After the protective shield was closed, the spacecraft successfully left the planet Driftwood.
The panicked passengers finally calmed down and used their computers to contact their families or upload their stories of the thrilling experience on the holographic network. The captain also successfully dialed the call for help from his superiors and told them the truth about what happened on the Driftwood Planet.
The top executives didn't believe that a tourist planet would be destroyed so quietly, but when the captain sent the thermal image he had scanned earlier, the other side was silent. The order was quickly passed down, and the airline executives asked the captain to drive the spacecraft to the nearest planet for repairs and wait for rescue.
Originally, one of the instructions from the superiors was not to rashly disclose the situation of Drifting Wood on the Internet. The captain agreed on the surface, but curled his lips after hanging up the phone. He certainly would not post relevant information on the Internet, but he could not stop the passengers from posting it.
Seeing that the destination of the spacecraft had been arranged, Ruan Shiqing did not stay any longer. He borrowed a flying vehicle from the captain and prepared to go to the space station to meet up with Rong Heng.
The captain had already set the target coordinates and turned on the autopilot mode. Seeing him leave, he sent him to the cockpit door with many thanks: "Thanks to you and your friends today, we were able to escape danger. I have been working for Barcelona Airlines. If there is any need for me in the future, please feel free to ask me for help." As he said that, he handed his business card to Ruan Shiqing.
"Any capable person would do the same." Ruan Shiqing told him not to worry about it, but after searching for a while, he found that there was indeed something he needed the captain's help with: "Actually, I do need your help with something."
"You can say it."
"I have a friend with a special identity. The video footage on the spacecraft..." The incident happened suddenly before, and Rong Heng changed into a human form on the spacecraft. Although the information of the former crown prince of the empire is rarely leaked, ordinary people can hardly recognize him. But once the video footage on the spacecraft is released, there will be a risk of being recognized.
The captain understood Ruan Shiqing's intention after hearing the music. He said as soon as Ruan Shiqing finished speaking: "The spacecraft was attacked by Zerg. It is common for the image data storage area to be damaged. Don't worry, I will clear it immediately."
Ruan Shiqing then felt relieved. After thanking him, he went to look for Jialan.
Garland had returned to the spacecraft and was waiting for him at the connection of the cabin.
"You're returning to the station?"
"Yeah." Ruan Shiqing said, "The imperial army won't come that fast. The insect nest on Floating Wood is a hidden danger after all, and we can't delay. It just so happens that Hector and his men should be on their way here. We might as well send them off and blow up the insect nest on Floating Wood before we leave."
"Okay." Garland thought for a while and said, "It will take some time for the spacecraft to reach a planet to wait for rescue. According to the situation of the Zerg, there may be Zerg gathering somewhere else. Why don't I escort them there first and then meet up with you later."
"But, Hector..." Ruan Shiqing hesitated.
He thought Garland should be eager to meet Hector. After all, since he asked Hector for help and explained the situation on Driftwood, the other party had sent him more than a dozen text messages.
"We'll see each other sooner or later, so a little while won't make a difference." Garland said, but he looked away awkwardly.
Ruan Shiqing looked at him and smiled knowingly.
This is probably because I feel homesick.
He didn't force it, and teased, "I'll help you explain to Hector, but you'd better come back as soon as possible. It won't take much time to escort the spaceship."
Garland said "hmm", waved goodbye to him, and hurried to the passenger cabin.
Ruan Shiqing and he split up and went to the bottom cabin, where he drove the aircraft alone to the space station.
Inside the space station, with the assistance of two staff members, Noah easily took over control of the space station.
Rong Heng and his team also obtained a lot of data and video information from the ground control center through the space station system. Perhaps knowing that there was no rescue, the last group of soldiers who stayed behind protected the few remaining scientific researchers before they died, and stored a large amount of genetic data on the floating wood planet, leaving behind countless precious information.
The little mermaid clicked on a few farewell videos, which made her nose a little sore.
Driftwood is a very primitive planet, without excessive mechanization and developing very slowly, so the citizens of this planet are not naturally divided into different classes, rich or poor, like the capital planet. On this sparsely populated red planet, the crime rate is very low, the indigenous people are kind and friendly, and because of the developed tourism industry, they are also very tolerant of foreign residents.
This was originally a very beautiful planet, but because of the Zerg's destruction, it was left with only devastation.
Ruan Jiao, who was watching the video with the little mermaid with his head tilted back, clenched his fists, his little face was tense, and his tentacles drooped sadly.
He leaned slightly, leaning on the little mermaid's arm, and said in a low voice: "Zerg, bad."
The cub felt a long-lost anger. He clenched his fists tightly and said after a long while, "That's not the case."
In his few memories, it shouldn't be like this.
