Chapter 86 Recording Chip

Mu Baixing then obediently leaned down and leaned on Mingyu's shoulder.

The temperature on the Maze Star is not high, and it is extremely cold after the sun's rays are blocked.

The wind in the wilderness blew from the side, but the burning starship actually brought them a little warmth.

What is more obvious is the body temperature between each other.

Mingyu turned his head to look at Mu Baixing and saw that he had his eyes downcast, his eyelashes were very long, casting a shadow against the gradually extinguishing firelight.

Mingyu tried to hold back, but couldn't help it and reached out to touch it lightly.

Mu Baixing's eyelashes trembled.

He looked up at Mingyu and whispered, "What are you doing?"

Mingyu: “…”

"Try it and feel it." Mingyu coughed dryly. "Inspect the goods."

Mu Baixing: “…”

"Okay," he said. "There's a lot to check. Take your time."

Mingyu: “…”

Mu Baixing: “…”

Mingyu's face suddenly turned red.

He couldn't be sure if he was thinking too much, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should blame Mu Baixing for speaking without restraint and changing color in public.

Although the colorful brothers as the "crowd" had already spontaneously avoided Mu Baixing and Mingyu.

The starship's energy tank had been completely burned out, and the fire was extinguished in the low temperature.

Several people with colorful hair stood in front of a charred starship wreckage. They worked together to lift up a piece of wreckage blocking the starship hatch and looked inside.

The red-haired one entered first, followed by the orange-haired one and the green-haired one.

Lanmao, standing at the end, asked worriedly, "Is the stuff in the collection chamber still there? Those water scorpion energy glands and some small minerals we got...that's all worth money!"

"It should be fine." Red Hair jumped through the crack in the exploded floor and saw the collection chamber behind him. "The chamber is slightly deformed, but the inside seems unaffected. The few materials we collected should be there! After the competition is over, according to the mining area rules, we will send us a material processing application form. We'll take any useful materials back to base and put the useless ones up for auction..."

"And the golden treasure chest from the competition." Zimao was more concerned. "Wasn't that... burned too?"

Red Hair: “…”

"That's not the case!" Red Hair was shocked by his guess. "The golden treasure chest is communicating with the Star Navigation Competition's database! Although the data transmission was interrupted by the energy explosion just now, it should be recoverable! Let's wait a little longer. After the connection is restored, we should be judged to have returned to the maintenance point due to the starship crash..."

Just as he was speaking, the scene in front of Red Hair's eyes flashed.

The scenery of the starship wreckage and the Maze Star Mining Area disappeared, and they appeared in the repair room hall.

Mu Baixing held Mingyu's shoulders to help him stand steady, and looked up at the system light screen that appeared in front of him.

"drop--"

"The Star Navigation Competition module link is disconnected - data restoration is in progress -"

The fan-shaped progress restoration pattern rotated on the light screen, and Mingyu and his brothers Wucai Toumao subconsciously held their breath.

After a few long seconds, the fan-shaped pattern disappeared and the screen showed a successfully restored image.

"Congratulations to Colorful for obtaining the golden treasure chest—!"

After the Star Navigation Competition system re-established the connection, the prompt for obtaining the golden treasure chest was finally delayed.

The same system prompts appeared in front of all teams, refreshing row by row.

"The first game of the Star Region Tournament ends here!"

"Congratulations to Colorful for getting priority entry into the next game!——"

The live broadcast signal of the Star Navigation Competition was also restored at the same time. When the commentator Rabbit saw the system prompt flashing on the light screen, he cheered and waved his fist in the air.

"Congratulations to Colorful!! Congratulations to Colorful for taking first place and advancing to the second round of the Star Region Tournament!!—" the plush rabbit shouted, "We can finally breathe a sigh of relief!! You know! I just saw the footage from the Ranger's camera! I was really worried that something unexpected would happen in the Star Region Tournament... causing Colorful's contestants and the contestants from other teams to be trapped in the mining area..."

"I just received news from the competition organizing committee! A massive Black Tide Queen unexpectedly appeared in the Maze Star mining area, posing a significant threat to the planet's environment! But thankfully, our Colorful Team remained calm and brave in the face of danger! In my opinion, they should even qualify directly for the finals... Of course, the Star Navigation Competition has never had such a precedent, so my suggestion will obviously not be adopted."

"But! Even if there is another star region competition, I have no doubt that Colorful can advance to the finals! Because—"

"Ladies and gentlemen! Did you see that explosion?! That terrifying explosion led by LUCE and assisted by Mu Boxing!—"

"I can't wait to see their performance in the next Cosmic Star Map!"

"Let's cheer for the colorful world again! For LUCE! - For Mu Baixing! For those colorful brothers who are killing Matt! -"

That night, discussions on the Star Navigation Competition accident and the large Black Tide Queen on the Labyrinth Star soared to the second most popular topic on the Star Internet. Countless people called on the Labyrinth Star executive to apologize and demanded that the military and the Star Navigation Department conduct a thorough investigation into the accident.

The only thing that overshadowed this hot topic was the discussion about LUCE, a designer and observer.

