Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Save the Little Mermaid

It starts with the collapsed melon on the night of the October celebration.

Many unexpected things happened one after another in the star field.

The pirates who had disappeared for a long time made a comeback. Many wealthy people and businessmen were hijacked while riding on interstellar spaceships and were only released after losing a lot of property.

They believed that the Star Police and the Guards had neglected their duties and strongly demanded that the crackdown on star pirates be stepped up.

However, the rampant star thieves became more and more arrogant. They not only hijacked wealthy businessmen, but even worse, they also hijacked the jump station of the interstellar train, causing all traffic on the route to be paralyzed that day. Ganan Prime had to send an interstellar convoy to expel it. The group of star thieves rescued the site.

For a time, everyone on each planet was in danger. The joy brought by the celebration was diluted a lot by this incident. Many people gave up their travels and chose not to travel far.

Another piece of news that deserves attention is that the mermaids are about to visit Canaan.

Although it is called a visit, everyone knows that this is a visit for accountability.

According to gossip, the abused mermaid was of a high status.

Others said that in fact the little mermaid could not be rescued, and this time the mermaid tribe came to seek justice. They killed the fish as compensation for the life, and Fang Liao and those related personnel would not be able to escape.

Various bold speculations have emerged one after another, and there are many different opinions. Ordinary people have long since become followers in this twists and turns, and have lost their judgment. They can only comment, "Ah? Is it true? No way?"

Until a certain post appeared, which pushed such remarks to another climax.

At first, it was just a simple question post with the title "Reasoning, did something happen to that general?"

The citizens, who were already confused by all the news, subconsciously commented: "Ah? Is this true?"

A long list, neatly arranged as if copied and pasted.

The original poster who wanted to reason with me was so angry that he didn't want to reply anymore.

After a long time, a reply and analysis from a person with a garbled nickname suddenly appeared in the thread, combining the recent clues about the pirate gang and the absence from the ceremony, as well as some vague news involving internal personnel movements, cleverly brought out a series of issues, making the credibility of this comment extremely high.

"It's not true, but a relative of my uncle's friend is an official at the headquarters of the Canaan Interstellar Alliance. It is said that the gentleman originally had four lieutenants, but now there are only three left."

"I asked my connections to check and I can only say that what you said above is half true and half false. Please treat it rationally."

Someone started it, and soon all kinds of rumors spread everywhere. The post became increasingly popular. When it was at its peak, the poster immediately deleted the post and even cancelled his account.

Seeing so many anomalies, everyone couldn't help but start to wonder if something really happened to the admiral.

Canaan Star, 10th floor of the Alliance Headquarters.

A young man in a black uniform pushed the door open.

Inside the door was a row of display screens cut into many planes. Looking around, there were densely packed and dazzling data codes rolling on them, with no end in sight.

Nearly twenty people were sitting on the workbench below, responsible for operating and inspecting these electronic consoles.

“Did you find out who posted that comment?”

Zhuo Lan came to the workbench at the edge and asked the person in charge of the operation.

"Looking at the coordinates of the star network, it is on a garbage planet. The identity verification shows that he is a scavenger. It is very likely a cover. The man is very professional. Not only did he deal with the traces, but he also has a lot of experience in anti-tracking. There is not much left for us."

Zhuo Lan frowned and said, "Find out as soon as possible. Also, keep a close eye on it and suppress any news about the general. But don't make it too obvious. Just control public opinion."

"Okay."

Coming out of the domain network space, Zhuo Lan walked to the right.

I pushed open the closed door and found that there was no one in the office.

The desk is clean and tidy, and all the things are neatly arranged. At first glance, it looks like the owner of this office, strict and meticulous.

Zhuo Lan stood at the door without saying a word. After looking inside, he prepared to close the door and leave.

A slight sound was heard behind him. Zhuo Lan turned around quickly and met a gentle and smiling face.

Zhuo Lan closed the door and asked, "Yu Qing, what are you doing here?"

The visitor was holding a potted plant in his hand. He glanced at the office behind Zhuo Lan and said a little embarrassedly, "Last time when I was cleaning the admiral's office, I accidentally broke one of the potted plants. This one is new. You have to keep it a secret for me and don't tell the admiral."

Zhuo Lan lowered his gaze to the potted plant and said calmly, "The admiral won't care about this. Give me the potted plant."

Yu Qing handed him the potted plant and said, "Thank you for your help."

Seeing that he had no intention of moving, Zhuo Lan asked, "Is there anything else?"

Yu Qing hesitated, and finally asked worriedly, "Is there still no news from the general?"

"That day, Jiang Xi and I were both given an anesthetic. When we woke up, we found that the starship had exploded and Zhou Xin was dead. What happened that day? Did the admiral…"

Zhuo Lan did not give him a chance to continue and interrupted him directly, "I thought the report had made it clear enough."

Yu Qing waved his hands quickly, fearing that he might have misunderstood something. "I'm sorry, I'm just a little worried about the Admiral."

Zhuo Lan looked very repulsive and said, "If you have nothing else, go back."

Yu Qing smiled reluctantly, turned around and walked away quickly.

