"Hurry up! Put that one over here! "
The shouts of the Voidfolk and the clanging of metal echoed in the vast plaza.
Under the grey sky filled with dust, a large mechanical device was lifting metal one by one. Through a large number of Voidfolk workers, these metals were pieced together.
Was this how they built warships?
This was the 'construction plaza'. Ever since the General said that they would invade the pompoms again, more than 60 days and nights had passed.
This place was located at a pier in the city where Lin first landed. There was a large open space here that was hard to come by in a dense city. All kinds of machinery and a large number of Voidfolk were moving back and forth here. Most of them were moving construction materials and moving them together, piecing them together into something that looked like a castle.
A warship.
However, this warship was only a semi-finished product. The hundred-meter-long body was wrapped in a metal frame. Many Voidfolk were moving up and down the frame, working on assembling the warship.
Crawling in front of the frame were a few large mechs. Lin noticed that this included the mechs that she had seen when she attacked the pompoms before. However, this was used to move heavy objects.
The warships of the Voidfolk were not built out of thin air. Instead, they transformed a warship used for navigation into a warship in the Void. It seemed that this trend was happening all over the world.
The Voidfolk originally had a large number of ships, but now they were slowly scrapping these things and transforming them into flying machines.
This way, they would be very crowded in the air.
Who knew how long this warship would take to build? The pompoms flew through the air and observed the bustling construction plaza from the sky.
Only one warship was being built here. Other warships were being built in other cities or countries. This was mainly because there was a lack of open space. Usually, the ground of the city was filled with buildings, leaving no open space.
In addition, there were usually many Voidfolk who objected to the construction of such things.
The pompoms flew towards the exit of the construction plaza. A large number of Voidfolk were gathered at the entrance guarded by guards. They were shouting in protest, expressing their dissatisfaction with the construction of the warship.
This was mainly because of the increase in 'taxes' for the construction of the warship. This caused many Voidfolk to object. However, Lin found it strange that they would leave their work and come here to protest. Most Voidfolk did not have the time to relax.
There were also some protesting Voidfolk who thought that the construction of the warship was unnecessary and would attract alien invasion.
However, other than the protesting Void Citizens, there were other Void Citizens mixed in.
"Is it said that the first attack failed?" "Tell us more about the failure!" "What was it that caused the first colonization to fail?" Was it an alien civilization? Are they more technologically advanced than us? What kind of weapons did they use? How many are there? "
Some of the Voidfolk mixed in with the protesters kept asking the guards a lot of questions. These Voidfolk did not rest because this was their job.
This group of Voidfolk were known as' reporters'. They specialized in finding many interesting events and publishing them as' news'. Many Voidfolk liked to watch the news, and the influence of the news could be said to be very large. Once it appeared, it would spread throughout the country and even the entire world.
But how did these reporters find out about their defeat in the pompom?
Of course, this was what Lin had told them.
The general had been trying his best to prevent the news from spreading. If this news were to spread, there would be countless Voidfolk who would oppose the construction of the warship.
Even though they lived in such an environment, these Voidfolk were still very timid. They were afraid of change, they were afraid of war, they only wanted to maintain their current lives.
Lin noticed that most Voidfolk had such emotions. There were also some who were tired of the current situation and looked forward to war and the end of the world, but these Voidfolk were relatively few.
"Get out of the way! Or I will shoot! "A Voidfolk soldier standing at the door raised his weapon and aimed it at the reporters.
However, these reporters did not seem to be afraid of death. They held a long stick used for recording and kept asking the soldier, "You intend to shoot now, does that mean that you do not want to tell the truth? Does that mean that you want to threaten us to leave? Does that mean that the failure was real? "
Seeing this, the guard seemed to be extremely angry. It took out a small square and asked the small square, "Can I shoot?"
"Don't shoot, I will explain it to them personally."
"General!" The soldier seemed to be surprised that the general's voice came out of the small square.
Thus, the soldier could only keep his mouth shut and look angrily at the group of reporters who were asking questions crazily, waiting for the general to arrive...
At the same time, on the other side.
This was the research institute under the radiation zone. As usual, the Voidfolk gathered in front of the wall to observe the little starfish.
"Bang!" With a loud bang, one of the starfish's tentacles slammed into the wall. A large crack appeared on the transparent wall.
