021 Automaton
"Mr. Noel, welcome to the Wangkuwa space station! May I introduce, Mr. Barker, Chief Designer of the Space Station Spacecraft Manufacturing Department, whose team is the brainchild of your new spacecraft. Miss Claire, the best archaeologist in the world of New Eden, I'm sure you won't dispute this statement. ”
As soon as the two sides met, Hong Tao overturned his previous speculation. The muscular man in the middle, Wangkuwa, is simply a warm man, the baritone is full of magnetism, and the lines on his face are like a salute to welcome the VIP with a smile, completely devoid of the weirdness just now, and his enthusiasm is overwhelming.
And the one-eyed dragonbuck is not a cold-faced killer, but actually a spaceship design engineer. When he got closer, he realized that his left eye was not like a laser weapon, but more like an optoelectronic device, such as a microscope or scanning device.
Like just now, what shocked Hong Tao the most was the young woman Claire, a famous archaeologist, seeing Nuel's virtue of shaking hands with others, her name should be really not small.
Scientists in this era have begun to play metal punk, and whoever looks weird is very capable. And the women of this era are much more ruthless than the women of the earth, and they can give up their arms in order to chase fashion.
"Oh, Aite, sorry, I'm a little excited. Miss Claire's grandfather led the team to decipher the self-discipline procedures of the hibernators, thereby freeing the New Eden world from drone warfare...... Well, let's not talk about that. It's mine...... Assistant, Mr. Aite. He's from ...... Uh......"
It wasn't until the young woman took the initiative to withdraw her hand that Nuel remembered Hong Tao behind her, and hurriedly apologized and explained, and only halfway through did she remember that Hong Tao didn't know a lot about this world, so she had to introduce it below. As a result, he ran into a problem again, he didn't make up the nonsense in advance, or forgot about it.
"I'm from the first star of the Vorshin Galaxy...... Woshen Planet" Seeing Nuel's appearance, Hong Tao suddenly felt a little confident about applying for a cloned pilot. Even this kind of waste dim sum can succeed, why don't you even have the qualifications to apply?
But that's all for later, and now Nuel can't count on it, so he has to face three weirdos on his own. Fortunately, Nuel still remembers a certain period of history that he has told himself, and the initiator of the struggle for the rights and interests of the Vault Dwellers seems to be the Brotherly Freemasonry, and his identity as a Vault Dweller should not be an obstacle here, and maybe he can win some sympathy points.
"Planet Voshin? God, are you a Vault Dweller? Oh oh oh, please don't feel any embarrassment, the Masonic space station is always open to the Vault Dweller, and we would prefer to see you and your companions return to the New Eden world to live a life of dignity, worth, and freedom as it is now. Come, on behalf of the Tukel people, I welcome you only! ”
Sympathy points are there, but it seems to be a bit too much. Hearing the name of Planet Walshin, the tall and mighty giant was actually ready with sympathy, anger, surprise and a lot of clichés in half a second, just like a running councilor, the level of speech was quite high, and the voice was full of emotion and infectiousness.
Just saying it wasn't enough, he stretched out his thigh-thick arms again, and he didn't care whether Hong Tao was happy or not, he would hit it when he picked it up. That's right, it's a hit, the head door hits the head door, three times in a row!
"Thank you...... Thank you......" The second time, Hong Tao suspected that he would really be knocked into an idiot, and his brain was boiled, and he almost didn't spit on that big black face.
"Congratulations, and I hope my ship will bring you and your companions good luck."
Compared with this giant, the one-eyed dragon buck was too polite, he just took the initiative to reach out and shake Hong Tao, and sent a blessing in passing. This kind of style is quite a match for his identity, and the spaceship designer is afraid that he is not very good at ushering in the send-off, let alone playing on the spot.
"Looks like you've brought good luck to Mr. Noel, Vault Dweller, I'll have to remember that name."
