There are no pale blue veins, no amber eyes, no blue and red halos, only drunken red cheeks, and wet pajamas.

"What the hell just happened?" Flip your hands and look at them, and all anomalies disappear. Recalling the experience just now, it is like a dream. "No, that's not a dream."

"Ding Dong, Ding Dong, Ding Dong......" The hurried doorbell rang, and Linglong on the monitor changed his previous hesitant expression, with a resolute look in his eyes.

Zhou Ai sighed, temporarily suppressed his doubts, pulled a towel and wiped the sweat on his forehead, walked to the door, and pressed the "Open the door" button.

"......" The door opened, Linglong's expression froze, and then she looked up at Zhou Ai.

"It's Linglong, why haven't you slept yet, is there something wrong with coming to me so late?" Zhou Ai said while letting her into the room: "Come in." ”

"Sister Zhou Ai, why is your face so red, and ...... And the body is soaked. Linglong asked with a worried look as she walked through the door. Zhou Ai did have a few glasses of wine with Aros and Haosen during dinner, but it was now the middle of the night, and that little wine should have woken up a long time ago.

"Oh, I was just exercising, maybe a little intense, sweating all over." Zhou Ai explained casually. Considering that it was useless to tell Linglong what happened just now, it was better to make up a lie to deceive her, and find Claire and Tang Fang after she left, and then make plans after explaining the abnormality.

Linglong relaxed and sat down under Zhou Ai's instructions.

"Drink something?" Zhou Ai walked to the closet and grabbed two teacups casually: "I have tea, coffee, and authentic Scotch whisky." ”

"Whatever you want." Linglong was a little reserved. After all, the two sisters have only joined Kung Fu for half a day, and the experience during this period of time has made her a little wary of everyone and a deep inferiority.

Yingluo is a little better, but Linglong, who is strong, is sensitive. Facing a woman like Zhou Ai who exudes a fierce momentum. It's inevitable to feel oppressed.

"Jasmine, it's a good match for you." Zhou Ai pinched some tea leaves and put them in the cup, rushed into the boiling water, and came to the sofa with two cups and sat down.

She seemed to see that Linglong's expression was a little unnatural, and while pushing the cup in front of her eyes, she smiled and said, "What? Am I that scary? Anyway, we're fellow countrymen. Don't be so formal. ”

"Hmm." Linglong nodded, took the teacup with both hands and held it in the palm of her hand, looked up at Zhou Ai, revealing an expression of wanting to say something.

Zhou Ai glanced at her and sighed lightly: "I heard about your experience from Bai Hao, it really hurts you...... Rest assured, come here, no one will bully you again. Not to mention, me. Bai Hao, Claire doesn't allow it, even if Tang Fang doesn't let others hurt you again. ”

"He's been busy these two days, so he doesn't bother to talk to you, don't take it to heart, feel alienated from you."

"Uh-huh...... Linglong shook her head, "I know, he has a heavy burden on his shoulders. In the past, they saved the lives of Yingluo and me in the 'Scarlet Gate', and now they are kind enough to take us in. It's too late to be grateful, so how can you blame him. ”

"Don't hold so tightly, relax, be careful of burning." Zhou Ai smiled and reached out to hold Linglong's slender hand: "I heard Bai Hao say that you are only 17 years old. It's not an adult yet, so it's better to call me sister in the future, and it will be intimate. ”

"Hey." Linglong smiled, finally relaxed.

"That's right, it's right to be wary of strangers. But. For Tang Fang, for me, for Bai Hao, Roy, and the rest of the ship, it doesn't have to be like this, just treat this place as home. ”

Seeing that Linglong was no longer restrained, Zhou Ai brought the topic back on track: "By the way, you must have something to do when you came to me so late, right?" ”

Linglong hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, and said, "I'm coming so late...... Be...... I wanted to ask Sister Zhou Ai for something. ”

"Ask me for something?" Zhou Ai was stunned: "Say it, as long as I can do it." ”

"I ...... I want to worship you as a teacher, and I beg you to teach me how to defend myself. After organizing the language for a long time, Linglong said this sentence: "I don't want to be weak anymore, I want to be strong, only in this way can I protect Yingluo." ”

When she spoke, Linglong's affection was very excited, as if she thought of the experience in the "Blood Gate", her hands were clenched into fists, and even her body was trembling slightly.

