Chapter 403: Rules
"That's right!"
Many people are also gradually coming back to their senses.
Time passed quickly, and seven hours was not too long, but it was not too short, and it was just a matter of sleep.
Of course, few people can sleep.
As the time approached, the Propulsion had become closer and closer to the Star Ring City, and it was able to clearly see the appearance of the entire mechanical city. In fact, it is said to be a mechanical city, more like a mechanical planet.
Nick was now frantically praising the grandeur of the City of the Rings with every compliment he could think of.
"My God, look at it, this scale, this sense of technology, it's just amazing........"
Just then, suddenly, the ship's radar system issued a warning.
"Warning, unidentified ship ...... scanned"
"Lord Zhang Wei, it seems that these spaceships are also heading to the City of the Star Ring."
The operator reported to Zhang Wei a little nervously.
Zhang Wei turned his head and reported to Long Ming and the others: "It's a spaceship of other civilizations."
"Leave them alone, drive as normal, and in the absence of strength, any small movement is an unwise move."
Long Ming was very rational and gave an order.
"Understood."
Zhang Wei nodded in response.
At this point, a special prompt pops up on the illusory screen.
"Please follow the instructions to Starport T01."
Immediately in the next second, illusory light and shadow converged in front of the propulsion, forming a guiding track.
"Slow down, follow the instructions, everyone is ready to land."
Zhang Wei immediately gave an order.....
Nick excitedly reported to everyone: "Brothers and sisters, we are about to arrive in the City of Star Rings, and it is about to be the moment to witness the miracle of history. ”
At this time, a non-commissioned officer walked beside Nick and whispered a few words in his ear.
Nick hurriedly nodded in understanding, and then Nick solemnly said to the many people who were watching: "That dear people, because I don't know what it is like to arrive in Star Ring City, the next live broadcast will not be explained." We do not guarantee the smoothness of the images, but we do our best to ensure the smooth running of the live broadcast. ”
Su Mo in front of the TV watched more and more intrigued, his heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, and he was more or less excited.
At this time, the live broadcast viewing rate has reached 99%.
In the live video, an operator reported loudly: "In 1 minute, it will enter the expected orbit." ”
"Showing the city of the ring and the flight orbit, as well as the rotation rate and parameters of the city of the ring of the warp, all displayed."
Zhang Wei gave the order in a deep voice, It is not so easy to operate a ship.
"Yes!"
Immediately a row of complicated parameters emerged.
Despite its guidance, the City of Rings of Stars is not static, and its top-like body is constantly rotating to form gravity.
The Propulsion does not have an artificial intelligence system, and all operations need to be done manually, and if it is not done, the ship will travel with its face to the ground and smash into the interstellar port.
Even the people in charge of the operation now are the most elite doctors in the Federation.
They were also very nervous at this time, after all, they didn't have much experience.
"The power system output is adjusted, and the positive parameters of the bow are corrected by 0.03."
Zhang Wei looked at the floating values and kept giving orders.
"It's being adjusted."
....
Through the optical imaging system, everyone can clearly see that the city of the stars is getting closer and closer, and it is getting bigger and bigger.
The Thruster grew smaller and smaller, like a grain of gravel.
.....
"Distance: 172 km!"
"Entering the port of Star 1!"
"Data correction."
.....
"Turn off the auxiliary power unit No. 3."
"Reduced power delivery and further deceleration."
"Activate the rest assist system, activate the anti-gravity system, and prepare for landing."
....
From the air, the Thruster is slowing down, and the anti-gravity device is activated, and it is landing little by little in the starport.
There are countless warships stationed throughout the interstellar harbor, but even so, there are a lot of free places.
Moments later, with a jolt of the Propulsion, it finally landed smoothly in its designated position.
"Successful landing."
Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief and reported.
"Very well done."
Long Ming took the lead in applauding.
Bang Bang~~
Zhang Wei and the others also showed a hint of a smile.
......
A moment later, the entrance of the Propulsion opened, and Long Ming and the others walked down, looking at the endless interstellar harbor with no end in sight, and the countless ships that stayed here.
Long Ming and the others were completely shocked, at this moment they were like frogs at the bottom of the well, and they saw the magnificent sea for the first time.
At this time, a sweet voice sounded.
"Welcome to the City of Star Rings."
Long Ming and the others came to their senses, and they didn't know when, Goli had already appeared in front of them.
"Hello Miss Golie."
Long Ming greeted politely, it's always right to be polite, of course, Long Ming is also constantly looking at Golly, but unfortunately he can't tell whether Golie is a human or a robot at all.
"Captain Longming doesn't need to be so polite, by the way, I want you to wait a while, the others will be here soon, and we will go together when the time comes."
Golly said with a smile.
"Okay."
Long Ming just wanted to see what people from other civilizations looked like.
