In the blink of an eye, the distance of twelve light years comes almost instantly.
There is no doubt that Annie's 'Xiaobai' spacecraft is obviously extremely fast. At least, in the opinion of the woman Wang Qing, it is faster and safer than the subspace engine of their Huagai star.
More stable, that was something that shocked her very much!
However, she was shocked. What she was more worried about now was safety issues.
But fortunately, they don't seem to have been discovered by those terrifying demons, and there don't seem to be any such terrifying enemy ships in the galaxy?
Furthermore, no matter how fast the jump speed is, it still needs to slow down and sail towards the target planet, that is, the orbit of the Huagai star for a period of time. However, after seeing the little white crew member and the little girl Annie, they did not mess around, but started
After taking some stealth protection measures and slowly and carefully approaching the orbit of Huagai Star, Wang Qing gradually relaxed a lot.
Since the other party was here and she wanted to know the current situation of Huagai Star, of course she didn't say anything more.
After all, her relatives, friends, parents, etc. are all on that planet. It is absolutely impossible for her to say that she is not worried and does not want to know the current situation of the planet.
Next!
As the spacecraft slowly approached the orbit of the Huagai Star, after some negotiation between the two parties, Wang Qing hesitated for a while, although she still didn't understand where the 'Xiaobai' spacecraft came from, nor what the other party meant.
Where in the Milky Way is the Koprulu Sector mentioned? I don't understand why the other party doesn't know the history of mankind even though they are both human beings, and they don't understand a lot of common sense at all. However, since the other party asked, he thought the other party was
Coming from a remote human colony that was completely isolated in a certain historical period, she slowly spoke out what she knew about some of the historical common sense about humans in this galaxy:
Since humans were born on ancient Terra, in the fifteenth millennium, humans finally developed sub-light speed aircraft and began to slowly walk out of their home planet Terra, even out of the solar system, and began to travel to the nearest surrounding galaxies.
Explore and colonize.
It was a great age of cosmic exploration and the starting point for mankind to conquer the universe.
However, as human spaceships flew further and further towards distant galaxies, some of the later colonies were further and further away from Terra. The distance could easily be hundreds or even thousands of light-years, relying on Asia.
The speed of light-speed aircraft has reached a level that requires several generations, or even more than a dozen generations of sailing to reach it.
Therefore, under the dual effects of long time and distance, those distant colonies slowly turned into regimes that had to be self-sufficient and at the same time had to transcend the parent star of the solar system.
That period of ignorance and helplessness lasted for a long time. In many cases, once those colonial fleets set off, it often meant farewell.
Because the human lifespan of just over a hundred years simply cannot last until the colonial fleet arrives at its destination and sends back the news.
Fortunately, in the eighteenth millennium, the subspace engine was finally developed.
That is a great invention that can tear open "rips" in the real physical universe, allowing spacecraft to sail into subspace and arrive at extremely fast speeds, far exceeding the speed of sublight or even far exceeding the speed of light.
The destination of the spaceship.
Subspace is a world of pure energy. It is said that it is like a mirror of the physical universe?
It can be affected by the real universe, but it is not the same, and there are no physical laws such as time and space in the real universe. Everything there is composed of the emotions and thinking energy of intelligent creatures in the real world, and, in the end,
The key point is:
After the spaceship enters the subspace using the subspace engine, it doesn't take long to sail before it can come out from another exit. Then it has covered tens, hundreds or even thousands of light years in the real universe?
As for the specific details, Wang Qing is not too clear.
After all, she is not a psyker, nor is she an expert in subspace. She is not very familiar with things in subspace. She just knows that there is such a thing, and then follows what others say based on what she has learned.
Moreover, it was fortunate that she was not a psychic, otherwise, she might have gone crazy or died directly on the Canopy Star at this moment.
Of course, those things don't matter.
The important thing is: since the sub-space engine was invented, although it still has various problems and flaws, such as safety issues, etc., no matter what, it used to take hundreds or thousands of years to move.
The completed journey now often only takes a few months or even less. That kind of cross-era technology has naturally greatly accelerated the expansion of human beings into the stars and allowed all colonies to be closely connected with the mother solar system for the first time.
The stars are connected.
After that, technology began to develop rapidly during that period. With the support of the standard construction template STC convenient technology and powerful artificial intelligence AI, space colonization movements became more and more frequent and crazy.
