"Brother Inkmark." Gao Han seemed to have finished his meditation a little earlier than I did, and I saw him walk in from the living room, as if he was still holding something in his hand.

"What is this?" I asked.

"Sister Bing'er's barbecued meat skewers, hurry up and try it." As he spoke, he picked up a bunch and ate it.

"Why do you cook by yourself, didn't you say to eat outside?"

"Hey, don't mention it." Gao Han sighed, "I finished condensing earlier than you, seeing that you are still condensing, I went to the street with Sister Honeysuckle and Sister Bing'er to find out if there is anything delicious, I don't know if it is too far away here, it is inconvenient to transport ingredients, even human meals are very light in taste, the amount is small, and it is difficult to eat." ”

"In the end, I had no choice but to go to the market and buy some meat, and I happened to have the seasoning from the last mission to eat grilled fish, so I just did it myself."

It's no wonder, after all, it took more than two days to go from the Earth to the Ethereal Star, even if it took more than two days to walk through the wormhole, and it is estimated that the distance between the two planets must be hundreds or thousands of light years, and it is certainly not a simple matter to transport ingredients and spices.

I took a meat skewer and took a bite of it, and it was as flavored as ever.

"What about the others?"

"The words of the eldest sister seem to have gone out to talk about things, Honeysuckle is helping Sister Bing'er cook, I really didn't expect that he not only looks like a girl, but his skills are also very similar."

I know that Honeysuckle can cook, after all, I've been a roommate for so long, but I've been in a dormitory with him for so long, and I've never seen him use the stove once, and I haven't even seen him go to the kitchen except for cleaning.

"Except for cooking, it's pretty much the same." I said.

"By the way, Brother Inkmark, you and Honeysuckle are roommates, he mentioned this matter before."

"yes."

"Hey, let me ask you something, don't think about it." Gao Han mysteriously approached me and whispered, "Do you feel about living in a room with him?" ”

"......" doesn't make me think crooked, don't you just want to hear something crooked? I didn't expect Gao Han to have such a bad taste.

I glanced at him, "Are you looking to me for a sense of commonality...... Wow, it stands to reason that your hardware conditions are not bad, isn't it......" As I spoke, I subconsciously took two steps back and distanced myself from Gao Han.

Gao Han scratched his head in embarrassment, and hurriedly said, "No, I didn't mean that, I'm straight!" Don't look at me being alone every day, in fact, there are more little girls chasing me? I'm asking you if you live with Honeysuckle and feel embarrassed when you go out. ”

"That must be embarrassing, after all, you know his appearance." I paused for a moment, and then said, "Just now you said that you were chased by a little girl, tell me in detail." ”

Hearing me say this, Gao Han was stunned for a moment, and then smiled perfunctorily: "Brother Moji, I have to send this plate to them, another day, another day." With that, he disappeared as soon as he smoked away.

Shaking his head helplessly, I also walked over, and the skewers just now were really not enough to eat.

After dinner, we washed up and went to sleep. After a night of silence, the next morning, our group followed Murray Muyo to the place of origin of Xinlin Metal, a deep and large underground mine.

"It's a spectacular sight." Look in front of you

I couldn't help but sigh. Standing in the center of the mine, the stone walls everywhere are projected with lights, and you can see the surrounding scenery through the light. We are now in the main mine, which is about the size of hundreds of square meters, and is covered with large and small crystalline white ores, which are made of unknown substances, mixed in the stones, reflecting a faint light.

"These are Xinlin Metal." "There's a special substance in the metals that refracts light, so it looks like they're glowing, but they don't actually have the ability to emit light. ”

At this moment, an ethereal star man more than two meters tall and dressed in overalls stepped forward to us, and the light in front of him dimmed instantly, and he just stood there like a hill.

He didn't speak, just held out his hand to Murray, who smiled and shook him.

"This time it's a ton of volume, and it's troublesome." Murray said, handing over a document.

The ethereal starman took the file and looked at it carefully, then nodded, and turned to leave.

Murray turned around and said, "He's going to get ready, let's wait a while." ”

"Why doesn't that ethereal star speak?" I asked Gao Han.

"The language skills of the ethereal starmen are not excellent, they all use tentacles to communicate with each other, and the ethereal starmen who are really capable of speaking are estimated to be no more than a hundred in their entire race, even if it is the Morchin in the nine stars, he can only express a few words simply."

