Soul Mechanic [Interstellar]

[The little secret in the shell]

There is an ecological cabin on the Tianlong, which can simulate various living environments.

When transporting the snow lotus clan before, Chu Qingtian adjusted the central control system to a flying snow star mode. Now that the mermaids live in, they fill a full cabin with sea water, and they are covered with coral reefs and shoals of juvenile fish, simulating The temperature and pressure of the water coming out of the sea is like a beautiful underwater world.

What made Mu Qiu gratified was that the mermaids were very adaptable. After they came to the Tianlong, they were not at all uncomfortable due to the changes in water pressure and temperature. On the contrary, they like the spacious and bright feeling in the cabin, and they don't want to turn off the lights even when sleeping.

Speaking of it, it's really a group of guys who can't stay idle. In addition to running around in the cabin for "expeditions", the mermaids also actively follow along to help when the team members go to the sea to collect samples.

It has to be said that with the help of these mermaids, the safety factor and work efficiency of the team members have indeed improved a lot. Fortunately, they themselves do not feel hard, but are happy every day.

Therefore, Chu Qingtian did not stop.

—

In addition, there was another thing that made Captain Chu a headache.

On that day, the pictures of the guides riding on the backs of killer whales were posted by tourists to StarWorld, and the number of hits reached 3 billion in one day.

I don't know if it is because the guides are usually a little high, or because they are too well protected by the Tower of London, which seems too mysterious among ordinary people. In short, as soon as that video came out, people from all walks of life were reposting it, and all the voices for a while were discussing who the two guides could tame fierce killer whales—almost no one doubted that they were not guides.

Fortunately, the shooting distance was too far to see the faces of the guides. However, the huge tree-shaped logo of the Sky Dragon was properly placed there.

As a result, the Tianlong team's holiday ended early, and Chu Qingtian became busy.

On the one hand, Captain Chu had to complete the various instructions issued by the military, and on the other hand, he had to avoid the pervasive media.

The various media were unable to verify the identities of the guides, so they could only inquire about the news from Chu Qingtian.

At the same time, the military department also issued an order to allow him to use this opportunity to establish a good image of the federal army on environmental protection among the people. And seriously asked Chu Qingtian to treat the media friendly and set an example for other brother teams.

-I have to say that the Federal Army, especially the main force of the Sentinels, does not have a good image among the people.

The Tianlong team had to temporarily requisition the government building of Ocean Star for office use.

Despite his busy schedule, Chu Qingtian still contacted Mu Qiu every half an hour to ensure that his guide was safe and sound.

In order not to worry him, Mu Qiu simply stayed in the lounge and turned on the holographic image so that Chu Qingtian could see what he was doing as long as he lowered his head.

—

After finally dealing with the last wave of reporters from XX Weekly, Chu Qingtian rubbed his temples and returned to the meeting room, and poured a large glass of energy water fiercely. Turning his head and seeing Lu Xun standing leisurely at the window looking at the scenery, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

"I said, are you embarrassed?" Chu Qingtian slanted his eyes and looked at Lu Xun-this man is always neatly dressed and straight, like a benchmark no matter where he stands.

Lu Xun glanced at him faintly, with a smile on his lips, "What's so embarrassing? If it wasn't for someone who finally made up his mind to make money to support his family, who would you say will be free this time?"

Chu Qingtian choked and shut his mouth knowingly-he couldn't compare to Lu Xun with ten of them. What's more, what Lu Xun said was also the truth-before, when he didn't have any intentions to fight over one and the other, wouldn't these things be left to Lu Xun?

Lu Xun looked out the window and said again: "Did you think about it? There is no need to shy away?"

This question was boring, Chu Qingtian followed his line of sight and glanced out, just in time to see a few little mermaids and sentries coming back from the sea in a speedboat. Although the language is not clear, they can still make gestures." Talking and laughing".

Chu Qingtian nodded, "This time the situation is different from that of the Xuelian Clan, so I can't hide it."

Lu Xun also gave an "um" approvingly, "I think the little mermaids have adapted well, and don't mind revealing their identities if they want to."

Chu Qingtian suddenly remembered something, "Speaking of which, the response of the Academy of Sciences this time is not great. Two days have passed and no one has been sent over."

"I haven't contacted Dean Cole." Lu Xun smiled, "Only when business comes to the door to negotiate terms, isn't it?"

Chu Qingtian smiled and shook his head.

