Chapter 32 Nut Candy If you discriminate against them, they will be sad
Bai didn't click on the voice message immediately. He remembered what Mellon had said to him.
Mellon said that the little male insect made the candied haws for him and that the little male insect cared about him very much.
"Of course I know." Bai's lips curled up into a smile, his eyes flashing back to the way Nan Qi teased him with those soft cat ears that afternoon. He murmured softly, "You're really different, little male insect."
Clicking on Nan Qi's voice, Nan Qi's warm voice slowly floated in the room, and finally fell into Bai's ears, making Bai's fair ears quietly dyed with a touch of red.
Nan Qi: "You like eating candied haws too, right? They ate all the ones we brought back. I'll make some more for you tomorrow morning. Don't give them to them, we'll eat them ourselves."
The white ghost replied "OK" to Nan Qi, then rubbed his ears and went to take a shower.
After Nan Qi sent the message to Bai, he did not continue to browse the news of the Central Star.
He stood up again and found all the fruits in the house. He made a string of candied haws from each fruit and planned to bring it to Bai tomorrow to see which one he liked.
Nan Qi was happy with what he did. It was quite fulfilling that the insect liked what he made. Besides, the insect was his ally, so he had an obligation to be nice to him.
After happily putting the three different kinds of candied haws into the refrigerator, Nan Qiyou found some nuts he had found while wandering around the mountains and made some nut candies with the remaining syrup.
There is not much agricultural produce on Potter Star, and sugar is especially expensive. Nan Qi didn't want to waste the remaining syrup at all. He didn't buy much to begin with, and this time he almost used it all up.
While making nut candies, he was thinking about how to extort money from the four female soldiers tomorrow. He had to extort some money from them because he would miss the opportunity. Who could complain about having too much money?
Thinking of this, Nan Qi deftly put the nut candy into a square concave plate lined with oil paper, put it in the refrigerator's fresh-keeping layer, took a shower, and then went to bed.
After a good night's sleep, Nan Qi was woken up by the alarm clock. He stretched himself, his tail and ears popped out, and even his hands turned into cat paws. The pink pads contained sharp claws, which surprised Nan Qi a little.
Nan Qi is an SSS-level sentinel. His spirit body, the Nine-tailed Cat, can not only break away from his spiritual sea and obey his consciousness to carry out combat, lurking, assassination, etc., but can also merge with him and possess him.
The complete possession is that Nan Qi can completely transform into a cat, becoming a nine-tailed black cat that is exactly the same as his spiritual body, and can also control the size of the cat.
However, this ability seemed to have been sealed after he and the Alien Lord perished together and awoke again. He could feel that his mental strength had not decreased, but he just couldn't fully possess and merge with his spiritual body.
Unexpectedly, a mutual counseling session with Bai actually restored some of the degree of his fusion with the spiritual body. It was really a pleasant surprise.
Nan Qi flicked his sharp claws and slapped his tail against the floor excitedly: "This is a really big advantage I've taken."
Putting away his claws, Nan Qi ran to wash up, ate breakfast, and sent a message to the Arnold brothers asking them not to come over. Then he took the Star Brain that had turned into a watch and an insulated lunch box and went out.
The main brain subsystem of Porter Star is located in the mental power detection center in the center of Porter Star. Nan Qi has to take a public aircraft to get there.
After a day of rest and recuperation yesterday, the streets returned to peace and became lively again. The shops were open and the shop owners who knew Nan Qi greeted him warmly.
Nan Qi responded one by one, and got on the public aircraft when it arrived. He stood among the insects with a small lunch box in his hand and headed towards Potter Star, not noticing that there was a black, low-key aircraft following behind them.
In the aircraft, Mellon was driving seriously, Bai was sitting in the co-pilot seat, and Peggy and Lunk were in the back seat.
Several female insects observed their surroundings with great concentration. When they saw any insect that looked abnormal, they gently tapped the military terminal on their wrist. Soon, a team of female soldiers in plain clothes appeared and took the sneaky insect away quietly.
They followed the public aircraft all the way, catching them all the way, and in the end, several female insects were numb.
"That's too much." Melon complained, "Lunk, you've become a sieve here."
Lunk rolled his eyes at Mellon and said, "You want to cause trouble for the Star Police or the Imperial National Security? What does it have to do with me? As long as you don't spy on military secrets, I'd be exceeding my authority if I did anything."
"Okay, okay, I get it. You've had a tough time these past few years, too." Mellon turned his head to look at Bai, who was sitting silently in the co-pilot seat. "When are you planning on transferring Lenk and Todd back?"
