Part-time swordsman working part-time [Interstellar]

It is precisely because they don't want to drag me into the water that now, I should check it out.

Gu Duo neither pays attention to "a gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands", nor is he limited to "don't beep if he can do it".In just a moment, a bunch of angry words came out of his stomach, and the quarrel would not let the wind down.

But Yu Zhihong didn't quarrel with him, he never said a word of unpleasantness from the beginning to the end, and now he doesn't say a word.Gu Duo couldn't do stand-up comedy, and even if he wanted to vent his anger, he had to worry about sending his anger into the hospital last time - there is no school hospital branch in space, and if something bad happens, there is no way to end it.

Gu Duo could only become a puffer fish bulging into a ball.

He watched Yu Zhihong raise his hand to indicate that he still had a cup of untouched coffee in his hand, then put the two quilts on the table one by one, and walked towards him; but before Gu Duo had time to react, Yu Zhihong and him Passed by, stood in front of Phoenix's console, and canceled the jump operation.

Gu Duo: "..."

Gu Duo said angrily: "You can go wherever you want. You are on the day shift and I am on the night shift, and the two shift at eight o'clock sharp. Let's go, I won't be here to hinder your eyes."

After speaking, he shook his hands and went upstairs without even looking at him.When he walked through the rest area, seeing the steaming cup of coffee, Gu Duo held his arm and didn't raise his hand, trying to save himself a little bit, and didn't try it.

Nowadays, the most commonly used mecha structure is the upper and lower three-layer design.The middle floor is the core control area, with a cab and a supporting rest area with both kitchen and dining functions; the upper floor separates the lounge, warehouse, and small meeting room; the lower floor is used to store weapons, ammunition, energy, and two escape ships.

Although the frame is low and the space is small, the three-story mecha may not be built like a two-story residential house, but the sparrow is small and has all the internal organs.A mecha fully equipped with supplies according to the military standard can provide for two people to live for [-] days, at most a month's space voyage, or five to seven jump operations.

Gu Duo didn't touch the cup of coffee, but he took a bag of potato chips from the shelf next to the refrigerator, poured them on the bed in the lounge, and chewed like a mighty army.Halfway through chewing, he remembered that there was only this bed in Phoenix, and he had to switch to Yu Zhihong to sleep after he finished sleeping. He had to consciously get up with potato chips and shake the quilt to prevent potato chip residue from sleeping. s things.

While trembling, he thought very troublesomely: "What is this called? If it weren't for the gang of star thieves, people wouldn't bother to talk to me, and I still have to make his bed...Forget it, he'll make me coffee too." Well, it's barely even."

But after the quilt was made, he thought again: "Yu Zhihong and I are already having trouble like this, would he be willing to live in my room and sleep on my bed?"

Among the materials loaded by the military department, there is a spare set of bedding.Gu Duo thought for a while, and simply took away the set he had been lying on, and replaced it with a new one.

But since he had given Yu Zhihong a place, of course he would not tidy up the house without any complaints. He only put the mattress on, and threw the rest of the sheets, quilts and pillows in the middle of the bed, and then walked away.

So at around eight o'clock in the evening, when Yu Zhihong came to ask Gu Duo to have dinner, what he saw was a messy bedroom...and a conference room that was paved into a nest.

Gu Duo's biological clock is still on a daily basis, and he was not used to being out at night temporarily. He lay down all afternoon and only slept for an hour or so. He yawned and explained, "You sleep in that room, I sleep here. Don't Say you don't know how to make a bed."

In fact, Yu Zhihong, who used to be in charge of making the beds for two people in the dormitory before: "..."

Gu Duo shook his head twice to wake up, and walked downstairs while scratching his hair.Halfway there, he found Yu Zhihong following behind, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Eat." Yu Zhihong said, "It's not time to change shifts yet, I'm here to ask you to eat."

Gu Duo glanced at his watch, and found that it was still about twenty minutes away. He thought it was inexplicable, the mecha was equipped with instant food, how could the matter of pouring hot water for instant noodles be done in a serious way? Same as dinner.

But he nodded and said, "Oh, thanks."

