Will the kemonomimi encounter Alien Ranch Story?

"At the last minute, the ticket gate has stopped checking tickets. The spacecraft is taxiing to launch pad number one. There will be some vibrations and turbulence, which are normal. Please do not panic." The spacecraft closed its hatch, and the protective armor plates inside all the viewing windows were lowered, leaving only dim emergency lights inside the cabin.

"..." Old Chen took a deep breath, gripped the handrail tightly, and the cabin beneath him began to vibrate slightly. This was a sign that the microgravity field had been activated, and he felt extremely uneasy, as if he were floating in the air.

The other passengers weren't much better off than her, and a chorus of heavy breathing filled the cabin. "Auxiliary thrusters activated!" The scorching jet of water crashed into the stern guide channel, transforming into a beam of light that shot towards the vent.

Several adventurers climbed in, attempting to film the first flight of the adventurers, but they were reduced to ashes before they could even utter a sound. Perhaps only the unusual carbon deposits and dark shadows on the air intakes during the subsequent cleaning would indicate that something had entered.

The spaceship took off into the sky along the inclined platform. The acceleration overload of nearly 3G squeezed the internal organs and blood of everyone, producing an extremely uncomfortable feeling. Fortunately, the proper sitting posture and overload protection system alleviated this discomfort.

After the spacecraft passed through the dense atmosphere and Originium clouds, the observation window protective panel automatically rose, revealing to the visitors a dark blue sky and the upper boundary of the azure planetary atmosphere, where the ground already showed a distinct curvature.

"Wow~ Is that Longmen? It's so small!" Old Chen looked out the window upon hearing this. On the vast Longnan Desert, the city of Longmen was just an irregular gray patch, rapidly shrinking into a single pixel.

Compared to the vast, orange-yellow desert, it is truly just a tiny, insignificant speck. And further away, the mighty mother river of the Great Yan is merely a thin silver thread, winding its way through the continuous mountain ranges. At this altitude, the magnificent landscape of the Great Yan can only be seen as a bunch of blurry, irregular patches of color.

At the edge of the continent, the dark blue nearshore sea is like a dividing line separating the sea and the land. For the Iberians, it is an ocean that they have never been able to cross in their entire lives. At this moment, it is just like the irregular fuzz and shadows of the continent extending into the depths of the ocean.

It's just a band of color inlaid on the edge of Terra. The vast blue ocean and the white ice floes near the poles are the main colors of this planet. The world that the Terrans can perceive is just a piece of land in this world, like a wrong spot in a blue and white world. Although it is not too small, it is still only a part compared to the real world, a small part that is not even 1/6.

When the spaceship broke through the Kármán line and began level flight, and gravity ceased to exist in the cabin, Old Chen was not as panicked as the other tourists about this unique floating sensation. Instead, he looked into the distance, where faint lights flickered in the dark sky. It is said that each of these faint lights is no less powerful than the sun on Terra.

As the thought of the sun came into view, the golden light instantly overwhelmed the cabin lighting. Even after filtering and noise reduction, the sunlight still turned every window facing it into an extremely bright light source. The raging yellow-green fireball surged and boiled, and even at a distance measured in light centimeters, one could still feel the power of the blinding ball of light.

Faced with such terrifying power, all the conversations and exclamations in the cabin instantly disappeared. "The spaceship is about to enter Spaceport One. Please check your belongings. We are about to dock. The Spaceport ring has weak gravity. Please follow the guide's instructions and act in an orderly manner."

"Safety warning: The space ring is rotating at high speed to generate artificial gravity. Do not attempt to jump over the synchronization adjustment platform." Some workers had tried it before, and the result was that the space ring was under maintenance for a whole day, and they also had to use a vacuum cleaner to collect as much meat scraps as possible.

Although all the elevator shafts and synchronous adjustment platforms have now been installed, there is still a concern that some mischievous children might not be properly supervised and could actually slip through places like the cable maintenance compartment and enter the lower level of the rotating ring, where they could be crushed into mincemeat by the ultra-high-speed machinery.

Human lives are secondary; the real problem is that these wet, bloody bits of flesh flying everywhere could damage the space station's gravity ring.

