The Acorn was once again connected to the dark branch pipe. Mian Ning skillfully turned off Hao Xing's modified single-person spaceship driving system and connected to the Shucheng base's internal network. The big screen in the control room lit up and automatically played a local news commentary program with Star Pirates' characteristics.
"The war in the East Dutch Galaxy is in full swing, and commercial activities are almost extinct."
The anchor of Shucheng was wearing a gorgeous black evening dress and complained sharply: Don't go there for robbers. Warships are crawling all over the place. What's valuable is what it's worth. You can't come back if you go there.
"The Imperial Academy of Sciences released the latest research results. A new detector can detect genetic contamination in just three minutes."
The anchor looked disdainful: Legend has it that one minute after being bitten, one turns into an insect, but it takes three minutes to detect it? Scientists cannot rob ignorant people like this.
"The social season held once every fifty years is held as scheduled, and nobles gather on the Green Lotus Star in the West Netherlands Galaxy. The Crown Prince is invited to dance. Whose noble daughter will be His Majesty the Crown Prince's dance partner?"
The anchor opened the manuscript and smiled happily: Oh, let me put an advertisement. The Shocking Rogue and the Second Thief Under Heaven have both headed to the Green Lotus Star. Who gains more? We'll wait and see. The contact information for the agent of Shocking Heroes is at the bottom of the screen, accepting jewelry orders, □□.
Such a weird and bottomless anchor is quite lovable, and Bai Zhi is enjoying herself while watching it.
"Mom, are there really people who are so good at stealing whatever they want?" Ming Ning felt that it was very difficult to steal whatever someone wanted in a perverted surveillance environment.
"It's a lie. This kind of party requires a blood test, and outsiders can't get in. That thief is just selling high-quality imitation jewelry." Bai Zhi patted her son's shoulder, who was as tall as her, "Did your father get pregnant again?" Ordering spare parts?”
"Yes, Dad and Uncle Hai can't make the memory metals we need. Only the Imperial Capital's research institute has them." Mian Ning took the time to take out the battery crystal to recharge, "Mom, what's for lunch?"
"Today it's Uncle Yue's turn to cook. I don't know what he wants to do." Bai Zhi took out the sketch and showed it to Mian Ning. "Mian Mian will like this Shucheng. Your father and I discussed the draft for several days."
On the manuscript paper is a small castle assembled from rocks and several big trees. The main structure was drawn by Zhang Tianzhao. Angelica dahurica added a lot of vines and flowers. The various small houses, small vine ladders and flowers looked pink and cute.
Mian Ning hesitated for a while, but finally told the truth, "Mian An wants a battle fortress that can move in space. This..."
Bai Zhi put the sketch away in frustration. Her daughter's preferences were neither soft nor cute. The mother was so sad and wanted to find a place to cry.
Ming Ning hugged her mother and comforted her: "I like this castle very much. Mom will keep it for my daughter."
Bai Zhi was dumbfounded and tapped her son's forehead lightly, "Are you happy to be Uncle Hao's student?"
"Happy, Uncle Hao has a head full of fantastic ideas, and every one of them is super interesting." Mian Ning changed his hand to hold the battery crystal for charging, "Uncle Hao said that we have solved the compatibility problem between the battery crystal and the current energy system, etc. He's perfected the new computer language, and we can start building mechas. Mom, I'm going back to the lab."
"Go." Bai Zhi took out a charged battery crystal and gave it to her son. She watched her son leave the control room and turned her attention to the news.
Something big happened at Shucheng Base. An investment institution called Beihai acquired Shucheng Base at some point. Beihai Organization plans to expand Shucheng into a space city belt integrating processing, manufacturing and residence. In the past few days, a large number of cargo ships and engineering ships have been flying to Shucheng, accompanied by armed fleet escorts.
This time back to Shucheng, Silent Hill brought back three spaceships that were robbed instead of being robbed. Neither Qi Haoyu nor Hai Fengqiu had any plans to expand the team. The bearded captain sold the loot in exchange for a large amount of meat and energy. Both the Silent Hill and the Acorn were loaded, just waiting for the black-market memory metal to arrive.
The first few days of waiting were uneventful, but on the fourth day big things started to come out. Exclusive interviews from major news stations almost overwhelmed Star Network.
"Insects suddenly appeared in the West Holland Galaxy, and the social season was interrupted."
"The Crown Prince died unfortunately, and His Majesty the Emperor was seriously injured in an assassination attempt on his way back to the Imperial Capital. The Queen Mother turned the tide."
"A shocking discovery. Multiple insect-human embryos and monster embryos were found in the low-temperature refrigeration warehouse of Science Island. Marshal Feng sealed the Academy of Sciences angrily."
