The soft voice of the Prince of Opera flows through the cabin of the Age-IV, reminding Opal of the big, flaming flowers on the Crimson Star.
Although it is just a small battleship, the space inside is very spacious for a person. The journey from B-11 star to Hydra, for ordinary spaceships without their own transition function, the star gate is like countless in the universe. It also takes a certain amount of time to get to the platform - about five days.
There is a self-supporting water converter in the cabin, which is a kind of dormant cyanobacteria produced by the water blue star. After the energy is burned, water and exhaust gas discharged into space are produced, and the water is used for the growth of green algae.
There are light energy harvesting panels on the spacecraft's own shell, enough to collect the light from all the stars that they scatter in space. Through simple photosynthesis, the cyanobacteria box absorbs the carbon dioxide exhaled by the cabin members to rapidly grow and reproduce. Each growth cycle is 12 hours. Finally, it is put into the food maker to decompose, process, and produce finished products.
There are a lot of suspended ice fragments in the dark space. Whenever an ice meteorite approaches, the spacecraft will automatically collect it and store it into water after filtering. The carbon dioxide exhaled by a person is enough to form the cyanobacteria to supply himself. In other words, even if the energy of the spacecraft is completely exhausted, the passengers can continue to live and not starve to death.
Of course, the taste of floating in the vast universe for decades or hundreds of years is not pleasant. But if such an accident does occur, a rescue signal can also be sent using a radio communicator. The long interstellar journey is boring, and Opal regrets that he didn't buy some small game chips to pass the time.
He was half lying on the swivel chair in front of the console, looking at the starry sky outside the porthole. From this angle, the star of Chiyan was like a burning fireball. Thousands of kilometers away.
Opal stared bored at the E7, the small robot tossed around under the power of his convictions, fought a somersault on the console, but immediately regained his balance and stood up, the tracks moving left and right along the smooth alloy console .
The E7, like the era VI small battleship, is a relic left to him by his mother.
When she was a child, her mother went mining, and there was no one to take care of Opal, so she removed some parts from the spaceship and made this little robot for him. E7 accompanied him throughout his childhood, possessing primary intelligence, and the structure inside is very fine. Opal grew so large that it was only taken apart once, two years after the death of her mother. The battery inside the E7 is damp. After the Opal is disassembled, I dare not move it. I can't understand the circuit and the intricate chip, so I can only leave it temporarily.
E7 miraculously recovered after a few days, as if to prove that his mother hadn't abandoned him.
Opal thought that maybe the control center of the E7 was assembled from the intelligent computer chips on the spacecraft. No wonder the Age-VI ships have no intelligence.
"Ah!" Opal exclaimed boredly.
Everything in the entire cabin floated up in the force of his conviction and fell back with a clatter.
Opal tasteless: "E7, go and turn off the gravity system."
So he floated lightly and flew about in the cabin.
"Love is a tear of a lover..." The voice of the opera prince Ledgerson echoed in the cabin. This is the most famous song in his concert. The lyrics were written by an ancient poet before the Light Era.
"Even if I'm locked in walnuts, I'm still the king of the infinite starry sky..."
Opal could sing when he heard it, suspended in the control cabin and closed his eyes.
"Approaching the Star Gate, preparing for a transition, entering the Star Gate gravitational field countdown, sixty, fifty-nine..."
Opal hurriedly turned on the gravity system, and with a clatter, a ball of water and a cup fell on his head.
"E7!" Opal said: "Prepare to jump! This is your first time!"
Opal sat in the swivel chair, fastened his seat belt, took a deep breath, his heart pounded, and a huge, ring-shaped golden ancient relic appeared outside the cabin.
A white light lit up around the metal giant ring, the solar metal plate was opened, and the spacecraft slowed down and was enveloped by a layer of white light.
The gate of the starry sky is divided into two rings, the inner and outer rings, and the current is scurrying. Opal held his breath and heard the voice of the navigation electronics: "Successful docking, data transmission."
The white light around the star gate dimmed, followed by a layer of red flashing lights, and the electronic voice said: "Successful positioning, transition countdown, ten, nine, eight..."
Opal said to himself: "Go through it? What if it's a space carrier? This door doesn't look big."
Immediately after, the six arcs of the star gate enveloped the Era-VI battleship, and with a hum, the ship disappeared in space.
"Ah—" Opal couldn't help shouting, the starry sky outside the cabin all turned into dense light, and the speed was getting faster and faster, this is the junction of the five-dimensional space and the four-dimensional space? ! As if he was pulled into a line by the powerful force of the hyperspace, he returned to normal in an instant, and sat on the chair repeatedly gasping for breath.
The Hydra constellation 14 million light-years away, in the quiet universe, the space seems to have collapsed, the starry sky gate is lit up with white light, the matter is like ripples rushing out of the water, and there is another buzzing sound, the whole spaceship with a jump The energy arc burst out of the space fault.
