Entering the city

Early the next morning, Yu Sheng arrived at the base hospital, which housed the highest concentration of milk poisoning patients, and began mass treatment. Of course, Spier wouldn't let Yu Sheng work for free; all patients' families had to pay for treatment. Even for those without families, the cost would be covered by the charity and Spier himself. However, when Yu Sheng learned that the base's currency was actually nuclear ore, he was speechless.

Thinking of the rudimentary level of the Snow Star people's use of mental power, Yu Sheng and the others requested a meeting with Spire after a day of treatment. However, Spire, as the base's leader, was extremely busy. He had previously made time to deal with Yu Sheng's affairs, and now, of course, he had to work overtime to catch up. However, the young man Mu Qi took the initiative to approach him, "Mr. Yu Sheng, the leader said before, if you need anything, please let me know, and I will do my best to help you."

Mu Qi left a good impression on Yu Sheng. Although he looked cold, he was a soft and kind boy at heart.

"Come, come here." Let him be his first apprentice! Yu Sheng thought.

Previously in Xiaoxi Village, Yu Sheng had also taught the villagers how to train their mental power to explore nuclear stones. Unfortunately, everyone tried to imitate him but could not learn it at all and gave up one after another. Only Mia seemed to be able to do it well, but it only improved the efficiency of exploration without any fundamental change, so Yu Sheng had to give up.

But now looking at Mu Qi's qualifications, he should be good.

"Can you release and control mental power? To what extent can you do it?" Yu Sheng asked.

Mu Qi answered obediently, "I can release and control my mental power to grab entities." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and a thick mental power thread with a radius of about five centimeters emerged. The density was very high, which showed that Mu Qi had excellent talent, but his control was too poor. The mental power knocked over the book on the table twice, and it fell to the ground once before it staggered to pick up the book.

However, Yu Sheng was already very surprised that Mu Qi's talent could reach this level. He reached out and touched Mu Qi's head affectionately, and said in a tone like a weird uncle seducing a child, "Mu Qi, do you want to learn how to control your mental power from me? You can even pilot a mecha in the future."

Mu Qi's eyes lit up instantly, and his usually cold face seemed to glow. "Really?" He looked at Yu Sheng, his eyes full of surprise. "I do!"

Yu Sheng successfully captured a well-behaved little apprentice and was in high spirits. "Come, I'll teach you the first step in manipulating your mental power!"

After a busy day and a full night teaching Mu Qi, Frey couldn't even find time to spend some time with Yu Sheng, so he went to the base's library to browse information about Snow Star and Central City. Unfortunately, the information the base had obtained was quite old, and there were almost no books for the new year.

While reading, he ran into a senior member of the base. He told Frey that if he wanted to see new information, he should go to the top floor and apply for a virtual warehouse. Although it could only access the Snow Star LAN, the database was indeed the most up-to-date and comprehensive. Frey thanked him, went to the top floor and paid for a virtual warehouse slot, then immersed himself in the LAN.

Because of its promising development and pleasant environment, the central city of Snow Star long ago attracted wealthy merchants and nobles to relocate their families and attempt to dabble in the orc trade. Currently, the orc trade in the central city is monopolized by a magnate named Groven, but the ruling power of the central city is controlled by the Bedma family, a long-established family that once resided on Mantu Star. When these two families collide, collusion between officials and businessmen becomes inevitable.

And the virtual warehouses that can connect to the interstellar network and communicate with the outside world probably only exist in these two companies.

After reading all the information and memorizing the latest map of Central City, Frey left the library and headed back. Opening the door, Frey glanced inside. "Is the vixen gone?"

"...Poof!" Yu Sheng was drinking water and almost spit it all out. "Who do you say is a vixen?"

Frey said expressionlessly, "That little boy."

"Stop giving people random nicknames, okay?" Yu Sheng said helplessly, "He's my first apprentice, don't bully him." After saying that, Yu Sheng got up and went to the bathroom, "It's getting late, take a shower and go to bed."

After changing out of his dirty clothes, Yu Sheng turned on the button of the shower head. Water of suitable temperature rushed out and massaged his back. Yu Sheng lay in the bathtub and felt that all his fatigue was relieved. He couldn't help but close his eyes and enjoy it.

