The two of them drank half a bottle of tuna vodka, and their faces turned red. "Let's talk now." Gu Tie said lazily, leaning on the sofa. "What did Jakir want you to do?"
Xiao Liping took off his gold-rimmed glasses, played with them and put them back on. Gu Tie could see from the abnormal reflection of the lenses that there was an optical projection mechanism projected onto the retina on the inside of the glasses. He understood that Lao Xiao should be monitoring the images captured by the camera. But he didn't say anything. What? Xiao Liping lit up a cigarette and threw it to Gu Tie. He lit another one and watched the red color of the cigarette butt flicker in fascination. "Actually, until now, I don't know what Jakir wants. What?" he said. "The betrayer has done a lot of things. But there is no correlation between Jakir's instructions. I can't see the actual meaning contained in them. I once told you that the betrayer is the 'Guardian of Balance'. '.This is just a personal conjecture. I think Jakir wants to maintain the normal operation of the real world. Make the Betrayer a buffer between the Brotherhood and the Ghost, GTC and IPU. In fact, we have succeeded. Several head-on conflicts between the Red Owl Brotherhood and Ghost's Right Hand were avoided. Neither of them realized that a third party had appeared in the battle surrounding the key factor of the candidate."
Gu Tie took a puff of the cigarette. It circulated in his lungs for a week, and a large, round smoke ring stood out. He picked up the cigarette box with a slightly surprised expression and looked at it. "Soft Marlboro. Made in Senegal. The taste has not been the same for a long time." Such a mellow cigarette. It’s a bit interesting.”
Xiao Liping said: "The Senegal factory uses high-quality tobacco from Zimbabwe. You may know that Zimbabwe is the world's second largest tobacco exporter. Due to quality losses caused by transportation, the quality of cigarettes produced locally in Africa is the highest."
"Ah, put it away." Gu Tie put the cigarette case into his pocket. "Let's continue talking. How many members are there in the betrayal... I mean except for a few of your core members."
"Three hundred and two people." Lao Xiao said the answer without thinking. "They are spread all over the world. They are all elites in the industry. However, the combatants are very rare. After all, it is not an organization that demands force."
Gu Tie pouted: "Awesome. You can actually keep me completely unaware. I have to praise your level of confidentiality."
Xiao Liping said: "No. You just never doubted the organization itself. To you, the Betrayer is more like an interest group to kill time, isn't it?"
"...Whatever you say." Gu Tie took a deep breath from his cigarette. "What's the reciprocal number? I discovered the irrational numbers. I wrote the calculation program. It can't be Gajeel's fault."
"The countdown is real. In a way that's one of the reasons Gajeel approached us. He thought the numbers would indicate a critical moment...a moment when some kind of disaster could be averted through the intervention of the Betrayer. "Lao Xiao said.
"The more I listen, the more confused I become." Gu Tie said. "I hate mysticism."
"This is the truth, brother." Lao Xiao said. "This is the betrayer. Whether you can accept it or not, the facts are in front of you. I shouldn't say these words to you. But I must fulfill my promise. After all, you are mine... …”
Gu Tiedao: "Okay. One last thing. Tell me what those people are busy with now."
"who."
"You know."
"I do not understand."
Gu Tie raised his eyebrows with a sarcastic smile: "Pretend to be stupid. I just used the quantum network to spy on the terminal information of several core members. Now the coordinates of Sakir, Shamsher, and Remiel are all concentrated at 46 North Latitude. Degree 2 minutes, longitude 63 degrees 2 minutes east. It is a semi-desert area in Kazakhstan. There is nothing but gravel and wild rabbits... except for the Knubayer Space Launch Center. Russia's largest manned rocket before it was abandoned in 2006 Launch center. With the dissolution of the CIS, diplomatic relations with Kazakhstan deteriorated. Russia relocated the space center to the Far East Pacific. The Knubair Center was closed and became a dead city. The coordinates of the three old friends point to this abandoned place. Launch Center. I guess it’s not a Boy Scout excursion. A NASA astronaut, an American sociologist, and an angel investor in the Nordic science field appeared in the desert where birds don’t lay eggs. This The strange combination will make people a little concerned..."
Xiao Liping looked at him expressionlessly.
"In other words, except for Matilil who directs the war, the ghostly Jakir, and you and me hiding underground, the large army of betrayers are tinkering with some mysterious stuff at the space launch center. This Are you interested in talking to me about it?" Gu Tie said calmly, crossing his legs.
