On one side of the narrow aisle hangs a badly touched electric light sign, with the name of the tavern, Star House.

There are also some space-style lights decorated next to it, and Xingyao City has strict information control over the outside world, even in a relatively loose core area, which is a very closed giant iron can, and people know very little about the starry sky, but this can't stop the desire for the starry sky in the depths of human instinct.

The Star Tavern is a tavern located in a residential area, it opens between two large residential buildings, it can only be seen by walking a few floors underground and crossing an underground block, the core area is rarely so crowded, the population density here is not as large as the outer ring, and the gap between the houses is much larger than the outer ring, at least everyone has their own large space to move, and there is no need to be crowded into the crowded capsule huts like the residents of the outer ring. However, no matter where you are, there will always be such dark and crowded corners, and even if you go to the most developed city on the moon right now, you will definitely be able to find a few.

The space in the tavern is quite large, probably due to the cheap land price, in addition to the bar and dance floor that all taverns have, there is a large piece of vacant land here, the boss is still more self-aware, knowing that there will not be so many guests, there are only a dozen tables and chairs in the tavern, there are large and small, the extra space He put two billiard tables, and hung a huge projection screen, and there is an old projector adsorbed on the ceiling, and I don't know if it was picked up from the thrift market. The curtain was showing pirated movies of low quality, and two old horns were shouting incessantly, and the tavern was quiet, and people who usually came to a place like this would not have come to find revelry and pleasure. At the wine table, you can see depressed lonely young people, sneaky groups of several people gathered together, and a few people sitting in front of the bar, as if they are doing some deal, talking intermittently while drinking, they will only say two words back to each other after half a glass of wine, as if they have time to spend time with each other.

After entering the door, Mark saw Sun Tan sitting opposite those people, he came alone, but ordered two glasses of wine, and waited for Mark to come over, the lights in the tavern were dim, I don't know if it was to create an atmosphere or to save a few dollars in electricity, eighty percent was because of the latter, this kind of lifeless shop is impossible to have a young girl singing and dancing and other after-entertainment programs, there is a small local orchestra singing on the stage in the far corner, but basically few people will see them, The bored drinkers would rather watch a movie on the big screen.

"How do you know I'm going to fail." Mark sat next to Sun Tan a little unhappily, "Bad luck, there is a master who is not easy to discuss, if it is Ma Yan, this matter will definitely be done." ”

"What do you think, Asker can't make us so happy, that old fox is very oily, and sometimes he has to guard against himself." Sun Tan tilted his mouth with a mocking expression, and pushed the wine glass in front of Mark, "Moreover, even if you succeed, I can't drink more, how many times have you been drunk by me back then?" Forgot? Look down on whom. Sun Tan was very energetic when he spoke, not at all like an old man with white hair.

"Those guys don't help us, can we complete the arrangement with the spaceship here?" Mark picked up the wine glass and took a sip, the quality of the wine was very poor, a strong smell of inferior moonshine, mixed with mint flavor and a taste similar to mushrooms, Rao was so Mark was still very satisfied, alcohol was strictly forbidden on the ship, and Asker didn't bring any extra supplies this time, they could only eat capsules and nutritional paste every day in the fleet, compared to this inferior wine also had a more flavor.

"I asked them to transform a few spaceships, using the parts on our command ship, it should barely meet the requirements, but I can only say that I try, the aviation technology here is really poor, and there is no way, after all, the earth is trying its best to sprint in the aerospace field, and the high-level of Xingyao City seems to be afraid of the starry sky, if it weren't for keeping in touch with those space stations, they might not have developed this technology at all." Sun Tan smacked his lips, showing that things were a little difficult, but there was not much worry in his eyes.

"Alright, now it's time for you to tell me. What the hell do you have to do to send the entire Space City to Stargate? Mark said the question in his heart, it was because Sun Tan gave him this guarantee that he had the confidence to buy time, but he couldn't think of a feasible way, if the current level of human technology can reach the goal of moving as much mass, spacecraft technology should at least go up two levels.

"Well, that's it, if you want something to move, you have to push or pull, I'm going to use push, that's all."

"Believe it or not, I'm beating you, don't think that I won't dare to do it when you're old! No kidding! Seriously! ”

The two laughed and laughed, they hadn't been like this in a long time, and Mark remembered that they had been working together on the moon, when they used to go to a tavern and chat, fight, brag, and always forget that there was someone else next to them when they laughed together.

It's the same now, suddenly realizing that everyone else is looking at this, Sun Tan became more serious, and took out a small sphere from his pocket, which was a transparent glass ball, which contained a small pinch of black powder, Mark had never seen such a strange material, the black very fine powder was mixed with some purple particles, which seemed to be constantly changing colors.

"What is this? Do your plans have anything to do with this thing? Mark asked.

"This is the ammunition used in the singularity strike, the three types of heavy antimatter manufactured by the Alliance, you can call it anti-gold, it itself is a substance with atomic properties that are completely opposite to the gold of our normal world, there will be no such metal in nature, maybe a small amount was produced at the moment of the Big Bang, but soon these substances were all annihilated, and it can only be made through the miraculous industrial technology of the Pan-Star Alliance." Sun Tan flipped the object in his hand, and Mark clearly saw that his hand passed through the boundary of "glass", it was not a glass ball, it was a circular isolation field.

"It can push the entire Star City, enough to reach the position of the Star Gate."

