The Star Knight

The soft voice of the Prince of Opera flowed in the cabin of Time-IV, reminding Opal of the big, big flame-like flower on the crimson star.

Although it is only a small battleship, the space inside is also very spacious for a person. The journey from star B-11 to the Hydra constellation, for ordinary spaceships without built-in transition function, the star gate is like countless spaceships in the universe. It takes a certain amount of time to get to the platform—about five days.

There is a self-contained living water converter in the cabin, which is a kind of dormant cyanobacteria produced by the water blue star. After the energy is burned, water is produced and the exhaust gas is discharged into space, and the water is used for the growth of green algae.

There is a light energy collection plate on the outer shell of the spacecraft, which is enough to collect the light from all the stars scattered in the universe.The cyanobacteria box absorbs the carbon dioxide exhaled by the cabin members through simple photosynthesis to grow and reproduce rapidly. Each growth cycle is 12 hours, and finally put it into the food machine for decomposition, processing, and output of finished products.

In the dark space, there are many pieces of suspended ice. Whenever an ice meteorite approaches, the spacecraft will automatically collect it, filter it and store it into the water.The carbon dioxide exhaled by a person is enough to form the cyanobacteria needed to supply oneself. In other words, even if the energy of the spaceship is completely exhausted, the passengers can continue to live and will not starve to death.

Of course, the taste of floating in the vast universe for decades or hundreds of years is not pleasant.But if such an accident really happens, the radio wave communicator can also be used to send out a rescue signal.The long interstellar journey is boring, and Opal regrets that he didn't buy some small game chips to pass the time.

He half-lyed on the swivel chair in front of the console, looking at the starry sky outside the porthole. From this angle, the Chiyan star was like a burning fireball, and the stars it erupted were like countless tentacles. Thousands of kilometers away.

Opal stared at E7 boredly. Under the power of his belief, the small robot fell to and fro, fought somersaults on the console, but immediately regained its balance and stood up, with its tracks moving left and right along the smooth alloy console. .

E7, like the era VI small battleship, is a relic left to him by his mother.

When I was young, my mother went to mine, and there was no one to take care of Opal, so she removed some parts from the spaceship and made this little robot for him. E7 has accompanied him throughout his childhood, possesses elementary intelligence, and has a very fine structure inside.Opals of this size have only been taken apart once, two years after their mother died. The battery inside the E7 was damp, and the Opal dared not touch it after it was disassembled. It couldn't understand the circuit and intricate chips, so it could only be left temporarily.

A few days later, E7 miraculously recovered, as if to prove that his mother had not abandoned him.

Opal thought that maybe the control center of the E7 was assembled with the intelligent computer chips on the spacecraft.No wonder the Epoch-VI spaceship has no intelligence at all.

"Ah!" Opal yelled boredly.

Everything in the cabin floated up with the power of his belief, and then fell back with a clatter.

Opal is boring: "E7, go and turn off the gravity system."

So he floated lightly and flew around in the cabin.

"Love is a tear from a lover..." The voice of the opera prince Legerson echoed in the cabin. This is the most famous song in his concert. The lyrics were created by an ancient poet before the Guang Era.

"Even if I'm locked in a walnut, I'm still the king of the infinite starry sky..."

Opal knew how to sing, and was suspended in the control cabin with his eyes closed.

"Close to the Starfield Gate, prepare for a jump, enter the Starfield Gate's gravitational field countdown, sixty, 59..."

Opal frantically turned on the gravity system, and with a bang, a ball of water and a cup hit him on the head.

"E7!" Opal said, "Get ready to jump! This is your first time!"

Opal sat on the swivel chair, fastened his seat belt, took a deep breath, his heart was pounding, and a huge, ring-shaped golden ancient relic appeared outside the cabin.

White light lit up around the giant metal ring, and the solar metal panels were opened. The spaceship slowed down and was shrouded in a layer of white light.

