Soul Mechanic [Interstellar]

[A primitive man on a sleigh]

Only after getting close, could Mu Qiu see clearly that it was a... Husky?

"It's a snow wolf." His mental body is in the shape of a wolf, and Chu Qingtian is particularly sensitive to these kinds of creatures.

Mu Qiu immediately stood in awe, such a tall and handsome wolf! No wonder the whole body is covered with snow-white fur, it really deserves the name-but do wolves with arrogant nature pull sledges for humans?

The tall snow wolf gradually slowed down and stopped five meters away from the group of people. A young man with a hearty smile jumped on the sled behind.

It was not the Inuit dress that Mu Qiu had imagined. The young man wore very "slim"-silver clothes, and I couldn't see the material.

There was a sound of flapping feathers over his head. Mu Qiu looked up and saw that it was a bird with gray feathers.

"Ghuihui, go back and report." The young man shouted towards the sky. He speaks the Huaxia language commonly used by the Federation. Although the pronunciation is a little strange, it does not hinder communication.

The gray bird hovered over their heads, flapping their wings and flying towards the east.

"Can it understand you?" Mu Qiu asked curiously.

"Ah? Huihui? Yes, you can understand a little bit. It was taught by an elder." The young man ran up to them and pulled on his clothes, looking a little cramped. "Are you here to help us?" "

Chu Qingtian looked at him without a trace for a while, then nodded, "I am Chu Qingtian, the captain of the Tianlong team."

"Hello team, captain, my name is Karoo, yes, this is... the patriarch." The young man hesitated in the last two words.

Chu Qingtian noticed this keenly.

Chu Qingtian twitched the corner of his mouth, "Oh? Become a patriarch at such a young age, so amazing."

"It's nothing, haha!" Carew scratched his head, but caught a hand. He awkwardly helped to grasp the crooked fur hat, and eagerly invited, "Well, you guys should be hungry when you come here. Clan, no, I prepared a fish pot for everyone..."

Kalu's cramped appearance and tone of speech made people feel simple and cordial, and Chu Qingtian unconsciously brought a genuine smile, "Then it will work."

Lin Qing also said, "I didn't expect there would be a meat pot to eat, it just happened to be warm."

"Yes! It's warm, I sweat every time I eat!" Carew was very happy that the guests were interested in their arrangements.

"Please lead the way!" Chu Qingtian said with a smile.

Carew froze for a moment, and said sincerely: "Aren't you sledding? The road is a bit far, and it will be very tiring if you walk over."

"Don't worry, we have a flying machine." Lin Qing smiled.

Carew looked around, and found nothing like a "flying machine".

Chu Qingtian pressed the terminal, and a six-seater aircraft appeared on the open ground nearby.

Carew's eyes widened, and he exclaimed: "Do you have space too?"

Chu Qingtian raised his eyebrows, "Yes? You do too?"

Kalu waved his hand again and again, and said vaguely: "No, no, I just... heard someone say it."

Lu Xun and Chu Qingtian exchanged an inexplicable look.

Mu Qiu pulled at Chu Qingtian's sleeve and whispered, "I want to ride on a sled."

Chu Qingtian showed a dozing look, and said with some worry: "The snow wolf will run very fast, the wind is very strong."

Carew said quickly, "It's okay, I brought clothes specially prepared for you." After he finished speaking, before Chu Qingtian agreed, he ran back to the sled and dragged a big burden from above.

Carew untied the baggage in front of everyone, pulled out the contents and handed them to several people one by one.

Mu Qiu received it expectantly, and it felt cool and slippery, just like the young man's body.

Carew introduced enthusiastically: "These fish skin jackets were made by the elders of the clan when they knew that the guests were coming, and asked the women to sew them out. Put them on and ride on the sled and you won’t be afraid of the wind."

"Fish skin clothing? Is it made of fish skin?" Mu Qiu asked curiously.

Carew nodded, and said with some pride: "This kind of fish lives in a lake that emits hot water, and the body is also hot. After they die, they peel off the skin and put on the body to keep the wind and warmth."

