After the protection system was successfully installed, Ruan Shiqing used the remaining materials to make a blue star necklace for each of the kids.
The deep space blue planet pendant is only the size of a thumb cap, strung together with a black leather rope and hung around the necks of the little ones. It is unique and beautiful.
But only Ruan Shiqing knew that this pendant was actually equipped with an ultra-micro positioning tracker. The tracker was connected to the protection system and would not be turned on normally. But when needed, it could be remotely positioned through the protection system with a positioning range as precise as square centimeters.
This is to prevent others from coveting the cubs. If something similar to the dragon cub happens again, as long as the cub is still on this planet, he will be sure to find the person.
"Don't take off the necklace, remember?" Ruan Shiqing warned as he put the necklace on the boy.
To prevent the necklace from being lost, the black leather rope and chain buckle are reinforced with special materials. They are tough and strong, and it is extremely difficult to cut them unless special metal pliers are used.
His fragile neck was restrained by the necklace, and Rong Heng shook his head out of habit.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tugged at the pendant irritably, looking unhappy.
Why does he also need to bring this kind of thing to comfort the cubs?
But when he saw the boy putting the necklace on the little dragon cub with a serious expression, his claws that had been pulling at the necklace stopped hesitantly.
Forget it, I'll just bear with it for two days. It won't be too late to get it after I leave.
The little mermaid and the little dragon who received the gifts were not as reluctant as the Crown Prince, but were simply delighted.
The little dragon kept fiddling with the little ball on its neck, his face full of curiosity.
“There are words on it!”
The leather rope was not long and just formed a circle around the little dragon's short and thick neck. He struggled to raise his paws to hold the pendant, fumbled for a long time, and let out a sigh.
There is a row of irregular depressions in the middle of the frosted planet pendant.
The little dragon wanted to lower his head to look, but his neck was too thick and the leather rope was too short, so he couldn't see what was engraved on the planet pendant no matter what.
He was so anxious that he turned around and around: "Help me take a look, help me take a look quickly."
The little mermaid smiled and pointed at the water, motioning him to lower his head and look for himself.
He had already seen the words engraved on his pendant.
In the reflection of the swaying water waves, the initials of the three words "Ruan Yuebai" were engraved on the little blue planet.
RYB.
He lowered his eyes, looked at his reflection in the water, raised his hand and tightly grasped the planet pendant.
It was like holding a little planet that belonged to him alone.
Nota wandered deep in the garbage dump for many days.
He hides in the metal trash during the day and comes out at night under the moonlight to search for valuable items in the center of the endless garbage dump.
She had finished the nutritional supplements she brought yesterday. She licked her dry lips, thought of the two tubes of nutritional supplements that were written on them and hidden away carefully, touched her empty stomach, and smiled briefly.
After struggling to drag the found parts back to his temporary residence, Nota took a breath and thought that he had to leave today and go out to find something to eat.
She counted the parts she found: a heat sink valve, a lever, and a light.
The metal garbage dumped by the transport ship had been rummaged through during the day, and when she went out to search at night, there was nothing of value left.
If I use these to apologize, the other party won’t accept it, right?
The little fox's ears drooped low, and its dull tail also dropped down under the weight.
It took her a while to comfort herself before she finally regained her confidence and left the junkyard with the remaining parts.
It takes an adult between 40 minutes and an hour to walk from the depths of the landfill to the outer edge of the landfill.
If it were a nine-tailed fox cub that was too small, the trekking time would have to be doubled.
The old clothes he had picked up were torn in many places by the sharp metal and stained with dirt, and were no longer presentable. The flame-red fur was also stained with dust from the hard work of the past few days, becoming dull, dry, and gray.
But even so, when the nine-tailed fox cub finally approached the house he had longed for, he still stopped, carefully dusted off his clothes and tail, and solemnly tidied his clothes. Then he dragged the parts and carefully walked around the main door and approached the kitchen window.
But she was stopped three meters away from the kitchen window.
An invisible barrier isolated her, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get through.
Exhausted, Nota fell to the ground, staring blankly at the closed window.
She couldn't get in.
The other party may not be willing to let her come and go in his home at will.
The little fox drooped her ears sadly. The moonlight stretched her shadow very long, and transparent raindrops fell in the shadow.
She stood there for a long time, and seeing that it was almost dawn, she had no choice but to wipe her face and turn away.
Before leaving, she hesitated for a moment, but still placed the three parts outside the barrier.
She did something wrong, so she should apologize even if the other party is unwilling to accept it.
Nota returned to his original home.
