Planetary Museum

After the transmission was completed, Wu Xiaoqing's first impression of this spaceship was that the space here was a bit small.

Even in terms of scanning the other party's structure, this is already the most spacious space on the spacecraft.But it is only equivalent to Wu Xiaoqing's office in Qingtian Building.

Well, it's still an office full of obstacles.

Compared with Wu Xiaoqing's figure, the room is very small. Although he can barely straighten his body in the room, if he wants to stretch out his arms, he still can't do it.The gravity used by the dwarf civilization is probably greater than that of the earth. Wu Xiaoqing is wearing a space suit and carrying an oxygen cylinder on his back, feeling that breathing is extraordinarily strenuous.He turned his head and looked around the room for the two target missions of this rescue, but because of the dim light, he couldn't see clearly.

"People!" Wu Xiaoqing yelled, and the ready-made "translation software" on his mobile phone immediately translated his words into the language of dwarf civilization.

"They have already answered," the search and rescue team reminded Wu Xiaoqing through the subtitles, "Pay attention to your movements... They are afraid of you and dare not enter the room. They are right at the door."

"Door?" Wu Xiaoqing lowered his head, only to see a brighter place in a corner of the room, but that opening... In Wu Xiaoqing's view, it's just an ordinary dog ​​hole in the countryside... It's just a matter of thinking. Get used to it, but never treat it as a door.

Then Wu Xiaoqing saw two creatures as big as squirrels walking in from this "door"...they were very similar to human beings, and they both walked upright, but a thin layer of pale skin could be seen on the surface of their skin. yellow hair.Compared with humans, their limbs seem to be more slender, and their movements are obviously more agile than humans of the same proportion.When Wu Xiaoqing noticed the other party, the other party had already quickly climbed up the stairs on the wall to a position level with him, facing him at eye level.

"You are Changbai?"

"No, I am Changxing, the captain of this ship." The other party put his hands behind his back politely, as if completing some kind of ceremonial gesture, "Now, as the captain, I surrender to you."

"Surrender?" Wu Xiaoqing shook his head subconsciously, vetoing the other party's words, "We are not here for war, this is just a rescue."

"Rescue?" Changxing tasted the word, and then asked suspiciously, "You...are not controlled by the brain?"

"No," Wu Xiaoqing introduced himself solemnly, "I am not from your galaxy, I am from another civilization far away, a civilization dedicated to saving civilization."

"Save civilization?" Changxing looked into Wu Xiaoqing's eyes and said in surprise, "You... are not a machine? You breathe!"

"Like you, I am a creature produced by natural evolution," Wu Xiaoqing said, and handed over the fuel box brought over this time - the search and rescue team said it was a temporary fusion material specially made for their spacecraft - to the other party.

The fuel box was so big that Wu Xiaoqing couldn't handle it with both hands, and it weighed dozens of kilograms.After the other party expressed his gratitude, he activated a robot in the ship and asked Wu Xiaoqing to put the fuel box on it.After putting it on, Wu Xiaoqing paused for a moment, and said, "In order to cause unnecessary trouble, we need to take over control of this ship."

"Of course." The captain seemed to have been prepared for a long time. In front of Wu Xiaoqing, he quickly walked into another room next door to operate.Wu Xiaoqing almost got down on the ground, only through this small "dog hole" can he see the opponent's movements inside.

After a few minutes, the search and rescue team asked Wu Xiaoqing to take out his mobile phone: "They have started to open the agreement, Wu Xiaoqing, leave the mobile phone in their spaceship, you can prepare to come back."

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"Is this their communicator?" In the command room, Changbai pointed to the mobile phone left by Wu Xiaoqing, this huge "machine" half his height, and asked Changxing, "Their things look very bulky .”

"If you grow to be as big as them, then everything will become bulky." Compared with the huge stature of these "aliens", Changxing is more concerned about the purpose of their trip, "Have you Notice, they say they are the civilization that saves civilization."

"It's not surprising," Changbai said, "Not all civilizations are as superficial as us."

"I'm thinking about another question," Changxing said, "Could it be that our civilization is in danger to the point where it needs to be saved?"

"Didn't you always say before that compared with the brains, the federal army is a bunch of moths... They don't even have the courage to fight the fire. What's so strange about needing rescue?" The defeatist argument has already spread in the federal army. It's an open secret, especially the frontline combatants—people like Changbai who personally participated in controlling the details of the battle are almost [-]% defeatists.

Having said that, the captain of Changxing originally had the greatest responsibility to encourage the fighting courage of the combat operator Changbai—but in fact, his defeatism was even more serious than Changbai.

"I'm just worried about whether they have the ability to save our civilization." Changxing pointed to the mobile phone that was still working, "The computing efficiency of this thing... is really too low, just like those electronic products in museums... ..."

"But they can go right into our ship."

