Star Railroad: Great Guardian of Beloberg

"Why did my uncle never take me out before, but now he wants to take Jeppard out?" Xier crossed her arms and said, "I want to go with you, just as a token of my appreciation. Look, I haven't asked for leave for a long time since I started working."

"good good good good."

Faced with Xier who was about to start playing tricks, Alex had no choice but to take her with him.

"One shuttle, three people, traveling alone in the universe." After leaving the Beloberg, Xier leaned back in the driver's seat and said with emotion: "It's quite like a sea patrol ranger."

"Speaking of Sea Rangers." Alex and Jeppard were playing chess and said, "Last time I saw one called Huang Quan, who was on the Pinoconi list. He looks a bit like you."

"Is that so?" Xi'er said, flipping through her phone. "If you only look at the back, they do look alike. Last time, someone asked me how I became a sea ranger."

"Checkmate." After Alex made a move, Jeppard thought for a while and said, "I lost. It's almost time, Master. I'll go prepare the meal."

No wonder Jeppard is so popular in Beloberg, he is really an all-rounder. Alex looked at Jeppard's back and thought: He is really capable to be ranked second on the list of popular men in Beloberg, second only to me.

The power of protection is reassuring, he can do housework, he is chivalrous and gentlemanly, he has a good figure and a high appearance, he is simply all-round. No wonder so many people want to go to Brother Jie's house to see how big it is.

"Uncle, the navigation target is not the planet given by the company." Xier looked at the end point of the navigation. When Alex went to visit Klipper, the company would definitely send someone to take some photos from a distance. Even if they didn't get close, any corner of the photo would be a publicity subject. So they would join the company's accompanying troops on the nearest planet of the building materials circulation department.

"They come wherever I go, it's okay. Let's go to this planet for a visit." That was the planet Elio gave me - Planet 1094 in the Beta Galaxy. Planets that are usually numbered with numbers belong to civilizations that were discovered by the company before they explored the universe or even knew that the world under their feet was round. The company is lazy and has a naming problem, so they numbered these planets.

Alex had already learned about this planet from the company's database. There were not many disasters, and no star cores were encountered. It was considered a civilization that developed rapidly after contacting the company. Although it was close to the edge of the universe, it was on the transportation route of the building materials circulation department, and the development opportunities were also good.

Alex thought that the planet that Elio gave him would be one of those disaster-ridden ones, but this time it was completely different. With the financial support of the company, this planet had basically never experienced war, and the residents were relatively wealthy. He was curious about whether there would be someone on it who could help him complete his destiny.

"Okay, let's go shopping and use up our annual leave." Xier stretched lazily and said, "I haven't been out shopping for a long time."

1094 planets.

Of course, the locals also call the planet Earth. When they arrived near 1094, the first thing they saw was not the blue planet, but the company's huge transport spacecraft.

Even though Klipper didn't need the company to provide any building materials or help, the company was still like a "love-brained" person, happily transporting building materials to the edge of the area. Even if they were piled there and no one used them, they never gave up on any of them.

This was an order that Fleming left unturned, an order that was not allowed to be changed.

Looking at the huge spaceships shuttling between the galaxies, Jeppard stood at the window and said with emotion: "The company's mobilization ability is really terrifying. I wonder when Beloberg will be able to have such a large fleet."

In terms of the number of interstellar battleships, the total number of interstellar battleships in the entire universe may not be more than that of the company. Even the transport fleet in a remote corner is already vast.

"If a war really breaks out, this route can instantly become a military transport route." Jeppard sighed, but his unintentional words made Alex think deeply.

The company does not do business at a loss. The materials transported here by the building materials circulation department include not only basic building materials, but also a large amount of alloys. What if these materials are not prepared for the Amber King?

It was prepared for a possible war in the future, so everything made more sense. If something outside the wall wanted to invade, the company could quickly build defense lines and barriers one after another with the materials accumulated here for thousands of years.

Fleming had met Fu Li before and knew more than the others. Perhaps he had already made plans for a certain day in the future.

Unexpectedly, Jeppard's words actually revealed the essence of this place. Alex smiled and said, "Pack up, the shuttle is here, get ready to dock."

