The four directions above and below are called the universe, and the past and present are called the universe. In the vast and cold universe, darkness and desolation are eternal topics. Countless stars are dotted in this desolation, but they cannot restore the eternal coldness.

The pale earth is barren and without any life. This is a planet without life. Since the birth of the universe tens of billions of years ago, it has been such a dead silence, and this dead silence has spread to the universe.

The end of time.

But today the silence here was broken, a spacecraft crashed on this dead planet.

Next to a dead body, members of the main attack ship No. 331 of the 7th Squadron of the 12th Fleet of the 7th Army of the Northern Galaxy Star Region were repairing the spacecraft.

Captain Gu Xuehai stood next to the spacecraft wearing a blue special command uniform. The force field opened by the command uniform not only ensured the supply of oxygen and temperature, but also blocked cosmic rays. Gu Xuehai looked at the severely damaged spacecraft in front of him with a serious expression.

The war between humans and the Zerg began one hundred and sixty-eight years ago on Earth. Today, nearly two hundred years later, the war has become increasingly tense. The current battle line has stretched to five hundred and sixty light-years, and the covered area has faintly exceeded control.

trend, but human beings are gradually falling into decline.

The main attack ship of the 7th Squadron of the 12th Fleet of the 12th Fleet of the 7th Legion in the Northern Galaxy Star Region led by Gu Xuehai was severely damaged during the fierce battle with the Zerg. Although they destroyed the Zerg's small starry sky nest, they crashed on this desolate planet.

on the planet.

This was an extremely dangerous thing during the one hundred and sixty-eight years of war with the Zerg. Losing contact in the five hundred and sixty light-year long front was almost equivalent to death, unless there was a curvature neutrino emitter to report the position.

, otherwise no one will find where you are.

But Gu Xuehai's team encountered the most dangerous situation. Their curvature engine and curvature neutrino launcher were damaged, and there was also a problem with the anti-gravity propulsion device. The Twelve Fleets they belonged to were about to move their front lines. If contacted

Without the team, they would have to wait to die on this desolate planet.

Thinking of this, Gu Xuehai's mood became more and more depressed. His many years of experience in commanding battleships told him that the damage to the battleship this time was very serious.

"Captain, the negative energy generating device of the curvature engine is completely damaged, and it is almost impossible to repair now." Du Yi, the leader of the maintenance team, walked out of the curvature engine device and shook his head deeply at Gu Xuehai.

The wrinkles between Gu Xuehai's eyebrows became deeper and deeper, but he immediately made a decision: "Prioritize the repair of the curvature neutrino emitter."

Du Yi shook his head and said: "Captain, the curvature neutrino transmitter is almost scrapped. It is more serious than the damage to the curvature engine and cannot be repaired at all."

Speaking of this, Du Yi's emotions even got a little out of control. No one knew what this meant better than him. He looked at Gu Xuehai and said:

"Captain, this planet may really become our cemetery."

The most terrifying thing in an interstellar war is not death or injury. The most terrifying thing in an interstellar war is losing contact. On the galactic scale with light years as the unit of measurement, once you lose contact, no one can find you.

You need to slowly wait for death to come over a long period of time.

When many lost soldiers were found again, they died not of illness or injury, but of suicide. Those long years were the most cruel torture. No one could bear the loneliness of staring into the universe.

"Be at ease and wait for rescue. If we can't wait for rescue, then I will be the last one to die after burying you. You will not be the loneliest one."

Gu Xuehai's words still showed no emotion at all, because he knew that he could never collapse.

Du Yi took a deep breath, tried to look more determined, and said: "Captain, actually I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid that my hope will be exhausted little by little."

Gu Xuehai nodded and said: "I understand, I understand everything."

"But no matter what, we have to fight for our own hope and tighten the energy supply beyond the maintenance of all life. We fight for the only hope."

After saying that, Gu Xuehai patted Du Yi on the shoulder, then turned to comfort others. He still had a lot to do, and he had to make a final effort before he was willing to face the outcome of death.

And just when Gu Xuehai decided to play with the God of Death, a cry of surprise sounded on the communication channel.

"Captain, look at Li Xu!"

Li Xu was a naval gun controller in their fleet, but during the previous landing, the main attack ship hit the ground at high speed and was damaged. Li Xu died on the spot.

Gu Xuehai's whole body froze slightly, and then he stared at the corpse beside the spacecraft.

On the pale earth, under the black sky, a scarlet light shone from the body of team member Li Xu.

The corpse, which had been completely frozen for a long time, had wisps of scarlet radiance seeping out of its body. The radiance intertwined in the air and gradually formed a human shape.

On this desolate planet, this attracted everyone's attention almost instantly.

The next second, something beyond everyone's imagination happened. Team member Li Xu's body quickly withered and withered. A figure emerged from the scarlet color and knelt down on one knee on the ground.

"This feels better than I imagined."

An unfamiliar tone came from the mouth of a person who looked exactly like "Li Xu". Just the look made everyone present feel terrified. What happened at the scene was so weird that it almost exceeded everyone's understanding.

"Li Xu" slowly stood up and looked at the person in front of him. His whole body lags slightly. He smiled and said: "Everyone, have you eaten?"

In the frozen weird atmosphere, the moment he looked at "Li Xu", Gu Xuehai shouted into the communication channel without any hesitation:

"Zerg parasite! Shoot!"

