Walk alone in the abyss

Emilia sat quietly in the corner of the court party.

She is the protagonist today, and the Luofeng Palace is decorated with lights and festoons to create an atmosphere that makes her happy.

Unfortunately, Emilia is still in a bad mood.

She was wearing the most beautiful princess dress, expensive jewelry and laurel wreath. On her flawless face like white jade, there was always a bit of unconcealable loneliness.

His Majesty the emperor of the empire 'Edwan' was chatting with several ministers about the economic development plan.

'Edwan' was a little worried about Emilia, and kept looking this way, and finally couldn't help getting up, walked across the edge of the dance floor, and arrived in front of Emilia.

"Oh, what's the matter with you? My dear sister!"

'Edwan' laughed and said:

"Be happy Emilia, everyone gathered together to celebrate your birthday! We have made outstanding achievements in various fields during the past period, and this banquet is also to celebrate our harvest in the field of technology.

"Stop pouting, everyone is worried about you."

Emilia nodded calmly, staring at the face of 'Edwang', and said in a low voice: "I'm fine, Brother Emperor, go and entertain the ministers."

"Okay." 'Ed Wang' didn't say much, but said in a gentle voice, "Do you want me to ask Miss Gui Na to come and accompany you?"

"No need," Emilia shook her head, "There will be a small party in my bedroom later, Miss Guina will come to attend."

"It's a girls' party, right? Hahaha."

'Edwan' gave Emilia a warm look, turned around and walked towards the corner where wealthy businessmen gathered, like a perpetual motion machine, exerting the public relations value of 'the spokesperson of the Luofeng Alliance'.

Emilia stared at the back of 'Edwan', and finally just sighed lightly, her expression even more lonely.

By her leg was a decorative metal sword with brand new burnishing marks on the blade.

A figure appeared in the dark corner behind, walking straight behind Emilia.

Several vigilant maids noticed this figure, and they subconsciously wanted to stop it; the head maid who was a little far away quickly ordered them to stay still with gestures.

The figure stepped out of the shadows, revealing the still-young, kindly smiling face.

"Yo."

Yang Ming's voice sounded:

"Why is Little Shou Xing hiding here by himself?"

Emilia was obviously taken aback. When she looked up, her eyes were already shining brightly. She suddenly turned her head to look behind her, and puffed up the corners of her mouth in a somewhat disinterested manner.

It's just a realistic robot, not a real bounty hunter.

Real bounty hunters never wear the protective vests that go with their military uniforms. Only fragile virtual robots need real-time protection.

Yang Ming smiled and said, "It's me."

Emilia asked in a low voice, "Assistant?"

"Myself."

Yang Ming stepped forward calmly, and sat carelessly beside Emilia under the sneak peeks and gazes of most of the men in the arena.

He smiled and said, "For such a big event as your birthday, I definitely want to come. It's just that the military is busy, so I came a little late."

Emilia raised her head slightly, with an unconcealable smile on her palm-sized face.

She is already a mature and beautiful human woman, with exquisite facial features, a beautiful figure, milk-like white and smooth skin, and those big eyes that seem to be able to talk, she can easily make a man with a normal sexual orientation feel happy. admire.

Emilia said indifferently: "I didn't see you on my birthday a few years ago."

"If you chat like this, you will have no friends."

Yang Ming stared at the socializing 'Ed Wang' over there, and sighed slightly.

"Are you okay?" Yang Ming asked.

Emilia said indifferently: "What are you asking about that has had a negative impact on me? I have been working more and more in the past few years, and people jokingly call me the half-queen of the Luofeng Empire, the secretary-general of the Luofeng Alliance , this is all thanks to you."

"Uh, will you be very tired?" Yang Ming turned his head to look into her eyes.

Emilia pursed her lips, and made a cheering gesture with her right hand clenched: "This is called enrichment!"

"It's good to be full," Yang Ming said with a smile, "You are actually the queen of Luofeng, but there are many things that cannot be announced yet."

"Don't discuss this."

Emilia lowered her head and adjusted her long skirt.

"You are too careless bounty hunter. We cannot pay any price for low-level mistakes. In this case, it is difficult for you to determine whether they have high-tech products."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Don't worry, the people who can be invited today are under our strict monitoring every day... After a gas bomb attack, we developed a whole set of algorithms for human brainwaves to compile language, now It has been maturely applied.”

Emilia was a little speechless: "Anyway, it's right to be careful."

Yang Ming nodded with a smile, and asked warmly, "Will you be free later?"

"I don't want to dance with fake hunters."

