On the third day of the return voyage of the Constantine, the freedmen met again in the dining room over lunch.

Now, this is their gathering place, and the puppets only appear here during meals, and they leave as soon as they are exhausted.

The gathering place of the puppets is the place known as Warehouse Zero. What was originally a gym has become a warehouse.

The newly renovated Warehouse Zero doubles as a gym and a church, and with that larger venue, the golems have added martial arts to their fitness program. Mary went to see it, and in her words, "I practiced well, trained hard, and made amazing progress, and now I am not the first for a long time." ”

Today, Xu Changqing took out a tablet computer to show everyone: "I asked them to help repair the old medical cabin, and these are the results of the inspection with it." From a physiological point of view, no signs of parasitism were found. From a psychological point of view, it can be summarized as elite syndrome. ”

"Elite syndrome? Have this mental illness? ”

"Now there is. How else can you explain it? Their dedication and hard work put us all to shame, and if they are bad, then what are we? ”

Nick frowned: "I'm afraid this kind of statement can't even force them to go to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination." ”

Thiago said: "In other words, after going back this time, we can only leave?" ”

Hugo whispered: "I don't know how good your original ship life was, anyway, I feel pretty good this time, those guys are very honest, there are few problems, and communication is not difficult." ”

Everyone was speechless, indeed, regardless of why it became like this, these puppets are really hard to hate, and it can even be said that the good ones are a little flattered.

At this moment, the radio called Nick and the others, and there was an unusual situation that demanded that some people be in place.

Nick returns to the driver's hall and asks the driver on duty what happened.

"Received a distress signal, speculative in appearance, small transport ship. Calling itself the Star Shuttle. ”

Nick asked, "Are there any other ships nearby?" ”

"Within a radius of 1.8 million kilometers, no!"

At this point, the Information Officer spoke: "Complete positioning, next to a marked, non-belted asteroid." ”

As he spoke, the relevant content was displayed on the screen, far away, and the AI built a model of the ship, which looked like an enlarged No. 5 battery, with a small central bulge in front and a slightly larger thick iron cap at the tail, which was obviously the ship's engine.

This kind of ship looks like a ship, and most of them come from the Star Alliance, the Earth-Moon Federation and Mars do not have such a strange design of standard ships, and the Star Alliance has a number of transport ships that start with the word star.

Nick touched the stubble on his chin, "It's so far from the shipping channel, what is the Star Shuttle running there for?" ”

At this time, Laris, who was sitting in the captain's room, watching everything in the wheelhouse through the transparent wall, said: "Pirate bait." ”

Sarah, the navigator who has returned to her position, said: "If this is a pirate bait, it is too unconventional. It should be closer. It is at least three days away from the fairway. ”

She added: "Captain, according to the regulations, we have the obligation to find out the ...... when we encounter a distress signal."

Larys interrupted, "You don't need to remind me, Miss Gardner. Away from the busy waterways, it's a safe place to grab the crooked ones for the compassionate kaiko. ”

Laris added: "Don't make a fuss, clear the automatic record of the logbook, continue the voyage, and let them resign themselves to their fate." ”

Sara retorted: "Maybe one day we will be alone." ”

The others were silent.

Seeing this, Nick thought quickly and said, "Guys, the captain gave the order, executed the order, and took the record, just because we didn't receive that signal. ”

At dinner, the people gathered talked about it.

This is really not Xu Changqing's instructions, in fact, his control over these puppets is that kind of preset, even if they are face-to-face, they can't use any mental communication, soul language and the like to have a conversation, his only ability is to use the flesh skin to separate everything in the body into a small world, and make some small tricks.

Laris's judgment is made with a rigorous and professional attitude, and years of experience in spacecraft.

Xu Changqing also recognized the correctness of this judgment, but his mood was complicated, he knew that if he didn't die, he wouldn't die, but on the other hand, what if the clue was on this Star Shuttle?

You know, this small transport ship is quite far from the transportation route, but it is not far from the Constantine. This is because the Constantine, having completed the acquisition of the intended target, had to take this path, which is different from those ships that are purely engaged in transportation.

It was for this reason that the rescue of the Constantine was not a great task, but for the transport ships coming and going on the main channel, it was noticeably a little farther.

So it's like a decoy for the Constantine.

Or, as Laris said: Attract those Virgin hearts to save, and when the time comes, the heavens should not be, the earth will not be spiritual, and the official high-speed ships patrolling the waterways will not rush to save them.

Xu Changqing knows that Sara is a virgin, and so is Nick, the two have a leg, which can really be described as a gathering of likes, but Sara is more straightforward, and Nick is that kind of sullen, and his position and experience do not allow him to do that kind of thing in public with the captain.

That's not the point, the point now is that these non-puppets instinctively oppose the puppets, what you don't let me do, I want to do it, you say you agree, I say no. That's the kind of mentality.

Now that the gang has come together, all of them have become brainless virgins, who see Laris's decision as cold-blooded, even conspiracy theories.

