Chapter 10 The Island of the Clouds
The spacecraft detoured from the Arctic Sea through the Bering Strait and then headed straight for the South Pacific, spending more than half an hour and arriving at its destination.
The originally clear sky suddenly became gloomy, and the fog in front of him was thick, like a lingering white veil shrouded in the sea, Li Jinyi drove the spaceship calmly into the thick cumulus clouds, and the clouds were mixed with many faint and invisible light curtains, which scanned Li Jinyi's body through the body of the spaceship, and after a breath, the light curtain changed from light red to green, and the clouds and fog in front of him became thinner. But if the light curtain hadn't turned green just now, the driver would have been shot into honeycomb coal by the weapon hidden in the sea of clouds in an instant.
Finally, the clouds and fog completely dissipated, and the vision became open again, and a huge city stood proudly above the clouds, which was the headquarters of the Star Alliance, the home of all the members of the Star Alliance.
Cloud Peak Star Island.
A beautiful and dangerous city in the sky.
The first lesson of the students of the Star Royal Academy is a detailed introduction to this floating island.
Located over the South Pacific Ocean, the island is an irregular circle with a diameter of about 41 kilometers, and it will be easy to find on satellite maps without magic to hide it. The island is bordered by towering mountains to the north, a prominent peninsula to the south, depressions to the west, rolling hills to the east, and plains to the middle. According to the different topography, the island is divided into five areas.
To the north is the Holy Mountain Mountains, where the Genesis Engine is hidden, and where most of the offices of the management of the Star Alliance are located. The mountain is covered with snow all year round, and is generally closed to non-staff, and people are only allowed to enter on special days to see the ruins left by the cosmic gods when they came to the earth, and the palaces of the cosmic gods. These ruins were eroded by the sea for hundreds of millions of years before the Cloud Peak Star Island rose into the sky, but some of them are still preserved, which shows how perfect the control of the building structure and materials of the departed gods was.
The western part of the island is the school park, where the alma mater of all the members of the Star Royal Alliance is located, the Star Royal Academy. The children on Cloud Peak Star Island have been studying in this school from the time they entered school to the time they officially joined the workforce. Yes, there is only one school on the island, but it also makes it huge and powerful, which makes the resources that students have access to can be described as all-encompassing. From tractors to spaceships, from electronic warfare to magical combat.
The school age of Xingyu Academy is 6 to 17 years old, and then the 5-year internship period begins, which is the period in which Li Jinyi is now. During this period, the Star Alliance will assign outing tasks according to your ability, and at the same time, there will be a certain amount of learning tasks in the school every month, and the tasks on both sides are very important, but there will be rewards for outing tasks, and there are no learning tasks, but as long as there is a slight mistake on one side, you will be severely punished. It is worth mentioning that if the strength is strong enough and the school-age tasks and assessments are completed in advance, then the internship period will come in advance, and Lu Xin's sister Lu Yixuan is an example. There is no dormitory in Xingyu Academy, and insisting on getting up early every day and rushing from home to the school a few kilometers or even more than ten kilometers away is also an important part of the college's test for students.
Star Royal Academy is deeply loved by teachers and students, but the principal Kao is not welcomed, this person is extremely gloomy both in terms of face and heart, after he and Fern failed to run for the leader of the alliance, he became the principal of Star Royal Academy, but he has not been to the school a few times in more than ten years, and he either stays at home all day, or goes out on the island alone, claiming to be engaged in high-end academic research. Fortunately, Xingyu Academy has an excellent operating system, and it doesn't matter if there is this principal or not, the students have not been affected by this irresponsible principal. The Lord of the Fern League remembered his old feelings and kept Kao, the nominal headmaster.
The southern part of the island has been built into a huge airport due to the open terrain, where all kinds of aircraft are moored, from small spherical ships that can only accommodate one person, to giant warships large enough to fit an army, and hundreds of aircraft take off and land here every day, carrying people to various parts of the world on missions.
The central part of the island is an urban area, and the Star Royal Alliance has a population of more than 300,000, all of whom mainly live here. At first glance, the city is not different from an ordinary ground city, but in reality, the facilities in the city are very different. Infrastructure and transportation systems aside, the biggest difference is that each floor of the house has its own power system, which can float away from the main body of the building, and they are not so much high-rise buildings as "mille-feuille" formed by the accumulation of house-shaped spaceships. This means that when the enemy attacks the island of Cloud Peak, even if the fighters are at home, they can directly fight the enemy.
Of the 300,000 people, a small number of the inhabitants are aliens, and the aliens who exist in the Star Alliance have all arrived in recent centuries, and their homes have all been destroyed by the Void Air Regiment.
The last area to be introduced is the wooded area to the east. This is the basic place for the members of the Star Alliance to eat and live in their daily lives. All livestock and crops in the entire region, from breeding to production, are managed in an orderly manner by intelligent integrated equipment. In the northwest of the forest area, near the holy mountain, is a large forest, this is the place where Lena mentioned Lu Xin every day, there are only some small animals and birds in the forest, and there are no rare beasts, I don't know which tendon Lu Xin has recently cramped, and he will drill into the forest whenever he is free.
The aircraft slowly landed in the south port of Xingyu Island on the top of the clouds, Li Jinyi parked it in the correct position according to the guidance from the console, then jumped out of the cabin, walked to the office of Xingyu Academy in Nangang, handed in some documents that Lena asked him to fill in before, left the port, rented a shared car on the side of the road, and drove towards Xu Xiao's mansion at the foot of the holy mountain.
