Standing on the platform on the upper level of Gnaku, Hao Ren watched as the refugees who had just been rescued by him lined up and walked through the inspection gate one by one.The inspection gate was produced and installed by Nolan just two minutes ago, and Gnacuri erected a temporary partition wall to ensure that everyone had to pass through the gate to enter the resettlement area after boarding, nominally for "security screening" to prevent passengers carrying dangerous goods from blending into the crowd - such as the cultists with twenty big red pipes tied to their bodies, but in reality the gate really functioned as a lifeform scanner.Hao Ren turned his head sideways and looked at the humanoid phantom on the holographic projection beside him, and there was a jumping progress bar below the phantom, and every time a passenger passed through the gate, the progress bar would move forward a small square.This is the collection of data on the life of the Lahrion people: for the Inquisitor, collecting the parameters of the local indigenous life forms when visiting a new planet with intelligent life is the first step in the routine.Hao Ren couldn't help but sigh: "I've been in class for so many years......
It's not easy to be able to do a normal business......"
"Eighty percent are humans, and there are a few half-breed species, similar to elves," the data terminal floated next to his head, and said while looking at the report, "There are only a few hundred people in total who have been saved, and there are still too few samples of human race to analyze the entire planet." ”Hao Ren waved his hand absently: "It doesn't matter, after all, it's just the beginning."
However, this 'real Rahrien' is really quite different from the dream of Rahrien that we entered at the beginning, the world in that dream has a large number of strange intelligent creatures crammed into one planet, and all we have seen here so far are humans and a few subspecies that are extremely close to humans......
It seems that the experience accumulated in Rahrien's dream is not useful here. ”Leah rolled her eyes, "I'm dreaming of a fantasy to blame me?"
”"Anyway, how did you suddenly save hundreds of refugees," Lily scratched her hair, her ears dangling above her head, "Landlord, isn't this a bit out of plan?"
”Hao Ren shrugged: "It's good to get used to it, the life of the censor is full of randomness, and the only way is to learn to adapt yourself."
By the way, you put away the ears and tails first, this real Rahrion doesn't seem to have a werewolf ......"
"Hey. ”Lily grunted dissatisfiedly, but honestly put away her furry ears and big tail.The Giant Turtle Rock Terrace is not a special immigration ship, not even a passenger ship - the living quarters on this ship are for small groups of no more than a few dozen people, from rooms to entertainment facilities, and now hundreds of refugees come up at once, it is obviously unrealistic to arrange private room housing for each of them.What's more, it is impossible for Hao Ren to let these people run around on his spaceship.But since these are already refugees, they naturally don't pay attention to the living environment and quality of life, in fact, for them who have just escaped from the pirate guns and almost lost their lives in the rift of the world, it is already a great luck to be able to take a breath in a stable cabin.The Giant Turtle Rock Terrace has a large Gnaku, and there are many empty cabins added by using space expansion technology next to the warehouse, plus this ship has also used this ship to transport short-distance passengers several times, the factory host of the Giant Turtle Rock Terrace has recorded the drawings of various rapid resettlement facilities, Nolan urgently produced a batch of simple partitions and daily necessities, coupled with the super high efficiency of the autonomous machinery, enough simple housing has been built in it when the refugees board the ship.As they walked through the gates and down the long winding corridor, they saw these simple but neat "dormitories", everyone was amazed at the new and strange style of the facilities, but no one could have imagined that they were all produced a few minutes ago, and that they were standing in a warehouse beneath the silver-white ship.After observing the process of boarding the refugees through the one-way transparent polymer window for a while, Vivien ran her fingers around a strand of hair on her chest a little bored, while tilting her head slightly: "Everyone has already boarded the ship, should we ask them about the situation?"
”"That Captain Boken is in the first district," Hao Ren nodded, "At first, I thought that the old captain with that style of painting would definitely choose to live and die with the ship when his ship was about to sink, don't the books say that - I was ready to knock him out and bring him up, but why didn't he play his cards according to the routine?"
”Lily couldn't help but glance at Hao Ren: "Who told you that every captain has to sink when the ship sinks before calling the cards according to the routine?!"
Like the old captain with a white beard and a pipe in his mouth, the old captain in uniform looks at it, even if the spaceship is hit twice with a small pistol, he will shout 'This is a trap' and then abandon the ship and escape!
”Hao Ren struck the husky on the head with a knife: "Don't play the game casually - you think anyone can understand it?"
”Charlemagne cautiously entered the room he had arranged for him, and though he had left the crumbling airship and stood in a sturdy and stable silver-white ship, he did not let his guard down in the slightest—rather his vigilance had been greatly increased by entering a completely strange and suspicious new place.This caution was not entirely due to the fact that this silver-white giant ship had neither magical sails nor elemental wakes, and it didn't look like it could fly, but more importantly, with the erudite education he received, he couldn't even see the origin of this ship at the moment, and even the origin of even the most ordinary things in this ship.The door of the room closed automatically after the person entered, and Charlemagne immediately turned around to confirm how the door should be opened, and made sure that it was not locked before he began to observe the situation in the room.He noticed that the room was all made of a silvery-white metal, and the whole thing was seamless, almost like the result of a one-time casting, and the texture of the metal itself was by no means like the usual one, its luster and hardness were very similar to that of Mithril, but no one in this world should have the luxury of building a house out of Mithril, so it should be some kind of special material that was a little cheaper but still had excellent properties.But such excellent technology and fine materials are used to make such a humble thing.In Charlemagne's eyes, of course, it is easy to see that this room is actually the product of haste to deal with: a square house, without any decorative walls, it can be said that except for the windows and doors, it is just a square box made of six metal plates, and the furnishings in the room are also extremely simple, basically doing anything except sleeping in it is a problem......
