The Northern Wilderness Star is the largest planet in the fringe galaxy, and it is also the final stopping point of Lu Huayin's spacecraft on this trip.

After arriving at the Northern Wilderness Star, they also need to transfer to the spaceship to the planet where Taoyuan and Sang Zhi lived before.

Before leaving, Lu Huayin bought a lot of supplies, especially the specialties of the Capital Star and nearby planets.

The spaceship Lu Huayin was riding this time was not at all the same as the starship she was on before.

Not only is the ship larger, but it's also different in terms of materials.

After all, it is necessary to make a spatial jump, and it is impossible to withstand the pressure brought by it without using special materials.

"Every time I travel in space, I feel different."

Tao Yuan stood by the window and looked at the vast space, full of emotion.

I remember the last time she came over, she was very nervous, for fear that she would be returned if she didn't perform well.

"Me too." Sang Zhi stood with her.

Both of them are in the same situation, so they can understand each other's feelings.

"It's all over." Lu Huayin said softly.

"Yes, it's all over."

The three of them didn't speak, quietly admiring the beautiful starry sky.

The spacecraft's first jump was near the Stygian Star, and after two days of sailing, everyone was a little tired.

The voice of the staff reminded me on the radio:

[Hello passengers, the spacecraft is about to make its first jump, please return to your seat immediately.] 】

Fortunately, there were no brain-dead people on the spaceship, and everyone obediently returned to their places and sat down.

Lu Huayin's seats are connected, three in a row, and she sits by the window.

Shortly after the broadcast, she felt a strong feeling of dizziness.

Barely looking out the window, she couldn't see anything but the darkness.

And after staring at the dark scenery outside for a long time, the dizziness became more and more serious.

She hurriedly closed her eyes to relieve the discomfort caused by dizziness and dryness.

I don't know how long it took for the radio to come back.

[Dear passengers, the spacecraft has successfully passed the jump point, please rest assured that the event will be carried out.] 】

Lu Huayin opened her eyes, and her expression had returned to normal.

Turning his head to look at the two people beside him, their current state is okay, there is no big problem.

"I didn't expect the space to jump like this."

Not only dizzy, but also very uncomfortable.

"It's good to get used to it, we will have more opportunities in the future."

Lu Huayin: This is not a joke, as a student of the First Military Academy, these are all things they must experience in the future.

"That's right."

There were no accidents on this trip, and the route was very safe.

So after another space jump, they were about to arrive at the North Wilderness Star, the destination of their spaceship.

[The spacecraft is about to arrive at the North Wilderness Star, please prepare for all passengers. 】

All of Lu Huayin's luggage was in the space button, and he only carried a small bag with him.

However, Tao Yuan and Sang Zhi have a lot of luggage, and these are all gifts they bought for the children in the orphanage.

They don't have a space button, so they can only hold their luggage with both hands.

Fortunately, neither of them is a weak woman, and just luggage is not a problem for them.

"If I knew you two had so many things, I would have brought an extra space button."

Although the space button is small, it is still very inconvenient for people who often fight and kill.

Sometimes a big move may be gone, so Lu Huayin only brought two stud-style space buttons.

There was limited space inside, and the things she bought were all so full that she couldn't squeeze out a single empty space.

"It's okay, when I have money, I must buy a space button."

Sang Zhi made bold statements, after all, this thing is really convenient.

"As long as you work hard in a few days, it's not impossible."

Lu Huayin is still very confident in herself, isn't it just to kill insects, she can.

She reached out and helped the two of them get something, and together the three of them got on the spaceship and headed to the impoverished star called X12.

The two planets are not too far apart, only a few hours, but the gap between rich and poor seems unusually large.

Although the air station is empty and bright, it is much more simple compared to the Northern Wilderness Star.

Going out of the air station, Lu Huayin was blinded by the wind and sand blowing in his face.

No wonder the people here were wrapped in white robes and face masks, and when she first saw them, she thought there was something wrong with them.

Now it seems that there is something wrong with me.

"I forgot to tell you, the wind and sand here are very windy, and you need to be tightly wrapped all the time."

Tao Yuan is very sorry, but she hasn't been back for months, so she didn't react for a while.

It was only when she got off the spaceship that she remembered it just now, but she didn't prepare any clothes.

The three of them were now standing in the wind and sand without any protection, just like those fools, or monkeys who were watched.

