The pale golden light filled up the empty world as if it was drawing a painting, depicting the story of the previous universe in front of his eyes.
Standing on a wide and magnificent square, standing in the middle of the crowd, breathing the air that was completely different from Earth. Looking at the illusory "pieces of paper" flying in the air, everything here was like a dream.
In fact, this was a dream.
A dream that was older than time.
Lu Zhou reached out his hand and gently picked up a thin "piece of paper" from the air.
This seemed to be a propaganda tool made of some kind of self-degradable material. On the translucent interface, it displayed today's important news.
[The invincible Empire Fleet took over the Sunset Sector, and the five-year civil war ended! General Ince returned in triumph!]
A look of realization appeared on Lu Zhou's face.
In this case, the current time should be shortly after the death of General Reinhardt, and the Empire Fleet had just destroyed the last line of defense of the rebels. The activities of the rebels had thus shifted from the surface to the underground, and they began to try to disintegrate this fortress from the inside.
In addition, with the sudden rise of the Empire Fleet, the armed forces that were quickly formed to fight against the rebels were gradually devouring the Empire itself like an out-of-control tumor.
Lu Zhou suddenly understood what The Observer said to him.
However, he was still a little surprised that the person who suppressed General Reinhardt was actually his boss. In this five-year war, there must be a lot of stories that he didn't understand …
Looking at the "newspaper" in her hand, Chen Yushan asked curiously.
"Who is General Ince?"
"It's probably a big shot in the imperial fleet. I don't know much about the world of this game." Lu Zhou gently sent the film in his hand into the air. He watched it turn into a transparent bubble and disappeared into the air. He smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll show you around this world."
The Ring World was vast.
If it was a scenic tour, it would take a lifetime.
There was a bustling commercial district, endless farmland, and even man-made mountains and rivers. Unless one was standing on a space station or a spacecraft looking down, it would be impossible to tell that this was a ring.
Since they came here with the mentality of a tourist, in order to let Chen Yushan have the most intuitive view of the world, Lu Zhou directly took her on the anti-gravity rail train to the central tower of the section.
This was the entrance for ordinary Calanians to enter and exit the Ring World, and it was also a crucial part of the empire's transportation hub.
At the same time, it was also one of the few places in each sector where one could overlook the entire world.
Standing next to the floor-to-ceiling window of the Central Tower, through the glass that weakened the light of the stars, Chen Yushan stared at the vast scene outside the window, and her bright eyes couldn't help but widen.
After a while, she sighed as if she was talking in her sleep.
"So beautiful …"
Standing next to her, Lu Zhou nodded.
However, apart from sighing with emotion, there was also a hint of regret in his voice.
"Yes … It's like a miracle."
The energy collection tower that extended from the inside to the center had a leaf-like membrane, like a towering forest of needles, rising and falling with the fluctuations of the solar wind. The wobbling membrane was like seaweed floating in the deep sea, doing its best to absorb the energy of the stars and transform it into various forms of energy, providing endless energy for the Ring World.
There was no need for nuclear power plants here, nor was there a need for something as outdated as fusion reactors.
The entire star was their nuclear core, and there was no middleman to earn the difference in energy conversion efficiency. As long as the life of the star didn't come to an end, their furnaces wouldn't stop. Whether it was antimatter or zero-point energy, they were all overshadowed by this scale of energy. This was an energy source that no man-made object could compare to.
There was no need for sunrise and sunset here. It could be day or night 24 hours a day. The people living here didn't rely on the rotation of day and night. Instead, they used a standard clock to determine whether it was the end of the day and whether it was time to go to bed.
Not only that, but under the effect of the central temperature control system, there would never be any common problems such as heat accumulation in big cities. Whether it was walking in the poetic farmland or the endless buildings, the temperature was always at a level that was most comfortable for people here, and the light was never blinding.
Although Lu Zhou had already seen the full picture of this world last time, when he saw all of this again, he couldn't help but feel emotional.
No wonder it was the crystallization of the wisdom and efforts of a higher civilization for five centuries.
It was imaginable how much effort those engineers spent to create this eternal Utopia.
They created a paradise in the truest sense of the word.
Although they destroyed it with their own hands …
After coming down from the central tower, Lu Zhou took Chen Yushan to the commercial street that was said to be able to meet all shopping needs, as well as the Empire Park, which was said to be "photographed" from more than a dozen planets.
Throughout the entire trip, Chen Yushan showed a side that was very different from her usual steady self. She looked around excitedly.
