Chapter 17 Field Investigation

In the Star Sea Age, civilization and political power are no longer equivalent.

For example, the Imperial Alliance, its predecessor was the Earth government in the solar system located on the edge of the cantilever of Orion.

It's just that the discovery of the hyperspace channel was so unexpected that the Earth's government, which was busy with involution, was not prepared for the era of the star sea at all. There were still many countries inside it, and the initial division was just because humans could not decide which channel to sail into.

consensus.

Then, there is the epic written by human beings who have gone their separate ways in different galaxies. When human beings of various branches encountered extraterrestrial civilizations, fierce collisions broke out, either ideologically or physically.

Many branches of humanity were wiped out, but the predecessor of the pro-foreign Imperial Alliance survived.

In contact with dozens of other civilizations, the predecessors of the Imperial Alliance gradually chose to form a more powerful alliance with other races.

The structure of civilization and the blood of the race merged with each other, and finally formed what it is today through stumbles. Although the Imperial Alliance is not the strongest in the star sea, at least it can barely stand firm.

However, perhaps the issues that were shelved when the alliance was originally chosen have begun to worsen, or the backlog of conflicts within the alliance is about to explode. Today's pro-foreign voices in the Imperial Alliance have been completely suppressed, and anti-foreign trends have taken over the mainstream.

The friction with hundreds of surrounding regimes is clear and ironclad evidence.

As for the Electric Energy Alliance, it is slightly different from the Imperial Alliance. Perhaps it is because psychic creatures have no body, and they have little sense of family and country. Psychic creatures whose external appearance resembles electricity will be automatically classified into it.

The Electric Energy Alliance is a natural vassal of every political power.

The reason why they are said to be an "alliance" is because although they have no idea of ​​getting together when they are scattered, they can unexpectedly unite when they are in the same place, just like the ocean is like water droplets.

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Now, it's early next morning.

Zuo Wu was sleepy when he heard the door of his room being knocked by the new maid.

Levina was outside the door, and the rhythm of knocking on the door changed from slow to fast, and each knock was like knocking on the center of Zuo Wu's heart. The process was painful, and it can only be said that the sleepy discomfort was nothing compared to it.

He could only get up with a grin on his face. Is this the exclusive wake-up call service that claims to be the best maid?

Opening the door, Ai Shanshan, who was also crazy, stood behind Levina.

Levina took a deep breath through the veil, put on disposable gloves, and rushed into Zuo Wu's room.

After finishing the cleaning quickly, she picked up his clothes and helped him dress neatly with miraculous speed. Then she took a towel and cleaned Zuo Wu to the maximum extent with the smallest movements.

After she was done, she took the corner of her gloves and threw them into the trash can along with the towel.

"...Ouch, this is harder than I thought... No, I'm sorry. Good day, boss. Breakfast is ready."

Zuo Wu grinned helplessly: "Did you almost vomit it just now?"

"I won't let you see it next time."

His helplessness deepened slightly: "You should deny it! And you still feel like vomiting!"

"I won't cover up my mistakes..." Levina paused and covered her mouth slightly: "Ah, it should be said that I won't cover up my true feelings when you ask. After all, it didn't happen this time.

Spitting it out is not a mistake."

Zuo Wu finally lifted his forehead deeply under Ai Shanshan's teasing eyes.

…

Like the Strouzers, the Electric Energy Alliance is also distributed in the form of settlements.

The current job assigned to them by the management AI is to operate various giant machines and dig desperately into the underground of the planet.

Not to find any mineral deposits, but to build the foundation for industrial facilities that will be installed on the planet in the future.

On this crust with an average thickness of only 33 kilometers, buildings that are hundreds of kilometers long will be built in the future and can be directly connected to the space station in space. People have to lament that this is a certain victory of materials science.

It's just that there are no shadows of these industrial buildings now, there are just regular circular caves scattered across the black earth.

Whenever the wind blows, there will be a "woo-woo" sound in these caves, like ghosts crying and wolves howling.

Zuo Wu jumped off the suspended car, and the oncoming cries of ghosts and wolf howls almost knocked the two ladies behind him unsteady. Levina covered her ears, while Ai Shanshan repeatedly confirmed the information given by the clerk in the field of vision.

I clicked my tongue and felt a little tricky:

"I feel that the identity of the law enforcer will not be easy to use this time. The psychic creatures are not very interested in the Imperial Alliance officials. The only thing that can make them stop working is pure energy, which is our energy coin,"

She poked Zuo Wu on the waist: "Are you ready to use money to open the way?"

