The Star Knight

"You should have come earlier." Opal started their lunch with this sentence, and told the wrench about Mushu.

Wrench listened absently, manipulating his knife and fork to a large slab of mixed steak on his plate.

Opal finished his grilled fish, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said, "It might be too late for him to come back now."

"I don't think it's a good idea." Wrench said slowly.

Opal finished talking about Mu Shu passionately, and suddenly felt sleepy when he heard the tone of the wrench without any ups and downs.

Opal: "You don't need to be familiar with combat skills to be a mercenary, right? So Mushu can play his due role."

"Yes." Wrench said, "but an ideal is an ideal only because it cannot be changed by anything. Troubles that can be solved with money are not troubles, and ideals that can be wiped out by reality are not ideals."

Opal suddenly understood something, holding the fork with the wrench, and said: "I also doubted myself, because I am not good at fighting at all, my fighting reaction is slow, and the reflex arc is half a beat slower. At the worst moment, Standing alone in the rain at the entrance of the trade union, even at that time, I didn't have the slightest thought of 'give up and go home'."

Opal said: "Then what are you thinking?"

"This damn weather." Wrench shrugged: "Later Lily came, she is the daughter of the old regiment leader, she gave me an umbrella."

Opal let out a long breath, and Wrench took a sip of the iris wine and said, "Your friend is only forced to make a living, so even if you tell him, it won't help much."

Opal nodded, snapped his fingers, and said to the robot: "Two more cups of coffee. Wrench, have you heard that in this universe, there are still some mechas left over from the ancient times?"

Speaking of the mech, Wrench seemed to have a little more light in his eyes, no longer the half-dead ghost. He seemed to be thinking seriously, and carefully worded his words, and finally said: "I've heard of it. How do you know this? of?"

Opal added three teaspoons of milk and two teaspoons of sugar to his coffee. He likes to drink this very much. Compared with B-11, the Mercenary Kingdom is simply a new paradise. Unlike the Crimson Planet, with a sense of a technological city that keeps hillbillies at the door, Liexing has everything and you will not be ridiculed if you ask any questions. This is a very tolerant place.

"The teacher told me." Opal recalled the wonderful taste of fresh milk in his mouth: "He said that there is a mecha called Dragon Ray, which can be broken down into many metal pieces and assembled by itself."

Opal mysteriously described the dragon ray mecha to the wrench once.

Wrench listened expressionlessly, and finally said: "I don't think there is such a thing."

Opal lost.

"Yes." Opal said, "They are the mounts of the star knights."

Wrench: "No."

Opal: "Yes!"

The wrench said regretfully: "No, this violates the laws of matter. How can a piece of jewelry become a mech?"

Opal: "Maybe the rest of the components are usually hidden in the fifth-dimensional space, uh, or somewhere else..."

Spanner said: "You can take it as a fairy tale. Just like a historian said that the core of the universe is a DNA rotating hourglass."

Opal said sadly, "Forget it."

Wrench said: "But, I have heard a little about the origin of prehistoric mechs."

Opal twitched his eyebrows and said, "What?"

Wrench leisurely said: "In this universe, there are many relics of civilization, they have nothing to do with us humans, as you know, humans come from the Milky Way, a star system called the solar system in the Orion spiral arm. "

Opal said: "I know this."

The wrench said: "The original origin of human beings was a water-blue planet called the Earth. The day when the fifth-dimensional space jump technology was put into practice, the ancestors began to explore the entire universe, and this day was designated as the Era of Light At the beginning of the year, all interstellar measurement units now follow the measurement system of the ancestor Earth, the period of asteroids revolving around the earth is called the cosmic month, the period of the earth's revolution is called the cosmic year, etc..."

Opal nodded, and the wrench said again: "Besides humans, there are more unknown areas in the universe, including some civilization relics formed in the tens of billions of years after the big bang. Among these relics, there may be something you said The ancient machine soldier. Wang's 'God of War' machine soldier technology, after modification in this galaxy, is equipped with a spear from the ancient ruins deep in space."

