Over the past two thousand years since the establishment of the Galactic Empire, ancient humans have been defined as a weak race that should have been eliminated long ago. Even though the Empire has been calling for racial equality, discrimination and exclusion are still everywhere.
For example, for the same job, people are more willing to hire Bis people or evolved people; for the same salary, ancient humans need to work harder; for another example, in all walks of life, there are obviously many exceptionally outstanding ancient humans, but everyone says that ancient humans are not good enough and have already lost in terms of genes.
How could ancient humans with such weak power and inferior genes be superior to the Bis and Evolved Man
But what is the reality
Who knows the result if you don’t try
It is not terrible for a person to be denied. What is terrible is that as time goes by, even he himself accepts such denial and willingly confines himself to the bottom of the well, no longer daring to imagine the vastness and magnificence of the sky and fields outside the well.
Luther was already accustomed to such denials, but he did not think he should be a frog squatting at the bottom of a well forever.
There was a fire burning in his heart, urging him all the time to jump out and take a look, to jump out of this remote planet and take a look.
And high-speed shuttle racing is his only way to jump out of this well.
The rewards of the competition include not only generous star coins, but also the opportunity to take the spaceship in the inner city and travel to Sikkim legally.
The capital planet Sikkim is a name that is absolutely familiar to the residents of the garbage planet B3024, but it is also an extremely distant name. It is so distant that many people will never be able to see that magnificent dark golden planet in their entire lives.
"If you really want to participate in the podracing race, I suggest you rebuild this podracing car. Although podracing race is a gamble with your life, it is better to be recognized while alive than to be ridiculed after death." Ruan Shiqing said finally.
Although Luther's ideas were somewhat radical, he agreed with them.
If people want to break out of the existing framework and break free from some constraints, they must have the courage to burn their boats.
He admired Luther's courage and was willing to add fuel to the flames.
Instead, Luther was a little stunned. After a long while, he said, "You are the first person to support me. My friends all think I am crazy and daydreaming."
"The poet Södergrand once said: All stars will eventually disappear, but they always shine fearlessly."
Ruan Shiqing showed him the virtual screen of the intelligent brain: "But I think you should be fully prepared before proving your fearlessness."
On the virtual screen is a budget list.
"These are the parts that need to be replaced for your Podracer. If you have enough budget, I can help you modify it. Although I can't guarantee that you will win, as long as you drive correctly, at least there will be no accidents."
There was a long list of parts that Luther couldn't understand. He looked down and saw the price at the end: "So many parts, only three thousand star coins?"
"Friendship price." Ruan Shiqing smiled: "But let me make it clear first, if you win, I will get 20% of the prize money."
"Deal." Luther transferred his last savings to him: "If I really win, I won't have any problem giving you 30%."
Ruan Shiqing gestured to him, "Then I'll replace the anti-gravity generator for you. Before the race starts, leave the shuttle racing car with me."
Luther nodded repeatedly, smiling so hard that his teeth were showing.
When Ruan Shiqing left, he walked him all the way to the door.
A neighbor heard the conversation between the two, looked at Ruan Shiqing critically, and said in a mocking tone: "Luther, your second-hand racing car has not been repaired yet? Could this be the new repairman you found?"
Luther frowned and looked at him, saying with disgust: "You spent a lot of star coins to fill your front teeth, right?"
The neighbor is a Bis man, and his animal form is a hyena. If it weren’t for the tail behind him, he would look more like a “weak” ancient human than the tall and strong Luther.
"I just want to remind you not to be cheated. You are so ungrateful." The neighbor was reminded by him and remembered the painful experience of his front tooth being broken last time. He ran away in panic, covering the tooth that had just been filled not long ago.
Seeing him running away, Luther put away his anger and said to Ruan Shiqing: "Don't pay attention to what he says. He can't beat me, so he always wants to get the upper hand with words." But he doesn't like to talk, and he will never waste his words if he can do it with action.
Ruan Shiqing shook his head and didn't take it to heart. After saying goodbye to him, he sent the list to 09 and said, "Let's go to the underground market to buy parts first."
A master and a servant were walking on the way to the underground market.
The brand new and exquisite golden robot attracted many curious eyes, and some knowledgeable people whispered: "Is this a PL-3 military robot?"
"I think it's just an ordinary robot that imitates its appearance. If they really get a military robot, who would dare to bring it out openly?"
"That's true... But the technology is pretty good to be able to imitate it so realistically."
"To be at this level, you must be at least a first-class mechanic, right?"
"… "
09Listening to the discussions around him, he straightened his back proudly, raised his chin slightly, and praised his master crazily in his heart: My master's skills are so amazing, you guys should come find him! !
