The players were feeling surprised and shocked. Xu Sili also saw the military factory below from the control room of the shuttle.
The all-metal building was majestic and atmospheric. It was hidden in the canyon like a dormant lion, waiting to one day break out and shake in all directions.
Xu Sili hadn’t expected Xiao Wu to make the place look like this in such a short period of time.
He remembered that when he last visited, this was a rudimentary metal processing building. It wasn’t so large or built so majestically.
But…
Wouldn’t it be too wasteful to just use it to make vehicles?
The spaceship was previously sent here because Xiao Wu said that the spaceship was also a ‘vehicle’ and he wanted to study it.
Yes, maybe it could be used to make spaceships later?
Xu Sili was just about to open the factory panel to take a look when the communicator suddenly rang.
[Brother, Brother~]
It was a message from Xiao Wu.
The shuttle was piloted by a pilot and Xiao Wu didn’t appear in front of outsiders.
[Isn’t my factory cool?]
Xu Sili’s lips curved slightly and he replied.
[Yes, it is cool.]
Xiao Wu: [Brother, do you like it?]
Xu Sili: [I like it. Xiao Wu is very powerful.]
Xiao Wu: [Hehe～ Xiao Wu also likes it. It isn’t very powerful and there are still many things that haven’t been built. You have to wait a bit longer.]
Xiao Wu: [It will be more powerful then.]
Xu Sili looked at his reply and felt that the current Xiao Wu had completely lost the mechanical feeling of an artificial intelligence. Based on this conversation alone, people would think this was a child who had made some achievements and was eager to share and perform in front of adults.
There was nothing wrong with this.
Looking at the factory below, maybe he could look forward to what Xiao Wu would be like in the future.
The shuttle descended slowly. The players and NPC guards got off the shuttle and gathered in an open space.
There were robots to greet them.
“Welcome all the handsome brothers and sisters to the secret base of Xiao Wu～ Please line up and follow me. Don’t wander around.”
The robot’s head was boxy and the electronic screen displayed the emoji ‘^_^’. The voice wasn’t mechanical at all. It was a cute child’s voice and it was especially humane.
It was just that such a warning naturally couldn’t restrain the players well.
The moment he finished speaking, a player crossed a line in the clearing. The next second, there was a burst of electricity. The player fell to the ground while convulsing and his hair instantly became an afro.
Seeing this scene, the other players who were about to move hurriedly retracted their feet.
F*k? What was this situation?
Under everyone’s eyes, another robot wearing plastic gloves walked up to the player who was walking around illegally. It grabbed his ankle and slowly dragged him back to the clearing. Then his convulsions were relieved.
At this time, the guidance robot spoke again. “Dear handsome brothers and sisters, don’t run around casually or you might step on some traps.”
The players, “……”
Xu Sili, “……” Xiao Wu is mighty!
Standing at the door of the cabin and seeing the players in the clearing who were instantly obedient, Xu Sili nodded with satisfaction.
As for the player who was electrocuted, he had already got back up again. Obviously, the damage from the electrical current wasn’t high. It just produced a paralyzing effect.
It was just that his hair wouldn’t recover for a while.
Xu Sili stepped down from the cabin. The surrounding players and imperial guards all gave way.
The obedient players looked at him and at the guidance robot with expressions of watching the play.
Did his Majesty also want to follow behind the robot?
As a result, a shadow suddenly appeared over them. Everyone looked up and saw a unique looking and cool floating car had flown over them at some point.
Under an oppressive feeling, they all got out of the way and watched the floating car slowly descend and stop precisely in front of Xu Sili.
The door opened and the steps lowered by themselves. Then the red carpet rolled down and almost sparkled with special effects.
The voice of the guidance robot was heard again.
“Your Majesty, Lord Marshal, please get in the car. Don’t tire out your feet.”
The players, “……”
Hey, was it okay to treat them this differently?
Xu Sili didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Since when did Xiao Wu like to engage in such fancy things?
Subconsciously, he turned his head and glanced at Si Sheng. Si Sheng smiled slightly, bent down and made a ‘please’ gesture. His posture was elegant and respectful.
Xu Sili looked at the top of his head and shook his head in an amused manner. Xu Sili had to take the lead to enter the floating car.
The scene was completely filmed by the players’ live broadcast cameras and watched the two of them enter the floating car and head to the spaceship, entering the spaceship together. Then the barrage was full of screams.
[Ahhhh, I ship it!]
[Si Snow is real!]
[Hahaha, this is dignity.]
[This floating car is so cool. Can I buy it in the mall?]
