Chapter 33: Choice
Celebrations in floating cities are crowded, but most are concentrated in the heart of the city.
In the city, the closer you get to the atmospheric cover, the more uninhabited it becomes. No one is willing to go near this dangerous area, and there will be only patrols and surveillance without blind spots.
The Patrol, a group of guards tasked with securing the Atmospheric Shield, has almost unlimited rights to subdue or even kill any suspicious person in this area.
Because for the residents here, there are two most important facilities in this floating city, which are the prerequisite for everyone to live in peace.
One is the power core of the Floating City, which is located in the deepest part of the entire island, where only the Chief Scientist and Engineer can go.
It's responsible for supplying the entire city with energy, but it's also responsible for keeping the city from falling.
And the other one is this atmospheric protective cover.
It ensures that the air is always in perfect condition, and is responsible for keeping the city safe and sound during the terrifying storms that occur every sixty years.
Even though today is a celebration day, the patrol team has not relaxed its monitoring and patrolling.
At this time, the celebration is still going on steadily.
The synthesizer controlled by Li Wenyuan took less than a day to inspect all the places in the floating city.
At the same time, the residence of the "chief scientist" here was confirmed, and he rushed there directly.
Every inch of land is precious in this small, floating city, and even a figure of the "chief scientist" level lives in a large apartment.
The door here is still an old-fashioned electronic lock, and the synth can easily open the door with a flash of his eyes.
As soon as he entered the house, the chief scientist, who had just returned from the celebration, bumped into the synth.
To the people who live here, there is no difference between synths and "aliens" in front of them.
"Are you...... What? When the chief scientist said this, he even unconsciously took a step back.
After all, there is an alien in the house, and even if the chief scientist is well-informed, it is impossible to stay calm at the first time.
"I'm the guardian, the former owner of this place."
The Chief Scientist was stunned by the synth's fluent language, and the next words shocked him even more.
"I re-expanded into this galaxy and discovered you on this gas giant. I had no intention of interfering in your lives, but I need scientists now. ”
"I've taken a rough look at your level of technology, and to be honest, you're no different from the 'natives' now."
"But your level as chief scientist is really remarkable, and I think you are valuable."
"If you're willing to work for me, I can help you solve a problem. What do you think? ”
The synth's voice was flat throughout, as if he didn't care what the chief scientist's answer was.
This is indeed Li Wenyuan's idea, if this scientist is not willing to come, he does not care.
After all, he is just an "indigenous" scientist, and he doesn't waste much time on it.
He has already started construction of a stellar base in the system, and will build a stealth observatory to observe the floating city, which will provide a sample for sociological research.
And this is the only one in this galaxy that can attract his attention slightly.
The chief scientist had spent a long time digesting the synth's words, and through observation, he had discovered that the "alien" in front of him was actually a robot.
Robots of this level of sophistication only exist in science fiction in his civilization, so he soon believed the synths.
So he took a deep breath and tentatively said what he requested:
"This ...... Dear 'Guardian', can you take all of us, or some of us, out of here and on a habitable planet? ”
He felt that his whimsical idea might well anger the self-proclaimed "guardian" civilization, but he still had to try.
Because as far as their race is concerned, there is no future for development in this floating city, and they are likely to be "trapped" in this city until civilization perishes.
And Li Wenyuan also glanced at him, controlled the synthesizer and shook his head and said:
"Your value is not high enough for me to do this, even though I have compassion for your lives, but I have plans for every planet under my control."
"And you," the synth gaze swept over the Chief Scientist.
"Your overall species quality is not efficient, and if you want to live on a planet under my control, I think at least every one of you must be at your level."
"Of course, I can also meet your needs in a different way. I will provide a colony ship and a companion star map that can hold all of you, and has a stable circulation system and energy supply to sail the stars for a long time. ”
"But I'm not going to provide a guard, and all the troubles you have in the interstellar world will have to be solved by yourselves."
"You can also choose not to leave, and continue to stay here with your race, I will not interfere with any of your actions."
The words of the "......" guardian caused the Chief Scientist to fall silent for a while.
Of course, he didn't think that this alien civilization would kindly send them all to a habitable planet, but this unexpected result still surprised him.
“…… I need to talk to the people about this, can you wait a while? You will get results in a maximum of three days. ”
"Of course, I'll stay here until I get a reply."
"Thank you for your leniency ......"
After the chief scientist finished speaking, he hurriedly left the room, and Li Wenyuan also focused on other places for the time being.
The resources of a colony ship are very small to him now, and he thinks it is worth it in exchange for the allegiance of a scientist of good ability.
But now there is one more thing that is very important to him.
“…… This galaxy is highlighted on the ancient star map, but I didn't find anything interesting here. ”
"The civilization on this mining station is also a recent outsider, and it has no special features."
"Is there anything else in this galaxy that I haven't discovered yet......"
With that in mind, he looked at the middle of the galaxy, in the asteroid belt.
It is filled with a large number of asteroids and is a great place to mine minerals.
It was also due to the large number of asteroids here that Li Wenyuan only made a cursory probe and then focused on other locations.
Now, the space base above the star is being built in full swing with engineering ships, which will soon mark the galaxy under his control.
“…… So will there be anything special about these asteroids? He took control of the scientific spacecraft and gradually approached the asteroid field.
And one of the asteroids, which was very far away, actually trembled slightly at this time.
An extremely faint green glow began to slowly spill out of the crevices.