Abnormal crossing

Chapter 99: It's a smooth journey (5K words long chapter!!)
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The Flutter Flutter pierced the void like a silver shuttle, and the tail flame of its engine emitted a faint blue halo in the absolute silence. The hull plating absorbed free dark matter, and reflected a moon-like faint light on the cabin wall.

And inside the spacecraft.

After hanging up the communication.

The fluctuations of Milo's emotions were no slower than the speed of the spaceship.

I don’t know if it’s because he has encountered too many unexpected changes during this period of time, but Milo’s heart is filled with a lot of question marks at this moment.

I'm a bean
Jokovin actually agreed to this?
Isn't this too smooth?
Although there are reasons for this success, considering the previous events, this success is not very real.
Could it be that this is a change of fortune?

"Captain," just as Milo was in a trance, a bleating voice brought him back to reality: "Captain, Qiao Kewen has sent the coordinates. We are now..."

Milo came back to his senses after hearing this, and blinked quickly to adjust his thoughts: "Is there something wrong with that set of coordinates?"

"No problem," Meow Meow said quickly, "The center line is on the T8097 node, and the small line should be in the southern hemisphere of the node planet."

Milo nodded.

The midline position of MeeMeekou refers to the macro coordinate positioning based on the planet in the interstellar navigation system, while the small line position refers to the regional coordinate refinement for the surface of a specific celestial body. Both are common terms in interstellar navigation.

There was no problem with the coordinates, and Milo quickly made a decision: "Meimei, find the nearest jump point, and follow the coordinates given by Qiao Kewen - and remember to report the process to the Blue Bridge Galaxy."

Meow Meow: “Got it.”

"Oh right," Milo then glanced at the review results displayed on the main console and suddenly thought of something: "Jin, did Big Eyeball pass?"

"Yes, it passed," Jin nodded. "The review system at the recycling point did not activate the interception module, which means they regarded Big Eyeball as an ordinary AI. Considering the rigor of the Blue Bridge Galaxy's review system, in the future, as long as we don't go to the royal courts of the Nine Arbitration Countries or the Star Alliance Headquarters, we can buy one less ticket to other places."

Milo gave her a thumbs up: "Perfect."

Gu Wei: “.”

Perfect, can you two dream a little bit?

Wait, the plan that Jin mentioned before wasn't just to let the big-eyed people evade the ticket, right?
However, before Gu Wei could open his mouth to complain, the ground beneath his feet shook slightly, and the spaceship began to accelerate towards the nearest jump point.

Seeing this, Gu Wei could only shrug his shoulders, take back what he wanted to say, and walk to the starry sky to look at the scenery outside the window as usual.

After passing the checkpoint, the starry sky outside returned to its original state. However, just like he liked watching the rain, Gu Wei also liked this seemingly repetitive scene.

Especially when he occasionally discovered a few light sources and then identified the corresponding celestial bodies through the crew's wristbands, the feedback made Gu Wei feel as if he was almost finishing his hot pot and still could get a few slices of meat.

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Just as Gu Wei was looking at the distant starry sky, he suddenly heard a very soft music:
The silver needle plucks the string of gravity,

We search for time in collapsing nebulae.

You said that if you tiptoe and spin three times, the breath of the universe will fall into your ears.

The starlight is scattered like the lines of an hourglass, each one is a fragment of the past, piecing together our original destiny.

The tide of fate pushes us forward,

Through the darkness, we arrive at the starting point of all things.

It turns out that love still spreads light years away.

"????"

Perhaps it was because the rhythm was too strange and the voice was too ethereal, Gu Wei was lost in thought for a while before he realized something was wrong: "Where did the song come from?"

"Oh, my," Gu Wei had just finished speaking when the voice of Big Eyeball rang out from the translator on his ear: "I accidentally turned on the speaker, sorry."

A question mark appeared in Gu Wei's eyes: "Do you still like listening to music?"

"What's wrong with liking to listen to music?" Although there was no real music, Gu Wei seemed to see his big eyes rolling in disdain: "Can't Chongyi people have some elegant hobbies? Do we have to be coders looking at a lot of data every day? - This clause was agreed upon in the original contract."

