Chapter 394: Enlightenment Ship No. 1
Emilia sat quietly in the corner of the palace gathering.
She is the protagonist of today. The Luofeng Palace is decorated with lights and colors everywhere to create an atmosphere that will make her happy.
Unfortunately, Emilia was still in a bad mood.
She wore the most beautiful princess dress, expensive jewelry and a laurel crown, and her flawless face, like white jade, always had a hint of loneliness that was hard to conceal.
His Majesty, Emperor Edwan of the Empire, was chatting with several ministers about economic development plans.
'Edwang' was a little worried about Emilia, and kept looking over here. Finally, he couldn't help but stand up, walked to the edge of the dance floor, and arrived in front of Emilia.
"Oh, what's the matter with you? My dear sister!"
'Edwan' laughed and said:
"Happiness, Emilia. We are all gathered together to celebrate your birthday! We have made outstanding achievements in various fields in the past period of time. This banquet is also to celebrate our harvest in the field of science and technology.
"Don't be so serious. Everyone is worried about you."
Emilia nodded calmly, staring at 'Edwan's' face, and whispered: "I'm fine, brother, you go and entertain the ministers."
"Okay," 'Edwan' said gently without saying anything more, "Do you want me to let Miss Guina come over to accompany you?"
"No," Emilia shook her head, "There will be a small party in my bedroom later, and Miss Guina will come to participate."
"That's a girls' party, right? Hahaha."
'Edwang' gave Emilia a warm look, turned and walked towards the corner where the wealthy businessmen gathered, like a perpetual motion machine, playing the public relations value of 'the spokesperson of the Falling Wind Alliance'.
Emilia stared at Edwan's back, and finally just sighed softly, her expression becoming even more lonely.
At her legs lay a decorative metal sword, with fresh marks of polishing on the blade.
A figure appeared in the dark corner at the back and walked straight behind Emilia.
Several alert maids noticed the figure and subconsciously wanted to stop it; the head maid who was a little further away quickly gestured to order them to stay still.
The figure walked out of the shadows , revealing a face that was still young and had a kind smile.
“Oh.”
Yang Ming's voice sounded:
"Why is the little birthday boy hiding here by himself?"
Emilia was obviously stunned for a moment. When she looked up, her eyes were already shining brightly. She turned her head abruptly to look behind her, and pursed the corners of her mouth in a somewhat bored manner.
What came were just simulated robots, not real bounty hunters.
Real bounty hunters would never wear protective vests under their military uniforms. Only fragile simulated robots need real-time protection.
Yang Ming smiled and said, "It's me."
Emilia asked quietly, "Assistant?"
"Myself."
Yang Ming walked forward calmly, and under the glances and gazes of most of the men in the room, he sat down next to Emilia.
He smiled and said, "For something as big as your birthday, I would definitely come over, but I was busy with military duties, so I came a little late."
Emilia raised her head slightly, with an unconcealable smile on her palm-sized face.
She is already a mature and beautiful human woman, with delicate facial features, a good figure, milky white and smooth skin, and a pair of lively big eyes that seem to be able to speak, which can easily make men with normal sexual orientation admire her.
Emilia said calmly: "I didn't see you on my birthday a few years ago."
"You'll have no friends if you chat like this."
Yang Ming looked at 'Edwang' who was socializing over there and sighed slightly.
"Are you okay?" Yang Ming asked.
Emilia said calmly, "Are you asking what negative impact this has on me? I've had more and more work in recent years. People jokingly call me the half-queen of the Luofeng Empire and the secretary-general of the Luofeng Alliance. This is all thanks to you."
"Uh, are you very tired?" Yang Ming turned his head and looked into her eyes.
Emilia pursed her lips, clenched her right fist and made a cheering gesture: "This is called fulfillment!"
"It's good to be fulfilled," Yang Ming said with a smile, "You are actually the queen of Luofeng, but many things cannot be announced for the time being."
"Don't discuss this."
Emilia lowered her head and adjusted her long skirt.
"You are too careless, bounty hunter. We cannot afford to pay any price for a low-level mistake. In this situation, it is difficult to determine whether they have any high-tech products."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone invited here today is under our close surveillance on a daily basis... After a gas bomb attack, we developed a complete set of algorithms for human brain wave encoding language, which are now mature and in use."
Emilia was a little speechless: "Anyway, it's right to be careful."
Yang Ming nodded with a smile and asked gently, "Are you free later?"
"I don't want to dance with a fake hunter."
