As soon as Gu Hanhan returned to the ship, Captain Catalina sent someone to the bridge.
Senior Xiaobei was also in the bridge conference room. He was sitting at the table across a chair from Catalina. When he saw Gu Hanhan coming in, he gave her a wry smile.
Catalina stood up and asked: "Why is it just you, Rios?"
She looked behind Gu Hanhan. She didn't see anyone else until she closed the door. She couldn't help but frown: "Why didn't he come back with you? When he went out in the morning, he clearly said he was looking for you. Why, you guys weren't there. together?"
"We were together originally, but now we're not together," Gu Hanhan smiled. "At noon in the university town, he ran away with a young musician-looking lady. Do you think he can come back in time? ?, my dear Tangtang?"
Catalina couldn't help feeling resentful: "Then he won't even be able to come back tonight!"
"Look at this." She picked up a letter from the table and handed it to Gu Hanhan. .
"what?"
Gu Hanhan took it and saw that it was a letter signed to Xuhuixing Department of Commerce and Trade. When the letter was opened again, two thin paper coupons were pulled out. This paper coupon is about the size of a 100-yuan banknote, but its production is more exquisite than ordinary earth red coupons. It is surrounded by patterns of gold foil and the back is covered with clouds and mist to draw a magnificent building, which is vaguely a temple. Turning over to the front, one corner is embossed with the golden feather symbol representing the Illuminati Sect, which is very eye-catching. In the center is a round gold coin shape, also made of gold foil. The pattern on it is exquisite, and it can be seen that it is a crown of thorns. It is surrounded by a The circle characters are all ancient Germanic. Clockwise from the top, there are four sentences in total, which are the opening paragraph of the "Sacred Code".
"Isn't this an indulgence?" Gu Hanhan checked the gold coin and found that it was stamped, so he said, "So this is the indulgence of the Guangming Sect here in Xuhuixing?"
"Where did it come from?" she asked.
"The general officer at the port sent it here on behalf of their trade department early this morning." Catalina replied, "It is said that the Illuminati sect is holding a grand ceremony at the port church tonight and invites us to attend the ceremony. This is a VIP ticket.”
"This is really..." Gu Hanhan said, "You can't find it even after wearing iron shoes. It takes no effort to get it. I'm looking for it! I was just going to tell you to ask the general officer."
She couldn't help but laugh while flipping through the two tickets in her hand: "The Illuminati Sect in Xuhui Star has an idea. They can sell tickets for the sacrificial ceremony, and they do it in one step. They print the indulgence coupons on the tickets and sell them together. He even saves the effort of minting coins, this guy is a fucking talent!”
Catalina's reaction was as if she had found a successor.
"Are you interested?" she said happily, "That's great if you are interested! Xiaobei and I have been worrying about who to send to attend this ceremony for a long time. Now it's no problem. You will represent our Isa tonight. It’s fitting that the Queen Bella is here.”
"Why is there no problem," Gu Hanhan objected, "They invited the captain and trade representative, how can I represent them? Besides, I have experiments at night."
Senior Xiaobei immediately said: "I also have experiments tonight..."
Catalina really had no experiments to do, but she immediately found a reason for herself: "I...I want to see the ship!"
What's the reason for watching the boat?
Gu Hanhan was dumbfounded. Their Queen Isabella was obviously stranded, and now it was just a large immobile fortress. Why did it matter?
Catalina probably felt that this reason was not very reasonable, and she hesitated a little after saying it: "Or else I won't go? Anyway, it's a religious ceremony, whether you go or not is the same."
"Of course you have to go," Gu Hanhan said quickly: "I have inquired about it. This sacrifice is the only grand ceremony in Xuhuixing in recent times. To find out the reality of the Guangming Sect, we cannot miss this sacrifice. We must Gotta attend.”
After saying this, Katarina and senior Xiaobei looked over with surprise.
In comparison, senior Xiaobei's surprise was more innocent, while the female captain's surprise was even more rich in content.
"You said we need to find out the truth about the Illuminati Religion?" she asked.
"I was just about to tell you about this, Captain." Gu Hanhan said, "Today Leos and I went to Xuhuixing University and found some very interesting things——"
She rummaged through her pocket and found the small pale yellow flower that had been thrown there early in the morning - it had been pinched off the branch and stuffed into Gu Hanhan's pocket for nearly ten hours, but it was still bright in color and as delicate as new life. .
Gu Hanhan handed it over: "Let's see if you know Catalina?"
Catalina took it with a solemn expression: "Is this... an energy crop?"
The delicate branch of the small flower was pinched between Catalina's fingers. She gently twisted it, and a few faint lights flickered out, and the pale yellow petals had withered into ashes.
Senior Xiaobei looked even more curious: "Energy crops, what are they?"
"It's the first time I've seen plants that grow rapidly by absorbing energy - no, strictly speaking, it's the second time." Gu Hanhan grabbed a few more from his pocket and threw them into his hand, "You You can take it back to the laboratory and look at it, Senior Xiaobei, it’s very fun. Rios said that as long as they are stimulated, they will bear fruit soon and there will be seeds.”
