Chapter 185

A large amount of fog filled the interior of the transport ship, and the Tianjia Zerg that came into contact with the fog began to slowly wake up from their dormant state.

I don’t know how long it took, maybe five minutes, maybe ten minutes, but one after another, the Zerg opened their eyes and supported themselves to sit up.

Rin is one of them.

So stiff.

Lin moved his body, but it took him some time to recover from the feeling that his bones and joints were stiff.

What does it feel like to hibernate for fifteen days?

I felt a little weak and very hungry... I hadn't eaten for fifteen days, and my body started protesting the moment I woke up.

He remained calm and looked around calmly.

It was obvious that everyone had just woken up, and most of them had similar confused expressions on their faces.

...To them, it seemed as if they had just fallen into a deep sleep the previous second and woke up the very next second.

Have we arrived yet?

Rin pondered.

Before he could confirm, the light computer on his wrist made a slight sound, attracting his attention.

Rin looked down.

The optical brain received a new message from [Lu Ze].

They were not unfamiliar with the name Lu Ze. They had received messages from Lu Ze when they were still on Tianyun Star. The other party was also the supreme commander of their mission this time and was fully responsible for this mission.

[After seeing this message, follow the instructions I give.]

[The first step is to find your team members...]

This is easy to do, as they were all close to each other when they were hibernating.

Lin stood up and looked at his teammates around him, projected the information for others to see, and waved to them.

Compared to the steady Jing and the careful Xia, the lively and active An was more curious about the current situation. She tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Rin..."

Lin shook his head slightly, indicating that he should not speak for the time being.

An puffed up his cheeks. Although he wanted to say something, it was Lin who spoke.

About two minutes later, another new message popped up.

Like the previous message, this one is sent to everyone simultaneously, but the content is slightly different.

[Step 2: After receiving the "" symbol, leave the transport ship and follow the instructions to leave the B7 storage area and head to your destination.]

As Rin lowered her head to check the information, the hatch of the transport ship slowly opened in front of them.

After reading the message, he looked up and looked around, and found that most people were standing still like him, and only one group of people were moving towards the hatch.

It seems that I am not in the first group.

When Lin thought of this, he was no longer so anxious. It might not be better to leave early, after all, there was another world outside the transport ship.

Think of the appendix in the first message.

There is a panoramic view of the Western Ring of Stars above. The huge city built in space makes people feel shocked. It is hard to imagine that they are in this city at this moment.

Just a few pieces of information and pictures could not satisfy their curiosity, but after learning more, they were no longer as panicked as when they first woke up.

An squatted on the ground, holding his chin with his hand and said with a bit of boredom: "Why isn't it our turn yet?"

Group after group left, and now one third of the group has left.

"Ding——" is the sound of the optical computer receiving information.

Lin immediately pulled An up, then looked at the other male insects: "It's our turn."

at the same time.

The 'Gray Mist' butler on the optical computer kept spitting out bubbles, guiding Rin on what to do next.

Behind Lin, the other male insects followed consciously.

The environment on Tianyun Star is harsh, but the male insects are relatively pampered compared to the female insects and are somewhat arrogant. If it were in the past, they would not listen to other insects.

But it’s different now. Since they recognize Lin as their captain, it’s naturally because Lin is stronger than them.

In a mission where all the insects are female and in an unfamiliar environment, they still have great faith in Rin.

At this time, he followed Lin and cooperated very well.

…

As soon as they stepped out of the transport ship, Rin and the others were shocked by the scene before them.

Standing in this area, they looked very small compared to the huge machines around them. Looking into the distance, they could see a transport ship exactly the same as the one behind them, except that the people going up and down on it were not of the same species.

【Follow the map instructions and leave via the following route.】

The vibration of the optical brain brought Lin back to his senses. He knew that he had to remain calm at this time. If he was as excited as An next to him, the other male insects would be worried.

"From now on, you must follow closely behind me and don't make any noise unless necessary."

Hearing Rin's words, they nodded subconsciously.

It was obviously unrealistic to walk in the huge storage area. About three hundred meters after they left the transport ship, a small public bus that could carry fifteen people stopped in front of them.

Lin glanced at the words "Get on the bus" on the message and led everyone on board.

