The Star Knight

The spaceship is quite dilapidated. Opal searched his memory and found out that it was snatched from pirates.

The ship was a mess, full of oily parts and energy pools. It took four full days to reach the nearest star gate and arrive at the neutral territory of the Lancer galaxy.

Sang said: "We can use the Star Gate of Poons Chamber of Commerce to go to the Phantom Star or the Female Rose Star, both of which are members of the Dark Alliance."

Opal hugged his knees, sitting on the edge of the console, staring at the starry sky outside the porthole, these days he has been silent, thinking all the time, he kept feeling the life of the stranger on the Sphinx Memories, and feel for him.

"The member states of the Dark Alliance have established a passage node with Iszur." Sang said, "Please choose your route."

Opal said: "Master Sang, in the eyes of you Huanxing people, human beings have only one title."

"Yeah, names don't mean much to us," San said.

Opal asked: "Do you want to go home and take a look? If you want to go back, we will pass through the phantom star."

San said: "I don't care, for us, there is not much sense of belonging in Fanxing."

Opal set the route to the female star and said: "But for human beings, this may not be the case. We all have attachments to the planet we live in for a long time. I heard that you are from a higher-dimensional universe? "

Sang: "Your curiosity is very strong. Yes, for us, the only thing that refers to 'destination' is the magic blue fluorite."

Opal smiled, sat on the swivel chair, the spaceship began to jump, countless white lights flashed past, and the spaceship rushed out of the five-dimensional space outside the female star.

The four dark star gates revolved around the female star. This planet is different from when he and Raymond came. The crown of the mother of female roses shows a dull brown spot, withering like an unstoppable blight. , Slowly spread on the mother of the female dill.

In the second jump, the Star Sky Gate sent a communication: "Dark Star Alliance No. B2713 Star Sky Gate, identity verification."

Before Opal could speak, Sang's inner core lit up, and the communication over there said: "Welcome back to Iszur, Master Sang, Your Majesty Corinth is looking forward to your visit."

With a buzzing sound, the spacecraft was sucked into the fifth-dimensional space again.

The transition technology used by the Dark Star Alliance and the Interstellar Astronautics Association is different. There is no white line of stars during the transition, and there is no discomfort caused by the momentum. It just goes dark suddenly outside the porthole, and then lights up little by little. Gradually conceived in the darkness, countless blurred lights gradually became clear, and the stars in the distance appeared.

"The transition was successful."

The spacecraft accelerated, leading to a strange galaxy with an orange-yellow giant star as its star.

There are tens of thousands of planets around this galaxy. The central star is called Iszul, and the yellow light rises and falls, like a huge heart.

Opal opens the star map, enters the name, and finds that there is no record of this star.

His star map and everything remained in the Temple of the Stars, including the gems Azeroth gave him, Raymond's necklace, and the star map Rector gave him.

He forgot to ask Rector if the owner of the star map was Corolin until he left, but that didn't matter, Opal was about to see him with his own eyes.

The pirate's star map didn't record the position of this star. Could it be that there is no information about Iszur in the Great Astronautics Association?

"There is no information about it." Sang's voice sounded in Opal's mind: "This star is only fourteen hundred years old."

Opal narrowed his eyes and said, "Wouldn't such a young star be very unstable?"

"It's an artificial star," Sang said.

Opal: "..."

Artificial stars!

Opal could hardly believe that the orange giant star in front of him was the work of human beings, he tremblingly said: "Can stars be made by humans?!"

Sang: "Yes, Corolin created it more than 1000 years ago, and waited for thousands of years. The surrounding planets formed galaxies under the pull of its gravitational field, and you will immediately see the main star of the Dark Star Alliance Yes, its name is the Grip of Light."

The spacecraft passed through dense space stations and entered the inner planetary system. Opal switched to manual driving, passed another checkpoint along the way, and slowly approached the planet.

