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The sun was still shining brightly on the Emerald Planet, and the sea water was blue. Ke Xia returned with Shao Jun, a cage of chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep and cattle, and a tank of fish.In the beautiful backyard of the castle in the main city, various animal enclosures and fish tanks were set up. Ke Xia gave orders to the students very simply and neatly, and they were divided into three groups to feed them in turn.

The students surrounded the animal enclosure very curiously, and listened to Shao Jun's explanation on how to feed them, but they were very interested and did not think it was hard, and accepted the task happily.

On this day, Ke Xia took Du Yin to visit him on the Emerald Planet and introduce their achievements these days, gradually perfecting the main city buildings, school classrooms, mech training ground, shooting range, flight training space base, and defense cover , defense towers and more.

"All of this needs money and energy. We need to strengthen ourselves as soon as possible, but we don't have much time." Ke Xia, who had experienced a big scare, stood on the watchtower under the sun, looking down from top to bottom Looking at the entire ice-blue city, his face was cold and solemn, his back was straight, and the anxiety and sense of urgency in his chest weighed heavily on him.

Shao Jun thought of the high-spirited and haughty military academy graduate when he received the honor under the envious eyes of countless people. The military academy graduates who graduated with him should all have taken up promising positions in the major armies by now. From the favorite son to the unknown and marginalized officer of the Mine Star Garrison, it is only because he rejected the confession of the marshal's daughter that he may even be buried in the ground without a sound.

If he had agreed to the marshal's daughter, he should be in an important position now, aloof and ascending to the sky in one step.And he really wanted to choose such a more direct path at the beginning, and there is nothing shameful about it. Countless people succumbed to their interests.Did he refuse at the time because of his own objections?He was alone on the mine star day after day, even self-harmed, but he never expressed a little regret for not accepting the confession of the marshal's daughter. Even if he was murdered, he never thought of surrendering. He has done a very good job for a child in hardship that ordinary people have never seen.

He thought silently, without saying a word.Ke Xia turned his head and saw what his robot was thinking with downcast eyes. He couldn't help but hate that he couldn't do anything. The hatred that was so sharp that it almost suffocated him surged up again. He reached out to pull the robot's wrist , slipped his fingers through his, and then retracted his grip, as if to confirm that his robot was still by his side.

However, Shao Jun has gotten used to his little master's much more physical contact with him these days than before, and it should be to gain a sense of security.He ignored his movements, raised his head and said: "I saw a strange magma under the abandoned mine of Mine Star, and I took some samples to see if it can be tested by Gulei. I can only do it. Preliminary testing revealed that it was radioactive." The substance that the father of Skynet, who is as knowledgeable as Skynet, could not recognize, might be an unknown substance that could be useful, and it might help economically. He looked around and took out the substance from his abdomen. That test tube, the test tube is protected from light, and nothing can be seen from the outside.

Ke Xia finally let go of his hand, took the test tube and said lazily: "Such a small mine star, if there is anything useful, it must have been dug out by the military a long time ago, is it still waiting for us to discover it?" .” But he still took him down the watchtower and went to Gulei’s studio.

Gu Lei occupied a whole round castle as his mech studio. The hall is full of various parts and different parts of the mecha. There is a storage room in the backyard.The second floor is where the apprentices study and research, the third floor is Gulei's laboratory, library, and showroom, and the rooftop on the top floor houses his newly assembled mechs.

Gu Lei was on the first floor scolding a sloppy student for dismantling some of his parts. When he saw Ke Xia bringing Shao Jun over, he stopped scolding, waved him back, and asked, "You were in a hurry a few days ago. What are you doing out here? It scared Aisha so much that she even opened the emergency energy shield, and the main city went directly into a state of combat readiness."

Ke Xia didn't say anything, just took the test tube to him: "It's nothing, Duyin found an unknown magma in our mine star, you should have equipment here, right? Help analyze the composition."

Gu Lei rolled his eyes: "Sure enough, it will be no good to find me." He picked up the test tube and looked at it, and Shao Jun added: "It's radioactive, so pay attention to protection, and the gas produced in it is also poisonous."

Gu Lei's expression changed, he took the test tube, squinted his eyes and lifted it up to take a look.At this time, the intern behind him was packing up and walking quickly with a bunch of parts in his arms. A long mechanical arm caught in the parts swept from behind to the test tube in Gulei's hand.