"We found this thing in an Illuminati church in the university. They were everywhere, with vines climbing all over the walls. In addition, there was also a whole set of energy equipment, although they were all very different models. Very old product, but still usable and working.”
She said: "Energy crops and running energy equipment undoubtedly indicate the fact that the Illuminati Sect here is backed by superpowers. Of course, all religions are backed by superpowers, and the Temple Cult is also backed by the Acropolis Well, as a religious order that is a branch of the Temple Cult, energetic blessing should be a basic operation. But this Illuminati Sect is obviously not normal. Rios and I visited their seminary and listened to their religious history. Xu Although the Bright Star Sect is nominally a religious sect under the Temple Church, their teachings and various signs have made it clear that this sect has actually lost contact with the Temple Church headquarters for hundreds of years and has already become its own entity. Yes - I know that there are so many out-of-control branches in the history of the Temple Church, so many that they can't even declare them as heretics. No one in the Acropolis cares about this matter. But a church can't survive without the support of the Acropolis. To be able to survive alone for hundreds of years and develop and grow, this is obviously not something that can be achieved by relying on devout beliefs. Behind them must be a complete super force, an independent, wild force, different from the Acropolis There is any direct connection with the powerful force. The only thing that cannot be confirmed now is whether this force comes from a certain group of people or from a certain person, and whether the transmission of strength and power has evolved to a family level or a more primitive recommendation type. "
"Leos believes that the source of this power should come from a certain person at present, so he has already investigated from this direction, using his own method, but currently none of us can help," Gu Hanhan said, "But we can't rely on Leos for everything. On the other hand, we have to figure out the organization that operates and uses this power, and what aspects of its power are composed of. The first one to bear the brunt is the Illuminati Sect. After all, through It is an old tradition of the Temple Church that religion controls secular power. Even if the Illuminati Sect has been separated for hundreds of years, I think there is no reason why it will be an exception. We should attend this sacrificial ceremony and go there to see it in person. Public ceremonies have always been religious It is an important stage of power, and judging from the invitation, many powerful people from Xuhuixing will be present, so we will definitely be able to find clues and breakthrough points."
The words made Catalina's eyes sparkle, which meant that Gu Hanhan had reached an agreement with Leos on the issue of Xuhui Star and was willing to maintain the same position as her and the Queen Isabella.
She nodded repeatedly: "What you said makes sense, Hanhan, we have to go!"
And said: "You can't count on Leos for everything. His way of doing things has messed up too many times!"
Catalina and Gu Hanhan had a tacit understanding, but Senior Xiaobei didn't know what was going on. He was surprised when they heard what they said: "Why are you investigating these? What do you want to do?"
"Of course you want to get this star," Gu Hanhan smiled and said with a wink, "Let's see if I can get you an emperor."
This was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, which made Senior Xiaobei's hair stand on end, "Me? Xu Huixing!"
He sat back in his chair and said with difficulty: "I thought we were fleeing, Hanhan, I thought the politics and religion here had nothing to do with us -"
"Shouldn't we be thinking about how to complete the experiment and leave here as soon as possible?" he asked, "instead of being a local emperor..."
"The problem is we can't leave now!"
Gu Hanhan and Catalina looked at each other and both thought it would be more appropriate for Gu Hanhan to pierce the window paper.
So Gu Hanhan said frankly: "The Queen Isabella currently does not have the ability to leave the waterway and directly conduct long-distance space jumps. This has nothing to do with the performance of the spacecraft. The energy consumption of folding space is huge, which we simply cannot afford, even if we can barely If we can afford it, there is still a long way to go. Unless we get energy supplies from the Rising Star and even the entire Rising Sun Alliance - this number must rely on political conquest, otherwise we will have to go out to be pirates and rob the entire star field. .”
Senior Xiaobei was speechless and hugged his head. He wanted to refute but didn't know where to start. It's not that he hasn't thought about the problem of insufficient energy when the channel is cut off. It's actually less than 24 hours since they landed on Xuhui Star. Isn't it said that channel cutoff is a common thing that happens every now and then? Maybe it won't take long to recover, so why did they talk about robbery just one day ago, and even planned to rob the entire planet and become the ruler openly.
Gu Hanhan didn't know how to relieve Senior Xiaobei. After all, she was forced to do this and her enthusiasm was not very high. In the end, I could only lean over and hug him. She patted his shoulder to comfort and make him laugh and said: "Don't worry, Senior Xiaobei, I'm joking with you. Although Xuhuixing must be taken down, you don't have to be the emperor. You are also a trader of the earth. As a representative, if you really want to be the earth emperor here in Xuhui Star, it would be too embarrassing for Mother Earth. This will definitely not work! Don't say you don't agree, I won't agree."
However, Senior Xiaobei didn't look comforted and couldn't smile. This can only be solved by time.
Gu Hanhan turned to the female captain to talk about the next step: "I think we should have a meeting, captain. Let's talk about this matter to everyone now. By the way, we can also finalize the candidates who will attend the celebration tonight."
Katerina couldn't agree more.
When Xiaobei saw them discussing seriously, he quietly got up and was about to leave the conference room, but was stopped by Gu Hanhan.
"Don't leave, Senior Xiaobei," she said, "You also have to attend the meeting to represent our laboratory."
