Walk through the structure of the Ark and wander on the continent of Terra

When they met, Alpha noticed that Hemer had been following Seria closely, but he was staggered away from her and fell half a step behind. The expression on her face was not very relaxed, and she looked like she didn't want to come. It looked like that, but her hand kept holding Seria's cuff and never let go.

Alpha's outfit today is more casual than Ceria's, but she did match it carefully. In many previous exchanges, Alpha had long noticed this lady who was as hard as a diamond. In private, she is actually an elegant lady who knows how to dress up and take care of herself, which is consistent with her status as a former Rheinland Life executive.

Alpha, who had expected this, certainly didn't want to lose to her in terms of temperament, or else it would embarrass Xu Yu.So Alpha also put a lot of thought into her outfit today. First of all, she used a high-precision quality printer to give herself a manicure last night...

Not to go too far, Alpha’s choice of outfit is more casual than Ceria’s outfit. After all, they really went to Longmen to go shopping, eat and watch movies, not to have business meetings (although this combination was said to be No one seems to disbelieve it in business meetings).

She paired a large plain knitted jacket with slim-fitting jeans and close-fitting boots, but she also paired it with gloves and a brooch, which was casual with a touch of formal dressing. The brooch, which supplements the upper body elements, is the core and gift The core of Xu Yu's necklace is the same - a strange crystal with a burning star in the center of a cubic prism.Finally, comb your red hair into a high ponytail and match it with a black and white headband to add dynamics to the overall look.

Xu Yu's outfit today may be the most formal. She put on a slit dress. The ink-colored dress was paired with high-D white silk and small heels, which diluted her droopy look with elegance and beauty. The sad temperament brought by the embroidered eyebrows.Since today was not a formal occasion, she specially chose a set of leather single-sided carrying straps to hang an old-fashioned leather small first aid kit around her waist.Paired with a fake collar and shawl, it diluted the formal feel of her outfit.

When I went shopping today, the only one who really didn't dress up specially was Miss Hemmer, but she looks good in any clothes, and Alpha prides himself on not losing to Ceria in terms of temperament.

……

"Good morning." Alpha and Seria fist bumped. This was their unique way of greeting friends through fisting. It was not overly enthusiastic or formal, and Alpha didn't need to take off his gloves.

"Today we will take the Life Star directly to the city. Kelsi asked me to help her transport a batch of goods. It just so happens that taking the Life Star can avoid some bumps during this journey."

"No problem, do you mind if we take a tour?" Ceria responded to Alpha with a smile. As early as when she and Alpha first met, she had some interest in this large transport vehicle. After the discussion of the engineering department operators, she To my ears, it seems that this car has never been supplied with Originium. Without Originium, what kind of thing can drive such a huge vehicle and drive smoothly at extremely high speeds on complex roads? This is A question that made Seria very curious.

"Please come with me."

Alpha and Xu Yu took Ceria onto the hangar deck, where the Rhode Island operators responsible for escorting the scheduled cargo were already waiting here.Some of them are familiar faces from the engineering department, and some are new faces from the security department.

The operators knew the four ladies who came up very well, and some of the more outgoing operators took the initiative to say hello to the four of them.Rhode Island never defaults on overtime pay, so even those who work overtime on holidays are energetic and full of energy.

"Have you had breakfast? If not, the ship's canteen has ready-to-eat meals and coffee, which Alina and I made ourselves in our free time."

Ceria and Helmer did not refuse Alpha's kindness, or they were also curious about what the Life Star's shipboard cafeteria would look like.However, there is nothing particularly high-tech in the canteen of the Base Walker. Except for a food printer that no one usually eats, the other equipment is mainly in the kitchen.The only interesting thing is that Beilian’s tables are made of high-strength titanium alloy, which is strong, sturdy and beautiful.Coupled with frequent cleaning, the shipboard mess hall is as bright and clean as the rooms in other passages (there are no windows).

A vacuum-packed reheated omelette. Because there are no mushy edges, you don’t have to worry about it becoming soft and losing taste. Paired with fresh bread just purchased from the Rhode Island cafeteria, plus instant coffee that can be found everywhere, it’s an ordinary meal tailored to local conditions. That's it for breakfast.Ceria also tasted a can of Beilian Breakfast Dessert, which was one less than what was eaten on Terra. It contained two kinds of fruits that were not found on this land.But she didn't seem to eat it. The candied fruit did have a somewhat similar texture.

