Many people are gradually coming back to their senses.
Time passed quickly and little by little. Seven hours was neither long nor short. It was only the time it took to sleep.
Of course, few people could sleep.
As the time approaches, the Propeller is getting closer to the Ring City, and can clearly see the appearance of the entire mechanical city. In fact, it is a mechanical city, more like a mechanical planet.
At this time, Nick was using all the words of praise he could think of to praise the magnificence of the Ring City.
"Oh my God, look at this scale, this sense of technology, it's simply miraculous..."
At this moment, suddenly the spacecraft radar system issued a warning.
"Warning, an unknown spacecraft was scanned..."
"Lord Zhang Wei, these spaceships seem to be flying to the Star Ring City."
The operator reported to Zhang Weihui nervously.
Zhang Wei turned to Long Ming and others and reported: "It's a spaceship from another civilization."
"Don't worry about them, just drive as normal. Without strength, any small move is unwise."
Long Ming gave the order very rationally.
"Understood."
Zhang Wei nodded and responded.
At this time, a special prompt popped up on the illusory screen.
"Please follow the instructions and go to Interstellar Port T01."
The next second, illusory lights and shadows gathered in front of the propeller, forming a guiding track.
"Slow down, follow the guidance, everyone is preparing to land."
Zhang Wei immediately issued the order...
Nick excitedly reported to everyone: "Brothers and sisters, we are about to arrive at the Star Ring City, and it is about to witness a historical miracle."
At this time, a noncommissioned officer walked beside Nick and whispered a few words in his ear.
Nick nodded quickly to express his understanding, and then Nick solemnly said to the many people watching: "Dear people, because I don't know what it is like to arrive at the Star Ring City, I will not explain it in the following live broadcast.
We only disseminate images and do not guarantee the smoothness of the images, but we do our best to ensure the smooth progress of the live broadcast."
Su Mo in front of the TV became more and more fascinated, his heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, and he was more or less a little excited.
At this time, the live broadcast viewing rate has reached 99%.
In the live video, an operator reported loudly: "In one minute, we will enter the expected orbit."
"Present the Halo City and flight orbit, and detect the rotation rate and parameters of the Halo City. All of them are displayed."
Zhang Wei issued the order in a deep voice. It is not that easy to operate a ship.
"yes!"
Immediately, rows of complicated parameters emerged.
Although there is guidance, the city around the stars is not stationary. Its gyro-shaped body is constantly rotating, forming gravity.
This Propeller does not have an artificial intelligence system, and all operations need to be completed manually. Once a mistake is made, the ship may drive face-to-face with the ground and crash into the interstellar port.
Even the people in charge of the operation now are the most elite doctors in the Federation.
They were also very nervous at this time, after all, they didn’t have much experience.
"The power system output is adjusted and dropped by another percentage point, and the positive parameters of the ship's bow are corrected by 0.03."
Zhang Wei looked at the floating values and kept issuing orders.
"Under adjustment."
....
Through the optical imaging system, everyone can clearly see that the city around the stars is getting closer and closer, becoming bigger and bigger.
Propeller becomes smaller and smaller, like a grain of gravel.
.....
"Distance: 172 kilometers!"
"Entering Interstellar Port 1!"
"Data correction is in progress."
.....
"Shut down auxiliary power unit 3."
"Reduce power output and further slow down."
"Activate the rest assistance system, activate the anti-gravity system, and prepare for landing."
....
Looking from the air, the Propeller is constantly decelerating, and the anti-gravity device is turned on, and it is landing in the interstellar port little by little.
There are countless battleships staying in the entire interstellar port, but even so, there are still a lot of free positions.
After a while, with a burst of vibrations, the Propeller finally landed smoothly at the designated location.
"Successful landing."
Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief and reported the report.
"well done."
Long Ming took the lead in applauding.
Bang bang~~
Zhang Wei and others also showed a smile.
...
After a while, the exit of the Propulsion opened, and Long Ming and others walked down, looking at the endless interstellar port with no end in sight, and the countless ships staying here.
Long Ming and others were completely shocked. At this moment, they were like frogs in a well, seeing the magnificent sea for the first time.
At this time, a sweet voice sounded.
"Welcome to the Halo City."
Long Ming and others calmed down, but at some point, Geli appeared in front of them.
"Hello, Miss Geli."
Long Ming greeted politely. It is always right to be polite. Of course, Long Ming was also looking at Ge Li constantly, but unfortunately he could not tell whether Ge Li was a human or a robot.
"President Longming Council, you don't need to be so polite. By the way, I would also like to ask you to wait for a moment. The others will be here soon. We will go together then."
Ge Li said with a smile.
"good."
Long Ming happened to also want to see what people from other civilizations looked like.
