Second marriage [Zerg]

Chu An did take a nap on the spaceship, but he didn't have the nerve to lean on Ning Bai's shoulder, and just leaned against the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest.

When he was about to reach his destination, Ning Bai woke him up.

Chu An rubbed his eyes, looked at the strange planet outside the window, and was about to ask Ning Bai about his next action plan, when he raised his eyes and saw Ning Bai's hair, he suddenly froze.

In just a short voyage, Ning Bai's hair completely changed.

The original short blonde hair was all dyed taupe, like the color of meteorites that can be seen everywhere in the universe, only under the light can there be a slight hint of the same metallic luster as before.

"You... dyed your hair?" Chu An stood up, couldn't help but reach out and stroke the hair on Ning Bai's forehead, "Is it dyed or a wig?"

Ning Bai replied warmly: "Military camouflage agent. In the past, ordinary soldiers would use it when performing latent missions. Later, most of them used mechas to fight, so it was rarely used, so you haven't seen it."

"It's... amazing."

Even the well-known writer Chu An can hardly describe his current feeling with an accurate word.

On weekdays, the blond and white-skinned Ning Bai is glamorous and refined, but he comes from a poor background but has a noble aura that looks down upon the world.

Now this gray-haired Ning Bai no longer looks so dignified and noble, but has an avant-garde and bold style, which also makes Chu An unable to take his eyes off.

He rubbed the tip of Nian Ningbai's hair with his fingertips, and then held it in front of his eyes to observe carefully. He didn't find a single drop of color on his fingers, and he was amazed in his heart.

Ning Bai immediately understood what he was thinking, smiled, and explained: "It's optical discoloration, not chemical dyes, so there will be no decolorization. But the camouflage time can only last for sixteen hours, and it will fade after time passes." back to how it was before.”

Their eyes met, Chu An blinked, and the word "good-looking" rolled around his lips, but because there were other friends and colleagues in the cabin, he still didn't say it.

But Ning Bai seemed to understand what he meant, and said softly: "Thank you."

The spaceship landed slowly on the simple star port of planet K34.

From this number, it can be seen that this planet is more remote and desolate than K12, and it was named later.

The star port in front of him can only accommodate single-digit spaceships to dock, and even so, except for the one they brought, there are no other spaceships in the star port.

A group of female and male insects walked down the gangway, and the local guard immediately greeted them.

"Mr. Yiluo, welcome."

Chu An knew that the guardian was the chief executive of this tiny planet, but even if Yiluo had contacted him in advance, the one-star leader would come to Xinggang to greet him in person. Want to reach a cooperation.

It seems that things will be relatively smooth.Chu An thought in his heart.

I saw Yiluo greeting the official in a decent manner: "Mr. Shouguan, we low-class merchants and civilians, we bother you to come and pick us up in person, and we are very frightened. First of all, please allow me to extend my greetings to you on behalf of the governor of K12." Mr. Governor heard that I was coming, and asked me to bring you a gift. This is the high-quality black tea that has just been produced in our K12 factory. Please accept it and try it."

The gift from the governor is black tea.

In K12, it is self-evident who loves to drink black tea.

The guard here tremblingly accepted the gift, and then escorted Yiluo and his delegation to the low-altitude spaceship and sent them to the city hall.

Compared with K12, the city hall here also looks shabby, only the meeting room for Yiluo and the others is full of flowers, obviously specially decorated.

Everyone sat down, Yiluo looked left and right, and said bluntly: "Is Commander Sant not here today?"

The guard's expression was unnatural, and he explained: "Uh, Commander Sant has a routine training today."

Chu An and Ning Bai beside him exchanged glances.

Yiluo murmured: "Since the head of Sante is not here, Mr. Shouguan, should we wait for the head to come back before..."

"You can communicate directly with me about investment matters." The guard said eagerly, "From the legal perspective, Commander Sant is only responsible for military defense, and social governance and economic construction are not the scope of the commander's responsibilities. You must be clear about this. Our K34 here... After all, the situation is different from K12."

The guard nervously stroked the black tea box that Yiluo gave him, glanced at Chu Anningbai and their entourage, stabilized his mind, and added:

"I'm not afraid of your jokes, indeed, as you think, Captain Sante has a high prestige here, and his words are more effective... than mine.

But the captain's character is too upright, if he comes to see you, he might arrest you directly at Xinggang.Mr. Yiluo, please don't be offended. You also understand that the head of the group has such a personality. "

Yiluo and Chuan all laughed.

The guard looked at Yiluo with a sad face, and said earnestly: "I say this to let you believe that K34 really needs your help. I am a Zerg born and bred here, and I don't want to see my hometown getting worse and worse. The barrenness turned into a desolate island in the universe, and eventually disappeared into interstellar history. I talked with the team leader all night yesterday, and I have persuaded him to be lenient about our business cooperation."