"Will they understand what we're saying?" Honeysuckle walked over and asked.

"Of course." Gao Han said in a low voice, "Don't look at them as big as they are, and their intelligence is not as good as ours, but they can still understand what we are talking to." ”

We didn't have to wait long to follow Murray to the side, but we saw two lights shining from a short distance, and then three hovering trucks stopped in front of us.

"Good work." Murray spoke, and after a few more conversations with the ethereal starmen there, he came to us.

"These three cars are all we are going to transport this time, which of you will drive?"

"I will." Gao Han stepped forward and said.

Murray nodded, "Then you will be in charge of the last one, Mu You and I will drive one by one, and then you can assign the position, and the larger one in the back should be able to seat three people." ”

Ning Xinyan glanced at everyone and said, "Then Bing'er and I will take Gao Han's car, Honeysuckle, you will sit in Mu You's car, and Moji will take the first car." ”

Honeysuckle and I nodded, and we sat down and set off along the road.

The road was not close, and it was a bit bumpy, so the speed of the car was slowed down a bit to prevent the ore from falling out.

"How old are you, young man?" Murray asked suddenly.

"Twenty-two years old."

"Hehe, I was in my early twenties when I did this business, and when I saw you, I remembered myself at that time."

"How long have you been in this business?"

Murray thought for a moment, "Counting the time, it should be almost thirty years, I am in my fifties this year, and I should retire in a few years." ”

"I'm old, I can't do it anymore, and I'm old, it's time to go back to my home planet to rest." As he spoke, there was a hint of relief in Murray's eyes.

"Have you always lived here?" I asked.

Murray nodded, "yes, it's been here." ”

"It feels very hard, it's been this dark underground."

Murray smiled, "It's not hard work, it's all for a living, although when I first came, I didn't like it here, they ethereal people don't need a bright environment very much, and they don't pay as much attention to us humans, but after staying here for a long time, I gradually regard this place as my second home, while wanting to leave, I am a little reluctant, people are really troublesome creatures." ”

"Understood." Listening to Murray say this, I suddenly remembered everything that was in Tisball at that time, where I was taught to be unscrupulous, cruel and ruthless, but more importantly, it taught me to recognize myself, to be my true self, to be that kind and cheerful self.

But when I left Tisball, although it brought me so much pain, but in the end I was still a little reluctant, for that kind and lovely Ouya, somehow, I still occasionally see it in my dreams, maybe a little worried.

Losing her brother and living with Chen Yuxin is a little too difficult for her.

I don't know what happened to them. I muttered in my heart, and suddenly the car slowed down and stopped, and I looked up to realize that I had reached my destination.

After getting out of the car, the three ethereal starmen who came with us were already waiting in front of the car, and the next task was physical work, Gao Han and Ning Xinyan and I all used the elemental possession and began to carry the goods to the transport plane one by one.

Even with the help of two local staff members and three Ethereal Stars and Murray Muyo, the three of us were still sweating profusely. That's a ton of metal ore, and it's not just a random mess to put it on the transport plane, and the distance between each box can't be too close.

So it took about two hours for us to ship all the goods.

After a short break, she followed Murray to the surface in the elevator comparable to a roller coaster, and as when she came, Ning Xinyan still screamed all the way to the surface, and when she came down, she muttered quietly, saying that she would never come here again.

Gao Han is unabashedly ridiculed about this, and of course his ending can be imagined.

The ore was still taken down from the transport plane by manpower, and the machinery was unable to move in this cold environment, and we were finally loaded before we returned to the ship.

"That's right, it's all right." Ning Xinyan counted the amount of Xinlin Metal and said to Murray.

"I'm right to count here, then we'll be ready to go back." Murray said, don't go back to the cockpit. It didn't take long for the ship to start slowly, gradually accelerating away from the surface of the ethereal star, and our mission had been smooth so far, at least so far.

As I watched the Ethereal Star drift away from us, I looked down at the shared radar information on the holographic projection screen, and it wasn't long before we were going to pass through the black area again, and that was where this mission really needed attention.

Ning Xinyan called us together and said solemnly: "The next thing is the key, do you remember the formation we were assigned when we came, once something happens, we will fight according to that formation." ”

"Okay." Everyone agreed in unison. And just as we finished speaking, Honeysuckle suddenly shouted, "Something is rapidly approaching us!" ”