Chapter 39
When the surveillance screen went dark, the mecha Beijing was emitting a sharp gravity alarm. Lin Jingheng's heart skipped a beat, and then she realized that it was not the demons and monsters in the base that scared the camera into unconsciousness, but him. We have gone too far, and the weak intranet signal is finally unsustainable.
"We are affected by gravity and are accelerating towards the known planet 'Sodo'." Zhanlu said, "Please note that Sodo's escape velocity is 65.8 kilometers per second, which is a planet with a large gravity. Sir, I suggest turning on the thruster immediately. Is it on?"
"No," Lin Jingheng said without leaving the darkened screen. After a moment of silence, he said, "Submit coordinates and gravitational fluctuations. How far have we deviated from the original course?"
At this time, they were passing through an unknown area. The marked zone is close to the edge of the eighth galaxy. However, theoretically, it is still within the jurisdiction of the Alliance. Ironically, in the past hundreds of thousands of years, the most active explorer and surveyor in this galaxy was a Help black market smugglers.
Smugglers survey and map waterways just to survive and earn a living. Of course, they will not do any unnecessary exploration. The mapping of underground waterways only gives the coordinates of safe channels, but what will happen and what will happen if you deviate from this channel? The farthest jump distance is completely blank, and someone needs to explore the path personally.
Zhan Lu quickly reported the coordinate range to him: "It's impossible to estimate the angle at which we deviated from the channel. Sir, I think we have gone too far in the other direction. What are you looking for?"
The alarm in the mecha became louder and louder. The more urgent it is, the closer it is to hysteria.
At this juncture, Lin Jingheng conveniently played back the surveillance footage just now - Lu Bixing's appearance, as if he was taking a photo with a tourist attraction, jumped in front of him again. The young man's brows were stretched, his eyes were clear, and he looked carefree.
The artificial intelligence could hardly bear to be obsessed with color in such a dangerous place. Zhan Lu reminded him: "Sir, the gravity is increasing."
"Well," Lin Jingheng responded absently without looking away from the screen. He said, "We are approaching the 'desert' planetary belt."
"Desert" is a stable asteroid belt between the large planet Sodo and the eighth sun. There are millions of small asteroids in it, and the diameter of the large ones is several hundred. Kilometers, a small one may be just a stone as tall as a person.
Although this planetary belt as a whole is relatively stable, the little planets inside are not honest. They are hurting each other all the time, colliding with each other, forming families with each other, constantly being born, and constantly dying. The planetary belt is also filled with countless "comet graveyards". The comets sleeping in them like ghosts will nirvana at any time as the gravity changes, roaring and throwing off their long tails, and passing through the dull eighth galaxy like a phoenix.
The desert planetary belt is different from the general asteroid belt with thin material. Due to the special astronomical environment, it is very dangerous. It is also called the "death desert". For interstellar travelers, it is a forbidden land with no return.
Zhan Lu's voice was somewhat distorted by the crazy sirens of Mecha Beijing: "Sir, I must remind you that the front is very dangerous. I repeat, it is very dangerous. The little Mecha Beijing does not have the material ability to cross the "desert" , you must..."
Lin Jingheng ignored him and pushed Beijing's defense network to the maximum. Tiny stardust particles began to increase around the mecha. Then, the first impact alarm popped up in the defense network - there were small The rock hit the fuselage.
"Sir, this..."
"Locate the nearby jump point." Lin Jingheng interrupted him.
Zhan Lu was forced to carry out his master's order. At the same time, he still couldn't help but say: "There are no records of jump points nearby."
Before he could finish his words, Mecha Beijing's missiles were pushed onto the track suddenly. Lin Jingheng opened fire without any explanation and rushed forward to face the enemy. The cluster of stars that collided with each other, large swathes of them like chess pieces on a chessboard, were scattered by him. They collided with each other crazily, emitting bright visible light, like the zodiacal light of the solar system in ancient legends, and the deadly fragments covered the head and face. The ground is rushing towards Beijing.