After he finished speaking, he went down the stairs, and only then did he understand what Yu Zhihong meant by "asking you to eat"—two bowls of rice, one dish and one soup were impressively placed on the dining table.

Gu Duo was in a daze, not knowing where these things came from, so he heard Yu Zhihong explain: "There are only instant food bags. I heated them separately and processed them. You can try the taste."

"Thanks." Gu Duo heard himself say, "But next time you don't need to take my share."

Yu Zhihong's footsteps stopped and stopped in front of the stairs.Gu Duo still felt his mind was a little confused, so he took out a bottle of drink from the refrigerator and poured it into his mouth.

Before the drink was in his mouth, Yu Zhihong came over suddenly, grabbed Gu Duo's wrist, and said, "Just wake up, don't drink something cold."

Gu Duo looked at his hands, and suspected that he was getting angry: "Yu Zhihong, don't you think this is boring?"

Meeting Yu Zhihong's eyes, he smiled silently, and said, "It's a simple matter between us. I like you, but you don't like me. If you don't like it, you don't like it. Let's shoot it twice, like before. Is it better to hide from each other like that?"

Yu Zhihong said, "I didn't want to avoid you."

"Oh." Gu Duo withdrew his hand, "You didn't hide, but you just moved."

Yu Zhihong: "..."

Gu Duo continued: "Then it has nothing to do with me, and I can't meet you in a school. Indeed, it doesn't necessarily count as avoiding me. Then just treat it as I avoid you. I'm allergic to you and don't want to see you."

"Gu Duo." Yu Zhihong leaned slightly and looked at Gu Duo at the same level, "Even if we can't be together, we are still friends. You..."

"Yu Zhihong." Gu Duo said, "You have quite a lot of friends, and it's not necessarily that I'm missing one. There's no need."

The sound of "no need" seemed to put a stop between the two of them, and it was the final word.Yu Zhihong grabbed Gu Duo's wrist subconsciously, and seemed to want to say something, but after hesitating for a moment, he finally said nothing.

Gu Duo looked at this face that was close at hand, for a long time, and gave up his harsh words, and said seriously: "Maybe it's because we've been together for a long time, and you're somewhat nostalgic. But Yu Zhihong, there's really no need for that. Just like you probably won’t be willing to sleep in the same bed with me and wear a pair of pants, and I won’t be your brother anymore. Or, if you’re pitying me, then it’s even more wrong. If you like this, you can’t give it away. I'm not that bad either."

Gu Duo himself felt that he had spoken thoroughly, so he took a big gulp of his drink, went to the table to pick up a bowl of rice, and put a few chopsticks into the bowl.He didn't eat at the table, and took it to the driver's seat, as if expressing his determination to never eat at the same table again.

He didn't care about Yu Zhihong, he only heard footsteps behind him after he sat down and took a few mouthfuls of food, knowing that this person probably went to eat too.

For the next two days, it was exactly as Gu Duo said, one of them was driving during the day and the other was on duty at night, they had nothing to do with each other.If there is anything that needs to be communicated with during the voyage, it will be recorded in the memorandum of Phoenix, and it will be known at a glance after the shift change.

Even though they live under the same roof, all of them spread out horizontally are less than the size of a small apartment with one bedroom and one living room, but they live as if they are separated by mountains and seas.

Gu Duo had a whim one day, and wanted to roll up his sleeves and cook a meal in the morning.Theoretically, he thought it was quite simple. Judging from the taste, Yu Zhihong just heated up the instant food separately, and then fried it together. Even if the automatic cooking device couldn't fit on the mecha, it shouldn't be too difficult to do it yourself.

Fenghuang then began to search for recipes, and Gu Duo deliberately searched for "fool's recipes" to save face, looking for the kind of common meals that even a fool can cook.

But who knows that cooking is actually more difficult than fighting. They put them in the pot one by one according to the recipe, but in the end not only did they not cook the food, but they almost blew up the kitchen.

Phoenix was so smoky that he started to call the police, buzzing and shouting: "If I am guilty, I should have a court-martial instead of watching my driver cook here!"