The Starry Sky Gate is divided into inner and outer rings, and the current is running wildly. Opal holds his breath, and hears the navigation electronic voice saying: "Successful docking, data transmission."

The white light around the Starfield Gate dimmed, and then a layer of red flashing lights rolled over, and the electronic voice said: "Successful positioning, jump countdown, ten, nine, eight..."

Opal said to himself: "Go through it? What if it's a space carrier? This door doesn't look very big."

Immediately afterwards, the six arcs of the Starfield Gate enveloped the Era-VI battleship, and with a buzzing sound, the spaceship disappeared in space.

"Ah—" Opal couldn't help shouting, the starry sky outside the cabin turned into dense light, and the speed was getting faster and faster. Is this the junction of the five-dimensional space and the four-dimensional space? !I seemed to be pulled into a line by the powerful force of the hyperspace, and returned to normal in an instant, sitting on the chair and panting repeatedly.

In the Hydra constellation 400 million light-years away, in the quiet universe, the space seems to have collapsed, the starry sky gate lights up white, the matter is like ripples rushing out of the water, and there is another buzzing sound, and the whole spaceship carries the energy of the transition. The energy arc rushed out of the space fault.

"Successful jump." Era-VI's icy voice said: "Speed ​​up."

The energy thruster of the spaceship erupted, and with a bang, it dragged its tail flames and flew towards the God of War galaxy.

"It's here?" Opal asked with lingering fear, "Is it here?"

He unfastened his seat belt, walked to the stern, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the starry sky gate gradually leaving in the distance.Stretching, he opened the partition.There is half a ton of rhododendron in the small warehouse—about [-] energy units.

Rector said that energy units are no longer in circulation as the old currency, and interstellar credits are a new currency.It regulates inflation and material regulation through the cosmic economic summit. Of course, this is only limited to the relationship between the empire and the republic.Interstellar credit is not only used as cash payment, but also can apply for currency overdraft according to a person's property and social value.When all galaxies are in danger of inflation, Union Bank reduces the overdraft limit.

In addition, some planets still stubbornly use their old currency, but in most star fields, the branch of the Union Bank will provide the function of exchanging credits for the planet's currency.

Opal plans to open an account, find a place to sell these ores, wander around the mercenary kingdom, get familiar with the environment, and hone himself.The God of War galaxy is completely unfamiliar, but he is not afraid at all, but is full of longing and excitement for the future.

The spaceship slowed down again and passed the outer space station of the galaxy. The space station here is different from the crimson planet. It released the suspended alloy magnetic rods. Without any light or arc, the six magnetic rods locked the spaceship.

"The weather is fine." The lazy man's voice said: "Please stop your steps and fill out the application form for entering the Ares Galaxy."

"You... hello." Opal was very excited since he had been away from B-11 for five days and had not spoken to anyone.

"Hello." The man said: "This is Andre, the space inspector of the alien system."

……

"Fill in your entry application form." Andre reminded.

Opal came back to his senses, and hurriedly turned on the navigation station, the light screen slowly emerged, and transmitted the personal information he had prepared long ago.

Andre said: "Mr. Opal from the Red Flame Galaxy, is an ore consultant of Hollens Mining Co., Ltd., and his astrology is... Crimson Star. May I ask what is your business in the God of War Galaxy?"

Opal said: "Uh... I want to take a look."

Andre said: "Travel?"

Opal said: "Find a job by the way."

Andre said: "Part-time job? Your job looks good..."

Opal said: "Occasionally I do something else, I want to be a mercenary."

Andre seemed a little strange, and finally said: "Please pay attention to your words and deeds in the country of mercenaries, welcome to the God of War galaxy. Horens Company has no branch in this galaxy, and the main star is in need of talents in mining."

"After entering the country, you can get a travel guide at the exit of the apron. I wish you a happy time in Ares Star."

"Thank you." Opal said politely.