Everyone passed through the manufacturing workshop on the bottom deck, passed the laboratory on the middle deck, and came to the bridge. Alpha asked everyone to take a seat here. At the speed of the base walker, it would take less than half an hour to get to the gantry.

"The system self-test is completed, the whole system is normal..." Diesel's announcement came from the radio. Base Walker's muon reactor entered normal operation, outputting surging energy to drive this thousands-ton behemoth, smoothly Started today's walk.

"Alfa, I would like to ask, what kind of energy is used to drive the Life Star to achieve such high efficiency?" Ceria finally couldn't hold back and asked this question that had been buried in her heart.

"Well, this MKR02A Base Walker uses a 150-megawatt muon catalytic fusion reactor. It simulates a star configuration and can directly use water as fuel. The reactor has an electrical compensation mechanism for proton-neutron conversion. Using Neutron absorption chamber and plasma thermoelectric exchanger generate electricity.”

"Wait a minute, please speak slowly..." Ceria and Helmer are both professional scientists, but they understood every word of Alpha's words, but they couldn't understand even one sentence. Understand.

"Let me put it in layman's terms," ​​Alpha pointed to the sun in the sky just visible outside the bridge window, "The principle of the sun's light and heat is nuclear fusion. In other words, in the core of my base walker, there is a The artificial sun is burning steadily and controllably."

40.Calm days part.7

Whether it is former members of Rhine Life, Seria and Helmer, or the traveling doctor Xu Yu, they are all very curious about advanced science and technology.So everyone had something to talk about along the way. During the originally uneventful journey of more than 30 minutes, Alpha started from the most basic popular science knowledge of nuclear physics and told them what nuclear fusion was in the most common language possible.

"The atomic theory that explains the composition of matter... Scholars proposed this theory more than ten years ago. Until now, in my understanding, it is not perfect enough, because in many places, mathematical inferences and experimental observations have There are obvious discrepancies in the phenomenon. I didn’t expect that it could develop to this extent..."

"No, it is not just a theory that describes the composition of matter, but a huge theoretical system that describes the most general laws of material movement and the most basic structure of matter." Alpha sighed, "If the theories on this land are still limited to this To this extent, there is still a long, long way to go.”

"Alpha, in our lifetime, is it possible for people to... ignite the spark of fusion as you said?"

"It took 40 years from the proposal of the special theory of relativity to the explosion of the first atomic bomb due to the needs of war, and seven years from the explosion of the first atomic bomb to the first attempt to ignite uncontrollable nuclear fusion. Since then, Humanity has been on the long road of pursuing controllable nuclear fusion for nearly a century. And this is just the beginning. It may have taken hundreds of years to perfect the configuration of the nuclear fusion engine behind us. I installed it in Rhodes The one on the island also took nearly 50 years to mature its configuration. How many 200 years can a human life span? And the time it took from the proposing of classical physics to the proposing of the special theory of relativity was also 200 years."

Alpha glanced at Seria who was deep in thought, "But is it only 400 years? The civilization that created this miracle spent 100 million from looking up at the sun in the sky for the first time to truly understanding why it shines and heats. Year!"

"It's really incredible. I have never heard of such history..." Helmer couldn't help but sigh in shock.

"This is the history of another world. If you find it incredible, it's okay to listen to it as a story. I say this because I want to say that looking up at the stars and imagining the future is as important as living down-to-earth in the present." Alpha did not continue. Let’s talk in depth, because at this time, the Life Star has docked in port.

She suddenly sighed. Four ladies who were out shopping for leisure actually talked about physics for more than half an hour on the commuter bus. It seemed that Tyra's future was still bright...

Then they were stopped at the Longmen city checkpoint and detained by the Motor Vehicle Management Office of the Longmen Guards Bureau. The reason was very simple. Because the place of production and inspection mark on the car that Alpha had hand-made could not be found, even The power system and overall architecture are structures that have never been seen before, and it is an illegal motor vehicle that is impossible to be allowed to drive on the road.

"I'm sorry, ladies, even if this vehicle is stronger and more reliable than the armored vehicles of the Guards Bureau, according to laws and regulations, it still cannot go on the road until the corresponding vehicle inspection is completed and the driving license is registered. We cannot accommodate this. , please understand and cooperate with our work."