Gu Duo said strongly: "Is this my problem? You searched for the recipe and watched me make it step by step. Is there any step that is wrong? It is obvious that you can't pass the information screening, so you can optimize it when you go back."

Yu Zhihong was awakened by the battle, went downstairs to take a look, and joined the kitchen cleaning team dumbfounded.After a while, Fenghuang complained, "I may be the first mech in the military department to be dirty by the owner's cooking", and then Gu Duo jumped to his feet and said, "You blame others for the fake recipe you made yourself."

Fenghuang was aggrieved and wanted to say: "There is someone who can cook, let them see, whose fault it is!"

Gu Duo stared angrily: "Just look."

While wiping the wall, Yu Zhihong looked at the recipes prepared by Fenghuang, and finally explained: "The recipes are based on fresh food, and the instant food has been cooked once. If you cook it according to this time, the heat will be too high."

Gu Duo breathed a sigh of relief while carrying it, and said to Fenghuang: "Look, I'll just say it's about the recipe."

Phoenix: QAQ;

In fact, Yu Zhihong still hid half a word—you can't cook according to the recipes, you have to make your own judgment.He knew that Gu Duo would definitely not like to hear it, so he changed it to: "If you want to eat any more, you can ask me to make it."

Gu Duo and Fenghuang were arguing happily, and they were a little complacent at first, but when they heard this sentence, they immediately died down and said, "It's not appropriate."

"It's not inappropriate." Yu Zhihong said, "I know how to cook, but if no one eats it, it's a waste."

Maybe it was because the glutton was making people's hearts itch, and Yu Zhihong just stood by his side to speak and supported him. In short, Fenghuang coaxed a few words casually, and Gu Duo actually agreed.

Yu Zhihong readily took out two boxes of instant vegetables, put them away by category, and was about to start processing, but found that the entire kitchen was equipped with only one pot, which had just been burned through.

Yu Zhihong: "..."

Gu Duo: "..."

Yu Zhihong had no choice but to mess up the sorted items and return them to their original state, and directly took the two boxes of meals to heat up step by step, and said sincerely, "Just treat it as if I owe you a meal, and I'll make it for you when I get back, okay?"

Gu Duo didn't know what was wrong with him, he didn't refuse again, and said ambiguously: "Oh."

After the instant food is added with water, it will be heated through in two to three minutes. With the crisp sound of the heater "ding", two steaming meals are out of the oven.Gu Duo was embarrassed to eat for nothing, so he went to get two cups of milk tea, which were also brewed.

Three dishes and one tea drink, neither rich nor bad.On the third day of the voyage, Yu Zhihong and Gu Duo sat together for the first time to eat this meal, and the atmosphere was not so awkward. The two occasionally talked about the discoveries of these days and how to write the report at the end of the mission. happy and relaxing.

Gu Duo was full, threw away the plate and went back to the meeting room.When he reached the corner of the stairs, he subconsciously glanced in Yu Zhihong's direction, just in time to see Yu Zhihong's gaze that he had no time to look back.

Gu Duo said casually, "Good night."

Yu Zhihong corrected, "Good morning."

"Almost," Gu Duo said, "I went back to sleep."

The meeting room is actually not suitable for resting. This place is relatively close to the core components of the mech, and some mechanical sounds can be heard.But Gu Duo is not afraid of the noise when he sleeps, and he slept very comfortably today, as if he is not living in a mecha, but returned to his dormitory.

When he changed shifts at night, he woke up half an hour earlier and used the bathroom in his bedroom to wash up quickly.

This shift change is quite special. In addition to the two-person driving handover, mining near the ground is also required.When Gu Duo went downstairs, he saw that Yu Zhihong was not cooking, but was still standing in front of the console, checking the landing data with Fenghuang.

Gu Duo was not short of this meal, and went directly to the console to listen to Phoenix's report, first the detection data of the target planet, then the landing parameters, and finally the configuration of the mining equipment.There is no problem with the data. It is the same as the previous design, and there are no mistakes.

Normally, Gu Duo would do whatever he was supposed to do, but Yu Zhihong was cautious and checked again.Gu Duo also followed him and confirmed the voyage report of the previous two and a half days.

