The ship was quite worn, and Opal searched his memory and knew it was stolen from a pirate.
The ship was a mess, full of oil-stained parts and energy pools, and it took four days for it to reach the nearest star gate and arrive at the neutral territory of Lancer Galaxy.
Sang said: "We can use the Star Gate of the Puens Chamber of Commerce to go to Huanxing or Nuluo, which are all members of the Dark Alliance."
Opal hugged one knee, sat on the edge of the console, and stared at the starry sky outside the porthole. He didn't say a word for the past few days, he kept thinking, and he kept feeling the life of the stranger on the Sphinx. Memories and emotions for him.
"The members of the Dark Alliance have established a passage node with Iszur." San said, "Please choose your route."
Opal said: "Master Sang, in the eyes of you phantom people, there is only one title for human beings."
"Yeah, the name doesn't mean much to us," Sang said.
Opal asked: "Do you want to go home and see? If you want to go back, we have been from the fantasy star."
"I don't care, for us, Magic Star doesn't have much of a sense of belonging," Sang said.
Opal set the route to the female Luoxing and said: "But for human beings, this may not be the case. We all have a nostalgia for the planet we live in for a long time. I heard that you came from a higher dimensional universe? "
Sang: "You are very curious. Yes, for us, the only thing that refers to 'home' is the magic blue fluorite."
Opal smiled and sat on the swivel chair, the spaceship began to jump, countless white lights flashed past, and the spaceship rushed out of the five-dimensional space outside the female Luoxing.
Four dark star gates revolved around Nuluo, a planet that was different from when he and Raymond came. The crown of Nuluo's mother tree showed dull tan spots, withering like an unstoppable blight , slowly spread on the mother of female Luo.
The second jump, Stargate sent a communication: "Dark Star Alliance B2713 Stargate, identity verification."
Before Opal spoke, Sang's core lit up, and the communication over there said: "Welcome back to Iszur, Master Sang, His Majesty Cororin is looking forward to your visit."
With a buzzing sound, the spacecraft was sucked into the fifth dimension again.
The transition technology used by the Dark Star Alliance and the Interstellar Astronautical Association is different. There is no white line of the stars during the transition, and there is no discomfort caused by the momentum. The outside of the porthole just goes dark all of a sudden, and then lights up little by little. Gradually conceived in the darkness, countless blurred lights gradually became clear, and distant stars appeared.
"The jump was successful."
The spacecraft accelerated, leading to a strange galaxy starring an orange-yellow giant star.
There are tens of thousands of planets around this galaxy, and the central star is called Iszur, which rises and falls in yellow light, like a huge heart.
Opal opened the star map, entered the name, and found that there was no record of this star.
His chart and everything were left in the sanctuary of the stars, including the gem that Azeroth gave him, the necklace of Raymond, and the chart that Rector gave him.
He had forgotten to ask Rector if the owner of the star map was Cororin until he left, but that didn't matter, Opal was about to see him in person.
The pirate's star map does not record the position of this star. Is there no information on Iszur in the Great Astronautical Association
"There is no information about it because." Sang's voice sounded in Opal's mind: "This star is only fourteen hundred years old."
Opal narrowed his eyes and said, "Isn't such a young star very unstable?"
"It's an artificial star," Sang said.
Opal: "… "
Artificial stars!
Opal could hardly believe that the orange giant star in front of him was the work of a human being, and he trembled: "Can stars be made by humans?!"
San: "Yes, Cororin made it more than a thousand years ago, and waited for another thousand years, and the surrounding planets were pulled by its gravitational field to form galaxies, and you will see the Dark Star Alliance right away. It's the main star, and its name is Grip of Rotation."
The spacecraft passed through the dense space station and entered the inner planetary system. Opal switched to manual driving, passed another level along the way, and slowly approached the planet.
