Many days later.

Through the porthole, a metallic planet gradually approached in the field of vision, without the emerald green of the forest, without the ash of the earth, without the blue of the sea, and the ubiquitous steel replaced nature to occupy the surface.

"Destination buzz detected...... Coming soon to Norrios Buzz...... The surface temperature is suitable for hum ......"

In the spaceship hall, a robot with a round head and a round brain emitted a mechanical voice, the body of the cylinder was like a can, and the body was equipped with slender mechanical arms on both sides of the body, and it was almost one meter tall, only reaching the thigh of an ordinary human, and a single wheel was installed underneath, which was its way of moving.

Suddenly, a big hand grabbed the robot's head and lifted it in the air, the robot seemed to be a little panicked, and the two mechanical arms were shaking in the air, with the round machine body, it looked strangely cute.

"Got caught...... buzzed," the robot sounded.

At this time, the man in black who was sitting on the sofa next to him spoke.

"Put it down, how many times have you said it, Melos, don't play with my robots!"

Melos shrugged and put down the robot, and the little guy returned to the ground and hurriedly skated to the side of the sofa with a wheelwheeler, trying to hide himself behind Han Xiao's calves, shivering.

Han Xiao casually touched the robot's metal head, as gentle as a pet.

Melos crossed his waist with one hand, scratched his head with the other, and said in a helpless tone, "Does this artificial intelligence you created really have the ability to fight?" ”

"Can't you remember its name? It's called Philip! ”

Han Xiao raised his forehead, "It's just a half-finished product." ”

While the spaceship was moving, Han Xiao was not idle, he assembled a lot of stronger drawings, updated his combat machinery, and used the newly acquired [high-end virtual intelligence technology] to create Philip, which is an artificial intelligence. Compared with the previous smart chips, the computing speed, logic structure and data capacity of artificial intelligence have increased by an unknown order of magnitude.

There are several modes of artificial intelligence, two of which are more distinctive, one is to directly enter the template data, so that the intelligence seems to have its own virtual personality, but in fact it still follows a fixed closed thinking framework, just simulating intelligent creatures, and the advantage is obedience; The second is to really have independent thinking, to have imagination, to think on your own, and only the underlying command can control. Obviously, the latter is more agile and has the potential to become virtual or mechanical, but the risks are just as high.

Han Xiao only needs a good helper for the time being, so Philip is the former. The reason why it is a semi-finished product is because there are still some logical commands that have not been set, and the virtual character is still flawed, and it takes more time to perfect, but it is no problem to run, Philip can download data through the network, but it will not affect the fixed virtual personality, and Han Xiao casually created a robot body for it.

As for why he was named Philip, this is the name of the turtle he raised in his previous life, used to remember the razor that died young, and the turtle is an excellent choice for lazy people who want to have pets but don't like to clean...... Maybe the owner raised himself to death, and it is not dead yet.

Glancing at the planets that were getting closer and closer outside the window, Han Xiao said in a deep voice: "It's coming soon, this is one of the transit stations to enter the Broken Star Ring, there will be a lot of guys from other star fields, maybe how many powerful superpowers there are, let's keep a low profile, don't make any extraneous branches, the goal is to find the teacher of the Dragon Constellation...... Ames is returning from another field, and even if her ride is fast, it will take a lot of time, so let's look for clues in Norrios first. ”

Norrios is on the edge of the Broken Star Ring, a planet that is not part of any civilization today, and a long time ago, a super-consortium took a fancy to the planet's location and paid for it. At that time, this planet was just a numbered barren uninhabited planet with a harsh environment, and the consortium transformed it into an artificial planet, using countless equipment to change the ecological environment and become viable, so it became a transit point for entering the Broken Star Ring.

Since there are no planets in the vicinity of Norrios for a long time, and the nearest jumping gate takes at least three days, many travelers choose to settle here to replenish fuel and supplies, renovate their ships, and have a good time, so that the consortium can make a lot of money, and it will be back in less than fifty years.

The economic boom has also attracted many interstellar citizens, who have smelled an opportunity to make a fortune and have opened shops here, as well as various business organizations operating here. Norrios is a bustling city of travelers, with a large population and a mix of dragons and snakes - but Norrios doesn't accommodate thugs like Rontan, and the wanted warrants are in effect here, and there are few star thieves or wanderers who come to this place.

However, the consortium that controls Norrios has set its sights on this rich land, so it has arranged many frigates in outer space, and set the port outside the planet, not allowing any spacecraft to enter the planet's atmosphere - not even the frigate itself can enter, this is to prevent outsiders from stealing the frigate and hiding it from the sea! In addition, the consortium arranged a super-large energy shroud to envelop Norios' atmosphere to prevent long-range strikes from destroying the surface.

All visitors must park their spacecraft in the space harbor, and if they drive their spaceship into the atmosphere, the frigate will open fire after warning, and if they want to go to the surface city for entertainment, they must take the 10,000-meter elevator that connects the sky and the earth.

This is Norrios' defensive measures, which are very tight, and they also make the traveler feel safe.

However, there were once star thieves who did not give up, some wanted to break in, were blown up by frigates, some robbed on the surface, and were caught by the squatting security forces when they arrived at the port by elevator, and the most common situation was that the star bandit gang was killed by passing travelers when they robbed on the surface - no one knows what the travelers from other star fields were.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!

Closer, five huge steel space stations like mountains can be seen suspended in different directions of Norrios, five outer space ports, covered with various anti-ship defense turrets, and a large number of frigates docked around.

The spaceship stopped at the nearest port, Han Xiao went through the storage procedures for the spaceship, and led the curious people to the elevator area, which was overcrowded with people of all kinds of species and creatures.

Alohia raised her eyelids and said, "This place gives me a familiar feeling, I seem to have been here before......"

