Standing on the upper platform of the Gnaku, Hao Ren watched the refugees who had just been rescued by him line up in a long line and walk through the inspection gate one by one.
The inspection gate was just produced and installed by Nolan two minutes ago. Gnakuli also built a temporary partition wall to ensure that everyone must pass through this gate before entering the resettlement area after boarding the ship. In name,
The function of this gate is for "security check" to prevent passengers carrying dangerous goods from mixing into the crowd - such as cultists with twenty red tubes tied to their bodies, but in fact the real function of this gate is
Life scanner.
Hao Ren turned his head and looked at the humanoid shadow displayed on the holographic projection beside him. There was a jumping progress bar below the shadow. Every time a passenger passed the gate, the progress bar would move forward a small space.
.
This is collecting the life data of the Lahirion people: for the Inquisitor, when visiting a new planet with intelligent life, collecting the biological parameters of the local indigenous people is a routine first step.
Hao Ren couldn't help but sigh: "After working for so many years...it's not easy to be able to do a normal business..."
"Eighty percent are humans, and there are a few hybrid species, similar to elves," the data terminal floated next to his head, and he said while reading the report, "Only a few hundred people were rescued in total, and they were used to analyze the entire planet.
The race sample still seems to be too small.”
Hao Ren waved his hand carelessly: "It doesn't matter, it's just the beginning after all. But this 'real Lahirien' is really different from the Lahirien dream we entered. There are a lot of worlds in that dream."
Weird and weird intelligent creatures are crowded together on a planet. So far, the only ones we have seen here are humans and a few subspecies that are extremely close to humans... It seems that the experience accumulated in Lahirion's Dream is here.
It cannot be used."
Leah rolled her eyes: "You blame me for having wild dreams?"
"Speaking of which, how come hundreds of refugees were saved suddenly?" Lily scratched her hair and dangled her ears on top of her head. "Hey, landlord, is this a little beyond the plan?"
Hao Ren shrugged: "Just get used to it. The life of a prosecutor is full of randomness. The only way is to let yourself learn to adapt. By the way, you should put away your ears and tail first. This real Lahirian doesn't seem to be the same.
There are no werewolves..."
"Uh-huh." Lily grunted dissatisfiedly, but she still kept her furry animal ears and big tail away.
The Giant Turtle Yantai is not a specialized immigration spacecraft, or even a passenger ship - the living area on this ship is prepared for a small team with a limit of only a few dozen people. There is nothing superfluous from rooms to entertainment facilities, and now
With hundreds of refugees arriving, it is obviously unrealistic to arrange private rooms for each of them.
What's more, Hao Ren couldn't let these people run around on his spaceship.
But since these are already refugees, they naturally don't care about the living environment and quality of life. In fact, for them who have just escaped from the pirates' guns and almost died in the cracks of the world, how can they live in a stable place?
Being able to catch your breath in the cabin is already a great blessing.
The warehouse of the Giant Turtle Rock Platform is very large, and there are many empty cabins added by using space expansion technology next to the warehouse. In addition, this ship has also been used to transport short-distance passengers several times.
The main engine of the factory recorded drawings of various rapid resettlement facilities. Nolan urgently produced a batch of simple partitions and daily necessities. Coupled with the super efficiency of the autonomous machinery, when the refugees boarded the ship, it was already there.
Enough simple housing has been built.
When they passed through the gate and walked along the long winding corridor to the end, they saw these simple but neat "dormitories". Everyone was surprised at the new and unique style of these facilities, but probably no one could have imagined that these things were all
It was produced just a few minutes ago, and the position he was standing at this moment was just in the warehouse under the silver-white ship.
After observing the refugee boarding process through the one-way transparent polymer window for a while, Vivian wrapped her fingers around a strand of hair on her chest in boredom and tilted her head slightly: "Everyone has already boarded the ship.
Should we ask them to find out more about the situation?"
