Chapter 79 : “Oh no, I've run into a real saint.”

Chu Zu held his helmet and followed behind a group of crew members.

The people who came out of the bridge were already pale.

The white light of the alternating red warning lights made their faces look particularly frightening.

Chu Zu heard everyone whispering like headless flies.

“The cruiser is completely out of control. They’re crashing straight into us.”

“Crashing into the medical ship? Isn’t that considered a dereliction of duty by the captain?”

“Which captain? Our captain? Where is he?”

“Of course, he’s on the bridge! Damn it, the military academy isn’t willing to send people to the medical ship. The navigators are all rejects. What on earth are they doing?”

“...”

Under normal circumstances, when faced with the risk of a collision, the ship should prioritize the safety of the medical ship and the frigate to facilitate subsequent rescue and support missions.

But the UIF's style was very counter-intuitive.

In the war with the Zerg, there were four situations: minor injuries, serious injuries, serious injuries leading to death, and immediate death.

Minor injuries referred to a new recruit causing some trouble for himself during operation.

Serious injuries meant that the soldier was one in a million lucky, actually able to survive in space, but most of them could no longer return to the battlefield and could only be repatriated to Earth.

Serious injuries leading to death meant that they could leave some last words with the help of medical personnel.

Needless to say, immediate death.

The UIF seemed to believe that apart from minor injuries, the others were not worth investing medical resources in—this was the attitude Chu Zu felt.

Although there were priority regulations in each fleet, and the fleet commanders also understood the saying "protect the healer first."

The people on the medical ship themselves knew how poor the staffing of this ship was.

They still didn't know Lu Anji's plan.

If they knew, they might just curse a couple more madmen and then continue to take out the portable storage devices that everyone had.

These small devices could be carried with them, or even worn on their bodies, to ensure that there was a chance of survival in the event of an emergency evacuation or the destruction of the ship.

The portable storage devices had many uses.

The mechanics used them as memos, the commanders used them as schedules.

Of course, in the case of the medical ship, they were more often used as blank suicide notes.

“Actually, we shouldn’t have run.”

Chu Zu had the system do some calculations, “The momentum needed to change course is very large, and there’s no time to turn.”

“Reverse thrust to reduce the relative velocity. The cruiser is slightly smaller and has already been severely damaged. Even if the two ships collide, the medical ship can still be partially preserved.”

He said, “Lu Anji should have locked the cruiser's weapon systems to avoid an explosion on impact.”

System: “Little Lu… has always been very extreme.”

“He can be even more extreme. Get on an escape pod and order the cruiser to self-destruct immediately. If everyone on the ship dies, no one will know what a dog he is.”

Chu Zu said rather coldly, “He still wants to drag me down with him.”

The system thought to itself, if you want to talk about extremes, then the host is even stronger.

Who, at this critical moment, would first come up with the most detrimental and selfish plan from both sides’ perspectives!

Oh no, Azul isn't human.

“Little Lu is already ordering the cruiser to disarm all its weapon systems. Are you going to the bridge to assist with the docking?”

The system said, “You were able to fly a patched-up small ship away from the sun before. Assisting with the docking wouldn't be OOC.”

Chu Zu also followed the others and took out his portable storage device, saying: “Who has a tacit understanding with him? I only have a tacit understanding with my mom.”

The system had reached a high degree of adaptation and did not refute the host's decision at all.

As long as he didn’t destroy the original plot, and the host didn’t really want to transform Lu Anji… he could do whatever he wanted!

“Then you find a convenient place to run. After they crash, I’ll locate Lu Anji so you can go and get him.”

Chu Zu: “I didn’t say I wouldn’t help.”

System: “...”

Understood, still holding a grudge.

Lu Anji was unwilling to contact him after graduation.

The moment the sea of consciousness was connected, he would immediately slip away.

It seemed that this time, if Lu Anji didn’t sheepishly take the initiative to come and negotiate, the host could stubbornly wait to see who would get anxious first.

