The Scavengers

April 1

The spaceship opened smoothly, and the interior was unobstructed.

Xiao Mo was pulled away by Xue Lihong for a hundred meters in an instant, and he did not see any attack after waiting for a long time.

The two walked back again.

I saw nothing but a round light body in the center of the spaceship.

"The items and facilities inside all need mental power to activate." Xiao Mo explained, bending over to enter the interior of the spaceship.

Xue Lihong grabbed him, "I'll do it."

Xiao Mo shook his head and opened his fingers, "If the other party really has the ability to attack, then there is only one chance at most, otherwise it will attack as soon as the door is opened. I will go in first. If he attacks me, you still have one chance." A chance to save me. You go in first, and if you die, there is nothing I can do."

This is the truth, Xue Lihong knew in her heart, he just cared about it and made chaos.This is not a good sign, he is getting less and less calm when facing Xiao Mo's problem.

The interior of the spaceship is not big, and it is very cramped when a person walks in. Standing outside, Xue Lihong watched Xiao Mo bend down and reach out to touch the circular light body, and then when his hand just touched the light body, all movements stopped suddenly. live.

Xue Lihong was about to move, Xiao Mo turned his head and waved to him, motioning him to wait a while.

Besides Xiao Mo, after he came in, he knew that there might be something wrong with the light body, but he still had to reach out to touch it. Before that, he asked the system if there was any danger. The system said it didn't notice the danger, but the light body Full of energy.

"I'm a system dedicated to missions for people on Earth. There's not much data about Zerbeans. Wait, I found one. Under such circumstances, the light body should be similar to a nutrient tank. Help Jerbeans It is used for recovery by the Beya people."

"How to open the light body?"

"do not know."

"Then how to take it out separately?" Xiao Mo looked through the light body and found that it was integrated with the spaceship, which allowed him to repair a certain damage in the light body when repairing the spaceship.

The system still doesn't know.

Helpless, Xiao Mo could only stretch out his hand directly, but just when he touched the light body, he suddenly heard a voice.

No, it should be said that the other party conveyed the meaning directly in his mind.

"Hi, thank you for saving me, earthlings."

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, but please don't try to open the light body, okay?"

Xiao Mo stopped with his hands, turned his head to signal Xiao Hong not to worry, then turned his head and kept his original posture and asked, "Are you conscious?"

"Yes, thanks to you, Earthlings! There was a problem with my spaceship, including the repairing nutrient tank, but you repaired the spaceship, including the nutrient tank. When you found the spaceship, I couldn't hold on anymore , the damage to the nutrient tank is even worse. I have to say, I was very surprised. I thought that the intelligent creatures on the earth only had the lowest level of intelligence, uh, of course, I did not intend to insult you, believe me, this is just before I came misunderstanding."

"...You don't know the earth, how can you speak Chinese?"

Halahala's laughter sounded in his mind, "No, I don't speak any earth language, you can understand my words, including I can understand your meaning, just because we are all using spiritual power to communicate. I Anything that is said is translated directly in your head into a language you can understand."

"I'm also using my spiritual power to communicate with you?" Xiao Mo asked suspiciously.

"Brother, are you kidding me? You repaired and opened the spaceship with mental power, and now you use mental power in your speech, and you also have a rather strange but well-thought-out mental protection net that prevents me from spying on your brain Memory, but you actually said that you didn't know you could use mental power?"

Xiao Mo was alert immediately, and regretted greatly at the same time.Did the Zerbeya man mistakenly think that he is some kind of spiritual master when he told him these things?Now that he learned that he knew almost nothing about spiritual power, what would he do?

"Are you afraid? Don't, don't! I can't detect your brain, but I can feel your emotions. Please don't be afraid, brothers on earth. According to the interstellar convention, no intelligent creature can actively harm or attack itself. There are no intelligent beings that violate interstellar law."

Really, but you ran to the earth to plunder in the name of playing.Xiao Mo didn't say this sentence, it seemed that if he didn't say it, the other party couldn't know.