Just like that, when the time reached the twenty-second millennium, more and more psykers appeared in human society. They were a kind of mutation of humans. They could sense the existence of subspace, and could also sense and control.
Or even destroy reality?
At that time, those psychic beings were widely considered to be a possibility and direction for the future evolution of mankind.
Because, it was also during the same period that batches of special psykers called 'Navigators' were put into the work of subspace navigation. Their abilities allowed the fleet to observe unpredictable energy in the subspace.
turbulence, thereby guiding the course of the ship, making subspace navigation safer and faster.
Since then, spaceships have traveled farther and faster through subspace, causing human expansion and colonization to spread to almost every corner of the galaxy.
At that time, countless galaxies and planets were colonized and developed, and countless novel and powerful technologies were invented. Human beings of that era lived in a civilized, wealthy, and arrogant society. With the support of powerful technology and military power,
Humanity defeated almost all alien forces encountered in the galaxy, and civilization reached its highest point at that time.
And that era was also called the Golden Age by later generations!
But it's a pity...
In the twenty-third millennium, the glorious "golden age" came to an end quickly with an AI rebellion.
No one knows the cause of the AI ​​rebellion. In short, the artificial intelligence AI created by humans that originally served humans rebelled, and an unprecedented and massive tragic war that directly affected the entire galaxy broke out!
Wang Qing no longer wants or dares to recall the tragic situation at that time.
After all, even those may be just the tip of the iceberg that she saw in the endless history books, but their cruelty and horror still frightened and alarmed her descendants.
Anyway, the scale of that rebellion was very, very large, involving almost every colony and every home planet in the entire galaxy. Countless stars were destroyed, countless habitable planets were blown apart, and billions of human beings were destroyed.
Innocent deaths in war...
Although in the end, mankind finally won, the price paid was beyond anyone's imagination.
It was also from that time that artificial intelligence AI technology was strictly prohibited, and any human creation could no longer have any independent wisdom and personality.
At the same time, after the victory of that tragic war was declared, the "golden age" of mankind also ended.
At that time, when mankind had just ended the war, was preparing to rebuild its home in ruins, and was preparing to regain the glory of the golden age, something unexpected happened:
In the twenty-fifth millennium, a warp storm emerged that continues to this day.
No one knows what that storm was about. In short, that unprecedented subspace storm turned subspace navigation, which could easily travel tens of millions of light years, into the most terrifying adventure!
Since then, any ship that dares to enter the subspace will either appear in a position completely opposite to its destination and crash or get lost; or, it will never come out of the subspace again.
That storm basically completely paralyzed all long-distance routes within the Milky Way in an instant, causing human colonies to once again be divided and isolated one by one by the far and unreachable distance.
It was at that time that the Taiwei galaxy where Wang Qing was located completely lost contact with the solar system's parent star and the nearest colonial galaxies around it.
As far as she knew, after the twenty-fifth millennium, the Taiwei Galaxy cut off all contact with the outside world, and the messages sent could not receive any effective reply, and all the messages received were sent tens, hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
The liaison and exploration fleet sent out was like a mud cow plunging into the sea, and there was no news again.
It was also from that time that the phenomenon of genetic mutation among the social population became more and more serious, and there were more and more psykers, and the Taiwei Galaxy was no exception. After the turmoil of psykers that lasted for hundreds of years,
, and then reluctantly slowly stabilized, eventually forming a social structure with psykers as the ruling class, which continues to this day.
"think carefully……"
"Now, it should be more than nine hundred years into the 30th millennium of our humanity, right?
"I don't know exactly how many years it is. After all, the dating method of our Tianwei galaxy has long been different from the dating method of Terra, the mother planet of the solar system."
"I only know that before I fell into coma, our Huagai star was on the second day of February in the Guichou year?"
Wang Qing, who was lying on the operating table with her whole body relaxed and letting the treatment instruments play with her body, suddenly sighed and sighed with emotion as she spoke.
Then!
Seeing the little girl Annie and the crewman Xiaobai just standing next to the naked self, they brought up the command interface of the spacecraft in the medical room and let the spacecraft keep getting closer to the light blue star.
