Starborn Zero II: Tales of the Dragonmen

Mech cabin

There was a sound of pattering footsteps.As soon as Jin walked out of the portal, Mo rushed up to him and threw him into his arms.

"Gene!"

Gene hugged him, saw that there was still dried meat dregs hanging from the corner of his mouth, and wiped his mouth, "Did the little lizard give you dried meat again?"

Mo raised his face and looked at him, "How do you know?"

Gene saw through his expression, "The chef won't give you jerky before dinner, so that you don't eat well. So it can only be given to you by those lizards."

Mo giggled, "They just want to have a tooth-beating ceremony, because Cook's cooking is delicious."

"How many times have I told you to stay away from them." Gene was a little angry, and walked towards the elevator.

Mo immediately followed up wagging his tail, took his hand and acted coquettishly, "I was wrong, but they just want to eat some meat."

The two stood in the elevator.Mo pouted and looked at Gene with an aggrieved expression.Gene looked at him and knew what he was thinking.

"It's not that I don't like lizards. But they are not good, and you have to stay away from them."

"Why?" Mo asked in disbelief.

Gene put him in his arms, "Have you ever thought about it, they eat meat. But we have been visiting this planet for so long, and we can't find any species other than lizards."

Mo nodded naturally, "Well, what's the matter?"

Gene looked at him and raised his eyebrows, "Then what kind of meat do they usually eat?"

Mo was stunned for a moment, and stayed for a few seconds, "Yeah, why didn't I think about this question? I'll ask them next time..."

"Don't ask!" Jin's tone was suddenly severe, which shocked Mo.Mo pouted and plunged into his arms unwillingly, he hadn't been so fierce by Gene for a long time.

Gene pulled him out of his arms and stared at him seriously, "Don't get close to them, and don't ask them about it, do you hear me?"

Mo hummed aggrievedly, and stuck his face into his arms so that he could not come out.

During dinner, Mo looked a little sluggish and lost his appetite.When Rodney saw this, he understood that he was probably trained by Gene.He kindly gave Mo the meat and vegetables in his bowl, and asked for some dried meat from Cook, and was whipped by his tail several times just like that.After dinner, Mo got the jerky and seemed to be in a better mood, so he went back to the residential floor wagging his tail.Only then did Rodney feel relieved, and returned to the command room on the top floor to take over from Gene.

"Captain, you go to eat."

Gene hummed, still checking the interstellar map, "How is the research going?"

"A lot of biological samples have been collected in the past two weeks, but no suitable stabilizer material has been found yet." Rodney said regretfully.

"I remember Donald said that Alora bee venom is an insect toxin. The farther the classification is, the more likely it is to be a stabilizer, such as mammals. Since there are all lizards here, you don't need to stay for too long. Set the next goal as soon as possible , and prepare to depart."

"Yes." Rodney gave a military salute.

"Also, you have to watch Mo when I'm not around, and don't allow him to get close to those lizards." Gene's tone was quite blaming.

Rodney understood what he was worried about, "Yes, I was negligent today, I must pay attention."

After finishing speaking, Gene left the command room, took the elevator to the cafeteria, and ate dinner alone.When he returned to the residential floor at about 8 pm, he did not see Mo in the room.He searched around the residential floor and went to the experimental area, but he couldn't find it.Gene frowned and went back to the command room to ask Rodney, who also didn't see Mo coming.

While the two were talking, an alarm sounded suddenly, which was caused by the opening of the mecha cabin door.Gene and Rodney glanced at each other, immediately ran into the elevator, and quickly descended to the mecha cabin at the bottom.As soon as the elevator door opened, a shrill cry was heard, full of fear and trepidation.

That was Mo's voice.

Startled, Gene took out his laser pistol and went straight to the cabin door.The door of the mecha hatch was wide open, and Mo stood at the door looking out, his whole body stiff and almost unable to move.Gene rushed over and hugged him into his arms, feeling him trembling all over.Genn glanced out the door and immediately understood what was happening, covering his inked eyes with a hand.

"Don't look!"

At this moment Rodney also ran to the door.In the dark night, the grass outside the door was illuminated by the cabin lights in a small area.A dozen or so small lizards gathered there, gnawing on something.Rodney took out his laser pistol and fired a shot nearby, and the lizards immediately scattered and fled.The upper body of a lizard was left in the area just surrounded.It was dead but not stiff, its body was still trembling slightly, and a piece of jerky was still biting in its mouth.

Rodney frowned and turned his face away, unable to bear to look.What Jean reminded more than once came true. The lizards here are cannibals.

"Rodney, close the hatch. Set the route and prepare to depart!" Gene gave the order, then picked up Mo and quickly left the mecha cabin.

He carried Mo back to his bedroom, took a blanket and wrapped it around him, then hugged him tightly and coaxed him in a low voice.Mo was still trembling in his arms, out of breath from crying.Jin guessed that Mo gave the lizard jerky and brought it to the mecha cabin to let it go.It's a pity that it was attacked by hungry fellows just after it got out of the mech cabin.From the beginning to the end, Mo witnessed all this at close range.

