star hunter

Early in the morning, Old Man Chang had already opened his small repair shop.

In this area, most people don't have extra money to buy another shop, so they convert part of their house into a shop. Some are shops on the ground floor of the house, with housing above; some are shops in the front and housing in the back. In short, shops and housing are basically

They are all connected together, so this area feels crowded, and the distribution is irregular. From a high altitude, it looks like irregularly cracked ground.

The surrounding houses are not high, most of them are two or three storeys, and there are relatively few five or six storeys. There are small dilapidated aircraft flying over the building complex and a flying car that has been used for I don’t know how many years and is comparable to Udo Ze’s old shabby car.

Everywhere.

The floor area of ​​Chang Laohan's house is not large, but it has three floors. The first floor is used as a shop, and the second and third floors are accommodation areas. Perhaps because of the large population at that time, there were more rooms.

Only one of the rooms Xilin stayed in was relatively large. It used to be occupied by old man Chang. Later, in order to take care of his young grandchildren, old man Chang moved to live with his four grandchildren.

Although the triplets were only five years old, they were very sensible and not big, so they helped Old Man Chang a lot. Just like now, after Old Man Chang opened the shop, Chang Xiaoliu and Chang Xiaoba helped deliver parts and clean the machinery.

When old man Chang saw he was tired, he brought him a glass of water.

Chang Xiaoba was with the girl, the child who was hiding at the door before approaching Xilin from the beginning. He was not as open-minded as his two brothers when meeting strangers, but looking at the look in the little guy's eyes, he knew that he was actually a clever person.

's baby.

"Grandpa, Xiaoqi is annoying that brother again. He won't come to work!"

Chang Xiaoba handed Old Man Chang a glass of water and pouted in accusation.

In the past, the triplets worked together, but now only Chang Xiaoliu and Chang Xiaoba are here to help, and that naughty guy Chang Xiaoqi ran away again.

Old man Chang touched his granddaughter's head and said with a smile: "It's okay. I told Xiao Qi that it's okay to watch from the side, but don't disturb others' rest. Xiao Qi will come down later when she gets bored."

My grandson, Old Man Chang, knows that Xilin spends most of his time sleeping so that he can recover faster, so when Chang Xiaoqi goes there, Xilin will probably be sleeping, and no one will pay attention to Chang Xiaoqi. In this way, Chang Xiaoqi is alone.

I can't stay idle there, just watch, I'll come down later.

It's not that Old Man Chang isn't wary of outsiders, but it's because he feels so pity for Old Man Chang in Xilin. He went out to perform space maintenance missions at a young age. Although his family's conditions are poor, Old Man Chang will never let his grandchildren develop in that direction.

Thinking of his own similar experiences when he was young, Mr. Chang couldn't help but sigh: This kid from Xilin is so miserable.

However, Old Man Chang really guessed wrong this time. Chang Xiaoqi really stayed for a long time this time. Why?

When Chang Xiaoqi curiously went upstairs to see her brother who was sleeping and taking medicine, he saw a gray cat squatting on the low table next to the bed as soon as he entered the door.

Because Old Man Chang couldn't get away from work as soon as he got to work, he basically prepared food and pills here and put them on the table so that Xilin could eat them directly after he woke up.

But now, Chang Xiaoqi saw the cat that was originally judged to have been dead for a long time, squatting on the low table with its head buried in the food prepared for the patient. Chang Xiaoqi opened his mouth wide, a little dazed.

Sensing the movement on Chang Xiaoqi's side, the gray cat raised his head and glanced at Chang Xiaoqi listlessly. After judging that there was no threat, he continued to eat hard.

Originally, Chang Xiaoqi wanted to call Grandpa and Xiaoliu and Xiaoba to come and take a look, but then she remembered that Grandpa said not to make loud noises in the patient's place, but Chang Xiaoqi was now very curious and didn't want to leave.

After all, he is a child, and it is difficult to suppress his curiosity.

Chang Xiaoqi looked at the gray cat, then carefully and slowly moved over there. The gray cat didn't even raise its head until Chang Xiaoqi reached the low table, but its ears moved according to Chang Xiaoqi's movements.

Chang Xiaoqi bit her finger, and seeing the gray cat not looking at him, she lowered her voice and whispered: "Kitten!"

The gray cat flicked its ears, but still didn't raise its head.

