Is it really okay to click on the Starry Sky technology tree in Star Railway?

Chapter 26: The Request of Clipper House

The next morning, the sky was bright.

Led by Pera, Chen Lin and his party traveled around the city of Beloberg under the pretext of scientific research.

"Alin, Alin! This Leng... Leng Feng Xi Red Fish is sour and sweet, so delicious!"

Dan Heng corrected, "It's the red fish eaten cold."

"No, sweet meat is heresy. I only eat salty and spicy food."

Chen Lin avoided the piece of meat that Sanyue was stuffing into his mouth, looked at the petite girl next to him who exuded a literary atmosphere, and changed the subject and asked, "Miss Pera, how do you get the staple food supply in the city?"

"The temperature in the city is still barely enough to grow some crops. As early as when Beloberg was built, countless grains were transported here... Through the continuous trial and error and improvement of our predecessors, we have obtained crops that can grow in such low temperatures today."

Pella explained to Chen Lin very seriously the origin of the food in the city. She was wearing the uniform of the Silver Mane Iron Guard, but she did not have the martial spirit of the guards she had seen in the past. Instead, she often held a thick book and wore a pair of large round-framed glasses, giving people the impression that she was quite knowledgeable and talented.

Pera's full name is Pelageya Sergeyevna, and she is currently serving as an intelligence officer of the Silver Mane Guards. When Chen Lin first heard her self-introduction in the inn, he wondered why this girl sounded so Slavic.

After a brief contact, I found that Pera was very talented in art appreciation. When she led everyone to visit many iconic buildings in the city, the meaning of the buildings she described was very easy to understand, and her choice of words was quite exquisite, living up to her Slavic name.

"I remember that the earth's marrow has a heat-generating function. I heard from Miss Bronya that the walls of the houses of the residents of Beloberg are all equipped with heat-insulating materials. That means they already have a way to keep the heat in place. Why not build a greenhouse?"

"Greenhouse? What is that?" Pera asked puzzledly.

Chen Lin explained the basic principles of the greenhouse to Pella, but Pella shook her head.

"The marrow has now been mined to its limit. The marrow transported up from the underground layer is getting less and less, and the veins are drying up one after another. This idea was proposed by scholars decades ago, but the amount of marrow mined and the insulation materials are too precious. It is difficult to supply them for practice just to repair houses."

"The mine is exhausted..."

The corners of Chen Lin's mouth twitched twice, and he thought that it was just that the mineral veins under the city had dried up, right?

Beloberg is not even half the size of his hometown city. It's quite good that such a tiny place can produce so much earth marrow for you.

Presumably, in addition to Beloberg, there must be a large number of mineral deposits buried underground in other parts of the planet, otherwise the amount of mineable minerals on this planet would definitely not be as much as he saw.

Chen Lin also got some secret information from Pera, that is, Beloberg might be facing a mineral crisis!

The mineral marrow is the lifeline of the people of Beloberg, and its priority is even higher than food. After all, people can survive 5-7 days without food, but in the face of a severe cold wave, they can only survive for about 2 days at most.

Ever since meeting Cocolia, the option 'Beloberg' has appeared in his [Communication]. When he clicks on it, Cocolia's avatar is displayed. There was originally a question mark under the word "heir", but after meeting Bronya, Bronya's avatar replaced the question mark and appeared in it.

The more crucial point is that Chen Lin found that he could click on the 'Build Mining Station' option!

However, this planet belonged to Beloberg's sphere of influence after all, so when he established the mining station, he conveniently noted "seek consent from the affiliated forces".

By building a mining station on a planet, he could obtain a permanent income of 75 points of minerals and 85 points of energy. This was something he had never seen before when he was playing MODs!

Therefore, Chen Lin has been thinking about how to obtain the mining rights of minerals and energy on Beloberg without ruining the relationship.

The thing that makes people unhappy is that they are a group of natives who can hardly fly, but you cannot mine within their sphere of influence!

Fortunately, there is a reminder that mining can only be carried out after obtaining consent, otherwise Chen Lin might go crazy with poverty and do something inhumane one day.

Just as Chen Lin was learning about the operating conditions in the city of Beloberg from Pella, a silver-maned iron guard walked over.

"Commander Sergei Geya..."

