Chapter 4

The last wave of commercial ships landed on B11 before winter, and hundreds of thousands of miners walked out of every cave and village on the planet to the central rift valley. Businessmen from the red flame star set up protective covers at the top of the gorge which stretches thousands of miles. The colors are changeable, like a shelter. This can effectively avoid dust storms and electromagnetic interference on B11.

The foremen were holding a thick list, which registered the energy units accumulated by the miners. When they called for their names, they would get a receipt and take it. They could enter the market and trade with merchants.

Opal trotted down the rift valley, took his list and looked at the data.

"Hello! That's not right! " Opal said angrily, "I have at least 150000 energy units. Why do I deduct so much?"

Several other foremen came over and said in a loud voice, "what's the problem! Hello! It's you, over there! "

After a while, oubu turned to calm down the disturbance, and then he stepped back.

"What happened?" Lakert stood in an inconspicuous place on the edge of the market, his head and face covered by the cap of his cape. But the handsome man was still very tall and outstanding. Many miners looked at him in surprise.

Opal said: "they use the excuse of ore precision, fully deducted me 30000 energy units!"

Rick nodded his head and walked into the market center with him. People crowded everywhere. Opal's anger had not completely subsided, and he thought over and over again. Why? This year is more than last year 150000 units of energy, perhaps enough to supply Rex's spacecraft, have been withheld for no reason.

"Opal." Suddenly said ractor.

Opal:

"Forbearance, to fight and fight, you need to be stronger," raikker said

Opal was silent. After a long time, he nodded and sighed.

In the hustle and bustle of the market, the miners haggled with merchants for several energy units. The merchants have the best fabrics and ornaments from the red flame galaxy, as well as some artificial gemstones and food utensils for viewing.

These are cheap, low-end wholesale products on the trading planet. However, through the gate of the stars, on this barren mineral planet, it is easy enough to sell the sky high price and earn the money that the miners have earned after a year's hard work with their blood, sweat and life.

"Not a cent less!" The merchant yelled out: "you see, this is the flower wine from green water star!"

He jingled the bottle and said angrily, "this bottle alone is worth 700 energy units! A bottle with wine only sells you 1000! What else? This is the wine of the nobility of the Empire

Around a group of businessmen scoffed at the group of ignorant miners, Locke asked a companion: "do you want to drink? Buy a bottle and try it. "

"Drink this in winter, you can smell the plant fragrance of greenwater star!" The merchant said, "there is a label on it. Take good care of it. A bottle of 1000 yuan can't be less than one cent."

"It's just the cheapest grass beer in the greenwater system, a bottle in a bar, for just three credit points," rakert said. They changed the bottles and put their own printed labels on them. "

"What is the credit point?" opal asked

"A credit point a thousand years ago was equal to a unit of energy. Since the collapse of the interstellar trade union energy community, energy units have become more valuable than ever, and in recent years they have been raised to about six credit points for one energy unit. "

"Cheated, I'm going to remind them," opal said

"Locke! I'll tell you! " Opal crowded through the crowd, but Locke and his partner each bought a few bottles of wine and asked, "opal, would you like some?"

Opal said helplessly, "Oh, nothing. I just want to tell you that this wine tastes good."

"It's said that this year's passes and tickets have increased to 800000 energy units." How much did you say Locke saved

Opal scratched his head, waved his hand and said, "I won't buy a ticket."

Lecter did not know where to go. Opal followed the market slowly. It was very cold in winter. He wanted to buy an energy battery to ensure that he would not be frozen. He also wanted to buy some three-dimensional electronic magazines to spend the long winter. Maybe some video games - predator II and ancient civilization mausoleum exploration - are said to be very old, but they are fun and very expensive.

A game console needs 8000 energy points, and a game chip costs 2000 each.

"This is the latest one of this year, the cultivation of interstellar love!" The boss saw the business, busy loud way: "buy a bar, dew point, package you satisfied!"

