Su Su stopped at a point in the starry sky. He did not withdraw from the mental connection, but the starship remained still in the air, as if in a daze.
In front of him was the war zone marked on the map, the front line of the confrontation between humans and Zerg.
If he goes forward a hundred or so star routes from here, he will reach the outermost supply station for mankind. If he goes further out from there, he will reach the star field where the Zerg are present.
"Why did it stop?" Qi Hanyi noticed that the image in his field of vision no longer changed.
"Is the Bai Ze actually parked nearby?" Su Su asked, his tone revealing a bit of nervousness and excitement that he had not had before, as if he was preparing to meet an online friend who had been waiting for a long time.
"Maybe, you like Bai Ze very much?" Qi Hanyi looked at the seat diagonally in front of him, his expression hidden in the light and shadow, and could not be seen clearly.
Due to some confidentiality-related reasons, the game officials have not announced the deployment positions of starships in reality, and even the maps of the battle zones have been modified to a certain extent.
However, Su Su's judgment was quite accurate. The coordinates of the location where the Bai Ze was docked in reality were indeed in this area. Because the map had been modified, even Qi Hanyi could not tell the specific location.
"Yeah, I like it very much." Su Su admitted frankly.
There are many players who like the Shirazawa in the game. After all, the Shirazawa is humanity's reliance on resisting the Zerg and is also a symbol of interstellar stability.
In the years since Qi Hanyi became the commander of the Bai Ze, the Bai Ze has won almost every battle.
Passionate young people always admire the strong, and many people who like to drive starships in the game started to love starships after learning the story of the Shirazawa.
They always try to analyze the location of the Shiraz in the game, and then wander around the area from time to time. Players who like the Shiraz call this action a pilgrimage, and wherever the Shiraz is is a holy place in their hearts.
However, Su Su was not in such a pious mood. He came here more like visiting an old friend who did not exist.
He said to Qi Hanyi: "Just now during dinner, I was walking in the yard. There was no moon tonight, and the Bai Ze was the brightest object in the sky. It was beautiful, and all the stars in the sky were eclipsed."
"I really want to see the real Shirazawa one day, but I don't think I'll have the chance, so I can only visit its location in the game."
Qi Hanyi suddenly remembered that the little shark at home had also said that the Bai Ze was like a star.
He also seems to like the Shirazawa. He is a mermaid who can only temporarily transform into a human by taking medicine. He probably will never have the chance to go to the starry sky in his lifetime. Is it because of this that he wants to enter the "Star Wars" game and see his "stars".
This was not an overly rude request, and with my authority, it would not be difficult for me to ask for a game login permission for him. But at that time, I rudely rejected the other party's request, just for a little unnecessary anger.
Thinking of Su Su's shocked and disappointed look at that time, Qi Hanyi felt a little regretful.
Little Shark had always been very obedient, and cooperated with all my arrangements. Even when he was poisoned, he never complained. I had clearly decided to be nice to him. That was the first time he had seriously asked me for something, but I rejected him with the most cruel words and left him alone at home.
"If you can win first place in this starship driving competition, you might be able to board the Bai Ze." Qi Hanyi comforted him in a rare way. Perhaps he just wanted to alleviate his guilt in this way.
The behavior of the young man in front of him always reveals a bit of Su Su's shadow. He also wears the shell of the shark doll all day long, which makes him always think of the shark at home.
But Qi Hanyi's words had no effect. Su Su just shook his head after hearing it: "Even if I can really be the first, I am not qualified to go to space, let alone go to the Bai Ze."
Su Su participated in the competition just for fun, and did not think about whether he could win first place. His identity as a mermaid could not be exposed, and humans even restricted mermaids from playing games, and real starships would not allow mermaids to get close.
The housekeeper also said that although someone had suggested having mermaids drive starships, it had ended in failure.
Therefore, even if he won first place, it would be useless and would only cause trouble.
Qi Hanyi had no idea of Su Su's concerns. Thinking of the information he had learned before, he thought that he was just worried that Freedom Island's identity would not be accepted by the Empire.
"Identity is not a problem." Qi Hanyi said: "As long as you have strong strength and the desire to protect the planet, you are qualified to drive a starship."
This sounded so familiar that Su Su asked without thinking: "Even a mermaid?"
After asking, I realized that something was wrong. Would it arouse suspicion from the other party if I said this?
