Sandora was reprimanded by the whole family, but finally she didn't cook and eat the giant egg.
But everyone still couldn't figure out what to do with the... "Baby" brought by Lin, anyway, I don't think it's suitable to put it anywhere. Although I understand that Lin, as an oviparous creature (it is said that she can also become viviparous according to personal preference?), has the ability to lay eggs like this, but this does not mean that when I saw her walking past with a giant egg several meters high He can still remain calm. It was shocking enough to know that the little crow was secretly hatching eggs, but now there is an even fiercer one—laying eggs. It’s okay to say, is this ridiculous size trying to scare people to death? At first I almost thought it was someone's newly developed landing pod!
Things that are several meters high must not be placed in the living room, unless we plan to remove the ceiling on the first floor and use this egg as an indoor landscape tree, nor can it be placed on the roof, although it will not collapse the roof. Is it my home? Can you not install some weird decorations on other people's houses? ! Qianqian gave an idea, saying that it is possible to leave the giant egg in the yard, and then build a circle of chairs around it, plant some flowers and plants under the giant egg, add a wide side to the egg, and directly use it as a gazebo. It can be compared with the fountain in the yard. Secondly, the giant egg itself can emit light, and it can also be warm in winter and cool in summer. There are physiotherapy effects within several meters around it. It would be a pity for the audience not to put it to use. Her brain hole expressed her great appreciation, and then rejected her.
Just kidding, it's weird enough to have a fountain full of slots in our house, so what's the trouble with a dome pavilion!
What is surprising is that Lin, as the person involved, did not express her opinion from the beginning to the end. She just shrank her neck and listened behind everyone with a slightly shy smile, even when Sandora suggested that the dome could be cooked. She didn't make a sound while eating, and I couldn't help but wonder if this poor doormat was bullied so stupidly that she didn't know how to stand up and defend herself at this time-you have to say something, this silly girl! Don't giant dragons value their dragon eggs more than anything else? In various legends, isn't there a mortal who accidentally touched a dragon egg and was wiped out by a giant dragon group? Although your dragon eggs can't hatch offspring, at least it's something that fell from your body. A little sign, okay
I dragged the doormat aside and asked for a long time, but Lin just shook her head nonchalantly with a soft smirk: "It's okay, it's not important anyway. Just as long as everyone likes it."
I was dumbfounded, and then I reached out and touched Lin's forehead: "Sister, are you really stupid? I remember that the dragons are very important to their own eggs, or is it that the dragon gods are different from ordinary dragons, and generally have a more unrestrained personality? "
"Dragon eggs that don't hatch don't matter," Lynn scratched her hair. "Anyway, we all think so. Outsiders seem to have misunderstood the dragon clan, thinking that as long as they are dragon eggs, they can't touch them, but in fact we only protect dragon eggs that can hatch offspring. The thinking of dragons of the gods and ordinary dragons in this regard The methods are similar. It won’t work otherwise. Some races in the common giant dragons in the lower world still lay eggs periodically before finding a mate. What about these eggs? If they can’t be hatched and can’t be thrown away, are they all piled up in the nest? It’s been a long time It takes up a lot of space, and the dragon eggs will never go bad, and they can be piled up for a lifetime to build a house."
"I think this topic between us is very strange..." I broke out in a cold sweat, and finally decided to discuss something normal with Lin, "Then how did you deal with laying eggs before, or what is the usual way you dragons deal with it? ? This thing is really immortal for ten thousand years... It's really troublesome to think about it."
"Whatever you want, you can do whatever you want, sometimes you throw it away. But if the pattern on the egg is beautiful, we will collect it, just like collecting other shiny treasures. There are too many ordinary dragons in the lower world, so I don't know all about it, but God The dragon clan in the world will also make eggs into handicrafts, or use them for experiments... various experiments," Lin showed a clean and pure smile, "I still have three beautiful dragon eggs in my castle. Two are my own. The next one is a gift from a friend, I can show it to you in the future, I rarely show others my treasure house."
I thought about it for a long time, and felt that the living habits of certain alien races have almost risen to the height of performance art in human society. This is the cultural difference, my friends, do you understand the cultural difference!
At this time, I suddenly remembered a sentence I heard from Bingtis just now, and looked at Lin curiously: "By the way... the dragon clan can control their own laying eggs? Bingtis seems to have mentioned this just now."
"Some dragons in the lower realms can't do it, but the Dragon God can definitely do it," Lin nodded vigorously, "How troublesome it is if you have uncontrollable behaviors, and it's easier to delay things when fighting."
"... Then why did you decide to lay an egg on a whim! Isn't this fun?"
Actually, I wanted to ask her directly "What is your motivation for laying this egg", but after thinking about it, it is not polite to ask, so I changed it to... Well, it still sounds impolite, so I was fooled This question is too complicated, no matter how you ask it, it's not appropriate! Can anyone tell me how to solve this ultimate cultural difference problem
As a result, Lin looked up at the sky and gave me an answer with more cultural differences: "The weather today is nice and sunny. Anyway, I want to lay eggs and have a look when I am idle. I think I am in a good mood. Maybe she can give birth to a beautiful egg..." Speaking of this, Lin showed a slightly embarrassed look on her face, but the reason for her embarrassment was not what I imagined at all: "The result seems to be a bit abnormal, and the egg is not good-looking."