Looking at the atmospheric Canopy Star, there was still a lot of smoke and fire on the surface, and he could even vaguely see the shadows of some huge tentacles clinging to the familiar planet. Wang Qing couldn't help but feel a little lost.
When she escaped, it seemed that the Huagai Planet was not like that, but now, she saw that the situation had become very bad, and it seemed that the subspace invasion was becoming more and more serious.
"Tyra?"
()
"That means 'Earth'. So you are also from Earth?"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
Annie just thought about the word 'Terra' for a while, then blinked and asked with a crisp smile.
"Earth..."
Hearing this, Wang Qing couldn't help but be startled, but she quickly came back to her senses when she thought of something.
"Yes."
"But that's a very old word, and it's no longer used."
"It is said that the description is not accurate because most of the area on Terra is ocean. It may not be appropriate to say that it is the earth?"
"But I don't know the specifics. My history has never been very good. I only care about what happened during the AI ​​riot and the subspace storm."
Wang Qing murmured bitterly.
In fact, she and the entire people on the Huagai planet have never seen what Terra looks like. They have only been lucky enough to see some photos and videos of Terra before the AI ​​rebellion and the subspace storm in the database. They know that in the solar system
The blue planet is a prosperous, fertile, peaceful and beautiful world, the center and mother planet of the entire human kingdom.
However, even if the photos and videos are preserved, or there is very little information that they can read.
Because any information involving intelligent AI, or AI robots appearing in photos and videos, is said to have either been frozen or simply destroyed.
Intelligent AI and intelligent robots have become taboos that cannot be touched in the entire human world. The harm they have caused to humans has been deeply ingrained in human DNA, and they have become existences that no one wants to mention, even the most knowledgeable people on the Huagai Planet.
Historians will also be very secretive about AI when giving lectures in class. Apart from being willing to explain the great harm and horror they have caused to the human world, they are unwilling to talk about anything else.
"The Führer!"
"After scanning, a total of more than 10 billion life signals have been found on Huagai Star, and nearly one billion abnormal life signals. Among them, the number of life signals belonging to humans is decreasing sharply."
At this time, using some of the technology that Anne had obtained from the Orville, the novice quickly completed the scan of the entire planet and came up with a rough number.
"What?"
"Only more than 10 billion?"
Hearing the words of the crew member Xiaobai, Wang Qing, who was undergoing treatment, couldn't help but feel startled, and then blurted out an exclamation.
"Um……"
(~)
"It does look like there is a demon!"
(lll￢▽￢)
"And there are still fighting going on in many places. People thought everyone was dead!"
(ー`ー)
Annie ignored Wang Qing's exclamation. She just looked at the detected data and images and analyzed them, and then said with some surprise.
"I am very sure of that."
"There are at least more than 30 billion people on Huagai Planet. Even if they are demons, they probably won't be able to kill them all at once, right?"
As he spoke, Wang Qing's tone couldn't help but become a little solemn.
"After the chaos, it is inevitable that people will start to carry out organized resistance!"
"It's just that I don't know how much time has passed now."
"but……"
"I don't seem to see the fleet belonging to the Taiwei galaxy in space. That's not a good sign..."
Yes, this is indeed what Wang Qing is more worried about.
Because, once the galaxy fleet is completely destroyed, it is basically equivalent to the fate of the people on the planet being doomed.
Moreover, although she didn't know whether the scanning situation mentioned by the crew member Xiaobai just now was true, the original population of more than 30 billion was now only about 10 billion, and two-thirds of the people had died, which was indeed very tragic.
And shocking!
If a period of time passes, and if there is no external support, the remaining tens of billions of survivors will also be in dire straits, there is no doubt about that.
"do not care!"
()
"noob!"
(ψ｀▽′)o
"Find a secret place, let's land secretly and investigate?"
|ω)
After thinking about it, she felt that staying in orbit seemed quite boring, so she had better go to the ground to take a look and see the specific strength of those demons. Anne quickly made a decision.
"clear!"
"Searching for a suitable landing location."
"Scanning..."
Upon hearing this, Xiaobai immediately began to calculate and analyze. At the same time, the holographic map of Huagai Star also began to rotate in front of the three people and pictures of locations considered suitable were popped up.
"!!"
"Can I choose the Gui Market as the landing point?"
"I know it very well there!"
"I remember that there should be an abandoned mining area there. If there are no people, there must be no demons, right?"