At this moment, Lu Xun's terminal rang sharply, and he lifted the corner of his lips, and winked at Chu Qing's angel.

Flicking his wrist, a gray-haired figure appeared on the virtual screen.

"Lu Xiaozi, tell me the truth, is the mermaid thing true?" His voice was full of anger.

Lu Xun nodded unhurriedly, "There are 16 items in total, all of which are healthy."

When the old dean heard the words, his spirits visibly lifted. The next moment, the anger in his eyes almost penetrated the screen and sprayed onto Lu Xun's face, "It's actually true?! Why didn't you tell me?!"

Lu Xun helped his forehead and made an extremely exhausted look, "Master Dean, I have been so busy these two days that I have forgotten it for a while."

"Can you forget such a big thing?!" The old dean blushed, with an expression of wishing to choke him to death. He talked and got busy. "Lu Xiaozi, let me tell you that I will take someone now. In the past, the little mermaids, you can show me your favor, and they are not allowed to be handed over to the military department, none of them will work!"

"You can rest assured that before you come, there will be a single scale."

Dean Cole took a break with his hands, and suddenly asked: "Can you be the master of your captain? If not, I will tell him directly."

Lu Xun smiled, he really didn't save any face, "Don't worry, the captain is listening to you, what you say is what you say."

Dean Cole not only didn't look happy, but looked at him vigilantly, "Say, what the **** are you making this time?"

The smile in Lu Xun's eyes was almost overflowing, but his face was very serious and he said, "No."

The old dean pouted his lips, it is strange to believe you.

Lu Xun smiled very sincerely.

Dean Cole turned off the video with a "pop", and didn't want to look at his face anymore-when I saw Lao Lu the other day, he asked, why did his family give birth to such a kid with a genetic mutation? !

Well, the mermaid is the most important right now! Mermaid, the teacher didn't lie to us back then, there are really mermaid!

When Dean Cole thought that years of painstaking and solitary research finally yielded results, all the hair on his body became excited, and the whole person seemed to be more than ten years younger.

—

"Cooking seafood at night, do you want to come back for dinner?" Mu Qiu's gentle and delicate face appeared on the virtual screen.

"Return." Chu Qingtian said simply, "Prepare more so that the boys will go back together. They have all been busy these days-will it be tiring to prepare meals for so many people?"

Mu Qiu smiled, "It's okay, Simon and Elsa will help me. We can't help other things, but cooking is okay."

Chu Qingtian looked at his guide, the love in his eyes did not hide, "Qiuqiu, excessive humility is pride."

Mu Qiu smiled deeper, "About what time will I be back? I'll prepare in advance."

Chu Qingtian looked down at the terminal, "Don't worry, it will take another two hours at the earliest."

"Then tell me before you come back, the seafood will not taste good when it gets hot."

"Row."

Lu Xun, who listened to such a homely conversation, was full of emotion.

He looked at the turbulent sea outside the window, and couldn't help but say: "Someone used to say that we were the'Bachelor Team', but I didn't take it seriously. Now that the guide joins us, I know how bad the days were."

Chu Qingtian looked at the sinking sunset, and the knife-like silhouette suddenly softened, with a smile on his eyebrows, "Isn't it..."

—

Pumpkin hugged the shell to find Mu Qiu, with a mysterious look, "Qiuqiu, let me tell you, the shell suddenly moved during the lunch break."

Mu Qiu looked at him amusedly while beating the muddy shrimp, "Really? Could it be blown by the wind?"

"No, although only a little bit, but Xuewa and I have seen it!" Pumpkin said very seriously.

Little Xuelian nodded her head aside.

Mu Qiu looked at the little turnip. The little guy is usually the most active. Why doesn't he speak now?

Little Carrot rubbed his eyes with his small round hands, and said annoyedly: "The carrot slept first, but I didn't see it-you must not sleep first next time."

Mu Qiu didn't want to break the habit of the little guys obediently taking a lunch break, so she had to patiently understand the situation, "How did it move at the time?"

"Xuewa took a breath, and it moved."

Mu Qiu knew that since Pumpkin took the initiative to take care of the "important shell" task, he has been very serious.

He holds the shells and blows the sea breeze and basks in the sun every day. Before going to bed, the little guys have to scrub the shells and spray the fragrance together, but they clean up the shells that are already glowing with colorful light. For this reason, Elsa also Specially contributed his own perfume, let the little guys play around.

