Chapter 96 [Revised] Don't worry, I know my limits. I won't...
On a clear day, if you stand on the surface of Capital Star and look up at the sky, you will have a chance to see a string of small red dots in the night sky, flashing and twinkling, like Christmas lights on the sky.
But if conditions permit, use a high-powered telescope to zoom in, and you will see their true colors:
Floating observation station.
These stations have both military and civilian functions, and were born out of the old empire's planetary defense maximization project. During the tense years of interstellar tension in the last century, they served as the capital planet's aerial sentinels, and the monitors who could work on them were all elite members of the team.
They must keep their eyes open at all times and beware of the Federals who are being defeated by Marshal Old Eagle Owl and are about to launch a final attack on them with all their might.
Sadly, those days are long gone.
The lookout station is now staffed by lazy-looking monitors who earn minimum wage and yawn from time to time. If I was extremely sleepy, I would just lie down on the old operating table and take a nap until I woke up naturally.
He was too lazy to even waste the money for buying coffee to stay awake on work.
The monitor is 52 years old this year and has 25 years of work experience. He often complained to his juniors that he had wasted his entire youth on this ugly thing that looked like a lychee. If he had not been so impulsive that he gave up the opportunity to stay in school and ran to the Air Traffic Control Bureau to realize his "life value", he would have been a full professor at the Imperial Military University, counting his generous allowances and waiting for retirement.
"What a waste of life," the monitor muttered loudly, "If only aliens would call us."
Today was the shift change time. His junior just entered the cabin and said quickly, "Master, we are not allowed to say that. If you are bored, you can watch satellite TV. I asked them to come and fix it last week."
The lookout station has been in service for more than seventy years. The equipment inside is old and the wires are messy. It is a miracle that it can float normally, let alone expect the only entertainment facilities to work well.
Logically speaking, the interstellar toll stations under the Air Traffic Control Bureau are the most lucrative departments in the entire empire and it is impossible for them to lack money for renovation and maintenance. But if you just go to the airfield of the air traffic control building, you will know that huge sums of money have all been turned into luxurious planes for noble gentlemen, each one more luxurious than the other.
The monitor slapped the TV and hit it with his fist: "Fuck, there are only two channels to watch."
There was a dead pixel in the middle of the screen, and rainbow-colored horizontal lines jumped from time to time, comically cutting the monarch Cade in the picture in half.
"Good evening, my dear people. I am your great and benevolent king. The good news is that our light industry's candy production has increased by a full 7 percentage points this quarter! The bad news is that the egg production rate has dropped by 20%, and we need to keep up the good work."
The monitor only watched for ten seconds before wanting to change the channel; it was the same old annoying clichés.
He switched to another channel and suddenly leaned forward, staring at the scene that looked like a building collapsing. The anchor was urgently reporting:
"It is reported that a vicious attack occurred in the square. The attackers were extremely despicable. They blew up sculptures and damaged cultural relics of the last century, which seriously hurt the feelings of the people of the entire empire. Now, the Imperial Star Defense Corps is searching all suspicious mechas and aircraft passing by. Witnesses are requested to actively provide clues..."
"Master, something is sliding across the radar!" the apprentice interrupted.
The monitor said impatiently: "Maybe it's a bat."
"…But we are 9,600 meters in the air. What kind of bat can fly so high?"
"Mutated bat."
"..." The apprentice began to doubt whether the master's high academic qualifications were just empty talk. He looked at the radar again and said in surprise:
"The target suddenly disappeared... Master, should we go out and take a look?"
The apprentice turned his head, glanced at the TV screen, and said seriously, "What if it was an attacker who escaped?"
The monitor cursed and thought the boy was annoying: "You get paid for what you do. If he is really the attacker, what can you do if you go out? Can you beat him?"
"cannot."
The monitor turned on the call station, and the light flashed for two seconds before turning green. He said impatiently, "Next time you encounter something like this, do what I did and turn on the communication tower to ask. If you have any doubts, report it. If you don't have any doubts, just treat it as a bat."
The ATC air traffic control channel was connected, and the call was started by pressing the start button: "This is Observation Tower 36. May I ask your aircraft model and identity? Please answer if you hear me——"
There was silence on the channel for a long time, with no one answering. When the monitor was about to hang up, there was a sudden "beep" sound.
It was a full-throated voice, young and clear: "Hello, tower, this is 0880, the weather is clearing up, I wish you a nice night, over."
The apprentice racked his brains to recall: "0880? Is this model mentioned in our training manual?"
He turned to look at his master and found that the monitor was standing there in a daze, in deep confusion.
"Damn it... 0880, it's the Suzaku, the Suzaku! Didn't that national treasure crash long ago?"
The apprentice shuddered, and suddenly remembered many cosmic ghost stories, and said in horror:
"Ghost Ship!"
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"Is it fun to talk nonsense like this, you stinky chicken?"
Under the red night sky, a flame-patterned mecha spread out its owl-like, toothed feather wings and silently crossed the night sky, as smooth and sleek as a bat.
The Mecha Ptolemy uses the internal technology of the Eagle Owl family and can appear in radar as a camouflage, which can be called physical invisibility.
"It's not fun, it's exciting!" Sava excitedly pulled up the joystick, the nose of the plane pointed downward, and it dived into the clouds. "You don't know, my grandfather used to say this when he and his friends came back from sailing. The control towers were so shocked and envious."
Bai Ling put her long legs on the co-pilot seat and glanced at him: "You are jealous."
"...How dare you say you're not envious? That's a huge warship, the most powerful warship in the world, a steel monster that can crash through asteroids, grunt."
Savoy's feathers ruffled with excitement and he couldn't help cooing.
