imperfections

"The starship is about to leave the wormhole area, and the energy response is within the normal range."

"Check the communication signal."

"The communication signal is normal, and the information is being decoded——"

In the eighth galaxy, the laboratory of the Interstellar Expeditionary Team received a steady volume of noise. At this time, sixteen days have passed since the departure of the experimental ship. According to the plan, they will arrive at the Heart of the Rose, the natural wormhole area on this day. the other end.

The entire Eighth Galaxy broadcasted the process of the manned experiment simultaneously. At the same time, the number of online users reached [-] million, and the number is still rising. [-] million people listened to the noise from the distorted time and space together.

"It's unbelievable," Thomas Yang said with emotion, "The compatriots in the eighth galaxy are too dedicated to learning. There are so many people watching the boring science live broadcast online, and the future is limitless!"

Poisson Yang said coolly, "Are you stupid?"

"Brother," Thomas Yang bit his cheek and forced a smile, and said with a suppressed voice, "Although your birth was a tragedy of buy one get one free, I also understand that you were born with stunted growth and language dysfunction—but you don't think you Is the phrase used too often?"

Posson Yang glanced at him with the corner of his eye: "When the Seventh Galaxy was attacked by the Anti-Ukraine Society, General Lin let [-] million refugees enter the country, and then the transition point was blown up, opening a Milky Way between the Eighth Galaxy and the Alliance , Many people think that they will never go back in their lifetime, understand? There are only [-] million people online, that’s because today is a working day, and it’s not convenient for many people to watch the live broadcast.”

Thomas Yang was taken aback.

At this time, the ground technical support of the expedition team decoded the information sent back by the starship. The noise just now was slowed down by [-] times, and the content could be heard clearly. It turned out that the message sent back by the starship was "Freedom "Song of the Allied Army", the thick chorus has already played to the end, and finally stopped on a high-pitched note, through the distorted space-time, folded and decoded many times, it sounds a little distorted, as if it came back from another world, and then The song ended, there was a pause for a few seconds, and the next song was played. It was a lyrical ditty from the Alliance. It told the story of first love. I can’t remember which galaxy became popular first, but everyone has heard it anyway. , It seamlessly connects with the song of "Free League Army".

For a moment, Thomas Yang, who was heartless and heartless, also felt the inseparable connection between the eighth galaxy and the alliance.

"Outside the Heart of Rose is the first galaxy. They haven't gone deep into the Heart of Rose before, so it's okay if they don't know, but last time the chief and you went directly to the Heart of Rose to gather, which shocked the alliance. It's been so long , it’s impossible for them to be unprepared at all,” Turan and Lin Jingheng came late and walked into the Star Expedition’s laboratory together. Turan whispered to him as he walked, “I still think I should bring a few mechs..."

"A scientific research team, mixed in a few armed mechas, what are you going to do? I used to say that I didn't know what was on the other side of the wormhole, but now I know who Fanglin is, and I still do it," Lin Jingheng said. Don't others have a handle?"

Turan asked: "But what if they turn against each other?"

"Keep the communication open," Lin Jingheng glanced at her, and waved for the two-way communication tool of the expeditionary team's experimental starship, "Expeditionary team, can you hear me?"

There was a little time lag in the communication between the two sides, and it took a while for the other side to reply: "General Lin."

"When you arrive at the Heart of Rose, if you encounter the Alliance Army or the Central Army, first say hello to their Marshal Woolf for me, and say that I am at the end of the wormhole and wish him good health." After Lin Jingheng finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and waved the levitation The small microphone in the air stood still, turned to Turan and said, "They have no reason to turn their backs. Even if they did, they wouldn't dare. Don't worry."

Turan: "..."

The commander-in-chief is really a man who wants to live every day when he has the conditions, and if he doesn't have the conditions to create the conditions, he will also work every day.

Lu Bixing had been waiting in the expedition team laboratory early on, and was standing on the second floor explaining something to the person in charge, when he heard this sentence suddenly, when he lowered his head, he saw this man strolling in to speak as if no one else was there.Lin Jingheng raised her eyelids and glanced at him, she didn't say anything in front of the crowd, she just nodded slightly to him.

The person in charge of the expedition team listened halfway, but found that the commander-in-chief didn't have anything to say, so he had to ask strangely: "The commander-in-chief?"

Lu Bixing loosened his collar, forgetting what he said just now, so he smiled at him inscrutablely.

"According to the calculation of the current revolution period, there are at most four military fortresses to be arranged from the Heart of the Rose to Votto. Except for Duke, the frontier defender of the first galaxy, there is no one who is particularly noteworthy. A hyperspace heavy armor team, if I want to go there, six hours is enough to drive from Rose Heart to Votto. Unless they blow up the first galaxy in the center of the alliance into an isolated island, or transfer all troops to Rose heart.” Lin Jingheng said to Turan casually, “Is it just for a scientific research team with only three people? The authority is quite high, and you may not necessarily listen to him."

