Love at Second Sight [Interstellar]

The two sat and lay down on the narrow camp bed. Zhou Yuchen looked at Zhuang Yan, and then closed his eyes. Zhuang Yan took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and stretched out his spiritual tentacles, stretching towards the person's consciousness cloud.

After a long time, Zhuang Yan frowned, opened his eyes, and Zhou Yuchen also opened his eyes, looking at him with a narrow smile in his eyes.

Zhuang Yan's mental thread lingered outside Zhou Yuchen's consciousness cloud for a long time, but he still couldn't penetrate it.Every time he approached, Zhou Yuchen's consciousness cloud would gently push him away, neither letting him in nor hurting him.

Zhuang Yan felt frustrated. This was like a game between him and Zhou Yuchen. However, the methods he usually used on other sentries were of no use to Zhou Yuchen. Instead, they seemed to be being teased by him!

Zhou Yuchen looked at the terminal and sat up. Seeing that Zhuang Yan was still aggrieved, he leaned over and smiled and said, "Okay, why don't we try again next time?"

Zhuang Yan stared at Zhou Yuchen: "General Zhou, let me remind you again, this is your own physical problem!"

"Okay, okay. But I have to go to a meeting. We'll talk later." Zhou Yuchen rolled over and got out of bed. Since Zhuang Yan failed, he stopped talking about counseling and asked, "Is it a pre-war meeting? How soon will we leave?"

"Within an hour." Zhou Yuchen put on his military cap, smiled at Zhuang Yan, and then said softly, "Take care of yourself." He bent down and walked out of the tent.

Zhuang Yan waited for him to go out, lay back on the camp bed, looked at the top of the tent for a moment, and closed his eyes.

Zhou Yuchen crossed his legs and leaned on the seat in the command ship. In front of him were three-dimensional images of the officers under his command on their respective ships.

"They should be fleeing to their lairs. As long as they find their lairs, the battle can be over. My suggestion is to send more patrol ships to check their movements. Maybe you can come and wait..." An officer put his When the idea came out, the others almost nodded along, and it seemed that everyone thought almost the same.

The lair is the eruption point of the alien beast on a planet, and the outbreak of the beast tide often spreads from this point, so as long as the lair is found, the alien beast can be cut off from the source.

"Then how many troops are left on the side of the protective cover?" A senior colonel in charge of logistics garrison asked.

The officer said: "Two achievements are enough. If we chase the beast, there will be no threat here."

The colonel named Oswald said: "Is it a little risky? The current location of the alien beast is already a little far away. If you go all the way to chase the alien beast, you will lose touch with the protective cover."

The officer was surprised: "What do you mean?"

"I think it's a bit weird." The colonel stretched his hand upwards, and a three-dimensional map of the planet appeared in front of everyone. The dense moving light spots formed a spot of light, which was the group of alien beasts in action. He said: "They haven't lost their harmony yet. Why did our fighting power suddenly retreat?"

The officer laughed out loud, and several other officers also laughed, and one of them said: "You don't think that the alien beasts will fight with us, do you? Don't think of the alien beasts like people, Oss. They are more People are cruel, but they don't have human brains."

Oswald said: "I just think this is an abnormal phenomenon." He looked at Zhou Yuchen. "The intelligence of the alien beasts is low, and they are only driven by food. According to their current number, they can launch two more attacks. Why should they retreat? Do they also know to preserve their strength?"

"I think what Os said makes sense." One of the officers, the guide Josh's partner, said, "What caused the beast to retreat early? Since there is something that doesn't make sense, it has to be taken into consideration."

"So why don't we hide in the protective cover and wait for the strange beasts to return to their lairs and give birth to a group of little strange beasts?" An officer said, making everyone laugh.

Zhou Yuchen smiled faintly and refused to comment. This was his habit, and he never made any evaluations or decisions during discussions with his subordinates.

