Walk through the structure of the Ark and wander on the continent of Terra

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Before leaving, Mayor Herman came to the port where the Life Star was berthed. He visited this advanced land speeder, which was even beyond the scope of his knowledge. Finally, he led his subordinates to the dock for Alpha. Farewell to the doctor and his entourage.

The Life Star backed out of the port, turned around and disappeared into the desert. Mayor Herman was left with many things to do. Rhode Island's cooperation project has basically been completed by the Life Star's production equipment. After being put into production, the urban infected person relief plan was originally stagnant due to the high cost of medical technology. Now it is time to move forward as a city plan.

Alpha's Life Star, which has been overhauled again, is now in excellent condition and is fully loaded with supplies and consumables. They will move forward at maximum speed and are expected to arrive at Casimir in just over a week. This does not include the stops in Xie on the way. The time it takes for the lager to dock.

"When you go to bed at night, don't forget to pull up the bed rails and seat belts. I hope you won't make the same mistake as Miss Furong." While arranging cabins for the Doctor and his group, who were living on the Life Star for the first time , Alpha reminded.

Now the conference room of the Star of Life has completely turned into a large study room. Ifrit and Zaolu stay at one end of the conference table to do their homework every day, and the four members of the Rainbow Team look at them on the conference table next to them. Information about the country they were going to next. Near the electronic whiteboard, Levi and Xiaoyang were scratching their heads next to a large pile of information and holographic images.

With the omniscient data on the various internal structures of the volcano provided by Alpha, as well as the supercomputing support directly provided by herself, it is still a head-scratching job to complete the design of the facility she planned.Xiaoyang, as a genius girl who has not yet reached adulthood, has no big problems because of her young body. However, Levi, an old scientist who has grown up, cannot. Recently, his hair has been falling out in handfuls, which makes Eyjafala... We were all worried about whether his hair would fall out before the design was finished.

On the second day of the voyage, because of his high investment during this period, he asked Levi, who had suffered from dark circles, to find Alpha. At that time, Alpha was continuing to improve those exoskeletons in the production workshop.

"Hey, Levi, what's the matter?" Alpha, with a greasy face, raised his head and looked at Levi.

"It's a long story," Levi rubbed his tired brows, "I'll just get to the point. Alpha, you know, I'm over 60 years old this year. I came here and came into contact with you. That knowledge, the relatively simple part at the beginning, I was able to accept and adapt to it relatively easily, but as I started to study the cutting-edge knowledge, and participated in such huge projects that required a lot of thinking, I really felt that I was no longer capable. No matter how young you are, you will still be unable to do what you want in many areas.”

Levi sighed, and Alpha could see that the hair on the top of his head, which was originally just gray but quite thick, had become thinner these days.

"It was my negligence... A project that was supposed to be promoted by a large team was placed on the two of you, putting too much pressure on you..."

"No, no, Alpha, that's not what I meant." Levi waved his hand quickly, "I have never complained about work pressure. I am willing to participate in such large-scale high-tech projects that require dual challenges in technology and design, and I am willing to face challenges. For all scientific and technological challenges, these things are the reason why my heart keeps beating to this day.”

"..." Alpha didn't realize what he wanted to say for a moment.

Levi rolled up his sleeves, revealing the needle holes on his arms, "The doctor provided me with a mixture that can briefly restore the nervous system to an excited state of efficient operation. When my thinking freezes, When I have difficulty concentrating, I will take one dose. I have taken more than ten doses in the past half month. But this only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. What makes me angry and helpless is the inevitable aging of my body. And the inevitable degeneration that aging brings to my brain nerves.

"Obviously there is still knowledge as vast as the sea of ​​stars waiting for me to touch, but my aging body no longer allows me to learn new knowledge as freely as I did when I was young. This feeling is a strange one to me. A great pain.”

Qian;;'?Xun!.Free..:Fee!Little!:."Say!,'skirt'?:2''?5;.';5!5;!9;;?.,5.? ,,3,"0,,.0 Looking at the fanatical scientist in front of him who has never given up his fanatical pursuit of knowledge, but has turned gray-haired due to the passage of time, Alpha nodded. Although she has never experienced it, she is fully capable of it. Understand his pain.It's like the unwillingness of a treasure hunter who is so close to the treasure but can't go any further.

"I know you have a technology that can transfer complete consciousness into a synthetic body called a construct..."

"You want to become a construct and use technology to fight your own aging."

"As you said."

"You are really a materialistic man. Your main focus is to use flesh and blood to ascend mechanically." Alpha complained faintly.

"What did you say?" Alpha complained in a low voice, but Levi didn't hear it clearly.

"Nothing, I just think you are really brave and courageous. Even in the Sky Garden, there are very few people who are willing to take the initiative to become constructs. And most people also have a disapproval of compatriots who become constructs after transformation. More or less doubts and rejection. After all, the artificial synthetic body is electrolyte flowing in the body, and the structure is no longer biologically human in nature."

