Chapter 10: Please Don't Miss
Translator: Oneshotwonder Editor: Tehrn
Ti sure flies, it had been a year since Wang Tong first landed on Norton. His skin had beco swarthy, his shoulders grown broader, and his chest firr. Norton was no longer a strange and unfamiliar planet; instead, it had beco his ho.
He had made many new enemies on his new ho planet, and all of them were Zergs, all kinds of Zergs. He had killed almost every single kind of Zerg, but he didn’t even know the proper nas for most of them; instead, he called them the big bug, the small bug, the colorful bug and the flying bug. Their nas didn’t matter to Wang Tong; they had all beco dead bugs after all. Wang Tong had also discovered an incredible usage of these bugs; they served as excellent sources of food.
One year ago, even the thought of eating these disgusting bugs would have made Wang Tong cringe, but under extre circumstances, Wang Tong had to eat them or else he would starve to death. These bugs' external shells were extrely hard and were not suitable for eating, but their innards were soft and juicy. With the aid of the Nutrient Transforr and a little bit more imagination, Wang Tong enjoyed a well-balanced diet consisting of vegetables and at. He was not sure if there were side effects to eating the Zerg’s at, although he had been pretty healthy since he started eating them.
Wang Tong had thought about the day he would finally leave the planet, he had even begun to sort his inventories and had gotten ready for packing. The situation on the front line was unclear to him. He had since heard fewer explosions in the sky which ant either the Zergs or the Confederation were retreating. He also noticed lately that the number of Zergs had been dwindling, perhaps it was ti for another adventure outside, he never liked the feeling of sitting by and waiting.
This day he sat atop a ruined building and was studying the blue sky above. He noticed that clouds hung in the sky that looked just like a hamburger. Wang Tong liked hamburgers; especially the ones that ca with bacon. He salivated at the cloud, and almost forgot that he was on Norton.
Suddenly a soft whir broke his daydream and wondered: “Am I hearing things? I must be hallucinating.”
He then saw a small investigation ship gliding across the sky in the distance and exclaid: “Gods! I wasn't hallucinating after all! It is indeed a Confederation ship.”
Wang Tong sprung to his feet and climbed up to the top of the makeshift flagpole which hung a crude Confederation flag. He made these landmarks all across the base, hoping that one day they would attract the attention of rescuers.
Wang Tong stood on top of the pole, flagging the ship down with a piece of tattered shirt. Unsure if the ship had noticed him, he beca anxious, he scread at the top of his lungs "S...O...S..., S...OS!"
He wondered if he should use his underwear instead since it was a brighter color.
It seed his effort was in vain, the spaceship glided further away. Wang Tong felt so depressed that he almost fell off the flagpole but, to his surprise, the shuttle turned 180 degrees in the air and headed towards him. It hovered above his head for a while and then descended slowly.
The roller coaster developnt made Wang Tong felt like that he needed a mont to contemplate what had just happened.
When he had finally grasped the reality, he almost fell into a trance. He had been living here by himself for an entire year. He was surrounded by bugs without a single human to be seen, Wang Tong for a ti had felt that he perhaps would eventually turn into a bug as well.
The spacecraft whirred and landed steadily beside Wang Tong. As soon as the ship's landing pad was released, Wang Tong advanced in, tears of excitent trailed down his cheeks, "Thank gods, you are finally here!"
Two soldiers, one male, and the other female walked out of the spacecraft onto the landing pad. They both looked very young, the man was about twenty-five or so, and the girl looked even younger. A handso military artier further concealed her age. Both of their faces held an expression of astonishnt because they weren’t expecting to find any survivors let alone such a young boy.
"Hi there, I am Lieutenant Rios, and this is second lieutenant Zhang Jing, we are from the—"
Wang Tong cut him short with a forced hug, "Thank you, thank you! Thank gods, I thought I would have to spend the rest of my life with the bugs."
Second Lieutenant Zhang Jing cracked a smile and said, "We have won the battle, the Zerg were defeated. We were sent here to search for survivors. We have been searching for ten days, and you are so far the only survivor we have found. You have my congratulations."
