I asked Pandora for a more precise answer with disbelieving eyes, and the latter nodded at me: "Brother, the moon is empty inside."
"This is ridiculous," I shrugged and turned my attention to Sandora, "You still had the habit of hollowing out other people's satellites to build bases?"
But Sandora's reaction was a bit strange. She ignored my question, but frowned, showing a thoughtful look.
"What's wrong, Sandora?"
"Nothing..." Sandora shook her head, but her brows didn't relax much, "Maybe I'm overthinking... If a giant base was built in the moon, what happened in this galaxy 700,000 years ago
I’m afraid it’s a bit complicated. Pandora, have you found the section of the interference layer?”
"A total of four sections suspected to be entrances were found, and the nearest section is about one kilometer away from our current location."
Following the direction indicated by Pandora, we successfully found the place called the "fault". On the surface of this planet with weak gravity and loose geology, a distance of one kilometer is definitely a challenge for human lunar exploration astronauts.
It's walking distance, but for us it's a short walk away because... we have a car...
You don’t know how difficult it is to walk on the moon. That fluttering and leisurely movement is at the two extremes of what I originally imagined as jumping a hundred meters away. The real situation here is that you jump
It was a true jump, but when it fell, it basically just experienced a vertical displacement. At the beginning, I tried to mobilize the free energy around me to push it, and also experienced a high-speed flight in the vast starry sky.
It was a pleasure, but the result was that Viska had to drag me back from the lunar synchronous orbit...
The environment with weak gravity is really unaccustomed to me.
The "fault" that Pandora is talking about is located under a crater. The crater on the moon has a very interesting feature, that is, no matter how big its area is, and no matter how violent the impact of the extraterrestrial meteorite that caused the crater, its depth
They will all be very shallow, many times shallower than the average depth of craters on any planetary surface that humans have observed. If viewed from a high altitude, the craters are like densely packed shallow plates attached to the moon. What is the cause of this phenomenon?
It can already be explained: the thickness of the moon shell is only a mere thirty kilometers, and underneath, there is a super alloy inner shell that is strong enough to withstand starbursts.
We carefully arrived at the bottom of the crater. It looked no different from the surrounding environment. The sun's rays passed through the unobstructed space and directly shined on the moon's surface. The sunny areas were completely dazzlingly white, while the rocks
The shady areas on the back are completely dark, losing the diffraction effect of the atmosphere. The gravel-covered lunar surface is full of such clear interlacing of light and shadow, and because there is no buffer from the atmosphere, the temperature difference between the two areas
Even more shocking: It’s as high as Baidu!
"There is a gap in the interference layer here with a diameter of about half a kilometer." Pandora's eyes flashed with ice blue light, and the same ice blue hair danced with the flow of energy. "Judging from the scale,
, may be the supply transportation channel for the base within the moon."
I looked at the dirty "ground" under my feet and began to try hard to imagine what an alien base built in the moon would look like. However, after thinking about it for a long time, it seemed that the only types of Xiling buildings I knew...
"Is there any way to open it?"
Pandora nodded, then casually took out her signature cannon, and released the safety device with two clicks.
Before I could take action this time, Shandora had already struck a thoughtless little loli on the head: "You crazy girl! What if the base still has a functional defense system within a month?
People can handle it!”
At this time, Viska suddenly broke the silence along the way. She gently tugged on the corner of my clothes, and then motioned for us to retreat.
"What's the matter, Viska?"
After retreating to the edge of the crater, I asked curiously.
"Brother..." Viska showed a hesitant expression, "Brother, you won't hate me, right?"
"What are you talking about?" I said inexplicably, while rubbing the other person's little head, "Do you know how to open this door?"
Qianqian seemed to want to say something, but I stopped her with my eyes first, and then we looked at Huesca with calm eyes.
"dusda-ecosfeisa."
Viska finished reading this sentence silently, and then hid behind me.
As expected, a slight tremor came from deep underground. The soil in front of us was quickly covered with cracks due to the tremor. Then, the bottom of the crater collapsed into a crater in front of us.
Huge void.
I pressed Huesca's head comfortingly, and then jumped forward first - I used too much force and jumped over...
The two detectors that were released as scouts safely reached the bottom of the cavity and sent back signals that everything was normal. Then a few of us filed in. Pandora, who had the strongest reaction speed and rapid coverage strike ability, was naturally the last one.
The path was opened in front, followed closely by Shandora. Qianqian and her sister each entered the supernormal state and followed Shandora, while I followed behind with Viska, who was obviously a little uneasy.
