The bionic light source illuminated the corridors of the starship, and the metal structure reflected cold light.
Several men in uniform stood at the door of the rest cabin and peeked in. The half-open cabin door was dark, and the sound of breathing could be vaguely heard inside. They turned and walked along the corridor. While walking, chatting with impunity.
"How many people are needed at the slave farm this time?"
One of them turned on the electronic light screen on his wrist and replied:
"A total of 3,000 people are needed, and the indicator for our ship is 150."
The other person nodded: "Okay, by the way, I will choose another fifty with good skeletons and send them to the War Comfort Department. They just placed an order there."
The crew member who was looking down at the electronic screen suddenly stopped, frowned in confusion, and reached out and touched the screen twice.
"What's wrong?"
One person noticed something was wrong and stopped to ask.
He hesitantly pointed to the light spot on the screen: "Here, there is a wristband that shows that the vital signs are none."
The other person shrugged and said indifferently: "It is estimated that there is a malfunction again. These bracelets have long been eliminated and sold for a few hands. It is normal. You can reset it with the administrator password."
The crew entered the code, but to no avail.
He cursed in a low voice, scratching his hair irritably.
It seems that the only way to do it now is to restart from the hardware.
Schadenfreude erupted from his companions: "Walk around, drink, let him go to the cargo hold and stay with the cargo alone, hahahahahaha!"
The crew member made a rude gesture at them, cursing in his heart the garbage wristband that prolongs his working hours, and turned around and got into the dark cargo hold with a belly full of resentment.
The cargo hold was crowded and stuffy. Although the residents of Junk Star simply washed their bodies, the stench that had soaked them for decades was not so easily dissipated, and it was suffocating in the stuffed cabin.
The crew held their breaths in disgust as they struggled through the cramped beds.
He finally reached the location displayed by the bracelet, so he looked down at the bed by the blue light from the electronic screen.
The next second, the crew was stunned.
The narrow bed was empty, the white sheets were flat without any wrinkle, and there was no trace of anyone lying on it, and on the pillow was the uniformly distributed metal bracelet, which was quiet in the dark. Quietly shimmering.
A hoarse and deep voice came from the back of his head, and it sounded softly against his ear, like the whispers of a pillow lover, but it was like a ghost in the dark cabin:
"Are you looking for me?"
The crew was horrified, but before he could turn his head, he felt a pair of cold hands cling to his neck, pinching his carotid artery precisely and fiercely.
A second before he was unconscious, he saw the attacker's face.
The half-year-old boy was skinny and skinny, his cheekbones protruded stiffly, and his malnourished blue was glowing. He was not much different from other people on Junk Star, but the pair of eyes in his sockets shone in the darkness. Flickering with a strange cold light.
As if the beast sleeping in the abyss slowly opened its bloody mouth and pulled out an evil and crazy smile at its prey.
Immediately afterwards, the cabin returned to silence.
Ge Xiu watched the crewman who was twice his size fall headfirst onto the empty bed, the suppressed excitement in his eyes still glistening with darkness.
He moved his somewhat stiff wrists, then bent down, and skillfully began to search the man for useful things.
ID card, brain, three or four doses of narcotics, two doses of epinephrine, half a pack of tobacco substitutes, and a piece of candy.
Ge Xiu carefully looked at the small candy cube lying in his palm. It was wrapped in aluminum foil candy paper, with a few small characters printed on it: "Uniformly distributed by the materials department."
He fumbled to peel off the candy wrapper and tentatively sniffed the candy ball.
Sweet.
Ge Xiu carefully licked the surface of the candy ball, his eyes lit up slightly, and then he almost couldn't wait to stuff the whole candy into his mouth.
The industrial saccharin tastes monotonous and strong, cutting through the taste buds like a sword, quickly attacking his senses.
The boy narrowed his eyes lazily like a cat.
He smiled and tucked the crew's feet into the bedside, then jumped onto the bed lightly, his two thin legs couldn't touch the ground for the time being, and could only hang in the air, swaying leisurely and happily.
