People in Terra, governing a weird little country

"If Ernst can't be cured, he must be eliminated!"

Safar: “….”

What collapse? I didn’t collapse. My mental strength is very strong. That [fake general], please help me explain it.

I am going to be destroyed!

And you, what are you doing, you damned silver boy! What are you doing with your hand raised?

Ah, no!

"Snapped--"

There was a crisp slapping sound, followed by a loud question:

"What the hell has hit you, you bastard?!"

In an instant, the world became quiet.

Chapter 328 Kal'tsit finally got her first gold coin

Sherag, Tukarim.

It is normal for accidents to happen when exploring the universe. Even if nine out of ten rockets exploded, and one did not take off, as in the case of Ah San, that is basically normal.

Hiss - it seems that this is not normal. He is the only one who is both bad at playing.

After Kal'tsit revealed the possible dangers outside the universe, Ernst warned several parties in advance.

Kristen and Safar received information about the characteristics of the three threats, Yelagund received a request for surveillance and prevention, and Typhon received an invitation to be ready to go up the mountain together at any time.

Some people listened to these three warnings, while others did not.

Safar was one of those people who didn't listen at all. When Kristen told him about safety matters, he said he was very brave and was not afraid of anything outside at all.

As it turned out, he did have the capital. As a soul that had maintained itself for thousands of years in an environment that was also mixed with countless hallucinations, other people's consciousness, and cognitive chaos, his experience gave him amazing resistance when dealing with the demon's cognitive pollution.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that he did not directly encounter the evil spirit, but was simply affected by some residual contamination.

Even with such a strong spirit, his cognition was still distorted. He mistook Yaer, who had condensed an ice shield, for the Fire Demon General with the face of Saria and entered the "Fantasy Time". It was hard to imagine how the situation would deteriorate if he was allowed to be eroded for a period of time.

Compared to Safar, Kristen listened to part of it.

She reacted quickly and pressed the warning button in a timely manner. This was excellent for someone who had no systematic training and no experience in fighting against demonic cognitive pollution.

Even Typhon expressed his appreciation for her.

If she hadn't been so eager to study the collapsing bodies.

Apart from these two people, the rest actually took the warning to heart.

After receiving the warning, Yaer made arrangements immediately. He contacted Sammy to learn first-hand experience in fighting evil spirits, and found [Time] to instruct him to be in position at the Matterhorn tomorrow.

The sense of time confusion experienced by Christen and the researchers was not actually entirely caused by the contamination of evil spirits.

After all, Safar, who was contaminated by the evil spirits, was in an isolation tower. The safety operation manual stated that after completing the first exploration outside the isolation layer, Safar needed to be inspected, "disinfected" and observed in the isolation tower before being allowed to leave. The "disinfection" process was naturally to deal with the evil spirits.

After all, if Safar encounters killing weapons such as the Zerg, the Earth-shattering Star, or even more ruthless ones, the Burning Heavenly Weapon, and the Ether Engine, there is no need for him to perform antivirus.

He is the "poison" who will be killed.

Antivirus is naturally aimed at pollution. This is also a cryptic reference to the evil spirit's characteristic of "cannot be mentioned". In the isolation tower, there are ciphers everywhere that Typhon has laid to limit the spread of pollution, and the most important thing is the "Love of Anma" that Ernst didn't use last time.

Typhon checked it, and the small snowball that emitted a faint light had indeed melted this time.

It was that snowball that helped the entire laboratory withstand the first wave of outbreaks after Safar was contaminated. It was also the first time that the researcher saw the contaminated Safar on the monitor. Except for that researcher, when Kristen arrived later, the monitor was already damaged, with distorted images and noise.

Safar's contamination was limited by the secret code in the isolation tower and Anma's love, while the contamination that penetrated Anma's love and seeped into the laboratory was limited by the time sequence that had been paying attention to this side in advance. The sense of time confusion that Christen felt was essentially a mixture of [the loss of control of time cognition caused by the evil spirit], [normal time flow], and [subjective slow time] of the time sequence.

