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第1216章半年的窗口期！
托勒密II，作战会议室。
谢尔盖作为地球联邦军的代表，来到了这里，与天人商议接下来的行动。
当然。
在地球联邦军代表这层身份的背后，谢尔盖同样也是天人的一员。
“瘟疫吗？”
谢尔盖看完记录于之前与露易丝交谈时的录像后，稍微思索了一下。
“乱风，你觉得呢？那所谓的瘟疫能否阻拦ELS半年之久？”
至高者所留下的手段之一，让人惊讶又叹服。
但到底能够起到多少作用，还是未知数。
作为变革者，谢尔盖更愿意相信何名的判断。
在变革者的道路上，何名走得比任何人都要遥远。
在眼界上，这个世界的任何人都没有资格与何名并肩。
哪怕是谢尔盖自己，也是在因缘际会之下，得到了天人的救助，从而跟随在何名的身后，到达了那前所未见，闻所未闻的全新世界。
“根据我们的计算，在没有瘟疫影响的情况下，ELS抵达地球所需要的时间大概为90~95日左右。不管如何，至高者所留下的瘟疫手段，确实能够为人类争取到更多的时间。”
何名认可了至高者所留下的手段。
谢尔盖沉吟片刻后，也认可了何名的说法。
“是吗？这样算起来，我们至少还有半年的时间吗？”
“不。恐怕会有一年的时间。”
九条丽莎提醒道。
“根据VEDA的计算，ELS很有可能在适应了瘟疫之后，还会停留在木星轨道上一段时间。”
“哦？VEDA是怎么说的？”
何名扬了扬眉头，似乎有些意外。
“嗯，VEDA认为ELS很有可能会被至高者所留下的“瘟疫”所震慑，在没有得到来自后方的支援之前，应该不会展开大规模行动，离开木星轨道。”
何名与谢尔盖交换了一下目光，同为变革者的他们似乎有所感应。
也许，VEDA的推测有可能会成为现实。
“那么，我就以半年的时间作为基础，向议会提交报告吧！”
谢尔盖最终做出了结论。
“嗯，拜托你了。谢尔盖。”
“这是我应该做的。作为联邦军人，保护市民以及地球，从来都是我们的职责。”
谢尔盖离开后，整个会议室当中，就剩下何名与九条丽莎。
“何名，之前是摩耶她们介入了战斗？”
左右无人，九条丽莎终于问及到之前亚空间鱼雷的事情。
“嗯。说实话，我也有些意外。没想到摩耶她们试验新技术的同时，竟还暗中跑到了木星这边。不过，也多亏了她们的出手，才得以让寄居蟹计划渡过了最危险的时刻。”
顿了顿，何名看了一眼九条丽莎。
“VEDA的推测，恐怕并不只有基于至高者所留下的“瘟疫”，更有着来自摩耶她们的那一击所带来的影响，对吧？”
话声刚落下，会议室的屏幕上顿时亮起了一则通讯——来自VEDA的直接通讯。