Chapter 425: Changes in the Sky
On the towering walls of the imperial palace, the light on Artesia's body flickered continuously.
The surface of Xinaluo is covered with a large amount of vegetation, and the air quality is quite good. Coupled with a large number of powerful planetary climate control devices, the visibility of the planet's atmosphere is very high.
The light from the battle armor was able to spread to the surroundings without any hindrance. Even the residents of Xinaluo, who were far away on the edge of the imperial city, could see the light that read out the queen's will very clearly.
After three reciprocating cycles, the light stabilized again.
Under the walls of the imperial palace, Gurchi stared at the figure on the wall in a daze.
Excitement, melancholy... and worries about the future.
Complex emotions surged into his heart at the same time. For a moment, Gurchi didn't even know how to react.
Suddenly.
A noisy sound came from behind and quickly spread to the surroundings.
The originally quiet imperial city became noisy in just a few seconds!
[Changed! Changed!! 】
【Star God above...】
【...】
A series of flickering weak fluorescent lights came from beside him, conveying some fragmented and fragmented information to Gurchi.
Gurchi was stunned.
Changed?
What changed?
He subconsciously looked at the palace guard in front of him, trying to see something from his expression.
But...
the guard who had saluted Artesia on the city wall with a respectful face before was now looking up at the sky above his head with a dull face.
Looking at the other party's shocked expression and eyes reflecting a faint bright light, Gurchi finally realized something belatedly.
The no-fly order has been lifted, and the "iron shell" in the high-altitude orbit of Xinaluo Star, isn't it...
He took a breath of cold air and suddenly raised his head to look at the sky above his head!
Like a huge curtain that was slowly opened, the originally dim sky finally showed a different color!
As the large-scale tachyon broadcast array in the high-altitude orbit gradually withdrew, the previously cramped sky also became vast!
Unlike the grayish black sky before, the sky now is deeper.
The tiny and cold light is dotted in the dense and almost indissoluble darkness. It is the starlight transmitted from the infinite distance, which the Xinaluo people have not seen for decades! !
Gulchi's pupils suddenly dilated, and his body trembled slightly as he looked at the extremely deep starry sky.
At this moment, a fragment of memory that had been silent for more than 40 years surged out from the depths of his mind.
...
More than 40 years ago.
The place of creation, the home planet of Xinaluo.
At night, red light bands like silk lingered in the sky, reflecting the entire starry sky into a bright red.
In these red silk bands, there are also some blue and purple light bands.
These are the colorful lights produced by the emission nebula, which is also the symbol of the place of creation.
As a serving Xinaluo soldier, Gulchi's main task is to perform some basic defense work on the home planet.
Although it's called defense, there are actually no enemies on this planet that he needs to guard against. Thousands of years ago, the Xinaluo civilization completed the unification of civilization. The resolution of internal conflicts and the abundance of resources have allowed the Xinaluo civilization to enter a period of stability and peace for thousands of years.
As for external conflicts...
So far, the Xinaluo civilization has never encountered an advanced civilization - at least that's what the Royal Expedition Fleet said.
Not to mention advanced civilizations, even basic life has never been seen.
Correspondingly, there is no defense work to speak of.
His biggest workload every day is to monitor the lush forest in front of him to ensure that the large light stone veins inside it will not be mined without authorization by some greedy thieves.
[It's so boring...] Looking at the endless and undulating forest under the red starry sky, Gurqi, who was sitting on the top of the monitoring tower, sighed helplessly.
[Boring?] A faint flickering fluorescence came from beside him, [I think this life is quite comfortable. At least I don't have to run to the sky every day like those space soldiers...]
Gurqi turned his head and looked to the side.
That was his partner, Gerson. He
was also responsible for the defense of this forest and the light stone veins in it.
Looking at his partner beside him, Gurchi shook his head slowly: [No, no, no, I still like the work of those space soldiers.]
[At least I don’t have to face this unchanging forest all day long.]
Gurchi curled his lips in annoyance, obviously not agreeing with Gurchi’s opinion: [Forget it, I heard that those space soldiers go to those uninhabited planets to mine every day.]
[These are not space soldiers... They are clearly a group of miners.]
Gurchi laughed dumbly, and after a moment of silence, he cast his eyes towards the red starry sky above his head again: [... At least, this way we can be closer to the star god.]
After this, it was Gurchi’s turn to be silent.
He sighed deeply, and followed Gurchi to cast his eyes towards the starry sky above his head.
At the end of the sight, the starlight that almost condensed into substance slowly fell, and finally drifted to the infinite distance - that was the imperial city of Xinaluo Star.
[Star God above...]
Gurchi prayed to the starry sky with a pious look.