Although this has caused some problems to a certain extent, such as the researcher's shattered body, which Kal'tsit is trying to put back together, his early confession to his dream lover who is not here and the big fight he gets in return, and the socially deadly scene where Kristen suddenly and sissy-like invites Ernst to dance.

It’s a pity that I didn’t bring a camera, otherwise I would have taken a picture to keep as a treasure.

But compared to these not-too-bad disadvantages, the existence of [Time Sequence] does ensure that Ernst has time to rush from the Holy Stone Square to the laboratory and resolve the accident.

Ernst breathed a sigh of relief after looking around at Christen, Kal'tsit, Typhon, Ya'er, a small fragment of Originium in a jar labeled "This is a Fire Demon, Do Not Move", and the researchers who had been treated by Kal'tsit and Typhon and were now mostly in a coma.

"Finally... I'm glad everyone is okay."

He is really not good at dealing with this kind of fighting and killing scenes.

I am a civil servant, not good at fighting. Not everyone can take off their coat, pick up a walking stick and start slashing with -70% defense.

It’s not okay to hit people with a bell!

Of course, Ernst has always adhered to the concept of being a person of corresponding responsibilities, and his weakness is that he is not good at fighting. But when he really needs to use force to solve a problem, it means that all his efforts have failed.

By then, even if he had some military force and won by chance, the overall situation would probably be too late to reverse.

Reality is not a fairy tale. What’s more, even in fairy tales, the king usually asks brave men to solve problems, right?

As the "king", he still has many problems to solve.

The speech at the closing ceremony was passionate enough, and the exploration of outer space was indeed eye-catching enough, but the problem was that due to an unexpected experiment, Ernst was unable to produce "sufficiently representative results" to prove that the series of words in his speech were not false.

Kjerag said that the [Star Reaching Project] is to explore space, but what are the results?

Things from outer space: rocks, soil, or something else, at least there should be a photo, right?

No picture to describe the condolence?

Other countries are not easy to fool. Without results, empty words will just be empty words. No matter how nice your words sound, they will have no practical significance.

Just like an airship, if it is not launched, it will have no deterrent effect.

Ernst had a famous saying in his previous life: A nuclear bomb is most effective when it is not launched.

But why are unfired nuclear bombs the most deterrent? Isn't it because everyone knows what kind of damage, impact, and follow-up a nuclear bomb will cause once it is launched, so they check and balance each other and dare not act rashly?

Why do we know the power of nuclear bombs?

Please allow the Japanese contestant who is living a good life now to speak.

Space exploration is certainly not nuclear bombs, and as he said in his speech, Ernst does not want the pure land of space to be filled with deadly swords of Damocles. But the truth is, it is a mule or a horse, and it is better to pull it out for a walk.

This was the problem Ernst had to solve first.

He left the Holy Stone Square and came to the Dome Research Station, so he had to bring something back.

If it is not announced today, it must be announced tomorrow. No matter how long it is delayed, it must be announced within this week at least.

This is the limit of the patience of various countries, and it is also the best time to arouse their interest in outer space.

Ernst was a little conflicted. Theoretically, he could choose to fake it.

Although he has not read much, he still knows some knowledge of astronomy. He also has Levi on his side, who is a more versatile comrade. If he can be convinced, it will not be difficult to complete a fraud operation using modern technology.

Just like some conspiracy theories on the Internet in the past, the US faked the moon landing. All they had to do was build a shed in a corner of Kjerag, put some soil on it, and then put a flag on it and take a photo. The cost was very low. Considering that the great god Yelagund seemed to have awakened the ability to manipulate light, Ernst could even save the money for the studio lights.

Moreover, he had some common sense of modern science and had read the process of China's manned lunar landing published on the Internet. With the cooperation of Levi, he could at least achieve 80% of the restoration degree of the fake, if not 100%.

It should be more than enough to deal with the Terrans who have never seen space.

But the disadvantages of this kind of thing are also obvious.

If other countries also go to space in the future, this lie will be immediately exposed.

After all, Terra's twin moons are definitely different from Earth's satellite moon. First of all, their numbers are different. Whether their structures are similar is unknown.

