People in Terra, governing a weird little country

"Do you need to take care of Ernst too?" Muirseth was a little surprised.

Yaer shrugged and said affirmatively: "He asked me to take care of a lot of things. I am a little too busy."

Muirseth had no idea what he was thinking about, and a wicked smile appeared on his face, but he did not continue the topic, and instead said:

"I should be thanking you, but you just heard that I have already offered my wallet to the great god Yelagunde... Well, how about this, you come down the mountain with me, I brought a lot of cosmetics, how about giving them all to you?"

"Cosmetics?" Yaer blinked in confusion.

Muir Seth nodded confidently: "Of course girls should wear makeup! Makeup can make you look better!"

Yaer nodded in understanding: "Okay then."

He actually doesn't need any cosmetics. If he wants to be more beautiful, he can just reshape his face. Because of the cognitive barrier, others can't notice his changes.

But since Muirseth was so kind and so confident, He was a little curious.

On the way down the mountain, He asked curiously:

"Yeragond said that you could integrate into the Sami elf community. Why didn't you go?"

"You can see that," Muirseth said with some embarrassment, "because it's too far away. I would die alone if I couldn't see my friends all year round."

"Don't look at me like this, I'm actually very afraid of that kind of thing happening."

“........I see.” Yaer nodded.

Muirseth continued, "That's why I came all the way from Columbia to Shelagh. Kristen always refuses to go back, and Saria always wants to come see Kristen. If she wasn't so busy, she would have probably come back and forth ten times!"

"I think, instead of letting them run back and forth like this, why not take advantage of the opportunity of the Expo to come together, accompany Christen to finish the experiment, and then go back together!"

Halfway through her speech, she realized something and waved her hands.

"I don't mean to say that Kjerag is bad. In fact, I like the scenery of Kjerag very much. It is also very [clean]. It's not just the city appearance that is clean. I don't like the feeling of Originium. The air in Kjerag is very comfortable, without that weird smell."

Yaer naturally wouldn't mind. Although she didn't have the ability to read minds, she could feel the sincerity of Muirseth's words:

"You are welcome to come to Kjerag often."

"Just treat this place as your home. You are such a lovely child, and Yelagund will welcome you, too."

Muirseth couldn't help but laugh: "How can you represent Yelagund? What if they think I'm troublesome?"

Yaer put her hands on her hips and made an awesome gesture:

"Of course I do. No one understands Yelagund better than I do."

She stretched out her hand and pointed to the sky: "If you don't believe me, look, Yelagund has admitted it."

Muirseth raised his head and looked toward the sky in the direction her finger was pointing, and his mouth suddenly opened wide.

There is a cloud there.

Thumbs up.

Chapter 314: The tower is a hundred feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands

Kjerag, Matterhorn, Dome Research Station

Although the Dome Research Station was actually completed earlier than the Tukarim New City, it was the first time that Ernst came to this research institute that brought together Christen's wonderful ideas.

Theoretically speaking, it is not feasible to build a research institute in a high-altitude cold environment. High-precision instruments have high-precision requirements for the environment, and cold weather is obviously not suitable for the use and preservation of these high-precision instruments.

But it's always just a question of cost.

Kristen never cared about the cost.

As a pure dreamer, she doesn't mind spending all her fortune for her dream. Moreover, no matter how high the cost of building a scientific research station is, it will not cause serious damage to a behemoth like Rhine Life.

The self-heating Originium heating device, combined with the intelligent control panel, ensures that the temperature inside the dome research station is always at an appropriate level. So when Ernst walked into the room, he could even see Christine, who was only wearing a shirt and her signature light-colored jacket.

"I suggest that the three of you take off your clothes as soon as possible and adapt to the temperature here, otherwise you might catch a cold."

Asking people to take off their clothes right after meeting?! The head of Rhine Life is so open! He is indeed a Colombian!

Of course no one would think so.

In fact, Ernst and the two people who came with Ernst were not ordinary people.

Levi and Kal'tsit, both of them have their own thoughts.

Ernst could more or less guess what Levi was thinking.

On Earth, the homeland that we can never return to, the first human pioneer to set foot in space was none other than Levi’s comrade from the same country that no longer exists - Yuri Gagarin.