"That's true." Changxing didn't continue on this topic. "Perhaps, we don't know them well enough."

Under the control of the search and rescue team, the attack ship commanded by Changxing gradually regained its power, but it did not speed up and return to the Federation as Changxing thought, but only maintained a stable orbital state.

Obviously, this is to adjust the position after reaching a favorable position through rotation. The fuel brought by Wu Xiaoqing this time is not too much, and it is not enough to support the rapid maneuvering of the entire galaxy.

But for Changxing and Changbai, the recovery of the attack ship's power at least means that their chances of being saved have greatly increased.

"But the possibility of us being attacked has also been greatly increased." After confirming their current state again, Changxing once again fell into worry, "Although we are now on the outskirts of the galaxy, the brain must have noticed that we have recovered. Momentum. In its definition, we have changed from battlefield dust with no ability to resist, to a real enemy... I must remind this civilization that saved us..."

Because the search and rescue team has already implanted relevant instructions in the command system of the attack ship, and has taken over the control system of the entire search ship. Even with the help of Changxing, they have a basic understanding of the operating principle of the spaceship and the various weapons it carries. The function of - of course, on this ship, all weapons have been exhausted and no longer have reference value.But through the understanding of this knowledge, the search and rescue team can at least grasp many details of the current war between the Federation and the brain.

"We are aware of your concerns. Please believe that we will deal with the threat from the brain and protect your lives." The search and rescue team gave them a quick answer, but in Changbai, it seemed that there was no specific content It seems that what they are more concerned about is not the safety of the ship, but the federation they represent behind them. "You hope that you can use your identity to formally convey our application for a diplomatic meeting with the federal government."

"diplomatic?"

"Yes, in an equal way between civilizations," the search and rescue team said very bluntly, "the rescue of you is largely out of the need to show goodwill."

Although he didn't like the rational attitude of the search and rescue team, Changbai had to admit that they were able to survive, to a large extent, thanks to the federal government that sent them to the battlefield and then abandoned them.

With the theoretical guidance of Changxing and the printing system inside the rescue ship, the damaged communication system on the attack ship was quickly restored.

Changbai and Changxing quickly used this communication system to directly contact a military reporting radio station of the federal government. After confirming that they were indeed "dead" combat soldiers, the radio station immediately conveyed their opinions—— The stars rescued two war heroes, and they conveyed their intention of peace—this news spread throughout the Federation almost immediately.

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"Rescue team? Who are they? What are they here for?" Immediately after seeing the news, the Consul called his scientific advisor and asked these three questions in a series, "The identity of the other party can already be determined. ?"

"It's confirmed," the scientific advisor quickly reported to the consul the information about this strange civilization that suddenly appeared in the entire federation within a few hours, "We have communicated with the Changbai and Changxing soldiers through video, and we can basically get It is judged that their sanity is normal, and they are not crazy. Moreover, their spaceship... the power system has really been repaired."

The consul waited fiercely for the scientific advisor: "Didn't you say before that even if they don't starve to death, they will be killed or captured by the brain soon?"

The incident between Changbai and Changxing is well-known in the entire Federation.

The two unlucky soldiers, because the power system was destroyed just right, lost the ability to continue to attack or escape, so they could only keep asking for help from the parent star in the vast starry sky.But the most uncomfortable thing is that the airspace they were in at the beginning was the front line of the battle between the two sides. With the defeat of several battles, they have basically fallen into the control of the rebels, that is, the brain.

Although the Federation sent fleets several times, and even the commanders of several fleets privately threatened: "Even if they can't be saved, at least they must be destroyed!"

Two living people kept sending open telegrams in space asking for help, which was a serious blow to the morale of the entire Federation.But despite the determination of the commanders, the final "rescue" operation had no effect at all.Zhinao also seems to be very aware of the value of these two people. Before their spaceship flew out of the solar system, Zhinao has always arranged multiple lines of defense around them, waiting for the federal rescue force to come and throw themselves into the net.

After the spaceship left the solar system, the Archon thought that the matter had finally been "solved" to some extent, but he never expected that a mysterious alien civilization suddenly appeared inexplicably at this time, not only saving the two The "hero" also brought them a greeting from the depths of the universe.

To be honest, people in the entire Federation didn't know how to respond to this greeting.

"Changxing has a close relationship with them, and only knows that the other party is a giant civilization, about five times the height of ours, with similar limbs and minds to ours..." The scientific consultant said a lot of useless things After talking nonsense, he carefully came up with his conclusion, "From the point of view of the opponent's mastery of teleportation technology, if the opponent needs to harm us, the threat they can cause is devastating. From this point of view, they claim to bring It is credible for peaceful purposes."

"You mean, let me meet him?"

"This is the first contact between our federation and civilizations outside the solar system. We will definitely meet," said the science advisor, "but considering the huge size gap between the two sides... maybe we can slightly modify the specific meeting method."