Chapter 26
Su Ci looked at the intelligent computer he placed in the corner of the coffee table.
Song Zehe? This name feels very unfamiliar, yet it seems like I've heard it somewhere before.
Su Ci was about to answer the call, but when he glanced down at the child sitting by the coffee table, looking up at him with curiosity in his eyes, he stopped.
"You continue studying." He said softly, then turned and walked into the bedroom before answering the call.
A curtain of light unfolded in the void in front of Su Ci's eyes, and a brown-haired young man with a crew cut appeared on it.
After seeing his appearance clearly, Su Ci suddenly understood.
It was the young man who sat next to him when he woke up on the spaceship. When he got off the spaceship, he said he would contact him later. It turned out that his name was Song Zehe.
On the other side of the light curtain, Song Zehe's condition did not look good. His hair was wet and water was still dripping down. There was blood on his face, and it was unclear whether it was his own or someone else's.
The environment he was in was a bit noisy, his breathing was uneven and he was panting a bit, looking quite embarrassed.
"Su Ci."
After the communication was connected, Song Zehe was the first to say hello. Although his breathing was unstable, his voice still sounded quite energetic.
Su Ci couldn't recall any memories related to him, but when he saw him, he didn't feel any ill will towards him.
Perhaps he could get some useful information from this person, so he nodded, glanced at the blood on the young man's face, and asked, "Are you okay?"
But then I heard the young man opposite me say, "I should be the one asking this question!"
"I heard the broadcast. Base 24 is also experiencing a bloody storm. You didn't go out, did you?"
broadcast?
Su Ci recalled the weather report before the bloody rain came. It seemed that it did say that in addition to Base 24, two other bases were also affected.
Did he remember that Song Zehe in front of him was from Base 26?
While Su Ci was thinking, Song Zehe was also looking at him. Seeing that he was clean and in good condition, he continued to talk to himself.
"I'm relieved to see you're okay. I'm waiting in line at the medical department for treatment." He raised his bloody left hand. "It's just a minor injury, nothing serious."
Through the light curtain, Su Ci couldn't judge the extent of his injuries and could only nod in response.
"So many people were injured in our base this time! The medical department is crowded with people." Song Zehe said. He did not take a picture of the specific scene, but from the noisy background sound, he could hear someone wailing.
"Before I came here, I heard from my family that the conditions on Prison Star were not good, and I was mentally prepared. I didn't expect it to be much more dangerous than I imagined!"
"Su Ci, have you seen the monsters in the red fog?" Although he had turned on the privacy mode, he still lowered his voice when he said this.
Su Ci nodded.
Song Zehe showed a lingering fear on his face, "It's really too scary!"
Although the blood rain had stopped and the monster had been driven away, Song Zehe still couldn't control the trembling of his hands when he recalled the moment when he faced that behemoth.
As new recruits, they had a one-month training period. On the second day after arriving at the base, in addition to regular training, they also had courses to learn. When they were heading to the training location, they happened to encounter a bloody rain.
To make matters worse, there were no buildings around them to take shelter.
However, unlike Base 24, Base 26 has a prison. The recruits are all top students from military academies with good physical fitness, and a small number of them have powerful bloodlines that can transform into beasts.
So after the initial panic, they, under the command of the instructor, launched an effective counterattack against the monsters in the blood rain.
"This is my first time on the battlefield."
In addition to fear, Song Zehe's face was also mixed with a bit of uncontrollable excitement. "Although those monsters are scary, it feels really great to fight side by side with my teammates!"
As a freshly minted soldier from a military academy, he was filled with passion and a natural yearning for and pursuit of powerful strength. Combat, especially battles that ranged between life and death, was undoubtedly the fastest way to grow.
He originally thought that he was just guarding prisoners on the prison planet and had no chance to go to the battlefield. Compared with those classmates who went to the front line, his future prospects would be much worse.
But I didn’t expect that Prison Star was so dangerous!
"By the way, there was a battle in your 24th base, right? Is the situation okay?" Song Zehe asked.
However, before Su Ci could answer, he saw another face squeezed in on the screen besides Song Zehe.
"Xiao Song, who are you chatting with so happily? Did you hook up with some girl in the base right after arriving?"
He was a tall young man wearing a reddish-brown guard uniform. The top button of the uniform was undone, leaving it wide open, and a hideous scar could be vaguely seen on his strong chest.
He put his arm around Song Zehe's shoulders and squeezed in front of the light curtain. There were also some people nearby making noises of booing.