A few more people expressed their opinions, and almost all of them supported moving forward. They thought that if they had the above-mentioned doubts, they would have to get in touch with the strange beasts to understand that if they were too conservative, they would miss the opportunity. Adjutant Louis also agreed to deploy more troops when he spoke. Guard the shield.

After the last person expressed his opinion, they all looked at Zhou Yuchen. Zhou Yuchen only pondered for a second before he said, "Forty percent of the troops stay behind, and the pursuit team will follow Porab's deployment and set off in half an hour." An officer who proposed to wait and see.

Everyone got up from their seats and saluted: "Yes!" When Zhou Yuchen was silent, anyone could speak freely, but as long as Zhou Yuchen made a decision, they would accept it without any objection.

Half an hour later, an army of 8000 people set off from outside the protective cover and chased after the group of alien beasts.The remaining [-]% troops were led by Josh and his partner.

When Zhuang Yan woke up again, the army had already set off for nearly two hours.

He came out of the tent and saw in the distance that the relief spacecraft of the Andorra government had arrived at Cloud Mercury, and the refugees were boarding the spacecraft in batches.The city of Yunshuixing has been completely destroyed by alien beasts, and the ecological cycle system has also been destroyed. It is no longer suitable for human survival outside the protective cover, and the refugees will not be able to return until they are rebuilt.

Feeling hungry, he left the tent, and the orderly said, "The principality government has sent supplies, and there is a restaurant on the supply ship, so you can eat some fresh food."

Zhuang Yan ate tasteless dry food for two days. Although it could supplement basic nutrition, he also missed the taste of fresh food, so he followed the orderly to the supply ship.

The dining hall was full of soldiers, including cheese, bread, fruit, canned food, and brewed drinks. Zhuang Yan walked in with the orderlies, and several soldiers sitting nearby stood up and offered their seats to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan declined, "Thank you, I'm not your officer, and I don't have military merits, so don't give up my seat."

The soldier insisted on giving it to him: "It is our honor to give it to you."

Zhuang Yan glanced at a soldier who was giving up his seat to a guide in the distance, and he found that the female guides dining in the hall were basically sitting, and only a few male guides were standing with their sentries drinking coffee and talking talk.

"It's really unnecessary." He said to the soldiers, "Please sit down."

The orderly went to collect the fruit, canned fish, etc. and came back. Seeing this, he winked at the soldiers, who had no choice but to sit back.There were many people watching from the side, Zhuang Yan said to the orderly: "Let's go out to eat."

Just as he was about to go out, a soldier suddenly came up and saluted Zhuang Yan, "Mr. Zhuang." Zhuang Yan thought he was going to give up his seat again, but the soldier said, "Lieutenant Colonel Moye invites you to have lunch."

Zhuang Yan had no choice but to follow him to the dining table in the corner of the hall. Before he got close, Josh Moyer raised his hand towards him with a smile. There were two officers sitting beside him, one was his sentinel, and the other was wearing a colonel uniform.

Their table was empty, Zhuang Yan went to sit down, and the orderly set lunch for him, Josh introduced his partner and Colonel Oswald to Zhuang Yan, and then the four of them talked about strange beasts while having lunch, Joe Shi even relayed the content of the meeting to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan took two mouthfuls of canned food and said to Colonel Oss after listening, "I agree with Colonel Oss. Many scholars have suggested that there seems to be some kind of resonance among individuals in a group of alien beasts, similar to a bee colony. If they really It is the 'hive mind'." Hive mind means that the spirits of many individuals are highly connected, and all individuals share perception and memory to form a collective thinking. "Then their thinking ability may be stronger than we imagined."

"So they may also know that soldiers are not tired of deceit?" Josh laughed.

"There may be other reasons." Colonel Oss laughed. "It's just that since there is an abnormality, we have to understand that the ancients' art of war said, 'Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles'?"

Zhuang Yan nodded and said: "So, we have done too little research on alien beasts. Species are always evolving." Although the struggle against alien beasts has been going on for hundreds of years, human beings don't know much about alien beasts. improvement.