It was a light-colored planet, as clean as a marble in the universe. The light Iszul cast on it showed different characteristics through the refraction of the atmosphere. The edge of the western hemisphere was lavender, and the wavelength of the spectrum continued Shortened until burgundy in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Opal understood why it was named the Grip of Light. Such a beautiful planet is like a masterpiece of the creator.

"Master Sang." A communication came from the space station: "Welcome to the Grip of Light, please land on the central apron."

Close to the surface, Opal can see the city here clearly, this is the territory of the King of Meteorites - there is no haze and fog as he imagined, and there is no black steel castle and energy fire that soars into the sky. , gray and white as the keynote, the entire planet is planned in an orderly manner.

Thousands of small spaceships took off and landed. The central apron was like a beautiful garden. The rusty spaceships came to a sudden stop. Opal was always waiting for the inspection robots and the heavily guarded police or army.

But nothing happened. He opened the hatch, and a ray of sunlight came in. People outside came and went, including humans in military uniforms and intelligent creatures like tourists.

With a gravity coefficient of 1.0 and an oxygen specific gravity of 22%, it is a very suitable planet for human habitation.

Small robots surrounded them from all directions and helped them clean the spaceship. Opal said, "How much? Wait, I didn't bring any money..."

A soldier came over and said, "No money, who are you? A foreigner? Let me see your travel documents..."

A mass of gravel rolled out of the cabin, whirling and spinning to form a cohesive vortex shape, and the phantom star changed its shape.

The soldier immediately saluted the gravel and said, "Forgive me for offending."

Sang's voice sounded in Opal's mind, saying, "Let's go."

Opal followed behind the phantom star, and walked out of the central apron all the way. The biggest difference between here and Liexing is that almost all of them are regular troops with strict discipline. An officer hurried over and asked: "Do you need help? I follow the command of the commander." To help you, he sees you with a human."

After Sang had a brief exchange with him, the officer turned on the communicator, hailed a car, and asked Opal and the phantom starman to board the car. Opal said, "Where are you going?"

"Welcome to the Grip of Light." The officer said, "Our destination is New Phoenix, which is the capital of the Grip of Light, which means new life in the ancient Earth language."

Opal nodded and asked, "My name is Opal, what's your name?"

The officer smiled politely and said, "Meteor Corps Capital Guard, 71th of the 208st Army, lieutenant, Robin."

Opal looked at the scenery outside the car with a slightly sad expression.

"This is your first time in Iszur?" Robin asked proactively, "This is my communication number, you can...uh."

Opal laughed and said, "I don't have a communicator, and I don't even have a home robot. You want to take me to drink?"

Robin laughed and said, "Why are you in such a mess?"

Opal said, "I just came from the Sphinx."

Robin entered a communication code, handed him the chip strip, and said, "Here is my contact information."

Opal: "Do you usually live in the army? How is the calendar here calculated?"

Robin said: "The Dark Star Alliance all use the cosmic calendar. The rotation period of the Optical Grip is 24 hours, counted as one day, and the revolution period is 365 days."

Opal nodded and said, "This place is different from what I imagined."

The maglev vehicle was speeding on the road. Robin said: "Many people have misunderstood us. It doesn't matter. Use your eyes to see it, and you will like it here."

The maglev vehicle passed through a green field, entered a giant city, and drove directly to the tallest building in the center.

Its overall appearance is a bit like the city of war spirits on Liexing, the only difference is that it is more magnificent and more technological. The feeling of New Phoenix to Opal is not at all like the world ruled by the king of meteorites. It is full of vigor and all kinds of people. The continuous flow of vehicles, but orderly.

"Are foreigners allowed to take pictures?" Opal asked.

"Of course." Robin said with a smile: "The Sailian River is very beautiful. If you are not busy, you can go there for a walk. There are all kinds of entertainment facilities here. There are many places suitable for vacation in the entire planetary system. Star. Green Mercury has already joined the Dark Alliance, and I heard that Sphinx is also considering it...here, this is the City of Meteor, the place where His Majesty Cologne lives and works."