The Zerbeans seemed to have guessed what Xiao Mo was thinking. It was easy to speculate. He said in an apologetic and extremely angry tone, "Don't you guys know we're coming? Those damn six-armed People! They deceived us! This is not the original planet that the game advertised at all, we encountered your protective net attack in the atmosphere as soon as we came... Believe me, I am not complaining about you, who would welcome uninvited guests ? And we're not guests but robbers."

Xiao Mo thinks that this Zerbeya should be very young, perhaps just an adult?Personality is also more escaped?

"Game?" Xiao Mo asked pretending not to know.

"Yes, the game! God Jer, this is the conspiracy of those insidious six-armed men! They use us as cannon fodder, as a test tool! Maybe there are some resources that the six-armed men need on your planet, but They couldn't break through your planet's defense network, so they just tricked a group of people to help them break through. When I go back, I will definitely sue Peanuts Game Company for bankruptcy! But, damn it, they must have thought of this long ago, not only They tricked us into signing a non-disclosure contract in the early stage, and even tricked us into signing an exemption contract! Well, this is the best proof that greed is bad, if it wasn't for being attracted by their propaganda, they thought they could find a lot of good things..."

The young man from Zheerbia cursed himself several times, and continued to say to Xiao Mo: "Hey, brother, you can either help us, or simply use the entire earth civilization as the plaintiff, and I will testify for you, and say that the behavior of the Peanut Game Company It belongs to aggression, how about half of the compensation we win in the lawsuit? Well, this must be aggression, I feel like you don't even know we are coming."

Chance!Xiao Mo's heart beat faster and he shouted in his heart, but he didn't immediately believe that the aliens would really help the earth, he just asked as steadily as possible: "What's going on, can you tell me?"

"Of course." The young Zerbeya said without any concealment.

"When the Peanuts game company advertised to players and adventurers, it said that it had discovered a strange planet. It was suspected that civilization had appeared, but the planet seemed to be almost destroyed due to natural disasters or war disasters. The company said they found After the earth, some small developments and changes were made to the earth, and some high-value items were put in to increase the gameplay, and everyone was called to Taobao. I heard that they also put a portable system on the earth, which is better than ordinary people. The optical brain is more advanced. There are also some characteristic monsters found on other planets. They also put them on the earth, saying that the earth's environment is particularly suitable for transformation into a hunting ground. In short, adventure games like this are very popular in all major galaxies. Similar to hunting games, it is very popular among players who like to find excitement and those who are constantly looking for breakthroughs, and some mercenary teams even make a living from it.”

"The company didn't mention that there are intelligent beings on earth?"

"I mentioned it, but they only said very briefly that there are suspected indigenous people. Uh, we thought they had obtained the permission of the indigenous people, or that the indigenous people on the earth were not very intelligent and civilized. For example, if you go to a virgin forest to play, you will first Ask the savages who live in it if they agree or not? Brother, don't be angry, I'm not saying you are savages, we are indeed wrong in this regard, and such adventure games are not completely legal, but... well, if you know Earth has such high psychic powers and intelligent beings who can repair our Zerbean spaceships...you just amaze me! Are other earthlings like you? If so, then this is a hoax! Peanuts game The Corporation has also violated several interstellar laws and interstellar peace treaties."

The young man of Zheerbeya suddenly screamed: "God Zheer! If this is the case, those six-armed men will definitely not let us go back alive."

Xiao Mo didn't speak.The reason why the Jerbeya youths were so misunderstood was because they were almost completely wiped out when they encountered the lightning cloud.If they successfully enter the earth, even if they find the earthlings, even if they think that this is wrong, there will still be many people who ignore them. At most, some "good players" will not take the initiative to harm the earthlings.

So how to take advantage of the misunderstanding of the Derbeyans?How can this misconception be exploited for the purpose of getting the planet out of trouble?

"All the people who come to Earth get the same information?" Xiao Mo asked with restrained anger.

