On the huge airport of the City of Life, the airship that Lu Ling and his party were riding on slowly landed. The huge propeller at the tail began to spin in reverse, slowing the airship down. At the same time, the black smoke at the top of the airship also weakened, and the power of the airship began to slowly decrease. Around the airship, more than a dozen thick cables stretched out and lowered towards the airfield below. The six-legged ground robot below is "clicking" over, and the pilot controls the mechanical arm to take over the cable, accurately locking it on the lock on the ground to fix the airship.

Unlike the diplomatic style on Earth, there is no red carpet, and there is no soft carpet that swoops down the hanging staircase, everything is a rather cold-looking existence. However, the only thing that bears a slight resemblance to Earth is that on the diplomatic occasion of the reception, there is a phalanx wearing a tuxedo and a polite military band. Holding a variety of instruments that are not too different from the earth, he plays impassioned music.

Earl Morgan didn't dare to talk nonsense to Lu Ling at this time, but followed Lu Ling, fell down, and introduced: "This is the honor guard of the Empire, and the song is the Navy's "Imperial Navy March". ”

Lu Ling nodded slightly, and the song had a Showa military music flavor. There is a hint of excitement in the radicalization, which makes people feel a full sense of aggression. It's not very good, but it just makes Lu Ling more aware of Noah's Empire's judgment on the style of acting. From the "kamikaze" tactics used by both sides in the war, to the current military music style. Lu Ling secretly guessed whether the Noah Empire was a militaristic country.

At the head is a man dressed in a black and white tuxedo wearing a politeness, a lens in his left eye, and a cane. The man's right eye was a red mechanical eyeball, slightly protruding from the socket, and the pupil made of lenses was looking at Lu Ling and the group of Chinese diplomats and entourage behind her. The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he greeted him with enthusiasm, rubbed his hands together and said, "Hello, I am Calpens, the foreign minister of the Noah Empire, and the Noah Empire welcomes your arrival." ”

The gesture of rubbing hands together was previously learned from Earl Morgan that this was the way Noahs greeted. I don't know the specific origin, but considering that the Noah people are all races with a pair of transparent insect wings on their backs, Lu Ling couldn't help but guess whether it would be an evolution of the action based on the "rubbing hands" of flies. Because the taste organ of flies is on the feet, they need to use their feet to taste food, and over time they will get a lot of food on their feet, so rub off the food on their feet and keep them clean. In the presence of other flies, the flies will work harder to clean themselves, perhaps to attract the opposite sex.

Lu Ling also learned to fold her hands, rubbed her hands, and said with a smile: "Hello, I am Lu Ling, the diplomatic envoy of the Huaxia Republic, and it is a pleasure to meet you, Minister Calpens." ”

Carpence looked quite polite, looked at the young and beautiful Lu Ling, and praised from time to time: "What a young and capable person, take the liberty of asking, are you a nobleman in China?" Usually only nobles would ascend to a position at such a young age. ”

Lu Ling shook her head lightly, and said with a smile on her face: "No, Minister Calpens, there are no nobles in the republic. ”

"Oh, yes, you're a republic." While Calpens stared at Lu Ling, the red mechanical eyes looked at the ghost special forces who couldn't see their makeup, and then stared at Lu Ling with a smile and said, "Special Envoy Lu, just call me the foreign minister." Let's go, Your Majesty has set up a dinner party for you in the palace to wash the dust for you. ”

Lu Ling smiled and thanked, "Thank you so much, Foreign Minister Carppens." ”

Different from Derbina City, the City of Life received Lu Ling and his party with another tool, a multi-legged robot like a centipede, spitting black smoke and running towards this side. The huge body is like a small car, but it is 20 meters long, just like a small train.

Next to it, more than a dozen knights riding elephant-like creatures accompanied it. But the creature had only a long tusk on the back of its trunk, and ears about the size of an elephant, but they were long, dropped, and dragged to the ground. On the long ears, Lu Ling could see the decoration made of the flag of the Noah Empire wrapped on it.

As everyone got on the body of the multi-legged robot, the multi-legged robot quickly ran in the direction of the castle. From a distance, the enormity of the Castle of Life gave Lu Ling and his party a huge shock. The Castle of Life is not a medieval castle, but a gigantic castle with a diameter of more than a kilometer, shaped like a giant circular structure in the Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon. The head is small and the bottom is large, like a cake, and the height is more than 100 meters. There is a feeling of towering into the sky, like a fantasy island.

