Chapter 522 Mechanical Research Institute

When consciousness returned again, he seemed to hear the sound of his own heartbeat, and felt the soft and smooth touch of the palm, which came from Freya's little hand. …Apex Fiction, www.

This period of time is not long, it is only a moment before and after in his feeling, but his rationality tells him that several minutes may have passed in the outside world.

Opening his eyes slowly, the first thing that appeared in front of his eyes was the machine gunner, then the related equipment of the dimensional roaming terminal, and the slowly burning psychic flame.

Freya also came back to her senses, took a long breath, and asked, "Where are we now?"

She didn't understand the specific function of the dimensional roaming terminal, and she didn't know the difference between the "door" and the "door". When she opened her eyes and saw the psychic flame and the diamond-shaped crystal, she mistakenly thought that she was still in the original hall , until seeing the machine gunner, the clean floor without statues guarding the broken body, the architectural environment without crystal pipes and many "Cupids", and finally realized that the two had come to a strange place.

Tang Fang glanced back at the shimmering "portal gate" and said, "This should be the 'Gamma-3' star system."

"Ah." Freya exclaimed, "It's so fun to run so far in the blink of an eye."

She didn't know where "Omega-2" was or where "Gamma-3" was, but she knew they were two different star systems separated by light-years.

She turned around and walked back, but Tang Fang grabbed her and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Try it again, don't you think it's fun?"

"Nonsense!"

He scolded, pulled her down the steps, came to the side of the psychic flame, activated the ecological position of the hall after waking up the core process, then took off the mask and told her not to run around. Follow behind me honestly, this is "Greeland" of "Gamma-3", not "Tikal", God knows if there is any hidden danger.

Freya stuck out her tongue, made a face, obediently stayed by his side and stopped running around.

next. He inspected the main hall first, and after finding that there was no danger, he walked outside the door, intending to see if there were any other well-preserved buildings in "Greeland" besides the "Ashtolando" main hall.

According to the official data of the Star Alliance, the space environment of "Gamma-3" is very strange. The central star burns incompletely in disorder. With its volume of 1.5 times the mass of the sun, there should be more planets. But what is strange is that the "Gamma-3" star system only has the planet "Greeland".

And it's pretty far away from the central star.

According to the information obtained by the observatory on the "Solna" planet of the "Omega-2" star system, the so-called "incomplete combustion" in the human scientific community is actually because the Dyson spherical system on the periphery of the star was damaged in the war, and a small part became The ruins wandering in space, the remaining parts remain in place, covering most of the "Gamma-3" area, which is why incomplete combustion occurs.

Tang Fang once asked Emma a question about this. As we all know, photon is also a kind of microscopic particle. When it shoots out from the star, it will inevitably transfer its own kinetic energy when it touches the object. The power of a single photon is very weak, but the accumulation of many photons will generate a certain pressure on the target object, which is called light pressure. The solar sails made by human beings in the early days to explore space are the universe that is propelled by light pressure. spaceship.

The radius of the Dyson sphere system surrounding "Gamma-3" reaches the level of 100,000 kilometers. It is conceivable how big its spherical area is. When it is damaged, the intact part will be pushed by the light pressure, which will inevitably cause the whole system to deviate from the original track, logically speaking. It should have collided with "Gamma-3" a long time ago, and then it was completely damaged, becoming a huge metal garbage and going away, or becoming an artificial planet of "Gamma-3".

Emma has no definite answer to this, and can only barely give an approximately reasonable explanation through data analysis. The Dyson sphere outside "Gamma-3" can resolve the uneven light pressure on the surface through rotation, thereby maintaining its own The location remains the same, for people far away, they will observe disorderly bursts of light.

The combination of the above conditions will cause disordered incomplete combustion.

Just as he was thinking about something, he felt a flash of blue light in front of his eyes, and looked up quickly, only to realize that he had left the ecological position that enveloped the hall and entered the outer space.