Robin's car stopped in front of a building, and the security here was still not strict.

Opal asked again: "Where does your family live? Do you often go home?"

Robin was a little embarrassed, smiled and said, "Why, you want to come to my house to play?"

Opal said: "It's okay to ask out of curiosity."

Robin said: "On the V16 planet not far from here, I have time to entertain you to play."

Opal nodded and said, "Okay."

Robin gestured: "Aren't you... I mean, it's a bit impolite to keep a phantom star guest waiting for too long."

Opal noticed that Sang had left the maglev vehicle and was waiting by the side, so he got out of the vehicle, bid farewell to Robin, and said, "Nice to meet you."

Robin saluted him, turned the maglev and left.

Sang: "Come with me, kid."

Opal followed Thorn up nearly a thousand steps, his figure appeared very small in front of the obsidian steps, and the thick black outer wall of the entire Meteor City reflected the noon sun.

Opal couldn't help thinking about the people here, recalling Robin's words and deeds, they were not as indifferent and rigid as he imagined, he felt that Robin seemed to have something to say, but he didn't know why.

Sang said in Opal's consciousness: 【That human has a little negative emotion towards you, but still expresses real respect to you. ] Opal: [Because I asked too much? 】

Sang: [No, he is kind and friendly to you, but your inquiry contains misunderstanding of the Meteor Corps and pity for the soldiers, so he is not very happy. ] Opal said: [My original intention is not so...uh.I'm sorry and I'll apologize to him next time. 】Sang:【Human beings are lives imprisoned by the body. You can't see each other's souls, so you often misunderstand each other. 】Opal and Sang entered the city of meteorites, and there were several high-ranking military officers talking in low voices, and when they saw them, they saluted together.

Sang stayed for a short while, and an officer made a "please" gesture and said, "Both of you, please follow me."

Opal could not hear the communication between Sang and the others at all, and followed the officer, looking at his shoulder emblem, which had three stars on it.

The officer brought them to a corridor, where there were two guards, Opal noticed that the soldiers here were very good in terms of temperament, figure, and appearance, almost at the same level as Lie Xing.

Sang led Opal through the empty corridor and entered another room. The officer took out his ID card, fingerprints, and double verification of the ID card, signaling them to stand on a platform.

"The defense here doesn't seem to be very tight." Opal said suddenly.

The officer with his back turned to him said with a smile, "How old are you?"

Opal asked, "What rank are you in?"

Both are asking questions, neither answering the other.

The platform rose slowly, and the officer saluted the Huan Xingren, and said, "My name is Allen, and my rank is Major General. Nice to meet you."

Opal said: "I am 20 years old... I should be 21 now. You look about the same age as me."

The handsome officer said: "I am much older than you, if you can see him later, please don't be too polite, just like you are now."

Opal nodded, "Thank you."

Allen said again: "There are some defensive measures where you can't see, but the City of Meteor basically doesn't need too many guards, because His Majesty Corinth himself is the most powerful defensive force."

"That's right." Opal murmured, "He's very strong."

"You are about the same age as the Aurora Falcon." Allen said, "Come on."

The platform stopped, and Sang took Opal out, walked through several corridors, and went down a central spiral staircase, entering an open space, where many soldiers and civil servants were chatting, and when they saw Sang, they bowed slightly , for a moment everyone's eyes focused on it and Opal.

Entering the corridor and exiting the corridor, Opal was almost lost. After walking for 10 minutes, Sang brought him into a hall, where there were still two people standing there. When they saw Opal coming in, they all watched He and Sang.

Sang's voice said in Opal's mind: 【My child, my task is complete, goodbye. 】Opal: "!!!"

"Wait...wait! Master Sang!" Opal almost shouted, but the group of broken stones disintegrated soundlessly, as if turning into countless molecules and atoms in the air, penetrated the glass wall outside the hall, and disappeared into the distance.

