Soon after receiving the captain's order, the YS001 heavy armored transport ship belonging to the space migrant ship Hope quickly picked up the group of recruits, attacked from the air port in the belly of the spaceship, and completed the deceleration and steering within a certain safe distance not far from the opponent's orbit measured by the Hope, and was on standby.

They need to be here, waiting for the strange lifeboat to pass by for a while, and then waiting for the other party to appear and gradually get closer, and then cut directly into the other person's orbit and accelerate to the same speed as the other party.

Finally, the telescopic arm of the belly of the heavy armored transport ship was used to capture the other party, and then it was returned to the cargo hold of the transport ship for further testing, and only after it was determined that the other party did not have any harm, their transport ship would be allowed to return to the space colony ship Hope.

Although the YS001 is just an ordinary armored transport ship, its size is almost the size of half a football field, four or five stories high, and it also has a huge cargo compartment in its belly, and it can even fit two interstellar heavy arc tanks or a whole company of marines.

Therefore, sending it out to capture an unidentified lifeboat that has lost power this time should have no problem at all, both theoretically and technically.

Anyway, the current Hope can go out and carry out such a mission, except for two armored transport ships, there is no more choice, isn't it?

"Hey! Captain Galen? My transport ship 001 is ready, there are three minutes left, the other party is about to enter the best capture distance, later, I will accelerate into orbit, are you sure you are ready? ”

After turning the transport ship and preparing to cut into the other side's orbit at any moment, Captain Planck, the bearded operator of the transport ship YS001, turned on the communication channel and yelled loudly at Galen, the Marine of the Cobra squad who was in the cargo hold below the transport ship.

Captain Planck was a little irritable, he was not worried about whether he could capture the mysterious lifeboat, because he was a veteran driver with twenty or thirty years of rich experience in smuggling, and a trivial matter like this was not a problem for him at all!

He was even more worried: Will Captain Galen and his Cobra Marines be able to protect themselves and the treasure transport ship they have been assigned to?

After all, this time, his transport ship, in addition to him and two maintenance personnel, was only ten of their Cobra Squad marines.

The worst thing is that don't look at the name of Galen's Marine Team so loudly, but also the Cobra Squad! It sounds like some special forces or something, but in fact, Captain Planck knows very well in his heart that they are just a bunch of new recruits!

If there are any dangerous and terrifying alien creatures in the lifeboat he captured, it is estimated that all the people on this ship will be finished?

Anyway, in Captain Planck's opinion, the ten bastard marines below are absolutely unreliable!

"Cobra received! Rest assured, Captain, we Cobra are one of the most elite and powerful Marines on the Hope, and we are the strongest! ”

In the cargo compartment below the rear of the ship's console, ten Cobra team crews dressed in power armor combat suits were nervously checking their equipment, weapons and ammunition.

Among them, a Marine soldier with the number 01 painted in red paint on the front of his armored combat uniform quickly replied to Captain Planck of the transport ship.

This Marine numbered 01, he is the captain of this Cobra Squad, Galen, and at the same time, the captain of the most elite Marine on the Hope...... One!

"Well, you can think of it this way: I don't really know the Marines of the USS Hope, and there are only twenty of you at the moment! And the other Viper Marine Squad, not much worse than you? ”

Captain Planck muttered a few words of self-comfort, then shook his head.

He thought about it, but decided to take out a metal bottle that he had with him, and took two big sips with his head up, he needed these refreshing things to give himself courage!

Otherwise, he really doesn't have the guts to play with these unreliable bastard marines in the interstellar universe with aliens of unknown origin?

"That? I said, Captain Planck, can you stop drinking while you're flying the ship? ...... to be held later In case your hands tremble and you hit that lifeboat directly, then we all have to be finished with you! ”

In the power combat suit, when he saw that Captain Planck in the monitor was actually taking out a bottle of liquor and blowing a few big sips on the bottle, he was frightened for a while, and hurriedly spoke out to admonish.

You know, it's dangerous to sail in interstellar space!

And capturing a lifeboat that is flying at high speed along its own predetermined orbit is even more dangerous!

