Chapter 404 Rules
"That's right!"
Many people are gradually returning to their senses.
Time passed quickly and little by little. Seven hours was neither long nor short. It was only the time to sleep.
Of course, few people could sleep.
As the time approaches, the Propeller is getting closer to the Halo City, and can clearly see the appearance of the entire mechanical city. In fact, it is said to be a mechanical city, more like a mechanical planet.
At this time, Nick was using all the words of praise he could think of to praise the grandeur of the Ring City.
"Oh my God, look at this scale, this sense of technology, it's simply incredible"
At this moment, suddenly the spacecraft radar system issued a warning.
"Warning, an unknown spacecraft was scanned."
"Lord Zhang Wei, these spaceships seem to be flying to the Star Ring City."
The operator reported to Zhang Weihui nervously.
Zhang Wei turned to Long Ming and others and reported: "It's a spaceship from another civilization."
"Ignore them and drive as normal. Without strength, any small move is unwise."
Long Ming gave the order very rationally.
"I understand."
Zhang Wei nodded and responded.
At this time, a special prompt popped up on the illusory screen.
"Please follow the guidance and go to Interstellar Port T01."
The next second, illusory lights and shadows gathered in front of the propeller, forming a guiding track.
"Slow down, follow the guidance, everyone is preparing to land."
Zhang Wei immediately issued the order
Nick excitedly reported to everyone: "Brothers and sisters, we are about to arrive at the Star Ring City, and it is about to witness a historical miracle."
At this time, a noncommissioned officer walked beside Nick and whispered a few words in his ear.
Nick nodded quickly to express his understanding, and then Nick solemnly said to the many people watching: "Dear people, because I don't know what it is like to arrive at the Star Ring City, there will be no explanation in the following live broadcast. . Only image dissemination is carried out, and the smoothness of the image is not guaranteed, but we do our best to ensure the smooth progress of the live broadcast. ”
Su Mo in front of the TV became more and more fascinated, his heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, and he was more or less a little excited.
At this time, the live broadcast viewing rate has reached 99%.
In the live video, an operator reported loudly: "In one minute, we will enter the expected orbit."
"Present the Halo City and the flight track, as well as detect the rotation rate and parameters of the Halo City, and display them all."
Zhang Wei issued the order in a deep voice. It is not that easy to operate a ship.
"Yes!"
Immediately, rows of complicated parameters emerged.
Although there is guidance, the Star Ring City is not stationary. Its gyro-shaped body is constantly rotating to form gravity.
This Propeller does not have an artificial intelligence system, and all operations need to be completed manually. If a mistake is made, the ship may drive face-to-face with the ground and crash into the interstellar port.
Even the people in charge of the operation now are the most elite doctors in the Federation.
They were also very nervous at this time, after all, they didn't have much experience.
"The power system output is adjusted and dropped by another percentage point, and the positive parameters of the ship's bow are revised by 0.03."
Zhang Wei looked at the floating values and kept issuing orders.
"Under adjustment."
Through the optical imaging system, everyone could clearly see that the Halo City was getting closer and getting bigger.
The Impeller became smaller and smaller, like a grain of gravel.
"Distance: 172 kilometers!"
"Entering Interstellar Port 1!"
"Data correction is in progress."
"Shut down auxiliary power unit 3."
"Reduce power output and further slow down."
"Start the rest assistance system, turn on the anti-gravity system, and prepare for landing."
Looking from the air, the Propeller is constantly decelerating, and the anti-gravity device is turned on, and it is landing in the interstellar port little by little.
There are countless battleships staying in the entire interstellar port, but even so, there are still a lot of free positions.
A moment later, with a burst of vibrations, the Propeller finally landed smoothly at the designated location.
"Successful landing."
Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief and reported the report.
“Well done.”
Long Ming took the lead in applauding.
Bang~~
Zhang Wei and others also showed a smile.
After a while, the exit of the Propulsion opened, and Long Ming and others walked down, looking at the endless interstellar port with no end in sight, as well as the countless ships staying here.
Long Ming and others were completely shocked. At this moment, they were like frogs in a well, seeing the magnificent sea for the first time.
At this time, a sweet voice sounded.
"Welcome to the Halo City."
Long Ming and others calmed down, but at some point, Geli appeared in front of them.
"Hello, Miss Geli."
Long Ming greeted politely. It is always right to be polite. Of course, Long Ming was also looking at Ge Li constantly, but unfortunately he could not tell whether Ge Li was a human or a robot.
"President Longming Council, you don't need to be so polite. By the way, I would like to ask you to wait for a moment. The others will be here soon. We will leave together then."
Ge Li said with a smile.
"Okay."
Long Ming also happened to want to see what people from other civilizations looked like.
