Chapter 1123: Ring world

Same as last time.
The entire body of consciousness seems to have fallen into an endless abyss, and in a world where no gravity can be felt, it falls towards the border without boundaries.
Perhaps because the amount of information is too large, the time of "waiting for loading" is slightly longer this time.
Just as Lu Zhou's patience was almost running out, a spot of rice-size light finally appeared in the dark abyss.
Waiting quietly for it to approach itself, waiting for the light spot to gradually enlarge.
Subsequently, a huge gravitational force struck from the light source, dragging him in severely.
The shining light source rushed towards the face, and Lu Zhou closed his eyes subconsciously.
And when his eyes opened again, the boundless darkness had faded from his field of vision, replaced by an empty and unfamiliar space.
The five senses returned, and both feet touched the ground, but the feeling of gravity was quite thin.
After looking around, Lu Zhou inferred from the intuition at first glance that this is probably the cabin of a certain spaceship. The porthole inlaid on the wall is a dark starry sky.
In addition to standing here, there are twenty-five "people" who are dressed the same as themselves and even have a uniform height.
In terms of temperament, their identity should be soldiers.
The streamlined exoskeleton armor exudes the spirit of killing, and the angular sticks hanging on the chest should be something similar to a rifle.
For some reason, Lu Zhou suddenly remembered a while ago that he designed a game in virtual reality to test the performance of the system.
Thinking of this, a strange expression appeared on his face.
Shouldn't something be wrong?
"Xiao Ai ..."
He called softly, without any response.
Lu Zhou frowned, and his heart gradually felt a little unpleasant.
Did the startup of the virtual reality device fail?
Or did the dreams fail to sync?
Or ... synchronisation is synchronised, but because the neural modem he made was too crude and weaker in stimulation intensity than the "system" above the level of human civilization and technology, his crude equipment could not interfere with dreams at all .
To put it plainly, there is no way to cheat here.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhou's brow became deeper and deeper.
For this plan, he was prepared for a period of time, but did not expect to start badly at the beginning.
"... Can only go one step at a time."
With this in mind, Lu Zhou began to carefully observe the surrounding environment, especially those soldiers armed to the teeth.
Because of the mask, Lu Zhou couldn't see the faces of these people, and he wasn't even sure if they were "people" or even what language they used.
But at this moment, the sound of the communication channel in his ear dispelled his anxiety.
The language appearing in this "memory" was interpreted by the system into a mandarin that he could understand.
"We have arrived."
Almost the moment the voice fell, the hull of the spacecraft captured by the gravitational field trembled slightly.
It seemed like a century of darkness, and finally a gleam of light appeared outside the porthole.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Zhou saw the most spectacular and shocking scene I've seen in my life.
It's not Zhiyuan.
But--
"Welcome to the center of the empire, this is the 'capital' ... probably the most prosperous place in this constellation. After all, until now, there is no evidence that aliens have visited us."
This sentence was said with a joke, the atmosphere in the cabin was slightly relaxed.
It's just a pity that Lu Zhou didn't get a laugh.
Although this joke is not a funny one, the real reason is that at this moment, his eyes have been completely taken away by the world outside the porthole.
It was a huge metal ring. At the first glance, you could not see the end of it. You could only see the star surrounded by it. Countless spacecraft shuttled around it, witnessing his prosperity.
The civilization that created this ring has emptied all the planets in this star system, and used these materials to create this ring-shaped world along the habitable zone and inhabit it on it.
It's hard to imagine how powerful they are in doing all this.
At least, in terms of technology, they have gone far beyond what human civilization can imagine.
"……incredible."
It seems that he heard the soft murmur, or it may be because only he had his eyes completely stuck to the porthole, and a slightly ironic chuckle came from the communication channel.
Unlike previous sounds, this sound seems to come from a private communication channel.
"Everyone who is new to the" Capital "will have a similar marvel. I've seen too many Hillbilly from border planets, and even put my chin on the window. Where are you from? Industrial planet? Or agricultural planet ? Don't tell me it's a mining station. "
Lu Zhou opened his mouth and did not speak.
Because he did n’t know how to answer this question at all, and did not expect it at all. The memory fragments this time were so
firework atmosphere
and sense of participation. These NPCs are like living people, and he is not a bystander. Entered the world as a soldier, but participated in the plot as a soldier ...
It seemed that he had lost interest in this "gunk" of Mu Mu, and the soldier standing next to him soon gave up and looked away, no longer paying attention to him.
Just then, the hatch in front of it suddenly opened, and a tall and burly soldier, also wearing an exoskeleton, stood in front of them.
At the same time, the sound of their "arrival" was raised in the communication channel again.
"I'm glad to meet you, and introduce myself. I'm your commander, Sainz, from the defense station in the C-12-27 section of the capital."
