Chapter 31 (1/2)
Opal and Raymond opened a double room in the hotel. Opal connected the terminal to the Ares local area network. The construction of liexing's information website was not as developed as that of the Republic of China. On the one hand, the weekly magnetic storm limited the signal transmission problem with the Star Alliance Internet. On the other hand, young and strong mercenaries were supporting their families, with few dead houses.
However, the number of people on the magnetic storm rest day increased sharply, the mercenary forum was noisy, and the entertainment hall was full of people playing virtual games. In the annular light screen is a blue star map. Opal participated in a simulated star war and drove his spaceship to and fro.
The scoreboard jumped at full speed, the sound of the radio waves rustled, and the strange voice roared: ”wrench! You've got a goddamn cheating device
With a cry of ”Yo Ho” from opal, he manipulated a small fighter to land on the galaxy carrier of the Republic. He went around, and dense light bombs came from behind, which sank his fighter.
”Wrench!” Opal said angrily, ”you sneak on me!”
”Little ou -” Lily's voice said with a smile, ”I recognize you, this time it's me --”
a slightly familiar voice said, ”hold your ground.” ——That's Rosen's voice.
Opal screamed, ”no! You bully recruits
”What a recruit!” The man said in a stern voice, ”go to the line and get ready to join the fight again!”
Opal suddenly recognized that it was the voice of the drillmaster gray wolf, and immediately said, ”I'll go and get some help!”
Opal drew up his screen and said, ”Raymond, come and join the Imperial War.”
Raymond lay on the bed with two forks, his feet in white socks moving, his arms resting, and he said, ”no, you play.”
Opal said, ”what are you thinking? About Sid? ”
Ramon did not agree. Squinting, opal turned over and got out of bed to say something. Ramon raised his leg and gave him a kick. He gently kicked him back to bed and said, ”play your empire war.”
Opal has to continue to play his video games, in the virtual world, regardless of size, mercenaries choose camp, divided into two teams, one team invades the territory of the Republic, the other team defends.
This virtual game is a global Internet platform technology bought by Azeroth with a huge sum of money. It can be participated by mercenaries up to s level and restaurant owners. Different people can play different roles in it.
”What do you think?” The voice of the gray wolf in the communicator said in a loud voice: ”be serious! Don't be distracted! Give Rosen some color to see
The leader of the attacking side is the gray wolf, while the leader of the defensive side is Rosen. There are more and more people. Tens of millions of people have been added to the whole star battlefield. After talking with the temporary team members, opal found that the gray wolf and Rosen are S-level mercenaries!
At the top of the pyramid of the land of mercenaries, Azeroth's six ”S-class” superpowers are left behind. The command and tactics of the gray wolf were simply marvelous. It was the first time that opal took part in the space star battle. The small warships were all over the world and the formation changed rapidly.
Opal was not on guard and was defeated again. This time, he did not rush to join the battlefield. Instead, he chose the ghost mode to view the whole u-star attack and defense campaign from the observation tower. The command of the gray wolf is like an art in the dark universe, while the space magnetic defense array constructed by six planets is Rosen's Hero stage. Tens of thousands of strange soldiers joined the war and died in an instant. They turned into dust in space. There was a heavy sense of the boundlessness of the world and the moment of life and death.
The battle fell into a sticky state. Opal was dizzy and distended. He shut down the local area network temporarily. Raymond was still sleeping in bed.
”Hello.” Opal lay down beside Raymond. Raymond opened his eyes and saw that the screen was off, so he didn't drive him away. They were lying side by side. Opal said, ”what do you want to eat? I'm going to buy food. ”
Ramon said, ”whatever. I'm going to take Sid's job.”
”What made you change your mind?” opal said in surprise
Ramon said absentmindedly, ”try it. It's no loss, isn't it? Let's apply to the trade union for arbitration first, and then apply for the special entrustment of the employer to let Sid add a clause with no risk of breach of contract. ”
”OK,” opal said
Raymond nodded and opal said, ”I'll tell him now.”
Raymond got up quickly and said, ”no, wait a minute. We need to be well prepared.”
