Veteran Cadre and Bug Chief [Interstellar]

Since the last "advanced and backward" joint exercise, humans and advanced Zerg finally ushered in a relatively equal and mutually beneficial cooperation.

Ding Gui, who accidentally sneaked into the enemy's coalition forces, continued to follow Commander Kumble, trying his best to play the role of the commander's life assistant, secretly conveying the latest news of the enemy, and helping to take care of the three Zerg locked in the cargo compartment Soldiers, keep an eye on Dai Kang's new movements.

The important information is provided by the human side, and the higher-level Zerg with more combat power is responsible for providing military support.

Yan made an indirect promise to Ding Gui through Si Ze. At that time, while rescuing their own members, they would also safely rescue the few human cubs trapped on the ship Aiden, and be responsible for their entire team and Escort work for innocent civilians.

Since the two sides act in the same general direction, and the enemies of each other have joined together to form a group, it seems that they have a common hostile target, and the cooperation talks went smoothly and quickly.

Before the officer Zong on the opposite side closed the dialog box, Si Ze also asked for Qi Fei's interstellar communication code, and he exchanged the current contact information with Qi Fei under the watchful eyes of Officer Zong.

That night, after confirming with a text message that Qi Fei had returned to the lounge at this time and that he was free, Si Ze sent Qi Fei a private communication request on behalf of the entire team.

As soon as Qi Fei connected the communication, he saw several figures crowded together in front of the screen.

Even though the dialog box was blurred due to the automatic adjustment of the docking signal, Qi Fei recognized their corresponding masters with just a glance at the silhouettes slightly distorted by noise and mosaics.

"Aze, Xiaobai, Xiaobei, Lao Zhan..."

Called the names of old friends one by one, the docking signal was debugged just at this time, and several familiar faces who hadn't seen for a long time clearly jumped onto the dialog box, Qi Fei and the old friends on the other side of the dialog box looked at each other for a while, they It was as if they had entered a state where they wanted to say too much, and they didn't know which one to say first. The two sides looked at each other silently, only smiling.

In the end, the young man named "Old Zhan" by Qi Fei spoke first.

He was tall and tall, almost beyond the dialog box. He pressed the shoulder of the young man with glasses beside him and said "Hey", and said with emotion: "I am 'Old Zhan' alone. It sounds like I was promoted for no reason."

This gag seemed to make time jump back in an instant before Qi Fei left the team, and the young man in glasses who forcibly carried half of Lao Zhan's weight on his shoulders glanced at the "silly big guy" with the end of his eyes. Putting down his arms in a proper manner, he even squeezed the opponent's shoulders.

Qi Fei watched the interaction between the two, and his heart moved slightly. A sudden thought just entered his mind, before he had time to think about it carefully, "Xiaobai" Bai Hao and Sze Ze just talked about each other. Asked about his knowledge and daily life on the insect star.

That little idea that was too late to develop was put on hold, and Qi Fei answered the questions of his friends one by one. He was also concerned about the current situation of his friends. The topic only revolved around him for a short while, and then he was brought back to the team Members' status.

"It's still the same." Si Ze said, "Receive missions, send out missions, take vacations, and then accept mission orders. It's the same as before."

After Qi Fei left, Si Ze was officially promoted from vice-team to captain, and the bespectacled "Little Bei" Lu Bei is now the vice-team.

Their team still maintains a good result of "double crown" in the group's star rate and task success rate, and two new players have joined the team. These two newcomers are not too unfamiliar with Qi Fei. Most of the team The members all graduated from the same college, and the two had been Qi Fei's apprentices for two years in the past.

"Seeing that you are all okay, I feel relieved." After hearing the recent situation of his friend, Qi Fei intuitively sensed that Size did not suspect that "reporting good news but not bad news". The radian is rare and the bend is deeper.

"This team was brought up by you alone. It can't be collapsed after you leave. Then those of us who followed you will lose face." Si Ze also smiled, "You can rest assured when you see that we are all well, let's see It's the same with you. Speaking of which, the year is not over yet. When we didn't see each other, it felt like the last life when we were still together. After meeting, I felt that you just went on a solo mission. The regiment clocked in to submit the report, as if preparing to return to the team.”

Bai Hao obviously sympathized with what Sze said, and he nodded his head desperately.

There is a distance of three galaxies between Zerg Planet and Earth. Although human beings have cooperated with high-level Zerg, firstly, the star journey is far away, and secondly, the two parties have not yet signed a long-distance cross-system free communication agreement, and the official communication channels are still limited. , not to mention folk.

