"Your Excellency Respected Wizard, there must be a lot of strange stones needed for the Star Ring and the battleship, and the strange stones are also used to support the branches of the World Tree, how did the family's strange stones come from?"

"It's no secret that humble mammalian cubs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Strange Stone is each Glory, the Imperial Family is issued according to the contribution of the nobility to the Empire. However, these bounties can only support the family's core world tree at most, and will only have a larger share unless the family makes a special contribution. ”

"In addition to the royal rewards, there are two ways for nobles to obtain strange stones. One is the conquest of valuable star fields, and when the main trunk of the royal family's World Tree extends to this trunk for the first time, a large number of strange stones will be transformed, and these strange stones will be distributed to the families participating in the conquest as trophies. ”

"Another way is...... Abnormal transactions, each Radiance has countless family rundowns, their World Tree branches will wither, and the strange stones they have installed on their ships will also become invalid due to the loss of the support of the family World Tree. These strange stones were recovered by the royal family and re-smelted into pure strange stones, most of which were distributed, and some of them would be lost to the market through other means, and the nobles could exchange other resources for these strange stones. ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your advice, as a humble mammalian cub, I have a small question. Can these strange stones be derived from tear crystals, and what are the functions of tear crystals? ”

"Tear Crystal, oh, this kind of thing, we call it floating stones, it's as common as wood and iron, and every World Tree is surrounded by this kind of floating stones. Except for the fact that electricity makes this thing float and can detect radioactive elements, it is useless, it is all the stuff of low-level wizard apprentices. ”

"Okay, honorable wizard, I still want to know ......"

"The questions of the lower creatures never stop, so I'll kindly tell you......"

Xia Ming's virtual vision was layered and crowded with information from all sides.

The investigation of the Qimu Chamber of Commerce spaceship on the Mu Star, the analysis of the Maywe family mothership in space, the analysis of the strange stones on the Star Ring ship, the dissection of the corpse of the Eternal Sleeper on the base ship, and the placement of the Qimu captives in various places......

Another layer of virtual vision unfolded, and because it was related to his main concerns, this time it was not pressed behind the other images.

In the field of vision is a beautiful and lively short-haired girl, with two dimples brought up by a smile, even Xia Ming, who was originally pressed by many affairs, was also relieved, he asked with a smile: "Xiaoxiao, has there been progress?" ”

Li Xiaoxiao, who lost her family and her future because of Stargate Syndrome, has now grown up to be a researcher in the Sociology Department of the Starlink Academy of Sciences, and her mentor is Xiaoping.

After Xia Ming and the core layer of Starlink unified their thoughts, Yongshu 1 became the forward base for Starlink to implement its new strategy. The Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Engineering, the School of Biology and Medicine, the War Academy, and even the Evolution Academy have all come here to set up sub-bases to carry out research on the Scarlet Star and the Qimu People from all levels.

Interrogating the Qimu captives and summarizing the situation of the Qi Empire, this work is directly related to the alien civilization research project of the Department of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences, so the interrogation work was handed over to the Academy of Sciences by the Space Army, and the specific person in charge was Xiaoping. Xiao Xiao was sent to Xia Ming to take over the interrogation of the wizard Ma Youwei. Because the high-level wizards in the mothership are either dead or mentally damaged, the value of this wizard is extraordinary.

"Yes, Leader ......"

Because of Xiaoxiao's special situation and relationship with Xiaoping, Xia Ming knows Xiaoxiao very well and gets along very casually.

"As for the situation of the strange stone, the general context has been sorted out, and the distribution and use have been clarified, but the process of its manufacture is still a mystery. The wizard said that every time the royal family of the Strange Empire conquered a valuable galaxy or star field, a batch of strange stones would be produced, and only the high-ranking nobles who participated in the conquest would know the specific details of their creation. ”

Xia Ming immediately thought of Qianyan's process of transforming the low-dimensional universe into the Zhiyin core, and it felt somewhat similar.

"Judging from the expansion direction of the Qi Empire, they are more concerned about the low-dimensional universe with a high intelligent civilization, and it seems that only such a universe can produce strange stones. Moreover, the process of conquest is bloody, and they will only leave behind a few individuals among the conquered, and the rest will die in the process of creating strange stones. ”

This is a little related to the soul fusion behind the Super Horse Whip, Xia Ming frowned, and he had a trace of worry.

