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Chapter 160
Base 26.
Song Zehe dragged his injured right leg, carried the wounded on his back, and limped into the medical purification department.
From yesterday to now, with the large-scale invasion of red fog and monsters, the defenders and action team of Base 26 have experienced no less than ten battles of varying sizes. People have been constantly seriously injured, and the floating stretchers are no longer enough.
Fortunately, no comrades have died so far.
All this is thanks to the garlic spray sent by Base 24.
Unfortunately, the quantity was limited, and the soldiers were reluctant to use it unless it was absolutely necessary. Despite this, after a day and a night of fighting, the sprays were almost sold out.
Next, I don’t know what to do…
Song Zehe handed his seriously injured teammate to the robot, then sat down on a chair in the corridor, used the intelligent brain to queue up, and then prepared to get some water to drink.
After he took a disposable cup to pour water and was about to go back, he saw another teammate walking in from outside.
Fortunately, the other party was not seriously injured.
"Brother Mo, what's the situation outside?" Song Zehe handed him the cup of water in his hand, and then dragged his injured leg to pour himself a cup.
Mo He looked at the water he had stuffed in front of him, then looked at his limping appearance, opened his mouth slightly, and finally picked up the glass of water and drank it all.
After finishing the water, he said to Song Zehe, "It's quiet for now, but who knows if there will be new monsters invading later?"
Song Zehe sat down beside him and drank some water tiredly.
"Do you regret coming to Prison Star?" Mo He looked at him and suddenly asked.
Song Zehe was stunned for a moment, then said: "Fortunately, even if you go to the front line of the interstellar battlefield, you still have to fight."
At least after he came to Prison Star, he did grow up in a short period of time.
Mo He shook his head, stood up and poured himself a glass of water. As he walked back, he asked, "By the way, you seem to have a friend at Base 24? I remember you asked someone to send him something last time."
"yes."
Speaking of Su Ci, Song Zehe couldn't help but feel a little worried. "In this situation, do you think he, a breeder, can stay here?"
Mo He didn't say anything, just patted his shoulder, the meaning was very clear.
Song Zehe's expression looked a little ugly.
He and Su Ci were not actually very familiar with each other. They just met on the way to Prison Star and were roommates for a while.
Su Ci...
In fact, he was a rather aloof person, and he was only slightly familiar with him on the spaceship, but he just felt that he looked quite friendly and particularly suited his taste.
Of course, this is not entirely because he is good-looking, it’s just... Song Zehe couldn’t explain it, probably because of some kind of intuition.
In short, he just wanted to make friends with him.
"Oh..." Song Zehe had just sighed when the communicator rang.
Seeing that it was Captain Chai Yue, his expression suddenly became serious. He quickly clicked to answer the call, wondering if there was another battle. As a result—
"Xiao Song, are you still in the medical department?"
"Yes, Captain Chai, do you need reinforcements?" Song Zehe asked nervously.
"No, don't worry about the battle," Chai Yue said. "The action team that went to Base 24 is back. They also brought a batch of garlic spray and new smoke bombs. It'll be enough to hold us over for a while."
Song Zehe blinked. If that's the case...
"Once you've recovered from your injuries, come to the barracks. Someone from Base 24 has sent you something."
Hearing this, Song Zehe was stunned. The only person in Base 24 who had a connection with him...
"Is Su Ci okay?" he said happily.
"Yes, he also gave you ten kilograms of super S-grade Star Chain Fruit." Chai Yue said with a complicated expression.
This time, not only Song Zehe, but even Mo He beside him was stunned. He couldn't help but lean over to the screen and said in surprise: "Boss, are you sure? How can there be super S-grade fruit on Prison Star, and you can even take out ten kilograms in one go?!"
Even in the interstellar world, super S-level fruits cannot be bought with money!
Not to mention Prison Star, a shabby place where no plants can be grown in the past hundred years.
"That was grown in Base 24." Don't ask Chai Yue how he knew that, because he had been shocked and could now recount the incident calmly.
“I’ll go!”
Mo He was about to say, "How could such a poor place like Base 24 grow super S-grade fruit?" But thinking about the garlic spray, he swallowed the words back.
Base 24 is different now than it was before, but he still finds it incredible.
"Even if the 24th Base Cultivation Garden is so awesome, what does it have to do with a breeder like him? If I remember correctly, he's still on probation, right?"
If someone had a good background and status, he wouldn't have come to Prison Star to be a keeper in a nursery, right?
Mo He's face was full of confusion.
"How did he get such great prestige that he could actually get the cultivation garden to give out ten kilograms of super S-grade fruit, and even use it as a gift? Did he really save the world?"
Chai Yue looked at him and wanted to say, "You really guessed it right."
Although the breeder did not save the world, clearing out hundreds of monsters in one breath was indeed almost the same as saving the world.
However, due to the temporary confidentiality principle, he could not speak out this secret, and could only say: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? This is a gift from that breeder Su to Xiao Song. What does it have to do with you?"