As one of the pioneers, Yuri Gagarin has forever welded his name on the monument of human spaceflight history on Earth. The Dome Research Station's [Star Reaching Project] is to repeat this process on Terra.

After seven days of preparation, if there are no other accidents, the [Star Picking Plan] will officially begin at the closing ceremony of the World Expo, and the Terran humans will attempt to break through the isolation layer for the first time.

This is an experiment with an uncertain future. It is hard to predict whether it will be good or bad, life or death. No one knows what the star pod that isolates Terra from the universe is, and what its specific purpose is. But people have to take this step.

Levi actually wanted to go there himself, just like the Soviet astronaut, and carve a human name on the explorer's monument in a strange world.

But he was too old, and his physical indicators were not up to standard, far from meeting the requirements for space experiments. Moreover, the barrier layer was a thorn in the heart of everyone who yearned for the sky. Compared with bravely crashing into it with a body that did not meet the requirements, what Ernst said was to observe, record, analyze, and find a way for normal people to break through that barrier layer, which was indeed more important.

Courage is commendable, but don't be foolhardy.

So, he finally chose to be a witness and witness the arrival of that moment.

As for Kelsey, Ernst didn't know why she came. Ernst had no intention of earning her to go up the mountain, she forced herself to join the gang.

Originally, Ernst could have sternly rejected this somewhat unreasonable behavior, but this was Kal'tsit.

Ernst had seen a lot of Kal'tsit's uniqueness. As a famous riddler on earth, and the keeper of the existence of the Three Disasters, Ernst decided to take her with him after careful consideration.

Because she said she was here to [prevent risks].

Although he didn't know what the risk was, Ernst was a person who always played it safe. Since Kal'tsit wasn't joking, he certainly wouldn't do something stupid like leaving it alone.

However, perhaps even Ernst himself did not expect that Kal'tsit's arrival was, to some extent, to serve as a witness.

In fact, she didn't want the Terrans to explore outer space at this juncture. She felt that the time was not yet ripe!

However, people’s personalities are always harmonious, and Kal’tsit is no exception.

Compared to the worst case scenario where the isolation layer is directly opened, Ernst and Christen's current small-scale cross-line exploration does not seem so unacceptable.

She herself actually doesn't know what the current situation in outer space is.

Are the remains of those former civilizations still in orbit? What about the base on the second moon? What is the current situation of Taros and its other satellites?

She was equally curious.

So, with hope in her heart, she acquiesced to the Terran's attempt.

It is just to allow a special individual to break through the restrictions by taking advantage of the judgment bug of the isolation layer and take a look at the situation in the universe. If this level of exploration is successful, it will be a big step forward for the human beings of Terra.

And if it fails...

Kal'tsit will stop at nothing to blockade and destroy any technology that could allow humans to further explore space until the time is ripe.

Of course, no one knows exactly when the time will be right as Kal'tsit mentioned.

Maybe the Terra Union (Thai Union) was established?

Christen didn't know about these little thoughts. If she knew, she would probably just laugh it off.

Nothing can stop her from realizing her dream. What does it have to do with her whether Kal'tsit agrees or not?

Don't say that she doesn't think Kal'tsit is a big shot. Even if she can really block the technology, Kristen will develop new technology, find new venues, gain new supporters, and break through Kal'tsit's obstruction. No, she will break through anyone's obstruction and have a fight with Sky!

Of course, that was another matter. At least at this moment, she was participating in the Star Picking Project at the Dome Research Station.

"The tower is a hundred feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands. This is a short poem from Yan State that Ernst told me. Strangely, I don't seem to have found the full text of this poem on the Internet, or even any relevant content."

Kristen looked at Ernst. There was no doubt in her eyes, but a hint of teasing. She raised her head slightly, as if she was appreciating Ernst's embarrassed and awkward expression, but soon returned to normal.

“Of course, the origin of the poem is not important. What is important is that, as Ernst said, its [artistic conception] perfectly fits what we are about to do.”

"Reach out your hand, break through the sky, and touch the stars. This is Operation Star Reaching."

She walked to the center of the hall, and in front of the operating table, an employee from the General Construction Department pressed the start button.

