacher, the mission of the dragon ray is to protect..."
Opal could not afford to have the slightest idea of communicating with gluttons. He couldn't help but take a half step back. He felt very dangerous. At the same time, I remembered one thing - gluttonous may have seen him.
In the battle of Fierce Star Guard a long time ago, if the tao could notice the soldier on the ground, he should be able to recognize him.
A panic rose in Opal's heart, but since Ledgerson said that the ancient gods would not interfere with any decisions of the Star Knights, he might not expose his undercover identity.
"Don't be afraid." Cororin read the emotions of Opal spreading in the outer memory world, and said: "It doesn't like to talk to humans, but when it gets to know you, you will consider it the most faithful companion."
Coroline held out his hand to the opal.
In an instant, the black and gold fragments surrounded them, forming a four-legged beast with sharp horns on its head and a spine full of barbs. Its abdomen opened the hatch, and a tractive light made them slowly float up.
The space inside is exactly the same as that of Dragon Ray, the only difference is that there is a black crystal floating in the center of the space capsule.
"Destination." Coroline said: "Virgo, White Water Well Star System, Star of Ateluo."
Opal stood beside Coroline and asked, "What is this place?"
The star map shows a star emitting a fiery glow. "It's a Cepheid variable star with periodic changes in light and temperature. There is only a giant planet on its periphery, and on the planet there are Its own satellite, which is twice the size of the Rotary Grip."
Opal looked sideways and said, "Won't the periodic light of the Cepheid variable star bake this planet?"
"Ateluo revolves around this big planet." Coroline pointed out the giant planet with his long fingers and said, "The name of the giant planet is Croto, and when the light and heat energy changes in the White Well, Atero is just right Orbiting to the backside of the giant planet. You'll see it with your own eyes soon, it's a spectacular scene, ready to jump."
"Destination Baishuijing, ready to jump, three, two, one..." Tao's voice was low and deep, with a hint of evil, and instantly turned into a cone-shaped space shuttle, breaking the five-dimensional space node with a slam.
There was darkness all around, and Opal took a step subconsciously, grabbing Coroline's hand in the darkness.
When the light came on again, they happened to encounter the most spectacular scene. The white water well released an almost wild glow, rushing towards the giant planet Kroto like a tsunami, blowing out a million-broom-shaped electronic wind, forming a white light. Oceans flooded the galaxy, and auroras changed over the atmosphere of the shadowed asteroid Atro.
The black gluttonous spaceship traverses the torrent in the sea of light in the white well, bathed in the boundless white light.
The dazzling light almost made Opal unable to open his eyes, and the gluttonous turned around and flew to the star of Ateluo and entered the atmosphere.
The outer space station sent a communication, and the gluttonous black spar center lit up and responded to the authentication.
"The change cycle of the White Water Well is five days and sixteen hours." Coroline twisted his arms, leaned in front of the empty console, and said, "A very precious cosmic ray will be formed on the planet Ateluo, which is a A natural research base."
Opal said: "What is this place?"
"Biogenics, the headquarters of ACU," said Cololin.
Opal: "!!"
The spacecraft entered the tarmac, the sky was shining with magnificent aurora, there was no sun or stars, the only light came from the white well.
Opal: "What are we doing here?"
Coroline didn't answer. After landing, the gluttonous car automatically turned into a black sports car, turned around, galloped to a special runway on the tarmac, and stopped in front of a building.
This planet is very strange, almost no human beings can be seen, all robots come and go, the huge "IAU" in the center of the planet faces the aurora, and there is a line on the side: "The land blessed by the creator."
"They believe that genetic technology is something that usurps theocratic power." Coroline read Opal's inner activities and explained: "So everything must be careful not to violate the inherent rules of the universe."
