Chapter 108 A Quiet Day
It was Sunday afternoon and Teacher Li was on his way back from RT-Mart supermarket.
He was usually very busy, and even when he was home, he was busy marking homework and memorizing lesson plans. After his wife passed away, he rarely cooked for himself, and even if he did, he would just cook some noodles or eat at a snack bar outside.
This morning, there was an exchange activity with a sister school. When the activity was over, he walked out of the school and looked at the green hills hidden behind the tall buildings in the distance, and thought of his wife again. In the first few years of their relationship, he often went hiking with his wife, who was still his girlfriend, in the hills around the city. He still remembers all the details of that time.
Passing through the dense leaves, along the bumpy mountain path, the unique breeze in the forest blew on their faces, turning the fine beads of sweat on their bodies into a refreshing coolness. His wife rarely spoke during the climb. At that time, she was a competitive girl, and she would always walk in front of Teacher Li when climbing the mountain. He followed her from behind, paying attention to the stones under her feet, the bushes and thorns beside her, and the insects and snakes that suddenly appeared. This was a wonderful time he experienced with her. For many people, hiking is just the most ordinary outing. But for Teacher Li, it was the most romantic journey in his life. He was with her, he watched her swinging her arms, her cheeks flushed, and breathing heavily, declaring her lead with a show-off look, and then they climbed to the top of the mountain together. This was the most wonderful moment for Teacher Li's emotions. She was beside him, breathing the same mountain air as him, and it was just a very short moment in his life journey. But when he and she stood on the top of the mountain together, gazing at the rice fields with bright water in the distance, he felt as if he owned the whole world.
"Don't you want to say something?" his wife, who was his girlfriend at the time, asked him.
He was stunned for a long time, and finally realized what she was hinting at. But he opened his mouth and couldn't say a word. Finally, he didn't dare to look at her, but just shouted to the thin clouds in the sky: "Will you marry me?"
She was silent at first, then she started laughing until her eyes were wet. Then she asked him with red eyes: "Will you cook for me?"
"Yes! Of course!" He nodded continuously at that time.
Later they got married. It turned out that he was just a sweet-talking liar who tricked his wife into marrying him. After marriage, he hardly cooked. Because he didn't know how to cook at all. The only thing he knew was to boil noodles and beat eggs at most. If he cooked at home, they could only eat noodles together. So unknowingly, his wife basically cooked all the meals at home.
I am just a hopeless bastard, Teacher Li thought.
After his wife left, he had lived alone for many years. He still didn't cook much. He almost never bought groceries, and the kitchen had been covered with dust for a long time. Whenever he walked into the kitchen, he always felt a strong sense of anxiety and guilt. What were you doing earlier? He asked himself in his heart. So he lived in a muddle, with lunch in the school cafeteria, dinner outside, and occasionally noodles at home.
Originally, his life could have gone on in this ordinary way.
But now, there are more living things in the house.
Simba can be dealt with with dog food and canned food, and Ding Man, the unexpected hen, can be fed with just a handful of rice.
The problem is the monster.
At first, the monster made indistinct noises, as if it wanted to eat something alive. Teacher Li wanted to buy a live chicken to feed it, but he was reluctant and instead raised a hen. Later, he decided that he couldn't spoil the monster, so he just threw the frozen chicken to it. At first, the monster refused to eat, but he was so hungry that he had to gnaw on it.
The monster was quite clever. When Mr. Li entered the room to clean it up, he found that the monster had eaten all the chicken inside and left the plastic bag aside. As soon as he entered the room, the monster started barking at him. No one knew what it was barking at. At first, it wanted to attack him, but Mr. Li used a frying pan and punched it several times, and the monster finally became a little more obedient.
He didn't have much patience, so he would just throw a frozen chicken home every time. The monster seemed to be aware of Teacher Li's authority, and turned to look for opportunities to attack the hen Ding Man. Of course, so far, it has not succeeded once.
