The black market was originally a place to store all kinds of discarded materials, especially expired technological products, and over time, those clones and robots who were badly injured and abandoned by the major city-states gathered here to build devices from these waste materials to replace the damaged parts of their bodies.

These abandoners did not give up hope of life, and continued to fight in the way of life, fighting highly evolved plants, collecting organic resources, and exchanging merit for the major city-states, hoping that one day they would be able to "get healthy" again and buy a spaceship to return to the city-state again.

The pile of familiar scrapped materials in Xia Long's eyes is the hard indicator of his adulthood, which can only fly to the wreckage of the 20-meter "Chitu" spaceship, and the seriously damaged robot next to it is the tulip that takes care of the planting warehouse with Xia Long, and the antique "steering wheel" in her hand is the manpower steering device of the Chitu spaceship!

The various mixtures in his heart made Xia Long furious: "Cass, you bastard, what have you done!" Is that how to treat a life that is not at all a threat? ”

Alice next to her couldn't figure out why Xia Long would react so violently, so Xia Long didn't care if there was danger nearby, quickly put on a protective suit, drove the Life Freedom sub-ship and left the mothership, rushing towards the place in the picture!

This frightened Alice and No. 3 and No. 4, and Alice hurriedly said to the two robots: "You two should have some permission to use the equipment on the mothership, hurry up and scan for hostile personnel around!" After saying that, the three of them got busy together, Alice stared at the picture to pay attention to Xia Long's situation, and No. 3 and No. 4 scanned the surrounding situation.

Xia Long soon came to Tulip's side, she was badly damaged, only a small amount of artificial skin was attached to her metal outer layer, some electrical systems in her limbs made a "whoosh" short-circuit sound from time to time, and her original big eyes were closed, and her appearance was completely ruined.

It didn't take long for Xia Long's mood to be destroyed, and the sub-ship made some movements, and after several parts broke away and formed a protective wall in front of Xia Long, there was immediately a sound that could only be made by several bursts of weapon attacks.

"It's the Freedom of Life, we reacted as soon as we moved! Otherwise, we'll get a lot of bounties! ”

"Damn! This person must be Xia Long, I have seen this ship in F2 races! I didn't expect him to dare to come out as soon as he arrived! ”

"I almost got to kill the sinner of the No. 1 city-state, since this guy stole Dr. Mel's things, our city-state has fallen!"

The communication equipment in Xia Long's protective suit also heard the voice of the computer: 7 weak and hostile personnel were found, did they fight back?

"Before I change my mind, leave quickly and kill a few weak existences, I believe that Cass will not tear up the agreement we reached!" After saying that, Xia Long was using all his strength to drag the tulip into the sub-ship, and since it was a robot, the robot arm in the sub-ship also helped a lot.

After returning to the mothership, Alice complained: "You are also the captain of the ship, don't be so impulsive, okay?" If No. 3 and No. 4 hadn't found out in time and contacted the sub-ship, I don't know what your situation would be now! Who is this robot? ”

"It seems to be a tulip, I didn't recognize it before No. 4, or Xia Long, your eyesight is good." The two robots don't have much contact with Tulips, and their observation skills are not as detailed as humans.

At this time, Tulip's eyes opened, and when she saw the familiar Xia Long, she said with difficulty: "Xia Long, you haven't done anything yet, great, where am I now?" What about the master, Dr. Mel? ”

Xia Long's eyes moistened even more: "You are safe Tulip now, you are in the spaceship designed by Dr. Mel, who made you look like this!"

"Soon after I put your grandfather in the freezer, someone took the master and me away, and these people interrogated me and tortured me, but I really didn't know anything; Then I was thrown somewhere and someone dismantled my parts, someone snatched my nuclear battery, and I thought I heard the voices of these people just now. Tulip continued to struggling.

"Later, I found the wreckage of your ship, and the owner told me that you would find me, so I grabbed this thing that you often use to get the steering wheel, so that it will be easier for you to find me, but fortunately you can find it. Are the tulips you planted blooming? I feel so sleepy now, I've never felt this way before. Tulips are still holding the steering wheel in their hands.

Although she doesn't know much about tulips, Alice is already a little moved: "Charon has planted a lot and built a lot of windmills." Sometimes, the robot is more simple, a command, an explanation is all their beliefs!

Tulip closed his eyes again, his real body slackened due to energy exhaustion, Xia Long looked at No. 3 and No. 4, who were also robots, and asked nervously: "You two can even build the sub-ship of the Life Freedom, is it difficult to repair Tulip?"

A few hours later, after the most sophisticated tests that could be achieved, Number 4 said: "The situation is quite ideal, the most important memory system is not damaged, and the battery can be installed quickly to wake up, as can be seen from her previous words; But in other respects, with our current scientific and technological resources, it is very difficult to restore her to her most intact state, especially the part of her human appearance; The infected metal-phagocytic bacteria have been cleaned up and stored. ”

"Let's not let her wake up yet, she still doesn't know the news of Dr. Mel's death, and our current situation is not good, wait until the meteorite rain is resolved, return to the 'farm' base and deal with it slowly! On the 3rd and 4th, you have strengthened your vigilance, I am so tired that I need to really sleep. ”

Staying in the Life Freedom for a long time, being hunted down for a lot of time, operating ideologically for a long time, there are no trustworthy people around him, and few humans communicate with him, Xia Long is really tired, a rare emotional outburst, and he really needs to sleep well.