When Opal went to buy food, Ramon turned on the Internet and began to collect information about M97.
Mercenary star is not the most timely and abundant planet in the Star Alliance, but it is the most practical place for information. In tens of thousands of years, too many places in the universe have left footprints of mercenaries. Where are dangerous, where can we take a shortcut, and where we can't get close to them. These are information exchanged with blood from the edge of life and death.
Opal and Raymond crowded side by side on the bed to eat and watch. The information outside the nebula is dazzling. There are three living planets, then tens of millions of stars and asteroids. Each star is completely different. The planets are also full of strange things, such as nitro, methane, heavy water, uranium, radium, and molecular variants and compounds between various elements Screens.
”It's not where we're going yet.” Said opal.Raymond: I know. Go back to the center
There are two dark regions in the swirling M97 nebula. Opal pushes the touch screen aside with his finger, pulls through another picture and says, ”this is an unknown place. The nearest gate is 17000 astronomical units away.”
They looked for a while. In the powdery nebula, one of the dark spots led to a red line, with the remark ”ingredient unknown”.
Opal said: ”strange, what is the star gate built here?”
Raymond thought for a moment and said, ”who knows? Maybe the Empire had a plan to open up wasteland, and because of something, it was put on hold What do you think is in it
Opal said, ”I'm not sure. It could be a black hole, or a few neutron stars It could also be a puff of gas Or nothing. ”
”Guess.” Raymond leisurely way, he got up to pour the coffee in the pot: ”guess casually.”
”I hope it's not a black hole.” Looking at the darkness, opal murmured, ”we need all the information we can find about this area, including the surrounding life planets, the construction and development history of the Stargate, and the express list of the spark express company It includes what kind of goods they deliver, and the origin and identity of the guest. ”
”Split up.” Ramon said, ”I'll go to the boy and go to the Republic if necessary.”
The relationship between the member states of Star Alliance is very complicated. In theory, as long as the country that belongs to is registered in Star Alliance and becomes one of the Member States, the ID card can pass through without obstruction.
The pre light era nationality system has been abolished, and the star status on the ID card only represents birth and entry to the planet. The relationship between the mercenary state, the Republic and the Empire has changed in recent years. The two men have been together for a long time. Raymond first went to the trade union to issue a certificate, while opal went to the information center to inquire about all the contents of M97.
After the geomagnetic storm day, opal found out the list of mercenary regiments that had been there and learned about the situation one by one, while Raymond drove his spaceship to the Republic. After two days of preparation, I finally met in the hall of sunshine city.
Hearing their plan, Sid nodded gratefully and said nothing. Instead, he went to change the content of the entrustment - the special commission, which was aimed at the Yan and sword mercenary Corps. Both sides signed a certificate to confirm that there was no connection before the mission. This is the anti cheating mechanism of the country of mercenaries. In order to avoid the entrustment of acquaintances, the mercenary regiment can be promoted quickly with money.
The task was adjusted according to their e-level mercenary regiment. The monetary reward remained unchanged at 250000 credit points. The trade union drew 20% and 50000 yuan. The score is 240 individual points and 118 team points.
Raymond closed the mercenary's diary and came out, saying, ”go to sort out the news first, and leave this afternoon.”
Sid said, ”I'll go with you.”
Opal and Raymond immediately said in the same voice: ”no way!”
Opal: ”we don't have the ability to protect you.”
Raymond: don't make a mess of it
”But I've been there for nearly two space years, and I've searched a lot of areas that are marked out on my ship's map for me to follow, and I can see the way,” Sid said
Opal said, ”give us the chart, you can't...”
Sid insisted, ”I will not hinder you! I can recognize my dad. Can you at least let me have a look at it? I can do the logistics for you, drive the spaceship, my spacesuit is for you, you don't need to buy any more! ”
Opal was really vexed by him. The three men discussed at the door for a moment. At last, Raymond only said, ”you must swear that you will stay on the ship at any time, and you can't come out without our permission.”