This dark passage is not vertically downward, but has an inclination of nearly 45°, which also saves us a lot of trouble, but in contrast, we have to walk a longer distance: according to Pandora's scan,
The interference layer under the moon shell is made of high-strength Nokstone alloy. Nokstone has extremely strong hardness and a certain energy shielding effect. However, it is necessary to shield the energy sensing system of a leader-level apostle. Conventional fortresses
The thickness of the armor is not enough at all, so the thickness of this solid metal inner shell is at least more than five kilometers. Add in the thirty kilometers of thickness of the part of the lunar shell under our feet, plus the amplification of the 45° inclination, we have to be at this damn low
Walking under gravity...well...it's a long way anyway...
Thankfully, we have a car...
When I found out that I would have to walk such a long distance in the moon shell, I decisively summoned 700 billion from mid-air. The hole exposed after the crater collapsed was quite wide, and our mini private car was driving inside.
Flying back and forth is not a problem. The first section of the journey is really easy and enjoyable except for the darkness. However, as we continue to go deeper, the surrounding cave walls gradually become narrower. After passing through the lunar shell layer, in front of us
There is a narrow door gap that only allows two people to pass through.
The door made of silver-white metal is the dividing line between the outer surface of the moon and the inner base. For some unknown reason, it is not completely closed, which gives us the opportunity to enter this ultimate fortress.
The next section of the road seems to be walkable, but fortunately, although the 45° slope is very steep, it is not too difficult for us to walk under the influence of the low gravity environment.
As we move forward, a ray of light appears faintly in front of the passage, which not only proves that the passage is about to come to an end, but also proves that the ancient Xiling base inside the moon indeed has a powerful energy endurance system...
"Speaking of which, I seem to have forgotten something..."
While walking, Sandora suddenly broke the silence and started talking to herself in the spiritual connection.
I kept walking, turned around and asked, "What?"
"I always feel that it is a not very important thing," Sandora pointed her lower lip with her index finger and blinked twice with her sea-blue eyes, "But it seems to be very important now..."
"Oh ah!"
As soon as I agreed, I felt my footsteps suddenly sinking, and then a very familiar feeling acted on my limbs again. I only had time to let out such a short exclamation, and then I fell forward, and then became embarrassed.
The ground... rolled down.
Immediately after, the screams of Qian Qian and my sister came from far and near, and then the two girls hit me one after the other.
Broken... I feel like at least half of the bones in my body are going to be broken.
"Ah! I remembered!" Shandora landed next to me gently and deftly, more than a percentage point more elegant than the trio of my sister, Qianqian, who fell to the ground in a panic, "It seems like this
The interior of this space-based fortress will automatically generate artificial gravity!"
"You should think of it earlier!!!" I jumped up with a cry, and then struck the queen on the head as an afterthought.
After reprimanding Shandora, who almost killed me by Qianqian and my sister, I finally raised my head and looked at the surrounding environment - you know, the high-speed spinning and dizziness just now was
It’s hard to see clearly what’s around you…
"This is too... too Storm Fortress..."
These were the only words I could say after seeing the scene around me.
Where we are now is a straight overpass. From a visual inspection, it is at least twenty lanes wide. The entire bridge is made of a silver-white metal that exudes a faint glow.
It is a unique halo phenomenon that can only be produced by kryptonite alloy. Above this overpass, there is a pipe-like shell made of light blue crystal. In other words, we are standing inside this pipe now. This kind of crystal
I have seen it a few times. It is said to be a perverted thing that only grows near the core of giant planets. Its hardness and energy resistance are outrageous. If used to build transmission pipelines, it can even directly withstand star-level energy transmission.
Due to the extremely harsh production conditions, the value of this thing can only be described as extremely expensive even if you look at the entire universe. Only Xiling Apostles can have the luxury of using this extremely precious crystal to serve as a supply channel for their own fortress——
Because they have mastered the technology of using stones to synthesize this crystal...
In addition, this kind of crystal, called A rough stone, has been regarded as a new collection target by Little Bubble due to its sparkling properties. Thefts from the A rough stone warehouse in Shadow City are frequent...
Through this transparent outer wall, we can clearly see the scene outside the pipe.
If you ask me how to describe the scene I saw - majestic, spectacular, mysterious, weird, any word is not enough to describe one tenth of the scene I saw. It was huge, and it can even be said that just by virtue of
A huge space that can make people feel frightened by its own size. Behind us, the alloy armor covering the entire moon base spreads infinitely in all directions like a suddenly vertical horizon, supporting a bizarre world within the planet.
Countless huge alloy skeletons, towers and criss-crossing crystal clusters grow wantonly in the vast space. The distance between them is at least a thousand meters. The straight pipe we are in is just a long stretch in the forest.