At this time, a prompt suddenly appeared on the panel!

Han Xiao glanced at it, and it turned out that the progress of the second ring of [Restart] had increased by 1 point.

'It seems that Norios is one of the locations of Arrosia's memory fragments, she came here one time in her life, and I stumbled upon it. He thought to himself.

Furding looked around and said, "Just here, I feel at least forty B-rank energy fluctuations. ”

"No wonder we need to keep a low profile." Sylvia was a little nervous, feeling like a sheep breaking into a tiger's den, but fortunately, the teacher, Uncle Melos, and Sister Arrosia were also very strong, which made her feel a little relieved.

In the previous life, Norrios was a high-level area, and players who wanted to go to other star fields needed to pass through similar transit stations, and when they could leave the star field, the player's level was already not low.

After waiting in line for a while, it was finally everyone's turn, and the elevator staff at the ticket gate kept collecting tickets, smiling professionally and saying welcome to every passenger.

When it was time for Han Xiao, the ticket inspector suddenly smiled and said, "Welcome to Norios, Black Star." ”

"You know me?" Han Xiao looked down at him, slightly surprised.

"I'm just passing the word, I wish you a nice trip."

When entering the port, the monitor automatically detected the identity of the comer, and the senior managers learned Han Xiao's identity, the Black Star Mercenary Group is now somewhat famous in the Broken Star Ring, especially Long Tan's background should not be underestimated, and the consortium attaches great importance to celebrities from all walks of life, so the managers specially ordered them to be more polite to the Black Star Mercenary Group.

The elevator space is very large, each trip carries hundreds of passengers, wait for a while, everyone's feet sink, the elevator moves, and soon slides out of the space station along the track, the wall of the elevator is a transparent glass window, and the spectacular high-altitude scenery jumps into view.

I saw that there are dozens of elevator tracks connecting to the port nearby, like tall towers that reach to the sky, all of which are running. This height is above the clouds, as if the sea of clouds is trampled under the feet, the track extends downwards into the clouds, the ground is not visible, and the sky is on the same level of vision as the distance from pitch black to clear blue, and the artificial stellar light source shines dazzlingly, as if it can be touched by reaching out.

"It's beautiful! Philip, take a picture. Sylvia's eyes lit up.

Philip's mechanical eyes kept flickering, shooting frantically, it was an assistant, Han Xiao gave the other cadres secondary authority, and when he didn't give orders, others could give orders to Philip.

Through the clouds, Han Xiao overlooked the whole city on the ground, countless mobility vehicles were flowing endlessly, and they could only fly below two thousand meters, and the buildings hundreds of meters high were like steel spears pointing to the sky. It's a city made entirely of steel, with no plants in sight, but it's not dead in ashes, but it's a brilliant neon color. Large-scale ecological equipment provides the cleanest air, and many urban governance devices are hidden under the steel floor, which are controlled by the city management system.

The foundation of the city is a colonial-level machine that can be mass-produced, thrown on the surface of a planet, and after it is expanded, it will be such a city, and the Norrios consortium purchased this "fool-style automatic city expansion pack" from the Red Empire, and easily transformed this planet, and the rich can really do whatever they want!

There are more than a dozen cities on the surface of Norios, which are connected to each other by electromagnetic rails, and high-speed trains are used to travel to and fro, and Han Xiao and the others are going to City No. 4.

Looking at the surface that was getting closer and closer, Han Xiao suddenly frowned, and his heart moved slightly.

"I have a feeling of uneasiness, always feeling that something is going to happen......"

……

The elevator arrives at the surface, and the crowd walks out of the station with the flow of people, and the noisy craze is blowing in the face, and the streets are full of people and species.

Boom!

Philip was hit by a passing pedestrian and spun around several times, and Sylvia saw this, leaning over and picking up the robot to prevent it from being kicked away.

"There are so many people here, how do we find people?" Melos asked loudly as she pushed away an insect creature that appeared to be a female seller.

Han Xiao already had a countermeasure, and said: "Because Norios is a traffic artery, many intelligence organizations have set up branches here to record the information of all travelers, I know the appearance of the target, as long as I ask the intelligence organization, I will definitely get clues." ”

Melos suddenly said, "You really know everything, you're so reliable." ”

Everyone walked through the crowd, and after about twenty minutes, Han Xiao stopped at the door of a tall building.

"This is it, the ninety-seventh floor is the office of a regular intelligence organization." Han Xiao raised his head, it was still easy to inquire about the location of the formal organization.

A group of people took the elevator upstairs and came to the ninety-seventh floor, which was very dimly arranged, and the floor-to-ceiling windows were covered with black cloth, as if deliberately creating a mysterious atmosphere.

In order to ensure the privacy of customers, the floor is divided into opaque compartments for detailed transactions, and the passages between these compartments are like a labyrinth, and this corridor is the only entrance, with countless forks in the road that prevent customers from meeting each other.

"I'm here to buy intelligence." Han Xiao expressed his intention to the front desk.

"Wait a minute."

The front desk clicked the button on the table.

After waiting for a while, a Terran trader in a black suit came out of the corridor and said in a deep voice, "Please follow me." ”

Han Xiao and the others followed the human trader into the corridor, turned into a fork in the road, and headed for a compartment.

Just a few seconds after everyone walked into the fork in the road, another birdman trader walked out of the other fork with the customer who had just purchased the information and went to the door, just missing Han Xiao and the others.

"Thank you for your patronage."

At the door, the Birdman trader says goodbye to his client.

The client was hooded and shrouded in black robes, obscuring his appearance.

Without speaking, he walked out and pressed the elevator button.

The moment the elevator door opened, the moment he lowered his head, the light briefly illuminated his face under the hood.

Ashes!