I am reciting the Classic of Mountains and Seas in the interstellar

A middle-aged woman crawled over, picked up one of the two high school girls, hugged her upper body, and sobbed: "Wenwen, mom will never force you to go to cram school again... You go back and follow your grandma and grandpa." , and your grandparents are still alive, and your mother won’t be with you anymore..."

As she said that, she raised a knife that she took from the dead star thieves on the ground, and was about to stab her chest!

Xia Chu saw that Shao Siming's black and silver mecha was as fast as lightning. He came to the middle-aged woman in the blink of an eye and took away the knife in her hand.

But after the middle-aged woman attempted suicide, the remaining survivors, the older ones, all imitated the same example, stroking the ground looking for a knife.

Just now they just grabbed the chair legs and smashed the star thieves, and they didn't even think of looking for a knife.

Xia Chujian couldn't bear to see it and said sternly: "Stop! If you dare to think of committing suicide again, I will help you and hand it over directly to the Star Thief!"

Her words shocked all the survivors.

It is really easy to die, but if you leave it to the Star Thieves, you will be tortured until death!

Those star thieves had scared them out of their wits just now.

So when Xia Chujian said this, they didn't dare to move.

Xia Chujian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and still said in a very gentle electronic synthesized simulation voice: "What are you doing? I finally saved you, and you just die in front of me? Are you worthy of the risk of my life?! "

"It's not your fault that those star thieves ruined you! You can't follow their wishes and die for them!"

Xia Chujian thought that these victims had the intention to die because they were ruined by the Star Thieves.

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged woman next to her who had the knife taken away from her said sadly: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, we are really grateful to you for saving us. I don't want to die because of those beasts."

"I hope you take my daughter back, but I really can't survive. Please let me die quickly!"

Xia Chujian took one look at her injuries and thought that the woman didn't want to live because her injuries were too serious.

Secretly asked Qilu in the helmet: "Qilu, do you have medical functions?"

Qilu said with a milky voice: "No, but Qilu can detect their physical conditions. At present, their injuries are not incurable and can be cured using the medical cabin."

Xia Chu was overjoyed and quickly said to the middle-aged woman in an electronically synthesized voice: "Don't worry, your injury is not serious and can be cured in the medical cabin."

The middle-aged woman looked up at the tall female mecha warrior and said nothing.

Another woman who looked to be in her thirties, but was covered in blood but still calm and elegant, stood up slowly while holding on to the table leg.

She only had a shirt that was torn to pieces, but she didn't hide or cower.

She raised her head, looked at the three-meter-tall female mecha warrior, and said with a smile: "I think I can say something on behalf of us older adults."

Xia Chujian knelt down on one leg, making it appear that he was not so tall.

But when she knelt down on one leg, she was about two and a half meters tall.

Seeing how considerate the female mecha warrior was, the woman felt as if something was choking her throat. After a while, she said, "Ms. Second Lieutenant, you have also seen our situation. Our injuries are not fatal. The situation is such that if there is a high-end medical cabin, it can be cured."

"...But, do you know how long it will take to treat an injury of our magnitude using the best medical cabin?"

Xia Chujian: "..."

She doesn't know, but she can ask Qilu.

Qilu's childish voice whispered to her: "...according to Qilu's judgment, even with the best medical cabin, it will take two years for their injuries to heal."

Xia Chujian's heart moved, and he immediately understood what the woman was going to say.

Sure enough, the woman said: "We all come from the Guiyuan Planet. Do you know the Guiyuan Planet? It is the most remote planet in the empire. Our wages are not high, and the situation at home can only be considered average." "

Xia Chujian thought, of course, if you are not at least a middle-class family, you can't afford a starship ticket...

The woman lowered her head and continued: "I am a gynecologist at a private hospital in Guiyuan Star. I know my injuries and how they need to be treated to heal."

She raised her head, looked at Xia Chujian, and said word by word: "This requires the best medical cabin and two years of treatment to heal."

"But do you know how much it costs for two years of treatment in the best medical cabin?"

As she said that, she glanced into the hall.

In this dark red hall, apart from the star thieves who were dying and the dead victims, they were the only survivors who were still breathing.

The women who were still alive, especially the older ones, nodded.

They all understood what this woman said.

The woman closed her eyes and continued: "...At least two hundred thousand Beichen coins are needed."

"Ms. Second Lieutenant, do you know what two hundred thousand Beichen coins means to our families returning to Mulan City on the Far Star?"

Of course Xia Chujian knew, she knew better than anyone else, so she felt even more uncomfortable.

Why?

It's not their fault!