The four airports on Planet 1094 were all built under the name of the company. It can be said that most of the wealth created by this planet is closely related to the company. In fact, although some of the planets that cooperated with the company were badly damaged, 2/3 of them achieved a great leap forward in productivity and lived a life connected to the universe and without worries about food and clothing.

When Alex got off the boat, the first thing he saw was the cameras and reporters surrounding him on both sides. He took just two steps when many elementary school students in school uniforms came to greet him with flowers.

"Uh." Alex looked at the red carpet on the ground and the children who were enthusiastically shouting "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome", shook his head, took the flowers from the little girl in front, and waved his hands and smiled to both sides.

What's going on? Alex looked at the monitor behind him, which said "Welcome Honorary Director Alex Rand to Planet 1094 for guidance." A middle-aged man walked out from the side and said, "Director, Director Rand, I'm Qiangdong, the leader of the border logistics team. It's an honor to meet you."

He said attentively: "Your arrival brings honor to our humble place. Ah, this is spontaneously organized by the local government. Let me introduce you, this is the President of the United Nations, Mr. Teden."

Phew. I should have known not to greet the company. Alex kept smiling on the surface, shaking hands and greeting others, but he was actually complaining in his heart.

He had very good eyesight and could even see that posters of himself were hung everywhere on the planet below!

Now the whole world knows me.

Then how can I find my target?

Chapter 254 Academy City

Alex didn't say hello long in advance, just changed the meeting place, and didn't expect them to make such a big fuss. But you can't hit a smiling person, even if you don't like socializing, Alex still smiled and took photos with everyone.

He glanced inside the spaceship. Xier simply didn't come down and sold herself out. Fortunately, his good disciple Jeppard shared some of the pressure of the flash.

"This is just a stopover, so there's no need for a dinner." After hearing what the company manager Qiangdong said about the arrangements, including a welcome banquet, Alex smiled and declined, "It would be great if you could arrange a place to stay. We're not visiting, so there's no need to make it too fancy. I like a quiet place."

"Understood, understood, Director Rand, I'll make the arrangements." The honest middle-aged man Qiangdong immediately understood and said, "Please follow me, the accommodation has been arranged."

"Please tell the chairman for me later." Alex came out to represent Beloberg after all, and said, "Beloberg will be interested in any project that is suitable for investment."

Qiangdong agreed immediately, but his expression was a little awkward, because he knew that the officials here didn't want investment. He had another request that he hadn't said, but when he saw Alex was about to leave, he could only swallow it and make arrangements quickly.

After traveling by boat and car, Alex finally checked into a hotel with elegant scenery. Because he mentioned the word "quiet", the company generously contracted a scenic spot, including the luxury hotel. After checking in, Alex said helplessly: "In the future, the office will have to help me take care of things when I go out. I wanted to give them some time off to rest, but it turned out to be so noisy."

This time he was too lazy to let the office handle his itinerary, and ended up receiving an exaggerated and wasteful welcome. If the office had arranged it, it would have been more secretive, at least the local government would not have been notified for the reception.

"After all, my uncle is the richest and most powerful person that ordinary people can meet in the universe." Seele was lying on the sofa, sending a message to Bronya, saying, "Last time I went to the company headquarters, I booked a floor of the hotel. Now I directly book a hotel and a scenic spot. Next time I go out with my uncle, do I have to book a planet? Where is Jeppard?"

"Jepard didn't want the locals to be embarrassed by being rejected, so he went to the meeting on my behalf." Alex said with emotion, "Jepard is still good. He can share my worries, unlike you who hide even further away than me."

"Uncle, you know me. I've never been very interested in this kind of thing." Xier put down her phone, walked behind Alex and rubbed her shoulders, saying, "I'll just be a caring little cotton-padded jacket, and let Jeppard handle those things."

After pressing a few buttons, Xier ran over to turn on the TV. Planet 1094 was like most of the planets that the company had docked with. It had technology that was above the average level of the universe, a unified government, and accepted knowledge from the universe. Of course, there was a price...

The legal currency here is credit points. There are both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it is very convenient to connect with the universe and develop very quickly. The disadvantage is that the management of the company stationed here has more say than the government - of course, most of the time, the company will not interfere in internal affairs. Unless they want to get rid of the company and work alone.

"Today's news: Mr. Alex Rand, the company's honorary director, has come to our planet..."

