Chapter 2: The Death of the Red Rabbit
There is no "moon" on New Blue Star, and on the night after two days (all the time algorithms in the book are according to the Earth standard, the star system where New Blue Star is located will be collectively referred to as the Kepler galaxy in the future), the starry sky is clear, especially the seven clusters of stars gathered together in the shape of a spoon.
This is not the Big Dipper, but the Sputnik Fortress, which was captured by seven Arks separately in the early days, and the main body was some suitable meteorites near New Blue Star, and some of them almost hit New Blue Star.
There are many such satellite fortresses, arranged according to the way the earth is seen, in addition to the basic role of artificial satellites, on the one hand, so that the people of New Blue Star have the feeling of being on the earth; On the other hand, it is resistant to meteorite impacts.
At the beginning, the Ark used Ancestor 147 to come here, which caused some impact on space, which made the chance of New Blue Star being hit by a meteorite much higher, and E Star could not cope with all of them.
Before the barrier technique, a large number of robots and clones were stationed in the satellite fortress, which did not have the atmospheric protection and magnetic field of New Blue Star, and were easily damaged by cosmic rays and other factors. But with the Barrier Technique, humans can also stay in the Satellite Fortress.
The satellite fortress is a microcosm, after the popularization of robots and human cloning technology, many dangerous industries are completed by these two, causing many "artificial life" problems, the cost of treatment is too high, it is directly abandoned by humans, and it is very good if it is not destroyed and recycled.
In the warehouse, Xia Long has turned on the night simulation mode to make the temperature and humidity and other conditions meet a certain standard, so that agricultural products can thrive. With the help of artificial "moonlight", Xia Long came to a white radish field, and was just about to steal vegetables, when he was startled.
The intelligent robot Tulip has already come, and said with some complaints: "Xia Long, don't go too far, you stole more than the standard when the cabbage was ripe last month, don't think that the master doesn't know the way, if it weren't for the master's kindness, you would have been finished a long time ago!"
Xia Long cursed this metal bump in human skin in his heart, and the employer knew that it must be your secret! When stealing vegetables was discovered, Xia Long still didn't blush, and took out some dog tail flower seeds from his body and said, "Look, this is a tulip flower seed, isn't it for your sake that I steal vegetables, you must like it, right?"
Some high-level robots and clones of this era will generate some emotions autonomously through memory programming. Tulips are no exception, a hug almost didn't suffocate Xia Long, and then he also hummed a tune that he didn't know thousands of years ago: "Flowers that can bring happiness to people, where are you quietly blooming"
The two quickly reached an agreement, Tulip was ready to help Xia Long say a few kind words, and if he was lucky, he might be able to increase his salary, while Xia Long would plant some tulip flowers in the future.
After solving the robot tulip, Xia Long drove his "Red Rabbit" spaceship, put on a full set of protective clothing, put on a necklace and prepared to leave the No. 1 city-state. This chain is very important, it is born with it, and it records a lot of information about a person (including robots and clones), including fingerprints, lip lines, bone age, sound frequencies and other information, which is considered an ID card.
If this chain is lost, it is very troublesome, or the bad guy will create an existence with the same appearance according to the information inside, and go to the crime, and the most reckless person will carry the black pot; Either you can't prove that you are who you are!
The re-application fee is very high, and Xia Long has always saved this fee for backup. The high-end identity necklace can turn on the tracking system, more sophisticated brain waves, brain patterns, retina recognition, and even have the effect of a black box.
Driving at the required speed and altitude, at Gate 3 exit of the northern wall of the No. 1 city-state, Xia Long's identity necklace was scanned by the recognition machine and left a record, and then he left the city.
The walls of City-State No. 1 have been raised several times and have reached 200 meters, the highest of the seven city-states. The walls are a display of strength, all made of metal composites, and should not be easily beaten by the attention of the No. 1 city-state in times of civil strife, and also to defend against the attacks of the native plants of New Blue Star, some of which are extremely fond of metal.
