Him and their stars

As we all know, although the empire and the community are "friendly neighbors" who often have minor frictions at the border, those minor frictions that will affect the relationship between the two countries basically occur at home. However, although the colonies in the New World were close neighbors in a physical sense, they were generally in peace with each other, and there was even a lot of trade between the two countries.

The empire is keen on the high-drought spices, rare high-energy gases and various precious metals produced in Xinyumen, and also likes the high-quality and rare wood in New Lushun. As for the community, it needs high-quality and low-priced food provided by the agricultural planet in the Empire's Glory Governor's Region.

After all, grain is a high-quality and low-priced bulk transaction, and the transportation cost of purchasing grain from the empire is even lower than from the mainland of the community.

All in all, apart from the Xinyumen Incident of the year before last, the revolting sand people did not know where they got various heavy weapons, and some small details about where the Cathay warships entered from, the colonies of the two countries in the New World The Governor's Mansion can still be considered a very close trading partner.

It seems very reasonable for such a grain transport ship to appear on the channel of the New World Highway.

"We have cleaned up the waterway. You should continue sailing in the direction of Xinyumen. You should not encounter any dangers along the way. Please go out with peace of mind." Eleanor comforted the other party.

Yu Lian looked at the senior who looked businesslike and said nothing.

After bidding farewell to the grateful transport captain, the Thirteenth Fleet encountered a group of wandering space plankton in the middle of the channel. This animal that looks like a giant flagellate is said to be a wild animal that existed in space in the last civilization. Compared to space crystals, these things undoubtedly possess the characteristics of all carbon-based animals.

With hundreds of millions of years of existence, even paramecium can understand the principle of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Of course, these space planktons know that steel creations sailing in space are not easy to mess with. Generally speaking, they try to avoid entering busy shipping lanes and inhabit uninhabited star systems.

However, these plankton looked extremely violent, like a group of sheep that had taken too many hormones. They breathed fire from their noses and charged towards the lions.

Everyone in the fleet was full of respect for the bravery of these insects, and decided to help them as a matter of course.

The colony of these plankton was not large, and their individual combat effectiveness was not even as good as that of space crystals. After facing the fleet's thousands of cannons, they instantly dissolved like ice slag under the scorching sun. The battle lasted even shorter than the rescue of the grain ship just now.

However, even the plankton, which are harmless to humans and animals most of the time, are going berserk. This new world does have a bit of a hint of imminent rain.

"Do you psychics have anything to say about this phenomenon? I heard that the root cause of abnormal phenomena that are beyond common sense must be traced back to the occult phenomenon that goes out of control every time." Eleanor asked with some curiosity.

"No, no, no, the universe is so big, all abnormal phenomena can be explained by scientific principles. We psychics can't take the blame. Besides, it's not like there have never been cases of plankton going berserk in history. This Let’s leave this phenomenon to scientists and slowly study it.” Yu Lian confused this matter seriously.

Plankton's fury is certainly justified. For example, some outsider dug up their nest; another example is that the queen in the colony was killed; another example is that the larvae in the colony were eaten.

Of course, if they encounter natural enemies crossing the border, such as Edelweiss's kin, they will also become violent. This is not a rebellion, but more like some kind of hysterical self-abasement.

...Okay, even though Edelweiss looks so cute, an adult dome whale is the King of Leviathan, which is comparable in size to the Titan ship. The effect of swallowing space plankton is indeed comparable to that of a blue whale swallowing krill.

But I have never heard of a predator like the Dome Whale that lives at the top of the cosmic food chain in the nearby star field!

In any case, when formulating a defensive strategy, it may be necessary to label these "neutral" wild animals with red names. However, speaking out this information would put more pressure on the rest of the fleet, so it was better to communicate with Mr. Yang alone after meeting him.

However, such an episode did not affect the training and patrol patrol of the entire fleet. On January 26, everyone was in the Sevig D8 galaxy at the handover between the "New World Highway" and the URX46 star field. The expedition team met after a long time.

It was a "scientific research fleet" composed of a Ranger-class cruiser... armed merchant ship, two Kagerou-4 destroyers, and a Socrates-class scientific research vessel.