Lao Xiao was silent for a whole minute. "I didn't expect you to be able to lock their location through the network. Remiel used all the network resources under the group's name to build a firewall. I didn't expect you to bypass it so easily... Are you A Trojan horse program was added to everyone’s text messages. When did it happen?”
The master of the Pure Land grinned: "From the very beginning, I have said that the only person I trust in this world is you. So when they joined the betrayers, I added Trojan horses to the encrypted communication program. Those The colorful bugs are actually highly poisonous. As you said, Remiel's firewall caused me some trouble. I couldn't control the other party's terminal in a big way. I could only send them through the cracks in the firewall through the cracks of the firewall through the internal beta test using Trojans. A little bit of information. The information fragments include GPS information, data traffic, instantaneous timing and some unparsable garbled codes. But now I regret it. Only your terminal account does not have the Trojan I implanted, which led me to want to seize this base. Even the control center can’t do it.”
Xiao Liping's eyes looked very cold. "Is that so? Then I must inform Jakir. I think he has a way to eliminate this small hidden danger."
"Ah, please." Gu Tie bowed and picked up the can containing wine: "If there is a chance, I really want to talk to him."
Lao Xiao sat there motionless. The unsmoked cigarette almost burned his fingers. He carefully put out the cigarette butt in the can. "Forget it. It's not a big deal. Let me remind you. My heartbeat, blood pressure, brain Waves and other physiological states are all monitored in real time by the automatic defense system. If you use the props in your pocket to make me fall into a coma, I'm afraid the machine gun in the ceiling will do something unfriendly. Brother."
"You lied." Gu Tie spread his hands without any surprise. There was a small glass bottle between his fingers. It was the TTDS nerve gas that was secretly installed on his body when he was selecting props in the arsenal. It was the same as Hasegawa's back then. The same type of poison gas Bengban used to kidnap him. "You clearly said there are no old-fashioned weapons like machine guns here. Liar."
"The scientific name should be the six-barreled Gatling gun." Lao Xiao said. "It doesn't hurt to tell you. A year and a half ago, we obtained the ownership of the Kazakh tank Nubair Space Center through unofficial channels. Although the Russians withdrew All the equipment was taken away. But the rails, assembly plant, control center and launcher were all intact. They could be put into use after simple repairs. We used the name of an enterprise affiliated with the International Civil Space Cooperation Organization (ISFO). In fact, all The employees are all members of the traitor. The Kazakhstan government has provided us with a considerable degree of convenience. Because I have facilitated nine large-scale infrastructure projects aided by China, bringing tens of billions of dollars to that extremely poor country. financial aid.”
Gu Tie raised his eyelids: "You are building rockets. Nowadays, private aerospace technology is quite advanced. Using recyclable and cheap rockets, you can launch five kilograms of cargo into synchronous orbit for only one hundred thousand US dollars. So, you are going to build Not a low-orbit launch vehicle. But a big one that can put payloads into lunar orbit. Heavy-duty launch vehicles like Proton, Energia, Ariane... no. Even bigger."
"Do we have any reason to build heavy rockets?" Lao Xiao said expressionlessly.
"I can think of several. But there is only one that is most reasonable. It just can't explain a problem." Gu Tie scratched the tip of his nose. "During a regular meeting, Sakir showed everyone the GTC he saw in the space program. Deep space satellite model. There is a model equipped with a small quantum computer. We conducted a demonstration on this at the time. We did not come to any conclusion... I think you are doing the same thing. But why let me know. Put the satellite Showing it to me wouldn't increase the risk. After all, I am a complete 'outsider'."
Xiao Liping's fingers moved slightly. Gu Tie immediately noticed this small body movement. "Your body language tells me that you are thinking about the comparison of volume, weight or scale. You are talking about 'much bigger'... I understand." Alright. Lao Xiao. I understand. The people who made the satellite models are ghost members lurking in the GTC. That is just a very naive idea. But it happens to touch your sensitive zone. Because your research has been going on for many years. Even It's close to success. You performed that drama in front of me because you wanted to see how much I know about it and whether it will hinder the plan." The Chinese collapsed on the sofa and smiled bitterly. "That makes sense. It turns out that this is Jakir's plan. The ultimate answer to solve the ghost problem. The finished product you created was very big. It had to be launched into space with a heavy rocket. It then reached the third cosmic speed after multiple stages of boosting. Sakir's Aerospace knowledge and Remiel’s scientific research resources are the basis of all this. Of course, what is more important is Shamsher’s sociological theory. Because you want to create a brand new world..."
Xiao Liping suddenly stood up. He said solemnly: "Let's talk later. Someone is coming. Surveillance shows that someone is approaching the top of the cube room... more than one guest."