In the tarmac, Sid brought out the living materials he could use, including some weapons. After Raymond screened them, he carried the useful materials to era VI.
”Sid!” On the side of the tarmac, drive over quickly.
”Quick Sid laughed.
Xun: ”did anyone pick it up? I'm packed. Why are you two again
Opal:
Quick said: ”forget it, let's go.” He picked up a bag and walked towards the spaceship. Opal's hair exploded in an instant and said, ”Hello! Is there something wrong with you? ”
”I promised Sid to help him find his father,” Xun said! What would you do? I don't want to go on a mission with the two of you
Opal: ”who wants to go out with whom! Who was beaten by rubbish last time! This is my ship! Hello! Don't touch it! Warning you
Sid said, ”quick, wait, thank you.”
Opal impolitely took Sid's collar, pulled him over, pressed him against the back door of the spaceship, and said, ”I don't care what you promised him, I'll send him away right away. I'll go now!”
When Opal got into the ship, there was a quick and loud question and Sid's explanation in a low voice. Xun always had a strong tone. Neither opal nor Raymond liked him. Sid was scolded bloody, the two voices gradually away.
Raymond shook his head and chuckled, then waited for a moment. Sid came in, closed the door of the ship, and with a half smile in his mouth, opal steered the ship off.”Exchange information.” ”What's the conclusion?” opal said
Raymond said: ”there is nothing unusual about spark express. It's a very common private industry. The customer of this list is a man in his two hundred years old, named Yasui, who is going to deliver a suitcase to the black ant planet in the spiral arm of M97. According to the express sheet backup, it's a plant growth agent. ”
”How did you get this information?” opal said
Raymond: ”I asked in the past according to the contact provided by Sid. There were his father's former colleagues on the planet
Sid nodded, ”as far as I know.”
Opal said, ”you just went for a tour to see the scenery.”
Raymond said, ”I've brought you a specialty! Don't forget it
Opal said in a hurry, ”take it out and let me have a look.”
Raymond took out a bag of gray city star's specialty from his backpack. It was a pie made of gray fruit. Sid said with a smile, ”this taste is very good. There are a lot of these fruits planted in my hometown.”
Opal stopped talking about him. The three men made tea and began to eat the sandwich pie. Raymond said: ”it looks like a very ordinary express list. Plant plants on the black ant star. If this is the case...”
”What if the inside story is unusual?” opal interrupted
Raymond said, ”then just go It's been investigated on black ants
Raymond's eyes were clear, and opal understood almost at the same time. This is actually an accident, the cause is very common, the accident is also very common, even if we try our best, we can't think of any special loopholes.
But they didn't say anything, so as not to make Sid have any idea. It was very cruel.
After a brief awkward silence, opal said, ”I asked the mercenaries who had been on duty there. There are several people who have been there. They said that there are three life planets, none of which are inhabited by human beings. There are many strange life bodies living there. Among them, there are strange insects on one planet, and there are biological spouts on the buttocks They were able to leave the atmosphere and fly in the universe. They once attacked two other planets and were defeated by the monsters of the two planets respectively Forgive me. I've always had a headache with history. ”
”It's almost the same as Sid's message,” Raymond said. ”You're just inviting veterans to drink and chat.”
”I don't mind if you insist,” opal said
Raymond: --
That is to say, they worked for half a day without any meaningful information. So they stopped talking about pie.
”Oh, yes.” Opal thought of something again and squinted: ”I applied to retrieve all the open commission information, and one of them also made a commission in M97.”
Raymond raised his eyebrows, which means: so?
”The man's rank and content are already on sale in the union, and the name is a question mark: '?',” opal said
Raymond: is that strange? If he's dead in the war or no longer a mercenary... ”
Opal: ”no, the victim's name is still there, even if the file has been sold. After leaving the trade union, the name and deeds can also be preserved.”
Raymond: ”suppose this person gets a new job and doesn't want his identity information to be found, he can also choose to hide his name...”
Opal: ”if you apply for concealment by yourself, you will see” not viewable ”in the column of the person's name, not a question mark.”
Raymond: --