Prince's Disease vs Knight's Fate [Interstellar]
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It looks like there is no way.
Lu Zhongxiao watched the constantly glowing signal source on the screen gradually move away from the Wild Rose, and turned off the weapon system with a curled lip, "Then it's none of my business."
Turning his head, he found that Tyre was staring at him with a smile, with the words "My captain finally looks like a good man" written all over his face...
Lu Zhongxiao angrily emphasized: "The rules of the ancient earth, the nameless ghost will not die under the particle cannon!"
"Is that so?" Tyre blinked his blue eyes teasingly.
"In short, return!"
26. Spy on discretion
The distraught Lu Zhongxiao gave an order, from warships to small spaceships, all turned their course. The warships of the Star Chamber of Commerce were still in the original star field, but after a short while, Ming Rujian negotiated the terms with his companions. Follow up.
……
The first thing to arrive on Pirate Star is information.Regarding the fact that the crusade ended hastily, Freya raised his eyebrows quite unexpectedly. After learning that the power of the alloy python had been completely wiped out, he didn't say anything, and focused on welcoming the businessman.
At four o'clock in the morning, before dawn, the Pirate King's palace is still resplendent.
"I will restrain all the forces on the planet, and the friendly agreement with the star chamber of commerce still exists, and the alloy python will end up destroying the agreement." Sitting in the palace's meeting room, with long hair loosely draped behind him, Freya made a promise Very powerful.
There was silence in the meeting hall, only the slight movement of Ming Rujian sipping coffee from a cup.
The leaders sat on both sides of the long table and were silent collectively.
After careful calculation, the time it takes to start from Pirate Star and come back is equivalent to one day and one night on earth. However, as a person with excellent combat effectiveness, Lu Zhongxiao doesn't feel too tired.
Although Freya is so calm on the surface, his heart is bleeding, right?All of Kingstin's remnants of power were wiped out, and the property left behind did not fall into his own hands... While thinking so badly, his mood became more and more comfortable.
Ming Rujian put the porcelain cup back on the tray, and broke the silence first with a light ding, "Then it's great. After all, every time I transport goods from the earth to here, I take a lot of risks... But, those who join the chamber of commerce There are more and more people, sooner or later the entire universe will be an untouchable cargo ship, I wonder what you plan to do in the future?"
This question is sharp!
Freya frowned subconsciously, and relaxed for a moment, "The universe is huge, and there are many variables. The pirates in the future will not only make a living by plundering. Isn't the military faction on Planet O'Hermen also driving at the fastest speed for money?" Do fast warships deliver couriers between galaxies?"
"That's right. In short, I still hope that this kind of transaction will continue." Ming Rujian smiled slightly.
Listening to their conversation, Lu Zhongxiao was extremely bored, and cleaned up all the desserts and drinks in front of him.
Today's state is very good, and with so many people watching, it is impossible for Freya to do anything excessive.But Ming Rujian, who had a good relationship, would not talk to Lu Zhongxiao much in front of others, and her attitude became formulaic.
Test each other, set traps one after another in what they say, catch loopholes based on the feedback information, secretly happy when they find out, and pretend to be calm on the surface.
It's not like Lu Zhongxiao can't understand the seemingly small talk between Freya and Ming Rujian.
He knew it was about the future of the Pirate Star and the Star Chamber of Commerce, but he was too lazy to intervene.
I came here for freedom in the first place. If I have to worry too much, I might as well go back to Earth!Intrigue, prying and deliberation are really not suitable for him.
"...I really envy you, you don't have to go to such a boring meeting."
After finally dealing with the matter of the Star Chamber of Commerce, Lu Zhongxiao returned to his abandoned battleship base, and immediately lost his shape, "Weiwei, make a list of supplies and send them to the Chamber of Commerce. If there is anything missing, just buy in large quantities. After the crusade is over, we will There's nothing else to do, let's take a break for everyone, rest for a while and then set off."
That's right, piracy is such a laid-back, high-paying career!But the death rate is also quite high...
Everyone has long been accustomed to the process of handling affairs, and each does his own work without any ambiguity.
Among the group of people, only Tire, who seemed to be the most likely to work, was free. He was a pure fighter and a guard. If Lu Zhongxiao didn't take him with him when he went out, there would be nothing to do.
"How did the discussion with Freya go?" In the public rest area on the top floor of the base, Till muted the program that was playing on the TV, and asked with concern.
Lu Zhongxiao's face collapsed, "So many people went, why did you only ask him one?"
"Last time in the hive... I was worried about what he would do again," Till explained.
"There are so many leaders here, he doesn't dare to do anything, the title of Pirate King just sounds nice." Lu Zhongxiao walked over and sat down in the middle of a row of sofas, "In terms of strength, Freya is about the same as me, if Without that broken ring, I could kill him with one hand."
The words are full of disdain.
Roughly speaking, the combat effectiveness of cosmic creatures roughly follows the law of "the more impenetrable they are, the more they can penetrate".
Pirate King's score is only B-level, and he needs a mecha covering his whole body when fighting; Lu Zhongxiao is much easier, assembling an individual exoskeleton is enough... As for Tire, he can fight at any time while wearing pajamas and picking up a particle sword.
"You rarely go back to Pirate Star, so it's better not to confront him head-on. If you come back after leaving, the base will be destroyed by Freya to vent your anger, and there is no hotel here, so it will be very troublesome to find a place to stay." Tyr is not sure Would Freya do such a naive thing, but Lu Zhongxiao actually listened to this kind of advice!
Obviously, he's the kind of guy who would set fire to other people's houses while his master wasn't around...
"Jingle Bell."
The dining car with a set route arrived at the public rest area on the top floor through the elevator, and stopped in front of Till to make a beep.
One of the entire walls in the rest area is a screen, which can receive many cosmic channels, and the viewing effect is excellent. Lu Zhongxiao stared at the dining car, his fingers were still switching channels, "What food did you order?"
"Well, I ordered it in the cafeteria. The chefs on the Briar Rose are very skilled." Tyre nodded, and put down the small table of the dining car, "You seem surprised? Didn't I eat in the cafeteria? Carbon-based organisms are needed energy wasted."
"No..." Lu Zhongxiao shook his head, "I just didn't expect you to eat while watching TV. I always think that people like you should sit at a long dining table wielding a knife and fork with a napkin on your lap. Give me some too, toss I didn’t eat anything for more than a day, and I ate some cake at Freya’s, so I didn’t feel full at all.”
Till's movements stopped abruptly! "I just... have some afternoon tea..."
"These are afternoon tea?" Lu Zhongxiao was even more shocked than him!
The captain knows the approximate capacity of the dining car at the base, even if it is not accurate.The three-story dining car in front of Till, the upper layer is insulated, the middle layer is heated, and the lower layer is frozen, which can preserve everything from ice cream to hot soup!If fully stuffed, it can last for three to five days for creatures with small appetites.
But at present, a full dining car is nothing more than a "snack" to Till.
"In order to maintain the activity of V cells, the Saga people have a great need for calories." He explained lightly, "And because of the need for combat, we rarely eat slowly with a knife and fork."
Lu Zhongxiao looked at the ingredients statistics on the touch screen of the dining car. There were twelve air-dried chocobos, twelve boneless roast chickens, twelve plates of pasta in various colors, no hot soup, but the bottom freezer was filled with fruit flavors. ice cream.
"This is already beyond the category of 'great demand'! I think I will be poor by you sooner or later..." Lu Zhongxiao murmured distressedly, grabbed a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth.
Raising a creature with high combat power is indeed a matter of sorrow and joy.
The next time you take Tire on a long voyage, the warehouse will have a lot more supplies, right?
