Starborn Zero II: Tales of the Dragonmen

military exercise in progress

Spectacular and shocking scenes were shown on the dome of the Hall of Stars.Just when everyone was fascinated, Rhine's soldiers walked into the palace.He went straight to Rhine and reported what happened on the Neutron Asterisk by his side.

Because of the loud explosion on the dome, Kleedrich did not hear what the guards said.But he felt that Rhine was holding his hand a little tighter.

"Understood, call Sen and Donald for an inspection first, and I'll be there in an hour." Rhine's decision was quick.

The soldiers left, and Rhine continued to watch the military exercise.Kleedrich glanced at him. Although he was looking up at the dome, his expression seemed to be thinking of something else.

"What happened?" Kleedrich asked in a low voice.

"I'll leave in a while. There is a handover from the administration department today. I'll be late at night when I return to the palace. Don't wait for me."

"understood."

After the military exercise, the guests gave warm applause.Rhine took advantage of the opportunity when everyone left the Palace of Ten Thousand Stars and moved towards the banquet hall. He left the palace alone and came to the portal area of ​​the palace, ordering to open the door leading to the destination.

Kelin Star Leads the Sky, Star River Base

A portal opened, and Rhine walked out.There are white smooth walls on all sides, and the security gate surrounded by a green light circle is in front of you.In front of the door, Rodney was kneeling to greet him.This is one of the man-made spaceports near Colin Star - Xinghe Base, which is dedicated to mooring and repairing combat ships under the military.

"Your Highness!" Seeing Rhine, Rodney immediately bowed his head in greeting.

When Rhine walked out of the security gate, Rodney got up and led him to the berth of the Neutron Star.Along the way, Rodney briefly reported the abnormalities that occurred during the military exercise.Rhine just listened, his face didn't change much.

The two entered the berth area of ​​the warship and came to the berth of the neutron star.This place has been completely blocked by the military personnel, and the staff of the Institute of Biochemistry are checking whether there are foreign substances left on the ship.A simple temporary inspection platform was set up beside the berth, where Donald and Moritani were discussing something.

Seeing Rhine approaching, everyone knelt and greeted him.

"What did you find?" Rhine went straight to a chair and sat down, and immediately began to ask.

Mori stood up and reported the findings so far.

"During the military exercise this morning, the Neutron Star and other warships continued to lose contact for 5 minutes and 12 seconds. I just asked the soldiers and command on the ship, and no one noticed anything unusual. It was just at a certain moment, they found that the exercise The process seems to have jumped. One moment the friendly warships were still nearby, but the next moment they all appeared at a distant position, as if the network was stuck. Then they received a communication from the command ship-Red Giant Star, saying that their The battleship has continued to lose contact. When I just called up the onboard records, I found that the onboard records between 10:38:15 and 10:43:27 were blank."

Rhine listened to his report, "You mean, someone stopped the time on the ship and took control of the ship during those 5 minutes and 12 seconds?"

Sen nodded, "Theoretically, this is called the vacuum state of time. If someone masters the time axis, they can freeze a person or space at a point in time, and the person concerned will not notice it, and everything in the space will be in a state of stop. Until the time axis is released again. Of course, these are all theories for us. But for the civilizations in the outer domain who have mastered the time axis, it may just be a simple operation."

"For example, the civilization behind the dragon people you reported earlier?" Rhine understood what he was referring to.

Sen smiled, "Your Highness is wise. Until today, the empire has not had any contact with any four-dimensional space civilization. If there is, it may be the civilization behind the locator that was left on the dragon-human planet."

Rhine listened to his words, "Today just happened to be in time for the military exercise. Could it be that the purpose of their visit was to observe us?"

Sen agreed with his guess, "If it's just to observe the military strength of the empire, it's harmless. But if it's for any follow-up actions, we may face an unprecedented crisis. Because the other party only has the timeline in their hands, it is already ours. unattainable power."

Rhine hummed, "Last time Donald reported that he found a way to activate the time axis in the genes of the dragon people. Is it only a matter of time before we open the four-dimensional space?"

Sen agreed affirmatively, "Yes. The most important means of starting the timeline has been found. The next thing to study is how to make the timeline visible, how to monitor and manage, how to get involved in a certain point in time, etc. .But it’s still a long way to go to do what’s happening on NeutronStart today.”

"The road has to be walked out, but it is too late to walk now, we must run out."

Rhine said and looked at the time and stood up, "Immediately set up a special project team, and the priority of funding and human resource allocation is the highest. Within a year, at least the monitoring of the timeline must be realized. Once the empire's timeline is touched , we must be able to respond in the first place."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Sen replied solemnly.

