Volume 3 Chapter 227: Fairy Ship Alliance and Outer Space Invasion
Outside the huge fairy ship, there are a large number of flying boats of different sizes patrolling everywhere and handling different tasks.
Some of them command the intercepted spacecraft of various civilizations and guide them to a unified location for inspection.
Some form a kind of network in more distant locations, monitoring events that may pose a danger to the fairy ships.
Some of them just transport supplies or passengers between various parts of the fairy ship.
Because the fairy ship is so huge, sometimes it is faster to move it through the outside using a flying boat than to move it inside.
Just like on Earth, the fastest way to get from one side of the Earth to the other side is not to run on the ground or fly in the sky on a plane, but to launch a missile from the ground into space and then to the other side of the Earth.
Of course, the mode of transportation within the fairy ship is still different from that on Earth in the 21st century.
There are also ways to move quickly internally, but you won’t be eliminated by moving externally either.
In particular, whenever the fairy ship docks somewhere, there will be a large number of various flying boats traveling back and forth through the space outside the fairy ship.
On one of the ten thousand meter long flying boats that set sail from a certain area of the fairy ship and headed towards another area, a space passage opened out of thin air and Lin Xu walked out of it.
Following behind him were Miss Qiu, Nanzhu, Mu Xiyue, Lu Yao and Arisa.
This is a cargo and passenger flying boat, and the place where several people appeared was inside the cargo hold.
However, after walking outside for a while, we left the cargo area and entered the passenger area.
A large number of cosmic races of various shapes and forms gathered on the deck. There were even tour guides holding loud speakers, explaining to tourists the different areas of the passing fairy ship.
Even those who were born and raised on the Fairy Ship have not been to all places on the Fairy Ship.
After all, the fairy ship is so big, as big as a planet, just like a native earthling who has not been to every place on the earth.
"Everyone, look at the area we are passing by below. That is the East 33rd District, which is famous for growing fruits. Eighty percent of the fruits we eat on the fairy ship are grown here."
"Everyone, look at the huge building in the shape of a fighting angle that just flew past on the right. That is the largest flying boat production area on the fairy ship. The flying boat we are riding now was produced here."
The tour guide kept introducing the areas they passed through to the tourists behind him .
Lin Xu and a few others gathered nearby and listened along, and learned a lot about this fairy ship.
The flying boat soon arrived at its destination and landed on a helipad on the fairy ship below.
As the flying boat docked stably, the passengers began to get off the boat in an orderly manner.
Lin Xu and his companions had already opened the space channel and entered the area inside the fairy ship not far away.
There is an artificial sun in the sky and spacious streets on the ground. Various Chinese-style buildings, whether a few stories high or hundreds of stories high, are scattered everywhere. There are crowds of pedestrians on the road, wearing various clothing styles that are also very Han-style.
Everything made Lin Xu feel quite emotional. He felt as if he was in a future society where the classical Chinese style had been developed to the extreme.
Well, this is indeed the future society.
If possible, Lin Xu hopes that this fairy ship is indeed owned by the clan, and the passengers on it are indeed human clans.
However, a large number of nanorobots have also been spread out.
The feedback was not optimistic.
The nanorobots found no signs of nanorobots on the fairy ship.
At the same time, a preliminary judgment was made on the construction materials of the fairy ship.
It is still not as good as the material formed by the aggregation of nanorobots.
It is even inferior to the materials used by Lin Xu when he built a fleet for Nanzhu, Mu Xiyue, and Lu Yao.
Therefore, it can be basically confirmed that this fairy ship is not a real fairy ship.
The passengers on it are also not human beings.
In fact, as early as when Lin Xu just boarded the flying boat, he had already confirmed that those passengers were not from the clan.
But Lin Xu still held out some hope. After all, the fairy ship was so big that there might be more than just the clan members living on it. Maybe the clan members also favored many ordinary races.
But now it is certain that the fairy ship is not a real fairy ship and has no clan.
"Sure enough, it's another fake fairy ship." Mu Xiyue's eyes flashed with flames, as if they were about to burst out in the next moment.
"Xiyue, look over there, is that the model of Penglai?" Nanzhu beside him widened his eyes, patted Mu Xiyue's arm, and pointed to a shop next to him. There was a huge model of a fairy ship that was placed in the center of the store like the treasure of the shop.
"This is, yes, Penglai." Mu Xiyue was stunned for a moment, turned around and recognized her hometown at a glance.
Although the architectural styles of the fairy ships are similar, there are still some subtle differences between them.
The huge model of the fairy ship in front of him was exactly the model of the fairy ship Penglai, Mu Xiyue’s hometown, far away in the Milky Way.