But even if Lu Anji gave in, he couldn’t contact Azul.

Because while Chu Zu was scribbling on his "blank suicide note," a biological wave that was difficult for humans to detect crossed the disaster and suddenly descended.

Caught off guard, the surrounding environment changed.

All the noisy sounds disappeared.

He seemed to have returned to his hometown.

His mother, who rarely set foot on the surface of the sun, stood quietly in front of him.

The Mother Bug called out to her child in her consciousness.

Consciousness would reflect the current situation.

Of the Mother Bug's eight limbs, the first two had already shown obvious atrophy.

She had once used these two limbs to transport nutrients to Azul-1, and also used them to lift Azul from the ground, helping the Azul who could not yet use his tail flexibly to crawl out of the nest and go to the surface of the sun to be a free little savage.

Chu Zu walked up to her, his face pressed against the Mother Bug's gray shell, and hugged a small part of her body with open arms.

His mother lowered her atrophied limbs.

Chu Zu climbed up and came to her huge compound eyes.

In her countless huge, dark compound eyes, he saw a kaleidoscope-like, splendid nebula.

To be precise, it was a long and simple evolution of a nebula.

Under the action of gravity, the molecular clouds in the nebula began to collapse, forming a high-density molecular cloud core.

Its density continued to increase, and its temperature also rose accordingly.

Finally, a protostar was born.

When the core temperature of the protostar reached 10 million Kelvin, hydrogen atoms began to undergo nuclear fusion, converting hydrogen into helium.

Once the nuclear fusion was stable, the protostar became a main-sequence star that could provide energy for the Zerg.

The Mother Bug showed Chu Zu the entire process.

“Did my mom detect some changes?”

Chu Zu asked the system softly.

“Yes.”

“The cruiser that Lu Anji is on encountered a collapsing molecular cloud.”

The system said, “The UIF’s ships had a planned route and should not have encountered the nebula. They were pulled in by gravity and then lost control. The Mother Bug believes that that nebula can become a star.”

Chu Zu asked the Mother Bug: “Do you need a new star?”

The Mother Bug’s answer was affirmative.

She needed Chu Zu to confirm the information about the nebula.

The formation of a star might take millions to tens of millions of years.

The Mother Bug was already dying.

She needed to judge whether the plan of "waiting for the star to be born" was feasible.

“It sounds so pathetic.”

Chu Zu said to the system, “She clearly knows that that nebula is closer to humans, and that it takes millions to tens of millions of years for a star to form. She will die before humans.”

The little yellow chicken heard something hidden in the host’s cold tone, and it became a little sharp.

The host seemed to be a little dissatisfied.

The little yellow chicken guessed that in his view, the Mother Bug’s behavior was a kind of passive resistance.

The host had always disliked passivity towards life, regardless of whether he was a Zerg.

What the host liked were characters like Naqiya, who were full of vitality and would fight with all their might for themselves.

Chu Zu thought for a moment and said to the Mother Bug: “You can’t wait that long.”

A new scene appeared in the compound eye.

Countless Zerg surrounded a huge cocoon.

The ugly cocoon bloomed like a flower, and a newborn Mother Bug crawled out of it.

She was different from the Mother Bug that Chu Zu knew.

She was smaller, with dense limbs and a pair of faintly glowing wings on her back.

The Mother Bug and the Zerg surrounding her mated one by one.

They convulsed crazily in the dark cave.

The pregnant Mother Bug was sent to a deeper breeding chamber underground.

Her abdomen was as large as a mountain, almost bursting her exoskeleton.

Finally, she gave birth to countless eggs.

The Zerg placed the eggs in the prepared cocoons, and from them, new worker Zerg hatched.

When the Mother Bug sensed that her life was about to end, she would stop breeding and return to her own cocoon.

The cocoon petals closed and bloomed again.

Perhaps to adapt to childbirth, the newborn queen was larger than before, and her original wings had degenerated.

Another round of breeding.

The whole process was repeated countless times, until the star they were on could no longer provide energy.