"No way, let's take a taxi." Alpha shrugged. This kind of thing is unexpected and reasonable. After all, it is a vehicle where every screw is designed and manufactured by herself, no matter where it is placed. , are all Titie’s illegal motor vehicles...

This episode did not affect everyone's mood, because Alpha said half-jokingly, "We can't let annual vehicle inspections block mankind's progress towards the future." Everyone present laughed with understanding.

……

There is no doubt that Longmen is a very modern and developed metropolis. Looking at the towering elevated highway of Longmen Ring Expressway and the constant flow of traffic, it feels like returning to my hometown.

The kind-hearted police officers from the Guards Bureau helped them find a reliable taxi. They took the taxi directly from the border checkpoint to Otani Plaza in the city center. At this time, they just missed the rush hour for work, and the streets in Longmen City were not crowded. , and soon took everyone to the city center where Otani Plaza is located.On the way, Alpha specifically asked the driver and learned about several teahouses and restaurants frequented by locals.

Compared with the thrilling history of physics, the process of four people shopping in the commercial street of Grand Ancient Plaza seemed dull. It was nothing more than two words: shopping and buying.Alpha and Seria are both owners who are not short of money. Needless to say, Seria is a former executive of a well-known large-scale high-tech company. Before asking Alpha how much available funds, you can take a look at her savings. How many boxes of synthetic jade are there in the room?

None of the four of them were so luxurious and wanton that they would "pack everything except this one", but when they came across a product they liked, they would grab it without hesitation.Alpha bought several locally produced electronic products, from laptops to mobile phone terminals. When purchasing, she directly added money and requested that they be delivered to the dock where the Life Star was docked within the same day. These electronic products would be delivered directly to the terminal. Laboratory disassembly and analysis.

The others were various bags, leather goods, and fashionable clothes. Xu Yu took Alpha with them to order a set of traditional Yanguo clothes in a high-end clothing store.Seria, the diamond-headed one, bought a jade comb for Helmer, and also planned to buy some jade items as gifts for White-faced Owl and Ifrit.

Alpha originally wanted to persuade her not to waste money on gold, silver, and jade, which are hard to tell whether they are genuine or not, but he saw that Hemo seemed to like the jade comb that felt cool and cool when held up. When the time came, she gave up the idea and instead blindly analyzed the meaning of the jade and the culture behind it for Seria.

It doesn't sound right for a Chinese native to explain the jade culture of Yan country to a Colombian with half a bucket of knowledge he learned on the Internet.One thing that stood out overall was that Alpha dared to speak, and Seria dared to listen, and she actually believed it.

As a result, Alpha's vivid and vivid way of speaking, and various statements that sounded relevant and were indeed related to the real situation, made the owner of the jade jewelry store stunned. Alpha thought that he was a well-educated boss who came to Longmen. In order not to offend such a "knowledgeable" boss, the owner of the jade shop secretly removed many of the inflated price tags, causing Seria to fall under Alpha's control. A lot of wasted money was really wasted among all the nonsense.

"Let's go to the Guangfu Teahouse for something to eat at noon."

"Lunch at the teahouse? Why does it sound weird?"

"You will know after you go there. Drinking tea can not only satisfy you, but also enjoy the delicious food and leisure time."

41.A movie

The refreshments at Guangfu Tea House did not give Alpha a good impression. They were expensive and the taste of the dishes was very average.Some of them were not as delicious as the same food that the logistics operator tried out at the Rhode Island canteen.

However, the types of Longmen specialty refreshments here are more complete, and the service attitude is quite satisfactory. In addition, the tea can be refilled for free, so the four of them drank tea here until the movie started in the afternoon.

During this time, Seria and Helmer told Alpha about the current theories and achievements in various fields that they knew. What pleased Alpha was that because of the need to study Origin Stone technology, as well as large-scale modern industrial technology (especially mobile cities) and large land vehicles), the development of Terra's mathematics and physics was not as backward as imagined.At least the people here have a clear understanding of the basic laws of object motion, and have rich empirical theories in some high-energy physics. They have indeed learned a lot of valuable things from the technologies left by their ancestors.

While they were chatting, the topic of the four people changed, because they saw a van speeding past under the teahouse, and a guy with a ring-shaped fluorescent tube on his head was holding a blunderbuss and shooting at the back. Suddenly, two black limousines were chasing after her fiercely, and behind them, a police car from the Longmen Guards Bureau roared past.

