The largest department store in Newnes, the first star of Storm Star Field, Ryan's parents used a shopping guide robot to lead the way, and they have been shopping in the mall for nearly an hour. In the past, his father, Qin Yi, would disdain such things as going shopping. He felt that it was a waste of time. Wouldn't it be good to shop purposefully? Is online shopping bad? Wouldn't it be nice to have afternoon tea at home? In the past, my mother, Paley, said that she was going to go shopping, and my father always stayed in the waiting area, watching news, videos, and books on Xingwang. He wrote several famous novels in this environment.
The waiting area of the shopping mall is also called the "husband's trust place". When the wives return with a full load, they can take the boring husband home.
Today, father Qin Yi did not become one of them. When he learned that his grandson was coming, he took the initiative to take his mother to the shopping mall. Newnes Department Store has 20 floors of shopping areas, covering all aspects of life, from large civilian mechs to small bath towels, every product on every floor, it doesn’t take a week Don't try to do it. Faced with a dazzling array of products, you have no way to start and want every one of them. Probably this is the joy of shopping.
After the parents came, they went straight to the children's area on the seventh floor, looking at all kinds of beautiful and cute little clothes and toys, and immersed themselves in the fantasy that everything looks good in clothes and fun in everything they play. A shopping cart behind him is already full. Mom and Dad looked at each other silently, then smiled in unison.
Dad Qin Yi, "We seem to have taken twenty sets of clothes alone."
Mom Paley: "I took sixteen of the same small ball toy because of its different colors."
"Tuantuan is a boy, I actually took a unicorn castle, it's still pink..."
"Tuantuan is only over a year old, so I can't use a flying machine, so I took it."
"..."
"..."
This is irrational consumption, but knowing that the little grandson is coming, they are so excited that they have lost their reason, forget it, take everything, and simply buy it all home, which is very good!
Then they came to the children's food area on the eighth floor. When they left, there was another car behind them. The shopping cart was full of food suitable for children like a hill. Correspondingly, in the interstellar era, the more natural things are, the more expensive they are.
Who made them rich!
Donate half of the compensation, and get back half of it is still a huge amount. Dad took the money to update all the machinery of the E69 planting star, including agricultural equipment and security devices, and bought a lot of cost-effective weapons under Ryan's suggestion, which can be regarded as arming the planting star to the teeth. In addition, the storefront on Planet Newnes was expanded, and the fruit and vegetable direct-sale store on the eighth floor of the central city of the capital city was bought without blinking. After three or four years, you may be able to earn back the money you paid for the store.
Dad made long-term investment with the remaining money, bought several safe funds and bought some real estate and land with appreciation potential, and did not spend it randomly.
"Would you like to go upstairs again?" Mom Pai used her personal terminal to look at the shopping mall's recommendation list, and she was still very interested in some things.
The father, who was a little less enthusiastic about shopping, hesitated a little, "..."
Mom rolled her eyes helplessly, "I know, I know, after buying things for Tuantuan, I don't bother to talk to me."
"How could it be!" Dad Qin Yi immediately denied it, answering too quickly made him feel a little guilty.
"Then accompany me to look at clothes, look at department stores, and go to the 20th floor to look at agricultural and sideline products."
Dad felt that his calves were a little cramped, and it took a lot of thinking, but he still bit the bullet and agreed, "Serving the lady is what I should do."
Mom suppressed a smile and pretended not to see the shaking of dad's facial muscles. It's rare to take her husband to the mall.
In the next four hours, except for lunch time, I walked around at other times. The number of steps recorded by the personal terminal has exceeded 20,000, approaching 30,000. When it was about 30,000, the personal terminals of my parents rang at the same time. A message from Ryan, they are still 30,000 light-years away from the planting star E69, and they can go home for dinner at night.
Mom put down the dress in her hand, and made the same decision as Dad, go home!
The little starship was full of things, and the uncle and his family who went home together were shocked when they boarded the starship. Aunt Ryan said in surprise: "You have moved the shopping mall home!"
"Everything looks good, so I couldn't help but take it home." Mom was arranging the things she bought, and when she was folding the little clothes, she imagined what Tuantuan would be wearing, and couldn't help but rejoice in her heart, "Look, this one Will the clothes look good if you wear them all round?"
"It looks good!" Auntie nodded. No one would like that sensible, well-behaved, delicate and cute little doll.
"Lian said that Tuantuan is interested in brightly colored things, and he must like these little balls."
My aunt looked at the fist-sized floatable ball, which was brightly colored and felt good to the touch, "Tuantuan will like it."
