July 15, 1410 in the new Yuan calendar

A big day that everyone is looking forward to.

The anti-gravity space jump ship Aurorus, loaded with high-purity aquamarine rough ore, will return to the Hope field from Salamander today, bringing back more than one trillion tons of aquamarine ore, which will greatly alleviate the energy shortage in the star field.

Everyone is confident that the return of Aurora will shake up years of rock-solid energy prices.

In order to be able to broadcast the grand scene of the return of the Dawn as soon as possible, the General Information Administration of the Hope Star Field set up more than ten suspended telescopic cameras a week in advance, and the broadcast screens of the six administrative stars in the entire star field displayed the same picture——

A quiet and pitch-black space.

At this time, the administrative capital of the Hope Star Field, Wright Star, was approaching sunset, and the brilliant crimson glow penetrated the artificial atmosphere, pouring down from the sky like a magnificent blood waterfall.

In the ancient times when humans had just settled in the Hope field and had not yet built an artificial atmosphere, this was a spectacle that could only be seen at the risk of life.

The young man who was running in a white one-piece flight suit and holding a hood was attracted by this fiery red glow, and couldn't help but stop and look up to admire, the glow halo was stained into the fine beads of sweat on the corners of his forehead, dotted with stars, like a comet coming and going, leaving a long comet tail on the young man's forehead.

"Shu Yungui!"

A pair of gloves smashed on his face, Shu Yungui's eyes darkened, and when he pulled the gloves that fell from the sky off his face, the sunset was no longer as beautiful as it was just now.

"Still stunned?!"

On the huge launch tower that soared into the sky, the girl with a high ponytail supported the iron fence with both hands, half of her body leaned out, and "the master of the art was bold" shouted at him on the launch tower hundreds of meters above the ground.

"If you can't make this trip, you have to follow the law enforcement ship to the space garbage station to contain the interstellar scavengers!"

"I know!"

Shu Yungui hurriedly glanced down, and several unlucky latecomers wearing the same combat uniforms as him were panting and climbing up the launch tower.

The crowd in front of them walked hurriedly, and the universe on the screen behind them quietly seemed to have remained unchanged for hundreds of millions of years.

It is difficult for normal people to observe anything in the dark space with the naked eye alone, but as a prospective graduate of the Star Alliance Flight Academy, Shu Yungui knows that in the dark depths of the screen, it is the largest wormhole that mankind has ever discovered, and it is also the only wormhole in the entire Hope Star Field that can accommodate the super giant space jump ship Dawn -

Giant Lion No. 1 Wormhole.

"The Hope field and the salamander star are 77 billion light-years apart, and with the current flight speed of human beings, they cannot fly such a long distance in their lifetime, but after countless scientific research scholars' painstaking research, human beings have finally invented space transition technology, that is, using wormholes to compress time and space to build space bridges, so as to shorten the distance between two points."

"Aurora jumped to Salamander through the giant lion No. 1 wormhole twenty years ago, and due to the sophisticated driving technology and high cost of the anti-gravity space jump ship, Aurora is also the only space jump ship in the Hope star field so far."

In the huge back thrust and sharp noise of the battleship taking off, the flight academy intern counselor held the information book between his legs, pressed his glasses in one hand, and held the teaching rod in the other.

"Twenty years ago, 200 scientists and 200,000 volunteers from various fields took the Aurora to Salamander to explore new things. Territory, it is with them that there is hope for the second migration of human beings, and they are the pioneers of mankind. ”

"The teacher hopes that you will remember that you will never forget the lofty ideals and goals of mankind, never be afraid of the height of the sky and the depth of the universe, and may your course always move forward and always strive to be the pioneer of mankind."

Trainee pilots have no position or rank, even if they are all from the highest military academy in the star field, they will most likely become dazzling new stars in the star field army in the future, but at this moment they can only nest in the bottom compartment of the battleship, with a narrow porthole on one side, and rows of huge humanoid mechs filled with the smell of engine oil on the other, they are sandwiched in the middle, like a pile of weight bags that can be thrown out at any time.

"The Iron Guard heavy firepower battleship has arrived at the giant lion No. 1 wormhole and is hovering and standby, the cosmic coordinates have been positioned, and the Aries No. 1 and Aries No. 2 lookouts have entered the lift-off orbit."

The weapon compartment was noisy, the huge steel gears were rotating overhead, and through the thick glass portholes, you could see that the small and flexible lookout ships had rushed into the dark night like fish in water as soon as they left the mothership, and the dark blue tail flames left half an arc on the side of the portholes, and they flew quickly towards the giant lion No. 1 wormhole, looking like bright artificial meteors from a distance.

"I envy them!"

