Raven

Wei Yanchuan was trapped underground for more than three days. When he spoke suddenly, his voice was like sandpaper scraping a stone. Zhao Qiaosheng felt that there was a bloody smell in his breathless voice when he spoke.

There was no choice anyway, so Zhao Qiaosheng drove in the direction he said.

There are many forks in the underground, and Wei Yanchuan kept showing him the way.

At the beginning, Wei Yanchuan would give a reminder in advance every time he came to a fork in the road, but his reaction gradually slowed down later, and he would only give the number when Zhao Qiaosheng asked.

Wei Yanchuan didn't speak, Zhao Qiaosheng panicked: "You can't sleep, there are still many people waiting for you on the ground."

Wei Yanchuan laughed after a while, and the laughter was also hoarse: "Don't worry, I will send you up safely."

When he heard Wei Yanchuan say this, Zhao Qiaosheng didn't feel disgusted, and he didn't even feel annoyed because the other party deliberately misinterpreted his meaning.

Trapped in the dark underground for more than three days, it was a miracle that Wei Yanchuan could still maintain a clear consciousness and talk to him clearly.The other party's deliberate misinterpretation even made Zhao Qiaosheng feel moved. He seemed to suddenly understand why all the rescued people were thinking of Wei Yanchuan.

After all, Wei Yanchuan failed to reach the ground soberly, and Zhao Qiaosheng didn't know when he passed out.Without Wei Yanchuan's navigation, Zhao Qiaosheng could only use violence to open the way, and the rescue plane was scrapped.

In the end, it was Zhao Qiaosheng who crawled out with Wei Yanchuan on his back.

Seventy-eight hours of isolation in a dark environment, as well as a near-death experience, is enough to cause psychological shadows.

The experience of crawling in the dark with both hands and feet made Zhao Qiaosheng empathize with him even more.

So he grabbed Wei Yanchuan's arm in the flickering lights: "It's okay——"

Wei Yanchuan rolled up his sleeves, and Zhao Qiao's voice grabbed onto his forearm without hindrance.The prepared consolation suddenly couldn't continue, the touch under the palm was stiff and cold, almost like a living person.

However, at this moment, feeling the density of the tense muscles on Wei Yanchuan's arm, Zhao Qiaosheng had an inappropriate idea—maybe he really couldn't pull his wrists.

The lighting was restored, but the hull began to tilt significantly.

The safety belt on the sofa was tightened, binding the two of them firmly.Runes lit up on the walls around the ceiling and the floor, sucking all objects firmly. The melon seeds sprinkled on the table remained motionless, but the ship's tilt had reached ninety degrees.

Under the bright light, Wei Yanchuan's face turned even paler. He let out a quick breath as if coughing, and forced the corners of his mouth to curl up: "Scare me."

The hull slowly returned to normal, the runes on the wall disappeared, and the virtual tour guide reappeared. Zhao Qiaosheng didn't hear what she was saying, and stared at Wei Yanchuan: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." After a while, Wei Yanchuan had already relaxed, as if the tension just now was just an illusion of Zhao Qiaosheng, "I am more concerned about what happened to this ship."

There was no hedging in the broadcast, just an apology, indicating that there must be no real collision.

But if it wasn't an impact, what happened to the vibration just now?

The landscape window became transparent again, the earth was still at the original angle, the old time did not sail too far, and the previous ship was gone.

"Then go and have a look?" Zhao Qiaosheng unfastened his seat belt, slid his finger on the terminal, and sent a voice request.

Wei Yanchuan caught a glimpse of an icon dotted in the corner of Zhao Qiaosheng's communication screen from the corner of his eye. The outline didn't look like the badge of the Hunter's Guild.

The communication was connected, Zhao Qiaosheng walked out of the box while talking, Wei Yanchuan then looked away, and threw the unclear icon out of his mind.

He reached out to untie the seat belt, but his fingers were disobedient, and he tried several times to untie it.

Wei Yanchuan closed his eyes, reached out his hand to touch the suit jacket, took out a medicine box similar to a business card holder from the inner pocket, shook out a thin tablet, and swallowed it.

When Wei Yanchuan walked out of the box, Zhao Qiaosheng just ended the call. He put away the terminal and said to Wei Yanchuan, "Let's go, we're done."

"Awesome." Wei Yanchuan complimented, without asking how he did it.

Zhao Qiaosheng used the serial code received on the terminal to open the door of the staff passage, and led Wei Yanchuan down to the bottom floor of the old time number.

As soon as the elevator door opened, the affairs officer waiting outside greeted him: "Mr. Zhao Qiaosheng?"

"it's me."

"Hello." The clerk glanced at Wei Yanchuan who was beside Zhao Qiaosheng, and didn't ask anything, "This way please."

"As you can see, we encountered an unknown spaceship. The detection ship did not detect a source of danger, but found that there was a life reaction on board. According to the convention, we have the obligation to rescue a single spaceship."

"The flank of the unknown spacecraft is on fire, and the rescue team is doing emergency fighting. We tried to contact the people on board, but have not received a response so far."

The affairs officer led the two people onto the ferry, passed through the warehouse, and stopped at the door of the deep control room.

"This ship... looks a lot like a pirate ship." The steward clicked on the picture sent back by the probe ship.

Wei Yanchuan was surprised that a phone call from Zhao Qiao could actually make the old time spit out all the inside information.He was surprised in his heart, without showing it on his face, and looked down at the photo opened by the secretary.

