wandering planet

Although Jiang Che is cooked slowly, it is fried and deep-fried. The shells of the shrimp are crispy, and they are full of salt and pepper and pepper flavors.

And in the crispy shrimp shell, the tender, fresh and springy shrimp meat is wrapped.

I don’t know if it has something to do with the Griya worker bees, or the soil and climate of this planet. Like the enoki mushrooms, these shrimps have a kind of crisp toughness, which is more old and less raw. Just right.

Jiang Che's seasoning is just right, and the fried minced garlic exudes a garlic fragrance, which neutralizes the fishy and muddy smell of the shrimp.

"It would be nice to have cooking wine." He said regretfully, and put a few more shrimps on the iron plate. "Cooking wine can not only suppress the taste, but also enhance the freshness."

The prepared salt and pepper shrimp on the plate has been eaten.Pierre was shocked, and while chewing, he said inarticulately: "It...can it be more delicious?"

Jiang Che was in a good mood.He smiled rarely, raised his eyebrows with a lively expression: "Of course."

Ovid grabbed two shrimps, ate one himself, and stuffed the remaining one into Jiang Che's mouth.

He knew that Jiang Che was good at cooking, so at this moment, he felt a kind of inflated pride in his heart: "He is very good!"

Lin Ni, Pierre and Tang Mo nodded as if they were pecking at rice.

Shrimp and enoki mushrooms in the cloth bag gradually decreased.Because they hadn't eaten much meat, they had no interest in vegetables, and the fat, round and crisp aquatic plants were completely forgotten.

Ovid, who watched Jiang Che making salt and pepper shrimp, felt that the process was quite simple, and he could do it himself, so he offered to give it a try.

Jiang Che counted the remaining prawns, there were less than ten, and everyone probably had almost eaten, so he let Ovid sit in his seat, and he went to Lin Ni and Tang Mo to eat the enoki mushrooms.

Tang Mo and Lin Ni were grabbing the enoki mushrooms, and Pierre was eating the shrimp very slowly, because he was still thinking about why the shrimp had such a complicated and interesting taste.Taking advantage of his inattention, Tang Mo pulled the two remaining shrimps in front of him and brought them to him.

"Steal the shrimp!" Linney yelled, "Pierre! She steals the shrimp!"

Tang Mo laughed, picked up the two salt and pepper shrimp with a fork, turned around and ran away.

The range of light was limited, so she didn't dare to go into the dark. Turning around, she found a row of small ladders on the side of the ship, and climbed up.

"Be careful!" Pierre was frightened and waved his hands wildly below, "Come down! Shrimp... well, you can eat it."

Tang Mo climbed to the top of the ship and looked up at the starry sky above.

"There are stars," she murmured.

Because Faust is deep in the Sirius planetary belt, it is surrounded by planets. Under the illumination of the stars, these planets are large or small, relying on reflection to emit light, and the light is not strong.Only those few stars are the brightest in the starry sky, and the planetary belts that are almost lined up are flashing faintly, like a whirlpool rolling from one end of the sky to the other.

She lay down and spread her hands and feet.The dark night sky and the stars fell in the eyes, as if they had followed her closely from the beginning.

Linney also lay down: "Come on, I will teach you a lesson. The largest star we can see now is one of the two stars that control the Sirius planetary belt, Michelangelo. At the bottom right of Michelangelo A small, reddish little star can be seen. That is Alpha, the star of Marseilles, Alpha."

He is familiar with everything in this universe, the sky is so close, so he simply raised his hand to point.

Pierre and Jiang Che also lay down, looking at the starry sky above their heads together.

Only Ovid is still making salt and pepper shrimp step by step according to the method Jiang Che taught him.The small enoki mushrooms were sizzling with firewood, the butter melted, and the garlic slices were burnt.The prawns are also sizzling on the iron plate, and the residual aroma of salt and pepper is a bit overdone by the hot oil and heat, and it still feels pungent in the night air.

"The second star in the Sirius belt is temporarily invisible in our direction. Its scientific name is very long, and we generally call it Michelangelo II. Because it is usually hidden behind Michelangelo , can only be seen when turning to a special angle."

Jiang Che thought for a while: "Then who is watching us during the day?"

