It had been a few days since the Void Smugglers' spaceship was taken away by the Admiral of the Empire, and the passengers on the spaceship were transferred to the living quarters of the Admiral of the Empire …
The war was intense, and the affairs of the country were busy. I had completely forgotten about them! Now that I finally had some free time at home, I remembered that there were still people locked up in the Admiral of the Empire!
Hearing me mention this matter, the missy instantly became interested. Of course, she knew that the Sixth Corps had encountered the Void Smugglers at the borders of the Empire. Furthermore, as a prophet, she probably knew about this matter earlier than me. I found it hard to imagine why she didn't remind me earlier. Let's just treat it as the missy accidentally forgetting about it. In any case, a few minutes later, Lin Xue and I rushed into the Shadow Realm and headed straight for the Star Harbor.
We passed by the civilian district of the City of Shadows. We returned in a hurry yesterday, and the moment we arrived, we went straight to the headquarters. Thus, I didn't have the time to check on the situation in the civilian district. It was only when we passed by that I felt that the atmosphere in the civilian district was different from usual. It was a little tense, but it was gradually calming down. There were fewer pedestrians on the streets than usual, and most of the entertainment street media were now shut down. A giant holographic image controlled by the military floated slowly above the City of Shadows. It was broadcasting the results of the border defense battle that had just ended, as well as the notice of the end of the military martial law. Pandora's recruitment advertisement appeared on all the publicity screens on the streets, and it was even more concentrated than usual. There were about twice as many Empire soldiers patrolling the city, and a large number of servant soldiers appeared on the streets as well. They were assisting the Empire soldiers in their pacification activities. The military command center in the sky was now directly above the headquarters, and it was slowly drifting towards the southern part of the city. It was probably due to the recent upgrade of the command center. After the large-scale border defense battle, the servant army system would always reveal various problems, and the facilities of the command center would also need to be increased or decreased. This aspect of improvement would never end.
In front of the open interactive terminal on the street, a virtual announcer designed with Gaia's image as the template was announcing that the civilian channel to the macro world would be reopened in thirty minutes, and that the network was undamaged. On the self-service device beside the interactive terminal, I could check the status of the Empire's territory after the upgrade (civilian version). The new information showed that there were three worlds at the borders of the Empire that were in a 'damaged state after the war', and they were temporarily closed off to the public. It was estimated that after a few years of reconstruction, the three worlds would be pulled inland, and be opened to the public as normal colonial worlds. I also checked the world code of the world destroyed by the Judgement Day, and it was now an abandoned code. There was only a footnote below it: This universe is loyal to the Empire. May the flames of its apocalypse continue to shine on the path of the Empire.
This was the post-war City of Shadows. Everything had just calmed down from the shock, and the people were gradually returning to their daily lives. The war at the borders did not spread to the inner universe, and only affected its daily order a little. To the residents of the City of Shadows, this was not even worth mentioning.
The entire city was filled with a fighting race, the kind that saved the world at the age of fourteen …
I did not spend too much time in the civilian area. After confirming that the order here was not too affected, I teleported with Lin Xue to the Royal Spaceport on the other side of Gaia. The Empire Admiral and a portion of the Royal Fleet were being repaired there. The empty maintenance port of the Royal Spaceport was opened to other battleships that were in urgent need of maintenance. It looked like an abandoned battleship disposal station. Batches of broken battleships lined up in space, waiting to be processed.
Among the battleships, the Empire Admiral was in the best condition. As the flagship of the Royal Fleet, it was heavily protected, so it did not suffer much damage. Only a portion of the shield generator and an anti-air base were damaged by the enemy's Hyperdrive Fortress. These modular facilities could be repaired within a day. When the Missy and I arrived, the Empire Admiral was slowly passing through the inspection section of the giant gravity-free gate. Hundreds of engineering machines were circling around its transverse arms for the final status verification.
"Transverse arm H-3 shield generator reconnection is normal. Load balance is normal. Synchronization rate is normal. Releasing the external circuit of the shield generator, transferring to the battleship system."
"Transverse arm No. 4 anti-air base installation is complete. Weapon system control is normal. Data link connection is normal. Response is normal. There is a small problem with the camouflage part of the armor. The terminal cannons are sinking too slowly. No.4 machine, check the situation."
"Armor transmission mechanism inspection is complete. The terminal cannons are normal. Releasing the external circuit of the anti-air base, transferring to the battleship system. "
"The Empire Admiral's inspection process is complete. Starship host, your spaceship can depart now."
The spaceport broadcast announced that the Empire Admiral had completed its inspection, and the hundred-kilometer-long behemoth flew out of the gravity-free gate with unnatural agility. It then performed a short-distance warp to enter the evacuation zone.
"The next mothership-class spaceship that needs to be repaired is entering the first large gate. Autonomous robots and engineering teams, get ready."
