wandering planet

As the head of the logistics department of the "Faust" ship, Heaney thought that Jiang Che was the most troublesome of all the people he managed.

"Just a beef and pickle pie!" exclaimed Heaney. "A pie!"

Jiang Che was very angry: "That's my pie!"

"You've said more to me today than in a month," Heaney said. "Just for a pie!"

"That's beef and pickled cabbage pie!" Jiang Che grabbed Heaney's collar, "There is no pickled cabbage on the ship! I can't eat pickled cabbage!"

Heaney yelled: "There is no pickled cabbage, but there is top-notch snowflake beef!"

Jiang Che immediately said: "Then you pay me a piece."

Thinking about it afterwards, Heaney always felt that something was not right.

But at that time Jiang Che had already happily returned to his tool room with a pound of snowflake beef.

There are three cleaners on Faust, and Jiang Che is the youngest, the least senior, and the least talkative one.

His accent is very different from that of the people here. When asked where he came from, he smiled mysteriously and refused to answer.

It took decades for human beings to arrive in Marseille from the earth, and it took hundreds of years from the arrival in Marseille to the present.Over the long years, some languages ​​have disappeared, and some languages ​​have merged with each other to produce new languages.Jiang Che's pronunciation is very strange. He has attracted everyone's attention during the job training, but his resume is normal, and Jiang Che himself refuses to say it. They all think that he is from an undeveloped mountain village, so I feel inferior to my weird accent and dare not speak.

Jiang Che didn't care about these things.

He finished a mediocre nutritious meal in the staff dining area, declined the invitation of his colleagues to drink, and returned to his tool room.

Since he was an extra person on the ship, it was not possible to arrange for him to live in the already full staff quarters, so a small tool room in the storage bay was given to him.

Jiang Che changed his clothes, washed his hands, and started to handle the piece of beef that Heaney gave him.

At this time, the send-off ships from Marseille completed their mission and began to return.Faust slowly increased his speed and drove away from Marseille's gravitational circle.

And Faust's captain, Pimi, found the person who had met for a drink.He set the ship to autopilot, told the navigator and the deputy captain to pay attention to the situation, and then happily joined the ranks of drinking.

Jiang Che heard some voices coming from outside the door, opened the door to check but found nothing.

The storage warehouse on the first floor of Faust is very quiet, all kinds of items are displayed in different categories, and the refrigerator in the farthest corner is emitting a slight air-conditioning.

Jiang Che looked around hastily, but didn't find anyone.

He went back to his room, where the boiling water had just cooked the beef.

Snowflake beef is not common, Jiang Che was reluctant to eat it all at once, and didn't think about how to eat it, so he peeled off a piece of beef first, planning to make some snacks.

Taking the beef out of the water and letting it cool, he cut it into shreds with a sharp knife.Pour off the hot water and put a finger-deep oil in the pot. Jiang Che patiently waited for the oil to boil until it boiled, and then put the beef shreds in one by one, frying until slightly dry.

The oil is as precious as snowflake beef, so he didn't dare to put more, and only made a shallow puddle at the bottom of the pot.Use chopsticks to hold the beef one by one and press it into the oil, frying until it crackles.

Fresh meat has this advantage: even if nothing is added, as long as it is fried, the aroma will come alive immediately, and it will rush to the nose.

Jiang Che took a few deep breaths, felt satisfied, and turned off the fire.

He dug out the sugar and salt from the cabinet, as well as the powdered tangerine peel that he made himself. Jiang Che carefully sprinkled these three things on the shredded beef, and then stirred them evenly with chopsticks.

The shredded beef is still hot, the dried tangerine peel, salt and sugar are roasted, and the aroma of the beef is getting stronger.

Jiang Che repacked the fried oil, put the shredded beef on the table to dry, then turned around and took the remaining half of the beef to the refrigerator in the corner and put it away.

He has already planned tonight's show: eating shredded beef, sneaking into the fourth floor to play cards and listen to music.

But the shredded beef on the table was gone.

Jiang Che was dumbfounded.The freezer was placed far away, but he came and went back and forth, and it took no more than 5 minutes at most. There was no one in the storage compartment. Why was there no shredded beef?

He didn't believe in gods or ghosts, and at this moment he remembered the missing beef and pickled cabbage pie.

"Brother Jiang, it's not that I won't give it to you. According to the regulations, leather rice can only be transferred out." The security guard told Jiang Che for a long time, "Leather rice is going to drink."

Jiang Che asked about the location of the leather rice, strode through the outermost circular corridor of Faust, and took a shortcut to find the leather rice.There were thieves on the ship—although all they stole were food—Jiang Che thought the situation was serious.

Faust is a ship mainly responsible for travel activities. Therefore, in addition to the storage warehouse on the first floor, transparent circular corridors are designed on the upper five floors. In the corridors, you can watch the cosmic scene around the ship without any dead ends. , is the most popular place on Faust.