"First of all, my name is Pelagia Sergeyevna, and you can call me by my first name, not by the wrong one."

Pyra covered her head with a headache and corrected the other person's address, "What's the matter?"

The guard nodded and said, "Captain Bronya is outside the restaurant and wants to see you."

"Okay, I'll be out right away."

After sending the guards away, Pera apologized, "Sorry, I have to go out for a while."

Then he looked at Chen Lin.

"Captain Chen Lin, I will come to explain to you later the manufacturing of daily necessities in the city."

"It's okay, Miss Pera, you go ahead."

Chen Lin watched Pera leave the restaurant with a smile. At this time, March suddenly came over and asked in a low voice.

"Ah Lin, I think this city is quite friendly. Why don't we tell them why we're here?"

Last night, Chen Lin convened a brief meeting with all members of the pioneering group. He summarized all the confirmed and uncertain information and made the decision to continue acting as a scientific research group.

"No, we must be on guard against others."

Dan Heng also responded: "Chen Lin is right. When I met the Great Guardian yesterday, I felt uncomfortable, as if there were other people in the room. I felt very uncomfortable."

"Yes!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

Xing also nodded and said, "Listen to Lin, I'm full and can sleep when I'm tired. It's great."

Chen Lin, Dan Heng, and San Yueqi: "..."

Just giving up, huh?

There were many people outside and they all had their eyes wide open. They also had to consider the possibility that walls had ears. Chen Lin immediately stopped the topic and everyone started talking about the food on the table.

After a while, Pera walked in with a slightly sad look in her eyes.

"Captain Chen Lin, I need a favor from you..."

"Ok?"

Chen Lin noticed that behind Pera was Bronya, with whom he had been alone in a room last night, talking by candlelight and forgetting the time.

Nodding at the other party, Bronya also responded with a smile as a greeting.

He did not shirk the responsibility, but asked, "What happened?"

"Our scientists have encountered some difficulties..."

"Let me tell you."

Bronya took over the conversation and explained, "This morning, my mother received a report from the research department saying that they had encountered problems in the research of some instruments and energy sources, and they were unable to solve them."

"So you thought of me?"

"Well, I hope Mr. Chen Lin... you can go and take a look. The guardian said that even if the fields are different, just some suggestions are fine. Otherwise, many projects may be delayed."

"No problem, I'll try to help."

Chen Lin stood up with a smile on his face. He greeted everyone and glanced at Bronya before leaving.

He felt guilty when he noticed that the girl avoided looking at him and didn't dare to look him in the eye, as if she was hiding something from him.

interesting.

Chapter 27: You must correct your technology tree!

Bronya was surrounded by a large number of Silver Mane Guards. Apart from her sensitive identity, Chen Lin could not think of any other possibility.

Many Iron Guards had various curious looks under their masks. They had only heard that a few aliens had come to their city and were treated as honored guests by the Guardian Cocolia Rand. Therefore, they were very curious about what these humans from outside the city looked like.

But no matter how you look at it, Chen Lin's physical features are exactly the same as theirs, except that his figure seems a little thin to the guards, but he has the same scholarly aura as Commander Pella.

What! It turns out that aliens also have one head and two eyes!

"You guys, protect Mr. Chen Lin and don't let unidentified outsiders get close to him!"

"Yes!"

Several guards received the order and stood in front, behind, left and behind Chen Lin, keeping an eye on the situation nearby.

Chen Lin did not give in too much, but smiled gently and said, "Thank you for your hard work, comrades."

“No…no…it’s not hard!”

Seeing the smile of the handsome young man behind him, one of the guards felt his heart pounding for some reason, and he was so nervous that he could hardly speak clearly.

It's incredible that such a distinguished scholar would care about me!

Chen Lin looked at the guards around him who were behaving differently with confusion, and suddenly remembered that Pella didn't seem to like the researchers in the Beloberg research institute very much.

Those researchers who claim to have read a few books and have a unique understanding of science often act condescendingly towards the Silver Mane Iron Guards, most of whom have little education. If any Silver Mane Iron Guard dares to touch their things privately, he will be scolded at best, or the matter will be reported to the weekly government meeting through his superiors at worst.

However, many soldiers were criticized for this, so naturally many people in the Silver Mane Iron Guard chose to walk around when they saw the researcher, so as to avoid being disliked by the other party if they smelled the sweat on their bodies.

