Blessings to the beautiful stars

Chapter 24-Equality
in the empty barracks

Ai Shanshan came back happily, but found that the two of them were not there.Just in time, she received a message from Zuo Wu in her field of vision, saying that he took Levina out to play.

Feeling a bit empty in her heart, she threw the toy carrying the colonial AI onto the sofa out of boredom.Sit down, poke your cheeks, and even forget to turn on the light.

Only the sound of engineering creations outside reminded her that time was running out.

After a long time, the cheeky Ai Shanshan suddenly tilted his head and murmured to the AI ​​who was pretending to be asleep: "Hey, tell me a joke to pass the time."

The toy ball flickered for a moment: "The Interstellar Art Troupe created a famous painting called "Alone and Being Alone". Have fun."

"...What about me? Where am I?"

AI whistling sound effect: "Of course you are alone!"

Immediately afterwards, it played the sound effect of men and women laughing loudly.The sound effects continued for a long time.The red and green lights on his body are still setting off the atmosphere of a joke.

Ai Shanshan was speechless, but suddenly opened his mouth, the root and cusp teeth were whiter and sharper than shark teeth, they all aimed at the toy in front of him, but it was more like aiming at a man who was playing wildly outside.

The fangs were bitten hard, and the AI ​​immediately shut up.But the deep marks still appeared on the shell of the toy, and accompanied by a "crack", a small tooth of hers collapsed and flew away.

Thin blood flowed down her chin, but Ai Shanshan didn't care, caught the broken tooth, and hid it in a small secret bag that she carried with her—a broken tooth can regenerate like a shark's tooth, and this The small bag is related to a very important custom for the siren group;

Then, following Levina's example last time, Ai Shanshan raised his hand and threw the AI ​​into the half-full teacup.

It's just that the cup of tea prepared by Levina has lost its temperature because it has been placed for a long time, and it is completely cold, and the splashed water droplets make people's skin freeze.

……

In the ring mountains.

Zuo Wu looked around, hoping that Bai Aisi would not really follow.

The maid clucked her tongue for a long time, said "It's over, it's over" for a long time, and deduced a hundred kinds of results of resistance.Anyone who is dragged into the wilderness by a boss with bad habits will always retreat in his heart.

Fortunately, the ring mountain range is not far away, and Zuo Wu's movements are not too large.More importantly, Levina subtly felt that Zuo Wu didn't seem to have any bad intentions.

Although he looked around very much like the criminal suspect's guilty conscience before making a move.

Zuo Wu seemed convinced that the surroundings were quiet and uninhabited, and began to rub his hands excitedly.Levina inhaled, took a big step back, pursed her lips with a dark face:
"Boss, the little girl is not talented, she just studied the method of suicide a little bit. So unless you are also interested in corpses, I don't think you will be able to enjoy yourself this time."

Although Levina has no confidence in Zuo Wu's lower limit at all, most of this sentence is actually a joke.

With her glass-hearted personality, if she really finds that she has misjudged Zuo Wu, she will definitely not hesitate before committing suicide, let alone utter such threats as begging for mercy.

"No, no, no," Zuo Wu shook his head and scratched his hair: "It's just that I heard that you can see a good scenery here, so I invite you to come and have a look."

"...Let's be honest," Levina breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought you couldn't hold back and finally wanted to do something. So, what is the scenery? Flowers or open-air crystal veins?"

Zuo Wu grinned, but didn't answer.Just look up to the sky.Levina tilted her head in confusion, following his line of sight.

Waited for ten minutes.When the maid felt that the muscles in her neck began to become sore, and Zuo Wu's expression began to become more and more embarrassed.

Levina suddenly rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

……

Why is the sky blue?
Because blue light has the shortest wavelength, it is most likely to be scattered by air.Therefore, the sky on each planet is actually mostly azure blue. It is nothing more than the difference in the composition of the atmosphere, which makes the blue darker or lighter.