It is a light-colored planet, as clean as a marble in the universe. The light that Iszur throws at it is refracted by the atmosphere and takes on different characteristics. The edge of the western hemisphere is lavender, and the wavelength of the spectrum is constantly changing. Shorten until the burgundy color of the eastern hemisphere.
Opal understands why it is called the grip of light, such a beautiful planet is like the masterpiece of the creator.
"Master Sang." A communication came from the space station: "Welcome to the Grip of Rotation, please land on the central apron."
Approaching the surface, Opal saw clearly the city here, and this was the realm of the King of the Meteor Stars—there was no haze and fog he imagined, no black steel castles and sky-high energy fires, buildings soaring into the sky, in brown, Gray and white are the keynote, and the entire planet is planned in an orderly manner.
Thousands of small spaceships took off and landed, the central apron was like a beautiful garden, the rusted spaceships came to a halt, and the Opal had been waiting for the robots and the heavily guarded police or the army to come to check.
However, nothing happened. He opened the hatch, and a ray of sunlight came in. People came and went outside, including humans in military uniforms and intelligent creatures like tourists.
The gravity coefficient is 1.0, and the proportion of oxygen is 22%. It is a very suitable planet for human habitation.
The little robots surrounded them from all directions and helped them clean the spaceship. Opal said, "How much is it? Wait, I didn't bring any money out..."
A soldier came over and said, "No money, who are you? A foreigner? Let me see your travel documents..."
A mass of rubble rolled out of the cabin, whirling and swirling to build a vortex shape of aggregation, and the phantom transformed its shape.
The soldier immediately saluted the gravel and said, "Excuse my offense."
Sang's voice echoed in Opal's mind, saying, "Let's go."
Opal followed Huan Xing and walked all the way out of the central apron. The biggest difference between this place and Lie Xing is that almost all of them are regular troops with strict discipline. An officer walked over quickly and asked, "Do you need help? I am following the command of the officer. To help you, he sees you with humans."
Sang had a brief exchange with him, and the officer turned on the communicator, called a car, and asked Opal and Huanxingren to get in the car. Opal said, "Where to go?"
"Welcome to the Grip of Light," the officer said. "Our destination is New Phoenix, the capital of the Grip of Light, which means new life in Old Earth."
Opal nodded and asked, "My name is Opal, what's your name?"
The officer smiled politely and said, "Meteorite Legion Capital Guard, 71st Army 208, Lieutenant, Robin."
Opal looked at the scenery outside the car, and his expression was a little sad.
"First time in Iszur?" Robin asked proactively, "This is my contact number, you can... uh."
Opal smiled and said, "I don't have a communicator, and I don't even have a home robot. Do you want to take me for a drink?"
Robin laughed and said, "Why are you so messed up?"
"I just came from the Sphinx," said Opal.
Robin entered a communication code, handed him the chip strip, and said, "Here is my contact information."
Opal: "Do you usually live in the army? How is the calendar calculated here?"
Robin said: "The Dark Star Alliance uses the cosmic calendar. The rotation period of the Rotary Grip is 24 hours, which is counted as one day, and the revolution period is 365 days."
Opal nodded and said, "This is not what I imagined."
The maglev car was speeding on the road, Robin said: "Many people have misunderstood us, it doesn't matter, look at it with your eyes, you will like it here."
The maglev car crossed a green field, entered a megacity, and drove directly to the tallest building in the center.
Its overall appearance is a bit like the city of war souls on the fierce star, the difference is that it is more magnificent and more technological. The feeling of New Phoenix to Opal is completely different from the world ruled by the king of the meteorites. It is full of vigor and variety. The vehicles flowed endlessly, but in an orderly manner.
"Are outsiders allowed to take photos in light?" Opal asked.
"Of course." Robin smiled: "The Sailian River is very beautiful. If you are not busy, you can go there for a walk. There are all kinds of entertainment facilities here. There are many places suitable for vacation in the entire planetary system, as well as the ocean. Star. Green Mercury has joined the Dark Alliance, and I heard that the Sphinx is also considering... Here, this is the City of Meteor Stars, where His Majesty Cororin lives and works."