Only then did he understand why the "Ashtolando" hall of "Gamma-3" was unscathed. It turned out that his location was not in "Greeland", but in the asteroid belt around "Greeland". On an asteroid inside, because the target is small and concealed, the risk of being attacked is naturally reduced.

"Wow, what a big planet."

Freya's exclamation came from the communicator, and Tang Fang turned his head to look, and he could see the huge shadow of "Greeland" from the gap of the asteroid group on the right.

Its volume is very large, 4 times that of the earth, and it will continue to increase as time goes by. This is because some asteroids will be torn apart by the double tidal force of the "Eye of the Storm" and "Greeland". Gravitational capture of planets falls to the ground, and some asteroids will smash into the ground as a whole, causing the size of "Greeland" to continue to expand.

Perhaps in the near future, the asteroid where the two people are based will also become part of "Greenland".

He also noticed that the "Ashtolando" hall is not the only building on the asteroid. According to this, there is a small pier 1km away, with only a few dozen berths, and the longest one is only 200 meters. It is not military. facilities, but passenger facilities dedicated to the transport of persons.

Since there is a ready-made Ypsilon shuttle here, naturally there is no need to summon the Hercules transport plane, so he asked Freya to follow, and walked towards the passenger terminal ahead.

Take the lifting platform to enter the dock hangar, pick out a disc-shaped aircraft slightly larger than the Silver Moon shuttle, connect to the psychic flame, set the course, and leave the asteroid belt to fly to "Greeland".

When reaching high-altitude orbit, Tang Fang released 3 detectors to conduct in-depth scans on the planet's surface and crust to confirm whether there are complete Ipsilon remains.

Fifteen minutes later, Emma gave him a message that there are five Ypsilon ruins on "Greeland", including a space station with a body length of more than 200 kilometers, but unfortunately, these ruins are already in the When the asteroid hit the ground, it was damaged, buried, and reduced to pieces of ruins.

This made him feel a little sorry. There are only sporadic aircraft wreckage around "Greeland", which shows that this place has hardly been affected by the flames of war. Unfortunately, all the ruins of Ypsilon, which should have been complete, were destroyed by the impact of the asteroid, which is really embarrassing.

After the shuttle escaped from the gravitational range of the planet, it adjusted its course to the area where the Dyson ball system was located. Since the dimensional storm of "Gamma-3" had dissipated, Tang Fang activated the warp speed engine. The shuttle disappeared in a flash, and when it reappeared, it was near the damaged Dyson sphere.

This big thing, which is comparable in size to a red giant star, rotates at a slow speed, and intermittently ejects light and fire from some places. According to the close-up pictures taken by the detector, it is actually a group of huge plasma thrusters.

It turned out that the reason why the Dyson sphere system did not deviate from the orbit was not only the rotation factor, but also the role of the propeller.

Tang Fang was very excited, because the scene in front of him fully showed that the Dyson ball was still "alive", not only the energy transformation phenomenon on the inner surface. The thrusters on the outer surface are still adjusting the thrust of each part according to the instructions of the system core to resist the light pressure and the tidal force of the "Eye of the Storm".

The shuttle changed from automatic driving mode to manual driving mode, and slowly approached the main body of the Dyson sphere under his control.

Some small fragments are bound by the gravity of this huge artificial celestial body and remain relatively still, which brings some inconvenience to the flight of the shuttle, causing continuous collisions, and causing the hull to vibrate slightly.

Freya gripped the armrest of the seat tightly, and she was a little nervous. The same goes for Tang Fang.

Anyone who sees debris, large and small, raining down on the cockpit windows will probably not find it amusing. This is part of the human fear instinct.

Fortunately, the shuttle quickly rushed out of the debris belt and approached the body of the Dyson sphere.

This is a huge celestial body, and it is also a magnificent starry sky complex. It has an apron for parking shuttles and a starport for accommodating large cruisers, although the Dyson sphere of "Gamma-3" is just a shell. But its thickness is as high as nearly a thousand kilometers, one can imagine its magnificence.