However, Song Zehe turned on the privacy mode. Su Ci could see and hear him, but he could not see Su Ci or hear Su Ci's voice.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Song Zehe was a little embarrassed and annoyed. He muttered to himself and helplessly turned off the privacy mode.
When he saw Su Ci on the other side of the light curtain, a look of surprise flashed in the young man's eyes, and then he was stunned, with a bit of embarrassment on his face.
"Haha, hello, are you from our base too? You look a little unfamiliar."
He laughed it off, and the people who were making noises nearby quieted down when they realized it was a misunderstanding. But because the waiting time in line was so boring, most people still pricked up their ears and listened.
"This is Su Ci from Base 24. I met him on the way to Prison Star." Song Zehe introduced, "Su Ci, and this is our team leader, Chai Yue."
"Hello, hello, I'm Chai Yue!"
Chai Yue greeted him with a laugh, then realized something was wrong. He looked at Su Ci carefully for a few times and said, "Oh, you are the breeder at the nursery, right? No wonder..."
Su Ci was still wearing a gray-blue work uniform, and there was only one place on Prison Star where workers would wear clothes of this color, and that was the nursery at Base 24.
Chai Yue released his arm around Song Zehe's shoulders and said sternly, "Su Ci, what's the situation at Base 24 now? Are there heavy casualties? This bloody rain is quite troublesome. The situation over there shouldn't be optimistic, right?"
There are more than 30 bases on Prison Star, among which Base 24 is the most special because there is no prison there, but there are two very special institutions - a nursery and a research institute.
These two institutions are two money-eating beasts. Money invested in them will only produce a small amount of money, but they have to continue to invest. Therefore, the 24th Base has no funds for construction. I heard that they are not even recruiting new soldiers this year.
Because Prison Star has been stable for quite some time, although monsters still appear in extreme weather and attack people outdoors, the action team has enough people to handle these situations, so there is no need to expand the team.
But now, the situation has become different.
Even the heavily guarded Base No. 26 suffered casualties this time, not to mention Base No. 24, whose defense capabilities were several levels lower than theirs.
Chai Yue guessed that the situation at the 24th base must be very bad now. Although they have not received any request for support yet, perhaps because the 26th base is within the range of the bloody rain, the friendly forces at the 24th base have asked for help from other bases?
Facing his concerned inquiry, Su Ci thought for a moment and said, "It's okay."
“As expected…”
Chai Yue didn't know if he had misheard. He asked with a heavy face, "How many brothers were sacrificed?"
Su Ci blinked, "I'm not sure."
It seemed... no one was dead, right? At least he didn't sense any death energy emerging from Base 24.
"That's right." Chai Yue glanced at Su Ci, his eyes sweeping over his fair, beautiful, and fragile face. "You're a breeder, I shouldn't be asking you these questions."
After saying this, he said earnestly, "You should also pay more attention to safety. Stay in the nursery and don't go out. If you can't pass the apprenticeship period, forget it. Your life is more important."
"Yes, yes!" Song Zehe nodded beside him after hearing this. "I know you really want to become a regular employee and stay on Prison Star, but now you understand the situation on Prison Star. If you have the chance to leave, you should seize it!"
He sent this video call to Su Ci, not only to confirm his safety, but also mainly to remind him.
Even though Prison Star is very dangerous, as a soldier, it is my duty to go to the battlefield to fight monsters and guard the safety of the base.
However, Su Ci was different. He was just a weak breeder who had no ability to protect himself. There was no need for him to continue staying on Prison Star in such a difficult and life-threatening situation.
Hearing his words, Su Ci's eyes flickered slightly.
Why did Song Zehe feel that... he really wanted to stay on Prison Star? Did he say anything to Song Zehe on the way to Prison Star?
He couldn't remember any of this.
Although he really wanted to ask, after looking at Chai Yue and listening to the noisy background noise from the opposite side, Su Ci knew that now was not a good time to ask.
He did not directly reject their kindness, but nodded and said: "Well, I will pay attention."
"Guard Team 3, Group 4, Song Zehe, please go to the infirmary."
At this time, the electronic broadcast of the Medical Department sounded, and Song Zehe's communicator also made a beeping sound.
Finally, it was Song Zehe's turn. He needed to go for treatment. Urged by the electronic broadcast, he quickly said to Su Ci, "I'm going to heal my wounds. Let's talk later!"
Then, the call ended.