The rising sun of the Pirate Star emerged from the sky, and in the early morning, Lu Zhongxiao enjoyed an "afternoon tea".However, the base is bright all day long, and if you stay in it for a long time, you will lose touch with the outside world.
It must not be a cosmic gourmet show to accompany the afternoon tea.In view of the diversity of intelligent creatures, each race has a different definition of "food"... Last time Lu Zhongxiao soaked in instant noodles and turned on the TV, he saw the host eating some kind of live parasite with joy, so he took that The 4D TV I just bought broke!
Entertainment channel, news channel... The final scene was fixed on the documentary of the Nature Channel. It is also good to learn about the customs and customs of other planets.
But others seemed unwilling to give him a chance to enjoy life. After Lu Zhongxiao had a few mouthfuls, Erlan hurried out of the room and sat between him and Tyre!
"Boss, I have something to trouble you for." Erlan must have just woken up, with drops of water still hanging from his ear fins, reflecting the light under the light, but his expression was unexpectedly sober and serious.
"Huh?" Lu Zhongxiao was puzzled with the chicken leg in his mouth, "You have been in trouble a lot, when did you become so polite?"
Till reminded: "Things must be swallowed completely before they can speak."
"Cut." Lu Zhongxiao didn't care at all.
The situation was really urgent. Erlan's usual lazy expression faded away, he turned off the documentary playing on the TV, and pressed the only red button on the remote control!
"Black market?" Tyre already has a preliminary understanding of the facilities here. The entertainment system in the public rest area is usually controlled by voice, but occasionally it is controlled by the remote control... For example, it is connected to the local channel of Pirate Star.
The exclusive channel of the black market is only open at a certain time, usually when the hive auction starts, or there are new precious goods.The battleship particle cannon that Lu Zhongxiao had been thinking about before was seen on the black market channel.
Now what cargo is it that makes Erland so groggy?
27. A half-mermaid
Soon, the doubts of the people present were resolved.
On the black market channel, the electronic sound synthesized by light and brain plays the items to be auctioned in today's honeycomb auction in a loop.Erlan waited anxiously on the sofa, "I saw it in the room just now...why haven't you read it yet?"
Lu Zhongxiao didn't know why, so he continued to eat afternoon tea.
"The seventh auction item on display now is preliminarily identified as a hybrid creature. The bone age test results show that he is a 14-year-old male juvenile. His bones are considered slender in the universe, and his appearance score is above 85. The attack power of the body is not good. High, but can drive mechs, absolutely intelligent creatures! The starting price is 10 GM coins."
Along with the commentary, a full-scale close-up of a thin young man appeared on the screen.
He has dark green hair that is close to black, a dazed expression, and his body should have been cleaned by people from the black market. The naked skin looks clean, but there are still scars, silently proving the fact that he was violently captured.
"Pirate Star's biological transactions account for 10% of the total population every day, but you don't know it. Tyr, don't show kindness." Lu Zhongxiao subconsciously advised the golden-haired young man next to him, "The breeding rate of foreign races is extremely low. The offspring are all genetic winners, this boy is good-looking and looks very smart, so he was dragged into the hive as a pet auction...Huh? Mecha?"
He suddenly remembered something, and turned his attention to the screen, "Did it just say on TV that he can manipulate mechs?"
A few light-years away from the planet, was that light mecha fleeing in a hurry finally shot down by some pirate?
"The point is not the mecha." Erlan zoomed in on the screen, pointing to a detail, "He is a mermaid hybrid, and he is of the same race as me. My clan is running out, so I must keep this, but I don't have a membership to the hive... ..."
Sure enough, the boy's ears hidden in the hair could be seen in the form of fins, and his hair was dark green like Erland's.
"Understood, the money will be deducted from your salary." Lu Zhongxiao started to send messages to the black market, but his movements froze, "Would you like to participate in the auction... No, no, wait a minute."
Even though he knew he wouldn't back down, Erland was still anxious.
"Don't worry, the person you want to rescue before the auction will not be harmed." Tyre comforted.
Lu Zhongxiao did not send a request to the auction to reserve a box, but instead contacted Ming Rujian directly, "Are you in the hive right now? The auction's... seventh item, please reserve it for me in your name."
"Next time if you have something to do, please contact my assistant directly!" Ming Rujian in the video chat was sorting out something, looking devastated, "I really regret telling you my private number..."
Lu Zhongxiao deliberately drew his voice slowly, "There is no way, as long as pirates don't rob, they are very leisurely."
"The seventh item will be packaged and sent to you later!" Ming Rujian was so angry that he cut off the communication without asking if there were any other requests.
Lu Zhongxiao smirked a few times, and continued to eat, "People from the chamber of commerce occasionally buy things on the black market, and with Ming Rujian's identity, they can 'determine' certain goods...I don't really want to go to the auction, in case something like this happens About Kingstin, if you spend too much money, Viviane will talk about it to death! As a pet, that boy should attract the bidding of Boring Chief..."
It turned out to be to save money.
Erlan felt that he had chosen the wrong boss, and he was very grateful in his heart for not revealing anything on the surface, "Medicines, weapons, infrastructure, all of them are necessary expenses. Boss, you should seriously plan your career future, always It's too shameless to be ignorant, and you can't even command a decent interstellar war."
"Who said I don't know how to command!" Lu Zhongxiao disliked listening to others hurt him the most. "This captain belongs to the group who takes the lead in the charge, and is different from the kind of coward who shrinks back!"
"Every time I come back from a charge, I have to heal my wounds. It's not troublesome enough." Erland yawned.
"If you are capable, don't get paid!" Lu Zhongxiao vowed to defend his position to the death, and resolutely cracked down on such passive sabotage.
Seeing that the two of them were about to have their daily quarrel again, Tire cut into the conversation in a timely manner: "The boy will be sent over later, how do you plan to arrange him?"
The two people who were bickering instantly froze!
Lu Zhongxiao: "You, you haven't thought about the future of that half-mermaid..."
Erlan, powerless: "When I saw the message after waking up, I only thought that he must not be sold. I didn't think about anything else... Also, what is a 'bar'? We mermaids also have dignity!"
What a thoughtful captain and doctor. After buying a living person, he didn't think about his future at all...
Till raised his forehead, put down the snacks and gave a suggestion: "It's better to send it back to the Mermaid Planet. A boy of this age needs to receive education, and I'm afraid no one in the base has time to take care of him."
Besides, staying with such a group of pirates is not conducive to the physical and mental health of minors!
"Anyway, I'm not interested in raising children. If I can't raise them and become a member of the battleship, then there's no point in staying." Lu Zhongxiao spread his hands.
Erlan also didn't intend to keep the mermaid boy, "The death rate of pirates is too high, I won't let him join Briarrose."
Mr. Till, who had considered everything in the long term, never expected that the mermaid boy being discussed was actually much more terrifying than they had imagined.
After all, he was also driving the mech to escape from Lu Zhongxiao's men.
……
The public rest area on the top floor of the base is decorated in a rather laid-back style. It belongs to the style that makes people sit down and eat snacks and play games unconsciously, which lasts all day.
No matter how energetic Lu Zhongxiao was, he couldn't help but feel sleepy after eating something, and dozed off on the sofa with his arms and legs spread out.
Because of his incorrect posture, he was still snoring a little. Tire wanted to wake him up countless times, saying "the sleeping position is not right and he will go back to sleep", but thinking about what would happen when Lu Zhongxiao woke up, he didn't do anything in the end.
The notification tone of the base system replaced Tire, and made a cruel wake-up call.
Lu Zhongxiao rubbed his eyes and turned over, "Huh? What... Is there a courier from me? I just came back from space and haven't bought anything yet. What is it..."