"I don't care about that. I'm just worried about whether this technology will affect learning and thinking."

"Of course not. My friends in the engineering force who are engaged in scientific research and technical work are very diligent in replacing and upgrading the body..." Alpha thought of Karenina and the stuffed bears who were running and fighting at the lunar zero-point energy base. A group of people, "the best zero-point energy and engineering technology experts in the Sky Garden, personally wielded heavy hammers on the surface of the moon and smashed the aliens that attacked the test base to pieces."

Alpha looked at the guy in front of him with a smile, "I can satisfy your request. Your performance during this period has proven that you are not a dangerous factor. Since you made this request yourself, of course I will not be opposed to."

"Really!"

"Of course it's true. I don't have to tease you."

46. ​​Revisiting Kjerag

"We are about to arrive at Kjerag. Everyone, please remember to take your anti-altitude sickness medicine. If you feel unwell, please report to the ship's infirmary immediately." Diesel was heard on the Star of Life's broadcast. The sound of announcement.

The four members of the Rainbow Team were sitting together in the common room that Alpha had just renovated in the past two days, enjoying the warm air sent in by the fresh air system, and looking at the snow that never melted in Sherag outside the simulated window.

"The altitude here is so high."

"It is said that in addition to the high altitude, there is snow all year round here, there is also climate, and even some supernatural factors." Flash flipped through a Kjerag travel guide produced by Kalan Trading, "Do you still remember, Alpha mentioned However, there is a true god living on the sacred mountain of Kalan in Kjerag."

"She did seem to have mentioned it." Machine Gun Brother was fiddling with a bottle of vodka given to him by Koloff, and he was thinking about whether he should have a drink.

"The gods in this world really exist," Hui Jin was also reading the travel brochure. "I'm really curious about what kind of life the people who live under the protection of an objectively existing god will have."

"It's really hard to say. An objectively existing supernatural creature will almost certainly produce religions and beliefs related to it, and this kind of religious belief will be very primitive at the beginning. And there is a high probability that it will be due to various reasons, including that The existence of gods themselves, the needs of rulers, etc., and maintaining a historical inertia will leave behind many primitive and bad habits that can be called dross and poison." As a former Red Army soldier, Machine Gun Brother Don't hesitate to make this critical review.

"Alexander is right. Those primitive religions in the history of our planet, when viewed from today's perspective... ugh." As a linguistics scholar and anti-terrorist worker from the birthplace of Lutheran Protestantism, Flash Shield strongly agrees with machine guns. Brother's opinion.

"We will stay in Kjerag for two days, and we have not received a mission. During these two days, we can do a little investigation and understand the local customs. This can be regarded as a better understanding of the world. We need to do it. Things." Hui Jing nodded and assigned everyone the tasks to be solved.

Their first month's salary has been paid, and with the black operation in Siesta City and the agent commission settled from Alpha, they can spend a lot of time wandering around the open Kjelag trading port.Speaking of which, Alpha acts as an intermediary agent and only takes [-]% of the commission. What kind of conscientious boss is this?

……

It is summer on the continent of Terra, but snowfall is still a common occurrence in the cold climate of the Kjerag Plateau. On the day everyone docked at the trading port, fine snowflakes were falling in the sky.

The ghost shark, which has been transferred to the general ward and can even wear the equipment, sits quietly by the bed and looks at the external scene projected on the simulated electronic screen. The dome city under the sea in Argor simulates a snowfall every year to celebrate. The transition of old and new years, but that was just simulated snowflakes created by the dome's climate control system. Neither she nor Skadi had ever seen real, natural snowfall.

"Laurentina, do you want to go see the snow?" Looking at the ghost shark in a daze on the hospital bed, Skadi asked while peeling an apple for her.

Ghost Shark nodded, "This is a real snowflake. Of course I want to see it."

She is still wearing the equipment used to separate the liquid Source Stone in her body. Although she can sit up, she is still unable to get out of bed and exercise.So after hearing Skadi's idea, Alpha took some time out of his busy schedule to make a wheelchair for her to use.

When Skadi pushed the Ghost Shark, who had put on winter clothes, down the hangar deck of the Life Star, the little guys on the ship were already having a snowball fight in the publicity square next to the dock.

The communication tower in the distance is being erected little by little. Alpha and Seria, who need construction and supervision, are not here. Shirte has already built a big snowman by herself. Xu Yu, who is wearing winter clothes, is standing next to her. Come on, she goes.

As for the doctor, the doctor was already buried in the snowman, with the big snowball thrown by Ifrit on his head. Fortunately, his hooded suit was enough to keep him warm and could withstand such a hard construction.

