Chapter 44 Panic: Indifferent to other people's tears

Since the distance from Planet No. 2 to Planet Mars is too far, the nanospace ship is not enough to complete the journey, and Sergeant Ji is reporting alone, so he has to pass through four photon jump gates and then take the interstellar spaceship.

“What a trouble.”

The male passenger behind Ji He cooperated with the final security check before boarding the plane, chewing gum and complaining continuously.

"It would be great if the migration gate could be built directly at the entrance of the Red Iron Planet."

The civilian interstellar spacecraft traveled at a steady speed, wrapping all passengers bound for Mars in a huge silver metal.

Sergeant Beta was wearing civilian clothes and sitting quietly in his seat with no expression on his face.

Ji He felt a little uncomfortable suddenly going from the closed management of the federal military to an environment with ordinary people. His overly formal attitude made him seem out of place as a Beta.

"Sir, you can't smoke cigars here."

The Alpha female flight attendant, wearing a dark blue Star Airlines uniform, half squatted down and explained to the male Alpha passenger.

When Ji He turned his head, the flame was about to touch the top of the cigar, but was immediately extinguished by the Alpha female flight attendant.

"What are you doing!"

The male passenger suddenly became excited and even unbuckled his safety buckle and tried to stand up to argue.

"I'm sorry, sir. Please follow our rules."

The female Alpha adjusted her hat and changed from a half-squatting position to an upright position. She was actually half a head taller than the male passenger who stood up.

The flight attendant had a cold face that could not be ignored. The strong smell of ink pheromones suppressed the male customer and made him quiet for two seconds.

"Do you know who I am?"

"I want to complain to you!"

The male customer put the cut cigar into the cigar box, glared at the flight attendant, and silently wrote down the number on her ID card.

The female Alpha turned around and said coldly, "Please fasten the safety buckle."

Ji He frowned, feeling that the female flight attendant looked familiar.

"Sir, what would you like to drink?"

This time, Ji He saw the other person's face clearly. He had indeed seen him before. It was when he was on the capital planet. He and his friends were riding a Nebula motorcycle and happened to run into him and Colonel Huo.

Beta shook his head. He shouldn't think about Huo Yubai anymore.

"One glass of iced grape juice."

"Thank you."

The female Alpha did not apply any shiny lip gloss this time, but instead applied a layer of nude matte lip glaze, which made her look more powerful.

"You are welcome."

Next to Ji He sat an Omega mother holding her daughter. The little girl had just learned to speak and was babbling while pointing at this strange brother.

"Excuse me."

The mother crooked her eyes, poked her daughter's cheek gently, and continued, "Sorry to bother you."

Ji He smiled and replied, "No, she is very cute."

The little girl tilted her head and seemed to want to get out of her mother's arms, but was gently stopped by the Omega.

"Be good, little darling. We'll be at Mars soon and we can see Daddy."

The little girl obviously didn't understand what her mother said. She wanted to crawl towards Ji He, and one of her feet had already stepped over.

"Are you visiting relatives?"

Ji He has a very gentle voice and looks very clean and trustworthy.

Omega nodded through the half-block and replied, "The kid's father has been transferred to work there."

"Come to think of it, it just so happens that we are running into the Fire Star Mineral Resources Development Conference. It should be quite lively."

"What about you? Are you going to work?"

Ji He hummed, and the little girl suddenly came up to him and handed him a colorful lollipop.

His heart softened and he looked at the little girl's mother. He saw her nod at him, indicating that he should accept it.

Ji He took the lollipop and said "thank you" to the little girl.

The colorful lollipop was wrapped in a layer of transparent film. Ji He originally wanted to put it on the small table, but he was worried that he would forget to take it, so he simply put it in his shirt pocket.

He reached out and picked up the ice grape juice on the table, took two sips, and noticed that the spaceship seemed to shake twice.

The cosmic environment is unpredictable, and it is normal for a spacecraft to occasionally deviate from its orbit and experience slight shaking.

However, this wave of shaking lasted longer than Ji He expected.

He frowned, feeling something was wrong.

All crew members, except those serving passengers, gathered at the control center at the front.

This civilian interstellar spaceship heading to Mars did not deliberately deviate from its orbit, but was pursued and intercepted by interstellar pirates.

"This group of people is too arrogant."

The female Alpha flight attendant who had met Ji He twice wrinkled her nose and clenched her fists as she spoke.

The four ghost spaceships in front and behind were forcing the spaceship to deviate from the star orbit. When they discovered this situation, the former captain and the co-pilot had already contacted the star station, but they didn't know when the rescue airship could be sent.

"Are we going to make an emergency landing?"

“We haven’t seen any suitable planets yet.”

The captain took a deep breath, his expression very serious.

"What are these interstellar pirates looking for? Our old spaceship is worthless."

The captain pursed his lips and looked towards the ViP cabin with worry.

The people there are all investors going to Huoyao Star.

A new round of mineral resource development is imminent on the Red Iron Planet, and these interstellar pirates are probably trying to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.

"Go and comfort the passengers first."

