The Star Knight

Oman was watching a movie in the dim stone room, which was given to him by Opal last time, a movie projector bought from a businessman, and three 60-year-old holographic movie chips. He watched it repeatedly in that small space.

Many miners are illiterate and can only use images for entertainment. In fact, in the modern age where information is highly developed, everything can be conveyed through images and sounds, and learning words is secondary.However, the amount of information conveyed by images and sounds is not as fast as words. Often a simple scene that can be explained in one sentence requires a few minutes to interpret a holographic image.

In the corner of the stone room is a holographic projection device, on which the hero and heroine hug each other.

"Oh, Andalus..." A vague voice came from the egg-shaped projector.

Aman watched quietly, the voice was turned very low, the three girls were chatting in another corner of the cellar, and Anya was among them.

Opal went up and turned off the projector, and Oman came back to his senses and said, "You're back? Opal?"

"Opal!" Anya's eyes lit up, and the girls whispered with surprise in their voices.

"Anya." Opal bowed slightly and greeted her. His eyes were clear and his skin was a healthy wheat color. He was completely different from before. Anya smiled and said, "Why are you back?"

"Come back to see you." Opal whispered: "Aman, I have a plan about the future of all of us."

Aman said, "Anya, bring me some food."

Anya went out to get food, her girlfriend smiled and said, "Opal, when do you plan to marry Anya?"

Opal blushed unnaturally, smiled awkwardly, and said, "I..."

Aman didn't talk much about the subject, saying, "What's the plan?"

Locke said, "What the hell did you go through out there? You killed a sand bat?"

Aman was instantly moved and asked, "How did you kill the sand bat?"

Opal sat on the wooden bench, put his fingers together, thought for a while, and said, "The teacher taught me, do you remember, Locke, you saw me pick up a man in the desert."

Opal selectively told Aman about the events of these days, retaining many of his abilities, such as the power of faith and Rector's identity, and finally revealed his plan in full.

Both Locke and Oman seemed to have been greatly impacted.

"Is it really like this in the outside world?" Locke's voice trembled.

Opal nodded and said, "I saw in his chip that many planets are better than B11."

Aman whispered: "I know this too, so I have always wanted to send Anya out. She shouldn't suffer here with us, but Opal, have you thought about it? We can only mine, and we can't do anything else. How do you support yourself on the crimson star? You have to come back in the end."

"That's because we haven't received any education!" Opal whispered angrily: "Our parents were slaves, so we are slaves too! This is not allowed in the interstellar human rights law, everyone should have the opportunity to choose .If this plan is successful, I believe we can obtain the status of citizens of the Chiyan galaxy and start over. Come on, let's fight and fight together."

"You are different." Aman said angrily: "You are already someone who can kill sand bats with bare hands, what about us? We will be beaten to death by the foreman! Hicks just needs to give him a hit on the back of the head, and then kill him again." They dragged him into the mine and said that he died from landslides, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.”

Opal said: "You don't need to confront him head-on. I will do all these things. The stronger the ability, the greater the responsibility. I know this very well. You just need to do me a favor. I need evidence. About The mine disaster, and the purchase details of every trade fair on this planet."

Aman said: "I know that the merchants who trade with us have to pay a large proportion of the share to Black Rock Mining. Last time, one person said that he leaked."

Opal said: "You already knew, why didn't you tell us?"

Aman shook his head, Opal said: "Someone must rise up to resist, Aman."

Locke said: "I'm going! What do I need to do? I don't want to stay in this ghost place anymore."

"Thank you, brother." Opal patted Locke on the shoulder, and Locke said, "Oman, what are you waiting for? Join us."

Oman was thinking, Opal squinted his eyes, and actually felt his thinking. Oman was afraid that the matter would be revealed and Anya would be in danger.

"What are you talking about?" Anya came over with bread and water and asked, "Brother?"

Opal took the water and said, "Thank you, Anya."