The Rainbow Team had just returned from the market. They bought a lot of things. The handsome blond boy saw that Ghost Shark and Skadi, who had been bored in the ward, actually walked out of the ward to see the snow. He enthusiastically bought the things they had just bought. A small souvenir was given to them both.

"Here comes the hot cocoa!"

Koloff's voice came from behind. He had just made a large vat of hot cocoa in the kitchen to ward off the cold for everyone.The little guys who were having a snowball fight cheered and cheered, and dispersed happily after receiving the steaming drinks.

"Here, hot cocoa for the two ladies." Seeing that Skadi and Ghost Shark were a little indifferent, after giving out the first round of drinks, Koloff gave them a drink each.

"Thank you." Ghost Shark took the cup politely. The brown drink in the cup was exuding a fragrant cocoa aroma, full of heat and warmth.

……

Over at the construction site, the communication tower has been modularly assembled. Alpha and Seria do not need to carry out the rest of the construction work. The local construction workers only need to erect the communication tower and build it on the foundation that has been built. Fixed on top.Later, the two of them were needed to work on the deployment of base stations and solution centers again.

Boss Yin, who was very concerned about this matter, came personally. The leader of the Shivaash family was accompanied by a Mr. Liboli and a Ms. Caprini.That Liboli comes from the once prestigious Edwyth family in Kjerag. This Mr. Nohis is now the chief technical executive of Kalan Trading.

And that Ms. Caprini?Ceria remembered that when they were wandering around the Grand Knights' Territory, the two of them had passed by the wall of honor that recorded the champions of each special knight championship, and this lady had appeared on it three times in a row.

The boss of Enxiodis was always very busy. Soon after he had an in-depth understanding of the construction situation on the site, he had to leave the site because of a phone call.Chief Technology Officer Mr. Norhis stayed for a while. He seemed to be very interested in the various technologies used in Alpha's communication tower. However, he seemed to be very busy today. When Alpha and the others started to install the base station, Left with regret.

Not long after they left, the familiar voice that they had heard once appeared in Alpha's ears.

"Hello, foreigner, what should I call you?"

"Just call me Alpha. Next to me is Seria, the former executive of Columbia Rhine Life, my good friend." Alpha turned around with a smile and looked at the person who suddenly appeared behind him wearing traditional Shelagh clothes. mysterious lady in costume.

47.Yela’s bowl of butter tea

Seria was just looking at the construction drawings. Alpha's sudden words shocked her. Did any local big shot come over to inspect?Seria looked around and was surprised to find the lady wearing Kjerag's traditional national costume, dignified and elegant, appearing with a smile on her face.

Ceria's eyes were wary. She was once a protector with the name of Shield of the Rhine, a conservative, calm and powerful action expert. She was confident in her nerves and perception abilities, but the appearance of this woman , she was unaware of it.

Seeing her reaction, Alpha smiled and patted her shoulder to comfort her. It was reasonable that this lady's appearance would frighten Ceria. After all, she did appear suddenly behind the two of them, and Alpha could feel it. To the ripples that originate from the tiniest space.

"I don't know how we should call you more appropriately. It might not be appropriate to call you by your real name in public."

"Just call me Ya'er. I'm just a little maid accompanying the saint."

Ceria looked at this mysterious visitor who suddenly arrived. Alpha rarely used honorific personal pronouns in such a familiar tone, and it could be heard from her words that there was another mystery to this lady's identity.She said that she was the escort of the saint, but when she heard the alpha, she shook her head slightly.

Seria remembered that Alpha had once mentioned to her that she once knew that a real god lived on the holy mountain of Kjerag. She also mentioned that when she first passed through Kjerag, her group had caused her confusion. interest.Alpha would never joke about this kind of thing, so an obvious inference has been established.She basically guessed the visitor's identity.

"My visit seemed a bit sudden, which surprised Ms. Vaifan. Please forgive me."

"I should be the one to apologize for my neglect of greetings." Seria responded politely to Ms. Yaer's words.

It was almost noon at this time, and the construction workers of Kalan Trading had just completed the erection of the communication tower. In the afternoon, they were also responsible for transporting and fixing the server units of the equipment. However, it was lunch break now, and a building had been set up next to the construction site. In the shed, someone is preparing lunch for them.

"This trading port is Kjerag's gateway to the outside world. When guests come here, they can experience Kjerag's customs and customs. There is a pretty good local restaurant nearby. Please come and look at it."

"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders. Ms. Ya'er, please go first."

Following her footsteps, the two of them came to a local Kjerag residence with a signboard not far from the construction site and close to the business district. Judging from the signboard, it was indeed a restaurant.