"More than twenty biological scientists fled to the Republic of Cork en masse."
"The empire is at war again, and Governor Ningtang declared the Ningtang system to be independent from the empire."
The second boot finally landed.
Bai Zhi slowly made dumplings while listening to the nonsense of various experts. All the friends in the room were very calm. Those making dumplings were making dumplings, and those playing games were playing games. Everyone was calm enough.
When the first pot of dumplings was cooked, the local news station made a summary. There were six noble families that declared independence, three systems under the direct control of the empire, and no one who expressed loyalty to the royal family.
When the dumplings were finished, the Feng Ji Zhen Alliance announced the establishment of the United Kingdom, cutting off one-fifth of the empire's territory with one blow. This was expected. If bugs hadn't appeared in the information center, the Feng Ji Alliance, which had been prepared for a long time, would have probably been the first to declare independence.
After the three hours of entertainment and mahjong after dinner, the latest statistics from major news websites showed that the empire was divided into more than a dozen kingdoms, several republics, and three empires.
"Oh my God!" Xiao Fei, who had been hanging on the Star Network to watch the excitement, was shocked: "The Nebula Group has split up! The Star Network and Star Gate will be re-divided according to the star regions, and the empire is truly divided."
"No way! Can't you access the Internet freely in the future?" Qi Haoyu felt like he was mourning his heir.
"What will happen to my game ranking! If I don't get first place, my life will be incomplete!" Mi An pounded the table in pain.
Hao Xing rushed to the main console, and after banging it for a while, he announced sadly: "There are only a few precious hours left for the unification of the empire, so hurry up and think of something."
Qi Haoyu quickly grabbed Xiaofei and Xiaoshan and teleported back to Silent Hill to rescue their spiritual wealth. Except for Hao Xing and Bai Zhi, everyone was here. Everyone connected the smart brain to the host and hurriedly rushed to download the information.
"It may not be so easy to cross the Star Gate in the future. Can we contact Hao Lang and the others through the host?" Bai Zhi and Hao Xing discussed contacting Hao Lang. The political stance of the Shucheng Base is that it has no stance. Information on various stances can be accessed, but companions scattered in various galaxies may not know it so comprehensively.
"It is not safe for information packets to pass through the stargate switch. We have a more secure contact method." Hao Xing closed his eyes and entered perception. After two minutes, he opened his eyes and said, "Come here."
Bai Zhi entered the long-lost world of perception, and Hao Xing directly pulled her into his and Hao Lang's small world. In the boundless small world, Hao Xing's consciousness is as bright as a star, and Hao Lang's consciousness is as tenacious and deep as the earth. The two people's consciousnesses were intertwined, leaving a place for Bai Zhi in the middle.
"Hi, Bai Zhi. I'm enjoying the sun, beach and sea breeze." Hao Lang's tone was lazy.
Bai Zhi briefly told Hao Lang about the division of the Star Network.
Hao Lang asked: "What do you think of the current situation?"
"Divided countries use star gates as their borders. The connections between countries... will become less and less. If the division lasts too long, some galaxies will lose contact with the outside world, and the civilization of a single planet will decline or even regress to primitive society. ." Bai Zhi thought for a moment and said: "If our kind cannot be brought to the Chaos Star, we should try our best to go to a resource-rich planet."
"I'm here to tell my kindred spirits that you should feed Hao Xing the blue potion." Hao Lang knew that the survival of all his kindred spirits was at stake, so he kicked Bai Zhi out first without wasting time.
Bai Zhi counted while exiting. Except for Lu Lei who was still on Ceres and Sun Heping who didn't know where they were, all her friends and relatives she could sense were by her side. She felt relieved to dig through her backpack and take out the blue bottle and insert the straw. Serve Hao Xing.
Hao Xing drank more than twenty bottles of the best blue medicine before he opened his eyes tiredly and said with a smile: "We have been notified. Shushan and Hatsune said they would come to Shucheng. It will take about three or four days to arrive."
The Shushan and Hatsune arrived at the Shucheng base amid a large wave of spaceships looking for a paradise, and joined two opposing star pirate gangs. Frightened by the Silent Hill's impressive record of being robbed all the time and never capsizing, the various gangs in Shucheng Base who were busy forming cliques did not offer an olive branch to the Silent Hill.
Qi Haoyu was very depressed. He wanted to maintain the image of a calm, steady and good boyfriend in front of Xiao Fei, so he could only sneak into the kitchen while Bai Zhi was cooking and tell his sister about his lonely feelings: "We in Silent Hill have a strong army and a strong boat, so how can we just... Not a good partner for unity?"
