Because he was going to see the world today, Yang Luo got up early in the morning and waited for someone from the 'mysterious' research institute.

Where are you going today, Yang Luo actually has some premonitions.

What is the most mysterious organization in the Empire?

It was not the Emperor's secret intelligence organization, nor was it a secret garrison inside the Heavenly Fury Fortress, but several major research institutes that were allowed to be set up in the Emperor Star.

Among them, the 'Ascension Laboratory', which is very tall just by hearing the name, and the official name is the 'Human Ascension Feasibility Experimental Base', which is the most fascinating.

It sounds crazy to let human beings move from the current dimension to the higher dimension with this fragile body.

Yang Luo has read several related papers.

The current human civilization is actually somewhat deformed, and the current human body can only barely adapt to the stellar civilization, that is, the second-level civilization, which is far from meeting the needs of the transition from the second-level civilization to the third-level civilization.

But it is with this weak body that human beings have made their footprints all over every corner of the galaxy.

Scientists who don't know the truth think it's inconceivable, and attribute everything to the breakthrough of 'AI algorithms' that has led to the unbalanced explosion of science and technology.

However, Yang Luo, who came into contact with the Faya civilization, knew that it was the Faya people who locked the genes of human beings, and gave guidance to the human beings in the galaxy in key areas such as jumps, cross-domain communication, and macroscopic quantum effects.

In this case, Yang Luo was naturally more curious about the Empire's Ascension Laboratory.

Does this laboratory know about the Fa-Asian civilization?

Is this laboratory really a representation of the Empire's scientific and technological prowess, as portrayed from the outside?

Of course, the more important thing is whether this laboratory will be detrimental to him, a quasi-ancient god lifeform.

At about eight o'clock in the morning of Emperor Star time, Yang Luo had breakfast, dressed in casual clothes, and began to read Emperor Star Daily in the corner of the hotel lobby.

There are constantly service personnel passing by.

On the coffee table in front of Yang Luo, there were gradually more snacks and drinks.

When he came back to his senses and turned his head, a group of young sunny boys in uniform hid in the corner and cast hot eyes at him.

In the past year, Yang Luo had offended the big aristocratic class, but he had established a stronger prestige among the commoners and the small aristocratic class.

Yang Luo picked up a bottle of drink, raised it to the corner, and took a big sip with his head up.

Outside the door, two hovercars slowly stopped, directly blocking the gate.

Several middle-aged men and women in white coats got out of the car, and an elderly man sat quietly in the car, without any intention of getting out of the car.

Yang Luo's eyes were sharp, and he immediately recognized who this old man was.

The emperor's uncle, the prince of the empire who appeared at the end of the curtain reception of the Elders' House of Lords, and the head of the Ascension Laboratory, Ino Sherman. ，

The middle-aged men and women carried a few medical kits into the gate and went straight to Yang Luo.

"Lord Earl Hanton, we are researchers in the Imperial Ascension Laboratory, and by order of His Majesty, we invite you to visit the laboratory today."

Yang Luo was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Do I need to cooperate with you to do the experiment?" Is this going to be checked? ”

"This is not an inspection," one of the uncles with a slightly higher hairline laughed, "Although we would love to get your level of experimental material, your political influence far exceeds your value as material, and we all expect you to contribute more to the Empire." ”

Yang Luo nodded slowly and took the initiative to roll up his sleeves.

These scientific researchers acted at the same time, quickly pasted a few cushioned probes for Yang Luo, and began to record some basic data.

"Earl, please wait, we must enter your relevant biometric information into the system to ensure that you are not attacked by the Institute's defense system."

"Hmm," Yang Luo was a little curious in his heart.

The defense system of the Empire's highest-level research institute does not know what level it can reach.

A few minutes later, after repeated confirmation by these researchers, an invitation was issued to Yang Luo: "Please come with us." ”

Yang Luo Shi Ran followed behind a few people and was invited to the suspension car, which was not luxurious, but had outstanding protective performance.

