Star Railway: Building a Foundation from the Beginning

The document slowly ended, replaced by a noble and elegant office.

The layout and décor of the entire room has been carefully designed, with walls covered with dark stencils with paintings from hundreds of years ago hanging and cabinets with millennia-old artworks.

Sumptuous chandeliers hang down from above, casting silky soft light.

Four people in well-fitting formal attire sat on sofas around a round table with different expressions.

They have different skin tones, hair colors, and eye colors.

There are also different ages, some young people in the prime of life, and some old people in their twilight years.

But what people care about the most is the identity marked on their badges:

All four, without exception, are O5 councilors.

In this intimate space, four O5 councillors began a discussion about the Omega-7 Pandora's Box.

On one side of the round table, O5-10 carefully observed the mannerisms of everyone in the room, while carefully controlling his every expression, every muscle.

She pondered how she could logically and rigorously relay the facts, so that those present could recognize some cognitive errors, and not appear like a—

Poor worm with altered memories.

Many memories associated with Oemga-7 came to mind, and then trickled down her fingers like clear water, and did little to help her realize that the timeline and logic of the entire world had been changed in a mess.

But that's enough.

She unfolded a long piece of paper, which had been prepared in advance, densely marked with it.

Then, raise your finger and point to the sign above.

"According to my research, there is a 95% chance of a TK-class event occurring in this world, just when almost all Omega-7 members are killed. "

She set another document aside.

"According to the Foundation's official release notes, Containment-076-2 is responsible for their deaths. "

"However, there are inexplicable contradictions in the chronology provided by the survivors, and 076-2 does not have any explanation for his actions. "

The other three O5 councillors remained unmoved, quietly watching O5-10.

This unwavering attitude made the latter a little anxious.

For the time being, all the evidence, all the testimony, points to a situation that is unfavorable to Abel.

What's more, there aren't many members of the O5 Council who like this guy who doesn't know if he's a human or not. 26

- He does not understand sex, freedom, equality, does not enjoy killing, but is used to killing.

A very troublesome containment object.

"In addition. O5-10 flipped open another file, looking like a professor answering students' questions, but she wasn't of high status here.

At least several O5-2s lower than O5-1.

"There's a problem here that one agent in the official records is only known as A.A., and all official records have his full name missing or damaged. "

"Regardless of the responsibility for the death of him and his former lover, point to him...... Deformation...... The order of events can best only be said to be vague, and there are multiple conflicting accounts. "

"All evidence points to one conclusion: at some point in the recent past, a major CK-Class Reality Restructuring took place that caused the timeline to be shattered and repaired. "

"But just like a vase is repaired after it is broken, the timeline after the restoration is ...... Full of errors. "

"The new timeline looks fairly close to the one before the restoration, but you can see the cracks. "

"The events that can't be connected, the things that happen for no reason, the unsolved mysteries, not because we don't know the answers, but because we don't know how to ask questions. "

O5-1 nodded, but there was still no major change in mood.

He moved his senile palm, pulled the notebook out of his pocket, flipped it slowly, then raised his eyes, looked at O5-10 and asked:

"So it's the result of the flower-activation you called?"

Now there is one of the biggest problems.

In everyone's mind, what should have been called a thorn is called a flower in O5-10's mouth.

And the latter is extremely sure of this, and is sure that in this matter, except for the mysterious administrator, only she knows the truth.

"Nope. O5-10 said.

She looked into O5-1's somewhat frightening eyes and slowly explained:

"Flowers, as far as we know now. "

"Doesn't fix the timeline, it resets the timeline. "

"If you use the vase as an analogy, starting the flower to reset the timeline, you should throw away the broken vase and make a new one. "

"They look basically the same, but there's definitely a subtle difference...... Only, this shouldn't be possible. "

"If you let us do it, you're right. O5-2 joined the conversation, "What about Abel?"

His hands are folded on the top of his thighs, and his thumbs are circled around each other.

"What does Abel have to do with this?" asked O5-10.

"Uh...... This is an observation that was placed on my desk one day. "

O5-2 was stunned for a moment, and slowly explained.