Opal looked over and over with the introduction sheet of the chip. When it was coldest, he would be frozen to death when he stepped out of the room. Rakert had to move back from the cave and live with him.

But ractor knew a lot about it. It was good to talk at night in the cold winter. This money could be saved. Opal thought for a long time, but he decided not to buy it.

"Anya!" Opal called to a girl from afar.

The girl named Anya looked back with a smile, like a flower blooming in the dark canyon."What are you buying?" Said opal.

Anya said, "this gem It's beautiful, but it's 400 energy points. "

Opal looked down for a moment. There were many girls gathered in front of the stall. They were the daughters of the miners. They traveled a long distance every day to fetch water and water, knead flour and make bread for the foreman. Some of them went down the mine with the men.

"It's really beautiful." Opal thought of Rick's unique bracelet, and his bracelet was also very beautiful.

"Opal." "Do you want to give it to Anya?" the dark skinned girl teased

Opal selected for a while, and the girls were joking. Opal was ridiculed and blushed a little and said unnaturally, "we Well, nothing. "

Anyapu laughed like a shy kitten and said, "don't bully him. He doesn't know anything."

As for love, opal knows a little bit about love. He has also sprouted the dim feelings of his youth, but he has no object. Mother and father had him because of love, which is the rule of life reproduction in the universe. The old people have said that when time comes, life will blossom and bear fruit and multiply. Maybe he will have such a day.

In fact, there are many families of miners who have lived on this planet for generations. They have been developing minerals here 100 years ago, and their descendants are also miners.

Opal chose one and planned to give it to ractor in the future, because he would leave sooner or later. Let's keep it as a souvenir.

He suddenly felt that it was not good to buy only this one, so he took the initiative to say, "I'll give you one too. Anya, what do you like?"

Anya laughed and said, "thank you then."

Opal and Anya each bought a metal bracelet. Opal put it away and wandered in the market for a moment. There were more and more people. Anya didn't know where to go, and ractor couldn't find it. Opal was going to purchase the materials needed for winter -- wine, sugar, flour, meat and vitamin pills, energy batteries.

He stood in front of the jewel stand for a moment, silently counting the total cost.

"Don't buy this." I don't know when ractor will be back.

Opal said, "what?"

"These are not gemstones, they're cheap synthetics that are mass-produced," rakert said

Opal's heart hit a sudden, just bought a bracelet himself, Raikkonen would not take it, so he laughed and said, "do you drink?"

"I don't drink the wine here, don't waste it," said raikker

Opal said, "what about video holography?"

Ractor looked at the point, pondered for a moment, and then said, "don't do this. Ask him if he has a textbook on the basics of the universe. "

Opal went to ask, the boss said: "yes, this, you want to read? Do you want to see a movie? There are projectors and several chips made in the Republic of China And then there's a collection of gigs from legeson. "

"Not those." "As long as the textbook," he said

When Opal was shocked, ractor's voice echoed in his head and said, "don't look back. Do what I say."

"Just textbooks," opal said

The boss said, "not only. Who do you want me to sell the projector to? They are all matched. That's 18000 points of energy. "

"Eighteen thousand?" cried opal

The boss said, "no bargain." "This is the opera Prince's dance! 1935! Buy one? But it's more beautiful than a woman. "

Opal turns around.

"If you buy it, you don't want a projector or an opera. Ask him if he has a newspaper," he said? The latest, the Red Star papers. "

Opal frowned and asked, "why? This is a complete set of drama, not for nothing. "

"No," ractor insisted

Opal went back and bought all the things that were bundled with textbooks and cried, "Oman

Oman was not far away. Opal said, "I'll lend you this one. It's a movie."

Opal gave the film and opera to Oman. He left the textbook chip, and Lecter took it over, looked down and said, "second hand, it's a bit old, but it's barely usable. Go back and put it in the projector of E7

Opal asked, "why don't you want the opera by regison?"