"News Flash: Alex Lander, Director Emeritus of the Company..."

Xier picked a few channels and found that they were just a few video clips playing back and forth at the airport. Alex's images were playing everywhere. She propped her chin up and said, "To be honest, I can't understand it. It feels a bit too much. Uncle is just passing by this time, not visiting on purpose. Although it is right to pay attention to you, but the overwhelming publicity about your coming, I always feel that something is wrong."

"Maybe someone in the company arranged it." Alex said while watching TV, "The people in the Building Materials Circulation Department and I are not in the same faction. Of course, it is also possible that the local government needs my help."

"Our reporter reports. Next news: The biennial Academy City Sports Meeting, 'Daibashi Festival', will be held tomorrow as a planetary event..."

Xier looked at the news and said, "Can the school's sports meeting be considered a grand event? When will the Beloberg School also hold this?"

"Our school has only been open for a short time, but you reminded me that the sports meeting is indeed interesting."

I, Alex, just like to see beautiful young girls running in gymnastics clothes on the playground! Alex clapped his hands and said, "We have to do it. We'll arrange it when we get back. There are too few festivals in Beloberg now. At least we should have some festivals or celebrations every month. This kind of cultural activity is very important in space travel."

"Wow, I'm really interested in the sports meet." Xier patted her leg and said, "If I were asked to participate in this kind of event, I would definitely not refuse. Oh~ no wonder it's a grand event."

She continued to watch the news and said, "It's very interesting that Academy City trains young destiny walkers. They even built a city specifically for the cultivation of destiny walkers. It seems that the local government attaches great importance to these destiny walkers."

Xier had never participated in the Destiny Walker's sports meet, so she immediately became interested in it. The meet lasted for four days, which happened to be within their schedule, and would open tomorrow.

"Uncle, do you want to go for a walk?"

"Of course, I can't spend a week in a hotel spa."

Planet 1094 itself does not have many special features among the vast planets, but the ruling officials do have some ideas. After exchanging monetary power for the company's funding, they did not spend too much energy on scientific research, but instead gathered huge funds to build a super-large academy for destiny walkers - Academy City. Provide all the supporting facilities of a super-large super-city to serve the destiny walkers of the right age. It can be said that as long as you become a destiny walker, "one person's enlightenment will bring success to the whole family", and lead your family to live a life of superiority.

Even in 1094, there is a special law for the management of destiny walkers. It can be said that at the legal level, destiny walkers also have many privileges. But the local people do not reject this kind of thing, but worship destiny walkers even more. They even register destiny walkers, such as SAB, etc. For destiny walkers of official forces, they will use another word to replace it - hero.

They also sent "heroes" to deal with the crimes committed by the Destiny Walkers, which led to the Destiny Walkers here becoming idols. Some planets worship singers and stars, but here, the most popular ones are always the Destiny Walkers. Even young handsome guys have to be Destiny Walkers at least.

It can be said that becoming a destiny walker is the only shortcut to advancement in this world class. And this kind of motivation is not without effect. 1094 Perhaps other data are at an average level in the universe, but in terms of the awakening rate of destiny walkers, it is at the top level in the universe. Although it is lower than Beloberg, who has a talent introduction strategy, it is also exaggerated.

Moreover, they steadily output destiny walkers every year, and the company will specially hold a special recruitment fair here. It is also their dream to join the company. In addition to the company, many people have also joined some factions.

After learning about the situation here through the smart terminal, Xier said with emotion: "Perhaps it's not because they need your help, nor is it because someone in the company deliberately arranged it. The people here are so enthusiastic about my uncle, purely because they worship the strong in their bones. After all, my uncle is the pinnacle of the destiny walker."

Just as the two were chatting in the suite, Jeppard knocked on the door. He was also assigned a personal room. Of course, he had just finished the meeting and had to report to Alex.

"How about it?"

"Somewhat... overly enthusiastic." After Jeppard walked in, he showed some fatigue on his face. After pouring a glass of water, he said, "Through the conversation, I learned that they are somewhat interested in the investment from Beloberg, but not much. They hope to cooperate in education. Hire Beloberg's famous teachers to teach in Academy City. Oh, Academy City is..."

"We already know that, please continue."