The hatch opened, and the tourists clumsily grabbed the guide ropes provided by the tour guide, following the guide's movements as they floated out of the spaceship and onto the conversion platform. Then, following the instructions, they spent three times longer than expected activating their magnetic boots to steady themselves.

The platform then begins to move, catching up with the rotating outer ring of the space station, so that its gravity matches that of the ring. At this point, the platform begins to rise into the ring like an elevator.

What unfolds before visitors is a wide avenue, much like the commercial thoroughfare of Longmen, with a vehicle lane in the middle where a tour train is parked. Pedestrian walkways are connected by sky bridges, and directly in front of them are expansive floor-to-ceiling windows offering panoramic views of Terra spinning before their eyes, along with the distant sun and the moon shrouded in Terra's shadow.

Behind them was the elevator entrance that brought them in. "The hotel and shopping street are on the upper level, and the lower level is the spaceport, various storage facilities, and visitor facilities," the tour guide explained to the tourists, introducing the basic structure.

The so-called "below" is actually the outer side of the space station, while "above" is the inner side. The back is the side facing space, which has no windows and consists of elevators, vending machines, and parking lots. In the future, small electric vehicles for transportation within the space station may be rented out.

Directly in front is a viewing corridor, which, apart from reinforced walls spaced a short distance apart, consists entirely of sloping floor-to-ceiling windows, where you can take photos, enjoy photography, and explore at your own pace.

The sightseeing train in the middle will move slowly around the central axis, allowing tourists who don't like walking to quickly reach their desired destinations.

Old Chen was stunned for a short while before he was handed a tour guide. Of course, for those who wished to tour alone, there was also a very detailed disclaimer and liability instructions.

Old Chen wasn't there for tourism; she was there to protect these tourists and ensure the entire tour went smoothly. Most of the tourists opted to join the group tour. After all, in this somewhat ethereal, floating place, which looked unlike any other attraction in Terra and was filled with a sci-fi atmosphere, they all felt a considerable sense of crisis and insecurity, and needed to huddle together in a group to feel a little safer.

However, some people still chose to act alone. These people were quickly spotted by security personnel hidden in the crowd. No one caused trouble on the spaceship before, but it was hard to say what would happen after entering the space station.

"Dear tourists, please take good care of your children and do not let them run around. This place is very huge. If they get lost, your child's body may not be found for up to a month."

The tour guide wasn't exaggerating, because it's really possible that if someone gets lost in some of the internal passageways, they might only be discovered during a routine check when the second group of tourists arrives a month later.

Of course, if you're lucky, the decomposition of the body will trigger an alarm due to the compromised sterile environment within the station. If you're unlucky and the body is outside the sensor range, and the station's cleaners ignore the abnormally high levels of various bacteria and simply pour in large amounts of nano-sterilizers, then the body may soon be encased in an amber-like substance formed by nanobots, creating a unique waxy corpse—a scene that's beyond description.

"There don't seem to be many sightseeing items?" Old Chen quickly flipped through the tour guide's brochure while the guide was still explaining the precautions. Most of the space station blocks were marked with the words "Under Business License". Moreover, apart from a few nobles, most of the tourists visiting this time were official inspection teams dispatched by major corporate groups from Lungmen and Terra.

Among a large number of blank spaces, the Swire family's Daigo Memorial Department Store stands out the most. They occupy a standard three-story structure of the space station, namely the outer, inner and main corridors, which is equivalent to a 12-story building on the ground.

Therefore, the area of ​​this shopping mall is very interesting, with a sloping ramp leading to the lower and upper levels, and there are also independent elevators inside the mall.

However, the quantity of goods is similar to that on land. The most unique items are probably the Ghost Shark model kits that are already in production, as well as gold and silver products that are much cheaper than on land. But the price difference is not enough to cover the cost of the ticket and baggage handling. If you're thinking of making a profit from this, you should forget about it.

The cheapest souvenirs for ordinary people are items in shops that display "stardust decorations." These are made of materials such as chromite rock stripped from meteorites and dust collected in space (mainly graphite particles), pressed at high temperatures to form a metallic ceramic-like material. There are all kinds of ornaments, from models of spaceships and space stations to all sorts of strange and wonderful shapes.

