the days before i bought the galaxy

Warren came to the beach in an airship.

The daily landing point of the Xiaguang is only less than three kilometers away from the sea, and the largest defense hub on this planet is installed hundreds of meters above this sea area.Once attacked, the six metal balls floating in mid-air will release a strong current, which will activate the defense system on the entire planet within one ten-millionth of a second, resisting all kinds of attacks with the highest intensity of five levels.

Blue was still busy at the defense hub when Warren arrived.Warren sent him a voice signal to end the day early.

"What's wrong with your clothes?" Warren frowned slightly, and Lan, who came back from the defense hub in the aircraft, was not wearing a shirt.

Lan shrank the aircraft into a small portable box and carried it in his hand. "Earlier today my overalls were set on fire by a high voltage spark and I had to jettison it," he explained.

"Are you not injured?" Warren carefully observed Lan's body and found that there were no burn marks on it.Or has it been automatically fixed?

"No." Lan shook his head, "I opened the protective shield in time. Warren, your heartbeat is a little fast, is there any discomfort?"

Warren's hand was pressing on Lan's chest, and the same heartbeat as his was transmitted along the palm of his hand.Warren knew that it was just the heartbeat simulated by the machine, and there were no organs of earthlings in Lan's body.Still, he felt a tightness in his throat.

"Warren? Your temperature is rising. I think I need to scan your body." Lan looked at Warren seriously, and after two seconds a puzzled expression appeared on his face. "Warren, you feel that your current condition is not an illness, but a sexual impulse. My information tells me that this is a normal physiological phenomenon for adolescent earthlings. But... Warren , are you sexually attracted to me?"

Warren's expression stiffened.As a qualified commander, he neither wanted to lose his majesty in front of his subordinates, nor could he deceive Lan on this issue.In the end, he had no choice but to choose a vague answer. "You also said that this is a very normal physiological phenomenon."

"I was just wondering if you were gay. Sorry, I've been ignoring guidance on that. Warren, did you have any sexual urges before today? What about sexual fantasies? Have you ever fantasized about someone?"

Lan's attitude made Warren feel complicated.He had noticed the special feeling Lan's body gave him a long time ago, and at first he attributed this feeling to his yearning for an adult body.But as he grows older, this involuntary attraction has not diminished in the slightest, which makes him gradually understand that there may be a deeper meaning in it.

Of course, Warren didn't think it was love.First of all, very few people on earth will have a love for robots.Secondly, the relationship between him and Lan is far closer than that of ordinary couples. It is obviously not a good idea to regress the current strong bond into an unstable lover relationship.

After some self-analysis, Warren attributed the phenomenon to his biological needs.After all, regardless of the identity of the robot, Lan is the most suitable phantom object around him, whether it is character or appearance.

"Lan, I'm afraid this is my privacy, right? I'm not obliged to discuss the object of my sexual fantasies with you." Warren tried to make a final struggle in a rigid tone.But he knew that Lan, who had always taken care of him as his duty, would not give up because of this.really--

"Warren, I think it is my responsibility to guide your behavior until you are an adult. I will not tell anyone your privacy, and I can promise you that."

"Well..." Warren sighed, "I'm not sure if I'm purely gay. I had a few sexual urges before this, and it was all about you. Of course, including the object of sexual fantasies .”

He took a step forward, looked into the robot's eyes and asked, "How do you think my behavior should be directed now?"

Lan pondered for a while and said: "I will prepare some materials for you so that you can understand the necessary knowledge. Although the legal age of marriage is 21, most people on Earth have their first sexual experience earlier than 21. Warren, Given the limited number of Earthlings around here, do you think you need to customize a sex-companion robot?"

"No!" Warren refused sharply, "I don't want to waste my energy on this boring piston movement. Put the data in my rest cabin, and I will find time to read it. One more thing... Lan, I don't what will happen to you."

"Understood, do I need to write the core program?"

"No need." Warren said with a straight face, "I'm here to inform you that the Xiaguang will set sail in three days."

"What is the destination?"

"Bethel." Warren paused, and added, "This is not a simple commercial voyage. You must take on the task of escorting me to protect my personal safety. Find a way to upgrade yourself, don't worry about the cost-effectiveness, everything depends on it. My safety is priority."

"Yes. Can you tell me where the main danger comes from?"

"Everyone. From the moment we set foot on Bethel, we must always be vigilant to everyone around us." Warren narrowed his eyes slightly, and the light of the dark red sun dyed his pupils red.

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Three days later, the Xiaguang officially set sail.She would do a space fold before continuing on to Bethel.It would cost more than 300 deep space crystals just to space fold the entire fleet. Fortunately, a single trip can earn Warren about 800 to 1000 deep space crystals in profit, which will not make him unable to make ends meet.

A few days later, Bogo, the financial officer and intelligence officer of the Xiaguang, roughly calculated the accounts of the Leslie Chamber of Commerce.The medium-sized chamber of commerce is the number one energy supplier in the Bethel business circle, with an estimated 57 percent market share.It mainly provides energy bricks for various factories, urban facilities and spaceships.

