Chapter 7： Explore the unknown planet (catch bugs)

Auston's dining etiquette is the best Ryan has ever seen, and he really likes to eat the belly of the blue ribbon swordfish. The small long strip of jelly-like fat will have subtle changes after frying, and the taste will change. It is crispy, and just a little salt to taste can stimulate its own deliciousness.

Ryan took a sip and pushed it all in front of Auston and let him eat it.

"Let's eat together."

Ryan smiled and said, "You eat, I like to watch you eat." Ryan felt that at this moment, he must be just like his father, a gentle husband who would watch his wife eat. His wife would try to give whatever she likes, and watch him eat. happy to be happy.

Auston was a little dazed, this feeling was too unfamiliar to him.

After eating, Auston had no reason to stay any longer and had to return to his post. Standing at the door, Allston pointed to the outside and said, "I'm leaving."

Ryan pursed his lips, knowing that Auston had a heavy responsibility. He couldn't keep him, and it was already beautiful to be able to get along with him all night.

"I, I will send you off." Ryan looked at Auston eagerly, as if he had returned to the high school days, the desire and expectation of his youthful ignorance.

Allston said embarrassedly: "We..."

"Oh, I know, I know." Ryan immediately woke up and said rationally, "It's okay, I'll just watch you leave."

Auston chuckled, "Yeah."

Turning to leave, Ryan shouted, "Wait."

Auston: "Huh?"

Ryan quickly stepped forward and kissed Auston's lips, "Farewell to the kiss."

Auston was stunned. Once upon a time, there was such a kiss in their family, but after the mother went, there was no more.

Ryan: "I need me, come again." He is always there, not only for physical closeness, but also for other things.

"Okay." Auston hesitated for two or three seconds, took a step towards Ryan, leaned over and placed a light kiss on Ryan's cheek, "Goodbye."

Ryan touched the place where he was kissed, and smiled foolishly. He didn't know when Auston left.

"Very good progress." Ryan clenched his fists, "Keep working hard."

It’s not just love, but also work. The group training in the afternoon is both training and an important part of the work. As the logistics machinery repair department, they need to repair a lot of things, as small as a kitchen machine in the kitchen. To the entire Xingtian Ship, where there is a need for their presence.

Ryan's team is responsible for repairing some of the weapons on the ship. This is a thankless job, because it is difficult for these damaged weapons to be equipped for soldiers. After repairs, they are just stacked in the warehouse, waiting for the Xing Tian ship to return to the ground and unload it to the ground. military base.

As for the whereabouts of these things when they arrive at the military base, it's not what Ryan and the others need to know. In any case, it will not do things that endanger national interests.

In the corner of the huge warehouse, Ryan and several other team members repaired the weapons together. He was holding a disc-like thing in his hand. The card slot could be filled with ammunition, and when thrown, it could fire 300 bullets per second.

"The card slot is broken here, and an ejection device needs to be replaced." Ryan said to himself.

"It's so boring. We may not be able to fix this pile of things when the Xingtian Ship returns." Amy lay down bored, staring at the metal top with eyes blank, the white light of the ceiling lamp dazzled people Sleepy, "This kind of thankless work is left to us. Those soldiers are too rude, don't you know how to take good care of weapons, why are they broken so much?!"

"The weapons piled up here are all ordinary goods, distributed uniformly by the empire, and there is not much money for reselling them." A team member said so.

"Yeah, I heard that the annual military expenditure distributed by the earth is only a little, and 100 million star coins will send our Golden Crusade, which is not enough to maintain the Athena ship for a whole year, let alone the Xingtian ship. Commander every year In order to raise enough military spending, we have to rack our brains."

Ryan stopped, he knew about this, not only their Golden Crusade, but several other generals were facing the same difficulties, and they were heartbroken in order to raise military expenses. There are voices in the country to abolish the number of troops and cut military expenditures, and the other two countries are also arguing. Now the imperial conservatives occupy the peak, advocating austerity policies, and their attitude towards the imperial soldiers is not friendly.

"Which one is Baojiaweiguo?"

"Who is fighting with blood?"

"I really think peace is innate!"

"Under the lights of thousands of families in the empire, not a large number of soldiers are marching under the load."

Everyone complained, and the team leader, as strong as a bear, did not stop it. There were a lot of private complaints, and everyone was dissatisfied with the harsh treatment of their generals by the empire.

A few months ago, General Dalton met the Zerg army in the process of patrolling the border and launched a desperate fight. , did not threaten the depths of the motherland.

However, the generals who have lived and died many times have not received the rewards they deserve. According to their seniority and military achievements in defeating the Zerg, General Dalton should be promoted from general to the youngest general of the empire.

At this time, Ryan is very powerless, the gap between him and Auston is like the deep sea of ​​the galaxy, too big.

"Can I take these loose change?" Ryan took a few parts and asked the team leader who had been working silently.

The team leader's brown eyes looked at what Ryan was holding, "Do you want a small mech for your own team leader?"

"Well." Ryan said, "Make an arm-high one. I think there are some parts in the warehouse that can be used. Can you take them away?"

