Chapter 360: The Lookout
"Sit tight." Tang Fang beckoned to her and sent an ignition command towards the psionic flame.
With a burst of light, the Silver Moon shuttle slowly rose into the sky, and after a short time, after sailing out of the gravitational range of the planet, it shot straight towards "Solna" like an off-string arrow.
About 6 hours later, Tang Fang was awakened by the prompt sound of the navigation system from a light sleep, and when he looked up, he found that the Silver Moon shuttle had flown through the gravel belt around "Solna" and was slowly entering the high-altitude orbit of the planet.
"Purr...... Snoring......" There was a slight snoring sound next to him.
Tang Fang turned his head to look, but found that Freya had fallen asleep at some point, holding the can of canned beef that had eaten three-quarters of the way in her arms, and there was still some minced beef on the corner of her begonia-colored mouth, and she was a gluttonous little Lori.
"This girl ......" he shook his head helplessly, no matter how she looked at it, she was an 18-year-old girl, but her thoughts stayed at the level of 13 and 4. It's true that she will make progress a little bit, a little bit of maturity, but, she has fallen mold for eight lifetimes, Lori is a girl, but she is still attached to him, she loves to hang on her neck like a koala and rub around, you say push it, it's a beast, don't push it, you can only endure it, is there anyone more sad than yourself?
"Alas!" Tang Fang sighed: "Freya, Freya...... Wake up, wake up, it's here. ”
"Whoa, whoa." The girl squirmed her lips and often exhaled a breath, straightened her hands and feet, stretched her waist, glanced at the front window with sleepy eyes, and said: "It's here......" casually put the large canned food box in her arms into the storage box on the right side of the seat, rubbed her eyes and looked at Tang Fang: "How long has it been?" ”
"About six hours." Tang Fang replied casually, took advantage of the situation to control the shuttle to change orbit, and cruised around "Solna" in low orbit.
Solna is not on the verge of collapse like Chaos Star, nor is it like Tikal, which is pulled into an elliptical by the tidal forces of the Eye of the Storm. Its situation remains the same, as it was and still is.
The reason for this situation has a lot to do with the composition of its ingredients. "Solna" is a planet made of graphite and diamonds, which is known as the planet of diamonds. Small size and high density. It is the hardest planet in Omega-2 except for the dead central star.
Viewed from a low-altitude orbit, Solna is light blue in color and has a very faint reflection on its surface. Similar to Tikal, the ground is littered with craters of all sizes, and due to the high gravity, the fragments of other planets that have been broken by Omega-2 have piled up on Solna, forming patches of rubble.
There were also some wrecks of warships. Tang Fang once noticed through the shuttle sensing system that there was a wreckage of a battleship lying in a shadow area in the gravel area of the southern hemisphere, and the bow of the ship alone was almost 500 meters.
Today, no matter how brilliant and dazzling they once were. They have all become withered giant trees and withered yellow flowers. The original starry hull of the ship resembles a rusty iron tool. Crookedly stuck in the rubble, half-hidden, desolate.
"It's miserable...... Freya muttered quietly.
In a circle around "Solna", she had not seen a single intact battleship, most of which had been shattered and disintegrated into large and small wreckage. It's like an ancient battlefield sealed in the sand.
Unlike the girl, Tang Fang focused more on the ruins of the building, hoping to discover something valuable. However, to his disappointment, he made a long detour. Not a single relic of the tomb has been found.
It's no wonder that a planet like Tikal is only one hall that survives. "Solna" is smaller, and as a diamond planet is uninhabitable, there are few construction facilities in the first place, and it is strange that there are relics to be preserved after encountering a meteorite storm that far exceeds the strength of the former.
During the flight, Tang tried to launch probes to several areas of "Solna", and according to the information fed back by the system, except for a small amount of cosmic radiation, the energy response of the planet itself was very low.
Yes, there are no ruins, no battleships and warships, and even zero element resources are left. Anyway, there are still dozens of tons of zero-element resources in the dimensional roaming terminal of "Tikal", and "Solna" is good, there is no fart, only a bunch of tatters left. Oh no, there's a ton of diamonds, but this thing has a good point. Put it before you cross it, get a handful and go back to worry about food and clothing, and put it now, it's a pile of waste.
"Commander, the Star Orbit Command Center has caught a trace of anomaly in the magnetic field reaction of 'Solna'." Just when Tang Fang was full of chagrin, Emma suddenly came with a news that surprised him.
"Magnetic field reaction? Abnormal? Where is the goal? ”
"'Solna' North Pole, I have uploaded the coordinates to the shuttle navigation system."
"Okay, got it." Agreed, sank his consciousness into the core of the shuttle machine's psionic energy, and sure enough, he found the anomaly that Emma said. Then, after setting the course, the shuttle accelerated, turned into a flash of silver light, and shot towards the North Pole of "Solna".
Although the gravitational pull of "Solna" is much higher than that of "Tikal", it is nothing to the Tang side, who is dressed in bad combat uniforms. As for Freya, the girl's body has been genetically modified by Ipsilon, and this gravity can walk like a fly even if she is naked.
