Chapter 566 Forge Armor and Tong Ling [3500 words]
March 2685, Ceres.
Tong Ling had finished her day's training and was taking the underwater shuttle to leave the Pilot Training Ground No. 3 of the Ceres Branch of Starfeng Research Institute and headed to her residence thirty kilometers away.
Ceres, also known as Ceres in English, is the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system and the only dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt.
In the solar system, Ceres has attracted much attention as early as the 21st century because of its special structure.
Its surface contains a large amount of water-bearing minerals, and there is also a large amount of ice water in the mantle.
As early as the middle of the twenty-second century, human beings had already taken root, sprouted, and multiplied on Ceres.
After hundreds of years of transformation, Ceres, which was originally rocky, has now become lush and green.
Bound by a force field shield, Ceres has an atmosphere almost identical to Earth's.
Humans have implanted a gravity device in the core of the planet, and the simulated gravity environment is exactly 1G.
Otherwise, given the gravity conditions of Ceres, you can jump into space with a little force.
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In the residential building No. 37851 of the intermediate residential area.
Tong Ling's parents arrived home almost at the same time as her.
Both are senior employees of Ceres Machinery Manufacturing Factory.
As natives of Ceres, the Tong couple, who are now in their eighties, are very mediocre. They grew up in obscurity and went to work in obscurity. When they were in their sixties, fate made the two meet, and they hit it off on a whim. They decided to raise a child.
Descendants.
This decision changed both lives.
When she was only nine years old, Tong Ling showed her talent in machinery manufacturing and debugging early on and was selected to join the Ceres Branch of Xingfeng Research Institute.
Unknowingly, three years have passed and Tong Ling, who is only twelve years old, has become a senior student of the Ceres Branch and is about to graduate successfully and start working.
"Xiao Ling, what evaluation did you get in the pilot training graduation assessment?"
At the dinner table, Tong Ling's mother asked slightly nervously.
Tong Ling raised her little head, raised her chin slightly, and said proudly: "The comprehensive index evaluates A level, and the potential index evaluates SS level."
The mother's expression froze slightly, and there was some sadness on her face that could not be concealed.
The father bumped his wife's arm slightly on the table to signal her not to be too obvious.
"Congratulations on that. Our Xiaoling will definitely be able to enter the factory, or at least be a technical person in charge."
The child mother forced a smile and then said.
Tong Ling looked at her mother in confusion, "Mom, you don't look happy?"
"Nothing. Of course we are happy to see you doing well."
Tong Ling's father defended his wife.
But how could Tong Ling, who was as big as a brat, be concealed?
The atmosphere at the dinner table became inexplicably depressed.
Since 2675, with the launch of the first fleet capable of traveling at 200 times the speed of light in secondary curvature space, mankind's all-out counterattack has begun in advance, and similar conversations have occurred in many families.
Every couple hopes that their children will be successful, but deep down, they also hope that their descendants will have a safe life.
As parents, I would rather go to the battlefield myself, but also hope that my children can live a peaceful life.
However, as human science and technology continue to advance, the gap between people with different ability levels is getting wider and wider.
If mediocre parents give birth to genius children, they will be helplessly trapped in the dilemma of watching their children fly away.
They can't even stop their children.
This also violated the Empire's wartime laws.
After dinner, the family of three gathered together to remotely check on the status of dozens of other children.
Some children are still embryos, while others are already two or three years old.
These dozens of children are in an infant and toddler training center more than 20 kilometers away from residential building No. 37851.
Ever since Tong Ling showed her talent, nurturing new offspring has become their responsibility.
In recent years, the couple has bred dozens of offspring with high frequency.
The two usually go to the training center every three days on average. As for Tong Ling, due to her busy schedule, she can only spare one day per month to visit her younger siblings.
The army's recruitment order for newly graduated students is very urgent. The allocation results will be released tonight, and then Tong Ling will immediately have to pack her bags and rush to the front line.
Tong Ling has no chance to go to the training center anymore and can only meet her younger siblings at home through the holographic network.
In fact, she can still communicate remotely once she gets on the transportation spacecraft, but the distance will always feel a little different.
The big family has been chatting on the Internet for a long time.
An hour later, the communication time ended, and the family of three returned to seriousness.
In five minutes, the assignment report will be issued, and Tong Ling will know where she will go and what position she will hold.
The mother clasped her hands together and prayed silently, hoping that Tong Ling would not be assigned to the front line.
It would be best to work in a research institute in the rear area, which would provide you with stability and make it less likely to be sent to the battlefield.
But Tong Ling was a little excited and looking forward to it, and she spoke very fast: "I heard that the frontline Witten Galaxy has completed a new type of weapon called the Forgai Armor, which uses a virtual energy tunneling circuit and a new type of pulse hyperwarp.
The engine also uses a double jump system and is loaded with semi-intelligent artificial intelligence. I really want to go to the Witten Galaxy to see how powerful this legendary Folgai armor is that is ten times ahead of the current mainstream equipment.
.It would be great if I could become the commissioning pilot of the Forgai armor."
The virtual energy tunneling circuit was one of several conjectures left by Sergey before his death, and was later realized.
According to Sergey's idea, humans can use virtual energy to build a small, pipe-shaped force field interweaving network with characteristics similar to the solar dome.
When the electron flow circulates in these intertwined networks, it will change its shape and become a purer oscillation frequency energy, which will no longer exist in the form of complete electrons. The flow speed can reach twenty times the speed of light.