After Simba's revelation, Teacher Li discovered that the monster had secretly eaten the smoked fish he brought home.
It can eat cooked food and eat it very cleanly.
After hitting it with a frying pan, it huddled pitifully in a corner of the sofa, scratching the sofa with its claws. Teacher Li noticed that the monster seemed to have lost a lot of weight.
After realizing this, Mr. Li felt that throwing away a frozen chicken every day seemed to be abusing it. So he went to RT-Mart today and bought a frozen chicken as usual. After thawing the frozen chicken at home, he went to the kitchen to turn on the fire, threw the frozen chicken into the pot, and added seasonings one by one while holding the APP and looking at the recipe.
First boil it to remove the blood foam, then simmer the green onions, ginger slices, mushrooms, wolfberries, and longans together over low heat, and finally add some salt.
There was a bubbling sound in the pot, and after more than ten minutes, the whole room was filled with the aroma of stewed chicken. Simba ran around the room excitedly, wagging his tail. The monster carefully leaned against the kitchen door and stared at the pot.
When Teacher Li looked back at it, it immediately retracted its head.
After serving the chicken, Mr. Li tasted the chicken soup. It was an old hen with lots of fat, and the soup was fresh and fragrant. This was the result of his first time cooking chicken soup. It was just a matter of hands-on work, so why didn't he go to the kitchen to make it for his wife? Since when did her efforts become a daily routine? Mr. Li closed his eyes. No matter how much he regretted it now, it was too late.
He poured a bowl of chicken soup and placed it in front of his wife's photo frame.
Simba circled around his legs. At the dining table, the monster was drinking soup from a bowl. Teacher Li was surprised that it knew how to serve the soup. Its sitting posture was strange but correct. After drinking the soup, it picked up the chicken leg and ate it seriously. Noticing that Teacher Li was looking at it, the monster raised its head. It made a weird expression.
It seems to be laughing.
On the balcony, the hen Timon watched the monster's actions cautiously. After confirming that there was no danger, it patted its feathers, squatted on the ground and enjoyed the sunset.
Teacher Li looked up at the afterglow of the setting sun. Someone in the city had already turned on the pale yellow lights, just like any other evening. In another hour, countless lights would light up and become part of the city's night scene.
Today is still a quiet day.
Xiao Zhen said, "Are you really going to fight?"
Mr. Cat said, "I'll give them another warning."
"You said a warning, not a threat?"
Mr. Cat ignored him and sent another message.
"According to the laws of the galactic civilization, we have the right to demand the transfer of suspects from the independent civilization zone. Please hand them over as soon as possible."
Roken M8 9 played the other party's reply: "You are about to enter the range of our ship. Please leave immediately! Leave immediately! Otherwise, it will be regarded as an invasion of our side. We will immediately open fire in self-defense."
Mr. Cat said: "Tell them that if they open fire, it means a formal declaration of war against the Eye of Supervision."
The player rang with the other party's cold reply: "Repeat it again! Please leave immediately! Leave immediately! We are about to open fire!"
Mr. Cat turned to Xiao Zhen and said, "See, I warned you."
As soon as it finished speaking, a loud noise came from outside the mourners, and the entire command room was shaking violently. A sharp alarm sounded.
"Oh no, they opened fire." Captain Madara exclaimed.
"Well, fire." Mr. Cat nodded.
Xiao Zhen said: "From your tone, it's like you're waiting for the New Year's countdown fireworks."
Mr. Cat gave the order: "Raise the defense shield to 60% and open fire!"
"Yes, sir!"
Outside the windows of the fortress, lights shone, and artillery fire intertwined. The dark space between the Memorial Fortress and the Goddess of Wisdom turned into a hell of light filled with death rays. Artillery fire bounced off their defense shields, and energy beams flickered. This was a world-shaking battle between alien civilizations, just a stone's throw away on a quiet, unsuspecting, civilized, independent planet.
