People in Terra, governing a bizarre little country

"genius!"

Ernst couldn't help but sigh.

This technology, too, was entrusted to the Security Council of the World Summit, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, by him and Nastya. But before that, he had never considered combining this technology with airship technology to create such an aerospace carrier!

Was Ernst stupid? No, he simply failed to connect this technology with airships. There were clearly many similarities between the two, and Ernst had considered the military applications of the [Gravity Contempt Mechanism] several times, but he simply overlooked what was right under his nose!

Yes, as long as there is a gravity-defying mechanism, wouldn't one of the biggest obstacles hindering the development of airships—practicality—be solved?

Admittedly, the nations of Terra don't possess the Sarkaz's ability to burn their own ancestors, but there's a fundamental difference between them. For the Sarkaz, an energy problem so scarce they can only be solved by burning their own resources is simply not a problem for the nations of Terra, who control Originium mines!

They could simply spend more money to equip the airships with high-powered mobile city power units. After all, airships don't have to be in the air all the time. By utilizing the gravity-defying mechanism, the airships could achieve extremely long flight times and short rest periods, greatly improving their practicality!

Such an airship can indeed be called a "space carrier" instead of just an "airship"!

Upon being suddenly praised, Nastya pursed her lips slightly, her face flushing a little, as if she wanted to say something. But the next second, Levi interrupted her: "Miss Nastya, the person in charge of Columbia is looking for you. He still doesn't understand a few buttons and asks you to go and help him out."

Nasti stiffened, sighed, gave Ernst a helpless look, opened her arms and hugged Ernst, then hurriedly turned around and returned to the airship.

Following her, Levi and the Rainbow Squad also came up.

"Test flight complete. This mission has been a complete success, Your Excellency Ernst. Are you satisfied?"

Levi was also in high spirits, and even greeted Ernst in the tone of a Colombian soldier.

He patted his chest and said proudly:

"My idea."

"Columbia is not without its merits; their leaders are indeed enlightened. I have raised this idea at scientific forums in various countries, but only Colombia has actually adopted it and tried it."

"However, after today, I guess the other countries will also start to feel uneasy."

Ernst nodded.

Certainly, let alone other major powers. Even Ernst himself felt a strange stirring in his heart when he saw this thing.

There's no way around it, this thing is just so cool!

"Does it have a name?" Ernst asked.

Levi nodded: "[Preserver]".

Ernst nodded. The two men, without uttering a word, understood the meaning of the name.

Mark Max named the space carrier after his father, which can be seen as a kind of tribute.

Although his father is still alive.

"Then who are they?"

Ernst turned his head and looked at the Rainbow Squad behind Levi.

It wasn't that he looked down on them, but there was indeed a slight difference in physical fitness between Earthlings and Terrans. Having lived here for 23 years, Ernst had long understood this. Although the Rainbow Squad was called "NATO's heavenly soldiers," even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. It was hard to say how much strength they could unleash on Terra.

He didn't believe Levy was unaware of this.

Levy shrugged.

How could he not know?

Since he knew all this, there must have been a reason why he still chose to come with the Rainbow Team!

He nodded to the Rainbow Team, then raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.

"Snapped!"

There was a crisp sound.

Ernst looked at the six Originium crystal exoskeleton mechanical arms behind Levi and almost blurted out:

"Holy crap, Doctor Octopus!"

Chapter 732 You don't understand human rights? Well, I know a little bit about martial arts.

Levi's Originium exoskeleton technology was not just formally developed today.

In fact, Levi had already developed this brand-new technology shortly after the establishment of the Originium Life Science discipline, almost simultaneously with the time when those Originium crystallized plants were formed.

However, this technology has never matured, or rather, it has always lacked the conditions for maturity.

“Originium crystals are not easy to manipulate. To control them and make them as easy as your own arms, it takes more than just one or two spellcasting units.”

While showing Ernst the set of Originium equipment worn by the Rainbow Squad, Levi explained,

"The real challenge of this technology is that those who need it don't have access to it, while those who do need it don't need it."

"If not handled properly, this thing could be a time bomb."

He spoke very strongly, even to the point of being alarmist. But after listening, Ernst felt that it wasn't as serious as it seemed.

The problem with Originium exoskeleton technology is that it has a prerequisite—it needs to establish a connection with Originium Land.

Originium has unique properties. You can stimulate its internal energy and release the information it stores, but it is difficult to directly modify its form—for example, turning Originium into a flower bed, let alone directly manipulating Originium.

