Merit Book·Xinghai

"Zizzi-"

Accompanied by the ear-piercing sound, golden-red sparks burst out, and the silver-white metal melted rapidly at a high temperature of more than 3000 degrees, and then was twisted into various shapes by the changing magnetic field, filling the gaps layer by layer.Finally, spray a layer of gray-blue paint, and the wall becomes clean and new again.

Xi Zhenhai put away the spray gun and toolbox, and the mechanical arm protruding from the back of his waist retracted automatically.He opened the visor on his helmet, took a deep breath of the air that was still filled with the smell of burning and spray paint, rested against the wall for a while, and then switched on the communication and said: "Captain, D-303 area has been repaired, Please advise."

The voice is slightly hoarse, and even though the mechanically transmitted sound is somewhat distorted, the exhaustion can still be heard.

After a few seconds, he heard a steady voice say: "Got it, your work today has been completed, and the reward will be transferred to your account later, go back and rest."

"No, captain! I can still do it! I'm in good shape now!" Xi Zhenhai straightened his waist and said loudly, as if he could prove his strength and health to the person on the other end of the communication through the photon wave.

"Zhenhai, you haven't slept for three days, right? Even if you drink the refreshing potion, listen to me and go back to rest! Get a good night's sleep and recharge your energy before working, otherwise, your body will collapse sooner or later. "The person at the other end persuaded.

"I don't need it, I'm really good." Xi Zhenhai begged: "Captain, please, give me another job! Just one job! I'll go back to rest after finishing another job."

"Last time, and last time, you said the same thing." The captain said in a cold tone: "Even if you don't care about your body, but your fatigue index has already marked red, I can't assign the task to this employees in this state. All in all, I won't give you a new job until you've rested, so be it!"

"drop--"

There was a light sound, and the communication was hung up.Xi Zhenhai opened his mouth in disappointment, his whole body darkened.

The notification sound of "Ding Dong" came from the wristband, which means that his salary for this job has arrived in the account. Looking at the pitiful two-digit number on it, and then looking at the total amount in the account, Xi Zhenhai squatted down decadently, holding his hands together. Pulling his hair, he murmured, "Trash! Trash! Trash!"

Cloudy tears fell drop by drop on the floor, splashing out small droplets.

A cylindrical cleaning robot sang cheerful children's songs and circled around Xi Zhenhai. It grabbed a piece of cleaning mop on its long mechanical claws, wiped off the water stains on the floor, sang again, turned and left .

Xi Zhenhai sniffled, wiped away his tears, put away the device with a numb face, all kinds of mechanical arms and appliances were automatically retracted into the large backpack nearly one meter high behind him, and then walked towards home.

It wasn't until this moment that overwhelming exhaustion surged up suddenly, and he suddenly found that he seemed to have no strength to even stand up.The tall and burly man was staggering at this moment, and it seemed that it was very difficult to take a step.

But in fact, there is a layer of miniature exoskeleton armor in his gray uniform, which is enough to lighten most of the burden, allowing an ordinary carbon-based human like him to easily lift more than ten tons of construction materials.But now, even the weight of a single feather made him feel overwhelmed.

Walking to the boundary of the maintenance area, Xi Zhenhai tapped a few times on the wall, retracted the words "under maintenance, please do not approach" above the ground and the holographic projection of the virtual fence, and walked out of this passage.

In an instant, a noisy world spreads out!

"Fruits, nuts, delicious and cheap nuts..."

"This is a secret storage box from a mysterious different space. The secrets placed inside will never be discovered by others—unless you allow it. It's a bloody sale, and I'll give you [-]% off... What? [-]% off? Impossible ! Do you think I am doing charity? Up to [-]% off, no less..."

"Xinli, Xinli, go home for dinner! You bastard, where have you been? Get out of here for dinner!"

"You lied to me! You lied to me again! Didn't you say you would never contact that woman again? You bastard!"

"Tianhuo Longevity Pill, just one pill can increase your lifespan by 300 years! This is something that is truly legendary. Let me tell you quietly, if my wife hadn't been terminally ill, I would never have taken this thing out... ..."

"Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse, a mysterious cosmic creature captured from the periphery of the Pillars of Creation Nebula. Although it looks ordinary, it actually contains very terrifying power!"

"You profiteer, liar! Give me back my money!"

"Brother, this is your fault. How can you say that the business you want is a lie? I just exaggerated the effect a little bit...Which advertisement doesn't do that! You If you don’t have judgment, you suffer, so do you have to blame others?”

"You...you...you...you...are mad at me! I'll beat you to death!"

"Ouch! How dare you hit someone! Stop! Stop! Help, someone is going to kill someone!"

Seeing the commotion over there, Xi Zhenhai was not in the mood to participate at all, just glanced at it, and then avoided it from a distance.

The place they are in is not a planet, but a spaceship that hovers around the Annes Nebula, also known as the Eagle Nebula, named Leucas'ao.This is a spaceship so huge that it is comparable to a general solid planet. The ship provides various entertainment methods popular in the Star Alliance.

There are countless teams who come to explore the Eagle Nebula. They may accidentally pick up a seemingly inconspicuous stone and sell it for a sky-high price. Getting rich overnight is no longer news in this place.But there were also more people who were silently swallowed by the mysterious nebula, and in the end there were not even bones left.

