Chapter 1,322 The Magical Locals

"This looks familiar." The little puppet lay on my lap, looking at the picture projected on the data terminal. The probe in deep space had approached the target in accordance with the order, and now it was following the bright ball in front of it. The flame is moving forward at a constant speed, and the severe energy interference causes the transmitted picture to shake occasionally: the probe AI is approaching the core of the flame as much as possible at a safe distance in order to send back the clearest picture.

The picture now has reached the clearest level in theory. I saw the radiant fireball showing a dazzling blue-white color. At its core, there was a group of crystallized material that looked like crystal dust and was spinning rapidly. The crystallized material They are connected by some kind of translucent virtual structure: this is a core of half matter and half energy. This familiar structure and strong energy interference...

This is an eop-03 that has been activated and is orbiting the planet. It is not a local indigenous artificial sun!

"Let's go find Sandora!" I picked up the little doll and put it on my shoulder, and strode towards the door. Then when I passed the door, I heard a loud "bang" above my shoulder, and then The little doll fell down on its back.

I turned around and noticed one thing: the gate of the battleship lounge is two meters high. I am 1.85 meters tall. The total height of the little doll after sitting on my shoulders must be more than two meters. Now the doll girl seems a little bit Angry, her little tiger tooth on one side shone coldly.

It seems like this is not the first time I have made this mistake. Almost all the door frames at home have been damaged because of this... But it seems that the gates on the battleship are much stronger than the door frames at home: Correspondingly, Xiao Deng is now even more angry.

A moment later, I came to the bridge of the Imperial Admiral. Sandora and several senior generals were analyzing the space readings here, looking for the specific location of the space fold where Haran was hiding. The five-person group of protoss snipers looked at those things unknowingly. equipment, Ilson was discussing with his sister whether the tactical radar could receive movie channels. Bingtis was the first to notice me. She looked surprised: "Why did this child hang up again?"

I smiled awkwardly and raised my right hand: Xiaodeng was biting my wrist tightly, like a small fish on the hook. I shook it twice, and the little girl fluttered in the wind: but she wouldn't let go even if she died.

"It's a small problem, it will probably hang on for a long time. She always opens her mouth when eating - okay, let's not talk about it, Sandora, I found something," I ignored the small little one hanging on my wrist. The small body connected the data terminal in his hand to the projector on the officer's platform. "The deep space probe discovered an incredible thing over the local indigenous planet. Could it be Harlan's handiwork - he used this to threaten the locals?"

I am now eager to find evidence that the fallen apostle threatens the local indigenous people or destroys world peace - because it is simply too inconsistent for Harlan to lead his destructive army in this universe and be harmless to humans and animals. I don't want to find it. I feel sorry for my own worldview when there are traces of his destruction. This mentality is probably the same as squatting in a clover bush and insisting on finding a four-leaf clover. Both are incurable and incurable diseases that are spread throughout the body in the middle and late stages. …

The picture from the deep space probe suddenly attracted the attention of everyone on the officer platform: including the five protoss officers. Of course, their motivation is that although they don’t understand what it means, they look quite bright.

Shandora adjusted the angle of the probe: "eop-03, but the model looks so weird... It is much larger than the regular model, and the core structure is also different." As she said that, she controlled the probe to retreat. Observing the fatal astral incendiary bomb from a relatively long distance, "It is cruising along the low-Earth orbit... It seems that it has not received the landing order yet, and there is still a success rate if it is intercepted now."

"Of course we have to stop him," my sister said without hesitation. "This must have been left by Harlan. He finally took action against the local indigenous people. I will go there in person. The probability ability should be able to prevent the bomb from starting..."

"Wait!" Just when my sister was about to intercept the astral incendiary bomb in person, Sandora suddenly saw something appearing on the screen and immediately waved her hand to stop it, "That is... the locals' spaceship? Probe, Lean over.”

Something we didn't expect appeared on the screen: several strange-shaped spacecraft were suddenly launched from the black-gray planet below eop-03. Those spacecraft looked like elongated ellipsoids, with complex structures floating on the surface. Energy patterns: This makes it impossible for me to tell whether they are battleships or something else. These fat spaceships are probably several kilometers long. They must have anti-gravity technology to take off from the atmosphere. As we watched in confusion, these craft flew straight toward the star incendiaries in low-Earth orbit, like a swarm of moths swooping toward the blazing sun—of course. The sun seems a little too small. We thought these spacecraft were launched by locals in an attempt to intercept the deadly weapon. If this was the case, eop-03 would undoubtedly be detonated, and it would be too late for us to do anything here. My sister let out a soft exclamation, and Sandora let out a sigh - but just when we could already imagine the tragic situation of the planet melting instantly, an incredible scene appeared:

Those fat ellipsoid-shaped spacecrafts were parked safely near eop-03. The bomb did not react at all to these large space entities, as if its detonation device and AI had been shut down. Those spacecrafts followed the bomb for a while. Yes, the shell slowly opened and turned into several cross-shaped structures. The inner wall of the ellipsoidal spacecraft flashed with a faint blue light, looking like a charged prism, and then...then they followed the terrifying bomb. Get running!