At this time, a group of figures in the distance came over and looked carefully. They were not much different from human beings, except that their skin was white and their ears were pointed. They were all dressed in silver high-collared clothes, and their eyes were extremely arrogant. The leading man is holding a scepter in his hand and a crown on his head. It can be seen that it is from the empire.
"I am Memikas, the Lord of Anas, and I am here at the invitation."
The leader of the country spoke.
Geli said with a smile: "Please wait a moment, Lord Annas."
Then two more groups of people came over, both of them were humanoid civilizations, but their clothes were of different styles.
The group of people on the left have scaly skin on their bodies, gill-like organs on both sides of their jaws, and their hands are shaped like frog claws.
The group of people on the right are thin and short in stature, with large pupils in their eyes, dark and rough skin all over their bodies, and they are all gray.
The two teams introduced themselves respectively. The people with gills belonged to the Free State of Haike, a civilization that lives on the bottom of the sea.
Another group of people claimed to be from the Falaise tribe, and their civilization was born underground.
Long Ming frowned. He looked at the participating civilizations, his expression constantly changing.
At this time, towering figures appeared one after another. One by one, they were burly, with faces covered with flesh, and their bodies were embedded in metal outer armor. Their eyes were violent and full of oppression. Each of them was taller than the others. cut.
He takes the lead and his eyes are like wild beasts, which is intimidating.
Nick and others couldn't close their mouths at the sight of such a tall person.
"What are you looking at, little dwarf!"
A big man passing by said to Nick, his eyes full of disdain,
Miraculously, Nick could actually understand it. He was very sure that what the other person spoke was definitely not their language, and his tone was so loud that he almost died of smoke.
And this is the overlord from the High Motos civilization.
Immediately after the landing, the remaining civilizations also appeared one after another. They were all humanoid creatures. Some civilizations had unusually thick hair on their bodies, a bit like savages. There were also humans who were very beautiful, with extremely supple skin and sapphire eyes.
There are also extremely gloomy beings, wearing cloaks, bone jewelry on their hands, and black beam guns on their waists, who look like enemies to everyone.
Long Ming took a deep breath. He had more or less an idea in his heart. Those who came to participate should be humanoid civilization. It's just that something went wrong at a certain point in the progress of civilization. For example, on some planets, the seas submerged the land, so humans evolved towards marine life.
Or there may be changes in the climate, leading to new evolution in order to adapt to the environment.
In layman's terms, it's more like the same species reaching different evolutionary ends in different environments.
Geli took a quick look and saw that the teams of the twelve civilizations were all present, so she snapped her fingers.
"Okay, let's go!"
The next second, the metal checkered floor tiles under everyone's feet began to float into the air, like small aircraft, taking everyone into the sky.
Along the way, everyone can see magnificent steel buildings.
Some figures can also be seen vaguely, but no one can confirm whether these are people or other creatures.
At the same time, from time to time, miniature aircraft passed by them in the sky at extremely fast speeds.
It looks like it's going to hit, but it never does.
After a while, everyone fell into a giant circular square in wonder.
In the center of the square, a metal obelisk stood, with a bright throne sitting on the top of the obelisk.
A girl with long silver hair, wearing a blue dress, a cold expression, a proud and elegant manner, wearing crystal high heels, leaning her graceful body sideways, holding her chin with one hand, looking like a queen, sat on it.
Everyone recognized the girl in front of them at a glance, it was the NPC Ikaroa who had activated the star ring.
Ikaroa stood up slowly and looked down at everyone with arrogant eyes.
"Welcome to the Negative Universe. I am honored to tell you that your twelve civilizations from different dimensions have successfully stood out from hundreds of contestants and qualified to participate in the Cup of Heaven."
After hearing Ikaroa's words, everyone took a breath.
The implicit meaning of her words is that hundreds of civilizations have lost their qualifications, have no chance to stand here, and are destined to perish.
At this time, the leader of Annas, Memikas, also lowered his proud head and asked: "Respecting Lord Ikaroa, may I ask what we need to do to win the Cup of Heaven and obtain the continuation of civilization."
Representatives of other civilizations also asked in awe.
Ikaroa replied coldly.
"Winning the so-called Cup of Heaven is very simple, just survive.
As soon as this statement came out, all representatives of civilization looked warily at the representatives of other civilizations around them.
Long Ming's heart sank. Could it be that they were killing each other?
"You don't need to make wild guesses. When I say survive, I don't mean to let you kill each other."
Ikaroa explained expressionlessly.
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. But what Ikaroya said next made everyone feel cold.
"What I mean by surviving is more cruel than letting you kill each other."
When Ikaroya said this, a special virtual image expanded with a wave of his hand.
The vast galaxy map emerged, and you can see that the Halo City is at the center. Only twelve flickering light points can be seen, shining in the orbit of the Halo City, representing the twelve different civilizations that were selected. planet.
However, looking outside, everything outside the galaxy map is bright red, a standard fallen area.