There are two reasons why the gray cat ignored Chang Xiaoqi. First, it was eating and was in no mood to pay attention to this little kid with almost zero fighting ability; second, it had no idea what this little kid was doing.

say what.

Chang Xiaoqi continued to bite her fingers, shouted twice, but the gray cat still ignored it. She became bolder, raised her fleshy little fat hand with a nest, pointed it at the cat's head, and poked it!

After poking it, he immediately took it back. This little kid still has some good intentions.

The gray cat finally raised his head and glanced at Chang Xiaoqi. His eyes were still half-opened lazily, and his mouth was still chewing. He blinked lazily, lowered his head and continued to fight for food.

Chang Xiaoqi became more energetic now and continued poking after the gray cat lowered its head.

However, this second poke didn't hit the cat's head. When it was about to poke the cat's head, the gray cat raised its forelimbs to slap it down and step on it. The gray cat didn't extend its claws. It has been in contact with humans for so many years, and it still has basic understanding.

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After this series of actions, the gray cat still didn't raise his head, stepping on Chang Xiaoqi's little fat hand and continuing to eat hard.

Chang Xiaoqi, whose little fat hand was stepped on, didn't cry but smiled - it didn't hurt!

Of course it didn't hurt. The gray cat didn't exert any force or stretch out its claws. Instead, the soft pads of its soles made Chang Xiaoqi very comfortable.

Chang Xiaoqi got bolder and became more playful. He took out his little fat hand and immediately covered the gray cat's paw.

The gray cat finally raised its head again, stuck out its tongue, licked its mouth, and looked at Chang Xiaoqi. The little kid was looking at it happily now.

Yawning lazily, he prepared to lick his paws as a habit. Realizing that something was wrong, he took out the paws from Chang Xiaoqi's little fat hands, licked them, wiped his face, and then covered them with Chang Xiaoqi.

Seven's little fat hands.

Chang Xiaoqi laughed happily, took out his hand, and covered it again.

Gray cat: "..."

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So, when Xilin woke up, he saw these two childish guys playing a game of stacking paws.

Xilin bets that this cat is definitely not fully awake, otherwise it would not be so patiently folding its palms with a little bean.

The little guy Chang Xiaoqi was so happy that he wanted to jump up. Alas, childish children are much happier.

Sensing the situation on Xilin's side, the gray cat finally opened its half-open eyes, retracted its paws, then flicked its tail and lightly slapped the little kid. Then it jumped next to Xilin. It didn't dare to jump directly to Xilin. Now Xilin

We are in the recovery period, so it is better to avoid it.

"Xilin, you finally woke up!" The gray cat finally woke up and came over and said happily.

It was also in very bad condition when it woke up. I checked around and found that there are many machine-made products around here, but they are all low-end goods. I don’t know where this place is. I don’t have the heart to care too much, but I am replenishing food.

Later, I have recovered somewhat.

Chang Xiaoqi bit her fingers and looked at them, not understanding the gray cat's words. But this cat's meow was different from other cats!

Xilin stroked the gray cat's head. Then he smiled at Chang Xiaoqi and said, "Xiaoqi, is there any food left? Please bring some for my brother."

"Yes!" Chang Xiaoqi grinned and immediately rushed out with short legs. The storage cabinet was not far from here.

Although Chang Xiaoqi doesn't speak the imperial capital's language, he can understand it somewhat. In addition, Xilin has learned some of the local dialects in the past few days, so basic communication between the two is no longer a problem.

Hearing the language Xilin spoke, the gray cat looked at Xilin doubtfully, "I have never heard of the language you speak."

"This is not the Covenant. It should be at the other end of the space-time vortex, so until you learn the language here, just be an ordinary cat."

The gray cat shook his beard, "Are you saying I want to meow like a cat?"

Xilin looked at the gray cat with an expression that said you were talking nonsense: "You are a cat."

"Okay. But I'll be able to learn the language here soon." It won't take more than a minute to understand the language here through the machinery here.

"By the way, Xilin, there's something wrong with the way you look now." The gray cat raised its paw and pointed at Xilin's face. If it hadn't been so familiar with the connection between Xilin and Xilin when it woke up, it would have thought it was the guy lying next to it.

It's someone else.

"It doesn't look right?"

