Chapter 742 Guest Star City
Had's Corner is located in the gap at the edge of the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is on its left, right and back, making it like a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, embedded in the star map.
But first of all, we must understand a concept. Although the name of the Dead Sea has the word "sea", it is not like the sea, which is flat except for the waves.
On the map, it is a plane, but on the star map, it is a large irregular airspace like a cloud, and no one can tell clearly whether the Dead Sea is expanding.
From this point of view, Had's Corner is not sandwiched in the gap of the Dead Sea, but is hidden inside.
To use a popular metaphor, if the Dead Sea is a butt, Had's Corner is a chrysanthemum.
It can be said to be very appropriate.
The star of the Had's Corner galaxy is a red giant, with three planets orbiting the red giant. It is said that there were originally more, but they were all swallowed by the red giant.
The place where the Manta is going is the farthest celestial body from the red giant, with a diameter of about 3,500 kilometers.
That's right, this thing is not much bigger than the moon.
However, this celestial body is almost made up of ice and water under the ice, which is a very precious resource.
The water source of Alan Starlink 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, it is true. When the Manta Ray approaches, you can see a large excavation base on the surface of the planet. The locals use water as a mineral.
And next to this water ball, there is a huge colony satellite.
It is cigar-shaped, with six huge solar panels unfolded at one end, facing the red giant in the center of the galaxy like petals. And the colony satellite is rotating around the axis as the center, and obtains artificial gravity in this way.
——This shape looks very much like the one that hit Sydney.
Alyssa said that this place is called Kexing City. Li Chengxi was a little puzzled, thinking that the name looked a bit strange. It stands to reason that Li Chengxi's translation of the godhead is always very faithful and elegant.
So he took out his phone and searched it, and then he understood that the term "guest star" in astronomical terminology means "a star that appears suddenly and disappears slowly."
Although the original text of the guest star city is definitely different, the meaning is the same.
This colony was established suddenly, surrounded by the dead sea that may expand on three sides, plus the red giant stars in the galaxy, each of which is very fatal. It may disappear after a long, long time, or it may be destroyed in the next second. No one can say for sure.
It can be said to be very faithful and elegant.
The guest star city is neither on an important waterway nor has particularly rare resources. Building a colony satellite here looks very sick.
But there are quite a few spaceships coming to the guest star city. You have to queue up to enter and exit the port, and it is not very safe here. When you come, you can see a large area of ship wreckage, as if a war had just broken out not long ago.
In order to prevent the wreckage from blocking the waterway, you can see many recycling boats pushing the wreckage to the side where it will not get in the way.
When queuing, you can see the situation inside through the partially transparent shell of the colony satellite. There are tall buildings and neon lights everywhere. Flying motorcycles whizz by from time to time, and you can even see the flash of explosion.
This reminds Li Chengxi of the classic "Welcome to Night City".
As I said just now, the guest star city is neither on an important shipping route nor has particularly rare resources. It is crazy to build a colony satellite here.
However, it can attract many ships to approach, just because it is a real lawless city.
This galaxy was discovered by a group of pirates. Later, they built a colony satellite here as a supply base, and then slowly developed to the present.
There are only two rules in the guest star city.
First, the Hard Gang manages this city. If the Hard Gang says that you can't mess around, you can't mess around. If you touch the cake of the Hard Gang, 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 lucrative industries written in the criminal law. It is a gathering place for scum in the entire void, and the devil will kick them when they come.
As you can imagine, the ships queuing to enter the port are obviously not good people.
It’s not that the official doesn’t know about this place, but the Dead Sea is too difficult to deal with.
It’s difficult for large fleets to jump close, and small fleets can’t beat them. Over time, they simply ignore it.
After waiting for nearly half an hour, the Manta finally entered the port. The huge mechanical arm placed the Manta that landed on the conveyor belt on the rotating apron.
Li Chengxi turned off the engine. At this time, Alyssa turned around and said to Fang Lanyin:
"The people in this city are not easy to mess with. You must remember to follow me closely. You must not get lost. You must not conflict with strangers. It is best not to have any conversation with them."
Fang Lanyin is similar to Yang Yiyi. She is a big-footed village girl from the countryside. When she comes to such a ghost place, she may be fooled by someone in just two or three words.
Fang Lanyin herself is a little nervous. Hearing this, she nodded quickly.
"Did you bring a gun?"
"Yes, 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, people without weapons in this place are dead."
Listening to Alyssa's description, you can know how outrageous this place is.
"By the way, what do you want to do in such a ghost place?"
"The main goal is to get financing, and it would be best to get a cruise ship. The second is to find someone, but the possibility of achieving the main goal is not high."
After explaining to Li Chengxi casually, Alyssa unbuckled her seat belt and stood up to leave.
Li Chengxi was anxious now.
"Hey, wait, wait, are you going to leave me here after you leave?"
"The port is the territory of the Hard Gang. No one dares to mess around here. I have asked someone to help you add liquefied magic."
"That's not the problem. It's boring for me to stay here alone."
"..."
You are bored?
What? You still want to drive the shuttle in with us?
Only a few shuttles are allowed to fly in the colony satellite. Of course, Alyssa, an outsider, cannot get permission.
"That's not what I mean. Take out the metal plate."
"This? What's the use?"
"Put it on the personal terminal, um, or put it on Fang Lanyin's personal terminal."
Alyssa didn't understand, but she did it anyway.
Soon, the screen of the personal terminal on Fang Lanyin's arm displayed the words "Initialization of the Creation Machine. God Crystal Completed".
Li Chengxi also received a prompt. He pressed the arrow key on the keyboard, and the perspective changed slightly.
The original perspective was centered on the cockpit of the Manta Ray, but now it was Fang Lanyin.
"It's done. Now I can go in with you to take a look."
Li Chengxi's voice was not from the speaker under the oscilloscope, but from the speaker of Fang Lanyin's personal terminal.
"You can actually transfer?"
"I just 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 key to Li Chengxi's ability to switch and control different vehicles. I tried it and it was true.
"Don't worry, I can switch back to the Manta anytime."
"Okay, I just don't understand why you want to put it on Fang Lanyin's personal terminal. Can't I use my personal terminal model?"
"No, because Fang Lanyin looks sexier than you."
"..."
Damn it, I want to hit someone.