Suddenly, a dazzling red light appeared in the center of the starry sky.
[…What is that?]
Gurchi stopped praying and stared at the bright red light.
Like Gurchi, Gerson also stared at the suddenly appearing red light in silence: [I don’t know either…]
The red light spread rapidly and became more intense at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This is… an explosion!!
When Gurchi realized this, his pupils slightly dilated and he stood up from his seat suddenly: [What happened up there? ! ]
In response to him, there were only a series of tiny explosions that looked like countless stars!
[…Enemy attack?] Gerson also stood up and speculated in a low voice, [Or… a rebellion?]
The next second.
A dazzling light came from the monitoring tower behind him, and the light flickered, warning the two defense soldiers.
[Warning of attack by unknown life form! ]
[Attention! The Xinaluo mother planet was attacked by unknown life forms. So far, dozens of unknown life forms have broken through the mother planet’s orbital defense system! 】
【The number of life forms that have landed in the current area: 1. 】
【Please all defense soldiers prepare for battle as soon as possible! 】
The surrounding atmosphere suddenly fell into a dead silence.
A cool breeze blew from the depths of the forest, quickly dispelling some of the heat from Gurchi and Gerson.
【This...】 Gurchi slowly turned his head and looked at the monitoring tower that was still flashing warning information. He suddenly felt a chill behind him. 【Unknown life form... What does it mean? 】
Gerson shook his head stiffly, and then he seemed to see something. The frequency of the fluorescent flashes on his body suddenly became chaotic: 【That, over there...】
Gurchi hurriedly turned his head and looked in the direction of Gerson's finger.
A bright red light rolled down from the sky, like a blazing meteor, and slammed into the vast forest!
Boom! ! !
Crack! ! Crack! !
Strong vibrations and shock waves swept from the center of the impact. The sound of tree trunks bursting continued to sound under the starry sky, shattering the last bit of luck in Gurchi and Gerson's hearts.
As the billowing smoke and dust rising into the sky gradually dissipated, the object at the center of the impact also appeared in front of the two people.
It was a huge monster covered with hard armor!
A bug! A bug that was more than ten meters in size!
[What...what on earth is this thing...]
Gerson swallowed his saliva and asked with a trembling body.
Under the gaze of the two, the bug gently shook off the dust and gravel on its body, and slowly stood up from the deep pit formed by the impact - the huge impact force of the meteorite hitting the planet before did not cause any damage to it!
It slowly opened its sharp and sharp mouthparts, made a hoarse hissing sound, then turned its head and locked its eyes on the tall monitoring tower that was constantly flashing dazzling light.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Heavy footsteps and tree trunks bursting sounded at the same time, and the giant worm rushed towards the monitoring tower with a clear goal! !
[Quick! ! ] Gurchi shuddered and was the first to recover from the shock. He stretched out his hand and pulled the still dazed Gesen hard, [Battle armor! ! ]
After saying that, he ran directly to the latest model of battle armor placed not far away without any hesitation.
Sitting inside the heavy battle armor, watching the heavy face armor slowly fall, the shock and fear in Gurchi's heart also dissipated a lot.
Boom! ! !
At the moment when Gurchi and Gesen successfully activated the battle armor, the ten-meter giant worm had already rushed to the towering monitoring tower!
The next moment.
Under the gaze of the two, the giant worm opened its dark purple mouthparts and bit the waist of the tower fiercely! ! !
Squeak...
accompanied by a sound that made people's teeth ache, the monitoring tower made of high-strength composite materials began to slowly deform! !
Even... break! ! !
Gurchi looked at the expanding crack with a trembling heart, and fell into a sluggish state for a while.
What kind of creature is this? !
[Jump! ! ]
Gerson's shout came from the side, awakening Gurchi who was at a loss.
With the help of Gerson, two mechanical armors with faint fluorescent lights on their surfaces jumped down from the top of the tower and dived towards the ground below!
Accompanied by two slight popping sounds, a weak impact came from under them - with the help of the combat armor, Gurchi and Gerson had safely landed on the ground.
As soon as he reached the ground, Gurchi quickly manipulated the combat armor to look at the tower behind him.
Ka! Bang! !
A huge explosion sounded from behind, and the monitoring tower that had stood in the forest for hundreds of years suddenly broke! !
Immediately afterwards, there was an indescribable sharp friction sound!
Under the horrified eyes of Gurchi and Gerson, the giant insect bit the tower into pieces and swallowed it into its stomach! !
[Star God above...]
Gesen cried out in fear: [What kind of creature is this?]
[No matter what kind of creature it is.]
Gurchi manipulated the battle armor and pulled out the equipped weapon from his waist.
[Now what we have to do is to kill it! !]
(End of this chapter)
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