wandering planet

The "Great Retreat" more than 500 years ago used nearly a thousand ships and finally successfully transferred more than 30 people to the Marseille planet.

And in this voyage, the vanguard ship Phoenix was the first.

Before carrying out the "Great Evacuation" mission, the Phoenix had traveled back and forth between Earth and Marseille several times, all of which were transporting scientific research materials.It and its crew are all familiar with the journey from Earth to Marseilles, but due to the fact that there are too many ships involved in the migration this time, various difficulties encountered during the migration made the Phoenix and half of the fleet disappear in the in the universe.

"The graduation badge of the Marseille Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics is to commemorate this 'Great Retreat' and the heroic pioneer ship Phoenix. The Phoenix is ​​small in size and is mainly used for transportation, but the ship is equipped with the most advanced deep space technology at that time." Exploration equipment, without the Phoenix, the entire fleet may be wiped out."

Ovid wiped the water stains off the table.Jiang Che found that he was very involved when talking about the Phoenix.

"Do you like the Phoenix very much?" Jiang Che asked.

"It's beautiful." Ovid said, pointing to the strips of beef soaking in the brine. "It's also red, the whole ship is red. In the fleet, only the Phoenix is ​​so eye-catching. Its hull paint is Made of special materials, it is heat-insulated and explosion-proof, and can isolate most of the radiation in the universe. The special substance used to make the paint is the rare cosmic metal found on Marseilles. Before coming to Marseilles, only the Phoenix had such an honor, but now , this paint has been applied to all Marseille ships."

Jiang Che was a little curious: "Ovid, you seem to be very interested in ships or the universe."

Ovid raised his head proudly: "Let me tell you a secret, I am actually a student of the Marseille Aerospace Academy. But I only studied for one year. After being promoted to the second year, I lost my sponsor and couldn't pay the tuition fees, so I dropped out of school. gone."

The tuition and training fees of Marseille Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics are extremely expensive. It is impossible for children from ordinary families to attend this school if they do not pass rigorous examinations and apply for national scholarships.

Ovid is the second category in the "gene continuation" plan, that is, the human beings created by transforming and reviving the genes of the earth people.He has no parents and wakes up in the training room.His patron is his adoptive father.

He told Jiang Che that since the human genes brought over during the "Great Retreat" were used to create and clone new humans, many humans who looked exactly like him had already been born before him.But Ovid didn't know where they were. His research center created new humans or clones, mainly to provide organ sources and research materials for hospitals or other medical institutions in Marseilles.

Jiang Che thought he heard it wrong: "What are you... for?"

Ovid: "I have four kidneys."

Jiang Che: "..."

Seeing that Jiang Che's eyes staring at him changed from shock to pity, Ovid quickly stopped the unfunny joke: "Sorry, I was just joking. Two kidneys, two."

He underwent a series of tests soon after he was created, and then the research center found in his blood test that Ovid had a gene mutation.

Of course, Ovid did not become any weird person. His blood coagulation function was already superior to ordinary people, and his wound healing speed was also very fast. Due to the genetic changes, these two functions became even more outstanding.The final conclusion given by the research center is that Ovid is no longer suitable as an organ source donor and research material.

And before he was sent to an orphanage, doctors at the research center took him in and raised him.

"Later my father died of illness and had kidney failure. I couldn't help him." Ovid said, "The research center also collapsed. I couldn't get my father's pension from the research center. After dropping out of school, I started working on the street. He was spotted by the boss and started to be a killer."

Jiang Che simply didn't know how to respond to him.

The experience of food thieves is so surreal!

"It's a pity that I haven't really killed anyone yet." Ovid touched his chin and said, "I don't know if Linney can--"

His shoulders stiffened, and the conversation stopped immediately.

Jiang Che: "... Lin Ni?! Is your target Lin Ni?"

There are not many chefs on Faust, and their skills are not high. There are a lot of semi-finished food in the refrigerator. After proper processing, the taste is acceptable and it can be dealt with.

They didn't have any pursuit of their careers, but if they saw Jiang Che coming, they would feel much better.

Because you can eat a good little snack.

Jiang Che and Ovid came over to barbecue with marinated beef strips. The chefs stared at the beef strips for a long time and were shocked: "You actually made snowflake beef into this?!"

"This way everyone can eat." Jiang Che said while skewering the beef strips with an iron skewer.

Ovid sat aside, his hands on his knees, and his posture was very good.

Chef: "...Jiang Che, who is this?"

Jiang Che: "Come to rub the beef strips."

Ovid nodded repeatedly.

After he inadvertently revealed that his target person was Lin Ni, no matter how intimidating and tempting Jiang Che was, he refused to confide another word.

No one would accept the task of assassinating Linney, because they had to go to Faust for a long-distance filter. It took half a year before and after the "journey", that is to say, after the killer boarded the ship, even if he succeeded immediately, he would have to wait half a year before returning to Marseille and getting paid.

"So in the end, I was the only one who accepted this task." Ovid hurriedly explained, "It's work... occupations do not distinguish between high and low!"

