January 1, 2517, Fourth Field, Reindustry, Beta-4C27F591 (Antigia Planet)

New Year's Day is the beginning of the new year, an important holiday in the empire. Beginning on January 1 of the military calendar, citizens of the Holy Empire are allowed to enjoy up to a week's vacation under the laws of the Holy Empire. It is called a sacred holiday, which means that it is inviolable. Even for some people who do not have special jobs due to holidays, they can enjoy 3 times the compensation for the length of vacation in the next year. This is the majesty that the emperor bestows on the law.

Kong Linxi, enjoy this sacred holiday for a long time. However, it seems that the first day of this holy holiday does not seem so pleasant.

The first and fourth star fields are the borders of the Empire, the borders of the Holy Empire. The fourth field can be seen approximately as a sphere with a radius of 48 billion light-years. One of the heavy industries was one of the empire's heavy industry bases and an important city of the empire. Yes, a whole constellation is just a city for the Holy Empire. The number of people living in it exceeded 100 billion, and the empire did not count this number for a long time. The people who live here don't remember when the Holy Empire came into existence. Sometimes even the supreme ruler who has forgotten them is remembered only when reminded. But that doesn't mean that the empire doesn't exist.

Thanks to the unified environment provided by the Empire, people can travel freely to and from the various galaxies of the constellation Chongye. Thanks to the stargate of empire building, the distance between the galaxies is no longer far away, and the end of the world is close at hand. Thanks to the empire, the economy of Chongyeza developed rapidly. Especially in the past two years, a series of new policies have brought Chongyezuo to a new level.

Kong Linxi returned to his hometown, Antiga, and the pale blue planet could be seen from afar in space.

He never imagined that an entire planet, an entire planet, could be turned upside down in just a few years. Only 12 years ago, that is, in the year 2505 of the military calendar and 2015 of the Antiga calendar, the Antiga civilization was still at the beginning of the industrial age, and the pace of exploring the universe stayed in the stage of manned spaceflight.

After the reign of the Empire, Antiga leaped into the stage of space civilization. For a young civilization, it can be regarded as a loss and a gain, at least on the list of the big tree of the empire, at least the civilization will not be destroyed.

With the planetary capital as the center, radiating out, super cities have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. In the city, which resembles a forest made of steel and concrete, high-rise buildings rise from the ground, like towering trees growing.

The ship slowly approaches the planet and slowly enters the planet's atmosphere, which is extremely slow. Kong Linxi knew that this was a Kingfisher-class light cruiser, which was formerly a second-generation ship of the Imperial Navy. Although in the eyes of the Empire, the old ships have long been obsolete by the times, but for the vast majority of civilizations in the universe, they are still technologically advanced.

The negative mass anti-gravity system it is equipped with is undoubtedly an insurmountable barrier for most civilizations.

This is especially true for the star of Antiga. According to general experience, it will take at least 1,000 years for Antiga to independently develop a generation of ships in the imperial sense. Not to mention the independent research and development of second-generation ships, most civilizations will not survive that moment.

Obviously, his hometown is moving in a higher, faster, stronger direction. For Antiga to develop, its own interstellar civil aviation is indispensable. Whether it is the introduction of alien capital or joint ventures, the road to the stars must be smooth.

Being able to buy a kingfisher class is something to celebrate for Antiga. First, even if the Empire's warships are eliminated, they will not be sold easily. Second, the Kingfisher class is one of the few equipped with a negative mass anti-gravity system.

The power of this technology is too low, and it is not the best choice for the discerning Imperial military, but its extremely low energy consumption is definitely a weapon to reduce costs in the field of civilian ships.

And Antiga does not have the ability to build an orbital upgrade platform, and civil ships must be built on the ground. The first starport in the capital is the only starport in Antiga, which is built as a joint venture with foreign capital.

Kong Linxi got off the ship, and at a glance, he could see that this starport must have received technical support from the Empire. The overall design style has a strong imperial character.

In the hall, just as Kong Linxi admired the subtleties of the empire's design. Someone tapped him on the shoulder, and before he could turn around, the voice was already ringing.

"Brother Xi!" It was an extremely beautiful woman in professional attire, she looked at Kong Linxi carefully, "Sure enough, it's you!" ”

"Xie Wenxi! Long time no see! ”

"I'm embarrassed to say that I heard that you got out of college. After so many years of no news, you are still willing to come back! ”

"Just back, just back."

Kong Linxi could only laugh. The old classmates were very excited to see each other, and soon the news of Kong Linxi's return spread. Former classmates have expressed their desire to pick up the wind for Brother Xi.

In the palatial hotel box, about a dozen people sit around a huge round table. The round table has no primary and secondary seats, and has an equal meaning in some myths and legends.

Yang Yihui is the initiator of this class reunion and used to be the tail of the crane. One of the most successful of their group. His classmates jokingly called him "Brother Yi", and he had a huge amount of wealth at a young age.