"Yeah." Jeppard felt that he was more popular here than in Beloberg. The women looked at him with unusual enthusiasm - simply because he was introduced as Alex's apprentice and Beloberg's general. But when chatting, the locals were more concerned about Jeppard's fighting ability, asking him if he could blow up a planet with one punch.

"Also, they hope to invite you, Master, to attend the opening ceremony of the Academy City Daibaxing Festival tomorrow. For this purpose, they are willing to pay 2% of this year's fiscal budget as an invitation fee."

"Seriously, 2%?" Even Xi'er knew that this ratio was exaggerated. For a normal country, 2% of the fiscal budget could be considered a full year's military budget. It was equivalent to the military budget of the entire planet for a year. Alex was invited to show up.

It seems that they really are not after money, and they even want to spend money.

"Of course they also know that compared to the master's wealth, this is just a drop in the bucket. It's just a red envelope." Jeppard asked: "Master, do you want to participate?"

"You can show your face." Alex was somewhat interested. Before coming here, he didn't know that this planet worshipped martial virtues so much. It was quite interesting.

"Okay, I'll go and reply to them."

Jeppard stood up, paused, and said, "Local officials told me that there are many illegal fate walkers on 1094. They will be responsible for security during the event, but there may still be people who risk their lives to challenge you, Master. So I'm warning you in advance. If there is any movement, I hope you don't take it to heart."

"Tell them it's okay." They saw it when they were watching the news just now. Most of the news was about the Fate Walkers. No one cared about people's livelihood and economic issues, but there were many cases of attacks on Fate Walkers. Because of the large base, there were many wanted criminals of the Fate Walkers. For example, there was a villain who challenged high-level Fate Walkers everywhere recently - Hungry Wolf.

Xier couldn't help laughing and said, "I thought it was just an ordinary vacation. If someone wants to challenge us, wouldn't that be more exciting?"

Not long after Jeppard went out to reply, Xier and Alex saw an emergency communication on TV - Director Alex Rand will return as a special guest to attend the opening ceremony of the Daibaxing Festival.

"You really take it seriously." Alex couldn't help but laugh and said, "This makes this memorial ceremony even more interesting to me."

"Do you want to recruit some people?" Xi'er also said, "If there are any who perform well, call back Beloberg to join me. I'll ask Jeppard to tell him later. It seems that people who are destined to be wanderers are encouraged to go out and earn money here."

Academy City is a huge educational institution consisting of 300 school districts, covering an area comparable to that of a large city, with a population of million, of which million are students. Of course, not all of these students are destiny walkers, and a large proportion of them are ordinary people who want to awaken destiny walkers.

The entire city is like an armed fortress, with towering walls and military protection. Except for some open days, such as the Daiha Star Festival, media, parents of students, and foreign guests are allowed to enter for visits. The government attaches great importance to this academy city, and it can be regarded as the most protected place in the world.

Student autonomy is advocated here, allowing students to develop their own management and governance capabilities. There are also many scientific research institutions, and any advanced equipment or weapons purchased from companies will be delivered to the Academy City first.

"Ah, why is it so troublesome?" Early the next morning, several girls were notified to add some decorations near the main venue. One of the girls with twin ponytails muttered speechlessly, "Isn't it just a director? He made us get up so early to renovate it. Getting up early will give you dark circles under your eyes. And it made my elder sister get up so early as well."

"That's not an ordinary director." After the brown-haired girl put the stickers in her hand, she looked back at the entire playground. Not only were the people from Tokiwadai Middle School busy, but other schools also sent people to urgently decorate the main venue. Student autonomy is advocated here, and most things are left to the students to take care of themselves. Even when entertaining guests, they are the ones who do it themselves.

"That's Alex Rand." She showed a look of admiration on her face, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and said, "Alex Rand who single-handedly pushed back the Antimatter Army! In my mind, his status is the same as that of Guatai."

Guatai is a cartoon character of a green frog. She likes it very much and has collected a complete set of peripherals.

But the girl with twin ponytails on the side complained in her heart: I don’t know whether you are respecting the other person or belittling him/her.

When the first rays of sunlight fell, several hover cars stopped at the entrance of the hotel. After Alex took Jeppard and Hill downstairs, he found that the person in charge of everything today was not Qiangdong or the local officials, but Sebastian, an employee of the Rand office.