At this time, a group of figures in the distance came over and looked at them carefully. They were not much different from people, except that their skin was white and their ears were pointed. They were all dressed in silver high-collared clothes, and their eyes were extremely arrogant. The leading man
He is holding a scepter in his hand and a crown on his head. It can be seen that it is from the empire.
"I am Memikas, the Lord of Anas, and I am here at the invitation."
The leader of the country spoke up.
Geli said with a smile: "Master Annas, please wait a moment."
Immediately afterwards, two groups of people came over, both of them were also humanoid civilizations, but their clothes were of different styles.
The group of people on the left have scales on their skin, gill-like organs on both sides of their jaws, and frog claws on their hands.
The group of people on the right are thin and short, with large eyes and pupils, dark and rough skin all over their bodies, and their bodies are all gray.
The two teams introduced themselves respectively. The people with gills were from the Free State of Haike, a civilization that lives on the bottom of the sea.
Another group of people claimed to be from the Falaise tribe, and their civilization was born underground.
Long Ming frowned. He looked at the competing civilizations, his expression constantly changing.
At this time, towering figures appeared one after another, each with a burly body, a face full of flesh, and a body embedded in metal armor. The eyes were violent and full of oppression. Each of them was taller than the others.
cut.
He takes the lead and his eyes are like wild beasts, which is intimidating.
Nick and others couldn't close their mouths at the sight of such a tall person.
"What are you looking at, little dwarf!"
A big man passing by said to Nick, his eyes full of disdain,
Miraculously, Nick could actually understand it. He was very sure that what the other person spoke was definitely not their language, and his tone was so loud that he almost died of smoke.
And this is the overlord from the High Motos civilization.
Immediately after the landing, the remaining civilizations also appeared one after another. They were all human-type creatures. Some civilizations had unusually thick hair on their bodies, a bit like savages. There were also very beautiful humans with extremely supple skin and sapphire eyes.
There is also a very gloomy person, wearing a cloak, wearing bone jewelry on his hands, and a black beam gun on his waist, looking at the enemy's presence.
Long Ming took a deep breath, and he had some idea in his heart. Humanoid civilization should be participating. It was just that something went wrong at a certain point in the progress of civilization. For example, on some planets, the sea submerged the land, so humans went to the ocean.
Biology has evolved.
Or there may be changes in the climate, leading to new evolution in order to adapt to the environment.
Generally speaking, it is more like the same species reaching different evolutionary ends in different environments.
Geli took a quick look and saw that the teams of the thirteen civilizations were all present, so she snapped her fingers.
"Okay, let's go!"
The next second, the metal checkered floor tiles under everyone's feet began to float into the air, like small aircraft, taking everyone into the sky.
Along the way, everyone can see magnificent steel buildings.
We can also vaguely see some figures, but no one can confirm whether these are people or other creatures.
At the same time, from time to time, miniature aircraft passed by them in the sky at extremely fast speeds.
It seems like they are going to collide, but they never do.
.....
After a while, everyone fell into a giant circular square in wonder.
In the center of the square, there is a metal obelisk, with a bright throne sitting on the top of the obelisk.
A girl with long silver hair, wearing a blue dress, a cold expression, a proud and elegant manner, wearing crystal high heels, leaning her graceful body sideways, holding her chin with one hand, looking like a queen, sat on it.
Everyone recognized the girl in front of them at a glance, it was the NPC Ilowes who had activated the star ring.
Ilowes stood up slowly and looked down at everyone with arrogant eyes.
"Welcome to the Negative Universe. I am honored to tell you that thirteen of your civilizations from different dimensions have successfully stood out from hundreds of contestants and qualified to participate in the Cup of Heaven."
After hearing Ilowes' words, everyone took a breath.
The implicit meaning of her words is that hundreds of civilizations have lost their qualifications, have no chance to stand here, and are destined to perish.
At this time, Mermicas, the leader of Annas, also lowered his proud head and asked: "Respecting Lord Ilowes, may I ask what we need to do to win the Cup of Heaven and obtain the continuation of civilization."
Representatives of other civilizations also asked in awe.
Ilowes replied coldly.
"The so-called victory in the Cup of Heaven is very simple, just survive.
As soon as this statement came out, the representatives of all civilizations looked warily at the representatives of other civilizations around them.
Long Ming's heart sank. Could it be that they were killing each other?
"You don't have to make wild guesses. When I say survive, I don't mean to let you kill each other."
Ilowes explained expressionlessly.
Hearing this, all civilized people breathed a sigh of relief. But what Ilowes said next made everyone feel cold.
"What I mean by surviving is more cruel than letting you kill each other."
When Ilowes said this, he waved his hand and a special virtual image expanded.
The vast galaxy map emerges, and you can see that the Ring City is at the center. Only thirteen flickering light points can be seen, shining in the orbit of the Ring City, representing the thirteen different civilizations that were selected.
planet.
