CHAPTERS 78 - 86

                                    

                                          
At 23:00, in accordance to the specifications of the task, Chi Xiaochi turned in half a cubic metre of Naman metal which had been removed of cosmic radiation, and rushed over to meet with Rosie and the others at the agreed-on coordinates.
                          
Most of the Naman metal contained in the stardust was taken by Chi Xiaochi, and transformed into cold liquid and stored in an empty cabin.
                          
With these six bottles of fluid, Blue’s new body was at last settled.
                          
Chi Xiaochi was in a rather good mood, but he was unable to resist the double onset of drunkenness and sleepiness. After setting the target coordinates, he said to 061, “I’m going to sleep now.”
                          
061 flipped open a book, “Last time, I read up to……”
                          
Chi Xiaochi was truly exhausted. He reached out his hand and pushed forwards lightly several times, as if trying to cover someone’s mouth. “……I’m going to sleep, don’t fuss.”
                          
061 was stunned for quite a while. Only when he heard regular breathing coming from a place close to his heart, did Blue raise his hand at the same time, stroke his chest, and feel the subtle sound and movement coming from inside, spellbound.

                          
……Why did he always have so many things on his mind.
                          
Too smart, and too tired.
                          
……And he very quickly experienced the consequences of “thinking too much”.
                          
It was only until he was surrounded by four specialised mechas did 061 finally realise that there had been people following for a very long time now.
                          
One of the dark red mechas holding a detector said confidently, “Yes, there’s a very strong Naman metal signal coming from his body.”
                          
Another spider type mecha holding a laser gun sneered, “Quickly hand it over. One versus four, can your mecha carry this match? You should be able to calculate it.”
                          
The other two mecha didn’t make a sound, but one infrared ray aimed at Blue’s knee, and another aimed at the power system on his back. If he tried to break through forcefully, he would be put down immediately.
                          
And 061, or rather Blue, hadn’t planned on running at all.
                          
Blue stood in the centre of the encirclement and said politely, “Shh, please keep your voices down. My master is sleeping.”
                          
The spider mecha was amused. “It’s a high intelligence system.”
                          
Blue stared at the detector in the dark red mecha’s hand, and instantly analyzed its every function. “According to the rules, no one is allowed to bring in a detector with a radius of more than one kilometre. How did you bring it in?”
                          
The spider mecha clicked his tongue. His fingers pulled the trigger, sending a snow-white laser into Blue’s back waist.
                          
Blue, clutching his waist, kneeled.
                          
The spider mecha pressed the energy storage button of his laser gun. He said scornfully, “You speak too much. Hand it over, or else you’ll be scrapped here.”
                          
The operator of the dark red mecha was a girl. She didn’t much approve of this kind of behaviour where one opened fire and used weaponry to rob others, but seeing the time tick by, and no one in their four-person team being able to find even a fingernail-sized piece of Naman metal, who would be willing to resign themselves to failing?
                          
She said, “Hand it over, it can be counted as helping us out.”
                          
Blue didn’t speak, nor did he pay her any attention.