The vast and cold universe, darkness and desolation are eternal topics, and countless stars are dotted in this desolation, but they cannot recover the coldness that has come from ancient times.

The pale earth, a barren and lifeless planet, is a planet where no life has been born, and since the birth of the universe tens of billions of years ago, it has been such a dead silence, and this dead silence has spread to the end of cosmic time.

But today, the silence was broken, and a spaceship crashed down on the dead planet.

Next to a dead corpse, members of the main attack ship No. 331 of the Seventh Squadron of the Twelfth Fleet of the Seventh Legion of the Northern Galactic Star Field were repairing the spaceship.

Captain Gu Xuehai stood beside the spacecraft in a blue special command uniform, the force field of the command uniform opened to block cosmic rays while ensuring the supply of oxygen and temperature, Gu Xuehai looked at the seriously damaged spacecraft in front of him with a serious expression.

The war between humans and the Zerg began one hundred and sixty-eight years ago on Earth time, and now, in the past two hundred years, the war has become more and more tense, and the current battle line has been stretched to five hundred and sixty light years, and the coverage area has faintly exceeded control, while human beings have gradually fallen into decline.

The main attack ship of the Seventh Squadron of the Twelfth Fleet of the Seventh Legion of the Northern Galaxy Star Domain led by Gu Xuehai was severely damaged in the fierce battle with the Zerg, although they destroyed the small starry sky mother nest of the Zerg, but they fell on this barren planet.

This is an extremely dangerous thing to do in the one hundred and sixty-eight years of war with the Zerg, losing contact in the long front of five hundred and sixty light years is almost equivalent to death, and no one will find out where you are unless there is a curvature neutrino transmitter to report the location.

But what Gu Xuehai's team encountered was the most dangerous situation, their curvature engine and curvature neutrino emitter had been damaged, and there was also a problem with the anti-gravity propulsion device, and the twelve fleets they belonged to were about to shift the battle line, if they couldn't contact the team, they would have to wait for death on this desolate planet.

Thinking of this, Gu Xuehai's mood became more and more depressed, his years of experience in commanding battleships told him that the damage to the battleship this time was very serious.

"Captain, the curvature engine's negative energy generator is completely damaged, and now it's almost impossible to repair." Du Yi, the leader of the maintenance team, walked out of the curvature engine device and shook his head deeply at Gu Xuehai.

The wrinkles in Gu Xuehai's eyebrows became deeper and deeper, but he immediately made a decision: "Priority repair of the curvature neutrino emitter." ”

Du Yi shook his head and said, "Captain, that curvature neutrino transmitter is almost scrapped, it is more serious than the damage to the curvature engine, and it can't be repaired at all." ”

Speaking of this, Du Yi's emotions were even a little out of control, and he didn't know what this meant better than him, he looked at Gu Xuehai and said:

"Captain, this planet may really be our graveyard."

The most terrible thing in interstellar warfare is not the death in battle, nor the injury, the most terrible thing in interstellar warfare is the loss of contact, on the galactic scale measured in light years, once you lose contact, no one can find you, you need to wait for death slowly in the long years.

When many lost fighters were found again, they died not of disease or injury, but of suicide, and those long years were the most cruel torture, and no one could bear the loneliness of looking at the universe.

"Wait for rescue in peace, if we can't wait for rescue, then I will be the last to die after burying you, and you will not be the loneliest one."

Gu Xuehai's words still didn't have the slightest emotional fluctuation, because he knew that he must not collapse.

Du Yi took a deep breath, tried to make himself appear more resolute, and said, "Captain, in fact, I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid that hope will be exhausted little by little." ”

Gu Xuehai nodded and said, "I understand, I understand." ”

"But no matter what, we have to fight for our own hope, to tighten all the energy supplies outside of subsistence, and we want to fight for that only hope."

After speaking, Gu Xuehai patted Du Yi on the shoulder, and then turned around to comfort the others, he still had a lot to do, and he had to make the last effort before he was willing to face the end of death.

And just when Gu Xuehai decided to play with the god of death, an exclamation sounded on the communication channel.

"Captain, look at Li Xu!"

Li Xu was a naval gun controller of their fleet, but when he landed before, the main attack ship hit the ground at high speed and was damaged, and Li Xu died on the spot.

Gu Xuehai's whole person froze slightly, and then his eyes stared at the corpse on the side of the spaceship.