"Okay, I promise you." Zhou Ai never thought that she would be entangled in such a trivial matter, the experience of the two girls is sad, not to mention that she wants to help them, I'm afraid it is the guy Aros, Linglong begged for it, and couldn't help but agree to her.

"Really?" Linglong was overjoyed, raised her head and looked directly at her.

"Of course it's true." Zhou Ai smiled: "However, you can train you, and the ugly words will be said first." If you have to eat hard, you will be a master, if you fish for three days and dry your nets for two days, you can't do it. ”

"No, it won't." Linglong said with a firm face.

"Well, I believe you." It is only after going through hardships that people become strong and courageous. She believed that Linglong would be a good student.

"Okay, it's not early, go back and rest, I'll look for you tomorrow morning, but don't lie in bed."

"Hmm." Linglong stood up, said, "Sister Zhou Ai, good night", and walked outside.

When she walked to the door, she suddenly paused again, turned her head and rushed to Zhou Ai, who got up to send her, and said solemnly: "Thank you." ”

"Don't think about it, get some rest." Zhou Ai smiled and waved goodbye.

"Hmm." Linglong said yes and walked quickly to her room. When Zhou Aige killed those government soldiers before, she had the idea of apprenticeship. After so many hardships, she is no longer the immature girl who would sit quietly under the gazebo with a book in her arms, listen to the tinkling of spring water, and savor the joys and sorrows of the author's characters. It's no longer the simple girl who loves to stand barefoot on the bluestone slab after the rain, enjoying the refreshing coolness while watching the flowing water go away from the toes.

People must always learn to grow up, learn to protect themselves and the people around them.

Falling into the hands of Hercules, the two sisters were powerless to resist, and it was Tang Fang who rescued them. When they arrived at the Sylbes Star Port, they were still humiliated, if it weren't for Bai Hao's desperate attempt to save her from being shot, I am afraid that they would have already returned to the netherworld.

She's had enough. Tired of such a life of powerlessness to resist, and can only respond with tears and trembling. At this time, Zhou Ai's arrival was like a bright light illuminating her world.

Who said that women are destined to be weak and deceitful? The same flesh and blood people who can breathe can also carry a gun and hold a sword. Why can't you be a warrior and bravely face this bumpy and oppressive life?

Therefore, she came, for herself, for Yingluo, and to repay Bai Hao and Tang Fang for saving their lives and knowing the grace.

Joey, Grant, Claire, Bai Hao, Roy...... In them, Linglong saw persistence and courage. I also saw the light of ideals. Each of them is struggling on the road of life, step by step towards the ideal township.

Look at your two sisters again, in addition to fear in life, it is fear, what is the meaning of such a life? She didn't want to hide behind Bai Hao and Tang Fang forever and tremble, waiting for others to protect her. She wants to become strong and become like Zhou Ai, mature, brave, determined, and strong. Like a red tassel gun hunting in the wind.

"Tap, tap, tap......" The footsteps faded away. Compared with when he came, there was less triviality and more calmness.

Zhou Ai watched Linglong disappear around the corner, couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and then walked back to the house quickly and changed into a military uniform. Turn and walk out of the room.

……

When Linglong was talking to Zhou Ai, Tang Fang sent Claire away, and after returning to the bed and lying down for a few minutes, he felt bursts of warmth emanating from his chest, and electric rays as thin as gossamers traveled all over his body along the meridians. It then merges into the sea of electrons surrounding the Ipsisaurus rune.