"Wow, you two girls can even recognize the fairy ship Penglai? What a surprise, it's extraordinary, extraordinary. Looking at your looks, you must be top students studying history, right? Otherwise, ordinary people would not be able to recognize this fairy ship Penglai." The owner was a little surprised that Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue, two such fashionable and beautiful girls, could have such eyesight, and he immediately exclaimed.
It feels like a hot girl dressed up in fancy clothes standing at the door of an antique shop and telling at a glance which of the antiques displayed by the owner at the door are real and which are fake.
Putting aside other things, the style of painting is different.
"Is it really the Immortal Ship Penglai? But why do you have the Immortal Ship Penglai here?" Nanzhu asked in surprise.
"What you said is really novel. Although there are few models of the fairy ship Penglai in the world nowadays, there are still some. What's so strange about me having one here?" The shop owner looked Nanzhu up and down and said with a smile.
"No, that's not what I meant. What I wanted to say is, is there anyone on this fairy ship who knows about the fairy ship Penglai?" Nanzhu waved his hand and said.
"I don't understand what you said. After all, we are in the territory of the Fairy Ship Alliance. How is it possible that we don't even recognize our own ancestors? Well, although most of the young people nowadays don't know them, there are still young talents like you two who know them, right?" said the owner with a smile.
"Fairy Ship Alliance?" Mu Xiyue muttered the term in a low voice.
Thinking back to the clans that followed humans, although there were more than one fairy ships, there was no such term as the Fairy Ship Alliance.
Lin Xu and Lu Yao next to them were also thoughtful. It was Arisa who was not very interested in the history of the fairy ship. Instead, she was studying the various models in the store.
"Then do you know the origin of this fairy ship Penglai?" Nanzhu asked again.
"Little girl, are you trying to test me? There are so many fairy ships in the Fairy Ship Alliance. If you ask me to name them one by one, I may not be able to explain them clearly. But about this fairy ship Penglai, you are still trying to confuse me." As if Nanzhu's question had tickled his itch, the shopkeeper suddenly became energetic and started talking fluently.
"Legend has it that the immortal ship Penglai is the first immortal ship born in the world, and all the immortal ships that followed were determined based on the shape of the immortal ship Penglai. It is said that the original immortal ships were not very large, and were later gradually expanded to become giant ships like planets. This is different from the immortal ships today. The current immortal ships have their general shape determined before they are built, and are not expanded bit by bit. This undoubtedly makes the current immortal ships less beautiful." The owner shook his head and sighed.
It's just like those people who always like to say that the present is not as good as the past. They always think that the ancient things are good and the modern things are rubbish.
Don’t you think about the fact that the original fairy ship Penglai had to be expanded bit by bit? Wasn’t it because the fairy ship Penglai at that time did not have the ability to directly build planetary-sized giant ships?
At that time, humans had just left the Earth not long ago and did not have the ability to build planetary giant ships in a short period of time. They were not like Lin Xu now, who could build one just by saying so.
"You mean the Immortal Ship Alliance? Are there many immortal ships now?" Lin Xu asked from the side.
" What you said means that there is of course more than one fairy ship. You, are not from the fairy ship?" The owner looked at Lin Xu as if he heard some new question and then asked back.
"Yes, we are here to travel." Lin Xu nodded with a smile.
"Travel? These two girls even know about the Immortal Ship Penglai, so they don't look like they are here for travel, but you asked such a question. As far as I know, there are some people from remote planets who don't know much about the Immortal Ship Alliance and often ask some ridiculous questions. But you guys, I can't tell who you are now." The owner looked at Lin Xu, then at Nanzhu, Mu Xiyue and others, shook his head, and looked puzzled.
Lin Xu didn't know whether to continue asking. After thinking about it, he decided to pass the message to Nanzhu through the nanorobot, so Nanzhu asked the questions.
"Well, we are indeed here for tourism, but I am more interested in the history of the Immortal Ship. However, we don't know much about the current Immortal Ship Alliance. Since we are talking about history, can I ask a question? Do you know humans?" Nanzhu looked at the owner seriously and asked.
Although I don't know why, there are actually more than one fairy ships that have no followers and were not built by the followers, and they have even formed some kind of fairy ship alliance.
But since this so-called Immortal Ship Alliance reveres the Immortal Ship Penglai as the first Immortal Ship in the world.
Then they must know something about humans.
But no one expected that as soon as Nanzhu asked the question, the owner, who was originally smiling, suddenly changed his expression.
If Nanzhu wasn't a girl, he would have probably come up and covered her mouth.
