Chapter 18: Shadows

Just when Commander Luoxi was hesitating how to answer.

"I don't think they can call the shots on this matter, after all, I'm your employer." The key characters will always come out at the end, and Rog didn't expect that this would apply here as well. But it's understandable to think about it, after all, the travel of the entire caravan is not a simple process, but there are many things to deal with.

Generally, crew members will not contact the captain or employer when they encounter some trivial matters, and will only notify them when the situation is more serious. It was precisely because the crew thought that there was no problem that they postponed the incident. But when they saw Rogge take out the grenade, the crew knew that this matter had to be resolved, so they notified the authorities.

Rogge looked at the employer who came in later. He is not from the Xiwei tribe, from the information in Rogge's hands, he knows that this is a Qinrui tribe, the scientific and technological civilization is slightly higher than that of the Xiwei tribe, and the business is very developed. And the Qin Rui clan and the Xiwei clan have a lot of cooperation.

It is also because of the cooperation that there is a lot of cooperation, so Rogge and Mo Ran will be assigned to the task of escorting his caravan.

He wasn't very tall, and he was even a few points shorter than Mo Ran and Rogge in mecha. In Redya, who is mostly "giant" height, he is indeed considered short.

He stood on a platform in the distance, his hands propped up on the guardrail, looking condescendingly at the mercenaries below. The other pair was still clicking on the panel next to it, confirming the last information before the voyage. Including, flight clearance, food, cargo, personnel, backup salvage systems, etc.

If it weren't for the fact that things here were a bit overdone, he wouldn't want to pay attention to them.

Rogge frowned slightly, but didn't say anything. After all, the other party was an employer, although it might be for the sake of the Xiwei clan to let him and Mo Ran join this escort mission, but the Qin Rui clan really didn't take him and Mo Ran to heart. If it weren't for the fact that he was worried about the psychological imbalance of other people, he really wanted these two Kunde people to go directly to the dormant chamber and wake up after going directly to the location.

This time the mission was a transport mission issued by the Siwei people, and there was not much risk.

After Luo Xi saw his employer, he put away his smiling face, and then saluted his employer. The other mercenaries did the same, holding both of their right hands flat on their chests.

"If nothing happens, then I hope it doesn't happen again." The employer whispered, and then walked to the room behind him. Soon there was a flicker, and the image disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Alright, this time it's the employer who speaks." Luo Xi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, at least avoiding a direct conflict with Rogge and Mo Ran. He looked at Mo Ran and Rogge with a smile, "I hope we can get along well in the future." ”

After saying that, Luo Xi walked towards the depths of the transport ship. The other Siwei mercenaries scattered in twos and threes.

"Doesn't that feel weird?" Miria watched Luo Xi leave, then asked Mo Ran with a smile. Rogge had already gone looking for their rest chamber by this time. Because the cargo needs to be stored in a specific way, the gravity in each room can be adjusted. This is much better than a battleship, which is mainly engaged in combat, and is naturally inferior to a cargo ship in this regard.

"What's weird?" Mo Ran didn't understand why she said this.

"I don't understand why Luoxi has an attitude towards you!" Miria smiled and said that in terms of the aesthetics of the Xiwei people, Milia is a very beautiful woman. It's just that at this time, she was wearing a mecha helmet, and Mo Ran herself didn't understand the aesthetics of the Xiwei tribe.

Thinking of Fu Xi's attitude before, Mo Ran nodded. When they were in Redya before, even some creatures who were not very tall were very rude to them, and Luo Xi's attitude just now was indeed a little abnormal.

"Something hasn't happened before that hasn't been very good." Miria seemed to think of something, and immediately stopped talking. "I think it's the first time you've participated in such an escort mission!" Smiling, she looked at Mo Ran.

Mo Ran hesitated. "How do you know?" He had to ask about this kind of thing, and if it was his own behavior or something that caused a flaw, he had to learn to hide it.

"Only creatures who are on such a mission for the first time will exacerbate the contradictions, as you just did, completely ignoring the situation." Miria said with a smile. "It's also the first time Fu Xi has participated in such a mission."

Hearing the name Fuxi, Mo Ran quickly thought of the Xiwei tribe who had a dispute with them before.

"We are not in the habit of being questioned and not refuting it." Mo Ran said in a deep voice. Originally, Mo Ran and Rogge thought that they were showing their strong side, at least they would not be bullied again, but listening to Miria's words, it seemed that this was not appropriate.

"If you've ever been a cosmic mercenary, you should know that in this kind of mission, it's best not to stiffen up relationships with your companions." Miria looked at Mo Ran in front of her and whispered. "Because, there is no absolute relationship between mercenaries. Even a lot of them are vengeful. It's not uncommon to distrust each other in the same mission. ”

Speaking of which, Miria just stopped. "A good team relationship is also very helpful for the task." Standing up, Miria put one hand on her waist and looked at the empty hall. "There's still a lot of knowledge in this, you should know!"

After saying that, Miria walked towards a passage in the distance, and the next side showed that it was the cabin for the mecha maintenance.

Moran watched Miria walk away, thinking about what she had left behind. Then I thought of the way the captain of the Qin Rui clan spoke before. I thought a lot in an instant.

First of all, the merchant of the Qin Rui clan was not very happy, and could even be said to be a little impatient. But they didn't do anything out of the ordinary, just a small dispute. On the entire ship, except for those staff members, Mo Ran hardly saw a few Qin Rui people. In other words, the entire ship was secured only by the mercenaries of the Shevi tribe with him and Rogge.

In addition to the enemies, there are also those mercenaries who are the most unbelievable in the universe. Balancing mercenaries often requires another team of mercenaries. But this time, Mo Ran and Rogge who came here obviously couldn't make the captain feel safe enough.