However, looking outside, everything outside the galaxy map is bright red, a standard fallen area.
"Outside of the orbit where you are, there are all areas occupied by monsters. There are Titans, Zergs, Strangers, etc., more than tens of thousands of races. They will tear you apart at all costs. What you need to do
Just survive.”
Hearing this, everyone present showed infinite panic in their eyes. Isn't this a fire pit?
Long Ming and others also looked extremely ugly. They knew that winning the Cup of Heaven would be very difficult, but no one expected it to be like this.
However, Long Ming still had the patience to say nothing. Normally, he shouldn't be given a dead end.
But some people with bad tempers may not be able to bear it.
For example, the big man from the High Motos civilization accused him with red eyes.
"What kind of cup of heaven is this? It's clearly a dead end."
Ilowes sneered as if he was looking at an idiot.
"It's up to you whether you live or die. In the galaxies outside that are occupied by monsters, there are countless ruins of fallen civilizations. You can plunder them endlessly and build new civilizations. When you win, your civilization will be destroyed.
Fire is reborn and becomes the new master of the world."
"Of course, as an inviter, I also prepare a gift for all of you, so that you can obtain the minimum qualifications to fight monsters. All of you get gold points and silver points from the star ring, and the ratio will be 1 to 1 and 1 to 0.1.
Unconditionally converted into star coins. At that time, you can enter the city around the stars and exchange it for everything you want, materials, weapons, technological blueprints, etc... It is worth noting that you can exchange for star coins.
Those are gold dots and silver dots, not the gold and silver metals in your hands. After all, those metals are not worth mentioning in the vast universe."
"In addition, it is worth noting that you are strictly prohibited from attacking each other within the protection of the City of Stars. Of course, outside the area covered by the City of Stars, you can fight as you like. Of course, you can also ignore my words and choose your future and future at will.
Make any choice you want, including attacking each other among civilizations, or even attacking the Ring City, as long as you have the strength and bear the corresponding consequences."
After hearing Ilowes' words, everyone fell into silence.
At this time, Long Ming's old face kept changing, and finally he asked.
"Respecting Lord Ilowes, what about the civilizations that participated in the Cup of Heaven before?"
"They have all sunk into the endless sea of stars! The Cup of Heaven will continue to select contestants before the real winner is determined. Your arrival proves their demise."
Ilowes makes no secret of exposing the harsh reality.
"Isn't this the same thing as a dead end, a disguised form of letting us die?"
Some representatives of civilization responded with some unacceptable responses.
Ilowes' eyes became colder and colder. She flicked her sleeves and replied in a cold voice.
"The future can be used as a bet, so what does a mere human life mean? Fate may be unfair, but death will treat everyone equally!"
The next second, everyone present fell silent.
Including Su Mo and others who were watching the live broadcast, they were also shocked from the beginning to silence.
No matter what, this is the reality. If you don't give it a try, you will die. If you give it a try, there may be a glimmer of hope.
"Ge Li give them the redemption pass sign, and it's up to you to explain the rest to them."
"yes."
Ge Li replied respectfully.
Then Ilowes' figure turned into spots of light and disappeared in the sky. No one knew whether Ilowes, the master of the Ring City, was a human being or an illusory image.
At this time, Geli took out some metal signs and handed them to the civilization representatives one by one with a smile.
"This is a symbol of your civilization."
Long Ming took a look at the sign and saw a five-digit number written on it, which should be their number.
Ge Li said with a smile: "Okay, now you can exchange the gold points and silver points you have into star coins. Star coins are the universal currency of Star Ring City, and their main material is cast from star stones.
, and Star Stone is an ore that contains energy and is also the structural cornerstone of this world. You can use Star Coins to exchange for the weapons and all technologies you want, and even materials. Of course, these are just your starting funds and do not represent anything. In the future,
You still have to look at your own development."
"Exchange us for 700 million gold points and 1.6 billion silver points."
Mermicus, the Lord of Annas, was the first to speak.
After hearing the words of the Lord of Annas, Memikas, some civilizations looked a little moved. Long Ming accurately captured the changes in their expressions. Seventy million gold points and silver points should be considered a lot.
Geli directly took out a special striped metal card and handed it to Memikas. At the same time, she directly operated the bracelet on her hand to directly deduct its corresponding gold point and silver point values.
"Next."
In fact, Long Ming's guess was correct, 700 million was indeed too much.
The next exchange for many civilizations is only 300 million or 400 million, of course there are more.
But what surprised Long Ming the most was the humble Falaise civilization, which exchanged one billion gold points and three billion silver points in one go.
Finally, it was Long Ming's turn, but he was not in a hurry to redeem, but waited for the civilization representative to leave.
Ge Li said to the good people who had already exchanged: "You can go to the smart mechanical pillars erected in Star Ring City to exchange. You can also go to various stores to exchange. In short, there is everything here. There are only things you can't think of, and you can't exchange without them.