The topic of the elders has been completely irrelevant to Tuan Tuan, and Tuan Tuan is sleeping spread out on the small bed, beside the bed is a white winged lion that is bigger than a golden retriever, and the wings that are restrained by the side are shaking twice from time to time , there was a purring sound in his mouth, there must be a group of bleating beasts in Dafu's dream, let him chase, otherwise why would his claws move slightly back and forth
In the cockpit, the original sits in the driving position, and the code-named Zero sits aside. The star map in front of him is unfolded, and the route is calibrated at any time and the surrounding situation is checked to find out whether there are any suspicious ships. The universe is too big, and not every place is safe. The route they took was the safe route opened up by the imperial army. Compared with other places, this safety must not be taken lightly, and there may be obstacles in the way. Some unprofitable adventurers may turn into wild pirates at any time.
Ryan stood in the middle of the two artificial intelligences, looking out of the window and the eternal universe with folded arms. Some familiar planets became the scenery passing by quickly. how long?"
Yuan Yuan said: "At the current speed, we still have 40 minutes to reach the outer space station of Plantation Star."
"Keep the current speed." It was about the same time as he estimated in his mind, and he would be home soon.
Originally, "Yes, sir."
Just as Ryan was about to turn around and leave, Code Zero uttered, "Sir, a suspicious starship was found approaching at a distance of 1,000 and 500 meters from ten o'clock."
Ryan raised his eyebrows, "Conduct preliminary investigation."
"Yes." The finger code-named Zero swiped twice on the control panel of the starship, and a small opening in the abdomen of the small starship opened, and several bee-sized probes flew out. The probes were all black and highly concealable. , and the flying speed of these small things is very fast, and the ability to feed back information is super strong. The only disadvantage is that they are disposable. As a by-product of Ryan's beast-shaped mecha, the detector has applied for a patent and sold it to an official arms company. , Earned a little money.
Fifteen hundred meters away, the probe, disguised as cosmic dust, quietly approached the starship, took pictures around it, and quickly sent the image to the holographic screen in front of code-named zero. Code-named zero adjusted the image with his little mecha fingers. They saw The starship gradually approaching them was a swallow-shaped medium-sized starship, weighing between 25 and 30 tons, with nine muzzles, six of which were concealed. The windows on the starship have been specially treated so that you can't see inside at all, this treatment Ryan also used, so he knows that the coating is expensive... whoever did this treatment was either rich or hiding something.
"Sir, the distance is getting closer, seven hundred, six hundred, five hundred...do I need to do anything?"
When the distance was five hundred, Ryan said decisively: "Warning."
"Yes!" The code-named Zero Finger quickly pressed a few times on the sub-console of the starship, and several light high-speed cannons flew out and exploded in front of the unknown target as a warning. Although the explosion seemed very weak, the interference caused to the opponent's starship was obvious, but the starship stopped suddenly, and the hull vibrated visibly with the naked eye.
Oston walked to Ryan's side at some point, looked down at the image transmitted by the detector, frowned slightly, the other party opened two hidden ammunition launch ports, filled with ammunition, and one of the ammunition had half The logo looks very familiar. Alston ordered, "Code Zero, zoom in on that part."
While codenamed Operation Zero, he said: "Yes, General. General, the logo is very blurry, but after image restoration, it can be confirmed that it is a half red skull. It is a weapon often used by some wandering pirates. It is said that these weapons are gathered in many pirates. It can be bought at any point, and it was provided by some unscrupulous arms dealers to the black market."
Both Ryan and Oston know these knowledge points, and the code name zero is just a reminder.
Originally, "There is a signal request to connect, sir, general, is it connected?"
Ryan hooked his lips and smiled, "Go through, we will do the camouflage."
"Yes, sir!"
The video connection was quickly connected. In the eyes of the other party, Ryan Fang would be an ordinary-looking, nervous and somewhat reserved image, which was very oblivious to everyone. And the other party... Ryan gave a slight snort, turned his head to Alston and said, "Do you still remember this person?"
"The cruise ship Shakespeare." Alston had a good memory and quickly recognized the face that appeared on the video call screen.
On the Shakespeare, they met a small band, which was owned by the adventurer "Musician" Evan who was wanted by the government. There was a violinist who performed nervous stage fright in public. When he landed on a small planet on the way Some guests asked to perform on the ice, and the small band performed in the cold wind wearing thin clothes. Ryan helped them end the performance as soon as possible by complaining.
But now, the stage-frightened violinist has become a confident "adventurer", bowing politely to the camera, "Gentlemen, have a good weekend."
Today is the weekend for Newnes, the leader of the Storm Starfield.