In addition to the automatic navigation function of ordinary mechs, Phoenix also has a self-correcting setting. Yu Zhihong checked again and again, but found nothing abnormal; Gu Duo read the report from beginning to end, except for a few typos, there was nothing wrong It was discovered that only a few detections were found in today's voyage records.

"Timed in the eighth area of ​​the earth, at 28:50, a new flying object was detected within 1900 kilometers outside the target planet. Based on the current navigation direction, the flying object is in the direction of eight o'clock on the target planet, and the data is returned according to the detection outer line , and its diameter is about [-] kilometers."

"Timed in the eighth area of ​​the earth, at 52:50, a new flying object was detected within 1500 kilometers outside the target planet. Based on the current navigation direction, the flying object is at the ten o'clock direction of the target planet, in a horizontal position, and returns according to the detection outer line Data, its diameter is about [-] kilometers."

"Timed in the eighth area of ​​the earth, at 50:900, a new flying object was detected within [-] kilometers away from the target planet. Based on the current navigation direction, the flying object is in the direction of [-] o'clock on the target planet, upwards, according to the detection of the outer line Returning data, its diameter is about [-] kilometers."

Such detection information is not uncommon. After all, human beings do not know much about galaxies other than the Milky Way. When they go out to detect, they often find new stars that do not exist in the original star map, or encounter meteors and emerging stars.But Gu Duo found that the discovery of these three new flying objects was different from the ordinary detection.

Most of the two planets that maintain a distance of less than 50 kilometers are orbiting like the earth and the moon.In other words, there is a high probability that the new flying object is a satellite of the target planet.

But starting from the mission data this time, the gravitational force of the target planet is equivalent to that of the earth. First of all, the distance of this "satellite" is wrong: according to the relationship between the earth and the moon, this satellite is far less than the volume of the moon, and there are no other disturbances around it. , the distance between the satellite and the target planet should be pulled by gravity, which is closer than the 36.3 kilometers of the Earth-moon distance at periapsis, but why is it on the order of 50 kilometers?

Secondly, the data sent back several times differs too much: Yu Zhihong does not know the specific configuration of the Phoenix, nor the detection accuracy. After seeing the data sent back several times, he probably understands that "this new flying object is about 1500 kilometers in diameter. Level, oval shape".

But Gu Duo knew the situation of Phoenix well, and knew that the error of the detection result would not be more than 50 kilometers.

Affected by the gravitational forces of all aspects of the universe, even most planets have their own strange shapes.

But most of them are spheres, otherwise they would not be called "planets"; and this "new flying object" is probably more like a flying saucer than a sphere.

Influenced by some early sci-fi imaginations, someone once designed the shape of a large space station to look like this kind of disc-shaped UFO.Although this technology was eventually eliminated because it was not practical, it was plagiarized by interstellar pirates because its internal space was large enough to be used as a long-term space gathering point, and it became the appearance of the aircraft commonly used by star thieves.

Gu Duo felt that if he was not mistaken, the planet they were about to explore might have already become the possession of the star thief gang.

Interstellar pirates are still an unfamiliar concept to students—perhaps because "pirates" often appear in literary works of the ancient earth period, and they appear as a kind of image that is both good and evil, and have not been looted by star thieves Most people would have romantic thoughts about this kind of existence with a similar name.

But Gu Duo often wanders in various forums, knowing that this kind of thinking is outrageous-star robbers are robbers.

The military department has devoted itself to the development of the planet these years, but the standard is relatively high. It must find precious resources or transform the environment to resemble the earth before continuing to develop it into a resource point, a tourist point, or a pre-immigration point.So they initially transformed the ten planets, and if five of them are usable, they should be burned, and often only one or two are of use value.

The Star Thief focused on the other five to nine planets, using the simulated atmosphere of the military department, to select one or two places that were occasionally suitable for habitation, either to collect the resources that the military department had leaked between the teeth, or to barely serve as a place to live. Settle down where you live, and settle down with your own women, children, old and young.