"It's okay, it's okay..." Gene kissed his head, comforting him in a low voice.

Mo raised his head to look at Jin, and cried in an unbelievable tone, "How could they be so cruel? It's still a child, and it asked me for jerky because it couldn't find food! How could they eat it! "

Genn stroked his cold cheek.He kept reminding the crew to pay attention, but he didn't tell Mo.Because I don't want him to know too much about the cruel reality of nature, especially when the opponent is still his own race.

He held up Mo's face, looked at his red eyes from crying, and said gently, "That's just their habit. In their view, there is no difference between the same kind and food. They are not cruel, they just have no consciousness."

Mo was still sobbing, "But..."

Gene kissed his head, "I know you are sad that your little friend was eaten. But have you ever thought about how many of its kind it has eaten to survive today?"

Mo froze for a moment, sucked his nose and tears stopped.

Gene wiped his nose for him, "Okay. Mo go to sleep obediently, don't think about it anymore."

Mo squeezed his body into his arms, "Hug Gene!"

Gene knew he was afraid.He leaned against the head of the bed, hugged Mo and coaxed him to sleep.But in fact, in what he said just now, he had deliberately beautified those lizards a lot.With the high IQ of the lizards here, it is impossible to attack the same kind indiscriminately.I am afraid that in their world, the weak and the lonely are the targets of being devoured.That lizard may have summoned his death just because he was young and had to eat alone.But he would never tell Mo this, because that would only make him feel more sad and blame himself.

Jin hugged Mo for a long time, and didn't put him on the bed until he heard his breathing gradually deepen.He checked the time and was considering whether to go to the gym, when suddenly there was a violent vibration, which caused the tables and chairs in the room to move instantly, and Mo fell off the bed directly.

With a thud, Mo woke up in a daze and saw himself lying on the ground. He stayed for a few seconds before he realized it, and immediately raised his head to look for Gene.

"Gene!"

"It's okay." Gene hugged him quickly, holding on to the bed board until the shaking stopped.He immediately realized that something was wrong, because the Red Giant Star is a million-ton mothership, and it is not easy to shake so violently even in battle, let alone a daily cruise.

After the shaking stopped, Gene immediately left the bedroom, trotted all the way to the elevator, and rushed to the command room immediately.

"What happened?!"

Rodney on duty immediately saluted, "Captain! It may be that I made a mistake in setting the interstellar map. An asteroid suddenly appeared in front of the route and almost crashed into the opposite atmosphere. Now the mothership has avoided the obstacle and is resetting the route. "

Gene glared at him angrily, "How did you get into the military academy? You don't know how to set the route?!"

"Yes!" Rodney also looked terrified.Setting a cruise line is the most basic skill of a sailor and a foundational course for the first year of military school.He didn't dare to make more excuses, wiped the sweat off his brow, and immediately turned to the screens of all systems to continue setting the course.

"Jin, sleepy..." At this moment, Mo also chased to the door of the command room barefoot, rubbing his eyes and yawning.

Gene took a deep breath, and the anger in his tone remained undiminished, "I'll take him back to sleep first, and then I'll be on duty!"

As he spoke, he picked up Mo, who was half asleep and half awake, and turned to walk towards the elevator.Just two steps away, Gene stopped suddenly.His eyes gradually widened, and then he turned to Rodney in the command room and said loudly,

"What did you just say, an asteroid appeared?!"

"Yes, Captain, I made a mistake in checking the interstellar map..." Rodney stopped in the middle of his words.He took a deep breath, and immediately turned his gaze to Mo, because he thought of the same possibility as Gene.

"Captain, when I set the course tonight, this asteroid was indeed not on the interstellar map." Rodney was trembling as he spoke, "Could it be..."

Gene couldn't help but feel excited, "Notify the whole ship, prepare to land on the planet!"

The two looked at Mo at the same time in joy, and then heard a slight snoring.

Phew...he had fallen asleep standing up.

Asteroid

The Red Giant Star passed through the atmosphere and turned on the onboard camera as it descended.On the whole system screen in the command room, the whole picture of the planet's surface is shown in real time.As described by the bounty hunter Lear, the surface of this planet is a green jungle world.The vegetation seen is lush and leafy plants that only appear in tropical regions. From time to time, rivers, lakes and small hills can be seen, which is incompatible with the low temperature and cold environment of the entire Nicaea galaxy.The mothership did not land immediately, but sailed at low altitude for a period of time, trying to use the biological scanning device to find signs of biological activity first.It's a pity that after flying for an hour, I didn't even see half a creature.Jean had no choice but to designate an open area in the dense forest, and the mothership finally landed.

"Mo, wake up." Gene couldn't bear the excitement in his heart, and pushed Mo, who was lying on the chair in the command room and snoring, to wake up.

Mo reluctantly shook his head and sat up.

"Look, where is this?" Gene asked him to watch the dense forest scene on the screens of the whole series.He guessed that even if Mo was not born here, he should be able to feel some kind of fetters from his hometown.

Mo, who was half asleep and half awake, wiped the puff from the corner of his mouth, and stared blankly at the screen, "Where is this?"