After careful calculation, Qi Fei has indeed left his Zeng team for less than a year, but due to the inconvenience of communication, how long has he been separated from Size and others, and how long has the two sides lost contact, plus the team's daily tasks Busy, after he returned to the Zerg Planet, there was a continuous stream of events, big and small, busy filling his life, and his schedule was so tight that there was no room for nostalgia.

"It's a pity that the meeting was too hasty this time, and I didn't expect to meet you here at all." Lu Bei said, "Otherwise, we would definitely bring some special products from the earth before we set off, so that you can bring them back to Worm Planet."

"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence." Qi Fei thanked his friend for his kindness, and remembering the reason that caused this "accident" to happen, the curvature of his lips softened a little.

Bai Hao noticed the change in his expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qi Fei remembered the children and Mitsuko who were imprisoned in the slave trader's ship: "Did the Aiden plunder the civilian ship carrying the passengers on Earth before it came to join the Kumble group?"

Si Ze shook his head: "No, the Aiden is directly entering the country to commit crimes."

Qi Fei frowned: "Entry?"

When this topic was brought up, the joyful smiles on the faces of the people across from the reunion also disappeared. They looked at each other, and Lu Bei finally made a summary representative. He told Qi Fei the general situation as vaguely and briefly as possible.

"The cooperation with the high-level Zerg has allowed some high-level officials to see the hope of broadening the interstellar diplomatic circle. They actively encouraged 'open the door to welcome foreign guests' and relaxed the requirements for short-term entry applications." Lu Bei said, "The Aiden disguised itself An ordinary commercial ship, it applied for a "Children's Science and Technology Exhibition" after successfully entering the country. Among all the children who came to visit on the opening day, four lucky children will be selected to participate in carefully prepared special activities, and will receive electronic certificates and small medals after the activities.”

In the past, parents who hoped that their children would become dragons and phoenixes actively cultivated their children to "connect" with the world as early as possible. Now, they begin to expect their children to "connect" with the world from an early age, and to be a child whose vision is far beyond that of their peers. It is considered to have won at the starting line.

"Compared with the exhibition itself, what parents value more is the certificates and medals promised by Eden, which made a large number of parents who were not interested in the exhibition actively sign up for their children. Eden did not need to bother to recruit targets. , In this way, a group of children were justifiably invited to the ship, and then the children who were suitable to be taken away were selected from all the visitors, and they were brought into the cargo compartment in the name of "the lucky ones selected."

The parents of the four "lucky ones" were very happy at first. They had carefully read the exhibition process in advance and knew that special activities required their children to participate independently in order to exercise their independence and self-learning ability.

Under the envious eyes of other parents, they were politely invited by the staff to wait in the rest area outside the ship. Before leaving, the staff smiled and assured them again that the children participating in special activities would come out in an hour— —and carrying certificates and small medals that seem to them to be quite valuable.

In the end, what these parents waited for was not the children who came back with honor, but the starship that quickly closed the hatch and took off with "new goods".

The Eden itself has been refitted, and its speed is extremely fast, and it is going through the special channel for foreign guests. When the relevant notice and transfer order came down, the ship that committed the first "interstellar case" in the territory of the earth had successfully escaped, and the journey was smooth It's a star.

After Lu Bei finished talking about the incident, both ends of the dialogue fell silent.

It's just that the atmosphere of silence this time is completely different from before.

Seeing that the last curve on Qi Fei's lips disappeared, Si Ze thought about it for a while, and then calmed down the atmosphere: "The only good news is that the children were only frightened, and they were not injured at all, Mr. Ding We have quietly confirmed their status, and when the rescue work is successful, we will be able to send them home safely."

Hearing Si Ze mentioned that at least the children were not injured, Qi Fei's face softened a little, and he remembered the candy in his pocket: "Although Yan has said it once before, I still want to be a child in my own name." Request—the next time you contact Officer Ding, please ask him to take care of the three females as much as possible."

"That's natural."

Si Ze quickly responded to Qi Fei's request, and after he finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong.

……Word?

Suddenly realizing that his old friend had called the chief worm by his name, the tone was naturally familiar, as if there was a bit of intimacy without knowing it, Si Ze looked suspiciously at Qi Fei, and he thought about his words: "A Fei, you and that..."

What is the relationship between you and that worm chief now?

Si Ze couldn't finish this sentence completely, and was killed by the words that suddenly walked into the dialog box.

Not only Si Ze, but everyone on the other side of the dialog stared at Yan for a while, and then they turned their eyes to Qi Fei.

"Father." Bai Hao subconsciously used his old name, and he couldn't help but confirm to Qi Fei, "Should this be your lounge?"

It was Yan who answered his question.

"That's right," said Chief Insect, who stood forcefully beside Loveworm, "This is also my lounge."