Su Su quickly added: "I just said it casually..."
Qi Hanyi remained silent. He did not doubt the player in front of him. There were indeed many people in Freedom Island who sympathized with mermaids. In addition, the other party also had a mermaid mother, so it was reasonable for him to ask such a question.
Qi Hanyi's attention was on other things.
He thought of his late father, and the words he had just said were what his father taught him when he was a child.
If my father were faced with this question, he would definitely give an affirmative answer without hesitation.
But his father died, killed by his beloved mermaid in the most cruel way. He died in such pain, and that bloody scene was a nightmare that he dared not even dream of.
Before his father died, he looked at him with his empty eye sockets and said with his lipless mouth: "Han Yi, keep thinking and don't let hatred cloud your reason. Don't live like her... It's very hard."
He couldn't do it. After all these years, he still couldn't stop hating.
He tried his best to restrain himself, trapped himself in the cage of rules, suppressed all emotions, and lived like a machine that only knew how to work, just to prevent himself from going crazy and doing something irreparable.
No one knew how many times he wanted to aim his gun at the coordinates of the Mermaid Kingdom when he was driving the Bai Ze. No one knew what kind of crazy hatred was in his eyes when he woke up in the middle of the night.
Without waiting for an answer, Su Su assumed that the other party did not agree.
He thought that he was probably too excited after hearing what the housekeeper said, and couldn't hold back, and was a little too happy. Even if Qi Hanyi's father thought so, he was a minority in the crowd. In the eyes of most people, mermaids should be reproductive tools, pets, or dangerous creatures that need to be guarded against.
Just when Su Su thought he would not get an answer, he heard Qi Hanyi say in a small but firm voice: "If it is really for the purpose of protecting this planet, then even mermaids are qualified to drive a starship."
A very simple answer. Qi Hanyi knew that if he put aside his hatred, he would have always agreed with his father's point of view, especially after becoming the commander of a starship. He understood how valuable a pilot with psychic talent was, and the value of mermaids was far more than just a tool for reproduction.
If mermaids and humans do not need to be hostile to each other and guard against each other, and if mermaids also participate in the selection of starship pilots, then the quality of the Empire's starship pilots will be greatly improved, and a lot of casualties can be reduced when fighting against the Zerg.
My father was right all along, and he knew it.
The ones who are wrong are those who use hatred as an excuse to hurt innocent people. Not just mermaids, but humans as well.
"Eh?" Su Su unfastened the chair in surprise and poked his head out from the seat, his glass-bead-like doll eyes reflecting light: "Do you really think so?"
Did he really think so? Qi Hanyi didn't know. Maybe intellectually, he thought he should think so, but emotionally, he was doing the opposite.
He, like those he is supposed to hate, is using his hatred to harm innocent people.
Maybe I should go back and apologize to the little shark that got me into trouble.
Qi Hanyi had already made plans and returned to his residence the next day.
But he didn't expect that the next day, he would be put in a medical cabin and carried home.
While he was jogging in the morning, his mental breakdown attack came on without any warning.
The intense pain devoured his consciousness and the world fell into darkness.
After Su Su had breakfast, he logged into the game as usual.
He opened his friend list, but the name of his friend [Nishuang & Revenant] was grayed out.
The other party was not online. This was normal, after all, humans needed to work, and Yan Bai was also very busy. He only came online for a short while and then went offline again quickly. It was as if he was not online to play the game, but just to handle work.
It doesn't matter if there is no playmate, Su Su can still enjoy himself. Simply driving a starship is no longer enough for him, his plan today is to take on some missions and go to the war zone to encounter those low-level insects.
Su Su was queuing in the mission hall when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from far away. He turned around. At this time, there were not many players queuing in the mission hall, and no one was walking towards him from the direction of the sound.
Su Su was stunned for two seconds, and then he realized that these were not footsteps in the game, but footsteps in reality. He exited the game at the speed of light.
When he opened his eyes, a group of people had already approached, led by a stern-looking old man. Su Su remembered him, and Qi Hanyi called him "the head of the family."
Qi Xingli was looking at the mermaid in front of him.
He was lying on the single bed, with the quilt covered to his chin, as if he was sleeping.
It was very strange. There was a pool next to him, but he was sleeping on the bed with a quilt covering him like a human being. When I approached him, he seemed to be awakened by the sound of footsteps and stared at me blankly. He grabbed the quilt again, covered his shoulders, sat up, and looked a little flustered.