"No, games are generally divided into closed beta, public beta, and official release. The players and adventurers who enter the earth in the closed beta should be people inside the Peanut Game Company, or have a close relationship with them, and they have more information than us .We are beta testers..."

The young man in Zheerbeya didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "We only really believed in the existence of such a planet after seeing the promotional pictures and videos sent back by the first batch of internal test players, and the reputation of Peanut Game Company Also very high...wait, if the image they gave is real, how did they enter the earth? Didn't you open the protective net then?"

Xiao Mo's heart moved, and he blurted out: "No, when the first batch of invaders came in, we didn't notice it, so we didn't open the protective net. After all, it not only consumes energy, but also affects the normal life of our earthlings. But in The first batch of closed beta players you mentioned, after the invaders we identified entered the earth to wreak havoc, we had to open the earth's protective net."

"So that's it." The young Zerbeya seemed to understand it completely, "I just said how the Peanut Game Company has the guts to harm so many people. I'm afraid they don't know that you have such a strong layer of protection."

"No, they know." Xiao Mo thought to himself that since he had misunderstood, let's make the misunderstanding into reality.

"You said they knew?" the young Zerbeya's tone changed slightly.

"Yes, after the invaders entered the earth, we fought desperately to obtain a spaceship and the portable system you mentioned. After we cracked it, we learned that the six-armed man you mentioned is to protect our earth's protective layer. God is coming!"

The young Zerbeya fell silent.

Xiao Mo didn't want to give him a chance to doubt and waver, and settled the facts again, "Do you think, why did Peanut Game Company specially cross such a long distance to develop the earth? Since they decided to develop the earth, wouldn't they conduct a thorough investigation on the earth? "

"...You said that your protector god constitutes your planet's defense net?"

"Correct."

"What is your patron saint?"

"I can't tell you. For details, you can ask those six-armed people. They must know, and it must be of great benefit to them."

"If what you said was true, how could they say it."

"Even if they don't explain, you should be able to tell from their movements." When Xiao Mo said this, he didn't know that the Peanut Group had sent warships over, and they were now in the outer space of the earth.

"If the six-armed people are really for your patron saint, then why did they disclose this planet to the players?" Even though the young Zerbeya shouted that this was a conspiracy, it was only out of anger that he almost died , In fact, I can't really be sure in my heart.

Xiao Mo had already thought of the answer: "I think, because those six-armed men have no way to capture our protector, and maybe they are still determining, and one of the means of determining is through your reactions. Are you and those six-armed men People are different?"

The young man of Zheerbia seemed to have been shaken by something. Xiao Mo felt that he could vaguely feel the other party's emotions. He set his eyes on the light body, wondering if it was because of the contact with the light body that the relationship between the two of them was a little bit different. Can we communicate spiritually?

Xiao Mo deliberately said in a doubtful tone: "You just said that I use mental power, right? That means you are good at using mental power?"

"Ah!" The young Zheerbeya seemed to have finally figured everything out, "So that's how it is, that's how it is! Your protector may also be a person with strong spiritual power, otherwise we wouldn't be almost completely wiped out when we passed the protective layer. I couldn't help it at the time." Resist the opponent's consciousness shock and mental intrusion. I understand! I understand completely! The Peanut Game Company will call us over because they find that their six-armed people cannot capture your guardian god by force, so they hit our idea on Zhe In order not to make us suspicious, but also to prevent the secrets from leaking, they simply attracted many people in the name of games. Good! Good tricks! It’s really vicious!"

"Thank you, you also let me understand what is going on with this cruel invasion that almost collapsed the civilization of the earth. Those six-armed people and the peanut group are too hateful and vicious!"

The conversation between the two has reached this point, and it seems that the truth of the matter has been revealed.

For a while, the two of them didn't speak, and each other was digesting the information they just got.

Xiao Mo made it clear to let the young man of Zheerbeiya take a good rest, and he also needs to tell his companions the truth he just learned.