If Captain Planck's hands trembled, or if he mistyped a piece of data, he Galen could even imagine that the strange lifeboat must have smashed into the armored transport they were on like a huge cannonball running at super high speeds.

By then...... These people, one counts as one, and none of them want to live!

You must know that the speed of the shell of the ordinary gunpowder cannon is only about two kilometers per second, and the electromagnetic cannon is almost like Mach 10.

And the heavy armored arc tanks on the Hope that are still in the state of data, the 120mm shock plasma cannon in siege mode, the speed of the shells is almost two or three times the speed of the electromagnetic gun?

But what about the current situation?

A lifeboat sailing at high speed in the universe, its speed, is definitely calculated in terms of how many kilometers per second, it is equivalent to a large cannonball, once accidentally hit by it, not to mention their small transport ship, even if it is a huge immigration spaceship like the Hope, once it is hit by the vital point, it is estimated that it will be seriously injured?

"You newcomers know a piece of! When Lao Tzu drove the smuggling boat, when did he not drink one or two bottles of vodka before he started working? I haven't seen those official anti-smuggling boats catch up with Lao Tzu! ”

Planck took another long sip before carefully putting away the metal bottle.

"Actually, I can tell you: only after two sips can I drive the spaceship without shaking my hands and out of breath, and the more I drink, the sharper my hands and feet become! When the time comes, you can open it as you want, and you can ensure that there will be no mistakes! ”

After thinking about it, Captain Planck took out another small bottle, and after taking a sip of the vodka inside, he shook his hand, threw away the empty metal bottle, and then wiped the drops of wine on his beard with satisfaction.

He felt that the battleships of the Earth United UPL were very good in other places, but one of them was not very good!

In Planck's opinion, this is just an ordinary military armored transport ship, and they all have to be equipped with microgravity systems? It's too wasteful, and it doesn't take taxpayers' money seriously!

Although, he has always been a smuggler and has never paid taxes.

But when he drove the smuggling ship, those broken spaceships didn't have a gravity system at all, and every time he drank, there were always a lot of large and small droplets floating in the air, and when he was greedy, he only needed to open his mouth and suck a few times to taste the wine, not to mention how sour it was!

"That's it! Little cubs, you have to sit tight, our goal this time has finally arrived! ”

It had only been a short time since he shook off the bottle when Captain Planck saw an indicator light on the console begin to flash rapidly.

When he looked at the data of the high-end military interfaces that he was not very familiar with, he knew that the target of their mission this time: the lifeboat, had finally appeared.

Therefore, he slammed the joystick, and at the moment when a lifeboat that was almost invisible to the naked eye flew at high speed, he suddenly cut into its parallel orbit, and began to slowly adjust the flight attitude of the spacecraft, so that the door of the armored transport ship's cabin could be directly facing the strangely shaped and smooth lifeboat.

"Haha! Alien baby, come to Uncle Planck's hands obediently, I can be regarded as catching you! ”

Planck slowly increased the power of the transport ship's engines, gradually catching up with the unknown lifeboat in front of him, which had long since lost power and was now flying only by inertia.

"Hello? Little cubs, put on your combat uniform and close your mask, right? I'm going to lower the air pressure and get ready to open the hatch for work! ”

As the armored transport ship belonging to the Hope slowly clinged to the other side of the lifeboat, it was in a synchronized flight state.

Captain Planck only gave a slight reminder in the communication, and without waiting for any response from the Marines, he went straight to the wheelhouse, draining most of the air in the cabin behind him.

After lowering the air pressure in the cabin and dropping to a certain threshold, he nodded and pressed a button, and then, the cargo door in the belly of the armored transport ship began to slowly open, and two sets of mechanical arms stretched out from the cabin.

"Alright...... Little Baby! I got you! ”

After seeing the two sets of robotic arms firmly grasp the head and tail of the cylindrical rescue capsule, Captain Planck's eyes lit up, and he quickly pressed a few buttons, and easily pulled the beautiful lifeboat back.

Now, his job is perfectly done, well done! The rest is none of his business.

"My mission has been accomplished, and now, Marines boys, the next thing is your job! I advise you that it is better to fasten the safety retractable belt, because ...... As soon as I find danger, I will open the hatch and throw you all out of the universe! ”

As he refilled the cabin with air to increase the air pressure, Captain Planck said unhesitantly on the communicator.