A gigantic shadow warped to where the Imperial Admiral was previously and slowly floated towards the maintenance area. A gigantic beam of light shot out from the starport tower slowly swept across the gigantic spaceship. The surface of the spaceship was torn apart and the armor melted from the explosion, making the spaceship look like a mutated beast that was slowly moving forward in the beam of light. I raised my head to take a look and discovered that it was two-thirds of an Eternal-class mothership. However, its most important Galaxy Cannon was gone, and the remaining part of the ship's bow looked like an Alto …
The Warlord carefully fixed his position in the repair area. I could hear him communicating with the host in the spaceport tower through the public link. "Look at me …"
The host was silent for a moment. "… Delete your account and start over. Durability is all red."
Then I knew that the host of every tower in the royal spaceport was personally programmed by Bubble.
Behind the Warlord, there were dozens of Vengeance battleships of various sizes. The biggest difference between these battleships and other battleships was that they were one with the ship. The captains of the other spaceships had come here with the mentality of repairing their equipment, but the Warlord and his subordinates had come here with the mentality of treating illnesses and performing plastic surgery. Just by thinking of this, the world would suddenly become much more colorful …
Of course, it wasn't the serious Warlord who proved my theory more fully, but another super unreliable fellow in the Vengeance fleet. The Warsong was now anchored near Gaia. From the royal spaceport, you could see the towering giant spaceship. She was so close that from where I stood, the Warsong was almost the size of a hundred full moons. I could even see the metallic canyons on her surface and the dome that enveloped the mathematical rate generator. Two days ago, during the battle, the Warsong had been shredded by the enemy's Lord Descendant, and now she was being refurbished by the engineering team. Through the public communication link, she could hear the crazy guy muttering incessantly, "… Hey hey hey, pull it up a little bit, pull it up a little bit, look at where you've slanted that armor plate just now. Can the surface mechanical engineering team ignore the energy conduit? There's a hole in my face! Who's going to help me fill this hole first! Oh yeah, go to the south pole of the ship and see if there's anything foul on it. Why does it feel so weird? Isn't the ship's surveillance system not activated … Oh? Meteorites? Don't worry about it. Leave it at the south pole first. I like to play with rocks when I have nothing to do … Hey, hey, hey! You, don't make a hole in the equator! If you want to install new equipment, change the location! I'm trying to maintain my figure. Look at my figure now. Look at my waist, it's a ball … Shut up! I'm not a planetary battleship! I used to be … "
At this point, Lin Xue and I couldn't bear to listen anymore. That crazy mainframe really couldn't rest in peace. Let's hope that the engineering team could endure the nagging until the end of the mission, or else someone would pull the plug on the crazy motherf * cker.
We came to the Empire Admiral and inquired about the current location of the Fairy people. Then we learned that most of them were quite happy in the ecological area, while Queen Aphrodite and her cronies stayed on their spaceship. That was to say, they stayed in the garage together. I asked the staff responsible for looking after the Fairy people and learned that the strange queen was basically in her own spaceship. She seemed to have little interest in the superior environment of the Empire Admiral's ecological area. All she wanted to do was to count the stones in her warehouse and calculate how much they could be sold for …
So, I went to the garage with Lin Xue.
I first found the garage guard and asked if Aphrodite had protested in the past few days. After all, they had been forgotten for several days and were left to fend for themselves in the spaceship. Except for the unlimited supply of materials, these outsiders were almost under house arrest on this warship. If the queen had a bit of temper, she would have bound up the letters of complaint into a book by now …
The garage guard thought for a moment and said, "No, she has been busy with her own things. It seems that she has never thought that she has been forgotten."
It seemed that Aphrodite was a surprisingly calm queen. I was very interested. "What is she busy with?"
"Trying to dismantle the anti-gravity module of the garage and sell the organic wax used to polish the carapace to the armored scorpion soldiers in the inner area of the garage." The garage guard pulled up the video in the warehouse. "In addition, according to your order, we have taken good care of the guests. Except for not letting them leave the living area and absolutely not buying their things, we have met all the requirements of these guests and helped them repair the damage on the spaceship according to your order."
I was stunned. "… Forget it. Open the warehouse and let them out … No, let me go in."
