Soul Mechanic [Interstellar]

【Ladybugs from afar】

Chu Qingtian picked up the pumpkin with one hand, kissed Fang Fang's forehead, and said very seriously: "Even if someone snatches it, we will not send the pumpkin out. Qiuqiu will be too sad to eat, and my brother They, of course, and me."

Pumpkin blinked and said sullenly, "Really, really?"

Chu Qingtian nodded, "Really."

Pumpkin let out a "huh", lowered its big head, showed a contented smile, and was a little shy.

Chu Qingtian couldn't help showing a smile.The people around also heaved a sigh of relief - including the "fathers" of the pumpkin.

Pumpkin's life experience can be discussed later, the most important thing now is Mu Qiu.

Chu Qingtian succinctly explained the situation to the leader of Jinjia, and the other party expressed his understanding.

"Thank you for taking care of Du, oh, Pumpkin. Excuse me, is there anything I can do?" The character of the leader in golden armor is obviously not like his cold and hard appearance, but is very gentle and meticulous.

"If possible, please prepare a quiet room for me." Chu Qingtian was not polite.In fact, he wanted to leave immediately with his family, however, this was not realistic.

The leader of the golden armor politely asked about the characteristics of the "quiet room", and couldn't help showing a smile, "There is nothing more suitable than this." He pointed to the room he was in now, "This is the 'isolation room', which can isolate all fluctuations. , it should be better than the silent room you mentioned."

After the golden-armored leader finished speaking, he knocked on the wall. He didn't know which button was touched, and a sleeping cabin slowly rose in the room.

Chu Qingtian handed the little ones to Simon, and the others left the room consciously, leaving only Chu Qingtian and his guide who was always in his arms.

He took out a quilt from the space Newly - I don't know why Mr. Captain would carry this kind of thing with him - it was Mu Qiu's favorite color.

When the sleeping cabin was tidied up comfortably, Chu Qing put Mu Qiu under the soft and comfortable quilt, and he also lay down in it himself.

With his beloved guide close at hand, Chu Qingtian stretched out his callused hand and carefully traced his eyebrows and eyes, for fear that the person in front of him was just an illusion created by himself, or it was just a dream.

For more than 40 hours, Chu Qingtian experienced a desperate battle without closing his eyes.However, at this moment, he didn't feel sleepy at all. He just wanted to just look at his guide like this and hold him like this. Only in this way could he feel that the guide in front of him was real, and that the previous disappearance and danger had really passed away. walked away.

The unconscious guide seemed to sense the sentry's emotional fluctuations, subconsciously stretched out the tentacles, and placed them softly on the sentry's forehead.

The sentinel cannot see the guide's antennae, but can clearly feel it.The spirit wave of the guide is like the most tempting food, which makes him unable to stop.

Mu Qiu's hands and feet entangled him actively.

Chu Qingtian raised the corners of his lips, and gave a deep kiss unceremoniously, and his spirit also entered the spiritual realm of the guide.

Just as Simon guessed, Chu Qingtian consumed a lot of mental power to strengthen Mu Qiu's spiritual barriers when the two were combined. connected.

When Chu Qingtian was crushed under the spider king's claws, Mu Qiu felt his strong mental fluctuations, and instinctively released a mental barrier to rescue his sentry—that barrier was what Chu Qingtian used to protect him Mental strength.

Therefore, by chance, if Chu Qingtian had reservations at the beginning, he would not seek life under the claws of the Spider King at this time.

-

Simon, Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi led the little ones out of the isolation room and did not go far, but followed the golden armor leader into the next room.

Still smooth, seamless walls, empty rooms.Compared with the previous one, except that it is much bigger, there is no difference in appearance.

The golden-armored leader stomped his feet, and the next moment, the floor magically twisted, and a large oval conference table and several decent armchairs "grew" at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If Mu Qiu was here, he would definitely be amazed - it's memory metal!The entire room, and even the entire building is made of memory metal!