Xia Chujian held the gun in his hand tightly and said as calmly as possible in an electronic analog voice: "You were hijacked on an interstellar spaceship. If I remember correctly, the interstellar spaceship tickets you bought are all insured, especially It’s accident insurance.”

“Wouldn’t insurance pay for such a major accident?”

The woman nodded and said very gently: "Yes, of course. But only in the case of death, they will compensate our family 100,000 Beichen coins per ticket. If we go back alive, they will Only the price of one boat ticket will be compensated, that is, two thousand Beichen coins."

Two thousand Beichen coins in compensation and two hundred thousand in treatment expenses.

Compared to the compensation of 100,000 Beichen coins, plus no follow-up treatment costs.

No matter how to choose, these women will not hesitate at all.

Xia Chu understood the truth, but still found it unbearable.

Her electronically synthesized analog voice is still gentle: "Is the difference in insurance compensation really that big?"

Almost all the living survivors in the hall nodded, except for the two girls in high school uniforms.

Because in their previous years, they had both parents and a well-off family. They only knew how to study and go to school and travel during holidays. They had not studied insurance and did not understand these things.

The woman added: "This time, most of us are traveling as a family. For example, in my family, my husband and son were killed by those star thieves. In addition to my parents, there are no other relatives in the family. I If I don’t go back, and only my daughter goes back, the insurance company can compensate a total of 300,000 Beichen coins, at least the cost of my daughter’s college education, and the support of both parents in her old age will not be a problem.”

How long have you been thinking about your daughter going to college and your parents taking care of themselves?

At this moment, Xia Chujian wanted to tear those star thieves into pieces!

They don't deserve to be human at all!

It should be thrown to the Yanze planet to feed the monsters!

Xia Chujian's fists tightened and then tightened, and then tightened again.

In such a tense moment, she actually didn't have time to solve these things.

But she couldn't leave these poor women alone.

Just as she was thinking, Qilu's childish voice sounded again in her fully enclosed helmet.

"Master, you still have forty-five minutes to deal with things here. Qilu recommends that you let them choose freely."

Xia Chujian frowned and said, "How can that be done? I know time is tight, but I can't just watch them die!"

Letting these people choose freely, wouldn't it mean choosing to die?

In particular, this choice was not made because they felt that they had been ruined and could not survive, nor was it because they were afraid of what others would say. It was purely based on economic considerations, which made Xia Chujian even more intolerable.

She would rather not want to live because they were humiliated into something she could not bear, rather than for such a realistic and cold reason.

This freedom of choice is simply too expensive.

Qilu reminded at this time: "Master, there are many evils in this world, and this kind of thing happens every minute and every second. Bodhi Ye is not the only one in the Star Thieves organization. With so many victims, how can you be one Will you save everyone? Qilu hopes you will act according to your ability."

The calmness and coldness of the mechanical intelligence were revealed at this time.

Xia Chujian knew that from a practical point of view, Qilu was right.

She is not a savior and cannot save every victim in this world.

However, she has her own principles and persistence.

Xia Chujian said calmly: "Qilu, I can't save every victim. But as long as I see it, as long as I have the ability, I can't stand idly by. If you are still young, if you don't understand, just watch and learn from me. , be a kind-hearted mechanical intelligence who can draw a sword to help when encountering difficulties, okay?"

Qilu was speechless for a long time, as if he was thinking about Xia Chujian's words, and maybe analyzing whether her words violated its underlying logic.

Xia Chujian made a decision at this time.

She said to the doctor, "When was your spaceship robbed by star thieves?"

"Three days ago."

"I haven't seen anything like this on Star Network hot searches in the past few days."

"...Maybe it's because we are all insignificant lower-class civilians. The life and death of more than 500 people on a ship, and no nobleman losing a hair is more significant..."

Xia Chujian raised her eyebrows and respected the doctor lady even more.

She asked Qilu in her helmet: "Qilu, can you count how many people are still alive?"

Qilu quickly scanned the survivors and said: "There are 378 victims in total, and only 38 are still alive."

Xia Chujian closed his eyes, his face was ashen, and said, "I'll think of a solution for these thirty-eight people."

She really didn't have the ability to place them, but she couldn't just let them die.

Besides, she had no way to relocate these people, but she knew some people who could give these poor victims a way out as long as they raised their hands.

Xia Chujian said to the female doctor, "May I ask what your name is?"

The female doctor said: "My surname is Chang, and my name is Chang Shengnan."

Xia Chujian said: "Ms. Chang, as long as you don't go back, those people will not know that you are still alive. Have you ever thought about hiding your name and continuing to live? We will discuss the specific details later. But I have something urgent now. Can you please Can you do me a favor?"

This is the first update, the second update will be at 1pm.

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Thank you all for your love for the old book, I hope you will also love the new book!