The Virtuous Omega Disguised as the Vicious Colonel

This is a vast white world, except for the flat land covered by solid ice at the foot, there are towering snow-capped mountains all around, and the starship is parked on the ice between the snow-capped mountains.

After counting the number of people and gathering them, the starship door slowly closed.

Lan Yu already knew the content of this mission. They will start from here, cross several glaciers, reach the location where the interstellar beasts appear on the satellite map, turn back after completing the mission, and return by starship.

Following Lu Rankong's order, the mecha soldiers of the four battalions gathered together and moved forward along the glacier canyon.

Under the feet is the hard thousand-year-old ice, the ice is smooth, and it is extremely difficult to walk.Although there is no hurricane, the wind is not small, and it blows people crookedly.The soldiers all dragged each other's hands and walked forward in a row.

Chen Yuqin and Lin Zhu lead the team at the front of the long line, while Lu Rankong and Lan Yu walk at the end.

"Is it cold?" Lu Rankong asked Lan Yu beside him, his voice was slightly distorted through the cold cover on his head.

"It's not cold, the cold clothes are very effective." Lan Yu said.

"Where's your hand? Are your hands stiff?"

Lan Yu stretched out her hand and shook it with five fingers, "A little bit, it's not serious."

Lu Rankong took off the cold-proof bag he was carrying, and said, "Come on, put the woolen holster you knitted on the gun handle."

Lan Yu handed him the ion gun on his shoulder, and took it back after it was set up and continued to carry it.

"Is the insurance turned on?" Lu Rankong asked him.

Lan Yu took off the gun and checked again, "It's opened..."

"Well, although it is still far from the location of the interstellar beast shown in the image, we must be prepared for emergencies."

Lan Yu looked around while walking, marveling at the uncanny scenery of glaciers.A gust of wind blew, and he almost lost his footing, but was held tightly by Lu Rankong.

After walking for about ten minutes, the team left the flat ice and stepped into a deep valley.

This is a canyon formed between two snow-capped mountains. As soon as you step into it, the strong wind disappears without a trace.Everyone felt relieved and moved forward at a faster pace.

This canyon is very long, and after walking for more than half an hour, the team stopped in front of it.

"Yu Tan, what's wrong?" Lu Rankong asked through the intercom.

Chen Yutan replied: "There is only half of the distance to the destination. Anyway, it's still early. While there is no wind here, let everyone rest for a while. We have been walking for almost an hour."

Lu Rankong looked at Lan Yu and said, "Okay, then rest on the spot for 10 minutes."

Lan Yu saw a snow-covered boulder on the left side of the canyon, so she went over and sat down. Lu Rankong also came to sit beside him, handed him a water bottle, and said, "Drink some water..."

Lan Yu took the kettle and opened the valve, put the special straw into the cold-proof hood, took two sips and handed it back to Lu Rankong.

During the movement, his arm brushed against the boulder behind him, and the snow on it rustled down.Lan Yu went to pat the snow on her shoulders and back, but found some other colors faintly showing on the stone.

He brushed away the snow on the surface, and saw some dark red spots on the stone, shaped like a little finger, protruding from the surface of the stone, and shining, as if sprinkled with a layer of silver powder.He couldn't help poking Lu Rankong beside him, and said, "Look at this stone, it looks so strange."

Lu Rankong turned his head and glanced, and said casually: "Oh, this, this is not a stone, this is an ice thorn."

"What? Insects?" Lan Yu jumped up as if being shocked by an electric shock, desperately patted her back, and asked repeatedly: "Check if there are any insects on my back, quickly see if there are any insects on my back .”

"No, no, no bugs, don't panic." Lu Rankong quickly put the kettle away, "It's okay, these are dead, bug corpses."

Lan Yu saw some soldiers in front of them turned their heads when they heard the commotion, so she hurriedly acted as if nothing had happened, walked to the other side of the open snow field and sat down again.

Lu Rankong also came over and sat down, explaining to him: "This is called the ice thorn insect. It is a unique creature on Via Planet. It needs a special substance called S2G in the air to survive. This substance can only survive. It is found in very deep soil, so they have been living underground. Later, a transition point was opened above the planet, causing atmospheric changes, and some of the underground S2G volatilized into the air, and they all reached the ground."

"As a result, the jump point is closed, and the special substance in the air is gone. Before these ice thorns can return to the ground, they all die. So don't be afraid, they are all dead."

Lan Yu approached him and whispered, "The horror of a bug doesn't lie in whether it's dead or alive."

"What's that about?" Lu Rankong asked.

"Because it's a bug. Whatever it is, it's a bug."

"Well, all right."

After a few seconds of silence, Lu Rankong asked: "Butterflies are also bugs, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid..."

"This ice thorn looks like a butterfly, what are you afraid of?"

"How does this look like a butterfly? It doesn't even have wings..." Lan Yu said.

Lu Rankong said firmly: "Like a little butterfly, that's what a butterfly looked like when it was a child."

"Is that a caterpillar? Caterpillars and butterflies are not the same thing at all." Lan Yu frowned in disgust, "I get goosebumps when I hear these three words."

