Old Man Lu stared at the chessboard with a serious expression, as if facing a formidable enemy. The sweat on his forehead became thicker and thicker, and the chess piece at hand could not fall down.

"Your chess skills are like a god. Your chess skills are ever-changing, with thousands of twists and turns. You don't stick to one pattern, half-death breaks, and the solar terms are intertwined. You are as majestic as a dragon, as vast as mountains and mountains, misty clouds, and majestic. It is really impressive.

people--"

Leader Bu Ya blocked Old Man Lu's hand that was about to hit the chessboard while he was talking, pointed at the two rows of four black stones he had placed on the chessboard, and said, "You still can't move?"

"Ahem." Old Man Lu blushed. He retracted his hand in embarrassment and said with a proud gesture of defeat: "Your Excellency is very skilled in chess, but I lost this one."

The sprout leader stood up.

"Wait a minute." Old Man Lu grabbed the sleeve of Leader Bu Ya and said shamelessly: "I'm missing a move this time..."

"No." Leader Germination raised his right hand slightly, interrupting him.

Old Man Lu's old face turned red again, showing a strange expression as if his lie was exposed in public, but because he was thick-skinned, he suddenly didn't feel anything.

Just when Leader Germination started to speak, he quickly said: "Indeed, although I missed more than one move in this round, please be sure to play another round with me. I feel like I can win the next round!"

Leader Bu Ya choked on the words that came to his lips, and temporarily changed his words: "I don't think you can."

As he spoke, he pointed at the darkening sky outside the store.

Old Man Lu looked over, his eyes slightly opened, and he asked in surprise, "Is it already so late?"

"You don't even think about how many times you have said let's play another round." Leader Germination did not say these words. He pulled back his sleeves and glanced at his right hand and other exposed parts to make sure that the breathable fake leather on his body was not visible.

Wrinkles, damage, etc.

He came to the seat next to the mechanical parts display cabinet, leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and meditated.

Speaking of which, since he left the Val Base Experimental Base three months ago, he has been busy running around and has not really settled down to rest.

Old Man Lu moved the bench and sat next to him and asked: "Sir, your chess skills are so superb, can you teach me some tricks?"

Leader Germination had no intention of paying attention to him and casually replied: "As long as you have the hands."

Old Man Lu looked embarrassed, thinking that Leader Meng Ya was mocking him, so he rolled up his sleeves and planned to teach Leader Meng Ya a lesson. He also thought that the person in front of him was Han Xiaotian's uncle who was here to visit him, and he was not familiar with him, so he wanted to teach him a lesson.

It didn't quite fit, so I pulled my sleeves back angrily.

He smoothed his wise hair and asked: "By the way, you have a bit of murderous aura. Are you a mercenary?"

Han Xiaotian was able to be hired by the Xinglong Thirteenth Bureau, so there must be no problem with his identity. Therefore, although Old Man Lu noticed that Leader Germination was very strong, he was not too wary.

"A killer affiliated with the dark web organization." Leader Bu Ya used the rhetoric he had prepared long ago.

When he heard the word "assassin", Old Man Lu frowned, "Assassin is not a good profession."

"Do you have a wife or family?"

Leader Germination couldn't help but think of his family in another world, sighed in his heart, and replied: "No."

"It's fine if you don't have family. If you have family, don't be a killer."

Old Man Lu didn't say anything else. He stood up from the stool and went to the corner of the first floor of the repair shop. He dug out a bottle of white wine with damaged packaging in the wooden box in the corner, opened the bottle cap, took a long drink, and said "Pap tap tap."

He stepped on his slippers and walked up to the second floor.

On the first floor of the repair shop, the air gradually became quiet, and a shallow and long snort sounded...

…

"Uncle, uncle..."

There were soft words in his ears, and he felt someone nudging his shoulder. Leader Germination put the hand on his shoulder away and said: "Let me sleep for a while, until the sky returns...!!"

He suddenly opened his eyes and suddenly grasped the hand on his shoulder. When he realized the identity of the owner of the hand, he immediately restrained the strength in his hand and the urge to pull his foot to his side. His chest rose and fell greatly, as deep and long as a big bellows.

The ground exhaled.

My heart gradually calmed down.

"Yes, time travel." He sat up from the chair and shook his head, trying to get rid of the confusion in his mind.

"Uncle..." Lu Qian smiled reluctantly and moved her hand, which was tightly grasped by Leader Germination and had turned red due to congestion.

"Sorry." Leader Bu Ya let go of his hand, stood up, and glanced around in confusion. He felt a little uncomfortable with Lu Qian's "uncle". He rubbed his forehead and said, "I need to wake up.

."

"It's time to eat, uncle." Lu Qian rubbed her right hand and reminded with a smile.

"Eat..." Leader Germination rubbed his head. In fact, at his current state, he no longer needed to eat, but he found it difficult to refuse this sentence, so he said: "Okay."

"Uncle, follow me." Lu Qian blew gently into her right hand, pursed her lips, bit her teeth slightly, restrained the pain, and led the way.

In the room behind the repair shop on the first floor, Old Man Lu was tapping the edge of the table with his chopsticks like a child, waiting for his meal to begin.

Seeing Lu Qian walking in from the front desk, Old Man Lu was about to say hello when he first noticed Lu Qian's red right hand.

"Girl, what's wrong with your hand?" Old Man Lu stood up, frowned, and looked at Leader Bu Ya behind Lu Qian.

"fall……"

"I'm sorry for the killer's emergency response." Just as Lu Qian was about to speak, Leader Bu Ya spoke first.

