The base's inexplicable selection made Jin Ming feel a little impetuous, and he didn't calm down until he saw Pei Lu's quiet back when he went home.
Pei Lu sat at the wrought iron table on the balcony, the sun cast a layer of fluffy halos on his body, even the sides of his cheeks were covered with small and soft fringes, like a small brush, scratching heavily at the bottom of Jin Ming's heart.
He walked over lightly, and placed a light kiss on the top of his head, "What are you looking at?"
Pei Lu unfolded the book and showed it to him. On the white paper was a colorful anatomical diagram of the human body, "anatomical diagram."
The straightforward human body anatomy diagram really can't create any ambiguous atmosphere, Jin Ming calmly changed the subject, "We may have to go out for a while."
"Where are you going?" Pei Lu turned to look at him.
Jin Ming surrounded him from behind, and when Pei Lu turned around, the two of them got very close, Jin Ming couldn't help pinching his face again, "I'm not sure yet, the mission of the base."
Pei Lu nodded, "Then I'll pack up after I'm sure." He muttered softly, as if Jin Ming would follow wherever he went.
Jin Ming liked the cute look of Pei Lu who planned for them in the future the most, and couldn't help pinching his chin and kissing him again.
Pei Lu wanted to struggle subconsciously, and his lips were tightly pressed together to prevent Jin Ming from succeeding.
Jin Ming patiently traced along his lips, coaxing him to open his mouth with a deep voice, "Hey... I want to kiss you..."
Pei Lu's heart trembled, thick eyelashes drooped down to cover his eyes, and finally he opened his mouth obediently...
On the other side that Jin Ming couldn't see, the two Jin Jia officers who participated in the selection before were in the office.
The major stared at the terminal and frowned: "This mission is very dangerous, and the marshal will not agree."
The lieutenant colonel was older, and he shook his head, "Whether the marshal agrees or not, we must report first."
The major nodded, silently waiting for the reply from the Marshal's Mansion.
When it was getting dark, the major's terminal finally rang.
The major was taken aback for a moment, and like a lieutenant colonel, he shook the terminal's call request interface before clicking on the connection.
The serious and upright face of the old marshal appeared on the screen.
The two saluted, "Marshal."
The old marshal nodded and said to the major: "I read the message you sent..."
There was tension in the major's eyes, and he was ready to be reprimanded.
Unexpectedly, the old marshal changed the subject and said: "If he wants to go, let him go, he should also exercise."
The major frowned. Jin Ming did not take the initiative to ask to participate in this task, and the risk factor was indeed extremely high. He thought that the old marshal did not read his report carefully, so he couldn't help reminding again: "This task is an order issued by the base. , and is likely to be life-threatening.”
The old marshal frowned, as if he was in deep thought. After a while, he seemed to have made some serious decision,
"Jin Ming has grown up too, this time he secretly concealed his identity and came to Haien Star, so he has to learn a lesson..."
"He is the heir of the Jin family, so he should have such a responsibility."
The major suspected that he had heard it wrong, but the lieutenant colonel behind him poked him imperceptibly.
On the contrary, the old marshal seemed very confident, "He is my son, I know how capable he is, the most I can do is let him suffer."
The major nodded cooperatively, "Second Lieutenant Jin Ming is indeed very good." Even he is no match.
The old marshal nodded in relief, and he hung up the video after fulfilling the image of a strict father.
The major sighed: "It's not easy to be a qualified heir, and the Marshal's requirements for Jin Ming are too strict."
The lieutenant colonel gave him a sideways look, with a half-smile, as if looking at a young junior who didn't understand the accident, "Do you think Marshal Jin only has high demands on Jin Ming?"
The major was at a loss, "What else? Is there anything else?"
The lieutenant colonel said his guess, "I think the marshal wants this son to die in the mission."
The major was stunned, "Impossible, Jin Ming is the next successor of the Jin family."
The lieutenant colonel shook his head and patted him on the shoulder, "Did you forget the one next door?"
He smiled inexplicably, "The senior next door is Mrs. Jin's brother, Mrs. Jin... but gave birth to a son and a daughter for the Marshal..."
The meaning in his words was still unfinished, the major understood the meaning inside, and asked in surprise, "You mean?"
The lieutenant colonel nodded.
"But tigers don't eat their babies..." the major murmured in disbelief.
The lieutenant colonel patted him on the shoulder again, without answering his question, "Arrange as you like, don't talk about today's affairs."
The major nodded, with a look of unrelieved surprise.
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Jin Ming received a notification from the base early the next morning.
Ask him to gather in Area C at ten o'clock in the evening, so as not to disturb other people.
Jin Ming told Pei Lu about the departure, and the two of them simply cleaned up and prepared enough first aid medicine and nutrients.
Ten p.m.
Jin Ming came out of the dormitory quietly and went to the designated place to gather.
The major was already waiting at the assembly point. Two minutes after Jin Ming arrived, another person came, who was the soldier who ranked ahead of him in the previous selection assessment.
When the major saw that everyone was present, he took out the mission document and explained it to him in detail.
This mission is to ask them to take the bomb newly developed by the base, find the laboratory hidden by the empire on the abandoned star, and destroy the mutated bugs from the source.
The empire has repeatedly provoked before, and the huge war fortress stopped majestically above Hain Star, but the Federation ignored it, just to create false appearances, and then find out the laboratory they hide in the deepest place.
The major looked extremely serious, "We have confirmed the location of the waste star."
"But the enemy is very cunning. The laboratory is built underground, and there are several cover points. In order not to startle the enemy, I can only send the two of you to find out."
The major pushed the two boxes in front of them respectively, "This mission must be successful, you will be the heroes of the Federation."
Jin Ming took the box and took a look, there were two small bombs inside.
The major waited for them to finish the inspection, then touched their terminals with them again, "I will send you the information on locating the ruined star."
"The waste line is equipped with strong interference facilities. We don't have much information, and the rest is up to you."
Jin Ming nodded and saluted him.
The major then took them down the elevator. The base was originally built underground, and going further down was a top-secret area that no one could enter except for certain people.
The underground is still brightly lit, but it is very spacious, and an aircraft is quietly parked in the center.
The appearance of the aircraft is streamlined, and the pure black body looks very dexterous. When it stops quietly, it looks like an eagle hiding in the dark.
The major said goodbye to them, "I wish you all the best, the mission aircraft will pick up near the flight."
Jin Ming and another soldier stood at attention and saluted again, "I promise to complete the task."
The major nodded, and Jin Ming took the small box and sat in the back seat.
Pei Lu followed him up, Jin Ming moved him to the inside, and then the soldier named Gao Zhuang also sat up.
The aircraft hummed, and slowly flew out from the open gap above the head.
It was very quiet inside the aircraft, no one spoke, and even Pei Lu became inexplicably nervous.
He uneasily squeezed against Jin Ming.
Jin Ming noticed his small movements, typed on the terminal, and then poked Pei Lu to let him look at the screen.
Jin Ming: Are you afraid
Pei Lu shook his head, he had nothing to be afraid of.
"Not afraid." He was just a little uneasy.
He remembered this battle, when Jin Ming went deep into the abandoned star alone, blowing up the secret laboratory of the empire, and the mutated female worms that the laboratory spent a lot of money to cultivate.
The details in the middle were not disclosed, but Pei Lu, as a senior fan, knew that Jin Ming disappeared for several months before reappearing in front of people after he returned from his mission.
But the other person who went with Jin Ming never left that planet again.
Pei Lu clenched his fingers, feeling that this action was dangerous.
Jin Ming saw his worry, and held his hand calmly, comforting him silently.
The aircraft jumped through the wormhole several times before it stabilized. It can be seen from the monitor that in front of the aircraft is a huge gray planet.
This is the waste star that hides the imperial laboratory.
Jin Ming is ready, the aircraft will not stay after landing, they must leave as quickly as possible to avoid being noticed.
The aircraft broke through the atmosphere, wandered several times, and finally landed at the foot of a quiet mountain.
Pei Lu came down first, and after Jin Ming and the others also came down, the aircraft quickly left.
Gao Zhuang carried the equipment on his back, and after counting, he assigned a few detected locations with Jin Ming, "Our troops will be divided into two groups, and we will contact you after we find them."
Jin Ming nodded, he didn't want to be with Gao Zhuang either, and with Pei Lu around, it was also inconvenient for Pei Lu to be around.
The two separated at a fork in the road.
After Gao Zhuang walked away, there were only two people left.
Pei Lu looked around, "Which way are we going?"
Jin Ming had already memorized the general terrain of the waste star, and he said to Pei Lu: "Don't worry, let's find a means of transportation."
Pei Lu didn't understand it at first, but he didn't understand it until he followed Jin Ming all the way there and saw the huge worm that was eating.
Jin Ming rolled up his sleeves, took out a dagger and a bundle of ropes from his backpack, then gave the backpack to Pei Lu, and pointed to a place, "You can hide there."
Pei Lu obediently hugged his backpack and went to hide.
The mutated worm is very big, with arms and legs all over its long body, very similar to a centipede, but its head is not like a centipede. On its oval head, a long mouth protrudes, and there are two sharp thorns. tusks.
It may be that he has never seen anyone before, until Jin Ming has walked within one meter of it, wriggling and eating insects, and then he reacted, and turned his head suddenly to bite Jin Ming.
Jin Ming jumped up nimbly and jumped onto its back. Before the worm could react, he stuffed the rope in his hand into the worm's wide-open mouth.
Jin Ming quickly wrapped around the protruding mouth of the worm a few times, then firmly grasped the rope in his hand, and wrapped his entire body on the worm.
The mutant worm's mouth was suddenly sealed, and the whole person became irritable, and its long body slapped the ground vigorously.
Dust was flying around, and Pei Lu could even feel the ground shaking.
The worm struggled like crazy, its arms and legs swayed and rubbed against each other, making a rubbing sound, Jin Ming firmly grasped the rope, and stabilized the device on the worm's back.
This tug of war lasted for nearly an hour.
The huge worm was lying on the ground, no longer struggling hard, and its slender arms and legs occasionally swayed a few times, but it was also weak.
Jin Ming was finally satisfied, he jumped down holding the rope, the giant worm shook, and instinctively moved away from him.
Jin Ming waved to Pei Lu, "Come here."
Pei Lu hesitated while holding the backpack and did not move.
Jin Ming kicked the bug that was pretending to be dead, and said, "It's all right, it doesn't dare to move."
Pei Lu: "..."
Is it a question of dare to move? Such a disgusting bug doesn't want to take another look at it.
Pei Lu dawdled over, Jin Ming took the backpack over, hugged him and sat on the worm's back, then kicked the worm's big head with his feet, and said coldly: "Get up."
The mutated worm reluctantly swung its arms and legs.
Jin Ming kicked his left body, signaling it to go to the left.
The bug twisted a few times, swung its arms and legs, and crawled towards the direction Jin Ming pointed at.
Pei Lu was hugged horizontally by Jin Ming, at first he disliked the hot eyes of bugs, but after being carried on his back for a while, he gradually became curious.
"Why is it so obedient?"
Jin Ming adjusted his posture and asked him to sit on his lap instead, "The IQ of the mutated bug is equivalent to that of a three-year-old child."
As long as you use force to deter it, the bug will naturally obey.
Pei Lu watched the mutated bugs' densely packed and regularly swinging legs for a while, and felt his scalp numb, so he quickly closed his eyes and buried his head in Jin Ming's arms to relax.
Jin Ming patted him on the back: "Don't read it if you feel disgusted, and find a normal one next time."
Pei Lu: "..."
He rubbed his forehead against Jin Ming's chest, "...OK."
The mutated worms moved much faster. After half a day, they reached the first point marked on the map.
Jin Ming came down with Pei Lu in his arms, and tied the rope with the bugs to a tree.
The two explored the surrounding area, except for the rolling hills and yellow land, there were no other abnormalities, and there was nothing on the detection equipment.
Jin Ming frowned, "Not here."
"Then shall we move on to the next one?"
Jin Ming nodded, hugged him and sat on it again, rushing to the next marker.
It was a little far away from the next mark point, even riding bugs, they didn't arrive before dark.
Jin Ming looked around and found a naturally formed cave to stop.
"We're spending the night here now."
The cave is neither big nor deep, and the two of them just spent the night together.
The three sides of the cave were blocked, and only the side they entered was open. The policeman put the worms near the entrance of the cave, and then entered the cave with Pei Lu.
Jin Ming opened the backpack, took out a compressed sleeping bag and laid it down, and took out two tubes of nutritional supplements, and shared them with Pei Lu.
Fill your belly and get ready to rest.
Pei Lu got into the sleeping bag first, and after a while, Jin Ming also came in.
The sleeping bag is large, but it's a bit crowded for two people to sleep in. Jin Ming turned his body sideways and pulled Pei Lupa into his arms, and kissed him on the forehead, "Sleep, good night."
Pei Lu was a little awkward at first, their bodies were almost touching each other, and Pei Lu could still feel the warmth from Jin Ming's body, but after a day of driving, he didn't feel awkward for a while, and soon fell asleep.
After breakfast the next day, the two continued on their way, and they arrived at the second mark point around ten o'clock in the morning.
The second marker still has nothing.
Jin Ming frowned and thought. Pei Lu suddenly asked, "Could it be that the laboratory doesn't send out in these places at all?"
Jin Ming pondered for a while, thinking that it was also possible.
"There are still two markers. After we confirm, we will go to other places to look for them."
Pei Lu naturally had no objection.
The two of them spent the next few days on the go.
When I was hungry, I took nutritional supplements, and at night I found a cave, and the two of them huddled together in a sleeping bag to rest.
In the blink of an eye, three days later, the four markers were all confirmed, and they were all just shields that interfered with the signal.
"Let's rest here first."
Jin Ming squeezed Pei Lu's face, and said with a smile, "After running around for a few days, my face has lost weight."
Pei Lu rolled his eyes at him, "It's only been five days,"
Jin Ming rubbed his head, his eyes were distressed, "I don't know how many five days will be in the future..."
"Do you regret coming together?"
Pei Lu shook his head and said he had no regrets, "I will definitely be with you."
Jin Ming was looking at him anxiously, but when he heard his slow answer, he suddenly laughed. At this time, Jin Ming was far from being able to pretend to be Marshal Jin more than ten years later. The young man smiled very reservedly, but the expression on his face The smile is real.
Pei Lu poked his face strangely, "You're smiling."
"I haven't smiled at you before?" Jin Ming raised his eyebrows.
Pei Lu pouted, saying that you didn't smile like this before.
Without a mirror, Jin Ming didn't know how he smiled. He thought for a while and said in a deep voice, "Then I will smile at you like this from now on."
Pei Lu's ears turned red and he snorted softly.
Jin Ming held his hand, and stopped mentioning this question that might make the little rabbit furious, "Let's go find something to eat."
They have been traveling for so long, and they should take a rest for a day before deciding which way to go next.
The big bugs were left outside.
The place where they stayed was a hill with sparse woods on it. The two of them held hands and walked into the depths of the woods in three steps.
Pei Lu was purely sightseeing, while Jin Ming carefully observed the traces in the grove.
He looked at it for a while, then pointed to the right side, "Let's go this way."
They walked to the right for a distance, and they saw a small hole in the ground.
Pei Lu stood where he was, and Jin Ming opened the hole to see that it was full of eggs.
The eggs of the mutated bugs are also different from ordinary bugs. The eggs are white, with strange patterns, and the skin is very hard to the touch, like a big egg.
Jin Ming carried two out and handed them to Pei Lu, and carried two more by himself, a total of four large insect eggs, enough for the two of them to eat.
As for how the female worms would be furious when they came back and found that there were fewer eggs, it was out of their consideration.
Maybe if you come to your door, you can have an extra meal of meat.
The two returned to the cave they had found with their eggs in their arms.
Jin Ming lit a fire, and Pei Lu found two stones to set up beside the fire, and then put the insect eggs among the stones to roast.
The eggs had a slight fishy smell, but after being roasted by the flames, it turned into a strange fragrance.
Jin Ming used a dagger to peel off the upper layer of hard shell.
The cave was suddenly filled with the sweet smell of egg liquid.