Before he hatched from the egg, he felt that the companions who were guarding him had very warm breaths. They could not communicate with him, but the emotions transmitted through their tentacles were comfortable. Occasionally, when he felt impatient in the egg, in order to comfort him, they would pick flowers and fruits and pile them around him, and occasionally make some strange noises. Now that I think about it, maybe they were singing to comfort him.
But I don’t know when they started to leave and never came back.
The aura of the Zerg guarding him gradually changed.
He hated that kind of atmosphere and stopped talking to the other party.
It was not until later that he sensed a familiar aura and knew it was time to leave. But those bad guys seemed to be chasing him.
Thinking of the Zerg on planet B3024, the cub suddenly became even more depressed, its tentacles drooped listlessly, and it was almost crying.
He felt that it was his running around that brought disaster upon himself.
The little mermaid noticed his expression and thought that he was simply sad about what happened to Driftwood, so she hugged him in her arms and gently stroked his back.
"What happened?" Sally, who came to deliver nutritional supplements, happened to see this scene and asked with concern.
She was one of the two surviving staff members.
[He felt sad after seeing what happened to Driftwood.] The little mermaid took the nutrient and smiled sheepishly.
Although he couldn't speak, he was good-looking, had a good temper and was patient, so Sally was very close to him, and after she calmed down, she also liked to chat with him.
Upon hearing this, Sally sat down next to him, unscrewed the nutrient solution and took a sip, saying bitterly: "The dead are gone, and the living can only become stronger."
The little mermaid frowned and sighed silently, and could only give her silent comfort.
Fortunately, Sally didn't seem to be seeking comfort. She finished talking to herself, drank the nutrient solution, and stood up and left: "I have to do some work within my ability." She seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around and looked at the little mermaid, and asked: "What are your plans next? If there is anything you need our help with, just let us know. We just need to do something to divert our attention."
The other person's expression was very sincere, and there was still some sadness between her brows. The little mermaid wanted to reveal something to reassure her, but when he was about to open his mouth, he paused. He pursed his lips and shook his head at the other person.
[Nothing to do for now, you guys take a good rest. Once the rescue troops arrive, they will send you away, and leave the rest to us.]
Seeing this, Sally didn't ask any further questions. She nodded slightly at him and left.
After confirming that she had left, the little mermaid lowered her head to look at the cub in her arms: [What's wrong?]
—Just when he was about to reveal part of the plan to Sally, Ruan Jiao in his arms suddenly tugged at his collar.
Although they didn't know the reason, the trust between the cubs was natural. Even though they sympathized with each other's plight, the little mermaid stopped the topic in time.
Ruan Jiao frowned and said nothing. He jumped off his lap, raised his nose and sniffed carefully at the place where Sally had sat, his two tentacles shaking at a low frequency.
He tried hard to capture the abnormal fluctuations remaining in the air.
After secret observation, he found that Sally and her colleagues all had that strange fluctuation.
Just like the strange fluctuations of the Zerg on this planet.
He frowned, pointed in the direction Sally left, and organized his words unfluently: "Sally, Zerg, same."
In his memory, Zerg could not transform into humans. Sally's Zerg-like mental fluctuations made the cub feel deeply confused and puzzled.
Of course, he himself doesn't count.
Although the cub didn't know much, he knew since he became conscious that he was different from the Zerg.
Whether it was those gentle Zergs that kept him company, or the annoying Zergs that came later, or these strangely fluctuating Zergs now.
All different.
Only Dad is like him.
The cub wrinkled his face, but couldn't say anything more. Finally, he said angrily, "Bad thing!"
The little mermaid listened to his incoherent words, but seemed to understand something.
The entire planet was destroyed, but two crew members survived the space station. It's not that they didn't have doubts, but after they took over the space station, the other party had been cooperating with their requests and was very familiar with everything in the main control room, so they dispelled their doubts.
After all, based on the information they have now, even if the Zerg are intelligent, it is impossible for them to know so much about the equipment information in the space station or even the main control room. It is indeed possible and necessary to leave hostages to assist.
However, Ruan Jiao's words now made him waver.
After all, Ruan Jiao had a different feeling towards the Zerg, which he had shown on star b3024. Later, they did not explore the matter too much, and they were also worried that it would bring danger to Ruan Jiao.
After frowning and thinking for a while, the little mermaid told Noah to keep high alert on the main control room, while she took Ruan Jiao to find Rong Heng.
Rong Heng and 09 quietly took the little dragon cub to explore the way. Through Noah, they got the military deployment map of the entire Driftwood Planet. Perhaps they found that there was no hope of rescue, and the desperate soldiers and people spontaneously took away various types of torpedoes, laser bombs, etc. At the last moment of the battle with the Zerg, they secretly hid the powerful bombs everywhere.
These bombs are equipped with tracking devices, and the hidden electronic military deployment map shows the locations of these bombs.