Ge Xiu lowered his head, while concentrating on studying the brains he touched from the crew, while licking the inferior candy that was slowly melting in his mouth.
The light blue electronic screen lit up in the dark cabin, casting a gleaming light blue on his face.
After a few minutes, Ge Xiu finally scanned all the information at a glance and raised his head.
He tilted his head thoughtfully, pondered for a while, then nimbly jumped off the bed and slipped to Xiao Yi's bed like a fish. Injected into it.
Xiao Yi's body suddenly bowed, and he opened his eyes blankly. He took a deep breath in panic, but before he could make a sound, Ge Xiu quickly covered his mouth:
"Shh."
His eyes gleamed in the dark.
After a brief absence of attention, Xiao Yi finally recognized who was lying on his body. Surprised and happy, he nodded slightly, indicating that he would not make a sound.
After Ge Xiu let him go, Xiao Yi asked in a low voice:
"Xiao Qi? How do you... "
Before he could finish his words, Ge Xiu threw the light brain that was still on with the screen on him, and the screen that was flashing blue light was facing Xiao Yi's face.
Xiao Yi was stunned for a while, and was immediately attracted by the content above.
He didn't know many words, and at most he could only distinguish characters pasted on different pieces of trash to determine what to pick up and what not to be near at all.
But that's enough.
In particular, Ge Xiu also deliberately selected the text to be relatively simple, and showed him the parts with more illustrations.
The more he read, the more frightened he became, and at the end he even trembled uncontrollably.
It turned out that the so-called Alliance Humanitarian Act was a scam from the very beginning. Those marginal galaxies were densely populated with abandoned planets abandoned by the Alliance. After the ore resources were drained, they became the garbage dumps in the interstellar space, but the Alliance was reluctant to give up. The above labor resources, and in this way, every once in a while, it can consume more cheap labor with the least resources, and it also saves the cost of suppressing riots, and those cheap labor who are abducted or become hard labor Slaves were either sold at low prices to different power families.
But to a certain extent, the alliance did not lie. After the selectors complete the basic service period, the alliance will be responsible for the support after retirement.
…if only they lived that long.
It's just a lucrative business.
Although Xiao Yi was confused, he still vaguely understood his situation. A sense of panic like falling into an abyss instantly clinged to his throat.
There were two tears in his eyes, trembling, and he looked at Ge Xiu absentmindedly:
"me… "
He wanted to apologize, saying that he should not have wronged Xiao Qi before, and at the same time he was full of doubts, wondering where Xiao Qi got the information, the panic and fear of the future, and the despair of broken dreams filled his heart, making him The simple brain is chaotic and chaotic, and it can't say anything for a while.
The thin boy standing beside the bed bent down and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingertips.
Ge Xiu's voice was very low, almost only a breath left:
"Don't worry, you'll be fine, I have an idea to get us all out safely."
The other party's fingers were cold, and his movements were steady and calm, but it had an inexplicable meaning that was indescribable.
Xiao Yi dared to ask, tremblingly:
"Xiao, Xiao Qi, you... What are you going to do?"
Although they couldn't see each other's faces clearly in the darkness, the hoarse voice of the other party was clearly heard in the ears. The boy's voice was steady, even with a clearly discernible smile, but under that calm and terrifying voice, As if something hysterical was tearing and jumping, screaming with excitement.
It took a few seconds for Xiao Yi to realize what shocking words the other party said—
"Snatch the boat."
In the cockpit, the crew members were chatting and laughing with impunity.
This ship is a cargo-transporting ship, and the driving operation can be delegated solely by Zhinao. In addition, it is performing such a low-risk mission, so there are only eight members in the ship, seven ordinary crew members, and a low-level non-commissioned officer.
The autopilot mode is displayed on the control panel of the starship, which controls the ship to travel at a constant speed in the vast and dark universe.
This time the harvest has been quite fruitful, and there is a lot of oil and water in the list above, which makes everyone in the boat look a little excited and happy.
Even alcohol, which is a high-end material, was taken out of the warehouse as a reward for this journey.