What if it is not made of stone, but a metal ore, or even a large ball of source stone? Then this lie will be exposed with just one poke!

And this is the best-case scenario.

What's worse is that Ernst has a space fan and insider here, and Christen may stand up and oppose and expose it at the first opportunity.

Ernst thought she could do it.

It is very difficult to mediate conflicts among all parties. The trade-offs and calculation of gains and losses are always the most important part of career and even life.

Some people may say, couldn’t Ernst just announce that the experiment failed?

From a common sense perspective, yes, but in reality, it is the stupidest thing to do.

What was Ernst's purpose? To help Kjerag increase his international reputation, to increase the Terrans' interest in the sky, to reduce the internal friction of the countries on the ground, and the ultimate goal was to promote the establishment of the Summit of Nations and to ensure Kjerag's status as the initiator and peace.

Publicizing that the experiment had failed would be tantamount to either of those.

Failure will damage reputation, failure will not boost interest, and failure will not help promote the establishment of the Summit of All Nations.

In comparison, even if it is a fake, if it is not exposed within a certain period of time, it is enough to arouse the curiosity of at least some countries.

For example, Colombia, the country with the most spirit of exploration in the land of Terra.

Because it was not only Ernst who gave the speech, but also Vice President Wilson, who was giving a speech at the same time and was now looking forward to Ernst's success and making space a top priority for his work during his next term.

But the consequences of fraud...

After weighing the costs and benefits, Ernst smacked his lips and made a decision.

"Tsk, there's nothing I can do. This is the only way."

He sighed and looked at Kristen. Perhaps because she had just experienced social death, Kristen was a little afraid to look Ernst in the eye.

But convincing Kristen is the first step in committing fraud.

"gram........"

"Ernst, I found this in the tower."

Kal'tsit suddenly spoke, interrupting Ernst.

Her lips were tightly pursed, as if she had gone through some difficult choices before making this decision.

And in her hand, there was a communicator.

Typhon's eyes lit up and he nodded:

"Oh yeah, I picked this thing up when I was disinfecting the front of the top passage. It was still making noises over and over again at the time, and I thought it could still be used, so I disinfected and poisoned it, and then I picked it up again."

As she said this, she looked at Kal'tsit with some doubt.

"Didn't I put this thing in the box over there? How did it get into your hands?"

Typhon pointed to a large box in a corner not far away, which contained the scrapped Durin Mech No. 259.

Without a carrier, the Fire Demon turned into fragments again, and Levi and Miloqi had to reactivate it and assemble a mecha.

However, Kjerag might have to go through a period of time without heating. Fortunately, it is summer now, and Kjerag has a rare warm day.

Facing Typhon's questioning, Kal'tsit remained calm and said, "I found it. I saw no one wanted it anywhere else, so I took it."

"Since it belongs to Ernst, I'll give it back to you."

She handed the communicator to Ernst, who reached out to take it but didn't get it for a moment.

Are you holding on tight?

Ernst looked at Kal'tsit with some surprise, but Kal'tsit sighed and let go of her hand.

Ernst then took the communicator and glanced at Typhon.

He had just noticed the anomaly in Typhon's words:

"You said there was a sound in here at that time?"

Typhon nodded, "Yes, he kept repeating the same thing, even though I couldn't understand it."

Ernst nodded thoughtfully.

Although he did not directly participate in the experiment, Ernst still knew something about it. The top floor of the Tower of Babel is very close to the isolation layer, and the interference is so strong that there shouldn't be any signal.

In other words, there shouldn't be any sound in here. Even if there is, it should be a noisy busy tone, at least not someone talking.

Besides, words that Typhon couldn't understand?

Ernst's finger reached for the recording function on the communicator.

According to the operating specifications, after confirming that he had entered the top floor of the Tower of Babel, Safar should have recorded a report. He should have heard the voice at that time.

In other words, the sentence that was repeated at that time should also be recorded in this communicator.

Do you want to listen now?

Ernst hesitated for a moment, glanced at Kal'tsit, and withdrew his hand in her slightly pleading eyes, and nodded to Typhon: