Apocalyptic starship

"Damn it! You have to get back into the fish's mouth!"

Opening the fish's mouth, the Rubik's Cube retracted and closed the fish's mouth. There was no other way. The giant silver carp was sinking towards the river bed at the bottom of the reservoir. Instead of resisting the impact, it was better to hide in the fish's mouth and use it to cushion it. The Rubik's Cube was here. When I was miserable, I praised my wisdom a little.

Bang... The giant silver carp sank to the bottom of the water, stirring up a large area of ​​silt and muddy water. The giant carp bounced on the ground and then slowly sank and lay flat on the river bed motionless.

The dark bottom fell into silence...

The fish's mouth was opened and the Rubik's Cube crawled out. However, the mud was so deep that it was almost stuck in the mud and could not move. The damage to the propeller had serious consequences.

"I hate mud! It would be nice if there were rocks at the bottom..."

Since he couldn't stand and walk, he simply lay down on the mud and slowly crawled forward. After determining the route closest to the shore and the shortest distance, the powerful giant star warship began to crawl forward in the mud dragging its remaining body, using its only The relatively flexible right robotic arm and the two mechanical legs that were not very easy to use were struggling to move towards the shore. A water turtle who didn't know who released it here before the end of the world curiously circled the Rubik's Cube twice, and was completely ignored by the Rubik's Cube. He pushed it into the mud mercilessly. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, the turtle got out of the trap. Only then did the Rubik's Cube remember that this thing was a mud master...

The dark water bottom gradually became brighter, and the crawling Rubik's Cube finally touched the hard pebbled river bed.

Slowly stood up and walked slowly on the pebbled river bed step by step. Now we were very close to the shore. I chose a riverbank that looked overgrown with weeds and walked there. At this time, if the condition was not good, I should first find a place to slowly repair it. .

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shore.

A seven-year-old girl was walking barefoot on the river beach. She wore shabby clothes and a fish basket tied to her waist. Her withered yellow hair was tied casually behind her head. Her big eyes stared at her little face that was darkened by the sun because she was often near the water. He was touching the water, occasionally wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his dirty little hands, and holding a wooden stick in his other little hand, trying hard to fish the mussels out of the water to the shore little by little.

This kind of river mussel is generally about the size of a child's hand. It is slightly fishy and the mussel meat is a bit hard. Even if it is cooked, it will be difficult to chew. It usually lives in the shallow mud of the river bank and crawls slowly, making it easy to pick it up.

From the surface of the water, the things in the water are different in terms of depth and angle. However, the little girl can skillfully move the river mussels to the shore little by little. At a glance, you can tell that she is very skilled in doing it frequently. The dirty little girl is very skilled. Face excitedly watched the river mussel getting closer and closer, not caring about the pain in his arms caused by scratching the weeds on the shore.

Wow…

what sound? The little girl raised her head, her big eyes glanced around at a... strange thing that landed on the water not far in front of her, and her little mouth opened in an O shape in surprise.

On the water, the Rubik's Cube showed its head and shoulders, and stared at the little girl with big eyes. Unexpectedly, the detector failed to detect the little girl on the shore because of the damage. He looked at the thin old clothes on the little girl and the miscellaneous things on the shore. A bonfire in the grass, river clams in dirty little hands, and the little girl's mouth covered in black ash. A simple analysis shows that this little girl is fishing for river clams to fill her belly and feed herself. The child is really very beautiful. The little girl... shouldn't be fishing for river mussels and eating them here. She should still be in the first grade by reading fairy tales... Slowly, a feeling called compassion arose in her heart.

The little girl stared blankly at the strange thing in front of her. She could clearly see a pair of blue eyes, a head made of blue metal, flame spray paint, a black mechanical face made of many mechanical metals, and some twisted and broken parts on both sides of the head. Water was still dripping, and suddenly, the metal mechanical face moved and opened its mouth...

"Hello, I'm Rubik's Cube. I hope I didn't scare you."

"I...I...you can talk..." The little girl stared at the Rubik's Cube in stunned silence, not even noticing that the broken wooden stick in her hand fell into the water.

"Of course, I'll go ashore first, it won't be comfortable in the water."

"Chi Liu~ Hmm, the water is cold~" The little girl sucked back the snot and said with deep feelings. Maybe the child didn't understand, maybe she had watched too many cartoons and was not impressed by the appearance of the Rubik's Cube. Scared, but a little excited.

The Rubik's Cube waded into the water step by step towards the shore, and the broken mechanical body slowly emerged from the water. This place was very hidden, surrounded by weeds and thorns. Except for the little girl, no one else was seen. Maybe, this is A secret little base belonging to this little girl...

The little girl stared at the Rubik's Cube closely, and finally turned from looking straight up to looking up, and saw the damaged and dangling left mechanical arm.

"Are you injured? I don't have any medicine for you..."

"It's okay. I'll heal myself. I'll be fine soon. I just need to find a place to sit." Rubik's Cube walked to the bonfire and sat down on the ground. He opened the energy collection panel on his body and began to absorb energy.

The little girl walked to the bonfire, threw the mussels in the fish basket on the charcoal fire, pushed the cooked mussels aside with a wooden stick, and picked up a small stone often used to smash the shells of mussels. Shell, and then picked up the clam meat with dirty little hands, switching it back and forth with both hands, blowing air hard into the palm of the hand to cool down the clam meat. When the temperature of the clam meat was almost the same, he stretched out his hand and handed it to the Rubik's Cube, but still Staring at the mussels with a greedy expression, he swallowed hard with his small mouth.

"Thank you, I won't eat. I'm a robot. You can eat."

"That's right. Robots don't eat. By the way, my name is Xiaojing. Are you a robot warrior from the Super God Star? Did a monster hurt you? Those monsters are so hateful!" Xiaojing said while eating mussel meat. Rubik's Cube spoke and made an angry expression in cooperation.

"Uh... that's about it. I killed the monster right under the water. Are you the only one here?"

"There are many people on the island, but they are not willing to give me fish or corn tortillas. I am so hungry. Fortunately, I found these shells here. Although they are a bit hard, they are very fragrant. I won't tell anyone. ~By the way! You won’t tell anyone, right?”

"I won't tell others. Likewise, you can't tell others that I'm here, because I have to avoid the searches of those monsters." Rubik's Cube was a little angry. How much can such a big child eat? Even in the apocalypse, we can't become so ruthless, right? On the island, it seems that the few robbers are on Daohe Island, and they don't seem to be doing well. From then on, Rubik's Cube marked the camp as not requiring rescue.

"Yeah, yeah! I won't tell anyone. Anyway, if I go back at night and come here in the morning, no one will know." Xiaodian Ding nodded and said seriously.

"Xiao Jing, are you separated from your parents?"

"No...my mother bit my father. After my father knocked down my mother, he pushed me onto the small wooden boat and untied the rope. He told me that he would come to me in a few days, but now I know that my father will not come to me. Now..." Xiao Jing said as he knelt on the ground, lowered his head, pouted, and fiddled with the small stone used to smash river clams with his dirty little hands.

Rubik's Cube opened its mechanical mouth but said nothing. He stretched out his mechanical hand and gently touched Xiao Jing's head covered with dry hair.