"Since Omega-7's death, 076-2 hasn't seen his sword again, not once. Then I thought that the sword and the substance that made up the thorns were quite an interesting coincidence. "

"My current hypothesis is that Abel's sword was somehow drawn from the same source of the thorn, or the thorn itself. "

"But if you're going to tell the truth, how did this flower get moved into the thorns, at the same time as most of the Omega-7 Task Force members were killed next to it......"

"Do you think Able is responsible for the flower's transformation into thorns?" O5-10 asked.

O5-2 shook his head:

"It's not just Abel. "

"Containment-073 was similarly found at the site of the massacre of Omega-7 - and unexplained, he was last reported six hundred miles3 away, at Site-17. "

Perhaps, we can listen to his opinion. "

O5-1 watched in silence.

"Nope. "

His words were as silent as he was.

Silent and powerful.

"But ......"

O5-1 raised his hand, interrupting O5-10's questioning.

This means that this small meeting of only four people has come to the most classic and oldest part of the meeting-

Vote by show of hands.

"The time when the tightrope is in the middle is the last time to start playing the sword. "

"Containment-2000 is set to start activating next month or so, and RAISA has activated Series 4, and the Foundation can't stand it just by repairing this universe, let alone that universe. "

Finally, he quoted a common saying.

"—We tidy up our own homes first, and then take care of our neighbors. "

O5-10 looks around the room.

O5-2 nodded in agreement.

O5-13......

Well, O5-13 is O5-13.

Although there is a man wearing an O5-13 badge sitting here, the actual O5-13 does not exist.

Everyone outside of the O5 Council was informed of his existence, and a memo was created under the name of O5-13, but O5-13 only existed as a tiebreaker.

O5-13's vote rotates among the O5 members, starting on the 1st, and is passed on each time a tiebreaker is cast and used.

But in this small office, there is no need for this vote at all.

Alas......

O5-10 felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

Even if she's an O5 Councilor.

Even though she wields unimaginable secrets, wealth, and military power.

Even if she doesn't have any appointments or applications, she shows up in the Commander's office, the castle of the Rothschilds, and the private yacht of the richest man in the world, who will only be afraid and afraid.

But when her opinion is contrary to O5-1, O5-2.

All that's left of her as an O5-10 is O5-10.

"If you insist. "

O5-1 looked at her calmly, silent as night as his eyes as if his soul was going to dissolve.

"It's not just me. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"I want you to bindly, forcefully, swear that you will not take any action to investigate the connection between Contain-073, Containment-076, and Thorns, or flowers, as you call them. "

"Understood?"

It was as if he was casually ordering something.

As long as it is ordered, no matter who is commanded, you can only listen to his instructions honestly.

There is no possibility of rebellion at all. []

O5-10's lips twitch.

Eventually nodded reluctantly.

"Agreed. "

"That being the case. O5-1 leaned on his cane, slowly rising from the couch and looking condescendingly at the other three people in the room.

"Adjournment. "

"All copies of today's meeting are to be recognized as cognitohazards and transferred to Special Containment Procedures - Sub-Rosa-class. "

"Please bring all of your materials, including visual materials and notes, to RAISA Containment by tomorrow. "

"Adjournment. "

The voice fell, and the picture went dark.

There is no doubt that the Foundation has completely exposed its unknown side to the universe.

It even exposed the private meetings of the O5 Councillors, the absolute top of the Foundation.

O5-1 was so oppressive that it's not hard to imagine how much power the Administrator wielded during his absence from the Foundation.

The audience has reason to suspect that this section of the file was made public at the behest of the Administrator.

"It seems that if you are not careful, you will accidentally touch the inside story of the Foundation......"

"Pure passerby, rational analysis, no blowing or black, I suggest that everyone skip the O5 councilors, don't talk nonsense, don't inadvertently provoke someone. "

"Yes, yes, Dr. Apocalypse IV is still alive today, spanning hundreds of thousands of years, and maybe the O5 Councilor is still alive. "

"Yes, yes, yes, say Abel, say Abel. "

"Extrapolating from what is known alone, Able appears to be believed to be the culprit in the massacre of the Omega-7 team, and O5-10 knows what the truth is, but is asked to remain silent and stop all investigation into the truth. "

"Just keep an eye on it, this is another apocalyptic event...... I'd love to know how many apocalyptic times the Foundation experienced before entering the universe, and how many séances were activated?"

