"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 stalk again: "Yes, ghost ship, isn't this news aroused? You should have heard of it in the Shadow City, right? The out-of-control imperial ship
It was wandering around, and a lot of people saw it - but we were the only ones unlucky enough to bump into it. (Shuhe Novel Network. Full text, no pop-ups)"
Now even Sandora became serious. She touched the leaves of the "Mimosa" plant and said, "Did you 'bump' into it? Wasn't it because of a firefight or some other conflict? What happened at that time?"
"Ah, do the urban management and street offices in Shadow City still care about this?" Mimosa swayed and jumped up and down uneasily. "You are really responsible and much more humane than I thought. In fact, the day before yesterday when the spacecraft docked for maintenance,
Our 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."
There are different people running around doing small business at the cross-border gate of the square. We use a large cargo ship to do business, and it is a good ship. Our boss paid a big price to buy it from the New Eden Federation.
It is said that one-fifth of the components of retired military products are produced by the empire. That thing runs really fast..."
"Let's get to the point!" Sandora and I shouted in unison.
Mimosa trembled: "Okay, okay, let's talk about the main point. In short, we have a large cargo merchant ship. Before, we have been running short-term trade in several jump zones in the macro world. Recently, there is a Feiyali Void.
A consortium? This consortium is recruiting many caravans to organize a larger trade network, and our boss has taken action. A few days ago, he imported a batch of heavy elements from the Kaibola III star cluster and plans to come to the Void Consortium to discuss cooperation. Our
Because the merchant ship is a retired military product and has its own cross-world engine, it did not go through those large civilian world gates set up on fixed routes. Instead, it applied for a "free" route according to regulations. If the accident happened, it would be on this "free" route.
On board - all those who encounter ghost ships are spaceships that follow the "free" 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 so weird. You have to distinguish between different bit rates when transmitting information to the outside world. My thinking transcoder is overloaded." He jumped twice on the ground to express his dissatisfaction, and then continued, "We signed from the Grand Cross Sky Point Void Station
The ticket was transferred to the Galactic Civilization Community, which is one stop away from the imperial capital. Everyone relaxed a little, and the boss suggested relaxing, so we all jumped off the workbench and ran to the rest pit to water ourselves.
And the simulated sunlight was exposed. Lin Jing liked this the most - and then the ghost ship suddenly appeared only a dozen kilometers in front of our merchant ship: It was definitely the largest spacecraft I had ever seen, it was like a spaceship.
City."
"So when the ghost ship appeared, all the control desks of the spacecraft were empty..." I looked 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 free race... and we have a talent: the machinery that coexists with us.
The body can ensure that Lin Jing does 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 while the spacecraft is sailing."
"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 spaceship when the ghost ship appeared, but everyone saw that spectacular thing on the monitor in the rest pit.
.Screams 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 avoid it, but he was too stuttering. But in the end, the shipboard host on the spaceship
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 compartment 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 hit 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 second half of the spacecraft was destroyed
The crash broke 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.
Okay. For the next two days, the boss has been trying to drown his sorrows. Our beautiful "Grass and Trees Ark" came to Shadow City in a dilapidated appearance like a poor drifting boat, and lay in the maintenance dock that afternoon.
The only good news is that Goblin Insurance Company covers accidental damage caused by the collision of the ghost ship - luckily those green-skinned profiteers didn't know that we were all sunbathing in the rest pit when the ship hit."
This forest elf likes to talk. Although it is a bit nagging, it told the entire ghost ship collision incident vividly and vividly. We learned what happened to this unfortunate plane crash, and by the way, we also learned that herbal plants also have 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 very wealthy anyway, I decided to pretend that I didn't hear the last two words of it/her/him.
.
"So your collision was a complete attempt to die." I rubbed my chin and thought, "This still makes it impossible to determine the behavior pattern of the ghost ship. It never actively did anything from the beginning to the end."