A fleet of this size is naturally nothing in the Milky Way, but in the New World, the ranger named "Caribbean" alone is already a giant ship with overflowing combat power. This is also the eighth Ranger-class cruiser... armed merchant ship directly affiliated with the Thirteenth Fleet.

It is said that because of the modification and practicality of the Ranger by the Thirteenth Fleet, this new type of warship has finally shown its stunning style. As a result, it has been sold out in second- and third-tier countries, and construction orders are said to be scheduled for five years. . Fu Xun Shipyard was very moved by the actual combat advertisement sent to them by the Thirteenth Fleet. They said that they would receive a 40% discount on purchasing Rangers from them in the future, and they were also willing to tailor-make the latest new warships as if they were specially made for the New World.

Of course, at this point, the decision is not up to the Thirteenth Fleet and can only be left to the National Defense Commission and the Military Command Headquarters.

In short, this so-called "scientific expedition" fleet could basically go sideways if it didn't encounter the main force of the top 10 pirate bounty leaders.

Look at this grand mobilization of troops, it doesn't look like they are on a scientific expedition. Even if they dig up a grave and dig out a Megatron that has been frozen for four million years, I'm afraid he won't show any cowardice.

So, after the fleets reunited, Yu Lian finally met Ina Sirica and Meng Jiao on the Throne, whom he had not seen for a year.

These two were already in the second ring. They received promotion orders at the end of the year and are now majors. It can only be said that psychics rise quickly.

Of course, there are also Gan Jiang and Miss Mo Xie who met Yu Lian for the first time.

...Well, there are two twin girls who look like high school students. They are pretty and elegant. Although they are wearing impact suits for "travel", they still look like the school belle of a certain high school.

In fact, they are indeed still high school students. It is said that they are still preparing for the national unified examination next year, so naturally they have no military rank.

But even if they are two civilians, they are also genius girls who have already reached the third ring at the age of seventeen. No one in the whole army dares to treat them as underage girls.

In the field of mysticism, those who are successful always come first. Therefore, these beautiful twin girls have even more say in certain fields than Ina and the others. Theoretically, this "scientific expedition fleet" is equivalent to being led by them.

Miss Ganjiang said very modestly: "Actually, everyone is taking care of us. If there is any dangerous situation, Sister Ina and Major Mengjiao will take action to solve it. We just use our words."

Meng Jiao quickly showed a more humble attitude: "It's just my job. I haven't read much, so I only have brute force at this time."

The successor of the Hanhai Sword has become more and more calm, and has become a bit like everyone else. Obviously, the process of serving in the Thirteenth Fleet and this treasure hunt made him grow a lot. Yu Lian estimated that it would only take one or two years for this guy to break through the third ring.

This is also the treatment of a protagonist!

"Although it was very dangerous along the way, everyone still united as one and worked hard to overcome all the difficulties." Miss Mo Xie summed up the actions for everyone in an old-fashioned way, glanced at Yu Lian, and added: "It's a pity that the junior uncle didn't Come, otherwise it wouldn’t have been delayed until today.”

Yu Lian said that the title "Little Master Uncle" is very useful to him.

Although these two little girls are geniuses from famous families, they still look quite humble. The senior brother has educated them very well.

"So, what are you going to do?" Yu Lian was really curious now.

"Digging for treasures." Ina simply replied, and then said to Eleanor: "This time we also brought the red pants Wansha. He has worked very hard during this period, and he also suffered a lot of injuries during the expedition. , the sentence should be commuted, right?”

This name seems vaguely familiar. Well, where is it?

Yu Lian tried hard to extract this information from a certain gully in the cerebral cortex, but Feifei slapped him angrily: "When my senior took over the New World's security fleet, she was the first famous pirate leader to be annihilated. . It’s that famous pirate archaeologist! At that time, weren’t you still discussing with your senior sister what to do with his treasure map?”

Yu Lian suddenly understood, and then said: "Wait, senior sister, didn't you say you have killed that guy?"

Eleanor said "haha" dryly, and the latter immediately understood. She could only click her tongue, and then said "haha" twice expressionlessly.

"At least officially, he is indeed dead." The senior said: "I have forged his new identity through White Wing Angelo Company, as well as his citizenship of the community. Of course, can I activate it? , it all depends on his performance.”