"Will there be such a security incident in the core area of ​​Longmen? A car chase in broad daylight, and guns were used..." Ceria was slightly shocked.

"I also want to know what's going on." Alpha held the teacup and looked at the speeding traffic with Ceria.

……

Time soon came to when the movie was about to start. Guangfu Tea House was opposite Dagu Plaza. The four of them crossed the road where the car chase and fierce battle had just taken place, and soon arrived at Dagu Plaza International Cinema City.It was a weekend, and the cinema was bustling with people. Soon, Alpha redeemed the four movie tickets reserved by White-faced Owl from the service window.When picking up the ticket, Alpha paid attention to the seat number. White-faced Owl was indeed well-intentioned. The seats she chose were the four seats with the best viewing angles in the middle of the auditorium - located on both sides of the center line of the auditorium, in the fifth and sixth rows. Two pairs of seats.

"These two are for you." Alpha handed the two movie tickets in the fifth row to Seria and asked her to sit with Hemo. He and Xu Yu happened to be sitting behind them, "You can cut your tickets and enter right away. Now, do you want to buy some snacks and popcorn?"

"The sugar content of popcorn is too high..." Helmer thought for a moment and was about to refuse. Suddenly, a large double bucket of popcorn chips appeared in Alpha's hand and stuffed it into Ceria's hand, and then put it in Alpha's hand. Two soda pops were given to Homer.

"Sugar is the source of happiness for human beings. Once it finally comes out, don't worry about such trivial matters!"

Ceria suddenly laughed, "Alfa, you're right, it's good to be happy at this time."

"Alfa, I want to try that." Xu Yu suddenly took Alpha's arm and pointed to the picture hanging on the billboard in the snack window. It looked like some kind of snow-topped ice tea. The snow-topped one was round. , looks cute and delicious.

"That snow top? Okay!"

Holding a large bucket of snacks and drinks, Alpha took a seat at the good seat carefully selected by the white-faced owl. Before turning off the lights in the screening room, Alpha took a look at the movie flyer he took from the door.

"Victorian literary master Verne's science fiction debut, a masterpiece produced by Columbia Red Fox Film Group, a magnificent epic of human conquest of the universe... Terra Cannon..." Wait a minute, Jules Verne is a master of science fiction, yes, on this land It’s understandable that there are similar individuals from another world. Even if you say that this master is a similar individual from another world, I can understand it, but you Terra Cannon... I hope you won’t shut down the sci-fi creation of the entire Terra continent. Completely welded.

"Science fiction movies," Xu Yu, who was beside him, glanced at the flyer in Alpha's hand, "This is an emerging movie category after the development of film visual effects technology in recent years, but the few works that have appeared so far all look more like productions. The film crew’s trial work is average in all aspects..."

"That's it. Have you seen this movie?"

Xu Yu shook her head, "I remember this is a new film released this year, but I have seen part of the original work. Ms. Bo Erna's original work is very innovative and full of unconstrained ideas." She looked at it seriously. Alpha's glasses and beautiful eyelashes fluttered a few times, "Do you want me to spoil the original work?"

"Ah, let's watch the movie first."

Bang——!The lights in the screening room went out and the screen lit up. Alpha suddenly discovered that Terra Continent also had the habit of playing fire protection public service announcements before the movies were screened.

Then came the producer's title sequence, which was full of a mixed sense of déjà vu with the logo of the Red Fox Film Group and the logo of the relevant management departments of Longmen, and then the main film began.

So what's going on with your "Deng, Deng, Deng, Deng Deng Deng, Deng Deng Deng" opening song!In an instant, Alpha almost fell into a huge chaos of knotted DNA, and had to take a sip of the soda in the cup to relieve his helplessness that he had nothing to say.

Facts have proved that the visual effects technology of Terra is not as advanced as I imagined. The special effects techniques used in the entire movie are really the same as those of old Star Wars. A large number of industrially produced miniature models were used. After the actual shooting, , using special effects in a certain way, it has a unique feeling of MGM movies and TV series at the end of the century.

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With the end of the opening song and preface subtitles, the story to be told in the movie officially begins.