Gu Wei was stunned: "Contract?"

Then he thought hard for a while. If he remembered correctly, there seemed to be a clause in Big Eyes' sky-high salary contract that allowed him to listen to music.

Damn it, is it necessary for these tacticians to consider it so carefully?
Then Gu Wei recalled the song he had just heard, and the confusion in his eyes quickly turned into curiosity: "Big Eyeball, what was the name of that song just now?"

"Original, sung by Tia," Big Eyes quickly reported a name, "But because of the last line of the lyrics, many people gave it another name, called "Single Dogs Can't Exceed the Speed of Light."

Gu Wei: “.”

Shit, so even though I traveled to the sea of stars, I can still be AOEed?

Then Gu Wei took a deep breath, suppressed his inner complaints, and focused on the name mentioned by Big Eyeball along with the song: "Who is that Tia? Is she one of your people?"

"I think so," Big Eyes sighed, "It's a pity that she doesn't think highly of our small race - she is a pure-blooded Valar elf, the kind with sparkling blood."

"Vera Elf?" Gu Wei raised his eyebrows: "One of the nine gangsters. How famous is she?"

"The recognized number one singer in the star sea, how famous do you think she is?" Gu Wei and Big Eyeball's conversation was not carried out with his mind. Mee Mee, who was right beside him, couldn't help but interrupted: "Many people in the star sea can't name all the nine arbitration countries, but they are no strangers to Tia - not to mention those far away, just look at our spaceship, including Jin and Kai's cloaked man, everyone is a fan of Tia - the only difference is that some people like most of Tia's songs, while some people only like a few of them."

Gu Wei stood in awe.

hiss.
Looks like a superstar wow
As the saying goes, it's hard to satisfy everyone. Even on Earth before Gu Wei traveled through time, no singer dared to claim to have fans all over the world, let alone a civilization of the level of Xinghai.

"Of course," MeeMee paused and added, "One of the important reasons why Tia is so popular is that her singing voice has a certain calming quality - but this cannot be considered a decisive factor. After all, the population base of Xinghai is huge, and there are many singers with calming voices, but no one else has ever been able to reach Tia's level."

"Also, I suggest you take time to listen to a few more of Tia's albums. It would be even better if you can remember the melodies. If you ever get stranded in a strange place and lose contact with others, you can find a local Tia fan club and hum a few songs. At least you can get a meal or two."

Gu Wei: “.”

He had seen this trick before.

Around 05, when the Houston Rockets were playing against the Jazz away, a foreigner wearing a Yao Ming jersey was eating in Chinatown in Salt Lake City and the restaurant owner voluntarily waived his bill.

Many years later, Wu Lei scored a goal in an away game against Barcelona. After the game, fans wearing Wu Lei's jersey were treated to beer by Spanish fans.

It seems like these past events that can be clearly remembered just happened not long ago, but when you think about it carefully, it seems that many years have passed.
Then Gu Wei shook his head and put aside his inner feelings: "By the way, how old is that Tia now? I remember that the Vera elves seem to be able to live for a long time, right?"

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Gu Wei originally asked this casually, but he didn't expect that after he said this, Mee Mee and Big Eyes both became quiet.

Even Kay and Milo, who heard their conversation not far away, glanced over here.

"Emmmm" After half a minute, Meow Meow looked at Gu Wei very delicately and said, "Gu Wei, I advise you not to say this in public in the future, otherwise you will be beaten to death on the spot."

Gu Wei: “?”

"Tia has passed away," Meow Meow sighed, "Do you remember the important figures of the Valar elves who died during the national mourning incident?"

"National Day of Mourning?" Gu Wei blinked. "I just remember Kai saying that five of the seven guardians died, and the remaining one was the person involved, the Prince of Vera."

Speaking of it.

Gu Wei seemed to have guessed something, and stared at Meimei closely: "The eldest princess? Or the princess's biological sister?"

"Not the eldest princess," Mee Mee shook her head, giving a positive answer to the negative answer: "But when Tia debuted, she didn't use this identity to promote her work. Her works have been occupying the top spot on the Xinghai Music Edition since her lifetime. What a pity."