People who came and went had to look at them a few times before they stopped.

The living environment on X12 is very harsh, there is yellow sand everywhere here, and water sources are extremely scarce.

Human living quarters are blocked by protective shields and can barely live.

Most of the people here have migrated from other planets, as the planets they lived on before were destroyed.

Because of the environment, the work of the residents here is problematic, and most of them live on federal benefits.

Even if there is a way to make money, they have to fight with their lives, but there is no way, for the sake of the family and the children, they still have to go.

Everyone who walks out of here will be the envy of others.

The three of them arrived at the only human city on the planet in a dilapidated hovercar, and were allowed to enter after revealing their identities through the city gate.

The city is divided into an inner city and an outer city.

The inner city is where the rich live, and the outer city is where the poor live.

The orphanage where Tao Yuan and Sangzhi lived was in the outer city.

There was no invasion of wind and sand, but everyone was still habitually wrapped in robes, but their faces were not covered.

Walking on the road, Lu Huayin looked at the residents here, and the only feeling was mourning.

There was no hope for the future on their faces, and they were numb.

It's hard to imagine that Tao Yuan and Sang Zhi are children who came out of this environment.

"Isn't that surprised?"

Seeing Lu Huayin's unbelievable appearance, they were not surprised.

"Actually, when we first came here, we were just like you."

Although the planet they lived on before was not rich, everyone was in a very good spirit, and everyone was struggling to build their homeland.

Lu Huayin nodded, she really had never seen such a scene.

It's hard to imagine that technology has developed to the point where this situation still exists.

Tao Yuan and Sang Zhi are familiar faces to everyone, and when they are not leaving, they are little celebrities here.

It's just that they haven't seen Lu Huayin, so they are all looking at her secretly.

"Our orphanage is just a short distance ahead."

Sang Zhi pointed to the building not far in front of him and said.

Most of the buildings in the outer city are three- and four-story buildings, and they are crowded together, leaving very little space.

Even in the daytime, the narrow streets are very dark, and when you walk inside, you will feel very oppressed.

Looking in the direction of Sang Zhi's finger, Lu Huayin saw the door frame faintly exposed between the buildings.

The three of them stepped on the dirty ground and came to the door of the orphanage.

Tao Yuan and Sang Zhi couldn't hold back their excitement, and directly opened the door and rushed in.

Lu Huayin was a step late, and as soon as he entered, he saw the two of them surrounded by a group of children.

"Sister Yuanyuan, Sister Yuanyuan, you're back!"

"Sister Zhizhi, Sister Zhizhi, you're back!"

"Well, we're back, you're not going to be good when we're away." Tao Yuan and Sang Zhi touched the children's heads one by one.

"Well, we're good."

Everyone's twittering answers.

"Awesome!"

Tao Yuan gave them a thumbs up, and then put the luggage he was carrying in front of everyone.

"This is a gift I brought to you, I'm not happy."

She untied the bag containing the gifts and let everyone see the contents.

"Happy."

The children were overjoyed to receive the gifts, and the smiles on their faces were the only bright colors in the dimly lit scene.

"Okay, I'll give you gifts now."

"It's small, big."

"This is Xiao Er's."

"This is the junior."

"This is the fourth child."

"Alas, what about Xiao Si, why is Xiao Si not here."

No one took the gift in his hand, and Tao Yuan looked up and found that he didn't see Xiao Si.

"Yuan, Sister Yuanyuan, Xiao Si is gone, hiccup." Xiaoda said with a crying voice.

I was so happy to see the two sisters just now, I forgot that Xiao Si was missing.

"The dean's mother went to look for the senior, and she hasn't come back yet."

No wonder I didn't see the dean's mother come out after coming back for so long, it turned out that she was not there.

"Why didn't the little four disappear?"

Tao Yuan asked anxiously.

"No, I don't know, we played hide and seek, and she disappeared while playing, and the dean's mother searched for several days but didn't find Xiaosi."

Hearing this, the three of them immediately understood the seriousness of the matter.

People have been lost for several days, I'm afraid they haven't been abducted by human traffickers.

There was no shortage of human traffickers in that era, and there were always some immoral people who took pleasure in human trafficking.

And the methods of interstellar traffickers are even more sophisticated, and once the child is lost, it is basically impossible to get it back.