Opal said: "His mech is an ancient mech?"

The wrench made an indifferent movement: "It's just a small part, it's something brought by a merchant from the phantom star. Everyone doesn't like doing business with people from the phantom star... especially our mercenary brothers who go straight. Good at hypnosis and subconscious influence, sell you a piece of junk and hypnotize you at the same time, tell you that it is a very expensive thing, if you encounter them, remember to run quickly, otherwise you will be completely looted. But the king is very powerful, he never Hypnotized, he bought it from the Phantom Star Merchant, and now this weapon is added to his mech."

Opal nodded thoughtfully.

"Maybe one day in the future." Wrench said: "You will receive a similar task, remember to bring something back for me to study and study, I am willing to pay, or provide you with some private inventions as a reward..."

Opal: "Forget about it..."

Wrench: "Thank you for your lunch and wish you a long life."

The following lessons were lengthy and tedious. Opal listened to the hypnotic voice of the wrench every day, and tried his best not to distract himself from other aspects.Apart from the factor of mobilizing the enthusiasm of students, Wrench is a very good teacher, and his courses are very practical.

Even some of the things Rector taught him have not been fully explained by Wrench himself.Wrench taught them how to crash-land on the planet to minimize the wear and tear of the spacecraft, and how to deal with interstellar pirates in space.

Pirates usually don't come to snatch mercenaries, one is that there is no money to fish, and the other is that they are afraid of Azeroth, the god of war.But if you run into escorting the consignor or goods, it will be calculated separately.Wrench spoke of a number of close evasions using spaceships, though Opal didn't think he'd be able to use them for quite some time.

"Don't hand over all the work to the control system." Wrench said blankly: "Manual control of the spaceship is very important. Remember the last magnetic storm? The Star Airlines train was delayed, and in the end thousands of pilots controlled it manually Shuttle, bypass the lightning and send all the mercenaries back to their destination."

"Optical brain route calculation is a lazy thing." Wrench said: "The most complex program in the universe, its self-learning ability is not as good as that of an earthworm. Computers do not have the near-death potential of humans, let alone in the tense environment. Prepare to judge in the situation and escape from birth. You should be very interested in the next practice, I wish you all a good time.”

The trainees finally waited for the practical driving course. The last cycle is the integration of all courses. They need to sit in the holographic cockpit and manipulate the spacecraft for simulated training.Most small spaceships are simple and easy to use, and are equipped with navigation and automatic driving systems. This course takes at least ten years to learn in the Space Military Academy. However, for junior mercenaries, it takes 21 space days to learn some basic skills. up.

After all, the larger mercenary regiments are equipped with specialized technicians, and recruits only need to be familiar with the general operation.For most people who are poor enough to be mercenaries, there will be no spaceship for him to pilot.

Opal has his own spaceship, and he learns it very seriously.

After the last cycle, the four courses of history course, combat training, mental test, and space control conducted an overall assessment, and everyone got a score.

So that's the end of it.

When Opal received his report card, he suddenly felt a sense of loss.

Deep anger followed.

"What a C—!" Opal roared angrily, "I'm studying so hard, there must be something wrong!"

The clerk said regretfully: "This is the score given to you by the gray wolf instructor. I wish you a long life, the next one..."

Opal said: "No! Is there something inside this, I..."

"Don't squeeze in there!" The recruits yelled, "Get out of the way!"

Opal's biggest point deduction before was at most the time when he cooperated with Mushu and was hindered. He never thought that he had just got a passing score. He suffered a great humiliation and must go to Hui The wolf asks for an explanation.

"Hi, recruit." Gray Wolf said, "Are you very angry?"

Opal: "Instructor, it shouldn't be like this..."

Gray Wolf said: "You will understand later, the higher the initial score, the more unfavorable it is for your growth, that's all."

Opal: "You!"

Gray Wolf smiled and left, Opal chased after him, but Gray Wolf got into the car and ran away with a whoosh.

