"Angley, a citizen of Goddora, pureblood, formerly lived on his home planet before migrating to the Gauting Colony Planet. He comes from a single-parent family with a low economic status; all his family members have passed away, and he has no spouse or relatives. Since graduating from public school in his youth, he has had no long-term employment history, only a few odd jobs with a total working time of less than seven months. He was once imprisoned for several days for fighting, and his most recent activity record is decades ago..."
In the room, Hannes and Bennett sat in chairs facing each other with Tu Shu. Han Xiao read the document aloud and then handed it to the two of them to look at. This information was given to him by Nagokin. Through portrait matching, Goddora's artificial intelligence quickly locked onto the target in the citizen identity database.
In interstellar civilizations, all citizens are recorded. As long as they use this identity ID, the relevant records will be fed back into the database. Advanced civilizations store information not only through the database node, but the database is also the largest backup. In addition, when transmitting information, it will pass through some individual information nodes, which will automatically perform secret backups, forming a data chain. Even if the main database fails, all information will not be lost and can be retrieved from other nodes at any time.
Citizen identity information is naturally confidential, but given Nagokin's position, accessing the identity database is just a matter of a word. According to regulations, citizen files cannot be viewed by outsiders, but rules are rigid while people are flexible. Nagokin has good intentions towards Black Star, and if he only needs this kind of simple information, the higher-ups will turn a blind eye—after all, those with power have privileges.
Of course, when Nagokin asked Han Xiao why he was investigating this person, Han Xiao had nothing to hide. He simply said that a friend had encountered a strange Goddora on Planet Aquamarine. As for Hannes's unsubstantiated speculations, there was no need to reveal them.
"It's him, no doubt." Hannes carefully examined the portrait in the file, confirming that this Angley was indeed the mysterious Goddora he had encountered on Planet Aquamarine. However, the man in the file looked much younger, so he couldn't help but ask, "How old is this person?"
"If we're calculating by birth year, Angley is already over ninety years old. The lifespan of the Goddora people is about 1.5 times that of you, but this calculation is rarely done in the universe because of the existence of hibernation life support pods, which can significantly slow down aging. The records say that there have been no records of Angley's activities for several decades, meaning that he hasn't used his identity ID during this time... When you met him, he was in a life support pod; perhaps he's been on Planet Aquamarine for a long time." Han Xiao pondered, glancing back at the records, his expression thoughtful.
The file was fairly detailed, containing records of Angley from birth to his disappearance. To Han Xiao's surprise, the file was incredibly unremarkable; he looked like an ordinary interstellar citizen. With Goddora's productivity, most citizens no longer needed to work—a common social problem in most advanced civilizations.
You won't starve even if you don't earn money, but your life certainly won't be very good. Angley left his home planet for this reason. The standard of living on his home planet is generally quite high. Although civilization can support idlers, it only guarantees a minimum level of sustenance. If you want good things, you naturally have to work and earn money. And the prices and social atmosphere of each planet will naturally weed out those who don't work.
Gauting Colony Planet are very peripheral territories, neglected and relatively backward. If Goddora's colonies are divided into several tiers, then Gauting is definitely in the worst tier, basically equivalent to an interstellar version of a slum.
Bennett frowned and asked, "Could the war on Planet Aquamarine really be related to him?" Although he didn't understand the situation in interstellar space, he still had basic judgment. Not only Han Xiao, but he also felt that this was just an ordinary person's file, and there seemed to be nothing special about it.
"It's hard to say, we don't know which faction he belongs to." Han Xiao shook his head. "Now we have a new lead. First, based on this activity record, we'll send someone to Gauting to conduct an Earth Movement investigation. Second, we'll get the Six Nations to hand over the life support pods they seized. I can check the product serial numbers to find the seller and trace the problem further."
"Okay, it all depends on you now." Hannes nodded solemnly.
"I'll go and speak to the Six Nations," Bennett said. He was going to convey Han Xiao's message, and the Six Nations would naturally not refuse. He felt that this was all the help he could offer.
Bennett, a legendary figure who emerged from the ancient era's wars of a hundred nations, was also extremely curious about the reasons behind the current state of Planet Aquamarine.
Han Xiao nodded, took out his communication terminal, and flipped through his contact list. Thousands of names flashed by. He selected a mercenary from the Sky Ring Alliance to contact. This person was a comrade-in-arms from a previous mercenary operation. After connecting, the other party was very friendly. Han Xiao Han exchanged a few pleasantries and then asked him to help him send over Angley's information. The other party readily agreed to check it out.
Because the Gauting Colony Planet is quite far away, and Han Xiao has things to do on Planet Aquamarine, he doesn't plan to let his mercenaries leave. So he uses his connections to hire another partner to help him investigate. Sky Ring has a wide range of businesses, so their investigation efficiency is higher.
Two days later, the Six Nations delivered the life support pods. Han Xiao hacked into the system and easily obtained the product number. Not only that, he also discovered that the life support pods had internet connectivity. With his current skills, he quickly hacked into the login account. The records inside were all entertainment items, nothing of value, which he sent to the Sky Ring mercenaries as new clues.
He then put the matter out of his mind.
We've done everything we can; these are the only clues we have. Now we just have to wait for progress from Sky Ring.
The situation on Planet Aquamarine is gradually stabilizing. Because Goddora knew about the effects of the Mutation Source in advance, she did not take the wrong path as she did in her previous life. The number of refugees she treated increased, Sanctuary the shelters expanded rapidly. The area covered by the buildings expanded outward in concentric circles. Although they were all simple refugee houses, they were gradually taking on the scale of a city.