This has greatly improved the energy operation efficiency of human equipment, allowing some previously unachievable ultra-high performance to move from theory into reality.
The effect of the pulse hyperwarp engine is to allow small units to enter the second level of curvature space, with the overall flight speed reaching two hundred times the speed of light.
As for the double jump system, two jump engines of the same size and efficiency are activated alternately to obtain twice the jump distance and shorter freezing time.
As for the energy system of the Forge armor, it uses a classic composite system of antimatter, dark energy and high-energy biological batteries, which has a huge energy reserve.
As a small combat unit, its designed high-speed cruising range can reach thousands of light years, and its economical cruising range of twenty times the speed of light can be almost unlimited.
The theoretical stable operating life of the equipment is one million years, so the Forge Armor can fly a full 20 million light-years in the universe.
It is the first small unit ever built by mankind that can travel such a long distance.
Neither does the 41st century in the previous timeline.
Its design ideas use a lot of virtual energy, the unified rules of the previous generation of universes, and the physical laws revealed in the dome.
"Shut up! Do you know what you are talking about? How can this new type of equipment not be used on the battlefield? The battle on the front line is so tight now. If you really want to become a pilot of Forge's armor, I'm afraid you will have to start accepting it tomorrow.
Military literacy training.”
When the virgin mother heard this, she finally couldn't hold back and shouted angrily.
Her tone was very serious and urgent.
Tong Ling was stunned for a moment, and then she looked like she was about to cry.
This is the first time that she has been scolded by her mother since she has grown up.
When the boy's father saw this, he quickly acted as peacemaker.
Unexpectedly, the virgin mother refused to accept this trick and said angrily: "You still spoke for her. Didn't you hear her tone? She said so. She must have filled in her intention in the allocation of volunteers."
The boy's father was shocked, turned around and asked, "Is it true? Xiaoling."
Tong Ling lowered her head slightly and nodded, "Yes."
hiss!
The spacious and bright living room fell into dead silence for an instant.
With Tong Ling's SS-level potential index and her reputation on Ceres, if she really fills out her preferred application, the probability of being selected by the Witten Galaxy is at least over 90%.
After a long time, it was the child mother who adjusted her emotions first.
She sighed, "Okay, now that it's like this, let's wait for the results."
A few minutes later, Tong Ling's personal information system received a prompt.
Her wish came true.
She was selected into the 2nd Special Forces Squadron of the Witten Galaxy Intelligent Armor.
Although her position was not clearly stated in the transfer order, the Second Squadron, which was established less than half a year ago, was named a special operations squadron. There must be something special about it. It is very likely that it is actually a combat squadron that controls the Forge armor.
Tong Ling's lips curled up, as if she was so happy that she wanted to laugh, but she looked at her mother guiltily and didn't dare to laugh out loud.
The child mother lay weakly on the sofa, staring at the ceiling blankly, "You are only twelve years old! You are obviously still just a child, this..."
Tong Ling argued: "Mom, it will take fifteen years at the earliest for me to arrive in the Witten galaxy on the latest two hundred times the speed of light shuttle. By then I will be twenty-seven and no longer a child."
Child mother: "..."
After a while, Tong Mu finally softened her expression and held Tong Ling's hand tightly, "Forget it. Since you have been selected, there is no point in me saying depressing words. Let alone those soldiers who fought bloody battles on the front line.
.Now that you have gone, you have to do your job well."
"With my level, I don't have the authority to know the specific parameters of Forge's armor. But I think that thing must be particularly important to the soldiers. I hope that you and your armor can become the most trustworthy support of your comrades.
Xiaoling, I believe you can do it, you have the potential."
"You have been well protected by us since you were a child, and you have a relatively weak temper. But you must remember that the front line is a battlefield, and others will not tolerate your crying and crying temper like us."
"You have to learn to be strong, but also to be considerate of others. Finally, you have to keep in mind the mission of a soldier. If you receive a mission, you must stick to your position even if you die. There are third-level assessors among the ancestors of our family. So we can
If we cannot prove our worth again, it actually all depends on you."
Tong Ling nodded heavily.
"Um!"
Since the solar system was liberated, most of the original batch of third-level examinees who underwent colonial transformation have left the solar system one after another.
Some people die of old age and loneliness in the universe.
Some people are still continuing their endless and aimless voyage.
Others found an uninhabited planet and lived in seclusion to care for themselves.
Of course, there are also people who follow the instructions of the information and try to go to alien civilization planets that look similar to their own life forms.
Although they have no hope, they still want to find their own kind.
This group of people is destined to become eternal regrets and scars in the hearts of mankind in the solar system.
We failed to save them.
We even took advantage of them.
They tried their best to help the solar system, but they all clearly realized that they were no longer human and could no longer integrate into human society.
When they were freed, their will to leave was even stronger than those of low-level alien civilizations.
Before the colonial transformation, some of these people chose to leave offspring.
Both of Tong Ling's parents are descended from third-level assessors.
They are incompatible with the surrounding environment and feel sad for the fate of their parents. This is the reason why their parents chose to leave the earth early and come to settle on Ceres.
Forty-five minutes later, a small shuttle carrying dozens of new graduates from different majors took off from Ceres and headed straight for a large shipyard suspended in the Kuiper asteroid belt.
There, Tong Ling and her classmates will transfer to a large fast spacecraft that can reach two hundred times the speed of light, and fly directly to the intersection of the Sagittarius Spiral Arm and the Orion Arm, which is the front line of the war.