The new Mother Bug spent tens of times more time in the cocoon.

She changed the direction of evolution.

Her body became even larger, and her wings completely disappeared.

Most importantly, she no longer reproduced through mating.

In parthenogenesis, the egg cell maintains diploidy by fusing with a polar body or by chromosome duplication.

The Mother Bug used this method to adjust the Zerg genes and rapidly expand the population in a short period of time.

The Zerg’s exploration of interstellar space thus began.

Compared to the evolution of the entire Zerg, Chu Zu was more concerned about.

“Your cocoon.”

He said, “You can live in it for a long time, right?”

The Mother Bug confirmed again.

“I will go and find a suitable nebula. It’s closer to humans. Before I find it, you have to protect yourself, and your cocoon.”

Chu Zu instructed softly, just as the Mother Bug had taken care of him back then, “I have grown up. I can let you live, mother.”

Chu Zu hugged the Mother Bug again.

Structurally, he was pressed against the Mother Bug’s "teeth."

Heat was continuously transmitted from his small, warm body to this behemoth.

“Leave everything to me. I’m doing it.”

He promised.

When he mentioned "living," Chu Zu felt an obvious sadness from the Mother Bug.

Actually, there had been similar emotions before, a kind of despair in the face of death.

The previous Azul could not understand it, and the current Chu Zu also found it novel.

When did the Zerg start to have emotions that humans could understand?

After coming into contact with Lei Jingan?

Or… after taking the initiative to learn more about humans in order to raise Azul?

Could it be considered evolution?

But this was of no help to survival.

When faced with death, if the reaction was fear, perhaps it could force oneself to make some kind of resistance.

But sadness?

Sadness couldn't change anything.

Chu Zu knew this very well.

They had no more communication and broke the consciousness connection.

Chu Zu opened his eyes and immediately felt a violent jolt.

He was put on a helmet and placed flat on the floor.

The inside of the helmet showed that the oxygen content was already less than thirty percent.

He propped himself up.

All around were moaning wounded.

The ship's broadcast was intermittent, and the content could be vaguely recognized.

“All medical personnel… attention…”

“Docking… casualties stable… life support system… The cabin pressure balancing device is operating normally…”

“Confirm… equipment is operating normally…”

“My mom’s call came at a really bad time.”

The conversation between Chu Zu and the system in the sea of consciousness could be compressed into a very short time, but the time of the consciousness connection between Azul and Lu Anji, or the Mother Bug, was synchronized with reality.

Chu Zu wasn't quite sure how long the Mother Bug had spent giving him his work.

The scene that appeared in the compound eye spanned tens of thousands of years, and it was impossible to calculate.

The instructed scene gradually faded from Chu Zu’s mind.

He put his corrected plan aside for now and asked the system, “What’s the situation now?”

The system quickly answered: “Lu Anji can’t contact you, but there’s no time to choose another plan. They are forcing the docking.”

“The situation is not good now. Because they have been forcing the turn, they realized they needed to dock very late.”

“The docking has already failed once. The medical ship's hull is damaged, and it’s basically being pushed by the cruiser.”

Chu Zu got up, took off the helmet that was obstructing his vision, and quickly hurried towards the bridge, holding on to the wall.

“I didn’t intentionally stand him up… but this kid must hold a grudge against me now.”

He sighed, “Forget it. He already hates me quite a bit. It doesn’t matter if it’s one more time. Between a friend and my mom falling into the water, I would definitely save my mom first.”

The system didn't respond.

It was confirming Lu Anji's condition.

Lu Anji was more than just holding a grudge.

He had almost filled his POV with eighty thousand words of his mental journey.

From "why can't the consciousness connect," to "what kind of fit is Azul having again," and then to various vulgarities in the universal language.

He clearly hated Azul and wanted to put him to death, but Lu Anji felt the resistance and unwillingness he had only felt as a child, after being abandoned by his parents.

This guy had even given up at one point, thinking that he would just do nothing and die like this.