Anyway, I think this topic can't continue at all.
Lin has given us this giant egg. She said it was to thank her for taking care of her all the time, and she felt embarrassed to eat and drink here every day, so she should at least express it a little bit. Let's not consider this weird gift and the cultural differences that come with it. In short, you can't refuse something that is kindly given by others, so my sister accepted it. But in the end it didn’t work out—our family’s views are normal (at least compared to some people), and it’s impossible to put Lynn’s dragon eggs in the living room as a Christmas tree or in the living room. In the end, the big egg was hung on a new observation tower in Shadow City, and a circle of searchlights similar to the sword mound was installed around it. Qianqian named it "Egg Tower" (Tart)", after all, it is not a disgrace to turn it into a thing that has nothing to do with art...
I hope the little crow doesn't fly over to hatch the egg... It shouldn't happen, I have already emphasized to her several times that the egg cannot be hatched.
By the way, what is surprising is that after hearing about the origin of this dome, the citizens of Shadow City have expressed their acceptance. No one thinks that this thing conflicts with their three views. I'm very curious about what the five-year spiritual civilization construction of Shadow City has built... But thinking about the humanoid spiritual pollution transmitter Qianqian among the nominal leaders of the Imperial Propaganda Department, it seems that everything is not difficult to explain.
Time flies by like this, and something happens every day, sometimes plain and sometimes surprising, but more often it is a battle of the three views. Anyway, daily life goes on like this. However, Sandora and I couldn't completely relax our minds—because the catastrophe waits for no one.
If it weren't for the great mental damage caused by the previous self-detonation. In addition, the expert team also needs time to evaluate the situation after the big bang. I am afraid that Sandora and I will not even have a rest time for these few days, and now the rest time is finally coming to an end: early one morning. Several reports from the Imperial Research Center and Abyss Xiling appeared in front of Sandora and me at the same time.
The meeting place this time is not in Tavel's research room, nor in the Imperial Command, but in the laboratory of Abyss Xiling.
This is located behind Shadow City. Presumably everyone still remembers the structure of Shadow City: it is now a suspended land floating on Gaia's orbit, and its scale has far exceeded the concept of "city", and it can almost be regarded as a small country. On the side of the suspended land facing Gaia is the positive shadow city, while on the back there are raised mountains and huge inexplicable mysterious equipment, which can also be called the reverse shadow city. This area on the back of the city is where the imperial court, heavy factories, and power generators are located. Only a few residents of Shadow City know the sights here, and even fewer of them come here occasionally for work needs. . But no one will stay here for long: for most ordinary races, the environment here is not very friendly, at least the weird and grotesque landscape here will not make them feel comfortable.
And on the edge of this "reverse world", there is a newly built building, which is different from all the facilities in Shadow City: this building is a hexagonal turtle shell structure, which looks like some kind of closed The gymnasium, its shape is Schilling style. But it has a black and red gloomy painting, a harmless but depressing atmosphere always lingers around this building, and the nearby surveillance drones patrolling the air and the sentry turrets that can be seen everywhere are also Warning to all visitors who see this building: special area, no one is allowed to enter.
This is a facility we specially prepared for Abyss Xiling and her subordinates (including only researchers).
In fact, Abyss Xiling stayed in the research institute at the beginning, and occasionally her men came to Shadow City to stay in the research institute or other places in the military area. This is okay for a short period of time, but after we found out that the project of building bridges may take a long time to cooperate, we had to consider arranging an independent work place for these "special visitors", not because of the abyss Xiling or her subordinates There is rejection, and it’s not that she still has doubts about her (although some people may have concerns about this), the real important reason is that many abyssalized equipment cannot be put together with other things, and the abyssal apostle himself also needs special (It’s not that they can’t adapt to the ordinary environment, but the ordinary environment can’t bear them). After comprehensive consideration, we built such a laboratory for them at the back of Shadow City.
Although Abyss Xiling herself can still operate in the front of Shadow City, if her men want to come, they can basically only settle on the back of the city. They themselves have no opinion on this: Xiling Apostle is a very pragmatic creature, and both parties know that this arrangement is not out of rejection or malice, but just "need to do this", so the "guest" from the abyss area "We readily accept the imperial arrangement.
Abyss Xiling's office (actually, her life form doesn't need an office, but we still got one for her) is similar to Tavel's office, equally spacious and simple, if it weren't for the gaps in the alloy walls and some equipment A dark red stream of light can be seen, and I would hardly recognize that this is the room belonging to the "Fallen Apostles" (it seems inappropriate to say that they are "fallen" now). Because it is not a research site, there are no complex equipment to be seen here. Most of the surroundings are holographic projection devices and some anti-gravity suspension tables displaying samples. I and Sandora, Harlan, Bella Villa, Abyss Xiling and Tavier's body, plus the two big brothers Xingchen and Xila, can be said that all the leaders and experts are here, and we are going to face each other. Yes, it is a fact that can drive everyone crazy:
The startup side doesn't seem to be able to fix it. Serenity core issues are not trivial either.