He stared at Aman, but thought of something else in his mind: telepathy?After developing one's own spiritual world, can one obtain this ability?Rector never mentioned it to him.

She watched them uneasily for a moment, then turned away, and whispered to her companions, "Let's go outside."

The wooden door closed, Opal said: "If you are worried about Anya, I will find a way to send her away first."

Aman said, "Can you?"

Opal hesitated for a moment, then nodded, Aman said: "Give me a definite answer."

Opal said: "Yes, I will definitely do it."

Aman said: "I know that there is a video, which is a security video that monitors our operations every day. It is in Hicks' office."

Locke asked, "Steal it out?"

Opal said: "Great! Where are the transaction receipts from the trade fair?"

Aman said: "I don't know, but there must be backup files. There is a complete security system in the data room, and it is not easy to enter. Besides, other data are stored in the central control room except for the receipts printed to us. How to retrieve them?" come out?"

Opal stood up and said, "Steal the chip inside, and go now."

Locke said: "But what if they come back and find that the chip is gone?"

Opal said: "Make another copy, I have a message transcriber, you can draw me a map."

Aman said: "I will lead the way. Last time I looked for Hicks, the CNC center is a long way from here. It is too cold. You have to prepare materials to keep out the cold."

The three immediately began to prepare. Until now, Locke was still dreaming, muttering: "Can we really get out of here? What if we can't do it, and we all die?"

Opal said: "With my life, you can all live."

Oman nodded and said, "Either live together or die together."

"What are you going to do?" Anya asked nervously.

The three of them put on warm clothes, and Aman said, "Prepare some food, we'll be right back, don't ask too many questions, Anya."

Opal carried the energy furnace and walked up to Oman's house. The door outside was frozen. The moment he opened it with the power of faith, white snow poured in, and the strong wind instantly submerged them.

After the coldest day of winter, the pale sun began to slowly rise and fall on the horizon, and each rise and fall was a day. It is no longer snowing on B11, and it is gradually getting warmer. They are walking on the snow field against the cold wind, and there is still a long way to go.

They walked for three days and three nights, and entered the boundary of another mining village, where tens of thousands of people lived, and it was the largest gathering place of miners on planet B-11, and the mines they occupied were more abundant.A man who was bending over to bury something straightened up and asked from a distance, "Who is it?"

His expression was numb and wary, looking at Aman and others.

Opal said: "Passing by, the weather is fine, go out for a walk, what are you doing?"

Oman passed by with a lamp, and saw a small pit in the snow, in which was a black-and-blue, naked child.

"Bury my little son." The man was blind in one eye and stared at them with his left eye.

"You at least dress him," Locke said.

"The cloth is too expensive," the man said. "It's too cold in winter, and the children can't survive. My wife is dying too."

The man introduced himself, his name was Ugo Milder, several people in Opal exchanged names, Ugo said: "Come in and enjoy the fire. Have you brought any medicine? I can exchange some rhododendrons for you, although there are not many .”

Opal said, "We don't have medicine on us."

Ugo led them into the house, where his wife lay coughing and flushed, her chest heaving like a bellows.

Aman said: "Why don't you carry her into the cellar?"

"Heart and lung fever cough." Opal said, "It's easy to contagious. There shouldn't be such a disease here. How did you get it?"

Ugo nodded and said: "We need anti-inflammatory and sterilizing potions, but we don't have them. I bought her a pair of shoes at the sales meeting before winter. After wearing them, the toes were rubbed with blood blisters and infected by bacteria. That's it. .”

Opal lifted the blanket covering Ugo's wife's feet and took a look. Her feet were swollen like buckets.

Ugo looked them over with his good eye, and said, "Then she must die. I did her harm."

He held her hand, with a numb and indifferent expression, but a little warmth in his left eye.

"Do you know where the warehouse is?" Opal said.

Ugo said, "You want to steal something?"

Opal said: "I'll help you find it... try my best, I can't guarantee it."

Oman said: "Opal."