Suddenly, Wang Qing, who was lying on the medical bed, stretched out his hand and pointed to a certain place.
"??"
(ˊ)
"Why did you choose this place?"
く(＾_)ゝ
Seeing the place chosen by the other party, Annie didn't think it was very good, so she and Xiaobai looked at each other and asked.
"I……"
"My home is in Guixi Market, which has a population of more than 100 million and is one of the core cities of Huagai Star. If possible, I would like to determine the situation there..."
"And I'm really familiar with it. If you want to investigate, maybe I can help?"
Seeing the suspicious eyes of Annie and Xiaobai, especially the serious expression of the crew member Xiaobai and the scary eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, Wang Qing felt a rare moment of embarrassment, and then hurriedly said with expectation and assurance
said.
"Is that so?"
(⊙o⊙*)
"All right!"
ε=(ο｀*)))Alas
"Then choose there!"
()
First, she zoomed in on the place designated by the other party. After discovering that it was indeed a good place, Annie, who was too lazy to wait and pick and choose, made a decision immediately.
"You guys land slowly!"
(*^▽^*)
Then, she signaled Xiaobai to prepare for the spacecraft to quietly land at that place, while walking towards the medical room.
"I'll go down and investigate now, and I'll leave this place to you!"
(゜▽＾*)
"goodbye!"
o(▽｀ o)=3 =3 =3
After saying that, Anne cheered and ran out, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"As you command!"
Xiao Bai didn't say anything more, he just saluted in the direction of Annie's departure and agreed. Then he didn't leave and started operating directly in the medical room.
Soon, as the spacecraft slowly approached the orbit of the planet in stealth mode, Wang Qing was surprised to see in the picture in the medical room: some kind of stealth fighter plane driven by a little girl rushed out of the open hatch.
He got out, and then flew alone, and quickly plunged into the atmosphere?
"!!"
"she……"
"Going down alone like that?"
After waiting for a while, seeing that there were no more fighters following, and seeing that the little white crew member was still indifferent and did not make any statement, still just standing aside and controlling the spacecraft, the woman Wang Qing suddenly remembered something important.
, and then quickly exclaimed and asked:
"Isn't she your captain and head of state?"
"And she's still a little girl..."
"Why are you so confident and let her go down alone?"
"There are terrible demons down there!"
"Our base was captured by them in an instant. Don't you plan to send more people to go down with us?!"
Yes, Wang Qing felt very unbelievable about this, even a little unreasonable?
In her opinion, it is of course necessary to conduct some investigation or reconnaissance before landing!
However, there is absolutely no need to send only important people down, and it is too dangerous to go down alone, especially when the other person is just a little girl and her status is very important?
After all, even if the little girl must go into danger, she should be surrounded and protected by a group of elite team members, right?
"..."
Xiaobai didn't speak when he heard the woman's question.
She just turned around and stared at the other person for a while, and then after seeing that the other person's body data basically returned to normal, she controlled the instruments to retract the tentacle-like pipe probes one by one, and explained expressionlessly:
"Correction!"
"First of all, although Princess Anne is indeed a little girl, she is not an ordinary little girl."
"To use some of the words you just said to explain it, it can be said that our head of state is actually a 'psychic' who is more powerful than you imagine?"
"Secondly!"
"Führer Anne is the most powerful ghost agent in our Koprulu sector, bar none!"
"Even General Nova is far inferior in some professional fields."
"Therefore, it is not difficult or dangerous for Head of State Anne to carry out that kind of simple reconnaissance mission, because she has encountered situations that are thousands of times more dangerous!"
"at last……"
"There is no one else on this ship now except you and me."
After saying that, he paused, and after seeing the increasingly surprised expression on the other person's face, Xiaobai felt that it was not enough, so he continued to add:
"In fact..."
"You are actually the only one on this ship now."
"And I am just the intelligent AI robot you mentioned before, and this ship is actually my true body?"
After saying that, regardless of the other person's horrified person who sat up immediately and the unspeakable exaggerated expression, Xiaobai slowly turned into a stream of liquid silver metal, and then like ice cream that melted quickly, when he finished the last sentence,
The whole person melted directly into the floor, leaving only Wang Qing in the medical cabin as if he was stupid.
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Chapter completed!