In the "Barren Star Field", a spaceship that has traveled thousands of light-years has restarted its hyperspace engine.

And in the spaceship, a team of about four or five people was also silent at this time.

It was a long time before one of the members spoke:

“…… Starting from our home planet, we have passed through 25 star fields and explored 2,330 planets in 156 star systems. ”

"Excluding the planets that we think are worthless, there are at least 1,500 planets......"

“…… So Cowper, where are your so-called 'ancient ruins'? ”

The atmosphere of the whole team seemed to be a little cold because of this man's words, and the other members of the team also looked blankly at the protagonist of this passage, a creature with a clear green body and muscular muscles, but also surprisingly large eyes.

All of these characteristics indicate that he comes from a new interstellar race, the Raborne.

But the team members obviously won't give him preferential treatment because he's different from their own species, and the Rabon guy named Cooper still has to give them an account.

So after a moment of silence, Cooper slowly spoke his thoughts:

"I know you're upset, but you've all seen my father's research manuscripts, and everyone thought they could try it, and now you're not halfway through your journey before you decide to go home?"

"But there's got to be a little hopeful, huh? In the past two years, not to mention hope, even the hair has not been found, so how can we go back and explain? ”

“…… Heh, you don't even have a little patience, I really don't know how you got into Union University......"

"What did you say?!"

Seeing that the quarrel was getting worse, the person who looked like a leader in the team suddenly said, "Okay! Be quiet! ”

The entire conference room was instantly silent, but judging by their apparently unconvinced expressions, the peace was only temporary.

Seeing this situation, the leader also rubbed his eyebrows and said helplessly:

"We voted unanimously at the time, and it's really too early to say back."

Hearing this, Cooper's big eyes were suddenly filled with hope.

But the next sentence poured a basin of cold water on him.

"But we can't waste time on endless searches. Now, after exploring all the galaxies in this field, we'll go back. ”

"Professor! It's-"

"Cowper." The professor, who led the team, said wearily:

"I'm old and don't have much time to work on new things. Looking at your father's face, I am willing to drive this scientific research ship to accompany you to explore one planet after another. ”

"But I still have my own stuff to look into. It would be nice to find that 'ancient ruin' in your father's manuscript, but from a probability theory, you also know that the odds are infinitely close to zero. ”

"So listen to me this time, okay?"

Looking at the old man in front of him, who was almost equivalent to his other father, Cooper opened his mouth, and finally could only nod silently.

And the young man who had argued with him before also showed a mocking smile, as if he was extremely happy as long as he saw Cooper deflated.

At this time, the spacecraft's hyperspace engine has been fully charged, propelling the spacecraft to the next galaxy at faster than light speed.

…………

"Lillian! What about your daily prayers? ”

"Hold, I'm sorry, Guardian...... I—I've overslept......"

In the artificial forest, Li Wenyuan controls a synthetic human, holding a branch that he has picked up, and preaching to Lilian, who is addicted to games.

The artificial forest is Lilian's home because, according to her, "it's very similar to my hometown, which I love".

There are also synthetic fruits and water that are produced regularly every day in the artificial forest, and there is no need to worry about Lilian's survival, so Li Wenyuan simply let her go.

But the game console she was given before worked really well, or it was too good.

When Li Wenyuan found that the daily Zeluo income had decreased, he sent someone to the artificial forest to find the only Zeluo producer, Lilian, and ask what was going on.

—and then he saw Lillian sleeping in a hollow in a tree.

“…… So, because you are so engrossed in playing games, you don't get enough sleep every day, so you simply use prayer time to catch up on sleep? ”

"Yes, yes......" Lillian nodded sincerely, knowing she couldn't hide it from her guardian.

And Li Wenyuan took out the game console she was hiding in the tree hole with a black line on his face, and then pointed at her head with a branch, and said:

"Want to play?"

“…… Want to ......"

"Do you know why I'm playing for you?"

“…… Because Lillian can provide that purple gas......" At this point, Lilian suddenly remembered that this "guardian" was a murderous existence.

If she has no use value, then her fate ......

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she felt, and then she knelt directly on the ground and said tremblingly:

"Yes, I'm sorry! Lillian won't make a mistake again in the future! Please, don't kill me......"

This scene was unexpected by Li Wenyuan, who originally just wanted to clarify the relationship between supply and demand between them with Lilian, so that Lilian could understand that she could play the game, but at least she had to ensure that the prayer went on normally.

Unexpectedly, Lilian directly thought that he was going to clean the portal, and the whole person was frightened.

"It looks like I used a little too much force before......" Li Wenyuan looked at the trembling beast girl in front of him with a little headache, so he had to squat down and stroke the top of her head with the hand of a synthetic.

He had never considered doing anything to Lillian, the only living creature on the planet, not only because she could produce Zelo, but also because of her human-like biomorphism, which aroused his attention and intimacy.

In fact, even if Lilian can't produce Zelo, Li Wenyuan will still protect her until she has the ability to set foot in the stars.

He didn't believe that there would be a second fish in the galaxy that would go on land, survive mass extinctions, and go through rounds of life-and-death battles, evolve flexible limbs, evolve the same appearance as humans, and finally reach the top of the food chain, and then create a civilization.

In Li Wenyuan's heart, he always believed that Lilian and her race were the products of human beings, and no matter how bad they were, they would have a lot to do with human beings, and sooner or later he would come to Lilian's home planet and look for traces of human beings there.

When the time comes, Lillian will be the best guide.

So he crouched down and whispered to reassure Lillian.

Probably because of the appeasement, Lillian finally raised her head, but the cat's ears were hanging in her hair, looking pitiful.

And Li Wenyuan also sighed and handed over a new game console to Lilian.

"This is a new console, there are more games in it, and there is more variety, you can take it and play it. If you think about it in the future, just pray, it doesn't matter if you don't want to pray, Zelo is enough for the time being. Cats don't have to go to work, what are they doing when they are so tired all day long. ”

As he spoke, he remembered something again, and admonished:

"Don't leave this forest if you have nothing to do in the future, anyway, there is enough food and drink in it. I haven't figured out the defense system in some of the ancient ruins out there, and if you accidentally run in and die, I won't even have anyone to talk to. ”

"So be it."

Maybe the kindness in the words was too obvious, or maybe it was because the sense of alienation made Lilian very uneasy.

Just as Li Wenyuan was about to leave, Lilian stood up and stopped the synth.

"That, Lord Guardian! Lillian will try! So, so ...... Don't chase Lillian away, okay? ”

Lilian's pleading words made Li Wenyuan stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't laugh or cry.

I looked scared to death just now, why aren't you afraid now? And when did he say he wanted her to go?

"When did I say I was going to ...... Forget it, don't worry, as long as you're still on this planet, there's no way I'll let you go. ”

"And remember not to lose the earmuffs on your head, or I won't be able to contact you. Alas...... It's a bit troublesome that primitive people can't speak, so when will I arrange for synthetics to give her lessons......"

Lillian didn't understand the meaning of the lesson, but she thought it should be a good thing, so she laughed too.

As everyone knows, this will be her nightmare for a long time afterward.

At this time, at the edge of the solar system, a spaceship suddenly appeared here.

There were only a few people on board, but their eyes widened when they noticed the scene inside the system.

"This is ......"

A fire burned in the eyes of the Rabon man named Cooper, and his instincts told him that he had found the right place.