It was the first time that Opal came into contact with the legendary ACU. Its advertisements were overwhelming, and branches were opened in almost all galaxies. However, there was no popularity in the headquarters. How could this be
Gaoqi entered the second-level underground apron and sank for a long time. Cororin put on a pair of sunglasses, his face was cold and handsome, and he said, "Get off the bus."
Opal got off the station in the garage, all around him was dead.
Opal: "Teacher, is this fully automated?"
The moment Cororin opened the car door and stepped out of the car, the black sports car disintegrated automatically, turned into broken gold and revolved around Cororin, and then aggregated into an anklet, tied to his ankle.
Cororin: [Follow me, communicate with consciousness when in doubt, don't talk nonsense, so as not to reveal your identity. ] Opal: [Ok.]
Cororin took the opal out of the tarmac and boarded another small sightseeing car. The special guard robot sounded a female voice: "Welcome, President of the Raymont Development Company of the Punes Chamber of Commerce, Klin Enminor."
Coroline took a card from the breast pocket of her jacket, swiped and verified her fingerprints, and said, "There is an appointment."
"Yes, you have made an appointment with Director Hillress for genetic surgery." The robot said softly, "Please come with me."
The gate of the apron in front of him slowly opened to both sides, revealing a white public hall with tens of thousands of people gathered in it. Opal was stunned. The researchers in the hall were busy coming and going, and many robots were shuttled on the track, looking up when they got up. Information light screens are floating on the hundreds of layers of light tracks.
[What is the President of the Punes Chamber of Commerce Kling?] Opal asked in his consciousness.
Cororin: [A pseudonym, someone deliberately wanted to kill his father, but he died first, so he had to let me pretend to be his identity to carry out his unfinished wishes. When his father died, I replaced him In his position, he became the sole heir of the Enmenor family.]Opal: [When did it happen? Are you rich?]
Cororin: [It was a long time ago that I almost ran out of money, and now the company only has a false name. ] Entering the ACU company, Opal is like an electronic shuttle in the information world. It turns out that all the facilities of ACU are underground.
"The one hundred and fifteenth floor." The robot lights up: "Gene modification office."
Cororin: [I could have surgery at the ACU branch, but I'm not at ease...] Opal: [Have you made an appointment for surgery?]
Coroline didn't answer, Opal said: [Do I need to transform my body?]
"Young man, we meet again." An old woman came out of the office.
"Hello, Mr. Hillress." Coroline said politely, "I think we arrived a little early."
The old woman smiled and said, "Of course not."
Coroline held her hand and placed a kiss on the back of her old hand. When Opal saw it, he couldn't help but wonder how he and she knew each other.
"This is my little assistant," said Coroline.
"Ah, is that him?" Hillress laughed, took Opal's hand and looked at him, squinting at his face, and said, "Very handsome young man. Krillin, he was raised in your office by you. little lover?"
Coroline: [Say hello to her, Opal, you lack the necessary courtesy.]
"Hello." Opal said.
Hillress didn't seem satisfied with Opal and said, "Ah, a arrogant young man, come with me."
She put on her work clothes, and brought Corinth and Opal into a laboratory with a nutrition cabin, and said, "Go to the next door for pre-treatment first. There will be assistants to assist you. Krillin, what would you like to drink? ?"
An assistant came over, took Opal to the laboratory, and said, "You picked a big deal. Our teachers never do genetic surgery on people casually."
"Well." Opal said, "I never let anyone do genetic surgery on me."
The assistant said, "Do you know how much this operation costs?"
Opal was silent for a while and said, "How much does it cost?"
Several assistants looked at him mockingly, and one said, "You can't imagine, I took off your clothes, stripped naked, and now I want to wash your body."
Opal lay in another nutrient tank, filled with water, a life support device covering his nose and mouth, and a hose poking into his anus. Opal immediately became nervous, but after a while, the cold liquid penetrated his esophagus and rectum from the mouth and behind, and entered his stomach. At that moment, his whole body swelled very uncomfortable. The taste is never good.