Mark didn't know how to express his shock, he had seen two heavy antimatter explosions with his own eyes, and he only saw the second time half a month ago, and its powerful power Until this moment, Mark still had palpitations, such a dangerous thing was held in Sun Tan's hand like this, just looking at it made people tremble.

"How do you have such a thing? Didn't you use it all before? Mark exclaimed, his voice as low as he could, but it still drowned out the rough music from the old horns.

"It's what was left over from the last launch, Asker was a little too nervous, and asked me to use up all the amounts, I calculated the data he sent me, and found that it didn't have that much of it, and I was worried that the crystal nucleus would be completely blown up, so I deliberately reduced a little bit, about one-twentieth of the amount." Sun Tan held the glass ball close to his eyes, and the purple shimmer shone on his pupils.

"You...... How are you going to use it? "Mark knows that this thing won't detonate casually, but it's still a little frustrating to be so close to it, if you have a nuclear bomb in your arms, even if you know it won't detonate, you can't sleep peacefully......

"It's very simple, continue to divide it, every time it causes a minimal explosion, this will generate power, we use the bottom of the entire Star City as a thruster, the power generated by this material is enough to send the Star City over, and there is even spare power." Sun Tan said confidently.

"Can it really be done?" Mark couldn't believe it.

"Of course, you at least know how the internal combustion engine works, right? The internal combustion engine is also exploding, but it is mixing gasoline and air evenly, and then producing a continuous small explosion in the engine to generate power. ”

"If that's really the case, if we go in this direction, won't we be able to travel at the speed of light soon?" Mark suddenly thought.

Sun Tan sighed, put back the small ball wrapped in a super heavy **, took two more sips of wine and said in a low voice: "You just look at the speed, don't forget the conditions given by the alliance, independent, stable, and sustainable navigation, this method requires anti-gold, we can't get this thing at all, even if we can make some lighter antimatter and increase the amount of use, this method is not stable enough...... In the end, this is the same method as when Shure's civilization fled from its home planet, but the usage is a little more relaxed, this method of navigation is impossible to be recognized by the Alliance, and this is not a mature interstellar navigation technology at all. ”

"Alas...... So do you have faith? It's not that I'm too timid, it's just that this thing is too dangerous, and the current structure of Starlight City is almost at its limit, and after so much tossing, does it still have the ability to complete the voyage?" Mark worried.

"To be honest, I don't have confidence, and human beings don't have this technology now, we just realize that it can do this now, but it can't be done in two days to realize the application, just like we have just discovered oil now, and there is still a long way to go before the invention of the internal combustion engine, and we still have to make drastic changes to the chassis of Xingyao City, we should start construction now, otherwise it will be too late."

"Wait! Don't make a fuss, since we don't have confidence and the difficulty is so high, we shouldn't take risks, so many people's lives are at stake. Mark hurriedly tried to stop him, but Sun Tan still looked confident.

"Don't worry, I'm just saying that human beings can't do it with their current technology, and it's not that there is no way to do it."

"You're going to make me dizzy...... What the hell are you trying to say? ”

"I still have good things for you to see, and during your hibernation, I have found a lot of good things, which will definitely open your eyes."

Sun Tan pretended to smile mysteriously, drank all the wine in the cup, took out two coins from Starlight City from his wallet and pressed them under the wine glass, said that he didn't need to look for it anymore and led Mark away. Outside the house, Sun Tan picked up Sun Tan's small spaceship and vehicle, and after they got in, Sun Tan went directly back to the Central Building.

During this time, they were all placed here, the central building is not only the political core of Star City, but also an extremely luxurious high-end building, in which you can find the largest and most luxurious housing in the entire space city, a huge hot spring pool set up in the sky, and even a small independent ecological garden, which is used to cultivate all kinds of rare ingredients, which are left over from the reign of the Alexios family, even if the situation of the space city is getting worse and worse, and the internal crisis is getting more and more serious, they still live a luxurious and corrupt life, Mobilize a lot of resources to satisfy their own desires, which is also the reason for their final downfall, even if they hold the core lifeblood of Star City, they can't escape the fate of being overthrown by the wave of reform in the end.

Most of these extravagant and wasteful equipment have begun to be dismantled, and in addition to repairing the space city, Ted has focused on repairing the space city, but also carried out a strict rectification of the problems at the top of the council, sweeping away many of the remaining henchmen of the Alexios family, which is what he has long wanted to do, Ted was born at the bottom, and in the corner of the starry city where there is no light, he knows how many dark things have happened, he hates corruption and oppression to the core, if it weren't for the urgent need to hire people in this extraordinary period, The people he cleared out had at least one more zero, and he didn't plan to let go of those who were temporarily detained, but he planned to settle accounts slowly after the current crisis was resolved.

However, Ted still left a layer of better housing to house Mark and his party, after all, there is no more decent room in the entire space city, Sun Tan led Mark to the room where he lived, asked all the service staff to retreat, and took out a small box from a sealed box.

Although Ted didn't have the courage to install a monitor here, in order to ensure safety, Sun Tan still took out the scanner and walked around the house, making sure that there were no micro monitors before he picked up the box.

"What's that? It's so mysterious. Mark was sure that he would not be surprised any more than what he had brought out, and what could be more surprising than the ball he had taken out in the tavern. But this time Mark was wrong, and as Sun Tan opened the box, Mark once again felt his worldview shocked.