Soul Mechanic [Interstellar]

【Primitive man on a sled】

It was only when he got close that Mu Qiu saw it clearly. It was a... husky?

"It's a snow wolf." His mental body is in the shape of a wolf, and Chu Qingtian is especially sensitive to this kind of creature.

Mu Qiu was immediately in awe, what a tall and handsome wolf!No wonder it has snow-white fur all over its body, and it really deserves the name—but, will the wolf, which is proud by nature, also pull sleds for humans?

The tall snow wolf gradually slowed down and stopped five meters away from the group of people. A young man with a bright smile jumped off the sled behind him.

It's not the Inuit dress that Mu Qiu imagined, the young man is dressed "thinly" - silvery clothes, no material can be seen.

There was the sound of flapping wings above his head, Mu Qiu looked up and saw it was a bird with gray feathers.

"Huihui, report back." The young man shouted towards the sky.He speaks the common Chinese language of the Federation. Although the pronunciation is a bit strange, it does not hinder communication.

The gray bird circled over their heads, flapped its wings and flew towards the east.

"Can it understand what you say?" Mu Qiu asked curiously.

"Ah? Huihui? Yes, I can understand a little bit. It was taught by an elder." The young man ran up to them and pulled his clothes, looking a little embarrassed, "Are you here to help us? "

Chu Qingtian sized him up for a while, then nodded, "I'm Chu Qingtian, the captain of the Tianlong team."

"Hello, team leader. My name is Karu. Yes, I am... the patriarch here." The young man hesitated to say the last two words.

Chu Qingtian noticed this keenly.

Chu Qingtian hooked the corner of his mouth, "Oh? Became the patriarch at such a young age, quite impressive."

"It's nothing, haha!" Karu scratched his head, but caught a handful of hairs, he awkwardly helped his crooked fur hat, and earnestly invited, "Well, you must be hungry after coming all the way here Clan, no, I prepared a fish pot for everyone..."

Kalu's awkward appearance and tone of voice make people feel simple and kind, Chu Qingtian unconsciously put on a sincere smile, "Then I'll take care of you."

Lin Qing also said: "I didn't expect there to be a meat pot to eat, it just happened to be warm."

"Yes! It's warm, I'll sweat every time I eat!" Karu was very happy that the guest was interested in his arrangement.

"Please lead the way!" Chu Qingtian said with a smile.

Karoo froze for a moment, and said sincerely: "Aren't you going to take a sled? The road is a bit long, and it will be very tiring to walk over."

"Don't worry, we have aircraft." Lin Qing smiled.

Karoo looked around, but didn't find anything that looked like an "aircraft".

Chu Qingtian pressed the terminal, and a six-seater aircraft appeared in the open space next to it.

Karu's eyes widened suddenly, and he exclaimed, "You guys also have space buttons?"

Chu Qingtian raised his eyebrows, "Yeah? You too?"

Karu waved his hands again and again, and said vaguely: "No, no, I just, just... I heard it from others."

Lu Xun and Chu Qingtian exchanged an unclear look.

Mu Qiu tugged at Chu Qingtian's sleeve and whispered, "I want to ride a sleigh."

Chu Qingtian showed a doting look, and said worriedly: "The snow wolf will run very fast, and the wind is very strong."

Karu quickly said: "It's okay, I brought clothes, which are specially prepared for you." After he finished speaking, without waiting for Chu Qingtian's consent, he ran back to the sled and dragged a big burden from it.

Karu untied the bundle in front of everyone, pulled out the contents and handed them to several people one by one.

Mu Qiu received it in his hand with some anticipation, it felt cool and smooth to the touch, just like the ones worn by young people.

Karu enthusiastically introduced: "These fish skin clothes were specially made by the elders of the clan who knew that the guests were coming, so they asked the women to sew them out. Wearing this and riding a sled will not worry about the strong wind."

"Fish skin clothes? Is it made of fish skin?" Mu Qiu asked curiously.

Karoo nodded and said with some pride: "This kind of fish lives in lakes with hot water, and their bodies are also hot. After they die, they peel off the fish skins and put them on their bodies, which can keep them warm and windproof."

