Qi Le

Aldo's prediction was very accurate.

The Takrik spacecraft was not destroyed by the cosmic storm, and fortunately it was not drawn into the space-time tunnel, but passed through the red atmosphere, crashed on the death star with raging flames.

The Ninth Death Star belongs to Alpheus, and was originally famous for producing energy ores.

It was no one else who discovered the mine, but the Aldo family.

Originally, the exploration ship of Pyridus should not be close to the subordinate galaxy of Pyridus, but too many coincidences, the exploration ship encountered a cosmic storm, deviated from the scheduled route, and was forced to land on this strange planet that had just been included in the alliance.

Fortunately, the hull of the ship was strong enough, otherwise, it would not have been shattered in the storm, and the fate of ship crash and death would not have been avoided.

There is a saying in the world called a blessing in disguise.

After the exploration ship made an emergency landing, the detector on the ship suddenly buzzed, and the data on the screen scrolled rapidly, showing that this planet contained a large amount of energy mines.After sampling and testing, it was finally concluded that the raw ore here is of high quality, and after smelting, the highest-grade energy ore can be obtained.

Once the news was confirmed, Alpheus and Alpheus quickly reached an agreement to jointly develop the planet to avoid a possible war.

With the continuous development of the mines, rare minerals came out one after another, attracting a large number of space merchant ships.It has gradually become one of the busiest mines in Palestine.

During the heyday, there were more than a thousand transport ships entering and leaving the planet every day, and they were all large spaceships.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. After ten years of mining, a cosmic storm suddenly descended.

The storm lasted for three full months, and more than a hundred spacecraft mysteriously disappeared. More than 90.00% are transport ships, and the rest include a small number of merchant ships and escort warships sent by the star star.

The collective disappearance of so many ships is no small matter.

After the news came out, the entire league was shaken.

The governor of Palestia ordered a strict investigation to find out the whereabouts of the spaceship.

After several investigations, the biggest suspects were the pirates who coveted the ore.However, after checking and searching, no more powerful evidence was found, including the pirate fleet that once said that it would occupy this planet, all of which were cleared of suspicion one after another.

Faced with such a result, everyone was puzzled.

If it wasn't attacked, how could the fleet disappear out of thin air?

Half a year later, another cosmic storm suddenly descended, giving the final answer to the question.

Space jump point, and it is a moving space jump point.

The disappearing spacecraft was not attacked, but was involved in the space-time tunnel!

Although the puzzle is solved, it does not mean that the problem can be solved.

I don't know what went wrong, the galaxy began to have frequent cosmic storms, and after each storm, terrible visions would occur.

There are more and more missing spaceships.

No one knows when disaster will strike again.

Star [-] and Star [-] thought of many ways, but the problem could not be completely solved.

The cosmic storm is not a problem, but the time-space jump point is the big problem.

Since the time of appearance is uncertain, the distance of transmission and time and space are also uncertain.Even if a spaceship can escape, the probability is extremely small.Most of them disappeared completely during the transmission process, or were sent to some distant galaxy, couldn't find the way home, and were trapped in a desolate place all their lives.

Accidents continued to happen, and over time, fewer and fewer transport ships and mining ships flew to the mine, and the prosperous ore trade gradually withered.

If the money is gone, you can make it again, but if you lose your life, you will lose everything.

After a cosmic storm that lasted for half a year, another Palestine transport fleet was involved in the space-time tunnel, and some of the ground buildings disappeared mysteriously.

For safety reasons, ground personnel boarded ships and evacuated one after another, and the mines on the planet were completely abandoned.

Since then, the busy shipping route has become history, and the mine star has been reduced to an abandoned death star, silent in the dark universe.

Surprisingly, unlike other death stars, despite the continuous cosmic storms and the entire surface of the planet being covered in rocks, there is still a lot of life on the planet.

Due to the energy mine, it is difficult for highly intelligent races to appear here.Correspondingly, strength and size become necessary conditions for survival.

Not to mention the top predators, the star worms at the low end of the food chain can easily grow to tens or even hundreds of meters.Its mouth is densely covered with fangs, and it usually moves slowly, but when attacked, its temperament will become extremely ferocious.

In addition to the rocky mountains all over the planet, the relics left by alien races are the favorite hiding places of starworms, and they are also the most frequent places to haunt.Around the star worm, more alien beasts live here, forming a unique ecological circle.