However, the people in the room are so ignorant at this time, or they don't care, or at most they think it's amazing.

The golden-armored leader didn't mean to show off at all. Instead, he said with some uncertainty: "The place you used to rest...is that so? I saw it on a human spaceship before. You know, we don't need to sleep, So I don't understand."

A place to rest?This is obviously a conference room!

Xiao Liu burst out laughing, and Simon and Xiao Qi also curled their lips.

Seeing them laughing, the golden-armored leader thought they were satisfied, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "Then please rest!" He pointed to the tables and chairs in the room.

Xiao Liu held back a smile and pulled up a chair to sit down, Xiao Qi also smiled and sat beside him.

Simon put the little ones on the chairs one by one, and sat down opposite them.

The Tieji people seemed to find it very novel, and they also pulled out the chairs one by one and sat down like a few people—er, it's a little small, it doesn't matter, it can be enlarged.

Except for the golden-armored leader and his partner, the others hadn't stopped from the moment they sat down, touching them curiously all the time, and some even crawled under the table, looking curious like children.

Even the little mermaid hugged by the pumpkin spit bubbles and laughed.

The golden armor leader looked at the pumpkin and patted his partner's hand comfortingly.

The Shining Armor quietly wiped away his tears.

Simon noticed that the way he raised his arm was a little unnatural, and couldn't help but said, "Excuse me, is your elbow joint uncomfortable?"

The silver-armored man was taken aback for a moment, then turned his eyes away from the pumpkin, and said frankly: "I was injured in the battle with the insect beast before, and I didn't pay attention to it at the time, so I fell into this problem."

"Can I try it? I can't guarantee it, but it may be cured." Simon said modestly.

As soon as this remark came out, all the Tieji people in the room were stunned—this human said that he could heal the Tieji people's hidden wounds?

"Can you let me try?" Simon said again, his attitude was still calm and friendly, and he didn't feel any anger because of the distrust in the eyes of the other party.

Xiao Liu next to him snorted angrily, "You know, guides are very precious among human beings, and how many people want them to treat them are not qualified!"

"No, please don't misunderstand." The leader of the golden armor said quickly, "We are just...too surprised. You may not know that the body of the iron armor is like a machine. Small problems can be repaired, and big problems have to be replaced. Parts, you know, the new parts are not always as good as the original ones."

Simon smiled and expressed his understanding, "Let me try it! Thank you for providing the isolation room for Qiuqiu." It is also a small foreshadowing for the fight for Custody of Pumpkin——Simon thought secretly.

The golden armor leader looked at his partner.The Shining Armor only hesitated for a second, then stretched out his arm trustingly.

Simon put his soft tentacles on it, and walked slowly to check the specific damaged location.

Just as Simon guessed, a nodule formed where the Shining Armor was injured, like a bone spur in an old man, and he was not so flexible in his activities.As long as this knot is unblocked, the Shining Armor's arm will be intact.

After locking the target, Simon used the method Mu Qiu said to separate the tentacles into small particles - he has been practicing hard recently, and the particles are much smaller than the first time, and they are also much more uniform, and have stronger fusion effect.

The Shining Armor felt a warm feeling from the previously injured part, as if the metal inside had been melted and restructured, and it was indescribably...comfortable.

"Okay." There was a faint smile on Simon's handsome face, and his tone seemed to be such a trivial thing, "Try it and see if it improves."

"Huh?" The silver armored man bent his arm and shook it violently. The next moment, he showed a pleasant expression, "It's really, really good!"

"Let me see!" The leader in golden armor held his arm and shook it back and forth, left and right.

The Shining Armor frowned, "Take it easy."

"I, I'm so happy." The golden-armored leader's dark golden pupils flashed a bright light, and he looked very excited, "If it wasn't for me...you wouldn't be hurt, and Dudu, Dudu wouldn't have been away for so long ..."