Although deep-space crystals are the best energy source known in the universe, except for situations that require the use of extremely large energy sources, few people will choose to directly "burn money".As early as shortly after the beginning of the era of interstellar colonization, energy bricks of various styles have become the most widely used energy source for people on earth.This synthesized energy carrier is not only small in size and light in weight, but also not as flammable and explosive as the liquid dyes first used by people on earth.Take the spaceship as an example, in the case of using energy bricks, the weight of conventional energy only accounts for 2% of the weight of a spaceship, and these energy sources are enough for the spaceship to sail continuously for more than three years.

Since energy is used everywhere, the profit of the energy industry has always been the most stable among many industries.However, when a region already has enough energy plants, developers tend not to invest in building new plants to grab market share.After all, the increase in energy demand is limited, and the extra energy bricks have no use other than to be transported to other energy-shortage areas, but this also means higher shipping costs and delivery risks.In the end, you might as well invest your money elsewhere.

So, it's rare for the Leslie Chamber of Commerce to lose orders in a row like it did recently.Usually, the price gap between various energy suppliers in a region is not large. Consumers place orders according to their own preferences and habits, and rarely change suddenly after placing several orders in a row.Although energy bricks are produced in a standardized manner, different adjustments need to be made when they are used in different places.The vast majority of consumers do not want to take another risk and debug.

Therefore, it seems that someone is maliciously stealing the business of the Leslie Chamber of Commerce.

Inferring from this, in order to produce more energy bricks, those who steal the business must build more factories.Oddly, however, Bogo found no clues in Bethel's business circles that anyone was building or had just finished building a new energy plant.So where did the power bricks used to steal the Leslie Chamber of Commerce business come from?

"Someone shipped these energy bricks from elsewhere and sold them at a low price to buyers." Warren deduced.

"This is not like a normal business competition." Charlie frowned and said, "Even if the purchase price is about the same as the cost price, these energy bricks have to be shipped from outside the Bethel business circle. What a loss!"

"Your Excellency, Captain, do you need me to investigate where these energy bricks come from? I can expand the scope of investigation to several nearby business circles." Bogo asked.

"We can look it up." Warren nodded, "It will help us find out who the business robber is. But it doesn't matter if we can't find out, he will show up sooner or later anyway. What about our talented lady, facing What steps did she take in these circumstances?"

"Milliet Leslie closed part of the factories under her name. For half a year, she has been living in her residence in Bethel, and has not come forward to manage the chamber of commerce. The price list of the Leslie chamber of commerce already has eight It has not been updated for a month, and the new preferential measures have not been introduced." Bogo replied.

"Such a complete passivity! Either she doesn't know anything about business, or she knows that her enemy is too strong, and any head-on behavior will bring devastating consequences." Warren pondered for a moment, frowning slightly, "But she secretly sent me a marriage letter, trying to get me involved. Does she think I can fight her enemies? Lan, check to see if there is any new news about me in Bethel."

"Okay." Lan connected the cable behind his left ear to the terminal of the spacecraft, and began to use the quantum entanglement device to retrieve information on the Light Year Network, which is currently the only communication method that can surpass the barrier of light speed.The latest news circulating in Bethel can be obtained within seconds, despite the enormous energy consumption.

Three minutes later, the expression on Lan's face became serious. "The Bethel administrator just announced yesterday that he will present you with this year's business award in recognition of your outstanding contribution to business in the region. We expect invitations to be in our hands in three hours. Warren, you Your reputation has risen. Bethel's newspapers are scrambling to report on your relationship with the Archbishop of the Holy Light, and your huge role in the war with the Clarked Stars. I think this matter It would be too much of a coincidence."

"Of course it's not a coincidence!" Warren paused, curling the corners of his lips, "I take back what I just said, Miss Leslie is definitely not a cheap lamp. She was afraid that she would not be able to impress me with a marriage letter, so she thought managed to persuade the magistrate to give me a considerable award. She knew I had to go to collect the medal, unless I no longer wanted to be in the Bethel business circle. This made me go to Bethel, At the same time, I have to accept her love and let her opponents be afraid of the strong background that I may have behind me, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone, and it is not a strategy that ordinary people can think of."

"Then what should we do now?" Charlie asked distressedly, "Why do I think having such a future wife is more terrifying than being single?"

"We don't have to do anything at the moment, and go to Bethel as originally planned. Oh no! After officially receiving the invitation letter from the administrator, I think I need to reply a polite thank you letter. Also, Lan, can you Help me find a suitable dress? I don't want to go to my 'fiancée' in disgrace."

"Okay. I can download the cutting and sewing program, and there is enough material in the supply warehouse to make the dress." Lan replied.

Warren nodded with satisfaction: "Make a set for yourself too. And you two, um... maybe Bogo doesn't need it. From the perspective of people on earth, the people on Clarke are pretty much the same no matter what they wear. Charlie, You've got to get yourself a decent suit, too."

"Well, luckily I still have my old suit." Charlie sighed. "I was going to wear it when I got married, but I've never been very feminine."

At this time, the Xiaguang and her six subordinate ships were still one and a half months away from Bethel.