Although we didn't meet other people while walking on the road, we still couldn't help but feel tense. Now that we got on the car and found that we were the only ones there, we couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The journey is estimated to take fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes later, you will board the N103 train at the alighting point to enter the inner city of the West Ring Star Belt.

"The outside world is really different from Tianyun Star."

An leaned against the window, staring at the rapidly receding scenery outside without blinking.

Although it was just a very monotonous scenery, it was very interesting for these insects who had just come out of the "country planet".

The other male insects were not as childish as An, but their eyes would also wander outside from time to time.

They completely agreed with An's words.

——Is this the world outside? It feels amazing!

It's not like they haven't seen anything new. During their learning process, they watched a lot of videos to broaden their horizons. There were many space cities in those videos that were larger than what they saw in front of them. However, the feeling of watching the videos was completely different from experiencing it in person.

Unlike other temporary teams of insects that may be strangers to each other, the ten male insects in Rin's group more or less know each other, and now they are talking quite harmoniously.

She had long light blonde hair, which she tied into a small bun with a hairband. She looked away and asked thoughtfully:

"Did Lord Lu Ze tell us what we should do next?"

"You have to ask Lin about that." Jing tilted his head to look at Lin and smiled: "If Lord Lu Ze has any notification, it will definitely be sent to Lin's computer."

Xia noticed that Lin had been concentrating on the laptop in his hand since just now and seemed not to hear their conversation.

"Rin, what are you looking at?"

Lin pressed his brows, raised his head and said to Xia: "I'm looking at the information sent by Master Lu Ze."

"I think it will be very helpful for our future actions if we can get the information from Master Lu Ze as soon as possible."

"What message did Lord Lu Ze send?" An asked impatiently.

"a lot of."

An raised his hand, his eyes sparkling: "!!! I want to hear it! Can I tell you?"

Suddenly, everyone's eyes fell on him.

Facing these pairs of eyes eager for knowledge, Lin's mouth twitched: "You all want to know?"

"Yeah." X9.

Lin sighed: "You can say that."

"But don't get your hopes up, I haven't seen much."

There is too much information.

Judging from the size of the data package, it would probably take at least two or three hours to finish watching it, not to mention the audio and video materials.

As soon as Lin finished speaking, Shuang, who was leaning on the back of the chair behind him and squinting her eyes, peeked down from above and said smoothly, "It doesn't matter, just tell me as much as you can."

"good."

Lin understood their desire to learn more, so after a moment's thought, she said, "But we're getting off the bus in eight minutes, so let's just cut to the important bits."

Xia Yuwen said gently: "We trust your judgment, and they should be the same."

The "we" here refers to Xia, Jing and An, and the "they" naturally refers to Feng and Shuang.

It can also be seen from here that the latter's relationship is not as close as the former's and Rin.

"We have no objection." Feng and the others still trust Lin's brain, which seems to be in a different dimension from theirs. In this regard, he is still quite Lin.

Seeing that they had no objections, Lin pondered for a moment and said, "Then let me first tell you about our current position."

"This is the Western Ring Star Belt, located in the outer area of ​​the Lost Star Sector. Because it orbits a star, it is called 'Ring Star City' by the people who live here."

"Huanxing City is about thousands of light-years away from the Tianyun Galaxy. According to the old Tianjia Star Region's star region division, it is probably on the edge of the eighth largest star region."

The Zerg that left Tianyun Star this time not only received elementary education, but also had some knowledge of interstellar common sense and the past Tianjia civilization, so they could understand what Lin said.

If it were the Tianjia Zerg that Qi Heng had just met when he arrived at Tianyun Star, it would probably take him a long time to explain just these two short sentences.

"Ring Star City is located fifteen light years west of the Silver Tower and is part of the interstellar black market."

"Huanxing City is divided into three parts: the outer area, the middle city, and the inner city."

"We are located in the Star Cargo Port in the outer area of ​​​​Huanxing City. The next place we need to go is the inner city of Huanxing City... The inner city is the main trading area of ​​Huanxing City. There, creatures from various civilizations and races come here to sell and buy goods."

"One thing you can probably guess without me even having to tell you is that 'we' are quite popular here."

This sentence made their hearts sink. They all knew a little about the "popularity" of the Tianjia Zerg in the outside world. Although they only saw a little, it was enough for them to be concerned about their own safety.