Yiluo nodded: "You and Captain Sant are both concerned about the military and civilians. As long as it is really beneficial to the people here, I believe that even if the leader is punished again, he will be happy."

"Ah, speaking of this punishment," the officer lamented, "The head of the regiment has been wronged too much."

"In this case, let's talk about cooperation?" Yiluo took out the materials he had prepared, and unfolded the optical brain screen in the air, "According to our plan, the first thing is to build a new medicine..."

However, the guard interrupted him: "Mr. Yiluo, do you want to start talking about this black tea?"

He picked up the black tea box and tried to smile: "We have acidic soil here that is suitable for planting tea trees. Some scientific research institutions have conducted tea tree gene experiments here before, and the results are very good. I heard that an agricultural expert who studies tea trees brought his own The whole family has moved to K12, and I really hope that you can lead us to let that expert guide us to grow this kind of economic crops."

Yiluo smiled and said meaningfully: "Unexpectedly, you are quite well-informed. But you never thought about why that expert gave up his university teaching position and moved his family to K12?"

"..."

"His female monarch has severe mental illness and cannot accept the adjustment of male worm's mental power, so she can only take a large amount of drugs to maintain mental stability. K12 can provide cheap mental power drugs. Income cannot support the high cost of medicine."

Yiluo raised the corners of his eyes lazily, and turned over a page of his information. With such a fierce aura, no one could ever remember that he was a female insect whose wings had been removed.

"Of course," he glanced at the local guard, "I understand that you don't want to fight against the council. After all, you still have to receive a monthly salary from the council. Your proposal is also very good, and we will consider it."

The guard hurriedly said, "Thank you, thank you."

"Let's not talk about the construction of the pharmaceutical factory, let's talk about the infrastructure? I mean the interstellar route. The star port here is too small, and the voyages of the cargo spacecraft are very few. Look, can K34 cooperate with the production of some Mechanical parts, so that we can produce large cargo spaceships?"

"Of course you can." The guard smiled happily.

Chu An noticed the subtle meaning in it.

In Yiluo's cooperation plan, the first is a pharmaceutical factory, and the second is a machinery factory.

At present, the construction of K12 is in full swing, but there is no machinery factory that can produce large cargo spaceships.

If in the future K12 can even produce high-precision spaceships, then from a technical point of view, weapons and equipment such as mechas are almost out of the question.

Ning Bai is the main force in the research and development of the fifth-generation mechs, and Yiluo is also an expert in mechanical design. Now K12 has a lot of mechanical engineers and technicians, and independent production of mechas is just around the corner.

On that day, K12's military strength will be more than what it is now. When they face the reorganized troops of Zerg Star again, they may be able to fight.Since K12 counterattacked the main planet of Zongxing, this ideal is no longer far away.

Later, Yiluo and the guard talked about other things.As the sky was getting dark, the guard arranged for Yi Luo and his party to have a meal and rest, and planned to take everyone on a field trip the next day.

The local guest house prepares a single room for each visitor.

Chu An and Ning Bai each received a guest room access card, and went upstairs one after the other under the interested eyes of their colleagues.

Coincidentally, their rooms are next to each other.The other rooms are a little further away from the two of them.

Chu An faintly felt that something was wrong, but seeing Ning Bai walked into his guest room without changing his expression, he had no choice but to open his door with a silk thread of mental strength.

The room is large, and although the facilities are not perfect, they are thoughtful and even luxurious to a certain extent.

Next to the welcome fruit, Chu An saw a portable tea bag of Yundis black tea, and a golden bottle of alcoholic beverage that he had never seen before, which seemed to be a local specialty.

It was just nightfall, and it was still early, Chu An was planning to talk to Ning Bai next door about what he had seen today, when the doorbell of his own guest room rang.

Chu An hurried to open the door, and it was Ning Bai standing outside.

The admiral with grey-brown hair looked serious. He walked into the room, locked the door first, and said to Chu An, "We have been found."

Ning Bai's reason is exactly what Chu An feels is subtle——

The receptionist specially arranged adjacent rooms for the two of them, and also prepared items and drinks according to Ning Bai's preferences.If it weren't for the fact that their identities had already been detected, the probability of such a coincidence was extremely slim.

Ning Bai said: "Old Sante has always been upright and magnanimous. They made such an arrangement, but they didn't directly expose it. It should be without malice. But I am still a little worried. I think that although he didn't show up during the day, he might come at night... ...So, tonight, may I be here with you?"

Hearing this, a few strands of mental power immediately grew out of Chu An's body uncontrollably, and floated towards Ning Bai.

Chu An scratched in the air a few times indiscriminately, and grabbed all the thread ends back.

"...I originally thought that you would take everyone to a meeting in the evening to discuss the work at hand."

