many days later.
Through the porthole, a metal-colored planet is gradually approaching in the field of vision. There is no green forest, no earth dust, no blue sea, and the ubiquitous steel replaces nature to occupy the surface.
"Destination hum detected... Coming soon to Norrios hum... Surface temperature is suitable for hum... "
In the spaceship hall, a robot with a round head and a round brain emits a strong mechanical voice. The cylindrical body is like a can, with slender mechanical arms on both sides of the body. It is about one meter tall, and it reaches the thigh of an ordinary human. A unicycle, this is how it moves.
Suddenly, a big hand grabbed the robot's head and lifted it up in the air. The robot seemed a little panicked. The two mechanical arms were swaying in the air, and the round body of the robot looked strangely cute.
"Caught Om..." the robot said.
At this moment, the man in black sitting on the sofa next to him spoke up.
"Put it down, how many times have I said it, Melos, don't play with my robot!"
Melos shrugged and put down the robot. The little guy returned to the ground and hurriedly used a unicycle to slide to the side of the sofa, trying to hide himself behind Han Xiao's calf, trembling.
Han Xiao casually touched the metal head of the robot, as gentle as a pet.
Melos put his hands on his hips and scratched his head with a helpless tone, "Is this artificial intelligence you made really capable of fighting?"
"Can't you remember its name? It's called Philip!"
Han Xiao supported his forehead, "It's only a semi-finished product."
While the spaceship was traveling, Han Xiao was not idle. He combined a lot of stronger blueprints, updated his combat machinery, and used the newly acquired [high-end virtual intelligence technology] to create Philip, which is an artificial intelligence. Compared with previous smart chips, the computing speed, logic structure and data capacity of artificial intelligence have increased by an unknown order of magnitude.
There are several modes of artificial intelligence, two of which are more characteristic. One is to directly input template data, so that intelligence seems to have its own virtual personality. In fact, it still follows a fixed closed thinking framework, just simulating intelligent creatures, which has the advantage of being obedient; The second is to truly have independent thinking, to have imagination, to think for oneself, and to be controlled only by the underlying commands. Obviously the latter is more flexible and has the potential to become a virtual life or a mechanical life, but the risk is just as high.
Han Xiao only needs a good helper for the time being, so Philip is the former. The reason why it is a semi-finished product is that there are still some logic commands that have not been set, and the virtual character is still flawed and needs more time to improve, but the operation is no problem. Philip can download data through the network, but it will not affect the fixed virtual character. character, and Han Xiao casually created a robot body for it.
As for why it was named Philip, it's the name of a turtle he kept in a previous life in memory of a razor that died young, and a turtle is an excellent choice for lazy people who want to keep pets and don't like cleaning... says Maybe the owner has raised himself to death, and it is not dead yet.
Looking at the planet that was getting closer and closer outside the window, Han Xiao said solemnly: "It's coming soon, this is one of the transfer stations to enter Broken Starlink, there will be many guys from other star fields, I can't say how many there are. Powerful power user, we keep a low profile, don't make extravagant branches, the goal is to find the teacher of Dragon Zodiac... Emersy is rushing back from other star fields, even if her car is fast, it will take a lot of time, let's start with promise Rios is looking for clues."
Norios is the edge of Broken Starlink. This planet does not belong to any civilized regime. A long time ago, a super consortium took a fancy to the geographic location of this planet and paid for the planet. At that time, the planet was just a numbered barren and uninhabited planet with a harsh environment. The consortium transformed it into an artificial planet and used countless devices to change the ecological environment and make it viable. So it became a place to enter Broken Starlink. transfer station.
Since there are no planets for a long distance near Norios, and the nearest jumping star gate will take at least three days to jump, many travelers will choose to settle here to replenish fuel and supplies, refurbish spaceships, and have fun. So let the consortium make a lot of money, and it will return to its original capital in less than 50 years.