"Human? Hush, don't talk." The owner looked around cautiously and found that no one seemed to notice him, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he carefully reminded Nanzhu.
"On this fairy ship, it is taboo to mention humans. To be honest, I'm not an old fairy ship person, so it's good that you told me. But listen to my advice, don't ask others about it in the future. If you find out about the old fairy ship people, you will be in trouble. They will definitely think you are making fun of them." After the owner finished speaking, he waved his hand and made a gesture to drive people away.
So Lin Xu and others, who had just been chatting happily, were directly kicked out by the store owner.
"What's going on? Why does your expression change when you mention humans?" After Nanzhu came out, his face was still full of confusion.
"Yeah, it's too weird that the Penglai fairy ship is recognized as the ancestor of the fairy ships, but humans cannot be discussed." Lu Yao was also confused.
"I said, we should strike with the sword here." Fire appeared in Mu Xiyue's eyes again.
It looked like he was going to destroy the entire fairy ship.
"Calm down, calm down, at least let's figure out what happened first." Lin Xu quickly stopped Mu Xiyue himself.
But we can't really let her do it.
But it’s not that we can’t take action, but we can’t take action before the investigation is thorough.
Otherwise, if they really were friendly forces, and you launched the Immortal Ship without saying a word, wouldn't it be embarrassing later?
At this moment, there was a loud bang, and the entire fairy ship suddenly shook.
Some people on the street were unsteady on their feet and some even staggered.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"Is the Immortal Ship about to set sail? Didn't they say they would stop here for a while and take a good rest?"
"Could it be that there was some unexpected incident?"
On the street, people wearing wide robes with big sleeves were talking about something.
Some of them have their hair combed, some have short hair, and some girls wear hairpins, looking like 21st century Hanfu girls.
However, these people are of different races and appearances, and with the various futuristic ancient-style buildings around them, there is quite a unique atmosphere.
While everyone was discussing this, a broadcast that echoed throughout the entire fairy ship suddenly sounded, answering everyone's questions.
"Emergency, the Immortal Ship is about to set sail. Emergency, the Immortal Ship is about to set sail. Please all flying boats return to the Immortal Ship as soon as possible, all flying boats return to the Immortal Ship as soon as possible, and dock at the nearest port."
In an instant, countless flying boats outside the fairy ship, which were originally moving slowly, either transporting goods or carrying out missions, suddenly increased their speed several times.
Some flying boats sailing above the fairy ships also landed at the fastest speed and docked at the ports on the surface of the nearest fairy ships to prevent the fairy ships from setting sail and leaving them behind.
Then these flying boats are like crying out to heaven and earth for help but no one can help.
As for the spaceships that had just been guided to dock at a place for inspection, they also started talking about it, and they all didn't understand what was going on.
I just saw that the guiding flying boats had also withdrawn, and at the same time the fairy ship notified that the inspection was cancelled and everyone could do whatever they wanted.
"What happened?"
"Who knows ? But what could have caused such a big reaction from the Immortal Ship? Could it be that the crack zone somewhere has cracked again?"
"This is the only possibility. Although this is the edge of the five major river systems, there are relatively few cracks here, but they do exist. Maybe one of the cracks deepened, triggering an invasion from outer space."
"Yeah, I hope everything is fine. Otherwise, if the invasion from outer space spreads, we'll be in trouble too."
"It doesn't necessarily mean an invasion from outer space. Maybe it's a benign space leak."
While the people on these spaceships were talking, the fairy ship had already recovered all the flying boats and started to accelerate the curvature navigation.
In just a blink of an eye, the huge fairy ship turned into a small dot in the universe, and then the small dot disappeared.
At this time, in the cockpit located at the core of the fairy ship, various staff members were running around busy.
The fairy ship set sail urgently because of the urgent intelligence. Not only the residents on the fairy ship and the passengers on the spaceship who were about to be inspected were caught off guard, but the senior executives on the fairy ship were also in a panic.
"The destination of this voyage is located in the fifth of the five major river systems, seventy light years away from the fairy ship. The hyperspace radar has detected signs of accelerated expansion of space rifts."
"There is a certain probability that this space leak is a malicious space leak, which may lead to an invasion from outer space."
"The Immortal Ship has accelerated to 10,000 times the speed of light and is now in cruise mode. It is expected to arrive at its destination in three days."
"Very good. All departments should continue to pay attention to the signs of expansion of the space rift and report any changes immediately."
"Yes, sir."
At the same time, the residents on the fairy ship gradually regained their composure.
After all, this kind of thing is not the first time to be seen on the fairy ship.