The young Zerbeya was also very tired, saying that he really needed to rest for a long time.At this time, he was not afraid that Xiao Mo and the people on Earth would hurt him. After all, if the people on Earth wanted to sue the Peanut Group, they also needed him as a direct witness to testify for the real aggression of the Peanut Group under the guise of a game.

After Xiao Mo went out, he pulled Xue Lihong to a distance to talk.

Xue Lihong listened to half of it just now, he could only hear Xiao Mo's voice, but he also made a rough guess.

After Xiao Mo finished explaining the conversation between him and the Zerbeya, Xue Lihong inserted his fingers into his hair, grabbed him and kissed him.

"You're great! You've coped brilliantly."

Xiao Mo blushed from being praised, and concealed his authenticity: "Actually, there is another problem. The Zerbeya people probably mistakenly think that people on earth have similar abilities to me, that is, everyone can use spiritual power and have Technology to repair the Derbeyan spaceship. If he learns later..."

"Did the Zerbeyan see how you repaired his ship?"

Xiao Mo recalled, "According to what the other party said, he probably became conscious only after I repaired the nutrition tank of the spaceship. Before that, he had already entered a state of frequent death."

"That is to say, he didn't know that you repaired the spaceship with supernatural powers, and mistook you for having this technology."

"Correct."

"Don't worry about this. I think that even in advanced civilizations, not everyone is a technical worker. They should be the same as people on Earth. Most of them just have a wider range of knowledge than people on Earth. That is, most of them are ordinary people. The elites are just A small part. Even if the Zerbeans found out afterwards that not all people on Earth are like you, we can use individual elites as an excuse, and by the way, we can also explain why we have not been recognized by interstellar civilization. And the protector, Earth The protective net, only a few people are qualified to know."

Xiao Mo was relieved, but at the same time couldn't help but wonder what kind of qualifications are needed to be recognized by the interstellar civilization, so he asked the system casually.

His Majesty replied: "The criteria for judging the level of a civilization depends on three points: history, overall strength, and personal strength. As long as two of these points meet the requirements, it can be upgraded.

And history refers to the history of civilization development. Generally speaking, there will be four processes, that is, the period of the budding of civilization, the period of satisfying food and clothing, the period of technological or strength breakthrough development, and the period of leaving the planet and having the ability to explore the universe.Usually civilizations with a relatively complete development history are more moral and peace-loving.Civilizations with more fragments are usually more belligerent.The more complete the development history of civilization, the higher the possibility of being recognized by interstellar civilization.

The overall strength, according to the situation of the earth, you can understand it as the strength of science and technology.

Personal strength depends on whether the individual is strong or not. For example, if the earth civilization has more than ten strengths that can reach or exceed the highest strength of a first-level civilization, then as long as the earth civilization has a certain development history, or the technological power has been able to break through the earth, Then the earth civilization can be upgraded to a first-level civilization.

In fact, according to history and overall strength conditions, the earth has reached the standard of a first-level civilization, but it has not been discovered and recognized by the interstellar civilization. "

"Then we have already got the chance to be discovered, so we are short of being recognized?" Xiao Mo smiled wryly.

System: "Yes."

Xiao Mo clenched his fist and turned to Xue Lihong, "What should we do now? How are we going to use that Zelbeya?"

Xue Lihong: "You can ask your majesty the system, if it can sue this matter according to what the Zerbeya people said, and whether it can solve the plight of the earth."

Xiao Mo subconsciously looked at his wrist again.

The system hummed: "It's possible. But before that, there are still two difficulties that must be resolved."

"Which two points?" Xiao Mo asked immediately.

System: "Difficulty one, how to transmit information through the interstellar network. If there is no lightning cloud layer, it would not be a problem at all. There must be an interstellar network link port in the spaceship of the Zelbeans, but now we have lightning cloud layer."

"Difficulty two, the Peanut Group will inevitably hinder the transmission of information. They must have discovered the mutation of the earth, and they will definitely deduce that some players know the truth. They filed a lawsuit. Just now the Zerbeya people have said that all players have signed the waiver contract, so they have no way to sue the company based on the game loss. If they want the Peanut Group to compensate them for their losses, unless they and The people on earth unite and use aggression as an excuse. So even if we can break through the lightning cloud, the Peanut Group will inevitably intercept the information we send out, just like the people on earth will block the signal of the mobile phone, they can also block the signal of the interstellar network."