When I returned to the ninth floor, I happened to meet Jiang Xi who had just come out of the elevator. I noticed that he didn't look very good, so I asked him quickly.

Yu Qing smiled bitterly and said that he just met Zhuo Lan.

Jiang Xi's eyes flashed with resentment, "He didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Yu Qing shook his head: "No."

"That guy has a bad temper. He grew up with the general. We are all adjutants. Why does he ignore us? He is not a general." Jiang Xi said unhappily. "But he was much better to the deceased Zhou Xin. Is it because we don't have special abilities?"

Yu Qing's eyes dimmed slightly, the word "superpower" really hit his sore spot.

There were many people passing by in the corridor outside the door at this time. Yu Qing lowered his voice, "Stop talking nonsense. Be careful not to be overheard."

Jiang Xi's expression changed slightly and he stopped talking immediately.

Upstairs, Zhuo Lan, who was rumored to be aloof, was talking to someone, and his tone could be described as extremely soft.

"No, I'll send someone to check it out later."

"It will also be hung for three days this time. I know it."

"No, don't hang me up, thank you, auntie."

After receiving repeated assurances, the person on the other end hung up the phone with satisfaction and informed him to come back for dinner in three days.

Zhuo Lan wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead. In his life, there were only two people he could not handle the most.

One is his aunt, and the other is Jing Miao.

The former is like honey cotton, while the latter is pure hard stone.

But these two people are mother and son.

Thinking of this, Zhuo Lan walked to the Domain Network Space Station and said, "You don't need to remove the photo of the big screen supporting 07 Star. Just keep it as it was before and keep it for three days and prohibit uploading it on the Star Network."

I'm sorry, Admiral, I'll give all the blessing of the big screen support to you.

*

Admiral Benmao, who had just learned that his photo would be displayed for three days at the celebration every year, was also thinking about life at this time.

What kind of weird ideas were in his mother's head, and why did this bastard Zhuo Lan hide it from him for several years?

very good.

In the cat's nest, the little black cat silently turned over, lay down in another direction, and stared forward with its round eyes.

Lu Zhiluan held a cat teaser and shook it gently, trying to attract the kitten's attention.

The fluttering feathers gently brushed the kitten's wet nose. Jing Miao grabbed it with one claw and pulled it to the side, playing with it symbolically to prevent the person from bothering him all the time.

He had already figured out Lu Zhiluan's thoughts and knew how to make this man confused.

Sure enough, after playing for a while, Lu Zhiluan left with satisfaction.

He ran upstairs, probably writing that crappy diary again.

Jing Miao turned over and continued thinking.

Thanks to Lu Zhiluan's internet addiction, he is no stranger to these recent events.

Whether it was an intentional test or he really noticed something.

Once the pirates start to move...

This is not a good sign.

Jing Miao knew in his heart that his disappearance could no longer be concealed, and he had to return to his original body as soon as possible to find out what was going on.

Jing Miao made up his mind to find an opportunity to go to the contact base station in the next few days. He couldn't wait any longer.

*

In mid-October, StarNet was in an uproar again.

The official Canaan Prime has posted a help post, sincerely recruiting all kinds of healing psychics and doctors. The condition of the little mermaid after being rescued is not optimistic. After being diagnosed and treated by many medical experts, there is still no improvement. Currently, she can only rely on the hibernation capsule to keep alive.

The mermaids were furious about this, and threatened that if they couldn't cure the little mermaid, they would consider cutting off all ties with Canaan. Not only that, they even planned to close the Mermaid Sea route.

As soon as the Mermaid Sea appeared, the entire star region became anxious.

It is the safest and only way to the underwater forest.

The mermaids have lived on Luoshui Star for generations. Luoshui Star is also the only planet covered by sea water. It can be said that all the seafood and marine resources in the entire star region come from the vast underwater forests of Luoshui Star.

Closing the route means that if other planets want to go to the underwater forest to develop resources, they will have to go on a great adventure of fighting underwater monsters in a whirlpool storm.

For the common good, no matter what, the route cannot be closed. Each star has put in all its efforts and sent its top doctors and healing psychics to Canaan.

Regardless of whether it can be cured or not, at least you have to have the right attitude. If it is cured by accident, it would be a huge fortune.

Lu Zhiluan also saw the letter asking for help with a sky-high price. On the one hand, he felt very sympathetic towards the little mermaid's unprovoked misfortune, but on the other hand, he was indeed jealous of the reward.

"System, can your healing technique cure mermaids?"

“Mermaids are considered animals, right?”

The system quickly gave an answer: "Yes, the mermaids now have very few descendants and are considered an endangered species."

Lu Zhiluan's eyes lit up.

"However, the primary healing technique currently possessed by the host has little effect, and the treatment cycle is slightly long. The rescue mission cannot be completed immediately. Please confirm whether to accept this mission."

Lu Zhiluan said without hesitation, "Take it."

System: "Received successfully."

[Rescue Mission (Special): Endangered Mermaid 0/1. ]

System: "The mission level is too high. The system cannot support location search. Please find a way to approach the mission target yourself."

Lu Zhiluan: ...

It’s a good mission, but how can he, an unknown veterinarian, sneak into Canaan?