Chapter 20: Crossing the Stargate
Even today, when human beings have mastered faster-than-light flight, it is still impossible to cross the vast sea of stars.
Fortunately, mankind has discovered several "star gates" in the universe.
It was a star field that seemed to be indistinguishable from the surrounding space, but once you entered this star field, you would emerge from a completely different space.
It's like a "wormhole" in science fiction.
Stargates are like crossroads in the universe, and there are about hundreds of stargates in the entire universe, all of which are important strategic locations.
From the earth to the Crimson Star Field, you have to pass through three different stargates, and because the transport ship is too old, the whole voyage is actually as long as three months.
In the silence and vastness of the universe, humans are easily bored and crazy, and it is better to talk about large interstellar ships, because there are often complete entertainment facilities on them, and members can chat with each other to relieve their boredom.
But like the transport ship He Ruozhi was on, there were only two members, and Hunter was drunk all day long, otherwise he would have gotten into the mecha simulation training cabin and practiced hard.
The simulation training pod is like an ancient shooting video game, and the scene is exciting and can kill time.
Hunter didn't deliberately not let He Ruozhi use it, but He Ruozhi's mental power was too low, and it would be impossible to drive a mecha in the future, so why waste time?
In this regard, He Ruozhi doesn't care.
After spending so much time in the dark realm, loneliness and loneliness have turned into a sweet and delicious enjoyment for him. What's more, in the vast universe, there are so many bright stars, with endless changes, which make people never get tired of looking at them.
Every day when Hunter was drunk or fighting on the mecha trainer, He Ruozhi meditated, allowing the dark power to slowly fill his body, slowly moisturizing his bones, and cultivating the Black Bone Technique to a higher level.
At this time, Abu, the metal crocodile hiding in his clothes, will also sneak out and playfully move his body while eating something.
Abu, this little guy doesn't pick his mouth, he eats anything casually, and on two occasions if He Ruozhi hadn't stopped him, this beast would have eaten the console and the wires inside.
Before getting on the spaceship, He Ruozhi didn't think about the food problem of the little guy, and he was a little ** for a while, seeing that Abu had nothing to eat, and he was gradually dizzy from hunger, He Ruozhi also felt very unbearable in his heart.
But this is a spaceship, even a screw on it is very precious, how can it be eaten by Abu casually?
Fortunately, the problem was quickly resolved......
"What do I think...... Have you been a lot cleaner in the cabin in the past two days? ”
One day, it was rare that Hunter was not so drunk, he touched his head and asked suspiciously.
"Huh?" A cold sweat broke out on He Ruozhi's forehead.
"My empty beer can seems to be gone!" Hunter said with certainty, "If I drink two cans of beer a day, there are at least dozens of empty cans these days!" ”
"Oh...... It turns out that the chief said that's what he said! He Ruozhi smiled, "Those things take up too much space, and I've been thrown out of the cabin as space junk." ”
"Is that so...... Hunter looked at He Ruozhi suspiciously, "By the way, why are the seats, walls, and consoles all potholed in the past two days, as if they have been bitten by rats?" ”
"Hmm......" He Ruozhi nodded, "This, maybe it's because the spaceship is too old, it rusted and corroded during the flight." ”
"Really? Last night, I saw like a big rat running around the cabin and dragging my Playboy magazine away, damn it, I'm going to kill it! ”
He Ruozhi broke out in a cold sweat: "Subordinate, subordinate will clean the spaceship as soon as possible and kill all these damn rats!" ”
"Well, then please."
Hunter muttered a few words before putting on his cyber helmet and starting his mecha pilot training.
Behind He Ruozhi, a huge metal tail wagged around, and then a chubby crocodile slowly crawled out, shook its head and tail in front of He Ruozhi, and stuck out its tongue to be coquettish.
"Damn it!" He Ruozhi scolded secretly, "You greedy guy is getting bigger and bigger every day, and the whole spaceship can't fit you anymore, make me smaller!" ”
Strange to say, Abu seemed to be able to understand his master's words, only to hear a few unpleasant sounds of metal compression coming from his body, and then his entire body slowly shrunk back into a mechanical pet the size of a palm.
It also has a copy of Playboy in its mouth......
After crossing the second stargate, they finally joined a new force.
"From now on, we're going to hit the road with the Stardust Mercenary Regiment." Hunter said solemnly, even through a bit of a gritted tooth.
"Why?" He Ruozhi asked puzzledly, could it be that this Stardust Mercenary Group is also going to the Crimson Star Domain?
"With our old-fashioned spaceship, we can't cross the meteorite belt on the periphery of the Crimson Star Field, and the fucking military doesn't have the money to get us a better spaceship, so we have to take someone else's spaceship. Remember, little ghost, we are the garbage in the federal army, anyone can come and step on you, let alone the stardust mercenary group, so no matter what happens on someone's ship, you have to endure it. ”
Hunter took a breath and said, "But I don't think you look like a strong person, so as long as you don't cause trouble for Lao Tzu!" ”
He Ruozhi smiled naturally: "Yes, sir, I will never cause trouble." ”
The Stardust Mercenary Regiment has a large transport ship, which is larger than the ancient aircraft carriers.
Compared to him, the tattered transport ship was like a sampan in a small lake.
In this universe where mecha knights are supreme, the number of starships does not mean anything, because in real battles, starships are never the main force of fighting, and a mecha piloted by an ace knight can easily tear apart a huge battleship.
But on the other hand, the battleship may not be able to capture the light figure of the mecha knight with a clumsy laser cannon.
The Stardust Mercenary Regiment has a total of thirty Mecha Knights, which is considered a medium-sized mercenary group.
This time, they are in charge of protecting an important scholar on a scientific expedition to the planet Elfa.
The dilapidated transport ship was slowly sucked into its body by the huge "Nebula".
Gordon, the leader of the Stardust Mercenary Regiment, is a two-meter-tall giant, with muscles as strong as armor and a bald head shiny like a heavy piledriver.
But it is impossible to become the leader of an armed force by brute force alone, and Gordon's narrow eyes reveal a fierce look from time to time.
At this time, Gordon was on the command podium, looking at the monitor with an old man, watching the Federation spaceship enter.