At the beginning, these robbers pretended to be "robbing the rich and helping the poor", and mostly robbed the caravans of rich businessmen traveling, hoping to at least gain a "fame from the teacher", and also tried to win a little reputation.But most of the people on earth these days live without worrying about food and clothing. It is hard to imagine why some people rebelled outrageously because of lack of food. Apart from the initial surprise, they were only cast aside after the military department announced the list of star thieves—the first star thieves , In fact, they are all the heinous guys who have served their sentences. They either, or kill their fathers and mothers, or bully the weak.

So after being released from prison, there is no place to stay. Anyone who reads these resumes stays at a respectful distance, and does not want to be contaminated.

And this spurning didn't last long. Human beings now have enough energy and money to do too many things, and they don't even bother to waste time on condemnation.Therefore, the star thief no longer counts on fame, as long as he can make a living, he goes directly to those robbery activities, from the traveling rich to the military.

The military has warned and tried to mobilize troops to fight.But when the Star Pirates reached a large scale, there were two factions within the military.Regarding how to deal with this group of star thieves, the first and second districts of the military headquarters had a great quarrel.

The first division of the military department thinks that the star robbers are connected to the nine clans, just throw a nuclear bomb in the past and forget it, and it will be settled once and for all; Education environment, whether they can develop well for the rest of their lives.

One thinks that all should be killed, and the other thinks that they should not be killed at all.At the beginning, there were still proposals of "unknown point" and "don't know where to stand" that had to be compromised.

But District [-] and District [-] were so quarrelsome, District [-] scolded District [-] that they should become monks and worship Buddha, and District [-] reviled District [-] as fascists reborn.

In the end, the military could only gather troops to force the star thief out of the galaxy, and then set up thick guards.If you can't solve the quarrel, isolate the source of the quarrel, out of sight and out of mind.

And the matter of star robbers is also the major premise for the emergence of the third military district - some people really can't stand this endless spitting, and feel that if they let it go, it will threaten the safety of the earth sooner or later.

Gu Duo was afraid that his judgment would be wrong, so he specially asked Fenghuang to quickly build a model. As expected, it was the size of a flying saucer.And it is estimated that if there is a star thief stationed in front, it is likely to be a transfer station, that is, after the star thief integrates and occupies the resources of the abandoned planet, it is used to store the integrated resources, follow the battleship, and serve as a mobile warehouse for backup.

According to the consistent style of Star Pirates, most of the manpower on this mobile warehouse is not so sufficient.The star thief is used to being a robber. He does not rely on business to make a fortune, and pays more attention to offense than defense.

Gu Duo told Yu Zhihong his analysis, and also suggested to shoot down the flying saucer.But Yu Zhihong disagreed, and even felt that he should return on the spot.

Gu Duo didn't understand: "I don't agree. I'm a military student. To put it bluntly, I want to be a soldier in the future. This is a matter of eliminating harm for the people, why shouldn't I go?"

Yu Zhihong said very seriously: "You haven't killed anyone before, so you don't know how powerful it is. What's more, we don't know which Star Thief gang is on the opposite side, and we don't know whether the other side has reinforcements, and how many people are stationed now."

"It's as if you have killed someone." Gu Duo said, "Don't go too far, I just feel that if they are not dealt with, they will harm others sooner or later. At least I have to protect the people personal and property safety.”

"You should ensure your own safety first." Yu Zhihong said, "Without definite orders and intelligence, I do not approve of any armed conflict."

Gu Duo said: "Surprise, go straight up before they find out. I think it's okay to run after a round of bombing."

Yu Zhihong reported directly to the military without any explanation and gave the order to return.

But in fact, reporting to the military department is of little use, at least for now, the military department is unlikely to send people to take over the lairs of these star thieves.Gu Duo was overwhelmed, so he also went to rescue soldiers, and sent messages to Li Chengshuang and Fang Sitao.

But Li Chengshuang insisted that Gu Duo act according to Yu Zhihong's wishes, thinking that it would be too impulsive to go directly to fight a fight; It's okay to try it.

Anyway, both Gu Duo and Yu Zhihong were there, and according to their skills, at least they could run without winning.