"Ha-ha... Congratulations to you for your victory.” Speaking with a real human made Wang Tong feel like normal again, he no longer needed to talk to himself again.
"How did you survive? This is unbelievable," Rios asked curiously.
"Ha-ha! I hid in the mine; you won't believe how sturdy that gate was. I had a Nutrient Transforr with too, that's how I made my food. I thought the loneliness was going to eventually drive crazy, I am lucky that you guys ca before that happened."
The two lifted the corner of their mouths as if moved by Wang Tong's joy. "Let's move out now, our mission here is over, the demolition party will soon arrive."
Zergs were excellent at hiding in half ruined structures. Every ti after a grueso battle, humans deployed a large number of troops to demolish existing buildings in order to drive out the remaining Zergs and annihilate them. Although it ant the effort of later re-developnt would be increased, it, however, was very necessary to ensure the extermination of the Zerg on a planet.
The spacecraft rose slowly as the ruins of Norton underneath beca smaller, Wang Tong was relieved at the fact that he was finally going ho.
Suddenly, a throng of Zergs erged on the ground, all of them scread at the spaceship with malice and hatred. They all wanted Wang Tong dead. Wang Tong looked down at them through the windowpane and mumbled:"Goodbye Buggies, please don’t miss ."
Most people weren’t lucky enough to survive the horror, but Wang Tong was not the only one that had been rescued. All of the other survivors were well equipped; most of them were TAL fighters. So even had the luxury of ti to prepare for the long wait. It was only natural for the rescuers to assu that Wang Tong was a TAL fighter as well, albeit a very young one.
The rescuers let the survivors clean themselves up, and conducted a thorough health check up before sending them on a ship back to Earth. Almost all of the survivors were given a handso compensation in order to seal their lips. Although the Zerg Invasion was a well-planned surprise attack, the Confederation was not entirely innocent either. The politicians could always afford to spend more cash than their reputation, even if it ant a lot of cash.
Wang Tong didn't ask for any money as compensation, he asked for an admission letter to a Military Academy instead. The governnt officer agreed his term without any hesitation. He even wrote a referral letter for Wang Tong and promised him that if his life beca troubleso in the city, the letter would instruct the local authorities to help him out.
The officer smiled broadly and patted Wang Tong on the shoulder, praised him as a model citizen of the Confederation for not blackmailing the governnt like the others had. Wang Tong did not care about the cheap praise, he wanted to go ho.
The trip to his ho was much more comfortable than the trip to Norton. There was no need to sleep through the quadratic speed; instead, there were movie theaters, coffee bars, pool houses and many other entertainnt facilities aboard the ship. The entire trip back to Earth rather felt like a vacation, with beautiful space stewardesses at his service at all tis. Wang Tong felt like an important person for the very first ti.
Everyone aboard the ship was in a good mood, they rejoiced not only at their miraculous escape, but also the handso compensation that the Confederation had promised them. Many of them had also received phone calls from the dia for interviews; it seed that the Confederation wouldn’t pass up on such a good opportunity to show off their dedicated rescue efforts. Wang Tong wasn't interested in helping the Confederation's propaganda at all.
For so unknown reason, Wang Tong felt an emptiness in his belly as he left Norton. He had lived on that planet for an entire year, and he had since grown up a lot, both physically and psychologically. His gut told him that he might go back to that accursed planet again.
"Are you Wang Tong?" a female's voice drifted into Wang Tong's ear. It sounded delicate and pleasing to the ear, unlike Mr. Wannabe's raspy and sotis high-pitched yelp.
"You are?" staring at the attractive girl in front of him, Wang Tong could not help but feel light headed, he found that her beauty was beyond the capability of words.
The girl couldn’t help but to laugh, "I am Zhang Jing. We just t down there, am I really that forgettable?"
Wang Tong felt a sudden embarrassnt. He was too excited to see humans again after one year of solitude; he barely rembered any details of that encounter.
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