"Successful jump." The icy voice of Times-VI said: "Speed up."
The spacecraft's energy thrusters erupted, dragging the tail flame with a bang, and flew towards the Ares galaxy.
"Arrived?" Opal asked with lingering fears: "Is this here?"
He unbuckled his seat belt and walked to the stern of the boat. He sighed with relief when he saw the starry sky gate gradually leaving in the distance. Stretching and opening the partition. There are half a ton of red grain spar in the small warehouse—about 20,000 energy units.
Rector said that energy units are no longer in circulation as the old currency, and Interstellar Credits are a new currency. It regulates inflation and material regulation through the Universal Economic Summit, of course, only between the Empire and the Republic. Interstellar credit points are not only used as cash expenditures, but can also apply for currency overdrafts based on a person's property and social value. Union Bank reduces the overdraft limit when all systems are in danger of inflation.
In addition, some planets still stubbornly use their old currency, but in most star regions, the Union Bank branch will provide the exchange of credit points with the currency of the planet.
Opal plans to open an account, find a place to sell these ores, go around the mercenary kingdom, familiarize himself with the environment, and hone himself. The God of War galaxy is completely unfamiliar, but he is not afraid at all. Instead, he is full of longing and excitement for the future.
The spacecraft slowed down again and passed through the outer space station of the galaxy. The space station here is different from the crimson planet. It released a suspended alloy magnetic rod without generating any light and arc, and the six magnetic rods locked the spacecraft.
"The weather is fine." The lazy man's voice said, "Please stop your steps and fill out the application form for entering the Ares galaxy."
"You... hello." Opal left the B-11 star for five days without speaking to anyone, and was very excited.
"Hello." The man said, "This is Andre, the alien space inspector."
…
"Fill out your entry application form," Andrei reminded.
Opal came back to his senses and hurriedly opened the navigation station. The light screen slowly emerged, transmitting the personal information that he had prepared for a long time.
Andre said: "Mr. Opal from the Red Flame Galaxy is an ore consultant of Horrens Mining Co., Ltd., and his star membership is... Crimson Star. What's your job in the God of War Galaxy?"
Opal said: "Uh... I want to come and see."
Andre said: "Travel?"
Opal said: "By the way, find a job."
Andre said: "Working? Your job looks good..."
Opal said: "Occasionally do something else, I want to be a mercenary."
Andre seemed a little strange, and finally said: "Please pay attention to your words and deeds in the country of mercenaries. Welcome to the God of War galaxy. The Horrens Company has not opened a branch in this galaxy, and the main star is in need of talents in mining."
"After entering the country, you can pick up the travel guide at the exit of the tarmac. I wish you a happy time in Ares."
"Thank you," Opal said politely.
The gravitational field of the space station was withdrawn, and the spacecraft entered the gravitational field of Lie Xing after three hours of voyage. Lie Xing appeared mottled dark blue from space, another space station flew over, and a violent voice sounded in the radio communication: "Hey! "
Opal knew that this was the second checkpoint of the planet, and hurriedly said: "Hello."
"This unfortunate ghost weather." The communicator said: "I have been checked, have you brought any contraband? Boy. I warn you, it is best to throw away the drugs and dark energy batteries immediately."
Opal said: "No." He started the information transmission and sent the transportation list over the wireless interface. The space station released countless shining silver iron pieces, which spun around the spacecraft.
"Red spar?" The communicator said suspiciously, "What the hell is this?"
Opal said: "An energy mineral."
Communicator: "What did you bring to Lie Xing?"
Opal said: "I don't have... money, I plan to exchange some money."
"Ah." The communicator sneered: "No one will ask for it. Be careful with your belongings. If there is an explosion, you will be screwed off."
Opal said blankly: "Okay, I see."
The communicator said: "I wish you a pleasant journey, don't be smashed into slag by today's lightning."
Opal: "… "
The metal sheet was evacuated, and Opal passed the second level and entered the atmosphere of the star, getting closer and closer. He finally found that the dark blue seen in space was not the landform of the star, but the thick dark clouds wrapped around the planet!
He passed through the clouds reflecting the light of the distant Ares star, rushed into the dark starry night sky, thunder and lightning were everywhere, and the spacecraft opened the protective layer and approached the apron.
Lightning and torrential rain covered the entire planet, every lightning bolt spanned thousands of miles, and the sky was full of white light. The tiny spaceship trembled in this thunderstorm. Opal was attracted by this scene, and he leaned over to the porthole and looked out.
The transparent apron shell on the ground opens.
The radio waves rustled and blurred, and the spacecraft entered the tarmac space, the outer shell closed and the inner shell opened.