The minds of those who are not of our race must be different, and this is also true in the universe. Even if there are mercenaries joining forces to eat the merchant's cargo ship, there will definitely be a certain amount of fighting inside, and even the alliance will be killed because of the caravan's concessions. In such a state, a caravan method of transporting quests with three creatures has continued. Plays a balancing role.

Thinking of this, Mo Ran was also able to understand that even if the previous captain knew that only he and Rogge might not be useful for defending the caravan, he was still unwilling to let them go to sleep. And Luo Xi may have encountered such a thing before, so he wanted to have a good relationship with Mo Ran and Rogge.

Looking at the direction Miria left, Mo Ran frowned slightly. Miria didn't seem to say much, but she seemed to be telling everything. And once Mo Ran has the seeds of doubt in his heart, then he will naturally think about things in the future with such an attitude, this is not a good thing, if something happens, then it will definitely affect the final judgment because of these thoughts.

Putting away his thoughts, Mo Ran suddenly felt that he had a headache. He had never thought about so many problems before, but today so many things suddenly popped up, which made him a little uncomfortable. "If only Rogge were there." But Rog's guy ran away.

"Rogge, where are you?" Moran opened his comms and looked for Rogge.

"I'm in the dormant compartment I've been allocated!" Rogge's voice soon came, "These dormant chambers are so big that I only take up half of them when I go in." I'm still setting up the program. I don't want to lie down and drown in liquid carbon dioxide. ”

The main gas that the Shewi breathe is carbon dioxide, which neither Morran nor Rogge can explain. It can only be said that life is too mysterious.

Tell Rogge about the conversation and thoughts between himself and Miria just now. "What do you think?" Mo Ran walked towards the room. Rogge visibly stopped what he was doing.

"I just wonder why this Miria is telling you this. Is it to make us wary of both employers and them? Rogge whispered. You know, in the universe, no one can believe it. Who knows what's going on in the minds of these creatures. ”

Rogge's final summary is. "We're just going to lie in the dormant bunker and wait for the landing. If the employer asks, we just say we don't know. "Rogge is clearly happy with his little cleverness.

In addition to smiling bitterly, Mo Ran didn't know what kind of mood he should use to talk about Rogge.

There weren't many people in the warehouse, and along the way, Mo Ran saw the most maintenance robots, as well as a small number of engineers from the Qin Rui clan.

The mercenaries' dormant chambers were still scattered, at least Mo Ran didn't find any other dormant chambers around them.

"Don't look at it, no one is in this room except the two of us." Rogge patted the dormant chamber beside him, apparently he had already programmed it. Unlike warships on Earth, the dormant chambers of Earth's starships are all under the protection of a facility and are dormant in a unified manner. However, the Qin Rui caravan's approach seems to be to ensure that these mercenaries will not all die due to an accident when they encounter something, and at the same time, it can also prevent some mercenaries from gathering to make trouble.

Just when Mo Ran and Rogge were about to sleep, the captain of the Qin Rui clan who they had seen before appeared in front of the two of them. Of course, this is only a three-dimensional projection, but it is too realistic, which makes Mo Ran and Rogge startled.

"You're Mo Ran and Rogge of the Kunde clan, aren't you?" The captain asked, looking at the panel in his hand.

"If there are no other Kunde people on this ship, then it should be us." Rogge sat down on the dormant compartment behind him and said, looking at the not-so-tall captain in front of him. He was covered in a tight-fitting silver spacesuit, and his dark green skin looked like the kind of seaweed in the deep sea in a textbook. There is no mouth on a very smooth face, only a voice like fish gills arranged on either side.

"According to our previous contract, you should have ten people." Looking at the panel in his hand, he asked. "I want to know where the others are."

"They can't come on this mission." Rogge looked at the captain in front of him. Compared to Captain Zod, this captain is too "delicate", and at the same time, there is no comparison.

"Why wasn't there a notification before?" The captain tried to calm himself down.

"We were asked before we entered the ship, and most of our commission was withheld. I guess that's enough! Rogge naturally heard the other party's question. But didn't they already talk to a Xiwei before? At this time, the captain asked again, at least procedurally unreasonable.

The captain fell silent. At this time, if the plan is delayed, it will cause a lot of losses due to the contract. Naturally, there was no turning back for him. "Then this period of time is hard work for the two of you. Because it's not very safe around here. The Browns have been moving a lot lately, and quite a few caravans have become their targets. This time we are going to be on a voyage for about a month. I hope we can get along. ”

The captain's words softened. At this time, he didn't have many options, so he naturally went to check the previous information. But strangely, he didn't find a video related to Mo Ran and Rogge. It's like these two people suddenly have an extra person on a cargo ship.

And at this time, Mo Ran noticed. The creature that had hosted them was a four-legged creature, but there didn't seem to be anyone here. And the creature disappeared quickly after receiving them.

"I heard that you're transporting ore this time, aren't you?" Thinking of this, Mo Ran asked in a deep voice.

After a moment's hesitation, the captain nodded. "That's right, it's ore." The captain didn't explain much, and then disappeared in front of them.

"For more than a month, I hope the two of you can keep patrolling, and I will pay enough commissions when the time comes." The captain's words turned off the communication. He didn't mean to discuss with Moran and Rogge. It looks like he has some problems to solve.

"What, just a phrase to keep us awake all the time? Don't even have a break? Rogge asked loudly. At the same time, the dormant compartment under Rogge's ass also flashed red, and all the programs were locked.

"What's going on?" Rogge looked at the locked dormant chamber and wailed. "I applied to disembark, I won't do this task anymore."