I Have a Mansion in the Post-apocalyptic World (Web Novel)

Chapter 1361: The Blooming Flower of Memory

In the modern world, the sky above Yoto International Airport was pristine and clear.

Athletes from all over the world boarded the flight home and left the city.

In the far land between North and South Colombia on the other side of the Pacific, the ceasefire agreement finally came into effect. On the premise of NATO’s recognition of the Timochenko government’s actual control over South Colombia, Timochenko agreed to unconditionally release more than 10,000 captured Coalition soldiers in exchange for two thousand soldiers who had been captured by NATO and North Colombia.

On the surface, it appeared to be the generosity of the Timochenko government, but anyone who understood politics recognized this as a political move. The UA’s compromise on Nippon was exchanged for Celestial Trade’s concession on the Colombia issue.

As for the interests of the Colombian people, they were not considered by either party from the beginning…

After Timochenko, who had been dealing with official duties, hung up Jiang Chen’s call, he stood in front of Bolivar’s portrait at the Presidential Palace in Bogota. He silently smoked several cigars as his eyes stayed fixated on the portrait. FARC was only one step away from reunifying the whole country. Even the NATO Coalition Force could not stop the defeat of government force. However, Colombia was now divided into two and became two countries…

Although he felt dissatisfied, he couldn’t think of any other way.

He knew the role he played in this game and he knew who handed him everything he owned today.

Timochenko had no doubt that if he dared to turn on Celestial Trade, he would fall ill and die in a few days because “he smoked too much cigars” or for some other reasons, and then there would be a more obedient puppet to take power to become the new leader of FARC with the support of Celestial Trade.

Peace arrived in a hurry.

With glory and bounty, the Moro Soldiers sang a triumphant song and withdrew from the Colombian battlefield. The turbulent situation in South America finally returned into the former peace. Although everyone knew that the peaceful façade was built on compromise,

…

Kwai looked at the G100 that disappeared into the light blue sky with a complex expression. Her right hand clenched tightly to her sleeve and she pressed against her chest.

Last night, the devil finally spared her. She was almost broken. Then he had dinner with her in the restaurant on the top floor. Until now, she couldn’t believe that she could put on normal clothes and walk out of the room intact.

She still vividly remembered the words left by the man with the evil smile at the candlelight table last night.

“Don’t lie to yourself. If you really hate what I did to you, you would have poured this bowl of potato soup on my face. Don’t use any excuses like being afraid to lie to yourself, you should be very clear what the real reason is, why don’t you admit it honestly? Tsk tsk, don’t look at me with such a scary expression. I have given you more than once the opportunity to choose whether to continue or not, but the choice your body made has been far more honest than the expression on your face.”

With confusion and loss in her eyes, Kwai repeatedly chewed the words that made her waver.

She didn’t understand why she became like this. She obviously should hate him, and she wished he could die at the next moment. However, at this moment, when she saw the flight that disappeared into the horizon, there was a trace of reluctance and longing in the softest part of her heart.

Whether she admitted it or not, that man had left an indelible mark on her…

Onboard the G100, Jiang Chen looked away from the grounding disappearing underneath him and started to rest in the decompression seat. After half an hour, when he opened his eyes again, the private jet had appeared over Coro Island and had begun its descent towards Coro International Airport.

When Ayesha saw him at the VIP tunnel at the airport, she plunged into Jiang Chen’s arms, stamped a passionate kiss on his lips, and buried her forehead into his chest.

Although it had only been less than a month, she could no longer suppress her overflowing emotions.

“I heard you did something dangerous over there again.” After they go in the car, Ayesha behind the steering wheel complained quietly, “You could have gotten Gill to do this. If you really don’t believe in her ability, you can leave it to me.”

“Danger is a stretch. It’s not the first time I went to a military base.” Jiang Chen laughed and rubbed Ayesha’s silky hair, “How have you been doing these days?”

“I’ve been alright,” Ayesha smiled, “Lilith has become obsessed with diving recently. I, Sister Shiyu, and Natasha took her to the ocean every weekend.”

“Unbelievable. That little girl would actually like things outside the virtual world. I thought she would not be able to live without the Internet.” Jiang Chen grinned.

Sometimes, Jiang Chen was really curious about the world through the eyes of an advanced artificial intelligence with emotions. Whenever he talked about his view of the world, Lilith’s attitude had always been ambiguous.

Perhaps she was not even aware that as a string of data, how many terabytes of variables were between herself and reality.

Back home, Jiang Chen kissed Xia Shiyu and Natasha . Then, he reached out and rubbed Lilith’s head, who was also standing in the hallway. Finally, he returned to the office. Almost as soon as he sat down, he received a call from Celestial City.

The call was from Kelvin.

News came from the distant Mars colony. Three hundred scientific researchers had successfully received the Flower of Memory. After a week of observation, they did not observe any adverse side-effects.

After Jiang Chen learned the good news, he immediately asked him to transfer the call to the Mars colony.

During the call, Dr. Amos quickly greeted Jiang Chen and then started to joke.

“One piece of good news and one piece of bad news.”

Without any regard for the decision Jiang Chen would make, Dr. Amos made the decision for him and continued.

“The good news is that our gains are amazing. The Gaia civilization has gone quite far in the research of materials, gravity, and planetary environment, far beyond the imagination of modern physics. Especially in the field of hadron materials, their research has completely changed our understanding of materials science and particle physics.”

“I remember you mentioning a piece of bad news,” Jiang Chen said.

“The bad news is that I am drooling whenever I see the specimen of Devil Worms. There seem to be strange things mixed in with the Flower of Memory. In addition to the knowledge of the Gaia, there are also their recipes.”

Jiang Chen processed what he had just heard for a moment before he laughed out loud, “That’s easy, I can have someone prepare one for you. Steamed or fried?”

“Forget it, I want to live longer.” Amos rolled his eyes, paused for a moment, and continued, “In the next two months, we will use the knowledge in our brains and generate research papers, sort them out and upload them to the Celestial Database. You can look forward to the extent to which the knowledge in our database will be enriched in two months!”

“I’ll look forward to that day.”

Jiang Chen nodded happily. After he bantered a bit more with Dr. Amos, he ended the call.