The little dragon cub went downstairs reluctantly, and found everyone gathered together to talk about what they had done.
He looked at Rong Heng, then at the little fox, and found that they all had red marks painted on their faces, except for himself. He immediately became dissatisfied and shouted, "I want to be painted too!"
He flapped his wings and said unhappily, "Why did you all draw, but not me?"
"You're so dark anyway, no one can tell whether you draw or not." The little fox laughed at him mercilessly.
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The little dragon boy's eyes widened, and he was so angry that his nostrils were about to spit sparks. He pulled Ruan Shiqing's legs and started to act like a spoiled child: "I want to draw no matter what, Daddy draws for me!"
Ruan Shiqing had no choice but to take out a red pen and draw a line on the little dragon's face.
The little dragon's face was covered with black scales that looked like ink-jade. The scales were stacked one on top of the other, shiny and smooth. When the tip of a pen passed over the scales, it could only leave a barely noticeable mark.
Looking at himself in the pool water, the little dragon boy was not very satisfied and asked his father to apply it twice more heavily before he could finally barely see a red mark on his face.
He tilted his head back and said to the little mermaid, "Look, we are the same!"
The little mermaid looked at the red marks smeared on their faces, and her originally gloomy heart was filled with as if the sun suddenly dispelled the dark clouds and warmed the entire field.
Flowers bloomed in his heart.
"Ah!" The little mermaid responded loudly, her tail swaying gently and her eyes curved as she laughed happily.
He finally understood the meaning of what his father said yesterday: "Don't take the words of others who are not important to you to heart. In our hearts, you are the most beautiful." It was not just a light comfort.
They have been telling him through their actions that no matter what he looks like, in their hearts, he is the most beautiful little mermaid.
He shouldn't make things difficult for himself and his family because of some bad words from insignificant people.
The little mermaid straightened her chest and her blue eyes shone.
Ruan Shiqing had never lied to him. Although there was a scar on her face, this little mermaid was indeed very beautiful.
When the cubs went to school, they attracted the attention of other cubs as expected.
Some cubs laughed at how ugly the red marks on their faces were.
The little dragon cub raised his head and said confidently: "Do you understand? This is the honor of a man!"
"That's right! It's the badge of bravery!" Nota agreed without feeling that there was anything wrong, and held his little chin high and proudly.
Dad said that the scars on Ruan Yuebai's face are proof of his strength.
Not every cub can survive after suffering such serious injuries.
Scars are not marks of ugliness, but badges of bravery.
The kids kept talking and Rong Heng rolled his eyes.
I don't know where I learned these words from.
But the nonsense of the two cubs really frightened many of the cubs. The cubs looked at each other and actually thought that what they said made sense.
Only adults have scars, and adults sometimes say they are the badges of heroes.
A hero's badge, how cool does that sound!
The kids immediately forgot about yesterday's farce. They were all eager to try and get a "hero badge" on themselves.
Instead, the little lion cub Mile stared at the little mermaid with a dull look on his face: "A man's glory?"
He said blankly: "But isn't Ruan Yuebai a girl?"
Looking at his expression, he is about to cry.
"You are the girl! Your whole family is girls!" The little dragon was the first to be unhappy. He pointed at Ruan Yuebai and said loudly, "You are my brother. Are you blind?!"
The little lion cub opened his eyes wide, tears welling up in his red eye sockets.
Finally, she couldn't help but sniffle and said with sobs: "Ke, Ke Si, he is so handsome."
The little lion cub's budding boyish heart shattered to the ground.
He wiped his tears, stared at the little mermaid and stretched out his hand: "You, you give me back my hairband!"
He had spent a long time selecting it as a gift for the girl he liked!
The little mermaid's face turned red with embarrassment after being mistaken for a girl. He had been thinking of returning the hairband to the other party today, so he quickly took it out of his small pocket and put it in his hand.
The little lion cub ran away crying, clutching the red hairband.
The other cubs looked at his back and laughed loudly.
After sending the kids to school, Ruan Shiqing went to Fita Manor.
Marin said that the first batch of blasters had been sold to Mr. Rong, the deposit had been paid, and they would be shipped away by transport ship soon. Ruan Shiqing went there for the first time to communicate with Dares about the new requirements before he left.
— is the first major customer. With the relationship with Snowball, Ruan Shiqing attaches great importance to this business, so he specially arranged a meeting with Dares at Fita Manor.
At this time in the Fita Manor, Dares was video chatting with several colonels.
Just a few days ago, advance samples of blaster rifles were delivered to Yengeis. There were only one thousand in total, and only more than three hundred were distributed among the three colonels, which was not enough even for the elite troops under their command.
After getting the weapons, they couldn't wait to go to the battlefield to test them out.
Although they had heard about the power of the blaster from Dareth a long time ago, they were still greatly surprised by its superiority during the actual practice.
Compared to the new laser gun, the blaster's accuracy is indeed not good enough. But the enemy they are facing is none other than the Zerg!
The Zerg are creatures with strong reproductive capabilities, large numbers, large size, thick skin, and extremely strong vitality. Even a shot to the head from a laser gun cannot kill them immediately, and it is likely to anger the Zerg and trigger a dying counterattack.
Even the elite soldiers in the army had to act in small groups and cooperate with each other when dealing with the Zerg to minimize casualties.
But the blaster is different from the laser gun, the energy beam it emits has super-high temperature attached to it. Although super-high temperature has no effect on non-living things, it is very useful against Zerg.