"So after entering the inner city, we need to be careful and hide our identities."

"For now, there's no need to worry about anything related to the network or surveillance. Before we reach our first stop, Master Lu Ze will erase all traces of us that shouldn't be there."

"But there's no need to worry too much. We still have a great advantage in terms of appearance."

"Most interstellar civilizations are humanoid, with only a very small number being alien. And among the humanoids, humans hold a significant majority."

"As long as we don't expose ourselves and only look at our appearance, we are just good-looking humans."

Good-looking humans are not uncommon. The technology of plastic surgery and facial feature adjustment in the interstellar space is so advanced that giving yourself a beautiful face is as easy as putting on a facial mask.

It is precisely because artificial products are everywhere that today's interstellar society has begun to pursue natural beauties.

After all, modifications will definitely leave traces, so it is not that difficult to distinguish.

In Lin's narration, time passed quickly.

Eight minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

After getting off the bus, a group of ten people stood on the platform where the train would stop and waited for the train to pass.

They were the only ones on the platform.

"The train from the outer district into the inner city passes by every half an hour, and the next one will be in two minutes." Xia looked at the train schedule on the screen erected on the side of the platform.

Lin stared at the laptop and said, "This place is close to the cargo port, so not many people are taking the bus. Once you get on the bus, please spread out and sit."

Judging from their appearance, they are no different from the interstellar people.

——Although the clothes sent by the Ikal civilization were all obsolete items, they were still within the normal range.

"There are many outsiders coming to Huanxing City, and many of them are first-time visitors these days. Therefore, we can express curiosity about some things, but we should try to conceal it as much as possible."

At this point, Lin said helplessly: "After all, we can't tell what we should know and what is unique to Huanxing City."

"Keep calm, everyone."

After saying this, Rin tilted his head and looked to the left.

Not far ahead, a train was slowing down.

Soon, the train passed their platform and one of the carriages stopped in front of them.

After noticing someone on the platform, the door opened silently.

Lin took a step forward and entered the train first.

At this time, everyone else could only keep a 'calm' attitude as he said and follow suit. Even Xia, who was the most active, became much quieter.

According to what Lin said before getting on the train, they found a seat and sat down randomly after entering the train.

The space inside the train is spacious, with two rows of long seats on the left and right sides. There are cross-shaped metal railings at intervals next to the seats, and the height is just right for people to raise their hands and hold on.

There are entrances to other carriages at the front and rear of the carriage.

Lin only took a quick glance and looked thoroughly at the front and back carriages, and found that there was no one in either.

This is a good thing.

This is a good opportunity to take advantage of this time to finish reading the information sent by Lord Lu Ze.

Unlike the previous fifteen-minute ride, the distance between the outer district and the inner city is very far.

Although the train's speed is not slow, it is still slower than faster means of transportation such as shuttles and aircraft. It takes six hours to enter the inner city.

Jing and the others carefully observed the surroundings. Seeing Lin looking at the computer, they tacitly did not go forward to disturb him... At least there should be a bug among them who can understand the current situation.

Lin was reading some information over there, while An was leaning on Xia, his baby face looking extremely worried.

He opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he said nothing and just sighed silently.

Wow, I’m so hungry.

But no one said anything. If I bring it up first, I wonder if it will seem pretentious.

Jing touched Xia's head and saw that he was holding his stomach, so he probably knew what was going on.

The Tianjia Zerg have strong physical fitness. Although the male Zerg are not as strong as the female Zerg, they are not bad either.

I didn't feel anything when I was asleep, but after waking up, my body senses began to awaken as time passed, and the feeling of hunger became more and more obvious.

In fact, it’s not just An. None of the male insects here are not hungry.

Same thing with Rin.

It's just that he can tolerate it more.

In addition, after opening the closed brain area and practicing star power for a period of time, he was able to barely hold on.

The atmosphere in the carriage was very quiet. In order to reduce energy consumption, everyone chose to lean back in their chairs and close their eyes to rest... even if they had just woken up not long ago.

But what else can we do?

It’s funny to say that I have lived on the resource-scarce Tianyun Star for twenty years and have never experienced hunger.

