Dark Star Field [Interstellar]

Among the rubble mixed with mud, warriors sat in the rain in their harnesses, like slaves in chains.

The Royal Gendarmerie squad stood under the awning with machine guns in hand.

Hearing the intention of Cao Ge and his party, the team leader clicked the safety catch on the side of the gun body and asked casually, "You mean, a soldier is in danger right now?"

Cao Ge suddenly realized that the focus of the Royal Gendarmerie was entirely on another aspect.The safety of the sages is not their concern at all. They only perform one duty: to "dispose" out of control or possible out of control fighters in time to avoid chaos.

He hurriedly held down the squad leader's hand, "That's not what it means. We're explaining to you that we need to take that soldier away."

"You?" The team leader showed a sarcasm smile, "If he goes mad or escapes, can you take responsibility? Do I need to remind you, what happened to you during the sage exam this year?"

Cao Ge knew what the other party was referring to.In the third stage of the sage test, a warrior killed the sage who was paired with him and fled into the deep mountains.In the end, the Royal Gendarmerie arrived and resolved the incident.

At this moment, he read clearly from the other party's eyes: In the eyes of the gendarmerie, the existence of the sage is completely superfluous.If the royal military police use weapons to "manipulate" soldiers, it is far more reliable than the spiritual power of the sage.

These idiots!Cao Ge couldn't help cursing fiercely in his heart.In terms of selfishness, he certainly didn't have any good feelings for Bai Yang and Xue Yelai.Yet when it comes to the confrontation between the Magi's Guard and the Royal Gendarmerie, he still divides himself on the Magi's side.Contempt for the sage is also contempt for him.

But now is not the time to be impulsive.Cao Ge suppressed his anger, "We can watch him. If anything happens, I will take full responsibility." As he said, he quietly handed over some cash from an angle that no one else could see.

The squad leader took the banknote and tucked it into his protective clothing, pretended to think about it, and signaled the two gendarmes to untie Bai Yang's restraints.

"Quick, follow me!" Cao Ge didn't bother to explain.

Bai Yang didn't ask any further questions. As soon as the restraint was released, he immediately ran towards Xue Yelai's direction without turning his head.

He didn't need Cao Ge to tell him, he knew that something must have happened to Xue Yelai.The spiritual link only sent a message "don't worry", and then the connection between the two was temporarily broken.

This made Bai Yang very annoyed.The spiritual connection is obviously a matter between two people, but a sage can unilaterally interrupt it willfully, but a warrior cannot.

When Bai Yang arrived at the destination, the tunnel that trapped Xue Yelai had collapsed into a deep pit, and the torrent was engulfed in sand and gravel, rolling down from all sides.Without any hesitation, Bai Yang jumped towards the center of the torrent.When Cao Ge and his party arrived, his figure had already disappeared.

"This..." Rose timidly glanced at the deep pit from a distance, not daring to get closer, "What should I do now?"

"Let's go. We can't stay here for long." Cao Ge gritted his teeth, unable to tell what mood he was in at the moment, "We have done what should be done, and the rest depends on their own luck."

Hearing what he said, the others seemed to have found a reason not to go forward, and they turned and left with half apprehension and half peace of mind.

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I don't know how long it took, but the impact of the water seems to have weakened.

Xue Yelai tried to find a point of strength, stabilized his body, and poked his head out of the water.Holding his breath for a long time made his chest tight and painful, but not to the point of suffocation.

The moment the ground collapsed and was washed into the ground by the torrent, he almost thought he was trying to die this time.But what happened afterwards confirmed his premonition and guess: the entrance to the underground fortress is just below the corridor.

The fortress is built underground like an ant nest, so there will naturally be measures to prevent rain and floods.The water pouring from the ground is directed into the spillway, passes through a screen, and is poured into a complex series of storage and purification devices.Excess water is diverted to other channels where it is quickly absorbed by the soil.

This is the freshwater collection system built by the first interstellar pioneers.After such a long time, it still stands here, diligently working for the masters who no longer exist.

However, Xue Ye couldn't see the whole picture of this huge system.All he knew was that he was stopped by something like a filter, and was "stranded" in a tidal flat together with impurities such as sand and gravel.

He crawled out with some effort, groping for a way.In the supposedly pitch-black space, dim light was evenly distributed, but no light source could be found.Perhaps some kind of self-illuminating material was used on the inner walls of the passage, a technology lost to the Empire today.

Xue Yelai carefully stroked the metal-like plastic inner wall, as if he was looking at the pioneers back then.

According to history books, a long time ago, human beings originated from an ancient planet named "Blue Star".

After the blue star was annihilated, human beings began to wander in the universe.Some people chose to live on the starship for a long time, while others chose to open up the barren star.As time went by, some of the former established the Interstellar Federation, and the latter established the Autonomous Star Field.

The Interstellar Federation roughly followed the social system of Blue Star, but on the side of the autonomous star field, the situation has changed.In the arduous process of transforming the barren star, due to the imbalance of technological power and the fault of humanities, human society gradually presents a strange state where primitive and civilization coexist.Although people have mastered technology, they have returned to the era of slash-and-burn farming in some respects.

Until a powerful figure appeared, centralization replaced chaos.Since then, the autonomous star field has officially become a country independent of the Interstellar Federation, and this person has become the first ruler.

At the same time, perhaps due to cosmic rays or other reasons, supernatural beings such as sages and warriors appeared among humans.From the two aspects of spirit and body|body, the potential of human beings has been developed to an unprecedented height.

Everything seems to indicate a possibility of evolution.However, subsequent history has gone in the exact opposite direction.

At this moment, standing in this passage connecting history, Xue Yelai suddenly felt guilty for his predecessors.Would the interstellar pioneers be disappointed if they saw the empire today?Do they feel that the hard work they put in for future generations is worthless?

After a while, he returned to the real situation from the rambling recollection, and began to think about what to do now.He could walk back, looking for a way back to the surface.But in that way, he couldn't be sure when he would have another chance to enter here.Obviously, the emperor did not intend to make the secret of the underground fortress public, but was prepared to occupy and use it alone.

Now that things are up to now, I simply don't do anything, and take advantage of this opportunity to explore the way as much as possible.

Xue Yelai turned on the communicator on his wrist as he walked forward.There's no comms here, but the locators and detectors are still functional.He recorded the path he walked, and when he returned to the ground, as long as he overlaid the path on the map, he could figure out the distribution of these underground passages.

He walked slowly, paying close attention to the data on the oxygen detector.The oxygen content here is slightly lower than the outside world, but it is basically within the normal range.However, no ventilation ducts or the like could be seen anywhere.

Xue Yelai couldn't figure out how this was accomplished.Compared with the original star pioneers, the technological power of the empire has regressed in many ways.The situation on the side of the Interstellar Federation is just the opposite. They have relatively powerful technology, but suffer from a lack of resources.

What makes Xue Yelai feel ironic is that the reason why this huge underground fortress was built is to allow human beings to survive together.But now, everyone who knows it exists wants to use it alone to survive.Even Xue Yelai himself was no exception.

A person suddenly appeared within the range of perception, approaching him at an extremely fast speed.Xue Yelai immediately recognized the other party's identity, turned around and said, "Bai Yang?"

No one answered.In the blink of an eye, Bai Yang came behind him and hugged him with both hands.