The Thoughtless Sword landed on the grassland by the edge of Shou 'er City. The green grass seemed to be ablaze, but soon recovered its original color.
Zong Lizi's face was pale. This was the first time she had ridden a flying sword. This unprecedented experience was … too exciting.
After a while, she calmed down and walked forward hastily while holding Ada in her arms.
Zhao Layue walked on the grassland with her hands folded behind her back. She didn't look to be walking fast, but she had become a small dot in the distance.
As the two of them disappeared, a middle-aged man pushed open the door and walked out. Thinking of the scene he had witnessed earlier and the light beam the day before, he rubbed his eyes reflexively.
Zong Lizi pointed the way. Zhao Layue led her to the University of Stargate. They took a look at the path under the ginkgo trees, went to the hotel and enjoyed the soft chairs on the balcony, went to the Art Gallery and the Fire-Passing Pagoda to see the god on the wall paintings, and finally went to the large lake and stood among the reeds for a while.
It took them less than half a day to travel around Shou 'er City. They came to the ground via the floating elevator and boarded the floating train that was sent to pick them up, heading to the praying hall in the field.
They passed through the gray sky-like curtain and arrived at the deep end of the praying hall, where they saw the tranquil female priest of the Stargate.
"Greetings, Teacher," said Zong Lizi after bowing to the female priest. Then, she sat to one side and started making tea.
Kneeling on the futon, the female priest of the Stargate said to Zhao Layue, "Many people died yesterday."
Zhao Layue uttered "hmm" while stroking the cat's hair, but she didn't give any further explanation.
"I only hope that my choice is correct and beneficial to the humans."
Having said that, the female priest took out a scroll and handed it to Zhao Layue.
The scroll contained the relevant information about the Hua family and some more confidential information about the history of the female priest.
She had a high status among the priests and knew some important information. However, she didn't tell Jing Jiu about it due to the rules of the praying hall. Of course, Jing Jiu had predicted it. She had betrayed the praying hall by handing the scroll to Zhao Layue. Betraying the praying hall didn't mean betraying her belief. It was because she believed in God, not the system of the praying hall or the one on the Main Planet. However, this choice was still a huge blow to her spiritual world.
Her face was pale under the reflection of the flower petals in the celadon basin.
Zhao Layue took the scroll, looked at it, and said to her, "Your choice is not wrong. If there is a god in the world, it can only be him."
Zong Lizi brewed the tea and pushed it between the two of them on a wooden tray. The female priest of the Stargate picked up the teacup and took a sip, feeling a bit bitter. Thinking of the deaths in the underground block last night, she asked, "Will there be more people like you coming here in the future?"
Zhao Layue wasn't sure when Peng Lang would be able to solve the problem at home, so she said, "There should be another two or three this year."
The female priest of the Stargate sighed, "Is the war about to start?"
"That depends on the other side," Zhao Layue said. "But no matter what, the final victor will be us."
The female priest said softly, "I'm arranging for the unmarked spaceship, but it will take some time."
Zhao Layue didn't drink the tea, saying, "No need. I'm here for something else."
Upon hearing this, the female priest was baffled, thinking that she was a student of God and was almost omnipotent, and that she didn't need a spaceship at the moment. What else could she do for her? Zong Lizi thought that Jing Jiu couldn't pass through the warped black holes and had to take the Scorching-Sun Battleship to go to the Main Planet; how could they go there if they didn't take the spaceship?
"I'll leave three letters for you."
Zhao Layue dipped her hand into the clear water in the celadon basin and touched the three flower petals with her fingertips, sending a sword awareness into each of them.
The sword awareness had gradually disappeared, and so had the ripples on the surface of the water. The three flower petals looked more vivid, and the marks on them were the three family names.
"If the person has the family name of Liu, you give this letter to him. If the person has the family name of Zhuo, you give this letter to him. If the person has the family name of Tong, you give all three letters to him, and then listen to his arrangement."
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The main campus of the University of Stargate was on the surface of the planet. The military department and the laboratory of the Federation were also here.
The huge Mecha, the Thunder God, had been repaired last year after it was severely damaged in the battle against the Mother Nest.
According to the progress of the repair, the Thunder God should have been repaired a long time ago and incorporated into the new fleet to continue the experiments on the battlefield at the edge of the galaxy. However, due to Jing Jiu's attempt to operate the Thunder God from a distance, all the related procedures had been stopped, and a thorough inspection had been carried out. The engineers couldn't find the cause of the problem even though they had worked overtime.