"Not good!" He sat up all of a sudden, and in an instant he was completely sleepy, and he was really afraid of something. The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and such epic creatures are really not good at stubble, but I didn't expect that a few pieces of meat would trigger high-energy pulses in the body.

"Emma, what's the situation, what just happened, but snake flesh is the devil?"

"Commander, based on the analysis of all aspects, it is indeed those pieces of snake meat that affect the energy level in your body."

Hearing this affirmative answer, Tang Fang only felt that his head was big: "If you knew it, you would have vomited it." ”

"Commander, you don't have to worry. Judging from the current situation, the vital indicators are normal, and the snake meat has not caused any adverse effects. On the contrary, there are benefits. ”

"What do you mean?" Tang Fang was stunned for a moment: "You mean...... Is snake meat harmless? Is it good for the body and mind? ”

"Yes, the giant snake lives by absorbing zero elements, and has accumulated a huge amount of energy in its body, although after its death, various biological enzymes, glands and other tissues lose their activity, and they cannot convert zero elements into many life-sustaining, protective, and attack substances that can be used by the body. However, there is still a large amount of active energy in the mitochondria of its somatic cells, and when it enters the human stomach, under the action of pepsin, some active substances in the cells of the giant snake tissue are catalyzed, thus releasing the excess energy in the mitochondria of the cells. So there was the scene just now. ”

"It's just that, strangely, the energy emitted by the mitochondria of the giant snake is similar to the electrical energy in the human body of the Ipsilon human."

"Huh?" Tang Fang couldn't help frowning, before falling asleep, he told Emma to pay close attention to the changes in his body, what he was afraid of was that something abnormal would appear. Sure enough, within a few minutes of lying down, the adverse reaction appeared. However, it was not diarrhea and stomach pain, and it did not make him a pregnant man in the family, but snake meat became a tonic.

From the centipede monsters in the underworld of Planet 5 that can fly with zero primes, and the cyclops that Nami encounters can emit laser rays, it is easy to deduce that these epic creatures that live by devouring zero primes contain powerful energy in their bodies.

It's just that he didn't expect that the apparent form of these energies was similar to the electrical energy in the body of the Ipsiloon.

Could it be ...... What is the connection between these epic creatures and the Ipsi Dragons? Or is it just their pet, or is it a resident of the same planet?

No, no...... Thinking of this, Tang Fang shook his head again, when he was on Na'i Star, judging from the images presented by the one-eyed monster when he was dying, the hometown of these epic creatures had been destroyed, and from the analysis of the size of the planet, the terrain, etc., it was far from the home planet of the Ipsi Dragons, Serepas.

What's going on?

Frowning and thinking for a long time, he couldn't understand the connection between the two, so he simply shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Regardless of the origin of centipede monsters, one-eyed monsters, giant snakes, etc., as long as the snake meat is harmless.

"But I wonder what happened to them?" To put it bluntly, his body is a huge energy source, and this bit of electric energy is only a drop in the ocean, and he can't even splash in the sea of high-energy electrons. Claire is different from Zhou Aike, they don't have Freya's strong body, and they don't have the same as themselves. High-energy electronics can be freely controlled.

Thinking of this, he rolled over and got out of bed, grabbed his clothes casually, and was about to go out to find the two of them. At this time, the doorbell rings, and the faces of Claire and Zhou Ai appear on the screen of the monitor.

"Hu ......" saw that the two were safe and sound. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. But after thinking about it, the two of them came to find him together at this time, and something must have happened, so they draped the military uniform on their bodies and pressed the unlock button.

"Boom......" The door leaf retreated to both sides.

Claire and Zhou Ai walked into the house one after the other, and without waiting for Tang Fang's questioning, Zhou Ai told all the qiē they had just experienced.

After listening to her description, Tang Fang stepped forward and grabbed her arm and looked at her several times. No anomalies were noted. It was about Zhou Ai's life, he didn't dare to be careless, discussed it with the two, and immediately walked out of the room and went to find Valentine overnight.