Turan was silent for a while: "You still believe that Woolf is not crazy?"

Lin Jingheng didn't answer.

When Lin Wei was still alive, he remembered that the old marshal often came to visit them, and he was still "Grandpa Woolf" at that time.

In Lin Jingheng's impression, this Grandpa Woolf has never been kind-hearted, especially when he got older, his bones are clear, his skin is thin, and his wrinkles are the proof of his life's seriousness. Children don't talk much in front of them, and sometimes they really don't know what to communicate with them, so they just take some very retarded small gifts and ask them if they like it or not.

But his palms were thick and strong, and when he stroked the soft top of the child's head, his brows, which were always tight, would open a little, revealing a silent and gentle breath.

How Lin Wei died, Lin Jingheng is not very clear, the official statement is that he died of illness, he was too young at the time, and was unable to trace the truth, so he had to believe it.

He remembered that it was a gloomy day, because General Lin Wei's funeral was very grand, and all the dignitaries in the central alliance came. They deliberately adjusted the weather in Watteau to make it look more appropriate.The house is full of noise, groups of inexplicable people, and buzzing interview machines.He led his younger sister to avoid them, and got together as a companion, and overheard a group of people he didn't know whispering.

"...Actually, I have an insider's news here. You haven't heard of it. General Lin Wei probably committed suicide."

"I guessed a little bit," another person said, "Wotto's average life expectancy is more than 300 years old. There has never been a precedent for Pope to collapse before the age of [-]. With his identity and medical conditions, how is it possible?"

Children born in the Garden of Eden have never heard of "suicide" and have no idea. The little boy under ten years old half understood what he heard, but subconsciously sensed the cruelty in those words, so he held his hand tightly. sister's ear.

"Laura Gordon is a member of the White Tower. The White Tower goes deep into the core of the Garden of Eden. If you ask me, if these people rebel, it will be the same as haunting the house? Maybe she did something between General Lin Wei and the Garden of Eden." , that’s why people’s mental breakdown leads to a dead end.”

"But I heard that the relationship between the two of them is not bad..."

"What kind of feelings can there be in a political marriage? The marriage I want will last no longer than three years-don't these big shots say that to the outside world?"

"The matter of Laura Gordon is unclear, but I have heard that there is a relationship between the two of them, but that relationship may not be true. It is said that it was the result of Laura Gordon's illegal operations using the Garden of Eden... You know , dopamine or something, as long as the amount is sufficient, you can fall in love with a dog."

"You just fell in love with a dog!"

They exclaimed high and low, like a flock of crows chattering around carrion, hearing people's murderous intent, Lin Jingheng's hands were too strong, and Jingshu struggled uncomfortably.

Suddenly, the group became dumb together, their voices dropped, and they stood awkwardly in a row—Marshal Woolf strode in. His hair seemed to have turned white by more than half overnight, and his cheeks were sunken. Tall, like a tree.His hawk-like eyes flicked around fiercely, but he didn't say a word. The secretary behind him waved to the two children hiding in the corner.

The two children hurriedly followed, and the few words of Secretary Wang fell into Lin Jingheng's ears. He whispered to the old marshal: "...I'm afraid we can't refuse the request of the management committee. We can only keep one."

Woolf didn't look back at the two children, as if watching too much would hurt his eyes: "Let's leave it to Lu Xin, I've already said hello to him."

Lin Jingheng raised his head cautiously.

Secretary Wang said: “I thought you would want to take care of it yourself.”

Wulf paused, and for a moment, Lin Jingheng felt his neck move, as if he wanted to look back at them, but finally he didn't.

After a long while, the old marshal said in a hoarse voice: "...I can't take care of it anymore, I'm old, I can't stand this kind of... this kind of... take it away, it hurts to see it."

I was sad after watching it, so I didn't watch it, so after a few years, I can do it without hesitation, right?

At that time, Jingshu felt something keenly, and struggled uncomfortably in his hand. The palms of her hands didn't know whose sweat was rubbing against each other. At that time, there was still the temperature of being dependent on each other.

Lin Jingheng held her tightly, thinking: "There is me, I will protect you."

but……

He failed.

He didn't even attend her wedding, hasn't been back to Watteau for more than 20 years, hasn't seen her in person for more than 20 years.The closest distance is an ecological cabin on the asteroid, but he can't help himself, and treats her as the most dangerous enemy in his life, and he dares not reveal any sincerity in his tight heartstrings, and he can't contain any truth.

The mechanical hand that Lu Bixing imitated for Zhanlu looked wrong no matter what, because he had never seen the girl in school uniform back then.

Lin Jingheng said to Turan with an unchanged expression: "Compared to the Alliance, the Pirate Freedom Legion will be a little more troublesome. They just had trouble near the Heart of Rose a while ago. It stands to reason that the Alliance should be on guard, but opium is everywhere. Please be careful, and ask the expedition team to confirm whether the jammer can operate normally."