As he said, he patted back the threads of spiritual force emerging from his body again, touched his nose embarrassingly, and said with a smile: "It's good not to have a meeting, this can be regarded as a vacation... It seems that after the two of us got married Didn't go out for vacation together."

"The hero..."

Chu An raised his hand, rubbed Ning Bai's dyed forehead curls on his fingers, and gently brushed Ning Bai's slender eyelashes with the back of his hand.

"Actually, I've wanted to say it a long time ago, Ning Bai, you can call me by my name directly. Why don't you try it and pronounce it like this—Chu, An."

Ning Bai was quiet for a moment, lowered his head, his slightly red ears were hidden under his slightly long gray-brown hair, trembling slightly.

It's not a mouthful of syllables, and he has called this name many times in front of other friends.

But standing in front of Chu An today, he couldn't open his mouth at all.

"Chu..." Ning Bai pursed his lips, his voice became lower and lower, "Chu An...Mr."

"??"

Chu An couldn't help laughing, and immediately opened his arms to hug Ning Bai, rubbing the back of Ning Bai's head.

"It's all a mess," Chu An complained with a smile, "Forget it, call it whatever you want."

"Ah."

Ning Bai lingered in Chu An's arms for a while, and then received a message from Yi Luo.

"General, Commander Sant is here, and he wants to see you."

……

Ning Bai quickly arranged his hair and clothes, and returned to his usual meticulous look.

The doorbell rang.

The tall and vicissitudes of life Santer stood at the door, seeing Ning Bai's gray-brown hair, he was not surprised at all.

He said politely: "Mr. Chu An, General Ning Bai, good evening, I hope I didn't disturb your rest."

Ning Bai turned to invite Sante to enter the door, and smiled: "Old Sante, please come in. It's still early, don't be restrained, I've been waiting for you."

Chu An had already made tea, and Sante sat upright at the table with a very upright military posture.

He took the tea cup and thanked Chu An: "I know the general doesn't like the quality of tea bags, but K34 can only find this kind of thing. Please understand Mr. Shou Guan's kindness. This planet is really suitable for planting Tea tree, if the general can help develop the tea plantation industry here, I believe you can taste better drinks next time."

Ning Bai was noncommittal, he sat beside Chu An, looking into Sante's eyes.

"This doesn't sound like what you would say. Compared with tea, I wanted to persuade my hero to open that bottle of wine just now. In my impression, that is your taste.

Remember that military exercise ten years ago?After the exercise, we held a bonfire party, where you got drunk and stole the limelight. "

"Knowing how to drink is not a skill. You won No.1 in all competitions in that military exercise, and your military rank went straight up two ranks. That's how you really stole the limelight."

Sante raised his eyes and looked at Ning Bai's gray-brown hair, his eyes were full of unforgettable past events.

"I still remember that you used this kind of military camouflage during the lurking war, lying on the gravel array with almost no shelter, and shot me in the head from a long distance. I was older than you, and I saw Seeing you rushing forward majesticly, I know that the gap between me and you is as far as the distance between K34 and the main star of Zerg."

With a "bang", Chu An opened the bottle of wine.

"Sorry, I didn't expect to make such a loud noise." Chu An said jokingly, "Since Commander Sant is good at drinking, why not have a few drinks tonight. Commander Sant, Ning Bai never followed I am telling these military stories, and I like your story very much, please continue."

"Thank you, Mr. Chu An is indeed as personable as the rumors say." Sante took the wine glass, gently swirled the golden-brown wine in the glass, and drank it down, "Admiral, look, even you and your family The feelings of the heroine are incomparable to those of us ordinary military females. You have everything and can get everything. I really envy you.

So I have never understood why you have to abandon all this, and abandon the belief that belongs to the 'Golden Eagle'.Since you have not embezzled military expenses, the judiciary will definitely return your innocence, why do you want to betray?What you have obtained is obviously beyond our reach in our lifetime, what more do you want? "

Ning Bai smiled and also took a sip of wine, noncommittal.

"Old Sante, you also have a lovely male son. This alone is enough to make us all envious."

"But, my son..." Sante didn't continue, but let out a long sigh.

Because Sante’s relatives only have his son who suffers from chronic diseases, the military department is worried that Sante, who is guarding the border, will defect, so he has kept his son in the nursing home on Zongxing, and Sante is not allowed to take him with him and reunite with his parents.

Sante had also applied for a demote and was transferred back to Zombie Star, but he had done an excellent job on the border and was a deterrent to foreign enemies. The military could not find a suitable officer who was willing to go to the frontier to replace him.

Besides, now that Ning Bai has defected to Zombie Star and chose K12 as his base, Sante, the veteran leader with rich combat experience, is even more important, and his superiors are even more unwilling to approve Sante's application for transfer.

