Chapter 03: The Night of the Black Storm
After the dismantling of a pile of discarded energy bars, a total of five were found that could be absorbed, and the blue energy pillar in Xiao Zhang's mind increased by a full percentage point to thirteen percent.
He carefully sorted out the discovery.
First of all, blue light is a kind of energy, which belongs to the most efficient and safest power in the twenty-eighth century, which can be broken and absorbed by itself; Secondly, the garbage robot in the yard, most of which are housekeeping robots, is very low-level, almost a product of the twenty-seventh century, excluding the attack defense capsule, and the life module in its body has been dismantled and recycled before it is abandoned, that is, he has not absorbed life and attack light energy; In the end, only one-thirtieth of this pile of garbage plastic sticks contains blue light energy, and the vast majority of the rest are outright garbage.
Although the blue light energy has increased by one percent, Xiao Zhang did not notice any obvious changes in himself, and he did not know what the effect of this 'Cleansing Treasure' in his mind was, and how to use it. However, he is very convinced that it is not garbage, but a treasure that may bring him infinite energy.
This is not because he is blindly confident, because he knows from his past memories that the twenty-eighth century belongs to the photon century, and all living forms contain more or less invisible photon energy.
The higher the content and the higher the purity, the more powerful the attack power will be, and it can even be used to drive the mecha to attack from a distance; Blue photons, also known as blue light energy, absorb more, the longer the power will be excited; Green photons represent life force and intelligence, which can sustain life. The more you have, the more vigorous your vitality will be, the higher your intelligence, the longer you can survive in battle, and the more you can automatically repair your body's wounds. Green life force photons also have many wonderful uses, such as growing crops, raising livestock, and turning them into photon-rich food.
If the 'Cleansing Treasure' in his mind and these three photons can communicate with each other, then he will really send it.
Just as he was pondering, there was a sudden loud bang overhead.
Thundered~!
It was like a boulder falling into the valley, the house shook violently, and the huge earthquake directly threw Xiao Zhang from the bed to the ground. Immediately after, the galloping cries of ten thousand horses resounded in my ears.
The Black Storm is here as scheduled.
Xiao Zhang gritted his teeth and got up, and pushed open the window with a pale face.
On the milky white protective cover, there are clusters of dark brown fire clouds, through the fire clouds, the sky is full of black pressed sand, and the sand and gravel are also mixed with various types of metal garbage, small as a knife blade, large as a missile, it is these metal garbage hit the protective cover and made an earth-shattering roar.
It is no exaggeration to say that without a protective shield, within ten seconds, this small building would be 100% torn to pieces by the black storm.
The power of nature was fully vented at this moment, like a wild army that had accumulated infinite rage, launched the fiercest attack on the gathering place of mankind.
The earth trembled;
The sky is trembling;
The human beings in the bubble are trembling.
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Ji Lanhua knocked on the door of Xiao Zhang's room with slippers and a nightdress, holding a quilt in her hand.
"Zhang'er, get out of the way!" Ji Lanhua Nunu mouthed, and patted her son's green and cute face with her free hand.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Xiao Zhang's face turned red, and when he saw Ji Lanhua squeezing into the room without saying anything, and threw the quilt on his bed, he couldn't help but feel a little at a loss.
Ji Lanhua laid out the quilt and turned over and got into the quilt: "Little cub, look at your face is red and white for a while, are you frightened?" In the past, every time there was a black storm, it was you who took the initiative to drill your mother's bed, but today it was strange, I waited for you for a long time, but there was no movement, are you scared stupid? ”
Xiao Zhang secretly bared his teeth and glared back at his mother: "Mom! I'm sixteen, can you give me a little more space? ”
"Cut! I thought I could fly when I grew three small feathers, and I still **? Get out of here! Ji Lanhua rolled her son's eyes angrily and said disdainfully.
"Mom, I really don't need to ......" Xiao Zhang was anxious, even if he didn't have the memory of his previous life, he had grown up, and his mother was still that mother, looking young and attractive.