Later, the players filled with complicated emotions lined up to follow the guidance robot and walked in the direction of the spaceship. They didn’t dare to show any more disobedient behavior.
In fact, most people felt it was very novel.
It wasn’t that they hadn’t seen the intelligent robots of the Mercenary Association, but they all had a businesslike attitude. It was the first time they had seen this type of guidance robot.
Speaking of which, the fact that Roland had a spaceship surprised them. Judging from their experience in the first and second closed betas, the current main plotline of the game should focus on dealing with interstellar beasts and building the nation.
High-tech shadows could be seen in some details, such as the flying shuttle and floating vehicles, but according to their understanding, these were alien technologies and weren’t produced in Roland itself.
Some people even speculated that they had to build their own spaceships in the future. As for when they could pilot a mecha, they estimated that it would be after a few expansions.
They hadn’t expected Roland to hide such a military factory! It looked very high-tech and the manufacturing process of pure metal was completely different from Roland’s style.
However, Xiao Wu’s Military Factory… who was this Xiao Wu?
The players lined up to follow the guidance robot. The player at the front of the line was encouraged by his teammate and couldn’t help asking, “That… who is Xiao Wu?”
The robot was walking in front and originally facing forward. After hearing this question, his head turned 180 degrees to the rear.
Then with the ^_^ emoji, he stepped with his head facing backward. “It is Master Xiao Wu.”
The player, “……”
Didn’t he know how scary this was?
However, his teammates didn’t understand his mood and urged him vigorously.
He had to ask, “So… who is Master Xiao Wu?”
“Xiao Wu is the administrator here.”
“Oh? The administrator of this base? Then who is the owner of this base?”
What type of hidden boss or awesome NPC would it be?!
The robot didn’t answer right away and just looked at the player quietly with the ^_^ emoji.
It was obviously a smiling face but the players vaguely felt a trace of contempt.
Huh? What was this situation?
Finally, the robot spoke in a tone like he didn’t really want to answer this stupid question, but he had to answer.
“Of course, His Majesty Roland.”
“……” Okay!
Xu Sili had already boarded the spaceship. He waited for the pilot in the control room and couldn’t help telling the little artificial intelligence not to bully the players too hard.
Xiao Wu replied very obediently, “Oh, okay.”
He could bully but he couldn’t bully too hard.
Seeing how well-behaved Xiao Wu was, Xu Sili couldn’t bear to say anything else. He didn’t know that this little artificial intelligence had understood his subtext very thoroughly.
At this point, another question distracted him.
Looking at the control system of the spaceship that wasn’t the same as the shuttle, he thought of something he hadn’t considered before. The Roland Empire didn’t seem to have high-end talents who could master spaceship piloting?
Once the shuttle pilot got on the spaceship and walked into the control room under the guidance of the robot, Xu Sili directly asked his doubts.
Flying the shuttle and flying the spaceship… should be the same, right?
The pilot’s eyes widened sharply and he had an expression that asked, ‘Your Majesty, are you serious?’
The two systems must be different!
In addition, interstellar travel… he had no experience at all! Wasn’t this trip to let him follow, learn and gain experience?
The pilot’s face turned pale and he was about to collapse. Xu Sili hurriedly said, “I was just asking. The spaceship has an autopilot function and I won’t let you do it directly.”
It was just that with space navigation, it was inevitable to encounter some unexpected situations. If they needed to pilot manually then it might be troublesome…
He seemed to have thought too simply of things.
Xu Sili frowned. Just then, the communicator rang again.
[Brother, Brother, I can!]
Xu Sili blinked? Huh? What could he do?
[Xiao Wu can drive a spaceship! Xiao Wu can do it! Really!]
Seeing the several exclamation points in a row, Xu Sili could imagine the excitement of the child.
Xiao Wu wasn’t human but as an artificial intelligence…
It wasn’t impossible to let him drive it?
Xu Sili: [Are you really okay?]
Xiao Wu: [No problem. I played secretly!]
Xu Sili: [?]
Xiao Wu: [……]
After gaining a confession, Xu Sili found out that Xiao Wu had already secretly driven the spaceship out to play. According to his explanation, it was to study and test the spaceship.
However, the fact that he made a mistake just now allowed Xu Sili to know that this guy was probably driving a spaceship for fun.
Xu Sili: [No one discovered you?]
It stood to reason that Imperial City wasn’t sparsely populated. If such a large spaceship was flown then shouldn’t it be seen by someone?
A sentence carefully appeared on the communicator.
Xiao Wu: [I… I installed a cloaking device QAQ.]