The car door opened, and the emaciated old man raised his hand and pushed his glasses, stretched out his right hand to Yang Luo, and introduced himself in a hoarse voice.

"Eno Sherman, the head of the Ascension Institute, is your guide and exhortator today at the behest of His Majesty."

Yang Luo stepped forward and shook the old man shallowly.

The 'guide' could understand what the hell the 'admonisher' was.

To Yang Luo's surprise, the road to the institute was not far.

The hovercar entered the corner of the palace module, and Yang followed the taciturn Prince Eno into a lavishly decorated elevator room.

Prince Eno finally spoke again:

"Sit, the elevator will run for a while, and we will pass through the core of the Emperor Star and go to the other side of the Emperor Star."

6 Well," Yang Luo chose a corner position, not intending to be too close to this prince, but as soon as he sat down, Prince Yino took the initiative to come over, sat on the sofa on Yang Luo's right, and slowly fastened his seat belt. ”

Several researchers gathered in the opposite corner, whispering about topics that Yang didn't understand.

The elevator began to run smoothly.

Yang Luo heard a sound similar to the engine of a spaceship, and multiple protective shields appeared on the outer layer of the elevator.

"Don't worry," Prince Ino said slowly, "The core of the Emperor Star is an energy module, and although the mass of the Emperor Star itself makes the core of the star generate strong pressure, we have laid a lot of equipment to make this pressure a part of the energy source. ”

Yang Luo nodded and took the initiative to find a topic.

He smiled and asked, "Your Excellency, does the Emperor Star need to consume a huge amount of energy on a daily basis?" ”

"You can call me the director, you don't have to call me a knighthood, the title has no meaning, and the so-called honor and government are the same."

Prince Ino lifted Jiro's legs and continued to speak in his trademark hoarse voice:

"Most of the energy of the Emperor Star is used as a reserve, not for daily consumption, we have the most advanced energy storage medium, if this medium is used in the military field, the Imperial fleet will establish a greater advantage over other countries."

"But that makes no sense, the empire can no longer expand effectively, and the core of civilization has always been the ridiculous sense of belonging between culture and humanity."

"Our conquest is just a show of force."

Yang Luo didn't know how to answer.

Director Ino seemed a little sleepy, leaning back on the sofa and closing his eyes to recuperate.

Obviously, they haven't found a topic that interests each other.

The speed of the elevator gradually increases to the point where it is necessary to simulate the gravitational field to counteract the load on the body.

"Mr. Ghost."

An uncle researcher cautiously approached, holding a metal plate similar to a notebook in his hand, and smiled slightly embarrassed at Yang Luo.

"Can you sign me? My son is a big fan of yours. ”

Yang Luo nodded with a smile and drew the nickname of the white ghost and his real name on the metal plate.

"Our director is actually a very good man," the researcher whispered, "don't be nervous, we haven't been ordered to study you. ”

"Thank you."

The researcher seemed to be afraid that Yang Luo would worry, and continued: "You are the hero of the empire, I mean, you are the most dazzling star in the empire in the last few hundred years, and what the top of the empire cares about most is public opinion and popular will, so to speak, in the current empire, you are absolutely safe." ”

Yang Luo nodded with a smile.

He hadn't thought much of it before!

Now I have begun to worry that this is a trap set by the old emperor.

In Emperor Star, you can't run if you want to, it's really too passive.

The elevator ran smoothly for more than half an hour, and when Yang Luo was drowsy, Director Eno on the side finally spoke again: "It's here." ”

Yang Luo immediately cheered up.

Director Ino looked at Yang and asked softly, "Didn't you see the star core array?" ”

"I just fell asleep."

"That's a pity," Ino snorted, "that's the perfect interpretation of the application of anti-gravity technology in our current human civilization, and we have managed to make Emperor lose his place in the universe." ”

Yang Luo:

It's like he's interested in these things.

The elevator doors slowly opened, revealing an empty metal floor.

The low 'sky' has no simulated scenery, and at a height of about 1,300 meters, there is a layer of rusty metal plates on which you can see neatly arranged equilateral triangles and diamonds.