The weird atmosphere was directly torn apart, and the battle broke out instantly. The well-trained members of the main attack fleet drew their guns and fired.

In so many years of experience in the war with the Zerg, Gu Xuehai didn't learn much. He only learned one thing: if he encounters something incomprehensible, just attack.

Laser beams penetrated the ground almost instantly and arrived in front of "Li Xu".

But just when the laser was about to hit, scarlet light lit up in front of "Li Xu", forming a huge scarlet shield that blocked all the lasers. Strange runes appeared on the scarlet shield. Look,

Going up there gives you a feeling of palpitations.

This is the second-level intermediate warlock defensive magic - Scarlet Guardian!

Although Fang Xiu is only a first-level intermediate warlock, he has learned a lot of warlock magic in the past two years or so in order to cope with the moment of entering a strange world.

When Lu Yi saw this, he immediately said: "It's a defensive force field. The force field generating device destroys the stable force field!"

The moment Lu Yi spoke, the formation of the entire team immediately changed rapidly. While suppressing fire, someone immediately prepared the force field generating device. This was a tacit understanding of cooperation on the battlefield.

But they moved quickly, and Fang Xiu moved even faster than them. The huge scarlet shield instantly turned into scarlet mist and shattered, filling the entire place and blocking everyone's vision.

The next second, countless figures rushed towards the main attack fleet members from the fog where "Li Xu" was standing.

First-level advanced warlock magic——Scarlet Mist!

Level 2 Junior Warlock Magic - Dazzling Flowers!

The formation of the main attack ship was almost instantly dispersed by the rushing figures. Although they had experienced battles for a long time, they had almost no experience in facing the impact of frontal combat in the interstellar era.

Even though they quickly realized that it was just a phantom, it was too late.

The originally broken scarlet phantom solidified instantly and turned into huge scarlet tentacles.

Level 3 junior warlock magic——Touch of the North Sea Kraken!

In the scarlet mist, it seemed as if a huge monster suddenly appeared, and its scarlet tentacles instantly controlled one person after another.

After Gu Xuehai quickly distanced himself in an instant, he quickly raised his hand and fired continuously. The laser quickly shattered one figure after another. But when he stopped, he could no longer hear the voices of any of his companions in the scarlet mist.

At this moment, the strange yet familiar voice came from behind Gu Xuehai.

"This is not the way to treat guests."

The next second, the gun in Gu Xuehai's hand was knocked away, a hand was pressed on his neck, and he was lifted up with one hand.

The scarlet mist slowly dissipated, and only then did the members of the main attack fleet see what happened in the mist. Their captain was also hijacked by "Li Xu", and all members of the main attack ship were wiped out.

"team leader!"

Du Yi and others couldn't help but look a little ugly. Since entering the interstellar era, they had not fought a face-to-face war for so long that the other party could catch them off guard with ancient tactics such as smoke bombs.

Compared to Du Yi and others, Gu Xuehai was calmer. He calmly said to "Li Xu" in front of him: "Guest? The Zerg are not guests?"

"Li Xu" shook his head slightly and said: "You should have already guessed that the Zerg cannot use the methods I just used. I am a businessman, a businessman who follows the principle of equal exchange."

"A guess is just a guess. If you are not sure whether it is an enemy, then treat it as an enemy. This is the lesson we learned on the Zerg battlefield. How do you prove that you are not a Zerg?"

Gu Xuehai said calmly, he did have some doubts about whether "Li Xu" was a Zerg. Zerg parasitism was a nightmare in the war with Zerg, so he judged "Li Xu" as a parasite the first moment he saw it.

This is battlefield intuition. Killing danger on the Zerg battlefield is the first priority.

But now that I think about it carefully, the way the Zerg parasite appears is indeed somewhat different from that of the other party, and the opponent's fighting method is also completely different from that of the Zerg. More importantly, the Zerg parasite requires contact. Li Xu died from the impact when he fell.

It is theoretically impossible to be parasitized without contact.

So who is this "Li Xu"?

Is he really a businessman who appears on a desolate planet without life?

Gu Xuehai had some vague guesses in his mind, but he was not sure.

"Li Xu" shook his head slightly and said: "I don't need proof. If humans don't want to trade with me at equal value, I believe that the Zerg will definitely be willing. No one can refuse the temptation to trade with me."

Gu Xuehai listened to "Li Xu"'s words, hesitated for a moment and then said: "If you are a businessman, why don't we make a transaction to verify it?"

"Want to trade with me now?"

"Li Xu" laughed and said with a mocking tone: "You are not qualified to do business with me now. As a friendly businessman, I was pointed at a gun as soon as we met. This is not a good experience. You are now

What needs to be done is to compensate me for my mental losses."

"We can give a high compensation, but we can't contact our warship now. If you can send us back to our mothership, then you can get a brand new Galaxy i9." Gu Xuehai took the initiative to give the choice.

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"Tsk, tsk, you are testing me!" "Li Xu" broke the opponent's path unceremoniously.

"If you are really a businessman, you should understand that necessary temptations in business are inevitable."

Gu Xuehai did not directly admit his temptation. He did have his own temptation. If the opponent was a Zerg, then the mothership could detect it. If the opponent was not a Zerg, then maybe, as he suspected, this was a visitor from a higher civilization.

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To be continued...