But unwillingness, anger, and hatred turned into motivation in the next moment, the motivation to live on, to destroy everything.

All the changes happened within a minute.

Lu Anji's mental quality seemed to have been compressed to the extreme and become indestructible.

He had also become… a creature that the system had difficulty evaluating.

“You… be careful.”

The little yellow chicken reminded the host, “When little Lu sees you this time, he might do some very irrational things.”

Chu Zu walked on without stopping, casually saying okay.

The entire medical ship shook a few more times, and the emergency lights in the corridor flickered.

The bridge was usually off-limits to regular crew members.

Now there was no one on duty.

Chu Zu had the system hack into the management system, opened the hatch, and slipped in, stooping.

Just as he was about to have the system intervene in the docking, he heard a loud shout from the bridge.

“Docking was successful. Docking bay preparing to pressurize!!”

***

The sealed state of the docking bay was shown to be stable.

The captain’s clenched fist also slowly loosened.

He quickly gave orders.

“All medical team members continue to stand by. The maintenance team will prepare to enter for repairs.”

“Thruster fine-tuning, angle deviation 0.2 degrees, course correction in progress.”

“Be careful. We don't have a third chance.”

As the cruiser's attitude adjustment was completed, the docking procedure entered the final countdown.

The robotic arm outside the docking bay slowly extended, and the servo motors operated in silence.

But just at the moment of contact, the medical ship suddenly had a small vibration due to the instability of its own adjustment, causing the docking angle to deviate.

The robotic arm almost brushed past the medical ship.

The entire bridge held its breath, as if time had stopped for a moment.

“Adjust the thrusters and stabilize the attitude!”

The robotic arm readjusted.

The blue flames of the thruster fine-tuning flickered in the dark universe.

After a few seconds of subtle adjustment, the docking arm finally approached again.

This time, the robotic arm successfully locked onto the docking port.

But reality would always punish those who were not worthy of their position.

The docking relied almost entirely on the skill of the cruiser’s navigation officer.

Perhaps Lu Anji’s intervention also played a key role.

But the medical ship’s navigation officer was very mediocre.

He usually just checked for deviations in the pre-set route.

He did not have the technology to achieve ship-to-ship docking in space.

The moment it locked, the medical ship shook violently again, and the docking point almost disengaged.

The robotic arm forcibly pulled on a part of the medical ship's hull.

The docking port was barely fixed, but the hull suffered huge structural damage.

The metal frame made a piercing cracking sound.

The impact caused a part of the medical ship's outer shell to tear directly, and then it was hit by the ship's added speed and crashed into the cruiser.

Other parts of the ship's hull also suffered serious damage.

The internal pipes burst, and the cables flew around in the cabin like unbridled snakes, sparks flying everywhere.

Air quickly leaked from the cracks, forming a deadly vortex that swept away unfixed equipment and tools.

The situation became more and more out of control.

The docking accident happened too quickly.

Almost in the next second after "docking successfully," Chu Zu saw an explosion on the nearby cruiser.

Chu Zu quickly gave the system a series of crisp instructions.

“You take over the medical ship's docking. Don't be too obvious.”

“In the plot, I won't provide help at this time. It has to be done as if humans solved it themselves.”

“Locate Lu Anji. If you judge that the docking is doomed to fail, make Lu Anji's position as close to the medical ship as possible. I will go and get him at any time.”

“And…”

Halfway through his sentence, Chu Zu was suddenly pulled back by a force.

The ship itself was shaking.

He didn't stand firm, and the other party took this opportunity to pull him directly out of the command room.

“Why are you so heavy…”

Chu Zu turned his head.

A medical ship member wearing a helmet let go of him, panting with her hands on her hips.

White mist sprayed inside the helmet and then immediately disappeared.

A delicate face was faintly visible.

It was a young woman who was not very old.

Because she had an Asian face, her exact age could not be determined.

It could only be judged from the ship’s regulations that she was at least 24 years old.