Xiao Mo pondered for a moment, and said: "We can wait and see, or find a way to get as close to the sky as possible when a certain lightning cloud spreads, and see if we can pass on the information."

The system feels that it is unrealistic to just wait.

But Xue Lihong said: "It's not difficult to break out of the lightning clouds, but how to deal with the inevitable attacks of the Peanut Group is difficult."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Mo and the system asked in unison.

Xue Lihong explained: "You all think that it is difficult for us to get close to the lightning cloud, because the spacecraft will stop as soon as it gets close to the sky, right? But for us... to be correct, for Lao Xiao, this is not a problem."

"Oh?" Xiao Mo didn't understand.

Xue Lihong looked at him: "Remember what I told you, asking you to communicate with Guangdian as much as possible?"

"You mean you want me to convince the light in my heart, and let it convince the light in the sky, so that we can break out of the lightning clouds? But I don't..."

Xue Lihong raised her hand, "I didn't think of it before, but after you talked with the Zerbeya, I suddenly thought maybe your speculation is not wrong, and the light spots can actually communicate with spiritual power."

"what!"

"So before our plan starts, you have to do one thing first, and that is to master the exercise and use of mental power. Even if my deduction is wrong, it's okay, it's always good for you to learn one more ability."

Xiao Mo immediately asked the system: "Your Majesty, do you know how to exercise and use mental power?"

His Majesty the System suggested: "The best mental power training methods and usage methods I know are in the hands of the Zerbeyas, at least as far as I know about civilizations below the fourth level."

"You asked me to ask the Zerbeya people? But will the other party agree? This should belong to their unique secret skill?"

"No, just like humans can make and use tools, if savages come to ask for advice on how to make tools, will you not teach them? I'm not saying that you can get the core spiritual power cultivation method of the other party at once, Der Different families of Beya people have slightly different core spiritual power cultivation methods, but what you need now is just an introductory method, just let them tell you how to turn trees into wood, how to turn wood into the tools you need, And it’s just how to use the tools. Zerbeya doesn’t care about this kind of basic knowledge. Of course, if you want him to teach you, you have to be pleasing to your eyes, and the easiest way is to make him pleasing to your eyes. The way is to be kind to him, and we have a great opportunity right now."

Seeing that Xiao Mo seemed to be thinking, Xue Lihong rubbed his head and said in a low voice, "Don't think too complicated."

"Yeah." Xiao Mo sorted out his thoughts and tried to simplify things as much as possible.

According to the discussions among the three of them, the order of things to be done in order to solve the dilemma of the earth is as follows:

1. Heal the Zerbeya people in exchange for the other party teaching him the method of spiritual power cultivation.

2. After learning how to use mental power, try to communicate with the green light in the heart.

3. Use green light spots to buy (convince) other light spots in the lightning cloud, so that the spacecraft can leave the earth - try to send information through the interstellar network before this, but more than [-]% of them may be cut off by the peanut group .

4. After breaking through the lightning cloud, find a way to break through the blockade of the Peanut Group, get rid of the opponent's pursuit, and at the same time sue the opponent for aggression through the interstellar network. ——The difficulty of this one is how to break through the blockade of the Peanut Group. Maybe the Zerbeya people have a way?

5. To prevent the Peanut Group from doing one thing at a time and directly blowing up the earth in order to destroy evidence. ——For this point, it is necessary to find a way to confuse the Peanut Group. It is best to make them believe that the earth has the intention of seeking refuge, and there is a way to help them capture the light point.

Xiao Mo told Xiaohong and His Majesty the system the order he had arranged and the problems that had to be solved.

Xue Lihong said: "Let's take it step by step, you first treat the Zerbeya man and see how much we can dig out of him."