"Leader, I think that Qishi is not only a technological thing for Qimu people, but also the foundation of society, and for such an important thing, they must have a permission-related setting. If there is authority, there will be a backdoor, and if it is rashly introduced into our aerospace technology system, there may be big problems. If I expand it to things related to the activity of consciousness, I think ...... It's dangerous. ”

Xiao Xiao is worthy of being engaged in sociological research, even if he does not know much about the technical details, but he can see the interaction between different civilizations very clearly.

This is like language, a language melts the evolution of a civilization, when Chinese learn English to replace the mother tongue for high-level thinking, then whether it is values or world view, are completely replaced, this is the assimilation of civilization.

The same is true for strange stones, strange stones have many strange things, the strange empire has established a huge interstellar empire through the faster-than-light space technology obtained by strange stones, as well as gravitational control technology. However, the strange stone is only an interface on the surface, and behind it there may not only be the technical control means of the Qi Empire, but also the cultural and even the support of the three views of the entire Qi Empire.

Xiao Xiao saw this, and the reason why she specifically brought it up was because in the Academy of Sciences, there was a lot of noise about replacing the existing aerospace technology with strange stones and tear crystals.

Xia Ming nodded: "My opinion is the same, this matter is very important, and we must be cautious." ”

He said with relief: "Xiaoxiao, you are really amazing, you were still a ...... back then."

Xiao Xiao's big eyes bent into two crescent moons: "Thin and small bean sprouts, don't look down on the bean sprouts, leader!" ”

The girl's words couldn't be stopped: "Look, Sister Xiaoping was also a bean sprout back then, and Sister Su Yu was the same, didn't we all grow up?" Although I am not as good as Xiaoping and Sister Su Yu, I have been working hard, and one day, I will ......"

Xia Ming coughed to stop the girl's career dream: "Yes, yes, you shouldn't be treated as a sprout, your age is already past your girlhood, why haven't you considered personal matters?" Don't continue to add to the argument that the Academy of Sciences is a monastery, if you are not a wife, if you are not a mother, what kind of growth is it? ”

"Collar-sleeve-!"

Xiao Xiao blushed: "Don't you know that the current definition of a girl is between 10 and 60 years old?" Moreover, marriage is the grave of a career! I don't want to be like the Qimu people, the meaning of survival is to reproduce! ”

"Hey, isn't it inappropriate for me to say this in front of my wife and daughter", Xia Ming was rarely in the mood to joke.

"You're not human!" Xiao Xiao turned off the communication in a huff.

Xia Ming laughed and laughed: "This girl ......"

Jokes are jokes, and business can't be taken lightly, Xia Ming annotated Xiao Xiao's report on vigilance against the threat of strange stones, and then forwarded it to the Academy of Sciences, the War Academy, the Academy of Engineering, the School of Biomedical Medicine, and the Evolution Academy. The analysis and utilization of strange stones are carried out by a joint research department established by the five companies.

The Institute of Evolution is in charge of Xia Ming himself, the head of the Academy of Sciences, Dongfang Sheng, the head of the War Academy Vasily, the head of the Academy of Engineering, the head of the Academy of Engineering, and the head of the School of Biomedical Medicine, Liluo, after reading this report, added their own annotations and sent them to the Joint Research Department.

That's why Sid Wilson, director of joint research, hammered his head and roared......

Wilson complained to Deputy Director Liu Guowei: "In the words of your Chinese people, there are traitors in the court!" Our solution was cut down to only application experiments! ”

"I'll take a look," Liu Guowei raised his glasses and looked at the document in a virtual vision.

After a long time, he muttered, "I really didn't expect it, it's true, no wonder the leaders and executive committee members attach so much importance to it." ”

Wilson held his head, rather frustrated: "Our plan ......"

Liu Guowei scratched his head: "It's a pity......"

The Joint Research Department has made considerable progress, with the Scarlet Star and the Strange Wood as small warships as samples, and the anti-gravity engine with the "Tear Crystal Furnace" as the core is quickly copied. The Scarlet Star and the Qimu Man do not have a computer and cannot achieve precise control, while the imitation of the Star Link is a thousand times more efficient than the Scarlet Man floating battleship and a hundred times better than the Qimu Man through intelligent control and overall optimization.