Mu Qiu was more interested. He shook off the clothes and saw that it was a cloak. It was sewn by the traditional hand-sewn method of the ancient earth. It was not as tight as the ones suppressed by modern technology, but it was a little more humane.

Mu Qiu put it on excitedly, and found that there was a hood on the back. He put the hat on and showed it to Chu Qingtian, "How is it? Does it look like a magician in a fairy tale book?"

Because the hood was too big, Mu Qiu could only look up at Chu Qingtian, revealing a white and fleshy chin.

Chu Qingtian squeezed it involuntarily, and let out a thoughtful "hmm".

Mu Qiuxian looked at Xuelang excitedly after arranging his clothes, and asked cautiously: "Karu, will it bite me if I go there alone?"

Karu smiled heartily and said, "No, Dabai is a beast pet domesticated by the teacher's partner. He has been close to humans since he was a child and never bites."

"Then I'm relieved." Mu Qiu excitedly ran over without waiting for Chu Qingtian's consent.

Chu Qingtian sighed, and followed behind resignedly.

Mu Qiu greeted Xuelang casually, "Dabai, hello!"

Snow Wolf bowed his head friendly to him.

There was a wave of joy in Mu Qiu's spiritual realm.

"Are you going to take the sled too?" Karu asked Lu Xun and the others.

Lu Xun paused, and grabbed Aubrey who wanted to follow, "Let's take the aircraft."

Aubrey said "oh", turned and followed him.

Lin Qing greeted Karoo and quickly jumped onto the aircraft.

Karu looked at their vigorous figure and was extremely envious.

Mu Qiu talked to him affectionately, "Karoo, do you also want to take a flying machine?"

Karoo nodded a little embarrassedly.

"I'll let you sit when I get back, or let the captain teach you how to drive." Mu Qiu said generously.

"Really?" Karu looked at Chu Qingtian with both surprise and expectation.

Chu Qingtian squeezed Mu Qiu's hand as if punishing, but he didn't refute on his face, "If you're interested, I'll let someone teach you how to drive after the matter is resolved."

"Okay! Thank you, thank you!" Kalu didn't know how to express his gratitude, so he could only pat Dabai on the back and shouted excitedly, "Dabai, hurry up! Hurry up!"

Infected by his emotions, Dabai let out an excited "owwow", running faster on all four legs, his body seemed to be lifted into the air, and stretched into a beautiful streamlined shape.

Mu Qiu could hardly stand still, but felt very excited in his heart.

Chu Qingtian wrapped the man in his arms, and kissed again and again.

Mu Qiu stepped on him several times like a warning.

Chu Qingtian smiled very proudly.

-

According to Karu, there is only one tribe of them on the entire Feixue planet, and there are only about a hundred adults and children in total.

"I heard from the old people that it was not like this before. It was not so cold at that time. There were many large and small tribes in the east and north. Different tribes would exchange prey and spoils, and there would be wars. But then one year suddenly There was a lot of snow, and many people died. In order to survive, the patriarchs of the various tribes had to sit together and discuss, and these tribes were combined into one big tribe, which is our current Snow Wolf tribe."

While greeting Chu Qingtian and the others to eat fish pot, Karu told them about the situation of Feixuexing.

"Because there were more men and the war was given up with each other, the people of the tribe could still eat enough in the first few years, and many children were even born. However, as the weather became colder, many animals froze to death, and the food became more and more difficult. Fewer and fewer, the people of the tribe can only eat fish in the water, coupled with the continuous night for many years, more and more people of the tribe freeze to death, starve to death, die of disease... If it is not—”

Speaking of this, Karu suddenly stopped, and changed the subject, "If you didn't come to help, I'm afraid there will be no one here in a few years."

"How did you send a distress letter to the Federation?" Lu Xun asked sharply.

In fact, this is the question in everyone's mind.According to what you have seen so far, the Snow Wolf Tribe is indeed an isolated primitive tribe. They domesticated Snow Wolf and Gray Bird as a means of transportation and communication. There is no trace of the interstellar era here.