"We have been using the most violent method to tell people what it means to be 'no grass grows where a peach blossom has passed.'" Bai Zhi picked up a piece from the cut radish and stuffed it into her brother's mouth, "Can you be more subtle in your fighting style?"
"Waiting for the mecha to be built. It is difficult to control the intensity of hand-to-hand combat in a gravity-free environment, and we have too few opportunities to practice." Qi Haoyu chewed the sweet and spicy white radish.
The beautiful scenery of a certain planet flashed by on the screen on the wall, and the host was talking about his date with the lakes, mountains and delicious food in a passionate and elegant tone.
Suddenly, the spacecraft trembled several times. The soup pot moved, and Bai Zhi quickly swung out a few pieces of metal to fix the soup pot, sealed the mouth of the pot, and turned off the heat. Qi Haoyu opened and closed the smart brain, but before he could contact his captain, the smart brain reminded him that there was a video message.
"The enemy is attacking Tree City. Silent Hill is requested to assemble at the designated coordinates. The coordinates are as follows..." The voice of the female anchor was clear and soft.
Qi Haoyu was stunned for a moment and said happily: "The fight came so fast. I'll go find Uncle Hai."
The war for hegemony that divides the empire has begun. Not only nobles but also quasi-heroes with reckless backgrounds want to be emperors.
Possibly, her kind and her companions as well.
"Go." Bai Zhi calmly poured water and noodles and continued cooking.
Although the Acorn also has powerful ship-borne weapons, its appearance is the same as that of an ordinary cargo ship. The Acorn was not drafted by the North Sea Agency. Two militants, Hai Fengqiu and Lin Yunlai, went to the Silent Hill to join in the fun, while the rest stayed on the Acorn. Hao Xing's computer language project was in its final stages, and Bai Zhi also wanted to take advantage of this time to process the food. stand up.
A few hours after dinner, the enlisted spaceship had not returned yet, and a missile hit a large hole in the trunk of one of the three trees in Tree City. The Beihai agency urgently evacuated residents, and the Acorn received a notice to house 500 people.
Although he knew that it was easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away, but seeing that most of the people on the list were women and children, Gu Tianbai decided to take in these five hundred people. Zhang Tianzhao and Yue Dongting transformed the interior of the Acorn into an ordinary cargo ship before letting people in.
Gu Tianbai brought this group of people into an empty cargo hold that was half the size of a football field. He politely said to the young man in the lead: "We are a cargo ship, so we can only make you suffer in the empty cargo hold."
"Thank you very much for accepting me and my people on the Acorn. My name is Gui." Gui is a young man in his early twenties with a handsome appearance. Compared with his people, his attitude is already quite friendly.
"You're welcome, there are bathroom facilities at the end of the corridor outside. But there is no water." Gu Tianbai and Gui introduced the conditions that the Acorn can provide.
A man beside Gui who was a few years older than him thought he had found a flaw and asked loudly: "Aren't you a supply cargo ship? How could there be no water?"
Gu Tianbai smiled slightly at the man, "It happened suddenly. Our application to purchase water is still being reviewed at Shucheng Base, and the water tanks are all empty."
"We will solve the water problem ourselves." Gui stopped the man next to him and immediately contacted him to buy water, food, and other supplies that five hundred people needed to live in an empty cargo hold.
When the merchant delivered the goods, Gui did not contact the captain through Zhinao, but came to the control room in person.
Everyone was continuing to perfect Hao Xing's new language in the conference room next door. Only Bai Zhi was on duty in the control room. She stood behind the curved console and checked each data one by one.
Gui stood outside the open door and saw such a wonderful picture. The slim and beautiful girl looked up at the dashboard. The densely packed screens and the faint cold light on the dashboard cast a layer of light on the girl's smooth forehead and long ponytail. Blu-ray. The girl's expression was focused and her movements were as nimble as an elf in the wind.
Gui held his breath, afraid that he would be angry and scare the elf away.
Bai Zhi realized that there was someone there and turned around to say hello to the stranger, "Hi. I'm staying here, are you okay?"
"Hi, my name is Gui." Gui approached Bai Zhi, "I bought some things and the store delivered them. Is the captain here?"
"He went to check the engine. The temporary permission to open the hatch is, right, your communication number." Bai Zhi simply opened a screen.
Gui didn't expect Bai Zhi to be so straightforward. She was stunned for a moment before reporting his communication number, confirming that he had obtained the authority, thanked him and left. More than an hour later, he brought a box of candies to Bai Zhi and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Bai Zhi accepted the small gift and threw it aside. She took back her authority and continued to check various data.
