Blessings to the beautiful stars

Chapter 247 Powder
When Gray Wind proposed to change Zuo Wu's eye, he half-jokingly said that her "meat" is the tiny nano-creatures that make up her body.

What does it mean that the planet under his feet is all gray wind's "rotten flesh"?
Zuo Wu asked, but Gray Wind didn't answer. He just shook his head and walked towards the wall of the starship—the nano-creatures that make up Gray Wind are so tiny that they are even smaller than the gaps between the metal atoms of the ship.

And each nanomachine also contains technology that is beyond comprehension in today's world. It can resonate wonderfully with these substances, caress these atoms like a romantic lover, and then gently flick them away without causing any harm.

Therefore, the gray wind can pass directly through the walls of the starship.

It was only when she was halfway through the dress that she suddenly realized something, and stuck her head out timidly from the wall: "Hmm! Sorry, should I go through the door, so it's more polite?"

Zuo Wu and the ladies looked at each other for a few seconds, then rubbed their brows before answering Huifeng:
"Let me make sure first, do you want to go straight out through the wall, and then jump directly to that planet full of you... your carrion?"

"certainly,"

Gray Wind tilted his head in confusion: "The best and fastest method, why is it so strange? Mr. Zuo, can't you do the same thing?"

"...I can't go through walls."

"That's why I remembered that I should go through the door!"

Zuo Wu tightened his grip on the center of his eyebrows: "I mean, should we be more cautious?"

"Hmm, I think it's self-defeating... No, the word 'doesn't work' should have been used,"

Gray Wind shook his head, retracted his feet from the wall and put his hips on his hips: "Mr. Zuo Wu, you can easily jump off the starship without getting hurt, why are you so cautious?"

"...Because you said that the bottom is your rotting corpse."

"That's right, noble, holy, soft, and fragrant..." Gray Wind's doubts became more and more intense:

"The prairie field has countless beautiful words to describe their respective corpses, and now it's time to hurry up and fall into their embrace."

They looked at each other again for a while.

Or Ai Shanshan suddenly remembered the customs of Liaoyuan people——

They were originally gaseous creatures. After death, they melted into the sea like jellyfish when they died, and dissipated in a wisp of breeze. They would not have the corruption and erosion when they were decomposed by microorganisms.

Therefore, when Liaoyuan people face the death of their relatives and friends, they will not feel fear. They will just surround their corpses that are still bound by the residual spiritual energy to savor the last trace of dying.

The culture they developed from this also included little fear of the dead body itself.

Although the Liaoyuan Khan is eager to seek talents and accepts many immigrants from other races, the Liaoyuan people are gradually being influenced by foreign cultures, but this has only happened in the last [-] years.

For Gray Wind, who was hundreds of thousands of years old, she finally accepted the customs of starting a prairie fire completely, and she didn't have time to react to such drastic changes.

That's why I was surprised by everyone's somewhat taboo reaction to her "rotten flesh".

A guess is such a guess.

Levina lowered her voice:
"Wow, this is the interstellar era... But the 'rotten flesh' of Gray Wind must not be an ordinary corpse, and isn't it in the fragments of another universe? How could Gray Wind's carrion appear?"

"How do I know? And I'm not blind, so of course I know the bottom is not normal at all," Ai Shanshan also whispered, and immediately glared at someone:
"But what can you do? Can you still hold your boss back?"

I can't hold back.

Zuo Wu's curiosity had been ignited, and he almost forgot the "cautious" he said himself for a moment.

Ji Zhi pursed her lips and walked forward, watching Zuo Wu put on the breathing mask, and then, shoulder to shoulder with Gray Feng in mutual polite humility, they opened the hatch of the starship hand in hand.

Gray Wind jumped down first.

At the last moment, Ren Ma Niang grabbed Zuo Wu's back collar, sighed, opened her iron skirt, and helped Zuo Wu adjust his breathing mask before following the figure of Gray Wind with Zuo Wu.

They fell together, like brave men who have taken steps towards the unknown.

Ai Shanshan, who was still on the starship, pouted at Jin Mian and Levina who came up:

"I suddenly feel that calling the starship 'Death to the Dead' is a bit offensive, and it's still inconvenient without a code name. Why don't we decide on it now and call it 'Death to the Dead'?"

Jin Mian forced a smile: "It's...not bad, meow."