She was tall, at least one meter eighty by a conservative estimate.

The helmet restricted her from lowering her head, so she was bending over to talk to Chu Zu.

Chu Zu saw the name tag on her chest, Lin Xingyu.

Only new ordinary soldiers on the ship would wear a name tag for the first three months of their service to make it easier to recognize people.

“I kind of know why they always tell me to stay away from Azul—what are you doing on the bridge at this time? The captain told us all to stand by and cooperate with the rescue immediately after the docking is complete.”

Chu Zu urged the system: “That's it for now. You go quickly.”

“Where’s your helmet? I remember there was still 48% oxygen when I put it on you.”

Lin Xingyu asked.

Chu Zu still had to go to the nearest hatch, ready to go and get Lu Anji at any time.

He lowered his eyes and glanced around: “You can’t talk to a superior officer like that.”

Lin Xingyu: “You threw away the helmet because it was troublesome, right?”

Chu Zu: “The ship won’t be in trouble. I don’t need a helmet.”

“When a child says no, it means yes.”

Chu Zu: “?”

Lin Xingyu took off her own helmet, put it on Chu Zu’s head, and patted it: “There’s still 20% oxygen. Remember to replenish it when it drops to 10%.”

She said, “And don’t go to the bridge anymore. They don’t have a good impression of you.”

As she spoke, Lin Xingyu seemed to feel that a simple instruction was not reliable, so she simply grabbed his arm:

“You come with me to do medical care. There are still many wounded on the ship who need to be repatriated to Earth.”

Chu Zu recalled the map of the medical ship.

The medical care room was generally on the side of the ship.

To facilitate the transport of the wounded, there was a sealed hatch that led directly to space next to it.

So he didn’t resist and let Lin Xingyu drag him along.

Lin Xingyu had only been on the ship for half a month.

Compared to Earth, life in space was harder than she had imagined.

The medical ship’s simulated gravity system was on 24 hours a day, but even if she could stand steadily on the ship, the chaotic feeling of no up, down, left, or right still made Lin Xingyu feel uncomfortable all over.

Lin Xingyu had originally applied to the Allied Military Academy, but unfortunately, her political background check failed.

Her parents had participated in protests against the United Human Government after they retired and were put on a list.

Lin Xingyu could only stay at home and watch propaganda films on TV.

Many people commented that the propaganda films were very exciting, but Lin Xingyu heard something else.

She could always hear faint screams, rising and falling in the background.

As the propaganda films iterated, the screams Lin Xingyu heard became more and more obvious, but it seemed that no one cared.

Lin Xingyu also suspected that she was having hallucinations.

Because even if she turned off the propaganda film and walked out of her house, in the crowded underground city, the screams still lingered in her ears, and she couldn't get rid of them.

The matter of the Allied Military Academy came to nothing.

It wasn't until the conscription order was sent to her home that it was actually attached with Lin Xingyu's previously rejected application.

After learning that their daughter had taken the initiative to apply to join the UIF, her parents rarely got so angry at her.

“You’re going to die for the United Government?”

The veins on her father's neck were bulging, “It’s just a diversionary war. They think no one knows, but it’s just that no one dares to mention it.”

“I told you long ago that a soldier becoming a politician would cause trouble sooner or later. They use foreign wars to divert conflicts, and they don’t care about the economic and social problems on Earth. The reporters are dead, the protesters are in prison—do they think they can destroy criticism like this?”

Her mother gave him a slap and told him to calm down.

Lin Xingyu thought she would also give her a slap, but her mother just stood on her tiptoes and touched her head.

“You’ll understand when you get to space, little star.”

Her mother said, “You have to listen carefully, but don’t tell anyone what you hear.”

Lin Xingyu had secretly checked what a diversionary war was.

When a country faces serious internal economic, social, or political problems, it uses foreign wars or conflicts to divert the public’s attention, enhance domestic unity, and weaken criticism of the government.

For example, the Falklands War launched by Argentina in 1982.