"The alien beast has the brain power of a human. If there is such a day, I am afraid that human beings will have to migrate again." Josh said while blocking his partner's fork with chopsticks, "Don't eat that, be careful of tongue numbness."

It was a can of chili fish, and the sentinel took back the fork angrily.Josh picked up a piece of chicken, lifted it up, and the sentry ate the chicken with his chopsticks.The eyes of the two have never met, but they seem to be connected with each other, and their every move is incomparable, creating an atmosphere that can almost exclude other people.

Zhuang Yan and Colonel Oss watched this scene from the sidelines. The latter smiled, and Zhuang Yan saw it. He seldom saw this kind of interaction, and he only saw it in his parents: the two are different individuals, but It's as if a person, even without eye contact, can make outsiders feel that kind of strong but not strong affection that seems to be integrated.

Josh continued to chat with them.The sentry ate very quickly. After eating, he wiped his mouth with a tissue, nodded to them, and left first.

Oswald got up and went to the bathroom.Josh and Zhuang Yan were left at the table, no longer talking about the war, Josh said with a smile: "How do you feel these days in the army?"

Zhuang Yan said: "Fortunately, it's very fulfilling."

Josh smiled and said, "You are more adaptable than I imagined. You can ask me anything, as long as it is in the military, I should be able to explain it to you."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yan thought for a while and said, "A soldier gave up his seat to me just now. Is it because I am a guide?"

Josh was startled, met Zhuang Yan's eyes, understood in an instant, and coughed: "This..."

Zhuang Yan paid attention to his expression, not because he was the guide, he frowned and said, "Is there any rumor about me in the army?" This is Zhou Yuchen's army, and the rumors that were flying all over the sky before are impossible here People don't know.

Josh is at a loss for words, he can't say, in the eyes of those officers and soldiers, you are already the wife of the future commander, right?

In fact, before seeing Zhuang Yan this time, he thought so too, after all, the admiral was too obvious.But when he met Zhuang Yan on the command ship, he realized that his subordinates were discussing the admiral's wedding date, and this Mr. Zhuang still looked innocent, and he still regarded the admiral honestly as a friend!

He didn't speak, but Zhuang Yan had already seen the difference, and his eyes darkened, and said: "Hasn't Admiral Zhou already clarified it? Why do people still take the rumors seriously?"

Because everyone doesn't believe it at all!Josh was cornered by Zhuang Yan, so he coughed and said, "This...maybe Mr. Zhuang, you and the general are getting close?"

Zhuang Yan immediately realized: I am using Zhou Yuchen's orderly and living in Zhou Yuchen's tent, no wonder others think so!

Living in Zhou Yuchen's tent for the past two days was also due to limited supplies, but since the supplies have arrived today, they should be able to live in other tents.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yan asked Josh if he could call the logistics to arrange a separate tent for him. Josh almost wanted to slap himself. If the admiral came back and found that his fiancé was sharing a tent with someone else, he would be jealous tank?

The possessiveness of the sentinel is terrible, and Josh has experienced this deeply.So how dare you open your mouth to agree, and you are in a hurry. Seeing Colonel Oss came back, he immediately kicked the ball and said, "Ah, I can't talk about this matter. Oss is the chief of logistics. You can't find him more suitable."

Colonel Oss was confused for a moment, and when he sat down, Zhuang Yan told him the words. The colonel is also a smart man, so he guessed the general idea from Zhuang Yan's words and Josh's eyes, so he glanced at Josh, Without changing his face, he said: "I'm going to disappoint Mr. Zhuang. The supplies only include food and medical supplies, and there are no tents."

"Oh." Zhuang Yan was really disappointed, "Then I'll wait, maybe there will be some in the supplies later."

"Yes." Colonel Oss said sincerely, "As soon as it is delivered, I will arrange it for you as soon as possible."