"He's not a good thing. It's meaningless. It's going to attract you to indulge in his singing, and you'll know later. Come with me now. I need your help

"Why can you talk in my head? This is What ability? "

"Don't ask, you'll know later..."

Opal and ractor were standing not far from a stall. Ractor ordered, "in the past, he had two small dark matter batteries."

Opal went over and asked, "boss, how do you sell this one?"

The boss said, "don't touch it. Each 100000 energy unit contains the equivalent of 150000 dark matter energy."Rex's voice sounded in opal's head: "ask him if he can sell two 80000 yuan."

Opal:

"Two for 80000?" "It's not worth that much," opal said

The boss said, "are you kidding me! There are 300000 energy points here! Don't buy it! Get out of here

"It's a very unstable battery," he said

"This battery is very unstable," opal said

The boss said, "no matter how unstable it is, do you understand it?"

"It's bought from pirates. Am I right?" he said

After Opel repeated ractor's words, the boss's face changed, and opal followed Rex's instructions and said, "dark matter batteries are regulated, and these two are old. Let me guess It should have been taken down from a warship by the starpirates

The boss said, "but he also charged me 120000 for these two batteries."

"You can't take ChiYan back to ChiYan, according to the manufacturer's batch number. It should be a warship that sank in the spiral nebula not long ago. I heard that the spacecraft explosion accident is being investigated there. It may be arrested once you return to ChiYan galaxy. Why?"

The boss looked at opal suspiciously. Opal said again, "did a pirate named ELO sell it to you?"

The boss's face was blue immediately, trembling voice way: "how do you know?"

Opal licked his lips and didn't speak. Ractor seemed to be thinking. Opal said, "well, I'll sell you two at the original price you bought. You have nothing to do with it. I'm sure you don't want to get into unnecessary trouble

The boss was silent for a moment. Opal said, "take this battery back and you'll be in danger."

"What do you want dark matter energy to do?" the boss asked

Opal said, "don't mind. Think about it. I'll be back later."

When Opal turned to leave, the boss said, "don't think about it. Sell you."

Opal took a deep breath. Ractor's voice said, "take care. It's easy to explode. It's dangerous."

Opal bought two batteries with 100000 energy points, handed them to lektor, and asked, "who is ELO? Do you know him? "

"I don't know. I just peeped into his thoughts and saw the name," he said

"Do you know what other people are thinking?" opal asked

Rex: "only in certain circumstances."

Opal: what's the situation

Raikker: "when I'm particularly scared, nervous, happy, nervous, I can feel it directly. He was very upset because he could not take the two batteries away, so he could only do it on B11. It was a wrong deal, but it was very lucky for us

Opal suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, no!"

Lecter looked at him and opal said, "I've spent all my money on batteries. We haven't prepared supplies for the winter."

"What shall we do?" opal said

"Go back and pack up your things and live in the cave," said Rex

"But what we don't eat will starve to death," opal said

"There's going to be a way, believe me," rakert said

Opal thought it out, and lektor felt very reliable. Since he said that, he should also think of a solution, so he went back to pack up his things. That night, a giant merchant ship took off, and the dark winter night on the miner star was like day. He took the foreman and businessmen to leave the barren land and go to other planets for winter.

"I heard that old Crowe and his son bought tickets for 800000 energy units." The miners talked and said, "I can't see how much he saved in ordinary times."

Locke said, "where can 800000 go? It's not a change of planet immigration, continue mining work, don't think about it. "

"Not now." Several miners said in succession: "in a few years more expensive, ah, opal!"

Opal packed a bag and came out of the house with his belongings and small robot E7. He said, "I'm going to live in the cave in the West for a few days."

Locke said, "you are crazy! You'll freeze to death

Opal said, "no, it's too cold. I'll come back."

Locke said, "don't go! Ready for the winter, let me see, you didn't buy food? What do you want to do? "

Opal walked backward, laughing as he walked: "I have a way. Believe me." Then he pointed to Locke and left the village with E7 and disappeared on the horizon.

