Chapter 742 Guest City
Hard's Corner is located in the gap at the edge of the Sea of Death. It is surrounded by the Sea of Death to its left, right and rear. As a result, its location is like an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack fortress, embedded in the star map.
But first, we must understand a concept. Although the name of the Sea of Death contains sea, it is not like the sea, which is flat except for the waves.
On the map, it is a flat surface, but on the star map, it is a large irregular airspace like clouds, and no one can tell clearly whether the Sea of Death is expanding.
Looking at it this way, Hard's Horn is not caught in the gap of the Sea of Death, but is hidden inside.
To use a popular metaphor, if the Sea of Death is the butt, Hade's Corner is the chrysanthemum.
It can be said to be very appropriate.
The star of the galaxy Harder's Corner is a red giant. There are three planets orbiting the red giant. It is said that there were originally more, but they were all swallowed up by the red giant.
The place where the Manta Ray is going is the farthest celestial body from the red giant star. Its diameter is about 3,500 kilometers.
Yes, this thing is not much bigger than the moon.
However, this celestial body is almost composed of ice and water under the ice layer, which is a very precious resource.
The water source of the Alan Star Chain comes from capturing water-rich asteroids and its own efficient water circulation system. If there is such a large water ball next to it, it will be very convenient to live.
In fact, this is indeed the case. When the Manta Ray approaches, it can be seen that there are large excavation bases on the surface of the planet, and the local people mine water as a mineral.
Next to this water polo, there is a huge colonial satellite.
It is cigar-shaped, with six huge solar panels spread out at one end, facing the red giant star in the center of the galaxy like petals. And the colonial satellite is rotating around the axis, obtaining artificial gravity through this method.
——This is the shape that looks like the one that hit Sydney.
Alyssa said this place is called Guest Star City. Li Chengqi was still a little puzzled, thinking that the name looked a bit strange. Logically speaking, Li Chengqi's divine translation was always very faithful and elegant.
So he took out his mobile phone and searched it, and then he realized that guest stars in astronomical terms mean 'stars that suddenly appear and then slowly disappear'.
Although the original text of Kexingcheng is definitely different, the meaning is the same.
This colony was established suddenly. It is surrounded on three sides by the Sea of Death that may expand. In addition, plus the red giant star in the galaxy, everything is very fatal. It may not disappear until a long, long time, or it may be destroyed in the next second. Destroyed, no one can say for sure.
It can be said to be very trustworthy and elegant.
The guest star city is neither on an important waterway nor has particularly rare resources. Building a colonial satellite here seems very ill.
But there are quite a lot of spaceships coming to Star City. You have to queue up to enter and leave the port, and it is not very safe here. When you come here, you can see a large number of shipwrecks. It seems that a war just broke out not long ago.
In order to prevent the debris from blocking the channel, many recovery boats can be seen pushing the debris to the side out of the way.
While waiting in line, you can see what's going on inside through the partially transparent shell of the colonial satellite. High-rise buildings are covered with neon lights, flying motorcycles whiz by from time to time, and you can even see the flash of explosions.
This reminded Li Chengqi of the classic "Welcome to the City of Night".
As I said just now, guest star city is not on an important waterway, nor does it have particularly rare resources. Building a colonial satellite here is mentally ill.
However, it can attract many ships to approach, just because this is a truly lawless city.
This galaxy was discovered by a group of pirates. They later built colonial satellites here as a supply base, and then slowly developed to the present.
There are only two rules in Guest City.
First, the Hard Gang manages this city. If the Hard Gang says you can't act recklessly, you can't act recklessly. If you touch the Hard Gang's cake, you will die.
Second, everyone has fun.
Due to its characteristics, this is the largest black trade center nearby, involving organ trading, human trafficking, contraband, arms and other profit-making industries written in the criminal law. It is a gathering place for scum in the void, and everyone will have to endure it when the devil comes. Two feet.
As you can imagine, the people on the ships queuing up to enter the port were obviously not good people either.
It’s not that the officials don’t know about this place, it’s mainly because the Sea of Death is so difficult to deal with.
It is difficult for a large fleet to jump close, and a small fleet cannot defeat them. Over time, they simply ignore it.
After waiting for almost half an hour, the Manta Ray finally arrived at the port. A huge mechanical arm placed the Manta Ray, which had landed on the conveyor belt, on the rotating apron. Li Chengqi turned off the engine smoothly. At this time, Alyssa turned her chair and said to Fang Lanyin: "People in this city are not easy to mess with. Please remember to follow me closely later and never get lost. Never get into a fight with strangers, and preferably don’t have any conversations with them.”
Fang Lanyin is similar to Yang Yiyi. She is a big-footed village girl from the countryside. When she comes to a ghost place like this, she can be fooled out of her life in just two or three sentences.
Fang Lanyin herself was a little nervous and nodded quickly when she heard this.
"Got a gun?"
"I brought it, my sister-in-law gave it to me."
"Put it in the most convenient place. Don't cover it with clothes. If it is exposed, anyone without a weapon here is dead."
Listening to Alyssa’s description, you can tell how outrageous this place is.
"Speaking of which, what on earth do you want to do in a ghost place like this?"
"The main goal is to obtain financing, preferably a cruise ship, and the second is to find people, but the possibility of achieving the main goal is not high."
After casually explaining to Li Chengqi, Alyssa unbuckled her seat belt and stood up to leave.
Now Li Chengqi was anxious.
“Hey, hey, wait a minute, you’re going to leave and you’re going to leave me here?”
"The port is the territory of the Harder Gang. No one dares to mess around here. I have already asked someone to help you add liquefied magic power."
"That's not the problem. I'm bored staying here by myself."
"..."
Are you bored?
What, you still want to drive the shuttle in with us?
Only a few shuttles are allowed to fly within colonial satellites, and of course Alyssa, an outsider, cannot get permission.
"That's not what I meant. Take out that metal plate."
"This? What's the use?"
"Put it on a personal terminal. Well, let's put it on Fang Lanyin's personal terminal."
Alyssa didn't know why, but she did it anyway.
Soon the screen of the personal terminal on Fang Lanyin's arm displayed the words 'Creation Machine. Divine Crystal Initialization Completed'.
A prompt also appeared on Li Chengqi's side. He pressed the arrow keys on the keyboard, and his perspective changed slightly.
Originally, the center of the view was in the cockpit of the Manta, but now the center of the view is Fang Lanyin.
"It's done, now I can follow you in and take a look."
Li Chengqi's voice came not from the speaker under the oscilloscope this time, but from the speaker of Fang Lanyin's personal terminal.
"You can actually transfer?"
"I only remembered it recently."
I remember that in the initial opening animation, there was a scene where Alyssa put the metal plate brought out from the ruins on the oscilloscope. Maybe that metal plate was the focus of Li Chengqi's switching control of different vehicles. I tried it, and it was true. .
"Don't worry, I can switch back to the Manta at any time."
"Okay, I just don't understand why you put it on Fang Lanyin's personal terminal. Can't it be my personal terminal model?"
"No, because Fang Lanyin looks sexier than you."
"..."
Damn it, I want to hit someone.
(End of chapter)