Rhine finished his order, and after walking two steps, he suddenly stopped and looked at Rodney, "Where's Gene?"

Rodney straightened up nervously and immediately replied, "The captain... is taking care of the host of the timeline gene, preventing him from disappearing accidentally."

Rhine hummed, then waved his hand to indicate that they don't need to send them off, and left the parking area by himself.

Seeing his leaving back, Donald looked at Rodney with a smirk, "You can do it, you usually don't react quickly, but at critical moments, you even dare to coax His Highness!"

Rodney hurriedly made a shush gesture to him, "Doctor, don't make fun of me! Let Your Highness hear that I am still alive?"

Sen couldn't help turning his head to look at Rodney, "Jean is still on the Red Giant Star?"

Before Rodney could speak, Donald chuckled a few times, "You saw that the other day, this kid, Gene, was fearless before, and now he finally has someone to hold his heart."

Sen also showed a knowing smile, "The dragon man is still young now. When he grows up in a few years, Jin will probably become a strong man in his mouth, and he will be strictly controlled at home."

Donald couldn't help but smirk when he heard this, and the two old men retreated to the side to continue discussing things while having fun.Rodney couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Gene, a well-known violent star thief in the military, might have a big change in his image in the future.

Red Giant Star, Habitat Level

The Red Giant Star has returned to Star Luo Base, but Jin and Mo are still in the living layer.Jin kept holding Mo in the room and remained silent.He couldn't hide the fear in his heart, because he saw Giselle disappear in an instant with his own eyes, and there was no way to save it.

For civilizations that do not have a time axis, that is no different from life and death.

Mo could feel his abnormality, but he didn't know how to comfort him.For him, there is nothing in this world that jerky can't solve, but it doesn't seem to work for Gene.He ate while he was in a hurry until he had eaten all the snacks in his pocket.

"Jin, is there no one on board, let's go too." Mo carefully looked at his face and whispered.

Only then did Gene come to his senses and looked down at him, "You just said they were here. Who are they?"

Mo scratched his head in embarrassment, "I don't know either. But I have a feeling that they are hiding behind Tick Tick, looking at us."

Gene pursed his lips.What kind of civilization is hiding behind time?What purpose do they have?Will ink be taken away suddenly?

Mo looked at his expression, and suddenly put his hands on his face, showing a comforting smile, "Jin is not afraid, I think they don't want mine."

"How do you know?" Gene asked.

Mo Du pouted and thought for a while, "Because I already have a spouse. What do they want me to do, and they can't eat?"

Gene couldn't help laughing.If the world was as beautiful and kind as he imagined, there would be no meaning for the existence of people like himself.He turned around and held Mo's face in both hands, looked at him solemnly and said.

"If one day, Mo is taken to a strange place, remember to try to survive. Because Gene will definitely go to Mo. It may take a lot of time, and it may take some detours, but Gene must, must, and finally Will find Mo. Because that's the only thing Gene has left to do in his life."

Mo understood half-understood, but seeing that Jin spoke so seriously, he still imitated his words and said loudly in order to comfort him.

"Well! Mo will always wait for Gene to come, and that is the only thing left to do in Mo's life."

Gene hugged him tightly, pressed his forehead against his, and hugged him like this for a while, until...

goo...

"Gene, I'm hungry."

"You just kept talking."

"Jerky can't be eaten as a meal."

"Where's the jerky for me?"

"I want to help Gene...and then, help Gene eat the jerky."

"...If I were a foreign civilization, I might not want you either."

"Then let's go home and eat!"

"Ah."

11pm, Rheinburg

In the bedroom, after reading another report on four-dimensional space, Kleedrich noticed that the time had already pointed to midnight, but Rhine hadn't returned yet.He couldn't sit still anymore, and as soon as he got up and walked out the bedroom door, he met the butler in the corridor.The housekeeper smiled and said with a look of understanding of his mood.

"I know His Highness Kledrich will be worried, so I'm here to let you know. I just received a notification from His Highness Rhine's portal, and he is expected to arrive in five minutes."

"What do you call me?" Kleedrich noticed what he called himself.

"Your engagement with His Royal Highness Rhine is a foregone conclusion. Regardless of whether you are crown prince or empress after the wedding, you will be honored as His Highness." The butler said naturally.

Kleedrich pursed his lips, "Please don't call it that, I don't want to be with Rhine for the sake of status."

The butler nodded understandingly, "I know that some members of the royal family complained about His Royal Highness, and the gossip can never be stopped. But it is human nature to like a strong man. If this is said to be clinging to wealth, isn't His Royal Highness Rhine? Want to be single forever?"

Kleedrich smiled, and then continued, "I know the location of the portal, and I want to pick him up myself."