The sun was shining and it was a new week. Standing under the sun on the top of the building, Opal felt a deep sense of powerlessness. He wanted to tear up the report card, but this kind of paper was completely indestructible, even burned. If you can't drop it, you have no choice but to accept your fate.

The next thing to do is to go back to Sunshine City to report and become an official mercenary.

Opal was silent for a moment, feeling an unreal feeling in his heart, a little nervous and fearful, and a little unbelievable.This is the end of the training, [-] days, it's like being reborn, I really learned a lot.This training course is not in vain, but the real road starts now.

Opal got in the car and returned to Sunlight City with his report card. He can now sign in and register here, and join the mercenary group in any branch of Liexing, or go it alone and take on some small tasks within his ability.

"But I suggest you find someone first and learn from it." The clerk said: "This is your mercenary manual, take it, with this you can record all your tasks, your current level is quasi-F, you need to Rated by first mission."

Opal: "What did you say?!"

There was a lot of noise in the back, and a group leader squeezed in and shouted: "Fuck you! You bastard! You promised to find me an employer!"

The clerk lost his patience by being scolded by the people behind, and shouted: "The first mission is very important! You will be given a rating after you complete it, and if you complete it well, you will be directly promoted to F-level! If you fail the mission, go back to the recruit school Factory rebuild——! The conditions for stepping up, how many points are needed, and how many tasks! It is clearly written on the last page! Go back and see for yourself!"

The head of the regiment rudely pushed Opal aside and shouted, "My employer!"

"This has nothing to do with me!" The clerk shouted at him: "The employer's spaceship hasn't arrived yet, what can we do!"

"My time is very limited..."

"It's useless for you to tell me this, it's not--it's--use!"

Enough is enough, as soon as Opal returned to Sunshine City, he was so noisy that he was going to have a nervous breakdown.

"I'm looking for a mercenary group!" Opal shouted to the clerk.

"Find someone to form a team yourself!" The staff said: "Don't crowd here! You are very handsome! Someone will want you!"

Opal squeezed out of the crowd helplessly, the personnel hall on the second floor was full of quarreling people, Opal stopped one person and said, "Are you recruiting new members?"

"Let me tell you, I have to fire my class today... What? What are you talking about? We don't recruit new recruits, thank you... Come on..."

Opal asked one by one in front of the recruitment office: "What about you?! Who do you want to fire? Let me replace him!"

"I'm just here to fight for the medical subsidies of our regiment members!" The captain said loudly: "Yes, no! At least you must be at least D-level! I wish you a long life!"

Opal: "..."

"What about you?" Opal was almost discouraged.

"No, recruit, you are not good enough now, it won't be you." A regiment leader said: "We are not a nanny regiment, come on."

Opal said: "You all look down on me!"

The leader reached out and grabbed Opal's collar, and roared, "I'm already very polite! Don't push yourself too far! Be careful, I'll beat you!"

"Don't fight here!" the staff yelled.

Opal decided to forget it, and went to the lobby on the first floor to have a look.

The first floor was even more lively, bargaining everywhere, mercenaries with veins on their necks, Opal went to the single-player mission release point to check, and said, "I want to accept single-player missions!"

Clerk: "The solo mission has been sent out! The information bar will not be refreshed until six hours later! Go to the restaurant opposite to have a drink..."

Another mercenary yelled angrily from behind: "The restaurant across the street is run by your family! How could there be no mission today! If this continues, I will complain to the complaint office..."

Someone came up and shouted at the clerk, "Give me a spaceship!"

The clerk: "You can't rent a spaceship! There is no qualification for renting a spaceship below D-level! Take a long-distance ship, the ticket is only [-] yuan, saving costs..."

The mercenary pushed Opal away and yelled at the window: "It's clearly stated in the mission!"

The clerk said: "That's why we sent the wrong mission! You can only go on a long-distance ship!"

Mercenary: "This is your responsibility! The voyage ship can't reach that ghostly place, now, immediately, rent me a spaceship..."