"Just a month ago, the security service received news that Professor Lane of the C-12-01 Institute was being identified by unknown terrorists. The terrorist group is persecuted and is currently in danger of life. It is said to be due to an empire secret Physics experiments. "
"Put aside those irrelevant things, as soldiers, it is our duty to defend the order of the empire. It is also our duty. If someone tries to play with fire under our eyes, then we go to fight the fire! Our task is to remove Professor Lane The hideout was escorted to the Imperial Chambers and cleared of possible attackers. "
"The information that can be disclosed has been uploaded to your mission briefing. From now on, you are under my command."
"set off!"
With uniform steps and a strong response, a group of people stepped out of the cabin in an orderly manner.
While walking in the queue following the foot of the officer named Sainz, Lu Zhou opened the mission briefing through the AR interface of the helmet.
Very little information can be disclosed.
In short, a physicist named Ryan discovered an amazing secret in a physical experiment, and this secret may affect the empire for a hundred years-even a future longer than a century.
The secret code was labeled "God." Just by looking at the name, it was impossible to guess what it was.
As for Professor Lane, who holds enough to influence the future of the empire, he was naturally summoned by the parliament, hoping that he could go to the Imperial Chamber to elaborate his findings and debate his own ideas.
Although it is an empire, the system here is quite open-minded.
It's just a pity that this enlightenment is only reflected on the bright side, and there is still a surging undercurrent in the ground. Some people, for some reason, do not seem to want Professor Lane to get there, or to let him convey the "god" to the center of imperial politics.
Professor Lane?
Who is he?
What exactly is "God"?
And, what exactly is the physics experiment he did?
Silently remembering the name, and those scattered clues, Lu Zhou thoughtfully closed the mission briefing.
Tell him intuitively.
The physicist named Ryan should be the key to this memory.
If he wants to gather the information that this memory wants to convey to him, he must contact the Professor Lane to find out what the "god" is.
Fortunately, his role now is to send the VIP bodyguard to each other.
If nothing else, he should be able to see the professor, maybe he can talk to him a few words, and he can also exchange academic questions.
Of course, for the latter, in fact, Lu Zhou did not hold much hope. The probability that the system would allow him to drill this kind of space is too low.
If this memory does not contain those obscure physical theories, even if he spends the whole night chatting, he may not be able to deduce the secret of transcending the speed of light from the mouth of Professor Lane, or those knowledge of physics only mastered by advanced civilizations. .
The spacecraft docked at Star Harbor.
Through a narrow corridor, the soldiers boarded an elevator that looked like a train.
People around him cast awe on them in awe and kept a distance from them.
Lu Zhou glanced around with some anxiety, and finally saw what the residents-including himself-looked like.
Generally speaking, the appearance of these residents is similar to that of humans. They are two arms and two legs, and even five fingers. The only difference is the blue skin and slightly narrow length. Facial features.
I was curious about this miraculous similarity, but just as Lu Zhou was about to study it carefully, the elevator under his feet had stopped.
"Arrived."
The concise command prompts him to keep up with the team. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lu Zhou didn't stop in the elevator, left the team with the team, and came to an empty and magnificent building.
Not surprisingly, this should be the world on the surface, or the world on the ring.
The atmosphere here is quite lively, with crowds coming and going through the hall, or boarding the "elevator" to the space station through the security entrance, or standing by a long and narrow pipeline waiting for their luggage.
Through the glass windows on one side of the corridor, Lu Zhou saw the world outside the building.
The intricate building complex like a maze extends to the end of the horizon, and the continuous flow of vehicles gallops in the air at a speed so fast that some people worry that they will run into it.
In addition, what really interested Lu Zhou was the architecture here.
Perhaps it caters to the aesthetics of civilization's "efficiency first". The buildings here are mostly square, except for a small amount of decoration.
Compared to the houses covered with bricks on the earth, they are more like "standardized modules" produced from the assembly line of the factory. They are stacked according to a specific pattern, just like bricks spliced ​​up one by one. To the current height.
This may sound weird, but if you think about it, it doesn't seem like much fuss.
After all, the entire world is a huge man-made object, and all the buildings located in this ring-shaped world can be abstracted as an expansion space capsule on the space station.
If you still use the original building method, it will make people feel incredible.
After crossing the security passage, Lu Zhou felt more intuitively how big the empire's population was.
If it weren't for the crowd nearby to take the initiative to avoid, it would take a lot of time just to get out of this traffic building.
Through the panoramic screen hanging in the lobby, Lu Zhou also learned an unexpected news-that this elevator similar to the tower of Babel has 1-2 in each section of the entire ring world. seat. The commute between the "ring" and the space station is by elevator, and the commuting between sub-area and sub-area and between sub-areas depends on the vacuum tube train located in the center of the ring.