In the experimental star fleet, human experimenters only control a small part. In order to observe the impact of wormholes on the human spiritual network, most of the driving tasks are completed by the artificial intelligence on the starship, which can prevent the spiritual network from being invaded. In case of an attack , the unmanned starship can block the periphery, and will automatically release interference - the jammer was completed with the assistance of Dr. escape time.

"The experimental starship is careful not to leave the Rose Heart area," Lin Jingheng said, "Set up the communication device over there, and come back immediately."

"The experimental starship is about to leave the wormhole—"

The entire expedition laboratory was suddenly silent, because of the time difference, when the news came back to Venus, the starship had already arrived at the Heart of Rose, and everyone was waiting for the news from there, holding their breath.

The next moment, there was a noise from a communication message, and the artificial intelligence immediately began to automatically decode it. Then, a piece of violin music flowed out, and the laboratory where the needle drop could be heard suddenly boiled.

It worked!

A smooth passage to the edge of the first galaxy!

The eighth galaxy has been isolated from the world like an island for nearly seventeen years, and finally a bridge has been built again, and all the people who still have concerns outside have the hope of going back to have a look.And the same technology can also visit farther regions, open up territories, and continue to expand the territory of human civilization. They may be able to create a faster and faster-growing "new age of navigation"!

Lin Jingheng raised her head and found that Lu Bixing on the second floor had been looking at him, and finally caught his gaze, so she looked around like a thief, and when she saw that no one noticed him, she rushed forward He made a thumbs-up gesture and tapped his chest, every finger seemed to be triumphantly showing "I'm not good or not".

Then the person in charge of the expedition team next to him blushed and turned his head thickly towards him. Lu Bixing's expression and gestures immediately changed.

Lin Jingheng: "..."

At this moment, the previously stable signal suddenly became sharper, the soothing sound of the violin stopped, and Turan stood up abruptly——

Mint was checking the data of all the experimental starships. Before the submission was completed, she heard a loud noise on the communication channel of the fleet, and her hands trembled.

A companion shouted: "The fleet has been attacked!"

Mint quickly calmed down, quickly checked out the attacked starship, and quickly saw the direction of the enemy's attack in the camera - it can be seen clearly with a low-power telescope. It is a small ghostly mecha team. There is no sign, it seems that it has been ambushed for a long time, and the missile is directly released as soon as it meets the face!

However, the heart of the rose is full of strange gravitational force. The missile was swept away and only swept to the stern of an outer starship. The starship then released interference according to the preset program, and the effect was immediate. Several of the ships immediately deflected their course, accelerated and slid out along the gravitational field.

"It doesn't matter." Mint immediately peeled off the damaged part of the damaged starship, and the self-driving experimental starship gathered into an armor like a copper wall, protecting them in the middle, "It's a pirate, just a few scattered mechs, we will return immediately .”

"Wait, Mint, the direction of the No. 017 ship '[-]'!"

After the words fell, the energy alarm sounded in the starship, and an armed mecha team quickly approached them. Mint's pupils shrank suddenly, and then the other party opened fire.

At the same time, the experimental star fleet adjusted the power of the protective shields of all starships to the maximum. The next moment, a row of high-energy particle cannons passed by them and crashed into the sneak attacking pirate ships. Afterwards, the mecha team brushed against them. Over the shoulder, he chased after the pirate mecha.

The small pirate mech was originally very mobile, but it was disturbed by the jammer when it attacked the starship just now, and finally stabilized, reconnected to the spirit net and returned to the channel, before it had time to accelerate, it was blocked by others, blinking In the short time, the pirate mechas were shot down in sevens and eighties, and the remaining few tried to flee in a hurry. The large-scale high-energy particle cannon melted the protective cover, laid down the arsenal, and directly captured the captives by force.

It wasn't until this moment that Mint relaxed, and took the initiative to display an unarmed sign on the starship, representing that he was just a scientific expedition team.

The communication request of the armed mecha came in, and a young man dressed as an alliance officer appeared on the screen. Judging from the poor common sense, his epaulettes seemed to be a colonel, and the colonel saluted her very politely.

"I am the representative of the Alliance Political Bureau's border guards in the First Galaxy. My name is Lord. A few weeks ago, the First Galaxy captured the abnormal energy fluctuations of the Heart of Rose. I know that there may be friends from the other side who are worried about the pirates making trouble. , specially strengthened the patrol, but I didn't expect that there were still fish that slipped through the net, I hope you are not surprised." The colonel who claimed to be Lord said, "General Duke sent me to see if there are any friends who came from the eighth galaxy. Need help, we've been waiting for a voice over there for a long time."

Mint has been engaged in scientific research expeditions in the Interstellar Expeditionary Team, and is not good at dealing with diplomatic situations. For a while, he didn't know whether to convey Lin Jingheng's half-threatening "greetings".

I heard the colonel say again: "I also hope that General Lin is well. I don't know if I will be lucky enough to impress him—I used to be his bodyguard when I was in Silver Fortress."