Suddenly, a pair of hands touched his chest. Yu Sheng opened his eyes and met Freyhu's blue eyes. His heartbeat began to accelerate. "Axiao, what are you doing here?"

"You ask even though you already know the answer." Frey said these four words to Yu Sheng indifferently, with his hands on Yu Sheng's lower abdomen, which gradually tended to move downwards.

That night, Yu Sheng was tossed over and over in the water countless times, and crying and begging for mercy was of no avail. Finally, when he was in a trance in Frey's arms, he realized belatedly that A Xiao was probably jealous.

Over the course of five days, Yu Sheng's efficiency in treating patients with milk poisoning increased. Every day, eager families, accompanied by their children or spouses, lined up at the hospital, only to emerge from the treatment room in high spirits. The base felt like a festive occasion, filled with laughter and joy. Many families spontaneously displayed banners thanking Yu Sheng and even tried to find his address to give him gifts. Unfortunately, his residence was off-limits.

However, Spear finally found time to visit, bringing with him Snow Star's unique fur flowers and other local gifts.

The velvet flower is golden, resembling a furry animal ear, speckled with irregular red. On Snow Star, a legend about the velvet flower tells of a warrior from an Orc tribe. When invaded by enemy forces, he cut off his ear and gave it to his beloved, urging her to flee while he himself charged the enemy without hesitation. The girl managed to escape, her ear stained with the warrior's blood, but died in tears, longing for her lover. The ear rotted on his body, merging with the soil. Many years later, the land suddenly blossomed with velvet flowers. The golden velvet flowers swayed in the wind, their blood-stained streaks gleaming, symbolizing the Orcs' fearless courage in the face of invaders and their unwavering protection of their families.

At the same time, she is also the military flower of the anti-interstellar alliance army.

"Yusheng, I came here specially to thank you." Spear put the fresh dew-covered animal wool flowers into the small porcelain vase on the bedside. "The patients with milk poisoning in the base are almost cured. Everyone is very grateful to you." Not only were individual lives saved, but from a collective perspective, the base's labor force was greatly increased. In the past few days, the base's resources have doubled.

As the leader of the base, Spear could hardly hide his joy.

"By the way, there's something I want to ask you." Yu Sheng accepted these small gifts, which were not expensive but were thoughtful. "There are quite a few underage children among those who were rescued with me. If they want to go home..."

Before Yu Sheng finished speaking, Spier understood what he meant and immediately said, "Don't worry about that. We will ask the rescued people for their opinions. If they want to go back, we will send a team to take them back to where they originally lived."

"That's good. Thank you for your hard work, Chief." Yu Sheng nodded.

"Well... I have something else to ask you." After hesitating for a moment, Spear chose to speak. She asked cautiously, "I heard that you are teaching Mu Qi how to use mental power, right?"

Yu Sheng replied, "It was Mu Qi who told you that, right? Yes, I am teaching him how to control his mental power. This kid is very talented and is making rapid progress." Speaking of his first disciple, Yu Sheng couldn't help but praise him a few more times.

But Spear's mind was not on this. She carefully considered her tone and said, "Then you see, when Mu Qi has learned it, can he teach some methods to the soldiers of the Allied Forces?" Even though Xue Xing was isolated, Spear understood that things that a master teaches his disciple cannot be leaked casually, so she asked nervously.

Yu Sheng didn't care about this. In the interstellar world, mind control was a compulsory course for every interstellar child in school. After all, if you couldn't even control your mind, how could you pilot a mecha? How could you build machinery? Many fields were inseparable from mind power.

"Mu Qi hasn't fully grasped the theoretical stuff yet, so don't let him lecture." Yu Sheng said, "When I get back from Central City, I'll give a lecture to everyone in the base. Do you have a TV station?"

After understanding what Yu Sheng meant, Spier couldn't believe her ears. She stood up excitedly and said, "Really? Thank you so much! I'll pass on the news right away!"

"Hey! Wait a minute!" Yu Sheng helplessly stopped the impetuous leader. "We're leaving for Central City tomorrow. What are the specific arrangements?"

"Don't worry, everything has been arranged. Someone will pick you up tomorrow morning." After Spear said this, he didn't want to say anything else to Yu Sheng. He left in a hurry, wanting to hold a high-level meeting to arrange this nationwide mental power learning.