Lunke was not in a hurry. He said leisurely, "High-grade black crystal stones were found here. It was Nan Qi who discovered it. I'm not in a hurry to leave. High-grade black crystal stones are too rare. You know."
Lenk's words were not very clear, but everyone understood.
Energy boxes made of black crystal are the best energy equipment for mechas and starships. Even energy boxes made of the lowest-grade black crystal are better than energy boxes made of high-grade yellow crystal, pink crystal and other energy stones.
If the mecha is equipped with a black crystal energy box, not only will its endurance and power be longer, but its sensitivity will also be greatly improved.
Therefore, some scientists believe that black crystal can temporarily increase the release of Zerg mental power, allowing B-level and below female Zergs who must use mechas to fight to better control the mechas.
Unfortunately, before this research could even begin, the professor who proposed the topic died in a space pirate raid, and the project was shelved.
The topic was left unresolved, but the importance of the black crystal was obvious, so Bai and the others naturally paid attention to it. This was also the reason why Bai placed his confidant Lunk here.
Every family wants black crystals. The Ministry of Finance is very strict in controlling supplies to the military, and their energy boxes are simply not enough, so they can only find a way on their own.
Over the years, Lenk and his companions who were also stationed on the mining planet had obtained a lot of black crystals, which were then sold on the black market and then transferred to their hands.
The Insect King knew that they were buying black crystals on the black market, and he was happy to see the military females using their salaries to help him support the army. However, he didn't know that more than 70% of the black crystals circulating in the black market came from the hands of the military females.
They didn't spend a penny and even made some money. But this method is not a long-term solution and is very risky.
If they were discovered, they would be brought to a military court, have their wings cut off, and be thrown into a brothel to be played with and produced by the male insects who coveted them.
Bai did not agree to Lunk's request to stay. Lunk and Todd have been on Potter Star for six years. The risk will increase if they continue to stay. He will not let them take risks, even if there are high-level black crystals here.
Unable to convince Bai, Lunk sighed and decided to follow orders, but then he heard Bai say, "Maybe we can get a big ticket before we leave."
When the female insects heard this, their eyes lit up and they said in unison: "How do we do it?"
Bai's fingers tapped lightly on the aircraft's window. After a moment, he said, "I'll ask the experts for their opinions and then tell you."
Professional bugs? The bugs looked at each other in bewilderment. Do they have any trustworthy professional bugs on Porter Star?
It was Lunk who reacted first: "Boss, it's Nan Qi, right? He was the first to mine the high-grade black crystal stone, and he knows the exact location of the high-grade black crystal stone."
Lunk became more and more excited as he spoke: "With his help, we can mine the high-grade black crystal quietly!"
"I'll ask Nan Qi for his opinion," Bai's eyes darkened. "If he doesn't want to, or if he thinks the risk is too great, I won't force him, and we can't go secretly."
Mellon looked relaxed: "We understand, it's energy loss, but I think Nan Qi will agree, and he'll probably be very excited."
Seeing Bai looking at him, Melon said with a beaming face, "Don't be skeptical, you have a filter for that little male insect now. In my experience, he is definitely not a quiet person."
When Melon said this, Bai remembered that Nan Qi used his tail to trip Melon and Lenk. A smile flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything to refute. He just asked Melon to drive carefully and not to talk and distract himself.
Mellon just thought Bai didn't like to hear him talking about Nan Qi behind his back, curled his lips, and drove calmly.
The aircraft followed the fast-moving public aircraft, flying and stopping all the way, and arrived at the mental power testing center of Porter Star half an hour later.
The bright and spacious glass doors, the magnificently decorated halls, the well-dressed staff, and the various high-tech robotic insects that come and go and do most of the work, all demonstrate the "aggrandizement" and "wealth" of the subsystem center.
At this moment, Nan Qi thought of the hard days when he first came here and the small amount of savings in his account, and his knees suddenly hurt a little.
"If this continues, I will become hostile to the rich~" Nan Qi rubbed his knees with lingering fear as he sat on the comfortable leather sofa in the hall.
"Does your knee hurt?"
A cold and low voice sounded in his ears. Nan Qi looked up and met Bai's deep black eyes, thinking that ice blue was still more beautiful.
He pulled Bai to sit next to him. Seeing that Bai was still staring at his knees, he thought for a moment and leaned over to whisper to Bai, "My knees don't hurt. I just have a little hatred for the rich."
Bai was stunned: "Hate the rich?"
Nan Qi nodded with a smile, pointing to the magnificent hall and the robot bugs flying around working, and whispered to Bai: "Look, this place looks very rich, doesn't it?"
Bai looked around and nodded honestly.