Yang Yihui seized the opportunity of the times, accumulated a huge amount of wealth at a young age, and had a very high social status. Now this hotel is one of his assets, Jiayue International Hotel.

The hotel is located in the development area of the capital of Antiga, Jiayue New District, so there are often foreign investors who stay there. Near the water, he also slowly established his interstellar network. Jiayue International Hotel has a great trend of development in the direction of StarWorld Hotel.

Who would have thought that they once had to work hard to serial manned spaceflight, and today, 12 years later, they have begun to develop into extraterrestrial.

It's just that this time it's a little different, Kong Linxi, who has not heard from him for a long time, is back. If it weren't for Xie Wenxi who happened to be working in the capital's First Star Port, maybe they wouldn't know the news of Brother Xi now.

The first person in the school in the past, the best student in the eyes of teachers, the best role model in the eyes of parents, and the best children of other people's families in the eyes of classmates. Is it cruel? No, it's even more frustrating. Kong Linxi has never been arrogant, on the contrary, he loves his classmates, respects his teachers, and is filial to his parents.

His excellence is recognized by the Empire, the Holy Empire!

At this moment, Kong Linxi was dressed plainly and sat at the end of his eyes. At the same time, it is also directly opposite the tail of the former crane, which is not as dark as it is described. I just went home and put my luggage, came late, and the location was closest to the door and empty. Kong Linxi sat down without much thought.

But this was different in the eyes of the tail of the crane, and he felt that it was due to the humility of those who had been in positions of position for a long time.

Everyone seems to be consciously or unintentionally centered on the tail of the crane, because that is once after all. In the same way, the tail of the crane is still as eloquent and humorous as ever, and he sits in the center and talks eloquently as always. The friendship between former classmates is the purest and most flawless. This is believable, how much scheming can a child have?

The topic was intentionally or unintentionally led to Kong Linxi, the first person in the past. The sudden appearance of no sound at all inevitably arouses curiosity.

"Tell me, what have you been doing all these years?" The successful person took a sip of red wine, swallowed it and said slowly, "I don't contact my old classmates, and I don't have any news from you." ”

"There's nothing special to say, and I don't care about it when I'm busy with work." Kong Linxi (呡?) Taking a sip of the wine in front of him, he couldn't drink more, and he couldn't say more. So for the urging of his old classmates to "talk about it~", he could only pretend not to hear it.

This remark had a different meaning to the successful man's ears, and he said in a round game: "Happy today, don't talk about work, come and drink." There is wine today, and there is drunkness today! ”

Kong Linxi smiled and raised his glass to touch one.

"Brother Xi, or you can stay in your hometown. Brother Yi is still short of people. ”

What scheming can a child have? However, they are no longer children. It doesn't matter who said it, and you can't take it back if the words are out. Kong Linxi and the successful people's wine glasses froze in the air, and the atmosphere suddenly condensed. It seems that any move at this point is out of place.

Therefore, there are always people who hate the world of adults. The child will probably laugh, because the child will not hear anything else.

"That," the successful man touched his nose and tried his best to form a language of both, "......"

He can't organize. In his heart, he said that when his parents talked about other people's children, he hated them. However, if this person is Brother Xi, he can't have hateful emotions. They are classmates, but also friends.

We're all adults, so it has to be.

It may be out of place, but in terms of effect, it is a rescue - the door is violently opened without warning. The successful man was a little angry, how could there be a waiter in his hotel so rude. But it wasn't a waiter who walked in, and if there was no one who was brave enough to disguise himself as an Imperial officer, then an Imperial Officer would not be wrong.

People of the empire rarely appear in the public eye, and such soldiers have never been. As a "first brother", he has never dealt with people in the empire, mainly because he has no chance. But the rules, he has figured it out. Their laws do not govern the Empire, but the laws of the Empire apply to them.

While enjoying the many benefits of the empire, they also have to give.

The good news is that the laws of the empire have little effect on them, as they are not yet worthy of this level. It's as if the vast majority of people are "unlucky" to commit crimes against national security in their lifetimes. But whatever the official personnel of the empire do, you don't care, especially the army. This is advice from seniors. For the sake of this experience, the senior was almost beheaded.

The charge was to steal imperial secrets, and fortunately, the Imperial Court handed down a verdict of not guilty in the second instance. It was the first time since the Empire ruled Antiga that he showed his fangs, and the ferocity of the Empire was truly recognized by the people of Antiga.

The media cautiously reported that the silence of the Antiga officials was as cold as a cicada, and the scenes are still fresh in my memory. He never thought of meeting the soldiers of the empire on such an occasion. For a while, he lost his mind and was stunned.

The sharpened military uniform, the officer's cold eyes swept over everyone. finally fixed on Kong Linxi. The officer approached, followed by two heavily armored soldiers. The guns in their hands and their armor have a special coating on the surface, with only a glimmer of light reflected from the frosted material.

"Chief Engineer of the General Machinery Ship Engineering Research Institute, Kong Linxi?"

"It's me."