Lin Xue and I came to the front of the Fairy Void Transport Ship I. The three-kilometer-long primary void transport ship was fixed in the air one meter above the scaffold by a fixed force field in the warehouse. It had been simply repaired by the engineering autonomous robots in the warehouse — I mean, a simple Schilling standard repair. The spaceship had been seriously damaged by the fallen apostle, but now it looked clean and stronger than before. Not only was the paint reflecting the new light, but even the engine nozzles had the texture of Schilling battleship alloy. After receiving the order to repair the spaceship, the autonomous robots in the warehouse had replaced the damaged parts of the spaceship with stronger materials according to the general procedure. The Fairy Void Transport Ship had made a fortune …
"Phyllis, call Phyllis. Open the hatch. We are coming to see you." I found the temporary channel used by the Fairy Void Transport Ship on the MDT and directly called the command room of the merchant ship. Then I heard a rapid exclamation and a crackling sound. It sounded like something fell to the ground, a person and a bunch of things fell to the ground. Theoretically, it should be Phyllis and her precious stones falling from the shelf. Then I heard a young female voice saying something vaguely. A moment later, the hatch of the merchant ship opened, and the strange queen of the Fairy Empire, her strange adjutant, and a group of not so strange senior assistants appeared in front of us. She shook my hand happily. "I didn't expect you to come in person. Oh, look, our spaceship has been repaired. Thank you so much for your help. Your engineering robots look so advanced … Oh, what's up?" Aphelis's face was glowing with health, and she seemed to be in a good mood.
She was quite familiar with him.
I really didn't know how to say it, but at last, I scratched my head and said, "Well, I just wanted to say … You can go out now. I will take you to see what the capital of the Empire looks like."
Phyllis suddenly showed a very surprised expression, mixed with surprise and doubt. "Already? So fast? "
I was speechless.
I really didn't know how to say it. In fact, they had arrived at the station a few days ago, but for various reasons, they were forgotten in this place.
"By the way," Lin Xue looked at the tall, black-haired woman in front of her, a little incredulous. She seemed to be interested in the young Fairy Void Transport Ship. Of course, she was more surprised that the other party knew nothing about what had happened outside. "You have been here for a few days. Don't you know anything about what has happened outside?"
"What happened outside?" Aphelis, or Phyllis for short, had a puzzled look on her face. "No, we think it's pretty good. We took the opportunity to finish reading all the discs you left behind. The Xi Ling Empire looks great! By the way, I felt a lot of vibration in the warehouse two days ago. Are you referring to this? "
Lin Xue and I looked at each other with a wry smile. Basically, we didn't know how to answer this muddle-headed queen.
It turned out that when the Imperium Army was fighting a bloody battle on the frontline and their lives were at stake, this hawker had led his men to watch documentaries in the garage for two days. They had absolutely no idea what was happening outside!
In fact, they couldn't be blamed for this. After all, a spaceship like the Empire Admiral had the highest degree of safety and stability in the entire fleet. Even when the battle was at its most intense, even when the Empire Admiral was hit, the garage and the ecological zone basically maintained an external lockdown and internal stability. Here, Phyllis and her people were in the frontline, only a few kilometers of metal and shield barrier separating them from the destructive war outside. But if no one connected them to the advanced channel, they would not know what was happening outside. Phyllis didn't even know that the spaceship had arrived at the destination a few days ago. She didn't expect the Empire's void travel technology to be so advanced that they could return to the Empire in twenty-four hours.
To be honest, I felt sorry for Phyllis and her people. No matter what, they were guests. Although this group of super hawkers had led the Fallen Apostles to mess up the Empire's frontier and even tried to dismantle my spaceship, they were still …
I thought for a while and decided to stop reminiscing before I changed my mind. "Actually, the spaceship had arrived a few days ago, but we ran into some trouble. The warehouse shook two days ago because … there was a war outside."
When Phyllis heard the word 'war', she instantly remembered what she had done when she came here. Her expression was rather strange. "Err, could it have something to do with the lunatics we led here?"
"It was their people, but you didn't lead them here," Phyllis said expressionlessly. I remained expressionless. I was glad that this fellow who valued money more than his life finally knew how to be ashamed. In the end, the other party's next words were, "That's great, then we don't have to pay, right?"
Lin Xue rolled her eyes and looked at the support frame next to her. "Every time you bring back something weird."
Phyllis: "?"
Me: "…"
Soon, all the members of the Fairy Merchant Caravan (that was what they called themselves) received a notice from their queen. They were transferred to the teleportation center, ready to go directly to the City of Shadows through the hyperspace teleportation. There were a lot of people in this caravan: four to five hundred people. It was reasonable to say that a merchant ship like theirs, which was used to transport goods, would not have many passengers. Sometimes, a cargo ship several kilometers long would have at most a few dozen crew members. But Phyllis explained why there were so many people in her caravan.
"We came out to see the world. It's not easy for us to make a hole in the world, so we all want to come out and see what the outside world looks like …"
I looked at her, dumbfounded. "Is your world full of people who don't care about their lives? It's fine if you don't use drones for your first cross-world voyage, but you actually formed a group to explore! "
Later, I felt that my exclamation was purely unnecessary. Let alone forming a group, even the queen of an Empire dared to explore the unknown frontier in person. How many people would want to risk their lives …
I hope they can stay put for a while … I always felt as if I had led the biggest group of trouble to my home.
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