Outside the door was a long track, and a two-box train had been waiting for them for a long time.

Yang Luo followed Director Ino into the train, heading towards the gray 'horizon' farther away.

He looked back, and the elevator had slowly risen, filled in the metal plates, and the whole space was like a prison, with no entrances or exits. ，

The farthest point behind is also a gray horizon.

'Tree stumps' appeared on both sides of the train tracks

Yang Luo took a closer look and found that they were all firepower devices similar to naval guns, ranging from sparse to dense, spread across this metal field far and near, and the number was simply incalculable.

Yang Luo sighed: "The security factor of this place, I'm afraid it can directly destroy a fleet."

Director Ino said in his hoarse voice: "This is part of the inner defense system of the Emperor Star, the real security is in front, it is a firepower network covering the whole area, and the Emperor Star can output an energy beam three times the power of the standard star cannon through this defense system. ”

Internal output.

The corners of Yang Luo's mouth twitched slightly.

He asked directly: "Director, where are we now?" ”

"This is on the back of the palace, about 2,600 meters from the surface of the ground."

Director Ino explained: "Don't worry, if you want to leave here, you can fly up and tear these alloys directly, they are about the same strength as the hull of a dreadnought, but they look a little bluffing." ”

Yang Luo nodded calmly.

The strength of the material is about the same as that of a dreadnought.

In other words, the empire used the process of building dreadnoughts to create such a large area of research institute 'coat'

If you have money, you don't have to be such a loser!

Who can beat the Emperor Star!

Huge turrets and shield generators began to appear on both sides of the train, and the gray horizon in front of it began to rise, rising like a high wall, and gradually becoming a low, horizontal mountain range.

A metal wall six or seven hundred meters high appeared in front of them, and the train maintained a subsonic speed and crashed directly into it.

Yang Luo took a closer look, and the neatly arranged array of weapons on the wall made his palms sweat a little.

Dozens of rays intertwined with each other, weaving a continuous seven or eight light curtains in front of them, and as the train passed through the light curtain, the living forms inside were also being scanned.

First, the biological information entered into Yang before, which should be to facilitate passage here.

"Director Ino," Yang Luo suddenly asked, "Are all the weapon systems here fully automatic?" ”

"Yes," Ino asked with interest, "do you think of some of the Rebellion of the Robots?" ”

Yang Luo: What my brother thought of was the little friend of the ancestor of the price family, who was born from the mechanical thinking body of the intelligent machine Twilight.

He nodded, and wondered: "Everywhere in the Emperor Star is to replace intelligent machines with artificial machines, and use semi-automatic machines as much as possible, isn't it just to avoid a crisis of intelligent machines?" ”

"You mean near the palace, right?"

Ino smiled and shook his head:

"First, that's just self-deception, to give the emperor living in the palace a little psychological comfort."

"Second, if you want to control these weapons synchronously and control this level of energy, although ordinary supercomputers can barely do it, the process of human step-by-step instructions will lead to extremely inefficient systems as a whole."

"You should have come into contact with the Empire's entire defense system, this is its domain."

Yang Luo smiled: "The defense system of the whole territory of the empire, oh, this is the ascension laboratory?" ”

The train had passed through one side of the wall and entered the interior of the kilometre-high giant 'building'.

A gentle light cast outside the window.

A small city that seemed to exist only in a fantasy movie appeared in front of Yang Luo's eyes.

Huge silvery-white spheres float in mid-air, moving on their own according to certain laws, hemispherical buildings are displayed on the mercury-colored ground, and the rainbow bridges staggered in mid-air seem to be beam-pulling vehicles, allowing humans to stand on them and float forward on their own.

"Welcome to our institute," Director Ino squinted and smiled, "You're one of the few guests, come with me." Govern. ”

The train stopped, and Yang Luo followed Director Eno and stepped on a rainbow bridge.

He didn't step on the substance, but he was able to levitate smoothly, and there was a gentle force holding his body in place on all sides.

Several researchers followed them.