Ji Lanhua was stunned, sighed and sat up: "Alas, Zhang'er, my mother didn't expect you to grow up so quickly, and a few days ago I hid in my mother's arms and cried with my little nose, and I disliked my mother in a blink of an eye." In fact, my mother also wants to let go, just in case this protective shield ...... Mom wants to hold her son and give you a little warmth......"
Xiao Zhang's eyes were a little moist, he gently closed the door, and said with a smile: "Mom, I can't sleep with such a loud noise anyway, why don't we sit and chat?" ”
"Giggles! The little cub will comfort his mother. Okay, let's chat! Ji Lanhua sat against the wall, looking at her son with a slightly twisted expression, her eyes were full of happiness.
This night, the mother and son talked a lot.
talked about the black storm, talked about the alien demons, talked about learning, talked about ideals, talked about the beautiful girl on the wall, and talked about garbage and robot energy bars......
I don't know when, Xiao Zhang fell asleep in his mother's arms.
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In the morning, the black storm passed, there was no sun, and the sky was gray.
Xiao Zhang sat up and looked at himself again in the mirror on the bedside table: thin arms and legs, no flesh, and an ordinary, thin and a little childish face.
He sighed and shook his head, quickly undressed himself, and shook his dizzy head.
The sound of robots running in the courtyard once again sounded particularly harsh in the silence of the morning.
Xiao Zhang pushed open the window and looked up overhead.
The shield was still there, but it had become a web that was not very transparent, and on this huge web lay bright white 'spiders', small as a fist and as large as a calf. Last night, any spider exploded, and the family was completely finished.
The protective shield was not broken, but Xiao Zhang's heart was broken.
The black-faced father was wearing a protective suit, with a calm face, and controlled the robot without saying a word, moving the iron bumps into the cargo compartment of the flying shuttle. Ji Lanhua held her hair in a bun and broke out the energy bar of the abandoned robot in the garbage heap, which was specially explained by her son last night, as long as it was the core cabin, she would give it to him.
The whole morning was spent in a dreary atmosphere, and the family did not speak at lunch.
That's life.
If you don't die, you have to live;
Alive, even if you can't see hope, you have to grit your teeth and persevere.
Halfway through his meal, the black-faced father dropped the dishes and chopsticks, started his shuttle, and left the yard in frustration. With him left, there were also those iron lumps that had been recovered these days. He couldn't wait to exchange them for money, the black storm was coming, the high-energy radiation stream on the clouds could rise at any time, and the shield could no longer resist any wind and grass.
"Zhang'er......" Ji Lanhua held the rice ball in her mouth, and stopped talking.
"Don't talk about Mom, Dad is right, the most important thing is to live. It's nothing if you don't go to school, my dad said that the garbage industry is a sunrise industry, and your son has decided to devote himself to the most promising sunrise industry from today, from now on! Xiao Zhang tried his best to comfort his mother, also dropped the dishes and chopsticks, took a protective suit, and went downstairs with red circles.
After a while, the courtyard resounded with the sound of robot demolition.
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Half an hour later, just as Xiao Zhang was sweating and controlling the robot, blue light shone in the southeast direction, and a silver shuttle dragging black smoke roared into his protective shield and staggered to the side of the garbage heap in the yard.
The silver shuttle is very new, more than ten meters long, bubble-shaped overall cockpit, the shuttle head has a jet-black turret, the built-in missile compartment is exposed under the shuttle body, and the five missiles lie in the cabin intact. Everyone in Cambridge knows that this is a "Daystar" class general-purpose combat shuttle manufactured by Huaxia Silver Star Group, which is moderately priced and is the standard preparation for low-level officials in Cambridge City.
The Venus shuttle was badly damaged, with a small hole in the glass cockpit, seven or eight holes in the shuttle body, three engine blades in the tail were removed, and black smoke was emitting from the middle and rear parts and the shuttle head.
Xiao Zhang stopped his work and watched all this in surprise.
The shuttle cockpit lid slid open, and two men jumped off in quick succession. The first person who came out was a young and middle-aged man, about thirty, slightly fat, with a small head and a briefcase, and a small round face deformed by anger. What came out from behind was a thin young man with a golden face and thick eyebrows, dressed in a silver combat uniform, which was torn in several places, and blood oozed from his shoulders and back.