In the Galaxy Star Zone, wars can be seen everywhere. Although in Xiaozhen's eyes, wars are meaningless. But now, he has to be involved in this stupid gunboat battle in order to get his classmates back.
The noise of electronic communications filled the air, and the ground of the fortress was shaking violently.
Xiao Zhen asked Mr. Cat: "How long do you plan to fight?"
The screen of Roken M89 flashed with data streams: "Based on the enemy's current energy reserves and artillery fire intensity, if they use up all their energy, it will cause about 15%-20% damage to our fortress. And based on our current artillery fire intensity, it will take 70 hours local time to break through the enemy's defense shield. My Lord, do we need to increase the intensity of the artillery fire?"
"That's fine for now." Mr. Cat nodded.
Xiao Zhen said, "Is this how you, the Eye of Supervision, communicate with the Security Committee on a daily basis?"
“The other party was very unfriendly.”
"the same as you!"
"Go and choose a weapon you like." Mr. Cat said, "Roken M89 will lead your arsenal."
Amid the noise of gunfire, Xiao Zhen followed Roken M89. They approached the door of the armory, and two guards in the uniforms of the Overwatch Eye saluted. After a slight sound, Xiao Zhen entered the armory.
Xiao Zhen had seen Master Kelun's armory before, and he was very impressed by the types of weapons that Master Kelun had collected. However, the armory of the mourners was enough to make Master Kelun cry about how shabby and small his own armory was. Apart from the various new weapons, the huge armory displayed different types of armed armor, ranging from lightweight to heavyweight to strategic level.
He took a quick look and, considering his current size, chose a lightweight armor. Roken M89 inserted its metal arm into the socket, and after entering a string of authorization codes, the armor popped out from the display stand. It automatically disassembled into dozens of armor parts , rotating around Xiaozhen, and lightly and automatically attached to Xiaozhen's body for assembly.
The metal joints kept making clicking sounds, and after a few minutes, the assembly was complete. This was a set of light blue armor. If you ignore the color, Xiao Zhen now looks very much like Iron Man, a famous movie superhero from the local planet.
Xiao Zhen tested the armored body. The armor was very flexible. It seemed to be integrated with his body when he moved. He did not feel any discomfort or bulk. He picked up a long sword from the armory. As long as he pressed the button, the power field energy wrapped around the sword and made a sizzling sound.
He drew out his sword and swung it a few times, and with a whoosh! whoosh! several white streaks were left in the air.
"You are a very strong human." said Roken M89.
"Oh? Isn't it because of this armor?"
"No, human. I can calculate, this is not a feeling." Roken M89 said, "From your test of the armor just now, I calculated that your control of limbs and grasp of strength are so precise that even robots may not be able to do it. You are a very strong human, Yan Zhen. There is no Homo sapiens in this fortress that can do what you do. Now I understand why my Lord sent you to carry out the interception mission."
"Mr. Cat is your boss."
"Yes."
"Was it your boss before?"
"No. My Lord Cat was transferred here recently."
"Oh, it's a new airborne one. Do you know who Mr. Cat is responsible to?"
Roken M89's electronic eyes began to flash: "I don't have the authority to answer this question."
"All right."
"I will report your question to my Lord."
"Please."
The two of them walked out of the armory. The mourners were shaking again. The shields collided with the energy, creating a huge noise. There were piercing alarms everywhere. Roken M89 turned on the communication screen, pointed to a signal and said, "Just as my Lord expected, the Goddess of Wisdom secretly released a fast ship."
"Two, three, four, five." Xiao Zhen counted, "There are five fast ships that escaped. The people in the Security Committee are not stupid. So which ship is Chen Yuxin on?"
"I don't agree with your praise of the Security Committee. I and the entire communications team are hacking into the other party's program and will know the answer soon."
Xiao Zhen walked towards the transmission deck, "Give me a breakthrough airship." He put on his helmet, "I will go and get Chen Yuxin back."
