[The hyperspace engine is being charged...... It is expected to be completed in 32 minutes. 】

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On the bridge of the Orion, Yaju, who was standing in front of the console, looked at the holographic screen suspended in front of him, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.

"You changed the startup program?"

"It's just changed the UI," Jiang Xuezhou curled the corners of his mouth proudly, and said with a hint of ostentation in his tone, "The old UI of the People's Union Aerospace Force is too sloppy for a layman to understand at all, so I transplanted the shipborne AI on the scientific research ship to the platform of the Orion ship's shipborne server." ”

"This ...... Will it work? Ye Shi looked at her in surprise and said.

Jiang Xuezhou said lazily.

"Don't forget, I'm an expert in this area. In addition, the ship on my research ship was designed by myself, and no one is more familiar with its skills than me. ”

It's really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves.

Ye Shi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and he had a deeper understanding of this guy's ability.

Dora and little koala stand in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows not far away.

The former's eyes remained motionless on the floor-to-ceiling windows, as if he wanted to look at the emerald green planet twice, and keep the magnificent silhouette in his heart forever.

The little koala's camera moved, and he glanced at her, and then at the planet that was close at hand.

"It's a beautiful planet."

Dora was slightly stunned, didn't react for a while, and then said crampedly after a while.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, I really think so."

The little koala clicked on the camera, stared intently at the vast expanse of emerald green, and continued in a chatty tone.

"The scenery should be beautiful, maybe even unique in the universe."

Dora looked at it in a daze, and suddenly blurted out a sentence.

"I ...... Suddenly I can feel your soul. ”

"Really?"

The little koala turned the camera around and looked her up and down in surprise, as if she didn't expect to hear this.

Dora also had an uncertain expression on her face, as if she couldn't see it very clearly, but after a while, she nodded affirmatively and said in a sure tone.

"I see it, but I'm not sure...... That's not yours. ”

The mural carved on the wall can host the soul of the creator, and if you can establish a spiritual connection or resonance with the creator, you can understand the meaning of the mural.

This is the most basic use of "psionic energy".

And now, the murals on the walls are moving and moving like people.

It's a craft she's never seen before, or a form of existence.

Because of this, she couldn't decide whether the soul belonged to the little koala itself or to the person who created it.

But perhaps, it doesn't really make a difference.

Who can prove that a man's soul has nothing to do with the man who created him?

Perhaps their souls did not come from the Tree of Insof at all, but from that generation from the beginning......

Suddenly, Dora seemed to understand something, and a hint of realization gradually appeared in her eyes.

After being exposed to things that she had never been exposed to, she had a new understanding of her own abilities and beliefs, and she was one step closer to the truth that "He" had once understood.

The little koala looked at her quietly.

Although it did not understand her feelings at the moment, it was curious about what she said.

In the world of 0 and 1, it is difficult to understand the existence that is seen and cannot be determined.

It wanted to try to help her see better.

"What shape is it?"

Dora closed her eyes, shook her head, and pondered for a while with a frown, giving an ambiguous answer.

"I can't tell, it's a ...... Friendly and easy-going people? ”

Little Koala continued.

"Are there any more specific characteristics?"

Dora paused for a moment, then continued.

"That's all there is to him for, but there are a few other things...... He has a certain expectation of you, as if he has placed a part of him in you. ”

"For example?"

The voice seemed to contain a hint of anticipation, but it wasn't so easy to detect.

But Dora was sure she heard it.

And it was that glimmer of anticipation that convinced her that the soul she saw was her own.

At least partially, yes!

He wants to...... You can see for him what happened after he left, many, many things he hadn't seen. ”

As if to imply this answer, the little koala was stunned in place for a long time, and said with some emotion after a while.

“…… I see. ”

Dora tilted her head.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing...... Just a little unexpected," the little koala's camera moved, "I thought my mission was over, but it seems that what he expects from me is not what I understand, thank you." ”

Dora blinked.

She didn't know what she had done, but she could hear the soul that lived on the cold steel thank her from the bottom of her heart.

Who exactly it belongs to seems to have been irrelevant from the beginning.