"That Captain Boken is in the first area," Hao Ren nodded, "At first, I thought that an old captain with that style of painting would definitely choose to live and die with his ship when it was about to sink. In the book
Isn’t that what they say - I was ready to knock him out and bring him here, but why didn’t he follow the routine?"
Lily couldn't help but roll her eyes at Hao Ren: "Who told you that every captain has to sink together when the ship sinks to act according to the routine?! Like that old man in uniform with a white beard and a pipe in his mouth?
Once the captain sees it, he will shout "This is a trap" even if the spacecraft is shot twice with a small pistol, then abandon the ship and escape, okay!"
Hao Ren hit the husky spirit on the head with a knife: "Don't just make fun jokes - do you think everyone can understand it?"
Charlemagne cautiously walked into the room assigned to him. Although he had left the rickety airship and stood in a solid and stable silver-white ship, he still did not relax his vigilance at all - rather, it was because he entered
After entering a completely unfamiliar and suspicious new place, his vigilance was greatly increased.
This kind of caution is not entirely because this silver-white ship has neither magic sails nor elemental wakes. It doesn't look like it can fly. More importantly, with the erudite education he has received, he can't even see this ship at this moment.
The origin of the ship, and even the origin of even the most common things in the ship cannot be seen at all.
The door to the room automatically closed after people entered. Charlemagne immediately turned back to confirm how the door should be opened. After confirming that it was not locked, he began to observe the situation in the room. He noticed that all the rooms were used.
It is cast from a silver-white metal, and the whole thing fits perfectly, almost like the result of one-time casting. The texture of the metal itself is not like what you usually see. Its luster and hardness are very similar to mithril, but in this world
There should be no one in the world who would be so luxurious as to use mithril to build a house, so it should be some kind of special material that is slightly cheaper but still has excellent performance.
But such outstanding technology and excellent materials were used to make such a simple thing.
From Charlemagne's perspective, of course, it can be easily seen that this room is actually the product of a rush to work: a square house with no decorative walls. It can be said that except for the windows and doors, this is just a six-purpose room.
It's just a square box made of metal plates, and the furnishings in the room are extremely simple. Basically, it's a problem to do anything except sleep in it...
If this kind of room is the result of serious thinking by the designer, it can only be said that the designer has a disastrous aesthetic and design concept.
A huge silver-white ship of unknown origin suddenly appeared, its strange and unknown flight method, the incomprehensible style of the ship's interior and the bizarre furnishings, everything was beyond the cognition of His Highness the Prince and any situation he had assumed.
Now he has to start worrying about some new problems: he has escaped from the desperate situation of falling into the rift of the world with the White Pearl, but he has fallen into a new unknown situation. If this big ship really happened to pass by and acted bravely, then it would be okay.
, but if it is the "next link" of those pirate ships, the situation will be very bad.
What's even worse is that Charlemagne is still not sure who is driving this conspiracy and for what purpose.
At this time, there was a soft knocking sound outside the door.
Charlemagne judged the identity of the person outside the door from the rhythm of the door knocking. When he opened the door, he saw Evana standing in front of him.
She had changed into a clean dress, washed her face, and transformed into the elegant Princess Ys again.
"Avenna, are you okay..." After taking his sister into the house, Charlemagne was about to ask about the other party's situation, but the other party raised a finger to signal for silence. Then he saw Evana summon a
A light blue rune, and swept this rune across every corner of the room.
Charlemagne frowned: "Is there eavesdropping?"
"No, just in case," Evana erased the runes and exhaled softly. Although her face was always as docile as water, the vigilance and careful thinking of this princess were no less than
His brother said, "The situation on this ship is very strange. I don't want to worry about it."
"It's really weird. I've never seen this kind of airship that can fly without magic sails and elemental power, and everything in it is different from the style of any known kingdom," Charlemagne nodded.
Head, "What did you find?"
"Incredible," Evana said lightly, but there was a glimmer of light in her eyes, "I can feel that there is a very powerful surge of energy in this ship, and there is an extremely complex control system all over the place.