The gravitational field of the space station was withdrawn, and after three hours of sailing, the spacecraft entered the gravitational field of Lie Xing, Lie Xing appeared mottled dark blue from space, another space station flew in, and a violent voice sounded in the radio communication: "Hi! "

Opal knew that this was the second checkpoint of the planet, so he hurriedly said, "Hello."

"This unlucky weather." The communicator said: "I have been checked, have you brought any contraband? Boy, I warn you, it is best to throw away the drugs and dark energy batteries immediately."

Opal said: "No." He activated the message transmission, sent the shipping manifest over the wireless interface, and the space station released countless shining silver iron plates, spinning around the spacecraft.

"Rhodophyllite?" The communicator said doubtfully, "What the hell is this?"

Opal said: "A kind of energy mineral."

Communicator: "What are you bringing to Lie Xing?"

Opal said: "I don't have...money, I plan to exchange it for some money."

"Ah." The communicator sneered, "No one will ask for it. Take good care of your belongings. If there is an explosion, your head will be screwed off."

Opal said blankly: "Okay, I understand."

The communicator said: "I wish you a pleasant journey, and don't be smashed into pieces by today's lightning."

Opal: "..."

The metal sheet was evacuated, and Opal passed the second checkpoint and entered the atmosphere of Lie Xing. As he got closer, he finally discovered that the dark blue seen in space was not the landform of Lie Xing, but the thick dark clouds wrapping the planet!

He passed through the clouds that reflected the light of the God of War star in the distance, and rushed into the dark starry night sky. Thunder and lightning were everywhere. The spaceship opened its protective layer and approached the landing pad.

Thunderstorms and rainstorms covered the entire planet, each bolt of lightning spanned tens of thousands of miles, the sky was blank, and the tiny spaceship trembled in the thunderstorm. Opal was attracted by this scene and moved to the porthole to look out.

The transparent apron shell on the ground opens.

The radio waves rustle and blur, the spaceship enters the space of the tarmac, the outer shell closes and the inner shell opens.

The ground robot flashed its lights to guide the docking station, and the wet Era-VI battleship was parked in the corner. Holding the great sword left to him by Rector, he walked out of the airport, took a deep breath, and smiled.

"Hey, do you need to scrub the spaceship?" A young boy came over immediately and asked enthusiastically: "We have the best service for coating and waxing your spaceship! Come on sir, your spaceship is so beautiful! Ah, the silver color is mottled, It’s like a glistening seven-color scale fish, how much did you pay for it?”

Opal hurriedly said: "Hello, my name is Opal. The spaceship is left to me by my mother."

"Hello!" said the boy, "My name is 'Xun'."

After Opal greeted him, the small robots brought by Xun came up and waxed the spaceship attentively. Xun put Opal on his shoulder and said with a smile, "Your mother has very good taste and a sense of the times."

Opal smiled and said: "Its name is the era, let me see, can I take your car?"

Xun said: "Of course, of course, are you here to travel? Or to make a living? The Mercenary Kingdom welcomes every self-reliant member of the Star Alliance. There is gold everywhere here... Get in the car and get in the car."

This is Opal setting foot on a strange planet alone.

Everything in front of me is full of unknowns and attractions. The robots here are completely different from those on the crimson star. They are all like discs, flying around on the ground, and they will step on them if they are not careful.

The apron is also much shabby, tattered, and there are many containers piled up in the corners.

Opal got on Xun's car and passed by countless strange spaceships. No two spaceships here are the same. They all have exaggerated decorations and particle spray paint patterns. There is also a bright red spaceship parked near the entry and exit of the ground. A giant spaceship with nude women painted on it.

Xun said: "This is Twelve Nebula's special spaceship 'Red Lips'."

Opal was speechless, and jumped off the ground vehicle, the sound drowned him.

The waiting room was full of noisy passengers, and people were yelling everywhere. Opal was dizzy from the noise and asked, "Xun, where is the newspaper? I want to exchange some currency. What happened here?" ?”