A stream of water was injected into his lungs, washing the alveoli repeatedly. He coughed in pain and struggled. The assistant outside said impatiently, "Don't move!"
"It's his first genetic surgery." Coroline leaned against the door with a cup, and said, "Please be polite and patient with my people. Don't be so rude."
The assistant said, "Who let you in?"
Coroline just glanced at him, and the assistant's pupils were blurred and he said to his colleague, "Slow down the cleaning speed."
Opal frowned in pain and stared at Coroline. His abdomen was very painful due to the stimulation of the water, and the irritation of the liquid was so strong that his whole body seemed to explode, but the next moment, a gentle conviction The power came and enveloped him.
This hellish torment finally passed, the water was pumped away, and Opal fell out, lying on the ground naked, coughing out a mouthful of water.
Coroline prepared a blanket, went forward and wrapped him in the blanket, picked him up, and carried him out of the room.
Mrs. Hillrace put on the rainbow information glasses and was operating the light screen.
"Young man," Hillress said, "this operation will perfect your genes, and you'd better remember Mr. Kling who gave you the favor..."
Coroline smiled and said, "He already knows."
Shirleys said: "Mr. Kling, I'm afraid it will put all the rest of your family property down. I don't think he understands what it means to accept this kind of gift from a stranger."
"I've always been a prodigal, please, Hillress."
Opal huddled in Coroline's arms, feeling warm and grateful.
Coroline wiped his body clean and carried him into another nutrition cabin. Opal felt a little uneasy and asked, "Can I modify my genes?"
"Yes." Hillress said, "You belong to a naturally born race, and now you have to be modified to have a perfect gene, which can increase your life expectancy by a hundred years, and you can also undergo surgery in all branches of ACU in the future. Extend your lifespan within limits, including physique corrections and facelifts…”
"He's beautiful enough that he doesn't need a facelift," Corolin said.
"On the surface, that's true," Hillress said, "and you can see that a mother's birth can produce this kind of high-quality individual, but it's still a little bit short of a baby born in a gestation chamber. You're going to have no relationship with most people soon The difference. It's really enviable."
Coroline smiled and said: "This is what he deserves, and it is not enviable."
Hillace gave Coroline a dissatisfied look.
Cororin said: "By the way, dear beauty, are you willing to help him find his father's matching gene by the way?"
Opal suddenly became nervous, and he completely forgot about it.
Hillress pondered for a while and said, "I don't have the password for the ACU gene bank, which is also prohibited from leaking..."
Coroline and Opal invaded her inner thoughts almost at the same time. Coroline glanced at Opal with a smile. His power of belief drove out Opal's power of belief, and he held Shirley with his fingers. s chin, causing her to look up at herself, her eyes into hers, and say, "I know you're a good man, Hillress, so what's the harm in telling me?"
A blush appeared on Shirles' face, and for a moment he lost his mind, and then replied: "Okay... Okay, wait a minute, Krillin."
Opal's heart was pounding, but the next moment the liquid was poured into the entire nutrition chamber, submerging the top of his head, and no sound could be heard.
He saw Hillace shook his head, opened a light screen, and entered the passcode, while Cororin pulled over the light screen, frowned slightly, and examined it seriously.
The appearance of a person appears on it, and next to it is a column of comments and explanations.
That's a man.
Opal felt almost instantly that it was his father!
However, Coroline turned the screen over, so that Opal could no longer read from behind.
Opal struggled to identify the opposite words, in his consciousness: [Teacher, can you tell me? About my father and mother.]Cololin looked up at him and didn't answer.
Opal: [Oh no, don't do this... Teacher, who is my father?]
Coroline: [It doesn't matter, he's an ordinary person, and the Covenant thinks he's dead.]Opal: [Tell me.]
Coroline: [Don't use the command tone on me, Opal.]
Opal: [I beg you to tell me.]
Cororin looked at him with a smile: [The request is invalid.]