If this kind of room is the result of careful thinking by the designer, it can only be said that the designer has a disastrous aesthetic and design concept.A huge silver-white ship of unknown origin that suddenly appeared, strange and unknown ways of flying, incomprehensible style and strange furnishings, all things were beyond the knowledge and assumptions of this prince, and now he had to start worrying about something new: out of the desperate situation of falling into the rift of the world with the White Pearl, but into a new unknown situation, this big ship if it really happened to pass by and acted bravely, it would be fine, but if it was one of those pirate ships"The next link", the situation is very bad.What's worse is that Charlemagne is still unsure who is driving this conspiracy and for what.At that moment, there was a soft knock on the door.Charlemagne judged the identity of the outsider from the rhythm of the knocking on the door, and when he opened the door, he saw Avanna standing in front of him.She had changed into a clean dress, washed her face, and turned into the down-and-out Princess Isu again."
Avanna, are you alright......"
Bringing his sister into the house, Charlemagne was about to open his mouth to ask about the other party's situation, but the other party raised a hand to signal quiet, and then he saw Avanna casually summon a light blue rune, and swept this rune through every corner of the room.Charlemagne frowned: "There is eavesdropping?"
”"No, just in case," Avanna removed the rune and exhaled softly, although her face was always as docile as water, her highness's vigilance and thoughtfulness were no less than her brother's, "The situation of this ship is very strange, I dare not worry." ”"It's strange indeed, I've never seen an airship like this that can fly without magical sails and elemental power, and everything in it is different from the style of any known kingdom," Charlemagne nodded, "What did you find?"
”"Incredible," Avenna said lightly, but there was a glint in her eyes, "I can feel a very powerful surge of energy in this ship, and an extremely complex control system is spread all over this place, even every inch of floor tubes and nerves all over the body, not a rudimentary dead thing pushed up with a few engines and a magic hub. ”Charlemagne's eyes widened at his sister's description, and he didn't think the other party was exaggerating, because Avanna had never been in the habit of exaggerating, and this sister had an outstanding magical talent since she was a child, even to the level of "elemental elect", she was able to directly "see" the elemental and energy flows that ordinary mages could only perceive in a deep meditative state, so her judgment of this ship was probably the most accurate."
Can you be sure where this ship came from?
Listening to your description, it looks like a 'spirit thing' made by an ancient elf craftsman, or a ...... excavated by Latune," but she didn't expect Avanna to shake her head directly: "I can't see it." ”"Can't see it?!""
The structure of the ship was beyond my comprehension, I could see some of its energy and information flowing, but I could feel that what I was seeing was only the most insignificant part of its massive 'body', like the hair of a giant.And it's running in a way I've never been exposed to......
There is nothing like it in the books of elves or in the knowledge system of wizards. ”Charlemagne couldn't help but hold down the saber at his waist: "That's troublesome......
I now even suspect that this ship is the 'follow-up' of those pirate ships, and that we are not out of this crisis at all. ”Avena was clever in magic, and she was not lacking in caution and vigilance, but she was clearly not as experienced as her old brother in terms of pure intrigue, and she seemed confused: "The follow-up of the pirate ship?
Didn't this white ship destroy the pirates?
”Charlemagne asked rhetorically, "Do you really think that three pirate ships can sink the White Pearl?"
”Avanna fell silent thoughtfully."
Those pirate ships are empty and rotten shells, and the contents are all military," Charlemagne said, "and they accurately seized the time when the White Pearl had just passed through the sea of shining clouds and the energy shield was weak to attack, and they had been engaged in long-range artillery battles since the start of the attack, without the slightest intention of boarding and looting, which is not the style of pirates at all - pirates rob ships for wealth, but if they don't board ships to loot where does wealth come from?"
Sink the White Pearl over the rift in the world, they won't get anything at all, and they will waste crystal-burning cannonballs as precious as gold......"
Avena woke up: "So those aren't pirates?
”"No, it's a real pirate, but someone must have hired them to do something that pirates won't do, but outsiders seem to be completely blaming pirates, such as sinking a passenger ship over a rift in the world, and as for whether they boarded the ship and plundered before the sink, that is something that outsiders won't know," Charlemagne shook his head, "and usually, people who hire pirates don't have any trust in outlaws who take money to sell their lives, especially after involving them in such a shocking case, So in the future, they usually destroy the mouth of these pirates......"
Speaking of which, with Evenna's intelligence, of course, she can think of the subsequent development: "So the ship we are on now ......"
"We can't be sure yet," Charlemagne showed a helpless expression, "If it is a normal warship, even if it is a warship of the Ys or the Dragonon Empire, I can confirm the clues, but it is such a strange ......
Ship, I'm not even sure if it's from any known human kingdom.Such a ship that came out of thin air and cannot even be seen by you and me is 'transparent', and even if it sank the White Pearl directly and head-on, it would not have to worry about being tracked down, so that it and the forces behind it would not have to pretend to be a pirate at all......"
"I think we should talk to the owner of this ship. ”Avanna said."
I think so too, but the key is in what capacity, what to talk about, and whether the other party is willing to talk," Charlemagne frowned, "If they really have a relationship with those pirate ships, then our identities must have been exposed, then we are actually prisoners on this ship, if they are really just passing by......
Then we have to consider continuing to disguise ourselves as ordinary passengers, but ordinary passengers have a limited right to speak......"
Avanna blinked and smiled faintly: "But it's better to talk than to do nothing, isn't it?"
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