Monique herself is a middle schooler, so she is prejudiced against all male creatures that can open their tails. People like Rios, whose fur is particularly bright and full of hormones, are of course even more prejudiced. Want to blow up.
"What are you doing here?" He asked angrily, and at the same time, with a quick step, he got in between Gu Hanhan and Leos.
"Why not." Rios said in a fairy-like manner, "Go out for a walk and see if you can help me."
"You should leave quickly, there is nothing for you to help here." Monique said with a look of disdain that "your plot has been discovered by the young master", "Wandering around all day, it's not serious!"
No matter how he would not compete with an underdeveloped cub, Rios waved his hands lightly and said, "Goodbye then."
Then he looked over Monique's head and looked at Gu Hanhan, who was blocked behind by his small body. He raised his eyebrows very coquettishly and asked her, "Do you want to go shopping with me at Xuhuixing?"
Gu Hanhan was squeezed by Monique and could only stand with her back to the registration desk. There was no room for retreat. She was thinking about why there were no patients. When the patients came soon, how would she arrange her troops so that she could stew them all in one go? The big philosophical issue of meeting the requirements for backend technical data. When I heard Rios’ confusing invitation, I was stunned for a moment, and then my heart moved. So I walked out and said, “Okay, I was just about to go shopping, let’s go together, and there happens to be nothing here right now. people."
She took off her white coat in a few moments, revealing the beautiful floral skirt underneath. She threw the white coat towards Monique and said: "When the patient comes later, you should register first. It's still the old rule. Registering is good for staying." Next, 500 people will count as one wave, and debugging will be done in the background. When I come back, we will start work immediately."
Because Monique's face was particularly ugly, and there were signs of another chuunibyou disease, she even touched his head to comfort him and said, "I'll come as soon as I go, I won't be around for long. When you arrive in a new place, besides working, you have to travel." Let’s take a look at the different scenery, otherwise it won’t be in vain. Don’t worry, we will allocate it in batches, so everyone can go. This time I will go first, which is considered the first batch. You guys will keep the stall here and wait for me to come back. The next batch will be sent to you immediately." After saying that, she twisted her waist, took Leos' arm, waved and followed him. By the time Monique came to her senses, she had left so early that only a pair of swaying backs were left, and she couldn't even catch up.
Monique tore at the white coat that Gu Hanhan had left behind. She was so angry that she stamped her feet and beat her chest, gnashing her teeth.
"Good for you firewood girl!"
He was spinning around like a fortune-keeping dragon whose lair had been robbed, except that he couldn't breathe fire: "I quit! Master, I quit!!"
…
Gu Hanhan held Leos' arm and walked through a square like a young couple to the port sky rail station, where he bought a tourist map of Xuhuixing from the sales department outside the station.
As a trade leader, Xuhui Star's tourism resources are far from rich. First of all, they are incomparable to Lighthouse Star, and of course they are incomparable to Earth. The tourist attractions are nothing more than the City Lord's Palace, the Memorial Hall, the National University, and the Trade Exhibition Hall. , places like natural scenery parks. For Gu Hanhan, who grew up on the earth and has opened a shop in tourist areas since he was a child, these places can actually be regarded as useless. They are all between seeable and non-visible. From the tourist map, it seems that he does not really want to see them. place. As for Leos, who grew up in the Milky Way and struggled in the sea of stars, Leos himself was not sure what place attracted him to want to see, and Gu Hanhan certainly had no idea - anyway, where You can go shopping, just go shopping first and then talk.
Unable to decide, the two of them studied the tourist map for a long time, and finally decided: "Let's find a tour guide?!"
It is convenient to find a tour guide, there is one at the port. The port sky rail station connects Xuhui's main star and eighteen satellites. It is bustling with people. The nearby business and tourism industry is very prosperous. The long street around the island outside the station is full of stores of various unknown travel companies. There are also many hanging chests inside the station. Branded tour guides are soliciting tourists, and their tourism projects include not only local attractions, but also tours to certain attractions in outer galaxies. For an independent trading leader, Xuhuixing's tourism industry is surprisingly prosperous.
"This place is as remote as it is, and it seems that the security is pretty good," Gu Hanhan couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised. "I've heard before that in the Borderless Land on the border, the order is very poor, with all kinds of wars taking turns, and even basic traffic safety is not guaranteed. There is no guarantee, and it seems that is not the case now. There are so many tourist routes here in Xuhuixing, which shows the stability and prosperity. This is probably the arrogance and prejudice of the Acropolis nobles, who think that the universe will not turn around without them. Let me just say, humans have lived in the Milky Way for thousands of years, and they can still live well without temples and nobles?!"
Rios stopped and Gu Hanhan laughed when he said this: "The Borderlands is indeed a land without owners, but the protector may not be gone."