After leaving Tianyun Star, I experienced the feeling of starvation for the first time... It was novel yet also truly uncomfortable. I couldn't help but think of those female insects who were inferior to me. They seemed to face this situation frequently...

Lin, who was looking down at the information, was stunned when he saw the message that popped up. After reading the content, he couldn't help laughing.

The next moment, he stood up and walked to the end of the carriage.

Jing was the first to hear the noise. He opened his eyes and saw Lin walking past him. He asked in confusion, "Rin, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Something happened, but it's a good thing." Rin replied, keeping his feet moving.

"I'm going to do some shopping and will be right back."

The others had already looked over while they were talking, and Lin's back was getting farther and farther away.

An said unhappily, "What good news did Lin mention?"

"There's nothing else that interests me now except food."

Xia Wan'er smiled and said jokingly, "Maybe it really is food."

"Really?!" An raised his head suddenly.

Rin came back soon.

He left empty-handed but came back with a lot of things in his hands, including some bottled water and fist-sized individual packages of unknown things.

"I'll help you." Feng Li was the closest and quickly went over to take some.

"Thanks." Lin said as he distributed the items, "Everyone take one."

Jing took his share and was a little surprised: "Where did these come from?"

Lin explained, "Lord Luze gave us a common currency that we could use. Since we didn't have much money, we just bought the cheapest one. We don't know if it will taste good or not."

"If it doesn't taste good, please bear with it for now."

"It's good to have something to eat in this situation." Yang said nonchalantly, unscrewing the water and taking a sip: "I'm so hungry now that I can eat anything."

An fiddled with the packaging bag in his hand, looking at the alliance's common text on it, which he was not very familiar with.

"...Compressed, nutritional biscuits, why are the foods so weird?"

"What does strawberry flavor taste like? Is it the same as raspberry?" But it's something I haven't eaten before, so as long as it's edible, it's fine.

An opened the package with great anticipation, broke off a piece and put it in his mouth.

Lin said to Yang, "Drink slowly, or you'll feel uncomfortable."

"Got it." Yang slowed down.

He knew what Lin meant. One should not overeat immediately after hibernation. One should only eat slowly to allow the stomach and intestines to adapt.

Lin unscrewed the water and took a sip, then said in a relaxed tone, "We still have six hours to get to the inner city. Although I don't know what to do next, it's always a good idea to eat first."

After An broke it into pieces and tasted a little, and found it tasted particularly good, he gave up using his hands and bit into the food instead.

"This is delicious. Long live Lord Lu Ze."

An said vaguely, "I've never eaten such delicious food."

Although the other male insects around didn't say anything, it was clear from the way they focused on the food in their hands that they all had high praise for the compressed biscuits.

Lin's mouth twitched, and she had to speak out to stop the idiot, so that the other party would not really cause any problems for herself from eating.

"An, don't eat so fast. Xia, please keep an eye on An...it will be troublesome if he ends up in the hospital because of this."

Xia pursed his lips and smiled: "Okay."

He easily snatched the compressed biscuit that was less than one-third of the size from An's mouth, and smiled in response to An's accusing gaze.

"Don't look at me so pitifully. It was Rin who said that. You can't blame me."

An pouted and stared at the biscuits in Xia's hand, as if he was about to cry in the next second.

"I'll eat it slowly, so please give it to me."

"I promise."

An's greedy look made everyone watching laugh.

"Rin, what should we do?" Xia asked deliberately.

Lin said with a smile: "What else can we do? An said he would restrain himself, so let him go."

"Yeah, I'll definitely eat slowly." An said hurriedly.

"Okay, I'll give it back to you." Xia returned the compressed biscuits to An.

They were about the same age, but An's personality and his tender and baby-like face probably made them unconsciously treat and care for him as if he were a young cub.

An took it.

This time he learned his lesson. Not only did he eat in small bites, but he also remembered to stop after taking a few bites before continuing.

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The author has something to say: For the sake of convenience, I did not go to the municipal hospital to get medicine at the town hospital. After taking it for a few days, there was no effect (and it was 30% more expensive)... I suspect I bought fake medicine QAQ

I really have to make time to go to the city to lie down, otherwise I will really be unable to live with the headache =口=

(I wrote half of it yesterday and saved it for today to finish and post together, so it can be regarded as a two-in-one)

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