A few days later, at dusk, a brand-new small garden-style manor was located on the outskirts of the old city of Magic City, and the villa inside was renovated from a very retro building.
At this time, Su Mo was standing on the balcony on the second floor in his pajamas, looking into the distance.
An extremely spectacular scene came into view. The ruins of the old city that were originally bulldozed have been built into a brand new interstellar airport. The all-metal integrated giant terminal building, each floor is fifty meters high. It is obvious that this is not used.
To accommodate normal aircraft.
Su Mo did some research and found that the entire federation has planned a total of twenty-four interstellar airports, eighteen of which are built in Area M, Area Z, Area E, and Area O, and the remaining six are located in other areas.
In two months, the twenty-four interstellar airports were basically completed in time while rushing at all costs.
It can be regarded as the largest construction project in recent years.
Su Mo picked up his phone and took a look. Today is the last day of the year, and tonight is the New Year. In previous years, this day was definitely very lively, and every household was welcoming the new year.
But it was unusually quiet today because everyone was waiting for the Cup of Heaven to begin.
At the same time, this morning, Su Mo received a public text message issued by the federation. Starting from this morning, the entire federation entered a level 1 war-ready state.
Su Mo looked at the streets of the city from a distance and could see groups of heavily armed soldiers patrolling the streets. At the same time, armored vehicles and tanks drove out, and aircraft roared by from time to time in the sky.
According to the prompts of the closed Star Ring game, the Cup of Heaven will be officially opened at 12 o'clock in the evening.
Su Mo also became more and more inexplicably curious about what this Cup of Heaven looked like.
...
Inside the Imperial Capital Center Administration Building of Federal Zone Z.
Long Ming was wearing a blue robe dotted with stars. He sat firmly on a chair and rested with his eyes closed. There were various members of the Federation sitting next to him. But most of them were restless. As the time for the Cup of Heaven approached,
Everyone is very nervous, after all, we are about to face an unknown new world.
On the wall of the room, a large mechanical clock kept moving.
When the hour hand reached half past eleven, a dull bell rang.
Boom~
Long Ming opened his eyes, stood up, and said to Auglas and others: "Let's go!"
All the congressmen looked shocked and followed him one after another.
Under the leadership of Long Ming, everyone came to a special elevator inside the administrative building. The place was heavily guarded, and everyone went deep underground through the elevator.
The elevator door opened and everyone stepped out. A thirty-meter-high alloy gate came into view.
Long Ming pressed his hand on the identification code device.
"Fingerprint recognition passed!"
"Pupillary recognition passed!"
"Biometric identification passed!"
....
After passing the recognition instructions one after another, click!
The huge alloy gate slowly rose, and a spectacular underground mechanical room came into view. Countless optical cables were densely covered inside, and all of those optical cables extended to the central area.
In the very center of the mechanical room, there is a very special metal pointed pillar with a special metal Rubik's Cube embedded in its center.
Everyone walked up to the metal pointed pillar, their hearts in their throats.
This is the cornerstone of the Star Ring, which they originally obtained from space.
Long Ming raised his hand and looked at the time on his watch. When the time reached twelve o'clock, he immediately stepped forward and led everyone in bowing to the metal pointed pillar.
The House of Representatives also followed Long Ming's sonorous and powerful declaration.
"Long Ming, President of the Earth Star Civilization Federation, hereby takes the oath."
"I am willing to use faith and life as fuel to ignite the fire of civilization and start the star ring to conquer the cup of star ring sky. I will never recover from the disaster and never regret..."
"I am willing to use faith and life as fuel to ignite the fire of civilization and start the Star Ring Conquest for the Cup of Star Ring Sky..."
....
While everyone was solemnly swearing an oath, Long Ming stretched out his hand and pressed it on the metal pillar.
In an instant, the whole metal pointed pillar looked like an iron tree blooming!
Click!
Countless prismatic metal squares pop up.