Mo He couldn't help but shut his mouth, because he had heard something strange in Chai Yue's tone. But he didn't hear anything from Song Zehe.
He came back to his senses and shook his head repeatedly, saying, "Ten kilograms of super S-grade quality fruit? That's too much. I can't take it!"
He only gave Su Ci a sausage and a box of canned food. How could it be worth so much? That was a super S-grade fruit! Even though he came from a wealthy family, he had never eaten it!
"Just keep it if Breeder Su tells you to, don't..."
Just when he said this, Chai Yue realized that his tone was a bit bad. He coughed quickly and said, "After you get well, come to my place. I need you if you need anything."
After saying that, Chai Yue hung up the phone.
He turned his head and looked at the man standing beside him, listening, and said, "Captain Yun, I'll bring Xiao Song to see you after he recovers from his injuries."
"OK."
Yun Zixu nodded and looked at the fruit box on Chai Yue's desk. Even he couldn't help feeling a little envious.
Super S-grade quality fruits are so rare. He has never eaten one in his life. And Song Zehe... He just asked about it. This guy only gave the breeder Su a little thing, but got such a generous reward.
Why didn't he try to get close to her when he was at the 24th base?
Fortunately, before he left, Yan Ping was kind enough to give him a super S-grade fruit, which he couldn't bear to eat...
Looking at the box of fruit in front of him, Yun Zixu looked away with great difficulty.
Forget it, he still has to rely on Song Zehe to poach people, there is no need to influence the plan for food. If the breeder Su finds out and lowers his impression score, it will not be worth it.
"Take good care of this box of fruit and make sure it reaches Xiao Song."
After Yun Zixu finished speaking, he saw Chai Yue nod in assurance, then he turned and left.
Base 24.
Su Ci's negotiations with Guo Hui went smoothly.
He had never thought about leaving Base 24, let alone leaving Prison Star, and he didn't care much about whether he was regularized or not. But if the human race cared, then it would be okay for him to cooperate.
His request was very simple, as long as no one came to disturb him.
Whether it is educating the cubs or other matters, he doesn't want anyone to interfere.
Guo Hui actually wanted to ask what these "other things" specifically referred to, but looking at the young man's lazy and sleepy appearance, as if he would fall asleep at any moment, she finally did not waste his time any longer.
"Don't worry, no one will come to disturb you in the future."
In fact, after this battle, if anyone else in the base met Su Ci again, they would probably not dare to come over and say anything.
After all, being respectful to the strong is the education that every interstellar human being must receive after birth, not to mention in the military.
So Guo Hui said goodbye and left, and Su Ci successfully got rid of the word "apprentice" and became a real breeder.
After knowing this, the cubs couldn't help but cheer. Of course, after Su Ci glanced at them, the children obediently went to complete their homework for the day.
Su Ci came to the side of the pool and looked at the bottom of the pool. The water monster was breathing weakly due to injury.
He stretched out his hand and the water demon turned into a water ball and fell into his hand.
"Puff..."
The water demon cried out listlessly.
Su Ci frowned, but after A Yan's explanation, he finally understood what was going on.
This water demon is too wild, so it would be nice for him to suffer some setbacks and punishment, but the premise is that he cannot be allowed to kill himself.
So, Su Ci casually threw the water ball back into the pool, and then temporarily stopped the operation of the water purification array at the bottom of the pool, allowing the water monster to recuperate for a while.
"I'll leave it to you." Su Ci said to A Yan.
"good."
A Yan nodded, looking at Su Ci's hands which became wet after coming into contact with the water demon. He couldn't help but step forward, hold up Su Ci's hands, and carefully wipe them dry with a handkerchief.
His movements were gentle and delicate, and even his face was filled with joy, as if he really enjoyed doing this.
Su Ci glanced at him and let him do what he wanted.
He looked at Ran Lie who was meditating, and at the spirit storage bag on the boy's waist, Su Ci said, "Did you give that to him?"
A Yan followed his gaze and nodded, "Yeah."
Then he looked at Su Ci and asked him, "Is it okay?"
This was given to him by Su Su. It was indeed not a good idea for him to give it to Ran Lie without his consent.
However, Su Ci just hummed and then seemed to be thinking about something.
A Yan had already wiped the water stains off Su Ci's hands, but he was reluctant to let him go. Seeing that he didn't struggle and didn't know what he was thinking, he continued to hold his hands secretly, feeling sweet in his heart.
It was not until Su Ci looked at him that he let go of his hand as if nothing had happened but with regret, and asked, "Su Su, what were you thinking about just now?"
"I was wondering, should we give each of them a spirit storage bag?" Su Ci touched his chin.
"They?" A Yan tilted his head. "You mean the other children?"
"Um."
Now, except for Ran Lie and Xue Wei, the other children do not have magic weapons for storage. It would be fine if they could continue to live in the nursery.