Robin's car stopped in front of a building, and the security here was still loose.
Opal asked again, "Where does your family live? Do you come home often?"
Robin was a little embarrassed, smiled and said, "Why, you want to come to my house to play?"
Opal said: "It's okay to ask curiously."
Robin said: "On the planet V16 not far from here, I will entertain you when I have time."
Opal nodded and said, "Okay."
Robin gestured: "Are you... I mean, it's a little rude to make a phantom guest wait too long."
Opal noticed that Sang had left the maglev car and was waiting, got out of the car, said goodbye to Robin, and said, "Nice to meet you."
Robin gave him a military salute and turned the maglev car to leave.
Sang: "Follow me, boy."
Opal followed Sang up nearly a thousand steps. His figure was very small in front of the obsidian steps. The thick black outer walls of the entire city of meteorites reflected the noon sun.
Opal couldn't help thinking about the people here, and recalling Robin's words and deeds, they were not as cold and rigid as he imagined. He felt that Robin seemed to have something to say, but he didn't know why.
Sang said in Opal's consciousness: [That human has a little negative emotion towards you, but still expresses true respect for you. ] Opal: [Because I ask too much?]
Sang: [No, he is kind and friendly to you, but your question carries a misunderstanding of the Meteor Legion and pity for the soldiers, so he is not very happy. ] Opal said: [My original intention is not so... uh. I'm sorry, I'll apologize to him next time.]Sang: [Human beings are beings imprisoned by the body. You cannot see each other's souls, so you often misunderstand each other. ] Opal and Sang entered the city of meteorites, and there stood several high-ranking officers who were chatting in low voices, and saluted together when they saw them.
San paused for a moment, and an officer made a "please" gesture and said, "You two, please come with me."
Sang's communication with the rest of the group was completely inaudible. Opal followed behind the officer and looked at his shoulder badge, which had three stars on it.
The officer took them to a corridor, where there were two guards, and Opal noticed that the soldiers here were very good in temperament, stature, and appearance, almost on the same level as Lie Xing.
Sang took Opal through the empty corridor and entered another room. The officer took out his ID card, fingerprinted, and double-checked his ID card, motioning them to stand on a platform.
"The defense here doesn't seem to be very tight." Opal said suddenly.
The officer with his back turned to him said with a smile, "How old are you?"
Opal asked, "What is your rank?"
Both sides are asking questions, neither answering the other.
The platform slowly rose, and the officer saluted the Huan Xingren and said, "My name is Allen, and the rank is major general. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Opal said: "I'm twenty... I should be twenty-one now. You look about my age."
The handsome officer said, "I'm much older than you. If I can see him later, please don't be prefect, just like you are now."
Opal nodded and said, "Thank you."
Allen added: "There are some defensive measures in places you can't see, but the City of Meteor Star basically doesn't need too many guards, because His Majesty Cororin himself is the most powerful defensive force."
"That's right." Opal murmured, "He's very strong."
"You're about the size of a Aurora Falcon," Allen said. "Come on."
The platform stopped, Sang took Opal out, walked through several corridors, and went down a central spiral staircase into the open space, where many soldiers and civilians were chatting, and when they saw Sang, they all bowed slightly and saluted , for a time everyone's eyes focused on it and Opal.
Entering the corridor and exiting the corridor, Opal was almost lost. After walking for a full twenty minutes, Sang took him to a hall, where two people were still standing. When he saw Opal coming in, they watched together. He and San.
Sang's voice said in Opal's mind: [My child, my task is completed, goodbye.]Opal: "!!!"
"Wait... Wait! Master Sang!" Opal almost shouted, but the group of gravel decomposed silently, as if it turned into countless molecular atoms in the air, penetrated the glass wall outside the hall, and disappeared into the distance.