On the pale earth, under the black sky, at this time, a scarlet light lit up from the corpse of team member Li Xu.

The corpse, which had already been frozen, seeped out wisps of scarlet brilliance from its body, and the brilliance intertwined in the air, gradually forming a human form.

On this inhospitable planet, it caught everyone's attention almost instantly.

In the next second, something beyond everyone's imagination happened, team member Li Xu's body quickly shriveled and withered, and a figure manifested from the scarlet, kneeling on one knee on the ground.

"It felt better than I thought."

The unfamiliar tone sounded from the mouth of a person who looked exactly like "Li Xu", just looking at it made everyone present worry, and what happened at the scene was almost beyond everyone's cognition.

"Li Xu" slowly stood up and looked at the person in front of him, the whole person lagged slightly, and he said with a smile: "Everyone, have you eaten?" ”

Under the frozen weird atmosphere, at the moment of staring at "Li Xu", Gu Xuehai shouted at the communication channel with almost no hesitation:

"Zerg parasitism! Shoot! ”

The strange atmosphere was directly torn, and the battle broke out in an instant, and the well-trained members of the main attack fleet drew their guns and fired one after another.

In so many years of experience in the war with the Zerg, Gu Xuehai didn't learn much, he only learned one thing, if he encountered something incomprehensible, it would be right to attack.

One after another, the lasers penetrated the earth almost instantaneously and came to the body of "Li Xu".

But at the moment when the laser was about to hit, the scarlet light lit up in front of "Li Xu", forming a huge scarlet shield to block all the lasers, and strange runes appeared on the scarlet shield, which seemed to make people feel a kind of palpitation.

This is a Level 2 Intermediate Warlock Defense Magic - Crimson Guardian!

Although Fang Xiu was only a first-level intermediate warlock, he had learned a lot of warlock magic in the past two years or so, in order to cope with the moment of coming to a strange world.

Seeing this, Lu Yi immediately said: "It's a defensive force field, and the force field generator is used to destroy the stable force field!" ”

The moment Lu Yi spoke, the formation of the entire squad immediately changed rapidly, and while the firepower was suppressed, someone immediately prepared to raise the force field generating device, which was a tacit understanding of cooperation on the battlefield.

But they moved quickly, Fang Xiu moved even faster than them, and the huge scarlet shield instantly turned into a scarlet mist and shattered, filling the entire field, obscuring everyone's vision.

In the next second, countless figures poured towards the main attack fleet members from the fog where "Li Xu" was standing.

Level 1 High Warlock Magic - Crimson Mist!

Level 2 Junior Warlock Magic - A Hundred Flowers!

The main attack ship's formation was almost instantly dispersed by the figures who rushed out, although they had been in battle for a long time, but the interstellar era had little experience in facing the impact of head-on combat.

Even if they soon realized that it was nothing more than an illusion, it was too late.

The originally shattered scarlet phantom instantly solidified and turned into huge scarlet tentacles.

Level 3 Beginner Warlock Magic - North Sea Monster Touch!

In the scarlet mist, it seemed that a huge monster suddenly appeared, and one by one scarlet tentacles instantly controlled one person after another.

After Gu Xuehai quickly opened the distance in an instant, he quickly raised his hand and shot continuously, and the laser quickly shattered one figure after another, but when he stopped, in the scarlet mist, he could no longer hear the sound of any of his companions.

And at this time, a strange and familiar voice came from behind Gu Xuehai.

"That's not the attitude towards guests."

In the next second, the gun in Gu Xuehai's hand was knocked out, and one hand pressed on his neck, lifting him up with one hand.

The scarlet fog slowly dissipated, and the main attack fleet members only saw what was happening in the fog at this time, and their captain was also hijacked by "Li Xu", and all the members of the main attack ship were wiped out.

"Captain!"

Du Yi and the others' faces couldn't help but be a little ugly, since they entered the interstellar era, they hadn't fought a face-to-face war for too long, so that the other party could catch them off guard with an ancient tactic like smoke bombs.

Compared with Du Yi and the others, Gu Xuehai was more calm, and he calmly said to "Li Xu" in front of him: "Guest? Aren't the Zerg guests? ”

"Li Xu" shook his head lightly and said: "You should have already guessed, the Zerg will not be the means I just used, I am a businessman, a businessman who follows the principle of equivalent exchange." ”

"Speculation is speculation, if you are not sure if it is an enemy, then treat it as an enemy, this is the lesson we learned on the Zerg battlefield, how do you prove that you are not a Zerg?."