"This is the first time I have met such a young and charming female spaceship pilot. If one day I am too old to move, I will talk about this wonderful moment when telling stories with my grandchildren. The children will ask me, what is the name of that charming lady? What, how should I answer?" Gui smiled and approached.
"No chatting during working hours." Bai Zhi didn't look back, her attitude was very cold. Gu Tianbai came out of the side door in time and sneered at Gui.
"Your name is so long." Gui stepped down the steps for himself in a graceful manner and said while stepping back: "I will remember you."
When Gui walked away, Gu Tianbai flicked his fingers, and a ball of fire came out and enveloped the candy box. Immediately, the food and fruit box turned into a crumpled gray metal ball only the size of a walnut. Then he turned off the control He opened the door of the cargo room and opened the monitor in the cargo hold very rudely.
The cargo hold has changed its appearance. Disposable foam sheets divide the huge space into more than a hundred small rooms and several large rooms. Each room was covered with floor mats, and most people stayed in their own small rooms. Gu Tianbai searched for a while, found Gui's location, adjusted the machine a few times, and heard the voices of Gui and several people talking from the speakers. It was a certain dialect, but it was completely difficult for Bai Zhi. Bai Zhi quickly found this dialect in the translation library and connected it to the console. Everyone was interested in eavesdropping and put down their work to listen to the gossip.
"Are you sure there is no monitoring equipment in the cabin?"
"After testing several times, this spacecraft is a standard cargo ship. All monitoring equipment is installed in accordance with the minimum requirements for transportation. There is no monitoring equipment in the cargo hold. Most of the Star Thieves' supply ships are smuggled and do not install monitoring equipment in the cargo hold. Equipment is the rule.”
"They don't look like ordinary people. A group of guys who can rely on their reputation to make a living form a group to follow the star pirates to drive a cargo spaceship. It's so strange. Have you contacted Makino City?"
"Not yet Mr. Gui. The Shucheng base has activated signal interference, and the communication channel between us and Makino City happens to be in the interference frequency band."
"Change a few more channels and try. Don't give up logging into StarNet."
"Yes, Lord Gui."
"Sir, can we still go back to Makino City?"
"If Makino City successfully opens the temporary star gate, we can go back."
Hao Xing heard the temporary star gate next door and shouted, "Open the temporary star gate? Mian Ning, tell Silent Hill to put out a few more detectors. Let's put a few out too. I want to see how they open the temporary star gate." From the Stargate.”
"I personally experienced the opening of a temporary star gate." Bai Zhi knew that Hao Xing wanted to use it as a reference for the teleportation array, so she told Hao Xing in detail about the Science Island of Imperial University, but she did not mention her headache.
"According to your description, it is actually trying to provoke the high-level mutant beast to explode its crystal core and open a passage. In that case, the star gate opened is not a passage connecting two places in the same universe. It is very likely that it is a star gate. Through several universes. What the empire is using now is not a star gate at all, at most it is a large teleportation array!" Hao Xing suddenly realized, "I'll modify the model." He happily ran to the corner to use the desktop brain .
"Did he speak human language? I didn't understand a word." Gu Tianbai asked Bai Zhi with a smile, "Explain it."
"There is a hypothesis that there is more than one universe. Just like a book has many pages, there are many universes, or many layers. The time speed of each universe is different from the other. This can explain the relationship between the Empire and the Earth There is a time difference between them. But there is no way to explain how the huge territory of the empire connected by star gates can solve the time difference problem, so Hao Xing believes that this star gate is not that star gate, but just a large teleportation array."
"So when I pass through the star gate, I should go to the command tower and touch it from top to bottom. Maybe I can create a portal." Zhang Tianzhao smiled.
The area around the Star Gate was heavily guarded, and most people had no chance to get out of the enclosed spaceship, let alone touch the Star Gate control tower. He was just joking.
The video screens transmitted back by the detectors on both sides of Tree City and Silent Hill only have different viewing angles, but the content is exactly the same. The fire energy elements gathered on the shell of a huge spaceship tens of thousands of kilometers away from Tree City gathered into a fireball. The continuous self-destruction and combustion caused many large holes in the hull, and a mutated giant beast emerged. The unknown forces who were fighting fiercely with Shucheng immediately focused on the giant beast together with Shucheng's warships. The self-destruction of the behemoth when it died triggered a tsunami-like energy fluctuation. The detectors were all burned out.
Before the screen went completely black, Hao Xing quickly opened the defensive covers installed on the two spaceships. After a few minutes, the energy fluctuations returned to normal, and Hao Xing closed the defensive shield and released the detector again.
Gu Tianbai wanted to ask about the situation in the cargo hold, but found Gui's communication number but couldn't reach him.