In fact, it is not quite accurate to describe this place as it is just a small space formed by several thick vines intertwined. It is not very big, just enough for a small fox to hide, and it cannot even provide good shelter from wind and rain, but it is very close to the house.
If you climb higher up the vines, you can easily see the house.
But now, she can't live here anymore.
She dug out the hidden nutritional supplements and hid them close to her body. Although she was very hungry, she was reluctant to eat these two tubes of nutritional supplements with special meanings.
Nota climbed out along the vines, looked at the house in the distance for a while, then turned and left.
The little fox was overwhelmed by the feeling of loss and sadness, and did not even notice the figure approaching from behind.
"Is it her?"
“Yes.”
The few people who had been secretly following her for three days looked at each other, picked up ropes and bags, and surrounded the little fox in a triangle.
The day before yesterday, they found the trace of this nine-tailed fox cub at the garbage dump. However, this little fox was very alert and good at hiding. They were afraid that they would miss the target and let it run away, so they did not dare to take action.
Unexpectedly, today she would get out of the garbage dump with complex terrain by herself.
When they saw her approaching the repair shop that was full of rumors, the three of them were nervous for a while. After all, Endor and Carl had seen what happened to them, and no one had the courage to offend that particularly vicious ancient human.
But it turns out that the little fox is just a thief and can't get through the repair shop's shield.
The three of them were relieved and took action when the little fox let down its guard.
The night was long and dark, with two crescent moons casting black shadows.
Several shadows entangled and twisted, and after a moment, they dispersed silently.
The moonlight shone on the empty land, where the dust had just settled. Only a tube of lost nutrient solution lay there alone, with no one paying attention to it.
There are four words written on the tube of nutritional supplement.
"This is a thank you gift."
After the protection system was installed, the repair shop reopened.
This time, unlike before, the store was no longer as deserted as before. People began to come one after another to inquire about the repair price.
Ruan Shiqing wanted to save time and effort, so he simply made a unified price list, listed the repair prices of some commonly used tools, and hung it at the door. As for those not on the price list, they would negotiate the price based on the specific situation.
This actually isolates many people who do not really need maintenance.
These people were simply curious about the store's security system, and also wanted to test Ruan Shiqing's ability, so they came to the store under the pretext of maintenance to find out more.
Now that the price tags are hung out, there are suddenly fewer people coming to the store.
But there were indeed people who came to him after hearing about Ruan Shiqing's deeds.
The person who came was a handsome ancient human with a gentle temperament, about 30 years old. He introduced himself as Shen Wuzhu: "I heard that you helped Luther modify the shuttle racing car, so I thought you might also be able to repair the land speeder, so I came to ask you."
A landspeeder is a type of land transportation vehicle that travels in mid-air using an anti-gravity device. It is not expensive, but it is not a mainstream means of transportation on this planet. Only the "upper class" who are doing well will use a landspeeder.
Judging only from his means of transportation and clothing, Ruan Shiqing believed that this guest should be relatively well-off and one of the very few ancient humans who were doing relatively well.
Logically speaking, there should be no intersection with Luther.
"Do you know Luther?" Ruan Shiqing chatted casually while checking the landspeeder for him.
"I've met him once or twice." Shen Wuzhu took the water poured by Xiong Fangfang, took a sip, and said, "The ancient human population was sparse and weak, so they always had to take care of each other."
To be more specific, he would occasionally take care of some of his fellow tribesmen who were in difficult circumstances.
Ruan Shiqing agreed with his point of view.
The relationship between the individual and the whole is one of mutual support and mutual achievement. When the entire race declines, no matter how high the individual's achievements are, they are just a little light in the darkness, unable to illuminate the darkness. The decline of a race cannot be changed by the power of one person alone. Only by uniting the power of everyone can the tide be turned.
When everyone becomes that spark, the day when the sparks gather together will be the moment to set the prairie on fire.
Shen Wuzhu is a sensible man.
"It's not a big problem. It's just that the fuel line is old and broken. Just replace it with a new one." Ruan Shiqing had a good impression of him, so he said, "The material cost plus the repair cost is a total of 800 star coins. I'll give you a 10% discount."
Shen Wujun accepted the favor, transferred the star coins to him, and added him as a friend.
Before leaving, he rolled down the window and casually said, "My boss is the North District boss, Marin. He was very interested in the gun you took earlier."
Smart people always give just the right reminders. Shen Wuju waved his hand and drove away in the landspeeder.
Marin?
This familiar name made Ruan Shiqing stunned.
