Galactic Conquest Manual

Chapter 248 Life Castle
On the huge airport in the capital of life, the airship that Lu Ling and his party were on landed slowly.The huge propeller at the tail began to rotate in reverse, slowing down the speed of the airship.At the same time, the black smoke at the top of the airship also weakened, and the power of the airship began to decline slowly.Around the airship, more than a dozen thick cables stretched out and lowered towards the airport below.The six-legged ground robot below was walking over with a "click click". The pilot controlled the mechanical arm to take over the cable, and locked it precisely on the lock on the ground to fix the airship.

Unlike the diplomatic style on Earth, there is no red carpet, and there is no soft carpet thrown down the hanging ladder. Everything looks quite cold.However, the only thing that is somewhat similar to the earth is that on the diplomatic occasion of the reception, there is a phalanx wearing a tuxedo and a polite military band.Holding a variety of musical instruments that are not too different from the earth, playing impassioned music.

Earl Morgan didn't dare to mess with Lu Ling at this time, but followed behind Lu Ling, dropped his body, and introduced: "This is the honor guard of the empire, and the song is "March of the Imperial Navy" by the navy."

Lu Ling nodded slightly, the song was quite like Showa military music.There is a touch of passion in the radical, which makes people feel a full sense of aggression.It's not very pleasant to say, but it just made Lu Ling more aware of the Noah Empire's style of judgment.From the "Kamikaze" tactics used by the two sides in the battle, to the current military music style.Lu Ling secretly guessed whether the Noah Empire was a corrupt country.

The leader is a polite man with a black and white tuxedo wearing a lens over his left eye and holding a cane.The man's right eye is a red mechanical eyeball, protruding slightly from the eye socket. The pupil made of lenses is looking at Lu Ling and the group of Chinese diplomats and entourage behind her.The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he greeted him enthusiastically. He clasped his hands together and said, "Hello, I am Karpens, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Noah Empire. The Noah Empire welcomes you."

Put your hands together to make a rubbing movement. I learned from Earl Morgan that this is the way Noah greets people.I don't know the exact reason, but considering that the Noahs are a race with a pair of transparent insect wings on their backs, Lu Ling can't help guessing whether the movements evolved from the "rubbing hands" of flies.Because the taste organs of flies are on their feet, they need to use their feet when tasting food. Over time, a lot of food will be stained on their feet, so rub off the food on their feet to keep them clean.In the presence of other flies, the flies will work harder to clean themselves, perhaps to attract mates.

Lu Ling also imitated putting her hands together, rubbed her hands together, and said with a smile, "Hello, I am Lu Ling, the special envoy of the Chinese Republic. Nice to meet you, Minister Karpens."

Calpens looked very polite, looked at the young and beautiful Lu Ling, and praised him from time to time: "You are really young and capable. I would like to ask, are you a Chinese noble? Usually only nobles can be so young. Get in position."

Lu Ling shook her head lightly, and said with a smile on her face, "No, Minister Karpens, there are no nobles in the Republic."

"Oh, that's right, you are the Republic." While Calpens stared at Lu Ling, the red mechanical eyeball looked at the ghost special forces who couldn't see the makeup, and then stared at Lu Ling with a smile and said : "Special Envoy Lu, just call me Foreign Minister. Let's go, His Majesty has already set up a dinner for you in the palace to welcome you."

Lu Ling smiled and thanked, "That's really a big thank you, Foreign Minister Karpens."

Different from Derbina City, Lu Ling and his party were received by another tool in the City of Life, a multi-legged robot that looked like a centipede, spewing black smoke and running towards this side with a "click, click, click".The huge body is like a car, but it is 20 meters long, just like a small train.

Beside it, there are more than a dozen knights riding elephant-like creatures.But that kind of creature has only one long tusk on the back of its nose, and its ears are about the size of an elephant, but they are long and fall off, almost dragging to the ground.On the long ears, Lu Ling could see the decoration made of the Noah Empire flag wrapped on it.

After everyone got on the body of the multi-legged robot, the multi-legged robot quickly ran towards the castle.Looking from a distance, the hugeness of the Castle of Life shocked Lu Ling and his party.The Castle of Life is not a castle like in the Middle Ages, but a huge castle with a diameter of more than one kilometer. It is shaped like a huge circular building in the hanging garden of ancient Babylon.The head is small and the bottom is big, like a cake, with a height of more than 100 meters.There is quite a feeling of towering into the clouds, like a fantasy island.

