Volume 3 Chapter 125: The Targeted Human Relics
Lin Xu has no feelings for the God-given being on Storm Star.
There was no will to rescue them.
He was just a passer-by.
In Lin Xu's view, whether it is the struggle between the God-Given Ones and the Galactic Alliance or the war between them and the Mechanical Empire.
It's just a confrontation between two unfamiliar ethnic groups.
There was no reason for Lin Xu to get involved.
He came here just to find clues to human remains. He came here to do his own thing.
I'm not here to be a savior.
If they were human relatives, Lin Xu would naturally not ignore them.
But they are not.
They are merely descendants of human creations, and have only low-level authority over nanorobots, not the intermediate-level authority of the clan.
Even the vast majority of them may have forgotten the existence of humans.
Even if I remember, I only remember some vague information.
No one can say what human beings are.
So in Lin Xu's eyes, he never regarded these God-given people as his own people.
Just like the elves, orcs, dwarves, etc. on the planet Test Site No. 1.
Just like the monks on the Xianyuan Star and so on.
To Lin Xu, they were all just strangers.
So, who are our own people?
It is a fairy ship that is ordered by humans to patrol the galaxy and fight against rebellious forces.
It is the Great Wall of the Milky Way, where countless clans have been fighting and watching for thousands of years.
In comparison, these God-given ones are really nothing.
After getting the coordinates of the ruins he wanted, Lin Xu did not stay on Storm Star any longer.
He took out the Skylark directly from the personal space, boarded the Skylark, and left Storm Star.
But before boarding the ship, Lin Xu looked at the old elder and finally sighed.
"Let those who are ready to leave get ready and follow me. I will lead them out, and they will be on their own after that." Lin Xu finally softened his heart, but only for a moment.
"Okay, I'll let them get ready right away." The elder smiled. He himself would not leave, but it would be good if more people could escape.
Just like that, when the Skylark took off and headed beyond Storm Star, it was followed by a long line of various spaceships.
"The elders want us to follow the small spaceship in front of us? But can we really escape?"
"That spaceship is so small, what use can it have?"
"Don't say anything. Just listen to the elders. If the elders ask us to do this, there must be a deep meaning behind it."
"Yes, the elders won't lie to us. Besides, we didn't have much chance to escape anyway, so the situation won't get any worse if we try."
In this way, countless large and small spaceships, with all kinds of ideas in mind, finally caught up with the Skylark.
Soon, the Skylark left Storm Star and arrived above Storm Star's orbit.
From afar, a large number of Mechanical Empire warships can be seen encircling and suppressing the countless spaceships that have taken off from the settlement and are preparing to escape from Storm Star.
The battle is going on fiercely.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a one-sided massacre rather than a battle.
Countless spaceships that were preparing to break out of Storm Star were directly blown up in mid-air when facing the warships of the Mechanical Empire. They had absolutely no power to resist.
At the same time, the Mechanical Empire's fleet also discovered the Skylark and a large group of spaceships that had taken off into orbit.
A large number of warships were immediately dispatched to surround the Skylark.
The spaceship following behind the Skylark began to become restless.
"This is terrible, this is terrible, how can we possibly escape? Let's just hide back on Storm Star."
"What's the point of hiding? If we get caught, we'll be dead. We might as well give it a try now."
"That's right. With so many of our spaceships charging together, I don't believe they can stop us."
Just at this moment, the space around the Skylark fluctuated, and Lin Xu opened his personal space.
In an instant, countless autonomous mechanical aggregates appeared out of thin air in the space around the Skylark.
After they appeared, they immediately gathered together and combined into temporary warships, heading towards the warships of the Mechanical Empire.
Then everyone on the following spaceship was stunned.
Boom boom boom explosions sounded one after another, and the Mechanical Empire warships were constantly blown up in mid-air.
"Are we, are we saved?"
"Who are the people on that spaceship ahead?"
"Who knows? Let's run now, no matter who he is."
In this way, under the leadership of the Skylark, more and more spaceships joined the Skylark's team, followed behind the Skylark, and broke out of the encirclement of the Mechanical Empire.
As everything in front of me suddenly became clear, there were no more warships of the Mechanical Empire.
A large number of spaceships immediately scattered, each choosing a direction to escape.
Because of the carelessness, the Mechanical Empire warships that had been caught up by the gap had been opened.
These spaceships that have already escaped naturally do not want to face danger anymore.
Lin Xu in the Skylark turned around and looked at the spaceship that was originally following him but has now dispersed, and smiled.
"Let's go, it's time for us to set off for the ruins."
"Lord Lin Xu, aren't you going to clear the warships before leaving?" Mu Xiyue said with an itchy look as she looked at the warships of the Mechanical Empire.
