Chapter 60: The Ring World
In today's galaxy, due to the widespread use of hyperspace engines, places without hyperspace shipping lanes are inaccessible to most civilizations.
This is the case with this newly discovered special galaxy.
There are no hyperspace regions around it, and there are no hyperspace shipping lanes, although in the Milky Way, it seems to be completely disconnected from the Milky Way.
While it was possible to sail to this place with thrusters, it would take thousands of years to prepare.
Normal civilization doesn't waste time doing such a thankless task, and in a sense, this kind of place seems to be specially prepared for the Lost Empire.
Li Wenyuan's scientific research spacecraft jumped here with Gray Wind, and there was no need to spend a long time sailing in interstellar space.
As the coordinates of galaxies excavated in the ruins of Earth, he has reason to believe that it is something left by humans.
ββ¦β¦ No matter how you look at it, this huge building is enough to be called a 'miracle'......" Gray Wind sighed, and Li Wenyuan also showed a shocked expression as he looked at the huge buildings in this galaxy.
At first glance, the vast galaxy space looks very empty, the planets that should be part of the galaxy have disappeared without a trace, all the planets, asteroids, meteorites and even space junk are gone, and only the central star is still shining.
But in such a very "clean" space, there is a very conspicuous giant structure floating here that has replaced those planets.
It was a massive ring-like structure that was built in a stellar gravity well, close to the star.
Planets are only a fraction of the ring, and on the star-facing side is a vast area of three million Earth's surface areas combined.
Even though there are many places on that side that were not built to live, it is not difficult for the rest to accommodate tens of trillions of people.
On the side away from the star is a massive layer of protection wrapped in unknown material, in which the light of the machinery shines, and what resembles the muzzle of a cannon can be seen, as if it was built to destroy approaching meteorites and space junk.
And Li Wenyuan also saw the database's record of this "miracle".
γCircular Worldγ
[Introduction: This is a great project, and it is large enough to accommodate an unimaginable population.] Although some people will think that this is an unrealistic face-saving project, when the level of science and technology reaches a certain level, whether it is realistic or not does not seem so important. Maybe one day in the future, there will be creatures that need this place.]
With the completion of the record, his research progress on the seventh-level technology "Galaxy Miracle" on the technology tree instantly increased by a large margin.
It is clear that the circular world in front of you is an intact, undamaged megastructure, and the data it provides is enough to support the foundation of the "Galactic Miracle".
The technology that originally took hundreds of years to research and succeed has now been shortened to only a few years, and perhaps it will not be long before Li Wenyuan can try to build such a "face project".
ββ¦β¦ So, is this thing also made by humans who are idle and bored? β
This ring world has reached a terrifying situation, and if it weren't for the fact that the buildings on the earth that have almost become one with the planet itself can't be moved, he would have thought of simply moving his family to this ring world.
Most of the vanished planets were also dismantled, either to maintain stability in the ring or to gather enough materials to build the ring, they were all cleaned out of the system, leaving only a star to provide energy and a massive ring structure.
At this moment, the signal released by this annular world all the time also detected Li Wenyuan's arrival, and a little surprised him with news.
[Lost Ring World Detected]
[Reconnecting with ......]
"This is also a category that can be reconnected?" Similar system news reminded Li Wenyuan of the mining station he had encountered on a gas giant.
At that time, he wondered if there were still many lost human buildings in the galaxy, and now it seems that such a circular world is also one of them.
However, the next news made him a little stunned.
[Connection failed, error reason: Ring World Control Center has been corrupted]
[Please manually repair the Ring World Control Center]
"Sabotage?" The unexpected news of the failure made Li Wenyuan frown, and his eyes that were originally looking at the world of surprise also became cautious.
So far, this is the first time he has seen a situation of "destruction", and this is no small matter.
You must know that the mining station encountered before was only "undetectable control center", not directly characterized as "sabotage".
But from the outside, the world around the world is quite intact and there are no traces of destruction.
That is to say...... What has appeared 'inside' the Rim that has destroyed the control center of the Rim? β
This is a possible speculation, because the world itself is a huge habitable world.
If humans have ever placed indigenous creatures on it, it is not impossible for some "ignorant" people to destroy the control center of the world.
"That's not going to work...... It's a good way to ring the world, but you can't spoil it. β
Thinking so, Li Wenyuan looked at a piece of technology on the science and technology tree.
[Integrated Land Combat Units]
[Technology Level: 4]
[Introduction: Even though space warfare accounts for 99% of interstellar warfare, we still need some cutting-edge weapons suitable for fighting inside the planet, so as to completely gain control of the planet without destroying a large number of planetary facilities and populations.] Perhaps in the near future, we will have a more efficient way to purge the rebels.]
[Possible Technology: Giant Battlebody (99.9%); mechanical warfare bodies (99.9%); Nano Combat Body (99.9%)γ
This is the so-called "army technology", said to be the army, but it is not quite the same as the army in the conventional sense.
Just like the Mechanical Battlebody, it's a comprehensive floating fortress, not a Gundam.
Although it is much smaller than a warship used for space operations, it is equipped with more combat components suitable for precision strikes near the ground.
But in the interstellar world, the position of the army seems a little awkward.
Because the space war is the most important thing, as long as the space war is won, it means that the balance of victory is infinitely tilted towards you.
When the Army Corps is faced with the Space Force, it is a good word to describe it as vulnerable, and it is basically the degree of vulnerability.
Therefore, the vast majority of civilizations do not deliberately develop land forces, and it is common to see some interstellar civilizations with fleet strength killing all over the world in space, and land troops are still at the level where they have just ascended into space.
Although Li Wenyuan has studied the technology of land warfare, he has not actually produced these combat units.
But after seeing the "Nano Battle Body", he looked directly at the gray wind that was looking at the world with a curious expression.
The technology of this nano-combat body comes from a certain transformation of Gray Wind.
So he spoke, "Gray Wind, do you want to go around the world to play?" β
"Is that okay? So what image do I need to log in? β
"It's fine to do as you like, but I need to be warned, there may be some terrestrial threats around the world. I've already started producing suitable land troops, you have to be careful. β
"Don't worry," Gray Wind said, but it directly transformed into a "Gundam" that emitted a dark green light.
While her terrestrial combat intensity increases significantly if she transforms into a nanostorm, she seems to have a soft spot for the humanoid giant robot.
"How? What do you think of my 'Grey Wind Body'? β
ββ¦β¦ It's quite handsome, and it fits my imagination of future wars before. β
Li Wenyuan exclaimed, then controlled the scientific research spaceship and followed the gray wind to approach the ring world.
A special projection facility around the world has created a dark curtain for some of the places to simulate the alternation of day and night.
In the area that represents the night, there are city lights dotted around the world.