Because of the protection of the Dyson sphere, "Gamma-3" did not die as quickly as other stars, and is still lingering, according to Emma's estimation. At least there are hundreds of millions of years of life.

Tang Fang switched the shuttle back to autopilot mode, and let it land on an apron on the outer wall.

The difference from the inner wall is that it is dark here. Except for the propulsion system used to stabilize the position of the Dyson ball, most of the electronic equipment has fallen into a state of silence. Even the gravity generator is offline, and can only rely on the gravity of the shuttle. The compensation system is attached to the surface of the apron.

The two got off the shuttle, walked into the crystal tunnel where the lifting platform was located, and swiped the central control panel.

The platform didn't go down as before, and a few shaking characters flashed on the panel's display.

Tang Fang frowned and thought for a moment, then entered a string of Ipsilon characters, and the inner wall of the crystal tunnel had a cyan-blue streamer flashing, and finally intertwined into a square frame, which shrank inward, and a light filament protruded from the crystal wall.

He walked over, his index finger intersected with the light thread, the e rune on his forehead lit up, and streams of tiny Ipsilon characters flowed down the light thread and entered the interior of the Dyson sphere.

Freya looked at the e rune on his forehead curiously, and subconsciously touched her own forehead, thinking that she should also have such a rune, it is really beautiful, she likes it very much.

After a few breaths, the crystal tunnel trembled slightly, streams of light surged up from the bottom like fountains, and spread to the surroundings along the lines on the outer wall surface, like someone lighting birthday candles, illuminating the surrounding dark void.

At the same time, the lifting platform issued a beep and began to slide downwards at an increasing speed. The silver-white streamer on the crystal tunnel was like a waterfall flowing backwards.

Freya felt a little dizzy, and threw herself into Tang Fang's arms, arching and arching vigorously, like a tender suckling pig that was hungry.

He said, "Freya, I'm not your pillow."

The little girl hugged his body hard, her head rolled around her chest like a steamroller, and said in a very ambiguous tone: "You are my big pillow."

Tang Fang looked down, and found that there were electric lights flickering near her temples, and her eyes became blurred. Only then did she realize that the energy response in the ruins was very high, and the power absorbed by Freya exceeded the standard, which was close to the threshold.

He looked at the river of silver light that was "flowing" faster and faster around him, frowned for a moment and thought about it, then put his hand on her body, and quickly sucked the energy that was about to go berserk into his body.

"Tang...Fang, you...you..."

Her voice faded away. Falling completely limp in his arms.

Tang Fang did not call the nurse to take care of her, but released a vulture chariot to sit on, put her in front of him and held her in his arms, looked at her beautiful eyebrows, slightly fluttering eyelashes, and showed a knowing smile.

The lifting platform slowly came down. According to Emma's estimation, it has penetrated more than 200 kilometers into the ruins at this time.

It is not far from the base point of the crystal tunnel. Looking out through the crystal wall, you can see a wide long road submerged in the far end of the line of sight. Around it are two rows of huge crystal cabins, which are equipped with relics similar to the Nami star. The difference between the collider equipment seen inside is that they are all in a dormant state, which is extraordinarily deserted.

Some crystal chambers were destroyed during the battle. Fragmented crystals were sprinkled all over the road, and there were a lot of statue guard wrecks not far away, and the corpse of the Epsi dragon was also missing.

The lifting platform finally stopped at the bottom of the crystal tunnel, and a gap opened in the wall, widening into a portal.

Tang Fang stepped on the accelerator, and the rear propeller of the vulture chariot ejected a high-pressure airflow backward, like a vigorous prairie wolf, rushing out with a whoosh. Ride along the long road.

The size of the Dyson sphere is too large, with a radius of 100,000 kilometers. It is conceivable how long its arc is. Even the vulture chariot, which is famous for its speed, is relatively the same as a turtle at full speed.