However, this "island" is not a city of earth, wood and grass, but a mechanical city of metal gears, pipes, pistons, and light bulbs. However, the grass, green leaves, trees, streams, and waterfalls interspersed between the gaps in the castle make this otherwise lifeless mechanical castle quite vibrant. Waterfalls and streams flow, and you can occasionally see red birds flying and playing, and all kinds of animals that have never been seen on earth are also integrated into this castle where machinery and plants are combined.

Dozens of minutes later, the robot drove through many streets and steam cars, and finally drove into the castle. At the entrance of the castle, a huge coat of arms representing the royal family is carved directly above the door frame. The gray and white bricks at the gate steam paved a smooth road, the green grass was paved on both sides of the road, and the colorful flowers were mixed in the grass, swaying with the breeze, welcoming the arrival of Lu Ling and his party.

The guards of honor on both sides of the road also agitated in their hands, and the musical instruments sounded again in their hands. At this time, the tune has a bit of majesty, quite a royal style, and it is completely different from the Showa flavor heard at the airport, and it is a style that tends to be the king band of the fairy tale world.

The multi-legged robot carried the crowd through the gate and entered the gate. Behind the gate is a huge hall, in a huge space, 200 musicians of the Royal Court Band in gorgeous costumes, flapping their wings, flying in the air, hovering on both sides, and then the music of the honor guard at the door continues to play.

"Wow, that's spectacular." Han Mei envied in the channel of the ghost special forces: "It's good to have wings, it's good if we humans also have wings, I also want to fly freely." ”

Mei Chen said in the channel: "Kuafu and Pangu Power Armor both support flying, and you haven't flown before." ”

Han Mei pursed her lips and said, "I mean flying by instinct, not with the help of equipment. ”

You Lile reminded in the channel at this time: "Pay attention to vigilance, now that we have entered the enemy's castle, we are here for a mission, not for a tour." ”

"Yes! You team! ”

As the multi-legged robot passes through the hall, the next room is a huge room that resembles a botanical garden. Lush trees, fountains, birds and animals, birds and flowers, make everyone feel like they are in the park. The huge glass in the upper left corner is quite transparent, and the sunset outside is also clearly visible, and more than a dozen huge glass pipes extend outside.

At this point, the multi-legged robot stopped, and Calpens said, "Everyone, here, we will transfer to the power balloon and go to the palace." ”

"Power balls?" No one knows.

Morgan, as a border earl, was also in such a place for the first time. Looking at the magnificent castle, Morgan excitedly introduced: "Look, the huge glass ball next to it is." ”

I saw that everyone looked over, and the diameter of the glass ball was 3 meters, which looked similar to the ball car in "Jurassic World", and the line of sight was quite transparent. The outside of the power ball is held in place by two 10-centimeter metal rings, connected to the dozen or so glass pipes. Inside the power balloon is a circle of seats with seat belts on it.

Calpens walked up slowly, and lightly tapped on the metal ring, and the power ball bounced open a door. Calpens rubbed his hands and made a gesture of invitation, allowing Lu Ling and his party of Chinese diplomats to enter the power balloon. Lu Ling glanced at it slightly, and then sat down, followed by Carpence. However, the members of the Ghost Combat Team can't squeeze into the power ball with others with their equipment, and one person is just right.

When all the power balls were closed, a huge mechanical arm reached over, grabbed the power balls, and stuffed them into the glass pipe that extended from the glass window. The metal ring on the outside "clicked" and connected to the metal track on the glass pipe, and then the ball shook slightly, and began to rise along the pipe towards the air with a "hmm" sound. The track is emitting the sound of "zizi" current, and the wheel has already turned "whining".

"Woo woo ......"

The entire pipe hovered outside the castle, and suddenly the picture of coming out of the first floor was cheerful, and the huge capital of life appeared in front of everyone. The hurried pedestrians in the city below, the steam cars like toys, and the endless stream of alien beasts made the group look at it addictively.

It's like a roller coaster, but with a rapid ascent. hovering outside the castle, let everyone see the entire capital of life. Because it was almost evening, the lights of cars in the city, the street lamps on the streets, and the lights in the houses were all lit up sporadically.

After a full minute or so, the power ball reached the top exit, and with a "snort", the ball lid opened, and Calpens took the lead and said, "Everyone, we have arrived at our destination, this is His Majesty Julian's 'Flame Flower Palace'"

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