the days before i bought the galaxy

200 migratory meat beetles lay silently in the frozen cargo hold.The temperature here is about minus 150 degrees, enough to ensure that the flesh beetle will not suddenly come alive.

Lan manipulated the manipulator to give a molting shot to a flesh beetle.After about 3 minutes, obvious cracks began to appear on the black carapace on the back of the beetle, and pale pink flesh could be seen through the cracks.The unprotected flesh beetle seemed to be confused by the external situation. At first it tried to get out of the carapace, and then suddenly curled up its body, trying to stay away from the cracks in the carapace.After about 15 seconds, ice began to form on its surface, and eventually it was frozen into a crystal clear piece.

"Do you want to dig it out?" Lan asked.

"Is it dead?" Warren felt the flesh beetle's hard shell with his gloved hand.It is not smooth, but a honeycomb-like surface structure. It is because of this layer that the flesh beetle can drift in the universe.

"Not yet. Its activity is declining rapidly, and it will officially die within 1 minute." Lan estimated.

"Dig it up when it's dead," Warren ordered.

They waited a moment.Probably because the beetle was found to be dead, Lan turned his wrist, and a sharp thin-edged blade slipped out from the inside of his wrist in an instant, and his five fingers could just hold the five round holes on the blade.This knife was originally designed to skin seals, but now it can come in handy.It took Lan less than 2 minutes to dig the whole worm out of the carapace.If it weren't for the icicles all over the bugs, Warren thought the scene would have been quite bloody.

"Can you get in after putting on the aircraft?" Warren looked at the space inside the carapace, and he felt that it was a bit small inside.

Lan nodded: "There should be no problem. What you see is only half of the available space, and there is still a part of the air sac tissue that is responsible for powering the meat beetle. After hollowing out, it is enough to hold all the things. I will transport these things to The magnetic-powered airship goes up, and then connects to the drone. I have completed the docking with the Xiaguang, and you can see what I see anytime, anywhere, and keep in touch with me. Don’t worry, I have a high-strength protective cover on me now, Even if you get a hit or two, there's no serious damage."

Warren is a little thankful that he installed the strongest protective shield within the price range for Lan, which greatly improved Lan's chances of survival.

The working efficiency of the robot is extremely high, and all the preparatory work has been completed within four to 10 minutes.Warren returned to the control cabin and took the captain's seat.From the big screen, it can be seen that an airship is taking off from the interior of the Xiaguang, and the airship quickly passed through the magnetic shield above the supply point.

"Lan, how do you feel?" The image on the screen was switched to what Lan saw - pitch black.

"I'm inside the camouflage. The magnetic-powered airship is flying in stealth mode, and it is expected to arrive at the designated location in six hours. You can go for a run, or casually browse the Light Year Network..."

"No, today's exercise plan has been cancelled." Warren interrupted Lan, "I plan to stay in the control cabin until the mission is completed."

"Wouldn't that be boring to people on Earth?" Lan's doubtful voice came from space.

"In order to prevent me from getting bored, I order you to turn on the storytelling module and tell me some interesting stories!"

"Okay. The classic fairy tale "The Daughter of the Sea", what do you think of this one? According to the information, this story is very popular with people of your age on Earth."

"Don't want this. Increase the age by ten years, and search according to the hobbies of people on Earth who are about 25 years old." Warren said impatiently.

"Hmm... do you want to listen to "Persian Boy"? This is a novel about ancient history. It involves ancient mythology, ancient political and military systems, and a lot of homosexual descriptions. According to federal law, I will filter out some of them that are not suitable for the present. What to read."

"Okay, let's talk about this! Besides, Blue, I don't want to hear the words 'federal law' again."

"Do you want me to block it with an electronic sound? Or use another word instead?"

"I just don't want to hear it for a while, can you bypass all talk about it?"

"Okay, I will try my best."

"Let's get started!" Warren pressed a button, changing the operating mode of the Xiaguang to a fully manual silent mode.He carefully checked the load of the Xiaguang, unloaded all the cargo holds that could be unloaded, and then pressed several buttons in succession.It wasn't until the countdown appeared on the screen that he slowly exhaled and leaned his head against the back of the chair.

The spaceship captain's seat is the highest position in the entire control cabin. Not only is there three steps below it, but the seat itself is designed to be quite high.Plus Warren's refusal to use the adjustment buttons to lower the seat made it a little harder for him to climb up.Fortunately, this chair is very comfortable after sitting on it, and it can be adjusted at any time as needed.Just like now, as Warren leaned back, his seat became a reclining chair, and even the image originally displayed on the large screen in front was adjusted to the position on the top of the control cabin in due course.

Lan began to speak from "The Persian Boy," his muffled voice coming from speakers in four directions, and Warren peered at the screen's darkness and the occasional white grain of electronic interference.He is not bored.

It's just warming up now, and soon, you'll be leading a real battle.

he said to himself.

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A few hours later—

"Warren, I have to pause this story."

"Are you there? Let's talk about it next time! Remind me to find a chance to try your singing module." Warren rubbed his eyes.He looked at the clock, and it had been six full hours since Lan left.