Just gone? ! Opal has not recovered yet, ran to the glass wall, looked at the sky in the distance, and found that he was already at a high place, the city under his feet was endless, and the mountains in the distance were rolling.
He watched for a while, then turned to look at the other two.
They were all male, one was tall, thin, and had a stubble beard, carrying an alloy long stick on his back, while the other was very handsome, raised his eyebrows, and said hello to Opal: "My name is Beavis, hello. ."
Opal shook hands with him, said his name, and shook hands with the raunchy man, knowing his name was Connor.
competitor? Opal initially had its own ideas.
"Where are you from?" the handsome boy asked, "Is that person from a fantasy star just now?"
Opal said, "Well, he... wanted to introduce me to Cororin... Your Majesty."
"It's the first time I've ever seen a Phantasm," Connor said.
The handsome boy said, "Me too."
The three briefly exchanged a few words. Opal wanted to go to the sun for a while, so he walked to the glass wall and chatted with them for a while. Connor was a logistics worker who worked under the pirates, and his name was Bi. The handsome boy from Weiss was the youngest son of a merchant family in a galaxy in the empire's jurisdiction.
They said it was "the first time I saw the phantom people", so it can be inferred that the other two were not recommended by the phantom people, and there should be other channels.
Opal said: "I used to be a miner, and then lived in the Sphinx for a while, and a week ago I met an inexplicable phantom..."
"Three gentlemen." The officer's voice interrupted their conversation, which happened to be Major General Allen who had just brought Opal and Sang up.
"Lord Cororin still has some time to meet with you." Allen said: "He is holding an important meeting. Go through this corridor and go to the left side of the hall. There is a special cafeteria, and three meals are free. After the meal, please follow the number on the sign to rest in the room and do not walk around."
The three went to pick up the sign, and Allen took away their ID cards. Opal and his new acquaintances went to the cafeteria to order food. The lunch was very rich. People around them occasionally glanced at them, but no one came. ask their identities.
"Beavis," Connor asked. "Do you know what we're here for?"
The handsome boy shrugged and said, "I heard that he wanted to recruit members of the Guards, is that so? Opal, did the Huanxingren reveal anything to you?"
Opal thought for a while, and according to his own memory, said: "The Phantom Man told me that he needed someone to help me, and asked me if I would like to join the Meteorite Legion. I can learn a lot from Cororin."
"It depends on what he's willing to teach you," Connor said. "I guess he needs someone to help him on some kind of dangerous mission."
"Is it one of the three of us?" The handsome boy asked, a little puzzled, "Or does it mean that there are tasks assigned?"
"Who knows?" Opal said indifferently: "If you can't choose me, I hope he will give me some travel expenses to go back. Do you want to stay?"
"My dad said this opportunity... is important to our family. Let's make a deal," Beavis said.
Opal raised his eyebrows and gestured for him to say.
Beavis said: "No matter who of us will stay, we will help each other in the future."
Connor smiled, "Of course."
Opal thought for a while and said, "I don't like promises very much. If you stay, don't worry about me. If I stay, I will take care of you properly. Is that okay?"
Beavis breathed a sigh of relief, and the three reached a preliminary agreement.
"I heard that he can read people's hearts." Connor whispered: "When you see him, don't think of any disrespect to him."
With an unnatural look on his face, Beavis said, "Our whole family respects him, and he charges very little tax for our place..."
Opal said: "Forget it, it is not a fantasy star, no matter how strong it is, it is human. It is impossible. Many leaders like to keep secrets and make up some of their own abilities, so as to deter their subordinates and enemies... You can control yourself how Say, can you still control what you think?"
The two nodded, knowing that consciousness was difficult to control.
After eating, Opal returned to the bedroom according to the location on the pass. This is an officer resting place, which is clean and tidy, and has a bathroom.
He took a shower, sat on the bed in his vest and panties, opened all the drawers that could be opened, and took turns to read.
