The stars, but they become the gray wind

The three drones acted like 3D printers, accurately recreating the original White House's interior and exterior structures while also adding additional features. Fiber optic cables connecting to the island's underground supercomputer and multifunctional water and electricity pipelines were integrated into the walls and floors of the White House. Calisi even thoughtfully installed central air conditioning for added comfort.

Less than half an hour later, with the completion of the last wall, the white house, which was restored almost 1:1 and underwent a lot of modern renovations, stood on the hillside without any sense of incongruity.

"OK, done!" Carlisle clasped her hands together, walked forward, pushed open the gate of the white house, and greeted Charlotte and Angel who were still a little dazed behind her.

"Ms. Anjie, Miss Charlotte, this is your residence. Wouldn't you like to come in and take a look?"

"Oh... yeah." Angel was still immersed in observing the three drones that built a house like building blocks in just half an hour. After hearing Carlisle's reminder, she came back to her senses, took Charlotte's hand, and walked into the yard of the white house together.

In the yard, rows of green radish were planted in the green boxes on both sides, and many roses were blooming near the corner of the house. Charlotte also noticed that there was even a pond next to the wall of the yard that had not yet been filled with water.

"I'm sorry, I took the liberty of adding some extra things when recreating it, but I promise you will like them." Carlisle walked to the door of the white house, pushed it open, turned around and said to Charlotte and others.

"Everyone, come inside and take a look."

As Charlotte walked into the house, she noticed that there were many things in the house that she didn't recognize.

"This is a refrigerator. If you have any food, you can store it in here to preserve it for a longer period of time. That one over there is a smart washing machine. You can throw your dirty clothes in there and it will be automatically washed and dried with just one click. That one hanging on the wall is a smart central air conditioner. The climate on the island is quite hot, so this thing can keep a relatively comfortable temperature."

"Also, I modified the lighting system inside this room. I replaced all the old incandescent lamps and wires with this..." As she spoke, Carlisle clapped her hands vigorously. With the sound of clapping, a soft white light lit up above everyone's heads.

"I added voice control to all the light sources in this room. Of course, this isn't the biggest modification..."

"The biggest renovation was to the house's power system itself. The entire system was replaced with one capable of receiving long-range wireless microwave power transmission. As for the source of power... naturally, it comes from the hydroelectric platform on the south side of the island."

"Of course, in addition to these major renovations, I also preserved some details, such as the fireplace in the house. Considering your habits, I kept it for you. Although it's probably not necessary on an island in the North Pacific close to the equator."

"By the way, there is one more thing. This room is connected to our communication network. You can use it to look up anything you want to know. You still have a lot to learn." Carlisle said as she took out a canvas bag containing eight tablet data terminals from behind and handed it to Dorothy.

"Is this... the one I saw you guys using before?" Dorothy asked as she pulled one of the tablets out of her canvas bag.

"This is the data terminal we commonly use. You can use it to view all the information in the data center we have built on the island."

"Although this thing's official name is a handheld multi-functional small computer, it's not usually called that. The entire device is basically fool-proof, and anyone who can read can quickly learn how to use it. I believe in the learning abilities of all of you spies, so learning how to operate it should be a simple task."

"Of course, if you have any questions or want to know anything, you can also search directly here."

"Everyone, if you have any questions, I'm always welcome to answer them. As for the rest of the time, I'll leave it to you to think about new things."

Just as Carissa and Aze took Charlotte and others to visit the white house that had undergone a major renovation, and Charlotte and others were trying to familiarize themselves with the new things in the house that they had never seen before, at the airport on the other side of Taylor Island, Renlong and Yuki were testing a new aircraft together.

"FFR-41-MRMave Xuefeng, it really makes me miss it." Renlong stood beside the plane and looked at the Chinese words "Xuefeng" written on the nose of the plane and sighed.

"Look at this graceful shape and beautiful variable-sweep wings. It really suits my aesthetic taste."

"If Kalisi were here... she would probably just say, 'Such a beautiful design really hits my XP!!!' right?" Renlong said jokingly.

"Although Carlisle is a bit of a machine-lover, she shouldn't be so stunned by the sight of a pretty weapon, right?" Yuki on the side complained.

"You don't know, but that girl, Kalisi, has an unimaginable obsession with the Sulfur Zero II Umbrella Death VIII Basil products, which are full of technological beauty."