In other words, the Fairy Ship Alliance was established to patrol the five major river systems and deal with possible outer space invasion problems that may arise in various places.
Being ready to fight at any time is the norm.
That is, the flying boats that docked in various ports caused a certain degree of chaos, but after it was sorted out, this little chaos quickly returned to calm.
Apart from them, there were Lin Xu and a few others who were still strolling on the street.
I am very interested in the sudden incidents involving the fairy ship.
"Seventy light years? Three days? It's not long at all. We can have a look at what the so-called benign space leaks, malignant space leaks, and outer space invasions are." Lin Xu repeated the conversation in the cockpit at the core of the fairy ship.
At this time, the nanorobots had already infiltrated every part of the fairy ship, including the cockpit, so Lin Xu and the others naturally heard what happened in the cockpit.
"The Immortal Ship Alliance patrols the five major river systems to deal with invasions from outer space? It's similar to the Immortal Ship Penglai's patrol of the Milky Way. Could this Immortal Ship Alliance really have anything to do with humans?" Lu Yao guessed.
"That's impossible. There isn't even a single clan member here, and they still have the same reaction when humans are mentioned." Nanzhu shook his head repeatedly to express his disagreement.
After all, just after leaving the store, several people immediately asked someone about human matters.
The result is that some people were puzzled and said they didn't know what human beings were.
Those who knew about it kept it a secret and ran away in a hurry.
It seemed as if the house would catch fire if he said one more word to Nanzhu.
When Nanzhu first approached them to talk, they were all very excited to be talked to by a beautiful woman.
"Disrespectful to humans." Mu Xiyue looked very angry. If Lin Xu hadn't held her hand to comfort her, she would have probably started cutting the fairy ship into seventeen or eighteen pieces after several people turned around and ran away after hearing the humans' questions.
"Don't worry. Once the nanorobots have invaded the fairy ship's database, we might be able to find some clues." Lin Xu consoled with a smile, while tightly holding Mu Xiyue's hand.
Mu Xiyue's angry face turned even redder, and it was hard to tell whether it was because of anger or something else.
In this way, several people found a place to stay similar to a hotel or inn on the fairy ship and settled down.
The identification was forged using nanobots, but the hotel's systems were not able to detect it.
We booked a large room with several bedrooms, and then spent some time relaxing and having fun on this fairy ship.
Three days passed quickly, and as the fairy ship began to slow down, it finally arrived at the target location.
Lin Xu and his companions also stopped playing and continued to monitor everything in the cockpit at the core of the fairy ship in the hotel.
"We are about to reach the rift zone. I repeat, we are about to reach the rift zone."
"All combat airship pilots are on standby at the nearest port. The combat airships are ready to launch at any time."
"The reconnaissance flying boat has begun to leave the port to conduct a preliminary investigation of the rift zone to confirm whether there is any leakage in the rift."
"Confirm the suspected crack leakage area. Repeat, confirm the suspected crack leakage area."
"The first batch of combat flying boats set sail. Once the leaking area is found to be a malicious space leak, launch an attack immediately."
As various orders were constantly issued, Lin Xu, who was in the hotel, stood up and walked to the window, looking at the tranquil sky simulated by the artificial sun above his head, which was still the same as usual.
The ordinary residents of the fairy ship below are still living a leisurely life, but in fact a large number of fairy ship warriors have already begun to fight.
"If we were in Penglai, even if they were not participating in the battle head-on, they would have already started preparing to support the front line." Mu Xiyue said with some disdain to the residents of the fairy ship below.
"Penglai is a place where all the people are immortals. How can these ordinary people compare to it?" Nanzhu said something fair.
"Should we go out and take a look?" Lu Yao suggested.
"Let's go out and take a look. I also want to see what the so-called space rifts and the invasion from outer space are." Lin Xu nodded.
So Arisa, who had been unable to hold back any longer, was the first to open the space channel and rushed in directly.
In this way, several people passed through the space channel and came to the space outside the fairy ship.
The optical camouflage and other shielding equipment simulated by nanorobots all over the body make the figure invisible.
At the same time, a large number of combat flying boats were constantly pouring out from the fairy ship, passing by Lin Xu and others, and flying towards the starry sky ahead.
There, an ordinary galaxy was running steadily.
Just through data analysis using a variety of instruments, we can tell that cracks in space have long been spread all around this galaxy.
Those were the cracks caused by the cosmic tremors, but they were just cracks, just like some glass windows that had cracks but did not shatter and could still maintain their original appearance.
But now, one of the cracks began to expand for some unknown reason.
So the space leak began.