The ground robot flashes lights to guide the parking lot, the wet era-VI battleship is parked in the corner, the gate is opened, the Opal unloads the star map, locks the hatch, puts the star map in a backpack, holds the E7 in one hand, and the back Holding the big sword that Rector left him, he walked out of the parking lot, took a deep breath, and smiled.
"Hey, do you need to scrub the spaceship?" A young man came over immediately and asked enthusiastically, "We have the best service for coating and waxing your spaceship! Come on, sir, your spaceship is so beautiful! Ah, mottled silver, It's like a glittering seven-colored fish, how much did it cost to buy it?"
Opal hurriedly said: "Hello, my name is Opal. The spaceship was left to me by my mother."
"Hello!" said the boy, "my name is 'Xun'."
Opal greeted him, the small robot that Xun brought around him, waxed the spaceship diligently, and Xun leaned on Opal's shoulder, smiling: "Your mother has good taste and a sense of the times."
Opal smiled and said: "Its name is the era, let me see, can I take your car?"
Xun said: "Of course, of course, are you here to travel? Or to make a living? The Mercenary Kingdom welcomes every member of the Star Alliance who is self-reliant. There is gold everywhere... Get in the car and get in the car."
This is Opal alone on a strange planet.
Everything in front of you is full of unknown and attractive. The robots here are completely different from those on the crimson star. They are like discs, sticking to the ground and flying around, and you will step on them if you are not careful.
The apron is also much more shabby and tattered, and there are many containers stacked in the corners.
Opal got into Xun's car and passed by countless strange spaceships. No two spaceships here are the same. They all have exaggerated decorations and particle spray patterns. There is a bright red ship near the entry and exit on the ground. A giant spaceship with nude women painted on it.
Xun said: "This is the special spaceship 'Flaming Lips' for the Twelve Nebula."
Opal was stunned, jumped off the ground car, and the sound drowned him out.
The waiting hall was full of noisy passengers, and there were people scolding everywhere. Opal was dizzy because of the noise, and asked: "Xun, where is the newspaper? I also want to exchange some money, what happened here? ?"
"The newspaper has a self-service machine in the lounge on the west side for you to input it. You only need one credit point or Star Coin, and the renewal is three yuan per month. Today's weather is damned, and the lightning storm will probably last for ten hours. The gravity of the strong star is a standard coefficient of 1.2, don't run around, be careful of fractures!"
Xun took Opal, pushed away the clamorous people in front of him, and said loudly: "Change money to United Bank IRC! Okay, your spaceship is finished, please accept it!"
Xun took out a pocket holographic projector, took Opal to a corner with few people, pressed the button, and projected his spaceship.
Another robot remained on the tarmac, with a camera pointed at Opal's ship, transmitting images.
"Are you still satisfied!" Xun gave Opal a glance and took out another small machine in his pocket. It was a credit card machine. He smiled cheerfully: "I only charge you 3,000 credit points. I wish you a long life!"
Opal: "… "
Xun: "…"
The two were silent for a moment, and Opal said, "You want to collect money? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Xun's face changed immediately, and he shouted wildly: "You think it's white to wipe the spaceship for you?! You must have a problem with your brain! Have you been irradiated?"
Opal: "… "
The stranded guests who were arguing in front of the information desk were attracted by Xun's voice and turned to look at them curiously.
Opal said: "I don't have any money now, and I don't even have a card. You wait a moment..."
That sentence immediately lit the dynamite bucket, and all the people around laughed and said angrily: "You want to default?! Hey! Hand over your card! This is not..."
Opal said, "Come with me and give you the money later."
Xun said: "I don't have anything for a while, I'm very busy! I'll pay the bill now..." He grabbed Opal with his hands, and was about to turn over his backpack. There were people whistling around, with a look on his face watching the show.
Opal said: "I really have no money... What do you want to do! Don't move!"
There was a very important star map in the backpack. When Xun moved, Opal immediately blocked him. The young man was very strong, and the two immediately scuffled together. Bystanders gave up an open space and shouted loudly in schadenfreude.
"What are you doing!" An orderly police officer came over and shouted, "This ghost weather is bad enough! Damn! Don't fight here! Go to the Sheriff's Department to fight!"
Xun immediately raised his hands and stepped back, saying, "I'm going to fucking call the police! This kid is actually reneging on his bill!"
Opal was speechless, there were people everywhere, and the police officer kicked them all before they were taken away by the angry crowd, blushing and arguing with thick necks everywhere.
"Wait!" Opal said.
Xun hugged his arms and looked at Opal.
Opal raised his hand and pressed it a few times. He was impulsive and wanted to take it in front of him, control his consciousness, and say that he didn't need money. Finally gave up the idea.
"I need to change money." Opal said, "The currency where I live is different from yours. Come with me and go back to my spaceship."
So the two returned to the tarmac. The gravity of this planet is very strong, and Opal felt a little unaccustomed to it as soon as he moved his hands with Xun. It felt that the people on this planet were very savage, even more savage than the miners on the B-11.