I remember Pera said that this seemed to be closely related to a period of history of Beloberg, but he did not ask which history it was at that time.

"Ms. Bronya, what is the general situation of your research institute?" Chen Lin looked at Bronya and asked first.

He looked through the communication relationship table with Beloberg. The relationship between the two was much higher than yesterday, but it did not meet the expected increase in the relationship. The reason was that there was an additional piece of information in the relationship description:

- Suspicion of Threat - 50

Suspicion of threat? When was I considered a threat? Even suspected?

After a brief thought, the only thing Chen Lin could think of was the conversation between him and Bronya last night. It seemed that this girl must have told her mother a lot of things.

In that case, it makes sense.

Bronya paused for a moment and explained calmly, "It's about energy research and the development of a new generation of Iron Guard equipment."

"Oh, something from physics, huh?"

"I guess... I don't really understand these, sorry."

Bronya pursed her lips and nodded, with a hint of apology in her eyes, which made Chen Lin even more certain that his guess was correct.

Following Bronya all the way to the Clipper Palace where they had been yesterday, but this time their destination was not the hall, but other buildings behind the hall.

Before coming, Pera said that she would continue to entertain March and the others to visit the scenic spots in Beloberg, and he didn't need to worry about their safety, as long as they had fun.

After walking for a long time, Bronya signaled the guards to stop and waved to Chen Lin, saying, "Mr. Chen Lin, please come this way."

"it is good."

The two entered an ice-blue building and passed through a series of solid iron doors. They saw more and more people, and many people coming and going in the aisles would take the initiative to salute Bronya.

At this time, Bronya introduced: "This is the research department of Beloberg, responsible for the corresponding research work."

"Then our destination is..."

"There, the minister in charge of the research department and several researchers are worried."

Looking in the direction, Chen Lin confirmed at a glance where the laboratory Bronya was referring to was, because there were not many rooms nearby, and there was only one noisiest room.

Bronya said seriously: "If you can, please try to help them!"

When she said this, Bronya's expression changed a little, but Chen Lin ignored it and walked into the laboratory with a swagger.

Bronya sighed, watched Chen Lin enter the house, and then turned and left.

The laboratory was extremely clean, except for a few old men arguing in front of a long table.

"This thing is totally inferior to the earth's marrow. It can't possibly provide enough energy for the heater. What use would those guys underground have for sending this thing up? Just because it's a piece of burning stone?"

"How many times have I told you that the earth's marrow output is getting less and less. If we don't research something, everyone in this city will freeze to death!"

"The question is, is this thing useful for anything other than burning fire?"

A few old men were arguing fiercely there. Chen Lin curiously went over to see what they were discussing around the table.

It would have been better if he hadn't seen the result. When he saw it, Chen Lin was stunned.

Coal mine?

One of the old men with gray beards seemed to notice a strange face in the crowd and immediately shouted, "Which department are you from? This is not a place for you to come. Get out!"

Several other old men also turned their eyes to Chen Lin, frowning but unable to recognize Chen Lin's identity.

Seeing that someone finally paid attention to him, Chen Lin said modestly, "I am a young researcher from outer space brought by Commander Bronya. I was asked to come and see what troubles you have encountered."

"So you are the researcher?"

An old man with a mustache was a little incredulous, "So young?"

It was obvious that they didn't believe that Chen Lin, a little kid who hadn't even grown all his hair yet, could help them in any way. Before he traveled through time, Chen Lin was really nothing, but the problem was that now he was a super genius with countless stars in sociology, engineering, and physics sitting in his head.

Those natives know nothing.

Chen Lin was not angry, but humbly began to talk nonsense: "On our home planet, the lifespan of the residents can reach thousands or tens of thousands of years. I am indeed considered a young person there, but I may not be considered young in your country."

As soon as these words were spoken, several old men froze in place, with different looks in their eyes, as if they were all having their own internal brain storms.

Anyway, they have no way to prove that aliens cannot live that long. If they really want to prove it, Chen Lin will directly start to use the explanation of gene editing technology. There are many genes that can make organisms live longer. These old guys will definitely not be able to argue with him.

"It seems like you guys were discussing the issue of energy utilization just now?"