Opal met the mercenary face to face, and both of them were stunned.

The opponent was Raymond.

Opal said: "I have a spaceship."

Raymond said: "The rent is three thousand."

Opal said: "No money, come with me, let me see your mission."

The two were pushed aside, and Raymond put away his mercenary diary and said, "Listen, I just need to rent a spaceship."

Opal said: "I can lend it to you, let me join you."

Lei Meng let out a sigh of relief, waved his hands to indicate that there was nothing to say, it was impossible, and went to the window to quarrel with the clerk.

Opal was completely deflated, stood by for a while, went out to buy two cans of coffee, and the clerk screamed from behind the window: "Don't fight here! I'm going to call the police! Take this tall man away from me !"

Raymond was about to explode, and shouted: "If you don't rent me the spaceship, at least you can cancel this mission for me!"

The clerk said: "We must wait until the task period is over! Must! This is the system! If you are not satisfied, you can go to Azeroth, it is his order—!"

Raymond took a deep breath, looking like he was about to cut someone down, Opal pulled him and said, "Come on, friend."

Opal gave him a can of coffee, but Raymond opened it and drank it without looking at it, and said, "Are you a recruit?"

Opal said: "What level are you? I can rent the spaceship to you without paying me, and treat me as an assistant... Yes! Assisting members, I see this rule."

Raymond said impatiently, "It's not about money!"

Opal said: "I promise not to interfere with any of your actions."

Lei Meng stroked his short hair, stood irritably for a while, and finally said, "Let me see your mercenary diary."

Handed him the opal and said, "Let me see yours too. Dude"

Raymond threw the diary to him, and the two exchanged views. Opal's diary was just a blank board, but it contained the examination records of the mercenary school. Opal said cautiously: "I think the score given to me is too low. fair……"

Raymond was almost desperate, and pulled back his diary. In a hurry, Opal only saw that Raymond's mercenary level was registered as E+, and he couldn't be much better than himself.

"Take me." Opal said: "I will never talk too much, you won't be disappointed."

Opal was about to try to mind control him, but Raymond seemed to have a change of heart and said, "Okay. You swear."

Opal said: "I swear."

Raymond took Opal's diary to register, formed a temporary team, squeezed out from the crowd, Opal said: "Now go to the apron?"

Raymond didn't speak any more, he threw his bag behind his back, put on his gloves and got in the car.

After Opal became a registered mercenary, his identity card was unimpeded in Lie Xing, and he could just get on a car parked at the gate of the union and arrive at any place.It seems that the future is still very long.

On the tarmac, Raymond looked at Opal's spaceship and said, "Is this yours?"

Opal said: "My mother left it to me."

Raymond didn't comment. Opal opened the back hatch of the spaceship, and the lights inside were all on. Raymond said: "The mission location is a very remote asteroid, the Klau galaxy, Kewei VII. If your star map does not, We can only split up."

Opal said: "There must be, don't worry, E7, go to the console."

The hatch was closed, Opal opened the star map, thousands of stars were spinning, Opal said: "Crow Galaxy, Kewei Seven."

Era-VI sucks away all extraneous galaxies, and a pale blue star comes into view.

Raymond frowned and said, "What type of star map is this?"

Opal said: "Uh, there is no model number."

Raymond was leaning against the wall with his arms around him, but now he was walking towards the center, his eyes reflected the brilliant light in the star map, Opal clicked on Kewei VII, which was a purple asteroid, and established a route according to the mercenary diary picture.

A dotted line starts from Liexing, flies to the Starfield Gate, and then throws from the Starfield Gate to the Klau Galaxy.

Calculate the voyage, 170 four cosmic hours.

The spaceship turned on the anti-gravity levitation and slowly rose, leaving the ground apron, flames erupted from the tail, left the atmosphere, and flew into the vast universe.

The departure this time is different from the last entry, and it only needs a simple check before it can be easily released.

"Check your mercenary diary." The man's voice said: "Aha, it's you again, have you found a job? The weather is fine today, I wish you a long life."