Well, she is indeed flying now, and the addiction of Hot Wheels is not enough, jumping up and down like a wild monkey behind Tang Fang's buttocks, high and low, sometimes a flying pounce hugging Tang Fang's back and spreading joy, sometimes stretching her limbs, swimming back and forth like a fish in the water.
Seeing her like this, Tang Fang could only shake his head and smile bitterly, and while walking forward, he paid attention to Emma's reminder.
"Commander, the target location is not far away, about 500 meters away."
As Emma said this, Tang Fang was walking up a small hill. It is said that the hillside is actually very low, but it is a crater ring formed by a meteorite hitting the ground.
I have to say that the ground of "Solna" is very hard, and most of these meteorites that fell after the "Lost War" were torn apart under the impact, turning into countless rubble and spreading a thick layer on the slope outside the crater.
Tang Fang used both hands and feet, and it was easy to climb the ridge, with the help of the light of the harsh environment protective clothing. Look up and look ahead. Inside the crater, which is several kilometers in diameter, is a space facility that resembles a flying saucer. In terms of appearance, the facility is not large, only a few hundred meters long on the left and right, and it is definitely a small point among the many Ipsisaurus creations.
"Emma, is that it?"
"Yes, Commander. The facility emits weak radio waves of a fixed frequency at regular intervals. Because the number of star rail command centers in the library is not yet perfect. It is not possible to decipher the information contained in the radio waves of this frequency. ”
"Well, got it. If it's still 'alive', we'll find out what it does. Tang Fang muttered in a low voice, beckoned to Freya behind him, said: "Keep up", stepped out, and slid down the slope.
At the bottom of the crater, the lights turned on, and the structure of the facility was finally clearly visible. The space facility is flattened above and resembles an inverted disc, with a circle of chambers arranged in a ring at the bottom of the lid and a petal-shaped array of thrusters in the center, presumably for orbit changes and space flight.
It is said that this goods is really porcelain, and it fell from the top and feet outside the sky, and it didn't fall apart. Only the thruster array was damaged, and the overall structure of the top disc and cabin was still intact.
Maybe it's because of the smaller size. Or it fell relatively late, or it was equipped with a shield, anyway, it was so high, it just didn't fall to death, at most it was half disabled.
"Freya, take a trip back to the shuttle. Bring 'Cupid'. Looking at the slippery and steep slope, Tang Fang frowned. A guy like him who doesn't even bother to fold the quilt when he gets up in the morning, someone will tell him to do it himself, so naturally he won't be stupid enough to do it himself. Anyway, Freya is very talented and can fly. The brain show was amused before telling her about gentlemanly demeanor.
"I'm going alone...... Freya looked at the dark and dead void behind her, her face embarrassed.
Tang Fang didn't care whether she was afraid or not, casually threw her a PDA with lighting function, and lowered his head into a broken cabin.
Freya pouted and pressed the PDA lighting function, and the LCD screen emitted a fan-shaped light, and then dropped a sentence: "You...... You're waiting for me...... Don't go too far. "Turn around and fly as fast as you can to the shuttle.
On the other side, after entering the cabin, he took a look at the room environment, and after finding that there was no danger, he found a nearby place to sit down and quietly waited for Freya to return.
This space facility is small in size among the many Ipsiloon creations, but it is still a few hundred meters in diameter, so you can imagine how large the chamber beneath the lid is. Don't look at Freya's combat effectiveness is extremely strong, but her mental age is only in her teens, Tang Fang doesn't want to take risks, and it's not fun to make her cry.
About 5 minutes later, as a flash of light approached, Freya and a "Cupid" flew down from the top of the crater. Speaking of which, thanks to Emma, "Cupid" as a maintenance drone for the "Ashtolando" system is actually very single in terms of function, belonging to a dedicated model, and the command cluster of the central AI is relatively simplified.
Considering that he would not stay on the Morning Star all the time, in case something happened and there was a situation where "Cupid" was empty but Grant and the others could not control it, Tang Fang specially asked Emma to compile an extended system to recognize human language.
Indeed, the level of technology of Ipsiloon is not only much higher than that of human civilization, but also the human race in StarCraft is also difficult to match, however, with Tang Fang here and Emma as a staff officer, it is still possible to expand some application software under the original kernel.
"Here." Without waiting for Freya to call him, Tang Fang poked his head out of the dilapidated cabin to say hello. The girl is like a little daughter-in-law who came back in three days when she saw her father and mother, and a flutter crashed into his arms, hanging around her neck like a koala, while whirring and wearing rough clothes, while patting her heart: "Scared me to death, scared me to death......"
Tang Fang didn't realize it, this girl is also a good hand at making weird things.
At his age, he naturally can't imagine the fear of the night for a girl in her teens.
"Cupid" followed into the cabin, and the crystal screen of his face shot out a blue light, illuminating the road ahead. Tang Fang followed behind with Freya in his arms, looking around as he walked.
About a few minutes later, under the guidance of "Cupid", the two arrived at the central control room of the facility.
Similar to the situation in the Great Hall of Tikal, all equipment has been dormant, and the psionic flame has been extinguished, except for the crystal ring used to power the psionic flame still glows dimly.