But the opening of hyperspace channels within the galaxy changed everything.

First, a black spot visible to the naked eye appeared in the middle of the sky.Then, with the black dot as the center, circle after circle of ripples spread across the clear sky.

The black dot is the hyperspace channel, and the ripple is the spatial shock it arouses from the high-dimensional world.The waterway shortens the distance between the cosmic spaces, and also records the scenery that should be seen on the original path.

In the end, what caught Levina's eyes was the overlapping shadows of countless worlds that seemed to be submerged under the ripples covering the sky.

Tens of thousands of races and cultures and their thousands of years seem to be stuffed into a juicer together, and mixed to produce all kinds of bizarre colors.

Levina rubbed her eyes, feeling an inexplicable feeling of empathy in her heart: "Boss, do you think there is a part of my hometown in this color?"

Zuo Wu clasped his hands and shook his head: "It's hard to say. The hyperspace channel is a passage between various star systems. Therefore, the more star systems occupied by civilization, the greater its proportion in this color. If your hometown……"

Levina didn't listen to Zuo Wu's next words, but fell into a depression.Not to mention occupying other galaxies in my hometown, even my own home planet has not been directly invaded by outsiders, it all depends on the purpose of the Imperial Union's research.

This is not right.

Why did Chudan star sink?Why is my ethnic group not one of the 600 million?Why has the spectacle of the opening of the hyperspace channel never been shown in the sky over my hometown?

And the inherent pride of being an elf... what exactly is it?

Levina was still thinking, but found that Zuo Wu patted her on the shoulder.He seemed a little overwhelmed in front of him.

"Did I say something strange?" Zuo Wu was puzzled.

Levina was stunned, and suddenly bent her lips: "No, I thank you very much, boss. Speaking of which, can the upcoming fake scientific research ship be seen from the ground?"

"It may be difficult," Zuo Wu recalled discussing the details of the plan with Ai Shanshan before: "If you are not afraid of eye pain, just stare at the sun, and you will probably gain something."

……

The reason why the entrance and exit of the hyperspace channel is near a star is because there is some kind of massive object nearby which is one of the conditions for opening it.

In space, the black dot that Zuo Wu and Levina saw was actually a battlefield with a diameter of hundreds of thousands of kilometers, where the three-dimensional and four-dimensional spaces clashed.

The black starship escaped from the battlefield as if fleeing. Its gold and porcelain shell was scorched black and dusty. It seemed that the sudden voyage made it a little overwhelmed.

One of the reasons why the efficiency of starship transportation is a bit low is that when it escapes from the hyperspace channel, it must spend a lot of effort to slow down in the starship.

Only this time, the scientific research ship with false identities needs to hurry up.After rushing out of the channel, regardless of the sudden deceleration will cause its own damage;

The scientific research ship orbited the azure sun, barely slowing down with the help of the star's gravity.If its peeling shell does not fall into the sun, it may become a restless asteroid in the galaxy in the future.

Soon, two-thirds of the fuel was used up for deceleration and reverse thrust, and the scientific research ship belonging to the "Technology Hunter" finally reduced its own speed to a barely acceptable level, squeezing the already overwhelmed The engine finally parked in the low-Earth orbit of the colony.

……

on the ground.

Although covered by the atmosphere and disturbed by "ripples", Zuo Wu and Levina could barely see the starship appearing in the sky several times, and finally parked directly above the mine pit.

On its trajectory, the damaged and peeled off parts are still moving around the low-earth orbit at high speed under the influence of inertia.

Zuo Wubi gestured: "What a huge creation! If we really snatch it, shouldn't we think about giving it a new name?"

Levina raised her eyebrows: "Is it too early to think about this now? Besides, after we leave here, don't we have to report the situation to the Imperial Union? Will the masters let you confiscate the captured starship? "

"I was just thinking about naming it, and you're thinking about confiscating it." Zuo Wu made a bitter face and shook his head: "Levina, you seem to be thinking much further than I am."