"Okay~" The silver-armored man poked his face, and comforted him in turn, "It's been so many years, and, isn't Dudu coming back?"

"Dudu didn't come back, and I'm not Dudu." Pumpkin retorted in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, Pumpkin has such a cute side, Simon couldn't help laughing, and Xiao Liu also froze for Pumpkin's head, just like treating a favorite junior.

The pumpkin moved behind Simon, not wanting to be seen by those Tiki men.

The two freshly baked fathers showed hurt looks, especially the Shining Armor, who almost cried again.

The leader of the golden armor was about to comfort him, but he heard a report from the guard robot above his head, "Report to the leader, we found strange humans at the No. 15 transition point, a total of [-] people."

He froze for a moment, then looked at Simon subconsciously, "Human? Do you have any other companions coming over?"

Simon and Xiaoliu Xiaoqi looked at each other and shook their heads, "I'm not sure, if I can see the image, I might be able to recognize it."

The golden armor leader called up the synchronous image of the transition point without hesitation.

After seeing the two figures looking around cautiously, Simon couldn't help shouting: "Little uncle! Uncle Major!"

-

The strengthening of mental barriers is much easier than the first combination.

Chu Qingtian only needs to lay it again along the previous path.

Mu Qiu was already familiar with Chu Qingtian's mental fluctuations, even though he was unconscious, he still had no intention of resisting.

Chu Qingtian went very smoothly.The moment the last spiritual thread was connected, Mu Qiu's eyelids moved.

Chu Qingtian has been paying attention to his movements, and seeing that he seems to want to wake up, he couldn't help calling out, "Qiuqiu?"

Mu Qiu let out an "um" from his nose, and moved his whole body into Chu Qingtian's arms, but his eyes were not opened, with a lazy posture.

Chu Qingtian patted the guide's fair cheek lightly, and his tone was full of smiles, "If you wake up, just get up, okay?"

"Not good~" Mu Qiu shook his head, his mouth arched around Chu Qingtian's neck like a piglet, as if he couldn't find what he wanted, and he was still a little anxious.

Chu Qingtian smiled deeper, but it didn't do what he wanted, "Qiuqiu, open your eyes quickly."

"Kiss first..." Mu Qiu murmured.

For some reason, Chu Qingtian just smiled and didn't kiss him.

Mu Qiu was a little angry, opened his eyes suddenly, bit on Chu Qingtian's mouth, and said vaguely as he kissed back and forth: "It's your honor to kiss you, young master, and you dare to push back... ..."

"Mom eats dad!" Suddenly, a child's voice came from Nunuo.

Mu Qiu froze, and looked over in a daze, the whole person was not well - I don't know when, there was a circle of people around the sleeping cabin, looking at them with smiles - that guy Xiao Liu It's painful to hold back a smile!

"Daddy eats mom! Mom eats dad too!" Xiaoxuelian yelled, her eyes sparkling; little Lvlian wriggled on his head, giggling.

Pumpkin looked shy, pursing her small mouth, but a big ~(@^_^@)~ appeared on the screen.

The little mermaid swam around in the small fish tank, slapped her tail, and splashed a big splash of water onto Mu Qiubai's rosy and handsome face.

Mu Qiu shivered, cleared his throat, and a sly look flashed in his eyes—the next moment, he held Chu Qingtian's face in his hands, and kissed him deeply—wasn't he just watching, and he was afraid of you guys?

Provoking a group of onlookers to "haha" laugh, the laughter in Chu Qingtian's eyes seemed to be overflowing.

-

The arrival of the two elders is like having a solid backing.

Mr. Mai Zhe combined the situation of Mu Qiu and Chu Qingtian together, and raised several substantive questions:

First, Pumpkin's life experience and the reason for his disappearance;

Second, the existence of the Tekki and their civilization;

Thirdly, will the spider king worm that Chu Qingtian encountered threaten human society.