However, this "island" is not a civilized grass, but a mechanical city of metal gears, pipes, pistons, and light bulbs.However, the grasslands, green leaves, trees, streams, and waterfalls interspersed in the gaps in the castle make this originally lifeless mechanical castle embellished with vitality.The waterfalls and streams flow smoothly, and occasionally red birds can be seen flying and playing. All kinds of animals that have never been seen on the earth are also integrated into this castle that combines machinery and plants.

After a few 10 minutes, the robot passed through many streets and passed many steam cars, and finally entered the castle.At the gate of the castle, a huge emblem representing the royal family is engraved directly above the door frame.The off-white bricks at the gate paved a smooth road, green grass was laid on both sides of the road, and colorful flowers were mixed in the grass, swaying with the breeze, welcoming the arrival of Lu Ling and his party.

The guards of honor lined up on both sides of the road were also beating up their hands, and the musical instruments were resounding in their hands at this moment.The tune at this time has a bit of majesty and a royal style. It is completely different from the Showa flavor heard at the airport. It is a style that tends to be the king of the fairy tale world.

The multi-legged robot carried everyone through and entered the gate.Behind the gate is a huge hall. In the huge space, 200 musicians of the royal court band wore gorgeous costumes, flapped their wings, flew in the air, hovered on both sides, and continued to play the music of the guard of honor at the gate.

"Wow, it's so spectacular." Han Mei envied in the channel of Ghost Special Forces: "It's great to have wings. It would be great if we humans also have wings. I want to fly freely too."

Mei Chen said in the channel: "Both Kuafu and Pangu power armor support flight, it's not like you haven't flown before."

Han Mei pursed her lips and said, "I'm talking about flying with your own instincts, not with the help of equipment."

At this time, You Lile reminded in the channel: "Be careful, we have entered the enemy's castle now. We are here on a mission, not for tourism."

"Yes! Team Yu!"

After the multi-legged robot passes through the hall, the next room is a huge room like a botanical garden.The lush trees, fountains, birds and animals, and the fragrance of birds and flowers make everyone feel like they are in the park.The huge glass in the upper left corner is quite transparent, and the sunset outside is also clearly visible, and more than a dozen huge glass pipes extend from the outside.

At this time, the multi-legged robot stopped, and Karpens said: "Everyone, here we are, we will transfer to the electric ball to go to the palace."

"Power ball?" No one knew.

As the earl of the frontier, Morgan also came to such a place for the first time.Looking at the magnificent castle, Morgan introduced excitedly: "Look, that huge glass ball next to it is."

Everyone looked over. The diameter of the glass ball was 3 meters. It looked similar to the spherical car in "Jurassic World", and the line of sight was quite transparent.The outside of the power ball is fixed by two ten-centimeter metal rings, which are connected to the dozens of glass pipes.Inside the power ball is a circle of seats with seat belts on it.

Karpens walked up slowly, tapped lightly on a metal ring, and the electric ball bounced open a door.Karpens rubbed his hands together, made a gesture of invitation, and let Lu Ling and other Chinese diplomats enter the power ball.Lu Ling glanced at it for a while, then sat in, followed by Karpens.On the other hand, the members of the Ghost Special Forces couldn't squeeze into the electric ball with others with all their equipment, so one person was just right.

After all the electric balls were closed, a huge mechanical arm stretched out, grabbed the electric ball, and stuffed it into the glass pipe extending from the glass window.The outer metal ring "clicked" and was connected to the metal track on the glass pipe, and then the ball shook slightly, and began to rise along the pipe toward the air with a "huh".There was a "sizzling" electric sound on the track, and the rollers were already turning around.

"Woooooooooooooooooo..."

The entire pipeline is hovering outside the castle, and suddenly the picture coming out from the first floor becomes brighter, and the huge city of life suddenly appears in front of everyone.The hurried pedestrians in the city below, the toy-like steam cars, and the endless stream of alien beasts made the group enjoy watching.

It's like doing a roller coaster, but it's a quick ascent.Hovering outside the castle, let everyone see the entire capital of life.Because it was almost evening, the lights of cars in the city, street lights on the streets, and lights in various houses were all lit up sporadically.

After more than a minute, the power ball arrived at the top exit. With a "chi", the ball cover opened, and Karpens came down first, saying, "Everyone, we have arrived at our destination. This is Your Majesty Julian." The 'Flame Flower Palace'”

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PS. Is there any novel with steampunk style? Cucumber wants to learn how to write about steampunk. Please recommend it.

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