The expensive souvenirs even include an old pine tree carved from a piece of jade said to have been excavated from the core of an asteroid. The tree's crown is emerald green, and its trunk and roots exhibit a gradient from emerald green to dark purple.

This kind of jade with an impure color couldn't fetch a high price in the Great Yan Dynasty. However, with the added gimmick of being cut from the core of a star, it attracted the attention of many nobles.

However, for Ansor, her attention was entirely focused on the few who had broken away from the main group. She found a safe corner, pulled out a weapon from her bag—a space station-specific electric pistol. Its range was short and it couldn't penetrate the space station's panels, but the instantaneous high voltage was enough to stun even a giant rock crab.

"Click!" An Suo switched off the safety, carefully tucked the gun under his clothes, and silently followed the group of tourists who had broken away from the group. They might simply be lingering over the scenery, or they might have their own sightseeing plans and enjoy the fun of exploring the unknown world. However, they could also be hidden saboteurs.

Chapter 81 I don't want to write a title OvO

Chapter 81

Space station, outer ring main passage. "Oh my~ Is this the very top of Terra? Looking down from this height, you can't see any buildings at all." The noble girl from Ursus leaned against the panoramic window and exclaimed loudly, "It's truly worth the money Father spent on the ticket."

"I heard the Empire is also preparing to launch a similar service, but it's said to be less comfortable than this flying vehicle. It's only suitable for the lower classes to experience, and the palace in the sky doesn't even have an entrance for them. How pathetic." The young man next to her, clearly trying to curry favor, spoke with an arrogant tone.

“…” An Su shook his head. The two naive little guys did not have a Skadi-type docking interface reserved on the outer ring of the space station, but the inner ring did. Moreover, the reason why the outer ring was not installed was only because the orbital port was not fully completed.

However, judging from this, these two don't seem to be very suspicious. The level of alert for these two can be temporarily lowered. He secretly pondered that these two seemed to have simply fallen behind because they were enjoying the scenery. So, what about the next group?

"Click~ Click!" The pink-haired girl half-squatted on the ground, fiddling with the device in her hand. "This is..." "Ah, a camera. I heard that old-fashioned cameras can't be used on this, so this is a new device."

"Actually, it's because old-fashioned film is exposed to high-energy particles in outer space in advance..." Inside the station, there's no need to worry about this. Even the scenic windows have a gold anti-radiation coating, which can effectively slow down the penetration of high-energy particles.

"So you're a reporter?" "Yes, a reporter for the Lungmen Daily, and of course, the editor-in-chief." The girl stood up and generously extended her hand to An Suo. "Are you a staff member? Come to think of it, I hardly see any guards or staff here."

"No, it's just a vacation arranged by the company, so I'm planning to come up here for a bit of sightseeing."

"Judging from your accent, you're also from Longmen?"

“Yes, the old town.” An Suo did not hide her background, because she had already recognized the woman in front of her as a descendant of the underground emperor of Longmen, “Miss Lin Yuxia.”

"You know me?"

"To be precise, he knows your grandfather." An Suo sighed. It would be strange if he didn't know him. However, precisely because of this, this woman's danger level is a bit high.

"How did you end up doing this job?" "Mainly because my original industry was not doing well, but this is much better, especially for people like us in this line of work." Lin Yuxia patted the machine in her hand.

"That's true." It's quite fitting that an underground intelligence chief is in the newspaper business. However, with the current economic downturn in Lungmen, has even the underground industry been affected?

“That’s for sure. Fewer tourists are coming to spend money, fewer investors are coming, and naturally, less underground intelligence is flowing. It’s okay to make a living with the little money they collect for leads and protection, but it’s very difficult to support a whole family.” Lin Yuxia seemed to sense An Suo’s doubts and explained directly, “We can’t really betray our companions and live off the bounty from the Guard Bureau, can we?”

If an underground intelligence broker were to betray his colleagues like this, he might die at home one day. That would be even worse than running out of money, and he would never be able to return to his old ways.

"What are you planning to film?" Ansor was about to follow this guy; among this group, no one was more wary than the Rat King's family. "I originally wanted to film what Terra looks like, but this new equipment is completely unresponsive." "Let me take a look for you... Uh, okay, you've inserted the memory card backwards."