The Sanctuary bears its own name, so all the arriving refugees remember it. The number of refugees is increasing. Although the Mutation Virus will break out again in the next stage, gathering the refugees together makes it easier to suppress them. Even if there aren't enough inhibitors, they can be subdued by force. The number of deaths and injuries will be less than in the previous life, but the manpower pressure will increase sharply... Even after learning about the possible future situation from Han Xiao, Bennett still wants to save people.
Nagokin's rescue team, players, the Sanctuary, and the Six Nations —everyone was busy. There were several more beast attacks, but they were all easily repelled.
Han Xiao continued to recruit players, and some players who had earned Enas started shopping in the faction shop. The amount was small, after all, the rewards for Goddora's quests were meager, and the total amount spent was less than 10,000 Enas, far from enough to cover the debts Han Xiao needed to repay.
He wasn't in a hurry at all; this was just the beginning.
Han Xiao has always adhered to the principle of common prosperity. Only when players' wallets are fuller can market purchasing power increase. However, making players rich is out of the question in the short term, since it's not easy for players to earn money...
For the time being, Planet Aquamarine is fine; at least until DarkStar takes action, there won't be any trouble. Han Xiao is more focused on other planets affected by the Mutation Disaster. The situation of the disaster is being broadcast in the Garton Star System through news reports. The people of Goddora are still praying, offering blessings, and Rescue forces.
However, some dissenting voices quietly emerged.
"So many planets are experiencing disasters, and the symptoms are similar—it's too much of a coincidence. It can't be that simple."
"I've heard some rumors that Goddora actually set up experimental bases for developing weapons on these planets, and that the experiments failed accidentally, causing the weapons to leak out and leading to the disaster."
"If you're going to conduct experiments, why not choose an uninhabited planet? How could you risk testing weapons on a planet belonging to an allied civilization?"
"Indeed, that's a ridiculous claim; it's obviously false."
"Not necessarily. If it's a biological weapon, then it would be perfect for testing with lives."
"You're overthinking it. It's probably DarkStar's doing. They have a history of attacking low-level Garton Star System and causing trouble for Goddora."
"What if Goddora deliberately shifted the blame onto DarkStar...? Such an enemy would be a natural shield."
"Ha, how could that be? That's utter nonsense. You'll be held responsible for that in the future."
On Goddora's website, some citizens began to speculate in various ways. Compared to proper disaster relief, many idle people preferred unconventional conjectures and enjoyed the stimulation brought by these kinds of opinions, experiencing a unique kind of excitement, but not many people actually believed them.
New rumors have also emerged regarding the extent of the disaster.
"I have a friend who's a member of the disaster relief team..."
"Here comes the 'I Have a Friend' series."
"Stop it, stop messing around... Anyway, he said the disaster is too bizarre, the higher-ups are completely helpless, there's no way to eradicate it, and in the end, they'll probably have to carry out a civilization relocation and take in refugees."
"Huh? No way."
"With so many planets and such a large population, relocating so many people would be a massive undertaking. It seems the authorities will have to temporarily house those refugees on our colony planets."
"That won't do. I don't want to live with those natives."
"Exactly, they can go elsewhere, to cultivate uninhabited planets, why come to our territory and occupy our resources?"
"Actually, if it's just temporary accommodation, then it's bearable. The real problem is that they might not want to leave."
"Let's just create a new uninhabited planet, dump all the refugees from those other planets there, and let them fend for themselves. As long as they don't come to Goddora, that's fine."
"Yes, disaster relief is enough; there's no need to be responsible for them to the end."
These differing opinions are merely wishful thinking, lacking any evidence, and thus, like the foam rising from a surging river, they are quickly submerged in countless prayer messages.
However, opinion polls suggest that support for the relief effort has peaked and then dipped slightly.
These differing opinions seemed to arise naturally, but there were no prior signs, as if something deliberate was brewing in the shadows.
Garton Star System, Goddora Region, Gauting Colony Planet.
This is a grayish-brown planet, its color appearing somber, silently suspended in the dark universe.
From outer space, the city on the surface appears orderly. Although it is a poor colony, the city planning is not so dirty and chaotic. However, compared to the splendor of other prosperous colonies, Gauting looks somewhat gray and lacks the golden buildings that are the favorite color of the Goddora people.
This situation arises because some of the city construction in Gauting is outsourced to interstellar engineering teams, so it doesn't look very characteristic of Goddora. The Goddora citizens living here are naturally marginalized people who are unwilling to work.
There was no wind, and the clouds seemed to be frozen in the sky. At night, the artificial moon emitted a bright but not soft Glory. The towering buildings were coated with a layer of silvery white paint. Almost all the windows of the hundreds of meters high residential buildings were lit up. At first glance, it seemed to have the warmth of thousands of lights. But if you understood the reason, you would know that this was because the citizens of Goddora who did not want to work mostly preferred to stay at home.
Therefore, there were few hovercars on the streets, and almost no pedestrians using public flight runes. Only cleaning robots patrolled slowly, their wheels and tracks making a rustling sound as they rolled across the ground. Although the streets were clean, they were deserted and exuded a sense of desolation.
On the outskirts of the city, in a simple dwelling in a low-rise apartment building, three Goddora people were playing cards and chatting. They were all quite old, with wrinkles on their faces and rather bloated figures. Although they had gained weight, it was clear that they must have been quite strong when they were young.