Tyre kindly reminded: "Didn't you buy a half-mermaid boy?"
"By the way, that kid!" Lu Zhongxiao immediately sobered up and almost fell off the narrow sofa.
The director of the honeycomb auction, today is quite troublesome.
The person who pre-ordered the auction item is as clear as Jian who can't afford to offend, so even if he is unwilling to lose his interests, he still packs up the boy and sends it out.
Of course, express tools are not so intimate.
The mixed-race boy was stuffed whole into a small transport cabin, and took the elevator to the top floor of the base.Lu Zhongxiao pressed his right hand on the LCD screen, and opened it layer by layer after fingerprint verification.
The boy jumped out of the transport cabin, looked back, and looked at Lu Zhongxiao quietly.
Three seconds later—
"You pervert who shot at children!"
After the voice of the young man who was still in the voice-changing period fell, Tyre's muffled low laugh sounded first.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Zhongxiao began to roll up the left sleeve of the battle uniform that had not been replaced, and was about to beat him up, "What is this brat talking about! Didn't the hive manager inform you of the identity of the buyer when it was shipped over? Call me the captain here , or boss!"
"I don't care to listen to what those perverts who trafficked children said!" The boy was still talking back with a slightly hoarse voice, his pupils were shining brightly, and he looked fearless.
"Alien children are just uneducated. On our earth, those who dare to speak like that will be exiled to the desolate star, you know!" Lu Zhongxiao continued to scare.
The expectant timid expression and choking sound did not appear, and the half-mermaid boy proudly raised his chin, "I am a member of the Duke of Blackscale, the Duke will rescue me sooner or later, and then wipe out all of you evil perverts!"
"Tyl, stop me quickly, or I'll really beat him..." Lu Zhongxiao rolled up the sleeves of both arms, stood up abruptly, obviously ready to fight.
"The kid was auctioned off after being captured. He must have said that because he was scared, and you didn't introduce anything? In his eyes, he was just a buyer. It will be fine after the misunderstanding is cleared up." Tyr patted him on the shoulder lightly.
The half-mermaid boy finally noticed the blond young man who was always smiling, pointed at him and said, "Stop pretending to be a good person! People who seem gentle are ghosts and perverts in private! I know, always maintain this kind of smiling face, you have to suppress it from the bottom of your heart." Going crazy, just waiting to grab me and pull the scales off me piece by piece!"
"Pull it off...Pull it off...Pull it off..."
Loud accusations echoed in the rest area...
Lu Zhongxiao: "Do you still have this hobby?"
28. Guidance to minors
Tyr regained consciousness from petrification, "I...cough! How could I! Not to mention anything else, it's really not a good thing for children to rashly come into contact with the negative factors in the universe without a good education!"
After speaking, he glanced at the Captain meaningfully.
Lu Zhongxiao, a young dropout: "...I think that kind of child will be fine after being beaten up."
After shouting a long series of words, the panting half-mermaid boy glared at the two grown men in front of him with puffed up reddish cheeks.When resisting, he was very confident, and when he thought about how the other party would fight back, his heart became cold.
Ah, and more.I remember when I was packaged and shipped over, I heard from those rude black market workers that people from some chamber of commerce gave themselves to a certain pirate leader, and that leader's combat power could sweep half the planet...
Could it be one of the two in front of me!
Who on earth is it?The black-haired one on the left looks quite evil, but there is still a hint of stupidity in the evil.The golden-haired man is smiling, but you don't need to look to know that he is difficult to deal with!
The teenager fell into delusions in his head.
"—Are you a mermaid mixed with which race? Can you maintain the second form in water? Which planet did you live on before?"
I just went to the warehouse to confirm the new medicines, and the hive sent people over.During a series of questions, Erlan sighed in his heart. If he came forward, he probably wouldn't be able to solve it so efficiently.
Pirate Star focuses on strength and ignores the law.To put it bluntly, in fact, it pays more attention to "hidden rules" than other places...
The habitually lazy voice sounded from behind, and the half-mermaid boy turned his head, his eyes widened in surprise, "Are you, a pure-blooded mermaid?"
With the same dark green hair as myself,
"En." Erlan replied lightly, examining him with a doctor's professional eyes.
In order to maintain the activity of the biological goods, the black market dealer might give the boy some prohibited drugs, anyway, it is not his responsibility to sell them.
"Has anyone in the black market injected you with anything?"
"Is there such an ugly pure-blooded mermaid?"
The two asked questions at the same time.
After hearing the few words just now, Erlan took a deep breath and turned to Lu Zhongxiao: "Boss, I've changed my mind—you should beat him up! I've never seen such an unlovable brat!"
"From the perspective of species, the strict term is fish child." Lu Zhongxiao corrected him.
The half-mermaid boy added without fear of death: "How can there be such a slovenly fellow, Duke Yu is very good-looking..."
"Duke Yu..." Erlan grabbed a key word and immediately became serious, "Who is he to you!"
The half-mermaid boy looked confusedly at the unshaven mermaid uncle who suddenly put on a serious face, "I am an orphan and was picked up by Duke Yu. He is a good man and taught me how to drive a mech."
"...Good guy?" Erlan smiled ironically, "What's your name?"
"Yu Jue. In the mermaid language, this word means the light of the deep sea." Only this question, the half-mermaid boy answered seriously.
Erland was noncommittal.
It was Lu Zhongxiao who interjected: "Then your language is refined enough."
Facts have proved that after dispelling his guard, the boy named Yu Jue did not have so much difficulty in communicating.Lu Zhongxiao heard him repeatedly use exaggerated words such as "handsome", "powerful", and "omnipotent" to describe the Duke, and then Erlan sneered with disdain.
However, I finally figured out that, as an orphan, the young man had been adopted by a male mermaid with a title, but he encountered enemies when he left his home planet to travel around. Cannon fodder in combat.
"Is that Duke Yu better than this captain?" Lu Zhongxiao was quite suspicious of the child's judgment, leaning his head on the armrest of the sofa.
Yu Jue rolled his eyes at him, "Much more handsome than you! Just like the blond pervert next to you!"
"I think the first sentence is insulting me, and the second sentence doesn't seem to be complimenting you..." Lu Zhongxiao turned his head and asked Tyre for advice.
Tyre nodded numbly: "I really didn't expect the mermaid cub to be so rude."
Thinking of Tyre's true identity, Erlan felt that the half of his family he had saved was too abrupt, but Tyre didn't show any anger, but was annoyed about "how to educate the other party"...
It's education, not lessons.
But Lu Zhongxiao's attitude is not certain.
"Actually, according to our family's bone age judgment standard, this kid is already an adult, not a cub. A mermaid is a creature with a short adult period, but because he is of mixed blood, his appearance is still young." Erlan said in Yu Jue Squatting down beside him, professionally pinched his back, and then tore off his pants with one hand!
"Wow! What are you doing—" Yu Jue hurriedly bent down and covered his legs, finally showing the panic that such a teenager should have on his face.
He was wearing the clothes that black market dealers threw at random, with loose wrists and ankles exposed, and a rope tied around his waist.The fabric is woven with some kind of coarse hemp native to Pirate Star. Lu Zhongxiao doesn't know the wearing experience, but only knows that it is very useful for wiping the suspension car.
Now the belt was cut off by Erlan's sharp nails, and the whole pair of trousers immediately fell to the feet.
"Don't mermaids have thorns? Why do they have bone age?" Lu Zhongxiao asked a scientific question.
Erlan turned back angrily: "I'll emphasize it again! My family is an intelligent creature, and it is not the same kind of fish as the food on earth!"