"Michelangelo II," Linney said cheerfully, "it's hard to observe in Marseilles, but it's different here, the number two, Graia F, Michelangelo and Marseilles are almost in a straight line .Geria F has 10 hours of night and 22 hours of day. It happens to be the planet that receives the most light from Michelangelo II. About 80 years ago, people from the Marseille Science Agency were very close to Michelangelo The observation of traces of suspected biological activities has also caused a lot of controversy, and everyone is guessing whether there are living things on Michelangelo."

"But the temperature is so high, it's impossible." Pierre continued.

"Maybe those are creatures that can survive in extremely high temperatures." Linney's voice came over calmly, "The universe is so big, there are all kinds of creatures, and the water, temperature, and trace elements they need to survive and survive. , are all different. If judged by human’s own experience, many planets may not be suitable for biological survival and evolution, but how about the specific situation, who can say clearly? For example, this Graia F. Although the black sea garbage said that worker bees are King of Greia, but at night when the worker bees don't come out, there must be other biological activities on this planet, this is the basic law."

"The little enoki mushrooms are edible." Ovid said beside him.

But no one paid any attention to him, and everyone looked at the night sky.

"...It's really interesting." Jiang Che whispered, "If we go straight ahead, pass the Black Sea, and go to the terminal point of the earth, will we encounter such new creatures on the way?"

Pierre chimed in, "Are you going to Earth? I'm only going to the Black Sea."

"We will meet." Linney leaned on his arm, "I just don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

At this time, they all heard the clear singing from the lifeboat.

It was Tang Mo who was singing.

She sat up, singing staccatoly as she ate two salt and pepper shrimp from a fork.

This is a language that none of them can understand, with clear rhythm and lively rhyme.

The small golden mushrooms and shrimps were sizzling on the iron rack, and no one was eating them.Ovid also raised his head. From his direction, he could only see the back of Tang Mo's head and her right arm holding the fork, which was constantly raised and lowered.

Jiang Che felt that the song was as interesting as the starry sky, and Tang Mo, who sang while eating shrimp, was also very interesting. A place in his heart that had been silent for a long time was shaken by the starlight and the song.

"Tang Mo." When Tang Mo's singing stopped, Lin Ni asked loudly while applauding, "What are you singing?"

"A nursery rhyme from my hometown." Tang Mo replied with a smile while lying on the ship, "A child lost his way in the forest. He ran along the path with a basket full of fruits and mushrooms, looking for his way home. On the path At the end of the road, my mother was waiting for him, holding a lamp that would never go out, standing by the side of the small bridge and waiting for him."

Ovid raised the small fork in his hand, and there was a salt and pepper shrimp on the fork: "Tang Mo, this is my shrimp, and I gave it to you."

Tang Mo immediately got excited: "Alright, alright, I'll come down now."

Amidst the sizzling sound of hot oil, Lin Ni and Jiang Che suddenly heard a small murmur.

——"Oh, I really want to marry her."

Linney burst into laughter and rolled on the ground, pinning Pierre.Jiang Che, who had reacted, also rushed forward and helped him hold Pierre's struggling shoulder.

"Tang Mo!" Lin Ni shouted while laughing, "Tang Mo come here quickly! Pierre has something to tell you!"

Tang Mo, who was slowly climbing down the ladder, turned his head: "What?"

Pierre pursed his lips tightly, his face flushed, struggling to resist the two people who were pressing on him.

"He won't tell!" cried Linney. "It's all right! I'll repeat it to you!—Ouch..."

Pierre took advantage of the moment when Jiang Che let go, broke free from Lin Ni's grip, and gave Lin Ni an elbow in the side.

Linney rolled around on the ground, in pain and joy, laughing and twitching, and couldn't make a complete sentence at all.

Tang Mo fell to the ground.She and Ovid looked at each other, and Qi Qi looked at Lin Ni in the distance in surprise.

It was the first time they had seen Linney smile.

The prawns and enoki mushrooms were finally finished, and under Pierre's repeated urging, Linney finally got up lazily and went to repair the landing gear with him.

Tang Mo followed Ovid to learn how to use firearms, and finally found that he liked the expensive machete of 350 Marseilles the most.

Jiang Che had nothing to do. After cleaning the iron frame, he began to organize the guns he picked up from the canyon.

Linney came back after completing the repairs.He held a tail pin in his hand and carefully put it in his bag: "A gift for the Black Sea administrator."