Xu Sili: […Where did you get the technology?]
Xiao Wu: [Just… the Star Network.]
The answer was very innocent but Xu Sili didn’t believe that this type of high-end technology would be freely available on the Star Network. Did Xiao Wu illegally enter a planet?
Now it seemed that even the communication system of the Interstellar Alliance could be hacked…
Xu Sili wanted to continue asking but now everyone was ready to go and was waiting for him to give the order.
He struggled for a minute. Finally, he decided to go according to the original plan.
Based on Roland’s conditions, he didn’t know how long it would take to train an excellent spaceship pilot. Meanwhile, he had already promised Mr Huo and the others and he couldn’t break his promise.
In any case, there was the autopilot system and Xiao Wu. If it went well, they would be able to reach Kechibal Star in two days.
He would adjust the plan according to the situation later.
So amidst the cheers of the players, the spaceship slowly took over. Even the selected imperial guards were uncontrollably excited.
The starry sky of the universe. They never expected that they would be able to go out and see it in their lifetime!
Under the autopilot, the spaceship flew according to the set route. They soon left Imperial City and flew in the sky to the safe passage opened by the Interstellar Alliance in the past.
It was still winter and most of the flying interstellar beasts rarely appeared. However, there were a small number of interstellar beasts who weren’t affected all year round and even lived in the sky.
It was also the first time that Xu Sili knew there were such interstellar beasts.
At first, these interstellar beasts tried to attack the spaceship. It was only after Si Sheng released his coercion that the beasts ran away in a hurry. Not long after, there was a reminder from the spaceship’s control system.
“The ship has entered the safe passage smoothly. Everything is running well.”
Xu Sili clearly felt the change.
Even if Si Sheng took back his coercion, the alien beasts that lived in the sky no longer attacked the spaceship and seemed to have lost interest in the spaceship.
The pilot expressed his doubts to Xu Sili.
As a result, the autopilot system actually answered and behaved very intelligently.
Xu Sili finally understood that it was due to the cover of a special magnetic field. The flying interstellar beasts couldn’t detect the spaceship so they didn’t attack.
They just had to keep driving along the safe passage and not deviate from it and there would generally be no problems.
The pilot had never flown a spaceship before and hadn’t made an interstellar journey. He cherished the opportunity very much. After hearing the explanation of the spaceship system, the pilot lowered his head and took notes.
Xu Sili looked at him and at Xiao Wu, who was disguised as the spaceship system. He thought about it and didn’t disturb them.
Forget it, this was also very good.
The former border of the Roland Empire.
Due to the arrival of winter, the jungle was covered with thick snow and the temperature was colder than before.
Silin left the warm underground cave and traveled through the forest like a light breeze. Her figure moved further and further away from the cave.
It was only when it was so cold that she dared to venture such a long distance without worrying about being discovered by the beasts on the way back.
Moreover, she had recently been breaking through in strength and was faintly approaching three stars. This gave her more confidence.
In the cold winter month, the forest was very quiet apart from the sound of a small number of beasts coming and going.
Silin flew quickly.
She was going to visit the abandoned base to see if she could pick up something that was still usable. If possible, she wanted to see if she could repair the base station.
If the base station could be repaired, the communication device would be able to receive and send signals and she could perhaps contact Imperial City.
She believed that Roland wasn’t dead yet. This was the belief that underpinned her. The recent lifting of the level restriction also made her more confident.
At this moment, several screams came from far away in the air. Silin reacted quickly and clung to the trunk of a large tree to hide herself.
After confirming that there was no danger, she looked up in the direction where the sounds came from.
High in the sky, she could see the figures of several giant beasts.
She knew that they were the sky beasts that lived above the clouds. They were the real overlords of the sky and their tempers were very violent. Even the most powerful ground beasts would have to back off when meeting them.
Then what happened today? What were these lawless beasts hiding from?
Silin’s eyes narrowed to look. Then her heart started to beat wildly.
This… this…
She didn’t care about the possibility of being exposed. She raised her hand nervously to call up the recording camera of the communicator and aimed at the high altitude in the distance. Then she kept zooming in on the screen.
This high-definition camera was from alien technology. It might be a product from three years ago but the performance was still excellent.
Once the outline of the spaceship faintly appeared on the screen of the communicator, Silin’s eyes turned red.
It was a human spaceship!
Was it someone from the Interstellar Alliance? Perhaps… a citizen of Roland?
The next moment, she flew out without any hesitation. She turned into a gust of wind and rushed into the sky!
It was so fast that even a sonic boom could be heard.
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