Due to the existence of space jump points, there will occasionally be lost ships appearing on the edge of the galaxy, or crashing in the storm.

The former can still escape, but the latter has nowhere to call for help.

Due to the planet's magnetic field, it is impossible to send out a distress signal. The fallen crew members either become a delicious meal for the star bugs, or are assimilated by the population on the planet under the influence of radiation.

To date, more than two hundred crew members have survived.Years of suffering have caused them to gradually lose their sanity and memory. The appearance has not changed much, but the inside is no different from the starworm.

That's why Aldo said that once the spaceship crashes, the people on board are lucky to survive, and it is impossible to escape.

"When the monitor sends back a message, everything will have a conclusion."

On the ninth death star, the spacecraft descended rapidly, like a huge fireball, crashing into a towering rock mountain.

The charred wreckage was embedded in the crevices of the mountain, and the loud noise and flames of the explosion attracted strange beasts that went out to look for food.There were more than a dozen aliens covered in dust and dull expressions in the team.

"food."

A foreign race with tentacles on its head and sarcoma all over its body moved forward slowly.When encountering a star worm blocking the way, it directly lifts its claw-like forelimbs and splits them in two.

The viscous blood sprayed and flowed on the gravel, attracting more predators.

Before the prey was divided, a giant beast covered in iron armor suddenly broke through the ground, sucked the prey and the predator into its mouth, and swallowed it without chewing.

The giant beast had no time to digest the loot, and was surrounded by a group of tentacled, octopus-like alien beasts, and was quickly dismantled and shared.

On the Ninth Death Star, such scenes happen all the time.

The fire didn't last long.

A gust of hot wind blew past, and the scorched metal plate was completely lifted, slipped from the cracks in the rocks, and smashed to the foot of the rocky mountain with a bang.

"Roar!"

The zombies that survived the explosion poured out of the spaceship, regardless of the burns on their bodies, roaring and rushing towards the prey in front of them.

Pontuk and the two bone-wing zombies rushed to the front, aiming at the largest beast, trying to strangle it together.

However, these strange beasts are very powerful and have an advantage in numbers, so the zombies can't take advantage of them at all.Every time a strange beast is killed, one has to pay a big price.

To make matters worse, since the populations on the planet tend to evolve in strength and size, the crystal nuclei in their bodies have already degenerated, and most of them don't exist at all.The zombies tried their best to kill a strange beast, but they couldn't find the crystal nucleus at all, so they could only tear the flesh with their mouths.

"Roar!"

The roar sounded again, and a black figure flew down from the sky, piercing the hard head of the beast with one hand, tearing off the carapace of the prey, and began to bite.

The power of flesh and blood merged into the body, large pieces of carbonized skin covering the body surface fell off, muscle tissue re-growth, and thick black blood flowed in the blood vessels.

The black wings spread out behind the back, and the bony spurs on the edges shone coldly.

Gu Xuan straightened up, her whole body was covered in dark green blood.Looking around, he understood his current situation, and let out angry and unwilling roars one after another.

The group of corpses became even crazier, throwing themselves into an unprecedented bloody killing.

Pontouk is indeed greedy, but not stupid.

If everything goes according to plan, after the transaction is completed, in order to avoid leaking news, he will also send the zombies on board to the ninth death star.The spacecraft does not need to land, a few flight capsules with set coordinates are enough.

Just like what he said to Gu Xuan, on this planet, you can do anything.

The price is never being able to leave.

Outside the planet, Aldo saw the screen sent by the monitor, and ordered to turn around and return.

"Go to Blue Star."

No matter how powerful these zombies are, falling into the ninth death star means stepping into a cage.Never leave unless a miracle happens.That being the case, why should he waste time here, he might as well turn around and go to Blue Star to do another business with Xi Yaer.

In order to ensure no accidents, another batch of monitors needs to be arranged before leaving to ensure that the energy is sufficient and the signal can be sent back uninterrupted.

The signal was sent back, and it was none of his business whether Xial would let them fend for themselves on the Death Star, or take action to wipe them out completely.

After all, he is only responsible for tracking, and has no obligation to exterminate them.

As for the two "alternate soldiers" on the ship, the chief mate was right. He couldn't directly blackmail them, but it didn't hinder him from gaining some benefits.