"Who said anything about dancing?" Yang Ming said, "Do you think I look like such a romantic man? I just want to ask if you have time later. I will take you to see an opening ceremony."
"Opening ceremony?" Emilia was a little confused.
Yang Ming looked at the figures interweaving on the dance floor and said slowly, "You can take this as a recognition. It means that you are mine from now on."
Emilia glanced at Yang Ming, then turned her head away pretending to be calm.
Of course, she knew that the thought that came to her mind at this moment was an absurd and unrealistic idea, but she just couldn't suppress this thought. Her mind was unable to turn back, and she could only respond with one sentence:
"What do you mean your people? I am the bearer of the will of this country. I am from Luofeng."
"Okay, Mr. Secretary-General," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I hope you can come and give us your guidance."
"Then I will reluctantly agree to your request."
Emilia held her hands in front of her, looking ladylike and elegant.
…
About half a galactic hour later.
Emilia controlled a robot substitute with a gloomy face, following behind the two robots in front that were equipped with "overhead display screens", and rolled her eyes continuously.
It really is!
She could understand that Lord Handon, the great national hero of the Sherman Empire, the new darling of the Sherman family, the natural enemy of the space Zerg, and the transformed ancient god, was indeed very busy and had no time to spend a simple birthday with her.
But she couldn't understand why they had agreed to have two people visit a launch ceremony together, but now there were three people!
It is still in the form of remote-controlled robots, and we can only see each other's faces through the display screen above the ugly robot's head. There is no sense of reality at all!
Well, the third person who appeared here is also a respectable elder, the energy tycoon of their Luofeng Alliance - Hatton Kolev.
Emilia could only suppress her dissatisfaction in her heart, and followed the two of them reluctantly, listening to their happy chat.
Three robots are walking in the side corridor of a warship.
Everywhere Emilia looked, there were silver-gray tones, minimalist lines and modules, and occasional simple operation panels.
This should be a thousand-meter-long battleship?
Emilia looked out the porthole and saw a fist-sized star emitting a bluish-white light. A lifeless planet was rotating regularly in front of her on the left.
She heard Yang Ming say:
"Today's launching ceremony will definitely be an eye-opener for both of you."
What followed was the energy tycoon's merciless ridicule:
"Wow, so impressive? You built a dreadnought?"
Yang Ming hesitated.
Emilia almost laughed out loud.
Old Kolev laughed and said, "All right, all right. It's my fault. I hit the captain right in the lungs with one sentence. He can't even speak now."
"Actually," Yang Ming said with a click of his tongue, "the technical difficulty is not much different from that of the dreadnought. In some areas, it even exceeds the dreadnoughts currently in service in the Empire and the New Federation."
Kolev's eyes widened. "You bastard! Did you create a ship of mass destruction in the intelligent machine civilization?!"
Emilia was also surprised.
She naturally understood that a dreadnought was not powerful just because it was built big enough. It was the most severe test for the industrial system of a powerful political system.
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Why are you so excited? I have been working on this for more than a year or two. This is not a real dreadnought."
Kolev wondered, "You have the technology and resources, why don't you just build a dreadnought?"
"At this stage, we can indeed support two or three dreadnoughts."
Yang Ming said slowly:
“But that would hinder the development of our civilization. At this stage, we are mainly defensive. We have the resources to build a dreadnought, so we can build four to six large-caliber planetary cannons that are more powerful than the dreadnought’s main guns.
"For example, Xiao Lu is currently working on a satellite fortress project. We plan to use ten galactic years to hollow out a natural satellite with a diameter of 600 kilometers and turn it into a firepower fortress. It will be equipped with three planetary cannons, which can exert the firepower of three dreadnoughts."
"Ten years?" Emilia asked in surprise.
Yang Ming sighed, "I know this time is indeed a bit long, but we can't put all our resources into this project. This is just one of the twelve major military projects of Dark Star, and ten years is just a conservative estimate. If we take into account the resource enrichment effect of the increase in the scale of civilization, it is possible to complete it in six or seven years."
Kolev and Emilia's robots looked at each other.
The old pirate cursed, "We are surprised that you can build such a large project in such a short time! Satellite fortresses usually take decades or even hundreds of years to build!"
"Am I lacking common sense?"
Yang Ming looked innocent:
"That's what Lu said when she reported it.
"After all, Dark Star is a purely mechanical civilization. It is normal that its efficiency is seven or eight times higher than that of human civilization."
The three of them heard Lu's laughter at the same time: "Boss, the difference lies in the overall dispatching ability and the efficiency of the individual machines. This is the key factor."