And, I don’t know where to hear the truth. Pumpkin asks everyone to blow on the shells seriously before going to bed. It is said that every time the little snow lotus blows, the shell will be very happy, so little snow lotus will be asked to blow a few more mouthfuls every day.

-Mu Qiu didn't know how to judge the emotional little guys like "happy".

He guessed that it might be because Xiao Xuelian had a stronger mouth, so he blew the shells-the children must be made aware of this, otherwise, what should I do if I don't have a good nap in the future?

"Can you let me try it too?" Mu Qiu asked politely.

"Yes!" Pumpkin put the shells in Mu Qiu's hands very confidently—you know, he was reluctant to take a look at it for other people.

Whenever someone asks, Pumpkin will say naively: "It's a secret."

The sentinels on the spaceship gradually got used to the difference of pumpkins, and sometimes they deliberately teased him. The pumpkins are still simple and not angry.

Mu Qiu put the shell on the table, trying to make the little guys see clearly. Then he took a big breath and blew it hard.

Sure enough, the shell moved, and the colored light on it flashed.

The little guys suddenly opened their eyes and shouted excitedly: "It's moved! It's moved again!"

Mu Qiu said with a smile, "If you have more strength, you will indeed move. There is nothing unusual about it."

However, the next scene completely overturned Mu Qiu's conjecture.

The shell suddenly moved violently, "Gudong Gudong" seemed to be shaken by something, and it grew a little bit bigger while moving.

Mu Qiu blinked and looked at Simon behind him in surprise, "Am I dazzled?"

"No." Simon also looked surprised, "It's getting bigger."

The little guys were also stunned, one by one, staring at this magical shell without blinking while holding his mouth open on the edge of the table.

"Otherwise...you have another mouthful?" Simon suggested irresponsibly.

Mu Qiu's head was stunned, and he really blew again.

The colorful shell suddenly swelled up like a balloon. With a bang, it became more than one meter long and almost fell off the table.

Mu Qiu held on subconsciously, feeling the breath of life from the shells in disbelief.

-Could it be... a living one?

At this moment, the originally closed shell slowly opened.

Like a slow motion movie, slow and rhythmic.

A circle of people held their breath in unison, looking forward to the miracle to come.

When Chu Qingtian entered the door, he saw this picture.

"Found baby?" There was a smile in his voice.

The shell seemed to be surprised, and reclosed with a "pop".

A circle of people looked at Chu Qingtian angrily, even Xiao Xuelian was no exception.

Chu Qingtian was startled, "What's the situation?"

Green Tail saw the colorful shells on the table at a glance, widened his eyes suddenly, and rushed over from behind the crowd, as if he wanted to touch it but didn't dare to touch it.

The other mermaids also ran over and asked excitedly: "Caibei has become bigger? How did it become bigger?"

"Qiuqiu blew it, no, twice." Little Carrot said honestly.

"I touched it." Pumpkin added rigorously.

"God, Son of God, Lord Son of God, can you...touch it again?" Green Tail took Mu Qiu's hand and pleaded expectantly.

Mu Qiu did not eat mermaid grass at this time, only could see the green tail open his mouth, but could not hear his voice.

Little Carrot translated intimately, "Brother Green Tail said that Qiuqiu will touch it again."

Mu Qiu followed kindness.

This time, the shell seemed to hesitate, recognizing something.

Mu Qiu felt something gently brushing his hand, like a gentle wind, with the breath of the ocean. For a moment, it seemed to hear the singing of a mermaid, ethereal and beautiful, making people unconsciously intoxicated.

There were more or less intoxicated expressions on the other people's faces, and Mu Qiu raised his eyebrows, it seemed that it was not his illusion.

The surface of the shell flashed with colored light again, and the opening speed was much faster than before.

Mu Qiu hadn't reacted yet, the scene inside the shell had already appeared before his eyes.

It is not a sticky mollusk, nor is it a treasure of pearls, but five eggs of different colors, lying peacefully in the soft and moist seaweed.

Mermaid eggs?

Mu Qiu subconsciously looked at Chu Qingtian.

Chu Qingtian shook his head helplessly, he didn't know.

Soon, one of the shiny white eggs gave him the answer.

The seemingly hard eggshell "shooed" a small hole with something pricked, and then a small white hand stretched out from the hole.

tiny hand?