"...Actually, Ning Bai and I are very happy to help you," Chu An said in a low voice, "I heard that your child's condition is already very stable, but it is inseparable from careful nursing care. , you and your child will feel at ease, we can help you..."

Sante shook his head: "The military department does not allow me to pick up the male son, and I will not violate the orders of my superiors."

Ning Bai smiled: "The military department even asked you to take me back, aren't you drinking and chatting with me now?"

Sante raised his head, looked at Ning Bai firmly, and said without hesitation: "I will arrest you. I promised Mr. Guardian that I will not hinder the economic cooperation with K12, but as long as you sign the agreement , I will take action and arrest you. I came here today to tell you about this, please see that for the sake of my frankness, don’t affect the relationship between the two planets because of my arrest. Economic and trade cooperation, okay?"

"Hahahahaha." Ning Bai couldn't stop laughing, "Old Sante, you are older than me, I really don't know whether to call you pedantic or naive. Economy is always closely related to politics. If you arrest me, Yiluo will tear everything up on the spot The cooperation agreement allows Mikas to drive the starship directly from K12 and blow up this tiny planet into ruins."

Sante is still trying to reason: "I always thought that although we have different positions now, we are all military females with the strength and character of military females. I believe that you, Ilo, and Mikas are not the same. Will have the heart to let ordinary civilians suffer."

"Sant, who is making ordinary civilians suffer? Jump out of the logic of absolute obedience and look at the world, and see whether the thing you are loyal to is treasure or bullshit.

It is this absurd system that tarnishes your strength and character. They humiliate you with punishment letters, torment you with the pain of separation, use your kindness and perseverance, and trample on your dignity as a military female.

Have you ever thought that none of this is right.Females should not be slaves, rank should not be an excuse for exploitation, ordinary people should not be paid for a hard day's work, and promotion in the army should be based on ability and merit, not family background and connections. "

"Ning Bai, you are too radical. There are indeed bad things in the parliament, but we cannot betray the country."

"If by state you mean an empty shell of the machine of power, what about betrayal? We could have made a better machine and put the new in place of the old."

Ning Bai also drank the wine in his cup: "What we can't really betray is the thousands of ordinary females and males who have struggled to survive, the land, rivers and sky of the insect star, and the people in this vast universe. Countless stars that depend on each other."

"What we really can't betray," Chu An said suddenly, "is our cherished companions, children, male and female fathers, our comrades-in-arms, comrades, relatives and friends.

Commander Sant, deep down in your heart, do you really agree with the military order prohibiting your family reunion?Will you look at the bright stars in the night sky when you are on duty late at night, and think of your only child.I wonder if he is also sitting under the starry sky at this moment, looking at the universe, thinking of his female father who guards the frontier. "

"Mr. Chu An..." Sante was silent for a while, showing a bitter smile, "You are really gentle. I have read your book before, and I always remember a sentence you wrote..."

"Love is the source of hope. Is it this sentence?" Ning Bai said first, "I used to like this sentence very much, but Mr. Chu An told me later that love is also the source of strength. Old Sante, the hope of dreams is only It can bring illusory comfort, but it cannot bring real happiness, and happiness depends on our own hard work and creation.”

"I..." Sante's tone became uncertain, as if he couldn't believe it completely, "As long as I catch you and hand it over to the superior, I will definitely be able to take my male son to my side, as long as I catch you You, they will agree."

"Only by protecting all the Zergs can you truly protect the Zerg you want to protect. The more you protect, the more power you will gain." Ning Bai said, "This is what Mr. Chu An once told me, and I will now take these words Let me tell you. Old Sante, in the army, you are my respectable senior, and in front of the battle, you are an opponent I admire. From the day you chased our starship, I have always hoped that you could join us, but No matter what decision you make, I respect your choice."

"...Let me think about it."

Chu An took the bitter wine glass in Sant's hand, and gently put it on Sant's shoulder: "Captain Sant, do you know why Ning Bai took his comrades to evacuate after he escaped from prison? According to his strength, he may not necessarily be defeated in street fighting, right?"

"...Indeed, Admiral Ning Bai has always been adept at the tactics of flexible warfare with small groups of troops, and he used to work in the commercial street and was very popular with the people. I believe many people will help him."

"He chose to retreat temporarily in order to protect the homes of civilians. He didn't want the prosperous insect planet to go through the flames of war and turn into ruins." Chu An looked into Sante's eyes, "Just like you, he also has military forces. I don’t want to see civilians suffer because of war. War is for peace, and destruction is for new life. But if there is a way not to destroy..."

"War of attrition? Persuasion to surrender? Or precision strike?" Sant suddenly sped up his speech, "Do you want to..."

Ning Bai poured the last drop of wine from the bottle into his own glass, under the warm yellow light, his gray-brown hair was gradually returning to light golden color.

"Old Sante, you will never reveal my tactics, will you?"