Zhao Qiaosheng just glanced at it and said, "This is not a pirate ship, the fort is different."

Wei Yanchuan stretched out his pale fingertips to zoom in on the image, focusing on the fort and hatch: "This is a vagrant boat."

The affairs officer repeated in a daze: "Homeless?"

"For a period of time after the catastrophe, human beings were divided into two camps, the ground and the underground. The opposition between these two camps caused certain problems left over from history. After entering the new era, some humans refused to join the refuge and chose to live in the universe. A vagabond, this kind of person is called a vagabond.”

"Vagabonds are ghost-like existences in the universe," Zhao Qiaosheng asked, "Are you sure this is a vagrant ship?"

"Sure." Wei Yanchuan replied, "I have done business with homeless people."

The concept of vagrants appeared in the learning materials, and after Zhao Qiaosheng explained it, the affairs officer also recalled it.He asked Wei Yanchuan warily, "Who are you?"

"Wei Yanchuan," Wei Yanchuan flipped out his identity card in the terminal, "the owner of the convenience store of VT-79."

In the old days, the identity information of passengers was strictly checked, and it was impossible to forge the identity cards that could be boarded.

"So that's how it is." The affairs officer put away his vigilant look, and the owner of the convenience store is his own: "The old time has never encountered a vagrant boat since its voyage, and because this group is very special, I hope that Boss Wei can help us." Talk to homeless people, so as not to accidentally commit taboos."

The old time channel is very close to the earth, and the people on board are either rich or expensive, and a small mistake may lead to big news.

Wei Yanchuan said hello, and then asked: "Is there no response from the earth?" The vagrant boat appeared from the no-fly zone.

They are all from our own, and the affairs officer said it very bluntly: "After all, we are civil aviation. After sending the news to a specific channel, we can only wait for the news. At present, the earth has not given any feedback."

The affairs officer swiped open the door of the control room and guided the two of them to the display screen in one corner: "There is a strong interference on the homeless ship, we can't accurately detect the situation inside, and the communication request has not been connected. If there is no reply within 5 minutes , we will be forced to board the ship."

Wei Yanchuan: "Shall I go with you?"

The affairs officer nodded: "If you want. We will be responsible for protecting your safety."

"Let me go." Zhao Qiaosheng thought for a while, "In the old days, the security was outsourced to the army, and they could easily arouse the resentment of the vagrants." Many times, the vagrants would be classified as interstellar pirates, although Zhao Qiaosheng did not directly communicate with the vagrants I have dealt with them before, but I have heard many stories in the hunter union that they were treated as pirates and accidentally injured by the regular army. "I am a wild person, it is easier to gain trust, and my skills are not bad."

The affairs officer frowned: "Mr. Zhao, I know you are a qualified hunter, but we can't let you go alone."

Zhao Qiao laughed: "I can understand that this is because you don't trust my strength?"

"Of course not, we are obliged to protect the safety of every passenger!"

"I agree with Zhao Qiaosheng's statement." Wei Yanchuan said suddenly, "It is true that homeless people are not suitable for direct contact with the regular army. Otherwise, the old times will issue commissions, and the convenience stores will take orders to provide services. In this way, our identity is that of A Party B, instead of cruise ships and enthusiastic passengers, you don’t need to be responsible for our safety, and we can have more freedom.”

The affairs officer thought for a while: "Wait a minute, I need to ask the captain for instructions."

The captain quickly made a decision.After verifying Wei Yanchuan's identity as the owner of the convenience store and Zhao Qiaosheng's hunter, he agreed to the plan that the Old Time would issue a commission.

During the extraordinary period, the process went quickly. Within 5 minutes, all the procedures were in place. Wei Yanchuan and Zhao Qiaosheng put on their space suits and drove away a probe ship from the cabin of the old time.

The dark vagrant boats were still flickering with lights on.The flames on the flanks have been extinguished, and the pitted surface strongly reflects light under the illumination of distant stars, showing different colors due to different angles, proving the existence of strong combustion aids.

"I want to act alone because of curiosity. This is a bad habit of hunters." Zhao Qiaosheng pressed down the joystick, making the bottom hatch of the detection ship fit the side door of the vagrant ship: "Why are you, Boss Wei?"

"I know the owner of this ship." Since boarding the exploration ship, Wei Yanchuan has been sending voice requests, "The vagrant I do business with is her, and I still have the visitor login code of this ship."

"Try?" The hatches of the two ships have been closed, and the identity verification pop-up window popped out.

Wei Yanchuan filled in the login code.

Verification passed.

The airtight door was tightly locked and unscrewed, and the wind whirled it up, and there was an obvious pressure difference between the vagrant ship and the detection ship.

"Let's go." Zhao Qiaosheng raised the visor of the space helmet and slid through the passage first.

I don't know if it's because of the signal shielding or other reasons, but the communication request has never been connected. Wei Yanchuan can only send a message: "Lu Wei, I and one other person have entered your boat."

After leaving a message, Wei Yanchuan closed the light screen and floated towards the interface where the two boats were connected.

The temperature on the side of the vagrant ship was significantly cooler, and the spacesuit began to heat up.Wei Yanchuan grabbed the handle and swayed himself into the vagrant boat. While he was still in the passage, he heard Zhao Qiao's voice explode and curse: "Damn!"