He originally wanted to take Yu Jue back to the room for inspection, but when newcomers come, they always have to be seen by the captain, and it is not clear that Yu Jue is a hybrid of mermaid and what race, if there is a second violent gene, it will be bad .
The rest room is not cold, and the mermaid is a temperature-changing animal. The boy stood barefoot on the ground, but he was uncomfortable to be seen by others, and his arrogance was not so arrogant.
"Don't worry, the girls' dormitory is in the north of the base, and this floor is full of men, so there's nothing to be afraid of." Erlan didn't care, and pushed his hand to cover himself, "It's really a mixed race, can't your scales fade away?"
Not only the legs, extending from the center of the body to the limbs, Yu Jue's hands and feet are covered with strong dark green scales, reflecting light under the light.
Yu Jue lowered his head in silence, staring at a slightly painful spot on his knee.
The scales there had probably been shed during capture, revealing pale pink flesh.
"Pure-blooded mermaids have two forms. After leaving the water, the scales will fuse with each other to form a new skin, which is less likely to fall off than scales." Erland patiently explained, "You don't have a skin, you only have hardened keratin that wraps your body. And soft scales, it seems that there will be no tail when exposed to water..."
"So what's the matter, I can swim, and I have been diving for more than a day!" Yu Jue's self-esteem was quite strong.
"95% of the mermaid planet is liquid water, so it's not suitable for hybrids to survive." Erlan finished the preliminary physical examination, stood up and sat on the nearest single sofa, "I have to find a new place to live... I won't Let you go back to that Duke."
Till agreed with concern, "From the existing facts, the original guardian does not seem to be able to fulfill the responsibility of education."
Lu Zhongxiao made up with words: "The Wild Rose doesn't need mediocre combat power, and there are no members with special skills."
"I can fly armor!" Yu Jue retorted confidently.
Lu Zhongxiao continued to make up the knife: "I don't need to rely on individual exoskeleton equipment to dismantle most of the mechas below the strength of the ultra-dimensional alloy...including the one you drove before."
"I..." Yu Jue was at a loss for words for a moment.Three menacing adults sat across from him, as if confronting him, but soon found a new question, "Since you can't stay here, and you won't let me go back, why are you buying me! Perverted special Do you like it?"
Lu Zhongxiao spread his hands indifferently, "It's not me who pays, I just show up."
"The number of the Molin clan is getting smaller and smaller, and even the mixed-race people can't be ignored. Listen to what you said, they lived on the mother planet, even if they didn't find any descendants of the clan... Sure enough, Duke Yu never It’s unbelievable, I’m afraid he didn’t intend to find your family at all.” Erlan said the real reason seriously, “I didn’t think carefully about bringing you back without thinking about the way out, but there was no extra time to think about it at that time. .”
Of course, Lu Zhongxiao doesn't plan to take a child to rob in the future, not only in the way, but also because of the reason that "it's not good for the physical and mental health of minors", he will be talked about by Tyre to death!
"What are you watching? Newcomers?"
Bassong, who fell asleep as soon as he returned to Pirate Star, finally woke up. When he was about to go to the public cafeteria, he passed the rest area. He looked at Yu Jue with slightly waxy eyes, "Erland, you look a lot like you."
"He bought things randomly, and we are discussing how to arrange them." Arms resting on the back of the sofa, Lu Zhongxiao looked up at the ceiling, feeling that he was really not suitable for the role of a caring big brother.
"Then bring it back to Earth." Bassong said casually, "The environment is not bad, and it's easier to survive."
Erlan's eyes lit up, "This is a good place to live for a while. I'll find a way to find Yu Jue's family members, preferably paternal relatives, so I can send him to other planets."
"But how to go? With the nature of the Wild Rose, the star field was warned or attacked just as it approached the earth?" Till always remembered that he was a pirate.
Waving his right hand as if he had no bones, Lu Zhongxiao said, "Don't worry, I can trouble Ming Rujian to send him back, anyway, that guy will leave after finishing his business. The various welfare facilities on Earth are good, and with his small body It can be mixed with a minor subsidy."
"——I object!" Yu Jue, who was decided to stay, broke out, "I'm going to Duke Yu!"
"Little brother, let's talk about it when you have the strength to get a spaceship." Lu Zhongxiao put his head back, ignoring the eerie grinding of his teeth, his smiling face was kind, "The law of survival in the universe is very cruel. For example, I can choose to send you to the earth so that you can study like a child, or I can cook you like a crucian carp!"
29. Another identity of the captain
The blunt threat made Yu Jue finally realize that these people are not kind people...
Erlan looked at his stubbornness and sighed: "Do you think Duke Yu's place is better? I know him better than you... That guy is just keen to collect mermaids of certain races, and you are just a young toy. Don't believe me In other words, recall, during the time on the home planet, did the people around him look similar to you? Regardless of age, most of them had dark green hair and scaly tails."
"He..." Yu Jue was at a loss for words.
Looking into those immature eyes, Erlan understood everything, and smiled clearly, "It's still the same, his taste. It was really the right thing to run away from home..."
The last sentence deliberately lowered his voice and turned into a sigh of self-talk.
"After investigating the information on the earth, I think it is very suitable for ordinary people to live there. Generally, the home planets that give birth to races with high combat effectiveness are known for their harsh environments and cruel laws. The earth also has a complete welfare system, even if you live alone. You can learn a skill." Tire turned off the portable optical computer for checking the information, and made a very sincere guarantee.
Yu Jue bowed his head, and put on his belt roughly, "Don't say anything else, at least give me some clothes, like the kind you guys wear, close-fitting combat uniforms."
"I need clothes...is this a compromise?" Lu Zhongxiao continued to tease him.
"Do I have any other choice!" Yu Jue's roar has already heard the feeling of being strong on the outside but doing nothing on the inside.
Erland stood up and asked the captain for instructions: "I'll take him to the logistics to get a uniform, excuse me first."
After getting Lu Zhongxiao's consent, he dragged the boy away, looking like a father and son from the back.
Tire looked away, "I didn't expect the adulthood of mermaids to be so short. Yu Jue's age is placed on Saga, and he is still a real cub."
"14 years old is not young. When I was his age, I dared to steal my father's battleship and drive it to the edge of the mother galaxy." Lu Zhongxiao didn't understand what he was sighing.
This guy always pays attention to some details, and puts on a look of seeing through everything, which makes people feel uncomfortable even thinking about it.
"The V cells of Saga people will mature in the year of birth, so our adulthood is also counted from the age of 50." Till explained with a smile.
Bassoon, who was rummaging through the cabinet for high-calorie chocolates, was quite surprised, "Tier, are you an adult? So you are over fifty?"
"Yeah..." Tyre didn't quite understand why he lost his composure.
"The Zerg's lifespan is usually very short, and the age of 50 is already entering old age..." Bassong, who was hit, supported the cabinet.
Tyre seemed to have realized something, "It's hard to judge the ages of different races from their appearances. May I ask, what is the average age of the members on a battleship?"
Lu Zhongxiao, who was questioned, was a little guilty, "I haven't counted it, just look at the appearance and look old enough... Anyway, it's been two or three years, even if you're not an adult, you should have grown up."
He didn't employ child labor for such a dangerous business!
"I remember you said that you came to Pirate Star after two or three years as an adult according to the standards of people on Earth?" Tyre's speculation has drifted to a not-so-good side.
"Hey, you have laid a foundation in such a short period of time, shouldn't you be proud of a boss like me!" Lu Zhongxiao was annoyed.
Tyre's eyes fell on Bassong.
The rather gentle and gentle face after the beard was shaved became uncomfortable, "I have Zerg genes so I grow very fast, this year I was born...the tenth year?"
Forget about 21... let alone a cub at ten years old, it's not even an embryo!