Unfortunately, no one can hear his inner cry.
09Looking around, I felt the loneliness of a precious pearl hidden in a box with no one to appreciate it.
Ruan Shiqing didn't pay much attention to these discussions. His attention was attracted by a group of soldiers. In recent days, he could often see patrolling soldiers in various places in the outer city.
This has never happened before.
When he arrived at the underground market, he took the opportunity of picking out spare parts to casually mention the sudden appearance of the soldier patrol.
"You mean those guards?" The stall owner showed an excited look: "Do you know about the auction a while ago?"
Ruan Shiqing nodded calmly: "I know, it seems that something was lost at the auction."
"That's right! The finale of the auction was a nine-tailed fox cub." The stall owner lowered his voice and sounded mysterious. "But after the auction, the cub was lost! It is said that the buyer was a big shot in the inner city. He was very angry and suspected that someone broke into the auction warehouse and stole the nine-tailed fox cub. He has sent patrols in the inner city to search for it for several days."
He spread his hands with a gloating look: "But I didn't even find a single fox hair."
So that's how it is. Thinking of the little fox that looked like a ball of fire, Ruan Shiqing didn't know whether he hoped it would be found or not.
He was lost in thought for a while, then found it funny again.
Whether he can find it or not, he can't do anything about it. It's really like worrying about one's own business.
Shaking his head, Ruan Shiqing handed the newly bought anti-gravity thruster to 09, and then returned to Lu De's house to replace new parts for the shuttle racing car.
***
On the other side, at home.
Rong Heng lay on the windowsill to bask in the sun.
Although it was artificial sunlight, the warm feeling was real. He squinted his eyes comfortably, and the tail swaying slightly behind him showed his good mood.
As the crown prince of the empire, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rarely has such leisure time.
When he was a cub, his mother had already begun to teach him strictly, and his life was filled with various courses; later, his mother died, and his relationship with his father became increasingly alienated. In addition, when he entered the growth period, he was sent to the Yanjis region to garrison, fighting the Zerg day and night.
In the past twenty-six years, there have been only a few moments of warmth.
On the contrary, it was the accidental stranding on this remote planet that made him feel a rare sense of relief.
Without the constraints of being the crown prince of the empire, he could freely express his emotions, stay away from political struggles and conspiracies, temporarily unload the burden on his shoulders, and gain a brief peace.
There was a slight sound of water splashing beside him. Rong Heng glanced at the side and saw that the artificial mermaid was holding its tail and examining it carefully.
After a period of treatment, the wound on his tail had begun to heal, and some parts had even grown thin, soft scales. The new scales reflected a tiny blue glow in the sun, making the ugly, uneven fish tail look a little better.
Rong Heng snorted softly.
Thinking of the ministers in Sikkim who were scheming against each other, this artificial mermaid didn't seem so annoying.
Instead, the little mermaid noticed his gaze and found that he was staring at her fish tail. She hurriedly hid it under the water, opened her ear fins nervously, and stared at him with wide eyes.
The water waves sway and the light and shadows float.
The two rubber ducks rose and fell with the waves, revealing the little mermaid's uneasy mood.
Rong Heng noticed that he was trying hard to curl his tail back and hide it.
With a light snort, he jumped off the windowsill, left the second floor and went to the first floor.
Seeing him leave, the little mermaid breathed a sigh of relief, her ear fins drooped listlessly, and her tail, which had not yet grown scales, swayed gently underwater.
Rong Heng was going to visit the workshop of the ancient human boy.
He originally thought that the other party was just a smart young man, but he didn't expect that he could actually repair the PL-3. Although many parts were simplified, it was still very shocking on such a remote planet.
What's more, he knew that the boy couldn't even speak the interstellar common language at first.
Even the first few books were found by him.
No one knew better than him how fast this boy was growing.
He rarely felt a hint of curiosity.
I strolled to the door of the workshop and was about to go in, but I heard rustling noises coming from the other end.
Was there a burglary at home
Rong Heng paused, slowed down his movements, turned around and went to check the source of the sound.
The place where the sound came from was the kitchen.
In this place, the kitchen was mostly useless and was just a decoration. But he knew that Ruan Shiqing had just purchased a batch of nutritional supplements and stored them in the kitchen's refrigerator.
He held his breath and lay in ambush at the kitchen door.
The thief in the kitchen didn't notice his presence.
At the door of the cold storage room, a few red fox tails swung, and then a thin body crawled out with a few tubes of nutrients in its arms.
She was a little girl who looked like a human and was about five or six years old. The fox ears on her head and the fox tail behind her were not retracted. Her pair of cold silver eyes contained a familiar arrogance and alertness.