At that time, the Argentine government was facing a serious domestic political and economic crisis.

But in the era Lin Xingyu was born in, there were no disputes between countries.

The education she received had always been very simple: resist the alien invaders, for all humanity.

I will watch with my eyes wide open.

Lin Xingyu wanted to figure out why her usually gentle parents’ attitude towards the United Government was so bad.

She was assigned to a medical ship.

The medical ship was the main rear of the front lines.

The daily tasks were to treat minor injuries, write repatriation suggestions for the seriously injured, and listen to and sort out their last words.

After only staying here for a week, Lin Xingyu became more and more confused.

The Zerg were completely coming for a massacre.

There was no fairness in the war between them, nor was there any "Law of War."

This was undoubtedly a reasonable defensive war.

The other people on the medical ship didn't have too many thoughts.

There were very few officers here.

Most of them were enlisted soldiers.

They would return to Earth when they reached the age of retirement.

Among the few officers, there was an anomaly.

Lin Xingyu had heard this name from others.

“Stay away from Azul.”

Because she had heard it too many times, Lin Xingyu was puzzled: “Why?”

“He’s very strange.”

They said, “He’s never been to Earth, graduated from the military academy early, but he didn’t go to the front lines. He applied for a maintenance ship, then changed his mind and asked to come to a medical ship.”

“Do you think he’s like… a deserter?”

“No.”

They lowered their voices and whispered, “Do you know Lu Anji?”

Lin Xingyu nodded.

There probably wasn't anyone who didn't know Lu Anji.

He had been on TV many times, usually accompanied by the excellent military achievements stated by the news anchor.

Under his command, humanity had already won several key victories in a row.

“Lu Anji regularly extracts Azul’s in-ship logs, down to what he was doing in each time period.”

“Furthermore, Azul is not assigned any tasks equivalent to his position, but he has quite high authority. He doesn’t have to participate in any physical examinations. If you’ve seen him, you’ll know that he has a face that really needs to be sent for recuperation.”

“He’s very strange.”

That person kindly reminded me, “Stay away from him, Lin.”

Lin Xingyu became more curious.

No one would use "needs to go for recuperation" to describe a person's appearance.

And when Lin Xingyu saw Azul, even though she had never seen him before and he didn't have a name tag like a new recruit, she recognized him at a glance.

The young man was leaning against the corridor wall, his eyes closed, in a coma.

He looked too young, and he was very thin.

The medical ship’s combat suit was quite close-fitting, and his build was a full circle smaller than an ordinary person’s.

Azul.

This name suddenly appeared in her mind.

He was clearly malnourished.

Lin Xingyu squatted down to check.

His breathing was very weak, and his heartbeat was also intermittent.

It wasn't that he needed to go for recuperation.

It wouldn't be strange if he suddenly died at any time.

The ship's broadcast announced that they were about to have a temporary docking and that everyone should be prepared.

Lin Xingyu put a helmet on him, just in case.

The old soldier in charge of her sent an urgent message, asking her to go and deal with the transfer of the wounded immediately, and also to comfort the wounded.

There was no time to deal with Azul.

She dragged him to a relatively safe place and hurried away.

After Lin Xingyu finished her task, she was really worried and went back.

Azul was no longer there, and the helmet was left behind.

The medical ship was getting more and more chaotic.

Not only was it shaking violently, but the entire hull seemed to be being pulled by some external force, accompanied by a piercing sound of metal friction.

The broadcast about the damage to the hull was constantly repeating, notifying the maintenance team to complete the sealing treatment as soon as possible.

Lin Xingyu seemed to have heard some screams, but it should have been an illusion.

Even if someone was unfortunately swept into space, they shouldn't be able to make any sound.

She also suddenly had a thought.

On the entire ship, it seemed that no one cared about Azul's life or death.

She hadn't seen Azul's name on the mission schedule.

All the officers were on the bridge command room, which was the heart of the entire ship, but Azul was not allowed to enter.

