The Star Knight - 19. Chapter Nineteen

“You should have come a little earlier.” Opal used these words as the opening remarks of their lunch, and said Mu Shu to the wrench.

The wrench used a knife and fork to deal with a large piece of multi-flavored steak on his plate, listening absently.

Opal finished his grilled fish, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said: “Now let him come back, maybe it’s too late.”

“I don’t think this is a good idea.” Wrench said slowly.

Opal finished talking about Mu Shu passionately, and suddenly felt sleepy when he met the wrench’s voice that didn’t fluctuate.

Opal: “You don’t need to be familiar with combat skills to be a mercenary, can’t you? So Mu Shu can play his due role.”

“Yes.” Wrench said, “but an ideal becomes an ideal only because it will not be changed by anything. Troubles that can be solved with money are not troubles, and ideals that can be obliterated by reality are not ideals.”

Opal suddenly understood something, the wrench held the fork, and said: “I also doubted myself once, because I am not good at fighting at all, and my combat response is slow, and the reflex arc is quite slow. At the worst moment, Standing alone at the door of the union, I was soaked in the rain. Even at that time, I didn’t have the slightest thought of “give up, go home”.”

Opal said: “Then what do you think?”

“This damn ghost weather.” Wrench shrugged and said: “Later Lily came. She is the daughter of the old head, and she gave me an umbrella.”

Opal took a long breath, took a sip of the iris wine with the wrench, and said: “Your friend is just forced to make a living, so even if you tell him, it won’t help.”

Opal nodded, snapped his fingers, and said to the robot: “Two more cups of coffee. Wrench, have you heard that there are some mechas from the ancient times in this universe?”

When it comes to mechas, Wrench’s eyes seem to have a little more expression, no longer the half-dead ghost, he seems to be thinking hard, and cautiously wording, and finally said: “I’ve heard of it. How do you know this? of?”

Opal added three spoons of milk and two spoons of sugar to his coffee. He likes to drink this very much. Compared with the B-11, the Mercenary Nation is a new paradise. Unlike Crimson Planet, it has a sense of a technological city that keeps the hillbilly out of the door. In Liexing, he has everything and asks any questions without being ridiculed. This is a very tolerant place.

“The teacher told me.” Opal recalled the wonderful milk taste in his mouth: “He said that there is a kind of mecha called Dragon Ray, which can be broken down into many metal pieces and assembled by itself.”

Opal mysteriously described a Dragon Ray Mecha to the wrench.

Wrench listened blankly, and finally said: “I don’t think there is such a thing.”

Opal lost.

“Yes.” Opal said: “They are the mounts of the Star Rider.”

Wrench: “No.”

Opal: “Yes!”

Wrench said regretfully: “No, this violates the law of matter. How can a piece of jewelry become a mecha?”

Opal: “Maybe the rest of the components are usually hidden in the five-dimensional space, uh, or elsewhere…”

Wrench said: “You can think of it as a fairy tale. Just like a historian said that the core of the universe is a DNA spinning hourglass.”

Opal said sadly: “Forget it.”

Wrench said: “But, I have heard a little bit about the origin of prehistoric mechas.”

Opal moved his eyebrows and said, “What?”

The spanner graciously said: “There are many civilization relics in this universe, and they have nothing to do with us humans. As you know, humans come from the Milky Way, a star system called the solar system in Orion’s spiral arms. ”

Opal said: “I know this.”

Wrench said: “The original place of human origin was an aqua-blue planet called the Earth. The day when the fifth-dimensional space transition technology was put into practice, the ancestors began to explore the entire universe. This day was designated as the era of light. At the beginning of the year, all interstellar measurement units now follow the measurement system of the ancestor Earth. The period of the asteroid orbiting the earth is called the cosmic month, and the revolution period of the earth is called the cosmic year, etc…”

Opal nodded, and the wrench said: “In addition to humans, there are more unknown areas in the universe, including certain civilization relics formed in the tens of billions of years after the Big Bang. Among these relics, you may say Taikoo fighters. The king’s “God of War” fighter technology was modified in this galaxy, and what was installed was a handful of ancient relics from deep space.”