"So this is a concentration camp for underage criminals!"
Tire's
Lu Zhongxiao watched the constantly glowing signal source on the screen gradually move away from the Wild Rose, and turned off the weapon system with a curled lip, "Then it's none of my business."
Turning his head, he found that Tyre was staring at him with a smile, with the words "My captain finally looks like a good man" written all over his face...
Lu Zhongxiao angrily emphasized: "The rules of the ancient earth, the nameless ghost will not die under the particle cannon!"
"Is that so?" Tyre blinked his blue eyes teasingly.
"In short, return!"
26. Spy on discretion
The distraught Lu Zhongxiao gave an order, from warships to small spaceships, all turned their course. The warships of the Star Chamber of Commerce were still in the original star field, but after a short while, Ming Rujian negotiated the terms with his companions. Follow up.
……
The first thing to arrive on Pirate Star is information.Regarding the fact that the crusade ended hastily, Freya raised his eyebrows quite unexpectedly. After learning that the power of the alloy python had been completely wiped out, he didn't say anything, and focused on welcoming the businessman.
At four o'clock in the morning, before dawn, the Pirate King's palace is still resplendent.
"I will restrain all the forces on the planet, and the friendly agreement with the star chamber of commerce still exists, and the alloy python will end up destroying the agreement." Sitting in the palace's meeting room, with long hair loosely draped behind him, Freya made a promise Very powerful.
There was silence in the meeting hall, only the slight movement of Ming Rujian sipping coffee from a cup.
The leaders sat on both sides of the long table and were silent collectively.
After careful calculation, the time it takes to start from Pirate Star and come back is equivalent to one day and one night on earth. However, as a person with excellent combat effectiveness, Lu Zhongxiao doesn't feel too tired.
Although Freya is so calm on the surface, his heart is bleeding, right?All of Kingstin's remnants of power were wiped out, and the property left behind did not fall into his own hands... While thinking so badly, his mood became more and more comfortable.
Ming Rujian put the porcelain cup back on the tray, and broke the silence first with a light ding, "Then it's great. After all, every time I transport goods from the earth to here, I take a lot of risks... But, those who join the chamber of commerce There are more and more people, sooner or later the entire universe will be an untouchable cargo ship, I wonder what you plan to do in the future?"
This question is sharp!
Freya frowned subconsciously, and relaxed for a moment, "The universe is huge, and there are many variables. The pirates in the future will not only make a living by plundering. Isn't the military faction on Planet O'Hermen also driving at the fastest speed for money?" Do fast warships deliver couriers between galaxies?"
"That's right. In short, I still hope that this kind of transaction will continue." Ming Rujian smiled slightly.
Listening to their conversation, Lu Zhongxiao was extremely bored, and cleaned up all the desserts and drinks in front of him.
Today's state is very good, and with so many people watching, it is impossible for Freya to do anything excessive.But Ming Rujian, who had a good relationship, would not talk to Lu Zhongxiao much in front of others, and her attitude became formulaic.
Test each other, set traps one after another in what they say, catch loopholes based on the feedback information, secretly happy when they find out, and pretend to be calm on the surface.
It's not like Lu Zhongxiao can't understand the seemingly small talk between Freya and Ming Rujian.
He knew it was about the future of the Pirate Star and the Star Chamber of Commerce, but he was too lazy to intervene.
I came here for freedom in the first place. If I have to worry too much, I might as well go back to Earth!Intrigue, prying and deliberation are really not suitable for him.
"...I really envy you, you don't have to go to such a boring meeting."
After finally dealing with the matter of the Star Chamber of Commerce, Lu Zhongxiao returned to his abandoned battleship base, and immediately lost his shape, "Weiwei, make a list of supplies and send them to the Chamber of Commerce. If there is anything missing, just buy in large quantities. After the crusade is over, we will There's nothing else to do, let's take a break for everyone, rest for a while and then set off."
That's right, piracy is such a laid-back, high-paying career!But the death rate is also quite high...
Everyone has long been accustomed to the process of handling affairs, and each does his own work without any ambiguity.
Among the group of people, only Tire, who seemed to be the most likely to work, was free. He was a pure fighter and a guard. If Lu Zhongxiao didn't take him with him when he went out, there would be nothing to do.
"How did the discussion with Freya go?" In the public rest area on the top floor of the base, Till muted the program that was playing on the TV, and asked with concern.
Lu Zhongxiao's face collapsed, "So many people went, why did you only ask him one?"
"Last time in the hive... I was worried about what he would do again," Till explained.
"There are so many leaders here, he doesn't dare to do anything, the title of Pirate King just sounds nice." Lu Zhongxiao walked over and sat down in the middle of a row of sofas, "In terms of strength, Freya is about the same as me, if Without that broken ring, I could kill him with one hand."
The words are full of disdain.
Roughly speaking, the combat effectiveness of cosmic creatures roughly follows the law of "the more impenetrable they are, the more they can penetrate".
Pirate King's score is only B-level, and he needs a mecha covering his whole body when fighting; Lu Zhongxiao is much easier, assembling an individual exoskeleton is enough... As for Tire, he can fight at any time while wearing pajamas and picking up a particle sword.
"You rarely go back to Pirate Star, so it's better not to confront him head-on. If you come back after leaving, the base will be destroyed by Freya to vent your anger, and there is no hotel here, so it will be very troublesome to find a place to stay." Tyr is not sure Would Freya do such a naive thing, but Lu Zhongxiao actually listened to this kind of advice!
Obviously, he's the kind of guy who would set fire to other people's houses while his master wasn't around...
"Jingle Bell."
The dining car with a set route arrived at the public rest area on the top floor through the elevator, and stopped in front of Till to make a beep.
One of the entire walls in the rest area is a screen, which can receive many cosmic channels, and the viewing effect is excellent. Lu Zhongxiao stared at the dining car, his fingers were still switching channels, "What food did you order?"
"Well, I ordered it in the cafeteria. The chefs on the Briar Rose are very skilled." Tyre nodded, and put down the small table of the dining car, "You seem surprised? Didn't I eat in the cafeteria? Carbon-based organisms are needed energy wasted."
"No..." Lu Zhongxiao shook his head, "I just didn't expect you to eat while watching TV. I always think that people like you should sit at a long dining table wielding a knife and fork with a napkin on your lap. Give me some too, toss I didn’t eat anything for more than a day, and I ate some cake at Freya’s, so I didn’t feel full at all.”
Till's movements stopped abruptly! "I just... have some afternoon tea..."
"These are afternoon tea?" Lu Zhongxiao was even more shocked than him!
The captain knows the approximate capacity of the dining car at the base, even if it is not accurate.The three-story dining car in front of Till, the upper layer is insulated, the middle layer is heated, and the lower layer is frozen, which can preserve everything from ice cream to hot soup!If fully stuffed, it can last for three to five days for creatures with small appetites.
But at present, a full dining car is nothing more than a "snack" to Till.
"In order to maintain the activity of V cells, the Saga people have a great need for calories." He explained lightly, "And because of the need for combat, we rarely eat slowly with a knife and fork."
Lu Zhongxiao looked at the ingredients statistics on the touch screen of the dining car. There were twelve air-dried chocobos, twelve boneless roast chickens, twelve plates of pasta in various colors, no hot soup, but the bottom freezer was filled with fruit flavors. ice cream.
"This is already beyond the category of 'great demand'! I think I will be poor by you sooner or later..." Lu Zhongxiao murmured distressedly, grabbed a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth.
Raising a creature with high combat power is indeed a matter of sorrow and joy.
The next time you take Tire on a long voyage, the warehouse will have a lot more supplies, right?