To manipulate Originium, one must first have a very deep connection with it. This connection is not uncommon; in fact, it is quite easy to obtain. The only problem is that the natives of Terra are extremely secretive about this connection.

They usually use this technical term to describe this connection—[Ore disease]!

When Levy first developed this technology, he did consider finding test subjects other than himself. But the result? They all remained silent!

The reason is simple: you can use me for experiments, and you can use me to test drugs, but if you want to put Originium into my body, that's a bit suspicious!

Physical experiments? You could claim it helps improve my physique. Drug trials? You could lie and say it's non-toxic and even enhances male virility. We all know the truth: if it really worked, why would you come to me? At least you don't tell the truth, and I don't pry; we both tacitly understand and can deceive ourselves. But inserting a fragment of Originium into someone's body? Even a three-year-old in Terra knows what will happen!

Aren't you obviously trying to harm me? You're not even willing to put on an act!

The people of Terra aren't stupid; no one would willingly choose to contract Oripathy. It's not just a physical ailment; what's truly terrifying about this incurable disease is the series of social impacts it brings!

If you're middle class, you'll fall to the bottom; if you're noble, your prestige will plummet. And if you happen to be a noble heir, well, you can forget about ever holding onto that position.

If you get Oripathy, your family will be ruined, your savings will be gone, your social status will never recover, and if you're unlucky enough to end up in another country, you might just be arrested and disposed of. Yes, I'm talking about you, Ursus!

Even those already infected with Oripathy would not want someone to implant another Originium fragment into their body; that would be playing with their lives.

No matter how much money you offer, people won't do it. After all, Oripathy patients are indeed poor, but the reason they participate in human trials is to raise money for treatment and inhibitors to treat Oripathy, right? If you do this, the money for treatment hasn't even arrived yet, and their condition has worsened instead—that's just too abstract, isn't it?

In the past, Levy could have used some methods to get a couple of death row inmates out for experiments. But times have changed. Leaving aside the origins and history of the Terra International Human Rights Council, the Colombian government doesn't support Levy's experiments.

After all, this exoskeleton, apart from looking cool, is really useless.

Equipping soldiers? But when they're fighting, the high concentration of Originium on the battlefield is enough to trigger an Originium storm, causing many instruments and weapons to malfunction. Whether your crystal exoskeleton will even work is another matter. Just the fact that it has already injected Originium fragments into people's bodies, turning them into infected, is enough to make soldiers explode with a "bang" in such an environment!

It's just that Levy wasn't a military officer, otherwise he would have been court-martialed!

Fourthly, the Colombian government has a superior alternative. Isn't the power armor developed by Rheinmetall much better? Not only does it offer higher defense and resistance to contamination, but it also prevents soldiers from becoming infected, and its offensive capabilities are substantial. Even if a soldier dies, the power armor can be recovered and reused—isn't that more convenient than an exoskeleton strapped to a person?

2 Later, after hitting several walls, and even after personally testing it and guaranteeing that his Originium Life Technology could prevent implanted Originium fragments from causing infection, Levi still failed to attract any experimenters or investors, and thus abandoned the technology.

Q technology is good, but it's useless in Terra.

Q continued until the Rainbow Squad came knocking on their door.

"Humans don't have that many prejudices. This exoskeleton system fits them perfectly, helping them raise their combat capabilities to the level of the Terrans, and it has no side effects."

Levy grinned.

"Even if they are, they're all just working for you. Even if they get infected, you won't do anything to them, right?"

Ernst nodded.

That's the truth.

Ernst had no shortage of infected under his command; Hadley was one, and he still held him in high regard. Besides, these were all fellow humans. Although they were of different nationalities, in this alien world, fellow countrymen meet, and Ernst remained friendly towards them.

However, he was somewhat concerned about another thing Levy had mentioned.

"Can you really implant Originium fragments without causing an infection reaction?"

Ernst asked.

He was genuinely curious about this. If what Levy said was true, then it was almost at the stage of curing Oripathy.

Ernst also has a sister who is infected, and Ernst has never forgotten this. If Levy is truly confident he can mature this technology, then Ernst will invest in this project!

Levy nodded, then shook his head. Seeing Ernst's bewildered expression, he replied:

"Yes, but there are not enough examples."

"As you can see, those who accept my technology, whether it's myself or Ash and the others, are all human."

"There are significant differences between Terrans and humans. These differences are not only reflected in physical strength, but also in areas such as cells and nerves. Technologies that work on humans may not work on Terrans."

He shrugged,

"In clinical medicine, monkeys are often used as the last experimental subject before direct human experiments, but monkeys will never be completely the same as humans."

