Stardust Remembrance

Chapter 7: The First Friend (2)

Agreeing to be a test subject

Feng Lin returned only after Anna accompanied Loran on his tour of the institute.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." She looked at the time, "I'll take you to lunch."

But after not seeing her for more than an hour, she had a tired face and dark eyes, Loran asked, "Work didn't go well?"

Feng Lin said bitterly, "The experiment failed."

Luo Lan didn't know what kind of experiment she was doing, nor did she know how to comfort her, she could only say in a generalized way, "Success is the accumulation of countless failures."

Feng Lin cheered up, "Well, it will succeed!"

Feng Lin took Loran to the staff cafeteria.

She said, "There are many restaurants on the base, so you can eat close by, and as long as you are a base personnel, the nutritious meals are free, but you have to pay for the drinks."

She tapped on the screen to choose a drink and let Loran pick.

Loran saw the blue-green drink that Zi Yan had tricked her into drinking, and asked with palpitations, "What kind of drink is that? I only took one sip last night and fainted."

"It's called Phantom Blue Phantom Green, it contains a negative mental tranquilizer, it's very popular among soldiers with physical ability level B or above, drinking a cup when you're tense and tired can relax your mind and help you sleep." Feng Lin was very surprised, "Don't you know that it's best not to drink drinks higher than your physical ability level?"

"Because it was Zi Yan's recommendation, I didn't think much about it." Luo Lan laughed dryly, could she say that her memory was incomplete, some things she knew at a glance and others were blank?

Feng Lin muttered, "Purple Feast is also nonsense, how can this drink be given to ordinary people?"

Loran's heart thumped, was the spy chief of the Odin Federation really that bored and just teasing her?

The mouth would lie, but the body wouldn't, in case the real Princess Loran's physical ability was b-rank, she could take a sip of the drink and reveal herself!

Between the rapid turn of thoughts, a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on the back of her spine.

Calm, calm ......

Loran went through the details in her mind and determined that Dr. Mu had never mentioned the Princess's physical ability. With his style of behavior, it couldn't have been an oversight. Then there were only two possibilities: either the princess had never tested her physical ability, or she had and the results were not leaked.

Loran slowly exhaled, reassured for a few moments that Zi Yan should have just wanted to test out the princess's physical abilities.

Feng Lin saw that she had been staring at the drink on the screen in a daze and comforted her, "Don't worry about it, it's nothing to drink a sip or two once in a while, it's not harmful to the body, it's just going to make a fool of yourself."

Loran smiled and chose a random drink from the normal ones. "I've never thought about leaving home before, and I've never tested my physical fitness, when I get a chance later, I'm going to test my physical fitness."

Feng Lin was thoughtful and just about to say something when the automatic door of the restaurant opened and a group of people walked in.

The surrounding area was suddenly quiet, and the atmosphere became solemn.

Loran twisted his head to look and realized that at the head of the group were Chen Sha, Zi Yan, and Chu Mo, all three of them were wearing straight military uniforms, with upright posture and extraordinary aura.

The soldiers behind them were in a sorry state, their noses were bruised and swollen, and they were staggering, but all the soldiers in the restaurant were staring at them with burning eyes, envious, as if they wanted to scream "Why not me?

Loran asked curiously, "Were those soldiers brutally beaten?"

Feng Lin smiled and said, "A few of them, they've always been like this! It's called training soldiers, but it's completely abusive, however, anyone who wants to be abused must be an elite."

This way! No wonder being beaten to a pulp still looks like they're raising their heads in triumph.

Feng Lin blinked, and asked prominently, "Should we go say hello to Tatsuya?"

"Don't! I'll be shy in public." Loran picked up her dinner plate and immediately retreated.

Feng Lin followed her, saying as she walked, "Tatsuza has a high force value, no, if he's well-trained, he'll make a good husband."

Luo Lan belly laughs: sister, you think every girl is you? Just this small body of mine, it's better to stay wherever it's cool!

Luo Lan looked at the place by the window with a good view and many empty seats, and asked Feng Lin: "Is that side okay?"

"I'll do whatever, pick your favorite seat."

Loran found a corner seat and sat down.

As a result, it wasn't long before Chen Sha, Zi Yan, and Chu Mo came over as well, sitting in the seats against the outside, still some distance away from them.

Luo Lan was just glad that they didn't see her when Zi Yan raised the drink in her hand with a smile and made a cheers gesture to her, it was a ghostly blue and green.

Luo Lan cursed the b***h in her heart, but on the surface, she dared to be angry and lowered her head to pretend she didn't see it.