"Okay." The team leader raised his head and couldn't see beyond the piles of mechanical garbage. There are a lot of things that can be used here, but not many people are willing to take the components from here to use, because it is already damaged garbage, and some are reluctant. There is no value in fixing it.

It's good to be able to take it. Lane asked, "Do I need to pay for star coins?"

"No need, just fill out a form when you go out."

"I see, thank you leader."

As a mecha enthusiast, a person who is about to take the exam and is likely to pass the exam to become a quasi-mecha repairer, the understanding of the mecha needs to be all-round. enough components.

"Drip-drip-"

Everyone's personal terminals rang, and everyone called up the information to check, which was a unified message from the headquarters.

"There are still 30,000 light-years to reach the U167 planet, and we can finally go underground." Amy cheered, "I don't know what's in this planet, it's just water like the one before, so there's nothing to do. I need land, green plants, sunlight."

"You are a plant!"

Amy snapped, "Almost."

In the vast territory of the empire, there are still many planets that humans have not explored. The main task of the legions stationed at the border is to defend the country, and to explore unknown planets and discover available resources.

"Thirty thousand light years... According to the current speed of Xingtian Ship, it will arrive tomorrow morning."

"No need to hurry anyway." Amy stabbed Ryan with her elbow, "What are you doing with so many parts?"

See, that's the difference between a group leader and a group member.

The team leader knew at a glance what Ryan was going to do, while Amy just saw a mess of parts.

"Make a small mech."

Amy flipped through the parts curiously, "Toys for children, do you have children in your house?"

Ryan pursed his lips and smiled, there will be some in the near future, "Make it first."

"Ryan is such a good dad. Before he got married, he wanted to make toys for children. Awesome."

Ryan's marriage is high-density, and few people on the ship know about it.

After filling out the form, Ryan brought these things back first. The miniature mecha is not much easier to make than the original size. What he made is not a real toy, but a real one that can be manipulated, has self-defense functions, and can fight. Mecha, it is also a great help for his exam.

The parts I have now are only a small part, and the small mecha needs to be completed, and Ryan needs to rummage through the "garbage heap" several times.

Time passed by in a hurry. When the lights on the ship were on, Ryan had put on his battle suit and came to the square to gather. On the huge screen in front, the appearance of U167 had been projected, which was an azure planet similar to the mother planet. , with a lot of green coverage.

As soon as the screen changed, more than a dozen mechas appeared. The leader was General Dalton's code name Zero. The mechas were dozens of meters high, with strong steel muscles, carrying firearms, tall and mighty, and black. The coating makes it as unfathomable as the deep and mysterious universe itself.

There is AI in the mecha, and he has already controlled the mecha to kneel on one knee. Auston, who is wearing a combat uniform, jumps into the cockpit several times. There are other people who are acting at the same time as him. The hatch of the Xingtian ship opened, and under the leadership of Code Zero, they filed out, targeting U167 not far away.

The picture on the screen changed again, and it became the external environment of Xingtian Ship. Sixty frigates surrounded Xingtian Ship. Although the entire fleet was silent, there were silent threats to deter the Quartet.

Ryan was so excited that he wanted to fight side by side with Auston.

The screen freezes, and the deputy captain on the high platform begins to state the mission.

Ryan, who has calmed down his excitement, listened carefully. Their logistics machinery department moved with the ground operations team. Ryan's group was operating with the 88th operation team, responsible for the Z area of ​​the U167 planet (59°26' north latitude to 99°03 ', longitude 135°25' to 179°30').

After getting on the small spaceship, Ryan saw the action team that was about to act together. The men were over 1.8 meters tall and the women were over 1.75 meters tall. They were all extremely tall fighters with long legs and 50 people.

"My name is Jimmy, and I'm the captain of this team. Listen to my command when I get to the ground." A scar on his face ran through his left eye, and a man with a grim smile walked out. He had already divided his team into groups, and now he is a machine. Squad member.

The soldiers of the action team are divided into groups of ten, and each group is equipped with a mechanical repairer.

"We will protect your safety, you don't need to worry." Captain Jimmy and the team leader are obviously acquaintances. Of course, the team he belongs to invited the team leader to go. After a lot of discussion, the division was determined.

Amy was so angry that she would have to tear it up if it wasn't for Ryan. But Ryan shook his head. It was useless for them to quarrel over the sky. The team leader was taciturn and did not seek welfare, and the team members would not be respected.

"If you want to change, you don't make noise with your mouth." Ryan said calmly.

"Aren't you angry?" Amy turned herself into a blowfish.

Ryan said: "I am angry, but I will not quarrel impulsively, but find a way to turn the situation around. The team leader, he isolates the whole world, does not care about ourselves or others, we can only change ourselves. Amy, it's no use arguing."

Amy was discouraged, "The team leader doesn't know what's going on, he's getting more and more silent, he'll just touch and work, alas."

Amy looked out the window, the blue planet was getting closer, and many spaceships were traveling around, and their target was not far away.

"I wonder if Auston has entered the planet?" he thought to himself.