The two are joking.

Above the starship, a gentle beam of light shot down, piercing straight into the center of the mine.

……

The beam of light is a gravity elevator, and the people on the starship directly ride on it and fall directly to the ground.It doesn't matter whether their bodies will have embarrassing physiological reactions due to the drastic changes in their environment.

Ace Bai had been waiting for a long time, and the end of the beam of light fell right in front of him.

Ten minutes later, there was a "boom".

Dozens of researchers fell to the ground in all directions, and one of them even hit Bai Aisi's toes.

Bai Aisi was speechless, it was the chief of this group of researchers who knocked on his foot.Its body wrapped under the white mecha is indescribably petite.

After a while, the chief suddenly raised his head.The voice under the protective mask is clear and melodious, but with some dialect accent: "Where is the ancient star gate? Let's start directly!"

Bai Ace frowned: "No need to make any preparations?"

"What are you getting ready for?" The chief climbed up, his whole body creaking:
"The next regular contact of the Imperial Alliance will come in ten days. By then, the fact that you have usurped a colonial star, that you are still a rebel from the Pilot Regiment, and that we are technology hunters will be revealed immediately. We have to come up with it before then." Results!"

"Can you make it?"

"Of course it's too late! What research have you seen that isn't measured in years or decades?"

The chief shouted on tiptoe: "Ten days, all we can do is directly activate this ancient star gate! Then throw some detectors into it, record the information and run away directly! Then go to a safe place and study slowly !"

"Isn't it too risky?" Bai Ace frowned and said, "What if the danger on the other side of the star gate is truly unbearable for us?"

He thought that the technology hunter in front of him would have some insurance methods.

"Is there a problem? Didn't I say it, just run away!"

The petite chief clasped his hands, and turned his face under the protective mask to the beam of light behind him: "So I will keep this gravity elevator, the scientific research ship will not shut down, and the hyperspace passage will not be closed. If something happens, it will be a competition of speed and footsteps." It's time!"

Then, the chief raised his head: "That's right, you said that the star gate is awakened with the blood as the secret key?"

"Yes, a limb of an elf."

"It's the limbs? How can that be enough!" The chief scratched his head with both hands, looking particularly frantic:

"In a hurry, we are in a hurry! Heart, liver, brain, lungs, blood! Let me use the organs and tissues rich in psionic energy fluctuations! Use it! Ah! You won't tell me that the elf is dead stop!"

"...No, the elves are fine and live on it,"

Bai Ace shook his head: "It's just that I suddenly thought of a joke, that is, in your eyes, is a person valuable as a whole, or is it more valuable when taken apart?"

After listening to the chief, he turned around slightly, the face under the mask couldn't see the expression clearly:

"You still ask me? For you seekers, it must be better to take it apart. Demon core, demon bone, which one is not a priceless treasure?"

Bai Ace narrowed his eyes slightly: "Indeed, but it has nothing to do with good or bad. I took their bodies, so naturally I have to bear their karma."

"But along the way, you must have enjoyed a lot of natural resources and earthly treasures?" The chief seemed to be smiling: "You want to bear all their karma?"

"So what?" Bai Ace shrugged lightly.

"Oh, what an arrogant idea, I really like it!" The chief laughed, and Yinling's voice showed appreciation and happiness: "It's a pity that I just like it, I still like to live more easily."

"Because you can kill without any scruples, so do you live an easy life?" Ace Bai asked.

"Looking at what you said, it's really inappropriate," the chief walked towards the ancient star gate:
"I'm just an ordinary egalitarian. All things are created equal, that's all. Life is not noble because of its intelligence, nor is it cheap because of its simple structure."

"In the face of science, the results obtained by using bacteria as materials are equally important as the results obtained by using intelligent organisms as materials,"

The petite chief looked up high-spiritedly: "In contrast, I will have the same respect for any experimental materials!"

(End of this chapter)