Xu Le squinted his eyes and looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky. He thought that these fluttering ice crystals were quite beautiful. This was the first time he had seen real snow. In his surprise, he seemed to have forgotten the thin clothes he was wearing. He also did not notice the sympathetic gazes of the passengers around him. Standing in the middle of the snowstorm in the square with only a thin layer of clothing, he did look quite pitiful. The passengers thought that Xu Le had mistakenly put his thick clothing in his luggage and could not help but shake their heads. However, sympathy was one thing. They did not have many clothes on them, so no one would take off their clothes and put them on Xu Le.
In the capital city, the wind was getting stronger and stronger. Xu Le's face felt like it was being scraped by a few small knives. He immediately woke up from the snowy scene in front of him and felt the cold on his body. He shrunk his body and hugged his backpack in reverse to get some warmth. He turned his body and avoided the wind. He squinted his eyes and looked at the entrance of the airport in the distance. He wondered why the spaceship did not fly directly to the entrance of the airport but stopped in the middle of the snowstorm.
The Ancient Bell was still in space outside the Capital Planet. The officials of the West Woods and the East Woods who were returning to visit would soon embark on their journey again. At this time, those who landed on the surface of the Capital Planet were basically officials with official duties. Xu Le did not have much knowledge, but the passengers on the Ancient Bell were all upper class people. They began to discuss the current strange situation.
"The medical vehicles from the army hospital just left. Are there wounded people on board? Why haven't I heard of this before? Didn't we come from the East Woods? What's going on? "A middle-aged official frowned and asked his companion.
Behind him, Xu Le heard this and squinted his eyes even more. He hid behind the crowd and looked through the gaps in the crowd. He saw a few ambulances covered in snow disappear into the distance of the airport. He vaguely thought that those on board must be the West Woods soldiers who had captured him. Those soldiers were affected by the strange beam of light and had been recuperating on the Ancient Bell. It seemed that the 4th Military Region did not dare to take the risk of sending them back to the West Woods for treatment. Instead, they were sent directly to the Capital Planet where the medical standards were the most advanced.
Thinking of that sunglasses-wearing Colonel Lake in the ambulance, and thinking of how he had been so close to that colonel and those injured mecha warriors for so many days, Xu Le suddenly felt a trace of fear in his heart. That Colonel Lake had seen his face before. If the two of them had really met on the spaceship, what would he have done? In the cold weather, Xu Le's back was dripping with sweat. He knew that he was too careless. Fortunately, he probably would not have any relationship with the people from the West Woods in the future. Once he entered the Capital Planet, the fat captain and the secretary would not be able to find him easily. But Little Watermelon … Well, they were not on the same level to begin with. It might be better if they did not meet again.
Just as Xu Le was thinking about all these things, the electric vehicles of the airport finally arrived in front of many passengers. Of course, the airport was greeted with loud complaints and threats of complaints. However, the airport staff only apologized politely, but they refused to explain what had happened earlier.
"The ambulances are there to save people. We can understand that. Why could those passengers be driven directly to the passage? Why could they be in front of us? "
The airport staff only smiled and comforted them. Xu Le looked in the direction the passengers were pointing at. He saw a silver-white aircraft slowly parking in front of the special passage in the distance. He narrowed his eyes and seemed to see a little girl holding a doll getting off the spaceship under the protection of many people and entering the passage. Xu Le smiled and whispered to himself, "Little Watermelon, you have to eat properly in the future."
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It was as warm as spring in the electric vehicle. The complaining officials and passengers finally stopped. The long-term space travel had made everyone a little tired. The carriage fell into silence. This silence was maintained until they passed through the X-ray inspection passage and entered the interior of the airport building. The crowd dispersed like birds and beasts. According to each other's following journey and the location of their luggage, they scattered into several routes and disappeared into the magnificent space of the building.
Xu Le was obviously stunned by the interior structure and architectural style of the airport. He didn't know what the beautiful metallic materials were, but he subconsciously thought it was beautiful. This airport was too big. The interior space was ten stories high. There were no steel beams in the middle to support the weight. He didn't know how it was built. He had basically lived in the rundown city of Hexi State all his life. He had never seen such a scene. Even when he passed by the military airport in the garrison area of Fuji State, the military airport looked like nothing more than cold cement.
Xu Le patted off the snow on his body and carefully carried his backpack. He was like a country bumpkin who had just entered the city. No, he was a country bumpkin who had just entered the city. He hesitantly and shyly walked in front of a flight attendant. He mustered up his courage and asked about the relevant matters. The flight attendant in the sky blue uniform had a pretty face. She was very polite and patient, and she clearly answered all of his complicated questions.
Xu Le thanked her very sincerely and found a quieter passage to leave. The flight attendant looked at the young man and couldn't help but smile slightly. She felt that this foreigner was very interesting. It looked like it was his first time on a spaceship, but his questions were so detailed and didn't miss any details. Perhaps he had looked up a lot of travel information on the Internet before coming.