In the first few days after he arrived at B3024, he encountered the South District boss Hornik, who coveted the Silver Falcon's engine. So he deliberately misled Hornik and made him think that the Silver Falcon's engine had been taken away by Marin.
Later, the two had a fight, and Hornik died and Marin won with minor injuries.
After that, he no longer paid attention to Marin's news, but occasionally heard from bits and pieces that the South District had been in a slump since Hornik's death, and the new boss was too weak. The North District had begun to gradually encroach on the South District's territory, and many people living in the South District had also moved to the North District.
There is a trend of gradual merging of the two districts.
Ruan Shiqing didn't expect that a gun would attract Marin's attention.
However, Shen Wuzhu's reminder should mean that Marin is not prepared to make things difficult for him, but no matter what, he should always be prepared early.
Ruan Shiqing rubbed his temples and prepared to go to the workshop to draw a few more pictures.
As soon as I walked to the door, I ran into 09 who was holding the spare parts.
On the robot's display, a red light flashed, and the robot's tone was clearly confused: "Did someone put it there on purpose?"
"What's wrong?" Ruan Shiqing asked casually.
"I found three parts at the edge of the shield." 09 showed him the parts in his arms. "They are not valuable parts, but they are arranged very neatly, as if they were placed there on purpose."
But he couldn't figure out who would deliberately place the parts on the inconspicuous edge of the shield.
"The boundary of the shield? Where exactly is it?" Ruan Shiqing paused, turned around and asked.
"Near the kitchen." said 09.
Could it be the nine-tailed fox cub?
Ruan Shiqing suddenly remembered something and slapped his forehead in annoyance: "I have been so busy these past few days that I actually forgot about this."
After the shield is raised, outsiders cannot enter without his permission. If a forced intrusion is made, the protection system will sound an alarm and counterattack according to the urgency.
The little fox often came in and out of the kitchen window before. This time he must have come to deliver parts, but he was stopped outside.
Ruan Shiqing asked 09 to put away the parts, and he went to the workshop to call up the monitoring interface of the protection system.
The monitoring time went back seven hours, and indeed, a small, red figure was seen.
She was a beautiful girl, with fox ears on her head and a tail behind her that were both flaming red. But no one knew what had happened to her, her clothes were torn and stained, and her originally smooth red fur had become dull.
She dragged the parts towards the kitchen, but was blocked outside the protective shield.
The little fox showed a puzzled look at first, then seemed to understand something, and then turned to loss.
Finally, she stood in front of the invisible shield for a long time before putting down the parts and leaving.
Her ears were drooping and her tail was hanging down. She looked very sad, but she still put the parts in order carefully.
Seeing her leaving made Ruan Shiqing feel sad.
He pinched the bridge of his nose, added the little fox to the whitelist of the protection system, and then asked 09 to open the kitchen window and put three tubes of nutritional supplements in it as usual.
But three days passed and the nutritional supplements on the windowsill remained unchanged, and no new parts appeared.
While working, Ruan Shiqing thought of that little figure and murmured in a low voice, "Could it be that he went somewhere else?"
But no one gave him an answer.
Nota was packed in a box.
Her hands and feet were locked with sturdy metal chains and her body was injected with muscle relaxants. Her consciousness was constantly calling for help and struggling desperately, but her body was motionless and unable to respond.
About three days had passed since she was caught.
The three people who captured her kept her in a box, only letting her out once to give her some nutritional supplements and injections.
Although the body cannot move, the hearing is not blocked.
She heard the three men discussing how to sell her for a good price.
The easiest and quickest way to make money was to hand her over to the auction, but one of them was afraid that the auction would abuse its power and refuse to pay their price, so he suggested taking her away from B3024 and selling her on another planet.
After all, B3024 is just a remote garbage planet with few rich people. If the precious nine-tailed fox cub is taken to a more prosperous planet, it can definitely be sold at a higher price.
This proposal was eventually seconded by two other people.
From the intermittent conversation, Nota knew that they had contacted a transport spaceship and would leave tonight. They would take her and hide in the bottom cabin of the transport ship, quietly leave B3024, and then arrive at a prosperous planet to buy her for a good price.
But she didn't want to leave.
Nota moved his fingers with difficulty and touched the nutritional supplement hidden in his chest.
There were originally two tubes of nutritional supplements hidden here, but one was lost during the fight that night.
She tried to clench her fingers and hold the remaining nutrient solution to gain some strength, but because of muscle weakness, she couldn't even do such a simple movement.
His arms fell down helplessly.
In the darkness, Nota opened his eyes as wide as he could and told himself over and over again that he could not leave.
