Chapter 40

　Lu Bixing is a clean and tidy man on the outside, but a mess in private. He made the workroom into a mess. Two dismembered work robots were piled on the floor without distinguishing each other, with four mechanical legs poking side by side. On his desk, in order to make a place for himself to lie down and sleep, he piled two piles of large and small chips, which were already on the verge of collapse. At this time, he suddenly trembled and sat up, and the two piles of chips collapsed suddenly, almost destroying him. Lu Bixing was buried underneath.

　Saturday said "tsk" and showed a miserable expression: "Teacher Lu, you really look like a divorced uncle whose wife ran away from home and slept in the study by himself."

　Lu Bixing was still immersed in the nightmare that gave him angina just now. He steeled himself, wiped his face, and muttered: "Slander, I am a single young man in his prime—what's the matter?"

　On Saturday, he got serious: "A detector we placed outside sent news that there was a wave of high... The flow of energy particles is sweeping here, and will arrive at the base in about fifty hours. You know that the magnetic field and gravity of the base are artificial and very fragile. We do not have a geomagnetic field as stable as the planets. Once it is disturbed, The problem is, the tens of millions of people in the base may be exposed to the space environment, and the protective net will definitely not be built now. Your father asked me to ask you what you are going to do."

　Lu Bixing just woke up, and his mind was a little sluggish. When I heard "high-energy particle flow", I instinctively thought it was the solar storm of the eighth sun. I thought: "Protective net? The old protective net at the base was thinner than stockings, and a few particle cannons were used up. What's the use of it?" "How did you survive the previous solar storm?"

　But the next moment, he reacted and raised his head with excitement.

　"This stream of high-energy particles comes from the nearest habitable planet, the Egret." Saturday's child-like face showed solemnity, "Actually, the Egret star is not too close to us, but other than the Egret star, the eighth There are no planets suitable for human survival in the galaxy. When I was running goods, I stayed on the Egret. It felt like a remote place. I don't know why those crazy people didn't even let it go. " "

　Because in 136 years, When the Alliance army came in from outside the territory, Egret was their first base." The one-eyed eagle walked in with a toothpick in his mouth, shirtless, "It was also the breakthrough point for the Alliance army to enter the eighth galaxy, including Prince Gloria. "That was more than

　140 years ago," Saturday couldn't help but say, "The average lifespan of the eighth galaxy is only a few. A generation has passed since then. Is that star thief named Feng sick?"

　The one-eyed eagle who accidentally lived longer than the average lifespan was shot while lying down. He said angrily: "Baby, who do you think will never die?"

　Saturday raised his head inexplicably: "Huh? Brother One-eyed Eagle... Uh, uncle, are you already one hundred and fourteen?"

　The entire eighth galaxy was confused. Knowing that the arms dealer One-Eyed Eagle is famous and that his personal brand occupies a non-negligible share in the arms market, this ignorant country youth on Saturday has no idea what he grew up eating, a middle-aged Persian cat who is nearly 200 years old. He was so choked that he couldn't speak. He was so angry that he wished he could catch the little bird of youth that had flown away, skin it and pluck it out, and stew it in a pot.

　He turned his head, not bothering to look at Saturday, and knocked on Lu Bixing's desk: "According to your plan, you can fish out everyone in the base. You can't finish it even if you don't sleep for 500 hours. What do you want to do now? Yes. Instead of simplifying the design of the protective net, we should deal with it first and survive the magnetic field interference first... So what?"

　Lu Bixing stood up suddenly: "Lin is still outside."

　The one-eyed eagle was stunned at first, then raised his eyebrows when he realized it. One question: "Who? Lin Jingheng?"

　Lu Bixing turned around and went to the contact center of the mecha station. Mecha Beijing had stopped at the mecha station and connected to the base's intranet. As long as there was a little signal, he could try to contact Lin.

　"Hey," One-Eyed Eagle stretched out his hand to stop him, "He can't die, he can't die! How many times have I told you, let alone a dozen small particles, even if the Eighth Sun explodes, it won't be able to blow him up. You just Don't worry!"

　Lu Bixing turned aside and said, "You two fight each other all day long. Where did your unreasonable confidence in him come from?"