Su Ci put away the communicator and suddenly lost interest in going out.
He looked at his hands. This was his body, he could confirm that, but why couldn't he remember any other memories except the "common sense" that occasionally popped up in his mind?
He must have left this planet, which is why he appeared on the spaceship and was given the identity of a breeder.
But as the spirit of the earth, he shouldn't be able to leave...
Su Ci slowly raised his head, as if he could see the sky through the ceiling, and even the more distant horizon.
What is the world outside like?
Su Ci thought about it, stretched out his hand, and the intelligent computer on the coffee table in the living room disappeared out of thin air and reappeared in his hand out of thin air.
"Su Ci, good afternoon. I am your wisdom elf, Xiaoqiu."
The spherical optical computer floated up from Su Ci's palm, with a childish voice, soft and cute.
"What can I do for you?"
"Turn on the light brain." Su Ci said.
"OK."
A light screen popped up, displaying the optical computer interface. In addition to the automatically synchronized address book, the optical computer naturally had other functions.
Su Ci began to explore with a bit of curiosity.
Although the application is locked, unlocking it only requires facial recognition. Even if Su Ci doesn't remember the password, it is useless to him.
The desktop of the optical computer is set up cleanly and refreshingly. Apart from a communication application, there is only a memo and an application called "Starnet Community".
Su Ci first clicked on the memo, and saw a shopping list at the top of the memo.
[Supplies: 2 space buttons, 100 cartons of canned beef, 50 cartons of mixed canned food, 100 bags of dried berries, 100 bags of potato chips, 100 seasoning packets...]
Looking at the shopping list, Su Ci couldn't help swallowing.
They're all food! And there's quite a bit of each kind.
Moreover, there were actually two space buttons... Su Ci searched carefully in the space button, and finally he actually found the second one.
The second space button was also filled with food, almost all of it. Su Ci casually took out a bag of barbecue-flavored potato chips from it.
The vacuum-packed potato chips weighed about half a pound per bag, which was quite sufficient. When Su Ci opened the seal, the bag quickly bulged due to the air filling it, but the potato chips inside were still intact.
Su Ci pinched out a piece and tasted it, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Although these potato chips are not as filling as beef, they are crispy and delicious. He couldn't stop eating after eating one piece. He finished half a bag in one breath before continuing to browse the memo in the computer.
After exiting the shopping list, you can see a record of asset sales.
[For Sale: Capital Star property for 12 million cosmic coins, a hovercar for 100,000, two sets of furniture for 30,000...]
Total: 12.93 million Universe Coins]
After reading it, Su Ci thought of something and returned to the shopping list. Then he scrolled to the bottom and found a total of 12.92 million universe coins.
The two space buttons cost the most, a total of 12.5 million.
Although I have no idea about human currency, but when I think about Shi Yjiang saying that he is quite rich when he saw the space button, then these more than 10 million cosmic coins should be worth a lot of money.
He used the remaining 400,000 yuan to purchase supplies.
Su Ci pondered, opened the address book, and checked the previous chat history.
Apart from the chat window between him and Gu Qingchen, the last chat record was three months ago and was sent by a person named "Ye Shengliang".
Ye Shengliang: [Su Ci, are you really going to be a breeder on Prison Star?]
Su Ci: [Hmm]
Ye Shengliang: [I don't understand. I've never seen you like cubs this much before. Even if you really like them, there are so many nurseries on the Capital Planet, can't you just find one? The salary is no less than what is offered on Prison Planet.]
Su Ci: [I must go]
Ye Shengliang: [Okay, I'll see you off tomorrow]
Su Ci: [Hmm]
The conversation ended here. Su Ci flipped through the pages and found that they didn't talk much. The other party should be his friend who studied in the same school.
How strange.
He muttered. Could it be that in his lost memories, he had returned to the mortal world, pretending to be human? But this mortal world was on another planet?
Just as Su Ci was about to continue exploring, a call request from 4586 came in.
As soon as he answered the phone, the energetic voice of the nanny robot rang out, "Susu, it's almost three o'clock, we have to start training!"
Okay.
Although, as long as Su Ci wanted, he could "see" every corner of the nursery building, but that was all he could do.
The "common sense" that occasionally appears in his mind is not omnipotent. There are many things that he still needs to learn and understand on his own.
So, Su Ci turned off the light computer and asked A Yan to stay in the dormitory to continue practicing the divine text, while he left the dormitory and went to the lobby on the first floor to meet up with 4586, and then they visited the nursery building together.