At this time, humans and Tekki were sitting around the conference table, talking openly and honestly about these issues.

The first is the life experience of the pumpkin.

Speaking of this, the Shining Armor couldn't help but burst into tears again, "Back then, Ajin and I were angry and wanted to take Dudu's chip to other planets, but accidentally bumped into a human spaceship when we passed the transition point. , They seem to be beating insects... When I was nervous, I lost Dudu."

"When was the 'year'?" Major asked sharply.

"According to interstellar history, it was ten years ago. At that time, the No. 1 transition point was just right for the preparation of Coconut Tree Planet—that is what you call 'Jianyu No. 7 Star'." The golden armor leader comforted his partner while calling out a video , "This is the spaceship back then. I have been secretly investigating for ten years. If I guess correctly, this spaceship should belong to a certain school in human society."

Xiao Liu glanced casually, and couldn't help exclaiming, "Boss, isn't this Tianlong?"

Chu Qingtian also noticed it, he nodded, and recalled the scene back then, "We were about to graduate from the military academy that year, and our graduation experience was the spider bug of Jianyu No. forward."

At that time, Tianlong was not called Tianlong, it was just a not-so-bad commercial spaceship inherited from my grandfather.

Simon turned his mind quickly, with obvious surprise in his tone, "So, the captain brought the pumpkin to the military academy, and then it was picked up by the carrot?"

Chu Qingtian looked at Mu Qiu, smiled and nodded, "Probably so."

"At that time, the pumpkin was just a chip. I thought it was a nanny robot that no one else wanted, so I assembled his current body..." Mu Qiu looked at Jin Jia and Yin Jia, and said shyly, "Sorry..."

"No, no, don't say that." Yin Jia quickly waved his hand, "If it weren't for you, Dudu didn't know what would have happened to him back then—he was very weak when he was born, and he didn't integrate with his body in time, maybe ..."

Jin Jia held his partner's hand and comforted in a low voice: "Dudu is very lucky."

"Well, you're right." Yin Jia nodded his head heavily, and looked at Mu Qiu gratefully with his shining silver eyes.

Mu Qiu smiled, and patted Pumpkin Fangfang's head.

"Since it's your child, why did the pumpkin... get lost?" Mu Qiu used a neutral word.

Shining Armor scratched his fingers, and said embarrassedly: "That was the first time I came out of Iron Armor Star. At that time, I was too nervous when I saw a human spaceship, so I just dodged in a panic - I clearly remembered to put Dudu on my upper body. It’s stuck in the card slot, but I can’t find it no matter how hard I look for it.”

"Nervous?" Mu Qiu was very puzzled, "Are you afraid of being caught by humans? You... can't beat humans?"

Yin Jia shook his head, "Mechanical Planet has regulations that citizens of a second-level civilization are not allowed to reveal their identities in front of humans, otherwise they will be... obliterated."

"Erase?" Mu Qiu was taken aback, "Is that what I thought?"

Chu Qingtian nodded solemnly.

Major interjected: "In this way, you have always been aware of the existence of human beings, so it's not because you can't reach human society, but you are deliberately avoiding it?"

The golden armor leader nodded.

"So, what should we say now?" Major pointed at the group of people on his side.

Jin Jia smiled, even with a metallic texture in his smile, "You found it yourself, and it has nothing to do with us. The Mechanic Star investigator will naturally distinguish right from wrong."

Mai Zhe showed the style of the federal president, with a usual smile, and asked: "Mr. Chief, can you tell me what kind of existence the mechanical star is?"

The golden-armored leader crossed his arms, and said seriously: "As the leader of the Iron-armored Star, I can't tell you anything, but," he smiled, and glanced around the pumpkin, "for the shelter of my only child. Parents and caregivers, I don't think I should hide.

