Chapter 1234 - Power is A Glass of Poisoned Wine

After the call with Wu Changfeng, it didn’t take long before Frankberg and Moscow’s calls arrive.It was still the same rhetoric, Jiang Chen promised these two allies that “a biotechnology summit will be held to disclose the research progress of the Devil Worms”, “your scientists are invited to participate in joint research” and a series of other benefits before the allies walked away happily.

The allies’ excited tone made Jiang Chen feel ashamed.

Of course, he was ashamed for at most a second or two before he tossed the matter out of his head.

After breakfast, Natasha went to the Russian Embassy, ​​Xia Shiyu drove to work as usual, and Ayesha went to the Ghost Agents Headquarters; only Jiang Chen was left in the mansion.

Back to the office, Jiang Chen sat down and turned on the holographic screen on his watch.

“Call Lin Lin.”

“Yes.”

Jean’s holographic figure blinked and soon scattered back into countless light particles before it was reorganized into a holographic screen and connected to Lin Lin’s laboratory.

When Lin Lin picked up the call, she held an electronic welding torch in her hand.

Behind her was a bare doll with its chest cavity wide open. From the giant hole, he could vaguely see the exposed wires and circuit boards. As early as two months ago, she procrastinated on the cyborg based on Jiang Chen’s instructions, now it was finally almost finished.

After she tossed the torch aside, Lin Lin sat straight down with one hand supporting her chin and looked at Jiang Chen on the screen.

“It’s really strange that you called me so early in the morning. Just be straightforward.”

“There is indeed something...”

Jiang Chen tried to arrange his thoughts in his head, then used words as simple as he could to explain what he saw with the drone yesterday in Mine 071, the ruins, and the last memory of the Gaia civilization.

Because there was a lot of information, Jiang Chen took about half an hour to explain everything clearly.

After she had listened to Jiang Chen’s description of Gaia civilization, Lin Lin’s mouth opened and she was clearly astonished.

“Gaia civilization? Devil Worms? I have never heard of it...”

“Have you not heard the news about the development of Mars before the war?” Jiang Chen frowned and asked with confusion, “I remember you once said that Pan-Asia Cooperation, the Soviet Union, and NATO have all established their own Mars station...”

Before the war, the three major forces had developed limited resources on Mars, but for some odd reasons, the development only stayed in the realm of scientific research. They did not build a self-sufficient colony on Mars, nor did they attempt to develop the minerals of Mars...

But even so, Pan-Asia Cooperation, the Soviet Union, and NATO, the Big Three who dominated the 22nd century, had no reason to not discover the secrets on Mars.

“Maybe, but this kind of information won’t be disclosed to ordinary people, right?” Lin Lin rolled her eyes and looked at Jiang Chen with an “I thought you knew” expression and said, “You think I am an encyclopedia. Do you? I know just a bit more than the ordinary person.”

Lin Lin once said that she had read her father’s research materials.

The parts she was more knowledgeable in were basically based on her father’s computer and data.

Obviously, Dr. Lin’s research field was beyond the realm of an extraterrestrial civilization. Perhaps only the people on the colonial ship would know the extent of the Pan-Asia Cooperation’s understanding of Gaia civilization.

“I can’t figure it out by just listening...Let’s get a copy of the Devil’s Worm’s tissue cells, blood cells, brain cells, etc., and put it in a 20ml test tube. My sisters happen to know about biotechnology, maybe they will be able to help you,” Lin Lin said.

Through the interdimensional material transmission device on Coconut Island, it was already possible to transmit hamster-sized living organisms. It was more than sufficient to send a few test tubes to the apocalypse.

“Please. However, you have to wait until the end of this month at the earliest. The specimen has just been packaged and boarded, and it will take three weeks to fly them back to Celestial City from Mars.”

The Seagull-class on standby in the Mars synchronous orbit was still equipped with the previous-generation engine, and its speed was definitely not as fast as the one boarded by the Marines who rushed to the Mars colony for reinforcements.

“Then wait until the end of the month to talk to me about this matter... By the way, are you really planning to build a body for that AI?” Lin Lin looked at Jiang Chen with a worried expression, and seemed to seek confirmation, “Is this really well-considered? It’s advanced artificial intelligence...”

“It’s just a body. As long as we put the thermite on its server, it shouldn’t do anything that might cause unnecessary misunderstanding.” Jiang Chen shrugged and looked at Lin Lin with interest, “Speaking of which, I remember that in Fallout Shelter 005 when I put thermite on its motherboard, you scolded me for being wasteful. Why are you scared now?”

“Whatever, screw you!” When Lin Lin recalled how silly she looked when they first met, she blushed and gave Jiang Chen a fierce look, “When there is a problem, you can solve it yourself!”

After she exploded on him, Lin Lin did not give Jiang Chen the chance to tease her back before she ended the communication furiously.

...

Shangjing, west of the Forbidden City.

At the gate of the community that was heavily guarded, a car with a military license plate stopped slowly in front of the barrier.

A soldier wearing the uniform of the special operations brigade stepped forward, checked the driver’s ID, gave a standard military salute, stepped aside, and then gestured to the guard inside the checkpoint to let the car pass.

The car stopped in front of a beautiful house. Wu Changfeng took a deep breath, pushed open the car door, and walked towards the house with two bodyguards in suits.

Inside the tearoom, a calm and relaxed old man who was enjoying his tea. However, when he saw Wu Chengfeng, he immediately put down his cup and asked with a slight eagerness in his tone.

“How is the situation?”

“He agreed!” Wu Changfeng restrained the excitement in his heart and tried his best to make his expression look calmer, “Celestial Trade will hold a summit at the end of the month to disclose the findings on Mars to the public...”

After the old man listened to Wu Changfeng’s words, he beamed with joy and nodded with a relieved smile.

“Agreed? That’s great. You did a very good job on this matter, it’s a great achievement!”

“I don’t dare,” Wu Changfeng smiled modestly, “I just conveyed the central government’s messaged to him. How dare I claim the credit?”

“Little Wu.”

“What else? Chief commander?” Wu Changfeng respectfully asked.

The old chief commander stared at Wu Changfeng’s face for a long time, before he suddenly said with seriousness.

“You have become younger.”

Wu Changfeng’s heart stopped beating for an instant, his expression stiffened slightly, and his Adam’s apple moved.

“It’s good to be young. When I was still in the rural area, I also used to run around in the countryside. My legs and feet in my forties were better than those in their 20s.” The old man did not seem to notice the subtle changes on Wu Changfeng’s face as he just laughed with some emotion, “Once you’re free, you’ll get old.”

“We have caught up with a great era, and what we need is capable talents like you! The next generation will push us forward, and the future of the country requires the new generation like you to work hard.”

The old chief commander seemed to feel melancholic over his past as he began to speak about his past.

But after Wu Changfeng heard what the old commander said, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile through his stiffness

“Thank you for your support.”

He didn’t find out...

To be honest, he felt perplexed, and he even hesitated a few times to confess about the vaccine to the old commander who promoted him. But in the end, he chose to remain silent

Just as Jiang Chen once told him.

Power is a glass of poisoned wine.

Now, as he stood, he added another sentence to it.

Eternal life is too.

If power and immortality were mixed together, its toxicity would be even deadlier than arsenic.

This was true for both individuals and countries...