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Looking at the passage in front of him that was completely made of metal, Xu Le's footsteps slowed down. He felt his scalp go numb. At this time, he already knew that the back of this five-meter-long passage was hidden with the Federation's electronic surveillance system. Every passenger had to go through a scan here. This was a very normal thing. Otherwise, wouldn't those people from the Empire or refugees from Bermuda who were born without microchips be able to sneak into the Federation at any time? Xu Le swallowed a mouthful of saliva. His head was slightly lowered, but his eyes were looking at the exit not far away. He knew that the surveillance here was the most powerful in the Federation. If he could pass through here, then it meant that the microchip given to him by his boss was enough to allow him to survive in the entire Federation society with a disguised identity. But what if he was discovered by the Federation's surveillance system when he walked through the passage?
Would there be twenty or so taser guns sticking out from the wall and roasting him into a roasted chicken? Xu Le couldn't help but shiver. This scene fell into the crowd in the distance and felt a little strange. This was because no one in the Federation seemed to care about this surveillance passage. More often than not, people seemed to have forgotten the existence of electronic surveillance.
"Looks like this kid was really frozen just now. Prepare a windbreaker for him," said a pleasant voice.
Xu Le's footsteps slowed down for only a moment. After a moment, he raised his head and walked as calmly as possible toward the empty passage. Only the change in his trouser pocket could feel his nervousness and trembling, but there wasn't a trace of it on his face. A distance of five meters wasn't long, but it wasn't short either. However, when Xu Le "calmly" walked through this passage, his legs felt a little weak. He felt a kind of joy as if he had walked from hell to heaven, as well as a kind of joyful release after nervousness.
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However, his relaxed ecstasy didn't last long. This was because he realized that the people outside the passage were looking at him with a strange gaze. Xu Le frowned slightly. He thought to himself that even the electronic surveillance system didn't find anything wrong. Could it be that there was something strange about him? He subconsciously touched his face and continued to walk forward. Then he realized why so many people were welcoming him with strange gazes. It was because outside this quiet passage, there was a large group of people welcoming him.
Except for the young woman at the front and the little girl in the young woman's hand, this group of people were all fully armed soldiers. Such a large formation was used to welcome one person, especially a young man in a thin shirt who shrunk like a country bumpkin. It was no wonder that the people in the airport were looking at him strangely.
Looking at the little girl's happy face, Xu Le knew that he couldn't avoid this. He couldn't slip away quietly. With a bitter face, he walked to the front of the crowd, hoping that there wouldn't be any too horrible developments.
"Brother Xu Le." Little Watermelon was wearing a red fur coat and a hat. The brim of the hat pressed down on her hair, revealing a black line. She looked very cute.
Xu Le smiled at her, then turned to the young woman holding the little girl's hand and said politely, "Hello."
"Hello, Xu Le." The young woman was about 30 years old. Her eyebrows were soft, and she had a comforting beauty. But from time to time, her eyes lit up with a hint of pride. This kind of pride wasn't repulsive. Instead, it made people feel that it was natural. The so-called environment of growth affected one's mentality was probably referring to this kind of person. She looked at Xu Le gently and said, "I am Firework's mother. Thank you very much, Mr. Xu, for taking care of her along the way."
Xu Le looked at the beautiful and gentle face, and his mind was slightly shaken. He subconsciously felt that this young woman was very trustworthy. He forcibly suppressed the absurd idea of asking her why she gave little Watermelon such a strange name and prepared to say a few polite words. Unexpectedly, the noble young woman handed over a business card with a smile and said, "I'm here to express my gratitude. I have to go to the army hospital right away. I'm very sorry. Mr. Xu, if you have any difficulties in the Federation, I hope you don't mind contacting us. We also want to express our gratitude to you."
"Thank you, sister," Xu Le looked into the young woman's eyes and blurted out an extremely absurd name, "Thank you, sister."
This name made the faces of the soldiers in the crowd change dramatically. Even the gentle and peaceful young woman had a strange look in her eyes, but then it turned into a sympathetic smile. She shook her head and asked a soldier next to her to hand her a military windbreaker. Without saying anything, she held little Watermelon's hand and walked to the VIP passage under the protection of the soldiers.
Xu Le held the windbreaker in one hand and the natural fiber business card in the other. He was in a daze. Although he didn't know the goods, he knew how expensive this kind of business card was. He looked at the back of the young woman who was faintly discernible among the soldiers and couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile. He also felt that he had been too nervous before. The boss was right. Too little contact with the opposite sex was indeed easy to cause problems.
At this time, he had vaguely guessed little Watermelon's family background. Of course, he didn't think it was rude for the young woman to hand over a business card and then turn around and leave. In fact, Xu Le didn't think that what he had done was worth the other party thanking him. With the other party's identity, it was already very polite of her to wait here and say a few words to him. What's more, he knew that this young woman must be anxious to go to the army hospital to see her husband's trusted subordinates.
Unlike the self-confident and self-reliant male protagonists in novels, Xu Le didn't tear up this precious business card and throw it into the trash can. Instead, he carefully kept it close to his body. Then he took out the address left by the boss, put on a warm windbreaker, and walked out of the airport in the increasingly heavy snow.
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