"I have arrived at the designated location. I am doing final adjustments to the unmanned fighter jets. Well, the adjustments are complete, and they have already set off. After 30 seconds, open the cryogenic chamber and throw out the meat beetle."

"Okay. Is there any movement from the Clarked star?" Warren re-checked the data on the small screen, showing a satisfied smile.

“目前还没有被发现。5……4……3……2……1……低温舱开启。沃伦，我正跟着虫群一起向克拉克德星人主基地所在的行星坠落，预计在4分50秒后到达地面。”

"Have any Clarke Germans been detected?"

"Not yet, this layer of carapace affects my scanning range."

"What is your current scan range?"

"Fifteen kilometers."

"Damn it! We should have punched more holes in the camouflage," Warren said ruefully.Fifteen kilometers is an instant distance for an airship.

"That way the camouflage will be less effective. Warren, I'm in the planet's atmosphere, and the temperature outside is rising."

A dim red light began to appear on the pitch-black screen, that was because the carapace around Lan was experiencing high heat.The honeycomb structure outside the carapace has excellent heat insulation, which can protect the soft insect flesh inside from being scorched when it passes through the atmosphere.

"Always pay attention to the movements of the Clarke Germans."

"I scanned them, and they are coming in my direction in an airship. Their speed is not fast, and I have every chance to leave the disguise before they find me."

"How far is the crocodile from you?"

"Twelve kilometers. I think I can use the rough ground here and use the aircraft to escape the moment before the camouflage lands, so that they can't scan me."

Warren clasped his hands together and pressed the tip of his index finger to his lips. "Try to choose the safest way to get out of the disguise. Be careful!"

"Countdown 10 seconds to reach the ground."

Warren heard the continuous roar coming from Lan, and he knew it was the sound of other flesh beetles crashing to the ground.

"Countdown 5 seconds to reach the ground."

"3... 2... 1. Smooth and disguised escape."

At the same time that Lan launched the aircraft out of the camouflage, Warren also saw what Lan saw on the screen.This is a very dim planet.As Lan was flying the aircraft close to the ground, in front of Warren was a series of high and low ground.Two seconds later, Lan found a hiding place.He took off the aircraft, turned it into a small portable box and carried it behind his back, and then retracted his whole body into a hollow on the ground.

The ground shook another ten times in a row, and then everything suddenly returned to calm.Since the planet's composition is mostly metal, the fall of the flesh beetle didn't even raise much dust.

Soon, Warren heard a sound similar to the flapping of insect wings, and an airship carrying five Clark Germans appeared in Lan's sight.What appeared to be a magnetically powered airship stopped next to the swarm of flesh beetles and hovered about half a meter above the ground.The crocodiles jumped off the airship, quickly subdued the flesh beetles on the ground with their sharp claws, and tied them one by one to the back of the airship.Warren noticed that the Clarkdians did not have long-range weapons, they only wore a kind of claw on the front paw that could discharge electric current through contact.After more than half an hour, the airship started up again, and the long string of meat beetles that were fixed behind it all suspended, and were dragged away by the airship.

"Follow them and keep the anti-detection distance," Warren ordered.He felt very strange.According to Charlie, the Clarke Germans should be the type who don't know how to store food.Why would they choose to bring back the meat beetles?Is it just because five people can't eat that much?

"Ok."

Lan quickly followed the Clarke star's airship.Although he didn't use any flying tools, he had the same speed as the opponent's airship, even slightly faster.

The airship of the Clarkdians stopped in front of a towering black wall.Warren had seen this place from the aerial imagery, and it was the base of the Clarked Stars.The entire base is surrounded by such black walls, and there are many small black balls floating above the walls and the base. Warren suspects that these are aerial mines.

Soon, a circular passage appeared on the wall.Several crocodiles came out of the passage.They looked a little bad. Although Warren hadn't seen many Clarke dwarfs before, he felt that these crocodiles with shriveled bellies and missing scales should not be in a normal state.At least, they didn't look as energetic as the five sitting on the airship.

"Lan, scan the life indexes of those inside, be careful not to be discovered by them."

"Okay. The indexes of these seven Clark Germans are very low, and their metabolism has almost dropped below the critical point."

Warren wondered: "Is it because you're hungry?"

"No." Lang paused, and a series of data appeared on the screen around the Clarked star, "The calculation results show that their weakness is due to natural aging. They are too old and are on the verge of death."

This conclusion surprised Warren. "How could it be natural aging? Are they planning to send food to nursing homes first?" Warren said to himself.It never even occurred to him that Alligator might have a nursing home.

"They shipped the meat beetles in, what should be the next step?"

The airship entered the black passage surrounded by many crocodiles, and the strange metallic flashes around the passage made Warren frown.

"Lan, will passing through this passage expose you?"

"There is a strong magnetic field in the channel. No detection equipment has been found yet. It is estimated that the remote signal will be attenuated by 50% after I enter the base. Warren, it seems to be locked up. If we want to go in, we must hurry up."

Warren bit his lower lip.The circular hole is slowly shrinking, and soon this place will become the same black wall as other places.Failure to enter the base meant the operation was a total failure.Instead of looking for another breakthrough, it is better to take this opportunity to break in.

"Get in!" Warren ordered.

The nimble robot jumped in just before the passage closed.