If you can't see anything on the surface, it doesn't mean that there must be no problems with your body, and the best way is to help Zhou Ai do a comprehensive and thorough physical examination. See if there are any hidden dangers.

The skin glows with a pinky blue glow, which seems to others to be nonsense. But Tang Fang doesn't think so, and Freya is a good example. He still knows Zhou Ai's personality very well, and he will never exaggerate and deceive him.

On the way to find Valentine, Tang Fang asked about Claire's condition and whether she was unwell. The girl's answer was a qiē normal. There was no vision like Zhou Ai, which not only deepened Tang Fang's doubts.

About 5 minutes later, several people found Valentine in the real yàn room, and after the Tao came to the point. Some age biology professors were taken aback by the fact that Zhou Ai had sent a specimen of a giant snake. He was asked to do genetic analysis and toxicology. Because he was concerned about research, he didn't ask Zhou Ai about the specific purpose, but he didn't expect her to eat such an epic creature as a meat product, which was simply death.

Of course, criticism is criticism, anger is anger, and inspection has to be done.

Zhou Ai was scolded by Valentine for losing her temper, and the old professor was also good for her. Thinking back to her previous reckless behavior, she also regretted her death.

X-ray scans, MRIs, electrocardiograms, DNA identification, body fluid tests, and so on.

Soon, the multi-function computer in the medical room gave a diagnostic answer, normal, one qiē normal, all physiological indicators were within the normal range, and it was so healthy that it could not be healthier anymore.

This couldn't help but puzzle the four people, Valentine thought that Zhou Ai had hallucinations because of eating unknown ingredients, after all, this kind of thing has appeared many times in the field of "alien food", not that this is not impossible.

After going through Zhou Ai's physical examination report in detail, Claire also had this suspicion. Only Tang Fang and Zhou Ai don't think so, the latter, as the party concerned, the torture he suffered before is still vivid, the set of sweat-soaked pajamas hanging on the head of the bed, if it is really hallucination as Valentine guessed, how to explain the pajamas? Could it be that she deliberately wet her pajamas to fool herself?

And Tang Fang, but because of Emma's guard. Even if Zhou Ai is hallucinating? He and Emma must be hallucinating.

For the sake of safety, he uploaded Zhou Ai's test report to the Star Orbit Command Center, and Emma also gave an answer of "one qiē normal" after analysis and comparison. This can't help but make Tang Fang's head big for a while, where is this singing? Sci-fi version of Zhai? Or Inception?

4 people, you look at me, I look at you, staring at the crooked neck for a long time, stunned that I didn't discuss the reason. Seeing that it was more than half of the night, Zhou Ai didn't show any discomfort, and in desperation, he had to temporarily suppress his doubts and return to the living area to rest.

Fearing that Zhou Ai's illness would attack, Claire moved in with her, while Tang Fang returned to his room to rest.

……

Early the next morning, Tang Fang was still sleeping in a blanket, and a hurried ringing of the bell woke him up, hurriedly dressed and opened the door to see that Claire was panting and coughing on the edge of the door.

Tang Fang glanced at her outfit and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, the girl was not in civilian clothes, but wearing a ghost's harsh environment protective suit.

Still wearing combat uniforms on the Morningstar? Could it be that something is wrong? Tang Fang hurriedly asked the reason.

But it turned out that Zhou Ai remembered what happened last night, got up early in the morning, and took Claire to find Linglong for a morning run. Because of the lack of space in the Morningstar, Zhou Ai didn't like to use the fitness equipment in the training room, so he dragged the two to go outside for activities.

The relay station is divided into three areas: the inner ring, the outer ring, and the rudder, and the diameter of the building alone is 550 kilometers, although the Tang side has obtained the right to control the ruins. Xenomorphs like the giant snake and the mushroom monster have all been wiped out. However, in line with the principle of being careful and not making mistakes, the three of them first changed into combat uniforms, and then started their morning jog around the inner ring.