"Is this... could this be collecting energy from eop-03?" Sandora was stunned. Even Her Majesty the Queen couldn't help but lose consciousness this time. "Probe, read the energy reading of that bomb. .”

Soon we collected the changes in the energy readings of the outer zone of the eop-03. Just as Sandora guessed, when those prism spacecraft opened their "sails", the energy readings of the bomb's outer zone dropped steadily, and then In a short period of time, the core of eop-03 began to continuously replenish energy for the outer zone. Believe it or not: this reached a dynamic balance. The strange bomb should have exploded in this situation, but it It actually started to release energy smoothly!

"These spacecraft are shining on the ground, projecting the energy they collect to the receiving station on the surface of the planet," Sivis looked at other information from the probe. He was very surprised and said, "This is a collection system. It is providing energy for human settlements on the surface of the planet, although... even though its energy source is somewhat sensational."

"Is Harlan still silent?" Sandora suddenly looked up at Sivis and asked a very abrupt question.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the fallen apostle's fleet has completely unresponsive. I don't know what they are doing."

"Prepare a spaceship for me. I want to go to that planet in person and make contact with the local indigenous people." Sandora stood up with a full expression of curiosity on her face. "Originally, I planned to contact them again in a few days. Now It seems. This world is a little interesting."

"I'll go with you," I stood up, "I'll take care of you."

In fact, I didn’t tell the whole story. The more important reason is that I am also very curious about how those crazy natives did such a sensational thing! Collect resources from eop-03? ! Tavel didn’t even dare to think about it like this!

"Your Majesty, will this be dangerous?" Sivis said worriedly, "Harlan's army may..."

"Don't worry, I'm sensible. That guy shouldn't show up in a short time, Xiaoxue. Is it okay?"

Shandora looked at Xiaoxue, who closed her eyes and shook her head: "This trip has a bright future - dad, are you really not going to take me with you?"

"Stop talking nonsense, stay behind and look after the house," I said decisively. I won't bring more people with me on this trip. It's enough for me and Shandora to go check on the situation. After all, we are not going to play, and we don't have a family with us. The reason is to investigate, and someone does need to be in the rear. I saw a few little guys looking eager to try. Decisively push them all to one sister's side: it's not that I can't understand the mood of these little girls. But this universe is not safe after all, and can even be said to be very dangerous. Harlan is lurking somewhere in the space, and the two sides are now in a strange state of balance. Shandora and I can guarantee that we can travel safely among the armies. This is because I have confidence in my own void power. But if you bring a bunch of small oil bottles there, the situation may not be sure.

It's one thing to gain experience, but it's another thing to lead your children through landmines - I can't do it.

A small shuttle quickly departed from the Imperial Admiral, and Sandora and I set off to the sturdy indigenous planet to check the situation. There were only three people traveling with us: Vega and the sisters Asida and Asidora.

The scorpion soldier Vega is considered a bodyguard. Although I think there is no need to bring a bodyguard at all - because I don't know whether I and Shandora will protect the bodyguard or the bodyguard will protect us if something happens - but this reason is very hurtful to say. , and with Weijia’s character of accepting death, she would definitely not be able to accept it. She showed her determination with her vocation as a soldier and her iron-blooded loyalty, so Sandora and I had no choice but to take her with us. As for the sisters Asida and Asidora, it is really to prevent unexpected situations:

A pair of space twins are like a panacea in this kind of mission. They can advance, attack, retreat or defend. If the situation requires, they can instantly bring the entire fleet to help. If they need to evacuate, they can lead everyone back safely, and nothing can hinder their teleportation ability. I think they are simply instantaneous. Group Hearthstone, and there is no cooldown time. I really can’t think of a more suitable profession for traveling on the map than them.

On the way, Sandora also expressed some of her opinions, which made me understand more clearly how weird the eop-03 was.

"First of all, as a bomb, eop-03 cannot operate stably as an energy source," Sandora explained. "The bomb in orbit has released the surrounding radiation cloud, so it is activated. This This kind of bomb can explode at any time when it is activated, and it cannot continue to operate for a long time: within a certain time, it must detonate, just like a grenade that has been fired. So I don't think anyone can make the eop-03 Use it as energy."

"Secondly, we can now rule out the possibility that the bomb came from Harlan - let's not discuss why it can release energy stably like an artificial star. In short, the local indigenous people are drawing psionic energy from eop-03, and they have a special response The collection spacecraft, and the collection process seems familiar, which cannot be mastered in a day or two. This bomb has existed in this universe for unknown years. It existed before Harlan arrived here, and was well known by the local indigenous people. Something: it has even become part of local life.”