Tang Fang frowned, and was about to step forward to charge the crystal. At this moment, "Cupid" suddenly flashed out from behind and slowly flew to the crystal ring hanging from the top of the room. The rune ε on his chest lit up, and then slowly turned, like a spinning screw, and a cylindrical crystal popped out.
I saw that "Cupid" pinched out a small dark blue energy ball from the cylindrical crystal, and sent it to the rune ε the annular crystal, and the crystal contracted out a channel by itself. Let "Cupid" push the energy ball into the core.
"Highly concentrated zero-element isotopes." Tang Fang's eyes narrowed, and his face was surprised. With access to the full set of tech trees at the Nami Star Zero Isotope Refinery, he was naturally able to distinguish the subtle differences between normal zero primes and their isotopes.
"Buzz." When he frowned and thought about it, he only heard a "hum" sound, and the annular crystal radiated a circle of silver light outward, and the silver light in the central ring area surged, slowly turning into wisps of flames, forming a clump.
Other electronic devices in the cabin also woke up from dormancy, and the console flashed with colorful light.
After the restoration work is completed. "Cupid" stepped aside. Tang Fang stepped forward and took a deep breath to connect with the nascent psionic flame.
"Psionic fluctuations detected, diagnostics start ......"
"The diagnosis is complete, and the adaptive star spirit is confirmed."
"Perform Frequency Parsing ......"
"Wave Level C, Leap Tree Unlock, Tech Level 2, Unlock Building 'Lookout'."
"Huh?" Tang Fang raised his eyebrows: "Lookout? It's an observatory. Observer-specific tech building. ”
In StarCraft 1, the only thing that is after the Observatory is built. in order to produce the detector in the machine. But in StarCraft 2, as long as there is a mechanical table, the observer can be directly produced, and he never expected to unlock the observatory at this time. "Is this a supplement to the 'mechanical table'? But why not a mechanical research institute. ”
But after thinking about it, this facility is only a few hundred meters in diameter, how high can it be high-tech? It makes sense to unlock the Lookout.
"The lookout is the lookout." Sigh. Sink consciousness into the system space, and direct the probe to lay down the "lookout" in the irradiated area of the crystal tower.
As an exclusive technology building to upgrade the detector, the "Lookout" provides two upgrades: "Array Sensor" and "Traction Enhancer".
The Array Sensor expands the field of view of the detector. The Traction Enhancer greatly increases the efficiency of the anti-gravity engine, allowing the observer to move faster.
Both upgrades cost 1500 crystals and 1500 gas. For Tang Fang, who is now wealthy, it is just a drop in the bucket. So, without the slightest hesitation, he clicked on "Array Sensor" and then "Traction Enhancer." ”
"Commander, the utility of the facility has been determined." The upgrade process had just ended, and before Tang Fang could react, Emma's prompt sound sounded in his head.
Considering that there was no rush to test the performance of the observer, Tang Fang turned his attention to the psionic flame. According to Emma's message, the space facility is supposed to be an observatory in the stellar system's border zone.
Different from the border inspection posts of today's human countries, in addition to the ultra-long warning distance and warp speed jump detection functions, the observation station can also synchronize the sensitive image data captured by large and small observation equipment all over the "Lost Land" in real time to form a global monitoring network.
To put it bluntly, before the "Lost", the "Lost Land" was within a radius of nearly 100 light years, and any wind and grass could not hide from the global monitoring network.
These outpost observation stations, combined with miniaturized quantum analysis, graviton detection sensors, and space equipment such as warp velocity and wormhole probes, are able to scan for a wide range of potential threats, with a radius of light. It can deal with hidden targets such as warp light stealth and semi-virtual space stealth. As for infrared remote sensing, laser, radio wave scanning and other functions, it is a piece of cake.
Of course, in its current state, the propulsion system and fusion reactor were completely damaged in the impact, and the small sensor array it belonged to was also lost in the "Lost War".
"Commander, the observation station's detection system is down, but the global data jù synchronization module is still operational, which may help you understand the Lost Lands."
"Oh? Can the global number jù synchronization module still work? Upon hearing this, Tang Fang was overjoyed, and immediately sank his mind into the spiritual energy flame, and instructed the AI core to start the global number jù synchronization program.
As the annular crystalline body radiates outwards like tree branches, the inverted disc structure at the top of the observatory collapses from the center to the sides, and a circular black body with a diameter of 10 meters is slowly pushed out.
At the same time, the holographic imaging system of the psionic flame projected a three-dimensional star map outward. Tang Fang was stunned for a moment, and after careful identification, he found that the star map in front of him was not the "Lost Land" now, but the regional star map before the "Lost Land" was "lost".
He waited quietly, waiting for the synchronization system to come online. However, after a few breaths, the star map hanging in mid-air suddenly collapsed, scattering into countless tiny crystal lattices, falling like broken glass, and turning into nothingness.
Immediately afterwards, a new three-dimensional star map was shot out of the psionic flames again, which was now the "Lost Land". (To be continued......) R1292