Opal waved his hand to signal them not to talk too much. If Ugo knew the location of the warehouse, there might be more things worth bringing out.Maybe there is also an energy battery, which is very important to Rector.

Ugo said, "I'll take you there. There's a director on duty in the data room."

All three were shocked, but Opal thought of a better way.

Opal said: "You follow us, you still have to do something first."

Ugo joined their team, and Aman set off again, leading them to the high point of the hillside, where there was a five-story alloy building embedded in the rock, and the gate was locked.

"I can only take it here." Aman said: "There is no key, and all the passages were locked when they left."

Opal said: "There must be a way. We can climb in through the vent. Look there, the fourth floor."

Following Opal's pointing, they saw a vent on the bare alloy wall.

"Too high, no," Locke said, "Impossible."

Opal raised his head and said, "It can be done, try."

Opal took out E7 from the package, stuck it on the alloy wall, and tied the rope to it. The magnetic track of E7 started to rotate. Stopped at the highest point, followed the antenna on the roof three times, Opal tried to straighten the rope, jumped towards the wall, and climbed up with both hands on the rope.

It was cold and windy, four people lined up, and walked slowly on the icy wall. The vents were welded from the inside out, and Opal shook it vigorously, but it remained motionless.

"It's too cold..." Aman said behind him, "Is there a way?"

Opal said: "Wait a little longer! Hold on!"

He condensed his mental strength and searched for the tiniest connection at the welding seam. There were sixteen special screws intersecting to fix the ventilation window, and a multi-headed instrument was needed to remove it at the same time.

He dissipated his power of faith and watched the screw quietly.

One, two, they began to slowly rotate clockwise, and when there was a continuous clatter, the screws rolled down one after another towards the depths of the dark vent.

"There is a security system inside!" Oman shouted.

Opal immediately used his sword to pry open the ventilation window, jumped into the ventilation hole, stretched out his hand and grabbed it in the distance, sixteen screws flew towards him and fell into his palm.

"Be careful!" Opal said loudly.

The air vent is a [-]-degree slope. Opal slid out head-to-head, then grabbed at the edge of the exit, grabbed the crossbar of the exit, and swung in an arc, with his body suspended in mid-air.

It was dark all around, and the energy-saving green light was gloomy. This was a corridor, and a camera was installed on the opposite ceiling, slowly turning towards Opal.

Opal raised his hand, put the cloak on the camera, let go and landed.

Immediately afterwards, Oman was the first, followed by Locke, and finally Ugo the One-Eyed. The three of them slid out of the passage, banged several times, and smashed Opal to the ground.

Opal said, "How do we go next?"

Aman said: "Go to the central data room, follow me."

They passed the escape stairs, and Opal was standing at the head of the stairs, where there were many iron pipes for support.

Hugo said: "I have been trying to find a way to dig in from the outside to help Anna steal the medicine. The underground tunnel is only less than five meters away from the building."

"Even if you dig into the foundation wall." Locke couldn't laugh or cry: "It's impossible to dig through the stones there. What are you thinking?"

"It's better than doing nothing," said Ugo.

Looking at the map on the wall, Opal had an idea in his heart that he might be able to leave through the tunnel dug by Ugo later.

Aman asked, "What's wrong?"

Opal said: "The warehouse is under the ground of this building."

Aman said: "Yes, so what?"

Opal shook his head and said, "Nothing.

He poked his head out to take a look, then immediately retracted his head, motioning everyone to stop talking.

The lights were on on the third floor, and a small man walked through the corridor to fetch water. It was warm as spring and had all the facilities.The Prince of the Opera Ledgerson song was playing in the office.

"We have to find a way to lure him away." Opal said, "Oh no..."

Ugo had only one eye, and he couldn't see the right side. When he turned around, he knocked over a vertical inclined pipe. The moment Opal fell down the stairs, it was too late to save it, and there was a "clang" at the quiet stairway.

"Dang--"

"Ow—"