"Who said dancing?" Yang Ming said, "Do you think I look like such an emotional man? I want to ask if you have time later, and I will take you to visit an opening ceremony."

"Opening ceremony?" Emilia was a little puzzled.

Yang Ming watched the staggered figures on the dance floor, and said slowly: "You can take this as a kind of recognition, it means that from now on, you will be mine."

Emilia glanced at Yang Ming, then turned her head away pretending to be calm.

Of course she knew that the thought that popped up in her heart at this moment was an absurd and unrealistic idea, but she just couldn't restrain this thought, and her mind couldn't turn around for a long time, so she could only respond with one sentence:

"What about your people, I am the will bearer of this country, and I am the person who falls in the wind."

"Okay, Your Excellency the Secretary-General," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I hope you can come and guide me."

"The princess reluctantly agrees to you."

Emilia held her hands in front of her, ladylike and elegant.

...

About half a galaxy hour later.

With a dark face, Emilia controls a robot stand-in, and follows the two robots with 'overhead display' installed in front, rolling her eyes continuously.

Really are!

She could understand that the great national hero of the Sherman Empire, the new darling of the Sherman family, the natural enemy of the space Zerg, and the transformed body of the ancient god, Mr. Hanton, was indeed busy with work and had no time to spend a simple birthday with her.

But she couldn't understand why two people who agreed to visit a certain launching ceremony together turned into three people now!

Still in the form of remote control of the robot, you can only see their faces through the display screen above the ugly robot's head, without the slightest sense of reality!

Well, the third person who appeared here is also a respectable elder, the energy tycoon of their Luofeng Alliance-Hatton Kolev.

Emilia could only suppress the dissatisfaction in her heart, and followed the two aggrievedly, listening to their happy chat.

Three robots are walking in the side corridor of a warship.

As far as Emilia can see, there are silver-gray tones, minimalist lines and modules, and simple operation panels that occasionally appear.

This should be a kilometer long warship?

Emilia looked out the porthole, and what she saw was a fist-sized star emitting blue-white light. A seemingly lifeless planet is rotating regularly on the left front.

She heard Yang Ming say:

"Today's launch ceremony will definitely open your eyes."

What followed was the merciless ridicule of the energy tycoon:

"Wow, so powerful? You made a dreadnought?"

Yang Ming hesitated a bit.

Emilia almost laughed out loud.

Old Kolev smiled and said: "Okay, okay, blame me, one sentence stuck on the captain's lung tube, and he can't speak anymore."

"Actually," Yang Ming clicked his tongue, "The technical difficulty is almost the same as that of dreadnoughts. In some fields, it even surpasses the dreadnoughts currently in service in the Empire and the New Federation."

Kolev's eyes widened: "You bastard! Did you create a ship of mass destruction in the omnic civilization?!"

Emilia was also taken aback.

She naturally understands that a dreadnought is not just big enough to be powerful, it is the most severe test for the industrial system of a powerful regime.

Yang Ming laughed and said, "Why are you excited, I haven't been doing this for a year or two, it's not a real dreadnought."

Kolev wondered: "You have the technology and resources, wouldn't it be good to directly build a dreadnought?"

"At this stage, we can indeed support two to three dreadnought ships."

Yang Ming said slowly:

"But that will hinder the development of our civilization itself. At this stage, we focus on defense. We have the resources to build a dreadnought. We can build four to six large-caliber planetary guns that are more powerful than the dreadnought's main gun.

"For example, the satellite fortress project that Xiaoli is working on now, we plan to use ten galactic years to hollow out a natural satellite with a diameter of 600 kilometers and build it into a firepower fortress with three planetary cannons on it, which can exert three The firepower of a dreadnought."

"Ten years?" Emilia asked in surprise.

Yang Ming sighed: "I know, this time is indeed a bit long, but we can't devote all our resources to this project. This is only one of the twelve major military projects of the Dark Star, and ten years is only a conservative estimate. If the scale of computing civilization increases The resource enrichment effect, it is possible to complete the project in 2067."

Kolev and Emilia's robot looked at each other.

The old pirate scolded: "We are amazed that you can complete such a large project in such a short period of time! Satellite fortresses usually take decades to hundreds of years to build!"

"Is it because I have no common sense?"

Yang Ming looked innocent:

"That's what Lil said when she reported.

"After all, Dark Star is a purely mechanical civilization, and its efficiency is seven or eight times higher than that of human civilization. It's normal."

Li's laughter sounded in the ears of the three at the same time: "Boss, the difference lies in the overall scheduling ability and the individual efficiency of the machine, which is the key factor."