The metal Rubik's Cube embedded in the center floated, and then the metal ceiling above the head cracked open layer by layer.
In the next second, the metal Rubik's Cube automatically rotated and began to split, and then a sky-wide beam of light rushed into the dark sky.
It is like a sharp knife cutting through the dark night sky, and like a road pointing to the light in the darkness.
For a time, everyone in the entire world could see this extremely spectacular scene.
Su Mo's heart trembled slightly as he watched the pillar of light rising into the sky.
.....
Looking down from the sky, you can see a beam of light passing through the atmosphere and then spreading out, forming a huge blue halo circle.
This was like an angel's halo, which immediately enveloped the entire earth star and the nearby moon and stars.
The next second, the scene around the Earth Star and Moon Star began to shift and undergo earth-shaking changes.
In the Earth Star, everyone looked up at the starry sky, and saw that the whole world was shrouded in a special halo, and the light pillar reaching the sky was like the only guiding light in the world, illuminating everyone.
Many people watching and watching made sounds of horror, and even involuntarily felt curiosity, excitement, worry, panic and other emotions.
Su Mo's heart couldn't help but speed up when he saw this strange sight that had never been seen in a thousand years. It was really shocking.
Fortunately, the whole process did not last long. In just over half an hour, the sky-wide beam of light began to dissipate.
At this time, the cracked metal Rubik's Cube then rotated again, and a special halo appeared on its surface.
Long Ming and others subconsciously took a step back.
Immediately afterwards, a loli with an extremely cute appearance wearing a colorful skirt, that is to say, the virtual holographic image of Goli who had led them into the star ring appeared.
"Dear pioneers of civilization, welcome to your arrival. I am Ge Li. I am honored to tell you that you are fortunate enough to participate in the Cup of Heaven and get a chance to have a new life. I also know that you must be very confused, but it doesn't matter. All your doubts are gone.
The answer will be obtained. I officially represent the will of the Star Ring and extend an invitation to you to go to the City of the Ring."
"Where is the city around the stars?"
Long Ming took a deep breath and asked.
Then Geli waved her hand lightly, and a special virtual image appeared.
In the starry sky of the vast sea, a gyro-like shape was seen. The entire body was made of metal and was several times larger than a giant planet. A star-ring city surrounded by seven halo rings of different sizes and colors emerged.
The illusory image begins to zoom in, and you can see that its surface is densely covered with pitch-black gun barrels, and its reflected luster is intimidating. Its interior is densely covered with various metal buildings, including a magnificent interstellar shipyard, both up and down, left and right.
There are dense automated mechanized processing plants, and there are extremely wide interstellar ports, with interstellar battleships docked one after another. Looking inside, intricate circular orbits are intertwined...
The ultra-futuristic city around the stars left everyone stunned.
"How do we get there?"
"As the winner of the Earth Cup, you will receive your last interstellar ship for free. You can take that ship to the city around the stars, and I will receive you then. In addition, I need to tell you that I will go to the ring like you.
There are twelve other winners of civilizations in Star City, and they will also ride on starships, and attacks on each other and conflicts are strictly prohibited on the road."
Ge Li replied with a smile.
Just when Long Ming was about to ask.
The light of the metal Rubik's Cube is getting dimmer and dimmer, as if the energy has been exhausted.
Geli's figure gradually disappeared.
"I am waiting for your arrival in the city around the stars."
...
Augustolas and others looked at Long Ming at a loss.
"Chairman of the Longming Council, what should we do now?"
"Yeah, do we really want to go?"
"Could this be a trap?"
...
Long Ming was also a little undecided at this time. This thing happened too suddenly, and now it is different from the past. In the past, Star Ring could more or less be called a game, but now they are facing another advanced civilization. Once one step
If you make a mistake, you will make mistakes every step of the way.
After all, people are instinctively afraid of unknown things.
At this moment, Li Ruiqi hurriedly walked in and said to Long Ming.