The Alpha female flight attendant walked out, and the radio broadcast a reminder about flight safety, emphasizing that the interstellar flight would be delayed.

Ji He tightened his grip on the drink slightly and sat up straight.

The male customer who had been clamoring for a cigar stood up and yelled at the female flight attendant, "I spend so much money on Star Flights every year, and you're late again, pay me back!"

"Yes, according to the time, it should have arrived."

"Why don't you let us go down?"

The little girl next to Ji He was a little sleepy. After yawning, she rubbed her head against the Omega's hand and nestled in her mother's arms.

"It's not an accident."

"The spaceship is having some problems right now, please be patient," said a flight attendant who is still an intern.

As soon as these words were spoken, the passengers instantly panicked.

"What's going on?"

"What happened?"

"We passengers should have the right to know!"

Ji He waved to the female Alpha flight attendant, revealed his identity to her, unfastened his safety buckle and followed her to the control center.

"Captain, this is Staff Sergeant Ji He from the Federal Army."

The captain himself was a retired soldier from the federal military, and his eyes lit up when he heard the introduction.

However, when he realized that Ji He was just a Beta, the bright eyes dimmed again.

The huge optical computer displays the real-time location of Ji He's spaceship.

"We are now off track."

As the co-pilot's voice rang out, the spaceship began to tremble slightly, and many timid passengers had already taken out the survival kits from under their seats.

The four dark black dots on the light screen are small spaceships that interstellar pirates often use to encircle and intercept. They often appear and disappear mysteriously and are also called ghost spaceships.

Ten minutes ago, they were located at four positions on the upper, lower, left and right sides of the interstellar spaceship.

The experienced pilot tried his best to temporarily get rid of the Phantom spaceship. When he was about to fly back to the orbit, he was blocked by a pure white mecha.

A familiar teasing voice came from the public channel, "Don't waste your energy."

Ji He pursed his lips, thinking.

The opponent was clearly well prepared. If a spaceship used for interstellar navigation were to go head-to-head with a combat mecha, it would be tantamount to seeking its own death.

The captain ignored this and flew away from the pure white mecha.

The pure white mecha spread its wings and fired a series of powerful energy bullets from its chest, hitting the tail of the interstellar spaceship.

“Aaaaaaah!”

The spaceship was affected by the huge inertia, and everyone was thrown back.

"What's going on!"

Ji He grabbed the microphone that was being used to speak on the public channel and said, "I represent the federal military and can negotiate with you."

The owner of the pure white mecha was obviously stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that there would be unexpected gains on this trip.

Then, the mocking laughter of the owner of the pure white mecha was heard in the public channel.

"When there is a huge disparity in power between the two sides, do the strong still need to negotiate?"

"To me, you are nothing more than an ant."

The interstellar spaceship was rapidly descending in the universe. Many passengers in the cabin were fastened to their seats by safety buckles and began to feel dizzy.

There was a burst of children's crying in the spaceship, which was disturbing to hear.

The little girl waved her hands wildly and was held tightly in the Omega's arms.

"Don't be afraid, Mom is here."

The male passenger's cigar rolled all over the floor, and he himself was thrown dozens of meters behind his seat by the huge inertia.

"I don't want to die."

"Captain, is there a mental connection system here?"

The captain nodded, not quite understanding what this Beta sergeant was going to do.

"Open it."

Ji He closed his eyes.

He is a soldier, and protecting the people is his first priority no matter when and where.

He opened his eyes, used the mental connection between himself and the spaceship to keep the spaceship stable, and headed towards the star orbit with all his strength.

Beta wanted to return to orbit before the rescue airship arrived, but four ghost spaceships had already surrounded the civilian interstellar spaceship and it was too late to save it.

Sometimes there is only a slight difference between life and death.

The four ghost spaceships quickly merged into a black mecha.

The huge black mecha fired indigo laser beams at the main hatch of the spaceship.

Suddenly, flames spread everywhere.

"Captain, what should we do?"

"Are they going to force their way in?"

After just a few minutes, a crack appeared in the cabin door, and several masked soldiers with black backgrounds and white skulls rushed in.

Ji He used his body to block the crew members. He had no weapons in his hands and kicked the Alpha soldier in the abdomen.

He rushed to the front and fought with this group of interstellar pirates.

The captain also stood up and punched these interstellar pirates who valued money more than their lives.

Even though they were from the federal military, they were unarmed and could not defeat a fully-armed masked Alpha.

Finally, countless bullets turned into streaks of light and shot towards the unarmed civilians.

The Alpha customer who was still shouting two hours ago hid behind a female passenger with his legs shaking.

"Don't kill me!"

"Ahhh help..."

One of the masked Alphas tilted his head, raised his machine gun and started shooting. He was indifferent to the tears in other people's eyes and just curled his lips.

When the gun was pointed at the mother and daughter, Ji He swooped over.

"Damn it, you're looking for death!"

At some point, the lollipop in Ji He's shirt pocket fell out and was crushed to pieces by a passenger who was running away with his head in his arms.

"Bang--"