Li Jiali's hula boy was not there, and after Gu Hanhan inquired, he learned that Tony was fine, but he was slightly injured and needed to rest for two days before he was relieved. So, they took other shuttles to the most expensive restaurant in the space track, and the driver of the shuttle was also an acquaintance of Gu Hanhan - Uncle Jack, the tour guide broker.

After ordering food at the restaurant, a little time before the food was served, Aunt Li briefly chatted with Gu Hanhan about how she got out - with the help of the comrades of the Temple Liberator Organization lurking in the flagship of Mars, she was able to get out of the "Glorious Mission" in time, and the shuttle escaped into the Kuiper planetary belt, and the space collapse happened-but she didn't ask Gu Hanhan how she got out.

When the food was served, Uncle Jack stopped the shuttle and walked in. Li Jiali pulled the chair next to her for Jack to sit down, and at the same time explained to Gu Hanhan: "Jack is a comrade of our organization. ”

Gu Hanhan was stunned: "There are so many comrades in your organization......"

"You can't think too much here," freckled and cold beauty smiled, "what do our great imps say—'The oppressed and unjust and unyielding people of the world will spontaneously gather in the earth's orbit'." ”

Gu Hanhan was pressed with troubles in his heart, but when he heard Aunt Li say this, he couldn't help laughing: "It's really Teacher Lin who speaks the same language." ”

"It's not a joke," Li Jiali didn't laugh, but pointed at Jack very solemnly and said, "Gu Hanhan, in fact, I invited Jack over today to let you hear his story." ”

"Uncle Jack......" Gu Hanhan turned his head suspiciously, the middle-aged man dressed as a cowboy and the stubble on his chin smelled of vicissitudes.

"I remember the first day we met, my aunt told you that everyone in the space orbit will have a story. While it would be unethical to uncover these unfortunate stories, I thought it might help you. The freckled cold beauty took out a cigarette and lit it, and handed one to Jack at the same time, "Tell me, Jack, maybe I can give this confused girl a little inspiration......"

"Where do you start......" Jack didn't rush to light the slender cigarette, but held it in his hand and rubbed it slowly, his eyes drifting away, and he fell into deep thought—

"Let's start with my hometown. The star of Cain, where I was born, is a beautiful purple planet full of lanthanum crystal pits. My family has been a miner for generations. Originally, life was still passable, mining in spring, refining in summer, transportation in autumn, and every year when the snow buried in the pit was a cat winter. The winter of Kane Star is intoxicatingly beautiful, there is a cat beast that will leave six palm prints on the snow, the meat is delicious, but the character is extremely cunning, and our group of friends often need to ambush in the snow for two or three days to catch ......"

By the age of seven, the youngest sister in the family was suffering from Ossett syndrome, a bone disease caused by a genetic mutation. First the joints are deformed, unable to stand and walk, then the arms and hands are unable to move, and finally the bones of the whole body will be misaligned and twisted together, compressing the internal organs and leading to death. That's a common genetic disease on Kane. Kane is 60,000 light-years away from Earth, and almost the entire planet is full of lanthanum crystals, and there are countless genetic diseases, and almost every family will have genetic patients. Now, this misfortune has finally befallen our family. Or it's not unfortunate, after all, Osset's syndrome is not a terminal disease, as long as you insist on drinking milk native to the earth for a period of time, you can control it or even get better. ”

"Milk from the ball is sold on the black market of Kane Star, 1200 Earth Reserve Volume is a pint, and my sister needs six pints. This price is unaffordable in any case, even if the bones of the whole family are boiled into oil, no, it should be said that it is not enough to dig up the bones of all the ancestors from the grave and boil them together into oil and sell them. Fortunately, there is still hope that the Red Cross ship of the Earth will land on the planet Cain once a quarter, and with the diagnosis certificate and prescription issued by the hospital, biological agents and various original products can be purchased at a lower price. The standard price for a pint of cow's milk is 120 Earth Reserve Rolls, a price we still can't afford, but it's not completely desperate. ”

"My sister was lucky that the day of her diagnosis was only six days before the Red Cross boat landed. We'll have to scrape together enough money for these six days, or we'll have to wait until three months later. But after three months, my sister's feet will never be able to stand up. The family took out all their savings. Everything that could be sold was sold, and loan sharks were borrowed. Finally, on that day, I barely scraped together 720 yuan and bought 6 pints of original milk. ”

"We waited hopefully for my sister to recover, but she died in the end. It wasn't that the doctor's prescription was wrong or that there was a problem with the milk, but the loan shark came to the door half a month later and snatched the three boxes of milk that had not had time to drink. This was premeditated, officials and businessmen colluded together, so that there would be so many high-priced earth goods on the market. ”