He can really do this!

Otherwise, what do you think is the reason why he is now injecting 1.5 standard Earth atmospheres of air into the capsule beyond the standard?

That's just in case!

Later, once he Planck finds out that there is any uncontrollable danger, he will definitely open the hatch directly, and when the time comes, the strong pouring of high-pressure air will definitely suck out all the movable objects in the cabin!

This old bastard!

Galen glared disapprendly at Captain Planck in his armor panel before turning his head and waving at the Marines behind him.

"Everyone, attention! Load, be on guard! ”

Captain Galen had all of his team stand around the hatch of the lifeboat that had been placed in the cabin before he cautiously walked to what looked like the hatch.

There are two buttons for this...... One of them should be the button to open the door, right?

After standing near the hatch and studying it for a while, after seeing that the other party didn't seem to have any glass windows or anything like that, he made up his mind and prepared to step forward and press the two buttons on the side of the door to see if he could directly open the hatch of this rescue pod?

Boom!!

As Galen was about to step forward and press the button that looked like it was opening the hatch, suddenly, a dull gunshot rang out from behind him.

A supersonic spike bullet stabbed into the shoulder side of Captain Galen's power armor suit, and then, with a huge kinetic energy, he staggered and almost fell headlong onto the metal deck of the ship.

At the same time, the holographic combat panel in his helmet also showed that a red alert appeared on the back shoulder of the armor. This speaks for itself: its armor has been damaged!

However, it was fortunate that the spike electromagnetic bullet did not directly penetrate the tough armor, nor was it hit in the weak part of the head, otherwise...... His life is difficult to protect at this moment?

“……”

“……”

"Poof......

Whether it was the other Marines, or Captain Planck, who was watching the movements of the landing team in the wheelhouse of the ship, they all looked at Captain Galen, who was hit by a single shot, and ...... The guy who just shot him in the back?

Captain Planck, on the other hand, was enjoying his second bottle of wine, but when that scene appeared, he even squirted out the big gulp of the liquor he had just drunk.

"You...... What do you want to do? ”

Galen withdrew his hand that was about to press the button on the hatch of the rescue pod, and then, with a dark face and unkind eyes, he looked at the member of Cobra Team No. 06 who had just shot himself in the back once.

If Galen remembers correctly, he doesn't seem to have any personal vendetta against this bastard, right? What reason does he have to shoot his own black gun? When did you provoke this bastard again?

"Team...... Team, Captain, I, I really didn't mean to! As soon as I was nervous, I accidentally pressed the trigger......"

The soldier of the No. 06 Cobra squad quickly stammered with a sad face.

Just now, he really didn't mean to! That's because, when he saw the captain's hand about to press the button of the rescue pod, he thought that some alien monster would suddenly burst out of it? Therefore, as soon as he was nervous, his fingers trembled, and the bullet was shot out by him......

He swears he really didn't mean it just now, absolutely not!

"Team, Captain! You must forgive me...... I just now, really didn't mean to, I dare to swear to God! ”

After seeing the captain's gloomy and ugly face, the soldier with No. 06 on his chest in the armored power suit was so frightened that he began to swing.

He can't be blamed for this, he's just a new soldier, he's never been on a real battlefield, and he's only been training for two weeks, so he barely knows all the weapons and equipment and knows how to use them.

He was just thinking in his heart, what kind of creatures will come out of it later? That's why he gave Captain Galen a shot without paying attention, but fortunately he didn't hit any vital points.

"Alas...... I understand, don't worry, I definitely won't blame you! ”

Galen sighed heavily, and he decided that he should not be angry with this new recruit.

So, after patting the other party's shoulder vigorously, he gently took the 8mm C-15 model spike electromagnetic rifle from the other party's hand.

"So, I've decided now: let you go and open that hatch!"

After saying that, Galen threw away the opponent's rifle and kicked the opponent to the hatch of the lifeboat.

Then, he raised his C-15 spur electromagnetic gun and aimed it at the bastard who had suddenly shot him with a black gun!

