Under the guidance of Kuiper Station's bright guidance beam, the Petrachelys left the spaceport smoothly and quickly. It was now leaving the shielded area of the civilian port. After Hao Ren turned on the autopilot, he had nothing else to do. He went to another control panel and switched the display mode of the bridge. The holographic display of various parameters and information broadcast by the space station quickly faded away. The alloy armor plate in front of the bridge seemed to become transparent, showing the real space outside. There was only darkness around, and stars were twinkling in the distance. At the bottom of the screen was the fast-moving space station building — the spacecraft was adjusting its direction.
Lily fiddled with the chair and the equipment beside it. Sometimes, she jumped down from her seat and walked around in circles. Sometimes, she stared at the starry sky outside and sighed. She was having fun in the limited space. Anyway, the spacecraft's mainframe had locked all the key control panels. Other than the captain, no one else could control any of the equipment here. Hao Ren let the husky wander around. Vivian looked at the distant stars and sighed. "I've been longing for the stars for a long time... I've told you before, I almost hung myself on the American rocket to see what it's like among the stars. I didn't expect... that dream would come true today."
Hao Ren looked at Vivian curiously. "You're really an oddball. Are there other vampires who dream of going to space like you?"
"Most of them are idiots. They're sick in the head and short-sighted." Vivian did not hide her contempt for most of her kind. "They only know how to pursue their own power all day long, or get drunk in those troublesome banquets and rituals. No one has ever looked up at space. The world out there is so big. I don't know why, but I just want to be able to travel among the stars, just like you humans... Maybe it's because my wings are bigger than others? "
Hilda was sitting next to Vivian. Her face was a little gloomy when she heard the topic about the stars, but no one noticed.
Lily could not stay on the bridge for long. After asking about the areas on the spacecraft where she could move around, she asked Hao Ren for a map and ran out, saying that she wanted to explore the high-tech gadget. Y'zaks looked worriedly at the direction where Lily ran and asked Hao Ren, "Is it okay to let her run around? This is not a place for fun... "
"It's okay." Hao Ren had already experienced this crazy technology. He had full confidence in the intelligence of the spacecraft's mainframe and the MDT. He also believed that the spacecraft could provide 100% freedom of movement for any passenger. "All the key areas are protected. There are squid-like autonomous robots patrolling the spacecraft. If Lily just runs around, she won't break anything."
Y'zaks shrugged. "Sometimes you spoil her too much.
"Nonsense. Huskies are creatures like that. Spoiling them or not."
At this time, the hatch at the entrance of the bridge made a soft sound. Lily ran around and came back. She had changed into a white uniform with blue trim and light gray decorative patterns. It was a men's uniform that was obviously bigger than Lily's. The husky could not even stretch out her hands in the uniform. When she walked, her trousers dragged on the ground. It looked funny and funny, but she was still in high spirits. "Mr. Landlord, Mr. Landlord, do I look like a female captain..."
Hao Ren was stunned. "Where did you find this uniform?"
"I don't know!" "I met a robot squid at the crossroads that was mopping the ground. I asked it if there were any cool spacesuits on the spaceship, and it brought me this …" Lily tugged at the waistband of her oversized uniform as she ran towards Hao Ren.
The MDT was enjoying the pleasure of commanding a starship in the card slot. At this time, it lazily explained to Hao Ren, "This is your captain's uniform. There are more than 200 sets in the warehouse. Because it's not an important material, anyone with visitor privileges can claim it."
Hao Ren nodded and then realized something. "What do you mean by more than 200 sets?"
The MDT answered without hesitation, "So that you can wear it until you die."
At this time, Lily was still jumping happily and showing off her new uniform to Vivian. "Do you think it's cool? Do you think it's cool? "
Vivian turned her face away and ignored the dumbass. Hao Ren looked at Lily and felt a little emotional. He vaguely remembered when he saw the animated version of Battlestar for the first time in primary school. There was a time when he was like Lily, yearning for such a silly or auspicious starship uniform, imagining himself as a spaceship repairman, captain, fighter pilot or any other character who could appear on the main cast list. All in all, Lily was really an innocent and lovely girl...
Lily was quiet for a while. She lay on the seat and looked at the stars. But soon, there were no more stars to look at: the spacecraft had completely left the celestial belt, and now switched to superluminal cruising mode. The starlight on the outside distorted and quickly turned into a bizarre tubular channel of the red-blue shift phenomenon. As some equipment in the depths of the spacecraft hummed, the space around the spacecraft finally closed completely, and the distorted starlight disappeared, leaving only darkness.
"The next stop is the World's Gate. It won't take long." The MDT's voice came through the bridge's broadcast system.
Lily lay on the seat in a daze for a while. Suddenly, she reached out to Hao Ren and asked, "Mr. Landlord, is there a laptop or something like that here?"
"Just install a plug-in on the console in front of you," Hao Ren looked at Lily strangely. "But what do you want a laptop for?"
"I'm feeling emotional and want to write something," Lily said with a serious face. "I still owe the magazine an article."
Hao Ren asked the MDT to switch the console in front of Lily to the corresponding mode. He muttered with a strange expression, "Why do I feel something is wrong when you say you want to write something?"
From the moment Lily boarded the spaceship, she was as happy as a... well, not like. She was a husky, what other adjectives did she need? Anyway, she did not look like a literati. But Lily did not think so. She wore an oversized uniform and nestled in a wider seat. She began to sketch out her text with a serious face. At the same time, she argued with Hao Ren, "Mr. Landlord, you judge people by their appearance. Don't you know that those who really sink their heart into writing are more or less crazy? Those who burn incense and listen to light music before writing and insist on writing with an old Shanghai fountain pen are the ones who pretend to be pretentious. Those who really can't sell articles can only package themselves as performance art and then go to various schools to participate in conferences to earn money. Real writing should express one's true temperament. Only by keeping a free heart can one write a lively article. I am indulging myself to maintain my vigorous creation... "
Vivian could not stand it anymore. She knocked hard on the armrest of the seat and said, "Can you not be so pretentious when you write a dog column for a pet magazine?"
Hao Ren was speechless.
Lily suddenly exploded. "Who said I can only write a dog column! Back in the Republic of China, I also wrote lyrical and progressive articles! I found that dog owners are more and more willing to write in the past two years, so I started writing for pet magazines... "
The voyage did not take much time because the route was very direct. It was from Kuiper Station to the World Gate. While Lily was busy analyzing the latest dog food brands in her article, the spaceship arrived at its destination.
The World Gate, a unique facility built by the Xi Ling Celestials, was used to travel to other worlds. Unlike warping in the same universe, warping from one universe to another had extremely high technical requirements. The two universes often had differences in the basic rules, and some worlds did not even have the four fundamental forces. They relied on other rules to maintain the entire universe. In addition, the endless void between the universes was also a natural moat for most mortal races. So, for most civilizations, warping between worlds was unattainable. The Xi Ling Apostles had the ability to travel between worlds. So, in order to facilitate the management of the Macro World and for the many civilizations under their rule to communicate with each other, they built this magnificent facility called the "World Gate" in every universe of the Macro World.
There were two types of World Gates. One was built on the surface of a planet, used for small-scale movement of people. The other was a huge device built in space, which could allow an entire fleet or even an entire planet to warp to other universes. Hao Ren had now arrived at the second type of World Gate.
When the warped space outside the spaceship returned to its original state, starlight once again appeared in everyone's sight. The only known miracle building also appeared in front of Hao Ren for the first time.
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