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"Wait a minute, you just said you hit a ghost ship?!" I interrupted the nagging herbaceous plant. The latter seemed to be frightened by my sudden loud voice, and the leaves all over its body trembled.
, and then the sharp sound came out from the mechanical device under its stem again: "It's the Ai Ghost Ship. Isn't this news aroused? You should have heard of it in the Shadow City? The out-of-control Imperial Navy Ship is wandering everywhere.
Something like that, quite a few people saw it - but the only ones who were unlucky enough to bump into it were us, Roshiko."
Now even Sandora became serious. She touched the leaves of the "Mimosa" plant and said, "Did you 'collide' into it? Wasn't it because of a firefight or some other conflict? What happened at that time?"
"Yeah, the urban management and sub-district offices in Shadow City are still in charge of this." Mimosa swayed and jumped around uneasily, "You guys are really responsible. You are much more humane than I thought. In fact, when the spacecraft docked at the port for maintenance the day before yesterday, we
The boss has already made an accident report to the Space-Time Management Center, but since you also want to know, let me tell you. I am the navigator monitor of the spacecraft, and I happen to know more."
The plant twisted its body as if it was planning to give a long speech, and then it/she/he spoke: "Our Lin Jing caravan is a large caravan, and those who carry some luggage in the carry-on space are in the hub square.
The people running around doing small business through the boundary gate are different. We use a large cargo ship to do business. It is a good ship. Our boss spent a lot of money to buy retired military products from the New Eden Federation. It is said that there are
One-fifth of the components are made by the Empire, and that thing runs really fast..."
"Let's get to the point!" Sandora and I shouted in unison.
Mimosa trembled: "Okay, let's get to the point. In short, we have a large cargo ship. Before, we have been running short-term trade in several jump zones in the macro world. Didn't we have the Feiyali Void Consortium recently?
This consortium is recruiting many caravans to organize a larger trade network. Our boss has taken the initiative to import a batch of heavy elements from the Kaibola III star cluster a few days ago and plans to come to the Void Consortium to discuss cooperation. Our merchant ships are retired military products.
, it has a cross-world engine, so it did not go through those large civilian world gates set up on fixed routes, but applied for a self-induced route according to regulations. The accident happened on this self-induced route - the encounter with the ghost ship
They are all spaceships that take the decoy route! We set off from Kaibola III, transferred to the Otimion Three Realms Alliance, and signed at the Grand Cross Skyhorn Void Station to transfer..."
Sandora and I couldn't help it anymore: "Let's get to the point!"
Mimosa trembled again: "Then it hit the ghost ship."
I bumped my head against my fist: Why is this green plant so sad when talking than Sylvia: "Now we can talk about the details!"
"You are really surprised that you have to distinguish between different bit rates when transmitting information to the outside world. My thinking transcoder is overloaded," he jumped twice to show his dissatisfaction, and then continued, "We started from the Grand Cross Sky Point Void Station
The ticket transfer was transferred to the Galactic Civilization Community, and there was only one stop to get to the capital of the empire. Everyone felt a little relaxed. The boss suggested to relax, so we all jumped off the workbench and ran to the rest pit to water ourselves.
Lin Jing liked this the most when it was exposed to simulated sunlight - and then the ghost ship suddenly appeared only a dozen kilometers in front of our merchant ship: It was definitely the largest spaceship I had ever seen, it was like a space city.
"
"So when the ghost ship appeared, all the control desks of the spacecraft were empty..." I stared at the plant dumbfounded, "Don't you have operating procedures or anything like that?"
"Yes, there is only one rule: don't splash on the equipment when watering yourself," Mimosa shrank its leaves, "The forest elves are a romantic and seductive race... and we have a talent: the machinery that coexists with us.
The body can ensure that Lin Jing will not make too many mistakes."
I looked at the mechanical components under the opponent's roots: "This thing can't stop you from watering and basking in the sun during the flight of the spacecraft."
"This is a survival behavior. The judgment of mechanical components in this area is relatively weak," Mimosa swayed. "In short, we couldn't control the ghost ship when it appeared, but everyone saw the spectacular scene on the monitor in the rest pit.
The screams of something resounded through all the rest pits, and more than half of the forest elves dug frantically to bury themselves. I saw the boss trying to use voice control to remind the spacecraft to evade, but he was too stuttering, but in the end the shipboard host on the spacecraft
It finally worked: it is indeed a retired military product. When the collision was about to happen, the shipboard host forcibly activated a hidden safety protocol and took over most of the spacecraft's equipment - that is, except for our greenhouse and solar simulator.
All the equipment, the spacecraft swayed at a very sharp angle, and the second half of the cargo bay and an auxiliary engine hit the protrusions on the edge of the ghost ship hard. Oh, that was very powerful, and the hull shook as if it was about to disintegrate.
Two unlucky guys and I were thrown out of the rest pit and crashed into the sunlight simulator. The photosensitive visual components were burned out at that time. But anyway, we escaped, although the cost was a bit high: the back half of the spacecraft was hit.
