Chapter Eighty-Nine: Parasites

The five-year mission is the standard for measuring the overall strength and development status of a detachment, it can make a detachment leap to become the focus of attention in the Star Alliance, and it can also make the detachment be despised and ridiculed by everyone, this is also the second five-year mission after Shorten became the captain of the sixth squadron, the last task is not good, it is not bad, although it is not famous, but it is not discredited, at least it proves his ability as the captain of the sixth squadron.

The five-year mission is daunting, that's for sure, there may be an unprecedented crisis, and for the five-year mission, no one can guarantee that they will survive intact, not even the captain or vice-captain.

Losing a group of people, but also honing a group of people, the hunter group has grown up in such repeated training. Hunters have become accustomed to being on the verge of life and death all year round, and it is precisely because they are accustomed to this excitement and adventurous life that when they hear about dangerous missions, they show not apprehension and panic, but unbearable excitement, especially those old hunters.

Got Dias's affirmation, Cali and the others cheered, they didn't have much experience in the last five-year mission, and they didn't enjoy following the ass of their predecessors before, this time they have to enjoy it! Thinking of this, the work at hand of Kari and the others also accelerated.

Sillin joins in, and Sugar Ball Ball and Gray Cat crouch next to Sillin left and right to watch them handle the loot.

Seeing that the gray cat didn't blink his eyes, Sugar Ball asked, "Purr, are you interested in this?" ”

"Tell me to say goodbye!" The gray cat was dissatisfied.

"But snoring sounds kind."

Cordial? The gray cat was fluttering all of a sudden, and it no longer cared about the name of the sugar ball, but it didn't say anything about the money it owed, and the debt slave or something was too embarrassing.

After dealing with the white bear, everyone returned to the temporary base, cleaned up, and returned to the starship docked in the spaceport by aircraft.

The gray cat walks around the starship with its tail upright, as if patrolling the territory. Behind the gray cat, the dough fart followed, and finally found a guy on the ship who was not a human like himself, and the dough was still excited, at least there was a cushion for trouble in the future.

Although the five-year mission has not yet begun, the people on the starship have not been idle, checking the food storage, energy storage, weapons and equipment, and carefully inspecting the starship, the aging parts must be replaced, since you want to do a big vote, there can be no mistakes, details determine success or failure.

Xilin and the team member in charge of engineering on this starship inspected the starship together, and Enji, the head of engineering of the starship, is also an Otope person, unlike the sturdy Eight Knife, Enji is thin, although the height of the Otop people is there, but in fact, in terms of weight, Enji may not be able to compare to Xilin. There are a lot of people like Enji, they will not rush to the front line of the battle, but belong to the logistics personnel, of course, the technical workers who can stay in the hunter regiment are not ordinary, at least the courage will not be bad, when you need it, pick up the gun and go to the battlefield.

During the overhaul, Enji and Xilin exchanged experiences, Enji admired Xilin, a young man, although he was young, but he did have real talent and learning, and he could see the key points at a glance for the structure of some machinery, and Xilin was able to listen to opinions and suggestions with an open mind, which was quite good at this age.

Enji's six arms were all busy, some holding tools, some holding parts, and some holding instruments, and Xilin was recording beside him.

"Okay, this piece is finished, let's take a rest first, and then carry out the maintenance of the next place."

Taking the water handed by Xilin, Enji poured two sips, took a breath, and looked at Xilin's records.

"Yes, very professional record." Unsparing compliments, Enji unfolded a chair and sat down, placing the tools into the toolbox one by one.

"Brother Enji, what's that?" Cillin asked, pointing to Enji's tool and a small piece of brown-red crystal inside.

"Well," Enji smiled, picking up the piece and handing it to Cillin, "take a closer look and can you guess what it is?" ”

Cillin took the small piece of crystal, which was only half the size of a thumb.

"Resin?" Cillin could discern the main ingredient of the thing, and he could also see a creature buried in the bread here. It is less than a centimeter long, its body is semicircular, and it has multiple pairs of foot feet and a pair of chelicera, which looks a little hideous, "I have never seen this creature." ”

"There are many kinds of creatures in the universe, and it's normal to not see them." Enji laughed, "Guess how you got that bug here?" ”

Xilin shook his head, although there are many creatures who can guess their living environment based on their posture, but more creatures can't imagine, for the creature buried here, Xilin's intuition is not simple.

Enji smiled, took the small brown-red piece, rubbed his fingers against the surface, and sighed, "This is a parasite!" ”

"Parasites?!" Sirin knew that Enji wasn't talking about human parasites, but things that were parasitic on spacecraft like starships.

"Yes, this is also something we should pay special attention to every time we overhaul the starship, and we must check it from time to time during a long flight, and once we find parasites, we must eliminate them in time, otherwise there will be endless troubles. For a small fraction of what they were, they could destroy a massive starship. They can carry cosmic rays, carry the vacuum environment, and firmly nail to the aircraft, and many of the substances they secrete can corrode the aircraft, although they can't be seen for a while, but after a long time, it will be troublesome, and it will be too late to really find out, you know, if a hole suddenly appears on the starship when flying in the universe, and there is no time to remedy it, what will happen? ”

Xilin shook unconsciously, so terrifying.

"They will also destroy some key parts of the starship, whether it is weapon systems or energy delivery pipes, and some interfaces, which may become their habitat. There are many parasites in the universe, and their preferences are also different, some prefer places where energy is active, some prefer places with aerobic, in short, all we need to do is to check all the starships regularly to get rid of future problems. ”

Enji bounced up the small piece in his hand and caught it: "Every time we will prepare the embedding solution, such a small parasite can be embedded with the embedding solution, just like amber, and after the mission is over, it can be sold at a high price, sold to researchers or collection enthusiasts, many people like to collect this kind of cosmic parasite, to a certain extent, these cosmic parasites are also available but not sought." I got this one from my last five-year mission, and this is just one of them, and I kept one for myself, which I didn't sell, as a souvenir. If you are interested, if you find a parasite at that time, call you to come and have a look when it is time to get rid of it. ”

"Okay, thank you, Brother Enji!"

"You kid, why are you so polite! Let's go to the next place for maintenance. ”

After following Enji for overhauling, Cillin was about to go back to the break room to lie down, but before he could take a few steps, he heard Karry's yell.

"Cillin, look at the good things your cat has done!!"

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