They chatted and laughed loudly in vulgar language as they exchanged cups.
In the hustle and bustle, the man dressed as a non-commissioned officer frequently looked at the closed hatch and frowned irritably:
"Why hasn't this kid Leach come back, how long will it take to repair a control bracelet?"
The other person poured himself a small half glass of wine, and said in a mocking and obscene manner, "Maybe he has taken a fancy to some good-looking goods and is happy."
For them, the inhabitants of these marginal galaxies are no longer human, but goods that can make them a fortune, or some kind of mineral deposits with extremely low development costs. The bodies and appearance of these goods can be exchanged. The property sold is the item, not the same kind.
The sergeant's brows tightened, and he spat:
"I've told him how many times. Some customers only want clean, and the price of the goods he wastes will be deducted from his share."
Before we could talk a few more words, the cockpit was suddenly illuminated by a flashing red warning light, and the mechanical sound resounded throughout the control cabin:
"Alarm, fuel tank leak! Alert, fuel tank leak!"
The non-commissioned officer stood up, skillfully tapped twice on the electronic screen, and transferred the information of the damaged area. He was stunned for a moment, and then cursed angrily:
"Damn, it's the loophole that Leach patched the day before yesterday. Even the damaged data is the same. This kid is too lazy to work, and now he's running without a trace..."
He cursed for a while, and then ordered:
"You guys take the tools to fix it, you, you go to the cargo hold to find that lazy guy, and pick him up no matter who he is on."
Three people went to repair the leak in the fuel tank, one went to the cargo hold, and there were four people left in the cockpit.
The leak in the fuel tank is indeed not very serious, and it only takes a few minutes to fix it.
The three of them scolded Leach, who was not doing well at work, while packing up the toolbox and turning to go out, but when they reached the door, they found that the hatch behind them was locked tightly for some reason, and they hurried Check it out.
Through the isolation glass, it can be seen that the card swiping area outside has been destroyed, and a thin teenager wearing cargo clothes has panicked and disappeared at the end of the corridor in the distance.
Startled, they quickly turned on the communicator and reported their knowledge to the non-commissioned officer in the cockpit.
At the same time, the face of the crew member who was sent to the cargo compartment appeared on the electronic screen, and he shouted in a panic: "Leach was knocked unconscious, and two cargoes escaped!"
The non-commissioned officer's face turned gloomy, and he ordered, "Prepare to activate the emergency program."
The emergency program is specially designed to prevent cargo from escaping, that is, to release a high concentration of anesthetic gas throughout the entire ship except the cockpit to ensure that all living creatures outside the cockpit fall into a coma, even if a crew member is unconscious, it does not matter, the cockpit There is a lot of adrenaline inside, which can wake up the crew members who are also trapped outside the cabin after the cargo is guaranteed to be stunned.
He lifted a small glass cover on the control board and pressed the bright red button on it.
The next second, the non-commissioned officer felt his head dizzy, and his vision began to blur. He realized something, and his expression was horrified: "How, how is it possible...!"
Before he could finish speaking, the high concentration of anesthetic gas took effect instantly, and the four people in the cockpit fell to the ground one after another.
And the crew member who had just walked out of the cargo hold was dumbfounded.
He was ready to be stunned, but after so long, why is he still awake
Before he could understand it, he felt a merciless blow to the back of his head, and his eyes instantly went black.
I saw that the tall and strong crew member swayed, and the whole person fell to the ground, revealing the thin boy who was completely covered by his figure just now.
Ge Xiu narrowed his eyes. He stared at the unconscious body of the crew member. Pure excitement and joy flashed in the dark eyes.
He casually tossed and caught the screwdriver in his hand, and whistled softly:
"Have a good dream."
Little One timidly poked his head out of the corridor not far away. After confirming that there was no danger, he walked out cautiously:
"That... he, is he faint?"
Ge Xiu jumped lightly over the unconscious crew, raised his eyebrows childishly, and pulled out a beautiful and sinister smile:
"Like a dead pig."
The author has something to say: Ge Xiu: My greatest strength is to hold revenge :-D