When the wind blew up, opal struggled to move forward against the sandstorm. The red rock bed set off a hurricane that covered his sight. He called out: "teacher --"! Teacher

Opal's voice was subtle and inaudible, but ractor heard it. He reached out and carried opal into a cave.

Opal coughed loudly. Two simple beds were laid in the cave. The two dark energy battery shells were taken apart, and the energy was used up."Used up?" Opal said in surprise.

Rick nodded his head and said, "how many days can we drink food and water?"

"Less than ten days," opal said

Rex pondered for a moment and asked, "how many days will the dust storm pass?"

"It should clear up tomorrow," opal said

"Rest, I promise you won't starve or die of cold in this winter," said raikker

Opal sat down on the side of the bed in the cave, and ractor inserted the chip into the projector on the E7's head.

"You can read now." He said.

The E7 projected a light screen, and opal began to teach himself the elementary content of the interstellar union school.

It took five days. After reading the textbook, opal found that the chip was a little old. His mother had taught him some basic knowledge of mathematics, mechanics and chemistry. The amount of information was too much and too wide for him to remember.

Five days later, ractor changed his chip and said, "this is some information record and knowledge of star knight. I need you to swear to me that you will never mention to anyone what you know during this period of time, as well as my name, my identity."

Opal said, "I promise."

Rex doesn't talk anymore. Turn on E7.

This time, the projector did not unfold the light screen, but the chip scattered two lights in the light of the projector and began to scan opal's pupil.

With the sound of didi Di, countless information and memories were injected into his mind, including the star map, the knowledge of atoms and molecules, the energy thruster, the navigation principle of spaceships, the generation of black holes and the explosion of stars Thousands of information made him dizzy.

I don't know how long later, opal stumbled out, holding the rock and vomiting loudly. Once accepted so much, or forced into his memory, so that his brain produced a strong sense of rejection.

Tinkling, ractor was striking a piece of steel that he had picked up from nowhere.

"Take a rest when you are tired." He said.

"Is that true?" said opal

Rick nodded and opal said, "can I use this knowledge to repair my mother's spaceship?"

"It's just a basic principle, and I suggest you hire a technician in the future, and you can learn from it," he said. There is no territory in the world of knowledge. It is impossible for a person to understand everything. Giving up some fields appropriately can make you more specialized on your own road. "

Opal recalled the principle of spaceship. There were too many things he didn't understand, but the computer inside had auxiliary maintenance function. According to what I had seen before, mother's spaceship just had problems with the large atomic furnace, plus her star map She doesn't have a navigation system! Has the star map been stolen? Or is it broken, that's why it ran aground on this planet?

Opal thought of the star map that Lecter had given him. Could you use it?

He immediately got up, and ractor said, "sit down, and you'll get a chance later."

Opal walked up and down the cave, excited beyond words. It was dark and the wind was still howling outside. He wanted to know more and sat back to put on his glasses.

"It's not very effective to force information indoctrination. You lack a comprehensive process to avoid being too greedy to chew. You'd better spend more time thinking about it now," he said

"Thank you, teacher," opal said

Ractor laughed and nodded. Opal asked, "what are you doing?"

"Build weapons," said Rett

Opal watched his movement. Ractor was naked and turned on the high-temperature flame on the atomic furnace. The burning heat made him sweat. His muscles were covered with sweat, which had a kind of powerful aesthetic feeling.

"The core of weapons Where did it come from? " Opal was surprised to see the complicated machines. Were they all made by Rickert? Not likely?

Was it removed from his ship? But where is his ship? Even the rescue capsule is missing Recollection of the first time I saw ractor, he had only a bracelet, nothing else.

"You'll find out later," Lecter said

Opal had become accustomed to this answer, so he stopped asking questions and lay on the blanket to think. In these days, too much knowledge had brought an indescribable impact on his thought, and his soul seemed to have a deepest shiver.

It is as if a man finally opened his eyes and saw the vast world and the boundless universe.

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