Beijing's orbital changes were extremely flexible. Lin Jingheng used unimaginable precision to avoid the rocks coming one after another. This mecha was more agile than his own body.
"Sir, your behavior is unsteady..." Zhan Lu's voice suddenly stopped, and a boulder passing by at high speed suddenly grazed the tail of the Beijing aircraft, causing the entire fuselage to shake. This little mecha is prone to making a fuss. Beijing screamed, but before the collision was real, Zhan Lu suddenly detected the magnetic field at the jump point, and Lin Jingheng immediately started the jump.
The jump distance is extremely short. The coordinates of the target point are less than half a standard sailing day, and it can be reached in the blink of an eye.
The dense and sinister surrounding planetesimals disappeared out of thin air. Under the repulsion of the strong magnetic field at the transition point, a vacuum zone with a diameter of about ten kilometers was almost formed here, like the calm eye of a typhoon.
Beijing finally shut up. Only the reverberation of the scream that hurt people's ears just now seemed to still be there. Zhan Lu: "The jump was successful."
Lin Jingheng put Beijing on the track where the jump point was, and kept it relatively stationary, flying Entered the range of this strange jump point.
"The jump point number is being read. The number is..." Zhan Lu paused strangely, "A word?"
"What?"
"The jump point number is 'surprise'."
This is an illegal number.
In the alliance jump network, each jump point has its own number, which is uniformly composed of six letters and three digits. The code includes the jump point construction time, location, whether it is for civilian use, maximum carrying capacity and carrying distance, etc. There is a set of fixed rules for waiting for information. Even if it is a jump point privately set by fringe people, it will generally follow this rule, just put an asterisk at the end.
This jump point located in a group of asteroids, whether it exists rationally or in the way it exists, is just like a joke.
The corners of Lin Jingheng's eyes slightly curved, revealing a little smile, but it quickly disappeared. The protective gas that had not been released in the mecha was slowly sucked back in. He sighed and leaned back on the soft chair. On the back, the eyes pass through the fluorescent grass above the head, and then spread out through the mental network of the mecha. As far as the eye can see, there are thick nebulae, covered with layers of thick fog-like cocoons, making it extremely difficult to observe. .
It's like an invisible backdoor that opens in the most dangerous place.
"Sir," Zhan Lu said to him after a moment of silence, "the field construction method of the jump point is exactly the same as that of the alliance. It is estimated that it was built between one hundred and one hundred and fifty years ago, but I have not been able to find relevant information. "
Your information has been deleted - when he was under house arrest, they wanted to check your database." Lin Jingheng did not look away and said softly, "I don't know if he was on the safe side or if he was aware of the alliance at that time. There is something wrong inside."
"You are saying that this jump point was left by General Lu Xin."
"In 136, Lu Xin detoured outside the territory and entered the eighth galaxy from a secret channel near the Sodo star. It seemed that he fell from the sky. After the war, for It was easier to manage. The secret channels he used at that time were all converted into regular alliance interstellar channels. "Lin Jingheng said, "The records are detailed in the literature, but I don't believe it. I simulated that battle countless times using different methods. Every time, there was a slight error, so I always felt that there must be a secret jump point nearby."
Zhan Lu said: "As far as I know, the battle description submitted by General Lu to the alliance can withstand verification. Later, it was always regarded as a typical case by Wulan Academy. "
His report was obviously made up to fool the armchair losers of the Alliance Military Commission. It also said that the heavy mecha he drove that day was you."
Amnesia. Zhan Lu asked strangely: "Isn't it me?"
"Of course not. How could he take you there in a long-distance sneak attack? You consume electricity and are very eye-catching. You can make the star thieves flee if you move outside the area. At most, he brought your mecha core with him. The fuselage must not be your own. Yes, the extra deviation is just a hidden jump."
The power-consuming and eye-catching Zhan Lu felt the prejudice from his master, turned into a human body, and stood aside aggrievedly.
They were floating in that small vacuum, everything around them was silent, and time seemed to have stopped.