No one could answer.

Even the Foundation itself has struggled to answer this question.

Time has no meaning for the Supreme Divinity, and they may transcend the river of time and interfere with events in the past.

This may eliminate some of the apocalypse, potentially add a bunch of apocalypse.

It's like fixing mountain code.

With good intentions, I pulled away the smelly mountain and cleaned it again, but I was stunned to find it.

The whole mountain of collapsed.

......

However, there are those who dare to talk about the O5 Councillors.

Esta whispered as she sorted out her clothes:

"Is this the world of adults?"

Esta exhaled softly.

The O5-1 man's demeanor reminded her of some of the company's top executives.

Although their appearance is very different, they have a very similar style of speaking and doing things.

A heavy sense of oppression, like gravity that appears out of thin air, can bind all free thoughts to uninhibited souls.

Make it fall into the dust and be disgraced.

Esta tugged at the collar of the monitor, adjusted the angle of the bow slightly, and straightened the pendant of the neck ring.

"Hey, I don't want to think about it yet. "

"Mr. Screw Gum is about to arrive at the station, and I don't know if Bai Xuan will like my dress today?"

"Hey~"

......

The screen dimmed for a moment, then lit up again.

It's still the lecture hall, it's still the old lecturer.

The difference is that those sitting in the classroom have changed from passionate and enthusiastic young people to supervisors in white coats.

Some of them were faces that the audience seemed to have seen, but nine years had left their mark on their faces and figures. 390

Left behind the traces of the past, leaving behind the heaviness of time.

They were silent and looked at the old man on the podium.

Unlike them, the old man did not change, neither on crutches nor with reading glasses.

The projector in the classroom has been replaced with an LCD screen, and the content on it will be switched with just a light touch.

So, the old man and the screen began to face the witnesses who had experienced the changes of the Foundation.

Tell.

Explain.

[Nine years ago, the Foundation looked completely different than it does today. 】

With the support of the Bowe Committee, the Foundation is committed to research and development of new technologies. Containment cross-experiments and weaponization projects abound. 】

[Mobile Task Force Omega-7 Pandora's Box utilizes Containment-076 and Containment-105 for its mission.] 】

[Senior personnel enjoy a high degree of freedom and autonomy, and as long as they have done their job, they will ignore all codes and professional rules.] The O5 Council, the kings who command the magical army, approved of all this. 】

[This is the best and the worst of times for the Foundation.] But it ended, and it ended rather badly. 】

[The end of the Pandora's Box era came for many reasons—Kondraki's destruction of Site-19, the Zero Point Incident, and Abel's massacre of his Omega-7 teammates, the end came.] 】

[The O5 Council realizes that the situation is out of control and takes repressive action :]

[Previous projects have been shelved;]

[High-ranking personnel were secretly demoted to administrative positions with no real power, and even assassinated;]

[The Foundation has abandoned research and development of anomalous technology, and has devoted its energies entirely to containment and containment procedures.] 】

The old man propped one hand on the podium, showing the history of the foundation in the past nine years.

Then, he cleared his throat and continued:

So nine years passed, and to this day. "

"Anomalous events are becoming more frequent, with thousands of containment items being recovered in just a few years, and new organizations of interest being discovered every day. "

"The Foundation is starting to lose its strength, and the O5 Council is starting to despair. "

"They are starting to feel the urgent need to lean in their favor. "

"The Foundation has restarted research beyond containment. "

"Restarting research on crossover and weaponization projects, encouraging scholarly exchange within the Foundation, and even creating a new Thaumie Class 1 dedicated to the containment of other containment objects. "

"They dug through the personnel files of the Bowe era, looking for old swords to be sharpened again for new battles. "

As soon as he finished speaking, a line of words appeared on the screen.

[Rebirth Plan].

"Among the relaunched projects is Pandora's Box. "

"What was once Mobile Task Force Omega-7 has become Alpha-9's last hope"

"But not everyone is optimistic. They remember the disasters of the past. They secretly fear that this will be the end of the Foundation. "

"They may be right. "。