"The mechanical star is actually a star cluster similar to the Milky Way. The scope is much smaller than the Milky Way. The intelligent life is mainly iron-based life like our Iron Armor Race, but the technology is much more advanced than the humans in the Milky Way."

"Is this what you mean by 'secondary civilization'?"

The leader of the golden armor nodded, "Since you can find this place, you must not be far from being promoted to the second-level civilization."

All the human beings sitting there couldn't help being stunned, Major suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and asked calmly: "How is the promotion method?"

"Of course someone will notify your leader when the time comes."

Major fell into silence, and Ferdinand beside him still looked deserted and remained silent.

Mu Qiu looked at this, looked at that, and seeing that no one spoke, he couldn't help asking: "In addition to the second-level civilization, will there be a third-level, fourth-level, fifth-level or even higher civilization? "

Because of the pumpkin, the leader of the golden armor was very friendly to Mu Qiu. He blinked and said pointedly: "You know, the huge universe is not only a galaxy, nor a mechanical star, there are too many unknowns. , too many advanced civilizations are far ahead of us."

Mu Qiu took a deep breath—the Milky Way is not the end, neither is the Large Magellanic Cloud, not even the Zerg and the Tecki. How many secrets are there waiting for humans to discover in the huge interstellar space?

-

Next, there is the matter of spider worms.

According to the introduction of the leader of Jinjia, the bugs are also divided into two types, one is Zerg, which has wisdom and a certain civilization; , without any sanity.

On Mechanical Planet, the Zergs are very good combat partners. They are powerful, loyal and friendly, but they are rare in number. Every sub-planet of Mechanical Planet hopes to have a Zerg family stationed there. A spacious and comfortable breeding ground is prepared.

In addition to combat skills, some Zergs also have some special skills, such as some are not afraid of cosmic rays and weightlessness, and can travel freely among the stars;

As for the insects, they are also divided into two types. Some insects are food reserves raised by iron-based people—many iron-based people like to eat the shells of insects. After eating, they can supplement some elements that the body lacks, similar to human society. skin care products.

There are also some insects, like spiders, which are not only a great threat to human society, but also very dangerous to Tieji people.Those worms are irrational, and they don't even hesitate to destroy a planet in order to eat and evolve.

When the leader of the golden armor learned that Chu Qingtian had killed a worm that was about to evolve into a king worm, he showed a look of surprise and admiration.

"Are you talking about the eight-legged beast in the east of the jungle? It has been nesting there for more than five years, and it seems to be preparing for promotion recently. I have to say that we have nothing to do with it, we can only warn the tribe Be careful when you go out—unexpectedly, you actually killed it?"

"No, I just found its weakness and gave it the final blow." Chu Qingtian said frankly, "The beetle with the round shell is the one that contributed the most."

"That's amazing too." The golden-armored leader smiled, with undisguised admiration in his eyes, "Is that helper you mentioned the red beetle that brought you here?"

"Seven black spots symmetrically distributed on the red elytra, three pairs of legs, and a pair of black antennae—if the 'red beetle' you speak of grows like this, it is."

Jin Jia laughed, "That's right, the red beetle is a rare species. Except for the three larvae it gave birth to a few years ago, there is only one adult insect in the whole machine star. I have to say, you are really lucky." good."

Eh?

The round red shell, the symmetrically distributed black spots, and the curved tentacles... Isn't it the seven-star ladybug?

There is only one mechanical star?

Mu Qiu tugged on Chu Qingtian's sleeve, and asked uncertainly: "Is the seven-star ladybug very rare?"

"Seven-star ladybug?" Chu Qingtian raised his eyebrows, "This name is quite appropriate - there is no such bug in the "Interstellar Zerg Illustrated Book."

"Does Qiuqiu know about seven-star ladybugs? It's in the picture book that my little uncle bought me." Simon said, pulling Raferdinand's hand.

The always glamorous handsome guy rarely showed a gentle smile.

Mu Qiu is a bit square - no...it's time travel too, right?