He came from the bell tonight

When Su Ling turned on the light, Xiao Huaiyan just opened his eyes.His head was dizzy, and his nose smelled of alcohol, which was disgusting.

The ceiling spun for a while, and finally stopped.

A hot towel covers his eyes.

Xiao Huaiyan muffled: "How much did I drink?"

"Twelve cups." Su Ling replied briefly.

Xiao Huaiyan grasped the towel in disbelief, propped the seat up and stood up.He slowed down for a while, his headache subsided a little, and he said to himself: "Why don't I remember drinking so much."

Peach Blossom Eyes paused suddenly, and in a trance, he saw Su Ling pull his collar a little, and stood sideways in the shadows.He didn't notice the red marks left on the snow-white and smooth neck, obviously he had experienced intense ambiguity.

When Su Ling and Xiao Huaiyan returned to the main cabin, Xizi was lifting his head from among the drunken pirates.He took Yun Qing's hand and spoke nonsense with his tongue out.

"...we will get married tomorrow when we go home! The wedding photos will be taken in the largest square in Syracuse, and the wedding will be held there! Go to his church, I don't like the pastor...well, do you like gummies? We can make up Put two pots in a flower basket, and give each guest a gummy scarf!"

Just when the blond boy poked at the unresponsive terminal with squinted eyes and wanted to call the registration office, Yun Qing pressed the back of his head, causing him to faint.

Yun Qing patted his furry head, yawned, and fell asleep in the finally quiet world.

At this time, Dreadlocks who had finished cleaning rubbed his eyes, brought over two bottles of iced drinks with a shy face, and smiled flatteringly: "Drink, drink, sober up."

Although Xiao Huaiyan didn't know why he was suddenly respectful, he accepted it obediently.

After taking a sip, he stopped.Only then did I realize that the recipe was written on the label: celery, bitter gourd, coriander, ginger, carrot, cucumber...

Su Ling shook the empty bottle, feeling unfinished.

Xiao Huaiyan put his bottle in front of the porthole, pretending to have finished it.His head was still dizzy, as if he had been beaten.

He sat by the window, smiled at Su Ling, and said in an erratic voice, "I don't know how long I will stay here, what if there is no one to feed the orange cat."

"There is a bag of cat food at the door." Su Ling felt that his peach blossom eyes were covered with a layer of water vapor, and he hadn't sobered up yet.

Su Ling added: "They are very smart and will survive."

Xiao Huaiyan turned his head lazily, while looking at Su Ling, he glanced at the faint starlight from the corner of his eye.

"When I was young, I also met a cat that was often fed. It was so beautiful that I couldn't find it in the snowdrifts. I would feed it every day when I came home from school. Gradually, it also squatted at the intersection on time. Wait for me. It is pregnant, probably because of this it will be nice to humans. I thought at the time, I will definitely take care of it."

Su Ling was a quiet listener.Perhaps because of the alcohol, Xiao Huaiyan was more frank than usual.

"My parents and I delivered it together. There are three little guys in total, all of whom are very cute. After a month, my parents took me back to the old star. It's only two days, when I go to Syracuse again , I can't find it anymore. Not long after, a package of things was sent home, it was for Xiao Yimo. She was only married to Fang Jian at that time, and someone wanted to scare them."

Su Ling was startled, his eyes filled with disgust and pity.

"Xiao Yimo is not afraid, but that was the most angry I've ever seen her. She said it was because I was too weak to protect what she liked. I killed it. Although she doesn't remember She said something herself, but I always remember that she was right."

"When I can't do it, I don't deserve it." Xiao Huaiyan's tone was relaxed, and the difficult smile gradually disappeared.He leaned his head back against the glass, squinting because of the strong overhead light.

"I thought I was ready."

The clear breath approached Xiao Huaiyan.Su Ling covered his eyes and dimmed the light.

"...That's not your fault." Su Ling said.

Xiao Huaiyan's hand covered her white and cold fingers, and the warmth was transmitted instantly.

Su Ling felt the eyelashes across the palm of his hand, and the other party's tense expression finally relaxed a little.

Within a few minutes, Xiao Huaiyan fell asleep.