　One-eyed Eagle shrugged: "Lin Jingheng has a bad character. In that case, the only value is that he still has some ability. If he doesn't even have this ability, wouldn't he be left with a bunch of scum?"

　Lu Bixing's face darkened: "Dad."

　The one-eyed eagle looked at his face. It felt as if my hidden worries were coming true. He couldn't play around with things, so he spit out the toothpick, took a deep breath, and said directly: "Lu Bixing, let's put it this way, I am not a reasonable person, but I have always been very indulgent towards you. You have grown so big, and I have also There are no restrictions on you, right? I told you when you were a teenager, there are so many little girl movies in Gloria. You are promoted to be a grandfather, I don't care about you."

　Saturday inexplicably listened to the private conversation between father and son. He didn't really want to hear it, but he was too embarrassed to interrupt at this time. He was embarrassed when he heard that the old man, One-Eyed Eagle, was still there. Feeling that I was "young", I couldn't help but swallow my saliva and was very grateful.

　Lu Bixing was confused: "What did you say?"

　"I didn't realize before that you like vegetables or not meat, and dad was also negligent - if you are looking for a man, although I can't appreciate this taste, I won't either. Interference." The one-eyed eagle said, looking at Saturday with a hint of intent.

　Saturday was startled. He fastened his shirt to the buttons and raised his hands: "I don't like men!"

　"Who told you? You're so sentimental." The one-eyed eagle rolled his eyes at him, and then said Aiming the muzzle at Lu Bixing, "But Lin Jingheng - don't even think about it!"

　"Oh," Saturday thought dumbfounded, "the scene where a single father beats a mandarin duck."

　Lu Bixing was also beaten by his father, who was nearly 200 years old. He was calmed down by some bloody words, and he opened his mouth to defend himself, but felt that the defense itself was very embarrassing. For a moment, he wanted to cut open the one-eyed eagle's brain and see how many holes there were.

　He stared at the door for a long time, pointed to the door, and said as calmly as possible: "How about you go to the infirmary and get treatment for menopausal paranoia?"

　After Lu Bixing finished speaking, he walked quickly and gracefully with a murderous smile on his face. .

　The one-eyed eagle was furious and had nowhere to vent. He turned around and found that Saturday was still there. Just as he was about to glare, Saturday hurriedly ran away: "What about that? Brother... uh, uncle, I have something else to do. I'll leave first. You can continue your work. "

　Lu Bixing suppressed his temper and walked to the contact center. His temper went away as quickly as it came. Before the contact center arrived, all the anger in his heart had gone up. It flowed up his chest and concentrated on the line of his neck and ears, faintly visible under the skin. Start to perm.

　He seemed to have just discovered a seedling he had never seen before. He was full of doubts and curiosity, not knowing whether it would be a rare thing or a weed when it grew up. He was afraid that others would think he was making a fuss, so he carefully shielded it from wind and rain, and occasionally sneaked over to take a look. , there were a lot of speculations and hesitations. Before I could decide whether to keep it, a ferocious domestic cat ran over and slapped it in broad daylight with its paw.

　The anger dissipated, but weird embarrassment set in. He entered the wrong contact order twice.

　I don't know when I caught up with him on Saturday, but I was running out of words to say: "Hey, it's been so many days, but the smelly sister's hemorrhoids haven't healed yet?"

　Lu Bixing was speechless for a moment. He could have made up a more flawless story, but My mind was occupied by embarrassment, and I was overloaded for a moment, so I couldn't think of words. Fortunately, Saturday was considerate and gave Sister Stinky an idea of ​​where to go. He said, "Or did he go out with that Lin or something? I heard it was for mapping or something."

　When Lu Bixing heard the keyword "Lin", his heart jumped twice, and he responded perfunctorily "Maybe". He quickly calmed down his mind, positioned the mecha Beijing, and sent a message: "Prince Gloria attacked Egret Star, attacked A flow of high-energy particles has been generated. Be careful and return quickly! "

　The local internal network is different from the outer network in the universe. It only uses ordinary electromagnetic waves. The disadvantage is that the range is limited. The advantage is also that the range is limited - after encryption, it can be concealed to the maximum extent. , but once it exceeds the intranet service range, the signal will become very unstable or even disappear completely.