Mu Qiu even suspected that even if a signal transmitter was placed in front of them, these people might not know how to use it.

"We, we encountered a spaceship, no, yes, it stopped here by accident, and we asked the people on the spaceship to help send the message." Kalu lowered his head and said falteringly.

"How do you know about the Federation?" Lu Xun asked a more pointed question.

You must know that over the past few hundred years, several long-distance explorations by the Federation have not found traces of human activities on Feixue Planet—either these people deliberately hid, or the strong radiation near the black hole caused interference to the detectors.

The latter is more likely.

Karoo obviously became very nervous, and said anxiously: "It was said by the person on the spaceship. He, they said that we can send a letter to the Federation, asking them to send troops to help..."

Chu Qingtian looked at him expressionlessly.

Karu lowered his head, not daring to meet his gaze.

Mu Qiu couldn't bear it, and shook Chu Qingtian's hand.

Chu Qingtian sighed, and said a little coldly: "If Mr. Kalu can't be honest with each other, the rescue plan will not go smoothly."

Karu looked at him in surprise, his face was tangled for a while, and finally he slumped his shoulders and whispered, "I'm sorry."

Chu Qingtian pursed his lips into a straight line, and said coldly: "I think Mr. Kalu needs to discuss with someone, so let's take our leave first."

Lu Xun pushed his glasses, and said, "You can find us at the previous place after you have discussed it. However, as we said in advance, the gravitational field near Feixue is very unstable, and we don't have much time."

"No, don't you want to eat? You haven't eaten so much fish yet..." Karu was visibly flustered.

Chu Qingtian ignored him, pulled Mu Qiu up and left.

Lu Xun and Aubrey followed behind them, and their expressions were not very good.

Lin Qing walked two steps, turned around again, and said kindly: "It's not easy for us to come here once, and it's really not sure that others will come again, so it's better for you to tell the truth."

Karoo wrinkled his face, almost crying.

-

Everyone was in a bad mood. After getting on the aircraft, several people gathered in a circle and started discussing.

"Karoo didn't tell the truth, not only about his own identity, but also about the origin of the merchant ship and the method of sending the letter." Lu Xun said first.

Chu Qingtian pondered, "Qiuqiu felt the aura of a guide before, but just now we walked all the way and didn't find anything. There is only one possibility—"

"The guide is hiding?" Lin Qing asked in surprise.

Chu Qingtian nodded seriously.

"But why? Didn't they just ask us to come and help?" Lin Qing was puzzled.

Lu Xun pushed his glasses, "Maybe it's because we don't trust us enough, maybe there are some secrets that we can't let us know."

Hearing this, Mu Qiu suddenly said: "Have you noticed the pot where they cook the fish?"

"The stone pot?"

Mu Qiu shook his head, "That's not a stone pot, it's just covered with a layer of stone. If you read correctly, the layer inside the stone is Huqing R-7 shockproof material, which has strong ductility and wear resistance. Good thermal conductivity. In 6010, the Wolf Group launched the first bird-type mech steel wing joint using this material."

Lu Xun pushed his glasses, "I remember that this mecha was discontinued in the second year because it had too high requirements for the driver, and even long-term driving would damage the mental power."

Mu Qiu nodded, "That's right, but the mechas that have been sold in this year have not been recovered, and 90.00% of them have entered the army."

"The batch of new mechs purchased by the army were distributed to officers above the school level who have made great military achievements as rewards for the '10 Insect Beast Elimination Battle'," Lu Xun added.

Chu Qingtian frowned, "In this way, there is likely to be a decommissioned bird mech on Feixue Planet?"

Lu Xun nodded, "Maybe it's the wreckage."

Mu Qiu felt uneasy in his heart, "Will there be any conspiracy in this?"

Chu Qingtian touched his neck reassuringly, "Don't worry, the list of those years is recorded in the military system, and the owner of the mecha can be easily found out."

Mu Qiu heaved a sigh of relief, "If the owner's identity can be determined, the reason why this mecha was left here must be clear."

Chu Qingtian let out a "hmm", clicked on the terminal, entered the permission, and waited quietly for the query bar to crawl slowly.