As long as your shooting skills are accurate enough, a single shot to the head will cause the high-temperature energy beam to instantly melt off most of the Zerg's head.
It doesn't matter if the aim is not good enough. Although the Zerg have thick skin and flesh, they are not made of steel. They can also feel pain. The damage caused by the blaster is undoubtedly double.
After testing the power of the blaster, several colonels learned that they had reached a long-term and stable contract with Master Ruan. They all called Dares and began to raise their demands.
"The blaster is still not powerful enough. Can we mass-produce blaster cannons? Imagine that when we encounter a swarm of insects, we can roll out blaster cannons one by one and have a feast of roasted insects!"
The speaker was the captain of the Moira, Colonel Mellor.
She is the only female among the five captains, and her strength is second only to Asman and Dares who died in the line of duty. She is known as the "God of Death" on the battlefield.
"I can barely afford a blaster rifle, and you dare to dream of a blaster cannon?"
Captain Shaw of the Minotaur was in disbelief. He pushed Melaire away and squeezed to the front, his face almost sticking to the camera: "I'm different. I'm not greedy at all. Just give me the burster gun, as long as I can count." He stretched out five fingers and shook them in front of the camera.
Dares was dazzled by him: "Five thousand?"
Xiao Yi made a face like you are kidding me: "Fifty thousand!"
Dareth: “…”
After a moment of silence, he ignored Xiao Yi who was talking loudly: "Next, hurry up, Master Ruan will be here soon."
"Why do we have to raise our demands with you? We can also communicate directly with Master Ruan." The captain of the Prometheus, Jasper, expressed dissatisfaction.
You guys are asking for 50,000 blaster rifles right away. Won't you scare Master Ruan away
Dares rolled his eyes, ready to cut off the communication, and urged: "Five minutes left, hurry up!"
The three captains had no choice but to accept the reality and put forward their own demands.
They had no idea, but Dares was very confident. He deleted all the unreasonable and bizarre requests, and only handed over the ones that seemed to be not a big problem to Ruan Shiqing.
After reading the demand form, Ruan Shiqing said, "Actually, I haven't seen a real Zerg yet. If possible, can you transport a few Zerg corpses to planet B3024?"
Since it is a weapon aimed at the Zerg, we naturally have to understand the structure of the Zerg.
"Is that your only request?" Dares was flattered to see that he had no other request.
After all, every time a requirement form or a new weapon test report is submitted to the military's weapons research institute, it is inevitable that the institute's mechanics will make sarcastic remarks. Those people in the institute believe that soldiers do not understand weapon design at all, and the requirements they put forward are just talk.
Generally speaking, if two out of ten requirements are adopted and implemented, it is considered very good.
The generals in the frontline regions have always had some opinions about the military's weapons research institute. If it weren't for the military's wool, they would rather place orders directly from several arms giants.
A mechanic like Master Ruan who accepts everything and has a good temper is simply a treasure of the empire!
"One more thing." Ruan Shiqing handed him a test feedback form: "After the first batch of blasters are put into use, please give me feedback on the test results as soon as possible, so that we can make improvements and adjustments before the next batch of blasters are produced."
What else can Dares say
He could only nod his head like a chicken pecking at rice, while flattering and praising Master Ruan crazily in his heart!
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After finishing the interview with Dares, Ruan Shiqing said goodbye and left. On the way out, he happened to run into Shen Xizhuo.
"Mr. Ruan, I heard that your lost cub was found? Congratulations."
"Yes." Thinking of the little cub at home, Ruan Shiqing's smile became much more genuine: "I'm sorry that I couldn't attend the last mutual aid meeting."
Shen Xiuzhuo had given him an invitation to the mutual aid society before, but Snowball happened to be missing at that time. He was busy looking for the cub and had no time to spare, so he naturally did not go in the end.
"It's a voluntary activity, Mr. Ruan, don't worry about it." Shen Yuzhuo waved his hand and said, "But you couldn't attend that day, and many staff members were very sorry. They have been wanting me to find an opportunity to organize another party and invite you to a small gathering. I just don't know if you are free?"
Ruan Shiqing is not a person who works in isolation. He is also well aware of the importance of connections. Hearing this, he did not reject the olive branch that Shen Yuzhuo once again extended. He smiled and said, "I have time recently."
"Then in the next two days, I will set the time and place and invite Mr. Ruan to get together again." Shen Zhuo said.
Ruan Shiqing readily agreed and exchanged a few words with him before saying goodbye and leaving.
He did not go home immediately, but took a detour to the underground market.
The underground market has a large turnover rate and a mixed crowd. His original intention was to find out if there was any way to cure the scar on the little mermaid's face, but he didn't expect to run into the familiar stall owner in a corner again.
When the other party saw him, his expression suddenly became much more enthusiastic, and he greeted him, "Mr. Ruan, we have a lot of new goods, would you like to take a look?"
Ruan Shiqing did not go over immediately, but looked at him from a distance of several meters.
The man was wrapped in an inconspicuous brown cloak, with a thin figure and a very young face, no more than 30 years old. The expression on his face when he greeted him was genuine and warm, without any falsehood.
There doesn't seem to be any problem.
But thinking about 09 who has self-awareness and the dragon egg mixed in the rock crystal...if all of this is coincidence, it is really too coincidental.
He wasn't sure if he was being too suspicious.
Seeing that he didn't move, the other party called him again. Ruan Shiqing thought about it and walked towards the inconspicuous stall.