Bai Ling looked at him seriously for a while and asked, "Sava, do you want to work with me?"
Sava looked ahead and started the mecha, and asked casually: "What? Following you to rebel?"
"Not with me, but with us."
Sava was silent for a moment.
Bai Ling slowly guessed his thoughts and said, "You have had that thought in your mind, right? You want to follow your grandfather's path and do something on your own. For you, what's the point of staying in the capital planet? Sava, you belong to the night, to the sky, and you are a unique night killer among birds. Your ability is not limited to stealing French fries from the kitchen of the palace in the middle of the night."
Sava smiled, but his voice faded: "I can't compare to grandpa. If you say that again, I will be proud."
Bai Ling: "Then be proud. The blood of the eagle owl family flows in your wings. You deserve to be proud."
Sava was stunned for two seconds, and looked out the porthole at the darkness unconsciously.
His grandfather once flew over that corner of the sky with his comrades in arms in the Suzaku. People on earth would stay up late at night holding flowers and go out to cheer for him, and shout for him until their throats were hoarse. They didn't know who the Duke was, they only knew that the Eagle Owl had forced the federal military cordon back 10 light years, and it was only 1 light year away from reaching the federal capital.
My grandfather was a female, but he made great contributions to the empire and became the first Omega in history to be granted the title of Duke, Savoy I.
Then he was born.
His grandfather had high hopes for him and allowed him to inherit his name as Sava II.
But he was arrogant and domineering. When he was in school, he often relied on his grandfather's military achievements and powerful force to provoke this person and fight with that person. For a jellyfish, he even gave up the chance to be admitted to the Deep Space Mecha Corps...
I have become a parasite in life, the kind of person my grandfather wanted to defeat the most.
Is he qualified to be his grandfather's successor?
"I...let me think about it." Sava lowered his head, feeling a little confused.
Bai Ling was not surprised by his refusal. According to the time calculation, Sava started the rebellion two years later in his previous life. The situation changed rapidly. Perhaps something suddenly happened in those two years that made Sava make up his mind.
"But if you can get the Suzaku, I will immediately take my family and my brothers with me to go with you." Sava leaned back, put his hands behind his head, and joked lightly.
Bai Ling wanted to kick him twice: "The Suzaku was damaged in the war and was probably dismantled by the shipyard a long time ago. Where can I get it for you?"
Sava shrugged. "That can't be helped."
Bai Ling was still unwilling to give in. He knew very well that Sava's ability was of great importance in the history of Wild Star's development, because this guy was the former chairman of the Military Academy Alliance. Even though he seemed to be too lazy to do anything all day long, if he really raised his arm and called for action, there would be thousands of younger students following him.
That is a young and energetic force.
Bai Ling now looked at Sava as if he was watching a chicken in a rice cooker about to fly away.
Suzaku... He remembered that this national treasure disappeared before the fall of the old empire. If he asked Yu Chen later, he might get some clues.
Even if he had to find a fragment, he would still tie up the chicken and take it away!
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Sava sent Bai Ling to Woodpecker Hospital and stayed there himself.
He had finally managed to get out and didn't want to go back for a while. But if he went home, Heinz would pester him again, so he simply listened to Bai Ling's advice and stayed in the VIP accompanying room for one night.
But along the way, Sava always felt that this stinky bird was a little... neurotic and abnormal.
It's very much like the feeling of being high on adrenaline, with a confused expression, sometimes excited and sometimes silent. When you look towards the light, your eyes are as bright as if you've taken drugs.
"Where are the medicines?" Bai Ling was about to take another route to the ward area, but suddenly stopped.
"What medicine?" Sava didn't respond.
Suddenly the bird came closer, took out a sheet of tinfoil pills from his coat, opened one, threw it casually, raised its head and opened its mouth to catch it, bit it into pieces, and slowly sipped it in its mouth, saying thoughtfully:
"Tsk, it tastes like strawberry."
Sava's expression cracked: "What the hell is wrong with you? That's egg-avoiding medicine, not candy beans!"
Bai Ling said casually: "I am so tired today. I will go find something fun later. I will eat one first so that I can have fun."
The way he acted was just like a dock worker who had just finished his dirty work and was looking for Little O to have sex.
But this guy is an omega. Who is he trying to rob by acting like a robber?
Sava pulled him and asked in a complicated way: "Who are you going to whore with?"
Bai Ling looked indifferent, slowly licking the fragrance on his teeth: "My guardian. He is injured and is hospitalized here. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
"...Hey, don't play with me to death."
"No, I feel sorry for him."
Sava was very upset after hearing this, and felt that this guy was not speaking from the heart. Out of concern that another innocent soul might die at the hands of his brother, he followed him to the ward area.
The bird first walked around the nursing ward, came out and leaned against the nurse's station, and asked calmly: "Why is my alpha tied up so tightly with a belt?"
Nurse: "Mr. Yu's nerves were not stable. He struggled when he was on the IV, so we were forced to tie him up."
"Struggling?" Bai Ling raised his eyebrows, "So exciting."
Nurse & Savoy: "..."
Bai Ling asked again: "Are you sure he can't break free of the belt?"
The nurse explained carefully, "That's not an ordinary belt. It's a special rope imported by the Federation for whaling. Well... it should be impossible to break free without external help. Do you want to untie it?"
"No, I'm just asking." Bai Ling nodded calmly and prepared to go into the house. He took two steps and turned back. His sharp eagle eyes swept across the red face of the little nurse and said lightly:
"No matter what noise is made in the room later, don't worry. Don't worry, I know my limits and I won't kill him."
Savoie: I waxed for the big 1 for a second.
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