Opal opened the unloading door of the rear compartment, showed Xun the red grain spar, and asked, "Do you know the energy point? The ore that passed through in the past is very pure, and each kilogram can be exchanged for about 100 to 120 points. Energy point, there are a total of five hundred and twenty kilograms here…”
Xun immediately straightened his eyes and said after three seconds of silence, "Give it all to me! I won't charge you for the money for cleaning the spaceship!"
Opal said coldly: "What are you kidding?" He finally understood that the guy in front of him was cheating on him, and said: "You take me to exchange, and then I will give you more money. Don't force me to do it, you are not mine. opponent."
Xun looked at him from head to toe once, Opal took out a box of ore, threw it on the car, made a loud noise, and said, "Let's go."
Opal can lift nearly 30 kilograms of boxes with one hand, and it is still on a planet whose gravity exceeds the standard coefficient by 20%. Xun knows that he is not his opponent, so he has to take him into the car and say, "I will take you there."
Opal crossed his legs and said, "Don't take me to a private transaction, it must be an official money exchange point."
Xun had no choice, he took him and the ore to the apron office of the United Bank IRC, and the opal went to exchange, unexpectedly good luck, the separate window set up here also collects all the equivalent energy exchange from all over the universe. .
Opal handed over the ore to purify the energy, and the ore was ground into powder in the large atomic furnace behind the service window, and the energy points rose slowly.
Opal said: "Hello, all planets have IRC?"
The clerk couldn't tell the gender, it was a strange creature with six eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Aha, yes, sir, but this kind of energy exchange is only established in the tarmac branch of each planet. Coin window, you know, too many people have come to Lie Xing to entrust the mission, we always have to face all kinds of strange guests. Of course, your ore is also very rare, if I am not wrong, you should be from the Chiyan galaxy. "
Opal nodded and said, "Yes, only the Red Flame Galaxy produces it."
The clerk said: "The exchange here can only be cashed out according to the energy value. It is a pity that it should be able to sell for a good price in the Republic Galaxy. Are you sure you want to exchange it all?"
Opal said: "Let's change it." He asked again: "What's going on outside?"
"Magnetic lightning storm, the passenger train is stranded, it's really unfortunate for you." The clerk said: "You have to come here a few times a month, just like the mood of beauties... Please press your fingerprint here, IRC will be on your side. 4% of the handling fee will be charged from the energy cash out of , please rate my service evaluation... "
Opal gave him a very satisfied evaluation, took a thin card handed out at the window, and the clerk said: "Your red grain ore is 3.53 kilograms, and a total of 3,300 is drawn. Some energy, according to today's market, is equivalent to 15,400 Interstellar Credit Points, which can be exchanged for Star Coins at the next window, this is a temporary card that can be used with your fingerprints, I wish you good luck."
Dizzy, Opal went to the next window to exchange for the Star Coins. An alien lady in a slimy animal corpse scarf in front of her yelled impatiently, and even the bank was arguing.
Opal submitted the ID card, opened an account, handed over the temporary information card, bound the account to his ID card, set up fingerprint extraction, created a new password, paid the service fee, all After finishing it, it was like a war. He came over and said to Xun who was sitting in the hall, "Now that you have money, pay the bill."
Xun immediately smiled brightly, handed out the card machine, Opal swiped the card, paid him 100 yuan star coins, and said, "Thank you."
"Are you sending the beggars!" Xun said angrily, "One hundred yuan star coins? You forgot what you said before..."
Opal is not stupid, he said, "It only takes one yuan to buy a newspaper, and you will charge me three thousand for a spaceship?"
Xun said: "You hillbilly from a remote galaxy! You don't know that the material cost of cleaning the spaceship alone costs a thousand! You wait here, I will call the police!"
Opal said: "Please, I wish you a long life."
Xun roared: "You just wait and see!"
Quickly left, Opal let out a long breath.
However, Xun walked to another group of people who were standing outside the bank watching. Opal immediately felt that something was wrong, and most of them were about to make trouble again. These people were called by Xun when he was changing money just now
"Wait!" Opal said, "I take my word back, and I've decided to pay you three thousand as a reward for bringing me to the bank."
Xun turned around again and said, "You know what you're looking for..."
Opal leaned on Xun's shoulders, turned his back to the group, looked into his eyes, used the power of faith, and said, "You charged three thousand."
Xun Zhan Mao said: "You only gave me one hundred!"
Opal said fiercely: "You charged 3,000! Remember, you charged 3,000!"
Xun was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes became distracted for a moment. He nodded and said, "I... I took three thousand? Isn't it right? I took so much?"
Opal insisted: "Yes, I gave you three thousand just now."
Xun nodded slowly, with a thoughtful look.
Opal politely said, "Goodbye." He shook hands with him and left the tarmac.