Chapter 17: Dialogue 1
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"Understood, start the over-migration engine and apply the updated route map. Goal setting is complete, ready to overload and cross the sailing mode. Karin immediately took control of the ship, and the process of succession was smooth, showing her exquisite skill level. Even if she is as strict as Jessica, she only nods her head with satisfaction.
"The over-migration engine has only undergone emergency repairs, which is not suitable for high-intensity overload operations, and we cannot guarantee the safety of navigation in overload mode!" , the engine room objected.
"It doesn't matter, it's urgent, it's worth the risk. Rushing back to the town guard in time is the most important thing. ”
Jessica made a quick decision.
The Wanderer emitted a faint blue glow. Suddenly, it became the brightest one in the vacuum. The flash of lightning flashed, and the cruiser disappeared with it.
The cosmic battlefield, once a fierce conflict between ship groups, has returned to calm, and only the fragments of starships floating around silently tell what has happened.
Walking in the spacious aisle, dressed in an infantry uniform, Zhao Ping felt like a world away. The experience of déjà vu and unfamiliarity made him both curious and nostalgic.
Now he is both Zhao Ping and not Zhao Ping. He didn't regret the result, he felt like he had been reborn, on both levels of consciousness.
Walking inside, it is busy and lively but not chaotic, everything is running efficiently and in an orderly manner. This is the bridge, the hub of the Wanderer.
"Why are you here again? How many times have I told you, this is not where you should be. A roar came to his face, and the air from his mouth blew up the black hair.
Zhao Ping ignored Ivan's pretense and walked straight to Jessica in the middle.
"You're not welcome here, please respect yourself."
Although the words were polite, the tone was gloomy and terrifying, and Thorpe's tall figure stood in front of him like a wall.
"You don't have to be so wary of me, I am your soldier now, and as a shipborne infantryman, I will obey orders." , Zhao Ping is colorful. He looked like an ordinary soldier.
"My soldiers don't have the ability to enter the bridge without authorization." As he spoke, Thorpe took out his gun and pointed it at him, his eyes sharp and murderous.
"Don't embarrass him, I asked him to come." , Walking between Thorpe and Ivan, who were stunned, Zhao Ping was unusually calm and calm.
Jessica made him stand at the command chair as if he were an ordinary subordinate soldier.
"Do you know why I'm looking for you?"
"You don't know the bottom of your heart."
"As a private at the bottom, is this how you talk to your commander!"
Jessica said that she would turn her face, and the image of the female devil suddenly popped up, so frightened that Ivan who came with him quickly dodged, and Thorpe also stopped cautiously.
What disappointed her was that Zhao Ping seemed to be fine, and his expression remained unchanged.
"I'm correcting your mistakes, private!"
"Yes, sir! You don't know the bottom of your heart, so you will come to me. ”
With a standard military posture and a textbook answer, it seems that the young man has suddenly become a model soldier.
"You're fooling me!" , the female demon's blue-haired face became more and more terrifying.
"Tell me the truth, sir."
“……”
"Report sir! If nothing happens, the subordinate retires. ”
"......", Zhao Ping, who did not hesitate, turned around in a military posture and planned to leave.
"Whew...... I want to treat you as a normal person, but I'm stupid. ”
Zhao Ping tilted his head and stared at her curiously. Sensing the disrespectful look, she immediately glared back.
"Sir, with all due respect, you're not smart in the first place."
There was a chorus of noise on the bridge, some people bent over with difficulty holding back laughter, and some people were too surprised to hold their chins.
“……”
"Excuse me, sir, is there anything else? As a private, I'm very busy. ”
"Ahem...... Let's get down to business. ”
Zhao Ping made a gesture of listening to the teachings respectfully. Combined with the previous conversation, his current posture looks like sarcasm no matter how you look at it.
Jessica looked away, deliberately avoiding the embarrassing gaze.
"I don't trust you."
"Understandable."
"I'm sorry to tell you that when I return to the Keeper's Mansion, I'll report all the strange things about you to the Intelligence Bureau. They will send someone to investigate you. Of course, the people in the Intelligence Service don't treat you with the same courtesy as we do. She threw out the words she had prepared, narrowing her eyes and studying his reaction.
"I understand that as a Cosmos Force officer who has finally been Federation, you are in compliance with the regulations."
“…… How, is that all? After waiting for a while, Jessica was clearly unhappy with his reaction.
"Do you expect anything else from me?"
"Oh... No, it's just that I'm a little surprised that you can be honest with reality. She quickly hid her expression. The expressionless mask made the atmosphere of the scene awkward.
Zhao Ping accepted the awkward atmosphere casually. Instead, he began to look at her with interest.
"What, what's wrong with you, private!" , she deliberately emphasized his status as a private. Even if you're a war hero, no matter how good you are at handling a starship. In the class society of the army, you have to put yourself in the right place. That's the message she wants to deliver.
"You have a grudge against the cult, do you? What happened to them to you? Zhao Ping obviously didn't accept the message she sent, but didn't politely ask about the chief's privacy.
"It's not something you should know." Her face was elongated. The officers and men of the bridge looked at Zhao Ping with pity. The young man had broken the taboo, and the female devil was already eager to try it.
"I shouldn't know? Because of your words, I was defined as a cultist, and I was almost robbed and beaten to death, do you say that I shouldn't know the truth of the facts? Zhao Ping gave people the feeling of disobedience at this time. The content of what he said was supposed to be that of an indignant young man standing in front of him and making an impassioned statement, but in fact he was a fellow who didn't care about anything, and told all this with a lazy attitude. Behind the sense of disobedience, the indifferent attitude towards life is terrifying.
First of all, Jessica faced Zhao Ping, and the routine of the female devil's hair could not continue. She could only maintain a vicious stare at him, and in fact, her body under the uniform was trembling unexpectedly.
Time passed little by little, and the communication between the two made no progress. Finally, Zhao Ping showed an impatient look.
"Since you don't want to say it, I won't force it. Let's stop this conversation. Sir, my subordinates have retired. ”
"Wait...... It's no secret either, my family...... In the attack...... Affected is ...... You guys did it. You can see that she is trying to control herself, and her finger joints are white from her fists.
"Okay, that's a good answer. When it was your turn to ask a question, I answered, and there was only one question. ”
Zhao Ping's heartlessness is outrageous. Not only did he not feel her suppressed emotions, he did not show any sympathy, but instead saw her pain as part of a quiz game, and indifferently demanded to continue.
Perhaps stimulated, Jessica's emotions calmed down. She put on an expressionless mask, and her face flashed with droplets, "Good, I like the rules." Let me ask you whether the robot rebels are invading on a large scale or harassing on a small scale, what are their troops, and how are the logistics lines arranged......"
Zhao Ping stretched out his hand to stop Jessica from continuing to ask.
"You can't answer? I still want to regret it! ”
"Just one question, please note dear sir."
“……”
"Now please state your doubt, it can only be one question."
"The chief asked you about the conditions! I'm tired of your ......", Edlaide stopped Ivan from squirting feces in his mouth.
Jessica suppressed her anger, and she could see that her gaze was still flickering fiercely.
"You, are you an artificial intelligence?" , Her question was surprising, and everyone around her was stunned, but Zhao Ping looked normal.
"You are indeed the elite of the human race. You've guessed half right, I used to be a consulting being. ”
A silent commotion spread across the bridge, and many wide-eyed people were amazed.