Su Ling stood beside him, quietly looking at the star cluster outside the porthole.

Outside the circular window, in the twisted corner of the universe, countless dim lights overlap.No one could explain what it was.There is no omniscient and omnipotent god in this world.

But in a dazed moment, Su Ling saw another universe through that distorted space.His own figure was like a speck of dust floating in it.

A distant voice seemed to be calling him, just like when he saw that special sea of ​​stars at the bottom of X92.The sound was farther than the sound of the wind, deeper than the sound of the waves, passing through the body and consciousness, calling him to move forward.

why.

Now that you repel him, you call him again.

In just a few seconds, the picture disappeared suddenly along with the sound.Instead, there is still a distant light, and the aging stars are still lingering.

Deep confusion entangled Suling.

Strange footsteps approached Suling.

"Observation or non-observation will produce different results." Francis seemed to have a deep meaning in his words, but on the surface he just smelled of alcohol and rubbed his hair like a bird's nest.

His eye sockets are deep, and his beard hides his sharp outlines, making him appear vicissitudes and deep.

"It's beautiful here, isn't it? You're also from somewhere in the universe, right?"

"I don't know." Su Ling replied.

Francis took a sip of his wine and took out a bag.It was bulging there, as if it was full of things.The exposed part is transparent blue.

Su Ling touched it subconsciously, but Francis suddenly took it away.

What greeted Suling was a black muzzle.

"Don't be nervous, are you looking for this?" Francis held the gun and pressed it against his forehead, "I saw you went to pick it up, isn't it important?"

Su Ling didn't move, but stared at him vigilantly.

No one nearby woke up, and Xiao Huaiyan was still asleep.Everything around is as usual, only the atmosphere in front of this window is tense, and a silent confrontation is taking place.

The cold metal reflected the dim light, and the smell was also cold.The feeling of being pressed on the forehead was very bad, but Su Ling didn't back down a bit.

Francis's cloudy eyeballs just stared at him, cold, as if they could see through people.

About 2 minutes later, Francis snorted: "You don't seem to want to say it."

As the ending sound rose, his gun slowly moved away from Su Ling's forehead, aimed at Xiao Huaiyan beside him, and pulled the trigger.

Almost at the same time as the gun was released, Su Ling stepped in front of the sleeping Xiao Huaiyan, raised his hand and slammed the wrist holding the gun.

A bullet flew diagonally from the muzzle and hit the wine bottle.After a very faint muffled sound, the bullets stuck to the undamaged bottle and exploded into several ribbons, which fell on Su Ling's body.

"Oh, pain, pain, pain --" Francis immediately yelled and muttered, "What's the matter with you young people, you don't have some basic etiquette to respect the old and love the young! The education level of the league, ah bah!"

The cloth bag containing the fragments of Xinghai was casually thrown into Su Ling's arms.

Su Ling was taken aback for a moment, reacting from this funny scene.

He thought for a while and asked, "...how much?"

Francis showed an extremely surprised expression, "Look, I'm sure I'm right": "That kid taught you this?"

This time, it was Su Ling's turn to be surprised: "You don't want money?"

Francis opened his hands and took his precious wine bottle: "Money is a good thing, but it doesn't work at all in the world of pirates."

"Then what do you want?"

Francis seemed to have heard a joke. He just grinned and saw Su Ling's serious expression, so he shook his head: "You can't afford it."

In the afterglow of Suling, Xiao Huaiyan was still asleep.He was very drunk tonight.

Francis lowered his tone, as if he was talking about something far away.

"This kind of star sea debris was not common a long time ago, and it can even be said to be extremely rare. If you can pick up a piece in any corner, let alone a whole sailing ship, it is no problem to raise ten. But in the past two years, this There are more fragments than ever before."

Francis made a gesture: "It seems to have fallen out of nowhere suddenly. It is close to Y-9528, or somewhere else."

Pirates traveling north and south are always more sensitive to things in the galaxy, and they are well aware of any troubles.

"These were collected by Voyager, and maybe some of them have flowed into the black market. Who knows what these things mean? My companions and I only know that the environment of exploration is changing quietly, just like the broken down ship this time." It’s happening more often than ever.”