At this moment, a group of figures in the distance walked over, looked carefully, and there was not much difference from people, except that their skin was pale, their ears were pointed, and their whole body was wearing silver high-necked corseted clothes, and their eyes were extremely arrogant. The man in the lead was holding a scepter in his hand and a crown on his head, which could be seen to be imperial.
"I am the Lord of the Nation of Yanas, Memikas, by invitation."
The lord who took the lead spoke.
Golly smiled and said, "Lord Yanas, please wait. ”
Immediately after that, two teams of people came over, both of whom were humanoid civilizations, but the styles of clothes on their bodies were different.
The group on the left has scaly skin, gills-like organs on both sides of their jaws, and frog-like claws on their hands.
The group on the right is thin and short, with large pupils, dark and rough skin, and gray all over.
The two teams introduced themselves separately, and the people with cheek organs were from the Heiko Free Country, a civilization that lived at the bottom of the sea.
The other group claimed to be of the Falais tribe, whose civilization was born underground.
Long Ming's brows were tightly locked, and his expression was constantly changing as he looked at the civilization participating in the competition.
At this moment, a towering figure appeared, a burly man, with a face full of horizontal flesh, his whole body embedded in metal outer armor, his eyes were violent, and he was full of oppression.
Its leader, with a beast-like look in his eyes, is formidable.
Nick and the others looked at the mouth a little close, there was such a tall person.
"Look at what, little man!"
A passing big man spoke to Nick, his eyes full of disdain,
Amazingly, Nick was able to understand it, he was sure that the other person was not speaking their language, and his tone was so loud that he almost smoked himself.
And this is the overlord from the civilization of Gomotos.
Immediately after that, the remaining civilizations also appeared, all of them were human-type creatures, some civilizations had unusually vigorous body hair, a bit like savages, and some of them were very beautiful, with extremely tender skin all over the body, and eyes like sapphires.
There are also gloomy cloaks, with bone jewelry on their hands, and black beam guns pinned to their waists, to see the presence of everyone who is facing the enemy.
Long Ming took a deep breath, he had some clue in his heart, it should be a humanoid civilization to participate. It's just that there is a problem in a certain part of the progress of civilization, such as the sea of some planets flooding the land, so human beings have evolved into marine life.
Or there is a change in the climate, in order to adapt to the environment, there is a new evolution.
Generally speaking, it is more like the same species, moving towards different evolutionary terminals in different environments.
Golly glanced at it and snapped her fingers when she saw that the teams of the thirteen civilizations were all together.
"Alright, let's go!"
In the next second, the metal checkered floor tiles under everyone's feet began to float in the air, like small flying machines, flying into the sky with everyone.
Along the way, everyone can see magnificent steel buildings,
Some figures could be faintly seen, but no one could be sure if they were humans or other creatures.
At the same time, from time to time in the air, a series of miniature aircraft passed by them at an extremely fast speed.
It looks like it's going to bump into, but it never does.
.....
A moment later, in amazement, everyone landed in a huge circular square.
In the center of the square, a metal monument is erected, and at the top of the monument sits a dazzling throne.
A girl with long silver hair, wearing a long blue dress, with a cold expression, a haughty and elegant demeanor, wearing crystal high heels, on the side of Miaoman's body, supporting her chin with one hand, and a queen-like girl sits on it.
Everyone recognized the girl in front of them at a glance, it was the NPC Ilovis who had the star ring turned on.
Ilovis slowly got up, his haughty gaze looking down at the crowd.
"Welcome to the negative universe. I am honored to tell you that your thirteen civilizations from different dimensions have successfully stood out from hundreds of contestants and qualified to participate in the Cup of Heaven. ”
Hearing Iloves's words, everyone took a breath of cool air.
The subconscious implication of her words is that there are hundreds of civilizations that are disqualified, have no chance to stand here at all, and are doomed to perish.
At this time, the lord of the Janas kingdom also lowered his arrogant head and asked, "Honorable Lord Ilovis, may I ask what we need to do in order to win the Cup of Heaven and obtain the continuation of civilization."
Representatives of other civilizations also asked in awe.
Ilovis replied indifferently.
"The so-called victory in the Cup of Heaven is very simple, it is to live.
As soon as these words came out, the representatives of civilization all looked vigilantly at the representatives of other civilizations around them.
Long Ming's heart sank, could it be cannibalism?
"You don't have to speculate, when I say survive, I don't mean that you will kill each other."
Ilovis explained with a blank face.
Hearing this, all civilization points breathed a sigh of relief. But Iloves's next words made everyone's hearts cold.
"By surviving, I mean that it is more cruel than letting you kill each other."
Elovis's hand said this, and with a wave of his hand, a special virtual image expanded,
The vast galaxy map emerged, and you could see that the Star Ring City was at the center point, and only thirteen flickering points of light were seen twinkling in the orbit of the Star Ring City, representing the thirteen planets of different civilizations that were selected.