He smirked: "Maybe it's poisonous and can anesthetize people. If we paralyze him, we can snatch the administrator's ship and don't need to sit on our lifeboat anymore."

Jiang Che knew that he was talking nonsense, so he handed him a gun: "What kind of gun is this?"

"Good gun." Lin Ni took the long-range shotgun in Jiang Che's hand, "We call it 'little fox'. It is light in weight, accurate in aiming, and fast in firing speed. It is very suitable for hunting foxes. Later, there were fewer foxes. After several refinements, it started to find its way into the military."

A hand stretched out from the side and grabbed the little fox.

"How could there be a little fox?" Ovid was surprised, "On the lifeboat?"

"Jiang Che picked it up in the canyon." Lin Ni turned around and took the double-barreled shotgun he used today, "These weapons are very professional, do you still have them?"

"Yes, a lot." Jiang Che recalled, "It is estimated that many people died inside, as well as the wreckage of the ship. Besides the gun, I also picked up a grenade."

Linney and Ovid glanced at each other, and both of them had the same idea in their minds: in order to get more food when they go to other planets in the future, they have to pick up weapons now.

The three of them summed it up for a moment, and decided to set off immediately, before the night passed, to collect more guns and ammunition before the worker bees started their activities.

After clarifying the situation with Pierre and Tang Mo, the three set off.They brought lights and their own weapons. Ovid carried a little fox on his back and a C66 pistol in his waist. Linney replaced the original rifle with a double-barreled shotgun. Jiang Che still carried the heavy gun. laser gun.They passed through the quiet meadows and forests, and once again reached the canyon.

Linney turned on the portable searchlight and took a picture around the canyon.It was very quiet in the canyon, and the slight chirping of insects could be heard, but no Graia worker bees were seen.

"Okay!" he said, "Actually, we can take this opportunity to catch more shrimps and pick more small enoki mushrooms. I brought a pocket."

Ovid: "I have, too."

Jiang Che: "Me too."

Linney: "..."

Everyone is about the same.The three laughed a few times and followed the steel wire to the bottom of the canyon one by one.

Jiang Che led them into that gap.

It wasn't completely dark in the gap, but green phosphorescent fire floated here and there, dancing among the bones and wreckage of the ship.

After turning on the searchlight, everything in this gap was displayed in front of them.

Compared with daytime, the gap at night is several times more gloomy.Linney walked in the front. He didn't immediately start to check the things on the ground, but went straight to the bottom of the gap.

"It's not too deep here." Linney used his footsteps to measure the depth and width of the gap, "and the wreckage of the ship is incomplete."

He pointed it out to Jiang Che and Ovid.The colors of the ships in the deepest part of the canyon are different, and most of them have only half of them left. When they got closer, they found that they were densely covered with traces of being eaten by insects.Some have been eaten through.

"These are definitely not the Marseille ships of the last 200 years." Linney analyzed, "The cosmic alloy we use cannot bite through."

Based on the damage to the ships, they deduced that they were dragged here by worker bees after the Gria F crashed.Worker bees are omnivores, and they are used to devouring gold diamonds and these metal shavings.For these large insects, the wreckage of the ship is their food.

"There is more than one worker bee's nest nearby. I estimate that after these ships crashed, they were quickly divided up by the worker bees in several nests, and each was dragged back to its respective territory."

Jiang Che poked his head into the ship curiously: "Can you tell what era the ship is from?"

"I can't see it. But here are the wrecks of six different ships." Linney illuminated the pile of indistinguishable ships. "You can see how corroded they are."

He handed a searchlight to Jiang Che, turned around and went to pick up weapons with Ovid.Jiang Che shook the lamp in his hand, and approached the huge garbage dump made of wrecked ships.

On the right side of the ship's garbage dump, there is a metal shell that has been corroded beyond recognition.Judging from its erosion, it should be the oldest of the wreckage.

There is only a small half of the shell left, which blocks the rain and the sun.The lower part of the shell had been completely buried by the soil. Jiang Che shook the lamp in his hand, and found a large clump of gray-brown mushrooms that were completely different from the small golden mushrooms growing inside.

On the other hand, Linney seized the opportunity and clung to Ovid.