Opal said: “His mech is an ancient fighter?”

The wrench made an indifferent movement: “It’s just a small part. It is something brought by a businessman of the magic star. No one likes to do business with the magic star…especially our mercenary brothers who are going straight. Good at hypnosis and subconscious influence, selling you a ragged piece while hypnotizing you, telling you that it is a very expensive thing. If you run into them, remember to run quickly, otherwise you will be completely ransacked. But the king is very powerful, he never Under hypnotized, he bought it from the Magic Star Merchant, and now this weapon is added to his mecha.”

Opal nodded thoughtfully.

“Perhaps someday in the future.” Wrench said: “You will receive a similar task. Remember to bring something back for me to study and study. I am willing to pay or provide you with some private inventions as a reward…”

Opal: “Forget it…”

Wrench: “Thank you for lunch and wish you a long life.”

The next course is lengthy and tedious. Opal listens to the hypnotic sound of the wrench every day, trying to keep his attention away from other areas. Excluding the factor that mobilizes students’ enthusiasm, Wrench is a very good teacher, and his courses are very practical.

Even some of the things Lecter taught him were not thoroughly described by Wrench himself. The wrench taught them how to make an emergency landing on the planet to minimize the wear of the spacecraft, and how to deal with interstellar pirates in space.

Pirates usually do not come to snatch mercenaries. One is that there is no oil and water to fish, and the other is afraid of the god of war Azeroth. However, if you encounter an escort client or goods, it will be counted separately. Wrench talked about many cases of using the spacecraft to escape from the dead, although Opal feels that it will not be used for a long time.

“Don’t give all the work to the control system.” The wrench said blankly: “Manual control of the spacecraft is very important. Remember the last magnetic storm? The Star Airlines train was delayed, and finally thousands of drivers were manually controlled. Shuttle, bypass the lightning and send all the mercenaries back to their destinations.”

“Optical brain route calculation is a lazy thing.” Wrench said: “The most complex program in the universe, its autonomous learning ability is not as good as an earthworm. Computers have no human near-death potential, let alone nervousness. Be prepared to judge under the situation and escape for life. You should be very interested in the next practice. I wish you all a good time.”

The trainees finally waited for the practical driving course. The last cycle is the integration of all courses. They need to sit in the holographic cockpit and control the spacecraft for simulation training. Most small spaceships are simple and easy to use, and are equipped with navigation and automatic driving systems. This course will take at least ten years in the space military academy. However, for junior mercenaries, use 21 space days to learn the skills of getting started. Will suffice.

After all, the larger mercenary groups are equipped with specialized technicians, and the recruits only need to be familiar with the general operation. For most people who are too poor to be mercenaries, there will be no spaceships for him to pilot.

Opal has his own spacecraft, and he learns very seriously.

After the last cycle, the four courses of history, combat training, mental test, and aerospace control underwent an overall assessment, and everyone got a score.

So this is over.

Opal received his own report card, and suddenly felt a sense of loss.

Then came a deep anger.

“How is a C——!” Opal roared: “I learned so seriously, there must be something wrong!”

The clerk said regretfully: “This is the grade given to you by the Gray Wolf instructor. I wish you a long life, the next one…”

Opal said: “No! Is there anything inside? I…”

“Don’t squeeze there!” the recruits shouted one after another: “Get out of the way!”

Opal’s previous biggest demerit point was at most the time when he cooperated with Mu Shu, he was dragged down. He was completely unable to think that he had just passed the score. He was simply suffering from a great shame, and he must go to find the dust. The wolf asks for an argument.

“Hi, recruit.” Gray Wolf said: “Are you angry?”

Opal: “Instructor, it shouldn’t be like this…”

Gray Wolf said: “You will understand in the future, the higher the initial score, the less conducive to your growth, that’s it.”

Opal: “You!”

The gray wolf smiled and left, Opal chased after him, but the gray wolf got into the car and ran away with a whistle.

