Chapter 114 Chapter 114
After the shield was closed, the spacecraft successfully left the planet Driftwood.
The panicked passengers finally calmed down and used their computers to contact their families or upload their thrilling experiences on the holographic network. The captain finally dialed his superiors' call for help and truthfully explained what happened on Driftwood.
The top management didn't believe that a tourist planet could be destroyed so quietly, but when the captain sent the thermal image he had scanned earlier, they were furious. The order was quickly passed down, and the top management of the airline company asked the captain to drive the spaceship to the nearest planet for repairs and wait for rescue.
One of the original instructions from the superiors was not to rashly disclose the situation on Driftwood on the Internet. The captain agreed on the surface, but curled his lips after hanging up the phone. He certainly would not post relevant information on the Internet, but if the passengers wanted to post it, he could not stop them.
Seeing that the destination of the spaceship had been arranged, Ruan Shiqing did not stay any longer. He borrowed a spacecraft from the captain and prepared to go to the space station to reunite with Rong Heng.
The captain had already set the target coordinates and turned on the automatic driving mode. Seeing that he was about to leave, he sent him to the door of the cockpit with many thanks: "Thanks to you and your friends today, we were able to escape danger. I have been working for Barcelona Airlines. If there is any need for me in the future, please don't hesitate to ask me." As he said that, he handed his business card to Ruan Shiqing.
"Any capable person would do the same." Ruan Shiqing told him not to worry about it, but after thinking for a while, he realized that there was one thing he needed the captain's help with: "Actually, I do need your help with one thing."
"You go ahead."
"I have a friend with a special identity. The video data on the spaceship..." The incident happened suddenly before. Rong Heng changed into a human form on the spaceship. Although the information of the former crown prince of the empire is rarely leaked, ordinary people can hardly recognize him. But once the video data on the spaceship is released, there will be a risk of being recognized.
The captain understood what Ruan Shiqing meant. Before he could finish, he said, "The spaceship was attacked by the Zerg. It is common for the image data storage area to be damaged. Don't worry, I will clear it immediately."
Ruan Shiqing finally felt relieved. After thanking him, he went to look for Jialan.
Garland had returned to the spaceship and was waiting for him at the dock.
"You want to return to the station?"
"Yeah." Ruan Shiqing said, "The Imperial Army won't come that fast. The bug nest on Floating Wood is a hidden danger after all. We can't delay it. Hector and his men should be on their way. We might as well send them off and blow up the bug nest on Floating Wood before we leave."
"Okay." Garland thought for a while and said, "It will take time for the spaceship to reach the next planet to wait for rescue. According to the situation of the Zerg, there may be more Zerg gathered somewhere else. Why don't I escort them there first and then join you later."
"But, Hector..." Ruan Shiqing said hesitantly.
He thought Garland must be eager to see Hector. After all, since he asked Hector for help and explained the situation on Driftwood, the other party had sent him more than a dozen text messages.
"We'll meet sooner or later, so it won't take a moment." Garland said, but he looked away awkwardly.
Ruan Shiqing looked at him and smiled knowingly.
This is probably the feeling of being homesick.
He didn't force it and said teasingly, "I'll help you explain to Hector, but you'd better come back as soon as possible. It won't take much time to escort the airship."
Garland said "hmm", waved goodbye to him, and hurried to the passenger cabin.
Ruan Shiqing and he acted separately, went down to the bottom cabin, and drove the aircraft alone to the space station.
Inside the space station, with the help of two staff members, Noah easily took over control of the space station.
Rong Heng and his team also obtained a lot of data and video data from the ground control center through the space station system. Probably knowing that they could not wait for rescue, the last group of soldiers who stayed behind protected the few remaining scientific researchers before they died, and stored a large amount of genetic data of the floating wood planet, leaving behind countless valuable data.
The little mermaid clicked on a few farewell videos and felt a little sad.
Driftwood is a very primitive planet, without excessive mechanization and developing very slowly, so the citizens on this planet are not naturally divided into different classes, rich and poor, like on the capital planet. On this sparsely populated red planet, the crime rate is very low, the indigenous people are kind and friendly, and because of the developed tourism industry, they are also very tolerant of foreign residents.
This was originally a very beautiful planet, but because of the destruction of the Zerg, only devastation remained.
Ruan Jiao, who was watching the video with the little mermaid with his head tilted back, clenched his fists, his little face tense, and his tentacles drooped sadly.
He leaned slightly, leaning on the little mermaid's arm, and said in a low voice: "Insect Tribe, bad."
The cub felt the long-lost anger. He clenched his fists tightly and said after a long while, "That's not the case."
In his few memories, it shouldn't be like this.