Arrived."
After hearing what Ge Li said, many representatives of civilization left one after another.
At this time, Long Ming stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Exchange me for two billion gold points and eight billion silver points."
Ge Li glanced at Long Ming meaningfully, and then replied.
"Okay! There are 2.8 billion star coins in total. Please keep them."
In fact, it is impossible for the Federation to have so many gold points and silver points under normal circumstances, but the Federation is different from other civilizations in that they participated in the Earth Cup twice.
It is natural to accumulate more foundation than others. This is a big gamble!
Fortunately, they won the bet. After they gave up the Cup of Heaven for the first time, the whole country gritted its teeth and reached unity, overcame the difficulties together, and managed to hold on until the Cup of Earth was opened for the second time.
They didn't kill each other and collapse.
Ge Li picked up a card and handed it to Long Ming.
"Wish ya'll good luck."
"Thanks."
Long Ming took the card.
After Ge Li finished everything, she turned around and left directly.
At this time, Augustolas and other congressmen looked at Long Ming with very ugly expressions.
"How do I feel that Star Ring summons us here, as if we are used as shield consumables to resist external monsters."
"Yes, just like cannon fodder."
"I also have this feeling."
.....
Long Ming raised his hand to interrupt everyone's words and said in a deep voice.
"You have to strive for your own destiny. I don't think this is a bad thing. Don't say this again in the future. This is also our opportunity, our opportunity to rise."
"That makes sense."
Augustolas nodded in response.
At this time, Long Ming suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance, and several figures left in a panic.
"What's wrong?"
Augustus asked.
"Someone is staring at us, but we don't know whether it is a person or something. Ignore them for now, let's go and see what resources and weapons can be exchanged, so that we can discuss it and maximize the use of the limited funds in hand."
Long Ming replied in a deep voice.
"Okay, but should we exchange it at a store or a mechanical pillar?"
"Looking for the Mechanical Pillar, I have a feeling that the Mechanical Pillar should be opened by the owner of the Star Ring. But that's not necessarily the case with the store. Although the store is likely to have cheaper prices, it can't be guaranteed to be cheated. After all, they have much more knowledge than us."
"That makes sense."
Everyone responded one after another.
So Long Ming led the people towards an empty mechanical pillar in the distance.
At the same time, Nick whispered to the broadcast equipment in his hand: "Dear people, the next step involves federal secrets, and there will no longer be a public broadcast. Goodbye!"
As he spoke, Nick cut off the live broadcast signal.
Suddenly, the TV in front of Su Mo's eyes was filled with snowflakes.
Su Mo was speechless. He was looking at it in trance. He was extremely curious about what he could exchange for in Star Ring City.
Once curiosity comes up, it becomes very uncomfortable.
Su Mo walked around the room. He felt a little pained. Although the Federation did not restrict people's access to the truth, even if the people knew the use of gold points and silver points, it was unlikely that they would be able to work.
Because the prerequisite for you to use these two things is that you must go to the Star Ring City.
To go to the Ring City, you definitely need a ship, and ships are only available to the Federation now, which means that the exchange channel is in the hands of the Federation.
I have so much money, it is difficult to exchange it. Maybe there will be a way in the future, but at least this is the case for now.
On the other side, Long Ming and others stood in front of the mechanical pillar, checking the exchange interface. Everyone was stunned when they saw the dazzling exchange list.
A type I gene potion that can fully strengthen a person, a potion that can extend a person's life for a hundred years, only costs 100 star coins.
It is extremely cheap, but it is only limited to the lowest level genetic medicine. The higher the level, the more expensive it is. For example, a V-type genetic medicine costs one billion star coins, and the price is different depending on the type.
There are so many types of ships that you can drool over them.
They even saw a Star Destroyer priced at 100 billion star coins.
Its remark parameters clearly stated that the main gun is equipped with a meteor cannon, which can easily destroy a standard planet when fully charged.
Destroying planet-level ships is something they would never dare to think about.
Now it's just a bunch of exchange numbers, how can it not make people excited.
"Look at this planetary fortress! It's super cheap, priced at only 200 billion star coins."
Spade said with red eyes.
Long Ming also frowned and reminded: "Calm down, we only have 2 billion star stones, and it is impossible to exchange only a single type of thing. We need to exchange the production line, drawings, reserve materials, and various urgently needed items."
When Spade and others heard Long Ming's words, they gradually calmed down, but instead felt extremely disappointed.
It's like the treasure is right in front of you, you can get it right away, but unfortunately the balance is insufficient.
Augustolas said in a deep voice: "You are the calmest here in Longming, so you will be responsible for the distribution and purchase. We support you unconditionally."
Augustolas doesn't dare to let other people give opinions now, including himself, who has the urge to spend all his money to buy a large ship.