Hearing this, Tang Fang originally thought that there would be something abnormal on Zhou Ai's body next, but he didn't expect Claire's next words to surprise him. It was not Zhou Ai who was abnormal. It's her. Because she was wearing a protective suit for harsh environments, the system came with a phantom energy level meter, and during the morning run, she inadvertently swept the measurement readings and suddenly found that the ghost energy measurement value had grown a lot. So he immediately said goodbye to the two of them and rushed back to the Morning Star to tell him about it.

Speaking of which, Claire's situation has always been Tang Fang's heart disease. The fact that she can drive harsh environment protective clothing exudes a strange feeling from beginning to end. Among the few people who can drive protective clothing in harsh environments, she is not a "fusion hybrid" like Freya. It's not Tang Lin's kind of "value-added hybrid", and it's not like he can control the Ipsi Dragon Rune like himself.

What Tang Fang couldn't understand the most was that when the ghost produced in the system space usually did not use skills such as sniping and stealth, the level of ghost energy would slowly recover. And when it comes to Claire, the ghost energy only decreases but does not increase, which means that every time she uses the special ability of the harsh protective suit, the energy in her body will decrease. and non-renewable. To use an analogy, it's like a disposable battery.

Such a she. Coupled with the behavior of Wang Worm's automatic protector during the Wendenbart tragedy, Tang Fang couldn't help but be full of doubts.

One Claire is enough to make him nerve-wracking, and now with another Zhou Ai, what are you doing, does TMD act in a sci-fi thriller?

Damn, a wave of unevenness rises again and again. Zhou Ai's matter hasn't been figured out yet, and Claire is in trouble again. The serpent's flesh can actually increase her ghost energy level? Is it really Tang monk meat, and it's a big Dan?

"Aside from the increased level of ghost energy, how is the body? Do you have any discomforts? ”

Claire shook her head: "One qiē is normal. ”

Another qiē is normal, and Tang Fang is most afraid of hearing this word now. Instinctively told him that Claire and Zhou Ai were the real time bombs, and maybe they would explode that day. Compared to the two of them, Freya is nothing more than a string of cannonballs.

But after thinking about it, Claire's reaction from this is also reasonable, he also ate the meat of the giant snake, Emma said that the energy left in the mitochondria of the giant snake's body cells is similar to the high-energy electrons in the Ipsilon human body, since it can be absorbed by itself, why can't it be absorbed by Claire.

Forget it, it's useless to think about it, since Zhou Ai and Claire didn't show anything abnormal in their bodies, and Emma also told him that he was fine, so why bother mediocre people, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge. As for those snake meats, it is better to seal them, and if you can unlock genetic experts such as "Izsha" and "Abasser" in the future, it is not too late to study them carefully.

Valentine was directly ignored by him, after all, compared to those elite units of the Zerg, with the current human technology, it is far from being able to figure out the secrets of the giant snake.

Next, he comforted Claire and told Valentine to leave a certain amount of research samples, while the rest of the snake meat was transported to a warehouse at the relay station for future use.

In the next few days, Zhou Ai did not show the slightest abnormality, and the whole thing was just like what Valentine said, every qiē was her hallucination.

As time passed, Tang Fang gradually put his mind at ease and turned all his energy to the transplantation project of the general force field generator.

……

A week later, at 8:00 a.m. Lector time, Tang Fang woke up from a deep sleep, and before he could open his eyes, Emma came with a message: "Commander, the transplantation project has been completed, and the general force field generation device has been integrated with the ship's system. ”

"Done?" He got up from the bed at once, hurriedly dressed himself, pulled his shoes, and ran to the shield control room in the belly of the ship, which had been converted from a power distribution room.

After a week of round-the-clock construction by several SCVs, the universal stand generator of the "Silver Wheel" was successfully transplanted into the belly of the Morningstar.

Emma has upgraded the Silver Wheel's Ship Shield operating system to make it more energy-efficient, efficient, and convenient. At the same time, a new expansion system was written to accommodate the plasma shield operating in a "low energy level" state. (To be continued......)