Su Ling remembered the words he heard before: "The expansion and instability of the universe."

"Yes, the universe has been expanding, and this instability can be said to be periodic. It also happened more than 100 years ago, but at that time there were only some strange ancient civilizations."

"But now, no one knows what is happening in the distant star sea," Francis glanced at Su Ling, "That is the heart of the universe."

This is the first time Su Ling heard this saying: "...heart?"

"Well, in our legend, that is the source of all beating, and the core of stability."

Francis patted him on the shoulder and resumed his nonchalant expression.

"Perhaps we all have the same ancestors from the old stars, in appearance. But you may be a gift from the universe. If these things are more useful to you, they are better than hanging on the wall of some good people. "

Su Ling grabbed the bag of Xinghai fragments, still thinking about Francis' words when he walked away.

The unstable state of the universe, the distant star sea, fragments, mimics... There seems to be a faint causal connection between these things.It corresponds to the hesitant words of Xiao Huaiyan from the future.

And what about himself, who is he.What does it have to do with all this.

He lowered his eyes and stared at the bag of star sea fragments.There should be at least twenty of them.The blue crystals reflected his appearance.

The originally dark long hair seemed to be a little lighter.

Every time he absorbed the fragments before, his dreams gradually deepened - more fragments, confusion, or anxiety.Some scenes that have never happened before are mixed in, and it is not clear whether it is the past or the future.

What these things will bring, he has no idea.

But Su Ling only hesitated for a few seconds.He squeezed the shard and took a bite.

There is no taste at all, except for a little energy-rich feeling, which is almost like a nutritional supplement.

When Xiao Huaiyan woke up, he saw Su Ling eating with a bag in his arms.The slender fingers like white jade are holding the blue crystal, and the lips are reddish.He eats very seriously, but it doesn't look like a delicious thing.After all, he bit mechanically and swallowed without chewing much.

...I don't know what kind of weird snack it is.

The next second, Su Ling finished eating and shook the bag.No more.

However, just as he met Su Ling's gaze, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.

Outside the porthole, a hole suddenly appeared in the hatch of the patrol ship.A tentacle covered with fine hair stretched out, and the dark green slime turned into slag in the vacuum.

"Damn it! Why did the mimic appear here!" Someone exclaimed.

A huge bug floated out from the broken hatch—it didn't seem to have adapted to the vacuum environment that was different from the hive universe.

After a while, the moisture in its body quickly evaporated, and it was covered with frozen gray.

There was a hoarse hum from the monitor on Voyager.

"It's over!" Dirty Braid cried while handing out weapons to others, "I don't want to be food for bugs!"

Francis gave an order and calmed down the panicked pirates.They immediately checked all closed hatches and went to duty in small groups.

But the anchored Voyager was unable to distance itself from the patrol ship.

As the mimetic worms gathered in that patrol ship, rustling sounds could almost be heard coming from the approaching aisle.

There was silence in Voyager.

Su Ling and Yun Qing stood in front of the outermost door, and several guns were aimed at it from behind them.

There was a piercing sound from the edge of the tentacles, as if it was trying to test the severity. There were two bangs on the door.

Scarface sneered: "This was only reinforced last year, just to prevent those disgusting things in ancient civilizations. A mere mimic—"

A hole appeared in the door.When the tentacles came in, the cracks spread around like a spider web.

"Retreat!" Xiao Huaiyan shouted.

Everyone retreated behind the second door.Just as the mimetic worm jumped over in one step, a light spot suddenly arrived and exploded at the connecting bridge.

The instant white light was extremely dazzling.

Those outstretched tentacles can only grab the fragments, which are lost in the cosmic rays.

"Hey, precision particle cannon!" Lian Xiao exclaimed.

Su Ling turned his head, and outside the porthole, a silver-white ship was approaching them.That ship was huge, four or five times the size of the Voyager.But the extremely fast, not yet fully retracted front end identified the attacker.

"...Why are they?" Xiao Huaiyan frowned.

At the same time, the pirates on the Voyager cheered and screamed as if they had seen a great savior.

"——It's a free ship!!!"