That night, Frey dragged Yu Sheng out for some fun, but since they had to travel the next day, they only did it once before calling it a day. Perhaps it was the intimate connection that helped promote sleep, but Yu Sheng slept soundly, and woke up naturally the next day, feeling refreshed.

The men sent by Spire used the base's most advanced technology to disguise Yu Sheng and Frey. The masks were far superior to the realistic ones Yu Sheng had tried to create using plants from Snow Star, and were also much less likely to be exposed. Afterward, Yu Sheng and Frey boarded a hover truck. Inside, there were also large cages filled with orcs, all of whom smiled and waved at Yu Sheng.

"Don't worry, we're all experienced actors!" a girl said cheerfully, "I don't know how many times we've changed this face."

Yu Sheng laughed, "Then I'll leave it to you."

The leader gave Yu Sheng many instructions, such as how merchants in Central City should speak and the procedures for entering the city. He wrote them down in a small notebook and handed it to him. Yu Sheng and Frey took careful note of the details and didn't take the notebook with them. After all, having more information meant a greater risk of exposure.

This modified hover car does not have any navigation system, but fortunately with the map drawn by Spear, Frey can drive to the central city accurately.

After a long drive of several hours, the speeding hover cars gradually became more and more dense, and high-rise buildings came into view, giving people the illusion of suddenly walking from primitive society into a sci-fi future.

Of course, in terms of prosperity, it couldn't compare to the rich planets like Mantu and Wenxing. After all, given the geographical environment and history, development would have to be done slowly.

As soon as they entered the city's outer perimeter, a routine inspection robot flew over and ordered the hovercar to land. As Frey slowly lowered the hovercar, the robot inspected the driver's seat and the interior of the vehicle twice, finding no dangerous items and allowing them to proceed.

Probably because they thought the orcs outside couldn't cause any trouble, the security in the central city was very lax. The two successfully passed the security check and drove the hovercraft to a small hotel on the east side of the central city as Spear said.

Several hover trucks were parked here, and other truck drivers greeted Frey and Yu Sheng. "You two don't look familiar? Are you new here?" "How's it going? First time out of town, how's the cargo?" "How's the cargo?"

Hearing these questions, Yu Sheng suppressed his discomfort, sighed with a sad face, and replied, "I only caught three, and they weren't very good-looking. Sigh, this business is not easy to do..."

"Three is pretty good. If they have good qualifications, many training gyms will be happy to accept them."

"Yes, the warm season has arrived, and the new pet selection competition is about to begin. All the training halls are working hard to select the best seedlings. Business is at its peak now, so we have to seize the opportunity..."

The drivers opened the carriages and found cages filled with orcs who had lost all ability to think after drinking the pure milk.

The antidote to the milk-purifying poison is readily available at the training halls, but they're not willing to share it with anyone. While milk-purifying is sold everywhere, the antidote is only available through government channels to those in the inner circle and those with connections. Firstly, this is to prevent people from buying untrained orcs for pets at low prices, potentially leading to lawsuits. After all, even female orcs and children can be quite ferocious. Secondly, the major training halls in Central City want to keep the orc business under control within the hands of a few authority figures. If anyone could train, not only would the quality of the finished product be inconsistent, but their business would also be severely damaged. It's better to maintain a balanced balance, with a few participating companies working together.

As Yu Sheng and Frey opened the rear doors, the orcs in the cages immediately became transfixed, their faces dazed. Perhaps they were too transfixed, but the drivers, eager to take a look at this new competitor, shook their heads and secretly rejoiced, "Your cargo isn't very good. You look clueless. I'm afraid you won't learn anything the trainer tells you once you get into the training hall. Besides, you're just plain-looking."

Yu Sheng was actually quite puzzled. The Snow Star people in your car also drank the pure milk and became dumbfounded. What was the difference in appearance? How could you tell that the people in my car had low IQs?

However, Yu Sheng was too lazy to get involved with this group of people. He booked a room in the hotel and brought the three Snow Star people in. The three people immediately regained their normal expressions and found their seats as if they were familiar with the place. One of them was half lying on the bed watching TV, one was eating fruit, and the other drank too much water on the way and went into the toilet.

"Tsk, it's the same room we booked last time." The girl said while chewing an apple, "Go get whatever you need! Don't worry about the three of us. We've stayed in this little hotel dozens of times!"