The video of the first match in the Central Star Region was replayed repeatedly by star navigation enthusiasts from various star regions.

Before the explosion, the last terrifying moment of confrontation recorded by the cameras of each team was preserved by countless people.

Although the horror of the black tide creatures in the video was terrifying, LUCE...the exciting and thrilling feeling brought by that beautiful swallowing explosion completely suppressed the fear.

All the starship modifications since the competition were listed one by one.

What is even more talked about is that LUCE, as an observer, was able to counterintuitively control his mental power to cause such a fierce and terrifying attack.

The discussion about who LUCE is, when his identity will be announced, and when he will actually appear in front of the public is extremely heated.

The publicity team of the Southeast Star Region Star Navigation Department was so eager to create chaos that they even sent out a message: "If LUCE is dissatisfied with the star navigation environment in the Central Star Region and chooses to keep his identity secret to avoid trouble, welcome to the Southeast Star Region Star Navigation Department."

"Here we have transparent and open Star Navigation rules and promotion systems, ample benefits, and high salaries. Here we have freedom, money, life, and love! If you're interested, the Star Navigation Department has countless outstanding young talents! Our Minister of Publicity promises to do everything in our power to help you find your life partner—"

"The Southeast Star Region sincerely invites LUCE, the colorful pilot Mu Boxing, and several observers and maintenance technicians to the Southeast Star Region—"

As soon as this statement appeared, Star Internet went up in uproar.

The star navigation enthusiasts in the southeastern star field applauded, while the residents of the central star field cursed the other side for poaching.

The Star Navigation Departments of the Central Star Region and the Southwestern Star Region also issued announcements welcoming the colorful team to join, triggering a fierce battle to recruit them.

Although the military departments of various star regions have not made any moves on the surface, they are secretly stepping up their efforts to search for the colorful members, fearing that these people will be the first to contact others.

Among all the human star regions, the only one that cares the least about the Star Navigation Competition is the Free Star Region, which is still worried about food and clothing.

The Free Star Domain has its own communication and transaction methods. Because all consumption in the star network is very expensive, the fleets of the Free Star Domain usually do not enter other parts of the star network except for entering and exiting the virtual mining area.

But the heat tonight was so high that Adelin, the captain of the largest exploration team in the outer port of the Free Star Domain, heard the same name many times when she passed through the lobby of the virtual mining area.

The person mentioned most often was LUCE, whom she didn't know.

But another name...

Mu Baixing?

Could it be the cold and stern Mu Baixing that she knew?

Adeline raised her eyebrows, logged into the Star Network discussion area, quickly browsed through the topics, and watched the colorful videos of past games. She realized that it was almost certain.

The other party's burning golden mental power that seemed to be able to engulf everything... She had witnessed it more than a year ago, the night when the other party brought a group of Shamatte teenagers to destroy the exploration team's base, which was known as the "Devil's Cave" in the outer harbor.

Adeline opened her communication channel again and took a look at the inquiry about the Third Legion that Mu Boxing had sent privately a few days ago. After thinking for a moment, she dialed the communication of her subordinates.

"Let's sort out the things we found earlier." Her tone was relaxed, with a hint of ruffianism, but her voice was extremely cold. "I think it's time to avenge our brothers."

*

The topic on the Star Network about the first game of the Central Star Domain Competition is still continuing to ferment, and the protagonists of the topic have not even waited for the Star Navigation Competition module.

Because just after it was announced that they had obtained the golden treasure chest, a new system light screen popped up in front of Mingyu and the others.

"It has been detected that the user is about to exit the mining area. Please select a method for disposing of the mining area materials before leaving."

“You can choose to trade directly with the mining area. The price list is as follows.”

"If you choose to receive the resources after paying the handling fee, please fill in the shipping address."

"The following is a list of resources that need to be processed this time:"

"A-grade ore x1, B-grade ore x4, recording chip x1."

"Tip: Detected item that can be transcribed online: recording chip. Please choose to transcribe or send."

Colorful hair: "???"

The cheers that the brothers were about to shout out were choked in the middle, and they looked confused.

"Unknown chip?" Red Hair pointed at the last item and asked doubtfully, "What is this?"

Mingyu also looked a little confused.

He reached out and clicked on the transcription, wondering, "This thing is actually a chip?"

Mingyu slid the light screen in front of him, allowing Wucai Toumao and Mu Baixing to see the appearance of the items under the column recording the chip on the resource list.

It was a black hexahedron, five or six centimeters long and two or three centimeters wide.

"When I detonated the Black Tide Queen, I saw this thing growing on her chest, near the feeding cavity," Ming Yu said. "But Black Tide creatures... shouldn't have energy crystal cores."

"I was afraid of some unknown evolution of mankind, so I pulled it out."

At that time, Mingyu's bright blue mental power threads covered the sky. He quickly put the chip into the collection cabin. No one noticed it except Mingyu himself.

Mu Baixing frowned.

"According to the data analysis, the black hexahedron is a protective shell, and the object inside is a recording chip." Mu Baixing looked up at Mingyu.

"And this kind of recording chip is only made by humans."