Was he among those who were swept away?

Where did that scream come from?

Just like in the propaganda films, there were always some sounds that would be ignored, but they were rooted in Lin Xingyu’s heart.

This was not a violation of the rules, just not listening to her superior’s suggestion.

Lin Xingyu began to look for Azul.

And she did find him.

When that pair of scarlet eyes turned to look at her, Lin Xingyu had a strange feeling.

It was as if the answer she had been looking for was right in front of her, in those blood-red eyes.

Chu Zu could see the real-time feedback from the system.

The structural integrity of the medical ship had reached a critical value.

The little yellow chicken had almost forced itself to become a legendary pilot.

The real-time calculations were very memory-intensive, and it was about to overheat again.

The signal light for a successful connection flickered for a moment and finally turned from red to green.

“Docking was successful. The docking bay begins to pressurize.”

“Now entering the medical ship. Prepare to inspect the damaged areas.”

“Once inside, immediately conduct a pressure test. After confirming that the environment is safe, begin repairs.”

The system brought good news: “It’s stable!”

However, at this very moment!

“The weapon modules that Lu Anji disarmed before did not follow the thruster’s direction and are crashing into us!!!”

As soon as the system’s voice fell, a huge explosion came from the port side of the ship.

Flames and debris flew everywhere, and the structure of the port side began to collapse on a large scale.

Chu Zu was on the port side.

The outer shell of the medical ship was torn, creating a huge crack.

The violent airflow swept everything inside the ship into space.

The fire spread rapidly, and the nearby power system short-circuited, causing more explosions.

The pipes on the corridor walls were also torn open, and high-pressure steam frantically spewed out.

Chu Zu and Lin Xingyu each grabbed a handle next to them.

Fortunately, Lin Xingyu had given Chu Zu her helmet.

She had remembered to find one for herself on the way.

But the impact of the explosion was too strong.

The human body could not maintain its balance and was thrown against the bulkhead.

Chu Zu heard a pained cry.

It came from the communication device in the helmet.

Lin Xingyu’s voice was a little unsteady, and she reminded him: “Hold on…!”

This person was very strange.

She had appeared out of nowhere, putting a helmet on him and dragging him to the medical care room.

Whether it was at the academy or on the medical ship, Azul had always been kept at a distance.

Suddenly, such a fearless new recruit appeared.

Chu Zu was still a little unaccustomed.

If the system had time to talk, it would probably comment: “Oh no, I’ve run into a real saint.”

Not with a sarcastic or derogatory meaning, but as a praise for her character.

Lin Xingyu had even hooked the tow rope she carried with her onto Chu Zu’s combat suit, with the other end connected to the handle.

She herself was like a kite, tossed about by the pressure difference.

The little yellow chicken was still fighting on two fronts, and it was incredibly skilled:

“I can complete the docking, but Lu Anji has gone to the docking bay. He could be swept out at any time. You need to go and get him!”

Chu Zu: “Okay.”

He unhooked the tow rope.

Afraid that this little girl would sacrifice herself for him and try to dissuade him, he simply hooked it back onto Lin Xingyu’s combat suit.

The white mist of the high-pressure steam blurred a part of his vision.

Chu Zu vaguely saw Lin Xingyu’s widened eyes and patted her helmet.

He copied what Lu Anji often did and said: “Stay alive, soldier.”

Then Chu Zu let go of his hand and let the air pressure sweep him into space.

Chu Zu: “Help me find some wreckage I can use. I need to use it to get over there.”

System: “Right away!”

Chu Zu was tossed about by the chaotic airflow.

He wanted to take off his helmet and then release his tail to adjust his balance.

Just as he was about to do so, an impact came.

Something had hit him, but it didn't hurt, and he wasn't injured.

“Are you crazy?”

Lin Xingyu held him tightly from behind, her voice distorted from shouting.

This new recruit had actually rushed out without a care for her life.

Chu Zu: “...How dare she say I'm crazy? I think she's crazier.”

System: “...”

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