Recently, this little starfish had been getting more and more restless. Lin noticed that it could already resist very high temperatures. It seemed to have grown quite quickly recently.
There was a reason why it suddenly grew so quickly. It probably knew that it had successfully attracted the "rescue".
"Quick, lock it down!" The general manager hurriedly shouted.
"Ka!" Five large mechanical arms stretched out from the roof. They grabbed the starfish's five tentacles at the same time and pressed the starfish firmly to the ground...
"Gulp..." The starfish was still twisting and struggling. The general manager saw this and immediately said, "Quickly increase the force! Hold it down safely! "
The mechanical arms began to increase the force and slowly pressed down on the struggling starfish. Lin felt that the mechanical arms seemed to be moving by means of hydraulic pressure. The force was strong enough to press the starfish, which was more than 30 meters in diameter, to the ground.
This was also the plan of the Voidfolk. They intended to create a set of "equipment" to completely trap the starfish so that it could not move at all. They wanted to control all of its activities and diet. At the same time, they wanted to find a way to control its growth.
The Voidfolk used various "hormones" and drugs to control the growth of farmed animals. Therefore, they thought that this starfish could be controlled as well.
However, they had to first suppress its activities. Therefore, they first used the mechanical arms to trap it and then put on armor for it.
They did this mainly because from hundreds of years of research, this starfish's vitality was very strong. As long as it was not exposed to high temperatures, it would be fine no matter how they tortured it.
The future of their race completely depended on an uncontrollable creature. This was not a good feeling.
Therefore, this group of Voidfolk intended to do everything they could to control this creature.
These mechanical arms were originally there to subdue the starfish. As the starfish grew, they slowly increased the size of the mechanical arms. The next thing was something they had just created.
After completely pressing down on the starfish, the wall on one side of the room slowly rose. A large group of Voidfolk and several large mechas were moving some large metal pieces over.
They surrounded the starfish and started to put the metal pieces on its body.
Now, the starfish did not struggle much. The Voidfolk's movements were also quite fast. These metal pieces that had already been tested before would automatically fit together as long as they were placed in the right position.
During the assembly process, when the upper part was assembled, the mechanical arms would slowly lift the starfish and let the Voidfolk assemble the lower part.
In the end, the entire starfish's body was completely fitted with this metal piece. It was as if they had equipped the starfish with a set of armor. It was also a bit like they had turned the starfish into a metal starfish.
The armor had openings at the places where the worms came out and where the starfish excreted. Other than that, it was almost completely sealed. There were joints on the tentacles that allowed the starfish to move. However, the Voidfolk could also remotely control the armor's activities. In fact, this armor was a machine that could be remotely controlled. The openings could also be closed.
After discussing for so long, they actually came up with something like this … Looking at the armored starfish, Lin felt that this thing was quite impractical …
This was mainly used to control the starfish's activities, control its eating, movement, and everything else. At the same time, it also suppressed its growth rate.
If an ordinary creature was weighed down by a large amount of clothes or something, it would not grow up or become deformed. However, the Voidfolk's main method of suppression was to research some drugs.
They wanted to mix these drugs with food for the starfish to eat.
Lin felt that their success rate might be so low that it could be ignored …
After that, a few more days and nights passed.
Surprisingly, the starfish did not have any objections to the armor on its body. It did not struggle to get it off. In fact, it did something very special.
It began to synthesize a transporter in its body.
Lin's miniature troop class observed the process from the small starfish's jelly-like body.
The synthesis process was a wonderful process. It used the jelly-like substance to slowly harden. First, it formed a spherical object, then it was wrapped in layers of skin-like substance.
It felt like a plant called 'onion'.
Speaking of which, Lin had never seen this plant called onion before. She only knew about it from her thoughts.
Most importantly, within each layer of 'skin', it was filled with liquid. The temperature of this liquid would slowly increase.
There seemed to be many complex substances interacting with each other inside, causing the transporter to slowly increase in temperature. At the same time, some strange structures were formed inside.
It was as if they were creating a creature, but the process was quite fast.
Although it could already resist high temperatures, the starfish's body was still in an extremely low temperature environment. However, this newly created object's temperature was getting higher and higher. In the end, an object that looked like a heart was formed.
Lin, on the other hand, had almost recorded its composition. (To be continued …)
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