"Tell me the truth." He said grimly, "Who are you? Why are you so good at shooting, and your marksmanship is so accurate? You are not a soldier, where did you receive training?"

Ovid felt that he had left the bleak profession of killer, and he could bravely and generously confess his identity to his partners.

"I am a killer," said Ovid. "I must have been the dangerous man Faust spoke of when he set sail."

Lin Ni was shocked, and gradually let go.

Seeing him so startled, Ovid thought, let him be even more surprised.

"I don't know who my employer is." He whispered to Linney, deliberately using a mysterious and frightening tone, "but my target is you."

Lin Ni was still astonished, looking him up and down.

The acting didn’t work, and Ovid was very disappointed: “It’s you, did you hear me? My target is you, and I’m going to kill you. Don’t hit me, I didn’t do it—although there was a chance to do it, I didn’t do it .”

"...you were hiding in the ceiling passage of my room, weren't you?" Linney asked suddenly.

Ovid: "You know it! That's why you don't turn off the lights?!"

Lin Ni: "I didn't turn off the light to make it easier for you to attack! I knew you were hiding there from the beginning, and I couldn't even hide my whereabouts. I have no confidence in you at all, so I left the light for you!"

Ovid was about to retort when he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Wait!" He held Lin Ni's shoulder, "Give, leave the light for me?"

Linney stared at him in disappointment and displeasure: "Ovid, I am your employer. I gave you the 50."

Ovid blinked.There are many thoughts in his mind that are spinning rapidly: first, the boss took too much money and lied to himself-he clearly said that he would take 30%, but what he promised himself was only [-], and he took [-]%, this bastard; It was Linney who hired someone to kill him, the lunatic; at last he came to his senses and grabbed Linney by the collar.

"It's insidious enough!" Ovid was furious. "I didn't even know you were the son of General Lee Swright when I took the mission. You hired someone else to kill you when you wanted to die. If I succeeded, even I really have no place to spend 50, General Lee Swright will search all over Marseilles to find me!"

Lin Ni frowned and pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Sorry, you're right. I didn't think it through."

It was the first time Ovid heard that he was apologizing to someone, and his attitude was so peaceful and sincere, so he was taken aback and let go quickly.

"If I commit suicide, I will only repeat the tragedy of my brother. The Leeswright family will never see anyone again, and both sons committed suicide..." Linney said in a low voice, "So I came up with such a method. "

Ovid picked up a gun from the ground, and said bitterly: "Fortunately, there is Jiang Che, otherwise I would have really done it."

"But before you left, you hid in my room for several days without doing anything." Linney kicked away a skeleton and grabbed a bullet belt from the skeleton, "You can't, you failed. I regret finding about you."

Ovid glanced at him: "If I succeed, you won't be able to eat enoki mushrooms and salt and pepper shrimp, and you won't be able to hear Tang Mo singing. Don't you regret it?"

After speaking, he continued to move forward, bending down to pick up the gun frequently.

After a while, Lin Ni behind him spoke.

"...It's a pity." He said.

Jiang Che didn't know what Ovid and Linni were arguing about. He was relieved when he heard the quarrel gradually subsided, and raised the lamp to illuminate the shell and the mushrooms in the shell.

That clump of mushrooms was very beautiful, with a smooth canopy, but I don't know if it is poisonous.Jiang Che thought for a while, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of this ingredient, bent down and got into the shell.

This shell is like a certain part of the ship, and there is an armrest inside, which has been eaten away by rust.The mushrooms were growing under the rusty handrail, Jiang Che held up the lamp to take a closer look.

In the flickering light, he suddenly glimpsed some traces on the shell.

He trembled all over, subconsciously raised his hand to touch it, but the lamp fell from his hand.

The light suddenly disappeared.

Jiang Che frantically fumbled for the light, but his fingers trembled and he couldn't find the switch.

Forget it, it doesn't matter if there is no light.He knew those words—of course he did!It was something he had learned and known since he was a child.

Jiang Che slowly stretched out his hand, touching the cold and rough metal surface.The sharp object scratched across the metal surface, it should have been scratched many times, and because it has been eroded here for many years, every stroke of the word is deep and shallow, full of grooves.In the darkness, following the strokes, he first stroked, then vertically, and then stroked again.

Tears welled up in his eyes without warning.

Those are two Chinese characters with one stroke and one stroke: Hello.