Many of the interns were looking forward to it: "When will I get the independent control authority?" ”

According to the provisions of the Star Alliance Ordnance Manipulation Law, according to the difficulty of ordnance operation, the control authority is divided into five levels, namely D-level trainee operator, C-level reserve operator, B-level cooperative operator, A-level main operator and super A-level independent operator.

Generally speaking, all warships and heavy firepower weapons of the Star Alliance require at least two controllers, but some ordnance can only accommodate one person to operate for various reasons, such as the Aries 1 and Aries 2 lookout ships that have just left the mother ship, which are set up as independent cockpits in order to ensure that the hull is small and flexible, and can freely enter and exit any narrow channel.

So don't look at the piloting of just the Lookout, its pilot's level of maneuvering is even higher than the level of the pilot of the Iron Guardian heavy firepower battleship they are currently on.

Being able to independently drive a battleship through the sky is the dream that every flight academy student is looking forward to.

"Tsk, I didn't even graduate and wanted to drive independently."

The sound was not loud, but it was particularly harsh in the rumbling noise of the bilge, and almost all the interns heard the taunt and turned their heads to cast dissatisfied glances at the source of the sound.

It was a few mechs on standby, with huge signs in the ship's warehouse prohibiting smoking, but they were ignoring them, smoking cigarette butts in a dangerous environment full of explosives, zipping the front of their combat suits to the crotch, and laughing at them cross-legged while playing poker.

"I heard that there are no flight schools in the flight academy now, and I really think I am a pilot just by playing so many tricks on the holographic simulator."

The soldiers laughed loudly, causing several interns to blush with anger, and couldn't help but reason with them.

"We got a good job of driving simulators! The instructor said that the difficulty of the simulator is the same as that of the real driver! ”

"After graduating from the flight academy, we are alliance pilots with legal flying rights!"

"That's it! How come we're not pilots anymore?! ”

The more they argued, the more the other party felt that they were naïve, and raised their hands and pointed in a dispute and said proudly: "When you can climb this big guy, then say that you are a pilot!" ”

The big guy in their mouths is the row of huge humanoid mecha beside them, the total height of the mecha is more than 20 meters, the mass is nearly 1,000 tons, it is a high-precision weapon designed by the Star Alliance for more than 100 years in accordance with human biomimicry research.

At present, the mecha has developed to the second generation, abandoning the outdated mechanical operation mode, using the most advanced brain-computer link mode, building spiritual empathy, combining the operator and the mecha into one, claiming that the mecha is a person, and a person is a mecha.

The vast majority of people living in the Hope Star Field are unlikely to have access to mecha from birth to death, let alone know what it is like to build spiritual empathy, only that experts from the Armaments Research Institute have been calling this second-generation mecha "an unsurpassable masterpiece" for many years.

As soon as they saw the mecha, the red-faced interns who had been arguing just now immediately shut up, because building spiritual empathy is a "very human" thing.

After all, to magnify the senses of a small human thousands of times onto the mecha, the operator's spirit network carries unimaginable pressure.

"What's the big deal? I'll be able to drive a mech in the future! ”

Shu Yungui's eyelids jumped, and he reached out and pulled it, but he didn't hold it.

Zhu Xinyue is the youngest of all the graduates this year, and she is also the youngest, but she is definitely the most courageous, and when she first entered the school, she beat a group of senior relatives with her bare hands, dominating the flight academy, no one dared to provoke her, and she was known as a well-known "violent Lori".

Everyone was silent, but Zhu Xinyue was not afraid, and even raised his hand to compare his middle fingers, and said endlessly: "The elderly only drive the second-generation machine, and if I want to drive the third-generation machine!" ”

It's no secret that the Star Alliance is indeed developing a third-generation mecha, but no one knows when it will be developed.

Some time ago, there was tabloid news that the mecha had been built, and it was waiting for the ship's aquamarine ore resources to be in place, and it could be put into mass production.

Things that have not been confirmed by the alliance government may be groundless, and no one can say whether the third-generation mecha will be on the ship tomorrow or will be able to leave the warehouse in the next life, and the two sides will quarrel again, and the veteran's oil butt will burn his mouth, and it will be difficult to end without a fight.

Shu Yungui hurriedly looked at the counselor, only to see that the counselor was sitting on the chair and not moving, the light on the lens flashed, and then he said faintly: "The wormhole has opened." ”

There was an invisible cat teasing stick in the void, and all the interns rushed to the window with a "whoosh", and no one bothered to fight wits and courage with the veteran oil in front of a big scene that was rare in their lives.

Like a calm lake suddenly boiling, a central point appeared in the dark universe, and all the nearby space and matter were rapidly engulfed.