However, looking further out, the outside of the galaxy map is all bright red, standard Fallen Zone.
"Outside the orbit you are in, all of them are occupied by monsters, and there are Titans, Zerg, and Qijuzi in it..... And so on, more than tens of thousands of races. They will tear you apart at all costs, and all you need to do is live. ”
Hearing this, the eyes of everyone present revealed infinite panic, isn't this a fire pit?
Long Ming and the others also had extremely ugly faces, they knew that it would be very difficult to win the Heavenly Cup, but no one expected it to be like this.
However, Long Ming still didn't say anything, normally speaking, he shouldn't be given a dead end.
But some grumpy people may not be able to endure it.
For example, the big guy from the High Motos civilization accused with red eyes.
"What kind of cup of heaven is this, it is clearly a dead end."
Ilovis sneered like an idiot.
"It's up to you whether you live or die, and there are countless ruins of fallen civilizations in the monster-occupied galaxy outside, and you can plunder them infinitely to build new civilizations. When you are victorious, your civilization will be reborn as the new master of the world. ”
"Of course, as an inviter, I also prepare a gift for all of you to obtain the minimum qualifications to fight monsters. All of you who earn Gold and Silver Points from the Star Ring will be converted into Star Coins 1:1 and 1:0.1 unconditionally. You will be able to enter the City of the Stars and exchange it for everything you want, supplies, weapons, technical blueprints, and more....... It's worth noting that it's gold and silver points that can be exchanged for Star Coins, not the gold and silver metals you have, as those metals are not worth much in the vast universe. ”
"It is also worth noting that you are strictly forbidden to attack each other within the sanctuary area of the Star Ring City. Of course, out of the area shrouded by the City of Star Rings, whatever you want. Of course, you can ignore my words and choose your future and make all the choices you want, including attacks between civilizations, and even the City of the Rings, as long as you have the strength and suffer the consequences. ”
Hearing Iloves' words, everyone fell silent.
At this time, Long Ming's old face kept changing, and finally asked.
"Honor, Lord Ilovis, may I ask about the civilization that participated in the Cup of Heaven before?"
"They've all sunk into the endless sea of stars! The Cup of Heaven will always select the contestants until the true winner is decided, and your arrival will prove their demise. ”
Ilovis makes no secret of exposing the harsh reality.
"Isn't this the same or a dead end, a disguised way for us to die?"
Some representatives of civilization responded with some unacceptable responses.
Iloves' eyes grew colder and colder, and she flicked her sleeves and replied in a cold voice.
"The future can be used as a bet, what is the value of human life, fate may be unfair, but death will be treated equally!"
In the next second, everyone present fell silent.
Including Su Mo and others, who were watching the live broadcast, were also shocked to silence from the beginning.
Anyway, this is the reality, if you don't fight, you will die, and if you fight, there may be a glimmer of life.
"Golly give them the redemption sign, and you'll explain the rest."
"Yes."
Golly replied respectfully.
Then Ilovis's figure turned into a point of light in the sky and disappeared, and no one knew whether Ilovis, the owner of the Star Ring City, was a human or an illusory image.
At this time, Goli took out some metal signs and handed them to the representatives of civilization one by one with a smile.
"This is a symbol of your civilization."
Long Ming took the sign and glanced at it, there was a five-digit number written on it, which should represent their number.
Golly smiled and said: "Okay, now you can exchange the gold and silver points on your body for star coins, star coins are the common currency of Star Ring City, and its main material is made of star stones, and star stones are an ore containing energy, and they are also the foundation stone of this world, you can exchange star coins for the weapons and all the technologies you want, and even materials." Of course, these are only your initial funds, and they don't represent anything, and you still have to look at your respective development in the future. ”
"Give us 700 million gold points and 1.6 billion silver points."
The Lord of Yanas, Memikas, was the first to speak.
Hearing the words of the Lord of Yanas Memikas, some civilizations looked a little moved, and Long Ming accurately captured the change in their expressions, 700 million gold points and silver points should be considered a lot.
Goli directly took out a special striped metal card and handed it to Memikas, and at the same time directly operated the bracelet in her hand, directly deducting its corresponding gold and silver point values.
"Next."
In fact, Long Ming's guess was correct, 700 million is indeed too much.
The next exchange for many civilizations is only 300 million, 400 million, and of course there are more.
But what surprised Long Ming the most, and the most, was the unsightly Falaise civilization, who exchanged one billion gold points and three billion silver points in one go.
In the end, it was Long Ming's turn, but he was not in a hurry to exchange it at all, but waited for the representative of the civilization to leave.
Golly said to the good people who had already changed, "You can go to the Star Ring City, and exchange them on the various intelligent mechanical pillars erected. You can also go to a variety of shops to redeem them, so you can find everything here. There is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing you can't change. ”
Many representatives of civilization left one after another when they heard Golly's words.