Captain Aldo narrowed his eyes, rubbed his fingers against his lower lip, and smiled meaningfully.

Blue Star

There are more than one hundred merchant ships moored at the base, half of which are engaged in ore business.

The intermediate ore that Qi Le wants to buy is not difficult to find, as long as the price is right, there are not too many additional requirements, basically as much as you want.

Both Aldo and Jeffrey had already left, and what appeared in front of Papa Cat was a thoroughly unfamiliar face.Looking at the other party's petite figure and delicate face, it was really difficult for Qi Le to connect her with the space pirate.

"My name is Satie." The girl looked up, smiling sweetly, and her voice was very crisp, like a lark, "Nice to meet you."

"Hello, I'm Qi Le." The cat dad flicked his tail.

"Don't be nervous." Seeing that Qi Le was a little uncomfortable, Captain Satie smiled and waved his hands.Feeling that it was inconvenient to speak with his head up, he snapped his fingers with one hand, and a transparent bubble suddenly appeared under his feet.

The bubble expands to a certain extent, soft and elastic, supporting Satie to keep rising until it reaches Qi Le's line of sight.

"It's much more comfortable this way." The girl nodded to Qi Le.

Qi Le blinked and meowed.

After the pleasantries, the topic quickly turned to ore trading.

When it comes to business, Satie immediately gets serious.

Ask Qi Le the quantity he wants to buy, take out the recorder on the spot, explain the transaction price, and say that the price she offered is indeed a little higher than others, and as an additional condition, she can give Qi Le two sets as a gift ore machine.

"The price is just a little bit higher." Satie pointed out two fingers and said with a smile, "I can give you two intermediate machines for free, and you won't suffer!"

Father Cat hesitated a little, and didn't nod immediately.

He has no shortage of crystal nuclei, and he has an extra windfall before departure, and the price offered by Satie is acceptable.But he has a lot of things to buy in the future, and the medicine is even more expensive. It is always good to save some flowers before harvesting in the squirrel's plantation.

"Dissatisfied?" Xi Yaer lifted Qi Le and squeezed his paw.

"En." Qi Le nodded, he did care a little about the price.

"Don't worry, I'll take you to Dock No. [-]."

Shiar nodded to Satie, Erhu turned around and left without saying a word.

Satie didn't expect this kind of development, reacted, and quickly stopped in front of the two of them.

"Wait, the price is negotiable!" Not wanting to let go of this business, the key is not wanting to let go of these blue star crystal nuclei, Sati took the initiative to make concessions, "Five ore machines, plus a space button!"

space button?

Qi Le pricked up his ears, did he hear correctly?

"Two!" Thinking that Qi Le was still not satisfied, Satie increased his chips again, and pointed out two fingers, vowing, "Made by Constellation, there is no tracking program, and there is no need to register with the alliance. I can assure you , no one will offer better terms!"

After Satie said the space button, Qi Le had already started to waver.

Seeming to know what he was thinking, Shiar lifted his chin and said in a low voice: "Most of the alliance's space newcomers are made by Constellation. Satie has a good reputation in the transaction. If you think it's good, you can trade with her." .”

After hearing these words, Qi Le finally made up his mind.

Compared with the ore machine, he needs the space button more.

Among other things, it will be much easier to carry the goods and crystal nuclei next time, and it will be more convenient for the squirrels to collect xenoplants.

At present, the squirrels are all using old-fashioned space boxes, which have limited capacity, cannot keep fresh, and cannot be loaded with living things. Each time they are opened, they consume crystal cores. Compared with space buttons, they have too many disadvantages.

"I don't want an ore machine." Qi Le picked up his paw, and brushed his tail unconsciously over Xial's wrist, "I want a space button."

"Space New? Yes." Satie was very happy, as long as there are conditions, "How much do you want?"

"How much can you trade?" Qi Le asked.

"Five, no more." Satie said truthfully.

It was less than Qi Le expected, but it was no small surprise.After all, the purpose of his trip was ore, and he never thought that he could buy a space button.

After happily setting the price, Qi Le took out a bag of heteroplanted crystal nuclei.

Satie opened the inventory in person, confirmed that the quantity was correct, and personally fetched the ore and the space button from the spaceship.

