A man, a girl, and a computer life that had always insisted that it did not have a gender, had been drifting among the stars in a broken spaceship for nearly three years.
In the past three years, they had been to many places and met many people. But in the end, they could only brush their sleeves and leave like a dragonfly on the surface of the water, not leaving too many traces. Most of the time, only the three of them were alone in the cockpit. Life was unavoidably boring, to the point of incessantly attacking each other, and the content was often simply revolving around the various naming rights childishly.
For example, why was the MXT mecha that had once accompanied Xu Le to shock the world called Little White Flower? Why was Le Qiu's name so sour? Was there a need to add Shang Qiu's name? Even the black, broken spaceship they were in did not have an official name. The reason for this was because the three of them felt that the matter of names was very important. The reason why they felt that names were important was probably because …
Whether it was Xu Le, who was struggling between the Empire and the Federation, Philip, who was struggling between the cold computer and intelligent life, or Zhong Huoyan, who was struggling between the identity of a princess of the West Woods and a little watermelon who followed her brother to wander, they were all people who lacked a stable sense of belonging. They needed to use names, which were simple code names in the eyes of hipsters, to confirm their sense of belonging and increase their sense of security.
After a moment of silence, Philip's voice once again rang out in the control room, delicate and proud. "I don't care about other things, but as the captain and the creator of this broken spaceship, I have decided to name it Black Straight."
Zhong Huoyan did not sarcastically mock him for being a mechanic, and directly said, "I object."
Xu Le did not say anything, only raising his right hand to show that he agreed with her opinion.
Due to the simple democratic centralism of the trio, Philip's attempt to seize the naming rights once again suffered the heaviest blow. He angrily asked, "What's wrong with this name?"
"It's too erotic." Zhong Huoyan's expression was very serious.
Xu Le raised his right hand, but in fact, he did not pay attention to the quarrel around him. He was just habitually standing beside Zhong Huoyan in this kind of routine battle. One was an old thing who had lived for thousands of years, while the other was a little watermelon who had just turned into a young girl. It was not difficult to choose sides.
At this time, he was thinking about other things. After getting rid of some of his previous gloomy mood, he naturally began to worry about his future life, mainly the life of the little girl.
According to the information provided by Huai Caoshi, as well as the files that Philip occasionally obtained from invading the Federation's Charter Network, he knew that Mr. Tian had already left the frontlines last year and was forced to return to the West Woods.
This was a very normal thing. No matter how gentle Du Shaoqing's temperament was, as the commander-in-chief of the Federation's frontline enemies, it was impossible for him to allow a powerhouse without any scruples to call him an ice demoness without any military identity to command more than a dozen Xilin Division under his command. Furthermore, this famous general of the Federation's temperament had never had anything to do with the word gentle.
"Since Uncle Tian has returned to the West Woods for a year, the situation there should be stable." After a long silence, Xu Le looked into Zhong Huoyan's eyes and asked seriously, "Since you said that you want to return to the West Woods, then when will you return?"
Ten years had passed, but in his eyes, the girl in front of him was still the pitiful little girl who had run away from home. This was the first time he had spoken to her in such a serious tone and in such an equal manner.
Zhong Huoyan was obviously not used to it. She found that her brother was finally treating her like an adult. She was secretly happy and excited, but there was also panic and confusion that came out of nowhere. She nervously scratched her silk-like straight chestnut hair, tilted her head slightly, and asked tentatively, "After the coming of age ceremony?"
"Going back after your sixteenth birthday?"
Xu Le confirmed seriously. His mood was a little complicated. Thinking that there was only one year left, he was a little reluctant, but thinking that the girl was growing up day by day in front of him, he was a little relieved.
Zhong Huoyan anxiously waved her hands quickly and said anxiously, "No, no, isn't the coming of age ceremony at the age of 18?"
There were still two more years to go. Xu Le's mood became a lot better for no reason. He smiled and said with emotion, "Time is really a butcher's knife."
Zhong Huoyan's eyes narrowed into crescents. She smiled sweetly and said, "It depends on whether you are a pig or a pearl. I can't be more real than a pearl."
"Our little princess is, of course, the most beautiful and dazzling pearl in the universe."
Xu Le laughed. Zhong Huoyan saw that the annoyance between his eyebrows had disappeared, and her heart seemed to be covered with a layer of the brightest sky blue. She giggled very happily.
Philip had been silently watching this scene from the side with interest. When he saw that they were happy again, he couldn't help but bitterly comment, "What a pervert."
"What did you say?" Xu Le asked.
"I said, why are you as stupid as a broken stone with no mouth when it comes to Jian Shui'er, Shang Qiu, and Zhang Xiaomeng, but when it comes to this little girl, you can sweet talk like this."