The permanent star hung in the sky like a small snowball, shedding a scorching light that was not too warm.
It was lunchtime. Dozens of small Mechas flew off the surface of the Thunder God.
As the engineers and the military officers were about to leave for lunch, the ground suddenly quaked violently.
Everyone turned around in shock, only to see the underground laboratory's gate slowly opening. The Thunder God mech's helmet shot out a pale green light, and countless heavy metal components let out a buzzing sound. The crystalline engine below the mech shot out extremely beautiful flames. Someone had actually secretly activated the Thunder God mech!
"Shut down the engine in an emergency!"
"What's going on?"
"Inform the fleet!"
"Nobody is allowed to leave. Isolate the campus! Bring me the confidentiality agreement! "
The familiar conversation broke out around the well again. The problem was that the Thunder God didn't stop the engine this time; it left the ground along with a loud boom.
The extremely hot flame shot out through the underground tunnel and evaporated thousands of tons of seawater in a flash, forming a large patch of clouds on the distant prairie.
The Thunder God rose up slowly from the well, and then accelerated toward the sky, bringing along an unimaginably strong wind. It broke through a large patch of white clouds in the sky and headed toward the atmosphere.
The professors, engineers and military officers of the Military Department of the University of Stargate were all dumbfounded as they looked at the scene in the strong wind while clutching the railings tightly.
What was going on? Why had the Thunder God been activated by itself? Where did he get the right to do so? Why didn't the defense system of the Stargate Base respond? Why did those battleships outside the atmosphere seem to be dead?
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…
In comparison to the huge body of the Thunder God, the cockpit hidden among the countless metal components was very small, like a hair. If one didn't observe it carefully, they wouldn't be able to notice it.
Zong Lizi stood in a corner of the cockpit while holding Ada in her arms. She was held tightly by the self-restraining device, but the loud boom and the dreadful quaking outside the window and the image of the Stargate Base grew smaller and smaller, making her feel very nervous.
Ada meowed once, indicating that he would be able to survive in the space as long as he was here, so there was no need to worry.
Comforted by the principal guard of Aoyama, Zong Lizi calmed down a bit. Looking at the planet that looked like a hollow ivory ball outside the window, she swallowed uneasily.
The scroll drifted to her. She came back to her senses and put it into her backpack hastily. Then, she looked at Zhao Layue in front of her, her eyes full of admiration and yearning.
Sitting in the pilot seat of the holographic projection, Zhao Layue looked at the data on the light screen with a focused and calm expression, looking like a veteran pilot with decades of experience.
The system of the Thunder God had been hacked into by the silvery computer and then completely controlled by it. It was Ran Handong who had given it the right of access. As a loyal follower of that person, her father, Ran Donglou, was not affected by the event of the Scorpion Tail Nebula. On the contrary, he gained more power in the military. Later, she, as the secretary of Jing Jiu, used the power to deal with Zhao Layue.
The data flow on the light screen had gradually changed. A patch of fog could be vaguely seen in a certain area, which was the hidden network in the deepest part of the interplanetary network.
Ran Handong was very cautious. She didn't use the data exchange with Zhao Layue in that seemingly hidden and safe room, but on the ferris wheel she had built herself. She said to Zhao Layue, "The data of the sailing course has been transmitted, and the information shielding system has been set up. But don't activate it recklessly. If you cut off the connection with the whole world, you won't be able to determine your position in the world. If you become a drifting object in the space, it will be very dangerous. "
No sooner had she said this than her face suddenly displayed a cautious expression. Then, it broke apart into tiny pieces. The same thing happened to the room with the ferris wheel. It broke apart into the most basic pieces of data, falling down like raindrops. However, there was no real ground under the ferris wheel; it was a chaotic abyss. Nobody knew how long they would fall. Was it forever?
It was not a real death, but the dissipation of the data.
Ran Handong was the most outstanding Cloud Ghost in the Federation of the Milky Way. Who in the network could erase her data in such a short time?
Looking at the rain-like pieces on the light screen, Zhao Layue didn't show any change in her expression.
She suddenly felt a tingling sensation on her finger, and then found that Ada's hair was standing on end, as sharp as a sword.
Looking at the light screen, Ada seemed to be looking at a distant place. His pupils shrunk slightly, as if he was facing a formidable foe.
The pieces on the light screen had gradually stopped, and then turned into a line of words.
"Cocoon breaker, you have crossed the line."
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