"I remember she once said: The beauty of the miracles created by technology is incomparable to any natural landscape."

"The reason she likes all kinds of wonders is actually because she's very obsessed with the artistic sense created by technology."

"Forget it... let's not talk about this for now. We are here to test the plane. I plan to give Xuefeng's driving feel a try." Renlong said as he climbed onto the open cockpit on Mave's back and sat in the cockpit.

"If we're just testing the performance of the plane, is it necessary to fly it yourself? This thing can be completely remotely piloted without human intervention." Yuki, who was standing next to the plane, said to Renlong who had already climbed into the cockpit.

"Although remote driving can solve the problem, it's hard to understand some things unless you try them yourself."

"Then isn't it even more unnecessary to cram someone in to drive it? Even though our bodies are made of nanomachines now, and our ability to withstand high-G maneuvers far exceeds that of ordinary humans, we will still experience dizziness similar to that of ordinary humans." Previously, when Yuuki was riding in the anti-gravity aircraft driven by Kalisi, he was tossed around a lot and also discovered that as a nanomechanical aggregate life form, he still retained some human senses. For example, under high-speed maneuvers exceeding 9G, he would still feel dizzy and uncomfortable. Although under this kind of gravitational acceleration, a normal human might have fainted directly, Yuuki only felt a little dizzy.

"I've tested it before. Accelerations above 9G will probably make us dizzy, and accelerations above 20G will probably make us feel unbearable. Although this body made of nanomachines can probably operate normally without any damage even under gravitational accelerations that are tens of thousands of times higher than normal levels, our sensory tolerance as humans is limited. Under such ultra-high gravitational accelerations, the body's senses will feel terrible. So if you want to maneuver, to be safe, it is recommended not to exceed 10G, otherwise you will be in pain." Yuki reminded Renlong who was familiarizing himself with the initial operations in the cockpit.

"I see, thanks for the reminder. But speaking of the performance of this fighter, how well do you know it?" Renlong turned and asked Yuki who was standing outside the cockpit.

"I'm quite clear on this. Besides those obvious features, Mave's greatest strengths are its extremely high speed, multi-machine interconnection algorithm, and ridiculously strong maneuverability. In our world, it would most likely be considered a genuine sixth-generation aircraft."

"However, as a fighter jet, it takes a completely different technical approach, completely abandoning stealth performance and placing all emphasis on maneuverability."

"But the interesting thing is that neither Yukikaze's original enemy, Gum, nor our current situation actually requires fighter jets to have stealth capabilities and indicators. The original Yukikaze gave up stealth because its enemy, Gum, was completely immune to radar invisibility, and we..."

"On our side... the enemy doesn't even have radar technology! The world's first practical radar wasn't developed until 1935. It would take another 30 years for radar technology to become widespread."

"Therefore, at the current stage, the stealth performance of all our fighter jets is actually somewhat dispensable, because the enemy is too backward and does not even have radar. Naturally, the radar stealth performance of our fighter jets is completely unimportant or even a bit redundant."

"So... at this stage, our Snow Wind, which completely abandons stealth capabilities, actually meets actual combat requirements to a certain extent?"

"If you say so, it is true." Yuki, who was standing outside the plane, touched his chin and nodded.

.........

A few minutes later, Yuki watched a fighter plane gliding on the runway in the distance, spraying blue flames as it slowly ascended into the air.

In the cockpit, Renlong retracted the landing gear of the plane, feeling the vibration and noise from the roar of the engine. Renlong half-lying in the highly electronic cockpit, staring at the data displayed on the three spherical displays at the front and the holographic projections on both sides.

"Good, the flying attitude is stable, the fuselage structure is good, and the engine is running normally. Let's try something more exciting next!" Renlong pushed the throttle forward suddenly, and the Mave's flying speed suddenly increased. The movable canopy of the dual-vector engine nozzle at the tail slid downward, and the engine immediately spewed out a brighter and narrower blue flame, pushing the aircraft to accelerate forward.

After confirming that the speed has reached a high enough level, Renlong suddenly pulled the lever back, causing the nose of the aircraft to pitch up to 120 degrees.

He kept the aircraft in a level flight state with the tail in front and the nose in the back, then pushed the rudder hard to make the raised nose return to a horizontal state. Under Renlong's control, Mave performed a fairly standard and graceful Pugachev's Cobra maneuver in the air. During the whole process, the overload felt by Renlong did not exceed 4G.