Lin Jingheng was half-lying on the soft sofa seat in the mecha. He didn't speak for a long time. If he hadn't opened his eyes, Zhan Lu would have thought he was asleep. During his long career in the space force, he seldom saw sunlight. Even though he had left the Silver Fortress for several years, his face still had the paleness unique to space soldiers. It is said that this kind of dark living environment can trigger bad emotions in humans. Eden will test and detect it every week. To regulate the hormones and emotional levels of the space force, he is the only one who insists on blocking the Garden of Eden, like a lone wolf who is too stubborn to integrate into human society.
"When I was young, I always wanted to be a person like Lu Xin." Lin Jingheng said, he reopened the base's surveillance screen and looked through the video records of other shots. Unfortunately, there were too few surveillance cameras in the base. After searching for a long time, he only saw the carnival from all angles, but could not find the person submerged in the lights, which almost made him feel a little disappointed.
Zhan Lu said: "In my opinion, your talent is no less than that of General Lu."
"Talent is worthless." Lin Jingheng said, he wandered alone among the invisible jump points, looking at the remains of his ancestors. Looking at the smiling old man at the suspended thermal power station in the surveillance record, "Lu Xin is a loyal believer in the Alliance's Declaration of Freedom. His faith was once as solid as a stone. He loves the Alliance, loves the New Star Calendar Civilization, and always knows when to stand. Come out, when should you risk your life?"
Zhan Lu raised his eyes and looked at him, his green eyes showing a bit of ignorance and innocence, which made Lin Jingheng almost subconsciously avoid his sight.
He thought: But I don't love the Alliance.
He has no attachment to any place or person in the alliance. He scorns the Declaration of Freedom and treats the Silver Fortress and the seven galaxies as a huge gaming field.
Over the years, on the one hand, he has exerted high pressure on major galaxies demanding military autonomy on behalf of the Alliance Central Committee, and on the other hand, he has secretly condoned and aggravated the conflicts between the two parties
. In the event of an emergency, galaxies without military autonomy will They can only turn to the Central Army stationed in this system for help. However, the Central Army cannot wait for orders from the Silver Fortress. Even if the star thieves are in front of them, they cannot act rashly - because the Supervisory Council of the Central Army is in charge of all mechas, and there is no Supervisory Council. With the secret key, even a mecha cannot fly out of the atmosphere, and the families of these supervisory members all live a life of superiority to others in Voto.
When Lin Jingheng was in the Silver Fortress, the exchange rate between the first and second galaxies was as high as 1:52. If a merchant ship traded across galaxies, it would have to go through at least a dozen levels of checkpoints. The garrison at each checkpoint had to be exploited, and the invisible "tariff" further Increase spreads. If the residents of the lower reaches of the galaxy want to go to the upper reaches of the galaxy once, if the trip is not at public expense, the round trip fare alone will cost them half their life savings.
For more than two hundred years, huge exploitation and injustice have been suppressed under the "beautiful" Garden of Eden. The Alliance Central Committee knows full well that once military autonomy is decentralized, the eight major galaxies will surely fall apart.
When Lin Jingheng was around, not only did the eight major galaxies endure their anger, but even the interstellar pirates were calm. The whole alliance was in a state of paralyzing peace. Therefore, he took the opportunity to arrange for Lu Xin's old subordinates to be sent out one by one. Except for Yerif, who was mentally unstable and was kept under his nose, the rest were all "exiled" to the useless central armies of various galaxies. Like a group of collared beasts.
As soon as the plan was laid out and before he could take action, the stupid management committee listened to someone's instigation and was ready to kill the donkey. Lin Jingheng just happened to follow the trend - because once he left, the star pirates would inevitably rebound wildly and there would be no military autonomy. The major galaxies in the power will be the first to bear the brunt, and the balance between the central and seven galaxies will immediately collapse.
Once the seven major galaxies see through the unwillingness of the Alliance Central Committee to delegate power, they will turn to form an alliance with the Central Army generals who also hate the Alliance and are oppressed.
They would remove the collars and shackles from the necks of these beasts.