"Team...... Team, Captain...... Don't scare me! ”

Seeing this action of Captain Galen, this No. 06 was already so frightened that his legs were almost weak.

He was even scared when he watched Captain Galen prepare to open the door, and now, how dare he open the hatch himself? Who knows, what's terrible in this thing?

When the time comes, the first one who will die, I'm afraid it will open the door, right?!

"No more nonsense, open the door! Otherwise......"

With a click, Captain Galen pulled the safety of his C-15 Spike Electromagnetic Rifle.

Then, he raised the muzzle of his gun and aimed it at the head of Number 06, and his meaning was obvious, either he would honestly open the hatch, or, he was going to shoot now!

Smack! Click!

After the other team members saw the captain's behavior, they also opened their respective weapon safes, and with the sound of weapons opening the safes, they all raised their electromagnetic guns and aimed at the direction of the hatch of the rescue cabin.

"Don't, don't...... I'll open it right away! I'll open it now! ”

Maybe he was really shocked by the captain's murderous aura, or maybe he atoned for the mistake he made just now.

Therefore, the 06 Marine trotted two steps to stand in front of the hatch, and after being stunned, he pressed the button suddenly, and hurriedly rushed to the other side of the spaceship cabin, for fear that some hideous and terrifying alien creature would suddenly rush out of it?

Zizi Zizi.....

As the button was pressed, a stream of air erupted from it, making a slight noise.

Then, the hatch of the unknown lifeboat finally began to open slowly.

This made Galen and the other eight Marines under him tighten the weapons in their hands, and they couldn't help but sweat in their hearts.

They are already beginning to imagine what kind of creature will be inside. Three heads? Or eight-legged? Or is it an alien octopus monster?

Anyway, based on the strange text on this lifeboat and the shape of this lifeboat, they believe that it should not be human beings or any alien civilization known to mankind?

"Oh God...... How is this possible? ”

When Galen saw the situation inside, even though he didn't have any faith under the oppression of UPL, he still exclaimed, and then slowly put down the weapon in his hand and began to walk towards the survival pod.

And the other team members, when they saw the situation inside the rescue pod clearly, like their captain Galen, lifted their guards, stood up straight, and stepped forward together and surrounded them.

As they approached the hatch of the rescue pod and watched the scene inside in amazement, for a moment, they began to look at each other and became staring at each other.

……

(Hey!) Miss Anne, it's time for you to get up! Your rescue pod, now captured by a gang of interstellar militants, is watching from the outside...... Tibbs sighed and began to urge his little ancestor to get up.

After wandering in the interstellar universe for more than ten days, it and Little Anne were lucky to be rescued by a group of humans? Tut! Tiebs thinks that this universe is really small! ）

"Don't make a fuss...... Let me sleep again......"

Anne rolled over with her bear in her arms, and continued to curl up in the sleeping compartment that she had forcibly pulled out of the erected bulkhead and placed across the aisle of the rescue pod to serve as a bed, muttering as she tightened the blanket that had wrapped around her.

(Forget it...... Whatever you want - Tiebs didn't know what to say, and when he realized that the humans outside didn't seem to be hostile to little Anne, he didn't want to care anymore. ）

"Captain Galen, Captain Galen? Hear it, please answer! Do you have any important discoveries?! ”

On the bridge of the Hope, Captain Leona, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't help but urge and ask when she saw that the surveillance equipment in the cargo hold of the armored transport ship showed that Galen and his party were actually sitting in front of the strange life-saving hatch without making any other movements.

"Captain Galen? Hear it, please answer! ”

Captain Leona asked again and again, and at the same time, she sighed slightly.

Sure enough, these recruits are unreliable! Not only did they almost injure their own people by mistake just now, but now, even when the captain of the ship as the supreme commander asked, they ignored it?

In the direction of the spaceship's monitoring equipment, here on their bridge, there is no way to know what is inside the rescue pod, so that this guy can almost kill the unreliable marines of his captain, so that their reaction will be so strange?

"Huh? Oh...... Sir, I've heard you, but ...... I think you'd better see for yourself......"

After finishing speaking, Galen quickly switched the camera equipment on his power armor, so that the senior crew members and Captain Leona on the Hope could clearly see the scene in this rescue pod through his perspective.

