Chapter 15 (1/2)
Opal finally can't bear to use hypnosis once, only to feel that it really can solve the problem. Direct, no suspense, all the trouble is over in one go. No wonder the dark cannot be assimilated by the dark.
The knight can't be addicted to death unless it's the ability of encountering the stars.
At night, the sky is dark, and lightning is still raging in the night sky.
At last, the stranded visitors calmed down and looked for places to rest and wait for the storm to pass.
The rotation of strong star is 72 cosmic hours, while that of B-11 is 25 cosmic hours. The gravity of the new planet is overweight, the environment is noisy, and every day is very long. Opal is not used to it. He is a little sleepy. The Star Alliance divides each day into 24 cosmic hours, which is the work and rest time of ancient humans before the optical era. Basically, they need sleep and rest every 18 to 20 hours.
He bought a newspaper with a map, turned on the projection device of E7, and sat in the corner seat to read the news and map introduction of liexing. Liexing is mainly engaged in mercenary industry, and mercenaries are a group of people who solve the problems in the universe. They are responsible for escorting business, accepting the assigned interstellar adventure, reclaiming the desolate planet, searching for the missing in space, and recovering the cargo of the wrecked spaceship.
Some large mercenaries even engage in wars between galaxies and planets - after all, many planets in star systems have not yet formed communities.
The Republic and the Empire compete with each other. There are independent regimes on these asteroids. Occasionally, they employ thugs here to solve problems, spy on the enemy or assassinate them.
There are also some dangerous planets to collect minerals, plants and even biological specimens and so on.
This profession does everything. Every day, tens of thousands of commissions are sent from all over the universe to liexing. They are evaluated by the mercenary Union and released to the mercenaries who are suitable to take over. The trade union will draw the Commission for completing the task. They fight alone or in groups. In addition to the magnetic lightning storm twice a week, the whole star vacation, usually the apron will flow, countless spaceships set sail and land.
The number of registered personnel of the United mercenary union is nearly one million, which is still increasing slowly. The whole liexing is divided into ordinary residential areas and the central area on the equator.
The central district is in charge of all the missions of the whole galaxy, entrusted from here. It is a strip of city, like the belt of the burning star, and on both sides of the equator, it is used for residential and other purposes.
With so much information pouring in, opal couldn't bear it.
The little robot holds the tray over. There are tin foil bags and drinks on it. Opal plans to save money first and says, ”no, thank you. I won't eat it.”
”There's no money.” Next to a woman kindly reminded: ”strong Star Airlines compensate for the food stranded on the tarmac.”
Opal immediately said, ”come back! Wait
small robot turned back, opal took the food, the small box was filled with warm, clay like white gel. Opal took a bite and found that it had many layers, each with a different flavor.
”It tastes good.” Said opal.
There was a burst of laughter from the people sitting around him, some of them mocked him as a country bumpkin, and others thought he was funny.
Opal asked the beautiful mature woman, ”are you a mercenary?”
”Lily.” ”Twelve Nebula mercenaries,” she replied
Opal nodded and said, ”I want to be a mercenary.”
Someone in front of me turned around and said, ”Hey, man, I suggest you go back and forth from where you go, for example, to take over your parents' company, to marry your girlfriend, or to go back to Star Alliance school. That's what you should do, or you'll have less than 30 days left to live. ”
”Don't bully him.” Someone in the front row looked back and said, ”now there are fewer and fewer people willing to come to liexing.”
”Don't listen to him.” Lily said with a smile, ”welcome to Ares, but you are in the most trouble.”
Opal nodded and said, ”I've found out. It's not very Friendly. ”
Lily said, ”when you blend into the star, you will love it.”
Opal said, ”I hope. How long will a thunderstorm take?”
Lily said, ”two days, according to the time here.”
144 hours Opal was completely speechless and asked, ”is there no other way to leave?”
The man on the left of opal said, ”the last train of Star Airlines is late. I hope the trade union can think of some other way.”
opal understands that there are only tens of thousands of people here, and that's why the quarrel is so fierce. He reached out his hand, shook hands with the man and introduced himself, ”opal.”
The man was handsome, dressed in a blue spaceship technician's coat, shook hands with him and said casually, ”my name is spanner.”
A strange name, opal thought, and the wrench said, ”lily is my love.”
Opal nodded and suddenly realized what was wrong. He got up and said, ”I'll change places with you.”
People around him laughed again. Opal looked around and found that there was a sign on their neckline. He immediately understood that all the people nearby were from a mercenary regiment. There were about a dozen people - twelve, twelve Nebula mercenaries.The spanner held Lily in his arms. Lily leaned against his shoulder to sleep. After reading the newspaper for a while, opal found that there was no government on the planet, only trade unions. The matter of their staying on the tarmac was on the news.
The newspaper also mentioned a mercenary king named Azeroth, the Kingdom There is a king indeed.
”He is only responsible for perfecting the rules of his predecessors and does not interfere in too much internal affairs.” Wrench around his girlfriend, casually said: ”or not exactly, just a soul of strong star, the strongest, double S-class mercenary.”
Opal knew that spanner was also reading his newspaper, and that he had been staying on Azeroth's page to publish his speech.
”Who is in charge of the management of this planet?” opal chatted with him
”Political affairs are made and ruled by the presidium of the mercenary Union. They are a group of inefficient people who have recently heard of imperial lackeys coming in,” spanner said
”It's going to be a war.” There's a bald road ahead.
Some people echoed: ”I hope not to fight in. It's good to have money to participate in the war, but it's not a taste to start a war in liexing.”
Opal nodded thoughtfully. Seeing Azeroth's speech that he would not join the dark star alliance, he asked, ”what is the dark star alliance?”
”You obviously don't care much about current affairs.” Spanner said blandly, ”colouring's power is growing. Several times he tried to persuade Azeroth to join the dark star alliance with Ares.”
Opal was shocked when he heard the name, frowned at the wrench and asked, ”what kind of person is Caroline? Is he strong? ”
”Who knows?” The man in the front row broke in: ”I don't know where it came from. He is said to be a star knight, but I think his name sounds like the strange thing with long hands and feet and two heads on Ekman
Everyone laughed. Opal joked, ”we can't discriminate against other races.”
”Ah, you must be from the Republic. Citizens of the Republic are very free, democratic, compassionate, and know about racial discrimination. My name is Kun.” The head in front of him didn't turn back. He reached out and shook hands with him. He was a lousy ruffian.
”I come from the red flame system, which is ruled by the Republican government,” opal said
”You dress like a country bumpkin.” ”It's not like talking. It's very elegant,” Kun said
Opal grinned modestly, turned the newspaper down and asked, ”what will Azeroth do with that fellow named corolin?”