Mu Qiu's breathing became hurried-wouldn't it be what he wanted?

The next moment, the white eggshell swayed from left to right, shattered, and out of it a little guy who was as white and tender as the eggshell came out—not only the hands and body, but the fish tail and hair were also white.

From head to toe, the whole little mermaid is no more than the size of Chu Qingtian's open palm.

I don't know if it is because of leaving the familiar environment or feeling a lot of unfamiliar auras, the little guy curled up with a small body and started crying-yes, the humans present heard his crying.

Mu Qiu poked his sentry stupidly, "Little mermaid...how to raise it?"

Chu Qingtian froze and looked at Green Tail.

Green Tail only knows that staring at the little mermaid, she shed tears and couldn't say a word. The other mermaids also held their heads in their arms and cried — those who didn't know thought that something bad had happened.

Lu Xun seemed to calmly dialed Dean Cole's communication number, omitting all kinds of greetings, and said concisely: "A little mermaid has just hatched here, and there are four eggs. It may be born at any time."

"Sendy!" The old dean almost shouted out the assistant's name with a roar, "Go, go and apply for the Wormhole Shuttle—Quick!"

There seemed to be a response, a mess of footsteps came through the terminal, obviously more than one person.

The old dean tremblingly said: "I will send a manual to your mailbox, take care of the little mermaid according to the above explanations, and act accordingly. Absolutely, absolutely, not, even if there is a slight mistake!"

Lu Xun gritted his teeth, really can't guarantee.

"Have you heard?!" Dean Cole roared wildly.

"I heard, we will do our best, don't worry." Simon replied warmly beside him.

Then the other party turned off the terminal.

Lu Xun looked at Simon and twitched the corner of his mouth.

Simon took his hand and smiled soothingly, "Don't worry, there will be Qiuqiu, nothing will happen."

However, "Autumn Autumn" did not play any role this time.

Instead, it was a bunch of little guys who prepared calmly.

Little carrot found a one-meter oval fish tank from Mu Qiu’s space. Little Snow Lotus contributed her most precious nutrient solution. The pumpkin coaxed softly while holding the little mermaid and filled it with nutrient solution Fish tank.

The expressions of the little guys were taken for granted, and the movements were done in one go, and the adults did not react to stop them.

The little mermaid sank into the nutrient solution, took two big sips, and spit out a big bubble with one click. Yuanyuan's eyes were shining, and her little tail swayed, as if there was nothing wrong with it.

Chu Qingtian glanced at the crying Green Tail, and simply pulled the small silver tail from behind the school of fish and carried it to the front of the fish tank, "Look at this, can the mermaid drink it?"

Despite being timid, Xiao Yin stretched his thin arms into the fish tank without hesitation, and licked his hand with the nutrient solution.

Just as Mu Qiu was about to stop, the little guy suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Chu Qingtian happily, "It's delicious!"

Although I can't hear him, I can tell from his expression that there should be no problem.

Chu Qingtian breathed a sigh of relief and smiled soothingly at Mu Qiu.

—

Afterwards, Mu Qiu asked the little guys how he knew how to raise the little mermaid with nutrient solution.

"Because we thought about it in advance, what if there is a little mermaid sleeping in the shell, just like that mermaid patriarch. Then I checked and prepared this nutrient solution according to the steps in the information... "

Pumpkin took out the information, and Mu Qiu was not surprised to find that it was exactly the same as the one that Lu Xun received-Pumpkin's so-called "checked it up" actually hacked the database of the Academy of Sciences, right?

"And we have said that if the mermaid is really born, the radish is responsible for holding the fish tank, and Xuewa saves the nutrient solution, I have to hold the little mermaid like a mother to prevent him from crying..." The pumpkin's voice is still silly, as if it is just a little partner. The agreement between them did not feel that they had done anything remarkable.

Mu Qiuqing couldn't help but hugged him, and her heart suddenly became a little sour-the little guys that he had been looking after and had been treated as children turned out to have grown up before he had noticed...

"Hold the carrot too!" The little mental body will never fall behind.

"Yes...Yes!" Xue Wa also rushed over.

The little green vine does not speak, just wrap it around.

Chu Qingtian opened his arms and circled all the big and small in his arms, his spiritual realm was extremely satisfying.

For the rest of my life, they are enough.

—

In the Tianlong restaurant, all the dining seats were grouped together to form a long dining table. The two sides of the dining table were full of people sitting in a circle.