The rising sun of the Pirate Star emerged from the sky, and in the early morning, Lu Zhongxiao enjoyed an "afternoon tea".However, the base is bright all day long, and if you stay in it for a long time, you will lose touch with the outside world.
It must not be a cosmic gourmet show to accompany the afternoon tea.In view of the diversity of intelligent creatures, each race has a different definition of "food"... Last time Lu Zhongxiao soaked in instant noodles and turned on the TV, he saw the host eating some kind of live parasite with joy, so he took that The 4D TV I just bought broke!
Entertainment channel, news channel... The final scene was fixed on the documentary of the Nature Channel. It is also good to learn about the customs and customs of other planets.
But others seemed unwilling to give him a chance to enjoy life. After Lu Zhongxiao had a few mouthfuls, Erlan hurried out of the room and sat between him and Tyre!
"Boss, I have something to trouble you for." Erlan must have just woken up, with drops of water still hanging from his ear fins, reflecting the light under the light, but his expression was unexpectedly sober and serious.
"Huh?" Lu Zhongxiao was puzzled with the chicken leg in his mouth, "You have been in trouble a lot, when did you become so polite?"
Till reminded: "Things must be swallowed completely before they can speak."
"Cut." Lu Zhongxiao didn't care at all.
The situation was really urgent. Erlan's usual lazy expression faded away, he turned off the documentary playing on the TV, and pressed the only red button on the remote control!
"Black market?" Tyre already has a preliminary understanding of the facilities here. The entertainment system in the public rest area is usually controlled by voice, but occasionally it is controlled by the remote control... For example, it is connected to the local channel of Pirate Star.
The exclusive channel of the black market is only open at a certain time, usually when the hive auction starts, or there are new precious goods.The battleship particle cannon that Lu Zhongxiao had been thinking about before was seen on the black market channel.
Now what cargo is it that makes Erland so groggy?
27. A half-mermaid
Soon, the doubts of the people present were resolved.
On the black market channel, the electronic sound synthesized by light and brain plays the items to be auctioned in today's honeycomb auction in a loop.Erlan waited anxiously on the sofa, "I saw it in the room just now...why haven't you read it yet?"
Lu Zhongxiao didn't know why, so he continued to eat afternoon tea.
"The seventh auction item on display now is preliminarily identified as a hybrid creature. The bone age test results show that he is a 14-year-old male juvenile. His bones are considered slender in the universe, and his appearance score is above 85. The attack power of the body is not good. High, but can drive mechs, absolutely intelligent creatures! The starting price is 10 GM coins."
Along with the commentary, a full-scale close-up of a thin young man appeared on the screen.
He has dark green hair that is close to black, a dazed expression, and his body should have been cleaned by people from the black market. The naked skin looks clean, but there are still scars, silently proving the fact that he was violently captured.
"Pirate Star's biological transactions account for 10% of the total population every day, but you don't know it. Tyr, don't show kindness." Lu Zhongxiao subconsciously advised the golden-haired young man next to him, "The breeding rate of foreign races is extremely low. The offspring are all genetic winners, this boy is good-looking and looks very smart, so he was dragged into the hive as a pet auction...Huh? Mecha?"
He suddenly remembered something, and turned his attention to the screen, "Did it just say on TV that he can manipulate mechs?"
A few light-years away from the planet, was that light mecha fleeing in a hurry finally shot down by some pirate?
"The point is not the mecha." Erlan zoomed in on the screen, pointing to a detail, "He is a mermaid hybrid, and he is of the same race as me. My clan is running out, so I must keep this, but I don't have a membership to the hive... ..."
Sure enough, the boy's ears hidden in the hair could be seen in the form of fins, and his hair was dark green like Erland's.
"Understood, the money will be deducted from your salary." Lu Zhongxiao started to send messages to the black market, but his movements froze, "Would you like to participate in the auction... No, no, wait a minute."
Even though he knew he wouldn't back down, Erland was still anxious.
"Don't worry, the person you want to rescue before the auction will not be harmed." Tyre comforted.
Lu Zhongxiao did not send a request to the auction to reserve a box, but instead contacted Ming Rujian directly, "Are you in the hive right now? The auction's... seventh item, please reserve it for me in your name."
"Next time if you have something to do, please contact my assistant directly!" Ming Rujian in the video chat was sorting out something, looking devastated, "I really regret telling you my private number..."
Lu Zhongxiao deliberately drew his voice slowly, "There is no way, as long as pirates don't rob, they are very leisurely."
"The seventh item will be packaged and sent to you later!" Ming Rujian was so angry that he cut off the communication without asking if there were any other requests.
Lu Zhongxiao smirked a few times, and continued to eat, "People from the chamber of commerce occasionally buy things on the black market, and with Ming Rujian's identity, they can 'determine' certain goods...I don't really want to go to the auction, in case something like this happens About Kingstin, if you spend too much money, Viviane will talk about it to death! As a pet, that boy should attract the bidding of Boring Chief..."
It turned out to be to save money.
Erlan felt that he had chosen the wrong boss, and he was very grateful in his heart for not revealing anything on the surface, "Medicines, weapons, infrastructure, all of them are necessary expenses. Boss, you should seriously plan your career future, always It's too shameless to be ignorant, and you can't even command a decent interstellar war."
"Who said I don't know how to command!" Lu Zhongxiao disliked listening to others hurt him the most. "This captain belongs to the group who takes the lead in the charge, and is different from the kind of coward who shrinks back!"
"Every time I come back from a charge, I have to heal my wounds. It's not troublesome enough." Erland yawned.
"If you are capable, don't get paid!" Lu Zhongxiao vowed to defend his position to the death, and resolutely cracked down on such passive sabotage.
Seeing that the two of them were about to have their daily quarrel again, Tire cut into the conversation in a timely manner: "The boy will be sent over later, how do you plan to arrange him?"
The two people who were bickering instantly froze!
Lu Zhongxiao: "You, you haven't thought about the future of that half-mermaid..."
Erlan, powerless: "When I saw the message after waking up, I only thought that he must not be sold. I didn't think about anything else... Also, what is a 'bar'? We mermaids also have dignity!"
What a thoughtful captain and doctor. After buying a living person, he didn't think about his future at all...
Till raised his forehead, put down the snacks and gave a suggestion: "It's better to send it back to the Mermaid Planet. A boy of this age needs to receive education, and I'm afraid no one in the base has time to take care of him."
Besides, staying with such a group of pirates is not conducive to the physical and mental health of minors!
"Anyway, I'm not interested in raising children. If I can't raise them and become a member of the battleship, then there's no point in staying." Lu Zhongxiao spread his hands.
Erlan also didn't intend to keep the mermaid boy, "The death rate of pirates is too high, I won't let him join Briarrose."
Mr. Till, who had considered everything in the long term, never expected that the mermaid boy being discussed was actually much more terrifying than they had imagined.
After all, he was also driving the mech to escape from Lu Zhongxiao's men.
……
The public rest area on the top floor of the base is decorated in a rather laid-back style. It belongs to the style that makes people sit down and eat snacks and play games unconsciously, which lasts all day.
No matter how energetic Lu Zhongxiao was, he couldn't help but feel sleepy after eating something, and dozed off on the sofa with his arms and legs spread out.
Because of his incorrect posture, he was still snoring a little. Tire wanted to wake him up countless times, saying "the sleeping position is not right and he will go back to sleep", but thinking about what would happen when Lu Zhongxiao woke up, he didn't do anything in the end.
The notification tone of the base system replaced Tire, and made a cruel wake-up call.
Lu Zhongxiao rubbed his eyes and turned over, "Huh? What... Is there a courier from me? I just came back from space and haven't bought anything yet. What is it..."
Tyre kindly reminded: "Didn't you buy a half-mermaid boy?"