"The newspaper has a self-service machine in the lounge on the west side for you to enter. You only need one credit point or Star Coin, and the renewal is three yuan per month. The weather is so damn bad today, and the lightning storm will probably last ten hours, Lie Xing's gravity is a standard coefficient of [-], don't run around, be careful of broken bones!"

Xun took Opal, pushed away the noisy people in front of him, and said loudly: "Change money to Union Bank IRC! Alright, your spaceship is finished, please check and accept it!"

Xun took out a pocket holographic projector, took Opal to a place with few people around the corner, pressed the button, and projected the image of his spaceship.

The other robot stayed on the tarmac, and the camera pointed at Opal's spaceship, transmitting images.

"Are you satisfied?" Xun took a look at Opal and took out another small machine in his pocket. It was a credit card machine, and said with a hearty smile, "I only charge you three thousand credit points. I wish you a long life!"

Opal: "..."

fast:"……"

The two were silent for a while, and Opal said, "You want to collect money? Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Xun's face immediately changed, and he yelled wildly: "You think it's just cleaning your spaceship for nothing?! You don't have a brain problem, do you? Have you been irradiated?"

Opal: "..."

The stranded customers who were arguing in front of the information desk were attracted by Xun's voice and turned to look at them curiously.

Opal said: "I don't have any money, not even a card, just wait a moment..."

That sentence immediately lit the explosive barrel, and everyone around laughed loudly, and quickly said angrily: "You want to renege on your debt?! Hey! Hand over your card! This is not..."

Opal said: "Come with me, I will give you money later."

Xun said: "There's nothing to wait, I'm very busy! Pay the bill right away..." As he spoke, he grabbed Opal with his hands and wanted to rummage through his backpack. There were people whistling around, and they looked like they were enjoying the show.

Opal said: "I really don't have any money... what do you want to do! Don't move around!"

There was a very important star map in the backpack, and as soon as he made a move, Opal immediately blocked him. The young man was very strong, and the two immediately wrestled together.

"What are you doing!" A police officer maintaining order came over and shouted, "The weather is bad enough! You bastard! Don't fight here! Fight to the Ministry of Public Security!"

Xun immediately raised his hands and stepped back, saying, "I'm going to call the police! This kid is actually reckless!"

Opal has nothing to say, there are people everywhere, the police officer kicked them all, and then they were taken away by the angry crowd, and everyone was arguing with red faces and thick necks.

"Wait!" Opal said.

Xun folded his arms and looked at Opal.

Opal raised his hand and pressed falsely, several times impulsively, wanting to close in front of him, control his consciousness, and say that there is no need for money.Finally dismissed the idea.

"I need to change money." Opal said, "The currency where I live is different from yours. Come with me and go back to my spaceship."

So the two returned to the tarmac.The gravity of this planet is very strong, Opal felt a little unaccustomed to Xundong just now, and felt that the people on this planet were very barbaric, even more barbaric than the miners on B-11.

Opal opened the rear cargo unloading door, showed Xun the rhododendron, and asked, "Do you know the energy points? It was passed through before. This kind of ore has a high purity, and it can exchange about 120 to 520 energy points per kilogram. There are a total of [-] kilograms here..."

Xun immediately rolled his eyes, and said quietly for three seconds: "Give it all to me! You won't be charged for cleaning the spaceship!"

Opal said coldly: "Are you kidding me?" He finally understood that the guy in front of him was tricking him, and said, "Take me to change it, and I will give you more money. Don't force me to do it, you are not mine." opponent."

Xun looked him over from head to toe, Opal took out a box of ore, threw it onto the car, and said with a loud noise, "Let's go."

Opal can lift nearly 20 kilograms of boxes with one hand, and he is still on a planet whose gravity exceeds the standard coefficient by [-]%. Xun knew that he was not his opponent, so he had to take him into the car and said, "I will take you there."