"Mr. Wansha has really tried his best." Miss Ganjiang with her ponytail slanted on the left said: "Although our sisters have a certain understanding of arrays, ruins, mechanism cracking and illusions, professional and systematic archaeological work is not enough. We haven’t been caught yet. In the end, we still have to rely on him to take charge.”

"Although he has a disgraceful past, he probably wants to be down-to-earth and start a new life now." Miss Mo Xie, who has a ponytail on the right, also begged for mercy, and then showed a distressed look: "Anyway, a young man of his age Uncle Turtle Man lies at your door every day, crying and kowtowing to beg for mercy, which is really a big headache for an underage girl. I feel that if I don't agree, sooner or later the club will die."

The general laughed dryly three times, and then said: "Don't worry, our Spiritual Research Association is already a swordsman sect. Any more situations like this are just routine operations, and it's still too early to leave the club and die."

Well, I would like to reiterate that the senior brother indeed educates his disciples very well! You know, not everyone has the quality to laugh at themselves, let alone at such a young age.

Since these two interceded, Eleanor immediately decided to let the red-pants Vansha sign a thirty-year archaeological technical consultant contract with the Thirteenth Fleet Headquarters as an employee of White Wing Angelo Company.

As for the salary set in the contract, it was given based on his future work results. In any case, if everything goes well, this famous archaeologist in the pirate world should be able to earn a salary enough to support his retirement before he can no longer work.

In short, the so-called treasure map was obtained by Red Pants Wansha from the black market. The original item was a piece of silk fabric that was unknown how old it was. Of course, saying it was silk fabric only meant that the texture was similar. In reality, It is impossible to analyze the material using existing scientific methods.

This archaeologist in the pirate world judged based on his professional knowledge and experience that this "silk fabric" is indeed a relic of an enlightened person, and the star map embroidered on it should also be a relic of an enlightened person. , which is also commonly known as "Treasure Map Ann".

Of course, even the most top archaeologists and treasure hunters - such as those prototypes of Professor Jones - will inevitably fall over sometimes, and Wansha in Red Pants is certainly no exception. He also had a dark history of madly pursuing a legendary treasure and leading his men into a pit.

Fortunately, this "civilian archaeologist" finally made no mistakes in judgment this time.

The "scientific expedition team" of the Thirteenth Fleet, headed by four young psykers, successfully found the desert planet hidden in the URX46 star field through the star map on the treasure map, and also successfully found it. The ruins of the Enlightened One.

Then, after going through an adventure process that could be used as the material for the next big movie of "The Treasure Hunt", they successfully opened the contents inside after paying the price of the death of three team members.

"So, have you dug up any ancient black technology?" Yu Lian asked with a smile.

The most precious thing among the relics of the Enlightened Ones is of course not the priceless antiques or rare metal products, but rather the heritage of these ancient civilizations that have distorted the technology and civilization trees of the universe.

"I have taken inventory of the things. Some alchemy creations still need to be appraised, but even antiques and zero-element products that can be legally sold should be worth more than 2 billion Xinxing." Gan Jiang said.

"As for the black technology of the Enlightened One, I don't know. I can only wait for the technicians to analyze it," Mo Xie said.

Probably because he was afraid that Yu Lian would question him, Gan Jiang said to Yu Lian: "Uncle, please don't worry. We have been playing on the black market since we were three years old, so we still have some knowledge."

"And at least a rough estimate. I'm going to be conservative," Mo Xie said.

I'm actually more interested in your family backgrounds!

"Huh, counting the things dug out last time, our military expenses are finally settled..." Eleanor looked relieved. It was as if the poor housewife had finally found a way to feed her ten children.

Feifei sighed quietly at the side: "When military expenditures do not come from state appropriations but are raised by the generals themselves, then it is not far from becoming a warlord."

"When the army has not expressed its allegiance to individuals, it is still far away. We are just solving problems for the national finances." Yu Lian waved his hands, but then asked: "However, with such a grand display of mobilizing troops, Shouldn’t they just dig graves?”

Gan Jiang and Mo Xie looked at each other, then looked at Eleanor, as if they were trying to organize their words. However, before they had time to speak, they heard Ina say: "Including the whereabouts of those bugs. We found clues that those things were in the URW46 star field, which can be traced together."