"Outside the orbit where you are, there are all areas occupied by monsters. There are Titans, Zergs, Strangers, Aliens, etc., more than tens of thousands of races. They will tear you apart at all costs. All you need to do is survive. Go down.”
Hearing this, everyone present showed infinite panic in their eyes. Isn't this a fire pit?
Long Ming and others also looked extremely ugly. They knew that winning the Cup of Heaven would be very difficult, but no one expected it to be like this.
However, Long Ming still had the patience to say nothing. Normally, he shouldn't be given a dead end.
But some people with bad tempers may not be able to bear it.
For example, the big man from the High Motos civilization accused him with red eyes.
"What kind of cup of heaven is this? It's clearly a dead end."
Ikaroa sneered as if he was looking at an idiot.
"It's up to you whether you live or die. In the galaxies outside that are occupied by monsters, there are countless ruins of fallen civilizations. You can plunder them endlessly and build new civilizations. When you win, your civilization will be destroyed. Fire is reborn and becomes the new master of the world.”
"Of course, as an inviter, I also prepare a gift for all of you, so that you can obtain the minimum qualifications to fight monsters. All of you get gold points and silver points from the star ring, and it will be 1 to 1 and 1 to 0.1 It will be converted into Star Coins unconditionally, and then you can enter the Star Ring City. Internally exchange everything you want, materials, weapons, technological blueprints, etc. It is worth noting that the gold points and silver points that can be exchanged for star coins are not the gold and silver metals in your hands. After all, those metals are in It’s not worth mentioning in the vast universe.”
"In addition, it is worth noting that you are strictly prohibited from attacking each other within the protection of the City of Stars. Of course, outside the area covered by the City of Stars, you can fight as you like. Of course, you can also ignore my words and choose your future and future at will. Make any choice you want, including attacking each other among civilizations, or even attacking the Ring City, as long as you have the strength and bear the corresponding consequences.”
After hearing Ikaroa's words, everyone fell silent.
At this time, Long Ming's old face kept changing, and he finally asked.
"Respecting Lord Icaroa, what about the civilizations that participated in the Cup of Heaven before?"
"They have all sunk into the endless sea of stars. The Cup of Heaven will continue to select contestants before the real winner is determined. Your arrival proves their demise."
Ikaroya makes no secret of exposing the cruel reality.
"Isn't this a dead end, a disguised form of letting us die?"
Some civilized representatives responded somewhat unacceptable.
Ikaroa's eyes became colder and colder. She flicked her sleeves and replied in a cold voice.
"The future can be used as a bet, so what does a mere human life mean? Fate may be unfair, but death will treat everyone equally!"
The next second, everyone present fell silent.
Including Su Mo and others who were watching the live broadcast, they were also shocked from the beginning to silence.
No matter what, this is the reality. If you don't give it a try, you will die. If you give it a try, there may be a glimmer of hope.
"Ge Li give them the redemption pass sign, and you will explain the rest to them."
"Yes."
Geli replied respectfully.
Then Ikaroa's figure turned into points of light and disappeared in the sky. No one knew whether Ikaroa, the owner of the Star Ring City, was a human being or an illusory image.
At this time, Geli took out some metal signs and handed them to the civilized representatives one by one with a smile.
"This is a symbol of your civilization."
Long Ming took a look at the sign and saw a five-digit number written on it, which should represent their number.
Ge Li said with a smile: "Okay, now you can exchange the gold points and silver points you have into star coins. Star coins are the universal currency of Star Ring City, and their main material is cast from star stones. , and star stone is a kind of ore containing special energy, and It is the building block of this world. You can use star coins to exchange for the weapons and all the technologies you want, and even materials. Of course, these are just your starting funds and do not represent anything. You still have to look at your own development in the future. "< br>
"Exchange us for 700 million gold points and 2.6 billion silver points."
Mermicus, the Lord of Annas, spoke first.
Hearing the words of Annas King Memikas, some civilizations looked a little moved. Long Ming accurately captured the changes in their expressions. Seventy million gold points and silver points should be considered a lot.
Geli directly took out a special striped metal card and handed it to Memikas. At the same time, she directly operated the bracelet on her hand to directly deduct its corresponding gold and silver point values.
"Next."
In fact, Long Ming guessed correctly, 700 million is indeed too much.
The next exchange for many civilizations is only 300 million or 400 million, of course there are more.
But what surprised Long Ming the most was the humble Falaise civilization, which exchanged one billion gold points and three billion silver points in one go.
Finally it was Long Ming's turn, but he was not in a hurry to redeem, but waited for the civilization representative to leave.
Ge Li said to the people who had already exchanged: "You can go to the smart mechanical pillars erected in the Star Ring City to exchange. You can also go to various stores to exchange. In short, you can find everything here. Only what you can't think of will not be exchanged without you. ”
Many civilized representatives left one after another after hearing what Ge Li said.