The sun was shining, and it was a new week. Opal was standing under the sun on the top of the building, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness. He tore the transcript at will, but this kind of paper was not torn at all, and even burned. Can’t get rid of, but had no choice but to admit his fate.

The next thing is to report back to Sunlight City and become an official mercenary.

Opal was quiet for a moment, and an unreal feeling surged in his heart, a little nervous and fearful, and a little unbelievable. This is the end of the training. Sixty days, like a reborn, I have indeed learned a lot. This training course is not in vain, but the real path starts now.

Opal got in the car and returned to Sunlight City with his report card. He can now sign in and register here, and join the mercenary group in any branch of Liexing, or do it alone to take on some small tasks within his ability.

“But I suggest you find someone at first, and follow along.” The clerk said: “This is your mercenary manual. Take it. With this, you can record all your tasks. Your current level is quasi-F. You need to Rating through the first mission.”

Opal: “What did you say?!”

There was a commotion in the back, and a team leader squeezed in and shouted: “I’m going to you! Bastard! You promised to find me the employer!”

The clerks lost their patience by being scolded by the people behind, and shouted: “The first mission is very important! After completion, you will be given a rating. If the completion rate is high, you will be directly promoted to F level! If the mission fails, you will roll back to the recruit school. Factory reengineering——! The conditions of gradual increase, how many points are needed, how many tasks! It is very clear on the last page! Go back and see for yourself!”

The captain pushed Opal aside rudely and shouted, “My employer!”

“It has nothing to do with me!” The clerk shouted at him: “The employer’s spaceship hasn’t arrived yet, what can we do!”

“My time is very limited…”

“You tell me this is useless, it doesn’t—yes—uses!”

That’s enough. Opal was arguably about to have a nervous breakdown as soon as he returned to Nikko, and no painful training could be as noisy as this.

“I’m looking for a mercenary group!” Opal shouted to the clerk.

“Find someone to form a team by yourself!” The staff member said: “Don’t squeeze here! You are very handsome! Someone will want you!”

Opal squeezed out the crowd helplessly. There were quarreling people everywhere in the personnel hall on the second floor. Opal held a person and said, “Are you recruiting new members?”

“I’m telling you, I must be fired today…what? What did you say? We don’t recruit new recruits. Thank you… Come on…”

Opal asked one by one the team in front of the recruitment office: “What about you?! Who do you want to fire? Let me replace him!”

“I’m just here to fight for medical assistance for our members!” The captain said loudly: “Yes, no! At least D level or above! I wish you a long life!”

Opal: “…”

“How about you?” Opal was almost discouraged.

“No, recruit, you can’t do it now, it won’t be you.” A head of the regiment said: “We are not a nanny regiment, come on.”

Opal said: “You all look down on me!”

The commander reached out and grabbed the collar of the Opal, and roared: “I’m already very polite! Don’t get into it! Be careful I beat you!”

“Don’t fight here!” the staff roared.

Opal thought about it, and went to the lobby on the first floor to take a look.

The first floor is even more lively, there are bargaining everywhere, mercenaries who are arguing with blue veins on their necks. Opal went to the single-player mission release point to check and said: “I want to take a single-player mission!”

Clerk: “Single-player missions have been sent! The information bar is refreshed after six hours! Go to the opposite restaurant for a drink…”

A mercenary roared in the back: “The restaurant opposite is owned by your house! How could there be no mission today on Monday! If this continues, I will find the opinion office to complain…”

Another person squeezed in and shouted at the clerk: “Give me a spaceship!”

Clerk: “You can’t rent a spaceship! No one is eligible to rent a spaceship below Class D! To take a long-distance ship, the ticket is only 300 yuan, which saves costs…”

The mercenary pushed the Opal away and yelled at the window: “The mission is very clear!”

The clerk said: “That’s because we sent the wrong task! You can only go on a sailing ship!”

Mercenary: “This is your responsibility! The voyage ship is not in that ghost place, now, immediately, lease me a spaceship…”

Opal had a face-to-face with the mercenary, and both of them were stunned.