Opal crossed his legs and said, "Don't take me to a private transaction, it must be an official money exchange point."

Xun had no choice but to take him and the ore to the apron office of the United Bank IRC, where the opal was exchanged. Unexpectedly, the window set up here also received all equivalent energy exchanges from all over the universe. .

Opal handed over the ore to purify energy, and the ore was crushed into powder in the large atomic furnace behind the service window, and the energy points slowly increased.

Opal said: "Hello, all planets have IRC?"

The clerk, a strange creature with six eyes who couldn't tell the gender, said in a hoarse voice: "Aha, yes, sir, but only in the tarmac branch of each planet, this kind of energy exchange will be established." Coin window, you know, too many people have come to Lie Xing to entrust missions, and we always have to face all kinds of strange guests. Of course, your ore is also very rare. If I guessed correctly, you should be from the Chiyan galaxy. "

Opal nodded and said: "Yes, only the Chiyan galaxy is produced."

The clerk said: "The exchange here can only be cashed out according to the energy value. Unfortunately, it should be sold at a good price in the Republic galaxy. Are you sure you want to exchange all of them?"

Opal said: "Change it." He asked again: "What happened outside?"

"Magnetic lightning storm, passenger trains are stranded, you are really unlucky." The clerk said: "I have to come here several times a month, just like the mood of beauties... Please press your fingerprint here, IRC will be here A 4% commission is taken from your energy cash out, please rate my service evaluation..."

Opal gave him a very satisfactory evaluation, and took a thin card from the window, and the clerk said: "Your red grain crystal mine is 31 kilograms, and you have extracted a total of [-] points of energy. , according to today's market, it is equivalent to [-] interstellar credit points, which can be exchanged for star coins at the window next door, this is a temporary card that can be used with your fingerprint, good luck."

Dazed, Opal went to the window next door to exchange Star Coins. An alien noble lady wearing a slime animal corpse scarf in front of her was yelling impatiently, and there was even a quarrel in the bank.

Opal submitted the ID card, opened an account, handed over the temporary information card, bound the account to his own ID card, set up fingerprint extraction, created a new password, paid the service fee, all After finishing it, it was like fighting a battle. He came over to Xun who was sitting in the lobby and said, "Now I have money, pay the bill."

Xun immediately smiled, and handed out the credit card machine. Opal swiped the card, paid him one hundred Lie Xing coins, and said, "Thank you."

"Are you sending the beggar away!" Xun said angrily, "One hundred star coins? You forgot what you said earlier..."

Opal was not stupid either, and said, "It only costs one yuan to buy a newspaper, but you can charge me three thousand for a spaceship?"

Xun said: "You country bumpkin in a remote galaxy! You don't know that the materials for cleaning the spaceship cost one thousand! You wait here, I want to call the police!"

Opal said: "Please go ahead, I wish you a long life."

Quickly roared: "Just wait and see!"

Leaving quickly, Opal let out a long breath.

However, when Xun went to another group of people standing outside the bank watching, Opal immediately felt that something was wrong, and they were probably going to make trouble again. These people called Xun over when he was exchanging money just now?

"Wait!" Opal said, "I take back my words, and I decide to pay you three thousand as a reward for bringing me to the bank."

Xun turned around again and said, "For you to be wise..."

Opal draped Xun's shoulders, turned his back to the group of people, looked into his eyes, exercised the power of faith, and said, "You took three thousand."

Xun Zha Mao said: "You only gave me one hundred!"

Opal said viciously: "You took three thousand! Remember, you took three thousand!"

Xun was startled for a moment, and then his eyes became dizzy for a moment. He nodded and said, "I... took three thousand? Isn't it right? I took so much?"

Opal insisted: "Yes, I gave you three thousand just now."

He nodded slowly, with a thoughtful expression.

Opal said politely: "Goodbye." He shook hands with him immediately and left the tarmac.