Opal: [Please, teacher... ]
Cororin: [The reference to your genetic father is just to prove one of my guesses.] Opal: [What guess?]
Coroline: [I will tell you later.]
Coroline wiped it casually, put away the light screen, raised his right hand, and pressed toward the opal in the nutrition cabin.
Opal was startled and didn't know what he wanted to do, but a gentle and powerful force of faith enveloped him in an instant, and the next moment, hundreds of needles with thin tubes stretched out from the training cabin, and at the same time they pierced into his body. In the body, blood immediately poured into the transparent tube.
It felt a little weird, but not too painful.
Coroline: [Does it hurt?]
Opal understood that at that moment, Coroline was carefully protecting him, for fear that he would suffer too much pain at once.
Coroline: [I used to feel very painful when I had this operation.]
Opal: [Thank you, teacher.]
Cororin smiled and looked at him. Opal knew that no matter what he was thinking, Cororin could clearly understand, and suddenly felt that it was good. Many times, he could feel his sincere mood without even saying it.
He gave himself another life, and Opal felt a vague sense of guilt.
Hillace said something to Cororin again, and Cororin nodded and answered her silently.
Opal: [Teacher, how much does this operation cost?]
Cororin: [It doesn't cost much, just a billion credits.]
Opal: [One billion! How many days does it take?]
Coroline: [About forty-eight hours.]
Opal: [Teacher, why are you so kind to me?]
Coroline: [Very strange? I need an apprentice who is loyal enough and willing to expose his inner thoughts to my prying eyes. You don't have to feel guilty for this, because your life and your soul are mine from this day on. , you must be faithful to me and obey all my commands. ] Opal: [I will, I swear by my life.]
Coroline: [Well, I believe in you too.]
Coroline stretched out her left arm and let Shirres hold it. She glanced at Opal full of envy and jealousy, then turned and left with Coroline.
The laboratory was plunged into darkness, with only a few life-response lights still on.
Where did Coroline go? I should have chatted with the doctor.
Opal was lost in thought. This was the operation that Raymond had promised to bring him to do. At that time, they only knew that Refina had undergone life-extending adjustments, which could only be carried out by perfect genes.
To change from ordinary genes to perfect genes requires more money - billions. He and Raymond, two poor mercenaries, didn't know it, and they simply thought it was only 800,000.
Coroline has done too much for him.
I remember saying to Lecter a long time ago: "Teacher, my life is too short." When Lecter just answered him: "The key is to burn your life in the short life and do more valuable things. ."
Coroline doesn't have the same ideas as Rector - seriously, Coroline gave him what many people wanted, and he wanted the same thing as Raymond, wanting to make Opal live longer.
Opal closed his eyes and was immersed in thinking. Every cell in his body was active, as if something was replacing all the elements that made up his body. I feel like something strange is growing inside my body.
It was a strange experience, he felt the surroundings grow bigger
Opal opened his eyes and looked suspiciously at the reflection on the nutrition cabin.
His hair was much shorter, and everything outside seemed to be a size bigger.
Opal: "???"
The lights in the lab were on, and Coroline leaned against the door and looked at him.
Coroline: [What do you want to say?]
Opal looked at Cororin in surprise, and the Cororin in his eyes was much taller. When he first entered the nutrition cabin, he was high on the side of Cororin's ear, but now it seems to only reach his shoulders
Coroline: [It's not that I'm getting older, it's that you've become smaller.]
Opal: [I got smaller? !]
Coroline: [Well, this is a reverse growth process. It will eventually go back to when you were ten years old.] Opal was in great shock, Cororin read his thoughts and replied: [This operation will remove all your fighting habits, rebuild your body, and I will start training you again from the age of ten. This time you will get the most perfect basic conditions. After you come out, I will supervise your growth, watch you grow, and teach you to be a better star knight than me. ] Coroline turned off the light and left the laboratory, leaving the opal in the dark.