There is a weak flow of information in every corner, even under every inch of the floor... It is like a living steel behemoth with blood vessels and nerves all over the body, rather than a simple dead thing pushed up by a few engines and magic hubs.
.”
Charlemagne's eyes widened at his sister's description. He didn't feel that the other party was exaggerating, because Aviana had never been in the habit of exaggerating, and this sister had outstanding magical talents since she was a child, even reaching the level of "Elemental Chosen"
To the extent that she can directly "see" the elements and energy flows that ordinary mages can only perceive in a state of deep meditation, her judgment on this ship is probably the most accurate.
"Then can you be sure where this ship comes from? From your description, it looks very much like the 'spiritual objects' made by ancient elven craftsmen, or those excavated by La Tun..."
Unexpectedly, Evana shook her head directly: "I can't tell."
"can not tell?!"
"The structure of this ship exceeds my understanding. I can see part of its energy and information flow, but I can feel that what I see is only the most insignificant part of its huge body.
It's like a giant's hair. And the way it operates is something I've never come across before... There's nothing similar to it in either the elves' books or the wizard's knowledge system."
Charlemagne couldn't help but hold the sword on his waist: "This will be troublesome...I even suspect that this ship is the 'follow-up' of those pirate ships. We have not escaped this crisis at all."
Evana is very smart in magic, and she is not lacking in caution and vigilance, but she is obviously not as experienced as her seasoned brother in pure conspiracy. She seemed very confused: "The follow-up to the pirate ship? This white ship is not
Destroyed those pirates?"
Charlemagne asked back: "Do you really think that three pirate ships can sink the White Pearl?"
Evana fell silent thoughtfully.
"Those pirate ships were empty shells, and the contents inside were all military," Charlemagne said eloquently. "And they accurately seized the time when the White Pearl had just passed through the sea of shining clouds and the energy shield was weak to launch the attack.
, they have been conducting long-range artillery battles since the beginning of the attack, without any intention of boarding the ship to plunder. This is not the style of pirates at all - pirates rob ships for wealth, but if they don't board the ship and plunder, where will the wealth come from?
If the White Pearl is sunk over the World Rift, they will get nothing at all, and it will waste crystal-burning shells that are as precious as gold..."
Evana woke up: "So those are not pirates?"
"No, they are real pirates, but someone must have hired them to do things that pirates would not do, but outsiders seem to be able to blame them on pirates, such as sinking a passenger ship over the world rift. As for sinking a passenger ship over the world rift,
Outsiders would not know whether Shen had boarded a ship to rob before," Charlemagne shook his head. "Normally, people who hire pirates have little trust in those desperadoes who sell their lives for money, especially
After letting them participate in such a shocking case, they usually kill the mouths of these pirates later..."
Speaking of which, with Evanna's intelligence, she can certainly think of the subsequent development: "So the ship we are on now..."
"It's not certain yet," Charlemagne showed a helpless expression, "If it was a normal warship, even if it was a warship from Ys or the Dragon Empire, I could confirm the clues, but it is such a strange ship.
...Ship, I'm not even sure if it comes from any known human kingdom. Such a ship that appears out of thin air and even you and I can't tell the date is 'transparent', even if it is sunk directly head-on.
If you get the White Pearl, you don’t have to worry about being traced. This way, it and the forces behind it don’t have to rely on pirates..."
"I think we should talk to the owner of this ship." Evana said.
"I think so too, but the key lies in what identity, what to talk about, and whether the other party is willing to talk," Charlemagne frowned, "If they really have something to do with those pirate ships, then our identities must have been exposed.
, then we are actually prisoners on this ship. If they are really just passing by... then we have to consider continuing to pretend to be ordinary passengers, but the rights of ordinary passengers to speak are limited..."
Evana blinked her eyes and showed a faint smile: "But talking is better than doing nothing, isn't it?"