Thanks to the efforts of personnel in various positions at the 24th Base, by around eight o'clock in the evening, the impact of the blood rain had basically subsided, except for severely damaged buildings that needed to be repaired and some personnel who had not yet been purified and needed to be isolated for observation.
"Captain Yan!"
Guan Zhishu walked into Yan Ping's office and handed him a folder. "This is Luo Shengfei's injury report and the on-site investigation materials from the first-floor lobby of the Logistics Department. Please review it."
Yan Ping took the document and flipped through it casually.
Guan Zhishu continued, "According to feedback from Teams Two and Three, they didn't discover any new mental control abilities, nor did they hear any mumbling or laughter, during their encounters with the giant spider."
Therefore, it can be basically confirmed that the monster wandering around the logistics building at that time was not just the giant spider, and the mumbling and laughter were made by another monster.
Yan Ping nodded, flipped through the documents in his hand, and slowly frowned.
Noticing Yan Ping's expression, Guan Zhishu couldn't help but ask, "Captain Yan, have you found any problems?"
Yan Ping didn't answer immediately, but asked, "You accompanied Xiao Luo and the others to the medical department this morning. Did anything unusual happen on the way?"
Guan Zhishu thought for a moment and said, "Sergeant Xia Jingming from the research institute told me that the new breeder at the nursery had a suspicious wound on his hand. I checked with him before I left."
"Oh? Tell me more."
Guan Zhishu explained the whole process to him in detail, including what Gu Qingchen said about Su Ci's small wound, so although the concentration of pollutants was high, it was not detected by the instrument.
Yan Ping seemed to be thinking about something. "He said he was injured by spider silk?"
Guan Zhishu: "Yeah."
Yan Ping: "Is the wound small?"
"Yes, only the fingertips were injured." When he said this, Guan Zhishu's tone became hesitant.
"Judging from the shape and size of the wound, it must have been caused by a spider thread, but..."
What kind of situation would cause the giant spider to only pierce the keeper's fingertip instead of piercing his entire finger?
After hearing Guan Zhishu's question, Yan Ping seemed to have the answer.
He handed her the information in his hand and said, "According to our initial conclusion, the giant spider only let Xiao Luo escape because the action team arrived in time, but..."
"If you were a giant spider and had completely tied up your prey, what would you do if you had to abandon it and escape as quickly as possible?"
This question was easy to answer. Guan Zhishu said subconsciously, "I would choose to break the spider silk..."
Before she could finish, she was stunned.
When they arrived at the scene, there was clearly no spider silk left on Luo Shengfei's body, and no broken spider silk was found in the lobby on the first floor of the logistics department!
"So, Su Ci hid the giant spider's silk and was attacked when he touched it, which is why he got that wound?"
This should be the complete truth.
The giant spider's silk is extremely tough and contains a slight activeness. After breaking, it still has a certain degree of aggressiveness, but this aggressiveness has been greatly weakened.
Of course, even if Su Ci hid the spider silk, it might be out of curiosity. Even if the private storage of pollutants does not comply with the base regulations, according to the level of the giant spider, if he is caught, at most his points for that month will be deducted, and he will not be punished too severely.
"Should we ask him about it?" Guan Zhishu said, "Although it's only a light red pollutant, he's in the nursery after all. If it affects the cubs..."
She didn't finish her words, but Yan Ping understood what she meant. However, he thought about it more than she did.
Not everyone can touch the pollutants that have been separated from the monster.
These pollutants are generally highly polluting. If they are picked up directly without any preventive measures, they can easily cause mental pollution, which can lead to emotional instability at the mildest and organ abnormalities and diseases at the worst.
Of course, the giant spider's silk wasn't highly contaminated, and the members of the action team possessed sufficient tolerance to withstand this level of erosion. However, the problem was...
Su Ci is just an ordinary person, and a breeder who looks very fragile in terms of appearance, figure, and aura.
If he really had spider silk, how could he withstand the erosion of pollutants and appear completely normal? He was calm and composed, without any fear or terror, and even without any other negative emotions, which left a deep impression on him.
Or is it that this breeder is gifted and has a naturally high tolerance to pollution?
Thinking of Su Ci's gentle yet firm and irresistible black eyes, and the way he placed the hand of cub No. 1 in his palm, Yan Ping couldn't help but become suspicious.
Is this breeder really as weak as he looks? He's not talking about his character, but...
strength.
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