　Lu Bixing's message was sent three times in a row, showing that the message failed to be sent.

　He frowned, set up a small program to automatically send messages every three minutes, and then continued to stare at the contact device.

　"I guess they've gone too far. There's no point in waiting here. You'll see them when they return to the signal range." Saturday stood beside him with his arms folded and glanced at Lu Bixing, "You really like it. That...that..."

　Lin Jingheng is very arrogant and never has much contact with people in the base. The illiterate people in the base don't care about the current affairs of the alliance and have never heard of any generals. Listen to One-Eyed Eagle on Saturday He yelled a few words, but I couldn't hear him clearly. I don't remember his name now. I don't know how to describe it. After gesticulating for a long time, I had to keep a straight face, imitating Lin Jingheng's inhumane look, and said coldly. A raised eyebrow.

　"Fuck you, don't listen to my old man's nonsense," Lu Bixing said without raising his head, "The protective net cannot be simplified, absolutely cannot be simplified. Prince Gloria blew up the Egret Star, maybe to vent his anger, and more likely it was a They have been bitten by snakes in the past and have been afraid of well ropes for ten years. They probably suspect that there are still underground channels near Egret Star. If he spares no effort in manpower and material resources to conduct a large-scale search, we must be prepared. Simplified protective nets are of no value."

　Asked on Saturday . : "What should we do about this high-energy particle storm?"

　The message on the contact failed to be sent again and again. Lu Bixing was a little confused, so he had to force himself to look away and ponder for a moment. He said: "Use mecha."

　Saturday: "Ah?"

　Lu Bixing closed his eyes for a moment and quickly estimated the number: "I need about three hundred mechas and pilots to spread out outside the atmosphere and connect the protective covers of the mechas together, which is equivalent to operating in an artificial atmosphere. Add a layer of filter membrane, do you know what I mean?"

　"Yes," Saturday nodded, then said, "The problem is, we don't have three hundred mecha pilots."

　"You guys live in the same base. Tens of millions of people, even three hundred drivers can't be found?"

　"Forget it, it was just a makeshift, and it was almost the same if we put all the crooked melons and cracked dates," said Saturday, "but there were so many people last time. The mental network was interrupted by your people, causing space phobia. Now I dare not look up at the sky when it gets dark, and I can no longer connect to the mental network. "

　Lu Bixing seems to be allergic to Lin Jingheng, anyone who has anything to do with Lin Jingheng. Words can touch his sensitive nerves. He has adultery in his heart. No matter what others say, he can hear adultery in them. His brain automatically cut off the beginning and end of Saturday's ordinary reply, reminding him of Lin Jingheng's overthrow of the Self-Defense Forces.

　"Excuse me," Lu Bixing sighed and said earnestly to Saturday, "Brother, we are discussing base defense issues. In such a serious occasion, please don't interrupt at every possible opportunity and gossip about my personal relationship issues, okay?"

　Zhou Liu looked at him and said sincerely: "Teacher Lu, please tell me in your conscience, which word did I gossip about your personal relationship issues just now? Who of us interrupted?"

　Teacher Lu, with his conscience in mind, told Saturday After looking at each other for a moment, he found that his good conscience was still there, but he had only temporarily lost his memory. Apart from the four words "your people", he couldn't remember what he and Saturday had just said.

　As soon as Saturday put his pocket in his pocket, he said with absolute certainty: "So you just have a crush on him."

　Lu Bixing was very shameless and pretended that nothing had happened just now, and continued his talk as if nothing had happened: "Those high-ranking officials in the base Are there no seniors who can activate mechas? It would take at least three hundred small and medium-sized mechas to cover it, unless you have a mecha core like Zhanlu who can activate the heavy three downstairs." "

　I'll try . "Try," Saturday said, "Call as many as you can."

　"We must gather them all within one day," Lu Bixing said. "The so-called cooperation of your Self-Defense Forces is basically holding each other back. I need short-term training. Quickly." Go."

　Saturday refused to leave and bumped him with his shoulder.

　"Okay," Lu Bixing glanced at him with pity, "you can't hold anything else in your mind except gossip - I don't have any ideas, I just have a good relationship with him, and I think he might be interested in me, and now I still have a good relationship with him. I haven't thought about what to do, okay, what else do you want to ask?"