Actually, it's all the same......

……

The 32-minute countdown ends.

At the moment when the hyperspace engine was fully charged, the entire ruined starship suddenly shook slightly.

Ye Shi, who was standing next to Jiang Xuezhou, suddenly grabbed her hand without warning.

Jiang Xuezhou's hand shook slightly, and he dodged with some embarrassment, but he didn't withdraw his hand from his palm.

"What are you doing......

Listening to the whisper, Ye Shi also showed an embarrassed expression on his face.

"If you don't do anything, I'm afraid that I won't be able to see you again if I don't pay attention."

Hearing this, Jiang Xuezhou only felt a sweetness in his heart and snorted softly.

"How is it possible, Miss Ben is a genius......"

It's not that she's bragging.

Given enough time and resources, she could even make this old antique even more awesome on the original basis.

[Charge completed, entering the hyperspace passage ......]

The pale blue text was printed with a holographic pop-up window, and the bright galaxy was also reflected in the dark floor-to-ceiling window in an instant.

At the same time, the thousands of shining starlight dust turned into dazzling blue and white, and in an instant, they turned into thousands of light trails, illuminating the entire bridge white.

This is the first time in the night that I have entered a hyperspace channel in a state of wakefulness.

At the same time, this is also the most shocking feeling he has felt since he put on a game helmet and entered this world.

The universe contracted into a point in front of him, and then it enlarged infinitely.

At that moment, it was as if he had torn through space, jumping out of his original dimension and heading to a world he couldn't see or touch.

That's what happened in a split second.

In the blink of an eye, his physical body had already crossed five light-years, following the Orion from the South Gate II to the solar system.

"It's incredible......"

Looking at the familiar sun and the blue planet, Ye Shi was stunned for a long time, and finally let out a heartfelt sigh.

After three Earth months, they finally returned to the familiar vicinity of the Earth-Moon system.

And as a hero who saved the planet!

It wasn't just him who showed an incredible expression, but also Dora who stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

Her eyes widened, her hands clinging to the window, and the tip of her nose was poking in.

Suddenly, she turned her head and looked at the two Ancestors with surprise and excitement.

"There's ...... Your homeland? ”

At ten o'clock in the night, he lowered his head and said with a smile.

"That's right, it's called Earth."

Dora tilted her head with a confused expression.

"But...... Does it look like there is more water? ”

Night Ten: "Uh...... This is normal, after all, we live on earth. ”

Dora made a blank expression and nodded as if she didn't understand.

"I see, but so to speak...... Isn't our planet also called Earth? ”

Ye Shi said with a smile.

"Yes, so to speak, you have developed your own culture and language...... But no matter what you call your home planet, we'll probably translate that word as 'Gaia'. ”

Just as the two were communicating, Jiang Xuezhou, who was sitting in front of the console, suddenly became nervous.

"Wait, there's something in low Earth orbit...... It is a steel structure with a length and width of about 500 meters and a thickness of about 50 meters in the center. Wrong...... Where did the space junk go?! ”

Looking at the situation in low-earth orbit, Jiang Xuezhou looked confused, completely unclear about what was happening.

Ye Shi was not surprised at all, and said with a smile.

"Have you forgotten about the gravity well?"

Jiang Xuezhou was stunned, and it took a long time to squeeze a sentence out of his mouth.

"Already...... Deployment successful?! ”

At ten o'clock in the evening, I bowed my head.

"yes, and that was two weeks ago."

Two weeks ago, gravity wells deployed in the southern waters were officially activated, pulling debris in low-Earth orbit into the atmosphere and guiding it to crash around the southern seas.

According to the players on the official website forum, the space junk that fell from the sky was like a meteor shower, forming a burning trail in the air, as if putting a ring on the earth.

The whole process lasted a full ten days!

Players in both Avent City and Dawning City can clearly see the dense orbital debris of the asteroid belt falling from the sky.

To be honest, not being able to see the spectacular meteor shower actually made Ye Shi a little regretful in his heart.