Gu Hanhan was surprised: "What do you mean? You said there is a protector here? A protector with super powers?"
Rios nodded slightly: "It is a small country with few people. We can hear the sounds of chickens and dogs, and the people do not interact with each other until they grow old and die. This is the manifestation of the existence of a protector in this starry sky. Last night I checked the trade information of Xuhui Star. Apparently there is the same protector behind Rising Star and the other eight planets in the Rising Sun Alliance."
"Is it because this place is prosperous?" Gu Hanhan was still dubious, "I know that many independent trading circles and port stars in the central star field are much more prosperous than here, and they are also ownerless and have no protectors behind them."
"It's not just prosperity - have you seen other trade leaders, Han Han, on the tactical sandbox of the combat star map?"
Battle star map?
Gu Hanhan was a complete amateur when it came to fighting, and his level was not even as good as her physics scores.
"I don't even know what the tactical sandbox you are talking about is..." She frankly admitted her ignorance, "Actually, Xuhui Star is the first trading star that I have arrived at in the true sense. I was just reading the book The independent trade stars I saw on the Internet are all very prosperous, and Gal and others said so when we were in the Acropolis."
"Then you don't know it's normal," Rios explained. "Usually independent trading stars are located in the gaps between many countries, such as traffic arteries or transit areas, and are an independent system of their own. Geographically, There is a strategic buffer space with sufficient distance between them and the surrounding forces. Moreover, on the periphery of the galaxy, there must be a defense system and fortifications based on the asteroid belt. If there is no such an asteroid belt on the periphery of the galaxy, , then they will create an artificial one through explosions and other means. In addition to the outer fortifications, within the trade leader, there will also be complete military combat forces and command systems, which can even include a military force with the ability to A small space fleet that operates outside the galaxy. All independent trade leaders are also major customers of arms companies, with few exceptions."
"In short, a long-standing independent trade leader must be strategically positioned to be able to independently resist and repel space pirate attacks, and when faced with hot war attacks from other countries and forces, they can stand alone for at least 72 hours. If it doesn’t fall, it means it can withstand the enemy’s first wave of firepower until other forces intervene and external reinforcements arrive.”
"But Rising Sun and other planets in the Rising Sun Alliance are obviously not like this. They are scattered in the Copper Kettle Nebula like a string of torn pearls, close to other countries, and some are even directly wedged into the starry skies of other countries. Within it, there is simply no strategic buffer space necessary for a normal independent trading kingdom.”
"And there are no defenses or asteroid belts outside its galaxy?" Following Rios's thoughts, Gu Hanhan also thought of what was different about Xuhui Star.
"Yes," Leos nodded and said, "How can an ordinary galaxy have such an open atmosphere? The strategic terrain here is extremely poor, and the defense deployment and space combat power are equivalent to none. There are neither long-range weapons nor combat fleets stationed there. There are signs that the only military forces in the galaxy are security patrols and ground armed forces. It is so rich and prosperous and yet so undefended, it is just like opening the door to steal. It can exist here and has not yet been attacked by the surrounding countries. There is no other reason for local annexation than that it has a powerful patron."
Gu Hanhan completely understood: "So you were aware of this as soon as you got here? Is that why Catalina suddenly thought of entering the country under the name of the Red Ship?"
Thinking back to the momentary expression of surprise that Katarina showed when the Queen Isa landed on Rising Star the day before yesterday, she originally thought that she was just like herself and was shocked and amazed by the magnificent scenery of Rising Star. But now it seems In fact, she had already sensed it.
"That will help conceal our true whereabouts and identity, or at least greatly delay the time we are discovered." Rios explained.
The sudden appearance of the "protector" made Gu Hanhan wary.
"Who could that be?" she asked, "A high-level ability user? A border noble or someone else - he wouldn't have any contact with the Lighthouse Star and the Acropolis, would he?"
"It can't be a noble," Leos said with certainty. "I checked the temple's yearbook. Not only the latest one, but also all the yearbooks in the past hundred years. I couldn't find anything related to this place and the Acropolis. There are clues that this barbaric place is far away, and the great nobles of the Acropolis absolutely look down on it. Even if the patrons here are nobles, they are self-proclaimed, and it is unlikely that they can have any backing or roundabout relationships in the Acropolis. "
"As for his level -" At this point, Leos hesitated slightly, "Logically speaking, in this corner of the universe, if you are a native-born ability user, it is very rare to have an intermediate level, and it will almost never happen. High-level. But it is also very difficult to say. The temperament here is unpredictable. He may have high-level, but of course it is more likely that he does not. In short, it is not certain. You have to find him. If you find out, you will know what he has. There are no more high-level ones.”