Mu Qiu became more interested. He shook his clothes and saw it was a cloak. It was sewn by hand using the traditional hand-sewn method of the ancient earth. It was not as tightly stitched as suppressed by modern technology, but it was a little more humane.

Mu Qiu put it on with excitement, and found that there was a hood at the back. He put on the hat and said to Chu Qingtian, "How about it? Does it look like the magician in a fairy tale book?"

Because the hood was too big, Mu Qiu had to look up at Chu Qingtian, revealing a white fleshy chin.

Chu Qingtian squeezed involuntarily, and gave an amused "um".

After putting on the clothes, Mu Qiuxian looked at the snow wolf excitedly, and asked cautiously: "Kalu, if I go by myself, will it bite me?"

Carew smiled heartily and said: "No, Dabai is a domesticated animal pet by the teacher's partner. He has been close to humans since he was a child and doesn't bite."

"Then I can rest assured." Mu Qiu ran over excitedly without waiting for Chu Qingtian's approval.

Chu Qingtian sighed and followed his fate.

Mu Qiu greeted Snow Wolf twice, "Da Bai, hello!"

Snow Wolf lowered his head friendly to him.

There was a wave of joy in Mu Qiu's spiritual realm.

"Are some of you going to ride a sleigh too?" Karu asked Lu Xun and the three of them.

Lu Xun paused, and pulled Aubrey who wanted to follow him, "Let's take the aircraft."

Aubrey gave an "Oh" and turned to follow him.

Lin Qing and Karoo greeted them and jumped onto the aircraft quickly.

Carew looked at their vigorous posture with envy.

Mu Qiu talked to him affectionately, "Kalu, do you want to take a flying machine too?"

Carew nodded in embarrassment.

"Sit for you when you go back, or let the captain teach you how to drive." Mu Qiu said generously.

"Really?" Carew looked at Chu Qingtian with surprise and expectation.

Chu Qingtian squeezed Mu Qiu's hand like punishment, but didn't refute it, "If you are interested, I will let someone teach you to open it after the matter is resolved."

"Okay! Thank you, thank you!" Karoo didn't know how to express his gratitude, so he could only pat Dabai's back and exclaimed excitedly, "Dabai, hurry! Hurry!"

Dabai was infected by his emotions and uttered an excitement. His four legs ran faster, and his body seemed to rise into the air, stretching into a beautiful streamlined shape.

Mu Qiu could hardly stand still, but he felt very excited in his heart.

Chu Qingtian put the person in his arms and kissed him again.

Mu Qiu stepped on him several times like a warning.

Chu Qingtian smiled triumphantly.

—

According to Karu, there is only one tribe on the entire Flying Snow Star, and there are only a hundred adults and children in total.

"I heard the old people say that it was not like this before. It was not so cold at that time. There were many large and small tribes in the east and north. Different tribes exchanged prey and trophies, and there would be wars. But one year later, suddenly There was a heavy snowfall, and many people died. In order to survive, the patriarchs of all races can only sit together and discuss and combine these tribes into a big tribe, which is our current Snow Wolf tribe."

Kalu greeted Chu Qingtian and the others to eat the fish and meat pot while telling them about the situation of Fei Xuexing.

"Because of the large number of men, they gave up the war with each other. In the first few years, the people were still full, and many children were even born. However, as the weather became colder and colder, many animals were frozen to death. The less come, the people can only eat the fish in the water. Coupled with the darkness that has lasted for many years, more and more people are freezing to death, starving to death, and dying of disease... if not—"

Speaking of this, Karu suddenly stopped, and the topic changed, "If you don't come to help, I'm afraid there will be no one here in a few years."

"How did you send a letter for help to the Federation?" Lu Xun asked keenly.

In fact, this is the question in everyone's heart. According to what everyone has seen so far, the Snow Wolf tribe is indeed a primitive tribe isolated from the world. They domesticated snow wolves and gray birds as transportation and communication tools. There is no trace of the interstellar age.