"By the way, that kid!" Lu Zhongxiao immediately sobered up and almost fell off the narrow sofa.
The director of the honeycomb auction, today is quite troublesome.
The person who pre-ordered the auction item is as clear as Jian who can't afford to offend, so even if he is unwilling to lose his interests, he still packs up the boy and sends it out.
Of course, express tools are not so intimate.
The mixed-race boy was stuffed whole into a small transport cabin, and took the elevator to the top floor of the base.Lu Zhongxiao pressed his right hand on the LCD screen, and opened it layer by layer after fingerprint verification.
The boy jumped out of the transport cabin, looked back, and looked at Lu Zhongxiao quietly.
Three seconds later—
"You pervert who shot at children!"
After the voice of the young man who was still in the voice-changing period fell, Tyre's muffled low laugh sounded first.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Zhongxiao began to roll up the left sleeve of the battle uniform that had not been replaced, and was about to beat him up, "What is this brat talking about! Didn't the hive manager inform you of the identity of the buyer when it was shipped over? Call me the captain here , or boss!"
"I don't care to listen to what those perverts who trafficked children said!" The boy was still talking back with a slightly hoarse voice, his pupils were shining brightly, and he looked fearless.
"Alien children are just uneducated. On our earth, those who dare to speak like that will be exiled to the desolate star, you know!" Lu Zhongxiao continued to scare.
The expectant timid expression and choking sound did not appear, and the half-mermaid boy proudly raised his chin, "I am a member of the Duke of Blackscale, the Duke will rescue me sooner or later, and then wipe out all of you evil perverts!"
"Tyl, stop me quickly, or I'll really beat him..." Lu Zhongxiao rolled up the sleeves of both arms, stood up abruptly, obviously ready to fight.
"The kid was auctioned off after being captured. He must have said that because he was scared, and you didn't introduce anything? In his eyes, he was just a buyer. It will be fine after the misunderstanding is cleared up." Tyr patted him on the shoulder lightly.
The half-mermaid boy finally noticed the blond young man who was always smiling, pointed at him and said, "Stop pretending to be a good person! People who seem gentle are ghosts and perverts in private! I know, always maintain this kind of smiling face, you have to suppress it from the bottom of your heart." Going crazy, just waiting to grab me and pull the scales off me piece by piece!"
"Pull it off...Pull it off...Pull it off..."
Loud accusations echoed in the rest area...
Lu Zhongxiao: "Do you still have this hobby?"
28. Guidance to minors
Tyr regained consciousness from petrification, "I...cough! How could I! Not to mention anything else, it's really not a good thing for children to rashly come into contact with the negative factors in the universe without a good education!"
After speaking, he glanced at the Captain meaningfully.
Lu Zhongxiao, a young dropout: "...I think that kind of child will be fine after being beaten up."
After shouting a long series of words, the panting half-mermaid boy glared at the two grown men in front of him with puffed up reddish cheeks.When resisting, he was very confident, and when he thought about how the other party would fight back, his heart became cold.
Ah, and more.I remember when I was packaged and shipped over, I heard from those rude black market workers that people from some chamber of commerce gave themselves to a certain pirate leader, and that leader's combat power could sweep half the planet...
Could it be one of the two in front of me!
Who on earth is it?The black-haired one on the left looks quite evil, but there is still a hint of stupidity in the evil.The golden-haired man is smiling, but you don't need to look to know that he is difficult to deal with!
The teenager fell into delusions in his head.
"—Are you a mermaid mixed with which race? Can you maintain the second form in water? Which planet did you live on before?"
I just went to the warehouse to confirm the new medicines, and the hive sent people over.During a series of questions, Erlan sighed in his heart. If he came forward, he probably wouldn't be able to solve it so efficiently.
Pirate Star focuses on strength and ignores the law.To put it bluntly, in fact, it pays more attention to "hidden rules" than other places...
The habitually lazy voice sounded from behind, and the half-mermaid boy turned his head, his eyes widened in surprise, "Are you, a pure-blooded mermaid?"
With the same dark green hair as myself,
"En." Erlan replied lightly, examining him with a doctor's professional eyes.
In order to maintain the activity of the biological goods, the black market dealer might give the boy some prohibited drugs, anyway, it is not his responsibility to sell them.
"Has anyone in the black market injected you with anything?"
"Is there such an ugly pure-blooded mermaid?"
The two asked questions at the same time.
After hearing the few words just now, Erlan took a deep breath and turned to Lu Zhongxiao: "Boss, I've changed my mind—you should beat him up! I've never seen such an unlovable brat!"
"From the perspective of species, the strict term is fish child." Lu Zhongxiao corrected him.
The half-mermaid boy added without fear of death: "How can there be such a slovenly fellow, Duke Yu is very good-looking..."
"Duke Yu..." Erlan grabbed a key word and immediately became serious, "Who is he to you!"
The half-mermaid boy looked confusedly at the unshaven mermaid uncle who suddenly put on a serious face, "I am an orphan and was picked up by Duke Yu. He is a good man and taught me how to drive a mech."
"...Good guy?" Erlan smiled ironically, "What's your name?"
"Yu Jue. In the mermaid language, this word means the light of the deep sea." Only this question, the half-mermaid boy answered seriously.
Erland was noncommittal.
It was Lu Zhongxiao who interjected: "Then your language is refined enough."
Facts have proved that after dispelling his guard, the boy named Yu Jue did not have so much difficulty in communicating.Lu Zhongxiao heard him repeatedly use exaggerated words such as "handsome", "powerful", and "omnipotent" to describe the Duke, and then Erlan sneered with disdain.
However, I finally figured out that, as an orphan, the young man had been adopted by a male mermaid with a title, but he encountered enemies when he left his home planet to travel around. Cannon fodder in combat.
"Is that Duke Yu better than this captain?" Lu Zhongxiao was quite suspicious of the child's judgment, leaning his head on the armrest of the sofa.
Yu Jue rolled his eyes at him, "Much more handsome than you! Just like the blond pervert next to you!"
"I think the first sentence is insulting me, and the second sentence doesn't seem to be complimenting you..." Lu Zhongxiao turned his head and asked Tyre for advice.
Tyre nodded numbly: "I really didn't expect the mermaid cub to be so rude."
Thinking of Tyre's true identity, Erlan felt that the half of his family he had saved was too abrupt, but Tyre didn't show any anger, but was annoyed about "how to educate the other party"...
It's education, not lessons.
But Lu Zhongxiao's attitude is not certain.
"Actually, according to our family's bone age judgment standard, this kid is already an adult, not a cub. A mermaid is a creature with a short adult period, but because he is of mixed blood, his appearance is still young." Erlan said in Yu Jue Squatting down beside him, professionally pinched his back, and then tore off his pants with one hand!
"Wow! What are you doing—" Yu Jue hurriedly bent down and covered his legs, finally showing the panic that such a teenager should have on his face.
He was wearing the clothes that black market dealers threw at random, with loose wrists and ankles exposed, and a rope tied around his waist.The fabric is woven with some kind of coarse hemp native to Pirate Star. Lu Zhongxiao doesn't know the wearing experience, but only knows that it is very useful for wiping the suspension car.
Now the belt was cut off by Erlan's sharp nails, and the whole pair of trousers immediately fell to the feet.
"Don't mermaids have thorns? Why do they have bone age?" Lu Zhongxiao asked a scientific question.
Erlan turned back angrily: "I'll emphasize it again! My family is an intelligent creature, and it is not the same kind of fish as the food on earth!"
He originally wanted to take Yu Jue back to the room for inspection, but when newcomers come, they always have to be seen by the captain, and it is not clear that Yu Jue is a hybrid of mermaid and what race, if there is a second violent gene, it will be bad .