The Mastermind is the empire's most important asset. Psychic power testing, citizen identity registration, pre-marriage psychic power matching, and even the national information security network are all run by the Mastermind. The amount of money and effort required to maintain and protect such a huge asset is unimaginable.
Naturally, the insects working here also have a glamorous life and earn a good income.
Nan Qi smiled brightly: "For F-level bugs like us, we have to hate the rich."
Nan Qi said this frankly, and his expression was also frank, and there was no sign of any dark side in his heart. Bai knew that Nan Qi was just joking with him, but for some reason he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
He patted Nan Qi on the shoulder and said, "You will be rich too. Didn't I say that You Chong wants to cooperate with you in business? You have good skills. I believe you will make a fortune in the future."
"That's right, I was just bored and daydreaming. If you want to live a good life, you still have to rely on yourself." Nan Qi lowered his eyes, but he didn't say the rest of the most important words.
In this country where bugs eat bugs, it is too difficult to succeed on your own. Haven’t you seen low-level bugs busy all their lives and yet can only make ends meet?
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Nan Qi handed the small lunch box beside his legs to Bai, "Open it and take a look."
Bai opened it and saw that the three-layer small lunch box was neatly filled with candied haws made from three kinds of fruits. They were not as big as yesterday's, but each one was small, exquisite and crystal clear.
There are cranberry, raspberry, and blueberry ones.
Bai was a little surprised, and an emotion he had never felt before surged in his heart.
Bai sighed softly and closed the lid of the lunch box. He then noticed a small oil-paper wrapped package inside the small cloth bag that contained the lunch box. He asked in confusion, "What is this?"
Nan Qi: "Open it and take a look."
Bai Yiyan opened it and found that the oil paper package contained small pieces of candy that were cut into bite-sized pieces and exuded a sweet aroma.
Nan Qi picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. His cheeks puffed up, looking a little cute. "Try it. I made this with leftover syrup and some nuts."
"These kinds of nuts are not prone to allergies, so you should be able to eat them."
"Nuts? What star beasts like to eat?" Bai blinked.
In the empire, they never eat these nuts.
In their perception, this is a snack for star beasts. They hate star beasts and will not touch the things that star beasts like to eat.
Nan Qi looked at Bai with disapproval: "You guys, the land isn't fertile, but you have a lot of mountains. This thing grows in the mountains, it's edible and good for your health, and some can even be used to make oil. Why don't you eat it?"
"There's no good or bad food. It's not their fault that the star beasts like them. If you discriminate against them, they'll be sad. They're edible, delicious, and nutritious. Why should we care about who likes to eat them? After all—"
Nan Qi looked at Bai, his eyes filled with emotions Bai couldn't understand: "After all, having something to eat is better than starving to death, right?"
Bai nodded thoughtfully: "You're right, there's no need to be so rigid about it."
"That's right." Nan Qi was very happy that Bai was not that pedantic. "Then try it."
"Hmm." Bai took a piece of candy and put it in his mouth. The sweetness of the candy, the aroma of nuts mixed with the crispy taste made Bai's eyes light up. "It's delicious."
"Is it delicious? How about we cooperate in developing it?" Nan Qi smiled cunningly, and his eyes seemed to have turned into the shape of money.
Bai thought it was very interesting, but he didn't agree immediately. After thinking for a while, he said, "Can you give me some nuts? I'll send them for testing. Once we have confirmed the ingredients, we'll have a basis for promotion."
Nan Qi readily agreed: "Of course, I'll give it to you when I get back."
At this moment, a sub-female came over, her eyes fixed on Nan Qi, and she asked politely, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Nan Qi Ed, who has an appointment for a mental strength test?"
Nan Qi stood up: "I am, is it my turn?"
The sub-female extended her hand to lead the way: "Yes, please go this way."
Nan Qi was about to follow him when he saw Bai carefully wrap the nut candy and put it back into the small cloth bag along with the lunch box, then stood up and stood beside him.
Nan Qi was surprised: "Can you come with me?"
Bai looked at Yaci, who smiled and said, "As long as Mr. Nanqi Ed agrees."
"Then let's go together." Nan Qi grabbed Bai's wrist and followed Yaci into a brightly lit room.
In the room, apart from a cabin that looked very similar to a game cabin, there was only a huge thing that should be the center console.
Yaci stepped forward to open the hatch and made a gesture of invitation. Nan Qi glanced at Bai, who nodded at him. After a moment's thought, he said in a low, soothing voice, "Don't be afraid. It will be fine soon."
Nan Qi smiled and nodded, then walked step by step into the mental power detection cabin.
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