Ernst sighed slightly, understanding the reasoning behind it.

Actually, this problem is quite easy to solve—just find two Terrans to conduct human experiments, right?

The Terrans would never willingly accept the experiment of "0 injection of Originium fragments," so the only way to get them to "cooperate" is through coercion.

Ernst had made a request to Levy not to conduct illegal experiments. He agreed to Ernst's request, a promise he kept on his word, and indeed he did not secretly conduct any experiments without Ernst's knowledge.

Now, Ernst certainly wouldn't break this agreement on the grounds that "this matter concerns my sister."

But well

"I know what you're here for."

He winked at Levi, a knowing look flashing across his face. He couldn't help but smile, pointing at Levi with a "goodness" expression.

Levy, without blushing, nodded decisively, confirming Ernst's guess.

Iberia has little in abundance except drought and treachery.

Ernst is no saint; he's a bunch of traitors, their hearts set on the Sea Heirs. They're acting like some kind of "descendants" towards the experimental subjects of the previous civilization, dreaming all day long that the Sea Heirs will one day come ashore so they can merge with those strange-looking seafood and become collaborators to counterattack the land. These people are no ordinary rebels! We must strike hard!

Human rights, human rights, that's something to talk about with people. If you don't even want to be a human being, what's the point of talking about human rights with you?

Note that Ernst did not wrong them; this is the truth. It's not Ernst slandering them; they said it themselves, that they didn't want to be human!

That's fine. If you don't want to be human, I won't stop you. Just use your remaining body to add some fuel to the fire of human civilization.

"Come to my office tomorrow, it's on the first floor. I'll give you a certificate."

Ernst and Levi exchanged a smile and nodded.

Since the operation is to take place in Iberia, a legitimate identity is necessary. The Iberians are currently at one of the most sensitive times in history. Levi and the members of the Rainbow Squad are all pure humans without any animalistic features. If they are mistaken for Agorians or something similar and wiped out, it would be a huge joke.

Coincidentally, the first anti-terrorism mobilization meeting is to be held tomorrow, and Ernst will also be attending. The mobilization meeting itself, like its name, doesn't have much significance, but afterwards the teams will be tallied and areas and tasks will be assigned. At that time, it will be good to give Levi's team a proper title.

Levy nodded, clearly satisfied with the arrangement, and also offered a small suggestion:

“I think we can be affiliated with the Terra International Human Rights Council.”

This was a bit of a hellish joke, but Ernst didn't object.

Isn't this a good thing?

The Terra International Human Rights Council already has an armed force called Bojokastti responsible for protecting the safety of civilian staff. Essentially, there is already an armed force in place, so adding temporary workers would not be so troublesome.

At least Ernst no longer has to worry about where to add people, reducing some of the potential concerns that increasing the number of armed personnel might bring.

Moreover, doesn't this just prove the saying?

I usually reason with people, but if you don't understand reason, then I also know a little bit about martial arts.

Since you won't listen to my talk about human rights, I'll treat you like disposable material, so you'd better not complain.

There is a clear distinction between right and wrong. When it comes to traitors, the only rational strategy is to take swift and sustained bloody revenge. This is not irrational, but the only rational one!

Chapter 733 Talulah calls it a diode!

"We will relentlessly hunt down those damned terrorists, from city to city, from region to region. What matters to us is not where similar crimes occur, nor which ethnic group or faith group becomes the victim, because we must recognize that the actions of the Deepsea Cultists are not a provocation against one person, one city, or one country! But a challenge to the entire Terran civilization!"

"Gentlemen, please remember this: when dealing with these scum who betray civilization, humanity, and Terra, even if caught in the toilet, we must drown them in the latrine! Forgiving them is a matter for the gods, and our task is to immediately and without delay send them to meet the gods!"

"I, Carmen I. Iberia, representing the Iberian Tribunal and as the head of the Iberian government, promise you: Suppressing organized crime requires evidence, but counter-terrorism only requires lists. All your actions against the Deep Sea Cultists in Iberia are recognized and protected by the Iberian Tribunal. Iberia will bless you all; may those who fight for the Terran civilization prosper!"

As Carmen finished speaking, enthusiastic applause immediately erupted in the hall below the stage.

Carmen stepped off the podium, gave a solemn court salute to the assembled elites, and then nodded gratefully to Ernst.

This speech was given to him by Ernst.

The content wasn't particularly rich, and compared to Ernst's previous speeches, it seemed somewhat monotonous. But Carmen understood that this was precisely what Iberia needed most at this time.