Gu Wei was also silent.

Although he did not deny that Tia's singing voice was indeed attractive, his understanding of her was still very superficial.

So compared to Meow Meow and Big Eyes, his silence at this moment was more out of respect for the deceased.

It turned out to be one of the two members of the Villa royal family who died in the National Day of Mourning attack
In a sense, this is consistent with Gu Wei's understanding of the concept of elves.
After a while, Gu Wei estimated that Meow Meow and Big Eyes had calmed down, so he coughed and asked, "Meow Meow, I have a question - are the eldest princess of the Vera elves and Tia really dead?"

“Those two are indeed dead.”

Before Mee Mee could say anything, Jin's voice rang out from behind Gu Wei: "On the wedding day, many platforms on Xinghai Internet broadcast the process live, and some of the angles were very close to the core figures. After the attack, several cameras happened to capture the two people being attacked. The attack from the star life directly distorted the gravity around them. The peace shields carried on their bodies lasted less than a second before being shattered. Before Tia could pounce on the princess, the two of them were no longer human."

Gu Wei turned around and found Jin standing behind him with her hands folded. Her expression was unusually complicated. "I actually had the same idea as you when I was studying. Later, I even spent a lot of credits to retrieve some sealed related materials, but in the end it was proved that I was the one behind the conspiracy theory. There may be many secrets behind the attack on the National Mourning Day, but Tia and the Princess have indeed suffered."

"In fact, there are quite a lot of people who hold similar ideas. For example, Kai used his own methods to verify this a few years ago. If you don't believe me, ask him."

Gu Wei subconsciously looked at Kai who was not far away.

Kai was silent for a moment, then nodded hesitantly: "I used to serve in the same place as the captain. After I was discharged from the army, I exchanged my merits for some information. The source of the information is different from Jin's, but it is equally reliable, and the results are the same."

Gu Wei then scratched his hair in understanding.

The sources of information from Jin and Kai were many times more reliable than his random guesses. So it seemed that, to borrow Zhou Shuren's words, Yotia was indeed dead.

However, the fact that she still tops the Internet platform rankings after her death shows how terrifyingly popular Tia was.

Think of this.

A strange thought suddenly popped up in Gu Wei's mind:

Is there a possibility that the attack was directed at Tia?
Well, this seems a bit far-fetched. A singer, even if he is number one on the platform, obviously cannot be compared with the marriage between two arbitration countries.

And just as Gu Wei was imagining things.

The scenery outside the starry sky changed again - during the time they were talking, the spacecraft had passed the jump point.

After all, compared to long-distance routes spanning dozens or even hundreds of galaxies, the node transmission set up in the Blue Bridge Galaxy is relatively short-distance, and the distance traveled in the "tower" is naturally shorter.

At the same time, because the transition point is linked to the node.

As soon as the spacecraft left the jump point, Gu Wei saw a gray-brown planet through the star screen.

As an astrophysicist, Gu Wei started doing business analysis when he saw this planet:

Generally speaking, only planets without an atmosphere will appear gray-brown. The reason is usually the exposure of a mixture of unweathered metal oxides, or the long-term bombardment of the planet by micrometeorites has crushed the surface rocks into fine dust. These dusts scatter light due to their microscopic structure, similar to the darkening effect of the moon, and the overall albedo tends to be neutral.

Another is that planets orbit around sun-like stars, and the characteristic silicate spectrum reflected by the surface in the visible light band may appear neutral gray-brown after superposition.
And the other side.

Meeme can "see" farther than Gu Wei.

Not long after the spacecraft left the jump point, various lights on the ceiling flashed rapidly: "Captain, we have successfully left the jump point. The air pressure in each cabin is stable. The shuttle mode has been turned off. The engine will soon switch to normal power."

"Very good," Milo nodded upon seeing this: "Can the communication equipment contact Qiao Kewen?"

"It will probably take a while," Meow Meow flashed a few more times and explained, "The spacecraft is currently in the communication silence period after leaving the jump point. Although this jump point is relatively small, it will still take some time."