Law's projection appeared on the side, wearing a silver-white combat uniform, with long black hair hanging behind his back, and his bright eyes shone with the light of wisdom.

She bowed slightly to Yang Ming, Kolev and Emilia:

"Boss, start the ceremony now?"

"Well," Yang Ming said, "The audience is here, let's start."

"yes."

Ritsu's expression immediately became very serious.

A projection of the console appeared in front of her eyes, and after pressing a few buttons... the porthole was quiet.

Kolev whispered: "Will there be a flash of light, and then the planet in front of us will be blown up?"

"Of course not," Yang Ming laughed, "Why do we blow up planets if we have nothing to do?"

"That's what powerful countries do to test their weapons to promote force," Kolev said with a smile, "If you don't blow up a few planets, you can't establish your own deterrence."

Emilia suddenly said: "There is a vortex in the clouds of the planet!"

"Observation is really careful," Li admired in a low voice.

The three robots gathered behind the porthole, watching the changes in the cloud vortex of the planet not far away.

In the middle of the vortex, a giant ship slowly rushed out of the atmosphere.

There is a layer of soft light on the periphery of the giant ship, and there is no muzzle on the front, and the smooth lines of the 'whale head' are very physical.

Kolev turned his head and stared at Yang Ming: "This kind of giant ship you built on the surface of the planet?"

"Otherwise? To be precise, it should be underground."

"What materials do you use, can the planet's gravity be directly offset? Is it common sense that large shipyards are located on the edge of the gravitational balance area?"

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Secrecy work is necessary, there is no other way, we can only pay more for it."

Lil added: "Effectively, the ship could hide in the eye of a gas giant's storm."

While speaking, the giant ship had already sailed out of the dense atmosphere, and the halo around the ship became brighter.

That kind of aperture is actually a simulated gravitational field, which is the best power source for super large ships. ——Currently, relatively primitive means of propulsion, such as propellant propellers and stellar sails, are only used by all kinds of cost-saving and light-weight ultra-large merchant ships.

It was flying toward the three of them.

A dozen pitch-black battleships appeared outside the portholes.

These battleships spread out slowly, forming an escort formation, and the central position was reserved for this giant battleship.

The giant ship began to adjust its attitude, its speed increased steadily, the halo around the hull slowly faded, and the jet-black hull became solemn and solemn.

As the distance between the giant ship and the battleship formation continues to shorten, the sense of oppression brought by the giant ship becomes stronger and stronger.

Ten minutes later, the giant ship seemed to crush the battleship where the robot was on, and the entire formation began to sail synchronously. The giant ship filled the sight of the three robots and 'slowly' moved forward.

"This is too fucking shocking!"

Kolev swears.

Emilia asked in a low voice: "What is the purpose of this giant ship? I mean, why did we build this huge ship."

"Scientific research purpose."

Yang Ming admired the huge ship outside the window, and said slowly:

"Specifically, this is a scientific research ship, which carries a hope and also represents a protection. Would you like to come with me for a visit?"

"May I?"

Emilia felt a little nervous inexplicably, and even a little excited under the tension.

"Oh! I can't wait!" Kolev muttered, "Why don't you let us log in to this ship directly, but look at the exterior first!"

Yang Ming smiled and said, "This way there is a visual effect."

Law reminded: "Boss, do you want to name this ship?"

Kolev hurriedly said: "This kind of giant ship is an extremely precious strategic resource. You must stop using such weird names as 'Flying Henanese'!"

"this……"

Boss Yang, who was about to talk about the Feinan No. 2 ship, was at a loss for words.

This old guy is really wide!

But, for Mimily's sake, let's not argue with him.

"The purpose of scientific research is the first 10,000-meter-class giant ship in our dark star system..."

Yang Ming sighed softly:

"Let's call it the Enlightenment No. 1 ship.

"Science and technology enlighten civilization, and scientific and technological progress sublimates life groups. For the vast universe, the third-level civilization is just a speck of dust. I hope we can always walk on the road of continuous progress. Every scientific progress Both can be regarded as the enlightenment of the next stage of civilization.

"I also hope that my home planet can successfully welcome enlightenment in the future."

Emilia stared at Yang Ming's robot, a little lost in thought.

"You really should give the Feinan a serious apology," Kolev muttered, "That's the precious ship I prepared for my wife, to enter the gap between the large galaxy clusters for eternal voyage."

Yang Ming glared at the old guy.

He managed to create a serious atmosphere!

There is no one left!