Ryan said, "Good afternoon." It was Newnes' weekend afternoon.
The former violinist and now "adventurer" said with a smile: "We don't have any malicious intentions, just want some fuel. Can you help me? We will give you the money."
Ryan, who pretended to be an ordinary passenger, followed the common people's practice of "one more thing is worse than one less thing". After a pause of about five or six minutes, he gave a reply, "Sorry, our journey is still long." Transactions can easily attract attacks. The wise thing to do is to hide in the starship and not open half the door.
The "adventurer" shook his head regretfully, "But we need it very much." Somehow, a dagger appeared in his hand, and it kept turning on his fingertips. It was as light as an ink butterfly, and it could kill people just by talking and laughing. Generally, "The deal is fair, and I buy at ten times the market price."
Ryan looked sideways at Oston, squeezed his eyes and said in a hesitant and fearful voice: "Okay, okay. Use, what trading method, method?"
"You just throw the fuel out of the starship, there is no need to deal face to face."
Ryan pretended to be relieved, "That's good, that's good."
If you put aside the fact that the other party may be a pirate, this transaction is safe for Ryan and the others. The fuel is sold at ten times the price, and the fuel can be thrown into the universe, regardless of whether the other party can receive it. The currency only needs to be transferred to the account. Ryan gave the other party a fake account with a real identity, and 20 seconds after agreeing to the transaction, he was prompted to receive 50,000 star coins. A bucket of fuel for space navigation came with 5,000 star coins. It is a compressed nuclear fuel and is expensive. , but the price/performance ratio is absolutely high... Of course, now is not the time to talk about this.
After throwing hard into the universe, Ryan gave the order, "Retreat as quickly as possible." Behave like an ordinary person who is eager to get out of something.
In the process of retreating, the opponent's starship did not move at all, and there was no sign of chasing after it.
"What not to rob?"
Auston: "A little regretful?"
"Haha, it doesn't count, if he does it, we have a reason to fight." Ryan said jokingly.
There are children on the starship. Neither Ryan nor Auston are risk-takers relying on their own strength. They will never bring the children into a dangerous situation. Therefore, they will choose to retreat strategically unless the opponent insists. put.
Alston, "Code Zero, how is the detector installed?"
"General, out of the six probes that flew out, four of them were damaged, and two of them were attached to the opponent's starship. One minute ago, the signal of one of them was interrupted, and the remaining one was able to transmit a weak signal. "Code Zero replied, the subtext is that these disposable small things are not for tracking, and the weak signal from the last one will be cut off at some point.
Ryan shrugged helplessly, "It seems that we must find a way to design a second generation to enhance the service life and tracking capabilities?"
"That's up to you, Mr. Smith."
"Okay, General Dalton, I will serve the military as hard as I can."
"Looking forward to your service."
When the child was away, Ryan moved close to Auston's ear and drove a car with a slightly adult taste, "General, I can still provide some private services to ensure that they are meticulous, in-depth, and connotative."
Auston looked at Ryan in embarrassment, his cheeks flushed uncontrollably, "I'll go see if Tuan Tuan is awake, I seem to have heard a sound." Turning around quickly, he walked out with messy steps.
The two of them can be regarded as an old couple, and they both have a child. When performing sports that cannot be described by adults, they often unlock new postures, but Auston still has an unconcealable shyness when talking about these, which makes hundreds of people feel uncomfortable inside. Year-old Ryan was heartbroken.
Original & Code Zero worked intently and solemnly, communicating within the system.
Code-name zero: [Mr. is really getting more and more open-minded, and he is completely different from the shy and shy young man I met at the beginning.]
Yuan Chu: [After all, he is an old man who has lived for hundreds of years. His ability to learn and comprehend is super fast. You don't even know what he usually watches on StarNet.]
The code name is zero curiosity, [what are you looking at? No, you actually read the Internet records of the masters, you are not good, little strawberry.]
Yuanyuan passed on a blank expression to the code name Zero, as follows: = =.
Originally, [Mister asked me to erase the records, it was impossible for me not to look at them, you understand for nothing.]Because of having the body of the white winged lion mecha, Code Zero confidently chose to be defeated, hence the small nickname "Baibai".
Code zero, [Oh. ] He has nothing to say about this nickname. After all, this is the general's choice, and he will unconditionally approve of whatever the general chooses.
Yuan Chu continued to talk about the topic just now, ["Hundred Ways to Flirting a Man", "Teaching You How to Say Lovely Words"... etc., etc., you know, Mr. has a strong ability to learn and comprehend.]
Code-named zero, [I see, the general still needs further training in this area.]