"No, there's no point in clearing out the warships here. After all, the Mechanical Empire is a huge empire that occupies half of the river system. A few warships won't hurt. We can send more after we kill them. We don't have that much time to waste here." Lin Xu rejected Mu Xiyue's plan to do it himself.
I don’t know if it’s because of the recent series of attacks, but Mu Xiyue seems to be a little addicted to fighting and always wants to start a fight.
So the Skylark entered the curvature navigation state, quickly accelerated to a thousand times the speed of light, and left Storm Star.
The place where humans stay in this galaxy is a thousand light years away from Storm Star. At the current speed of Skylark, which is a thousand times the speed of light, it will take at least a year to travel there.
So what followed was another long wait.
Fortunately, a year is not a long time. Even for Lin Xu, who is already accustomed to interstellar travel, a year is a very fast time.
"Okay, everything is fine here for now. I'm going back to Earth. Does anyone want to stay?" Lin Xu asked.
Naturally no one would choose to stay.
So Lin Xu anchored an exit of his personal space on the Skylark, and then opened the personal space.
Opposite the open space entrance and exit is the city of Yanjing on Earth, in the alley outside the courtyard that Lin Xu is familiar with.
A few people walked in talking and laughing, and their portable spaces were closed.
The lonely Skylark, under the control of Zhenxing, continued to sail in the outer space.
Lin Xu had already returned to his yard and was lying on a recliner under a familiar big tree. The sun shone through the shade of the tree and he felt a sense of relaxation all over his body.
Lu Yao had gone to the library again, and Nanzhu took Mu Xiyue to an unknown place.
Only Miss Qiu stayed with Lin Xu as always.
Time passes by little by little.
A year goes by quickly.
In the year 11408 of the Departure Calendar, Lin Xu was playing a virtual holographic game in the room.
The character in the game was shot in the head by Nanzhu.
"Yeah, I won." Nanzhu's cheers came from the side.
But then the cheers turned into screams.
"Ah, Mu Xiyue, you have no moral principles. You attacked me by surprise."
That’s right, she was killed by Mu Xiyue again.
Lin Xu had already taken off his virtual helmet and planned to take a break before continuing.
At this moment, Bai Xing's report came at the right time.
"Human Lin Xu, the Skylark has arrived near the target point and found a defense line that is suspected to be established by the Galaxy Alliance and the Mechanical Empire. Please give instructions."
"The defense line established by the Galactic Alliance and the Mechanical Empire? Were they established separately, or did they join forces?" Lin Xu asked after a moment of pause.
"They are established separately, but there are channels for interaction between them." Bai Xing replied.
"Is there an interactive channel? I'll go out and take a look later." Lin Xu nodded to show that he understood.
At this time, Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue also paused the game.
"Lord Lin Xu, are we there yet?" Nanzhu rushed over and asked while lying on Lin Xu's back.
"We're here, let's go." Lin Xu nodded.
So after a moment, the cockpit space inside the Skylark opened, and Lin Xu, followed by Miss Qiu, Mu Xiyue and Nanzhu, returned to the cockpit of the Skylark.
As for Lu Yao, she said that there was a problem that she hadn't solved yet, and she would come over after she solved it.
And Lin Xu finally saw through the porthole in the distance, the defense line that Bai Xing mentioned was suspected to be jointly established by the Galactic Alliance and the Mechanical Empire.
However, this line of defense is not directed outward, but inward, facing a galaxy surrounded by the defense line, as if it is afraid that some prehistoric behemoth will rush out of that galaxy.
"What are they guarding against?" Nanzhu was lying on the porthole, also observing the defense line.
"Be on guard against human relics." Lin Xu already understood.
"So, they also know that there are human remains here?" Mu Xiyue frowned. This was obviously not good news.
"Look at this defense line. Some parts are still under construction and have not been completely completed. Obviously, this defense line was only started to be built not long ago. In other words, they only found out not long ago that there are human remains here and began to build the defense line here." Lin Xu said as he observed the defense line.
"Oh, these are not important anymore. What's important is that they know there are human remains here. Have they already dug them out? What if something is destroyed?" Nanzhu became nervous when he thought of that scene.
"Don't worry, human relics are not that easy to dig." Lin Xu smiled and reached out to rub Nanzhu's head, including the pair of golden fox ears on his head.
Suddenly, the originally nervous Nanzhu calmed down, even squinting his eyes with a look of enjoyment.
"As expected, the human remains are still placed in the subspace. The Galactic Alliance and the Mechanical Empire do not have subspace technology. It's just that they have blocked this place now, and it's still a problem to get through." Lin Xu observed the defense line that locked the entire galaxy from all directions up and down, left and right, and he felt a little headache.