Ai Shanshan nodded, and kept chanting words of cursing someone, but the hand in his hand never stopped operating the starship, and turned on the broadcast inside the starship:
"This is the captain's room tentatively named Go to the Dead, call to all explorers, please be ready to receive our Majesty and the captain at any time; call to all technology hunters, please keep an eye on the planet below and those three people."

The tech hunters replied immediately, showing a very different enthusiasm from the hired explorers:

"Of course, Miss Ai, please hand over the control authority of some starships, Estiano... Oh, now it's time to go to the Necromancer, and there are detection artifacts we are familiar with on the Necromancer, which will be used for analysis soon got the answer,"

"I just don't know, Ms. Ai, are you interested in planets, or are you more interested in observing the current situation of those three people?"

The siren bared her teeth. Of course, she didn't need to say much about the one she really valued, but because of her well-known personality, she still said: "I want them all, and I value them all. Don't tell me you guys don't have the ability."

The technology hunters didn't listen to Ai Shanshan's light ridicule at all, but cheered because of the siren's order, and played guessing fist in the iron box they were in——

A few losers took on the task of detecting Zuo Wu Jizhi and Gray Wind with great frustration, while most of the rest began to study this planet happily.

……

The Deadman has previously discovered that the surface of the planet is powdery for unknown reasons.

What Zuo Wu didn't expect was that the atmosphere was also covered with a layer of powder.

It was real powder, and the air was thinner than expected; Zuo Wu rode Ji Zhi, and he was already falling at a high speed, but he was sure that even if he released the absorption, he would not drag out the scorching flames like a falling meteorite. tail.

On the contrary, it is because the powder that has not moved for a long time is discharged, leaving a movement track in the sky that does not know how long it will be preserved.

Ji Zhi pursed her lips, feeling that the operation of the iron skirt was also hindered; she could only turn off the jet propulsion commonly used in the atmosphere, and switch to the non-working fluid hospitality only used in space, pursing her lips:
"It really is a rotting corpse, this planet gives me a really bad feeling."

Zuo Wu nodded: "Me too."

Obviously, when looking down from a high altitude, this planet located on the border of the Imperial Union still reveals a rare vitality-there are oceans, jungles, and flowing warm clouds.

But the so-called "warm clouds" have been proved to be an illusion produced by the brilliance of stars refracted by powder, and even its flow is a false simulation of powder.

What about "ocean" and "jungle"?

……

Going to the Dead, the technology hunters who study the planet work with unprecedented efficiency due to their great enthusiasm.

The starship casts a thick beam of scanning light on the planet, and all kinds of information are quickly calculated and gathered together in different categories.

But the puzzles have not been solved, but more and more, which has also increased the enthusiasm of technology hunters; they almost sang the high notes that can be burned into vinyl discs in cheers:
"It's really interesting. The thickness of the powder on the surface of the planet is appalling. One hundred kilometers? One thousand kilometers? No, it's better to say that its entire crust and even more than 70.00% of its mass are made of such powder!"

"Miss Ai! Can you ask Gray Wind and Your Majesty Zuo to bring us some samples of this powder when you come back?"

"I'm afraid it will be difficult," Ai Shanshan shrugged:

"According to what Gray Wind said, there is a high probability that her carrion is these powders. Hey... 70.00% of a planet is made up of it. I don't know if other planets will have a similar situation."

"Also, you all know the attitude of Gray Wind towards the organization she wandered outside; even the little residue on the blunt scalp is not spared; if you are interested, you can ask yourself, I am too lazy to help you."

The technology hunter whispered, intending to read some begging logs recorded by Dutzi when he was beaten by Zuo Wu, and learn some skills from them.

Ke Ai Shanshan doesn't want them to be idle:
"Hey, don't forget about business! The most important thing is to explore the planet and discuss whether we can establish a signal base station to contact the Star Sea Alliance!"

After Zuo Wu and the others jumped into space, the wireless communication may also be interrupted due to the difference in the laws of physics, including the monitoring of his and Ji Zhi's vital signs, which could not be sent back.

That's why Ai Shanshan had to use the starship's observation creations to observe their current situation—as for the broadcast inside the starship, the audio signal was transmitted to the speaker in the cabin through a cable, which was barely usable.

This at least shows that it is still possible to re-establish contact with the Star Sea Alliance here, as long as a long cable is dragged to connect the two places through a hyperspace channel.

Of course, this is the worst of bad things; the best hope is that tech hunters can figure out why the wireless signal is down and fix it, or find some sort of alternative to fall back on.

