Chapter 250: “ancient Technology Circulation Management Regulations”
In the afternoon, in the meeting room of the Third Military Escort Ship.
This time, Kenny and Li Wei were not swept along by the server AI robots on both sides of the door, but received normal courtesy.
However, when these two service-type AI robots brought the water, Li Wei still tensed up nervously. After all, this was the first time in his four years of military service that he had been attacked by a robot in a non-training occasion, which was a major event for Li Wei’s not-too-long military experience.
At this point, Captain Noah had not yet arrived in the meeting room. The two either took small sips from their water cups or uneasily played with their fingers with crossed hands. After sitting down, the two did not talk; the things to discuss had already been talked over at the hotel at noon, but all questions remained at the stage of speculation. The two could only preserve the doubts in their hearts until the afternoon, waiting for Captain Noah to explain.
“You two have been waiting a long time.”
After about five minutes, Captain Noah entered the meeting room with his two deputy officers and sat in the main seat beside Kenny and Li Wei.
“You’ve finally arrived, Captain Noah.” Kenny politely bowed his head in salute. “We’ve been holding a bellyful of questions, just waiting for you to explain. At noon in the canteen, we asked the students, but they didn’t dare say a word, saying it needed approval from the superiors.”
“Haha, you two really suffered. I met that group of students at noon; they are a group of quite lively kids.”
Captain Noah laughed heartily, casually taking the hot milk handed over by his deputy officer, and said as if chatting about family matters: “Especially the students of Class 1-8 of Nongda Affiliated High School; their practical abilities and action are much stronger than ordinary kids, but sometimes being too lively is also a headache.”
Kenny raised an eyebrow and replied:
“Even so, they are excellent, aren’t they? As captain, I naturally hope my soldiers are more obedient, but if it’s to break through the current difficulties, I naturally hope to have a group of excellent subordinates, even if their personalities are not so steady. Right, Captain Noah?”
Hearing this, Captain Noah’s smile deepened. He took a sip of milk and said:
“Of course, they are the top batch among this year’s students at Nongda Affiliated High School. In seven years, when they graduate from university campus, perhaps various industry departments of our Third Fleet can welcome a fresh blood like never before.”
“Maybe it won’t take seven years.” Kenny slightly restrained the smile on his face and looked seriously at Captain Noah. “If one of them has food processing technology that can subvert modern food culture, then even if they are just a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old minor, they can still subvert the agricultural structure of an entire fleet, or even the other eleven fleets.”
“As long as that information turbulence contactee girl is here, no matter how outrageous the change, it is not empty talk.”
As soon as this term came out, Li Wei sitting beside Kenny felt the air in the entire meeting room change. When Captain Noah entered with his two deputy officers, the conversation atmosphere between them was more like that of close superior and subordinates, but now… Li Wei couldn’t help holding his breath, clenching his fist hidden under the table, staring straight at Captain Noah.
Li Wei had a premonition that if he shifted his line of sight now, he would lose the qualification to continue sitting in this meeting room.
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“Since you, Captain Kenny, know the truth behind it, then the reason why we installed nanomachines on you must be very clear to you by now, right?”
Captain Noah put away the smile on his face. He, who appeared as a middle-aged man on the outside, finally showed some of the sense of oppression belonging to the highest leader of the fleet that was in Kenny’s impression.
“Of course, Captain Noah. Having witnessed food processing technology different from modern here also means that the Third Fleet has acquiesced to the information turbulence contactee spreading ancient technology and civilization.” When Kenny said this, the smile on his face completely disappeared. “At the same time, this also means you have violated the Ancient Technology Circulation Management Regulations.”
“You can’t say that, Captain Kenny. As you know, the promulgation and implementation of the highest regulations require the high-level of each fleet to report to the central government, and take effect only after confirmation by the captains of the twelve fleets.” Captain Noah said, leaning back more relaxedly. “So tell me, how many fleets signed on this regulation at that time? Do you know, Team Leader Li Wei beside you?”
The named Li Wei suddenly stiffened. He looked at Captain Noah. To be honest, he didn’t want to participate in this tense game between upper-level people, but now that he was named, he had no reason to escape, and moreover, he actually knew the answer. Li Wei spoke stiffly:
“The fleets recognizing the Ancient Technology Circulation Management Regulations are… Zeus and Hermes.”
“That is, the First Fleet and your Eleventh Fleet. No need to beat around the bush; just say the numbers directly; everyone knows the formal names of the fleets.” Captain Noah laughed. “If this regulation was promulgated by other fleets, with this level of recognition, it might have become a joke recorded in high school history textbooks during the last fleet exchange period. But it happens to be promulgated by the First Fleet, so it has been stalemated until now.”
“Two thousand years ago, just like now, right before the fleet exchange period. At that time, only the Twelfth Fleet, through the ancient civilization information shared by the information turbulence contactee, sparked a cultural revival wave named ‘drama’. This wave allowed the Twelfth Fleet, which had been stuck in a bottleneck in cultural and art development, to find a breakthrough, thus giving birth to many art products, attracting people from the other eleven fleets to appreciate their wonders. Even today, it is still the most notable art capital among the twelve fleets.”
“And in the same period, the First Fleet promulgated this inexplicable Ancient Technology Circulation Management Regulations, requiring comprehensive restriction of the personal freedom of information turbulence contactees, and prohibiting the circulation of technology, civilization, and products related to ancient times in the space-time network and market. Haha.”
Saying this, Captain Noah couldn’t help laughing out loud. He looked at the two playfully and said: “Do you think this is reasonable? For a race that has been losing history and inheritance for 15,000 years, is this a rational regulation?”
Faced with Captain Noah’s almost sharp question, the two were speechless for a moment.