The people who can sit here are all their own people, the special eyes of the carrots and pumpkins can be seen, but no one casts a strange look—perhaps Chu Qingtian had confessed it, or the sentinels’ instincts. Trust, no matter what, let Mu Qiu breathe a sigh of relief, and felt very comforted in his heart.

The little guys are sitting close to Mu Qiu and Chu Qingtian, and there is also an oval-shaped fish tank on the children's chair next to them.

The white little mermaid swims freely, tapping the glass with her tender little hand from time to time, as if to greet people.

Green Tail choked and said, "When they were born, the water was so hot that people could not breathe. Some of the eggs were squeezed to pieces. Only these five were left. The incubation time was long past... If you can’t live, Master Caiwei said, let’s bring our brothers out and find a good place..."

Little Carrot translates dutifully on the sidelines.

The audience probably understood it, thinking that the changes in the seabed environment caused the water temperature to rise and the water pressure to increase. The newly born mermaid eggs could not adapt. They were either directly crushed by the water or became dead eggs.

"It must, must be because of the son of God, the younger brothers came alive!" Luwei looked at Mu Qiu gratefully.

Mu Qiu finally couldn't help but ask after listening to the translation of Little Turnip, "What is the'God Son'?"

"..." This question obviously stumped Green Tail, and he subconsciously looked at Jin Tail next to him.

Jinwei didn't want to lose face in front of her sweetheart, and said confidently: "I'm a very powerful person!"...It should be like this... right?

Mu Qiu breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't just something snarky. There were more amazing people in the interstellar world, and he wasn't the most special one by any means.

In addition to paying tribute to Mu Qiu, the mermaids also thanked the little guys for their help, and they all expressed their gratitude to give gifts.

One said he wanted to send big pearls, another said he wanted to send beautiful corals, and some said he wanted to catch the most delicious sea fish... The little guys were surprised and felt fresh when they heard everything.

The adults couldn't help but look at it. It was the children's way of communication, simple and happy.

Elsa had an idea, and suddenly said: "Why don't you give the little mermaid a name!"-If you wait for the group of people from the Academy of Sciences, I don't know what strange and official name will come up.

The little guys were excited again because of this proposal, and even the careless sentinels on weekdays also discussed fiercely-the mermaid born on the Tianlong, I don’t know how many people would be envious of death! Again, again, I felt that the decision to follow the boss back then was really correct.

The mermaids unanimously decided that the naming rights of the little white fish should be given to pumpkin.

The little guys looked at him enviously, and secretly decided that the rest of the **** had to get up first.

Pumpkin thought for a while, and said with some embarrassment: "Call it'Mu Xiaobai'!"

Mu Qiu was stunned for a moment.

The mermaids were also a little confused, "What is ‘Mu’?"

"Qiuqiu's surname!" Little Carrot explained naturally, "My name is'Mu Turnip', and the pumpkin is called'Mu Pumpkin'. We all have Qiuqiu's surname. When Qiuqiu is married, we become Qiuqiu's My child, the family in the household register will have the last name Mu-so Xiaobaidan will also be called'Mu Xiaobai'!"

"What is the last name?" The mermaids became curious about the babies.

Next, is the time for popular science of "The Smartest Pumpkin", explaining the origin of the surname, the inheritance of the surname from ancient times to the present in China, and the legendary "Hukou Ben".

A group of small earthen fish was stunned and exclaimed from time to time.

"It's great to have a surname, and I really want to have a surname!" Finally, Green Tail said the voice of the mermaid.

The mermaids looked at the little white fish spitting bubbles in the fish tank, the expressions on their faces were clearly envy.

"Well, let's marry someone. After you marry, you will have a surname, especially if you marry a European descent, you can have your husband's surname." Pumpkin suggested kindly, not knowing how to say something amazing.

When the adults heard the live broadcast of Little Turnip, they couldn't laugh or cry.

The mermaids believed it was true, and they began to "marry someone"-even though they didn't know what it meant.

The only one who knew a little about Jinwei suddenly became anxious, staring at Greentail with wide eyes, and said fiercely: "Sooner or later I will have my own surname. You can have my surname, and you are not allowed to marry someone else!"

"I know." Green Tail replied with a good temper.

-Since then, Jinwei's concept of "must be strong and have a surname" has been deeply ingrained.

Perhaps this is the beginning of the first mermaid general in federal history to work hard.