Xilin stood up and saw his current situation through the image reflected by a small metal piece not far away, and couldn't help laughing.

It seems that when passing through the vortex of time and space, the gene underwent a phenotypic reset and returned to its original appearance.

Now Xilin has returned to what he looked like on Brown Saturn, and his body shape and frame have also undergone slight changes. Xilin rubbed his face, feeling in his heart that this face is still attractive and pleasing to the eye. No matter how artificially changed the genetic phenotype, it is still not as good as the original.

Come at ease.

"This is who I am originally." Xilin said.

"Oh." The gray cat looked at Xilin curiously. He had heard from Kari and the others that Xilin had other appearances before, but he didn't expect that only now is the real appearance.

Xilin briefly told Gray Cat about their general experience after being sucked in by the space-time vortex. If it hadn't been for the Chang family, Xilin would have stayed silent in this strange galaxy for how long.

"The little guy who was playing the paw-folding game with you just now is Chang Xiaoqi, one of the triplets."

The gray cat was ready to explain that he was playing childish games with the little kid because he hadn't woken up yet, but when he heard Chang Xiaoqi's footsteps, he stopped talking and started talking to the people in the area.

Those mechanical "communications" and learning new languages.

Chang Xiaoqi came over with a large plate. There was a large piece of meat from an unknown animal on it. There were two small fish next to the meat. It seemed that it was specially prepared for the gray cat.

The things on the plate were relatively heavy. Chang Xiaoqi held it with all his strength. Xilin quickly took it and touched Chang Xiaoqi's head. "Thank you, Xiaoqi. It's still warm. Xiaoqi made it by himself? He's very capable."

Well!"

"No... nothing is difficult!" Chang Xiaoqi looked at the gray cat and laughed.

Xilin took the plate that the gray cat had just eaten from on the low table, put the two fish on it, and said in Imperial Common Tongue with a loud accent: "Hulu, this is Xiao Qi's wish,"

The gray cat had almost understood the language at this point and was able to understand Xilin's words. He bared his teeth at Chang Xiaoqi to show that he understood. He jumped to the plate and started eating the fish.

You don't need to eat it, just by smelling it you can tell that the fish doesn't taste very good. But now the gray cat is no longer picky and concentrates on solving these two fish.

"Xiao Qi, don't you want to eat it?" Xilin cut a piece of meat and handed it to Chang Xiao Qi.

Chang Xiaoqi shook his head, "I'm not hungry!" But his eyes kept staring at the gray cat. He raised and put his little fat hand up and down. He seemed to want to touch the gray cat.

Xilin smiled and began to eat the meat on the plate.

Everything on this plate comes from compressed capsules. This relatively cheap compressed capsule is commonly used by these people at the bottom. It is convenient and saves time. You only need to put the selected capsule into a special machine and press the button. It takes half a minute.

alright.

Even though the operation is very simple, it is really not easy for a five-year-old child like Chang Xiaoqi to complete these things independently. Children of poor people have long been the masters.

While Xilin was eating, he looked at the leaf curl pattern on his hand. This thing was like a navigation needle, sucking Xilin to this place. Otherwise, it would be impossible that only Xilin had changed and the others had not been sucked here.

The original home should be in the Imperial Capital Star Territory that Old Man Chang mentioned.

Different from the management system of the Star Alliance, this planet belongs to the 23rd domain among the 26 star domains of the Lansa Empire. It is just an inconspicuous small planet among them.

In the original galaxy, genotype determined the future, but here, even if you have good innate conditions, it is difficult to get ahead without a good birth. Many people who are measured by the A-level genetic standards in the Covenant have done

The guards were some noble children with not very good genes and no abilities. Then, human lives were like a piece of grass.

Look at the food on the plate. Although these capsules are relatively cheap, they are still meat after all. Poor people will not eat these for a long time. Their meager financial resources cannot support a life of eating these all the time. I believe that Old Han Chang’s family does not have many, either.

The compressed capsule food that Xilin ate was probably what Old Man Chang and the others ate for a day.

Old man Chang loves his grandchildren very much, and you can tell a lot from their food. Adhering to the principle that nothing should be done to the children, old man Chang has spent a lot of time on these little guys. The family's savings

There hasn't been much improvement, and I guess a large part of the reason is because of what these half-grown boys eat. Looking at the chubby appearance of the triplets, you can tell that they are never hungry on weekdays.