For example, in the supernova explosion about 90 years ago, although Leucassao and many outer habitable stars got the news in advance and basically evacuated, the adventure group hovering around the nebula and some habitable stars that were too close were not in time. Escape, the number of people who lost their lives in that disaster is in the billions.

Since then, no people from the planets near the Eagle Nebula have bothered to migrate.Apart from the fact that some countries have built highly mobile observation stations and military bases on the asteroids nearby, the largest and most convenient supply point is this Leucas Ao.Therefore, that disaster became an opportunity for this spaceship. After that incident, Leucasau developed rapidly. The spaceship has been expanded ten times, from the earliest seven floors to the current eighteen floors. It has increased a lot.

Such a huge spaceship is already bigger than many countries on land.It also requires countless manpower and resources to maintain its normal operation.Xi Zhenhai is an ordinary maintenance staff member on the third floor.Although most of the problems on the spacecraft are handled by artificial intelligence and automatic maintenance systems, there are always some places that cannot be touched by machines, or there are some jobs that need to be paid more if they are done by machines. At this time, Traditional manual maintenance has become the best choice.

The entire spacecraft is under the monitoring of the central intelligence brain Aoqi. Once there is a problem in some places and the maintenance department needs to intervene in the repair, Aoqi will send the task to the appropriate maintenance team, and then the team leader will dispatch the work to the team. member.Although their work is assisted by exoskeleton armor and intelligent systems, it requires a lot of energy, and each maintenance must be evaluated by Aoqi's monitoring to be considered as a pass. Rewards are issued on a per-time basis.

Although the remuneration each time is not a lot, but with the monthly basic salary, it is enough to maintain a normal life.As the staff of Liocastao, they also enjoy some small privileges, such as free use of most public facilities, a monthly distribution of certain daily necessities, and occasional extra money, etc.In the past, Xi Zhenhai’s life was actually much better than that of most low-level people here. He occasionally worked two extra shifts, and he could take his family to a luxury restaurant, buy a piece of jewelry for his wife as a birthday present, or spend a few days during the holidays. Take the children to the children's playground on the [-]th floor to play for a day.

Although life was ordinary at that time, looking back now, it makes people cry happily.

However, all of this came to an abrupt end half a year ago!

My daughter was seriously ill, not terminally ill, but the cost of treatment was sky-high.It is not enough for Xi Zhenhai to fill in all his savings for many years, and it is not enough to sell all the valuable things at home. He works overtime and works hard, and it is still far away from saving enough medical expenses. He can only buy some expensive injections and pills that cannot read the instructions. Barely maintaining the life of his daughter, but the life of trying his best but still seeing no hope almost completely crushed this man.

Xi Zhenhai walked numbly, when suddenly, his arm was grabbed by a hand.

"Xiaohai, Xiaohai, our Azhe went to school and hasn't come back yet, and I couldn't find anyone to pick him up from school. Did you see him?"

Hearing the sound, Xi Zhenhai knew who was catching him.Looking back, it was as expected.

This is an old woman, her gray hair is tied into a bun at the back of her head, her clothes are very old, but they are still clean and tidy, and there is even a wilted flower pinned to her neckline. little flowers.Although her face was full of wrinkles, she could still see that she looked good when she was young, but it was a pity that a long-lasting scar on her face destroyed that beauty.

Her name is Mutel, and she is also a carbon-based human being. She used to have a good relationship with Xi Zhenhai's parents.When she was young, she worked as a waiter on the seventeenth floor, which is almost the most luxurious and luxurious place on this spaceship, where the richest and most powerful people enjoy themselves, and Mutel, who is outstanding in appearance, is also a rich man One of the props for pleasure.Later, without knowing what happened, Mutel, whose appearance was destroyed, was kicked out, and with a big belly, he moved to the third floor to live.

Later she gave birth to a child, a bright and beautiful little boy.Mutel has never been married, and he wants to bring up this child wholeheartedly, giving all his love to that child.But the kid named Mu Zhe is not sensible, he always wants to stand out and make his way in a more grand world.Mu Zhe, who had just turned [-] a few years ago, graduated from a technical school. He left a note for his mother without saying hello to anyone, and left with an adventure party that came from nowhere.

Mutel was almost crazy looking for his son, but there was no whereabouts. Muzhe buried his thoughts very tightly, and they didn't even know the name of the adventure team that the kid joined.Xi Zhenhai secretly speculated darkly, maybe that kid was already dead.

After searching for several years, there was no result, and Mutel’s spirit became worse and worse. Sometimes she knew that her son had left, but sometimes she thought that Muzhe was still a child in school. Zhe lingered at the gate of the elementary school and even the kindergarten he attended, perhaps looking forward to seeing his son running towards him with open arms like he did when he was a child.

Xi Zhenhai knew that he couldn't tell her clearly at this time, so he just smiled wearily and said, "I'm sorry, Aunt Mu, I didn't see him."

"Oh, that's it..." Mutel let go of Xi Zhenhai in disappointment, and continued to search the street in a daze.

Looking at her aged back, Xi Zhenhai sighed deeply and continued walking forward.

Home, just ahead.

Pain is also ahead.