Gate 3 was only twenty meters above the ground, and the engines and fuel equipment of the Xia Long spacecraft could only climb to this height. Xia Long was very proud in his heart, and solved the problem that was difficult to overcome in the flight industry thousands of years ago, flying at ultra-low altitude and high speed.
Although the quality of the Chitu spaceship is not very good, Xia Long's outfit is not ambiguous, up and down, left and right, front and back, all-round placement of the LED display that has long been eliminated, domineering shining words: Don't kiss me, I'm afraid of you repairing! If it weren't for the lack of authority, Xia Long would also be ready to install a few loudspeakers!
Outside the city is an endless sandy landscape, almost unstoppable. Watching a tree-like creature cut into two pieces by the laser emitted by the city wall, Xia Long sighed with some emotion: Brother Shu, the spirit is good, but just for gnawing iron, why bother? If the plants on the earth had 1% of your motivation, I wouldn't be in New Zealand Star, and I wouldn't have become a millennium!
At the speed of his own spaceship, Xia Long could reach the black market he was going to in three hours. There are many such places, which were originally places where the city-states store scientific and technological waste, and they are all seriously eliminated and expired materials, Xia Long's "Red Rabbit" spaceship, many parts and components come from here, and the better ones are also purchased in the thrift market in the city-state.
The black market is populated by poor people who are struggling to make a living, clones with serious diseases, and badly damaged robots, which may be the source of suffering caused by the previous garrison at the satellite fortress. But they are all strong and alive because it is life! Normally, these creatures are in search of organic resources in dangerous plant areas.
If you have enough wealth, you may be able to buy a cure for your illness; Maybe you can replace a broken part, or a new nuclear battery. Even better, build enough spaceships for interstellar voyages to collect resources, so that life is guaranteed!
The city-state leaders did not cross the river and tear down the bridge, but directly destroyed these lives and allowed them to develop freely here. With these covers, it is just convenient for some people to complete some underground transactions, just like the white radish smuggled by Xia Long, if it is sold in the city-state, even if it is not charged with smuggling, it will be fined or even confiscated, this kind of green food is pre-ordered.
After parking the "Red Rabbit", Xia Long came to a metal hut a hundred meters away, the door was open, and in the dim light after entering, a set of shiny armored robots looked at Xia Long's spaceship and said: "I just know that I came early, and your broken spaceship can't be driven so fast!"
The robot's name is Jeff, and he works for his master, and although they have been working together for several years, Charon has never seen it. It's not a good thing to be despised by a robot, either his thinking and equipment are advanced, or his master is powerful.
Xia Long directly entered the topic, took out a few transparent sealed jars and said: "Look, the white radish with good water is also known as native ginseng, with white leaf green skin, not much to say about the efficacy, and the worst can also be boiled into soup to make sauerkraut, the price is higher!"
Jeff was also very happy, took out a merit card and transferred some to Xia Long's merit card, New Blue Star's wealth is merit, stationed in satellite fortresses, planting agricultural products, you can get it, but these few radishes in exchange for merit, you have to let Xia Long take care of the planting warehouse for a long time!
This was not enough, and Jeff gave Xia Long a few more potions and said goodbye to each other. This potion is a high-tech biomimetic product hibernation potion, an organic substance modification of frog hibernation, and humans can also take it after proper transformation, but it has some side effects that affect sanity, it is not a very good product, Xia Long bought it for his grandfather to use.
As for the previous merits, Xia Long had to go to the thrift market to buy another potion, which could eliminate some side effects, although they were not the latest and best products, but it was better than nothing. Once it's done, grandpa can live a little longer!
Not long after "Chitu" took off again, a nervous voice came from the radio in the cockpit: "Something is wrong, the 'Search' has lost contact, it seems that it encountered the impact of the magnetic storm of Star E and crashed into a certain meteorite on the halo on the back side of Star E!" I just got the information that City-State No. 1 will close all exits in 90 minutes and go on alert! Citizens of City-State No. 1 who are out, please hurry back to the city! ”
Xia Long's spaceship is a little backward, such an important news, it can only be broadcast, without a screen? But the key is to get to City-State 1 on the black market, at the speed of Xia Long, for 3 hours, and close the exit after 90 minutes. If the barrier in a state of alert wants to break through from 200 meters above the sky, it is equivalent to jumping into a high building!