The prosperity of the economy has also attracted many interstellar citizens. They sensed the opportunity to make a fortune and opened shops here. Similarly, various commercial organizations also operate here. Norios has gathered countless travelers. It is very prosperous, with a large population. Dragons and snakes are mixed, but Norios does not accommodate villains like Dragon Calm. The wanted order is valid here, and there are almost no star thieves or wanderers. Came to this place.
However, the consortium that controls Norrios is staring at this rich land, so many frigates are arranged in outer space, and the port is set outside the planet, and no spacecraft is allowed to enter the atmosphere of the planet. Even the frigate itself cannot go in. This is to prevent outsiders from stealing the frigate and crossing the sea! In addition, the consortium deployed a super-large energy envelope that enveloped Norrios' atmosphere to prevent long-range strikes from destroying the surface.
All visitors must park the spaceship in the space port. If the spaceship is forced to enter the atmosphere, the frigate will open fire after warning. If travelers want to go to the surface city for entertainment consumption, they must take the 10,000-meter elevator connecting the sky and the earth. .
This is the defense of Norios, which is very strict and also makes travelers feel safe.
However, there used to be star thieves who did not give up, some wanted to forcibly break in and were blown up by frigates, and some looted on the surface, took the elevator to the port and were captured by the security forces squatting, and the most frequent situation was that the star thief gang was in During the robbery on the surface, the travelers who were passing by were killed and no one knew who the travelers from other star regions were.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!
When you get close, you can see five huge steel space stations like mountains suspended in different directions of Norios. These are five outer space ports, which are covered with various anti-ship-level defense turrets. A large number of frigates are docked.
The spaceship was parked at the nearest port. Han Xiao completed the registration procedures for the spaceship, and brought all the curious people to the elevator area. The place was overcrowded, and there were long queues of creatures of all kinds.
Aroshia raised her eyelids and said, "This place makes me feel familiar, I seem to have been here before..."
At this time, the panel suddenly appeared a prompt!
Han Xiao glanced at it, and it turned out that the progress of the second ring of [Restart] had increased by 1 point.
'It seems that Norios is one of the locations of Aroxia's memory fragments. She came here in a certain life and was accidentally bumped into by me. ' he thought.
Fording looked around and said, "Just here, I felt at least forty B-level energy fluctuations."
"No wonder we have to keep a low profile." Silvia was a little nervous, feeling like a sheep broke into the tiger's den. Fortunately, the teacher, Uncle Melos, and Sister Aroshia were also very strong, which gave her a little peace of mind.
In the previous life, Norrios was a high-level area. If players wanted to go to other star fields, they needed to pass through a similar transfer station, and when they could leave the star field, the player's level was already high.
After queuing for a while, it was finally everyone's turn. The elevator staff who checked the tickets kept collecting tickets and greeted every passenger with a professional smile.
When Han Xiao arrived, the ticket inspector suddenly smiled and said, "Welcome to Norios, Black Star."
"You know me?" Han Xiao looked down at him, slightly surprised.
"I'm just sending a message, I wish you a pleasant journey."
When entering the port, the monitor automatically detects the identity of the visitor, and the senior managers know the identity of Han Xiao. The Black Star Mercenary Group is now somewhat famous in Broken Starlink, especially the Dragon Calm background is not to be underestimated. Look, the consortium attaches great importance to celebrities from all walks of life, so the manager specially ordered them to be more polite to the Black Star mercenary group.
The elevator has a lot of space. Each trip carries hundreds of passengers. After waiting for a short while, everyone's feet sank. The elevator moved and quickly slid out of the space station along the track. The walls of the elevator were transparent glass windows. , the spectacular high-altitude scenery suddenly jumped into view.
I saw that there are dozens of elevator tracks connected to the port nearby, like towers reaching the sky, all running. This height is above the clouds, as if stepping on the sea of clouds under your feet, the orbit extends all the way down into the clouds, you can't see the ground, but when looking at the distance, the sky gradually changes from pitch black to blue sky. It is on the same level of the field of vision, and the artificial star light source is shining and dazzling. , as if you can reach out and touch it.
