Chapter 108 Chapter 108 Codename M854.
Ten minutes.
Tao Ying quickly unlocked the black box and copied the data.
After taking care of everything, she dived into the water and returned to the arena.
The old man who was rescuing the athlete from falling into the water was sitting on the shore in his shorts. Suddenly, he saw a black head floating out of the water. He was so scared that he almost jumped up.
The old man pointed at Tao Ying and said, "What's wrong with you?"
Just now, Tao Ying's mecha fell into the sea at lightning speed. Before the old man could even shout "I'll rescue you", the mecha disappeared in a flash.
Heng: I am already dark, so the radar can't detect me.
Just disappeared into the sea.
The old man thought he was going to lose his job, and now Tao Ying suddenly appeared again, he was very angry.
"Where did you go?"
Tao Ying pulled away the seaweed that had tangled around the mech's limbs and lied calmly, "I'm not a very good swimmer. I sank and got tangled up in the seaweed, and I couldn't get out for a while."
Captain Turantis, standing nearby, swung his fishing rod and turned back, saying, "I can attest that she's afraid of the water and definitely didn't jump in voluntarily."
Tao Ying nodded with emotion: "Thank you, Senior Sister Dahua."
The old man tutted his words. "So you're afraid of water? Never mind. That's the trouble with perceptual mechas. You insist on integrating the human and the machine, and you don't understand what's so good about connecting to the mecha's tactile senses."
The old man checked responsibly and saw that there was indeed nothing wrong with Tao Ying. Then he let her go back to the competition field with a curse.
Two minutes later, a cigar-shaped starship suddenly appeared in the center of the sixth sea area. Its movements were stealthy and no spectators noticed.
Only Tao Ying saw the subtle distortion of the optical camouflage.
The starship secretly dropped more than a dozen submersible mechas. They were well-trained and turned on their scanning equipment in unison, then dived into the seabed one by one.
"The Zerg Disaster Response Agency arrived pretty quickly."
Based on the location provided by Tao Ying, the Insect Control Agency quickly sent people to dive and deal with the insect eggs.
After doing this, they erased all traces and seemed to have searched the area nearby before finding the salvage robot that Tao Ying had left there in advance.
The Insect Control Agency entered the starship contentedly and left as quietly as they had arrived.
In order to avoid causing a disturbance, the game continued as normal.
From beginning to end, no one noticed that Tao Ying had been to the center of the sea.
The cracks in the mecha were filled with water, making it very heavy. Tao Ying climbed onto the track and simply sat next to Turantis to bask in the sun for a while, and went fishing with them. Zhu Xiaorui came to talk, and Tao Ying occasionally said "um" and "ah".
She was still thinking about the black box and was obviously not in a state of consciousness.
So when Ye Xinghui regained consciousness, what he saw was Tao Ying pinching the tentacle monster and rubbing it hard as if it were a stress-relieving toy.
The tentacle monster was flattened and rolled into a ball by Tao Ying, and had no power to resist. It sensed Ye Xinghui's consciousness and looked at him for help.
——Save me, save me, SPIRAL can't hear me at all.
Ye Xinghui hesitated and said, "...then let me try?"
As he spoke, the boy's projection appeared next to the driver's seat.
He squatted down obediently, tucked his chin into his white turtleneck sweater, and waved his hands in front of Tao Ying.
"Xiaoying?"
Tao Ying was still daydreaming when she heard Ye Xinghui's voice. She lowered her head slightly and met Ye Xinghui's puzzled eyes. She was stunned for a moment, and finally reached out her hand out of habit, smiled and touched Ye Xinghui's head.
Being treated like a child again, Ye Xinghui frowned slightly. He pulled Tao Ying's hand down from above his head and subconsciously put it on his cheek, but immediately felt that this action was too intimate and not appropriate for their current relationship.
How can I let go so that it doesn’t look so deliberate?
It doesn't feel right to hold it all the time...
While he was struggling, the warm touch of his fingertips accidentally brushed against his cheek, and Ye Xinghui's heart skipped a beat for some reason. He froze for a moment, and looked up as if inadvertently, and saw Tao Ying looking down at him with an amused expression that said, "I want to see what you want to do."
Tao Ying supported herself on the operating table and pressed down: "What's wrong? After your consciousness was integrated, that Pomeranian wouldn't let you go home, so you came to me to cry?"
"What image do you have of me?"
"It's so weak that it will fall down at the slightest gust of wind."
Ye Xinghui pursed his lips and said, "That was a long time ago. You're the only one who thinks I'm easy to bully."
And who is the one who is so weak now?
Tao Ying heard the hidden meaning in his words and crossed her arms with a smile: "I know, the puppy has grown up and is very fierce."
"Be serious."
"I've always been very serious."
"Put your hand back before you say that."
Ye Xinghui straightened his expression and got back to the point.
"How's the black box data? Is it not in good condition? I noticed you were silent."
“The data is well preserved.”
It was because it was so complete and detailed that she started to think about some things.
Tao Ying used the navigation log and video data in the black box to piece together what happened before the mecha crashed.
"Data shows that Iowa Tech once explored a resource star."
"This resource planet is an unnamed planet near Tarnze in the second galaxy, codenamed M854, and belongs to the territory of the Reval Empire. It was originally sealed due to the war, but because the mineral resources are so rich, someone violated the regulations and conducted exploration."
"Secret mining."
"That's right." Tao Ying nodded affirmatively.
"The mining went smoothly at first, and the energy was successfully transported to Chester. Although the team discovered several signs of Zerg activity, based on the traces and the appearance of their excrement, they determined that they were just ordinary scythes and posed no significant threat. The mining team's security personnel could handle the situation, so they didn't report it."
"Unfortunately, they made an error in judgment."