Sara said, "I'm on the driver's seat tonight. I can recover the information and send it to the Alpha space station. Once we report to Starport, most of them will let us rescue according to the regulations. At that time, even Laris could not disobey. ”

Thomas, the chief pilot, worried, "What if Starport sends a high-speed ship?" What you're doing will only anger Laris. ”

Victor, the captain of the mechanic team, said: "The point is, what is in it for us?" With the current situation, getting back to the Alpha station safely is not much of a problem. What kind of rescue, this is really an extraneous branch. ”

Li Qiong said: "What if those weirdos want us to attack when we are most paralyzed? ”

Thiago answered: "So you don't want to stay for a moment, and you plan to drive the guards on their last journey?" Or fix that Starshuttle and go back with that ship? ”

Nick said, "That's fine." He looked at Xu Changqing and asked, "What do you say?" ”

Xu Changqing said: "I was thinking about what reason would be needed to allow the medical officer and medical assistant, the mechanic captain and the deputy captain, the chef and the navigator, all to participate in the rescue operation. ”

Everyone was silent.

It's a questioning question, and according to the rules, there is no reason for the head chef and navigator to get involved. Medical officers and medical assistants generally go to one, and mechanic captains and deputy captains can only go to one. Even, if there is no second mate for the time being, the first mate has no reason to participate in the operation.

This is clearly stipulated, and each important department has a deputy, and in order to deal with this kind of problem, two sets of teams can be divided when needed.

Everyone didn't speak, and in the end, Xu Changqing broke the silence: "In this incident, the risk is two-way, those who go to the rescue have the risk of being taken hostage by the pirates who suddenly appeared." Those who are left in large bottles are at risk of being forcibly infected. It's hard to say which is more likely to happen. ”

"My proposal is that if it can't be resolved through negotiation, then it will be decided by lottery."

"It's useless, even if Nick's application for a rescue pair is successful, there is no reason for Lalis to support the participation of cooks and navigators." Thiago said with a sad face.

"Then add one more open choice. In the first draw, the winners are the candidates who will participate in the rescue operation tomorrow. Nick tried his best to fight for it, and if it was vetoed, he would automatically retreat into the escape sequence, and all the personnel of the escape sequence openly chose to prepare to leave in Guards 2 if they decided to escape. ”

Xu Changqing said: "In fact, these are not the point, the focus is still the risk of the choice we make." This kind of thing, either nothing happens, or something happens will be a big deal, and the pirates are on standby, laying traps and waiting for work, and those who go to the rescue will be very passive. While entangled, the pirate battle ships will suddenly come out and enter the Constantine, and whatever may happen next. ”

"I'm here to give you a dose of psychological prevention: since you have made a choice, you have to bear the consequences. We have good friends in this group, and we have super friendship relationships, so please prepare for the worst now and think about it. I feel that I can't afford to play, so I'm a little self-aware, instead of betting that I can play well in the next temporary extra dangerous game, it's better to bet on the character of those patients, maybe we are all picked to be left, even if you want to join, people don't want it. ”

Some of the people present were unimpressed, some were thoughtful, and some had ripples in their eyes, such as Mary, looking at this girl's expression, she obviously began to get high again.

Xu Changqing, who noticed Mary's situation, secretly rolled his eyes, there will always be this kind of unobtrusive, it is simply a mare in estrus.

Next, the lottery was indeed drawn, and the winning ones were Nick, Li Qiong, Thomas, Hugo, and Mary, these five positions can basically be passed, first mate, engineer, driver, medical personnel, and guards, and there is nothing wrong with such a probe and rescue configuration.

Then come down and stuff people inside, David can stuff it in, it's normal to have one or two more guards, and the others are not so sure, it depends on the situation.

In the best case, if the call for help is genuine, then you can use the excuse that you need more people to fight there, and send another group of people over, so that most of the free people can be transferred.

In fact, not everyone agrees to add more rescue scenes, especially after Xu Changqing explained the ugly words.

But prestige, authority, and so on played a role, and there were at least two virgins in the gang, Nick and Sarah, and for whatever reason, these two were staunch supporters of trouble.

Under the influence of these two people, some people choose to trust their ability and judgment, some people have similar ideas to them, and some people choose to obey when they see that everyone has chosen to do things, afraid that they will face everything alone.

So it was normal, and the next morning, Laris's hair.

This goods used to be Bill Gates's kind of goods, usually looking like a person, and when he was angry, he would everyone's grandmother, catch something and scold something, and sometimes move his fists, which is a typical violent management.

Now his face is gloomy, and the so-called man's medal on his face is like a centipede crawling obliquely in anger and congestion, and his eyes are vicious as if he wants to eat people.

"An anonymous shit well-wisher on the ship not only restored the distress signal we deleted, but also identified it, marked it as a high-definition signal, and notified Starport."

Sara then retorted: "This shows that there are still people with a conscience." ”

Information Officer Jenny gritted her teeth and said, "This is a betrayal, if I find that traitor......"

Nick interrupted, "Alright, complain and put it aside, let's fix the problem as soon as possible." So as not to delay everyone's efficient rewards. ”

Thomas, the chief driver, chimed in: "yes, now we have to change the lane, otherwise it will be really illegal." ”

Laris, gasping for breath, was out of breath after all, and began to curse with a low growl......

(End of chapter)