"Let's try something more exciting..." Renlong muttered to himself, and then without hesitation, he suddenly moved the stick sideways, allowing Mave to perform several 360-degree continuous rolling maneuvers around the longitudinal axis of its own body.

After completing a series of rolling maneuvers, Renlong was still not satisfied. He pushed the lever to pull the nose of the aircraft to an angle of attack of about 70 degrees, used the vector thrust device on the fuselage to change the direction of thrust, and operated the forward-swept wing surfaces on both sides to make the aircraft perform a half roll, then quickly turned 180 degrees and reduced the angle of attack to return to the initial level flight state.

"A beautiful wall push, oh yeah!!!"

"Next, let's try the ramjet engine and prepare to increase the altitude!" Pulling the steering stick again and pushing the accelerator hard, watching the fighter's altitude value displayed on the instrument panel increase rapidly, Renlong began to accelerate. In just a few minutes, Mave's speed gradually increased to a cruising speed of 1.75 Mach. After maintaining the cruising speed for a while, Renlong closed the main air intake and opened the auxiliary ramjet intake on the back of the fuselage, starting the afterburner mode.

Under the huge thrust provided by the ramjet engine, Mave's speed soared to more than Mach 3. After exceeding three times the speed of sound, Mave's speed continued to increase and eventually stabilized at 3.8 times the speed of sound, which is a terrifying speed of 1293.14 meters per second.

"Hiss... It's a bit unstable at this speed..." Feeling the machine moving forward at a somewhat unstable high speed in the air, Renlong slightly adjusted the joystick in his hand to stabilize Xuefeng's machine.

Seeing that the test purpose had been achieved, Renlong turned off the ramjet mode, allowing the speed of Mave under him to drop back to below twice the speed of sound, and gradually lowered the flight altitude.

"It's worthy of being Yukikaze's machine... It feels really good... I like it!" Renlong raised his hand and knocked on the canopy beside him and thought so.

"Getting ready to land, time to play with 'that'!"

.........

On the ground, Yuki watched Mave approaching the runway at a very high speed. Mave's current speed was obviously too fast for landing.

"This guy... wants to replicate that?" Looking at Yukikaze approaching the runway at high speed, Yuki had already roughly guessed what Renlong was going to do next.

As the Xuefeng approached the runway at high speed, the forward-swept variable main wings on both sides folded forward to create the largest windward surface. With the airflow obstructing, the Xuefeng, with its engine turned off, slowed down to zero in just ten meters and landed heavily on the ground. The powerful shock-absorbing structure of the landing gear prevented the aircraft from suffering any damage and landed steadily on the runway.

"Your technique is pretty good..." From a distance, Yuki praised Mave as he watched her land steadily on the runway.

.........

"This thing feels so good to the touch!" This was the first sentence that Renlong said to Yuki after leaving the cockpit.

"You look like you're having fun flying, don't you?"

"Of course, the handling of this thing is simply amazing."

"If I have to describe it, it's just one word: awesome!!!" Renlong's expression looked very happy.

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On the other side, Charlotte and others were studying hard in front of the tablet data terminals in their hands. Thousands of new concepts, technologies, and theories seemed to have opened up a new world before them. Especially Mary, who was not good at studying. When she understood and learned this new knowledge, she showed an unprecedented enthusiasm. It was completely different from the boring etiquette and political formalities she had learned in the past. This new knowledge seemed to arouse Mary's curiosity as a child, and she learned this knowledge with a thirst for knowledge.

Aze on the side was obviously also very happy to see it happen. After all, compared to those annoying and useless political etiquette knowledge and experience, the knowledge that can truly broaden people's horizons and explore the laws of nature and the truth of the universe is obviously much more interesting.

"It seems that Mary may have been inspired by us to develop some extraordinary talents." Aze sighed as he watched Mary, who was carefully studying various natural science information on the tablet terminal in the room through the video.

"Isn't this a good thing? Since the child has become interested in things like natural science, let her continue on this path and develop according to her hobbies and interests." Carlisle commented.

"That makes sense, but maybe we can inspire some unexpected talents in this child."

"Who knows? After all, everything is possible." Carlisle said, spreading her hands.

