interstellar fairy tale

Chapter 6

November [-], [-], Galactic Calendar

Half of the short ten-day vacation has passed, Shang Ping stuffed the sorted garbage into the recycling bin in front of the house, and looked helplessly at the man lying on the grass in the yard.The man's tall body was stretched out to his heart's content, and an obscure book on quantum mechanics of the universe was buttoned on his handsome face. A domestic medium-sized dog lay beside the man, and when he saw Shang Ping, he wagged his tail listlessly.

Shang Ping looked up at the sky with some helplessness, his precious vacation was completely wasted on massive housework.He couldn't understand how the man on the grass who became a captain at the age of 22, was promoted to a major at the age of 31, and became a colonel at the age of 39, how could his living ability be so low?Mountains of unsorted rubbish, dirty clothes and trousers stuffed under the bed, smelly sink, and almost impossible to walk into the bathroom!

It is really difficult to connect this slovenly man with the vigorous soldier in the army.Shang Ping often doubts that the purpose of this uncle with long legs for adopting him is just to find a free laborer to help him with housework?If so, wouldn't marriage be the quicker route?

A handsome 41-year-old colonel with an annual salary of 30 Mars coins. As long as he doesn't expose his sloppy personality in advance, there should be beautiful ladies or elegant men willing to marry him, right?

"Baby, your eyes are almost burning me."

Colonel Edgar --- the long-legged uncle who adopted Shang Ping, lifted the book covering his face, his handsome face was full of jokes.

"Uncle Edgar, this joke is not funny."

The sorting recycling bin made a ding, indicating that the garbage had been disposed of. Shang Ping took off the power box, and there were still three months before his next vacation. He hoped that after three months, the house would not be obliterated by garbage again.

"Baby, you're so cold, oh, you broke my heart."

The tall and handsome man jumped up from the grass, and like a disobedient child, his strong arms clamped around the neck of the black-haired boy, and then he wrapped his arms around the boy's waist, and threw the boy into the air. Exclaimed, the man laughed out loud.

When John Jonathan walked to the door of Shang Ping's house, he saw such a scene.Staring at the two people in front of him dumbfounded, he couldn't believe that the boy who laughed openly was the guy who could put a laser gun on his head with a blank face.

This is too bad, right?

"John?"

The two people in the yard also noticed John. Shang Ping was a little annoyed that John saw him like this, but Edgar didn't care.He has some friendship with John's father, and he once fought against the riots in the colonial galaxy. The brown-haired bearded man has a bold and informal personality, but he loves his family deeply.John Jonathan was his proud son, old John used to say so.

"Hello, Uncle Edgar! Father asked me to invite you to my house for dinner."

John only found out five days ago that Shang Ping's guardian turned out to be Colonel Edgar, his father's good friend. If he hadn't insisted on sending Shang Ping home, John might never have the same impression of Shang Ping's adopted person who was slovenly, dishonest, and joking. Colonel Edgar in .

"Okay, go back and tell your father, I will bring the best wine."

"Then, will Shang Ping also come?"

"of course."

Putting his big hand on the top of Shang Ping's head, he forced Shang Ping's unspoken refusal back into his throat. Edgar rubbed Shang Ping's black hair and said with a smile: "He is very happy."

John returned home contentedly, and Shang Ping complained that Edgar should not hastily agree on his behalf, and there are still a lot of things waiting for him to do.

"It doesn't matter, it's just a dinner."

Yeah, it's just a dinner.

Shang Ping complained in his heart, if these words were not uttered by those piled up garbage makers, it might be more convincing.

No matter how dissatisfied Shang Ping was, after the clock struck, he walked out of the house together with Edgar, who was wearing a smart outing suit. Edgar was holding two bottles of wine in his hand, one of which was from the sixth The deputy commander of the fleet wants to come here.Regarding Edgar's banditry, the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Fleet chose to ignore it at the same time. There is no reason for a man who acts like a space pirate.

Shang Ping took advantage of the afternoon to bake an apple pie and put it in a beautiful box. At the same time, he ordered a bouquet of flowers as a gift for the visit.

"baby……"

"kindness?"

"Is this bouquet for John?"

"How is that possible! This is for Mrs. Jonathan!"

"Oh," Edgar nodded, with some regret in his tone, "I thought you were going to take the opportunity to pursue that brown-haired guy. He is not bad, you can think about it. You are 14 years old, you should have a boyfriend Or a girlfriend, though that would make me a little lonely..."

"..."

Ask him to find a boyfriend or girlfriend, why doesn't this guy find someone to marry first to share the horrible housework? !