"Ah, is that so?" Lin Yuxia looked at the card that had been pulled out of the hole and was obviously deformed. She put it away shyly, then took out a new card, carefully examined it, and then put it into the slot.

"Didn't you notice there was a section sticking out before?" "Ah, I thought it was stuck, so I used a lot of force and..." So you used so much force and miraculously pushed it in, right?

"Click!" Lin Yuxia seemed completely unconcerned about An Suo's gaze. In fact, she had long been mentally prepared to be monitored from the start. Actually, the fact that she was able to buy a ticket and that nothing unexpected happened was already surprising enough for her.

She had initially thought she would be checked and called away under various pretexts while in the waiting area, but she arrived here safely. If there really wasn't any surveillance throughout the entire process, then she should be on her guard, as it meant there was some bigger conspiracy or scheme behind it.

"Inspector Chen, target number one is already being watched by the group. Should we still take over?"

"No need, come back. Don't get into a conflict with their people. Keep a close eye on the main group. Some of them seem to be starting to make trouble." Old Chen stared at a restless guy in the main group. It was rare; the Guard Bureau had finally obtained accurate intelligence this time.

As for those who weren't on the intelligence list, let the group handle them themselves. Besides, Old Chen discovered that the group was truly full of hidden talents. She had already communicated with the group and entered with special tickets, but she also discovered two members of the Black Guard mixed in with them. As for what they were up to, she wasn't sure.

They might be here to cause trouble, or they might be acting on the emperor's orders, like myself, secretly escorting and ready to deal with any saboteurs at any time. "What are you planning to film next? I can help you. Anyway, I'm an employee, so I can offer discounts on many things."

"That's fantastic! Let's go! I'm getting ready to film the legendary Space Garden next, and I can't wait!" Lin Yuxia knowingly put her arm around An Suo's shoulder, like two best friends. "There are two people from out of town over there. The Guard Bureau has their eye on one, but there's another one they haven't noticed. Don't move. He's right at the back of the line, the one studying the vending machine."

"Out-of-towners? What a rare sight!"

"No, because there are two of the Emperor's Black Guards over there. However, they don't seem to be here to cause trouble. The Imperial Guard is also watching them. Don't look at them. These people are specially trained. They will sense you as soon as you move your eyes over them."

"And what about this?" An Suo pointed to the camera hanging around her neck. "What a sly one!" Lin Yuxia pouted, raised the camera, and openly looked at the large group through the viewfinder, while An Suo also stared at them as if helping to find the best angle.

"Hmm?" Two ordinary-looking young men dressed as nobles from the Great Yan Kingdom turned their heads and looked away after they saw that it was the guy from the Rat King's family trying to take pictures. Even if they had no communication with the Rat King's side, they would not act rashly because there were three guys from the Guard Bureau behind them.

Among these three, one is the emperor's niece, a true member of the imperial family. If things escalate, he will definitely be in deep trouble. Besides, the goals of both sides are not conflicting to some extent.

They weren't there to provide protection, of course; they were simply there to gather intelligence and find opportunities to plant spies. After all, this place was destined to become a tourist destination for dignitaries from various countries, and any intelligence agency with even a modicum of ambition and drive wouldn't pass up the opportunity to plant spies and gather intelligence here.

After leaving the shopping mall in Swire, the tour guide blew a whistle to signal everyone to gather and head to the Space Gardens and hotels for accommodation. The cruise tickets and travel expenses were included, but even with VIP tickets, only standard rooms were available; deluxe rooms required an extra charge, as the space here is truly incredibly valuable.

On average, the cost of each square meter of cabin exceeds 6 Lungmen Dollars, not including launch and installation costs. The cost of all the equipment inside, even the most basic air itself, is not low. If you want to live in a large house here, unless you are a relative of the Xia family and the group boss personally opens the back door for you, you can only pay more, and a lot more.

The garden in zero gravity seems not much different from the one on the ground, except that the plants grow more lushly and larger. The only thing that is truly amazing is the Starry Sky Garden.