At this time, Long Ming stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Exchange me for two billion gold points and eight billion silver points."
Geli glanced at Long Ming meaningfully, and then replied.
"Okay! A total of 2.8 billion star coins, please keep it."
In fact, it is impossible for the Federation to have so many gold points and silver points under normal circumstances, but there is one difference between the Federation and other civilizations. They participated in the Earth Cup twice.
The accumulation of foundation is naturally deeper than others, this is a big gamble!
Fortunately, they won the bet after giving up the Cup of Heaven for the first time. The entire country gritted its teeth and reached unity, overcame difficulties together, and managed to hold on until the Cup of Earth was opened for the second time.
They didn't kill each other and collapse.
Ge Li picked up a card and handed it to Long Ming.
"Good luck to you."
"Thank you."
Long Ming took the card.
After Ge Li finished everything, she turned around and left directly.
At this time, Augustolas and other congressmen looked at Long Ming with very ugly expressions.
"How do I feel that Star Ring summons us here, as if we are used as shield consumables to resist external monsters."
"Yes, like cannon fodder."
"I feel that way too."
Long Ming raised his hand to interrupt everyone's words and said in a deep voice.
"You have to strive for your own destiny. I don't think this is a bad thing. Don't say this again in the future. This is also our opportunity, our opportunity to rise."
"It makes sense."
Augustolas and others nodded in response.
At this time, Long Ming suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance, and several figures left in a panic.
"What's wrong?"
Augustolas asked.
"Someone is staring at us, but we don't know whether it is a person or something. Ignore them for now, let's go and see what resources and weapons can be exchanged, so that we can discuss and maximize the use of the limited funds in hand."
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Long Ming replied in a deep voice.
"Okay, but should we exchange it at a store or a mechanical pillar?"
"Looking for the Mechanical Pillar, I have a feeling that the Mechanical Pillar should be opened by the owner of the Star Ring. But that's not necessarily the case with the store. Although the store is likely to be cheaper, it can't be guaranteed to be cheated. After all, they have much more knowledge than us."
"It makes sense."
Everyone responded one after another.
So Long Ming led the people towards an empty mechanical pillar in the distance.
At the same time, Nick whispered to the broadcast equipment in his hand: "Dear people, the next step involves federal secrets, and there will no longer be a public live broadcast. Goodbye!"
With that said, Nick cut off the live broadcast signal.
Suddenly, the TV in front of Su Mo was filled with snowflakes.
Su Mo was speechless, he was looking attentively. He was extremely curious about what he could exchange for in Star Ring City.
Once curiosity comes up, it becomes very uncomfortable.
Su Mo walked around the room, feeling a little bit sick. Although the Federation did not restrict the public from accessing the truth, even if the public knew the usefulness of gold points and silver points, it was unlikely that they would be able to work.
Because the prerequisite for you to use these two things is that you must go to the Star Ring City.
To go to the Ring City, you definitely need a ship, and ships are only available to the Federation now, which means that the exchange channel is in the hands of the Federation.
I have so much money, it is difficult to exchange it. Maybe there will be a way in the future, but at least this is the case for now.
On the other side, Long Ming and others stood in front of the mechanical pillar, checking the redemption interface. Everyone was stunned when they saw the dazzling redemption list.
A type I gene potion that can fully strengthen a person, a potion that can extend a person's life for a hundred years, only costs 100 star coins.
It is extremely cheap, but it is only limited to the lowest level genetic medicine. The higher the level, the more expensive it is. For example, V-type genetic medicine costs one billion star coins, and the price varies depending on the type.
There are so many types of ships that you can drool over them.
They even saw a planet-class Star Destroyer priced at 100 billion star coins.
Its remark parameters clearly stated that the main gun is equipped with a meteor cannon, which can easily destroy a standard planet when fully charged.
Destroying planet-level ships is something they would never dare to imagine.
Now it's just a bunch of exchange numbers, how can it not make people excited.
"Look at this planetary fortress! It's super cheap, priced at only 200 billion star coins."
Spade said with red eyes.
Long Ming also frowned and reminded: "Calm down, we only have 2.8 billion star coins, and it is impossible to exchange only a single type of thing. We need to exchange the production line, drawings, reserve materials, and various urgently needed items."< br>
When Spade and others heard Long Ming's words, they gradually calmed down, but instead felt extremely disappointed.
It's like the treasure is right in front of you, you can get it right away, but unfortunately the balance is insufficient.
Augustolas said in a deep voice: "You are the calmest here in Longming, so you will be responsible for the distribution and purchase. We support you unconditionally."
Augustolas doesn't dare to let other people give opinions now, including himself, who is a little impulsive and wants to spend all his money to buy a large ship. (End of chapter)