Shang Ping couldn't understand Edgar's way of thinking, just like people on Earth couldn't understand Martians.

Chasing John Jonathan?The guy with fighter jets and laser guns on his mind?Shang Ping would rather go back and be with that house full of rubbish.

The Seventh Planet of the Muse Galaxy - Canon Military Fortress

A Mars-registered supply transport ship "Caroline" was fully loaded with goods and sailed into the Kanon military fortress.There are 130 people on board the transport ship, of which 89 are ordinary crew members, and the remaining 41 are students who are about to graduate from the Madoff Military Academy. This time, they went to the Canon Military Fortress during the vacation to prepare for the practical class of the graduation exam.

The spaceship docked at the special site for the supply ship. Captain Rod Carter made a brief handover with the dispatcher. Immediately, a car on the road picked up the somewhat tired crew and students. After continuous subspace jumps and boring sailing, they needed to relax. , add food and water.Although it is also possible to rest with the help of the dormancy compartment on the spacecraft, people still prefer to use natural sleep to replenish their physical strength during non-combat time.

After a short rest, the crew began to go to the living area of ​​the Kanon military fortress to have some fun, and the students went to the fortress clerk to get the necessary pass. Their purpose is to prepare for graduation practice in advance. If there is no special pass, There are certain areas within the fort that cannot be entered at all.

Just as the 41 trainees waited with great anticipation for the approval to issue the temporary pass, the radar devices in the Canon Fortress distributed [-] light-years away sent back an astonishing picture into the fortress.

The monitor stared at the screen in amazement. There were tens of thousands of light spots densely distributed on the screen. The number and density were so large that it was unbelievable.

Meteorites?

The terrible guess made the monitor dry, and immediately sent the news to the command center of the fortress.When this picture appeared in front of the fortress commander and a group of personnel, they were also thrilled by this terrible unknown.

They looked at each other, and no one was quite sure what the dots of light represented.

"What the hell is this?! A group of meteorites?"

Five minutes later, the radar sent back a similar picture again, except that this time the number of light spots on the picture was larger and tended to gradually approach the fortress.

"If it wasn't for the meteorite swarm, it might be the unknown Starfleet!"

Colonel Crete, the staff officer of the fortress commander, made the following conclusions. Although others wanted to say that his words were a joke, the stiff expressions and movements had already faithfully reflected their hearts. Involuntarily, some people thought of the Republic of Seth The disappearance of the Fourth Fleet, at that time, the sailing azimuth coordinates of the Fourth Fleet seemed to be near the place where the group of light spots appeared.

A momentary silence shrouded, and the command envoy was dead silent.Even the students of the Madoff Military Academy who were waiting outside could feel the unease that was secretly flowing.

Commander Terry made a decisive decision and issued a first-level alert order to the fortress. The harsh siren sounded throughout the fortress. The officers and soldiers immediately rushed out of the lounge and rushed to their posts to stand by. The turrets in the fortress were designated to attack. At the coordinate position, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Fleet stationed in the fortress are in their positions and are on standby at any time.

Even if the reason for the alarm was unknown, the obedient nature of the soldiers still made it all happen in an orderly manner.

"Commander, there is new news from the surveillance room!"

"Come here immediately!"

Commanders Terry, Crete and others gathered in front of the huge screen, staring at the screen firmly. When the picture was clearly displayed in front of everyone, the sound of gasping and exclamation suddenly sounded!

The picture captured by the radar is no longer a group of dense light spots, but an unimaginably large number of space fleets!The huge black hull, with a fiery red mark that has never been seen on the hull, this terrifying fleet, like a god of death floating in the dark space of the universe, is slowly approaching everyone in the Kanon military fortress wielding a sickle .

Desperate!

Facing such a terrifying fleet, all he could think of was death and destruction!

If the fleet's target is the Kanon military fortress, or the entire Muse galaxy, Terry can't imagine what kind of fate awaits them!

"Send the message to Fort Royce immediately!"

Commander Terry clenched his fists and shouted loudly: "We are the great soldiers of Mars! We are not the poor soft-legged shrimps of Seth! We will not be intimidated by any danger! Put away your weakness, then It will only make you die faster!"

The thick voice broke the dead silence, and everyone in the fortress realized their responsibilities again. They are soldiers, great Mars soldiers!

At this moment, the situation suddenly changed.

The unknown fleet, which was gradually approaching, suddenly changed direction, deviated from the channel position of Canon Fortress, and headed in another direction.

Everyone in the command room stared at the images sent by the radar in disbelief at first, until the fleet turned into a spot of light again and gradually disappeared, a feeling of astonishment and puzzlement surged together. What is going on?