Although there is no way to determine the behavior of the ghost ship, I am sure of one thing: the ghost ship does 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
He really didn't run away.
"So what? Are you done with the investigation and evidence collection?" 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... Then
Help those without conscience to death, and you won’t even know if someone falls 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/she/he so lazy?
"We are plants after all." After hearing my doubts, Mimosa swayed its leaves and said, "The forest spirits don't like to walk long distances. We prefer to plant in the soil. And walking consumes a lot of energy. It's night now. Even the sun
What would I do without you?"
I shrugged, and conveniently grabbed this strange new citizen (or new tourist? Lin Jing probably hasn’t registered as a permanent resident of Shadow City yet), and walked with Sandora to the civilian teleportation point on the street, hoping that
Ling and Sylvia squatted nearby and studied Tu Ke La for a long time. At this time, they saw that we were about to leave, so they hurriedly followed.
Oh. It was Xiling who 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 modes and
It accepts most frequencies of thought input and can be used by all residents of Shadow City. I entered the teleportation destination according to the hotel mentioned by Lin Jing, and then everyone retreated outside the teleportation area, watching the mimosa gradually disappear under 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 let’s call him...
After the mimosa disappeared in a beam of teleportation light, Sandora held her chin and said thoughtfully: "Arjun, 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. But if it suddenly appears over a colony at any time, it will be a lot of fun."
. 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. In the past few days, it has received four or five more sighting reports." Sandora looked up at the deep night sky. "By the way, Xiaoxue made several vague predictions."
...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 Fifteen Days District was the most intact. Although Sandora also survived, her remaining forces were only her own bodyguards and the revenge fleet "War Song Princess" that was reassembled later.
The universes that it ruled basically fell apart, and of course the armies and fortresses that were once placed in those worlds did not survive. 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 includes relics from Sandora's past world. 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 that’s not my thing.”
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 when Shandora and I were talking next to her. 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 eight-thirty."
"Bellavilla's activities consume energy." Sylvia became confused at a speed visible to the naked eye. At this time, she couldn't open her eyes. "She has been helping Aurelia build the star shaping pool for the past two days, so I...huh
call--"
Then this magical silver-furred mole fell asleep standing up!
I looked with admiration at this slow-witted girl who could sleep standing up, and at the same time I was a little moved by the diligence of her and Bella Vera (although it was mainly Bella Vera who was diligent. But Sylvia was also responsible for giving Bella
Vera was cooking), and then together with Xi Ling, they 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.
It was a bit beyond the plan, so we said goodbye to Xiling 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, right next to the sofa...that fox pressed a ball. Bingtis pushed the replica artifact into the living room.
The lower part was fixed with what looked like a temporary special bracket. And the stupid 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 while eating.
Watching Korean dramas with the little doll while eating potato chips - 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 30 episodes. Humans are so stupid." The little doll grabbed a remote control that was a bit too big for her. While watching the TV, she commented, and the fox next to her shook her tail: "Yeah.
How 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: "Now let's let you watch pornographic movies, okay?"
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.
He quickly covered his face: "Ah! Cats are really not ashamed..."
Me: "..." This fox is basically useless. Does anyone have any objections?
"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 suddenly lit up.
Before it fell, he grabbed the handbag and picked up what he liked. 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. Usually at this time, 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. The poker player
There are indeed some guys: Monina and Yilsin are teaming up to bully Lin, and Uncle Kenser is standing by and nodding and saying "very 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 maintain its wings. She put this artifact
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 casually - Bingtis said so." Dingdang slipped into my pocket and was extremely agile. "The fox seems to like this ball very much."
What does Firefox look like?"
I laughed out loud, thinking that the three minutes of the female gangster's passion ended immediately: in the afternoon, she vowed to decipher the secret hidden in the artifact.
Shandora 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 place our hope on the experts and scholars of the Protoss. But at least there is good news: the artifact is in our hands.
, the clues to our hometown world are also in our hands, and 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...