"The intranet can't be accessed either. If it wasn't caused by the energy shock just now, the Beihai agency blocked the news." Bai Zhi thought for a while and said, "Third brother, let me accompany you to the cargo hold."
There were many women and children in the cargo hold, and it was easier for Gu Tianbai to comfort Gu Tianbai even if Bai Zhi stood nearby and said nothing.
There is indeed a panic in the cargo hold now. The captain of the Acorn came in with a beautiful girl on his arm, and not many people noticed.
"Captain." Gui pushed through the crowd and came out, "What happened? Why can't I access the intranet?"
"We don't know what happened. The Acorn can't contact Shucheng Base now. I have arranged for people to repair the air conditioning equipment. Please don't panic." Gu Tianbai glanced at Bai Zhi and said: " If something happens to the woman or child, please tell Xiao Qiao."
"We happen to have a child with a problem. Please open the door and let my people find someone to help." Gui's expression was slightly anxious.
"Let me take a look first." Bai Zhi said, letting go of Gu Tianbai's arm, and squeezed into the crowd easily.
A little girl of five or six years old huddled up in a ball on the mat, with supernatural powers all over her body, and small green energy balls rolling around on her skin. Bai Zhi understood at a glance that the little girl had awakened. The problem is that she's too young and doesn't know how to control her new abilities. This problem may be a big problem for others, but it is not a problem for Bai Zhi. Her family's Mi'an has never been out of control before she was three years old.
Several people put a woman in a corner, and she cried softly. There was no one within a few meters of the little girl. When Bai Zhi knelt down beside the little girl, the woman screamed: "Don't touch her."
"I can handle this situation."
Bai Zhi raised her hand to suck up the clusters of small green balls, and then patted them into powdery green mist. The green mist fell on the little girl's skin and quickly penetrated into her body.
"Is it serious?" Gu Tianbai asked, standing a few meters away. The little girl's superpower was quite powerful. His superpower was a bit overwhelming and he wanted to attack, so he had to stand far away.
Bai Zhi turned around and smiled, "It's okay. Who are the children's relatives?"
"It's me." The woman who screamed just now sobbed, "Save her. Save her, I'll give you whatever you want."
"I don't want anything, please allow me to guide her." Bai Zhi saw that the child's mother couldn't understand her words at all, and looked at Gui, "I know you are from the Ji family, and I happen to owe the Ji family a small favor."
Gui thought for a moment and said decisively, "Everyone get out, including Sakura's mother."
In a blink of an eye, everyone was out, leaving only Gui and Gu Tianbai standing by the door. Gui closed the door.
Bai Zhi held the little girl in her arms, and gently pressed her palms on the little girl's forehead. The green light ball enveloped the two of them, and the little girl woke up after a few seconds.
Bai Zhi held the little girl's hand, guided her to condense a small vine, and said gently: "This is the ability given to you by God. You can make flowers, plants and trees grow lush, and you can also let it do many things."
Bai Zhi let go of her hand, and turned her slender hand in front of the little girl's eyes. An equally small vine grew out and turned into a leafy green blanket. One vine even wrapped around Gu Tianbai's body. Dots of pink and white flower thunder emerged from under the green leaves and bloomed with a snap. The white flowers and sweet floral fragrance attracted the little girl's attention.
"It's so beautiful." The little girl looked at her small green vine, "Can I do the same?"
"If you work hard enough, you can do it when you are as old as me." Bai Zhi turned her wrist again, and the green vine and white flowers turned into dots of green light and returned to her palm, "I give it to you, are you willing to take it?"
The little girl nodded excitedly, letting the green dots soak into the top of her head.
"You can only make your flower tree grow a little bit every day. If you use too much force, it will make you uncomfortable." Bai Zhi touched the top of the little girl's head, "Now that you are an amazing superpower, remember to protect your mother."
The little girl nodded proudly. Bai Zhi stood up and said, "Okay, it's okay."
Gui opened the door, and the little girl's mother couldn't wait to rush in. Seeing that her daughter was safe and sound, she burst into tears. Bai Zhi followed Gu Tianbai out of the room. Gui Zhui came out and said in honorific terms: "Can I talk to you?"
"Of course." Gu Tianbai casually opened the cargo hold next door. This cargo hold is filled with large containers of ore, leaving little space for three people.
"Did the kid win the lottery?" Gui asked cautiously.
Bai Zhi nodded, "As soon as contact is restored, report it directly to the Second Office."
"You..." Gui wanted to ask but didn't dare.
Bai Zhi raised her finger and shushed, "Why are you allowed to get on the boat?"
Gui bowed respectfully and shut up.