"Mr. Rand, I will arrange your schedule today." This tall and handsome man is considered the fifth in command in Rand's office. After Alex showed a little dissatisfaction with the hospitality yesterday, the people in the office immediately arranged for the spacecraft to alternately jump and sent Sebastian and his exclusive team over.

"Excuse me." Alex nodded and looked at the unfamiliar faces around him. Sebastian introduced, "This is today's escort, Ms. Laura Stewart, the Secretary of the United Nations, and Ms. Tornado from the Hero Association who is in charge of security."

The Hero Association is the official organization of the Fatewalkers, used to deal with Fatewalkers who create chaos and commit crimes. Alex looked at the two of them. The former was a blonde, mature woman who was not very old, and the latter, Tornado, looked younger than Rose.

He had a green seaweed-like hair and a black slit gown, which looked weird.

However, she has some strength. Alex could feel the wind elemental power that she was good at, and said with a smile: "Hello, I'll trouble you two today."

"Hello, Director Rand." Laura placed her hand on her chest and greeted, "It is an honor to accompany you and all of you today."

"Hello." Tornado with green curly hair raised her head and glanced at Alex, but with more scrutiny than Lola, as if she wanted to know how strong Alex was.

"Then let's set off."

The scenic spot contracted by the government for Alex is not far from Academy City - they originally hoped that inviting Alex would add fuel to the Daiha Star Festival, which is somewhat famous in the universe. The Daiha Star Festival is quite popular on some of the surrounding planets, after all, there are also "international students" from other nearby planets, and every year company managers come to recruit on site. Now, because of Alex's appearance, even if he only attends the opening ceremony, the Daiha Star Festival can gain more fame and ratings in the universe.

For the government, even 2% of the fiscal budget is a huge profit. The name of their planet and the Great Star Festival will be spread into the universe along with Alex's reputation. For a long time in the future, it will be much easier for local destiny travelers to find jobs in the universe.

As the hovercraft was moving, Laura explained the history of the founding of Academy City to Alex and the other three, while Tornado kept looking out the window on guard. When the walls of Academy City came into view, Alex moved his gaze to the left.

He moved first, and then a reporting voice came from Tornado's earphone, and he also looked over.

"It's Melzagardo from the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates." A voice reported through Tornado's earphones, saying, "From the looks of his movements, he was preparing to attack the directors' convoy. Atomic Samurai, Metal Bat, Sexy Prisoner, and Silver Fang intercepted him."

Those strange nicknames all represent a "heroic" destiny walker. Tornado asked, "Do you need help?"

"It will take some time, but don't worry, the Academy City security team has also come to support us, we can handle it."

It was then that Tornado noticed that Alex was looking in the same direction as her. Their eyes met. Alex smiled, raised his hand and knocked on the window on the left. He continued the previous topic and said to Laura, "There are still many vacancies in the Beloberg State-owned Group. We welcome talents from this planet to join us."

Tornado was still wondering what Alex's action just now meant when she heard the person reporting in the headset say in surprise: "The target has been frozen and can't fight back. Did someone else take action? Which hero has this ability? Or is it a student in the Academy City?"

He was totally unaware of his attack. Tornado had already figured out that the one who dealt with the opponent thousands of miles away should be Alex Rand, so she said, "Don't ask too many questions, just deal with the target first."

It was really scary. Is there such a huge gap between the strong on the planet and the strong in the universe? So big that they don't even know how the other party attacks. Tornado hid her thoughts and turned her head to look at the wall of Academy City - once inside, there would be basically no attacks.

Hope so.

“The technology here seems to be one generation ahead of that outside the city.”

If the entire planet is in modern technology, then Academy City is undoubtedly the future. After entering Academy City, Xier looked at the facilities and scenes in the city and clearly felt the difference between inside and outside. It can be said that all the efforts of this planet are concentrated in this city.

“The atmosphere is pretty good.”

Jeppard looked at the young men and women in school uniforms on the street below. He could feel the vitality of these people and there was light in their eyes.

The people in the Rand office were familiar with Alex's style. They did not cause much disruption to traffic along the way and arrived at the main venue smoothly. After arriving, there were no overwhelming reporters or visits. They first went into the VIP room to rest.

Alex walked to the window and looked at the stadium below. He could already see many students entering. Around the venue, various media outlets had also arrived early.