Just leave? !Opal hadn't recovered yet, ran to the glass wall, looked at the sky in the distance, and suddenly found that he was already at a very high place, the city under his feet was endless, and the mountains in the distance were rolling up and down.

He looked at it for a while, then turned and looked at the other two.

They are all men, one is tall and thin with a stubble beard, carrying a long alloy stick on his back, the other is very handsome, raised his eyebrows, and greeted Opal: "My name is Bivis, hello .”

Opal shook hands with him, said his name, and shook hands with the slovenly man, knowing that his name was Connor.

competitor?Opal initially had its own ideas.

"Where do you come from?" The handsome boy asked, "Was that person from the phantom star just now?"

Opal said: "Well, he... wants to introduce me to Corolin... Your Majesty."

Connor said: "It's the first time I've seen the Phantom Starman."

The handsome boy said, "Me too."

The three exchanged a few brief greetings. Opal wanted to bask in the sun for a while, so he walked to the glass wall and chatted with them for a while. The handsome boy of Weiss is the youngest son of a merchant family in a certain galaxy in the empire's jurisdiction.

They said, "It's the first time I saw the Huan Xingren." From this, it can be inferred that the other two people were not recommended by the Huan Xingren, and there should be other channels.

Opal said: "I used to be a miner, and then I lived in Sphinx for a while. A week ago, I ran into an inexplicable phantom star..."

"Three gentlemen." The officer's voice interrupted their conversation, which happened to be Major General Alan who had just brought Opal and Sang up.

"It will be some time before Lord Corolin can meet with you." Allen said, "He is holding an important meeting. Go through this corridor and go to the left hand side of the hall. There is a special canteen, and three meals are free. After the meal, please follow the number on the sign to rest in the room, and don't walk around."

The three went to get the badges, and Allen took away their ID cards. Opal and his new friends went to the cafeteria to order food. The lunch was very rich. People around would occasionally glance at them, but no one came Ask them who they are.

"Bevis." Connor asked, "Do you know what we're here for?"

The handsome boy shrugged and said, "I heard that he wanted to recruit members of the Guards, is that true? Opal, did the Phantom Star reveal anything to you?"

Opal thought for a while, and according to his own memory, he said: "The phantom star told me that he needed someone to help, and asked me if I would like to join the Meteor Corps, and I can learn a lot from Cologne."

"The key depends on what he is willing to teach you." Connor said, "I guess he needs someone to help him perform some kind of dangerous mission."

"Choose one of the three of us?" The handsome boy was a little puzzled, and asked, "Or does it mean that we all have tasks assigned?"

"Who knows?" Opal said indifferently: "If I can't be chosen, I hope he will give me some travel expenses to go back. Do you want to stay?"

"My dad said this opportunity ... is very important to our family. Let's make a deal," Beavis said.

Opal raised his eyebrows, motioning for him to say.

Bivis said: "No matter which one of us will stay, we will help each other in the future."

Connor smiled, "Of course."

Opal thought for a while and said, "I don't really like promises. If you stay, don't worry about me. If I stay, I will take care of you properly. Is that okay?"

Bivis breathed a sigh of relief, and the three reached a preliminary agreement.

"I heard that he can read people's hearts." Connor whispered: "When you see him, don't think of any disrespect to him."

Bivis looked a little unnatural, and said: "Our whole family respects him very much, and he only collects very little tax for the place where we live..."

Opal said: "Forget about it, it's not a phantom star, no matter how strong it is, it's human, it's impossible. Many leaders like to keep secrets, and make up some of their abilities to frighten their subordinates and enemies... You can control yourself How do you say, can you still control what you think?"

The two nodded, knowing that consciousness is difficult to control.

After eating, Opal returned to the bedroom according to the location on the access card. This is an officer's rest place, which is clean and tidy, and has a bathroom.

He took a shower, sat on the bed wearing a vest and underwear, opened all the openable drawers and looked at them in turn.