Otherwise, it is not only unrealistic to connect the entire Emperor Union with cables, but also it will cost a lot of manpower and material resources.

the other side.

Those hired explorers at least learned that there were no obvious dangers on the planet, and their employers were simply leading the way.

They finally set foot on their own small ships, and they agreed to use the ships to display different colored signal lights, like Morse code or more complicated semaphore to communicate.

The efficiency will be very low, because the light always travels in a straight line, and when it falls on the planet, it will be slightly blocked, and the communication will be disturbed.

So the adventurers also negotiated to keep a few ships for public use, suspended in low-earth orbit, and when they caught the flash signal on the ground, they would repeat it and use it as a broadcast.

This may be the first artificial satellite network established by new creatures after the Imperial Union lost contact, the old universe disappeared, new world fragments descended, and even all life may have been extinct.

Some blood, and their enthusiasm for exploration were also ignited.

Whether it is driven by money or natural love, small ships are scattered all over the planet, and some courageous ones have already set their sights on the next planet in the galaxy.

Just like their countless ancestors, they went to discover a new continent in the face of thorns and turbulent waves.

……

Zuo Wu and the others have noticed red, green and green light spots that are moving regularly in low earth orbit.

The meaning contained in it was quickly deciphered by the independent calculation of the horizon, and Zuo Wu clicked his tongue: "Morse code? Semaphore? Why didn't I think of this."

"Zuo... Zuo Wu, don't talk about this yet, okay?" Ji Zhi kept moving her hooves, with tears in her eyes: "This ground... this ground is so uncomfortable to step on!"

Zuo Wu lowered his head, understanding.

Through the Morse code in the sky just now, Zuo Wu already knew that the powder under his feet was bottomless, like an endless ocean of quicksand.

As soon as he stepped on it, his body began to sink gradually.

And Ji Zhi is a horse girl, not a camel, and the horse's hooves are smaller than Ji Zhi's feet, and her weight is relatively large, which also makes her exert a lot of pressure on the ground.

So she has been sinking rapidly, pulling her hooves out of the ground again and again; she can only use Zuo Wu to absorb the gravity exerted on her, or push the iron skirt from time to time.

This made Ji Zhi very uncomfortable, and felt that he was holding Zuo Wu back.

There is a phrase called "Take a look at the flowers on horseback", and I have been scruples about myself, how can Zuo Wu enjoy this very different scenery?
Zuo Wu shrugged, took off his coat, tore it into strips, knelt down, and wrapped them around Ji Zhi's hoof one by one: "Is it better?"

The hoof was held in Zuo Wu's hand, which made Ma Niang feel a little embarrassed. She stroked her ponytail again and again, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "...um."

In fact, no, but you can't live up to your lover's wishes.

Zuo Wu didn't notice Ji Zhi's little lie, he just nodded and stood up, looking up.

Illuminated by the red, green, and green light spots in low-Earth orbit, this planet really looks like an unusually lush wilderness, with grass, stones, distant streams, and a vast jungle on the horizon.

But these are powders.

The stones and grass turn into fine white sand as soon as they are stepped on, and then roll down to the depths of the earth along the depression made by the step.

A life-like desolation.

This is a fragment of another universe, Zuo Wu reminded himself repeatedly, there is no evidence that the original Dilian has become like this.

It's just that the deeper you go, the colder you feel.

Until Zuo Wu saw another set of footprints, Gray Wind sat silently at the end of the footprints, fine powder flowed to the ground along her fingers: "Hey, did you see it too? My carrion is not as scary as imagined, is it? "

"The powder doesn't look like 'rotten flesh,' either."

"Nonsense! These are all nano-creatures that can make up my body, but many of them condense together and become inseparable lumps that cannot be awakened. Of course they can be called my 'rotten flesh'."

Gray Wind rubbed his fingers, discarded the last bit of powder he held, and watched them fall vertically.

Because this planet has no wind.

Zuo Wu raised his eyebrows: "Your 'meat'... how did it become like this?"

"Well, I don't know... Didn't I say that they can't be woken up."

Seems to be at a dead end.

Until Zuo Wu suddenly caught a glimpse of a different Morse code flashing in the sky from the corner of his eye.

He was very surprised: "Huh? Is my Morse code wrong, or what reason?"

"Those adventurers who discovered the natives of this planet, who call themselves 'curators'?"

(End of this chapter)