Interstellar Fairy Tale

When Shang Ping woke up, he found himself being held in El Fei's arms, a tall man, holding him like a child, propped him on his chest with one arm, and wrapped his hands around El Fei's neck, Shang Ping couldn't help thinking of Uncle Edgar, who always liked to hold himself like this. It's just that Uncle Edgar's embrace is always warm, while Elfy is icy cold.

Uncle Edgar, more like his own father.

"woke up?"

El Fei's icy tone was without any emotion, but Shang Ping lazily didn't want to let go of him. At least let him have the illusion for a moment that he has escaped from that planet and can go home.

However, reality always runs counter to hope.

Before the coma, the vibration of the communicator was short-lived, but it was definitely not an illusion, but not a single interpretable message came, which made Shang Ping puzzled. After the cruise ship went through three more space jumps, the operator finally made sure that he had gotten rid of the tracking of the ship's radar, and Shang Ping relaxed a little, but he was not in the slightest joyous mood.

Because they are lost.

Navigating in the universe and determining the coordinates and orientation are undoubtedly crucial. Once lost, then wandering forever until death is the destination of most people who are lost.

Even so, the clone troopers do not have extremely pessimistic emotions. They just send out exploration aircraft again and again. The cruise ship has the function of setting coordinates and orientation. When cruising on the border, they often encounter cosmic turbulence and lose their way. It's just more troublesome this time, and the warships controlled by the surviving former rebels may fall into the terrible mood of the abyss of despair at any time. There are always two sides to things, with more flexible thinking, but it will inevitably produce relative negative effects.

Insufficient preparation, lack of corresponding materials and energy, these factors combine to make these people more worried and even desperate.

"Cut off communication."

Lieutenant Colonel Elfy's voice was unusually calm, proving that he was impatient to deal with the questions and pointless complaints from the battleship. Shang Ping was still a little dizzy, but it didn't affect his judgment.

"Your Excellency, are you planning to abandon them?"

Perhaps it was because of the guilt that Zhou Ting was not rescued, and because he was not feeling well, Shang Ping's words could not help but bring some emotions.

"Yes." Lieutenant Colonel Elfy's voice did not fluctuate at all, and the surrounding clone troopers also looked natural. They may have no emotions, but they will also judge that this is a must-have quality as a war machine or a combat consumable. If it becomes a useless burden, you can even throw it away.

"We have left the central area of ​​the Golden Empire, but we have not left the territory of the Empire. Even if we get lost within this range, we don't have to worry. Just relocate the coordinates, replenish fuel, and leave before encountering the patrol fleet."

"You can tell them."

"No need. They will be a hindrance, even a drag."

Shang Ping stopped talking, he didn't know what to say. Reason told him that what Lieutenant Colonel Elfei said was right, but the comrades who fought with each other could be abandoned the next moment without hesitation, which made Shang Ping feel a little uncomfortable. However, when I think about my current situation, I also feel that I am a bit self-indulgent. If it weren't for these clones, I am afraid that everyone would not be able to escape from the station. I am thinking about some things here, and even brought some Emotions that shouldn't be there are too self-righteous.

After several hours, the operator finally determined the coordinates of the nearest planet, and quickly checked the situation of that planet according to the coordinate orientation. Fortunately, as a small planet close to the border, it is not suitable for human habitation. As a space-hopping transit supply station, there are no Imperial administrators on the planet.

Lieutenant Colonel Elfy thought about it, and ordered the cruise ship to land for supplies, and the battleship that followed quickly slowed down and landed. Generally, the fleets that go to this supply planet land directly from the space jump point. Fortunately, the supply control on this planet is carried out by intelligent machinery, and no one interrogates the two cruise ships and battleships that suddenly appeared.

The door of the cruise ship opened, and the clone soldiers began to land in an orderly manner. They quickly assembled at the energy supply station and material center according to the order, and began to replenish supplies as needed. The former rebels were like diligent worker ants. All the supplies in the supply station were scoured, and this behavior was reluctantly stopped until the warship's material storage compartment issued a warning signal.

Despite this, only a very small part of the planet's reserve materials was removed. Facing the mountains of materials, the clone troopers took a few more energy stones. The Golden Empire Cruiser is equipped with a maintenance machine, which can be repaired by using energy stones. After staying for two hours, the cruise ship set sail again, but the battleship still stayed where it was. Maybe they were unwilling to leave, or there might be other reasons, Lieutenant Colonel Elfie never said a word.

"In two hours, an imperial patrol fleet will reach that planet."

Shang Ping nodded, the controller had received a signal in the dispatch room, and the current words undoubtedly proved his previous guess. Those who stay on that planet can only seek more happiness for themselves. Supplemented with energy and materials, what should I do next? If you go directly to the border of the empire, with only one cruise ship, you are unlucky, and the probability of being destroyed by the imperial fleet is almost 100%. But it's impossible to fly aimlessly like this, right?

"Let's go to the six hundred and seventy-eighth Huoxing to meet someone."

Lieutenant Colonel Erfei touched the control device behind his ear, and suddenly tore off the small chip with force. Shang Ping was taken aback. Although he already knew that these were clones, no one could helplessly watch a person. While talking, he tore something from his head without changing his face, letting the light blue blood stain his collar.

"I don't feel pain."

The chip lay in Lieutenant Colonel Elfy's palm, the thick light blue liquid wrapped the entire chip, and Shang Ping's stomach began to churn again.

Fortunately, none of the other clone soldiers did this kind of "self-mutilation" behavior, otherwise Shang Ping wasn't sure what he would do.

"no need to worry."

Lieutenant Colonel Elfy seemed to have an expression similar to a smile on his face, and said, "Unlike me, they still have no self-emotion and will not take the initiative to remove the chip."

"Take this thing off, won't it hurt you?"

"Hurt? Maybe, but not life-threatening." However, it means complete betrayal.

"Coordinates XX, azimuth XX, speed XXX, the azimuth particle has been determined, ready to jump in space again!"

The six hundred and seventy-eighth star of the Golden Empire is a planet that was erased from the territory of the empire. During the reign of Solan I, this planet already existed, but none of the empire's monarchs seemed to have completely conquered this planet. , because, no matter how many fleets are sent to attack, this planet always seems to be able to save danger. It is even more incredible to say that there was once a fleet commander who watched the planet suddenly disappear under the siege of the fleet. Destroyed, but disappeared automatically, as if it never appeared in the universe, and on the second day of the fleet's return, the planet appeared again. As if it never disappeared.

The soldiers of the Empire are all ashamed, but, from thousands of years ago until now, no emperor's boots have been able to set foot on the land of this planet, never.

So, the Empire simply wiped the planet from the map as if it didn't exist.

"Looks like it's really a good way to soothe yourself."

Shang Ping muttered to himself, but he never asked Lieutenant Colonel Elfy why he was confident that he could enter the realm of that planet.