Chapter 343 Joining the Team and Boarding the Ship
He stood on the deck, watching the aquamarine planet gradually shrink in the dark universe. "You don't look surprised at all," said the alien behind him.
"I've heard people talk about the existence of aliens."
"What?"
"Twinkle Star." He turned his head and smiled sadly.
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Ren Anzhi blinked. He was lying in an empty prison cell.
"This is..." He opened his eyes wide and sorted out his memories. Lv Lixuan... It turned out that he was just a harmless alien. Then he met Han Junqian, the alien fox merchant boss. A sudden interstellar journey, and then he stopped on this strange planet.
Han Junqian, Boss Han...
He slowly recited the name. Vague memories rose and fell in his mind. In the dim light, he raised his eyes and looked around. The air was filled with the smell of dust and mold. His hands were bound by a heavy shackle.
He sat up shakily, and with a click, he saw a pair of metal legs. It was the mechanical jailer patrolling the cell. It had a pair of electronic eyes like light bulbs, and it looked like the protocol robot in the old science fiction movie Star Wars on Earth. With a sound of mechanical joints, the mechanical jailer lifted him up.
"Ugh..." His arm was throbbing with pain from being pulled.
"Scan completed. Prisoner 69-39's vital signs are normal." The robot jailer said flatly. Its electronic sound reminded him of the sound effects of Mario Bros. every once in a while it would come over to check on him. The same movements, the same command language. Ren Anzhi suspected that it just came to see if he had died unexpectedly before receiving his punishment.
"Excuse me, is there any water?" he said. "I am thirsty."
The mechanical jailer did not respond.
"I'm thirsty, I want to drink water." Ren Anzhi repeated, but it didn't respond to him. Maybe it was only programmed to come and check his physiological signs.
"I am innocent." He repeated this sentence for the one hundred and twenty-third time. The mechanical jailer released his mechanical arms and put him on the ground.
He was once again left alone in this single room. He shouted a few times, but only received a buzzing echo and made his throat even drier. Ren Anzhi sighed softly and sat back on the floor. In a daze and thirst, he fell into a light sleep again.
Those are pieces of debris floating in the sea of consciousness.
Those past events that he had once forgotten.
He saw the Fourth Middle School, which had not been completely destroyed at that time. He lined up with everyone else to take shelter in the school playground. Even longer ago, he saw his parents, whose faces were always filled with sadness. He saw him take out an old tape from the drawer, on which was written the name of the singer Tan Yun. In the old wooden box under the bed, there was a Walkman and a yellowed photo album. The outer shell of the Walkman was severely worn, and the bottom became smooth and delicate due to long-term stroking, reflecting the faint moonlight in the room. He put the tape into the Walkman, and then this machine, which had been eliminated by the times, made a crooked noise, and it was completely impossible to tell that it was the song that was once known as the sound of nature.
The cell door creaked again.
His consciousness broke away from the dream and he forced his eyes open.
The mechanical jailer led a man into the dim cell. The unchanging clicking sound had annoyed him, but the man behind the jailer turned all the dull noise into beautiful orchestral music.
The boy's soft black hair shone in the dim light, his bright eyes were like summer dewdrops, he emerged from the helpless darkness like a bright moon, he looked at him, smiled with his familiar face, "I'm here to pick you up."
He stood up, knowing that his dream was over.
"Festalbak?"
"Yes, that thing that looks like a corn cob, that local specialty is the culprit that caused you to go to jail." Xiao Zhen explained to him.
"Ah... " Ren Anzhi's expression was stiff. "Are you saying that I was almost shot because of a corn cob?"
"It's not a shooting, it's a death penalty. The actual operation is to inject you with a drug that will put you into a permanent sleep. Your body will be moved to the Tal Azhe Biological Research Institute to be used to make flesh and blood batteries. As time goes by, your body will blur the physical boundaries of race and completely turn into..."
"Okay, stop talking, I understand."
According to Xiaozhen's account, Ren Anzhi learned that after a series of procedures and the coordination of the Supervisory Eye, he was finally declared innocent and released. Xiaozhen played a crucial role in this.
"I knew you could save me." Ren Anzhi patted Xiaozhen's shoulder, "Thank you!"
The boy's body looked very young, but under Ren Anzhi's beating, he didn't shake at all. "Big star, it's really just a little bit off. The culture and customs of alien planets are very different from Luo, uh, Earth. You better be more careful next time."
"There won't be a next time. I'll be careful." Ren Anzhi said with a smile, "Also don't call me a big star. Didn't you say you should call me uncle?"
"..." Xiao Zhen looked at him and said helplessly, "You are not old enough for me to call you uncle. This title makes you look a little old."
"Then you can just call me Brother Ren."
Xiao Zhen didn't want to argue with him about the address, so she asked him for Ren Anzhong's lottery ticket and checked his flight number.
“…”
"I hit it with one shot."
Boss Han is really a swindler. This lottery ticket is called an interstellar travel gift ticket, but it is actually a one-way flight that only flies directly to Dandonggo, with no return trip. If this guy hadn't met me, even if he hadn't encountered this unfortunate thing, he would probably have become an illegal worker here. Xiaozhen looked at Ren Anzhi with a confused face and said, "Big star, do you still want to stay in Dandonggo to travel next?"