Lu Qian smiled shyly, moved her right hand and said, "It's okay, uncle, he was also careless, look... hiss."

"Oh, I feel so bad for grandpa. Let grandpa take a look quickly. Don't make sure anything goes wrong, and it will be difficult for you to get married." Old man Lu walked up to Lu Qian with a teasing smile.

"I'm not a child anymore!" Lu Qian blushed, pushed Old Lu away, covered her right hand and walked quickly into the kitchen.

Old Man Lu lightly punched Leader Germination's chest, said nothing, and sat back at the dining table.

"There are no bones out of place, don't worry." Leader Bu Ya said with experience. He sat on the right side of Old Man Lu and looked around at a distance, but Han Xiao was nowhere to be seen.

"That boy seems to have received an urgent mission from the Thirteenth Bureau. Also, my girl has been through hardships since childhood and is not that delicate." Old Man Lu glanced at the leader of Germination and said in a casual and slightly stubborn tone.

Leader Germination was noncommittal, and the atmosphere between the two quickly returned to normal. After chatting for a while, the meals were served one by one.

Mashed potatoes, bread, clear soup, bacon, two plates of food that is not found in another world, shredded green pheasant, and a plate of food that is very dear to the leader of Germination - scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

This is an extremely high-end meal. The large-scale war that spread across the world in the old era of Aquamarine has just subsided for more than 20 years. During this period, large and small wars are still continuing. The overall development of civilization has suffered repeated setbacks and difficulties. Nowadays, Hailan

The overall economic development level of Blue Star is probably less than half of what it was before the war started, that is, almost forty years ago, when the countries of Blue Star had friendly communication, peaceful exchanges, and a vague tendency to merge.

Therefore, the life of ordinary civilians is very difficult. Although Aquamarine's technology is considered advanced, the actual situation is similar to that of the former Bear Country that just disintegrated.

Unrest and food shortages are a true reflection of Aquamarine.

In the original work, after Bennett learned the ridiculous truth behind the old era of Aquamarine, he once sighed:

[This planet could be a better place...]

Perhaps Bennett is not wrong. The barriers between civilizations can indeed be gradually eliminated and unified through peaceful means.

Decades ago, Aquamarine civilization officially came into contact with the interstellar world. High-level officials from various countries were vaguely aware that the interstellar era was coming. Under the influence of many factors such as interests, public opinion, pacifism, and the initial improvement and proposal of civilizational holism, the first time

The ideological trend and general trend of the unification of Aquamarine civilization are formed.

That period should have laid a solid foundation for the subsequent peaceful reunification of the entire Planet Aquamarine civilization, but...

Nowadays, the wars in the old era have left deep estrangements and gaps between the six countries. If we want to reunite peacefully, we don't know how many years we have to wait.

And before peaceful reunification, we don’t know how many more wars the six countries will have to fight for hegemony.

If this continues, how can Planet Aquamarine escape the fate of being destroyed and trampled upon? How can it stand firm among the many civilizations in this sea of ​​stars?

Therefore, what this era really needs is not a hero like Bennett. What it needs is a hero, a hero who can unify the six countries, a true great man of the times.

"Let me tell you, Han Fei, your little nephew seems to have evil intentions towards my girl." Old Man Lu tapped the plate a few times to bring Leader Bu Ya back from his wandering thoughts.

In Old Man Lu's understanding, "Han Xiao" was Han Xiao's pseudonym, and Han Xiao's real name was "Han Xiaotian", so he concluded that "Han Fei" was also a pseudonym, and simply called the leader of Germination "Han Fei".

Aquamarine's modeling is similar to that of the Earth, and its language is similar to Chinese, so you can't actually hear the difference.

Lu Qian went upstairs to take care of the injury on her right hand. Two people from the old era were sitting alone in the room.

Leader Bu Ya recalled what Old Man Lu said when he was distracted, and said with some humor: "How do you say that?"

In the original work, Old Man Lu tried to bring the two of them together after he misjudged that Han Xiao had evil intentions towards Lu Qian. Now for some reason, he seems to be opposed to this marriage?

Old Man Lu clapped his fingers and said: "Look, as an agent of the Secret Operations Department of the 13th Bureau, your nephew's salary must be enough, right? There must be subsidies for tinkering with machinery, right? The usual work must be quite stressful, right? Besides, I

I heard that your nephew is quite talented in mechanics, and he has already tinkered with three new inventions in just a few months in the Thirteenth Bureau. I’m afraid he’s not just greedy for the shabby blueprints in my old man’s hands.”

Leader Germination took a bite of shredded green pheasant. Green pheasant is a special plant with extraordinary properties. It is said that eating it can detoxify and nourish the skin. It melts in the mouth and has a very light sweet taste.

He scooped himself another bowl of clear soup and said casually: "Keep talking."

Old Man Lu spread his hands and said, "So, why did your nephew come to my store? He must have something up his sleeve!"

"He was drawing your sound ball blueprint."

Leader Germination would naturally not say this. The sound ball blueprint was Old Man Lu's secret. Only a very small number of people knew about it, and he kept it under lock and key, so Old Man Lu didn't think about it at all.

Leader Germination naturally couldn't expose Han Xiao's purpose of coming here, so he could only make a noncommittal expression.

"So, you think so too, right? Your nephew is coveting my girl's body." Seeing Leader Mengya eating his meal indifferently, Old Man Lu ignored him and couldn't help but slapped the table angrily, "You have

Are you listening? Just leave it alone?"

Leader Germination put down the bowl without any etiquette and said casually: "So what?"
To be continued...