But it is obvious that they will have to go out in the future, so having a spirit storage bag will make everything much more convenient.
Anyway, there are still a lot of materials to make the spirit storage bag. Since there are sufficient supplies, Su Ci is still quite generous.
So he made the decision.
"Let's go back and make some more spirit storage bags." Su Ci looked at A Yan, "It's time for you to learn how to refine weapons."
Facing Su Ci's slightly stern gaze, A Yan smiled.
He found that Su Su had actually changed a lot.
"Okay, I'll study hard," he replied. "Whatever you teach me, I'll study it very carefully."
Facing A Yan's passionate and sincere eyes, Su Ci paused slightly, and finally looked away and said, "Let's go."
Su Ci and A Yan returned to the dormitory to refine the spirit storage bags. The cubs stayed in the green land to practice and study. The nursery was peaceful, but Base 24 was not peaceful.
First of all, in the cultivation garden, the differentiation of the small spiritual garlic has reached a critical period. With the blessing of the spirit of the earth again, its differentiation is proceeding exceptionally smoothly.
Now, four new garlic cloves have been differentiated. After a while, four new mutant garlic plants will be obtained.
However, whether the garlic flavor of this new mutated garlic can still dispel the red fog remains to be seen.
Because of the red fog's invasion of various bases, except for Base 26, several bases closer to Base 24 also used drones to deliver garlic spray.
As for the garlic-flavored smoke bombs newly developed by the research institute, feedback is still needed after the 26th base uses them.
After all, ever since that wave was cleared out by Breeder Su, Base 24 has been peaceful now. Apart from the thick red fog that requires vigilance, no monsters have been seen.
One new mutant garlic plant has been reserved by Base 26, and further discussion is needed as to how to deal with the rest.
Of course, after careful investigation by the action team, the green area due east of the base could no longer be concealed.
In other words, even when Yan Ping came here, he couldn't help but be shocked and speechless when he saw the rushing river and the green plants and colorful flowers and fruits and vegetables crowded on both sides of the river.
When the team members wanted to pick the fruits of the Star Chain Spirit Fruit, Yan Ping stopped them in time.
At the same time, he finally told them the truth.
This "orchard" is the result of breeder Su's work. They cannot pick the fruits here without permission. They must obtain breeder Su's consent.
Seeing the team members' jaws dropped, Yan Ping felt complicated.
"Boss, isn't Keeper Su a purifier?" Guan Zhishu couldn't help but ask, "He purified the land for planting, which is understandable, but what's going on with this river?"
Not to mention, how on earth did he manage to hide from the base surveillance, the action team and the guards, come thousands of meters outside the base, and create such a miracle?
"How can you be sure that purification is his only ability?"
Yan Ping shrugged and led the team away.
After they turned and left, the giant panda that was about to step out of the dense bamboo forest on the other side of the river slowly retracted its steps and its body turned back into its smaller version.
It sat in the woods, picked its feet out of boredom, and then continued to gnaw on bamboo shoots.
When it was still wandering in the red fog, it had to run around for food every day, working hard but still going hungry. Now, it just eats when it wakes up and sleeps when it is full. It doesn't have to do anything.
This kind of life is like a dream.
However, the sweet and delicious bamboo shoots in its mouth told it that this was not a dream.
The giant panda ate bamboo shoots, looked in the direction of the base, and couldn't help looking up at the sky. It often did this when it was in the red fog before.
It was just that it was too busy at that time and had no free time at all, but now, it has a long time to look up at the sky.
But what exactly is it looking up at?
The giant panda tried hard to recall, but he couldn't remember it no matter what, and couldn't help feeling a little lost.
In the universe, a warship passed through a wormhole and appeared in the starry sky.
Yan Ya sat in her chair, looking at the gorgeous and beautiful star field outside, but she was completely uninterested.
She couldn't help but ask her husband, "When can we get to Prison Star?"
After leaving the jump channel, there was another signal. Li Sinian was checking the message in the communicator with a serious expression.
"The Star Alliance has approved our application and allowed our warships to land on Prison Planet."
Yan Ya was surprised at first, but soon realized something was wrong, "So fast?"
"Well, something seems to have happened on Prison Star."
"An accident? Will Weiwei be in danger?"
Li Sinian quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, she's safe now, but we still have to hurry over."
He unbuckled his seat belt and asked Yan Ya to wait in the cabin. He then got up and went to the control room to ask the pilot if he could increase the speed.
"It's already the fastest speed."
The pilot said in embarrassment, "If we go any faster, there might be some danger."
Li Sinian had no choice but to give up and asked him to increase the speed as much as possible while ensuring safety. However, when he was about to go back, he received a call from the Star Alliance.
He quickly answered the call, and saw the liaison officer appear on the screen. After a brief greeting, he said to him:
"Marshal Li, on your way to Prison Star, you'll pass through Mengda Star. There's a cub with the blood of an iron-eating beast that needs to be sent to the Prison Star Nursery. Can you pick her up on the way?"