It fell apart, the cargo compartment was gone, and an engine was lost, but the reliable passage control device and the self-repairing drone blocked all the loopholes, so no one died at last. The injured one was thankful that he was still alive.
In the next two days, the boss has been trying to drown his sorrows. Our beautiful "Grass and Trees Ark" came to the Shadow City in a tattered state like a poor drifting boat. It lay in the repair dock that afternoon. The only
The good news is that Goblin Insurance covers accidental damage from ghost ship collisions - luckily those green-skinned profiteers didn't know we were all sunbathing in the pits when the ship hit."
This forest spirit quite likes to talk, although it is a bit nagging, but it told the entire ghost ship collision incident vividly and vividly. We know what happened to this unfortunate plane crash, and by the way, we also learned that herbal plants are also defrauded by insurance fraud.
Habit……
However, considering that this unlucky caravan may have almost lost its capital this time and that the goblin profiteers who set up insurance companies across the world are wealthy anyway, I decided to pretend that I didn't hear the last two sentences of it/her/him.
"So your collision was completely a suicide attempt." I stroked my chin and started thinking, "This still makes it impossible to determine the behavior of the ghost ship. It has never actively done anything from the beginning to the end."
Although there is no way to confirm the behavior of the ghost ship, there is one thing I am sure of: the ghost ship does indeed appear to be a real thing.
Before, I was 99% convinced and 1% skeptical about this rumored ghost ship, but now a victim who had just suffered an air crash was in front of me, and the ghost ship thing
I really didn’t run away.
"Then the investigation and evidence collection are over?" Mimosa saw that no one had spoken to us for a long time, so she couldn't help but said, "If you can, can you help me? Send me to the nearest teleportation point, and I'll go back to the hotel... That gang
You are so heartless that you don’t even know if someone is left behind.”
I looked at the short mechanical legs under this herbaceous plant. Although those little claws are not as fast as humans, they should be able to run a few hundred meters away. Why is it so lazy?
"After all, we are plants," Mimosa said as she swayed her leaves after hearing my doubts. "Forest spirits don't like to walk long distances. We prefer to plant in the soil and walking consumes a lot of energy. Now it's night and there's no sunlight.
What would I do without you?"
I shrugged, and conveniently grabbed this strange new citizen (or called a new tourist? Lin Jing should not have registered as a resident of Shadow City yet), and walked with Sandora to the civilian teleportation point on the street. Xianghe hoped
Sylvia squatted beside him and studied the soil for a long time. At this time, he saw that we were about to leave, so he hurriedly followed.
Oh yes, Xiang hurriedly followed, and she grabbed Sylvia who had not yet reacted.
There are civilian teleport points on every street and in all crowded places in the Shadow City. This thick silver-white column looks like a trash can at the intersection (don't complain about this metaphor, it really does). It uses a variety of interactive methods and accepts
Thinking input of most frequencies can be used by all residents of Shadow City. I entered the teleportation destination according to the hotel Lin Jing said. Then everyone retreated outside the teleportation area and watched the mimosa plant gradually being enveloped by a distorted light curtain.
, at this time Sylvia seemed to suddenly react and waved to Lin Jing, who was about to teleport away: "Oh, hello, Mr. Lin Jing, my name is Sylvia..."
Everyone: "..." Such reaction speed!
The mimosa plant vigorously moved its branches and left its last words: "We forest spirits are hermaphroditic plants!"
This time I finally know how to call mimosa. It’s not polite to call it mimosa, so I’d better call him...
After the mimosa disappeared in a beam of teleportation light, Sandora held her chin and said thoughtfully: "Ah Kai, what do you think of this ghost ship?"
"It's always a trouble," I thought for a moment. "After all, it might be something left over from the old empire or an out-of-control military unit. It's okay if it appears on the route. What if it suddenly appears over a colony at any time? It would be fun.
It’s big, and based on experience... anything that can survive the disaster of the old empire and continue to this day must be more or less special, and that thing is quite interesting.”
"Actually, I have also been paying attention to the ghost ship these days when you have been out. There have been four or five more sighting reports of it in the past few days." Shandora looked up at the deep night sky, "By the way, I asked Xiaoxue to blur it a few times.
The prophecy... Although there is no direct prediction result, there seems to be some connection between the ship Xiaoxue saw and me."
I was suddenly surprised: "Is it still in contact with you? Could it be something that was yours back then?"
After the collapse of the old empire, the Fifteenth Heaven District was the most intact. Although Sandora also survived, her remaining power was only her own bodyguard and the revenge fleet that was later reassembled, the "War Song Princess"
The universes that we ruled in the past have basically fallen apart. Of course, the armies and fortresses that were once placed in those worlds have not survived. But in recent years, we have continued to discover the remaining relics of the old empire. They come from various regions and are all that followed the collapse of the old empire.
It contains fragments of the world or things that escape from material leaks in the universe, which naturally also includes the relics of Sandora's past sky. If the ghost ship is also such a relic, it really must be recycled.
"Not sure yet" Sandora shook her head, "I don't remember that I ordered the construction of that type of spaceship, and there is no logo belonging to the Revenge Army on the ghost ship - we have all seen the sighting pictures of the ghost ship.
