Chapter 756: Entering the Atmosphere

The machine souls are very precise and fast in operation, but it's hard to say how intelligent they are.

For example, if you let two machine souls fight, they will probably just stand there and fight stupidly, without any movement at all, which fully illustrates what artificial intelligence is.

So when Li Chengxi spoke, they were all very surprised. They had never seen such a highly intelligent machine soul.

Li Chengxi was too lazy to explain that he was not a machine soul. In addition to the simple and crude sentence "I am a god", he also explained that he was actually in another world, observing you through a small window, and the Manta was not my body.

But it was obvious that it was easier to make them believe that Li Chengxi was a god than to make them believe this explanation. They completely regarded Li Chengxi's words as nonsense.

The only one who was willing to believe was Fang Lanyin, but she believed because she didn't care. It didn't matter what Li Chengxi's body was. Fang Lanyin just wanted to see how far she could go.

So Li Chengxi was too lazy to explain. He just wanted to play a space war, and nothing else mattered.

Since gravity navigation is very time-consuming, two days passed after escaping from the guest star city, and after passing through several space stations for supplies, we finally arrived at the destination.

As the white light of the jump spread in front of my eyes, a gray-blue planet appeared in front of me.

This time it is an earth-like planet. This galaxy is also similar to the solar system. You can find eight planets by counting them, but the size and color are slightly different.

This earth-like planet in front of me is also a little different from the earth. More than 90% of its total area is sea water, and almost the entire world is shrouded in a powerful storm that will not disperse for thousands of years. Even in low-Earth orbit, you can see huge hurricane eyes below one after another, and even see huge discharge phenomena that can extend into the void, which is spectacular.

However, this place is not completely shrouded in storms. In addition to the two-level ice caps, the clouds suddenly split slightly north of the equator, revealing a piece of land that is completely unaffected by any storm.

The area may be smaller than Australia, but the degree of urbanization is very high. From low-Earth orbit, you can see a vague road network spreading along the mountains and rivers.

This is where Alyssa wants to find a ship, called the Kingdom of Storms.

——It’s a very appropriate name.

As we continue to approach, facing the light of the stars, we can see a space station hovering in orbit, with a large number of ships coming in and out.

Alyssa should have been here before and told Li Chengxi which airlock to enter from.

However, the Manta Ray did not stay in the space station for too long and soon came out of the airlock on the other side, because the destination was the planet below, not this space station.

When it came out, you will see that a large "board" was added to the bottom of the Manta Ray, which looked like a surfboard at first glance.

This thing is useful, very useful.

"Follow the route sent by the tower, don't mess around, the Kingdom of Storms has very strict management of foreign ships, don't attract their attention, otherwise you will be shot down."

Alyssa quickly warned Li Chengxi. She originally wanted to control the Manta Ray herself, but it happened that Li Chengxi was "online" at this time.

On Li Chengxi's screen, clear route guidance also appeared, a bit like an enhanced driving system, just fly along the given route.

The Manta Ray was getting closer and closer to the planet below along the route. Soon, a fierce orange-red light was seen below the Manta Ray, and it officially entered the atmosphere.

The extra board was a disposable heat shield prepared for entering the atmosphere. Without it, the Manta Ray could not enter alone.

One of the functions of the shuttle is to transport goods between the planet and the starship, so it can go directly down with a little modification, and it also has the ability to fly in the atmosphere, which is not available in space fighters.

The fierce air friction made people feel a little scared, and they always doubted whether this heat shield could withstand it. The speed on the instrument was also rapidly reduced under the action of the air brake. Everyone in the cabin held the seat belt tightly, and the fuselage of the Manta Ray also emitted a disturbing and violent vibration.

Although the shuttle has the ability to enter the atmosphere, the Manta Ray is an antique that is thousands of years old after all, which still makes people feel uneasy.

Fortunately, the vibration did not last too long. As the speed decreased, the violent air friction gradually eased, and the violent red light under the heat shield disappeared.

At this point, Li Chengxi threw away the disposable heat shield, and the variable wing turned into atmospheric flight mode under the action of the bearing.

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the tower of the Storm Kingdom sent another communication, asking the Manta to fly according to the designated route, and they would be responsible for guiding the Manta to land at the airport.

This will definitely not allow you to fly freely in the atmosphere. At first glance, the sky is empty, but it is actually very busy. Flying around is easy to collide with other shuttles or aircraft.

So there are detailed instructions on how to fly, how high to fly, how fast to fly, and where to land. You have to follow their instructions when you are on someone else's territory.

This is thanks to Alyssa's identity as a recycler, and she has some friendship with the officials of the Storm Kingdom. Ordinary people will not let you take a shuttle directly down.

Everyone understands the reason, but Li Chengxi feels a little unhappy. What he is driving is not like a spaceship, but more like driving a civil aviation...

Fortunately, the location where the shuttle entered the atmosphere was not too far from the destination. It was not like taking a civil flight abroad, which would take several hours. In less than 30 minutes, Li Chengxi landed at the local airport under the guidance of the tower.

As soon as the hatch of the Manta Ray opened, the first thing everyone felt was a wave of heat hitting their faces.

This land called Storm Kingdom is located slightly north of the equator. The temperature is quite strong. Everyone took off their heavy pressure suits and got off the ship in the lightest clothes.

Alyssa called for refueling service, then paid a parking fee, and everyone left the airport and took the tram.

Until this time, Fang Lanyin remembered to ask:

"Boss, who should we go to? Another old subordinate?"

"It's a friend of my grandfather. He used to be the director of the ship design bureau in the Storm Kingdom. Although he is retired now, he has a wide network of contacts. I hope to get a ship through him."

Carlos didn't know this person, because in the few years after Carlos joined the starship, Alyssa never came to the Storm Kingdom, so Carlos was unlikely to set an ambush here in advance.

This is also the option that Alyssa is most likely to get a long-distance ship. Although there are some other alternatives, the possibility is not high.

The rail tram quickly passed through the highway outside the airport and soon entered the city.

Storm Kingdom sounds like a magical name, in fact, it is really magical.

Don't look at the space station and the spaceship. There are a lot of stone brick buildings left in this place. It looks very old, but from time to time you can see shuttles flying overhead, and some faintly glowing magic pipelines are also assumed on ancient buildings similar to city walls. There is a kind of medieval and future technology mixed beauty.

It is said that a thousand years ago, Storm Kingdom was still a very typical medieval society, roughly the same as Viola's, but at that time someone invented a cheap technology to penetrate the void, so Storm Kingdom began the Age of Interstellar Navigation.

Up to now, Storm Kingdom has become one of the most important route nodes in the surrounding galaxies. Contact with other civilizations that have entered the interstellar era has also allowed Storm Kingdom's technology to develop rapidly.

The only small problem is that Storm Kingdom has persecution paranoia. They always think that residents of other planets will come to rob Storm Kingdom's property, so the management of outsiders is very strict.