Star Rank Hunter

The five-year mission is a standard for measuring the overall strength and development status of a squadron. It can make a squadron jump up and become the focus of everyone's attention in the Star Alliance, and it can also make the squadron be despised and ridiculed by everyone. It is also the second time Shorten has undertaken a five-year mission after he became the captain of the Sixth Squadron. The last mission was neither good nor bad. Although it did not become famous, it did not discredit him. At least it proved his worth as the captain of the Sixth Squadron. ability.

The five-year mission is arduous, that's for sure, and there may be an unprecedented crisis. For the five-year mission, no one can guarantee that they will survive the five-year mission, not even the captain or the vice-captain.

A group of people was lost, and a group of people were honed at the same time. The Hunter Group grew up through such repeated training. Hunters have been used to being on the verge of life and death all year round. Because they are used to this kind of stimulation and a life of adventure, when they hear about a dangerous mission, what they express is not apprehension and panic, but unbearable excitement, especially It was the old hunters.

With the approval of Dias, Cali and others cheered. They didn't have much experience in the last five-year mission, and they didn't enjoy following the behinds of their predecessors. This time they have to enjoy it! Thinking of this, the work at hand of Kari and others also accelerated.

Xilin also joined them, and Tangqiuqiu and Gray Cat squatted next to Xilin to watch them handle the spoils.

Seeing the gray cat without blinking, Tang Qiuqiu asked, "Hulu, are you interested in this?"

"Call me farewell!" The gray cat was very dissatisfied.

"But snoring sounds kind."

kind? The gray cat suddenly felt complacent, and no longer cared about Tang Qiuqiu's name, but it didn't say anything about the money it owed, the debt slave or something was too embarrassing for the cat.

After dealing with the white bear, everyone returned to the temporary base, cleaned up and returned to the starship docked at the spaceport by aircraft.

The gray cat walked up and down the starship with its tail upright, as if it was patrolling its territory. Behind the gray cat, Dough Dian Dian followed, and finally found a guy who was as inhuman as himself on the ship. Dough was still excited, at least there would be someone to back him up in future troubles.

Although the five-year mission has not yet started, the people on the starship have not been idle, checking food storage, energy storage, weapons and equipment, and carefully inspecting the starship. The aging parts have to be replaced. If one vote is big, there can be no mistakes, and the details determine success or failure.

Xilin and the team members in charge of engineering on this starship inspected the starship together. Enji, the engineering director of the starship, was also an Ottope. The height is there, but in terms of weight, Enji may not be able to compare with Xilin. There are many people like Enji. They will not rush to the front line of the battle, but belong to the logistics staff. Of course, the skilled workers who can stay in the hunter group are not ordinary people, at least they are not bad. What? When the time is needed, pick up the gun and go to the battlefield.

During the maintenance, Enji and Xilin exchanged ideas. Enji admired Xilin, a young man. Although he was young, he really had real talents and knowledge. He could see the key points of some mechanical structures at a glance, and Xilin was able to listen to opinions and suggestions with an open mind. , which is quite good at this age.

Enji's six arms were busy all the time, some were holding tools, some were holding parts, some were holding instruments, and Xilin was recording by the side.

"Okay, this piece is finished, let's take a rest first, and then proceed to the next piece of maintenance."

After receiving the water from Xilin, Enji took two sips, panted, and looked at Xilin's records.

"Not bad, very professional record." Enji praised without hesitation, unfolded a chair and sat down, and put the tools into the tool box one by one. …

"Brother Enji, what is that?" Xilin asked, pointing to Enji's tool and a small brownish-red crystal inside.

"This," Enji smiled, picked up the small piece, and handed it to Xilin, "Look carefully, can you guess what it is?"

Xilin took the small crystal block, which was only half the size of a thumb.

"Resin?" Xilin could distinguish the main components of this thing, and at the same time saw a creature buried here. The length is less than one centimeter, the body is semicircular, and there are multiple pairs of gaiters and a pair of chelicerae. It looks a bit hideous, "I have never seen this kind of creature."

"There are many kinds of creatures in the universe. It's normal if you haven't seen them before." Enji said with a smile, "Guess how that bug got here?"

Xilin shook his head. Although there are many creatures who can guess their living environment based on their body shape, more creatures can't imagine. For the creature buried here, Xilin's intuition is not simple.

Enji chuckled, took the small brown-red piece, stroked the surface with his fingers, and sighed: "This is a parasite!"

"Parasites?!" Xilin knew that Enji was not talking about human parasites, but things parasitic on spacecraft such as starships and spaceships running in the universe.

"Yeah, this is what we pay special attention to every time we overhaul the starship. We also need to check it from time to time during long-distance flights. Once we find parasites, we must eliminate them in time, otherwise there will be endless troubles. It's just so small A little bit, they may destroy a huge starship. They can withstand cosmic rays, withstand the vacuum environment, firmly nailed to the aircraft, and many of the substances they secrete can corrode the aircraft, although it will take a while I can't see it at first, but it will be troublesome after a long time, and it will be too late when I really find it. You know, what would happen if a hole suddenly appeared on the starship while flying in space, and there was no time to remedy it? situation?"

Xilin trembled unconsciously, it was terrifying.

"They will also destroy some key places of the starship, whether it is a weapon system or an energy delivery tube, and some interfaces may become their habitat. There are many kinds of parasites in the universe, and their preferences are also different , Some like places with active energy, some like places with aerobic oxygen, in short, all we need to do is to check all the starships regularly to avoid future troubles."

Enji bounced and caught the small piece in his hand: "Every time we prepare embedding fluid, small parasites like this can be embedded in embedding fluid, just like amber, and can be sold at a high price after the mission is over." Sell ​​it to researchers or collectors. Many people like to collect this kind of cosmic parasite. To a certain extent, these cosmic parasites are also hard to come by. The one I have is the last five I got it during the mission of the year. This is just one of them. I kept one for myself. I didn’t sell it and used it as a souvenir. If you are interested, if you find parasites at that time, I will ask you to come and take a look when it is cleared. .”

"Well, thank you, Brother Enji!"

"You boy, why are you being so polite! Let's go to the next area for maintenance."

After completing the inspection with Enji, Xilin was about to go back to the lounge to lie down, but before he had gone a few steps, he heard Cary yelling.

"Xilin, look at the good things your cat has done!!"

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I have a cold. The weather was bad, it was raining heavily outside, the house was stuffy and hot, blowing on the electric fan to catch cold.

In the rainy season, it is estimated that we will "see the sea" again.

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