It's just that during Xia Long's time, a large number of people and a large number of spaceships quickly gathered around the Life Freedom Mothership, these are ordinary residents of the No. 1 city-state, although they know that Lu Dao cannot fight by force, but they all condemn Xia Long.

Since Charon "stole" Dr. Mel's data box, the original glorious No. 1 city-state has plummeted, the tall city walls have been cut by nearly half, and many industries have been supervised by the alliance of 6 major city-states.

Kasz watched the scene of the Life Freedom being condemned with relish, and said happily: "Xia Long, you are only a few catties, you are still tender when you fight with me, and the pressure is very high now, right?" Deal with the enemy, attack the heart! It's just that Cass doesn't know what to do, and now Xia Long has fallen asleep.

As a diplomatic spokesman, Alice looked at the angry people outside the mothership alone, feeling tormented, and didn't even dare to check the messages sent by these people, so she could only make a perfunctory response, and ignored them, hoping that these people would leave on their own after a long time without effect.

Xia Long slept for more than ten hours, and after waking up, his mood still did not improve, and he did not pay attention to Alice's report, but quietly looked at the same "sleeping" tulips in the sealed warehouse for a while.

This made Alice next to her feel an inexplicable jealousy: Even if I don't let you find other objects, you shouldn't find a robot, right? What a bit of a pervert!

After a while, Charlon, who had eased up, asked Alice about the situation, and there were still many condemning crowds outside the mothership, all of whom were counting on Charon to hand over the Life Freedom and the data box, after all, it was all Dr. Mel's, and Dr. Mel had always been a resident of City-State No. 1.

"What about the cosmic shipwrecked people you rescued, as well as the people who also came back from the two large warships you brought? They have some emotions right now, and there are people out there who are biased against you, and it's definitely not appropriate to release them now. "Alice had just started working as a diplomatic spokesman, and she seemed a little rusty.

Xia Long's brows were a little tight, and he scratched his head and said: "Those who need to be released, you ask No. 3 and No. 4 to help, gather them, and according to your previous thoughts, the matter of doing ideological work will be handed over to you!" I'm going to contact Cass now and ask him to get rid of the crowd outside the mothership. ”

"Don't worry, I've already prepared the content of my speech! Absolutely satisfying! After Alice finished speaking, she quickly left, leaving a faint fragrance for Xia Long to slowly reminisce.

Cass is in a very good mood now, two hot human beauties are waiting for him to taste red wine, and when he learned that he received a communication request from the Life Freedom, he was not in a hurry, he lazily put down the wine glass, pinched the beauties next to him, and signaled to retreat before accepting the communication: "Xia Long, it's rare that you take the initiative to find me, is there anything wrong?" I've just woken up from my sleep, and I'm sorry to keep you waiting. ”

Xia Long, who was already a little impatient to wait, immediately put away his emotions and sneered: "This is really a coincidence, I also just woke up and was woken up, my side is not very quiet, do you want to send someone to solve it?" You must know what I mean, there are a lot of space-wrecked people in my spaceship, as well as the personnel in the two battleships you abandoned, they can't wait to go home now, they have arrived at New Blue Star, but the outside is blocked inside the three layers and the outer three layers are not comfortable! ”

Hearing this, Cass quickly agreed to help Charon drive away the angry crowd around the Mothership Life Freedom, and informed him that the nuclear-powered missiles he had promised would be delivered in the next few days.

After the end of the communication, Cass showed a thoughtful expression, he didn't expect Xia Long to have this leisure, he had to talk about these shipwrecked people from afar, the abandoned ones were rescued, and the personnel in his two warships were forgotten, why bother those cosmic shipwrecked to save them? After coming back, there is nothing, or continue to wait for death, but the wait is longer, the time floating in the universe is too long, and the city-states have long cleared the merits of these people.

On Xia Long's side, Alice said in her heart: "I look at your previous appearance, it seems that you are very worried about Tulip, she is just a robot, do you have OCD to save people?" Or was she beautiful before she was damaged? ”

Sighing, Xia Long said slowly: "You compare, is the tulip very similar to the humanoid statue I built on D star, she was designed by Dr. Mel according to the way his daughter grew up in his memory, which can be regarded as a kind of sustenance in Dr. Mel's heart!" ”

Alice quietly listened to Xia Long's previous story, her relatives died early due to a strange illness, only a grandfather was left, life has been very difficult, and the popularization of barrier techniques in recent years has improved a little by planting the greenest agricultural products, even so, it is still ridiculed everywhere.

Dirk in the thrift market, and even the robot Jeff who trades hibernation potions, but Tulip doesn't, help herself take care of the planting warehouse, even if she smuggles these agricultural products, she is only a verbal threat, in the past few years, it is this tulip that talks to Xia Long the most, this is a very kind robot, so kind that Xia Long can use dog tail flowers as tulip flowers to fool around, and send hugs!

Xia Long said meaningfully: "Tulips are also life, and if they have independent consciousness, they should be treated by life, even if they are clones and robots created by humans!" ”