Director Ino also became talkative, and began to introduce Yang Luo to the layout of the place, as well as the experimental projects that were going on in those buildings.

Yang Luo's curiosity and thirst for knowledge began to burn, and although some questions made Director Ino laugh, he was a warrior of the empire and a handsome martial artist, and no one cared about his lack of scientific literacy.

They entered the largest hemisphere building, which was incomparably intricately constructed, with precision instruments closely arranged.

"Maybe it's time for us to work on today's topic," Director Ino said, "Come here, we're going to Observatory One, and we've adjusted the time of this experiment to show you the ascension experiment. ”

Ascension Experiment·

Yang Luo smiled and nodded, but a few question marks appeared in his heart.

Director Eno is too kind to himself?

He followed Director Eno through a jungle of instruments to Observatory One.

Hundreds of researchers in white coats were busy everywhere, not caring about the arrival of Director Ino and Yang Luo.

Yang Luo was taken out of a narrow window, and when he looked out, he could see a huge cavity, in the middle of which was a figure suspended, and his body was pulled into a 'big' shape by the traction beam.

This is a super-reformer, on the day the Great Elder forced the palace, he once stopped in front of Yang Luo, and Yang Luo left a little impression.

"Let's get started."

Director Ino said softly.

There was a roar of moving massive machinery, cracks appeared above the cavity, and a gentle light shone on the figure.

Director Ino said: "This test subject is a consumable, and his own strength is far from the absolute value, so the purpose of today's experiment is to collect data and explore the critical point. ”

6Hmm,'9 Yang Luo nodded, and before he could express his opinion, a beam of energy shone down from above, enveloping the superalterant.

From the side came the researcher's calm announcement:

Start the energy infusion.

Energy Levels 443, 446, 449 and Dissociation of the subject is 450.

"There's no valuable information at all," Director Ino sighed, "and our most proud test subject has been able to withstand the energy injection of 3420...... Adjust the energy level to 1,002 and don't waste time. ”

Several researchers immediately began to operate.

Yang Luo's eyelids jumped slightly, and a purple lightning bolt illuminated the cavity and hit the top of the superalterant's head.

A purple shockwave erupted, and the Changeler raised his head and let out a silent scream, and his body suddenly exploded into a puff of purple smoke.

"Tsk."

Director Ino shook his head slightly: "Inferior samples. ”

Yang Luo:

"Alright, let's get to the point and complete the task assigned by His Majesty."

Ino turned to look at Yang Luo, showing a gentle smile, and his eyes were a little brighter.

"Did you see that? Young man, the test subject just now. ”

Yang nodded: "This is a bit cruel. ”

"Yes, it's cruel, but if humanity wants to push the boundaries of scientific research, it must abandon these emotions," Ino said indifferently, "The Empire is evil, for most individual human beings. ”

Yang Luo was really a little powerless to argue.

Director Ino smiled:

"The purpose of letting you visit is to tell you that this is a very simple truth."

"Individuals are powerless, even if they are super-alterers, ancient god modifiers, or whatever, they are just ants in the face of a powerful government."

"If you want to go further in the center of power in the Empire, start a family, and leave your name in the history of the Empire, you must abandon your previous thinking and see yourself as a commander rather than a soldier."

You have stood in opposition to the imperial aristocracy, and you have great fame, excellent conduct, sufficient ambition, and the icing on the cake of personal force.

"The Sherman family has decided to nurture you as the guardian of the empire for the next hundred years."

"The cells you want have been deposited with me, and now there are two paths in front of you, asking for cells and rejecting this mass of cells."

"After you make your choice, I will take you in two directions, one direction is the super soldiers of the Empire, you can continue your glory, but ten years, twenty years later, when you complete your mission, you will eventually be captured here."

"One direction is the power of the empire, the emperor's favorite daughter, my favorite grandniece, has been waiting in front for a long time."

"Honor is the most ridiculous, nihilistic thing, but you may need it very much."

"Carrying the fate of the home planet and constantly struggling in the imperial camp, the No. 1 forerunner."