He's going to kill us. "
Curled up next to Professor Leonard, a black guy repeated this sentence for the third time in a nervous tone.
Just when Professor Leonard hesitated to comfort him, there was a trace of panic in the black guy's eyes. His shoulders trembled as he continued to speak.
"I remember who those people are … The one lying on the ground is Alan Wu, and their leader is Jean Ruzas. A week ago, the Pan-Asian Cooperation First Fleet destroyed their disguised port in the asteroid belt during an operation. It is said that a full 20 tons of addictive alpha neurotoxin were seized. This incident directly caused the price of drugs in New London and Magellan City to increase several times. I remember it very clearly! "
The medicine mentioned here was naturally not the cold medicine, but the one with a higher profit margin.
As for Ruzas, he was an internationally well-known space pirate. Two years ago, he was listed as a five-star wanted criminal by Interpol and had been at large until today.
Even though Professor Leonard had been teaching and doing academic work on Earth, he was not completely ignorant of what was happening in the outside world. At the very least, he had heard of this unscrupulous space pirate.
He just didn't expect that one day his life would intersect with this name.
Leonard, who originally planned to say something to comfort the black guy, also had a trace of despair in his eyes.
They had encountered the most ferocious criminals in this airspace!
Just a few seconds ago, he still had a trace of expectation for Lu Zhou's seemingly reliable figure, but now it seemed that surviving seemed to be an extravagant hope …
At this moment, the locked cabin door suddenly opened from the outside.
Hearing the sound of the door opening and the hurried footsteps, he was startled. He subconsciously wanted to shrink under the chair.
However, at this moment, he caught a glimpse of the face that appeared at the door from the corner of his eye.
The expression on his face gradually turned into incredible surprise, then it was replaced by intense ecstasy.
It wasn't just Professor Leonard; the passengers in the cabin were also restless.
The moment they opened the door, their hearts almost jumped out of their mouths. They were afraid that they would be greeted by a pair of ferocious faces and rifle fire.
The moment they saw the face that appeared at the door, everyone heaved a sigh of relief at the same time. What followed was the joy of surviving a disaster, as well as the uncontrollable excitement!
After less than three seconds of silence, the short-haired girl who had been saved by Lu Zhou was the first to applaud.
The crisp sound of applause broke the silence in the cabin. Like the spring rain that melted the ice and snow, it spread out in just a few seconds and turned into a storm.
People cheered, whistled, and stood up excitedly to embrace him and applaud their hero.
Since the one who appeared here was him and not a vicious bandit, then there was only one possibility.
Without a doubt, they were saved!
If …
It would be great if it was that simple.
"Calm down … Calm down first." Lu Zhou looked at the enthusiastic girls who were cheering for him and even wanted to hug and kiss him. He pushed her aside and raised his hands high to signal the people to calm down.
Perhaps noticing the serious expression on Lu Zhou's face, people gradually began to realize that the situation was not as simple as they thought, so they calmed down a little.
Lu Zhou waited for the cheers to stop for a while before he coughed.
"I'll cut to the chase …"
"Does anyone know how to operate a transport ship?"
…
Jin Ling Third Hospital.
As usual, Director Li brought some fruits to the ward to visit Wang Peng, who had just woken up.
Wang Peng, who was sitting on the hospital bed, immediately asked Director Li.
"When can I be discharged?"
"You have to stay in the hospital for at least three days. This is also for your own good. Have more time to get in touch with the new stuff of this era." Director Li put the fruits on the bedside table and looked at the young man sitting on the hospital bed. He said with a smile, "I saw one a few months ago. He slept on the road within two days of leaving the hospital. He was finally sent back by the police and the Freezing Human Rights Protection Foundation. When I asked why, guess what? "
"Can't find a place to live?"
"This is one of the reasons." Director Li said with a sigh, "In the end, the information technology of this world is too advanced. The things we used to take for granted have been swept into the historical grave in this era, and the new things are beyond our imagination.
"In the era when we were just lying down, leaving the mobile phone was equivalent to leaving society. But in this era, there is no such thing as a mobile phone. Instead, there are various forms of smart wearable devices and even nanochips implanted in the human body. Speaking of which … the Freezing Human Rights Protection Foundation should have contacted you, right? "
Wang Peng nodded.
"They came yesterday."
"Did they talk to you about volunteering?"
"A little bit."
"Then what are your plans?"