Besides, Xia Long's "Red Rabbit" can only fly to 20 meters, at this height, Xia Long is reluctant to configure a parachute seat, with 0.8 times the earth's gravity of New Blue Star, plus protective clothing, there will be no problems.
Xia Long worriedly touched an antique thing in the cockpit, the steering wheel (it's too backward), whether you can go back or not, it's all up to you! Riding at full speed, "Red Rabbit" is speeding towards City-State No. 1, while dropping some small parts from time to time.
The "Search" was originally developed and launched by the 7 major city-states, but the No. 1 city-state tribute contributed the most, and has always been responsible for all the activities of the "Search", the main task is to explore the E star, search for the progenitor particles, the crash is the news given by the No. 1 city-state, and it is difficult to say whether the other city-states can believe it.
Xia Long was a little nervous in his heart, if he really wanted to fight for the Ancestor Particles who didn't know if there was a Primordial Particle in the Dao, he would definitely be dragged to be a strong man, and Grandpa would have no one to take care of him, and the Ancestor Particles had not been collected for thousands of years.
The 7 major city-states in the New Blue Star for a thousand years, it is not that there are no contradictions, but they are all petty fights, this time because of the "search number" There is a problem, whether it is true or not, what if it is deliberately done by the No. 1 city-state, after finding the progenitor particle, hide it first, and then enjoy it alone? This was enough to panic the other city-states.
Seeing that time was slowly slipping away, although the "Red Rabbit" was moving at full speed, it was still difficult to rush back at the specified time, listening to the alarm from the engine overheating, Xia Long regretted that he did not have a better cooling system when he built it.
Feeling the parts that kept falling off, Xia Long decided to throw things to reduce the weight, and finally simply threw away the protective suit, although it was a little uncomfortable to breathe, but as long as he returned to the barrier protection of the city-state, there would be no trouble. When the "Red Rabbit" came out of the smoke, it finally returned to the city-state without danger.
Xia Long's matter is not over, after arriving at the thrift market, there has been a roar, and after a dull explosion, Xia Long was thrown out by the protective device of "Red Rabbit" and fell to the ground, "Red Rabbit" was scrapped under the operation of high load!
Xia Long was very grateful to the "Red Rabbit", and then completed the mission and landed at the last moment, otherwise the distance of 20 meters, without protective clothing, and the gravity of the earth in the barrier was enough to break Xia Long. Xia Long is very sad, with the quality of "Red Rabbit", he will definitely be thrown to the black market outside the city, waiting for the erosion of the New Blue Star plant and the devouring of metal bacteria.
After taking a look at the "Red Rabbit", Xia Long found Dirk, the connector of the thrift market nearby, a middle-aged man with yellow hair and white skin, who often cooperated, transferred some merits to the other party, and bought another medicine to solve the side effects of hibernation potion.
Looking at Xia Long's scrapped spaceship, Dirk sneered and said, "Xia Long, why don't you steal some food and sell it to me, and I'll help you build another one?" As long as you have enough goods, I dare to promise to build you a good one to participate in the F2 Formula Star race, and don't leave regrets in your life! ”
Xia Long didn't talk much after a simple response, stopped a taxi and rushed towards his warehouse, leaving Dirk to complain: "Dead boy, I still have to deal with this pile of garbage, where to scrap it has to be scrapped on my site!" ”
On the way, Xia Long thought about whether to completely fall out with his employer and smuggle all the vegetables away, F2 Interstellar Formula Race, but the three major lives of New Blue Star - humans, clones, and robots all yearn for the event! There are great rewards for getting the rankings, and the right bets are just as rewarding!
But this is just one of Xia Long's thoughts, just that little girl tulip can't cope with it, and his grandfather won't be able to take care of it then!