Chapter 179 Different Aesthetics
Without saying a word , Paco turned the spaceship around and headed in the direction where the signal came from.
Rong Yuan frowned slightly and said, "Paco, we don't know who sent the signal." There was more than one spaceship on this route, and there would definitely be other spaceships passing by in a day or two. Rong Yuan would rather give up the rescue and be deducted a certain amount of merit than to cause trouble when he was uncertain about anything.
"No matter when and where, if you encounter a distress signal in the universe, you must rescue. This is customary and also the law, Rongyuan." Paco said disapprovingly. For the first time, he showed an unhappy look when looking at Rongyuan. "The universe is dark, cold and full of dangers. If they miss this chance to be rescued, they - no matter who they are - may not get a next chance."
Rong Yuan was speechless, and even felt that he couldn't face Paco's eyes. Paco chose to rescue out of humanitarianism, while Rong Yuan chose not to rescue out of caution. He actually didn't think it was that dangerous, but compared to one or more lives, he cared more about whether his journey was smooth.
"Okay, since you said so." Rong Yuan agreed, but he also put forward a condition: "But if the person calling for help is suspicious... or I think he or they are suspicious, we have to lock them up, and don't ask me why."
He has a third eye, if it is a bad guy, he can see it at a glance. At least on the spacecraft that is completely controlled by him, the degree of danger is still controllable. The best situation is that the other party is just an ordinary person who is in danger, and he can be rescued and then handed over to the police or similar organizations to send him home. Maybe the other party will give them extra help out of gratitude.
"Of course, you are the captain. You have absolute rights." Paco immediately became happy and his attitude became friendly again. He insisted on the rescue, but he had no opinion on how Rong Yuan dealt with the rescued person. This was the convention in space navigation.
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After the spaceship flew for about two hours, they finally found the person who asked for help. From a distance, it was just an inconspicuous stone. When they got closer, they found that it was a monk in a space suit. In other words, it was also an octopus. When he saw the spaceship, his tentacles all swayed excitedly, trying hard to attract their attention.
The spacecraft slowed down and slowly approached the octopus. Then a mechanical claw popped out from the bottom of the spacecraft, reaching out quickly and accurately to grab him. Then the spacecraft bypassed a satellite and continued to head towards the star Piqiu.
Paco and Rongyuan went to greet the unexpected guest and then decided what to do with him. The octopus had no idea what they were going to do. When he saw his compatriot, he hugged him excitedly, wrapping his tentacles around Paco and saying over and over again, "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much, you saved my life!"
Paco almost escaped death before returning home. He hugged him excitedly, tears in his eyes, and said affectionately: "You are safe, don't worry, you can go home, we can all go home!"
"Oh, brother, why are you more excited than me?" The strange octopus said in confusion. He recovered quickly and seemed to be accustomed to the crisis he encountered. The octopus took some effort to tear off Paco's tentacles. Seeing Paco's tears, he was very moved and said, "Although this is the first time we meet, you care about me more than anyone else. You are such a good person. I like you! From today on, you are my friend."
"You are my friend too." Paco said emotionally, and suddenly remembered that this was not his boat, so he turned around and asked, "What do you think, Rongyuan?"
Rong Yuan watched from behind for a long time, and now he fixed his eyes on the strange octopus and said, "The environment inside the spacecraft is safe, why don't you take off your space suit?"
Rong Yuan's attitude was not very friendly, but the strange octopus did not mind. He said carelessly: "Oh, I forgot!" After that, he took off the bulky space suit with the help of Paco, shook his soft tentacles, and said: "Look, I don't have any weapons, I am safe." It seems that he knew very well why he was treated indifferently.
"What's your name?" Rong Yuan asked.
"Deb, my name is Deb." The octopus asked back, "What about you?"
"Why did you die?" Rong Yuan didn't answer him and continued to ask.
"I'm a maintenance worker at the Star Network Base Station. You know, once there's a problem with the Star Network, I'm the kind of maintenance worker who only wears a safety rope to replace parts or change lines at the base station. Two days ago, a meteorite hit the base station, and the star network of the entire Piqiu Star was broken. I had no choice but to drive my small aircraft up to repair it, but the situation was more serious than I thought. I just tried to move the flattened shell of the base station away, and it exploded. I was lucky not to be killed, but the safety rope broke, and I was blown into the vacuum of space. I don't know where the aircraft is, and it may also be damaged."
Deb also showed them a badge, which Paco recognized as a StarNet staff badge. There was also an automatic camera on Deb's space suit, which was somewhat damaged in the explosion, but some images could still be seen intermittently, which fully confirmed his identity.
At the same time, Rong Yuan also saw his merits - eighty-nine, not too many, which only showed that he was not a bad guy, but just an ordinary octopus who seldom helped others and had no ability or willingness to hurt others.
"You can stay here." Rong Yuan said, "Also, don't wander around. We will be at Piqiu Star soon."
Rong Yuan could see that Paco wanted to talk to him, so he turned and left. He heard Deb whisper to Paco behind him, "Who is this guy? I've never seen anyone with such a weird look!"
Paco said: "His name is Rong Yuan, he is a good man, he is not of the same race as us."
"Well, I see that," Deb could not help saying, "he is uglier than you could imagine."
"Don't say that!" Paco frowned and said angrily, "He saved my life and yours! If you have any objections, you can leave the spaceship now!"
Although he was angry, he kept his voice very low in order to avoid angering Rong Yuan. Unfortunately, Rong Yuan's hearing was beyond their imagination. Although he had reached the top of the stairs and was far away from them, he still heard the words of the two octopuses clearly.
Rong Yuan looked back at Deb. He was chubby, with a big round head that looked like a giant tumor. The fat squeezed his eyes so much that they were almost invisible, and his tentacles looked short and small. His skin was grayish yellow, with many dark red spots of different shapes, as if he had a lot of acne. If Rong Yuan was not mistaken, all of his exposed skin was covered with a layer of makeup, making his entire octopus look shiny.
Compared to him, Paco, who looked like a monster in the eyes of the earthlings, looked tall, majestic, handsome and strong. With such honor, how dare you say Rong Yuan is ugly?
Rong Yuan only took a look and returned to the observation deck, feeling surprisingly calm. He was not angry at all. There was nothing to argue about if they had different aesthetics.
But he suddenly thought that as a creature of the same species, Paco's aesthetic sense was probably not much different from Deb's. Doesn't that mean that in his eyes, all humans on earth are so ugly that they are unbearable to look at?