"If it doesn't work, just fight back directly." Mu Xiyue suggested.
As he spoke, a small flying sword appeared in his raised hand, and he looked eager to try.
"Although they haven't mastered the subspace technology, it would be troublesome if the subspace anchoring points were destroyed when they were desperate. So we should think of other ways first. Breaking in is the last resort." Lin Xu thought about it and rejected Mu Xiyue's proposal.
Afterwards, the Skylark flew to one side and quietly hid behind a meteorite. Then the space around it fluctuated and flashed, and autonomous mechanical aggregates emerged, lurking towards the direction of the defense line, preparing to conduct a more detailed reconnaissance.
Soon after, the Skylark also headed towards the defense line.
There are a large number of spaceships carrying various supplies, transporting supplies to the defense line.
The Skylark also mixed in with those material transport ships.
"Are we going to sneak in again? But won't we be discovered this time?" Nanzhu said, eager to try but also a little worried.
"It's okay. This time we won't use nanorobots. We'll just use real passes." Lin Xu took out a pass card and said with a smile.
"A real pass? Where did it come from?" Nanzhu took the pass and asked in surprise as he flipped through it.
"It's a replica. Don't underestimate the industrial capacity of the earth." Lin Xu said as he took the card back from Nanzhu.
"What about the records in the computer?" Nanzhu continued to ask.
"We have to use the old method for this." Lin Xu had no idea what to do and could only hope that they would not be discovered so soon.
In this way, the Skylark soon relied on the pass and the invasion of the system by nanorobots and White Star to successfully pass the checkpoints of the defense line and enter the interior of the defense line.
Suddenly, the huge defense line came into view more and more clearly.
A large number of artillery batteries built with composite structures densely cover the entire galaxy. The huge defense line built by the two major galactic powers relies on the planets in the galaxy to build a powerful blocking position.
Each planet is a huge firing point, with all guns aimed at the fifth planet in the star's orbit.
It is the only planet in the galaxy that has not been transformed by the Galactic Alliance and the Mechanical Empire.
Even around the planet, there was no trace of the two superpowers having entered.
The planet continued to live peacefully in its orbit.
It was as if the fleets from the two major cosmic powers and the fortress defenses that were so close to them did not exist at all.
"That planet should be the planet anchored in the subspace where the ruins are located, right?" Mu Xiyue frowned and looked at the planet, always feeling it was strange.
"What's going on? Don't the people from the Galactic Alliance and the Mechanical Empire go up to take a look? The surrounding planets have all been transformed into war machines, but that planet hasn't moved at all? This doesn't seem like their style, does it?" Nanzhu tilted his head and looked out the porthole, his face full of confusion.
"Something's wrong. Look at that planet, it seems there are still indigenous people living there?" Lu Yao suddenly appeared from nowhere, squinting his eyes while staring at the planet in the distance and said.
"Wow, when did you come here? Have you finished your big questions?" Nanzhu was startled.
"It's done. No, this is not important. Look at that planet, it's a completely normal functioning civilization. Even with so many huge ships and cannons pointing at them in space, they can still develop their civilization there peacefully. The psychological quality of this civilization is so strong that it's abnormal." Lu Yao exclaimed in amazement.
"Yeah, this is too weird, it's totally abnormal." Mu Xiyue also nodded in confusion.
"If it were normal, he would have gone crazy long ago." Lin Xu also nodded.
Imagine that it is the Earth in the 21st century. We wake up one day and suddenly find that the solar system is filled with alien artillery batteries. All the planets in the solar system have been transformed into war bases, and the muzzles of the guns are all pointed at the Earth.
There is no need for a real attack. A war will break out on Earth first, and nuclear weapons will destroy themselves a hundred or eighty times.
In comparison, the natives living on this planet, which serves as an anchor point for human remains, are a little too calm.
The calmness seemed a little weird.
"Look, look, they are launching a satellite. I saw the rocket rush out of the low-Earth orbit! The satellite has left the cabin and is flying around the planet. Oh, we also received an electrical signal, it seems to be a TV signal. Is this a TV signal relay satellite?" Nanzhu looked at the planet, his eyes full of question marks.
"Launching a TV signal relay satellite at a time like this? Aren't they too calm?" This time even Lin Xu couldn't help but complain.
"Lord Lin Xu, what should we do? Should we go directly to that planet? Or should we get more information?" Nanzhu asked.
At this time, Lin Xu had already opened up a high-dimensional perspective and was observing the planet from a high-dimensional perspective.
He immediately noticed the unusually active high-dimensional interference force on the distant planet.
Lin Xu didn’t know what the meaning of that high-dimensional interference force was, but it was obvious that humans had done something on that planet.
Maybe some kind of experiment? And one involving higher dimensions?
