Black Iron Star County, the core area of the stars, the origin of the legendary mechanical civilization.

As the mighty mechanical civilization disappeared into history, new residents came to settle in Black Iron Star County, mostly mechanical engineers with strong beliefs, scientists with a desire to explore, and a young and energetic group of college students.

In the process of civilization revival, culture and science have been valued again, and in Black Iron Star County, there are currently the largest number of independent scientific research institutions, independent universities, and a large number of new technology companies.

Black Iron Star County is like the starry Silicon Valley, and it has been able to transform from an axis of evil that started a world war to a place of cultural and technological prosperity thanks to the Peace Pact.

After the end of the tragic World War of Stars and the elimination of mechanical civilizations, in order to commemorate this war and warn future generations, the major civilizations signed a peace contract, stipulating that no civilization and no army should enter Black Iron Star County.

Ships passing through the Black Iron Star County must not be armed, and if any civilization or force wants to occupy the Black Iron Star County, it will be tantamount to declaring war on the entire universe, and everyone will be punished.

Thus was born the land of freedom and dreams among the stars, which was not controlled by any force, and the cultural atmosphere was strong, and major civilizations set up research institutes and university branches here to carry out academic discussions and exchanges, and young people came to the Black Iron Star County to study, fall in love, and eventually start a family.

The headquarters of Metal Gear is also in Black Iron Star County, they are currently the most influential arms evaluation website of Qunxing, countless military fans are members of Metal Gear, and their most popular column is the evaluation of arms performance, and the ranking of war equipment.

At this moment, Flange, the editor-in-chief of Metal Gear Network, is convening a plenary meeting of the editorial department to discuss the issue of the tyrant award.

The Tyrant Award is awarded to those arms products with the most amazing creativity and enough to subvert the pattern of modern warfare, and its authority is undoubted, and every time the Tyrant Award is awarded, it has attracted the attention of the stars, and the award-winning products without exception will leave their legendary names in the history of the Star War.

Because the Tyrant Award is so important to Metal Gear Network, every nomination is issued through a rigorous review process, and the winner must be collectively recognized by the senior arms editors.

"It's the most amazing idea I've ever seen, and I don't have any opinion on awarding the tyrant to the trembling."

"Seconded, our starship test department has decided to turn the shiver into a routine test item, and all starships must undergo the test of shiver in the future, if they can still maintain good performance under the trembling bombardment, they can get our five-star recommendation."

"I don't have an opinion, the trembling is no longer a problem with the EMP bomb, it has become a standard, whether a starship or a set of precision equipment is excellent, you don't count if you say it, it doesn't count if I say it, you have to tremble to say it."

The veteran editors were full of buzz and praise for the performance and groundbreaking of the Trembling.

In the end, Trembling won the tyrant prize by a unanimous vote.

"In that case, let's let our colleagues in Yinlun Star County work hard and invite Xingchen Technology to send representatives to Heitie Star County to participate in the award ceremony."

"Considering the long distance, they are likely to refuse, but even then, we should send congratulations and establish a good relationship with Xingchen Technology Group, this new arms company, is not simple." Editor-in-Chief Flange whispered.

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"It should be around here." Ora glanced at the coordinates on the spaceship, then shrugged his shoulders lightly and said, "No way, although we are strategic partners of Xingchen Technology, we have never visited their base before, and like you, it is the first time for me." ”

Dicardo nodded slightly, a look of surprise on his face.

Dicardo's position is the stationmaster of Metal Gear Network in Yinlun Star County, and this time he asked Ora to take him with him to Luo Jia in order to convey the good news that Trembling won the Tyrant Award.

"This Xingchen Technology Group is really mysterious." Dicardo muttered, "A small company that was previously unknown suddenly came to Yinlun Star County to release an epoch-making new EMP bomb Trembling, and the level of research and development they showed was not like a small company, and it was not clear what background we didn't understand." ”

Ora was noncommittal, and Luo Jia's personable appearance appeared in his mind, and he felt that he was quite handsome.

Shrugging his shoulders, Euler looked around at the endless space outside the porthole, and whispered: "The stars are like a fog, so far, we know only a small part of the stars, from the historical records, I am afraid that it is not even one percent. ”

"Because there is no star map, and the voyage is very difficult, there are still thousands of star counties, hidden in the dark fog, and behind the darkness that we don't know, there may be other civilizations that are being revived, or not, Xingchen Technology is here on behalf of the civilization in the fog."

Euler is also talking about a kind of speculation, called the fog theory.