Lu Rankong asked again: "Where is the ladybug? Are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, the ladybug is so cute."

"Then the color of this icethorn beetle is similar to that of a ladybug, and it has cute little red spots on its body. Why are you afraid?"

"It's nothing like a ladybug, it's spooky and it's flashing."

Lu Rankong thought for a while and asked, "Then you are also afraid of fireflies?"

Lan Yu said: "Don't be afraid, I like fireflies the most. I will take pictures in summer—I love watching fireflies when I am out in the wild."

Lu Rankong looked at him and asked in confusion, "Fireflies also flash, why aren't you afraid?"

Just as Lan Yu was about to answer, she closed her mouth. She suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, and asked cautiously, "Why do you keep worrying about this question? Is it important that I'm afraid of ice thorns?"

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Lu Rankong said: "Because there are such ice thorns everywhere in front, of course, they are insect corpses, and they are all dead."

Lan Yu was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Are they all buried under the snow? I don't care if they're buried underneath."

Lu Rankong shook his head and said, "The section ahead is not covered by ice and snow."

"Don't look at the ground but just look at the two sides?"

"It's also on the mountain walls on both sides."

Lan Yu swallowed hard, "Do you feel it when you step on it?"

Lu Rankong nodded slowly, "Maybe it feels a little bit, but they are all frozen to death, so you can just treat it like a pebble."

After the soldiers rested for 10 minutes, they started to move forward again.As the canyon got deeper and deeper, Lan Yu found that just as Lu Rankong said, the road ahead was not covered by ice and snow due to geographical reasons, and the entire mountain rocks were exposed on both sides of the mountain walls and at the foot.

It was covered with icethorn corpses, protruding like little knuckles, and the red spots on the insects were shining like fireflies.The black mountain rocks and those ice thorn insects make this canyon look colorful, but strange.

Lan Yu followed Lu Rankong stiffly, walking mechanically, trying to ignore the unevenness of her feet and the crackling sound like a broken stone.

"It won't be long before we get out of here and we'll be at the Yuejiao Station, and we can return when we've got rid of those little cuties." Lu Rankong comforted.

Seeing that Lan Yu was silent, he said again: "Want to hear a story? I'll tell you a story."

"What story?" Lan Yu stared straight ahead, not allowing herself to pay attention to the mountain walls on both sides and the road under her feet, not even giving the slightest peripheral vision.

"There was a little boy who was afraid of kittens since he was a child. As a result, his father had an emergency one night, and he had to turn over the mountain to ask for a doctor. As a result, he met various kittens along the way, in the mountains, branches, and grass. They are all kittens. He was very scared in his heart, but he found that none of these kittens could beat him, and he was no longer afraid of kittens." Lu Rankong racked his brains and said dryly.

Lan Yu said as she walked, "I'm not afraid because I can't beat you, and I can't relate to your story. Groups of kittens are really cute."

Lu Rankong said: "Then let me tell you one more thing."

He cleared his throat and said: "There was a little boy who was afraid of bugs since he was a child, and one night his father had an emergency, and he had to go across the hills to get a doctor. There were bugs all the way, mountain walls, branches, The grass is full of-"

"Don't say any more, and I'll gag you." Lan Yu hurriedly interrupted, her voice was a bit sharp.

Lu Rankong asked: "Don't you think this story is very encouraging and makes you less afraid of the current situation?"

"No, it's not encouraging at all, don't remind me that it's everywhere!" Lan Yu said violently.

"Then I'll change the story."

"I don't want to hear your stories."

"Then I'll listen to you..."

"I don't want to talk about..."

Lan Yu kept arguing with him in a low voice, and when she came back to her senses, she found that she had walked out of the canyon unknowingly.

Lu Rankong smiled at him through the cold hood, and said, "Look, isn't this a good walk?"

Lan Yu bumped him with her shoulder, then ran to the side, rubbed the soles of her boots on the clean snow, and urged, "Quick, wipe the soles of your shoes on the snow, wipe them clean, and don't leave any traces."

Lu Rankong could only rub the soles of his shoes with snow, and didn't give up until Lan Yu checked to make sure they were clean.

The next road is still easy to go, it is an open snow field.After walking for more than half an hour, several buildings appeared in front of my eyes.

These buildings were buried under the snow. If the pointed roofs were not exposed, Lan Yu would not have known that they had arrived at the transition station.

Lu Rankong issued an order to everyone in the intercom: "Everyone pay attention, the first battalion and the fourth battalion go to the outside to search, the second battalion and the third battalion search the inside of the jump station, act quickly, and start to execute."

All the soldiers dispersed, Chen Yutan and Lin Zhu took some of them to check the surrounding snow mountains, and the rest entered the jump station.

The entire jump station has been buried in the snow, and only half of the gate is exposed, so you can just walk through it easily.

The sky was still as clear as blue, there was no wind or snow, and there was silence all around, only the rustling footsteps and brief conversations of soldiers.

A soldier brushed away the snow on the top of the gate, and a few large characters appeared below: Via Star Jump Point Control Station.

Lan Yu took off the ion gun on his shoulder, held it in his hand, and walked across the gate of the transition station with Lu Rankong, and began to inspect the buildings behind.