"This is incredible, is this really generated by AI?"
Lu Zhou nodded.
He wasn't lying, in a sense, this was indeed the case.
Chen Yushan suddenly looked back at Lu Zhou and asked excitedly.
"Say, do you think our future will become like this?"
Lu Zhou: "Hard to say … Maybe it will be possible in a dozen centuries."
Find a galaxy with a decent number of planets, then use some kind of awesome name bomb to demolish the planet, and then use some kind of sci-fi space engineering equipment to build a ring around the habitable zone …
But then again, there were differences in the culture and morality of each civilization, and the development trajectory didn't necessarily have to follow the model of the so-called "higher civilization".
Compared to the Calan Empire, Lu Zhou felt that Earth's civilization should belong to the extroverted kind. Not only would they take the initiative to send "postcards", but they would also be enthusiastic about how to use outdated chemical thrusters to travel to the world outside of their home planet.
For a civilization like this, compared to a time-consuming and labor-intensive project like the Ring World, they might be more interested in expanding their borders.
Looking at it this way, compared to the seemingly prosperous Calan civilization, Earth's civilization still had many advantages.
Of course, it was too early to say these things. After all, no matter how many advantages they had, they were still young. Some words seemed to be more convincing if they were left for later.
"More than a dozen centuries later … Looks like we can only see it in the game."
When Lu Zhou heard Chen Yushan's words, he smiled and didn't say anything.
What else?
Would he be able to live until then?
Wouldn't that make us old monsters?
After walking around for a while, the two returned to the park where they first came from.
Chen Yushan looked at the vehicles shuttling through the air and suddenly spoke with a smile.
"I feel like I have a general understanding of the entire game. Even though the main storyline feels a bit thin, and I haven't seen the combat system … But on the other hand, everything here is like a new world. I believe it will attract a lot of exploration players."
Lu Zhou said, "I don't need a lot of people, as long as the number of players is enough to continue my experiment. About … 100,000 people. More is better, less is fine. "
Chen Yushan smiled and said, "This is a game operated by Star Sky Technology. Forget about 100,000 people, I think even a million people can play this game. How about we make a bet, I bet that once this game is released, it will definitely sell like crazy! The daily active players will definitely be more than a million. "
Lu Zhou: "… I never bet on things I'm not good at."
Chen Yushan rolled her eyes and muttered, "You're so boring.
"How boring. Can't you give me a chance to beat you?"
When Lu Zhou heard this, he smiled embarrassedly.
Are you kidding me?
Do you think I'm the kind of person who would easily show flaws?
Of course not.
At this moment, Chen Yushan suddenly thought of something and asked curiously.
She asked curiously, "Oh yeah, what about your 'Rebirth Team'? Where did they test it? Can you take me there? "
"This world was actually just completed. Even though I know this world very well, this is actually my first time here." Of course, when Lu Zhou said this, he added in his mind, "It's 50 years later."
Although there wasn't much difference between this place at that time and this place right now.
"In other words, we're the only two living people in this world?"
Lu Zhou didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt like Chen Yushan sounded a little happy or excited when she said this.
Lu Zhou didn't quite understand why she was excited, but he still nodded.
"You can say that."
"… That's great."
Chen Yushan suddenly sighed with emotion. But for some reason, at this moment, the originally lively Chen Yushan suddenly became a little embarrassed.
"Hey …"
"What now?"
"What do you mean 'now' … Forget it, I'm not going to argue with you about this." Chen Yushan continued in a low voice, "Don't you think …"
"Think what?"
"… Don't you feel like we're on a date right now?"
The moment she said this, Chen Yushan felt her heartbeat speed up. Even she was shocked. She had actually thrown a straight ball.
However, Lu Zhou's answer was beyond her expectations.
After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly frowned.
"Really?"
Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't get it at all, Chen Yushan was taken aback for a moment. She stomped her feet anxiously.
"Why not?"
Lu Zhou said, "If we're on a date, we should at least go shopping and watch a movie."
Chen Yushan: "Let's go!"
"… Where are we going?"
"Go shopping!"
"I don't have money."
"I'll pay!"
"No, I mean … We don't have money." Lu Zhou said embarrassedly, "Or rather, credit points."
I can't use RMB, right?
On the World Ring, except for rail transportation and promotional posters, everything else required credit points.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Lu Zhou looked at Chen Yushan, who suddenly froze, and paused for a second.
This is …
She's disconnected?
No way.
Lamp pen.
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