"It cost them dearly."
"That's not an ordinary giant sickle, but a violent giant sickle infested with galls."
"They were extremely aggressive. Although the security officer was a frontline pilot, his limited weaponry made him no match. After the entire mining team was almost unilaterally slaughtered, only one mech survived. It fled M854 in a panic. While trying to report back to Chester, it ran out of fuel and was forced to land on Fuwa, eventually crashing to the bottom of the ocean."
"The gall worm eggs it carried multiplied rapidly in the sixth ocean region of Fuwa Star, but due to the lack of a suitable parasite, a colony never developed. Therefore, some of the larvae evolved pheromones in an attempt to attract other Zerg."
"These pheromones directly caused the red tide to break out across the entire Fuwa planet, followed by an insect plague in the second galaxy."
"Iowa Tech's illegal mining operations directly led to this disaster."
"I'm done."
Tao Ying was talking until her mouth was dry. She breathed a sigh of relief and slumped into the driver's seat.
Ye Xinghui was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke.
"Xiaoying." "Hmm?"
"You've been hiding something."
When questioned, Tao Ying half-closed her eyes and kept an unchanged expression.
"Do I have it?"
"You didn't look at me when you said 'Iowa' just now."
Tao Ying opened one eye and held Ye Xinghui's fair cheeks with both hands.
"Then let me look at you and say it again seriously?"
Ye Xinghui helplessly slapped her hand away.
"Xiaoying, you only talk like this when you're lying or doing something bad."
"The last time you had that expression on your face, it was because you stole Labrador's treats and took a bite yourself. Do you know how affectionately you looked at it then?"
“…”
Why should we pay attention to the way she looks at the dog?
Tao Yingwei sighed.
"You're really not as easy to fool as you were back then. I feel so unfulfilled."
"If you like being gullible, I can pretend."
"That's not necessary."
Tao Ying patted the armrest beside him, motioning him to sit down. Electronic lifeforms don't get tired at all, and there's no need to sit down, but Ye Xinghui still leaned over.
Tao Ying tilted her head back and pressed against his back: "Do you remember what Yuris said in Leimen Park before?"
Ye Xinghui frowned when he heard this man's name.
"Remember, he told you not to pursue the fire anymore..."
"I tried to test him a few times, and I kept thinking about it. I felt that my death was related to the royal family, but I couldn't figure out which royal family it was."
"I finally found out today."
Tao Ying released the last video from the black box.
The constantly shaking picture conveyed the message of death in a panic.
The pilot of the mining team was covered in wounds, his eyes were bloodshot, and his hands gripping the joystick were stiff, with his fingers curled up.
His physical strength had obviously reached its limit.
Tao Ying pointed to the pilot's chest, where there was a golden brooch.
A sharp sword is wrapped in golden feathers.
That was the identity symbol of the pilot directly under the king.
Tao Ying had a calm expression.
"To travel to Planet M854, you need the King's pass."
"The one who wants to kill me is the 'Majesty' of the Reval Empire."
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At the end of the game, the Space Ghost Team ranked first in popularity.
Lin Biege knew the news first and hurriedly pushed Tao Ying to get the starship.
Surrounded by her teammates, Tao Ying staggered to the podium.
Having said that... this was a warm-up match. According to her prediction, she would at most get into the top three. How could she be number one on the popularity list?
Tao Ying stared at Bai Mo and Lin Biege, looking left and right. Both of them seemed normal.
That doesn't make sense. It can't be based on luck, right?
"What did you two do?"
The two teammates were also confused: "What does this have to do with us? Isn't this your elaborate plan?"
Tao Ying pointed at herself: "Me?"
Who is she plotting against? How come she doesn't know?
Calculated in a dream?
It was not until Tao Ying received the award and walked out of the competition venue that she learned the truth behind her skyrocketing popularity.
Hengwo stepped on many traps while running. She was busy dealing with galls at the time and ran fast, so she was not affected. However, there were many runners on the track who were thrown out by the running wheels and bounced away by the seesaw she stepped on.
The contestant fell halfway into the water.
The water was bustling with activity, and the track was littered with corpses.
"And you, the one who caused all this, acted as if nothing had happened, leisurely fishing on the shore with a head full of waterweed."
"You're so far ahead, so dominant, you've screwed every team over. The supporters of the other teams are cursing you to death, Captain."
When Tao Ying took a look at the live broadcast room, she found that her popularity had really gone up due to the scolding.
Thank you so much, I got a starship for free.
Tao Ying looked innocent: "Do you believe me when I say I didn't do it on purpose this time?"
The three teammates said in unison: "I don't believe it. Don't we know who you are?"
Tao Ying, true to her shameless nature, admitted it without hesitation: "Yes, in fact, all of this was carefully planned by me, so the key to the starship should be handed over to me for safekeeping."
As he spoke, Tao Ying shook the key in his hand, lifted the waterproof cloth, and got directly into the starship.
Teammates rushed in, playing and making noise.
After the game, everyone was exhausted and just wanted to rest. The Space Ghost Girls lay down on their backs and fell asleep quickly.
Except Tao Ying.
In a daze, I heard a rumbling sound in my ears.
Lin Biege propped himself up sleepily.
"What's going on? Is there thunder?"
She saw out of the corner of her eye that the cockpit door was half open and there seemed to be someone inside. She squinted and found that it was their captain.
By the way, did the starship just move?
It really moved!
Lin Biege's heart was filled with alarm. She took a long step and came to Tao Ying's side. She saw through the front windshield that the starship had taken off. Her fingers trembled and she asked, "What are you doing?"
Tao Ying said without a trace of guilt: "Drive a starship."
"Do you have a driver's license?"
Tao Ying grinned: "Yes."
She paused, then added, "Slightly."
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