Driving on the street, looking at the familiar scene on the side of the road, Li Jinyi felt relaxed and happy, and finally came back, and if he stayed in that teahouse, he was afraid that he would be suffocated.
On the way, I deliberately went around to the door of Lu Xin's house, looked inside, and happened to find that Lena was hoeing grass and planting flowers in the yard with the brother and sister. Planting flowers, these friends are quite leisurely, Li Jinyi couldn't help but smile, if it was usual, he would definitely go in to help, but now that Master Xu Xiao is looking for him, he can't delay.
The vehicle drove away from the city and came to an intersection, the intersection turned left and was the Xueyuan Avenue of Xingyu Academy, and walked straight for less than 200 meters, which was Xu Xiao's mansion.
As he was about to meet his master, Li Jinyi began to get nervous, what was the promised reward? If he asked him how he had recuperated from his injuries, how should he answer? Would he have known about the existence of Yin Yuyao a long time ago? Should he answer truthfully? One troublesome question after another lingered in his mind.
The vehicle slowly stopped in front of the Xu Mansion Gate, the leaves were all over the ground, and the Mansion Gate was closed. Lai adjusted his emotions and watched carefully in the rearview mirror for the change in his expression when he tried to lie, and tried to restrain the change.
"I am the richest man in the Star Alliance, a suave playboy, and a master of the world who is far away from the hustle and bustle. ”
"10,000 girlfriends are always with me, and every 10 kilometers on the land coastline there is a villa with a sea view of mine. ”
"None of the stars can fight, all of them are defeated, and the four heads of state are only worthy of me to carry shoes. ”
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Li Jinyi imitated the master's tone, and the expression on his face gradually became indifferent.
After a few minutes, after the lying practice, he unbuckled his seat belt and prepared to get out of the car.
At this moment, without warning, a hand reached out from the co-pilot's seat and pressed him.
"Where's it going? Don't go down, keep driving up the hill. A familiar voice came.
Li Jinyi's back was cold, and he hurriedly looked back.
"Master, Master, when did you run up to the co-pilot?!"
In front of him, Xu Xiao quietly appeared in the passenger seat, clasped his ears casually, and threw one foot out of the window.
"It doesn't matter, let's get straight to the point, head up the mountain, and the reward I'm going to give you is right there. ”
"Uh...... Yes, Master. Li Jinyi immediately started the engine.
"I forgot to fasten my seat belt, telling you to keep steady all the time, how can you do it?" Xu Xiao seemed to be a driving school instructor at this moment.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot. I just unbuckled my seat belt and was about to get out of the car. Li Jinyi smiled on the surface, but in fact, his heart was already close to collapse.
Master won't have heard everything I said about lying just now, right?
............
The car drove steadily on the winding road.
"Jinyi, I saw a girl next to you on the photo of the arrest of Saqueg, and after thinking about it carefully, I found that she seemed to be the one who appeared in my yard a few years ago, I remember that she was also with you at that time, this can't be a coincidence, right?
Hearing this, Li Jinyi couldn't help but shudder, moved his butt on the seat, straightened his back and sat up straight.
"She, she's a maid in Lena's house! Because I'm Lena's classmate, I came to your house a few years ago to ask me about Lena's performance in school, and you know, she came there once, and she hasn't been there since. As for why she was next to me in that picture, I really don't know, I passed out. Li Jinyi made up the Tao in a hurry.
"Well, that's weird, I saw you riding on Saquig mentally in the photo, how could you faint? And the maid is even more strange, I asked the people from the intelligence department to investigate this girl, but the results were all found to be this person, a maid's identity needs to be kept so secret? You kid, there must be something to hide from me! Shouldn't you fall for the beauty trick and betray the Star Alliance? You dare to lie even as a teacher?" Xu Xiao grinned lightly at the corner of his mouth, seeing through all the expressions.
Li Jinyi was speechless, he had promised Yin Yuyao that she would not reveal her true identity, but now that it has reached this point, how can he tell the lie round? Just when he was anxious, the winding mountain road came to an end, and there was no road ahead.
Once you reach the situation of the mountains and rivers, then the willows and flowers are not far away.
At this time, Xu Xiao stretched his waist and said, "If you don't want to tell the teacher about this matter, the teacher won't force you, as long as you don't do anything that endangers the interests of the Star Alliance." Get out of the car, there's something more important to do. With that, he pushed open the door and headed for a path that led to the top.
You are really an enlightened and great master! Li Jinyi was relieved and quickly got out of the car and followed Xu Xiao.
On the road, the two chatted without saying a word, and came to a small square built on the mountainside, Li Jinyi had never been here, and looked at the sign on the side of the road, which was actually called Insole Square!
The square is surrounded by many staircases that extend in all directions. Xu Xiao took Li Jinyi straight through the square and down to the other side of the mountain, the road was very steep, and the narrow road was bare cliff on one side, and if you were not careful, you would fall into the abyss. However, as the saying goes, "the world is wonderful, wonderful, extraordinary, and often dangerous", Li Jinyi not only did not have the slightest fear, but looked forward to it more and more.
Ten minutes later, the two of them came to a courtyard overgrown with weeds, and a huge stone gate carved with stars in the night sky appeared at the end of the courtyard.
"This is one of the top secret facilities in our alliance, the Star Soul Arsenal, as a reward for your capture of Sarqueg, and the division allows you to choose a worthy treasure among them. Xu Xiao said to his apprentice while taking out the key.
Star Soul Weapon! Yes, that was what all the members of the Star Alliance and the Star Brokers dreamed of! Li Jinyi felt that his feet were off the ground, and he had the illusion of ascending to heaven on the spot.