Walking into the house, the interior decoration style with local characteristics of Kjerag comes into view. Local traditional houses are often used to use a large number of carved wooden structures with religious blessing significance to decorate the interior of the house, which is mainly made of stone structure. The main color is dark red. The color tone and inlaid gold thread are the main color elements in the interior. Together with the sky outside projected through the traditional hollowed-out wooden window lattice, and the religious paintings using traditional techniques, it creates a unique folk experience.The only slight drawback is that it is snowing today, the sky is gray, and there is no blue sky to reflect the warm interior.

The shopkeeper here did not show any unusual enthusiasm for the three people who arrived, but the white-haired old man from the Ursus tribe must have recognized the decorative style of Manzhuyuan on Ya'er and knew that she was a member of Manzhuyuan who was entertaining the guests. .

The shopkeeper's grandpa took the three of them to a clean private room and sat on the local fire kang. Ya'er used the utensils and materials sent by the shopkeeper's grandpa to brew steaming butter tea for the two of them. They catch the wind and wash away the dust.

Just when Ya'er introduced the traditional Kjerag drink in the cup to the two of them, the sound of wind chimes as the restaurant opened was heard outside the door, as well as the voice of a man greeting the shop owner's grandfather. After a while, someone knocked on the door of the private room. door.

"Um, is Alpha here?"

"Come in Doctor."

"Ah, okay." The person who opened the door and walked in was the doctor wearing a hooded suit that had not even shaken off the snow.

"Ah, is this the Doctor from Rhode Island? Welcome." Ya'er was not surprised by this visitor. Alpha had her consent when notifying him, but she seemed to have already heard about the Doctor.

The room was very warm. The doctor took off his hooded jacket that was soaked by the snow and hung it on the coat rack. He sat down on the fire bed by the door with some restraint. A cup of the most traditional Xie appeared in front of him. Lager butter tea.

"The boss of the Shivaash family has mentioned you, Doctor. Now it seems with my own eyes that you are indeed something special." Ya'er said with a gentle smile.

Following her suggestion, everyone ordered some local specialties from Xierag. The shop owner went to the kitchen to work in the kitchen with a smile. Ya'er said that the cost of this meal will be reimbursed by Manzhuyuan, so everyone can order whatever they want. s things.Although I don’t understand how a religious institution can be responsible for the reimbursement of foreign guests, and I am surprised that Jeragond can actually say the modern word "reimbursement", but thinking about Kjerag who is gradually trying to open up to the outside world, these are not It's unreasonable.

Xierag's traditional diet is very characteristic of the plateau alpine zone. It is mainly based on unique dairy products, fried and ground grain powder and animal meat, embellished with several perennial fruits from the plateau area, and fresh vegetables in the dishes. The varieties are monotonous and rare, and those slightly sour fruits can be said to be an important way for the people of Kjerag to supplement their vitamins.

There are folk legends that those plateau fruits similar to plums are the blessings given to people by Yelagund. Their sour juice can prevent people from diseases. In fact, the most important function is to supplement vitamin C to avoid the occurrence of scurvy.

In recent years, with the gradual opening of Kjerag to the outside world, more vegetable crops that can be cultivated in the plateau and alpine zones, as well as greenhouse planting technology used to withstand severe cold, have flowed into Kjerag from the outside world, enriching the local residents' experience to a certain extent. As for the dietary structure, the efforts of Kalan trade have, to a certain extent, brought about positive changes in the adjustment of the dietary structure of the local people in Kjerag, which is developing towards industrialization.

Everyone chatted a lot, and Alpha also learned from Ya'er's mouth that the original intention of her meeting everyone was to be curious about the hello she said to her at that time. She was very curious about how her secret peeping was discovered by Alpha. of.

"I can feel the slight ripples in time and space when you appear, and naturally I can also hear you talking to yourself in my ears." Alpha said to her with a smile.

48. Cheese Fondue

Yeragond didn't come to everyone because of any great ambitions, or out of consideration for Kjerag's future. She was just simply curious about who could notice her soliloquies and her ordinary people. Undetectable curious gaze.

She just thought she had met a member of her race and wanted to say hello out of curiosity.It's a pity that Alpha is not of her own race. She is not one of the gods native to this land. She is an outsider.

But whether it was Yeragond or "Yar", she didn't look disappointed. Compared with ordinary people on the earth, Alpha was indeed a special existence. In a sense, although she was not her same race, she was indeed one of them. "Same kind", and these people acting with her really made her find it very interesting.

Both the Doctor and Seria are practical people with considerable skill and ability. They both come from areas that are far more developed than Kjerag, and when walking around Kjerag, they did not put on any utilitarian vision. .She could feel that whether it was the Doctor or Seria, they were all friendly to Shelagh, with friendly expectations just like Alpha's initial greetings, hoping that Shelagh would also be able to "live long and prosper." .

Everyone also realized that in Kjerag, the real god did not hold real power. She had already hidden herself behind the scenes and returned the full power of choice to the people of Kjerag.