Chapter 99: An Unexpected Relationship and an Unjust War (5000 words)

In the blink of an eye, two years have passed since Charlotte and others came to live on Taylor Island. During these two years, Anjie, Charlotte and their companions have basically become familiar with most of the technologies and high-tech equipment on the island. They seemed unfamiliar with using the smart washing machine at the beginning, but now, including Anjie, everyone can use various complex electronic devices including computers without any obstacles.

As a child, Mary grew a little taller after two years. Although compared with an adult like Dorothy, Mary still looked very petite and childish, but during these two years, driven by her interest, Mary became fascinated with astronomy. For this purpose, Aze even made a large-aperture telescope with a main lens diameter of two meters for Mary to observe the stars in the sky.

At the beginning, Aze actually wanted to directly build a giant ground-based astronomical telescope with a diameter of more than 20 meters for Mary to use. However, considering that a telescope of this size was too complicated and cumbersome to operate, it was too difficult for Mary, who was still a beginner in various high-tech equipment. In the end, Aze chose to build an astronomical telescope with a main lens diameter of two meters. Although the observation capability of this telescope is much worse than that of a giant astronomical telescope with a diameter of more than tens of meters, it has the advantage of being smaller in size, which is convenient for beginners like Mary to operate alone.

And for Aze, there is obviously good news. That is, in the relaxed and happy living environment on the island without all kinds of rules and etiquette constraints, Charlotte and Angel finally revealed their relationship to other companions. When everyone heard Angel and Charlotte say that they were lovers, their expressions were extremely wonderful.

Although Dorothy was very surprised by this, she had noticed before that Angel had an abnormal trust in Charlotte, which was very strange and unreasonable for a spy. Considering the clues she had observed before, Dorothy realized that Angel and Charlotte might have been lovers in private even earlier than she noticed. But as one of Angel's best and most trusted friends, Dorothy still sincerely wished them well.

The one who reacted most strongly was Beatle, Charlotte's maid. When the two announced their relationship, Beatle's mouth was so wide open in shock that it was enough to swallow an egg. Although he had noticed that Charlotte had some inexplicable affection for the spy Angel, he had never expected that the two had actually developed into a couple in private.

Among the crowd, Chise, who came from Japan, a country with a rather conservative culture, seemed quite calm after hearing the news. She only asked with a puzzled expression, "So girls can be lovers too?"

There are also several people with special identities. One is the female secretary of the Duke of Normandy. After being forcibly brought to the island by Carlisle using some threats and inducements two years ago, she has been actively learning how to use various high-tech equipment on the island and the knowledge of the virtual network in the morning. In the past two years, she has gradually become a full-time female secretary of Charlotte and the other three.

The other is Miss Olivia. As Mary's full-time maid, she has been taking care of Mary wholeheartedly in the past two years and actively helping Mary develop her hobbies and interests in astronomy. In the process, she learned a lot of new knowledge and became familiar with the lifestyle on the island.

The two were also quite surprised after hearing the true relationship between Charlotte and Angel. Then, the female secretary recalled that in the past two years of getting along, Charlotte would always find excuses to get herself and others away, and go out with Angel in private for no one knew what. Often, the two would not come back together until the next morning. The female secretary did not think much about it at the time. It was not until Charlotte announced her relationship with Angel that she remembered these clues that she had overlooked.

After learning about the relationship between her most respected Princess Charlotte and Angel, Miss Olivia said nothing but blushed. She had only seen such relationships in some shameful novels. As for what Angel and Charlotte would do during their private meetings, Olivia couldn't help but start to blush and imagine.

But among everyone, the one who had the most interesting reaction after knowing the news was actually the youngest Mary. After Charlotte made her relationship with Ange public, Mary showed an awkward expression. The sister Charlotte in front of her was the person she respected and liked the most, and Ange was also one of her favorite people, and also her savior. As a child, Mary did not realize that her love for Charlotte had exceeded the level of relatives, but Mary was very close to that "angel sister" in her heart, which made her fall into a dilemma. Mary, who had no experience in this regard, looked at Ange and Charlotte who were getting along intimately without caring about the eyes of others. This made Mary feel entangled and at a loss. She didn't know why she felt unwilling when she saw her favorite sister Charlotte and Ange getting close together.

Feeling a little overwhelmed, Mary went to ask her angel sister and Calisi, hoping that they could give her some guidance. But after listening to Mary's confession to Aze, Calisi, who was drinking a drink with long purple hair, was so shocked that she spit out a mouthful of drink and said something that Mary could not understand.