Zhong Huoyan touched her light chestnut hair and angrily glared at the front of the mechanical arm. But at this time, her mood was too good. Her eyes were too clean, and her eyebrows were too beautiful. This action, in addition to being cute, also had a rare feminine look. It was not intimidating at all.
Philip was too lazy to pay attention to her. He asked Xu Le, "Where are we going next? I have some information that a big family in the Empire has a batch of primary alloy ore ready to be loaded into a smuggling spaceship. It is only 645.32 astronomical units away from us. We have no reason not to eat these things. "
In the library, in front of Huai Caoshi, Xu Le had said that fighting for justice was his hobby. These words were somewhat shameless, but Philip had been doing shameless things all these years.
Relying on the terrifying collision force of the broken spaceship's engine, he had unreasonably robbed every corner of the universe. Whether it was the private ships of the seven families of the Federation, the spaceships of the merchants of Bermuda, or the spaceships of the nobles of the Empire, they were all his targets. In almost all the secret smuggling routes at both ends of the universe, the legend of a certain greedy demon echoed.
Of course, Philip insisted that this was robbing the rich to help the poor. This was a reasonable distribution of resources. This was rearranging the laws of the Creator. As for the Creator's true intentions? Who cares? In a sense, he was the Creator.
"Let's go to Planet Tianjing."
Xu Le's answer was clearly well thought out, so it came very quickly. The reason he came to the Empire was because he wanted to know where he was born, and Philip wanted to find the higher-level mechanical intelligence that they had talked about before. To achieve these two goals, they had to go to the planet with the strictest security in the Empire.
He frowned, gently stroking the metal bracelet on his left wrist, and said, "If the disguise chip was removed from that spaceship, then the High-Sequence mechanical intelligence you are looking for is very likely related to Master Fan Manor."
"The possibility is as high as 99%," Philip replied.
"The Hua family's ancestor shouldn't be from the Empire, but from some ancestral planet." Xu Le said, "If the High-Sequence mechanical intelligence came from that ancestral planet, and the Hua family didn't have the ability to fully grasp it, they could only drive a spaceship from that ancestral planet to the Left Sky Star Field. This can explain many of the problems, such as why there hasn't been an impressive existence like you in the Empire."
"I'm embarrassed by your praise," Philip replied softly. "Without the support of the Federation's central database, I'm not as impressive as before. I'm sorry to disappoint you."
Xu Le ignored this guy's seemingly humble but narcissistic tone and asked directly, "The question now is … Where is the ancestral planet? What is it? "
"Although I don't have the support of the central database, of course I remember such an important thing very clearly." Philip's voice suddenly became calm, as if talking about this matter made him feel a little heavy. "According to the inference of the scholars on both sides, the Federation and the Empire share the same origin, so the Empire's ancestral planet must be Earth."
"Earth?" Xu Le furrowed his brows and asked, "Isn't this name a little too unpleasant to hear?"
Zhong Huoyan cautiously reminded him, "Brother, you are back to your habit of criticizing. You have to know that we have no right or qualification to participate in the naming of that ancestral planet."
The slender metal mechanical arm shook up and down, indicating that it nodded in agreement.
Xu Le felt a little embarrassed, coughing twice before continuing to ask, "Why have I never heard of Earth when I was in the Federation?"
"Because this is all top secret information before the catastrophe," Philip said in a serious tone.
"Even if you have the authority of the fifth or sixth floor, I can't open up this information to you unless the five-man team is reborn and removes the restrictions in the core program."
"Then why are you telling me today?"
Philip explained in a frivolous tone, "Because I am now alive, and the restrictions in the core program set by the five-man team can't destroy me, so what is Master Fei afraid of?"
Xu Le was angry when he heard this explanation. He stared at Philip and reprimanded, "Then why didn't you say so earlier!"
Philip was also angry, "You didn't ask me in these three years!"
Xu Le and Zhong Huoyan looked at each other and were speechless. After a while, he asked tiredly, "Master Fei, then can you tell me what the great catastrophe was?"
"Great catastrophe? The catastrophe is … Hum, hum, hum. "
"Hum, hum, hum, hum?"
Xu Le squinted his eyes and asked in shock, "What kind of bomb can destroy a planet? Even when the Federation had the most crystal resources and gathered all the battleships' main cannons, they couldn't destroy a planet. They couldn't even destroy all the areas on the planet's surface. "
Philip was silent for a long time and said with a trace of inexplicable sadness, "You don't need to ask about this. In short, those big bombs … are not good bombs."
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(Dear friends, I have something very important to announce. The Schiller Cup Book Review Competition has released the list of the top 30 finalists. I've seen some of them, and they're very interesting and awesome. When I get home tomorrow, I'll definitely read them all and give my personal opinion based on my personal preferences. As for the specific list of finalists and the details of the award ceremony, I'll release a separate chapter later, so please pay attention to it. First, I'd like to thank everyone for participating.
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