Before he hatched from the egg, he felt that the companions who guarded him had very gentle breaths. They couldn't communicate with him, but the emotions transmitted through the tentacles were comfortable. Occasionally, when he felt impatient in the egg, in order to comfort him, they would pick flowers and fruits and pile them around him. Occasionally, they would make some strange noises. Now think about it, maybe they were singing to comfort him.
But I don't know when they left and never came back.
The Zerg guarding beside him also gradually changed their aura.
He hated that kind of atmosphere and stopped talking to the other party.
It was not until later that he sensed a familiar aura and knew it was time to leave. But those bad guys seemed to be chasing him.
Thinking of the Zerg on planet B3024, the cub suddenly became even more depressed, its tentacles drooped listlessly, and it was about to cry.
He felt that it was his running around that brought the disaster.
The little mermaid noticed his expression and thought that he was simply sad about what happened to Driftwood, so she held him in her arms and gently stroked his back.
"What's going on?" Sally, who came to deliver nutritional supplements, happened to see this scene and asked with concern.
She was one of the two surviving staff members.
[He felt sad after seeing what happened to Driftwood.] The little mermaid took the nutrition and smiled sheepishly.
Although he couldn't speak, he was good-looking, good-tempered and patient, so Sally was very close to him and liked to chat with him after she calmed down.
Sally sat down beside him, squeezed out the nutritional supplement and took a sip, saying bitterly: "The dead are dead, and the living can only become stronger."
The little mermaid frowned and sighed silently, and could only offer her silent comfort.
Fortunately, Sally didn't seem to be seeking comfort. She finished her own words, drank the nutrient solution, and then stood up and left: "I have to do some work within my ability." She seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around and looked at the little mermaid, and asked: "What are your plans next? If there is anything you need our help with, just let us know. We just need to do something to divert our attention."
The other person's expression was very sincere, and there was still some sadness between her brows. The little mermaid wanted to reveal something to reassure her, but when he was about to open his mouth, he stopped. He pursed his lips and shook his head at the other person.
[Nothing for now, you guys should take a good rest. When the rescue team arrives, we will send you away, and leave the rest to us.]
Seeing this, Sally didn't ask any further questions. She nodded slightly at him and left.
After confirming that she had left, the little mermaid looked down at the cub in her arms: [What's wrong?]
——Just when he was about to reveal part of the plan to Sally, Ruan Jiao in his arms suddenly tugged at his collar.
Although they didn't know the reason, the trust between the cubs was natural. Even though they sympathized with each other's plight, the little mermaid stopped the topic in time.
Ruan Jiao frowned and said nothing. He jumped off his lap and sniffed carefully at the place where Sally had sat, his two tentacles twitching at a low frequency.
He tried hard to capture the abnormal fluctuations remaining in the air.
After secret observation, he found that Sally and her colleagues all had strange fluctuations.
Just like the strange fluctuations of the Zerg on this planet.
He frowned, pointed in the direction where Sally left, and said unfluently: "Sally, Zerg, same."
In his memory, Zerg cannot transform into humans. Sally's mental fluctuations are the same as those of the Zerg, which makes the cub feel deeply confused and puzzled.
Of course, he himself doesn't count.
Although the cub doesn't understand much, he has known since he became conscious that he is different from the Zerg.
Whether it was the gentle insects that accompanied him to relieve his boredom, or the annoying insects that later became annoying, or these strangely fluctuating insects now.
They are all different.
Only Dad is like him.
The cub wrinkled his face, but couldn't say anything more. Finally, he said angrily, "Bad thing!"
The little mermaid listened to his incoherent words, but seemed to be thinking about something.
The entire planet was destroyed, but two crew members survived the space station. They were not without suspicion, but after they took over the space station, the other party had been cooperating with their requirements and was very familiar with everything in the main control room, so they dispelled their doubts.
After all, based on the information they have now, even if the Zerg are intelligent, it is impossible for them to know so much about the equipment information in the space station or even the main control room. It is indeed possible and necessary to leave hostages behind for assistance.
However, Ruan Jiao's words now made him waver.
After all, Ruan Jiao had a different reaction to Zerg, which he had already shown on B3024. Later, they did not explore this matter too much, and they were also worried that it would bring danger to Ruan Jiao.
After frowning and thinking for a while, the little mermaid told Noah to keep the main control room on high alert, while she took Ruan Jiao to find Rong Heng.
Rong Heng and 09 quietly took the little dragon cub to explore the way. Through Noah, they got the military deployment map of the entire Driftwood Planet - perhaps they found that waiting for rescue was hopeless, and the desperate soldiers and civilians spontaneously took away various types of torpedoes, laser bombs, etc. At the last moment of the battle with the Zerg, they secretly hid the powerful bombs everywhere.
These bombs are equipped with tracking devices, and the hidden electronic military deployment map shows the location of these bombs.