In five years at most, the Alliance Central Committee will have to choose between "being completely ignored" and "encountering a coup".
When the Silver Ten Guards return, the fate of the center of the alliance will be the abdication of the last emperor, or Louis XVI on the guillotine, it all depends on the mood.
Unexpectedly, people are calculating and God is watching. Five years have passed, and before the drama could even begin, uninvited guests from outside the territory broke in and overturned the chessboard.
The alliance's inability to fight back has something to do with his years of laissez-faire.
When Lu Xin left, he left his most proud student to the one who abandoned his faith. He probably never imagined that what he left to the alliance was not a life-saving charm, but a bottle of chronic poison/medicine.
If Lu Xinquan knew something, what would he say?
On the frozen surveillance screen, Lu Bixing admitted his mistake to him with a playful smile that made people's hearts melt.
Lin Jingheng looked at the young man's face and thought: "I don't want him to know everything. Am I really just afraid that he will be unable to bear the hatred and responsibility?"
Lin Jingheng, a cold-blooded pervert, has always advocated throwing children into the wolf. Can groups help them grow?
What's more, Lu Bixing is not a "child". He knows what he wants to do, knows how to do it, and knows how to bear the consequences.
When did the heartless General Lin become so gentle and considerate?
He thought: "I'm just escaping."
He didn't want Lu Xin's only flesh and blood to know all this, and he didn't want him to be disappointed to discover that the person his father had placed high hopes on was actually just a boring and empty conspirator... This conspiracy The family is not very lucky, and everything they do is like a failed joke.
For a moment, he looked at the flourishing fluorescent grass and felt an unspeakable disgust for the man "Lin Jingheng".
Zhan Lu said, "Sir, the coordinates of the jump point 'Surprise' have been entered into the system. What's the next step?"
"Continue going deep into the Death Desert." Lin Jingheng quickly recovered his scattered thoughts, "An underground channel is not safe enough, I need a backup channel. Since Lu Xin was able to cross the desert back then, we can also refer to this idea."
"Sir, I object to this plan," Zhan Lu said calmly, "The environment in the planetary belt is very complicated. Even if there were safe routes, now. It is no longer safe, and General Lu Xin had an elite advance exploration team and senior guides from the eighth galaxy to guide the way... Okay, understand, keep going. "
Artificial intelligence comes first . Code, you can make suggestions, but you must obey orders unconditionally.
Especially when you meet a headstrong master.
"But I reserve the right to make suggestions." Zhan Lu paused, and as he spoke, he organized a long speech with complete arguments and arguments from a massive database, started the mode of obeying orders while chattering, and planned to follow his The bastard master fights to the end.
On the twentieth day after Lin Jingheng left the base, the base's energy system took shape and took on a completely new look.
Nearly half of the self-defense members joined the engineering team and began to renovate the base's defense system with the help of senior arms expert One-Eyed Eagle.
The daily space patrols that had been on strike for many days have also resumed. When the self-defense team members thought that the heat energy when the mecha took off and landed was the source of energy for multimedia, even heaven became active.
Lu Bixing often lives in the workshop of the mecha station and goes to the docking station every day. However, he can never wait for the docking signal from mecha Beijing. Even the base's cameras no longer follow him around.
Where did Lin go?
He was thinking about things during the day and dreaming about things at night. When he was lying on his desk and taking a nap in the afternoon, Lu Bixing suddenly had a nightmare because he was probably holding his chest a little.
He dreamed that Lin was not far in front of him, with his back turned to him and kept walking forward. Lu Bixing called his name and chased him hard, but his legs seemed to be sucked in place and he couldn't run fast. , he could only watch helplessly as the man got further and further away from him, and finally plunged into the ominous white light without looking back. The white light penetrated Lin's body, as if thousands of arrows had pierced his heart, and then disappeared in front of him. .
Lu Bixing took a deep breath and woke up with a jolt, his heart felt so uncomfortable that it was about to burst. I saw the boy from Saturday sneaking in at some unknown time, and I was about to wake him up with the loudspeaker used by the movie old lady to recite poetry.