Feng Lin smiled and said, "Although the restaurant is not purposely divided into areas, the convention will leave the area with the best view, it is a kind of tribute to the strong!"

Loran tasted the nutritious meal, "By your light, I've also become a strong person."

Feng Lin asked, "What's your impression of the base?"

"Very good." It would be even better if the nutritious meals were more savory.

Feng Lin sipped her drink and looked at Loran with a full heart, wanting to say something.

Loran guessed what she wanted to say.

In the Odin Federation, Feng Lin was the friendliest person to her, although harboring an agenda, the world of adults was not meant to be pure, and it was not a bad thing to have someone with an agenda.

Loran took the initiative to speak, "In the Al Empire, there is an apple tree, a precious gene from the ancient Earth era. The scholars who study it provide it with sunlight, air, water, and soil, take care of it with care, and occasionally pick a few leaves and cut off a few branches to do research, but everything is kept within the limits of not harming the apple tree. After all, the research can be done slowly, but the apple tree will die if you don't take care of it!"

Loran finished the story in a good way and asked carefully, "Do you think I'm right?"

"Very right!" Feng Lin's tone did not have the slightest hesitation.

Luo Lan secretly sighed in relief and put forward her condition, "As long as you don't harm my body, I'm willing to cooperate as your test subject."

Feng Lin's hand shook, surprisingly spilling the entire cup of drink, she couldn't be bothered to wipe it up, she just stared at Luo Lan in shock.

Loran was stunned by her, thought for a moment, and asked awkwardly, "Am I guessing wrong? You didn't want to say this?"

"I just wanted to ask if I could test your physical abilities."

Huh? Should it be so humiliating? Loran covered his face with his hands in depression and whispered, "Can we pretend we didn't hear anything? Let's continue eating."

"My physical ability is level A, my hearing is very good, I heard everything." Feng Lin unceremoniously denied Loran's proposal.

Loran was infinitely chagrined, well, although he didn't know his physical ability level, he could be sure that the i***t level was 3a!

"Loran, I love you!" Feng Lin excitedly grabbed Loran's hand.

Uh ......

Before Loran could react, Feng Lin jumped over with a sharp hand and picked her up in a hug, spinning around excitedly while laughing happily.

Luo Lan was completely baffled!

In the information given to her by Dr. Mu, Feng Lin's introduction was: knowledgeable, outstanding scientific research ability, famous in Odin for her elegance and knowledge, and the goddess of countless high-intelligence technology men.

However, her current picture was completely wrong, right?

Not only Loran, but the entire restaurant was stunned.

By the time she put Loran down, Loran had already been spun around and would only think in awe: sister, are you sure you don't have bear genes?

Feng Lin grabbed Loran's shoulders with both hands and asked fervently, "Are you willing? I promise I won't hurt you!"

Luo Lan nodded her head dizzily, always feeling that the picture was weird and seemed to be heading straight towards some kind of divergent path.

Feng Lin excitedly gave her a firm kiss on the cheek, wrapped his arm around her shoulders, and with a bold wave of his arm, he shouted to the entire restaurant, "All the drinks let loose, I'm buying today!"

In a flash, there were claps, cheers, and whistles.

Loran covered her cheeks and looked at Feng Lin with tears in her eyes: sister, I respect you as a man, but you'd better continue to take the route of elegance and sensibility!

An officer asked with a smile, "Are we being invited to drink wedding wine?"

Everyone roared with laughter.

Loran's face immediately turned green, and Feng Lin's face also turned green at once, looking at each other not knowing where to explain.

Everyone laughed even louder.

A cold rebuke came, "All of you!"

The officers and soldiers in the entire dining hall all stood up in unison, with a neatly harmonized voice, "Yes!"

Tatsusa ordered, "Meal time, two minutes."

"Yes!"

Everyone wolfed down their food, even Feng Lin swiftly returned to his position and simply and roughly dunked the nutritious meal on the table directly into his mouth in a very well-trained manner.

Two minutes later, the entire restaurant was empty.

Loran looked dumbfounded.

Chen Sha stood up, Zi Yan and Chu Mo followed him, and the three of them walked together towards the outside.

After they all left, Loran still hadn't returned to her senses.

Feng Lin waved his hand in front of Luo Lan's eyes, ''Hey! Don't look, the people have already left. Did you suddenly have an increase in dopamine secretion and your heart fluttered for Tatsuya?" (Dopamine: a hormone secreted by a person in the pleasure of love.)