The other party is Raymond.

Opal said: “I have a spaceship.”

Raymond said: “The rent is three thousand.”

Opal said: “No money, come with me, let me see your mission.”

The two were pushed aside, Raymond put away his mercenary diary and said, “Listen, I only need to rent a spaceship.”

Opal said: “I can lend you, let me join you.”

Raymond let out a sigh, waved his hand to indicate that it was impossible, and went to squeeze the window to quarrel with the clerk.

Opal was completely discouraged, stood next to him for a while, and went out to buy two cans of canned coffee. The clerk screamed from behind the window: “Don’t fight here! I’m going to call the police! Take this tall man away.” !”

Raymond was almost exploding, and roared: “If you don’t rent me the spaceship, you at least help me sell this mission!”

The clerk said: “You must wait until the end of the task cycle! Must! This is the system! Those who are not satisfied can go to Azeroth, it is his order!”

Raymond took a deep breath, and almost wanted to cut people when he looked like that, Opal took him and said, “Come on, friend.”

Opal gave him a cup of coffee, and Raymond didn’t even look at it and drank it, and said, “Are you a recruit?”

Opal said: “What level are you? I can rent a spaceship to you without paying me, and treat me as an assistance… Yes! Assisting members, I see this rule.”

Raymond said impatiently: “It’s not a question of money!”

Opal said: “I promise not to interfere with any of your actions.”

Raymond stroked his short hair, stood irritably for a while, and finally said: “Let me see your mercenary diary.”

Opal handed it to him and said, “Let me see you too. Man”

Raymond threw the diary to him, and the two exchanged views. Opal’s diary is just a whiteboard, but there are examination records from the mercenary school in it. Opal cautiously said: “I think my score is too low. fair……”

Raymond was almost desperate. He pulled back his diary. In a hurry, Opal only saw that Raymond’s mercenary level was registered as E. He couldn’t help himself.

“Bring me.” Opal said: “I will never speak much, you will not be disappointed.”

Opal was about to try to control his mind, but Raymond seemed to have changed his mind and said, “Okay. You swear.”

Opal said: “I swear.”

Raymond took Opal’s diary to register, formed a temporary team, squeezed out of the crowd, Opal said: “Go to the apron now?”

Raymond didn’t speak any more, threw the bag behind his back, put on his gloves and got into the car.

After Opal became a registered mercenary, his identity card has been unimpeded in Liexing, and he can get on a car parked at the gate of the union and reach any place. It seems that the future is still very long.

On the tarmac, Raymond looked at the Opal spacecraft and said, “This is yours?”

Opal said: “My mother left it to me.”

Raymond didn’t comment. Opal opened the spacecraft’s rear hatch, and the lights inside turned on. Raymond said, “The mission site is a very remote asteroid, the Crow galaxy, and Krystal. If you don’t have a star map, We can only break up the partnership.”

Opal said: “There must be, don’t worry, E7, go to the console.”

With the door closed, Opal opened the star map, thousands of stars were spinning, Opal said: “Clau galaxy, Crypt.”

Age-VI removed all irrelevant galaxies, and a light blue star appeared in the field of vision.

Raymond frowned and said, “What type of star map is this?”

Opal said: “Uh, there is no model.”

Raymond originally hugged his arms and leaned against the wall. At this moment, he walked toward the center, and his eyes reflected the brilliant light in the star map. Opal had spotted Kveskov, which was a purple asteroid. Compared with the mercenary diary, he established a route. picture.

A dotted line starts from the strong star, flies to the starry sky gate, and then throws from the starry sky gate to the Crow galaxy.

Calculating the voyage, one hundred and seventy-four cosmic hours.

The spacecraft started the anti-gravity levitation and slowly rose, leaving the ground apron, the tail spewed flames, leaving the atmosphere, and flying into the vast universe.

The departure this time is different from the last time I entered the country. It only needs a simple check to be released easily.

“Check your mercenary diaries.” The man’s voice said: “Aha, it’s you again. Have you found a job? The weather is very good today. I wish you a long life.”