Is this why the Galactic Alliance and the Mechanical Empire stopped in their tracks and dared not move forward?
Lin Xu suddenly thought of the experiments that humans had conducted on the Test Site No. 1 Star and the Xianyuan Star.
I suddenly had some guess in my mind.
But this time was different from before, because this time it involved higher dimensions, which made Lin Xu hesitate for a while and he did not dare to act decisively.
"Let's go and get some information first, learn more, and then go to that planet to see what the situation is." Lin Xu made a decision.
So the Skylark continued on its previous course, and under the guidance of the guide ship, it followed a large number of spaceships that also entered with passes, and headed for the satellite of a gas planet not far away.
That is the logistics base above the defense line established by the Interstellar Alliance here.
It is also the place where various logistical supplies are received.
The Skylark entered the defense line under the pretext of transporting logistical supplies.
Of course, it was not a military ship, but just a merchant ship that saw business opportunities here and transported supplies here to sell.
There are many such businessmen, so the Skylark is very inconspicuous.
After docking at the satellite's port, no one cared about it for a while.
Lin Xu and his companions slightly changed their appearance, got off the Skylark, and entered the temporary city on the satellite.
As for why they have to change their image, after all, several of them are still wanted criminals of the Galactic Alliance, and they don't want a conflict to break out before they get the intelligence, so of course they have to be careful.
"Is the temporary city also prosperous? There are even professional young ladies here." Nanzhu stared at several pretty young ladies who were obviously engaged in special professions and dressed revealingly, her eyes full of interest.
Those young ladies originally wanted to flirt with Lin Xu, but they were scared away by Nanzhu's fiery eyes and quickly stayed away from Lin Xu.
"Hey, what are you doing? Don't scare me." Lin Xu grabbed her furry ears and pulled her back.
"I didn't, I was just a little curious. I heard that professionals like this have many special skills. If I could learn a few tricks from them, wouldn't I be able to defeat you, Lord Lin Xu, sooner?" When he said this, the light in Nanzhu's eyes became brighter.
But it only resulted in Lin Xu's brain exploding.
"Don't think about that, business is important."
Although it is a temporary city, it is also very large, much larger and more prosperous than the super first-tier cities in the 21st century.
After all, this is the interstellar age, so everything has to be big, which is understandable.
Transport ships kept landing and taking off in the sky, bringing huge amounts of supplies.
Soldiers on leave on the ground and interstellar merchants who had come here to do business were arguing and making noise in the temporary shops.
Of course, although it is a temporary store, it is also an excellent building built with prefabricated parts. It is definitely a luxury shopping mall in the 21st century.
Lin Xu was strolling in this bustling city, thinking about where to go to gather information.
At this moment, Nanzhu suddenly pulled his sleeve.
"Master Lin Xu, look over there." Nanzhu stared at another scantily clad young lady not far away and pointed.
"Can you please do something serious?" Lin Xu said helplessly.
"No, this is the real business! She is not in that line of work, she is an intelligence dealer." Nanzhu reminded.
"Information dealer?" Lin Xu's heart moved, and after looking carefully, he found that she was different from other exposed young ladies.
Although this young lady was wearing revealing clothes, she had a strong and sturdy body. She did not solicit customers on the street. Instead, she squatted in the corner, smoking a cigarette out of boredom.
In front of her was an electronic display screen with the word "Detective" written in large letters .
"detective?"
"Yes, isn't she an intelligence dealer? She is in this line of work and must be good at getting information. All we have to do is pay her some money." Nanzhu nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, let's give it a try." Lin Xu thought about it and felt that it made sense.
So a few people walked towards the young lady who sometimes stood up and sometimes squatted in the corner smoking.
The young lady who was squatting there smoking with a sullen look on her face suddenly noticed a few pairs of shoes in front of her.
When he looked up, he saw Lin Xu and others, and he was immediately cheered up.
"Hey guys, are you looking for a detective? I'm the best detective in this entire logistics base. You'll definitely win if you hire me."
"This is a military logistics base. A serious detective wouldn't come here to do business, right?" Lin Xu asked doubtfully at first.
"Well, I'm left here without any money for the trip! Don't worry, no matter what you want me to find out, I can definitely do it. Just give me a ticket to leave."
"I don't have the habit of exploiting others. Don't worry, you will definitely make a lot of money. It just depends on whether you dare to accept the order." Lin Xu said after thinking for a while .
"What do you want to do? I won't do anything illegal." The young lady immediately became alert.
"It's not illegal, but it does violate regulations a little bit." Lin Xu said after thinking for a while.
"Just skirting the edge! That's no problem. I'm the best at skirting the edge. Leave it to me." The young lady immediately patted her plump chest and assured.