Mu Qiu even suspected that even if they put a signal transmitter in front of them, these people might not be able to use it.

"We, we encountered a spaceship, no, yes, it stopped here accidentally, we asked the people on the spaceship to help send the message." Karoo lowered his head and said in a vague way.

"How did you know about the Federation?" Lu Xun asked a more acute question.

You should know that for hundreds of years, several long-distance surveys by the Federation have not found traces of human activities on the Flying Snow Star-either these people deliberately hid, or the strong radiation near the black hole interfered with the detector.

The latter is more likely.

Carew obviously became very nervous, and said anxiously: "The person on the spaceship said, he, they said we can send a letter to the Federation, and ask them to send the army to help..."

Chu Qingtian looked at him blankly.

Carew lowered his head, not daring to look at him.

Mu Qiu couldn't bear it, and shook Chu Qingtian's hand.

Chu Qingtian sighed and said nonchalantly: "If Mr. Karoo can't be honest with each other, the rescue plan will not proceed smoothly."

Carew looked at him in surprise, his face tangled, and finally collapsed his shoulders and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

Chu Qingtian pursed her lips into a straight line, and said coldly, "I think Mr. Karoo seems to need to find someone to discuss, then let's say goodbye."

Lu Xun pushed his glasses, and said: "After you have discussed it, you can go to the previous place to find us. However, I said in advance that the gravitational field near the Flying Snow Star is very unstable, and we don't have much time."

"No, haven't you eaten? So much fish hasn't been eaten yet..." Karu was obviously a little flustered.

Chu Qingtian ignored him and pulled Mu Qiu to his feet and left.

Lu Xun and Aubrey followed behind them, their faces also not very good.

Lin Qing took two steps, then turned around, and kindly warned: "It's not easy for us to come here. It is true that others may not come again afterwards, so it's better for you to be honest."

Carew frowned, almost crying.

—

Everyone was in a bad mood, and when they got on the aircraft, a few people gathered in a circle and started discussing.

"Kalu didn't tell the truth, not only about his own identity, but also about the origin of the merchant ship and the method of sending the letter." Lu Xun said first.

Chu Qingtian pondered, "Qiuqiu felt the aura of a guide before, but we just walked all the way and didn't notice the slightest. There is only one possibility—"

"That guide hid?" Lin Qing asked in surprise.

Chu Qingtian nodded solemnly.

"But, why? Didn't they just ask us to come and help?" Lin Qing wondered.

Lu Xun pushed his glasses, "Maybe he doesn't trust us enough, maybe there is a secret that we can't let us know."

Hearing this, Mu Qiu suddenly said, "Did you pay attention to the pot where they cook the fish?"

"That stone pot?"

Mu Qiu shook his head, "It's not a stone pot, it's just a layer of stone on the outside. If you read it right, the layer inside the stone is made of Huqing R-7 shock-proof material, which has strong ductility and wear resistance. Good thermal conductivity. This material was used in the joints of the steel wings of the first bird-type mecha launched by the Wolf Group in 6010."

Lu Xun pushed his glasses, "I remember that this mecha was later discontinued in the next year due to high requirements for the driver, and even long-term driving would damage the mental power."

Mu Qiu nodded, "Yes, but the mechas that have been sold this year have not been recovered, and 90% of them have entered the army."

"This batch of new mechas purchased by the army was given as a reward for the '10·06 Insects and Beast Elimination War' to officers above the school level with significant military merits." Lu Xun added.

Chu Qingtian frowned, "In this way, it is very likely that there is a retired bird mech on Feixue Star?"

Lu Xun nodded, "Maybe it's a wreck."

Mu Qiu felt uneasy in his heart, "Will there be any conspiracy in this...?"

Chu Qingtian touched his neck comfortably, "Don't worry, the list of that year is recorded in the military system, and the owner of the mecha can easily find it out."

Mu Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, "If the identity of the owner can be determined, it must be clear why this mecha is left here."

Chu Qingtian let out an "um", clicked on the terminal, entered the permissions, and waited quietly for the query bar to slowly crawl.