"Has it started yet?"
Shepard held his hat on the boat again and adjusted his stance.
"Prepare, 10, 9, 8..."
Assistant Thucydides began counting down, and photographer Herodotus reminded Captain Shepard not to look at the camera. Sima Qian cleared her throat and the interview officially began.
Behind these four people were the ruins of the ancient city of Troy that had just been burned by fire. Although it was night, one could still see the desolation after the ruins were destroyed.
"Hello everyone, I am Sima Qian, a reporter from Global News Network. The time now is 10 pm on April 5, 2000, RX2. More than an hour ago, the ruins of the ancient city of Troy were destroyed by a group of thugs, and the thugs were driven away in time. The man is the former Covenant Commodore, Captain Shepard of the Osiris! Captain, can you tell us about the situation at that time?"
"It was after eight o'clock in the evening when the incident occurred. The Osiris was attacked by a bandit group composed of HER deserters and local thugs hiding near the ancient city of Troy. I ordered humanoid weapons to fight back. But in order to escape, these shameless bandits exploded He destroyed the ruins and caused tonight's tragedy. Thanks to my crew's timely efforts to put out the fire, otherwise I'm afraid there would only be debris left here..."
"This is so heartbreaking."
Whether what he said just now is true or false, in order to avoid unreasonable suspicions after the news was broadcast that the Osiris indirectly destroyed the ancient ruins, Shepard did not say that the robbers were hiding in the ancient ruins at the beginning, nor did they say that Lin Ao touched it after entering the ancient ruins. The explosion occurred only after the trap. There is such a thing as NEU deserters within the bandit group. Considering that the Osiris is still in NEU territory, it is naturally inconvenient to mention it.
"As the captain of the Osiris, I strongly condemn this behavior. This is also the consequence of HER's war, and they must pay the price!"
Sima Qian nodded and signaled the video to end. She said to the photographer and assistant: "Herodotus, you will take some live footage later. When you get back, I will record an audio track introducing the history of the ancient city of Troy, and it will be completed."
Sima Qian took off the microphone, looked at the charred ruins and sighed. Shepard asked her: "Do you like history too?"
"I like it, it's really sad to see this happen..."
"If the war cannot be ended as soon as possible, the suffering on the earth will only increase..."
Captain Shepard was old. He was choked by the smoke and kept coughing. He waved his hand to indicate that he was going back. Sima Qian saw Lin Ao sitting frustratedly next to a triangle that glowed green, so she walked over and asked him what was wrong.
"Miss Sima, do you think I am responsible for the destruction of the ruins? It was me who triggered the trap..."
Lin Ao believed that he was responsible for the destruction of thousands of years of cultural relics. He couldn't help but shed tears. Sima Qian sat down and comforted him distressedly:
"I can't blame you for this. It was the bad guys who installed bombs in the monument to lure you to trigger the mechanism."
"But if I hadn't..."
"If you don't trigger it, they will activate the mechanism!"
Lin Ao looked at Sima Qian in disbelief and asked, "Really? Will they really do this?"
Sima Qian gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes: "This is their purpose, isn't it? You don't have to bear the guilt for this."
"But…"
Sima Qian held Lin Ao's face, looked at Lin Ao with serious eyes and said: "Hey, although I am only a few years older than you. But I know that what you are doing now is great and glorious. You are in this There will always be various emergencies and choices on the road, and many times there is nothing you can do. Maybe the result will make you unable to sleep in pain, but the important thing is that you will persevere, and everything will get better slowly."
Lin Ao rubbed his eyes in embarrassment, stood up and patted the triangle he found that emitted green light: "I will not take my responsibility for this matter, but does Miss Sima know what this is? Look. It doesn’t look like anything on earth.”
Sima Qian was also curious about what it was. She stood up and looked at the triangle, which was about a person tall. It was still shining green light regularly, and the three sides exposed on the ground were engraved with different patterns. But because it had been buried underground for so long, the carved content was covered with soil and could not be seen clearly. Lin Ao was afraid of damaging what looked like a cultural relic, so he didn't dare to clean up the dirt without authorization.
Sima Qian also touched the surface of the triangle: "This thing looks like metal. I can't figure out how it shines, and there are no seams on the shell... Maybe this is a 'legendary' relic. "
"Legendary relic?"
Sima Qian nodded: "I loved reading books about legends when I was in college. Before the era we live in now, there was probably another group of human beings."
"You mean prehistoric civilization?"
"No, it's not the same. There is now a lot of archaeological evidence that proves that there was a group of humans who lived on the earth before the RX era, but for some reason they disappeared along with their civilization and technology. But they still left some evidence that Evidence of their existence. For example, the overly advanced objects found in ancient tombs, astronauts appearing on murals, etc. There is also the humanoid weapon you drive, which also appears in legends, but is now created. "When I was in school, these were considered metaphysics and conspiracy theories."
"You said that, I remember when I was a child, my dad would often hold me and read books about legends..."
"Miss Sima Qian, please allow me to add something. The 'legend' does not only include the last batch of human beings living on the earth. There may have been dozens of batches of human beings! But they have all disappeared."
The speaker was technician Armstrong, who drove a forklift to move the triangle to the Osiris.
Sima Qian smiled and said: "I only used those books as extracurricular readings when I was in school, and I have long forgotten many of the contents. Besides, what you mentioned is just a hypothesis, right?"
"Who knows, maybe this thing can unravel the mystery of the legend. But we can't solve it with our knowledge. Miss Sima, do you know any relevant experts? Maybe we can hand this thing over to professionals, and the Osiris can also Not a mobile museum.”
Sima Qian took out her mobile phone and looked through her address book, and quickly got the answer: "Yes! In Athens, where the Osiris is about to go, there is a Professor Stein who specializes in history and 'legends'. When we get to Athens, I can go Ask him!"
Armstrong was also very happy: "Great, since I boarded the Osiris, there is finally something interesting for me. When you visit the professor, please be sure to take me with you!"
Lin Ao breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that another matter had been solved. He still feels a little guilty when he sees the ruins of the ruins, but now he understands that this is probably not something he can control.
Lin Ao raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the night sky and the looming "artificial earth".
What else will happen to me in the future? When something terrible happens, what can you do? Lin Ao asked himself.
