"How long have you been with me, Ian?"

"Twenty-four years, Mr. Mendley," replied the man standing at the desk.

"I still remember when you were just by my side."

Mendley looked up at him. "I saved your wife and children, and you said you would give your loyalty and your life for me."

"Do you remember?"

Ian glanced at him, then quickly lowered his head: "I still remember, sir."

"I owe you two lives," he said.

"You have always been my most trusted subordinate." Mendley looked at him inexplicably. Because of his trust in him, Mendley delegated a lot of power to Ian in the past. In the laboratory, his authority is beyond Mendley and KaiGreek is the highest.

"I have something I need you to do."

Ian stood in front of the desk with his hands down, listening carefully to Mendley's instructions.

"They guessed right. This planet is probably leaving its original orbit at an extremely fast speed. Maybe it has left the previous galaxy and is now in an area that humans have never explored."

"The reason why they are temporarily settled down is the two starships in the laboratory. This means that we still have a final retreat.To be able to return to Emperor Star."

Ian continued to listen without interrupting Mendley, knowing that what Mendley really wanted to say was still to come: "But the truth is, we don't have enough energy reserves."

"There's only enough energy left for one starship to leave, and at least two out of five people would be left behind," Mendley said.

But who among these people in the lab would like to be left behind?

The limited opportunity to leave is bound to inspire contradictions in the laboratory and cause confusion, after all, human behavior in despair is immeasurable.

At that point, it's hard for Mendley to guarantee that he'll be one of those leaving.

"I'll be leaving in a few days." Mendley made no secret of his intentions. He knew Ian and knew that he would never do anything to betray him.

He does not intend to take many researchers away, but only to take away some core personnel. If a large number of personnel disappear, it is easy to guess where they are going, and it is easy to leak information.

Some time ago, after the 157 incident broke out, not only did the researchers speculate about Mendley privately, and they felt some resentment towards him, Mendley also had some dissatisfaction with the researchers who had cooperated with him for a short time.

After experiencing the crisis of almost being unable to go back, it is hard not to guarantee that they will not be nostalgic for the comfort of Emperor Star in the later stage. Mendley plans to inject fresh blood into his laboratory on the next planet.

But this does not mean that he intends to give up the current laboratory so easily: "After leaving, I will contact Carlo as soon as possible, and then come back with fuel."

"The laboratory has been my painstaking effort for twenty years. As long as there is a chance, I will not let it be destroyed like this."

"Before then, I need you to stand up for me and stabilize everyone until I come back with rescue."

Mendley looked at the silent young man, he stood up and walked to Ian's side, and patted his shoulder vigorously: "I will be back."

But in fact, another possibility is even greater: "If you can't find this planet after you leave, I will take care of your wife and children for you."

"I'll start complaining in two days." Mendley looked at him. "Of course, Kathy will stay here. He can stabilize half of the people in the lab."

Ian nodded to show that he understood. Although he didn't understand why the other person in power who was equally selfish and life-threatening in the laboratory chose to stay here, he knew that Mendley hadn't deceived him on this matter.

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Just as Mendley expected at first, under the presence of the two starships in the laboratory and Mendley's presence, although people's hearts are fluctuating, they are still within a controllable range. Seeing that everything is fine, Mendley began to say that he is sick and does not show up in front of people..

During this period, he copied a complete copy of all the experimental data for the past twenty years, and took the remaining small piece of starstone with him when he left.

Mendley's departure successfully concealed most of the researchers, but not the subjects.

76 heard the sound of the starship leaving. A few days ago, he also heard Mendley and others talking about "leaving quietly". Originally, he occasionally paid attention to Mendley's movements, but after 77 began to shed his skin, 76Temporarily let go of Mendley's attention, and put most of his energy on 77.

77's molting process went smoothly, but all the experimental subjects were more worried that after the molting was over, his tail would turn into two legs uncontrollably. Only after these twelve hours, they could carry out the tail and legs by themselves.transformation.

However, the effect of 76's smile last time was obviously very good, and the story of him smiling at the researchers quickly spread throughout the laboratory.

Although after that time, 76 did not smile at them again, but they have discussed various reasons for 76's smile in private, whether it is pure imitation, or they have always had feelings, and they are learning the behavior of human beings.Express your own feelings, or is it a deliberate prank-like intimidation?

All the researchers were in a hurry when feeding, and few of them took the initiative to tease the experimental subjects. In a sense, it can be regarded as reducing the probability of 77 being discovered in a disguised form.

The conversion time of 76 is at night, but 77 happens to start in the afternoon.

Different from molting, the transformation of the tail into legs is more like a change from the inside out. The first transformation process is often accompanied by unbearable pain.

77 felt that the tail seemed to be separated from the middle, and the pain caused cold sweat to break out on his forehead. The white tail was curled up on the ceiling, and he had to pay attention not to make any big movements.

At this time, it happened to be the time to feed the experimental subjects with dinner. 76 stretched out his upper body and scanned the door of the third district. He knew that in about five minutes, two researchers would walk in from there pushing food.