The story takes place in a fictional organization called the Astrological Society. It tells the story of the researchers of the Astrological Society who are eager to understand the mysteries of the starry sky. In order to find a more perfect observation perspective, they have made countless attempts.In the study, they found that the higher the altitude, the clearer things can be seen through astronomical telescopes.So scholars came up with a plan to send observers into the universe.

Scholars believe that the "nourishing gas" in the atmosphere for humans to breathe scatters the light from the universe. The higher the place, the less the content of "nourishing gas". As long as you fly high enough, you can avoid its interference. , observing real stars.

So they made a plan to use the Witch King's legacy to build a huge cannon in the mountains of southern Leitania, and use the cannon to fire cannonballs to send people to high enough places.

Scholars knew that this was a plan full of risks, but it was an idea full of infinite possibilities, and all members of the Astrology Society were mobilized to participate in this great plan.

Building such a huge cannon will naturally cause changes in all parties. Letania's military wants to take the cannon as its own to deter surrounding countries; Victoria wants to send a fleet to destroy the cannon in order to To prevent it from threatening its own safety; Syracuse, which also felt deeply threatened, also sent infiltrators to sneak into the Astrological Society to secretly collect intelligence and carry out sabotage; even Ursus and Colombia, thousands of miles away, were concerned about the Astrological Society's actions. expressed condemnation.

No one believes that the purpose of making such a cannon is for scientific exploration. How can the cannon be related to astrology research?

But the members of the Astrology Society withstood the pressure. In order to protect the fruits of their labor, they secretly hired an elite group of Sakaz mercenaries. The demons were brave and good at fighting. Although they were vulgar, they learned that the members of the Astrology Society After realizing their dreams, they were also moved by their determination and bravery, risking their lives to protect the cannon from being destroyed by those who had their own agenda.

Mixed in the middle is the story of a young female scholar from the Waifan tribe who worked hard and was successfully elected as a volunteer for the Cannon Flying Project. She then trained and prepared under the guidance of the Sakaz warriors, and had a love story with the Sakaz warriors. A bloody scene.

At the end, the film reaches its climax. Victoria and Syracuse, who could no longer endure the threat, sent a fleet across the valley to attack the cannon. In order to gain control of the cannon, the Leitania military dispatched a large army to storm the cannon base. On the one hand, they blocked the Victoria-Syracuse combined fleet in the mountains.

The Sakaz mercenaries and members of the Astrology Society who defended the cannon fought bloody battles under attack from both sides, sacrificing their lives to buy time for the cannon to be launched.Finally, the president of the Astrological Society, a former royal sorcerer of Leitania, sacrificed himself to activate the cannon's spell unit.

At the end of the story, amid the sound of tragic music, the girl from Vaifan, wearing a breathing mask and protective clothing, climbed out of the shell that entered the universe. She looked at the bright stars in the sky and burst into tears for a while.

When the ending music played, Alpha took advantage of Xu Yu's inattention and snatched away the last few popcorns.The plot of Terra Cannon is originally Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" plus "The King of Space Forces". If we regard it as a film in an era when space technology was not yet developed, many common sense that latecomers take for granted has not yet been adopted. Judging from the early science fiction created in the era of understanding and discovery, it is indeed a reasonable work.

Alpha believes that apart from the special effects, whether it is plot, concept, or character portrayal, it should be able to cover up that so-and-so cannon.

……

"Alpha, tell me, is the universe really like that?" After walking out of the cinema, Helmer couldn't wait to grab Alpha and ask about what the universe looked like.Alpha didn't answer directly, just smiled and shook his head.

42.Calm days part.9

The movie ended and it was time for the lights to start. I stood at the entrance of Dagu Plaza and looked up at the stars, but my vision was blocked by the city light.The city is indeed not a good place to watch the stars.

After watching the movie and walking around, the four of them were thinking about where to go for dinner, when suddenly a passing figure bumped into Xu Yu.

"Oops!" Xu Yu, who was unprepared, exclaimed, but the guy who hit him had disappeared into the dense flow of people in Dagu Square. "Ah, my quilt is missing!" When he came back to his senses, , Xu Yu found that the wallet she had brought with her to collect movie tickets was missing.

"It was robbed..." Alpha's expression was a little unhappy. She knew that the wallet was Xu Yu's precious collection, and it was not easy for the ignorant thief to steal her things!

"The security of Longmen is really something I cannot praise," Ceria pointed to the direction in which the thief fled, "Should we pursue him?"