Although it is just some irrelevant knowledge, it also gives Lu Zhou a deeper understanding of the development level of this civilization.
Here, all the problems of clothing, food, shelter and transportation seem to have been perfectly solved.
People don't need special effort, as long as they get on this circle, they can live a good life.
The capital.
It's like a utopia ...
Although very interested in the form of this civilization, unfortunately he has a mission right now, and Chief Sains did not allow them any time for sightseeing.
After leaving the traffic building, they boarded a flying car parked at the door and merged into the continuous flow of traffic. After sailing for about half an hour, they quickly reached their destination.
Seven lacquered speeding cars with Imperial Army emblems stopped at a berth in front of a boxy building.
Along with the movement of the soldier next to him, Lu Zhou noticed that a thin-skinned man in a white coat and a look of flusteredness, carrying a small leather bag, hurried away from the open metal Came out of the door.
"I was targeted, I feel like someone is following me!"
After seeing Chief Sainz, the scholar immediately trot up to him and used panic to tell his panic at the moment.
The burly warrior quietly listened to what he said, and then calmed his voice with a gentle voice.
"Please rest assured, Professor Lane, now that you are under the protection of the Imperial Army, we will you safely to the Imperial Chamber."
Perhaps it was because of the lofty status of the army in the empire. This comfort seemed to play a role. Professor Lane's expression eased a little, took a deep breath, and calmed himself quickly.
"... Let's go, it's getting late."
"Okay," Chief Sainz nodded, gestured with his eyes, and pointed to the speeding car in the middle of the queue. "Please get in."
The VIP was successfully recovered and the group was on the road again.
Lu Zhou wanted to sit in a car with Professor Lane, but unfortunately, the car he was in was behind the queue.
Although anxious, there is no better way than waiting patiently.
If you make some unnatural moves at this time and you are suspected of conspiracy, it may be harder to contact Professor Lane.
The seven speeding cars slowly lifted off and returned to the high-speed orbit.
Along the way, nothing happened, and the boring Lu Zhou could only pass the time looking at the scenery outside the window.
However, at this moment, the abnormal change suddenly occurred, and a violent explosion came suddenly from the rear, and a dark red fire light was reflected on the rearview mirror.
Lu Zhou's heart suddenly tightened, and at the same time, a rifle hung on his chest clenched subconsciously, the communication channel heard a sound.
"Vehicle No. 7 was attacked with 95% damage and people on board were killed."
"Team A continues to advance, Team B descends and meets on the ground."
"Roger that."
It's like telling a common thing, the voice from the communication channel is calm enough to make your scalp numb.
I don't know if it is the culture unique to this civilization, or whether they have unlocked the philosophy of transcendental life and death. They did not show any angry emotions about the death of their comrades-in-arms, not even the slightest emotional ups and downs.
However, it was also this kind of calmness in danger, which gave them a powerful fighting force.
Almost immediately after being attacked, all combat units reacted quickly like gears on a spring.
The azure blue trajectory fluttered through the sky ~ EbookFREE.me ~ weaved a fire net in the air, biting towards the fragile chassis engine of the rear vehicle.
Under the deterrence of fire suppression, the vehicle chasing behind was forced to descend along with the moving vehicle of the landing boat, and landed on the open metal ground.
"Ready to fight!"
Under the leadership of that officer, the trained soldiers quickly rushed out of the car, using the vehicle next to them as a cover, set up a rifle in their hands, and began to fight back at the attackers.
Although I didn't really want to go on the court to fight, but in order not to be seen as flaws, Lu Zhou was also stubborn.
Learning the actions of others opened the insurance, and desperately recalled the tricks that Dr. Yan taught him at the training base. In the safest shooting posture, he pushed the muzzle out of the cover and pulled the trigger. The surrounding teammates provided suppression firepower.
As for hitting people without hitting, this is not important at all.
It is better if the target is fixed. In such a complicated battlefield environment, he has no combat experience and does not have any accuracy at all.
The azure trajectory almost filled the entire firefighting area, leaving potholes in the ground and surrounding walls, but it was surprising that the vehicles used as bunkers remained intact. .
It is as if a special force field covers the surface of the car shell, dissolving those rays that contain terror energy.
The muzzle made a loud overheating sound.
A round of ammunition quickly emptied the ground boat, learning about the movements of other soldiers in a hurry.
However, at this moment, he suddenly caught sight of the light, the empty battery that dragged the hot white smoke and popped from the barrel of the gun.
The pupil contracted slightly, a sense of sight that seemed familiar, suddenly climbed into Lu Zhou's heart.
This battery ...
Has he seen it anywhere?