Jiang Che didn't believe him.Now that Faust had not returned to the correct course, Linney and Bering had experience in navigating ships, so it was very important.Jiang Che and Ovid reached an agreement that before Faust returned to Marseilles, Linney could not be attacked.

Ovid quickly accepted Jiang Che's request. He seemed to lack dedication to his profession, which does not distinguish between high and low. Instead, he was more interested in the beef strips in Jiang Che's hands.

Jiang Che put the beef strips into the oven, stared at the stove closely, and observed the condition of the meat strips.The oven on the ship was not powerful enough, and he was afraid that it might not be roasted enough, or overheated.

The red light from the stove illuminated Jiang Che's face.The hot air made his cheeks flush, and the tip of his nose was dripping with sweat. When he raised his head and lowered his head, tiny drops of water dripped from his chin.

The chef pushed Ovid: "What are you looking at? So serious."

"Look at the delicious food," Ovid said with a smile.

Several chefs are waiting for the beef strips, but it will take some time to bake.A few people felt that waiting was boring, so they dug out tools from the bottom of the cabinet, and wanted to make Jiang Che a scrambled egg with rock core.

Scrambled eggs with rock core is a special dish of Marseilles, which is extremely difficult to eat at ordinary times, because the tools are very rare.

Ovid watched the cook bring out a huge stone ball, and stayed for a while before asking, "Eat this???"

Stone balls are a specialty of the Truus Mountains on the planet Marseille.There are many stone balls of different shapes and sizes on the Truus Mountains. It is unknown who first discovered that these stone balls containing a lot of salt can be used as cooking tools, and then the rocks on the Truus Mountains were collected in large quantities.

A few months later, when the rainy season came, very serious landslides occurred in the Truth Mountains.When people collected rocks, they severely damaged the vegetation on the Truus Mountains. Landslides caused great casualties, and rock collection in the Truus Mountains was urgently suspended.

"This is the only rock core on Faust." The cook said holding the stone ball. "This stone ball was mined from the inside of the mountain and is rich in salt."

Ovid was at a loss: "And then? How?"

Jiang Che wiped his sweat with the corner of his clothes: "The center of the stone ball has been hollowed out."

The cook opened the stone ball, and it was indeed hollow.

Knock more than a dozen eggs into a large bowl, beat them well with a tool, without adding any water or seasoning.The cook put the stone ball on the stove to heat it up. Only then did Ovid realize that several holes had been dug under the stone ball, and the tongue of fire licked it in.

"Stones don't conduct heat well, but this core is processed, so it can be heated evenly." The cook poured a little water into the hollow stone ball.The water quickly dissipated as steam.

"Okay." He dripped a few drops of oil first, then picked up a large bowl and poured all the egg liquid into the hollow stone ball.

The egg liquid squeaked, and immediately after pouring into the stone ball, it released a fragrance.

The cook used a wooden shovel to stir-fry a few times, quickly poured the scrambled eggs out of the stone ball, and brought them to Jiang Che.

The roughly scrambled egg liquid has formed lumps, showing a moist golden yellow.Jiang Che poked it with a fork. The egg was very soft, and it would not fall off after picking up a piece. It trembled slightly on the fork.

"It doesn't look like anything special." Ovid said, directly forked a piece and put it in his mouth.

Under the slightly dry skin is a tender and slippery egg, which seems to be solidified at an incredible moment: not too soft, not too hard, it is the freshest level when it has just been heated and solidified.Before Ovid could chew it carefully, he swallowed it into his throat with a grunt.

"Wow..." He sighed softly.

There is no salt or seasoning in this dish of eggs, but the taste is very natural and strong.During the heating process, the salt-rich stone balls form a natural seasoning space in the hollow interior, and the salt penetrates evenly into the egg liquid, completely catalyzing the aroma of the egg itself.

Ovid ate half of it in one sitting, satisfied: "I remember this dish on the menu is very expensive."

"I'm dying anyway." The cook said, "I'll let you try such a delicious thing. Next time I'll make you a rock core steamed egg. It's really tender. You can't eat it so tender outside. , so smooth, so fragrant, so soft eggs."

Jiang Che's roasted beef with honey sauce was also finished. He asked the chef for some white sesame seeds to sprinkle on it, and finally finished.Half of it was left in the kitchen, and the other half was put on a plate by Ovid. The two said goodbye to the chef and planned to take this snack to the cockpit.

Halfway through the walk, the two saw Pierre running out of the dormitory with his messy hair just waking up.

"What's the matter?" Ovid asked. "Your trousers are unzipped."

Pierre hurriedly pulled the zipper in the corner: "Just received the internal communication, Faust received a reply from the science ship! Our distress message has been received!"

Jiang Che was addicted to eating beef strips, he raised his head suddenly when he heard this.This means that they have the opportunity to return to Marseille and even continue their "homecoming journey".

"Go!" Jiang Che urged Pierre, "Hurry up."

Pierre ran in small steps, lowered his head and carefully buttoned his button: "But it's strange, he said he was the Copernicus."