The compression of space produced countless fragments of electric light, and through those fleeting glimmers of light, one could sense that in the depths of the darkness there was a behemoth tearing through the blockade of time and space, slowly revealing its true face towards them.

It was definitely the largest ship Shu Yungui had ever seen in his life, and it should also be the largest ship that the people of the entire Hope Star Domain had ever seen in their lives.

It looks like a mountain floating in space, and it looks like a planet out of orbit.

Its triangular bow pierced out of the wormhole, and the anti-gravity system on the hull bounced off the terrifying gravitational pull in the wormhole, and the space that had just been swallowed by the wormhole suddenly expanded, and the entire airspace was fluctuated, and the Iron Guard had to push back four engines to barely withstand the surging shock wave.

The poor interns had never seen such a battle, they were caught in the front and back by the shock wave and the reverse thrust, and they almost threw up their breakfast.

Aries 1 and Aries 2 relied on their fast speed, flew out of the fluctuation range, circled and came back, and the searchlights shone left and right towards the Dawn, like two small fry nestled under the blue whale.

"Hello Aura! Welcome home, the Hope Star Alliance's heavy firepower battleship Iron Guard, ordered to escort you. ”

It may be that because it has not yet left the wormhole, the signal from the Dawn is intermittent, and it is impossible to make up a complete sentence, and it is even more difficult to hear in a place like the bilge, where the noise is already loud.

Shu Yungui clicked on the bracelet and took a look, the General Administration of Information had already started to broadcast the real-time scene of the return of the Dawn, and without thinking about it, he knew that the entire star field must be a scene of cheering now.

The heroes of mankind are going home, but I don't know if any of those heroes who have returned home have their own parents?

Shu Yungui's heart was raised in his throat, and even his palms were sweating.

His parents were one of the two hundred scientists who followed the Dawn to Salamander Twenty years ago, and Shu Yungui was only three years old when he left home, and if it weren't for the photos, he wouldn't even remember what his parents looked like.

Since Shu Yungui can remember, his parents have not appeared in his life, and everyone who mentions his parents will give a thumbs up and praise "hero".

But no one told him what his parents had gone to do and when they would come back.

Salamander Star and Hope Star Field are far away, and civilian communication has not yet been established, and he waited from the age of three to twenty-three years old with the meritorious plaque of "Home of Heroes", and finally waited for the day when the Dawn returned.

Maybe I'll be able to meet my parents today!

Shu Yungui was anxious and happy, he had been staring at the Dawn, and for the first time in twenty-three years, he found that he could hold on for so long without blinking.

"It doesn't seem like we're the business." The veteran behind him yawned, picked up his hood and prepared to go back to the rest cabin, laughing as he walked: "That kid from Aries No. 1 will get married next week, and we can't knock him before leaving?" ”

"I know that his father-in-law sent a special product, how many nights will my brother rub it?"

"I'm hungry, let's go up quickly, it will take at least half an hour for the Dawn to completely get out of the wormhole, hurry up and take a shower and wait for the reverse voyage to drink directly......"

Before the words fell, the hull of the ship shook violently, as if something heavy had hit it from the side, and then a violent explosion came from the left side of the hull-

"Bang!"

The alarm of the whole ship went off in an instant, and the red siren light flashed rapidly, which was particularly dazzling in the sharp siren sound!

"Alert! UFOs are approaching! ”

"Alert! The left covered bridge is broken! Engine No. 3 failed! ”

"Alert! Aries One loses connection! ”

"Alert! Aries II loses connection! ”

The crowd panicked instantly, the frightened interns pushed me to get out of the porthole, and the veterans rushed forward to check the situation outside the ship.

Shu Yungui looked out with difficulty in the gap between being pushed and shoved, and with just one glance, the hairs on his whole body instantly stood up!

It was a strange-looking, terrifying creature with dragonfly-like wings and praying mantis-like forefeet, its six huge compound eyes looking in six directions at once, one of which met Shu Yungui's line of sight, and its spiky mouthparts held a piece of iron in its mouth......

No! It's the Aries One hull that has been torn to shreds!

The monster saw Shu Yungui, and all six compound eyes turned around in an instant!

Shu Yungui was covered in blood and surged above his head, his limbs were so cold that he couldn't even look away, the monster seemed to control him from the air, and it wielded its sharp forefeet to effortlessly pierce the thick steel plates of the Iron Guard, and crawled towards the bilge step by step.

It's staring at me......

Like the monster soaked in the culture liquid, they are all staring at Shu Yungui!

A terrible thought suddenly flashed in Shu Yungui's mind, and cold sweat surged out with this terrible thought.

It's coming for me!