Seeing the few bubbles floating behind her, Qi Le remembered that Moran once told him that the population of Piedrus is used to living in water, and they have a unique talent, which allows them to travel unimpeded in any water.

Perhaps this is their natural ability?

"Are you looking at this?" Noticing Qi Le's gaze, Satie snapped his fingers again, and five or six bubbles floated around Qi Le, all about the size of a fist, soft, and could bounce back when pressed.

Qi Le couldn't help stepping on his paws, and only after stepping on did he realize what he had done.

The kitten didn't have such worries, and thought the bubbles were fun, so he grabbed one on the spot, let Tai Sui hold it, and stepped on it with its front paws in turn, having a great time playing with it.

The appearance of the kitten is so cute, not only Qi Le finds it cute, but Satie is also fascinated by it.

After watching it for a while, Satie couldn't help turning his head, and said to Shiar: "Are all the original species of Blue Star like this? It's interesting. Those people on the mother planet said that they were primitive and barbaric, and I think they are the real ones." Nonsense!"

Qi Le stopped, wanting to correct the girl, not all species are like him... Wait, what happened to him?What did he just want to say?

He is obviously strong and ferocious, no less than others!

"Meow!"

The cat dad stepped on his paws hard, Satie held her cheeks and pink bubbles appeared, Shiar supported Qi Le's hind legs, brushed her fingers over Qi Le's back, and scratched twice near the tail.

"Meow~!"

Qi Le hastily covered his mouth, did he make this sound?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

After the transaction was over, Satie paid the tax according to the regulations, waved to Qi Le, and left Blue Star on the same day.

"I'm going to visit Junk Star." Satie patted the space button with the crystal nucleus, looking quite high-spirited.

"With this, I can add more firepower to the old ship, and even order a new one. Next time I encounter the patrol ship of Star One, I don't have to run away anymore. I must give him a few shots!"

Hearing these words, Qi Le almost fell to the ground.

Shial's expression didn't change at all, as if what the girl was talking about was not bombarding the patrol boat, but that the weather was fine today.

After sending Satie away, Qi Le remembered another purpose of this trip, looked at the kitten and Tai Sui lying on Xi Yaer's shoulder, and said, "I have something I want to ask you for help."

Shial just walked out of the airport and stepped up the elevator.Hearing Qi Le's words, he stopped his hand on the control panel and asked in surprise, "Help?"

"Yes."

Qi Le flicked his tail, and kicked off the big hand that was under his belly.Putting away the paws, he changed himself to a relatively safe position.

"I found a territory in the eleventh district."

"So?" Shiar opened the virtual light screen, and the surrounding scenery began to change rapidly.

"That territory originally belonged to zombies, and few other species settled there." Qi Le organized his words and continued, "There is a bunker built by primitive humans for a long time. There are laboratories in the bunker, and there are many instruments and weird things. stuff. I've seen containers of zombies in there."

"A container containing zombies?"

"Yes, I don't dare to say for sure, but the zombies in Blue Star are very likely to be artificially created..."

Qi Le learned from Flash Butterfly that alien races were besieging zombies in Death Lake, and sealed off the surrounding area after the war.After contacting the laboratory under the bunker, and thinking about what Gu Xuan had done before, he felt that he should tell Xial about it.

"Zombies can fuse the genes of alien beasts." Qi Le continued.

"They have captured alien beasts before, and they also tried to capture native species, not as food, but as experiments to create even more terrifying zombies."

"That's why you guys are fighting?" Shial asked, "Because they broke the balance between species?"

"Yes." Qi Le nodded.

The elevator stopped, and Shiar stepped into the air corridor with long legs.Passing by several crew members along the way, the latter stood still and saluted, while the former nodded in greeting.

"I know that you are besieging zombies in Death Lake." Qi Le raised his head, "I heard that you won."

"Yes." Shiar didn't deny it.

"So, you caught him?" Qi Le opened his eyes wide, his front paws were on Xi Yaer's robe, and his tone was full of anticipation.

"Catch who?"

"Gu Xuan."

"Gu Xuan?"

"Black hair, red eyes, always wearing a white robe." Qi Le tried to describe it more specifically, but Gu Xuan gave him such a terrible feeling that he even ignored the other person's appearance and only remembered that Pair of blood red eyes.

Shial didn't answer right away, but took a few quick steps to board the conveyor belt.After arriving at the command room, put Qi Le and Qi Ning on the table, turn on the recorder, and project the image recorded by Alpha on the virtual light screen.