Ryan, who was standing between Yuanyuan and Code Zero, didn't know that the two silent artificial intelligences had already had hundreds of conversations in their "minds". There are too few known conditions, and a correct result cannot be solved. There are several alternatives. 1. A real adventurer? 2. Unorganized wild pirates? 3. Organized pirates? 4. Official spies
One or two options can be combined, and the fourth is an alternative answer given by Ryan's beastly intuition. Perhaps the most incredible answer is the correct answer? Of course, there is a high probability that the intuition is wrong, and Ryan dare not guarantee it, just investigate and find out.
It was originally agreed that you can go to the space station outside E69 in 40 minutes. After arriving at the space station, you can contact the ground command tower, and you will not be attacked if you say it. You can enter the atmosphere of Plantation Star after you get the entry command. But now, due to delays on the road, it was already half an hour later than expected.
"Tuantuan, this is our other home. It is a beautiful planting star. Grandparents, grandmas, aunts, and many relatives are waiting for us to go home."
Tuantuan was a bit sluggish after a long-distance cross-star field journey. The universe is very beautiful, but it is not beautiful to see it every day, every time, and open your eyes. It’s not like the previous mode of playing while traveling), adults can control their emotions and adjust their personal feelings, but children can’t accept such a boring trip at all, it’s very, very good that Tuantuan can insist on not crying or making trouble.
Tuantuan leaned his little head against his father's face, yawned and said, "Oh, go home."
"Yes, we are home, grandpa and grandma miss you very much."
Tuantuan rolled his eyes, "I miss my grandparents."
"You must tell your grandparents yourself, they must be very happy." Ryan turned to look at Auston and Tuantuan and said.
Tuantuan nodded, "Well, yes."
The little starship pierced the sky, leaving a brilliant "shooting star" in the evening sky. At the white house by the lake, mom and grandma stood at the door and looked up at the sky. Mom Paley said, "I'm finally home , long time no see Tuantuan, do you miss us, are you willing to get close to us?"
"Thinking too much, it was a video five days ago, and Tuantuan called us so happy."
"Mom, video calls are different from real contact."
"What's the difference?" When they were young, holographic video calls were expensive, and they couldn't afford to use them often, and they wouldn't feel unfamiliar with ordinary video calls.
Mother Paley was a little worried. To put it bluntly, she was unfounded. "I have a little sister. Her son works in the Capital Star and settled down there. She rarely returns home once a year. She said that she often communicates with her granddaughter through holograms. Everything is fine, the child jumped into her arms when he saw her, not to mention how close he was. But when he actually saw her, the child hid behind his parents, as if they didn’t know each other, and seemed very unfamiliar. Alas, they all said holographic There is no way to convey smell and temperature on the phone, and children have their own way of distinguishing. My little sister was sad for several days, and she sighed a few times when she saw me, and cried several times."
"Non-thinking!" The old grandmother sneered at this, and she raised her head and said proudly: "Can ordinary children compare with us, we are the smartest."
"Of course." The grandma who is proud of her grandson went online, and Paley said: "Our group is the smartest child, and we will see you soon."
This horse is quite fast. After standing at the door for about ten minutes, they saw a family of three who got off the aircraft a hundred meters away. Two small robots with similar images followed behind them, and behind them were pulling luggage. The babysitter robot, and a white winged lion the size of a calf flew beside them. Dafu still remembers the happy life of running freely in Zhuangxing. Although many memories have faded, the feeling of freedom will not change. He raised his neck and yelled twice, and he already has the might of the future land and air overlord.
"Dafu, let's go play, do you remember those little friends?" Pony chestnut, cow, lamb, shepherd dog, etc. Dafu made many good friends in Zhuangxing when he was young.
Dafu tilted his head, a little dazed in his big eyes, he looked up in a certain direction, and then looked down at Ryan.
Ryan said, "This is home, play whatever you want, go play."
Dafu yelled softly, fluttered his wings and flew up, and soon became a small dot in the eyes of everyone, and then disappeared.
Tuantuan, who had to walk around by himself, looked up at Dafu who was flying away, and shouted enviously, "Dafu..." He also wanted Feifei.
"When you grow up, Daddy will make a seat to put on Dafu, and let him fly you around."
Tuantuan nodded expectantly, "Yeah." Then he ran to his father and grabbed his hand, "Dad, I, Feifei."
"Tuantuan is awesome."
"whee."
Tuantuan kicked his little feet and walked happily. After a while, he saw the relatives coming out, especially the grandparents and grandmothers who were leading the way. He let go of his father's little hand and rushed out, "trotting" Then he shouted, "Grandpa, grandma, grandma, I miss you all~"