Once the armor covering the skylight is opened, the countless stars and the dazzling sun seem almost within reach. There is no place more conducive to experiencing a mysterious and philosophical atmosphere—of course, it's just an atmosphere, and it doesn't help you understand anything.

Passing through the garden, you enter the Space Hotel, which is also owned by the Swire family, or more precisely, by the owner's wife's own business, and has nothing to do with the family business.

There are only two types of rooms: standard rooms for two people and deluxe suites for one person. Most of the nobles chose the suites, but the majority of tourists did not pay extra. After all, most of the people who come here are on business trips, and their bosses' travel expenses are not enough to cover the cost of choosing a double room.

However, An Suo and Lin Yuxia, who were the bosses themselves and had official expense reimbursements, were among those who chose to pay extra. The single suite was about 1.5 times the size of a standard room, in a standard trapezoidal shape, with windows on both sides. One side offered a view of the starry sky, and the other side offered a view of the Terra landscape. It also had a private bathroom and a small wine cabinet with a refrigerator.

Equipped with a double bed and an in-room audio-visual system, as well as some exercise equipment unique to space to prevent osteoporosis caused by low gravity, it's a great place for a date if you don't consider that male physiological abilities would be greatly affected by low gravity and the risk of heatstroke due to lack of convection. The only downside is that the price is quite shocking.

The standard room is two deluxe suites divided into six rooms by a corridor and partitions. Each room has only one window, shares a bathroom, and is furnished with only a wardrobe, a luggage rack, and the same audio-visual system. Other than that, there is nothing else.

It's not that the little tiger doesn't want to create some luxurious, fully-furnished rooms, but the space inside the entire space station, excluding external modules, is really only so big. Even getting in and out requires taking a small elevator through an external, openable transparent corridor to enter the corridor of a private suite or standard room.

The outer corridor connects to multiple external auxiliary cabins on the inner side of the ring, including a space garden, shopping mall, zero-gravity swimming pool, extravehicular exploration orbital station, space restaurant, farm, aquarium or hydroponic tank, and other areas that can be visited and explored.

"Click~ click!" As soon as she entered the room, Lin Yuxia started snapping photos. "I can't wait to write a guide to space travel. By the way, what are all these devices for?"

"A water dispenser with a straw instead of a cup."

"What about this one?"

"Radiator" secretly turned on the room's exhaust fan. "Here, heat convection is very weak. If you don't turn on this kind of artificial radiator, sweat and steam will quickly stick to your skin, and you'll get heatstroke."

"So that's why you're following me."

“Because you are dangerous.” An Suo pulled up a chair and sat down. “Although you seem to have shown some sincerity, your identity is not ordinary.” Revealing information before does not mean that the two sides are trustworthy friends. It may be that they are planning to fight each other, or it may be a simple ruse. Therefore, keeping a close eye on such a sensitive character is the simplest and most practical solution.

"As for the others, there are others who are responsible for keeping an eye on them, aren't there?"

"..." Lin Yuxia put down her camera and sat on the edge of the bed. "Such a huge facility of yours obviously can't just accommodate a small number of people, right? So, do you have enough capacity to keep an eye on everyone? As time goes on, more and more people will have the opportunity to come here to spend money. So, are you prepared to deal with the chaos that will follow?"

"Of course," back then, almost every inch of the space station was equipped with cameras and sensors, making it much more difficult to cause trouble than it is now, and...

"At that time, there will only be a handful of staff on the space station." More saboteurs could infiltrate, but there would also be more guards and emergency response teams on the space station. Expecting absolute safety is unrealistic.

"Okay, I'm going to start writing now. Are you going to keep watching?"

"Of course, I won't bother you, will I?"

"Whatever," she said, indicating she had no intention of causing trouble, but the others were a different story.

"What should we do? We're completely unfamiliar with this place, there are hardly any people here, and we can't even bribe anyone."

"Stay calm and adapt to the situation."

"How do we adapt to the situation? The patriarch has ordered us to completely destroy this thing." At first, we thought it was just an ordinary inn or the small tanks in the previous promotional videos. Those were indeed places where a simple fire could cause a huge disaster. But now that we've come up here, we find that it's actually a small town, which means that the difficulty of destruction has become much greater. Even if we cause some damage, it's far from the required complete destruction.