interstellar fairy tale

When Shang Ping woke up, he found himself being hugged by Elfei. The tall man hugged him like a child, propping him up in front of his chest with one arm, and wrapping his hands around Elfei's neck. Shang Ping couldn't help thinking of Uncle Edgar, he always liked to hug him like this.It's just that Uncle Edgar's arms are always warm, but Elfy is cold.

Uncle Edgar is more like his father.

"woke up?"

Erfei's cold tone was emotionless, but Shang Ping was lazy and didn't want to let go of him.At least let him have a moment of illusion that he has escaped from that planet and can go home.

However, reality always runs counter to hope.

Before the coma, the vibration of the communicator was short-lived, but it was definitely not an illusion, but there was no decipherable message, which made Shang Ping puzzled.After the cruise ship went through three more space jumps, the operator finally confirmed that he had escaped the tracking of the ship's radar, and Shang Ping relaxed a little, but he was not in the mood of joy at all.

Because, they lost their way.

Navigating in the universe and determining the coordinates are undoubtedly crucial. Once lost, then, permanent drifting until death is the destination of most wandering people.

Even so, clone soldiers will not feel extremely pessimistic. They just send out exploration aircraft time and time again. Cruise ships have the function of setting coordinates and directions. Border patrols often encounter cosmic turbulence and get lost. It's just that this time it's more troublesome, and the battleship controlled by the surviving former rebels may fall into the terrible mood of despair at any time.Things always have two sides. Having a more flexible thinking will inevitably produce relative negative effects.

Insufficient preparation, lack of corresponding materials and energy, these factors combine to make these people more worried and even desperate.

"Cut off communication."

Lieutenant Colonel Elfi's voice was unusually calm, proving that he was impatient to deal with the questions and meaningless complaints from the battleship.Shang Ping was still a little dizzy, but it didn't affect his judgment.

"Your Excellency, are you planning to discard them?"

Perhaps because of the apology for not rescuing Zhou Ting, coupled with his physical discomfort, Shang Ping's words could not help but carry a little bit of emotion.

"Yes." Lieutenant Colonel Elfei's voice did not fluctuate, and the clone soldiers around him also took it for granted.They may not have emotions, but they will also judge that this is a must-have quality for a war machine or a battle consumable.If it becomes a useless burden, even oneself can be discarded.

"We have already left the central area of ​​the Golden Empire, but we still haven't left the empire's territory. Even if we get lost within this range, there is no need to worry. Just relocate the coordinates, replenish fuel, and leave before encountering the patrol fleet."

"You can tell them."

"No need. They will become an obstacle, or even a drag."

Shang Ping stopped talking, he didn't know what to say.Reason told him that Lieutenant Colonel Elfy was right, but the comrades who were relying on each other and fighting together one moment could be abandoned without hesitation the next moment, which made Shang Ping feel a little uncomfortable.However, thinking about my current situation, I feel that I am a bit self-indulgent. If it weren't for these clones, I am afraid that everyone would have no way to escape from the station. I am thinking about some random things here, and even brought some The emotions that shouldn't be there are too self-righteous.

After several hours, the operator finally determined the coordinates of the nearest planet, and quickly inquired about the situation of that planet according to the coordinates. Fortunately, as a small planet close to the border, it was not suitable for human habitation. As a space jump transit supply station, there are no imperial administrators on the planet.

After thinking about it, Lieutenant Colonel Elfy ordered the cruiser to land for supplies, and the warships that followed quickly slowed down and landed.Generally, the fleet going to this supply planet lands directly from the space jump point. Fortunately, the supply control on this planet is carried out by intelligent machines, and no one questioned the two cruise ships and battleships that suddenly appeared.

The hatch of the cruiser opened, and the clone soldiers began to land in an orderly manner. They quickly assembled at the energy supply station and material center according to the order, and began to replenish supplies as needed. The former rebels, like hardworking workers, seemed to want to All the materials in the supply station were looted, and this behavior was reluctantly stopped until the warship's material storage compartment issued a warning signal.

Even so, only a very small part of the planet's reserves were removed. Facing the mountain of materials, the clone soldiers took a few more energy stones.The Golden Empire cruiser has a maintenance mechanism, and energy stones can be used to start self-repair.After staying for two hours, the cruiser set sail again, but the battleship still stayed in place. Maybe they didn't want to leave, or there might be other reasons. Lieutenant Colonel Elfy never said a word.

"In two hours, there will be an Imperial patrol fleet arriving on that planet."

Shang Ping nodded, the operator had received a signal in the control room, and what he said now undoubtedly proved his previous guess.Those who stay on that planet can only ask for more blessings.Supplementary energy, materials, next step, what should I do?If you go directly to the border of the empire, with only one cruiser, if you are unlucky, the possibility of being destroyed by the imperial fleet is almost [-]%.But it's impossible to fly aimlessly like this, right?

"Let's go to the 670th Bahuo Planet to meet someone."

Lieutenant Colonel Erfei touched the control device behind the ear, and suddenly tore off the small chip with force. Shang Ping was startled. Although he already knew that these were clones, no one could just watch a person While talking, he tore something off his head without changing his expression, letting the light blue blood stain his collar.

"I feel no pain."

The chip was lying in the palm of Lieutenant Colonel Elfy, and the thick light blue liquid wrapped the whole chip, and Shangping's stomach began to churn again.

Fortunately, no other clone troopers did this kind of "self-mutilation", otherwise Shang Ping wasn't sure what he would do.

"no need to worry."

Lieutenant Colonel Erfei seemed to have an expression similar to a smile, and said: "Unlike me, they still have no self-emotions and will not take the initiative to remove the chip."

"Removing this thing will not cause harm to you?"

"Injury? Maybe, but it's not life-threatening." However, it meant a complete betrayal.

"Coordinate XX, orientation XX, speed XXX per hour, the orientation mass point has been determined, ready to jump in space again!"

The 670th star of the Golden Empire, Bahuo, is a planet that has been erased from the empire's territory. This planet already existed during the time of Solan I, but none of the emperors of the empire seems to have completely conquered this planet, because, No matter how many fleets are sent to attack, this planet always seems to be able to save the day. There is even an unbelievable saying that there was once a fleet commander who watched the planet suddenly disappear under the siege of the fleet. It was not destroyed, but It disappeared automatically, as if it had never appeared in the universe, but on the second day after the fleet returned, this planet appeared again majestically.It's as if it never disappeared.

The soldiers of the empire are ashamed of this, but from thousands of years ago until now, no emperor's boots have been able to set foot on the land of this planet, ever.

Therefore, the empire simply erased this planet from its territory, as if it did not exist.

"It seems that deceiving yourself and others is really a good way to comfort yourself."

Shang Ping muttered to himself, but never asked Lieutenant Colonel Erfei why he was confident that he could enter the territory of that planet.