This improvement seems incredible, but from intelligence to material technology to energy technology, Starlink completely crushes Qimu people in these fields. The Scarlet Marine's standard Imperial cruiser is 1,800 tons, and the total weight of the two "tear crystal furnaces" used is more than 600 tons. The Qimu people's "armed civilian boats" are 5,000 tons, and the total weight of the seven "floating furnaces" used has also reached 800 tons.

On the side of the Star Alliance, the imitation of the four tear crystal furnaces is made on a set of "vests", which can make the warhammer destroyer with the armor float in the air. The Warhammer destroyer weighed 4,000 tons, while the entire vest weighed less than 200 tons, and the tear crystal furnace weighed less than 10 tons each. The electricity consumed is only one-tenth of that of the Qimu people and one hundredth of that of the Scarlet Star.

The Joint Research Department is also refining the navigation mechanism based on the tear crystal furnace, this kind of thrust formed by the gravitational difference in the vacuum, whether it is speed or control, the principle is not clear, from the scarlet people to the strange wood people, they are controlled by a set of magical sensual rules of wizards.

However, the Joint Research Department believes that even if it cannot be used to replace the ion engine, just using the take-off and landing of combat ships and spacecraft on the planet is a huge breakthrough. The "floating aircraft", which are limited to the surface of the planet, can replace fossil fuels and bring human technology into a new era.

Another application of tear crystal anti-gravity technology is even more significant, and that is the emergence of giant and even super-giant spacecraft. Prior to this, Starlink had relied on metamaterials to bring large spacecraft to life, which led to the emergence of 100 billion stars, constellation-class cruisers, Overlord-class and Lord-class aircraft carriers, and various large space stations.

However, 100 billion stars and large space stations, such as artificial celestial bodies with a long axis or a radius of several tens of kilometers, cannot perform violent maneuvers, while warships that can maneuver have a long axis of up to two kilometers. Compared with battleships and spaceships that are tens or hundreds of kilometers away, they are completely children's toys.

Now, with the anti-gravity array formed by the tear crystal furnace, humans can also create battleships as huge as the Qimu Mothership, and the larger the battleship, the more powerful the weapon, the more troops, and the more complex challenges it can handle. In the multidimensional world, big is power, and big is beauty.

The Joint Research Department has developed ambitious grand schemes, "tear crystal furnace vests" for battleships, atmospheric vehicles, giant space stations, supercarriers, superbattleships, and even ...... Battle Planets. In short, the tear crystal furnace anti-gravity technology has lifted the size limitation of spacecraft, cut the core power demand, and opened a door to a new world for human flight, astronautics and interstellar conquest.

It is a pity that the ambitions in this plan of the Joint Research Department were frozen by this document.

The resolution of the core layer of the Star Alliance is very clear, all the technological transformations based on strange stones and tear crystals cannot directly rely on strange stones and tear crystals. Before the principle of strange stones and tear crystals was thoroughly studied, the joint research department could only do various test optimization and simulation applications. After finding a perfect substitute for strange stones and tear crystals, the technical achievements of the Joint Research Department can be popularized.

Liu Guowei said: "Tear crystals are derivatives of strange stones, strange stones seem to be related to the soul of Qimu people, before we figure out what is going on with this strange stone, we can't be cautious." ”

Of course, Wilson understood, but he couldn't accept it emotionally for a while, and he said sullenly: "In a few years, the fleet of the Qimu people will come, and if our technology is still at the current level, what can we use to fight against them?" ”

Liu Guowei shrugged his shoulders and said, "Take the strange stone? Are you at ease? Maybe other wizards have a thought, and the strange stone we use will become their power multiplier. ”

"I think tear crystals can still be applied on a large scale, but it's just a derivative", Wilson's eyes flickered, and he wanted to argue with the core, his hand swiped in the air a few times, and he gave up: "Indeed, this is a matter of life, and it must be carefully guarded." ”

"In this way, I think the focus should be shifted to the Biology Academy and the Evolution Academy, which are related to the soul...... Alas, I'd better cultivate to lv3 as soon as possible. This era of great cultivation for the whole people is really life-threatening. ”

Wilson's complaint made Liu Guowei, who was impacting lv4, laugh secretly, although the Academy of Sciences is different from the Space Army, the focus of the improvement of consciousness activity is thinking, and there are no too high requirements in terms of sensory and material control. However, due to the requirement of balance, each must also be met.