Fortunately, in the process of contacting the light thread of the crystal tunnel, he learned that a control node is not too far away, only about 2,400 kilometers away. Otherwise, he might have returned to the tarmac to find another foothold.

while driving. He noticed a situation. The "Ashtolando" system of "Gamma-3" is not only found on the outer asteroids of "Greeland", but also in the Dyson sphere system, and there are a lot of them. Unfortunately, most of them are Destroyed in war. Even some that appear to be intact are dormant due to problems with energy supplies.

In fact, there are far more energy failures than these. More than 30% of the inner space of the Dyson sphere is still in a dark environment, and the lighting, gravity, and life-support modules are out of service. Only the remnants of the floating statue guards quietly narrate the thrilling scene. battle.

The control node he is going to this time is located in the inner wall of the Dyson sphere. You can see the fiery stars through layers of crystal walls, and watch the large and small flares gather in the gap area of ​​the Dyson sphere, and then explode into a fountain-like flame storm. Really gorgeous.

Freya didn't know when she woke up, she fell into his arms and watched the restless "Gamma-3" in a daze, until the vulture chariot stopped, Tang Fang yelled in her ear twice before she woke up, beeped He pursed his lips and looked dissatisfied.

She hadn't regained her ability to move, so she could only carry her behind her back, approached a black gold gate not far away with the e-rune engraved on it, stretched out her palm and pressed it up, and a faint blue light burst out along the lines , the door slowly opened, revealing the space behind it that was as bright as day.

Dozens of thick fiber pipes converge from the edge of the circular pattern on the ceiling to the central pagoda-shaped equipment chassis made of crystals and dark gold substances. Under the upside-down spire, there is a cluster of psychic flames the size of an urn circulating silently.

He handed Freya over to the care of two nurses, told her to stay where she was, and walked over, bringing her hand close to the psychic flame, allowing the light thread that sensed the golden rune to attach to the back of her hand.

When runes flowed into the core of the psychic flame, spots of light lit up one after another on the surface of the huge artificial celestial body surrounding "Gamma-3". At this time, if viewed from a distance, these spots gradually became one, as if under the night. A sparkling night pearl.

Unfortunately, this luminous pearl is incomplete, not only incomplete, but also dusty.

Freya was fascinated. The solar panel matrix on the inner wall diffused a round of seven-color gradient halos, like a sea of ​​rainbows.

This is undoubtedly very beautiful and charming, but Tang Fang is not in the mood to appreciate it, because a familiar voice rang in his ears.

"Psionic energy fluctuations detected, diagnostic program started..."

"The diagnosis is complete, confirm the suitability of the protoss."

"Frequency Analysis..."

"The fluctuation level is a-, the jump tree is unlocked, the technology level is 2, and the building 'Mechanical Research Institute' is unlocked."

It is the upgraded building "Mechanical Research Institute" of "Mechanical Table"!

The unlocking of the Mechanical Research Institute means the unlocking of the strongest ground troops of the Protoss, including the golden beetles of the StarCraft 1 era and the Colossi of the StarCraft 2 era.

He sank his mind into the protoss base, framed a probe, pressed the "Mechanical Research Institute" hotkey, and placed it within the radiant radiation range of the crystal tower.

After a few breaths, the energy matrix turned into a streamer, and the "Mechanical Research Institute" appeared at the protoss base.

Switch the focus back to the mechanical platform for the first time, and the colossus and golden beetle will change from gray locked state to highlighted activation.

First the Colossus:

The Tall Colossus is an intelligent mechanical design born during the bloody Arbitration of the Protoss. With the help of four long and thin mechanical legs, the Colossus can climb towering cliffs and walk across the battlefield as if walking on flat ground. The thick shell is flanked by thermal ray guns. The thermal ray emitted by the Colossus is capable of cutting across a large target area, making it ideal for countering large groups of infantry units. Unlike other protoss bots, the Colossus was born purely for killing. For centuries, the creation of colossi was considered an illegal act, but as the war against the zerg continued to deteriorate, the protoss had to use the colossus again. (To be continued..) R527