As the launch of the androids and the Great White Robot and Christmas approached, the entire Eagle Nation was in a joyous atmosphere, and even the surviving residents of the somewhat dilapidated Los Santos City were ready to prepare for Christmas.

The Lizard Incident and the Los Santos Incident also dissipated in this euphoric atmosphere.

Merlin didn't make a fuss either, after all, for Eagle Sauce, Christmas is like the New Year, and it's time to be happy.

In addition to printing space-based artillery satellites, Merlin also began to prepare Christmas gifts for his family and friends.

As for the players, after the supplies and printers are expanded, they will send blind boxes in the form of birthdays.

Lottery, lottery......

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On Christmas Eve, the entire Apple City is lit up with neon lights and a neon-lit Christmas tree sparkling.

The Merlin Laboratory in the suburbs is quiet, and the Marven robots come and go to the production line in an orderly manner, and the only thing is that there is a huge Christmas tree on the square.

And Merlin's third space laboratory, which is on idle hold, is very lively tonight, Merlin, Alsie, Ida Wang, Charlie, Marven...... At this time, they all came to the empty laboratory, looking up at the behemoth in front of them with an expectant expression.

Although it is many times smaller than the size of ordinary rockets, it is still a behemoth for Merlin and others.

"It is loaded with nearly 500 grams of antimatter ground cannons, as small as a building, as large as a city, and whoever wants to bully us in the future will have to weigh it." Merlin looked at the huge rocket thrusters in front of him and the pitch-black space-based cannon satellite device on top, and his tense heart finally relaxed a little.

The space-based cannon is the same as the satellite, and it can be located in basically every corner of the world!

Of course, some air defense zones are still to be discussed.

But with a little mute answering below, you don't have to worry too much about that.

One milligram of antimatter can produce 180 megajoules of energy, equivalent to the energy stored in the fuel tanks of 22 Eagle Nation Space Shuttles, and the destructive power of 500 grams is expected to exceed the power of the Tsar's hydrogen bomb.

If you use the neon one as a unit of measurement, it is equivalent to 3,800 pieces.

Although the weight of antimatter is not large, in order to constrain and control the energy generated by antimatter, it is still wrapped in a large number of devices.

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"Prepare for the fire!" Anyway, there must be a sense of ritual!

"Ignition Preparation ......"

“10，9，8……”

“1…… Ignition! ”

"Boom !!" Majestic energy surged out from the engine jet, and the shock wave carried by the energy ring formed a hurricane and dispersed, making Merlin and the others subconsciously stretch out their arms to block it.

"Boom !!" The roar of the energy engine continued to sound, and under the strong reaction force, the huge rocket slowly left the ground.

......Under the howling wind, the pitch-black rocket broke through the atrium of the laboratory and carried the energy tail into the sky.

"Whew!"

The speed of the rocket is not fast, the main thing is that the material does not allow it, and the faster the speed of such a huge rocket, the greater the pressure on the internal parts, and the higher the failure rate.

Although it is an antimatter thruster, the rocket satellite is printed as a whole, and Merlin does not have a lot of Cairo's weapons, so it is impossible to make too dense metal.

It's nice to be able to print out the huge rocket in front of you.

Moreover, the main ability of space-based artillery is deterrence, and it may not be able to be fired several times a year.

At present, in addition to Merlin, only players who have become a mechanic will use it, but the sky-high cost is not enough for many people to burn.

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At the moment when the rocket was launched, Eagle Sauce's military radar detected an anomaly in the air, even if there was no radar, such a large rocket could be seen by the people of the entire Apple City when they looked up.

On the street, Fury sat in a modified vehicle, looking through the windshield at the stars twinkling in the dark night sky, and a hint of bad things suddenly rose in his heart.

"That direction...... It seems to be the location of Merlin Laboratory, which is owned by Hammer Industries. Coulson next to him guessed.

"Mostly, Hammer Industries reported to the Air Force some time ago."

As the star faded away, the two were silent for a moment.

In the end, it was Coulson who broke the silence.

"I don't think our action this time is the right choice, if we catch Merlin, it won't stop the development of the platform and the players."

"Instead, it can have unforeseen consequences."

Fury stared at the night sky through the windshield with a gloomy expression.

"We've been looking for a long time, Merlin was the first technician recruited by the platform, and most of the technology in the game was developed by him."

"We are not trying to arrest him, but for the sake of social stability, so that his research can be used on the right path."

"Instead of squandering it to ordinary people at will, causing an increase in all kinds of extraordinary powers, thus causing social turmoil."

"It's like Stark's guy, try to take the power into your own hands." Fury shook his head and spoke out of his mind.

Coulson didn't speak.

"It's not just us, the military and parliamentarians will also take action."

"We're going to fight for him!" After Fury finished speaking, he started the car and left the place.

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Christmas is going to be a carnival!

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Soon after the launch of the space-based artillery satellite, it broke through the atmosphere and reached the designated low-earth orbit coordinates.

Low Earth orbit (LEO) orbits the Earth at an altitude of less than 2,000 km, and in this altitude range, celestial bodies move faster and have a shorter period around the Earth.

Generally, satellites used on the earth for exploration, communication, navigation, meteorology, etc. are within the scope of this orbit.

Of course, there is no problem for space-based artillery satellites equipped with antimatter thrusters to reach the moon, but they can be positioned at the fastest speed in low-earth orbit, and it is also the most economical way to be pulled by gravity.

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The rocket slowly stopped after reaching low Earth orbit, and the antimatter engine went out, slowly floating in the silence of space.

"Click! "Although there was no sound, the rocket's machinery began to disperse, and the shell was the first to unfold, divided into six petals, and began to slowly rotate under the action of gravity.......

The shell unfolded like petals, revealing the dark and thick barrel inside, a blue arc of light crossed the long track, the stamen energy surged, and the antimatter came to the launch bay under the constraints of high intensity, ready to be launched at any time.

In the darkness of space, a metal flower bone slowly bloomed, and the dark blue orbit emitted a ghostly light, like a sleeping beast, revolving around the earth along the orbit under the action of gravity.

The space-based artillery satellite has been successfully connected!

(End of chapter)