"However, the detection radar has already scanned the corresponding coordinates of the T8097 node. There is indeed a spaceship docked in the area. The model is also the Khan series produced by Tongliao Heavy Industry, which is consistent with the information given by Alelie."

Milo breathed a sigh of relief.

The communication silence period is a phenomenon that is bound to occur when passing through a jump point. Simply put, except for "Mech Overlord", almost all communication equipment is temporarily unable to communicate with the outside world.

The reason for this phenomenon is that returning from the [Tower Model] involves high-intensity curvature changes. The curvature radiation released at the jump point will ionize the surrounding space-time, forming a pseudo-plasma sheath that wraps around the spacecraft.

The pseudo-plasma sheath will cause the phase of the communication carrier to be fragmented and unable to maintain information integrity. At the same time, it will cause the signal frequency deviation in different space-time bubbles to exceed the error correction range of the receiver. In the words of the people before Gu Wei traveled through time, these transient particle flows will undergo Compton scattering with communication photons, emitting megahertz-level topological phonon waves, causing the signal attenuation rate to exceed the Shannon limit.

However, this type of communication silence period usually does not last long, about a few minutes for a small jump point and about half an hour for a super-large jump point.

Therefore, compared to the communication silent period, Milo was more concerned about the radar scanning results.

Now that Jokovin's spaceship has been discovered, the matter can be said to be settled.

Well, I don’t believe it. The spaceship is still on the planet. What kind of emergency could happen?

Milo's confidence was unprecedentedly swelled.

If anything unexpected happens, I will swallow Li Zi's Vibrating Fin Star-Slashing Axe alive on the spot!

Another few minutes passed.

Swah——

The figure of Joe Koven appeared on the console in front of Milo: "Captain Milo, is the Soarer IV that just appeared outside the planet your spaceship?"

"That's right," Milo said, holding his hands behind his back and pretending to be an expert. "The spaceship is very close to the jump point. I expect to land in about fifty minutes."

Seeing this, Qiao Kewen also nodded and said, "Then I will be waiting for you. See you later."

"see you later."

After hanging up the call.

Milo's confidence swelled a little more.

He didn't back down or change his mind, and his attitude was polite. How could he lose?

In such a good mood, Milo even hummed a little tune.

More than forty minutes later.

thump.
With a muffled sound, the Flutter Flutter successfully stopped on the surface of the planet.

The area where the Flutter Flutter landed was about four hundred kilometers away from Qiaokowen. This distance was considered the common position for two ships when they first met in the starry sea. They would not be too busy, but would not cause concerns to the other party because of being too close.

After landing.

Milo glanced at the cabin and said, "Let's not rush over in a group for this kind of deal. Gu Wei, you and Li Zi, come with me to get off the boat."

The essence of this transaction is related to Gu Wei, so Gu Wei is an indispensable candidate.

As for the other accompanying person, he must have a certain reaction or counter-attack ability. After all, one must always be on guard against others.

But at the same time, the entourage couldn't scare others, so Milo chose the latter between Kay and Chestnut - a sweet-looking girl would definitely be more reassuring than a cloaked uncle with a metal mask.

Given the desolate scenery of this planet, if Milo took Kai there, people might think he was here to rob them.
Gu Wei and Li Zi had no objection.

The three of them then left the main control room and boarded the spacecraft's own cruise vehicle to head towards the Tongliao Khan in the distance.

A few minutes later.

The aircraft successfully landed outside the Tongliao Khan.

Milo jumped down from the driver's seat skillfully, looked around, and clicked on the Startalker platform to find Qiao Kewen:
"Captain Jokowen, I have arrived at the entrance of the spacecraft. You may exit now."

"Come out?" Jokovin was stunned, his expression visibly puzzled. "Come out? Am I not standing right in front of you? The girl behind you even drank the drink I prepared."

"before???"

Milo's pupils shrank when he heard that, and he suddenly looked up ahead.

I only see this moment.

The area in front of him was nothing but the open hatch of the spacecraft.
There was nothing there.

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