The years I was a pirate in Interstellar

Chapter 53 The Origin of the Footless Bird

"Then the moonflower powder?"

"Don't think about it, I can't give it to you."

Kailan ruthlessly shattered the dream of her younger sister Yilin.

"Why, isn't that poisonous? You'll just fall asleep overnight after eating it. Although it looks like you've been poisoned, but..."

Kailan interrupted Yilin, "Tell me honestly what you want this thing for? A prank?"

"Well, sometimes, Mrs. Charlotte's aristocratic etiquette class is too annoying."

"Pretend to be sick and skip class, I understand. But moonflower powder is not good, that is too dangerous."

"Too dangerous? Isn't that poisonous?"

"This kind of material is indeed not poisonous as you said, but it does not prevent it from being dangerous. You should have read it from the book. If you swallow it by mistake, your face will turn purple and your body will be swollen, and you will still be in a coma. Waking up is like being deeply poisoned, but these are just appearances, as long as you sleep for 6 hours, you will naturally recover."

"But what's dangerous about this material is more from the outside, or the goodwill of other people."

"Danger comes from good intentions?"

"Yes, good intentions can sometimes do bad things. What will you do if you find a person who is deeply poisoned? Naturally, there are doctors called doctors, and there are antidotes and antidotes. In many places where the medical level is not high The doctor will directly give you an antidote when they see it. But the antidote is not poisonous, and the moonflower is not poisonous, but the combination of these two is highly toxic, the kind of poison that can kill you in a small amount.”

"So use your clever little brain, if you take this thing in order to skip class, will those people in a hurry give you a shot of a universal antidote? Then you are really trying to die! "

"Ah?" Yilin's face was full of disappointment. She had hoped that she could take this opportunity to miss some of the most annoying etiquette lessons.

Kailan changed the subject and said with a smile: "Yuejian Sunhua powder is really not good, but I can prepare a low-grade fever medicine for you, which is non-toxic and harmless, so that no one can see the flaw."

"Really?"

"However, I can only configure 3 copies for you. If there are too many, I won't talk about it. And you must promise me that I will study harder in the future."

"Pull the hook!"

Kailan smiled and said, "Pull the hook!"

Under a particularly tall, strong and old boxwood tree, Isa is holding a thick book and reading very slowly and attentively, giving people a sense of tranquility and beauty.

Anyway, that's what Kailan thought when he saw this scene for the first time.

"Hey, I don't know which lucky pig will win over my little cabbage in the future. Please don't let me know, or you will find it interesting."

Hearing the sound of her feet stepping on the blades, Isa raised her head and saw that the person who came was Kailan, she quickly stood up from the ground, raised her skirt and saluted Kailan, and said softly:
"sister!"

Kailan sat down directly against the tree, and asked curiously: "Sit down, Isa, what book are you reading?"

It is normal for Kailan to be curious. You must know that physical books are very expensive in the interstellar era, because physical books have long been replaced by more convenient electronic books. Generally, only those nobles or extraordinary people who like to pursue tradition and history preserve special knowledge. Only then will these thankless paper books be used.

Isa showed Kailan the book cover and said:
"It's "Nineteen Basic Energy Matrix Drawings and the Construction of Five-Dimensional Polyhedra" written by Master Fazi Dragon. Have you read it too, my sis?"

what?
Kailan's surprised mouth could fit a big duck egg.

Why can I understand every word of yours, but I can't understand what you are talking about when combined?
"Ahem, um, I haven't read much about the content of this book, not much."

Kailan pretended not to see the disappointed little eyes of his sister Yisha, after all, it was better to be disappointed than to lose the horse.

Yilin sneaked around behind her sister Isha, and then put the fat white bug she picked up again on Isha's neck, which immediately caused Isha to scream.

Of course Kailan saw Yilin's actions, but she didn't remind Isa, she was still having fun there. She always felt that Isa was a bit too old, and children should be more lively and carefree. To Fei's children, being sensible is actually suppressing one's own nature, especially when the word comes from the mouths of parents and elders.

Yisha looked at the fat white bug who fell to the ground and pretended to be dead, and complained to Yilin:

"I've said it many times, don't play with Fuling's larvae. They climb up from the ground to complete the last and most critical part of their life cycle. You will disturb them by doing this."

"Know it!"

Yilin answered quickly, apparently without thinking and just agreed.

"The larva of Fuling? The larva of those birds in the sky?"

Kailan felt that her three views had been severely impacted. The bird obviously eats bugs, so it’s fine if it doesn’t eat, just treat it as a picky eater, but those birds turned out to be bugs. Is this alien creature so outrageous? ah!

"Bird?" Isa blinked and said doubtfully, "Fu Ling is a butterfly, not a bird."

Kailan was stunned, pointing to the worm pretending to be dead on the ground, then pointing to the four-winged white dove soaring in the sky, "Is this a living thing?"

Yisha nodded, "The larvae of Fuling live underground by eating the fallen leaves of boxwood trees. They are also an indispensable member of the boxwood star ecosystem. After 13 years of underground growth, they will climb to the crown of boxwood trees and emerge as Butterflies, because they do not have mouthparts or other organs to take in food, can only survive for less than three days before starving to death. Therefore, they must complete the life cycle in this short period of time. The moment they lay eggs is the end of their lives. At the end. According to legend, there is a wayward bird in the world that is only willing to stop when it dies, which is very similar to Fuling. So Fuling also has another name of footless bird."

"The Footless Bird, is it?"

Kailan suddenly understood, and also understood why she felt familiar and liked those Fulings when she saw them. It was not only because these Fulings looked like white pigeons, but also because she was Fulings in the transport spaceship she had been on for more than a month. The shape is a huge footless bird made of steel and iron bones that can swim in the sea of ​​stars.

Is Kailan riding the footless bird also riding his dream ark?

Kailan didn't know either.

"Sister, you are here."

The sudden appearance of Li Ang interrupted Kailan's wild thoughts.

"Brother Li Ang!" "Brother Li Ang!"

The two younger sisters seemed to have a very good relationship with Li Ang. Yilin didn't even care about her books, and hugged Li Ang with each other.

"Are you packing a small bag and preparing to flee?"

"Didn't you agree to go camping in the valley? I'm ready."

Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

Ah, are you in such a hurry?

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(End of this chapter)