"President Longming, an unknown ship has appeared in the sky and is landing at the interstellar airport in the imperial capital. It has caused extreme panic. The fighter formation has locked onto the ship. But no response has been received for any calls. Now in the air
The formation leader is seeking instructions for the next step, should we launch an attack?"
Long Ming took a deep breath, raised his head and said: "No attacks."
"I see."
Li Ruiqi turned around and left in a hurry.
Long Ming turned to look at Israelin and said: "Iselin, please come forward immediately to give a speech to the whole people to stabilize the panicked people. Augustolas and others, let's go to the interstellar airport and take a look at the interstellar ship."
"Are we really going?"
Spade also frowned.
"Let's take over the spacecraft first. I guess we don't have much choice. Let's inform Dr. Zhang Wei and others to go to the interstellar airport together."
Long Ming gradually calmed down.
"good."
No one said much.
.....
Su Mo took his mobile phone and checked the latest news on the Star Ring Forum to see if there was any latest information update.
As soon as I swiped through it, I found a pinned post, and the eye-catching title made my fantasy come true!
This post was posted by an anonymous player, and the click rate has reached hundreds of millions.
When you click on the post, you can see a photo. The photo was taken in the Imperial Capital of Zone Z. In the sky of the Imperial Capital, a giant gray interstellar ship with a length of five kilometers and a span of one kilometer breaks through the clouds and heads towards
Landing at interstellar airport.
At the same time, there is another photo attached to the post. This photo was taken at the central civilization site of the Lost Continent of Star Ring. The propeller ship inside is exactly the same as the ship that actually arrived.
The poster wrote a paragraph in bold red letters.
"Brothers and sisters, look clearly! Things in the star ring have appeared in reality. Is this fantasy reflected in reality, or are we entering fantasy..."
...
Su Mo took a deep breath.
At this time, a live broadcast prompt popped up on his mobile phone. Of course, this was obviously sent indiscriminately by the federation, and it should be to deal with panic.
Although everyone had made some mental preparations before, when the reality came, the fear in their hearts was involuntarily born.
Su Mo clicked and entered the live broadcast to watch.
Soon, Iselin's image appeared in front of everyone, and she saluted everyone.
"Dear people, please don't have any panic about the various changes that have occurred. Everyone should stay at home. We have now officially participated in the Star Ring Cup, but the specific situation is not yet clear, but everything will be done soon.
It will be revealed. The federal government promises to disclose all front-line intelligence and will not hide it from you. But at the same time, we also hope that all people will not create any commotion at this juncture, otherwise everything will be treated as treason."
...
I have to say that Iselin's speech was very effective, directly nipping the hidden danger of instability in the cradle.
On the other side, when Long Ming led everyone to the interstellar airport, the interstellar ship had landed steadily in the middle of the airport.
Li Shijie had already led his men to surround him.
When he saw Long Ming and others arriving, they all saluted.
"President of Parliament."
"How is it going?"
"This interstellar ship suddenly appeared and landed. After landing, the login hatch opened automatically, but no one came out. To be on the safe side, I didn't let anyone in."
"Well done, how long will it take for Zhang Wei and others to come back?"
Long Ming nodded slightly, then turned to ask the subordinate next to him.
"They'll be here soon."
The subordinate next to him responded quickly.
Sure enough, not long after, Dr. Zhang Wei and other doctors rushed over. When they saw the interstellar ship, they shouted excitedly.
"Propulser!"
When Long Ming saw Zhang Wei and others, he recognized the ship as the Impeller at a glance. In all likelihood, it was correct. This ship should be the spaceship that the Earth Cup finally obtained.
"Get on board."
Long Ming said.
Zhang Shijie said with some worry: "Master of Parliament, is this too rash? Why don't we go up and take a look first?"
"There is nothing to worry about. The craftsmanship and technology of this interstellar ship have long surpassed our time. If the other party really wanted to harm us, we would have died long ago. There is nothing to worry about. Let me, the old man, go up first.
