The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 501 - 494 Star of Fortune

Chapter 501: Chapter 494 Star of Fortune

The difference in thought between people is truly vast.

For Gao Yuan, he certainly detests the Serpent People to the bone, but what he is considering now is how to defeat the Serpent People and save humanity.

As for Ram, he is thinking about how to take revenge, and even if he ultimately fails, he wants to leave the Serpent People with a curse, letting their invasion of Earth eventually lead to the destruction of their civilization, no matter if that time is ten thousand or a hundred thousand years from now. As long as the Serpent People are destroyed, that’s all that matters.

And now, it seems Xinghe is also tempted by this idea.

"How can we hand over eternal life to the Serpent People? Give it to them directly? Wouldn’t that cause the Serpent People to immediately invade our planet?"

Ram immediately said, "Isn’t that simple? What if it’s taken by the Serpent People themselves, or use immortality technology as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Serpent People to ask them to retreat, any method that allows them to get the technology works. There are many ways, but there’s only one problem, do you have the technology to grant the Serpent People immortality?"

Xinghe whispered, "It requires very complicated equipment, but the principle... I believe with the Serpent People’s level of technology it would be very easy to understand and to achieve. However, this principle was discovered under a very accidental circumstance. We also took a long detour in the past. The Serpent People may not have yet discovered the difference between extending life and unlimited extension of life. These are almost two completely different paths."

Adel said seriously, "Then, what is the principle? Please tell me."

Xinghe looked at Xinghe and said, "Do you really want to know? The scientists of Shenzhou also asked me this question, but they ultimately gave up on getting the answer. An old man told me that he does not wish for humanity to fall into the trap of losing their pursuits and sense of urgency too early. He said humans are born hedonists, and then he gave up the technology. So, do you want the answer?"

Adel pondered for a moment and then she still shook her head, "Never mind, I also give up."

Gao Yuan whispered, "So, are we really considering this plan? I mean, are we really going to make this idea happen?"

Ram said firmly, "Of course, if there’s the slightest possibility, we always have to try. It doesn’t matter whether we succeed in defeating the Serpent People, but if we can feed them a civilization poison wrapped in honey, I won’t let them refuse to eat it. There are some things you can’t think about or try, because once you start, you can’t stop; there’s no going back."

Catherine whispered, "Like Pandora’s Box."

Ram smiled and said, "Yes, like Pandora’s Box. Figure out a way to get the Serpent People to discover and open the box themselves. That way, even if I die, I can rest easy. Speaking of ’the box’..."

Ram looked at Karemah and then he asked softly, "Has there been any contact from Little Egg?"

Karemah shook her head, "No contact. You said to tell you immediately if there’s any news from the Water Organization, but so far Black Devil hasn’t sent back any messages, and the Water Organization hasn’t passed any message to their emergency vent either. Our contact has been completely cut off."

Ram took a deep breath, then he waved his hand, "Let’s eat first. Later I’ll try to contact them myself. Send out a scouting rescue team to investigate around Djibouti."

Karemah nodded, "Okay, should I put that in the schedule?"

"No need, I’ll do it today."

The topic suddenly shifted, but soon after, Ram looked at Gao Yuan and said, "Let’s go check out the cave first. If we find nothing, we must hurry to Djibouti. I’m worried that if too much time passes, the Sanitation Worker will move the Ark of the Covenant away. If it were too far from us, that would be troublesome."

At this moment, Xinghe said, "The diamond you discovered in the cave, can I see it now?"

"Oh, sure, Yelena, bring out the Star of Fortune, and also those two purple diamonds."

Yelena immediately stood up and after a while, she brought two exquisite boxes.

Ram took the boxes and directly opened one and handed it to Xinghe.

One box contained a giant red diamond with a platinum holder above it, tied with a string. There were also two large black diamonds, set in rings, but judging by their shape, all three diamonds had not undergone any cutting or polishing.

Xinghe, with a solemn expression, took the red diamond out of the box and then, holding it up by the red string, she examined the diamond against the light for a while. After that, she said with a puzzled look, "Is this a diamond?"

"Yes, a red diamond, very large and very, very perfect. It could be described as priceless, well, extremely valuable."

Xinghe, still not understanding, asked, "Why would such a simple carbon crystal be considered a gem? It’s a compound that is extremely common in the universe, and it can be mass-produced artificially. Why consider such a crystalline body a highly valuable gem?"

Catherine smiled, "A simple commercial ruse."

Ram shrugged, "Well, you can’t call it a ruse. Natural diamonds are still valuable, and... artificial ones lack significance. A natural diamond as large and perfect as this one, uh, of course it’s valuable."

Catherine continued smiling, "Alright, you, as someone who benefits from it, would say that. If everyone thought diamonds were no different than glass, how could you make a fortune from diamonds?"

Ram turned to Xinghe, "The point is, do you think there’s a problem with this diamond? Or say, is there anything special about it?"

"I need equipment. Have you checked this diamond?"

Ram laughed, "Of course. Well, from any perspective, this is a diamond: big, pure, beautiful, but just a diamond."

Xinghe sighed and then said with disappointment, "But I can’t see anything strange about it. In our place, this is a very common item, only useful for industrial purposes. I can’t think of any connection this diamond has with a spacecraft. But bring it along to the cave, anyway."

Xinghe handed the diamond back to Ram, who casually put it back into the box and gave it back to Yelena, saying, "Okay, we’ll bring it when we go. I’ve already ordered people to dig the entrance open. We also have ropes and pulley brackets and whatnot, so it won’t take long to set up, and then we can go down to the bottom of the cave to take a look. It’s very close to here, just a twenty-minute trip, we can definitely do it today."

Xinghe was still deep in thought, whispering, "Did you scan the statue? Is its internal structure normal?"

Ram shook his head, "Scan? We haven’t scanned it, why scan a statue, how would we scan it? We also didn’t damage the statue, otherwise, toppling the statue over would reveal everything, wouldn’t it?"

Xinghe, without hesitation, said, "Perhaps the secret lies inside the statue, if there’s no suitable scanning equipment, then just destroy the statue and take a look."