In an instant, accompanied by a rumbling sound, a complex model rose from the large hole opened on the surface of the hall. At the same time, there were several unclear sounds.

Ernst was somewhat puzzled:

"What's that sound? Why do I seem to hear someone asking for help?"

The confident smile on Kristen's face froze for a moment, and she waved her hands in panic:

"It's okay, it's okay, you heard it wrong."

"Really?" Ernst was a little skeptical.

Kristen nodded confidently: "It's true."

She quickly changed the subject and returned to the main topic:

"This is a one-to-one scale replica of the Dome Research Station's Star Picking Operation scene."

"Thanks to the efforts of Nasti, Mandela, Safar, Jeston, and many employees of Rhine Life Engineering, the site for Operation Star was officially completed three days ago and passed the engineering acceptance test."

"In seven days, our first astronaut, Mr. Safar, will stand in this building and continue to rise until he breaks through the restrictions of the isolation layer."

Kristen pointed to the cylindrical object that looked more like the container and tube of an elevator car than a rocket.

The special building of the entire star-picking operation was more like the "space elevator" that Ernst had seen in a science fiction movie than the rocket launch pad in Ernst and Levi's impressions, except that the structure was much simpler.

Such a simple structure is certainly not enough to support humans to travel back and forth between the space station and the surface like a real space elevator. But this is the advantage of the Matterhorn.

Only a few hundred meters away from the isolation layer, the environment that Yelagund had carefully fine-tuned, and Terra's material science level that amazed Levi, made this simple building sufficient to support a quiet round trip.

It was even designed to be a one-time use, not intended to be used a second time. It is a veritable dangerous building!

But that's enough.

In seven days, Safar will ride it, break through the isolation layer and reach the starry sky.

Perhaps it is just a journey that just breaks through the isolation layer and is still some distance away from low-Earth orbit, or it may even be just one step away.

But, let me quote a classic saying.

That’s one small step for Safar, one giant leap for mankind.

Chapter 315 Ernst: I opened it, so what?

The Palace of Saint Evangelista XI.

Need to add quotation marks.

Of course, Ernst did not build any palace specifically for Evangelist XI. He still lived in the old house and his office had just been renovated. Where did he get the spare money to build a face-saving project for the Pope according to the Lateran standards?

Lateran had no objection. If they wanted to stay in a hotel, they could stay in a hotel. Anyway, the Grand Duke of Victoria and the Grand Tutor of Yan Country all stayed in the same hotel, right? There was nothing to be fussy about. Evangelista XI did not think that his Sakota was more precious than Filin and Long.

The old man hung such a sign on the door himself, and it can be seen that he has a sense of humor. Ernst did not stop him from doing so. After all, the validity period of this "temporary palace" was estimated to last only until after the World Expo. When he left and came back at the next World Summit, Ernst might have built a proper embassy district.

At that time, he would naturally live in the embassy.

However, it is worth mentioning that for some unknown reason, or some stimulus, after Evangelista XI hung up this sign, similar signs were hung on the doors of several other rooms on the same floor as him.

The reason why it is similar is that in addition to the content that indicates their identities, such as [The Duke of Caster's Palace], [*Victoria swears* lives opposite me], and [Temporary residence of the Colombian envoy (please contact me if you find a lost feathered beast)], there are also some strange symbols on them.

A five-pointed star.

Evangelista XI was a little surprised at first. It turned out that the Duke of Castile and the Duke of Windermere, the grand dukes of Victoria, actually had such a childish side?

He even drew a five-pointed star on his doorplate, just like adding a heart at the end of a sentence. Is he trying to be cute?

Until one day, on a whim, he got up early in the morning with Mostima, Fiammetta and the Gunners, knocked on every door and said good morning, and accidentally ran into Dario who was drawing a five-pointed star on a doorplate.

Dario was discovered and ran so fast that even Evangelista XI, the Gunner, Mostima and Fiammetta combined could not catch up with him.

Someone must have let it go!

The pope did not dwell on the questions of "Who tried his best? Who committed a crime? Whose running style was not team-like? Who was too humane?"

Because that’s not the point!

“So they didn’t draw it themselves…”

Evangelista XI sighed with disappointment, but couldn't help but feel a little confused.