Xiao Zhang is very familiar with these two people, the young and middle-aged man is called Qiao Jun, the director of Harvard Middle School; The thin young man's name is Zhao Jinlong, Director Qiao's full-time pilot, and a second-level mecha combatant.
"Can you still fly?" Director Qiao stared at Zhao Jinlong and asked.
Zhao Jinlong glanced at the shuttle a few times, shook his head, and pointed to the shuttle body emitting black smoke and replied: "Director, the flight control computer has been automatically turned off, which means that there is a problem with the core cabin, and the probability of flying is not great, I think it is better to contact the school to send other shuttles to pick you up, right?" ”
Director Qiao was on the fire, and when he heard the answer, he was even more angry, and stretched out his hand and slapped Zhao Jinlong: "You pig brain, school hasn't started yet, who will send you a shuttle?" ”
Zhao Jinlong touched his head, a little sharp flashed imperceptibly in his eyes, and he quickly lowered his head again: "Director, it's the subordinates who are not thoughtful." In this way, this shuttle has just been bought for a day, and it is still in the renewal period, as long as you call the Silver Star service department, they will definitely give you a new shuttle. ”
Director Qiao was so angry that his face trembled, and he didn't scold anymore, he raised his foot and wanted to kick, but seeing that Zhao Jinlong didn't dodge, he put it down again.
It's no wonder that Director Qiao is angry, because the purchase and sale contract is in the briefcase, and the first article on the contract clearly says: Being attacked by an alien demon belongs to the category of force majeure and is not responsible. Silver Star Group is not responsible for the repair of any downed shuttles.
Zhao Jinlong said tentatively for the third time: "Then call the police, let the air police team come to the rescue......"
"Alright, alright! Give Lao Tzu a bad idea, after the black storm, the air police are busy wiping their butts, and they still expect you to come to support, call the police? Only those who took the wrong medicine called the police. I command you to fix it at once, and by whatever means, make it fly! Director Qiao had to make up his own mind.
Zhao Jinlong's big eyes narrowed slightly, a smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he was not verbose, he turned around and got under the shuttle.
Ji Lanhua had already come out, and waited until Director Qiao finished speaking, before she put on a bright smile: "Oh, isn't this Director Qiao, is it the gust of wind that blew you here?" ”
Director Qiao smashed his mouth and glanced at Ji Lanhua with slanted eyes: "This is Xiao Zhang's fellow scholar?" ”
"Yes, I'm his mother Ji Lanhua, Director Qiao, can you take your breath and go into the house for a cup of tea?" Ji Lanhua replied with a smile like a flower.
Director Qiao waved his hand: "No need! I came here for a routine home visit, and Harvard Middle School stipulates that when entering the third year of high school, there will be a home visit for the bottom 100 students, whether to repeat a grade and re-study, or to automatically withdraw from school, to give the school a clear answer. Comrade Ji Lanhua, this is a confirmation of Han, sign it. ”
After speaking, he coldly opened the briefcase, took out an A4-format white card, clicked it a few times, showed a contract-style electronic document, and handed it to Ji Lanhua.
Ji Lanhua took it, still smiling and said, "Director Qiao, you see that it is awkward to stand outside and talk, why don't you go into the house and rest?" ”
"No need, I'm going to drive out the next one, let's sign it. Oh yes, by the way, Xiao Zhang's test last semester ranked first in the school, and it doesn't matter if he stays in the grade. Director Qiao waved his hand and refused, as if he didn't want to stay here for a minute.
Ji Lanhua restrained her smile, pointed to the top of her head, and said solemnly: "I understand, Xiao Zhang has caused you trouble." However, director, your car is not lightly damaged, it is estimated that it will not be able to be repaired in a moment and a half, you look at my protective cover, it has become a spider web, and the defense against high-energy radiation is not very powerful, it is recommended that you properly enter the house to hide, although the house is broken, there is still a layer of defense. ”
As soon as Director Qiao heard this, he looked up at the protective shield, and at a glance, he was full of excitement and burrowed into the broken building like a whirlwind.