"
Zhang Wei and other scientific research doctors couldn't wait, and their eyes were extremely excited.
"Don't worry, just go up."
Long Ming pondered for a few seconds before replying.
"yes!"
Zhang Shijie then backed away.
Long Ming and others boarded the ship from the entrance and came to the long metal corridor.
Soft lighting is embedded at the top of the passage.
Zhang Wei led everyone inside with ease. When he got this ship in the Star Circle game, he walked around the entire ship and was extremely familiar with every corner of the ship.
Soon they came to a three-way intersection.
Three metal gates cut off the road, and Zhang Wei pressed the switch of the gate on the right.
The metal gate opens automatically.
Zhang Wei led everyone inside and introduced everyone as he walked.
"The passage we come in is called the login passage. There are three gates here, leading to area A, area B, and area C of the ship. But one thing is the same. After the gate is opened, we will arrive at a sealed and transparent
In the isolation room, people who normally board the ship must be inspected here. On the one hand, it is to prevent someone from intruding. On the other hand, it is to prevent people who board the ship from carrying viruses or parasites. Its design concept is very advanced.
Further inside the first isolation room, there is also an examination room, which is used for secondary inspections. It is worth explaining that these areas are all microgravity areas. Because the coverage of the ship's gravity device is limited, there is no way to fully
Azimuth coverage......"
Augustolas and others couldn't help but reach out and touch the smooth wall. Although they had touched it in the game, the feeling was different in reality.
The cold walls make people feel inexplicably excited, as if the stars and the sea are waving to them.
...
Soon after, Long Ming and others successfully arrived at the central control room.
The huge control room was empty, without a single figure. At the same time, the central console was activated, and prompts kept popping up on the virtual image screen.
"Please bind identity permissions...."
....
Zhang Wei and others immediately stepped forward to input their identity permissions.
Long Ming and others stood there and looked at the surrounding control rooms, their expressions becoming more and more complicated.
Spade said in a deep voice: "What should we do now? We probably don't have much time left to make a decision."
"As the President of the Federal Parliament, I must go there in person."
Long Ming took a deep breath and made a decision.
"We'll go with you too. It's always easier to discuss things if there are many people."
Augustolas and others shook their heads.
"Okay then, let Iselin stay and the others go together, but I have another suggestion."
Long Ming made some calculations and estimated that the risk was not high.
"What proposal?"
"Bring some reporters and broadcast the entire event live to reduce people's panic."
"Is this possible? I'm talking about the technical aspect."
Augustolas was also very surprised by Long Ming's proposal.
"No problem. The Propeller is advanced enough, and its internal information transmission device is very powerful. As long as this ship is used as an information transmission transfer device, there will be no problem."
Zhang Wei replied with certainty.
"Then do this. How long will it take for you to complete the debugging?"
Long Ming asked.
"All the parameters of this Propeller have been adjusted. There is no need to move it. You just need to get familiar with it. However, the cold storage of this ship's survival material reserve is empty. We need to fill it ourselves, so the fastest
It will be twelve hours before we can set off."
"Supply the ship immediately and set off in twelve hours."
Long Ming decisively issued the order.
"yes!"
...
Twelve hours later, the Propeller completed its replenishment.
In the control room, Zhang Wei and others were sitting in their respective operating positions. Two reporters were standing aside with live broadcast equipment on their backs, extremely nervous.
After everything was ready, Zhang Wei twisted and looked at Long Ming.
"lets go."
After Zhang Wei received the instructions, he issued the orders in an orderly manner.
"Close all access hatches."
"Smash the outer closed passage."
"Start the CS1 energy gathering power device..."
"Starting, power output is normal."
"Check all lines and loops."
"The R1-R2342 line is normal..."
"Activate the anti-gravity assist system and prepare the injection device to start."
.........
As the operation instructions were issued one after another, the special device ports at the bottom of the Propeller were opened, and the huge Propeller floated little by little, and then the tail jet device ignited.