There is Fantasy Paradise, Dream Machine, but he doesn't want to play.

There is also a goggle-style information terminal. Opal puts on the goggles and turns on the light screen. There are a bunch of stand-alone games inside, including simulated spaceship driving, planetary management and cultivation, simulated love, shooting, military chess, etc. He Trying to access the Galaxy Internet in the lower right corner, a password is required, so I gave up the idea of ​​surfing the Internet, just opened a game and played for a while, it was very boring, took off my glasses, and fell asleep on the bed.

It was another dreamless sleep. Opal seemed to have not had a dream for a long time. When he woke up, he felt very tired, as if he had never slept.

Maybe it's because of a new environment that I'm not used to well... Opal moved uncomfortably, and continued to sleep on his stomach.

He didn't know how long he slept, but he yawned. It was dark outside the window, and he slept more comfortably this time. He got dressed and went to the cafeteria to eat.

Bivis was in a daze in the corner, looked up at Opal, and made a questioning look.

Opal originally wanted to chat with an officer, but seeing that Bivis' face was not very good, he had to go and sit opposite him.

"Connor's gone," Beavis said. "He's gone somewhere."

Opal said: "He...has a mission, right? Maybe he was sent somewhere by Corolin. Have you asked these soldiers?"

"I asked, but none of them could tell, it's classified," Bivis said.

With a bit of fear in his eyes, he said, "Do you think he's still alive?"

Opal said: "Don't think about it, nothing will happen, maybe let him go home."

They had dinner, and Bivis was halfway through, when Allen came over and said, "Hello, sir, Mr. Corolin is free, would you mind meeting with him at this time?"

Beavis became tense immediately and asked, "Are we together?"

Allen said, "No, only you."

Bivis nodded and followed Allen away.

Opal watched him leave and continued eating.

Bivis didn't come back after dinner, so Opal went back to the room by himself and lay down for a while.

At twelve o'clock, Allen came over and told Opal that it was his turn.

Opal put on his clothes, walked up the hall stairs with Alan, and entered a corridor. Alan brought him to a person and said, "This is the person recommended by Master Sang. Opal, this is Ke Luo Master Lin's secretary."

Opal nodded, noticing one thing—

"He has no personal soldiers?" Opal asked.

Allen said, "No, he doesn't need a bodyguard. Go in."

The secretary opened the door and walked into a large room, signaling Opal to enter another side door of the large room.

Opal pushed open the door and walked in, a breath of green grass came over his face, and there was a huge hanging garden inside.

The stars were twinkling on the zenith, and there were street lamps on both sides of the garden path. He looked curiously at the sides. The light from the street lamps was soft and warm. At the end of the path was a platform where he could see the brilliant night view of New Phoenix.

There seems to be some celebration on the mountain in the distance. Fireworks are being set off, and colorful lights illuminate a small piece of night sky from afar.

"Do you like this place?" A deep voice sounded.

Corolin stood on the platform, and for a moment, his back gave Opal a certain illusion.

"It's okay, it's different from what I imagined." Opal replied.

He turned around and said, "Your name is Opal?"

This is the first time that Opal has seen Corolin's appearance, but how many doubts, memories, conjectures, and emotions disappeared in this short glance.

Opal's eyes reflect the most familiar and unforgettable person in this life—Raymond, if Raymond gets old one day, then he will definitely look like he is now, still handsome, still full of spirits, with a smile on his face. With an irresistible, fascinating charm.

He understood many things, but his longing was like a flood that broke a bank, completely overwhelmed his reason, all emotions about Raymond were cut off by the barrier set up by Legerson, completely blocked in the inner memory world, and the outer memory remained. Crazy and uncontrolled emotions.

That kind of emotion broke away from the carrier and completely vented into his eyes. In the spiritual world of his external memory, it was an unspeakable thing. It was so clear and blazing that it almost burned Opal's soul into ashes.