"Crack!" The test tube was swept away in an instant, fell to the ground and shattered, and the blue liquid inside fell out directly.Gu Lei's angry roar resounded through the hall at the same time, and the student turned his head blankly, seeing that he had gotten into trouble again, his face was pale.

Shao Jun immediately pulled Ke Xia back and exited the room door: "Be careful of radioactivity! Let the robot do the radiation cleaning!" He reminded Gu Lei and the student: "Come out!"

The student rushed out of the room as quickly as a rabbit, but Gu Lei narrowed his eyes, walked to the place where the test tube landed, took out a glove from the pocket of his overalls on his chest, put it on his hand, and laid it on the ground. Picking up a small piece of silver-blue crystal, he narrowed his eyes: "It's amazing - but in such a short period of time, this thing has undergone a chemical reaction with the air and condensed..." His breathing was a little short: " like……"

He turned his head, with an expression of excitement and concern about gain and loss formed on his face: "Wait for me to test further!" He took the crystal and rushed directly into the inner laboratory.

Shao Jun and Ke Xia looked at each other, and Ke Xia said: "Don't worry, there is not much radioactivity in such a thing, and the radioactivity is not incurable now, let him test it slowly."

After speaking, the two went back to their main city, but suddenly the defense system called the police, Ke Xia's face changed, and he saw a message from the watchtower: "Mr. Xia! There is a spaceship requesting to enter and park! It was the last delivery Sea of ​​Flowers."

Ke Xia breathed a sigh of relief, and replied, "Wait for me to go over."

It was Hua Jianxue who appeared on the communication screen. Although she didn't know Ke Xia, she waved to Shao Jun: "Hello, I'm Hua Jianxue. I escorted the boat here. It's too boring at home. I told my brother about it." Come here to relieve your boredom."

Ke Xia turned to look at Shao Jun, Shao Jun introduced: "Huajianfeng's younger sister, Huajianxue." Ke Xia's face sank like water: "Miss Xue."

Hua Jianxue smiled purely: "Don't dare to be so, just call me Xiaoxue, my brother said let me help you, after all, it's too far away, it's more convenient to mobilize resources with me, I still brought a lot of goods this time .”

Ke Xia didn't say anything, and waved his hand in agreement to let her go, and got up to see what Miss Huajian brought.

The lively students also gathered here, watching the spaceship berthed, the robot was busy unloading, Hua Jianxue got off the spaceship, she was wearing a gold-embellished black skirt, the pure black material was shining luxuriously, and her long black hair She also wears gorgeous pure gold floral ornaments on her side, and pure gold ornaments on her neck, wrists, and arms, as if she was a famous lady who just came down from a luxurious and grand ball. Bewitched in general.

Hua Jianxue greeted Shao Jun happily: "Brother Du Yin, are you okay?"

Ke Xia's face was covered with frost: "He is very good, the conditions here are very difficult, Miss Xue may not be used to living here."

Hua Jianxue brushed her long hair and smiled sweetly: "Don't worry, I'm very adaptable—this is the list of goods this time, please check it." She stretched out her slender white hand and handed him the list: " This is the largest fund mobilized within the purview of our two brothers and sisters."

Ke Xia said lightly, "Thank you for your trouble."

Hua Jianxue turned to Du Yin and said, "Brother Du Yin, can you arrange a place for me? By the way, show me around here?"

Ke Xia stopped and said, "He's not familiar with it either." He ordered the student next to him, "Go find Aisha and ask her to take Miss Xue to settle down."

Hua Jianxue felt the strong guard and alienation on Ke Xia, she didn't say anything, she still smiled, she didn't feel embarrassed at all, she just said a few words about the goods, and waited for Aisha to come, and soon she and Aisha Sha left talking and laughing, followed by a large group of robots carrying all kinds of luggage, instant building materials, and various big and small bags. Miss Xue really wanted to settle down, and of course she would never wrong herself.

Ke Xia looked at her back and said indifferently: "This is the nail planted by Feng Huajian justifiably. After all, the investment is too large, so there must be someone you can trust to understand the situation and control the situation. Suspect that Huajianfeng can sell us backhandedly. You can let her stay, but you don't get close to her."

Shao Jun said, "Okay."

Ke Xia was about to say something more when suddenly the communicator on his wrist flickered and he connected it. Gu Lei appeared excitedly, his face full of joy: "Where did you find this energy source! This is titanium silver! So we found it Titanium silver meteorite is a solid state after it is oxidized and combined with other ores! There are too many solid impurities, and the liquid has higher purity and higher energy, but it must be oxidized before it can be treated as energy, so it has not been discovered. It should It’s called Titanium Blue Energy, so it’s liquid at all! No wonder we can’t find it. Give me more, Xia! Tianbao has a new energy source! There’s also a space button, and the research on the space button can begin!”