The stars are vast, and after the annihilation of civilization, most of the star counties have been cut off from the central region, just like a fog covering the earth, no one knows what is hidden behind the layers of fog, and whether those civilizations recorded in the annals of history still exist.

Weakness is never an obstacle to survival, arrogance is.

It is not for nothing that Transwarp Trade and Metal Equipment can become the top civil force among the current stars, they attach importance to every potential customer, even if the customer is still very weak at the moment, and it is precisely because of this business philosophy that they visit Xingchen Technology in person.

"The guide ship is coming."

At this time, someone on the spaceship reported that in order to release his goodwill as much as possible, Ora was on a cruise ship with almost no weapons on it.

Ora looked out of the porthole, and sure enough, there was a rather ugly frigate, with the rotating galactic emblems of Star Technology printed on the armor on both sides.

The main force of the Earth Fleet is the captured Galen Empire Expeditionary Fleet, which has undergone large-scale modifications in order to hide people's eyes.

It's a pity that with the aesthetic style of a straight man of steel, these transformed starships only consider function and don't care about aesthetics, and they all look stunned.

At this moment, the straight men of steel don't know that this kind of powerful, but stunned and not good-looking starship will become a unique style like their own label, and have an unimaginably far-reaching impact on the pattern of the whole universe.

In the eyes of Ora and Dicardo, how can the spaceship of Xingchen Technology be an ugly word, they frowned at the same time, secretly slandering the designers of Xingchen Technology, and the level is probably worrying.

Following the guide starship, Euler's interstellar cruise ship soon came to a barren planet, its surface glowed with silver, which was a thick layer of ice covering the entire planet, and white rings were ice storms that swept across the world.

"They've really just come to Yinlun Star County, and all the good places have been occupied, but here, it's really a bit outrageous." Euler thought to herself.

The ship descends quickly, through the surface ice, and into the deep underground.

The underground base is warm and bright, and the powerful energy provided by the controlled fusion system makes it spring all year round, and the only thing that makes everyone complain is that they can't see the sun or the sea.

Although when they were on Earth, Xingchen Technology was known for its otaku attributes, and most of them didn't like to go out, but I don't know why, when they arrived at the stars, they complained about the lack of sunshine in their lives, as if they liked to bask in the sun very much.

This is nostalgia, if you don't leave home, you will never understand the beauty of home.

Even if a being as powerful as a plant civilization can transform a planet with an elegant environment and suitable for survival, you will still think about the little wrecking ball far away in the galaxy and think about it.

This feeling is nostalgia, no matter where you are, your roots will always remain in that little wrecking ball, you can take away all your luggage, but you can't take away the deep memories.

So a strange phenomenon happened, when the straight men of steel who shouted all day long to go to the sea of stars finally realized their dreams and went to a distant space that their ancestors could not imagine.

When they came to the stars, they didn't get excited for long, and they fell into an irresistible mood of longing, and began to miss the steamed buns and skewers in their hometown, the flowers and plants on the small wrecking ball, and everything in their hometown.

"What a strong aroma, what does it smell like?" Walking on the undership, facing Luo Jia who came to greet him, Ora asked the doubts in his heart.

"Oh, Master Kong's braised beef noodles." Luo Jia scratched her head and explained helplessly: "A kind of food in our hometown is quite magical, but whenever one person eats instant noodles, the whole house is full of this taste." ”

"From a nutritional point of view, instant noodles are full of fat and carbohydrates, and they are not nutritious at all, and from a taste point of view, instant noodles are the kind of people who smell drooling, and if you really eat them, that's it."

"But no matter what, we still like the taste, and the farther away from home and the longer we go, the more we like it."

"Maybe the meaning of instant noodles is not food, but the feeling of home."

Luo Jia said flatly, unlike a famous scientist and a businessman who manages a large enterprise, he feels like a very good classmate back then, although he hasn't seen him for many years, as soon as he speaks, you hear his voice, and you naturally feel familiar and cordial.

This is the unique charm of the natural speaker Luo Jia, whose speech style like a little brother next door has long been known on the earth.

Ora looked at Luo Jia suspiciously, it was so strange that Luo Jia said this casually, and she even felt a faint feeling of homesickness in her heart, the reeds in the back garden, the seagulls that fly over the winter every winter, and the rose cakes made by Sister Xiaoyu.

Anyway, it's very comfortable, it's not like dealing with businessmen, full of deceit, coming to Luo Jia's base is like visiting an old friend.

"Can you let me taste it too?" Ola paused and said, "What kind of instant noodles are that?" ”

The corners of his mouth rose, and Luo Jia snapped his fingers lightly with his right hand, "No problem." ”