"The following year, the equipment in the mine where my family was located failed, and the mine owner was reluctant to destroy the mining machine to save people, so my father was strangled by the spinning gear along with dozens of absentees. The owner of the mine gave some money as compensation. ”

"It only took two years to spend the money, but fortunately, my brothers and sisters have grown up. My brother went to work in a mine, and my sister got a scholarship to go to a university in the city. However, the good times didn't last long, and it was my brother's turn to get a genetic disease. This time, he couldn't wait for the Red Cross to come, and even if it did, we couldn't scrape together the money to buy medicine. He survived for several months and eventually died. ”

"My sister is going to leave Kane with my mother and me. She happened to graduate from college and was very lucky to get a job on a big, bustling planet. She said that if she continued to stay in the mineral star of Kane, maybe sooner or later we would not be able to escape the genetic disease. ”

"We set off after my brother's funeral, exchanging the little money we had for three tickets. We are full of hopes for the future of life, but life plays a joke on us. The ship was confronted by space pirates as it passed through a turbulent area, and not to mention that all the people on the ship were tied back to the pirate's lair. Those who could pay the ransom within three days were released, and those who could not were sold to the slave market. ”

"I don't know where my mother and sister were sold, and they are still alive. Halfway to the slave market, I found an opportunity to escape. He first worked as a beggar in the port of Polbona, and later as a trainee crew member on a ship of an interstellar merchant. ”

"I was not yet fifteen years old that year, and I couldn't help but feel a little romantic. It's always a fantasy to be on a trading ship, to be cool to be galloping between galaxies, to experience countless battles and adventures, and to spend every day with treasures, princesses, and adventures, just as depicted in those movies and novels. But it wasn't until I got on the boat that I realized that this qiē was ridiculous. ”

"I haven't seen any princesses or treasures, and the only people in the universe who have this kind of adventure can be superpowers. A boy like me, who has no superpowers, no education, and no training as a professional mercenary, can't even fight, and when he gets on board, he's just a lowly cadet. I have to do any dirty work, tiring and dangerous work, and anyone can be bullied, but in exchange for just three full meals. ”

"When I was sixteen or seventeen years old, I was asked to show my face in front of the captain by chance, and then I was transferred to be the captain's servant - our captain is a superpower, I heard that he comes from an ancient superpower family, and the backer behind him is very strong, so the fleet has never dared to be touched by pirates in the universe - I served the captain as much as I could, as a cow and a horse, and did everything. Two years later, he rewarded me with a junior assistant seafarer position. Although this is only one level higher than the trainee crew, I am very satisfied that I am a regular crew member of the fleet after all, and I don't have to worry about being thrown off the ship at any time. ”

"I worked diligently and diligently as a junior assistant crew member, until ten years later, when I was promoted from a junior assistant crew member to a senior assistant crew member, and at the same time I finally got a genetic cancer, a genetic disease that can never be cured - the universe has been drifting for a long time, and it will always come slowly. How could a low-class crew member like me, who had no rations of native vegetables in a trading fleet, escape?"

"There is no cure for genetic cancer, you can only wait for death. I don't want to die, no one wants to die. Later, I heard that a natural microbial agent produced in the earth can suppress the onset of the disease, and only one injection per month can sustain life. But the Red Cross didn't sell them on board at all, and even if they were sold at any doctor, they couldn't get a prescription. The earth's resources are precious. How can it be wasted on someone who is destined to die? It can only be bought on the black market, and the price is so expensive that people dare not think about it. My ten years of trading crew salary, plus the amount of kickbacks I've accumulated, barely enough to buy one. ”

"The last time the fleet docked on Earth, I didn't go with it when I left, I stayed. Of course, I couldn't enter the earth within the environmental protection circle, so I had to stay in space orbit. Sell everything you can to sell a qiē, a steel hammer and a steel hammer to earn those precious earth reserve rolls. With money, with body and soul to exchange for the potion brought out by the space station staff or the natives of the earth, in exchange for one, you can live for another month. ”

A cigarette burned to the end, burning Jack's fingers, but he didn't know it, his dark purple eyes were shining with a deep light, and there was some sneer on the corner of his mouth: "I'm lucky." Although all my loved ones are probably dead, at least I'm still alive. I'm luckier than most of the genetic disease patients in this universe, at least I came to the orbit alive and can survive here, and many more people don't even have a chance to survive......"

"That's the end of my story. Jack put the cigarette butt out on the ashtray, patted the ash on his leg and stood up, and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, Uncle Jack!"

Gu Hanhan hesitated for a while, and then ran after him and grabbed Jack's hand.

"I think I can help you. As she spoke, the energy rippled into Jack's body as her fingers connected, and the tiny shadows disappeared with a single flick.

"You're all right, Uncle Jack," Gu Hanhan said to him proudly, "I'm a very powerful healer. ”