There are some things displayed on the holographic projection in the center of the room: there are many groups of "strange objects" whose original shape can no longer be seen. They look like large groups of marshmallows. A faint white glow against a dark space background. It feels as if the clouds are floating in space. The edges of these white "foreign objects" with a slightly flocculent texture have obvious signs of blurring. The virtual and the real are like phantoms, but the inside is so solid that it can be seen at a glance that it is the real thing.
There are about a dozen such "torn clouds". Slowly switch on the holographic projection, and finally all of them are listed. Next to each "tearing cloud", there is a reference object, which is the Eternal-class mothership I am already familiar with. This reference object makes people realize The scale of those white light clusters is actually quite huge.
Around each white light group, you can see a group of unclear light spots moving fast, and inside some white light groups, you can also see dark red or golden blue flashes bursting irregularly. After zooming in on the image It was only then that I saw that those light spots were some engineering teams, a joint expert group composed of Protoss, Xiling Apostle, and Abyss Apostle. They were trying their best to repair those white light groups-the starting end.
This is what Abyss Xiling presents to us.
"I have to say... the equivalent you use seems to be a bit large." Abyss Xiling pointed at the scene on the holographic projection, and his tone seemed very helpless, "Three void creatures are enough to blow up the possible production of the 'shore' Anything, you also added an emperor level Xiling apostle and countless high power 'bombs', look at the horror of the activation end, we had to run all over the universe. Even ran into the void to put its wreckage Pick it up—some of the wreckage was directly assimilated by the void because of this. It was an earth-shattering explosion, you directly blasted such a solid thing from the main material plane into the void!"
"Isn't the situation critical at that time, we were afraid that the equivalent capacity would not be enough, and everything would be over when the new army succeeds," I scratched my face in a little embarrassment. Then I couldn't help turning my head to look at Xingchen and Xila. These two came back earlier than me and Sandora. In fact, they weren't blown far at all. The two great gods fainted in the void for a long time. He flew directly back to the God Realm, "By the way, you look pretty good, don't you?"
"It's okay, okay," Xingchen laughed softly, "I went back and pretended to be injured and lay at home for half a month, and they didn't let me read the report. If it wasn't for Sheila who didn't pretend to show her stuff, I should be able to Lie down for a few more days."
Me: "... Is it appropriate for us to say this publicly?"
"It's nothing inappropriate. Void creatures are just lazy. They're all like that. No matter Starfield or Huron, they will still turn around when they leave us." Sister Xila waved her head, "Look, I haven't gone back for such a long time. Nothing happened at home."
"In fact, even if the God Realm is away from us, it will still turn around, but it will turn a bit slower." Xing Chen quickly straightened his expression, and expressed very cautiously that he was still working normally, and he was really careful in his choice of words...
I:"… "
Bella Villa couldn't stand it anymore: "Let's talk about business, can you guys restrain yourself?"
After the three of us hurriedly sat down, Bella Vila immediately touched his face and smiled: "Hey, I taught three void creatures at once, and I suddenly feel that I am stronger than when I was not schizophrenic."
Harlan glared at him immediately: "Let's talk business, can you restrain yourself?"
I:"… "
Ever since she got mental illness, Bella Villa has been insane all over.
"In short, the situation at the starting end is like this," Abyss Xiling has long been familiar with this situation. She determined the general temper of the leaders of the new empire and the two groups of protoss in a short period of time, and after confirming that we will not So after losing the chain, she no longer struggled with it, and now she just waited for a few guys who couldn't help but talk about running horses to shut up before continuing, "The situation at the time really didn't allow you to hesitate, anyway... accept the reality Right. At first, I thought that with the special existence of the activation side, it could resist any form of destruction. Now it seems that the power of the void creature is indeed beyond calculation. It’s okay to say that its outer layer can be repaired by technical means , the trouble is the core... I used many world hearts to create this core. It is an abstract and complex thing. Although it looks like a substance, it cannot be synthesized by any means. You can't scan it except you can see it, and even if I made it, I don't know what the exact structure is... you understand?"
"You don't even know what its structure is?" Xingchen looked at Abyss Xiling in amazement, "Then how did you make it?"
"This process can only be described by formulas and mathematical methods, and there is no entity that can correspond to it. It is as if people on earth saw a formula for describing four-dimensional space-time before they could unravel the mystery of dimensions. Humans on earth Math tools can understand this formula, but they will never be able to manipulate it in the real world. I am in a similar situation, the only difference is that I at least know how to force purely mathematical things into reality, but only by force— We don’t know enough about the Void, so we didn’t know what it was when we made the starter. I used a lot of materials from the other side, but the materials on the other side were also inherited from the last season of civilization, and no one could understand it at all. , If we don’t know the principle, we don’t know the second way to make the start-up side... and the time for the first way may not be enough.”
(The physical book is finally coming out soon... Presumably everyone knows how to buy a group from various channels, right?) RP