If you leave, you can never come back.
She can't leave.
The little fox gritted his teeth, and his silver eyes glowed coldly in the darkness.
The box was suddenly opened at this moment, and the fleshy evolved man took her out, with an expression of joy that could not be concealed on his face, and even his attitude became a little kinder. He first injected her with a partial buffer, and then handed her a tube of nutrient solution: "Eat something."
Nota stared at him.
The Evolved Man was frightened by her gaze. He kicked the box impatiently and threw the nutritional supplement at her: "If you don't eat it now, I won't give you any food even if you beg me for it when we get on the ship."
Nota lowered his eyes and slowly picked up the nutritional supplement and squeezed it out.
Drink up the nutritional supplement one mouthful at a time.
When she finished, another Bis came closer with a new potion and said with a grin, "My dear, take another shot and take a nap in the box, and we'll be there."
Nota suddenly raised her eyes and stared at him closely.
The Bisi man felt a chill inexplicably, and turned to his two companions and said, "This kid seems a little weird."
It took quite a bit of effort to capture her that night. The little cub was very wild, scratching and biting, trying desperately, causing them a lot of injuries.
Otherwise they wouldn't be both chains and relaxants.
"It's just a small thing, no matter how weird it is, what can it do?" His companions didn't care and urged him to get the injection quickly.
The transport ship will arrive in another hour.
The Biss had no choice but to flick the syringe, bend over and inject—
Nota was waiting for this moment. She suddenly jumped up and bit the other person's vulnerable exposed neck.
The syringe fell to the ground, and the Bis screamed in pain, grabbing her body with both hands and trying to pull her off by force.
But Nota held on to his shoulders tightly, his hands and feet turned into claws, and the claws dug deep into his flesh. No matter how hard he tore, he couldn't budge.
The other two were frightened by the sudden situation. It took them a while to react and pick up the syringes to help.
But it is too late.
The Bis people's cries for help grew weaker. Nota raised his face, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. His silver pupils narrowed into a line, flashing with the indifference and cruelty of beasts.
The ten fox tails swayed lightly, spreading out like twisted flames in the moonlight.
The two evolved humans who originally wanted to fight back suddenly became slower in their movements and their eyes became dull.
Nota licked the blood on his claws, flew over, and bit off their necks without hesitation.
Deep in the garbage dump, in a corner where no one cared, three bodies lay on the ground in twisted postures.
The blood-soaked little fox took out the remaining nutritional supplement from his arms and held it tightly in his palm. With only a will, he staggered towards the direction of his memory.
The noisy sound of transport ships came from midair, and the noise of metal garbage pouring out filled the eardrums.
The garbage dump seems to have no end.
The sudden explosion consumed Nota's last bit of vitality, and now all that was left was an empty shell that acted on impulse.
"go back."
"go back."
The thin figure trudged for an unknown amount of time before finally reaching the destination.
Before dawn, the long night ends.
The familiar house stood quietly at the boundary between light and darkness. The first ray of light at dawn slowly rose along the roof line.
Nota widened his eyes, stared at the house that he could not enter, and fell down heavily.
The nutritional supplement that he was holding tightly in his hand rolled to the ground, and the words on it were blurred because he squeezed too hard.
Ruan Shiqing was awakened by the alarm of the protection system.
——During an abnormal period of time, a target on the whitelist entered the shield range with weak vital signs.
The kids also woke up one after another and looked out of the window in confusion.
"Just stay on the second floor and don't run around. I'll go downstairs to take a look." Ruan Shiqing gave an instruction, put on his coat, picked up the blaster and went downstairs.
09 and the Xiong brothers also woke up and were waiting in the yard.
"Where is the location to report the incident to the police?" Ruan Shiqing asked.
"Three or four meters from the gate." 09 reported: "Based on the analysis of the body data, it should be a young Bis. The vital signs are very weak at the moment."
The other person was wearing a very loose piece of clothing that covered his head, face and most of his body, making it impossible for 09 to determine the other person's identity.
These features...
"Go out and take a look first."
Ruan Shiqing frowned, put away the blaster, and strode towards the door.
The door opened, and about three or four meters away, one could vaguely see a thin figure lying face down. It was still dark, and only the vague red hair could be seen from under the hood.
Ruan Shiqing's heart skipped a beat. He asked the Xiong brothers and 09 to stand guard around the area, and he quickly stepped forward and picked up the person on the ground.
The loose hood slid down, revealing a familiar face.
It was the little fox that hadn't visited for a few days.