Lu's projection appeared on the side, wearing a silver-white combat uniform, with long black hair hanging behind him, and his bright eyes sparkling with wisdom.
She bowed slightly to Yang Ming, Kolev and Emilia:
"Boss, shall we start the initiation ceremony now?"
"Well," Yang Ming said, "the audience is here, let's get started."
"yes."
Lu's expression immediately became very serious.
A projection of an operating console appeared in front of her eyes . After pressing a few buttons...it was quiet outside the porthole.
Kolev whispered, "Will there be a flash of light, and then the planet in front of us will be blown up directly?"
"Of course not," Yang Ming said with a smile, "Why would we blow up a planet if we have nothing to do?"
"That's how powerful countries test weapons, to show off their military power," Kolev said with a smile. "If they don't blow up a few planets, they won't be able to establish their own deterrent power."
Emilia suddenly said: "A vortex appeared in the planet's clouds!"
"What a careful observation," Lu admired quietly.
The three robots moved to the porthole and watched the changes in the cloud vortex of the planet not far away.
In the middle of the vortex, a huge ship slowly broke out of the atmosphere.
A soft halo covers the periphery of the giant ship, and there are no gun muzzles on the front. The smooth lines of the "whale head" are extremely physically beautiful.
Kolev turned his head and glared at Yang Ming: "You built this kind of giant ship on the surface of the planet?"
"Otherwise? To be precise, it should be underground."
"What kind of materials are you using? Can the gravity of the planet be directly offset? Large shipyards must be located on the edge of the gravitational balance zone. Is this common sense that is wrong?"
Yang Ming smiled and said, "It's necessary to keep it confidential. There's nothing we can do. We can only pay a little more for it."
Lu added: "In fact, this ship can hide in the eye of the storm of a gas giant."
As they were talking, the giant ship had already sailed out of the dense atmosphere, and the halo around the ship became brighter.
That kind of aperture actually simulates the gravity field and is the best power source for super-large ships. ——At present, only various types of cost-saving and light-weight super-large merchant ships will use relatively primitive propulsion methods such as working fluid thrusters and stellar sails.
It was flying towards the three people.
More than a dozen dark warships appeared outside the porthole.
These warships slowly dispersed and formed an escort formation, with the position in the middle reserved for this giant battleship.
The giant ship began to adjust its posture, its speed steadily increased, the halo around the ship slowly faded, and the dark ship became solemn and dignified.
As the distance between the giant ship and the battleship formation continued to shorten, the sense of oppression brought by the giant ship became more and more intense.
Ten minutes later, the giant ship seemed to crush the battleship the robots were on. The entire formation began to sail synchronously. The giant ship filled the three robots' sight and moved forward "slowly".
"This is too damn shocking!"
Kolev swore.
Emilia asked quietly, "What is the purpose of this huge ship? I mean, why are we building this huge ship?"
“For scientific research purposes.”
Yang Ming admired the huge ship outside the window and said slowly:
"To be specific, this is a scientific research ship. It carries hope and represents shelter. Do you want to go with me for a tour?"
"May I?"
Emilia felt inexplicably nervous, but also a little excited.
"Oh! I can't wait any longer!" Kolev muttered, "Why don't you let us board the ship directly instead of looking at its exterior first!"
Yang Ming smiled and said, "This is the only way to create a visual effect."
Lu reminded: "Boss, do you want to give this ship a name?"
Kolev said hurriedly: "This kind of giant ship is an extremely precious strategic resource. You must not use a weird name like 'Flying Henan Man' again!"
"this……"
Boss Yang, who was about to talk about the Feinan Ship No. 2, was suddenly speechless.
This old guy is really nosy!
However, for Mimi's sake, we won't bother with him.
"The purpose is scientific research, and it is the first 10,000-meter-class giant ship in our Dark Star System..."
Yang Ming sighed softly:
"Let's call it Enlightenment No. 1.
“Science and technology enlighten civilization, and scientific and technological progress elevates life. Compared to the vast universe, Level 3 civilization is just a speck of dust. I hope we can keep moving forward. Every scientific progress can be seen as enlightenment for the next stage of civilization.
"I also hope that my home planet can successfully welcome enlightenment in the future."
Emilia stared at Yang Ming's robot, a little absent-minded.
"You really should make a serious apology to the Flying South," Kolev muttered, "That's the precious ship I prepared for my wife to sail forever into the gaps between large galaxies together."
Yang Ming glared at the old guy.
He had worked so hard to create such a serious atmosphere!
There is really no one else like it!