"Oh no, why is it suddenly White Album? And your circle is really messy?" Carlisle complained with an expression like an old man on the subway using his cell phone.

After hearing her story, the angel sister first showed a surprised expression, then kindly stroked her head and gently counseled her, "Mary, you're still too young to understand this kind of emotion. Let's do this: wait until you learn more. After a while, if you still have these feelings and thoughts about Charlotte, Anjie, and me, I will naturally fully support you!"

Aze gave a thumbs up and said to Mary with a smile.

And after hearing what Aze said, Carlisle, who was sitting next to him, had an embarrassed expression on her face.

After gently guiding and comforting Mary, and waving goodbye to her as she left the house, Carlisle, who had been holding her head in deep thought, finally came to her senses.

"You... uh... wait a minute... let me take a break!" Carlisle said as she rubbed her temples and sorted out the information in her mind.

"You... don't want Mary to interfere in the relationship between Charlotte and Angel, do you? You should also know how close their relationship is after going through so much?" After lowering her head and thinking for a while, Carlisle raised her head and asked Aze.

"I know... Of course I know very well that the relationship between the two of them cannot be destroyed, and this is something I absolutely don't want to see." Aze said in a firm tone.

"Then you still..."

"Of course I won't ruin their relationship! But you know Mary loves Charlotte, so I can't let such a lovely child like Mary become a loser, right?"

"Wait a minute...you don't want to?"

"Since Mary likes Charlotte, and doesn't reject Anjie, her savior, and has a very high liking for me, why not have them all?"

"Even though Mary is a child now, wouldn't it be better to wait until she's an adult and then take everything?"

"Let me ask you first... do you mind if Mary..."

"If you're talking about me... I certainly don't mind Mary having several lovers, including me." Aze seemed very happy about this.

"Rather than letting Mary give up, it would be better to choose an option that she won't regret later."

"So what you mean is... let Mary start a harem?" Carlisle slapped her forehead hard with her left palm to sort out her thoughts.

"That's about what I mean. And if Mary is willing to accept Charlotte and Angel as lovers, then she shouldn't mind me helping her increase the number of sisters and family members." Having said that, Aze licked his lips and made the scumbag statement without any self-awareness and very nonchalantly.

"And in this regard, wasn't this how you used to like driving?"

"But... you also know that I have zero experience in this area in real life!!" Carisi, who had driven countless times in the group but had absolutely zero practical experience in real life, complained helplessly.

"Oh... In short, don't be too limited in this aspect of the relationship. Wouldn't it be better if everyone loved each other and formed a big family?" Aze said happily.

"Uh... maybe... what you said does make some sense?" Carlisle, who was already a little confused by this logic, agreed with Aze's idea without knowing it.

"Anyway, this matter will probably not have a result in a few years, and it's not like we have done nothing in the past two years, right?" Aze said with his back to Carisi while standing in front of the window.

"You mean... the food Charlotte and the others eat almost all contains trace amounts of activated nanomachines that we deliberately put in?"

"It's true that we're secretly monitoring their physical data, and the activated nanomachines that have entered their bodies are also secretly repairing and strengthening their bodies. For example, the damage to Miss Dorothy's lungs and liver caused by occasional smoking and drinking has been completely repaired by our covert manipulation of the activated nanomachines in her body."

"And some minor ailments that others had that were mostly ignored. For example, Beata's skin allergies after coming into contact with certain foods were cured by the activated nanomachines in her body without her even realizing it. We also removed a few minor scars that the young master, Xiao Wulin Jiusanjiu, had from her swordsmanship training."

"I can honestly say that even if a bullet blew their heads off right now, the activated nanomachines in their bodies would be able to save them, or even make them fully healed."

"But...it's not enough. I am VII Sansi." At this time, Aze added.

"So... do you want to... completely transform them into our state? Intelligent life forms composed purely of nanomechanical aggregates?"

"This shouldn't be a difficult task for us, right? Rather, since they already have a lot of activated nanomachines in their bodies, and these nanomachines have been secretly transforming and adjusting their bodies for quite a long time, transforming all of them into nearly immortal nanomachine aggregate life forms like us shouldn't be a difficult task, right?"

"It's really not a difficult thing. I also asked Cabot about this." Calisi replied.

"Oh, you asked Cabot? What did she say?"