Gu Duo tried to discuss with Yu Zhihong again, but Yu Zhihong suddenly became arbitrary and domineering. He didn't read any news, and said directly: "Your inferences are based on common sense. If they have other preparations, or if they know about the mission issued by the military department, they will be here Please enter the urn?"

There are two sides to everything.

Gu Duo is arguing from the aspect of "emotion". He passionately believes that he will win if he wins, and he has the illusion of playing in the simulated combat class. He always feels that he is worthy of a battle; and just like Fang Sitao said, even if If you can't fight, with him and Yu Zhihong around, plus Phoenix's intelligence, running will never be a problem.

Yu Zhihong objected from the "reasonable" aspect, thinking that this matter is still open to discussion, and he should not be reckless. If there is any mistake, there will be no reinforcements behind him; Gu Duo also has no real combat experience. Take a long-term plan in the future.

Just when Gu Duo's enthusiasm was about to be washed down, Fenghuang sent a new piece of information - it was Gu Duo who asked Fenghuang to check the historical situation in the vicinity as much as possible, whether there is any star robbery activity, etc.: "According to the inquiry, Within three years of this star field, a total of six pieces of news have been made public."

Phoenix opened the search results page and arranged them in chronological order. The first five news items were all about rampant star robbers of this generation.The title of the sixth article popped up, but it read: "The sacrifice of the students of Aeronautics and Astronautics due to the detection has triggered thinking: Is the education of the students in school too hasty?"

The first line of the following specific content is very official: "Recently, Xing, a student of the Air University's Practical Combat College, accepted the detection mission..."

Whether it is the rare surname "Xing" or the date on the news, it clearly shows that this star field is the burial place of Lao Xing.

Gu Duo was stunned for a moment, wanting to read this report carefully.But Yu Zhihong pressed the button and said, "Don't think too much."

"Did I say anything?" Gu Duo said, "I haven't said anything, but you say that I think too much, which means you know what to think about."

When this pile of news was juxtaposed with the current flight records of Phoenix, Gu Duo immediately remembered the incident of Xing Hui and Li Chengshuang getting together—why did Xing Hui give Li Chengshuang his account number and personally participate in the deciphering of the military information?He is definitely not ignorant of the law, nor is he suddenly insane. The only possibility is what Fang Sitao said: Xing Gai has difficulties and reasons.

Li Chengshuang did not say what was involved in it, and Gu Duo did not corroborate it.But according to his understanding of Xing Hui... not long after Xing Hui was born, the Xing family's parents had already started to travel around for the arrangement of the military department, and they both died soon after.

So this guy's impression of his parents is close to zero, and his feelings are even more general; he was brought up by Lao Xing. Taking such risks and investigating Lao Xing's death is definitely the most likely one.

Not to mention Xing Gan, even Gu Duo, if he knew there was something hidden about Lao Xing's sacrifice, he would investigate it at all costs.

Gu Duo wanted to touch the operation panel, but Yu Zhihong held him by the shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Neither Xing Kang nor Xing Lai have told you anything about it. If there is a conspiracy in it, they all hope that there will be no conspiracy." Affect you."

"Because they don't want to drag me into the water, I should check it out now." Gu Duo replied calmly, "I will activate the lifeboat in a while and lock the return route. You go back first. Anyway, I will I also want to see the flying saucer on the other side—”

Gu Duo's voice stopped abruptly, he looked at Yu Zhihong in astonishment, and saw Yu Zhihong slashing with a knife without defense, until he fell unconscious on the ground, he couldn't believe what was going on.

The author says:

I, a liberal arts student, have never studied astrophysics. This is pure nonsense, don't believe it.

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Q: Why didn't everyone want to tell Xiao Gu what happened?

Lao Xing: I am my brother.

Xing Hao: Brother Gu is good enough to me, my family's affairs can't implicate him.

Yu Zhihong: You can't let him take risks. He must investigate, so let me investigate.Just wait until the day and night come out, and then tell him.

Q: Then throw the question to Gu Duo, which of the above-mentioned people do you think is the worst.

Gu Duo: Wait until I beat Yu Zhihong up first!