“……”

Captain Leona and the senior officers of the bridge were also speechless in surprise when they saw the image that appeared in the hologram.

Because, they see: in this small life-saving cabin with neat design, smooth lines, simple decoration and a little gorgeous, in addition to a control console, there are nine and a half life-support devices, and nine of them are vertically fixed to the bulkhead, all of which are empty? And the remaining half, destructively pulled to the floor and turned into a small bed?

And on this small bed, a little human girl, covered with a blanket, is holding her teddy bear, is falling asleep?

And on the floor of this rescue pod, there are leftover food scraps and animal bones everywhere?

It seems that this little girl, her food during this time is not bad?

From the fact that she is still sleeping well, and her ruddy face, it can be seen that the other party's physical condition must be very good, right?

“……”

However, the only thing that puzzled these marines and Captain Leona after seeing the video was: why was a little girl who looked like a human being found in this remote and unfamiliar corner of the universe in an obviously non-human-style rescue pod?

This style of painting is obviously a little too weird, right?

Or is it that the universe is so big that there are no wonders?

Could it be that here, at a warp speed distance of more than 100 years from the earth and from the solar system, there is an alien civilization that looks extremely similar to the earthlings?

Or...... They earthlings, and the alien humans here, have some degree of connection?

"Captain? What do we do now? ”

In the screen of the information column, after seeing that his commander also began to fall silent.

Captain Galen breathed a sigh of relief, and after letting the team members get rid of the fighting state, he felt that he had nothing to do for the time being, so he quickly asked while the commander was still online.

“……”

Captain Leona didn't speak, she was still thinking.

She was thinking about the adventure in front of her, and the complex questions that this adventure could lead her to. She always felt that this thing, this style of painting, seemed to reveal a strange smell everywhere?

Isn't it...... Something went wrong?

"You can now turn back into Hope's orbit. Then, go ahead and start doing the scans and all-around security checks! As long as you are sure that there is no threat from the other party and the other party's lifeboat, you can be allowed to come back! Everything is handled in accordance with standard security procedures. ”

For a while, Captain Leona thought a lot, but in the end, she didn't know what to do.

So, she thought about it and could only do it according to the process, but the necessary checks still had to be done.

As long as it is determined that the little girl herself and her lifeboat does not contain any substances or bacteria or viruses that pose a threat to the Hope, then they can be allowed to return to the Hope on this transport ship.

Then, the scientific research team on the Hope also needs to conduct a comprehensive decomposition study of the lifeboat, and must use it to reverse the technological level of this strange alien force, and analyze whether they are a threat to the Hope and mankind......

She also knew that it would be a meticulous and lengthy project, and that the answer would not be available in a short period of time.

"Yes! Your Excellency, Captain! ”

Galen replied loudly, resolutely obeying the order.

Then, he walked to the rescue pod alone, and he was going to wake up the cute little girl who was still asleep?

In his opinion, the other party's thin skin and tender flesh is just a little girl, and it seems that there is no threat at all?

"Hey! It's time to get up, kids! ”

Galen stepped forward and half-crouched down, and whispered twice.

It's just that the other party didn't look like he was about to wake up, but after muttering a few inexplicable whispers, he turned over and turned to the other side.

“……”

Galen's cheeks twitched unconsciously, and then he walked to the other side with a smile and half-crouched down again.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Little girl, it's not early, it's time to get up!"

Under the attention of the team members and a group of senior officers of the Hope, Captain Galen, who felt a little embarrassed, had no choice but to reach out and gently knock on the other party's small bed converted from a life-support cabin.

It's just that he forgot that he is still wearing power armor now, even if he just knocks lightly, the momentum effect caused by it is comparable to the time to beat a gong and a drum!

Who is it...... At...... Noisy me to sleep?!

Finally, with a loud noise, little Anne barely half-opened her big blue eyes.

Then, she saw an Iron Monster coming up to her? In his glass cover, the other party is still grimacing at her?!

Wow! Is there really an alien monster!?

Little Annie, who had just been woken up from a deep sleep and didn't know what was going on, immediately stretched out her bare little foot from the soft blanket and kicked it Captain Galen's mask.

"Ah!!h