He was so excited that he was incoherent, panting and said: "Xia! Give me more! I need further research! We have made a fortune! The effect of this energy is a hundred times or even a thousand times that of gold and tin! The transformation of energy and the transformation of mechs are just around the corner! "

Ke Xia stretched out his hand and made a restraining expression, his face was gloomy: "Gu Lei, this matter is highly confidential, remember not to even tell the students."

Gu Lei calmed down a little: "Of course, you can trust me, there are too many interests involved."

Ke Xia took a deep breath: "I will bring you more later, but this research must be carried out with high confidentiality, and we urgently need to be able to market it. What product, let us realize it as soon as possible, we are too poor now, we need more weapons and defense devices - and people, with money, we can recruit mercenaries."

Gu Lei couldn't hide his excitement: "Okay! The simplest product is an energy card!"

Ke Xia said, "You study it first, and I'll bring it to you later."

At the same time, he dialed the satellite communication for Huajianfeng, Huajianfeng quickly connected the communication, saw Shao Jun at a glance, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Du Yin, are you okay? I am very worried about you."

Ke Xia sneered: "So you sent your own sister over to care?"

Hua Jianfeng's face was slightly embarrassed: "The Jade Star has already established a 100-year lease. Xiaoxue has caused a lot of trouble for me recently. I heard that you have built a city on the Jade Star. She is very curious and greedy. Play, take the initiative to say that you want to deposit goods and come to see Du Yin. Don't worry, I didn't say your identities, but you should be short of manpower. You can trust her."

Ke Xia was noncommittal: "Whatever."

Hua Jianfeng said sincerely: "You have to believe my sincerity, but as a construction base, it still requires a huge amount of money, weapons, defensive covers, and the most expensive thing is energy. I can't decide many things, please forgive."

Ke Xia waved his hand: "Feng Shao, thank you for your sincerity. We have a happy cooperation. I believe your investment will not fail."

Hua Jianfeng was a little speechless, but he also knew that he had a previous criminal record. Apart from cooperating with Ke Xia and the others with the same interests, it was difficult to win the other party's trust emotionally. What's more, sending Hua Jianxue there was indeed selfish.I had to look at Shao Jun again: "You haven't gone to the mine star yet, have you? I'm afraid they will know that you are not dead, and there is still a backup. Be careful."

Ke Xia said lightly: "Understood——I have something for you."

Huajian Feng said: "What's the matter?"

Ke Xia wrote lightly: "We have a new kind of energy in our hands, and we will make a batch of energy cards in the near future, and we need your help to sell them, so you don't have to worry about funding."

Hua Jianfeng was stunned: "New energy? How is it compared to Jinxi Energy?"

Ke Xia said, "More than a hundred times."

Huajianfeng's eyes widened, and ecstasy appeared on his face. Anyone can know what a huge benefit lies behind this, a new energy that can replace Jinxi!The monopoly of the empire will be broken!The pattern of the world will even be affected!

But he calmed down quickly: "If it's sure it's new energy! This will cause problems in our sales, and it will cause trouble for the upper body!"

He quickly said: "Energy and ammunition are controlled by a few giant crocodile families in the alliance, and many of them are inextricably linked with the empire. Once a better energy source than Jinxi energy suddenly appears in the world , touched the interests of these families, they will definitely be pursued by these families, even the empire! You can't stand the investigation! We can't keep these energy sources!"

Ke Xia said indifferently: "Behind the huge benefits, there must be huge risks. I can guarantee that this batch of energy will not be scarce in the short term, but how to keep this secret depends on you."

Huajianfeng's face was full of excitement: "I need to cooperate with the Onegin family. They are an old family with powerful influence. They have controlled energy and arms for many years. As long as the share is reasonable, they should cooperate. The new energy is in their hands. , no one dares to covet."

Ke Xia said: "Yes, as long as it can be realized. Through your family's negotiation, they can only cooperate. After all, they don't want to be an enemy of a terrible family that is good at assassination." This is why the Huajian family survived in the cracks The foundation of life.If he talks to Gu Lei who is fleeing, he must face murder and robbery. He is too weak, and the weak have no chance to bargain. The new energy can only rely on the Huajian family, although Huajianfeng is not reliable. .

In this world, no one can trust him, only the robots around him are left.