After leaving the Hyperion, Su Jiu went to the outskirts of Juxia City, intending to treat himself to some meat.
"Not bad, not bad. This wild boar was worth it. I didn't spend all day working for nothing. Damn feathers were hard to find." Su Jiu carried a freshly hunted wild boar over his shoulder as he walked and grumbled.
When he reached a patch of grass, Su Jiu called over the people who were relatively free at the moment.
Zhao Yun and Su Jiu got everything ready together in no time.
Su Jiu casually pulled out two small knives and handed one to Zhao Yun. "Zilong, do it yourself."
Zhao Yun had loosened up by now. He cut off small pieces of meat as he ate and said, "Captain, aren't you afraid Kiana will find out and complain that you didn't bring her along?"
"Not a problem. Kiana's still playing around in Tianhe City with Su Yi. Hehe." Su Jiu laughed as he ate.
"How's the history reading going? This world's history even has records about you," Su Jiu asked.
Zhao Yun casually took out a bottle of Lao Bai Gan and took a sip. "Mm! How should I put it? It's mostly the same as what's in my head, though there are some differences. But that Zhao Xin really is from the Zhao Family. Since he's part of the Zhao Family, I ought to go take a look, even if it's not the same place."
Su Jiu was listening with interest when the sound of a motorcycle engine rang out.
Su Jiu and Zhao Yun turned to look. Wasn't that someone they knew? Qiangwei. They had seen her in the files, and Kiana had even beaten her up before.
When Zhao Yun saw Qiangwei get off her motorcycle, he threw a bottle of Lao Bai Gan at her.
Qiangwei caught it with one hand. "Mind if I join you?"
"You already caught the liquor," Zhao Yun said.
Qiangwei strolled over to the campfire, pulled out a small knife, and began slicing roasted suckling pig to eat. She glanced at the Lao Bai Gan in her hand, tossed it back to Zhao Yun, and took out a pack of beer. "Lao Bai Gan won't do. Beer will."
Zhao Yun smiled. "Whatever you like."
Qiangwei looked at Su Jiu.
Su Jiu said solemnly, "I'm a one-bottle lightweight. No, a two-bottle lightweight."
Before Qiangwei could even swallow her mouthful of beer, she sprayed it out and laughed. "Two-bottle lightweight? Hahaha! Sorry, sorry."
Zhao Yun snickered as well.
Qiangwei handed Su Jiu a bottle of beer. "One bottle."
Su Jiu opened it and took a sip. It did not taste like much. "I can drink three of these."
The three of them ate and chatted. Qiangwei looked at Zhao Yun and said, "You've trained before, haven't you?"
Without even thinking, Zhao Yun replied, "A little. Just basic farmhand skills."
Qiangwei became interested. "Among people in your circle, are there masters who can leap across rooftops and scale walls?"
Zhao Yun took a bite of meat, a sip of liquor, and gave Qiangwei a sidelong glance. "There are, but it takes over twenty years of training."
At Zhao Yun's words, Qiangwei immediately perked up. "How do you train? Tell me."
Zhao Yun picked up a throwing knife and tossed it.
"Train like that."
Qiangwei got up, ran over to a nearby tree, and pulled out the throwing knife embedded in its trunk. A leaf was skewered on the knife as well.
When Qiangwei came back, she looked at Zhao Yun and asked curiously, "How did you do that?"
Zhao Yun took the knife back. "Just practice."
Qiangwei seemed to understand something. She drained the remaining half bottle of beer in one go. "Thank you both for the meal. Next time, it's on me."
After saying that, Qiangwei got on her motorcycle and rode off with a sputtering roar.
Su Jiu chewed on his meat. "Driving under the influence. License revoked, twelve points deducted."
Zhao Yun echoed him. "Mm, makes sense."
Then the two looked at each other.
Zhao Yun: "Chance encounter."
Su Jiu: "That's right."
Zhao Yun: "How was that just now?"
Su Jiu: "Hook, line, and sinker."
Zhao Yun: "It wasn't really fooling her. I was only telling the truth. Twenty-odd years really can do it—for ordinary people."
"Then we'll wait twenty-odd years, and—" With a thud, Su Jiu collapsed onto the grass. Looking beside him, Qiangwei's pack of beer had exactly three bottles missing—three for Qiangwei and three for Su Jiu.
Zhao Yun rubbed his aching head, looked at Su Jiu, cut off a piece of roasted suckling pig, and opened the private chat channel...
Zhao Yun: "Kiana, come carry the captain back."
Kiana: "What happened to the captain?"
Zhao Yun: "He got drunk."
Kiana: "Not going. Uncle Yun, you carry him back."
Zhao Yun: "I'm not full yet. You come."
Kiana: "No."
Zhao Yun: "I'll trick you with candy."
Kiana: "Huh? ⊙⊙! I'm going."
Zhao Yun was about to add a few more words when a ripple appeared in space. Kiana stepped out, staring at the roasted suckling pig and drooling.
Looking at Kiana, who could barely move her feet, Zhao Yun said, "Carry the captain back first, then come back and eat with us. While you're at it, call Su Yi and the others over too. The captain made this himself."
The moment Kiana heard that, she hurriedly carried Su Jiu back to the Hyperion, then dragged seven or eight Cute Pets who had been playing on the deck over to eat roasted suckling pig.
The next morning, Su Jiu got up on time, completed his daily tasks, then sat in the Command Room drinking morning tea as he asked, "Has that god Chi Yang arrived yet?"
"Captain, she has arrived. What are your orders?"
"Who brought me back yesterday?" Su Jiu asked somewhat nervously.
"Kiana. She carried you back." Chi Yang showed Su Jiu the surveillance footage from yesterday.
"...MMP. Three bottles."
The scene shifted to the Giant Hero Ship...
Su Jiu looked at the virtual panel before him. "Chi Yang, how long have they been meeting? Compared to what we know, they don't know much more than we do. We still have more information."
On the Juxia Aircraft Carrier...
Du Kao took out an empty medicine vial and asked, "Leina, do you know which civilization produced a drug like this?"
Leina stood up and took the empty vial. "No. There are all kinds of drugs among the known civilizations, but my database has no record of a civilization that produced this kind."
Du Kao looked at Yu Qin.
Yu Qin stood up and switched the display screen. "Our research has found that this drug exists in liquid form and evaporates once exposed to air. It is composed of several energy elements." Yu Qin looked around at everyone present.
She took a breath and continued, "The remarkable thing is that this drug seems to be made up of various energy symbols. With our current technology, we can analyze it, but we can only restore two percent of it, and even that is a weakened version. Give me two thousand years, and I can fully analyze it."
Leina frowned and asked, "What does it do?"
Yu Qin continued explaining, "This is a Blood Regeneration Agent. For Super Soldiers, it is an energy source. One bottle can restore twenty percent of their energy, and we still don't know whether there are even better versions."
"Damn, this is mobile energy—and an energy agent that can be mass-produced. Where did you find it?" Leina asked in surprise.
Du Kao spoke at the right moment. "It was left behind when a little girl saved someone. All right, let's not talk about that for now."
Du Kao changed the subject and continued, "We have activated the Black Great Wall Plan ahead of schedule. I'll have to leave the Xiong Bing Company to Leina and A Jie."
A Jie and Leina nodded.
The scene returned to the Hyperion.
Ah, fellow readers, just give your recommendation votes to this book.
Those other two were practice works from when I was young and foolish.
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