"It's him!" Recognizing the figure on the screen, Qi Le immediately raised his paw, almost swiping at him on the spot.

The kitten lowered its ears, jumped forward, and let out an angry growl.

Tai Sui was hanging on the kitten, and because of the sudden movement, he was almost thrown away.

"Did you catch him? Or..." Killed him?

As far as Qi Le himself is concerned, he prefers the latter.

"No." Xiar sat on the edge of the table, brushed Qi Le's back with his palm, and pinched his ears with his fingers, "He contacted the space pirates and was rescued during the battle."

Rescued, or in battle?

"He is no longer in Blue Star?"

"Yes."

Hearing this answer, Qi Le didn't know whether to frown or breathe a sigh of relief.

Gu Xuan's departure from Blue Star means that there will no longer be a steady stream of corpses, which is a good thing for him.But if these zombies are allowed to escape into the universe, will it bring greater hidden dangers?

In other words, if they learn to fly a spaceship and use laser weapons, wouldn't it be more troublesome?

Xial turned off the recorder, sat back in the command chair, and hugged Qi Le on his lap.Seeing the dissatisfied kitten bared its teeth, it jumped forward again, and pressed the communicator to connect to the storage room.

In less than 2 minutes, the storage officer personally delivered the exotic meat, seasoned with bitter herbs.

Needless to say, the power of bitter herbs.

Not to mention Qi Ning, Qi Le couldn't resist, and almost jumped at him on the spot, biting the meat of the strange beast and rolling all over the floor.

Tai Sui looked at Qi Le, then at Qi Ning, and finally chose to follow the kitten, rolling with the fur ball.

When Qi Ning came back to his senses, he had already eaten the meat of the alien beast.

After being stunned for two seconds, he glared fiercely at Xial, and meowed twice.However, the cannibal is soft-spoken, so he can only convince himself that his father still wants to ask him for help, so it is not good to do it directly.In the end, he decided to lie on the table and watch every move of a certain captain.

"You said you want to ask me for help, what is it?" Xi Yaer scratched Qi Le's chin with his fingers.

"Ah, yes, this is it."

Qi Le opened the space button and took out the ancient instrument Tai Sui found.

"It was found in an underground bunker, I don't know if it can be recovered."

"Recovery?"

Shial took the instrument and inspected it for cracks and rust.During the process, the slender fingers were covered with a layer of iron gray, as if they were integrated with the instrument.

"It's not a big problem."

"Really?"

Shial nodded, took out a crystal nucleus, and inserted it into the groove on the back of the instrument.The palm is covered with a crystal nucleus, and the iron gray color climbs from the fingertips to the back of the hand, extending to the cuff inlaid with crystals.

The white light flickered slightly, the rust on the instrument gradually faded, the broken traces were filled little by little, and even the lost screen was intact.

Witnessing this miraculous scene, Qi Le couldn't help opening his mouth wide.

"Okay." Seeing Qi Le's expression, Xi Yaer couldn't help laughing.Handing the recovered finger to Qi Le, he asked, "Strange?"

"No." Qi Le shook his head hastily.

"This is the innate ability of the race." While speaking, Shiar took out another crystal nucleus to replace the previous one, and inserted it into the energy slot of the instrument.

Almost instantly, there was a soft sound inside the instrument, and a snowflake flashed across the screen.

Qi Le wanted to take a closer look, when a tempting smell suddenly wafted into his nostrils.

Following the direction in which the smell came, Qi Le turned around involuntarily, straightened his hind legs, rested his front paws on Xi Yaer's shoulders, lowered his ears, and rubbed the other's neck.After rubbing it, he stuck out his tongue and licked it.

"Meow!" The kitten's eyes widened

Tai Sui immediately pulled it into flakes, covering the fur ball completely.

Good kids can't watch!

Qi Le licked it a few times, the taste began to fade, and he meowed in dissatisfaction.

When he came back to his senses, he found that the height was a bit wrong.Looking down, at some point, he turned into a humanoid form, straddling Shiar's lap.

Dazed for two seconds, Qi Le moved his gaze slowly, met his ice-blue eyes, and an inexplicable thought flashed in his mind: Should he be glad that he didn't forget to transform into beach shorts?