"It's so beautiful! Philip, take a photo." Sylvia's eyes sparkled.
Philip’s mechanical eye kept flashing, shooting frantically. It was originally an assistant. Han Xiao gave other cadres secondary authority. When he didn’t give orders, others could give orders to Philip.
Passing through the clouds, Han Xiao overlooked the whole city on the ground. There were countless commuter aircraft flowing in endlessly, and they could only fly below two thousand meters. Buildings hundreds of meters high were like steel spears pointing to the sky. This is a city entirely made of steel, and there are no plants to be seen, but it is not a piece of dead ash, on the contrary, the neon colors are extremely gorgeous and extremely prosperous. Large-scale ecological equipment provides the cleanest air, and there are many urban governance equipment hidden under the steel floor, which is controlled by the urban management system.
The foundation of the city is a colony-level machine that can be mass-produced. It is thrown on the surface of a planet, and it will be a city like this after it is unfolded. The Norios consortium purchased this "fool-style automatic city expansion package from the Scarlet Empire." ”, easily transformed the planet, rich people can really do whatever they want!
There are more than a dozen cities on the surface of Norios, which are connected to each other by electromagnetic rails and use high-speed trains to travel. Han Xiao and others went to City No. 4.
Looking at the surface that was getting closer and closer, Han Xiao suddenly frowned and his heart moved slightly.
"There's an uneasy feeling that something's going to happen..."
…
The elevator reached the surface, and everyone walked out of the station with the flow of people, and the noisy upsurge came to the face. There were many people coming and going on the street, and there were many species.
Boom!
Philip was bumped by a passing pedestrian and turned around several times. Seeing this, Silvia leaned over and hugged the robot to prevent it from being kicked away.
"There are too many people here, how can we find someone?" Melos asked loudly, pushing aside an insect creature that was suspected of being a prostitute.
Han Xiao already has a countermeasure and said: "Because Norios is a major traffic road, many intelligence organizations have set up branches here to record the information of all travelers. I know the appearance of the target, just ask the intelligence organization. If you ask, you will definitely get a clue."
Melos was taken aback, "You really know everything, you're really reliable."
Everyone walked through the crowd, and about twenty minutes later, Han Xiao stopped at the door of a high-rise building.
"That's it, the ninety-seventh floor is the office of a regular intelligence organization." Han Xiao raised his head, the location of the regular organization is still easy to inquire.
The group took the elevator upstairs to the ninety-seventh floor. It was very dark and the floor-to-ceiling windows were covered with black cloth, as if to create a mysterious atmosphere. It is a long and slender corridor. The space here is very large, but other places are black walls and cannot pass.
In order to ensure the privacy of customers, this floor is divided into opaque compartments by walls to discuss transactions in detail, and the passages between these compartments are like a labyrinth. This corridor is the only entrance, and there are countless branches in it. Roads, do not let customers meet each other.
"I'm here to buy intelligence." Han Xiao expressed his intention to the front desk.
"Hold on."
The front desk pressed a button on the table.
After waiting for a while, a human trader in a black formal suit came out of the corridor and said solemnly, "Please come with me."
Han Xiao and others followed the human trader into the corridor, turned into a fork, and headed to a compartment.
Just a few seconds after everyone walked into the fork, another birdman trader walked out of the other fork with a customer who had just purchased the intelligence, went to the door, and just missed Han Xiao and others.
"Thank you for your patronage."
At the door, Birdman traders say goodbye to their clients.
The client was wearing a hood and was shrouded in a black robe to hide his appearance.
He didn't speak, went out and pressed the elevator button.
The moment the elevator door opened, the moment he lowered his head, the light briefly illuminated his face under his hood.
ash!