　Saturday said very seasonedly: "Stop talking about it, a man won't think about it when he meets someone who is not interested and covets him. What should I do? I've already moved my legs and ran away."

　Lu Bixing: "..."

　He didn't feel good, because Saturday's words seemed to make sense.

　Saturday sighed: "Brother, life is short. As for me, I will be very satisfied if I can live to be a hundred years old in this hellish place. One hundred years will pass in the blink of an eye, and there is no time to be idle. If I like someone, I'll just say it straight - I like your student."

　Lu Bixing was a little emotional when he heard the first half of the sentence. He almost choked on his saliva when he heard the second half: "...Huh?"

　"That female student of yours, named Mint, The one who is thin, tall and good-looking." Saturday stretched out his hand and said, "Her attitude of being irresponsible is very much like my childhood sweetheart."

　Lu Bixing happily changed the subject and asked pleasantly: "Do you want me? I will send you an admission notice. After you sign it, you will be officially admitted to Xinghai College. Friendship between classmates and childhood sweethearts will make you very popular - by the way, you are a teenager?"

　Saturday replied happily: " Sixteen..."

　Lu Bixing was confused. He didn't know why the number "sixteen" was ridiculous, so he heard Saturday say again: "Add twenty more, hahaha, is it unexpected? I used to pretend to be a child laborer to deceive people when I was selling goods. You are not the first one to be fooled."

　Lu Bixing: "..."

　The shameless gangster pretended to be soft and intended to seduce underage girls. Teacher Lu was furious: "Don't even think about it! Get out!"

　In the evening, Saturday claimed He summoned all 300 people. Lu Bixing came out and saw that he was almost stunned - there were less than 200 self-defense members. In addition, his own student, One-Eyed Eagle... and even a group of members of the "Two Hundred and Fifty Old Heavenly Group" actually showed up. Also mixed in!

　Saturday showed his hands to him and said, "I tried my best."

　One of the self-defense soldiers raised his hands high.

　Lu Bixing squeezed out a smile and nodded at him.

　The self-defense team member said: "We are all in the backup patrol team. We have learned how to activate it. Every day we go up on patrol and drive around and then drive back. How to open the protective shield?"

　Another self-defense team member said: "Teacher Lu, can you activate it before going to heaven? " Can you tell us how to do it? How to queue up and so on. I can't be distracted when I'm connected to the mental network. The mental network will be disconnected when I talk to others."

　The lame old man from the 250-year-old group interjected shakily: "Me too. Don't let your mind wander. I encountered a mecha just once a hundred and fifty years ago, so I can't let my mind wander. Elderly people have unreasonable bladders. If you let me stay in the sky for more than an hour, you have to prepare diapers for me. "

　Lu Bixing: "..."

　At this moment, there was a sudden sound in the communication station. Lu Bixing didn't even have time to say anything. He turned around and rushed in in front of the one-eyed eagle.

　The liaison station received a reply from Beijing. Lin Jingheng said concisely and concisely: "Received."

　These two words are the standard reply during mission execution. Every day at the base, Lu Bixing directs everyone to work. When Lu Bixing gives an order, he will get countless "Received" , it was the first time that he discovered that these two words were a bit thrilling, and he couldn't help but think: "It's all the painted cucumber on Saturday."

　Lin Jingheng's whole body was soaked in cold sweat, and his temples seemed to have been penetrated. . He brought three spare energy sources, and he had already replaced the last one. The defensive shield soul had returned to heaven and earth, and there was no scum left. The power valve on one side broke, and Beijing, who was paraplegic, could only walk crab steps in space.

　"Zhanlu," he said softly, "give me a soothing injection."

　The robot hand slid over from mid-air and held up an injection: "Sixteen emergency jumps, I believe you can apply for the Guinness record Yes, sir - in terms of acrobatics - I suggest you switch to the automatic route and lie down in the nursing cabin for a while."

　However, Lin Jingheng just stretched out an arm and handed it to him: "No, return."

　Zhan Lu: "According to statistics . , you said "no" to me one hundred and twenty-three times on this voyage."

　Lin Jingheng: "Shut up."

　Zhan Lu poked a needle into his vein: "No."