Lu Rankong gestured to him, and the two quickly separated, taking their soldiers to the left and right respectively.

Lan Yu went to the building on the right, which was very large, with an area of ​​nearly a thousand square meters, but only one floor.The roof and walls exposed from the snow are made of special materials, which look smooth and solid, without any gaps or windows.

It is estimated that this is the main control room of the transition station.

Under the leadership of the squad leader, the soldiers dispersed and checked along the building. Lan Yu found the gate and stood on the snow to look down.

Only the upper half of the door was exposed, and it seemed that it hadn't been opened for a long time. The information lock was intact, and there was no trace of damage by external force.

Soon, the inspecting soldiers came back one after another.

"Colonel K, Team One has found no star beasts."

"Report, the second team found no trace of the interstellar beast."

"Report, the three teams have not found any traces of interstellar beasts."

Lan Yu relaxed, and said into the intercom: "The main control room inspected by the second battalion found no abnormalities, and no abnormalities were found."

"The First Battalion found no abnormalities in the area behind the Yuejiao Station." It was Lin Zhu's voice.

Chen Yutan also continued: "The Fourth Battalion found no abnormalities on the left and right sides of the Yuejiao Station."

"The third battalion found no abnormalities in the dormitory area." Lu Rankong finally added.

"Tell me, maybe the information is wrong. I didn't find any interstellar beasts all the way here. I checked everywhere and still found nothing." Lin Zhu's voice was slightly puzzled.

Chen Yutan said: "Regardless of whether it is present or not, it is always good to check to make sure. Don't worry if it is not there."

Lan Yu didn't make a sound. Hearing that Lu Rankong seemed to think for a while, he said: "Since the image sent back shows that there are, it proves that there are indeed interstellar beasts in this area. This is a transition station, so we must not be careless. In this way, we will Stay here overnight to see the situation, and make a decision tomorrow."

"Okay..." Everyone agreed with the proposal.

The soldiers all gathered at the house in the dormitory area, took out snow shovels and other tools, and dug up the snow around the gate, preparing to enter.

Because of the heavy wind and snow on Wei Yaxing, no matter what building there is, there is only one floor. Fortunately, it has a large area and can accommodate so many soldiers.

Lan Yu stood in a corner, listening to Lu Rankong and Chen Yutan whispering beside him.Lin Zhu stood opposite him, staring at the woolen pistol holsters on his and Lu Rankong's shoulders, and the dangling thread ball pendant, with a dazed expression on his face.

After the snow in front of the gate was dug, an engineer quickly unlocked the information lock, and everyone entered the room.

"Everyone is tired too, take a good rest. If there is nothing unusual, then we will return tomorrow." Lu Rankong said standing in the passage.

The soldiers all cheered.

There are about [-] rooms in this dormitory, and each room is not big, but everyone just wants a shelter from the wind, and it is enough to sit against the wall for a night.

"You go to rest first, I'll go to the main control area to have a look, if the power system can be activated, we won't have to suffer from the cold."

After Lu Rankong finished speaking to Lan Yu, he took a few engineers out of the dormitory building.

Lan Yu pushed open the door on the left and went in.

There are only two empty iron beds in the room, nothing else, and the temperature may only be a few degrees higher than the outside, like an ice cave.

But as soon as he put the ion gun and munitions bag on his shoulders in the corner, lights came on in the dark room, and the walls around the corner hummed slightly, with heat spreading rapidly.

There was another cheer from the soldiers outside the door. Lan Yu knew that it was Lu Rankong who started the power system in the main control area.

The room soon became hot. Lan Yu pulled off the cold hood and let out a long sigh of relief.

It wasn't heavy, but it was stuffy and uncomfortable.

After a while, the door was pushed open, and Lu Rankong walked in, "Are you tired? Do you want to take a break?"

"Not tired, it's okay." Lan Yu said.

Lu Rankong opened the military supplies bag of the two of them, took out two vacuum bags from inside, and unscrewed the valve on it.The vacuum bag inflated rapidly, forming two sleeping bags made of the same material as the winter clothes.

There were two single beds in the room, one on the left and one on the right, against the wall. After he put the sleeping bag on it, he moved one of them so that the two beds were close together.

When he was mopping the bed, Lan Yu took the cold-prevention bag she had prepared, took out a piece of chocolate from it, tore it open, broke off a large piece and fed it to Lu Rankong's mouth.

"Do you still have this? Not bad..." Lu Rankong chewed the chocolate while arranging the sleeping bag, and after swallowing it all, he said to Lan Yu, "It's very sweet, I want to eat some more."

As soon as Lan Yu fed the rest of the bag into her mouth, she went to get the bag again after hearing the words, trying to take out another piece.However, Lu Rankong held his hand and gently pushed it into his arms, his lips and tongue fell.

"That's how I eat..." he said vaguely.

"Do you want to go to the hall—" The door was pushed open, and Lin Zhu's voice stopped abruptly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

The door slammed shut again.

"I was seen..." Lan Yu said with difficulty.

"If you see it, you will see it, what's the matter..."