The rest room is not cold, and the mermaid is a temperature-changing animal. The boy stood barefoot on the ground, but he was uncomfortable to be seen by others, and his arrogance was not so arrogant.
"Don't worry, the girls' dormitory is in the north of the base, and this floor is full of men, so there's nothing to be afraid of." Erlan didn't care, and pushed his hand to cover himself, "It's really a mixed race, can't your scales fade away?"
Not only the legs, extending from the center of the body to the limbs, Yu Jue's hands and feet are covered with strong dark green scales, reflecting light under the light.
Yu Jue lowered his head in silence, staring at a slightly painful spot on his knee.
The scales there had probably been shed during capture, revealing pale pink flesh.
"Pure-blooded mermaids have two forms. After leaving the water, the scales will fuse with each other to form a new skin, which is less likely to fall off than scales." Erland patiently explained, "You don't have a skin, you only have hardened keratin that wraps your body. And soft scales, it seems that there will be no tail when exposed to water..."
"So what's the matter, I can swim, and I have been diving for more than a day!" Yu Jue's self-esteem was quite strong.
"95% of the mermaid planet is liquid water, so it's not suitable for hybrids to survive." Erlan finished the preliminary physical examination, stood up and sat on the nearest single sofa, "I have to find a new place to live... I won't Let you go back to that Duke."
Till agreed with concern, "From the existing facts, the original guardian does not seem to be able to fulfill the responsibility of education."
Lu Zhongxiao made up with words: "The Wild Rose doesn't need mediocre combat power, and there are no members with special skills."
"I can fly armor!" Yu Jue retorted confidently.
Lu Zhongxiao continued to make up the knife: "I don't need to rely on individual exoskeleton equipment to dismantle most of the mechas below the strength of the ultra-dimensional alloy...including the one you drove before."
"I..." Yu Jue was at a loss for words for a moment.Three menacing adults sat across from him, as if confronting him, but soon found a new question, "Since you can't stay here, and you won't let me go back, why are you buying me! Perverted special Do you like it?"
Lu Zhongxiao spread his hands indifferently, "It's not me who pays, I just show up."
"The number of the Molin clan is getting smaller and smaller, and even the mixed-race people can't be ignored. Listen to what you said, they lived on the mother planet, even if they didn't find any descendants of the clan... Sure enough, Duke Yu never It’s unbelievable, I’m afraid he didn’t intend to find your family at all.” Erlan said the real reason seriously, “I didn’t think carefully about bringing you back without thinking about the way out, but there was no extra time to think about it at that time. .”
Of course, Lu Zhongxiao doesn't plan to take a child to rob in the future, not only in the way, but also because of the reason that "it's not good for the physical and mental health of minors", he will be talked about by Tyre to death!
"What are you watching? Newcomers?"
Bassong, who fell asleep as soon as he returned to Pirate Star, finally woke up. When he was about to go to the public cafeteria, he passed the rest area. He looked at Yu Jue with slightly waxy eyes, "Erland, you look a lot like you."
"He bought things randomly, and we are discussing how to arrange them." Arms resting on the back of the sofa, Lu Zhongxiao looked up at the ceiling, feeling that he was really not suitable for the role of a caring big brother.
"Then bring it back to Earth." Bassong said casually, "The environment is not bad, and it's easier to survive."
Erlan's eyes lit up, "This is a good place to live for a while. I'll find a way to find Yu Jue's family members, preferably paternal relatives, so I can send him to other planets."
"But how to go? With the nature of the Wild Rose, the star field was warned or attacked just as it approached the earth?" Till always remembered that he was a pirate.
Waving his right hand as if he had no bones, Lu Zhongxiao said, "Don't worry, I can trouble Ming Rujian to send him back, anyway, that guy will leave after finishing his business. The various welfare facilities on Earth are good, and with his small body It can be mixed with a minor subsidy."
"——I object!" Yu Jue, who was decided to stay, broke out, "I'm going to Duke Yu!"
"Little brother, let's talk about it when you have the strength to get a spaceship." Lu Zhongxiao put his head back, ignoring the eerie grinding of his teeth, his smiling face was kind, "The law of survival in the universe is very cruel. For example, I can choose to send you to the earth so that you can study like a child, or I can cook you like a crucian carp!"
29. Another identity of the captain
The blunt threat made Yu Jue finally realize that these people are not kind people...
Erlan looked at his stubbornness and sighed: "Do you think Duke Yu's place is better? I know him better than you... That guy is just keen to collect mermaids of certain races, and you are just a young toy. Don't believe me In other words, recall, during the time on the home planet, did the people around him look similar to you? Regardless of age, most of them had dark green hair and scaly tails."
"He..." Yu Jue was at a loss for words.
Looking into those immature eyes, Erlan understood everything, and smiled clearly, "It's still the same, his taste. It was really the right thing to run away from home..."
The last sentence deliberately lowered his voice and turned into a sigh of self-talk.
"After investigating the information on the earth, I think it is very suitable for ordinary people to live there. Generally, the home planets that give birth to races with high combat effectiveness are known for their harsh environments and cruel laws. The earth also has a complete welfare system, even if you live alone. You can learn a skill." Tire turned off the portable optical computer for checking the information, and made a very sincere guarantee.
Yu Jue bowed his head, and put on his belt roughly, "Don't say anything else, at least give me some clothes, like the kind you guys wear, close-fitting combat uniforms."
"I need clothes...is this a compromise?" Lu Zhongxiao continued to tease him.
"Do I have any other choice!" Yu Jue's roar has already heard the feeling of being strong on the outside but doing nothing on the inside.
Erland stood up and asked the captain for instructions: "I'll take him to the logistics to get a uniform, excuse me first."
After getting Lu Zhongxiao's consent, he dragged the boy away, looking like a father and son from the back.
Tire looked away, "I didn't expect the adulthood of mermaids to be so short. Yu Jue's age is placed on Saga, and he is still a real cub."
"14 years old is not young. When I was his age, I dared to steal my father's battleship and drive it to the edge of the mother galaxy." Lu Zhongxiao didn't understand what he was sighing.
This guy always pays attention to some details, and puts on a look of seeing through everything, which makes people feel uncomfortable even thinking about it.
"The V cells of Saga people will mature in the year of birth, so our adulthood is also counted from the age of 50." Till explained with a smile.
Bassoon, who was rummaging through the cabinet for high-calorie chocolates, was quite surprised, "Tier, are you an adult? So you are over fifty?"
"Yeah..." Tyre didn't quite understand why he lost his composure.
"The Zerg's lifespan is usually very short, and the age of 50 is already entering old age..." Bassong, who was hit, supported the cabinet.
Tyre seemed to have realized something, "It's hard to judge the ages of different races from their appearances. May I ask, what is the average age of the members on a battleship?"
Lu Zhongxiao, who was questioned, was a little guilty, "I haven't counted it, just look at the appearance and look old enough... Anyway, it's been two or three years, even if you're not an adult, you should have grown up."
He didn't employ child labor for such a dangerous business!
"I remember you said that you came to Pirate Star after two or three years as an adult according to the standards of people on Earth?" Tyre's speculation has drifted to a not-so-good side.
"Hey, you have laid a foundation in such a short period of time, shouldn't you be proud of a boss like me!" Lu Zhongxiao was annoyed.
Tyre's eyes fell on Bassong.
The rather gentle and gentle face after the beard was shaved became uncomfortable, "I have Zerg genes so I grow very fast, this year I was born...the tenth year?"
Forget about 21... let alone a cub at ten years old, it's not even an embryo!
"So this is a concentration camp for underage criminals!"
Tire's
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