Wang Peng thought for a while and said, "According to their suggestion … If there are no accidents, I plan to go to the school they recommended for a year, then think about the future."
After all, the Freezing Human Rights Protection Foundation was a non-profit public welfare organization established by Lu Zhou. It had a history of more than 100 years, and its reputation in the entire Pan-Asian region was quite good.
The main purpose of this foundation was to help frozen people from the past find their own place in this world.
After all, even though the Pan-Asian Cooperation had reached a considerable level of wealth on the material level, especially the prosperity of China, even the unemployed could rely on unemployment subsidies to meet basic needs for clothing, food, housing, and transportation, as well as some consumer goods, this society was still in a state of development. Therefore, the mainstream values were still to encourage people to play more role in society.
Even though most people were quite decadent after waking up, the Freezing Human Rights Protection Foundation was still working hard to fulfill the responsibilities of the times and integrate these people from ancient times into the current society as much as possible.
Wang Peng didn't know whether his existence was valuable in this era, but he believed in the wisdom of Professor Lu and his plans for the future.
Since the Freezing Human Dormancy Foundation was founded by him, and he didn't have any better ideas, maybe it was a good choice to follow their arrangements.
"In fact, you don't have to worry too much about the future. If you really can't do it, you can also do public welfare like me and help other young people from that era. Or if you go to a military school, with your past resume and loyalty to the organization, the possibility of being put in an important position is still very high. This society is quite tolerant. Only some old people are eliminated. The key is whether you are willing to learn. Old guys like us want to learn, but we really can't. "
Director Li smiled a little lonely and waved his hand to hide his embarrassment.
Wang Peng was silent for a while.
"Back to the army?"
"Sort of. Among the people I know, there are also officers who have joined the Pan-Asian First Fleet. For example, Li Gaoliang of the Orbital Airborne Brigade, who has been in the military school for three years, is now the brigade commander of the Third Orbital Marine Brigade of the Pan-Asian First Fleet. "
"Li Gaoliang?!"
Director Li was stunned when he heard Wang Peng's surprised voice.
"You guys know each other?"
Wang Peng smiled bitterly.
"More than that."
When he was serving on the border, he saved that guy's life. The two were old acquaintances.
He just didn't expect this guy to be frozen as well.
At this moment, the holographic TV on the ceiling of the ward that was showing the noon news suddenly changed.
The host who took the press release suddenly looked serious.
"Next is an urgent piece of news.
"According to the news from the route dispatching center, flight N-177, which was scheduled to arrive at the Tianzhou space station at 8 o 'clock tomorrow, was hijacked by unknown armed forces.
"At present, the Pan-Asian First Fleet has sent two sentinel-class patrol ships to the rescue. The Pan-Asian Orbital Defense Force has also used all available facilities to organize the evacuation of residents and stranded passengers on the Tianzhou space station."
The scene changed, and the camera turned from the studio to the Tianzhou space station. A dense crowd of people crowded in the wide customs hall, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
All 12 shuttles deployed in orbit were put into use.
However, even so, it was very difficult to evacuate tens of thousands of stranded passengers, engineers, and residents on the space station within ten hours!
Wang Peng and Director Li looked at the picture on the TV. They didn't know what to say.
Then the camera switched again to the space station of the Pan-Asian First Fleet. A group of soldiers wearing dark exoskeleton armor were boarding a small shuttle-shaped landing ship.
An officer walked in front of the camera and removed the foldable visor from his helmet.
Li Gaoliang spoke in a serious tone as he faced the live broadcast drone and the microphone that was thrown at him.
"The situation is still under control. We are communicating with the hijackers and doing our best to ensure the safety of the hostages. Of course, if the other party takes any dangerous actions, we can't rule out the use of surgical strikes and send troops to rescue the passengers on board. "
"Hello, I'm a reporter from Shang Jing TV Station. May I know what the other party wants?"
"I'm sorry, I don't know the specifics. My superiors didn't inform me …"
"Why evacuate the passengers on the Tianzhou? Rumor has it that the other party refuses to communicate with us. Is that true? "
Li Gaoliang: "We're evacuating for safety reasons. We can't guarantee that the hijackers are as rational as us."
A reporter asked sharply.
"In other words, this might be a revenge attack?"
"Yes." Li Gaoliang nodded solemnly and spoke to the camera.
"We cannot rule out this possibility."
"This could be a suicide attack."
"Just like 9/11."
As soon as he said that, the reporters surrounding them instantly exploded …
(End of this chapter)
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