Zuo Wu nodded: "Money is no problem. It's just that I'm wondering, if we really find a star-destroying weapon or something, will the management AI directly support us, or will it want to destroy us all without any explanation like last time?"

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"I've already said it's impossible!" Ai Shanshan took a step forward: "Ten thousand steps back, even if there is such a thing here, it's not something that a small AI can have the final say. When the time comes, it will be

Get ready to admire the heroic appearance of our Imperial Alliance pilot team!"

As she spoke, she walked to the edge of the huge circular cave in front of her. Under this circle with a radius of one kilometer, the fly ash produced by the giant machinery's excavation was like a black sandstorm raging underground.

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Black sandstorms can block light, but they cannot block objects walking in the void.

About 10 kilometers down from the ground, it was already dark. Only the giant engineering creation was roaring, its movable joints were crushing the invading sand and gravel, and the lights on the machinery were like stars swallowed by the dimness of the universe.

Then, in the dark sandstorm.

The tip of a knife suddenly poked out from a place where there was nothing before. The tip of the knife slashed downwards, creating a long wound in the void.

What jumped out easily from this wound was the beautiful creation that had been watching it coldly in the void when the management AI bombed the ground. It was deeply scratched on the logo of the aircraft control group that Aishanshan had longed for.

The marks are still glaring.

The fluid-free engine pushed the approximately 15-meter-tall creation to float quietly in the air, protected by some kind of force field. The flying sand and gravel gave way lightly and consciously when passing near its silver streamlined fuselage.

As if aware of the creature's visit, the surrounding construction machinery as tall as a hill stopped what they were doing. The searchlights turned around and all looked at it.

This contrast in size is so huge, it's like a megalodon surrounding a small silverbait in the shallow sea.

But everyone knows very well who is the giant shark and who is the small fish.

After a while.

The wounds in space are eliminated, and the hatch of creation is opened.

The driver on it is still a human being, but he wears his hair in a bun and cloth shoes. His white clothes are fluttering, and the left collar is embroidered with ancient cloud patterns. And he even carries an extremely simple gun on his back. Bronze dagger.

Bronze is one of the most primitive alloys forged by humans. In the underground where every construction machine is made of super alloy, the driver's style is obviously not consistent with this.

He made a decision with his hands.

A construction machine in front of it suddenly let out a mournful cry, and the searchlights on it like star points went out one after another. The giant claws that could break basalt began to lose their grip on the rock wall, and they staggered and were about to fall into the abyss.

Then, a bright current from inside the construction machinery was directly drawn out by the driver's small gesture.

This is the psychic creature of the Electric Energy Alliance. The electric current is changing its shape violently, but it is restrained and ravaged by something. It is finally escorted to the driver's side.

The rest of the construction machinery was like a pack of frightened dogs, all retreating several meters.

The driver smiled: "Why do you want to contact Co-Prosperity Insurance?"

The current finally calmed down and was silent for a few seconds: "Mr. Bai Ace, can you acquiesce to those illegal insect men dreaming of flying into the sky and not allow us to enrich our granary?"

The compensation from Co-Prosperity Insurance is energy, and energy is the food for these psychic creatures.

"What's wrong?"

The driver named Bai Aisi shrugged innocently: "I'm too lazy to interfere with your internal decisions. I just want to remind you. It's okay to have a small fight with Co-Prosperity Insurance, but if you want to get premiums through such a big policy, It’s like seeking skin from a tiger.”

The current dimmed, and then it curved in a flattering arc: "Even if it is really a tiger, compared with what you are looking for, it is only a kitten, right?"

Bai Ace shook his head and moved his gaze downwards. All the surrounding construction machinery understood, and the searchlights were turned on at full power, illuminating them downwards.

Below, there is a giant semi-arc structure sleeping underground. The dark metal it is made of is unknown to any civilization. No one knows where it came from or how long it has been sleeping.

Its shell of strong interaction protects it from the erosion of time, and current methods cannot even determine how old it is. We only know that the surrounding basalt layer that tightly wraps this giant structure has at least been Formed over millions of years.

But in the current galaxy, except for those fallen countries that survived the previous generation, all civilizations have only entered the star sea for a mere thousand years.

Ace Bai and his colleagues behind him have been studying this sleeping giant for a long time. They believe that this may be an ancient but still operational "star gate".

Stargate millions of years ago!

Every time Bai Ace looked at it, his heart felt hot.

Could this be the true face of technology that the world should master that has not been tampered with by demons?
Chapter completed!