"Please spare me, I don't want to stay here anymore."
"If you want to leave here, just go to the Star Harbor to handle the relevant formalities. I'll buy your ticket." Xiao Zhen said, "In order to avoid any more accidents, I'll accompany you."
"Where do I go to complete the formalities?"
"Get you on a flight back to Earth."
"That won't do." Ren Anzhi said loudly.
"ah?"
"How can I end this once-in-a-lifetime interstellar journey like this?" He looked at Xiaozhen's face and said, "Xiaozhen, are you sailing on a ship?"
"Yes."
"Xiao Zhen, let me, your uncle, uh, your big brother, get on board your ship!"
“…”
"Let me accompany you on an adventure trip to save the world!"
"…We are not traveling or saving the world." Xiao Zhen said, "We are catching criminals."
"I understand. That's why it's even more necessary to have an adult with you."
"I think it would be better for you to return to Earth."
"Yan Zhen." Ren Anzhi said. He no longer had the smile of an idol who was always on business, but a serious and earnest attitude. "I have to accompany you. Your father Yan An must be worried about you, so I have to be by your side."
"Need I remind you that I saved a certain adult from being executed?"
"This is different." Ren Anzhi said seriously, "No matter how powerful you are, you are not an adult yet. Adults must protect children. This has nothing to do with their abilities. This is their obligation as adults."
“…”
"Let me get on board, Xiaozhen, for your father's sake."
Xiao Zhen didn't say anything, which was considered as agreeing to Ren Anzhi's request. His acquiescence was not because Ren Anzhi claimed to be a guardian, but because he weighed the price of the boat ticket to send him back home, and it would be more economical to take him on the journey.
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"Hello everyone, I am a friend of Yan Zhen's father Yan An. Xiao Zhen has been taken care of by you all the way." After reuniting with everyone, Ren Anzhi introduced himself with a smile.
Hey, Yan An and you have only talked for less than ten sentences, so he is your friend? Xiao Zhen was too lazy to correct him because he was too thick-skinned. Perhaps because he was a star, Ren Anzhi had a very eye-catching affinity. When he smiled and tried to get closer to the other party, Xiao Zhen admitted that he was not annoyed.
“Why is there a chicken here?”
"..." Xiao Zhen said expressionlessly: "Next."
"Liu Xingquan!" Ren Anzhi held Liu Xingquan's hand. "We have met in the game world and in school. You are indeed Xiaozhen's good friend."
"Well, it's fate." Liu Xingquan sighed.
"Ms. Fei, you are the most beautiful alien lady I have ever seen. If you have the chance in the future, please be my guest at my concert."
“…”
"Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, nice to meet you." He lowered his voice, "Excuse me, do you have a brother named Zhuge Liang?"
"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you. Actually, we have another brother named Cao Cao."
"Okay, okay! I must drink wine with green plums in the future!"
In a short while, Ren Anzhi had become acquainted with all the crew members on the ship, except for one exception, Mr. Cat.
Since Xiaozhen brought Ren Anzhi out, Mr. Cat has maintained an attitude of ignoring him from beginning to end. When Ren Anzhi introduced himself to the crew, Mr. Cat walked away without even looking at him, as if there was no such person in front of him.
Ren Anzhi looked around and said, "Ah."
"What's wrong?"
"When I was in the game world, I saw another boy. He must be your good friend. His name is Cui..."
"Choi Mingzhi?"
"Yes, Cui Mingzhi." Ren Anzhi said, "He didn't come this time?"
"Well, catching the criminal is actually quite dangerous and urgent, so I didn't bring him."
"Oh." Ren Anzhi nodded.
Ren Anzhi's unintentional reminder reminded Xiao Zhen of Cui Mingzhi. Yan Zhen and Liu Xingquan on Lola are both fake. Cui Mingzhi, who knows about the slime mold, must have recognized it on the first day. Considering his previous words and deeds, he must have been muttering unhappily.
But hunting bounty hunters is no joke, and this trip is not for fun. Choi Ming-chi's longed-for interstellar adventure should be taken later when a safe plan is made. Xiao Zhen thought about it and felt that it was a bit too much to leave a friend without saying goodbye. Maybe he should send a text message to Choi Ming-chi to calm his anger.
But what should he post? Xiao Zhen fell into deep thought.
"Let's take a picture for him to show that we are safe and he doesn't need to worry." Liu Xingquan said.
"OK."
Choi Ming-chi finally made it through the get out of class.
This geography class made him sleepy. To be honest, even if the teacher played the magnificent mountains and rivers of the earth on the big screen, it could not arouse his interest. After all, when your best friend is traveling in the galaxy, and you can only stay on the ground to attend class, no one can stand it.
Beep.
As soon as he turned on his phone, it showed that he had received many messages.
Cui Mingzhi opened them one by one and soon found a message from Yan Zhen. He was stunned and clicked it with trembling fingers.
It was a photograph.
Yan Zhen and Liu Xingquan stood side by side in a high-tech cabin, smiling and making a V sign, with the starry sky behind them. What was striking was that Liu Xingquan was holding a fluffy little thing in his hand, which was the sea king that had deceived Cui Mingzhi's feelings not long ago - Honnoji BBQ.
"Damn!!!!" Choi Mingzhi shouted angrily.