Over the years, the training curriculum of consciousness activity has been constantly adjusted, but this principle has never wavered. And practice has also proved that if you don't meet the standards in all aspects of this level, and only rely on one aspect to break through to the next level, then it is almost impossible to rise again.

Therefore, the scientists of various research institutes have to spare enough time every day to do training, just like the officers and soldiers of the Space Army, which is simply torture for scientists who only care about their brains and do not care about their bodies, or who have loose habits.

However, just as Wilson's complaint is just a complaint, not many people are willing to give up. The improvement of consciousness activity means a great improvement in thinking ability, the use of PEI and even one's own brain is also more efficient, and the ability to process information is thousands of times more than ordinary people, this kind of evolution is the dream of all scientists.

After Liu Guowei laughed, he also had a trace of worry, as Wilson said, now it seems that the key to cracking and using the strange stone falls on the scarlet star and the strange wood people, this kind of thing is not good at science and reason to deal with, can it go well?

In the airtight transfer cabin of the Jinwu reception room, Fen and Su touched the new clothes on their bodies, feeling both joy and sorrow.

The clothes are tight-fitting spacesuits tailored for them by Starlink, plus a protective coat with a built-in flexible power exoskeleton, and the life-sustaining system is also adjusted according to the scarlet environment. The same style, light blue background and pure white lines, compared with the uniforms of Starlink, it seems to be obviously different, but it makes people feel that they are one.

"To get air, check the indicator markers in your field of view to see if the life support system is working properly."

A tall human girl in front of her said that she could see the state of the two of them in their spacesuits in her field of vision, and it was just a habit for them to get used to.

Fen and Su hurriedly glanced at the state indication in their eyes, although they had been accustomed to playing human games during this time and adapted to this extended vision, they were still a little nervous when combined with reality.

After it was confirmed, the airtight cabin was ventilated, the hatch was opened, and the bright and clean passage made the apprehension in the hearts of the two scarlet girls suddenly surface.

Fen finally asked the question that had been held in her mind for a long time: "Xiaoping, why do you have to give us the credit for saving Scarlet Star?" ”

Xiao Ping, who came urgently from the 100 billion stars and was in charge of dealing with the scarlet stars, smiled: "Because, this is the truth." ”

Su habitually stuck out his tongue and hissed sarcastically: "Through us, we can also achieve control over all the scarlets." ”

"Whether it's control or cooperation, it's up to you", Xiaoping squatted down in front of them, looked at each other, and said seriously: "Isn't your mission to let the scarlet people prove their worth?" ”

Su protested: "Don't talk to us in this posture, you call ...... In the TV thing, the story shown is that this is the posture of an adult talking to a child. ”

"Well, no problem", Xiaoping stood up, and then Fen and Su had to look up at her hard.

Xiaoping looked down at them playfully: "Look, the truth is that the dialogue between us is always unequal. If you don't prove your worth, then all we have to do is control. ”

Xiaoping is no longer a little girl who only has compassion and kindness in her heart, although the scarlet people deserve sympathy, and the scarlet people are not the kind of existence that makes human beings have a bad victory reaction in terms of aesthetics, just the words of these two scarlet girls, more or less biased towards the positive pole of aesthetics, but this does not affect her principle of getting along with the scarlet people.

Whether it is control or cooperation, it must be based on reality, and the relationship that deviates from reality will always not last long.

Fen cautiously asked, "What kind of value do you want to see?" ”

"In fact, part of your value has been shown to our leader, which is the basis for us to continue to get along", Xiaoping said gently: "As for the latter part of the value, it depends on whether you really have a soul." ”

"Soul ......"

Su was puzzled: "Isn't the soul that everyone has?" ”

Fen unexpectedly matched Xiaoping's thinking: "Who said that?" Do those aristocrats who only know how to spend their time drinking and indulging in carnal desires, those slaves who are submissive and have no spirit of resistance, do they have souls? ”

In this regard, Su and Fen have a very different view: "They are just lost, it doesn't mean that they have no soul." ”

Fen still had to argue, thinking that there was Xiaoping next to him, and felt that in front of the Blue Star people, the scarlet people were not agreeing on the same opinion as a joke, so he turned to ask Xiaoping: "What do the Blue Star people think about the soul?" ”

Xiaoping's smile became even stronger: "...... like you"

Fen and Su Erran, Xiaoping said again: "This is also one of your values. (To be continued.) )