This is understandable. After all, she is a girl, and a fragile and sensitive mermaid. She must have been very scared when a strange man suddenly broke into her room.
But Qi Xingli had no mercy and said calmly, "I'll give you three minutes. Get dressed and come out."
After saying that, he led his people out of Su Su's room and closed the door.
Su Su hugged the quilt and breathed a sigh of relief. He was indeed very scared, but he was just playing the game secretly because he was afraid that others would find out.
He didn't know what Qi Xingli was thinking. He slept on the bed because he still had a human body and couldn't breathe with gills like a mermaid. If he slept in the water, he would suffocate to death.
As for covering his body with a quilt, it was because after the effect of the drug wore off, scales appeared on his body. Besides, he was a male, and after becoming a human, he would still be a man. If someone saw his body, they would immediately notice the problem.
It was already autumn, and Su Su picked out long sleeves, long pants and shoes that could cover his body. Looking at the scales on his hands, he found a pair of leather gloves and put them on before leaving the room.
Qi Xingli was not in the corridor. The person waiting for him was Uncle Zhang, Qi Hanyi's butler.
"Come with me." Uncle Zhang led Su Su upstairs and explained the current situation to him: "Don't be nervous. The person who just spoke to you is the head of the Qi family, and the young master's grandfather."
"I know. I met him at the last banquet." Su Su has a good memory. He will have some impression of someone he has met once.
The butler nodded and continued, "This morning, the young master collapsed in the military due to mental breakdown."
"Psychoanalysis?" Su Su repeated this unfamiliar word, trying to understand: "Is Qi Hanyi sick?"
"You can say that, but this is not an ordinary disease. It is a disease that only occurs when one's mental power level is very high and when one overuses mental power."
"Hmm." Su Su nodded. He knew about mental power. He also recently learned that humans can use mental power to drive starships, so Qi Hanyi got sick because of this, right?
"Can it be cured?"
"It can be cured." The housekeeper looked at Su Su pleadingly, "But only you can cure it."
"Me?" Su Su was confused. How could he know anything about curing illness?
The butler stopped at the door of the study on the third floor. The destination had been reached, and the chat had to end.
"The master is in the study and wants to talk to you."
Su Su pushed open the door and saw the stern old man he had met before sitting behind the desk, with his subordinates standing obediently on one side.
"Hello." Su Su greeted the other party politely.
Qi Xingli then looked at the mermaid in front of him carefully. She was very beautiful, just like the mermaid who killed his son. But her temperament was different. The mermaid had a gentle face and a cold personality, as if she didn't want to get close to anyone.
The mermaid in front of me looked like an alluring fairy, but her expression was innocent and naive, as if she was a small animal that had accidentally entered the human world.
No wonder Qi Hanyi treated him differently. His looks were indeed easy to make people like him, and his simple and straightforward personality made it easy for people to let down their guard.
"Qi Hanyi is ill, and needs your singing to help him recover." Qi Xingli held a pipe to his lips, and one of his men came over and lit it for him. The smoke drifted, blurring the line of sight between the two of them, and the smoke with a hint of herbal smell spread domineeringly in the room.
"From today on, you will move into his room and sing to him every day."
Sharks are animals with a keen sense of smell, and it seems that this advantage has been retained when they become humans. The smell of smoke made Su Su feel a little uncomfortable, and he frowned uncomfortably.
Can singing cure diseases? Su Su wondered, and suddenly remembered that mermaids seemed to be able to use singing to release their spiritual power and achieve some special effects.
He also has mental powers, and can use them to speak. Singing and speaking seem to be similar, so he should be able to heal diseases, right?
"Then I'll give it a try."
"Don't just try, you have to do it. If you can cure him, I'll owe you a favor. If you want to do anything, I can help you to the best of my ability." Qi Xingli tapped the cigarette stem with his index finger.
Is there such a good thing?
Su Su thought that this patriarch seemed to be more powerful than Qi Hanyi. If he could cure Qi Hanyi, could he ask him for help and permission to drive a real starship?
Su Su's beautiful dream had not yet come to an end, and he heard Qi Xingli add the second half of the sentence coldly: "But if you can't be cured, I will not only kill you, but also your entire mermaid royal family. You will be buried with me."