Since Faust has now entered the night sleep environment, there is no one in the circular corridor on the fourth floor.Full of anger, Jiang Che walked quickly, and was suddenly startled when he turned the corner of the ship's head.

Someone was smoking in the circular hallway.

It was a young man who was about the same age as himself, with a head of half-long black hair tied back in a mess, with a tall and straight figure, standing on the edge of the floor-to-ceiling transparent porthole and looking into the distance, with a cigarette in his mouth.

The smoke curled up, especially in a closed environment.

At this time, Faust is sailing between the safe gaps in the galaxy. Beyond the ship is a vast expanse of space. The light of stars far and near is scattered in the void hundreds of millions of kilometers away. profile of the face.

Jiang Che looked at him twice, and when he was about to walk past him, he couldn't bear it any longer, and called him back: "Hello."

The young man turned around, took off the cigarette in his mouth, and showed a decent smile: "Hello."

Jiang Che always felt that his face was very familiar, but he didn't know when he saw it.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the young man stretched out his hand to him: "Do you want an autograph? I'm not busy now, so taking a photo is fine."

Jiang Che pointed to the surveillance camera above his head: "This is not a smoking area."

The young man paused for a moment: "Oh, sorry, I don't know."

He always has a smile on his face, which is hard to hate.

"Smoking in the non-smoking area, the fine is five hundred yuan." This time it was Jiang Che's turn to reach out to him, "Give me the fine."

The young man nodded and smiled, and put out the cigarette in the palm of his hand.

Jiang Che was taken aback. He saw the cigarette butt burning in the palm of the young man, emitting a slight burnt smell.

"I don't have any money with me, you can ask my agent for it." The smile on the young man's face completely disappeared at this moment.With a flick of his finger, he threw the cigarette butt at Jiang Che's face.Jiang Che avoided immediately, and the cigarette butt fell to the ground.

The young man passed him directly.

Jiang Che picked up the cigarette butt, and rushed into the bar with anger at Fang Cai, a very annoying person.

Leather rice is not there.

"He left." Heaney blushed after drinking too much, "Jiang, come here, have a drink."

Jiang Che only ate a cherry pinned to the side of the wine glass: "Where did he go?"

"The first subspace transition is about to take place." Heaney said, "The subspace transition must be initiated by the captain, and the first time is to choose the correct route for the transition."

The radio in the bar was chattering: "The scientific ship headed to the Crab Claw galaxy has completed 63 subspace transitions, and it is getting closer and closer to the galaxy's nucleus. The 118 route they chose this time is Among all the routes we know, the one closest to the galactic nucleus. According to the news released by the Science Agency, this channel is desolate and empty, which is very suitable for large fleets to pass. They plan to continue to send more scientific ships to route 118. ..."

Jiang Che was dejected, spit out the cherry pit, and swallowed the pulp.

"What the hell is a galactic bulge?" he asked. "Sounds weird."

Heaney shrugged: "I don't know, but the previous 123 explorations all failed, and I heard that many people died. Jiang, do you know the legend of the death cemetery on the 118 channel? It is said that there are ghost ships haunting the 118 channel. Just touch..."

"Don't tell me, I'm not interested. Give me a plate of cherries, please," he said to the waiter. "No wine."

Pimi returned to the captain's cabin, where his navigator and first officer were waiting for him.

"Marseille sent a message that Faust will make a subspace transition within 10 minutes." The deputy captain reported to him, "Otherwise, the time will be delayed."

Pimi drank a lot of wine and walked a little shaky.

With a big wave of his hand, he interrupted the deputy captain: "I know, I know. You step back one after another."

The captain needs to use the password to open the subspace transition equipment and choose an accurate route.

"18...18 route..." Pimi entered the password, and a small keypad protruded from the bottom of the equipment table.

The navigator and the deputy captain took a few steps back.They can't watch.

But to be on the safe side, the navigator reminded Leathermi again: "Captain, we are going to take route 18."

Pimi pressed his hand on the digital panel and yelled angrily: "I know! Don't talk! Get out!"

The few people behind him didn't dare to say anything, and stood against the wall.

Pimi moved his finger and pressed the number.

His fingertips trembled, and his movements hesitated and slowed down.

Three numbers popped out of the small screen above the number pad: 118.

"Yes... That's right." Pimi nodded, and pressed his fingerprint in the confirmation area, "Route 18."

The ship's announcement sounded again.

[Attention all staff.Attention everyone. After 30 seconds, the first subspace transition will take place, please fix your position immediately, do not walk, the countdown starts now, 30, 29...]

Holding two cherries, Jiang Che clinked glasses with Heaney: "Have a good trip."

Faust shook slightly, then disappeared.

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Handsome Mr. Assassin (pointing to the handsome young man smoking a cigarette): He's already on stage, but it's not my turn yet?

Young man (breathing smoke): I have money, so I can join the group with money, can you do it?