However, he soon remembered that he had witnessed the rise and fall of civilization, which was not much more awesome than a meteor shower, so he suddenly felt less regretful in his heart.

This wave is not a loss!

Jiang Xuezhou looked at him with a confused expression, and his mouth opened slightly.

"You...... Can you really connect with the other side of the Earth? ”

Yajuchi shrugged.

"Didn't I say it a long time ago, I've always been in contact with the other side of the earth, didn't I help you pass a few words with the academy?"

On the issue of celestials, the alliance and the academy have signed an intelligence-sharing agreement, so the alliance did not keep things five light years away from the academy secret, and even exchanged information with the academy's researchers.

He also heard on the official website that the academy was quite shocked after learning about the existence of the morphoform formation field, and even suspected that the researchers of the alliance were joking.

But it's probably not controversial now.

By the time the Orion missile cruiser sailed in front of all of them, all doubts were shattered.

Although there is not much to brag about.

Dora looked at this side in a daze.

Although she didn't understand what the academy meant, she was still shocked by his words.

The Doma tribe's research on psionic energy should be considered quite successful, and even this is the most direct reason why Tunnan's attitude towards the ancestor has changed from initial respect to later arrogance.

However, even if they were knowledgeable in their psionic research, the exchange of information had to take place face-to-face, far from being able to do this kind of communication across long distances.

The gap between them seems to be only a small river, but in fact they are five light years away or more.

"It's amazing...... Dora sighed heartily in her heart, adding another point to her admiration and admiration for the ancestor.

It's incredible!

"But...... Wait, didn't you have awakened psionic energy at that time?! Why...... My brain is a little messy, you let me take care of it......"

Jiang Xuezhou took a deep breath and hugged the helmet that was rolling away with both hands, but the more he thought about it, the more chaotic his mind became.

Especially when she thought of the previous bet, her whole face turned red into a lantern.

Looking at Xiao Jiang, who was incoherent, Ye Shi smiled and said.

"I wasn't able to connect with Earth five light-years away because of any psionic ability...... emmm…… But it's actually not good. Morphological formation is another explanation for psionic energy, at least that's how I understand it personally. ”

As for more professional things, it's better to leave it to professional people to have a headache.

"That, that...... What's going on with this steel structure?! Afraid that this guy would think of the gambling contract, Jiang Xuezhou hurriedly diverted the topic, and his index finger operated on the holographic screen, dragging the strange-shaped magnifying glass in the distance to his face.

From a distance, it looked like a steel plate on a near-earth orbit, with the central axis pointing straight to the center of the earth.

If you look closely, the steel plate is inlaid with cannon barrels like hedgehog steel needles, aiming at the sea of stars beyond the atmosphere.

According to other players on the official website, the 0.25-square-kilometer defense platform is equipped with a full 50 electromagnetic accelerators, which are composed of four connecting plates, and are pushed from the surface to the earth through an anti-gravity system to complete the installation.

It is said that these EM accelerators are built according to the anti-ship EM guns in Vault 60's inventory, and can overload the frigate-class deflection shield with up to three guns.

As for the carrier-based shield of the missile cruiser class, although it has not been tested specifically, it is a matter of a salvo when I think of it.

Now that the Alliance has mastered the means of defense in low earth orbit, even if the Celestials at Lagrange Point have other hole cards in their hands, the survivors in the wasteland have full confidence to deal with it.

Neutron plumes are not as scary as they might be.

If it is destroyed before it enters the atmosphere, the barrier of the geomagnetic field itself will be enough to reduce its power to almost harmless levels.

"That's our low-earth orbit defense platform...... A planetary defense facility built by the Alliance, its allies, and the Corporation, as well as you. ”

"Unless the Harbinger returns from another universe, I can't think of anything that can break through its defenses...... Unless it's an alien who, like us, has mastered the ability to travel across the stars. ”

Looking at Jiang Xuezhou, who was surprised, Ye Shi said with a smile.

"Let's just lean over and stop in synchronous orbit...... My good brothers are already there waiting for us to go back. ”

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(Thanks to the leader of the alliance of "Tomato Brisket Excellent Praise" for rewarding!! ）

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