Loran put his hand on his heart area, felt it carefully, and said regretfully, "It's a sudden increase in adrenaline secretion." (Adrenaline: the hormone secreted by a person in fearful fright.)

Feng Lin laughs, "Princess, you're so funny, I'm going to fall in love with you."

Loran asks somberly, "Tatsuya won't pick on me when we get back, right?" She and Feng Lin were acting crazy, and although she was the passive bearer, there was a difference between near and far, and Tatsuha would surely only take it out on her.

Feng Lin was full of surprise: "You don't know that Chen Sha was helping us just now?"

Helping us? Loran's face was full of questions.

Feng Lin suddenly realized and explained, "Tatsusa's physical ability is level 3a, and can hear our conversation."

What?

Loran looked at his position, then looked at Tatsuza's position, and finally understood why the people of the Al Empire turned pale when they talked about "Fae gene carriers".

"Don't worry! He knows very well what's going on and surely understands why I'm so excited that I lost my temper." Feng Lin looked at Loran and said sincerely, "I didn't expect ...... you to be so generous, thank you!"

Loran was embarrassed by Feng Lin's gratefulness and decisively changed the topic, "Why did you also listen to Chen Sha's orders just now? Aren't you both dukes?"

"I also have an identity as a federal soldier. Tatsusha is the commander of the federal army, and since he said 'all of you', I have to follow orders." Feng Lin shrugged, "It can't be helped, military orders are like mountains. However, if he enters my territory, he will be at my mercy."

Loran suddenly understood why the Al Empire's combat power was inferior to the Odin Federation, it wasn't some xeno gene they said over and over again, or at least it wasn't just that.

In the evening, Loran consulted the information on her terminal.

She originally thought that she knew about "apples" and "tarot cards", so she might have something to do with ancient history, but after reading a lot of similar research materials, she didn't remember anything.

What was she like before?

Why was she alone in the Al Empire's scientific sanctuary?

............

Loran was so stunned that he unconsciously wrote two words on the screen, Locke Seeking.

The clue to finding the past was not in the Odin Federation but in the Al Empire. Finding the past and finding the future were not the same path. But the Al Empire had already sentenced her to death, cutting off the path to go back and find it, and she could only go forward.

Loran sighed softly, she could only hope that she could remember her memories!

"Princess, you agree to cooperate with Duke Fenglin in his research?" Kiyoshi rushed in without knocking.

"Yes!" Loran slowly and methodically turned off her terminal.

Kiyoshi stormed out, growling, "Princess, are you crazy? Do you know ...... or not?"

Amid her torrent of offensive words, Loran gradually realized: that it turned out that what she had agreed to was a very big deal, so it was no wonder that Feng Lin was so excited that he turned into a completely different person.

Everyone's genes were an innate and most precious possession, unique and priceless. After the human race was deeply benefited by genes and suffered from genes, the entire interstellar human alliance had signed a convention - to respect and protect the individual's right to genes, and in any case, without the person's permission, they could not extract or decipher other people's genes.

The governments of the various star nations could only extract the most rudimentary genetic information to be used for identification and basic medical treatment. All information must be stored in the highest level of secrecy in the brain, and cannot be used at will without special authorization.

Loran recalled, that it seemed that indeed, even if she was caught in prison, when the judge wanted to extract her genes to find her identity, he first asked her to authorize it.

Qing Yue said painfully, ''Doesn't the princess realize how serious the consequences are? They can clone you at any time ......"

I guess Qing Yue is also a tech geek, and he even took the old-fashioned stunt to scare her. Loran made a stop gesture, "I've played virtual reality games and there are many differences between clones and natural people. If clones could replace natural people, humans would not have to worry about reproduction a long time ago."

Kiyoshi said resentfully, "Princesses should be tougher, they can't be so weak and at the mercy of others!"

Loran smiled in silence.

The one who should be tough was not her, but the Al Empire.

They had given up on Princess Loran, and when the princess was sent on the ship, the outcome was already predetermined.

How binding could the so-called Interstellar Human Convention be?

She didn't believe that every genetic extraction in the stars complied with the Interstellar Human Convention.

Princess Loran had been traded by the Odin Federation for a resource star, oh, and at the expense of the marriage of their commander, Duke Tatsuza. Paying such a huge price, whether she cooperated or not, the -result would not change.

There were too many people in the entire Odin Federation who had a stake in this deal, and even if Feng Lin couldn't bear to take extraordinary measures, there were surely others, so why force them to figure it out?

No matter how important genes were, they were not as important as lives!