Gu Xuehai said quietly, he did have some doubts about whether "Li Xu" was a Zerg, Zerg parasitism was a big nightmare on the war with the Zerg, so much so that he judged it to be parasitic at the first moment he saw "Li Xu", this is the battlefield intuition, and strangling the danger on the Zerg battlefield is the first priority.

But now that I think about it, the way the Zerg parasitism and the other party appear is indeed a little different, and the other party's fighting style is also completely different from the Zerg, and more importantly, the Zerg parasitism needs to be contacted, Li Xu died from the impact when he fell, and it is theoretically impossible to be parasitized without contact.

So who is this "Li Xu"?

Is it really a businessman who appears on a lifeless bleak planet?

Gu Xuehai had some guesses in his heart, but he didn't dare to be sure.

"Li Xu" shook his head lightly and said: "I don't need to prove it, if the human race doesn't want to trade with me at an equivalent price, I believe that the Zerg will definitely be willing, and no one can refuse the temptation to trade with me." ”

Gu Xuehai listened to Li Xu's words, hesitated for a moment and said, "If you are a businessman, why don't we make a transaction to verify?" ”

"Want to trade with me now?"

"Li Xu" laughed, and said in a mocking tone: "You are not qualified to trade with me now, as a friendly businessman, I was pointed at a gun as soon as I met, this is not a good experience, what you need to do now is to compensate me for my mental loss." ”

"We can give a high compensation, but we can't contact our warship right now, if you can send us back to our mothership, then you can get a brand new Galaxy I9." Gu Xuehai took the initiative to give a choice.

"Tsk, you're testing me!" "Li Xu" unceremoniously broke the other party's way.

"If you're really a businessman, you should understand that the necessary temptations in business are inevitable."

Gu Xuehai did not directly admit his temptation, he did have his own temptation, if the other party was a Zerg, then the mothership could detect it, if the other party was not a Zerg, then maybe as he guessed, this was a visitor from a higher civilization.

This represents an opportunity that can change the war between humans and the Zerg, but it can also be a disaster, a disaster for both humans and the Zerg.

"A warship with a curvature engine? It's barely a good collector's item! ”

"Li Xu" thought for a moment and then let go of the hand pressed on Gu Xuehai's neck and said, "Then are you ready to return to the mothership?" ”

Gu Xuehai fell from the sky, slowly turned around, and said, "Naturally, I'm ready." ”

"Good!"

"Li Xu" stretched out his hand, and the scarlet brilliance imprinted on the ground, forming scarlet runes one after another, and finally these runes were quickly connected to form a huge six-pointed star formation.

From a distance, a red eye seemed to appear on this desolate land, and the weirdness and mystery converged at the feet of "Li Xu" at the same time.

"Li Xu" snapped his fingers and looked at Gu Xuehai and the others: "Then come in!" ”

"What is this?" Gu Xuehai looked at the scarlet formation pattern that came out of thin air on the ground.

"It's magic!"

"Li Xu" has a mysterious smile, as if his origin is a mystery.

Gu Xuehai felt more and more that maybe the person in front of him was really not the Zerg, but an advanced civilization other than humans and the Zerg, he didn't ask any more, just waved his hand to let everyone walk into the strange formation that pressed the scarlet.

As for whether this would be a calculation, Gu Xuehai didn't care, he wanted to gamble more than abandon him on this planet and die of old age.

Seeing everyone walk into the scarlet formation on the ground, "Li Xu" raised his head and looked at Gu Xuehai and said, "Remember, we will still be here in the next transaction." ”

The next moment, the scarlet brilliance lit up from the formation on the earth, Gu Xuehai only felt that the "Li Xu" in front of him gradually became blurred, and he hurriedly asked, "When is the next transaction?" ”

"When the time is right."

Gu Xuehai only vaguely heard such a sentence, and he disappeared into the scarlet formation.

On the pale earth, only "Li Xu" and the dilapidated main attack ship remained.

"Li Xu" stretched out his hand and wiped it on his cheek, and the whole person's appearance and figure changed rapidly, and finally "Li Xu" was no longer on the ground, only Fang Xiu remained.