, I feel like it’s not like me.”
We were talking about the ghost ship when Sylvia suddenly yawned and stretched: "Yawn - I want to sleep - you guys talk slowly -"
Sylvia was always distracted while Shandora and I were talking. At this time, I don’t know how many circles her head went around, and she finally got trapped. But I looked up at the moon in the sky.
I found that the current time was just after eight o'clock, and I suddenly became curious: "Why do you go to bed so early every day? It's only less than half past eight."
"Bellavilla's activities consume energy." Sylvia became confused at a speed visible to the naked eye. At this time, she could hardly open her eyes. "She has been helping Alleria build the Star Shaping Pond for the past two days, so
I’m so…huhu——”
Then this magical silver-furred mole fell asleep standing up!
I looked with admiration at this slow girl who could sleep standing up, and at the same time I was a little touched by her and Bellavela's diligence (although it was mainly Bellavela who was diligent, but Sylvia was also responsible for giving Bellavela
She was cooking), and then Hexiang and Xiang sent this confused and unsuspecting guy back to her small shop and home. It was indeed getting late at this time, and he and Sandora still had a little time to go shopping outside.
plan, we said goodbye to Xiang and went home.
As soon as I got home and entered the living room, the first thing I saw was the Firefox browser in the center of the room next to the sofa... The combination of a fox pressing a ball. Bingtis pushed the replica artifact into the living room, and used a circle underneath.
It looked like it was fixed with a temporary special bracket, but the useless fox was still lying on the ball on the ground pretending that she could connect to the Internet. Of course she was awake at this time, and was crunching potato chips while following.
The little dolls watch Korean dramas - look at the taste of these two, my daughter is almost being led astray by a cheap fox!
"These two have been secretly in love for more than thirty episodes. Humans are so stupid." The little doll grabbed the remote control that was a bit too big for her and commented while watching TV. The fox next to her shook her tail: "Yes, it's really stupid.
Human love is too troublesome, how can it be convenient for animals?"
I went up and switched the TV to Animal World, then pulled the fox's ears and said, "Shall I let you watch porn movies now?"
The fox's face immediately turned red, and its nine tails slapped my back like a hot wheel: "Why are you so naughty? I have become an immortal, and now I am a human..." At this time, she happened to see a jaguar playing on TV.
During the estrus cycle, he quickly covered his face and said, "Ah! Cats are really not ashamed..."
Me: "..." This fox is basically useless. Does anyone have any objection?
"Idiot, are the snacks for me?" The little doll climbed on the back of the sofa and originally wanted to grab the TV remote control. However, it first saw the snack bag I was carrying in my other hand, and its eyes lit up immediately before the words were spoken.
Luo Ji grabbed the handbag and picked up what he liked first. Although I have said it before, I still want to say it again: How does this doll digest food?
In fact, I have always wanted to ask: If she eats so much greasy puffed food, is it true that the clockwork will not rust?
I looked around the living room to find Bingtis. In the past, the female gangster would randomly play poker with certain people from the five-person group of protoss gangsters, but this time I looked around and didn’t see her. Playing poker
There are indeed such guys: Monina and Yilsin are teaming up to bully Lin, and Uncle Kenser is standing by and nodding and saying something good no matter who plays the cards.
"Where is the gangster leader?" I said while pointing at the Firefox browser. "She left the artifact here and ignored it? This fox is almost using the artifact as a bed."
Dingdang came out from nowhere, landed on my shoulder and shouted softly: "She was in Medivh's room, teaching the crow how to make wings. She used this artifact to
Gave it to the fox..."
Me: "...Is it really okay to use such an important thing as a toy for this idiot?!"
The fox slapped my back twice with its tail in protest, but it didn't hurt or itch.
"Anyway, I can't understand what's going on. It's better to give it to the fox and let her play with it as she pleases - Bingtis said so." Dingdang slipped into my pocket with unusual agility, "The fox seems to like it very much."
What does this ball look like and what is Firefox?”
I chuckled twice, thinking that the three minutes of that female gangster's hotness ended immediately: in the afternoon she vowed to crack the secret hidden in the artifact.
Sandora seemed a little worried. She looked at the big ball that emitted a faint golden light and frowned slightly: "I don't know how long it will take for the Gods to read out the contents stored in the artifact."
"Even Father God has forgotten what the original reading rules and equipment were like." I shook my head. "Then we can only rely on those experts and scholars from the Protoss. But at least there is good news: the artifact is in our hands.
The clues to the home world are in our hands. The fallen apostles are completely backward and kept in the dark in this regard."
Sandora's frown finally relaxed and she nodded slowly.
I looked at the golden ball thoughtfully. This ancient relic that is as old as my home world and may be in the same era as the catastrophe in my home world must have recorded something more than just a coordinate. It also recorded
I don’t know if it was an illusion about the situation of my home world and many surrounding universes at that time. I always felt that there was something strange about the abyss gate that destroyed my home world. So what was recorded by this artifact...