At this time, Long Ming stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Give me two billion gold points and eight billion silver points." ”
Goli glanced meaningfully at Long Ming, and then replied.
"Good! A total of 2.8 billion Stars, you can collect it. ”
In fact, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the Federation to have so many gold and silver points, but the Federation is different from other civilizations in that they participated in the Cup of the Earth twice.
The accumulation background is naturally thicker than others, this is a big gamble!
Luckily they won the bet, after giving up the first Cup of Heaven. All the kingdoms gritted their teeth to achieve unity, overcame difficulties together, and held on to the second opening of the cup of the earth.
And they didn't kill each other and collapse.
Golly picked up a card and handed it to Long Ming.
"Good luck to you."
"Thank you."
Long Ming took the card.
After Golly was done, she turned around and left.
At this time, Ogulas and the other councilors looked at Long Ming with very ugly expressions.
"How do I feel, the Star Ring has summoned us like a shield expendable to defend against monsters from outside."
"Yes, like cannon fodder."
"I feel that way, too."
.....
Long Ming raised his hand to interrupt everyone's words and said in a deep voice.
"Destiny is fought for by itself, and I don't think it's a bad thing. Don't say this kind of thing in the future, this is also our opportunity, our chance to rise. ”
"Makes sense."
Agoulas nodded in response.
At this time, Long Ming suddenly turned his head to look into the distance, and several figures left in a panic.
"What's wrong?"
Agoulas asked.
"Someone was staring at us, but it wasn't clear if it was a person or what. Leave them alone for now, let's go and see what resources and weapons we can exchange for, so we can discuss and make the most of the limited funds in our hands. ”
Long Ming replied in a deep voice.
"Okay, but are we looking for a store to exchange, or are we looking for a mechanical column to exchange?"
"Looking for the mechanical pillar, I have a feeling that the mechanical pillar should have been opened by the owner of the Star Ring. But the store is not necessarily, although the store is likely to be cheaper, but it is not a good guarantee, after all, they are much more knowledgeable than us. ”
"Makes sense."
The crowd answered.
So Long Ming led the people towards a mechanical pillar with no one in the distance.
At the same time, Nick whispered to the broadcast equipment in his hand: "Dear people, the next thing is to involve federal secrets, and it will not be broadcast publicly, goodbye!" ”
With that, Nick cut off the live signal.
Suddenly, the TV in front of Su Mo's eyes was covered with snowflakes.
Su Mo was speechless, he was looking at it in a trance. He was extremely curious about what the Star Ring City could exchange.
Once curiosity comes up, it's very uncomfortable.
Su Mo walked around the room, he was a little painful, although the Federation does not restrict the public's access to the truth, but even if the people know the usefulness of gold and silver points, it is unlikely that they will be able to play a role.
Because the premise for you to use these two things is that you have to go to Star Ring City.
And going to Star Ring City definitely requires a ship, and ships are now only available to the Federation, which means that the exchange channel is in the hands of the Federation.
I have so much money that I have empty, and it is difficult to exchange it, maybe there will be a way in the future, but at least for now.
On the other side, Long Ming and the others stood in front of the mechanical pillar, checking the exchange interface, and looking at the dazzling exchange list, everyone was stunned.
A type I gene medicine that can strengthen a person in an all-round way, and an elixir that can prolong a person's life for a hundred years, only costs 100 star coins.
It's cheap to die for, but this is limited to the lowest level of genetic potions, and the higher the level, the more expensive it is. For example, the V-shaped gene medicine costs one billion star coins, and the price is different according to different varieties.
The variety of ships is even more mouth-watering.
They even saw a Star Destroyer that cost 100 billion stars.
Its remarks clearly state that the main cannon is equipped with a meteorite cannon, and when it is fully charged, it can easily destroy a standard planet.
Destroy planetary-class ships, which they would not normally dare to imagine.
Now it's a mess of exchanging numbers, how can it not be exciting.
"Look at this planetary fortress! It's super cheap, and the price is only 200 billion star coins. ”
Spold said with red eyes.
Long Ming also frowned, and reminded: "Calm down, we will have 2 billion star stones, and it is impossible to exchange only a single variety of things. We need to exchange production lines, blueprints, and reserves, as well as all kinds of urgently needed items. ”
When Spold and the others heard Long Ming's words, they gradually calmed down, and were replaced by extremely disappointed.
It's like the treasure is right in front of you, and it's immediately within reach, but unfortunately the balance is insufficient.
Agoulas said in a deep voice: "Longming, you are the calmest here, and it is up to you to distribute and buy, and we support you unconditionally." ”
Agoulas didn't dare to let other people give advice now, including himself, who had the urge to spend all his money on a large ship.