Most of their abducted children love to come to remote planets, first, the management here is not strict, and second, there are many orphans here, even if people are lost, no one will look for them.

It's impossible for them to sit idly by and ignore this matter, but now that a few people have just arrived, they feel a little at a loss.

Lu Huayin quickly analyzed the current situation in his mind, and then said calmly:

"Is the population of this planet highly mobile, do strangers leave a record when they come, and is there a passage here to enter without registration?"

After all, Sang Zhi is in the command department, and her mind reacts quickly, as soon as Lu Huayin's question came out, she quickly reviewed the situation in the city.

"Because the planet's population is saturated, there is not much movement, there are few outsiders, and generally everyone will register when they enter and leave the city, but the rich areas of the inner city should have private access."

"In this case, we can first look at the interview records, and if there are no suspicious candidates, we can focus on the rich areas."

Lu Huayin quickly made a countermeasure.

Tao Yuan was a little hesitant, the visit records at the city gate were not something they could see.

"But, we don't have the right to check the records of entering and leaving the city."

"You're stupid!"

Sang Zhi patted her on the head, and said hatefully, "We can go to the police first." ”

This planet is a regular planet no matter how it should be, and all the facilities it should have, including police stations and security personnel.

The police station keeps records of entering and leaving the city.

A few people were discussing, and the dean's mother came back with an ugly look.

She herself is a very kind and gentle middle-aged woman, and she has been working hard these days because of the things that Xiaosi lost, and the whole person is a lot haggard.

"Mother Dean, you're back." Tao Yuan hurriedly went up to help her.

"Yuanyuan, Zhizhi, you're back."

"Little four, little four is gone."

Seeing the familiar people, the dean's mother, who had always been very strong, couldn't help crying.

In the past few days, in order to find Xiaosi, she has endured too many blank eyes and embarrassments.

"I know, I know, Dean's mother, I will definitely get Xiaosi back."

Everyone gathered around to comfort the dean's mother.

After a short period of venting her emotions, the dean's mother quickly sorted out her mood.

She looked at Lu Huayin's unfamiliar face and asked, "Who is this young lady?" ”

"I'm a classmate of the two of them, just call me Xiao Lu." Lu Huayin said with a smile.

"It's Yuanyuan and Zhizhi's classmates, you came to us?"

The dean's mother seemed to be very curious about Lu Huayin.

"Ms. Lu was invited by us, and she will leave in a few days." Tao Yuan hurriedly said.

Although he felt that the dean's mother was a little strange, Tao Yuan didn't think much about it, after all, everyone was always curious about a stranger.

"By the way, has there been any news from Xiaosi these days?"

"Nope." The dean's mother shook her head.

"I went to the police station to report the crime, and they searched for two days and didn't find it, so they gave up."

"They said that Xiao Si is probably no longer on this planet."

"Yuan Yuan, do you say that they are perfunctory to me, it's only been a few days, how could Xiao Si be transferred so quickly."

The dean's mother grabbed Tao Yuan's hand tightly, and tears slipped faintly from her eyes.

She regarded the children in the orphanage as very important, and she couldn't eat or sleep well in the past few days when Xiaosi disappeared.

If it weren't for the fact that there were so many children to take care of, I'm afraid she would have collapsed long ago.

Since saying those two sentences, Lu Huayin has not spoken again.

She had been silently observing the environment and the expression of the dean's mother.

On the surface, she seems to have no flaws, and even the pain and distress on her face are not acted.

She really felt sorry for Xiao Si, but Lu Huayin always felt a little strange.

After Tao Yuan and Sang Zhi sent the dean's mother back to the room to rest, they continued to discuss what had just happened.

"Alas, if the fourth child can't be found back, I'm really afraid that the dean's mother won't be able to persevere." Tao Yuan said with a sigh.

"You're on good terms."

"Of course, we all treat the dean's mother as a mother." Speaking of this, Tao Yuan is very proud.

Even though she became an orphan, she met the dean's mother.

"By the way, why are all children in your orphanage, and there are no older ones?"

Lu Huayin asked curiously.

It stands to reason that orphanages should have children at every stage.

"The older children here have gone out to live alone, and there are jobs outside that are connected to the orphanage, after all, the orphanage can't support them all the time."

Tao Yuan didn't have deep contact with the children who went out to work early, and he didn't have any feelings, so he didn't know much about them.

"And what's going on with you two?"

(End of chapter)