There are only branches that are inconspicuous. An extremely thin white mist fills the space outside the pipe, leaving only a vague ghostly phantom in the distant "forest". From time to time, huge lightning flashes silently across the space.
Connect two alloy skeletons that may be several kilometers apart, and then the skeletons and the towers around them will move accordingly, forming a new array according to certain rules. Although I don't understand the meaning of this change,
But I know that this proves that the base is still in normal operation within this month.
"It's so spectacular..."
Qian Qian and her sister looked at the magnificent scenery in front of them and murmured to themselves in unison.
Sandora seemed to have expected that we would have such a reaction, and said with a smile: "This is the buffer zone of the Sky-based Fortress. Strictly speaking, we have not entered the interior of the fortress now, because the buffer zone still belongs to the armor layer and will not be attacked.
, this will be the last line of defense for the fortress itself, but under normal circumstances, few external attacks can destroy the buffer area of this ultimate fortress."
I think so too - anyway, I can't think of any kind of firepower that can penetrate thirty kilometers of lunar shell and one kilometer of alloy armor and then have the ability to penetrate such a super-strength missile that is dozens of kilometers long.
The buffer zone supported by the skeleton was destroyed. Anyway, the moon has been bombarded by meteorites in space for so many years and it hasn't exploded, right?
Pandora took out a small transport boat from her personal space - it would be too stupid to find people on foot in a planet-sized fortress. Apart from anything else, just this one under our feet.
The absolute length of this transportation pipeline is nearly thirty-five kilometers. If there is no transportation, we may be exhausted before we find Artemis...
Along the way, Qianqian and her sister were amazed by the spectacular and mysterious scenery around them. This area called the buffer armor is not static, but is constantly changing violently. The criss-crossing alloy skeletons and crystal clusters
They are all constantly moving. Occasionally they will form a fairly neat matrix-like array, and sometimes they will completely turn into loose structures scattered around. Each drastic change will cause Qianqian to exclaim in excitement, even the always steady
My sister is no exception. As for me, of course... I exclaimed along with them. After all, we have never seen this scene, right?
However, despite deliberately slowing down, we passed the buffer area after half an hour, entered the main part of the moon base, and landed on a huge platform suspended in mid-air.
"This should be a place for medium-sized warships to be parked for maintenance," Sandora said quietly, floating in the air about a few dozen centimeters away from the platform, with a nostalgic tone, "I haven't seen such a scene in a long time."
I was the last one to get off the transport boat, and then I tugged on the sliding door of the transport boat uneasily: "Do you need to lock it? No one will steal it, right?"
Everyone looked at me with contempt.
What does the base look like in the month? This is a little difficult to describe. To put it in a simpler way, this is a "three-dimensional" city.
As far as the eye can see, there are various huge war factories or functional buildings floating everywhere in the boundless space, and the ones I can distinguish include tank assembly workshops, battleship docks, tactical calculation centers, and psionic recovery centers.
There are large facilities such as charging towers that can only be built on land bases, and there are more weird buildings whose functions I can't see. But according to my guess, those should be related to the research and development and manufacturing of war vehicles. After all,
...There is an electronic road sign indicating the "vehicle production area" in Xiling characters floating in front of us...
But now those buildings are obviously in a dormant state without a trace of light. They are like steel monsters peering quietly at the ground. Between these buildings, various large and small warships are also silently hovering in the air. It seems that the entire month
In addition to the overall lighting and maintenance systems, the inner base seems to have been paralyzed.
"Okay, Viska, where are we going now?" Sandora looked around, then suddenly turned her head and lightly tapped Viska on the head, "Don't be distracted, little girl."
There was a panicked look on Viska's face, and then he cast his hesitant gaze on me.
We had already more or less guessed some things at this time, but how should I put it, I personally didn’t think it was important anyway, so facing my sister’s weak and helpless gaze, I decisively chose to surrender:
"Be good, just tell us how to get there. If we finish this mess as soon as possible, I will take you and Pandora out to have fun for a few days."
Such an answer seemed to make Viska finally feel relieved. A rare blush appeared on the little girl's face, and then she began to explain to us the structure of this huge base.
"First of all, the name of this fortress is Barrier Star No. 7535. Well, 7535 is my previous name, but now my brother has given me a new name, so the current name here is - Viska Barrier Star!"
"Name it with a name!?" Before I could say anything, Sandora had already shouted out in surprise, "Glory?"
Viska nodded proudly: "Well! This is Glory! This is Viska's own Glory Ship, the Viska Barrier Star Mothership!"