There is fantasy paradise, a dream machine, but he doesn't want to play.
There is also a goggles-type information terminal. Opal puts on goggles and turns on the light screen. There are a bunch of stand-alone games, including simulated spaceship driving, planet management and cultivation, simulated love, shooting, military chess, etc. I tried to connect to the Galaxy Internet in the lower right corner. I needed a password, so I gave up the idea of surfing the Internet. I just played a game for a while, it was very boring, I took off my glasses and fell asleep on the bed.
It was another dreamless sleep. Opal seemed to have not had a dream for a long time. When he woke up, he felt very tired, as if he had never slept.
Maybe it's because of a new environment that doesn't fit well... Opal moved uncomfortably and continued to sleep on his stomach.
I don't know how long he slept, but he yawned. It was dark outside the window. This time he slept more comfortably. He got dressed and went to eat in the cafeteria.
Beavis was in a daze in the corner, looked up at Opal, and made a consulting look.
Opal wanted to chat with an officer, but seeing that Beavis' face was not very good, he had to sit across from him.
"Connor's gone," Beavis said. "He doesn't know where."
Opal said: "He... has a mission? Or was he assigned to somewhere by Cororin, have you asked these soldiers?"
"I asked, but they couldn't tell, it's classified," Beavis said.
With a bit of fear in his eyes, he said, "Do you think he is still alive?"
Opal said: "Don't think about it, nothing will happen, it may be to let him go home."
They had supper, and when Beavis was halfway through, Allen came over and said, "Hello, sir, Lord Coralline has time. Would you mind meeting him at this time?"
Bevesden became nervous and asked, "Are we together?"
Allen said: "No, only you."
Beavis nodded and followed Allen.
Opal watched him leave and continued to eat.
Beavis didn't come back after dinner. Opal went back to his room and lay down for a while.
At twelve o'clock, Allen came over and said to Opal that it was his turn.
Opal put on his clothes and walked up the hall stairs with Allen quickly, entering a corridor. Allen brought him to a person and said, "This is the person introduced by Master Sang. Opal, this is Colo. Master Lin's secretary."
Opal nodded, noticing one thing—
"He has no personal soldiers?" Opal asked.
Allen said, "No, he doesn't need his own soldiers. Come in."
The secretary opened the door, walked into a large room, and motioned for Opal to enter the other side door of the large room.
Opal pushed open the door and walked in, a breath of grass blowing in his face, inside is a grand sky garden.
The stars twinkled on the zenith, and the street lights were lit on both sides of the garden path. He looked curiously to both sides. The light of the street lights was soft and warm. At the end of the path was a platform, where he could see the splendid night view of New Phoenix.
There seemed to be a celebration on the distant mountains, fireworks were being set off, and colorful lights illuminated a small piece of the night sky in the distance.
"Do you like this place?" A deep voice sounded.
Coroline stood on the platform, and for a moment, his back made Opal have a certain illusion.
"It's okay, it's not the same as I imagined." Opal replied.
He turned around and said, "Your name is Opal?"
This is the first time Opal has seen Cororin's face, but how many doubts, how many memories, how many conjectures, how many feelings, all disappeared in this short glance.
Opal's eyes reflected the person he was most familiar with in his life, and who he will never forget - Raymond, if Raymond grows old one day, he must be what he is now, still handsome, still high-spirited, with a smile on his face. An irresistible, mesmerizing charm.
He understood a lot of things, but his thoughts were like a flood that burst an embankment, which completely washed away his reason. All emotions about Raymond were cut off by the barrier set up by Ledgerson, and they were completely blocked in the inner memory world, and the outer memory remained. Crazy and uncontrolled emotions.
That emotion was separated from the carrier and completely vented into his eyes. In the spiritual world of his external memory, it was something that could not be spoken directly. It was so clear and fiery that it almost burned Opal's soul into ashes.