Chang Xiaoqi happily watched the gray cat finish the two fishes. Eaters are soft-mouthed, and the gray cat was very considerate. After eating, he said "thank you" to Chang Xiaoqi. The words were spoken in the local dialect.

Chang Xiaoqi's eyes widened and she pointed at the gray cat with her fat fingers: "You...you can talk!"

The gray cat licked its paws and wiped its mouth, "Why can't I speak?"

Chang Xiaoqi didn't answer any more, but looked at the gray cat Silently, thought of something, and immediately ran out and shouted downstairs: "Grandpa, Xiaoliu and Xiaoba, there is a smart cat here!"

Xilin's lips twitched. It seemed that in the eyes of these little Doudings, he, a handsome young man, was far inferior to the foodie, Gray Cat.

When the gray cat heard "smart cat", he immediately classified Chang Xiaoqi into the ranks of those with a discerning eye for talents. He squatted there and raised his chin as if he was an elite.

Old man Chang, who was repairing machinery, put down what he was doing, wiped his hands and walked upstairs. Chang Xiaoliu and Chang Xiaoba, who were working next to him, had already rushed upstairs when they heard Chang Xiaoqi's cry.

Grandfather and grandson were surprised when they saw the cat that had been thought to be dead for a long time squatting on the low table with dignity. Old man Chang, in particular, knocked the cat carefully. At first glance, he could not tell that it was any different from other cats.

But a closer look revealed that this cat is very spiritual.

"Grandpa, grandpa," Chang Xiaoqi took Old Man Chang's hand and said in a show-off manner: "The kitten said hello to me!"

Chang Xiaoliu and Chang Xiaoba's eyes shone. There were pets on their street that they could talk to, but those families loved them. The triplets had only seen them from a distance a few times, and they couldn't get close at all.

After hearing what Chang Xiaoqi said, Chang Xiaoliu and Chang Xiaoba could still bear it and gathered around the gray cat, chattering.

Hearing the boasts of the triplets, the gray cat raised his head and raised his chest in a serious manner, and then said in a standard dialect: "Hello!"

Seeing the gray cat looking serious, but actually thinking that the gray cat was flying so erratically, Xilin curled his lips, virtue!

Xilin and Chang Laohan introduced the gray cat again: "This is a pet I met accidentally a few years ago. It has been following me and is called Hulu."

After hearing Xilin's words, Old Man Chang didn't think too deeply. He smiled and watched the triplets talking around the gray cat. However, he was still a little surprised that the cat spoke an authentic local dialect.

Xilin explained this as having met some people on this planet before, and Gray Cat learned his accent from them.

Chang Xiaoqi did not show any reluctance to give the best meat compressed capsules and two fish compressed capsules to Xilin and Gray Cat on his own initiative.

In two days, Xilin will be almost recovered. When Old Man Chang asked Xilin his plan, Xilin said that he hopes to stay here temporarily to help Old Man Chang. After all, Xilin is familiar with mechanical maintenance, so there is no need to pay him a salary, he just needs food and accommodation.

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We can't go to the imperial capital for the time being. Xilin hasn't figured out the situation in the Saran Empire yet. Xilin will not act rashly, so he chooses to stay here for a while to fully recover his body, adjust his condition and plan before taking action. After all,

Xilin has no backer here.

Old man Chang is very happy that Xilin can stay and help, and there is a vacant room at home. The food rations for one more adult and one cat are a burden for old man Chang alone, but with Xilin's help, the harvest will be greater.

, but the old man Chang insisted that he would pay Xilin his salary according to circumstances. It was not good for the young man to have no money.

Xilin and Gray Cat stayed, and they were most happy about the triplets, so they could play with the kittens.

The triplets cheered, and old man Chang looked at the three little guys with a smile, his eyes full of love.

Xilin couldn't help in his current situation, but the gray cat could. So after lunch, a scene like this appeared in the store: three little cubs were following a gray cat, carrying parts.

However, Old Man Chang did save a lot of effort. When he needed any parts, the gray cat and triplets were taken from the parts rack. The models were very accurate, unlike in the past when Old Man Chang often had to describe the triplets in great detail.

Bring over the correct one.

Old man Chang was very happy: It seems that this cat is not a foodie. (To be continued...)

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