"Finally, the model of that bomb is very strange," Sandora breathed out softly. "There are indeed many variants of eop-03 to meet different power requirements, but I have never seen this kind: it is so large, but the energy intensity does not seem to be very high... Forget it, these things will not be thought of for a while. I understand, I hope I can find the answer when I get to my destination."

It only took a moment for the shuttle to reach its destination: we were above the gray-black planet.

The space is dark, and there are not many stars visible in this dying universe. The only relatively bright objects are red dwarfs two astronomical units away from us. It was a warm and brilliant sun a long time ago, but now it can only emit dark red light that is countless times dimmer than before. The surface shows some obvious dark areas due to uneven temperature, accumulation of heavy elements and inner core reactions. The continued weakening caused the size of the gaseous planet to plummet to what it looks like today: when viewed from our side, it is not much bigger than a peanut.

The only remaining stars in the universe basically look like this.

After a star turns into a red dwarf, the celestial system around it will undergo catastrophic changes. The exponential decline in star energy radiation will destroy all life in the surrounding habitable zone. If you want to survive around a red dwarf star, you must get very, very close to the latter: the habitable zone of a red dwarf star is outrageously close. And the rocky planet below us is clearly too far away from its dark sun. So it has its own special energy source - an eop-03 bomb that fell into the world at an unknown time.

The bright psionic fireball is orbiting the planet less than ten kilometers in front of the shuttle. The egg-shaped energy collection ships around it keep pace with it. Our shuttle is in a stealth state, so the locals will not notice it. . I turned on the shuttle's projection equipment and looked at the surface of the planet below, wherever I could see it. It is a colonized planet that has been deeply modified.

There are endless stretches of tall buildings covering almost every corner of the planet. These buildings have the same style, with domes as round as eggshells, and prismatic and angular main bodies. This kind of arcs and straight lines are directly The splicing style is something I have never seen before. Since it is no longer able to receive sufficient light from the sun, the planet is illuminated by artificial lights. Fusion devices used for lighting (and possibly heating the planet's atmosphere) are suspended above the atmospheric dome, arranged in a matrix with the planet. Synchronous operation: These things remind me of the artificial solar arrays in the ruined world back then, but these fusion furnaces in front of me are obviously more advanced. And they are well maintained. The fusion furnaces arranged in an array look like the planet is dressed in a jewel-encrusted gauze. The surface of the planet looks very prosperous, with a constant flow of transportation. Below the stratosphere is a busy three-dimensional transportation network.

All I see on this planet are the words "peace and stability" and "business as usual". The natives here seem to have no idea that a group of uninvited guests have broken into their universe. Harlan did not interfere with their imperial army's large-scale activities. Entering did not attract the attention of these natives. Of course, it is also possible that this planet is a pure colony, and the civilians and guards here are completely unaware of the above-mentioned things.

Speaking of which, we haven't had formal contact with the indigenous people of this universe yet: they have spread throughout the universe, and of course they have the ability to see the Imperial Army suddenly appearing at the edge of the universe, but they don't seem to have any reaction to it. How strange.

"The indigenous life forms are highly humanoid. You can land in high profile, or you can blend in with the locals first." Shandora looked at the collection report from the probe and waved her hand to me, "Of course I think blending in to find Their database will suffice, there is no need to contact the government on the planet now.”

Everyone agreed, so we remained invisible and landed in the most prosperous place in a giant city on the surface of the planet. Sandora put away the shuttle and turned on her own psychic interference field: this force field ensured that the locals would not be surprised by our sudden appearance, and allowed them to ignore the "fancy clothes" of our group.

In this way, the locals around me didn't think there was anything to be surprised about when a few strangers appeared out of thin air in the square, and I took advantage of this moment to look at the situation around me: I was now at a gathering point for citizens in the city. ——It might be some other facility, but it looks like a square anyway. There are a lot of people around the square, and the clothes of the locals certainly seem weird to me: they look like long and short robes or hooded cloaks of various kinds, and the color is mostly black, and the texture gives people a sense of fabric and plastic. Mixed feel: soft, but with a plasticky sheen. Such custom costumes look a bit lifeless, giving me the impression that the FFF group is out for a parade...

Of course, this city is not dead. There are many residents here, and the pedestrians can be said to be bustling - and no one expressed any surprise at the slowly sliding EOP-03 in the sky.

This scene is indeed too weird.

"What is that?" Sandora looked around, then directly grabbed a woman who happened to be walking by us. With a golden halo in her eyes, she used mental disturbance to control the woman in front of her, and then raised her finger to point. Sky's Orbital Bomb asked.

The woman caught by Shandora was stunned for a moment, and then ignored the violation of the question for a moment, and answered as naturally as if she was answering today's weather:

"Energy furnace, the energy furnace left to us by the general." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m .read.)

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