Chapter 28: Kolev’s Secret Garden

　　Of course they are not going directly to the administrative star of the Cass Federation.

　　A normal administrative star with a comprehensive defense system near the planet.

　　This colony is just a coordinate, a beacon, guiding them to the real secret base.

　　——An abandoned resource star in the same star system as the administrative star.

　　While Kolev explained various operations of the spacecraft to Hamilton, he steadily avoided several slow patrol ships, dodged the mostly deserted defense detectors, and sailed into the synchronous orbit of the resource star.

　　After confirming that there was nothing abnormal, the pirate ship rowed into the thin atmosphere of the resource star.

　　The planet is like a regular lump of ice. ——It is located outside the habitable zone of the star system and receives relatively little stellar heat.

　　When Hamilton looked down, the ground was white.

　　”There’s plenty of fresh water here, but the atmosphere is thin.”

　　Kolev introduced with a smile:

　　”This planet was not originally here. It should have been dragged here during the last civilization era as a companion star to the planet next door. However, the resources here have been drained, and there are only some huge holes left under the ice sheet.

　　”The planet next door is also very interesting, and I have a lot of assets on it. Time is tight this time, so I won’t take you to visit it.”

　　Hamilton yawned. The operating buttons in his eyes were like a group of flying little fish, attacking his retinas crazily.

　　He felt that he would need to get an injection of genetic stabilizing fluid later.

　　Studying in class is more likely to cause anxiety than fighting.

　　”How long are we going to be here?” Hamilton asked.

　　”We have brought enough supplies, and we can live here for three years without any problem,” Kolev said with a smile. “But I can’t let Kimo wait too long. I will stay for about three months and then leave to avoid the limelight.”

　　Mimili asked, “Dad, is there anything I can do?”

　　”Happy, my child,” Kolev smiled, “you just need to enjoy everything here. This is the fortress I have designed for the two of us for more than ten years. You will be surprised later! Guess I used it What? Here’s a small portion of the fortune I’ve accumulated over half my life.”

　　Hamilton suddenly became excited.

　　——An expectation of that part of pirate wealth.

　　The pirate ship slowly sailed towards the fishbone-like ridge. Kolev firmly inserted the pirate ship into a canyon that was extremely difficult to detect. Hamilton and others were required to put on bulky planetary exploration suits.

　　When the old crew members wanted to move supplies, Kolev just waved his hand: “Don’t worry about it, come with me! There are many tireless workers here!”

　　The group left the pirate ship and slowly followed the ridge to the bottom of the canyon.

　　Kolev walked to the knife-like stone wall, lowered his head and tinkered for a while, and suddenly a two-meter by three-meter projection screen appeared in front of him.

　　This is a display interface, in which a piece of monitoring screen appears.

　　Hamilton took a look at the back and praised: “It’s much more spacious inside than a spaceship.”

　　”Haha! Hanton! You want to know what I did here, right?” Kolev said excitedly.

　　”In no mood.”

　　”No! Say what you want! My dear First Officer Hanton, I can give you the same management authority as my daughter!”

　　”The scenery here is really nice.”

　　Hamilton looked calmly at the sky filled with auroras.

　　Mimili on the side couldn’t help laughing.

　　After confirming again and again that this base had not been invaded, Kolev waited for a few more minutes before opening the base door.

　　Along with the roar, the layers of camouflaged ice and stone on both sides slowly moved, revealing a passage diagonally downwards.

　　Kolev and Hamilton walked at the front, and everyone lined up and walked slowly downwards. After passing several rooms with a “lock”-like structure, they finally entered the base’s spacious front hall, which looked like a large aircraft carrier hangar...

　　Kolev’s long-planned performance officially debuted.

　　Two rows of robots with different shapes were neatly arranged, using their bodies with different structures and sizes, while making elegant bows, and then shouted with an electronically synthesized voice of more than fifty different voices:

　　”Welcome home master.”

　　Hamilton looked at these robots with low-level intelligence with interest.

　　Half of them are humanoid omnics such as maids and housekeepers, and the rest are engineering omnics. There are still stone debris residues on the tracks, and they look like they have been running for a long time.

　　Kolev’s old friends were completely stunned.

　　”Molly!” Kolev yelled, “You haven’t come out to receive guests yet! Where did you go, Molly!”

　　”Here we come, Master.”

　　A cold electronic synthesized sound suddenly sounded, and the light coming from all corners created a three-dimensional projection in front of Kolev.

　　This is a virtual character with a somewhat contradictory appearance.

　　She wore a professional skirt, stockings, and a pair of red-soled high heels, but her round face was as childish as a girl’s, and she also wore a pair of square-rimmed glasses.

　　Hamilton smiled and said: “Kolev, you have exposed your quirks.”

　　”This guest, please do not slander my master.”

　　Molly——this virtual image was speaking seriously, and the voice seemed to come directly from her mouth:

　　”When the master first set my appearance, the relevant hormone secretion in his body was no longer enough to make him have any interest in this aspect. He is already old enough.”

　　”Molly! Shut up!” Kolev took off the helmet of the exploration suit and cursed through gritted teeth.

　　Molly whispered: “Good master, if I have caused you any loss of face because of my honesty, I feel deeply guilty.”

　　”Reduce your poisonous tongue index by 20%, your nagging index by 50%, and your humor index by 50%! Damn it! Why did I give you so many boring parameters!”

　　Kolev bumped Hamilton with his shoulder and cursed:

　　”Having this guy arguing with me has already given me a headache. Now, some of your functions can be laid off!”

　　”Oh, this is such a joy ... the setup is complete.”

　　Molly’s tone of voice changed slightly and became much more serious.

　　”Master, please set permissions for guests.”

　　”Mimili, my only daughter, the inheritor of everything after my death,” Kolev pointed at Mimili behind him, “Her authority is set to the highest level.”

　　He lowered his voice and added: “Except for my property list, this cannot be given to her until after my death.”

　　”Set, second master.”

　　Mimi Li raised her hand to her forehead, her face full of helplessness: “Dad! I can survive without you!”

　　”But you will definitely not be as comfortable as you are under my care.”

　　Kolev smiled proudly and pointed at Hamilton:

　　”This guy has the same permissions as Mimi Li, but he is prohibited from entering the next residences of these ladies. Others have VIP permissions.”