The Propeller began to slowly leave the interstellar airport.
Long Ming and Augustolas stood on the observation deck, looking at the shrinking city and the land, and their hearts began to lift.
It would be a lie to say they are not nervous. In fact, they are not too worried about their own safety. What they are more worried about is actually the fate of all mankind.
...
It didn't take long for the propeller to break through the atmosphere, sail out of the Earth's star, and enter the vast starry sky.
The moment they flew out of the starry sky, through the telescope, they saw the extremely spectacular city surrounding the stars at a glance. The halo radiating from it was so bright and dazzling, just like the sun.
At this time, Zhang Wei quickly entered instructions on the console to set the flight trajectory, and at the same time issued an order: "Go forward at full speed, target the city around the stars."
"clear!"
Many operators responded one after another.
At this time, the two reporters swallowed, walked to Long Ming's side, and asked.
"Master Speaker, do we want to start broadcasting?"
"Broadcast it! Everyone deserves to know what happened."
Long Ming replied calmly.
"yes!"
Immediately, the reporter began to debug the equipment.
Soon the live video was transmitted back to Earth Star.
At this time, Su Mo was sitting at home watching TV, waiting for the latest developments.
At this time, the TV video was inserted into a live broadcast, and a rather young reporter was seen, saying excitedly: "Dear viewers, I am Nick, the federal news reporter, and now I will broadcast the latest progress of the Cup of Heaven for you. Now you can watch
Look, I am in the control room of a ship. This ship is called the Propeller, which is the final reward for winning the Earth Cup. Now, the President of the Federation Council, leading many members, is heading to the Star-Ringed City. You may not be too worried about this.
Clearly, what is the city around the stars?"
"Actually, I don't know where that place is, but it doesn't matter. I can point the camera at the telescope and let everyone take a look."
As he spoke, the image screen began to change.
From a distance, everyone can see a gyro-shaped mechanical city, but because it is a bit far away, they can't see it clearly.
"Due to the distance, we can't see very clearly now, but it doesn't matter. When it gets closer, I will show you the city around the stars in all directions. Now let me tell you the situation. The target ship is moving at sub-light speed.
, is expected to arrive at the Star-Ringed City in seven hours. The Propeller we are on now, as far as I know from the doctors on the ship, is at least five hundred years ahead of our existing technology, but this ship
There is a high probability that it is not the highest technological achievement in the City of Rings. It is expected that the technology in the City of Rings may be significantly different from ours."
"So if the exchange goes smoothly and we really win the Cup of Heaven, maybe our civilization can really be reborn..."
.....
Nick kept explaining.
Su Mo looked at the live video and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Long Ming and the upper-level federal congressmen.
He also did not expect that the Federation would not choose to go alone to accept the invitation this time, but would choose to broadcast it publicly.
This is a true intention to be transparent, not to engage in any cover-up, and to unite all mankind to deal with this cup of heaven.
Su Mo walked to the refrigerator and took out instant noodles and drinks. He wasn't going anywhere today, he just stayed at home and watched the live broadcast.
He was getting more and more excited in his heart. Now that interstellar ships are real, then mechas also exist. When he thinks about it, he can actually touch the mechas.
The blood in Su Mo's body began to boil involuntarily.
After preparing everything, Su Mo picked up his phone and took a look at the Star Ring Forum. The forum was still very lively, with countless players posting messages discussing the Star Ring City and the Cup of Heaven.
They were panicked at the beginning, but gradually adapted, and began to look forward to the bright future that was about to come.
Of course, there are also many more sensible people who use words to destroy their illusions.
"Don't have too good ideas. If you think about it carefully, the difficulty of the Cup of Earth must be lower than that of Cup of Heaven. Even if we win, how many people will survive in the end, let alone Cup of Heaven. And the worst part is,
This is the real world, not the world of the Cup of Earth, where people can be resurrected after death..."