In fact, what made Hong Tao want to vomit the most was not the impact of the giant, but the hug of the mechanical monster Claire. Not only did she let herself taste the softness of her chest, but she also whispered something in her ear, which immediately made her stomach cramp.
"Please, I think both Mr. Nuel and Mr. Aite would like to see the new ship sooner, come with me." Just when Hong Tao didn't know how to answer Claire, the magnetic baritone came to the rescue again. Claire didn't dwell on it anymore, and made a gesture of please, motioning for the two guests to go first.
Hong Tao has been to the mining space station and the planetary synchronous orbit space station, and the internal structure is black, but the external characteristics are quite obvious. The former is not too big, boxy like a box; The latter was quite large, and there were landing platforms sticking out in all directions, like petals in full bloom.
But compared to the brotherly Freemason's industrial-built space station, both of them are tiny. From the outside, the space station looks like a combination of a flat-topped pyramid and reflections, but the size is beyond the imagination of earthlings, and there are not even adjectives to be found.
After entering the interior space, walking and conveyor belts and other methods can no longer meet the needs of transportation, so you have to take a magnetic levitation vehicle. It's a lot of fun, it's like a big bumper car in an amusement park on Earth, it doesn't have a head, a tail, or a left, just tell the hovering owner where to go, and it will drive automatically, flying out of thin air along an invisible magnetic route.
Hong Tao didn't ask how to use magnetism, and Nuel didn't take the initiative to say. As soon as he got in the car, the partner forgot about himself and kept whispering to Claire. It seems that he not only admires the prestige of the Claire family, but also admires the professional knowledge of others, and is asking for advice in various ways.
In addition, Hong Tao also discovers a not-so-secret secret, Claire is also a clone pilot, and she has an obvious round implant on the back of her head. It's called the Neuron Data Interface, and it also has it on the back of Noel's head. Actually, there were two in total, and the other was on the spine, covered by a skin garment.
Hong Tao once asked Nuel, and he also answered clearly, only the clone pilot has such a small data interface. The device connected to the master of the spaceship by ordinary pilots is like half a helmet, which is basically permanent. If it is removed, the pilot's brain will also be injured, because the helmet and the brain nerves are hard-wired, and no clever bioengineer can disconnect it without damage.
It's not surprising that Claire is a clone pilot, and it's natural that Nuel can be a human being. But her body is so strange, could it be that the clone can be equipped with a mechanical device? Or is it that every time a clone is replaced, the woman has to go for a major operation?
Before Hong Tao could find a chance to ask Nuel, the hovercar stopped in mid-air. It's impossible to count which level of the space station this is, except that the hovercar keeps rising, as if the space above it is endless.
In this space, there is also a thing suspended, the whole body is gray-black, without any luster, but it looks very textured. You don't need to be told to Hong Tao to guess that this should be the purpose of his and Nuel's trip, the new exploration spaceship.
"Damn, this is too big......" Even if he was mentally prepared in advance, Hong Tao couldn't help but muttered in his Chinese, and he really couldn't express the consternation in his heart without saying a few words at this time.
"Are you saying it's big?" Noel didn't even hear the whispers behind him, he was the first to follow the giant and get out of the hovercar, and was walking briskly towards the large ship. Claire, the mechanical freak, was not in a hurry to see the spaceship, standing next to the car, staring at Hong Tao back and forth with her yellow-green and reddish eyes.
“…… It's huge, isn't it? Uh, so go on like this? Hong Tao immediately knew that the bad dishes were bad, and the mechanical monsters could not understand Chinese, which is the so-called ancient language of the New Edenians.
He is an archaeologist, and even Nuel knows a few words, so there's no reason why she shouldn't understand. Fortunately, Hong Tao immediately found a way to divert the topic, there was nothing to step on by the side of the car, and when he looked down, there was a layer of internal space below, and he couldn't see the bottom, how could he go down?
"Please......" Claire's eyes narrowed, and she paused for two seconds before she gave way without expression, and made a gesture while standing in the air.