Well, even in a place as large as China, the best way to transport large amounts of data is by human courier.
This move, this move is back to basics.
But with all that said, the Courier’s method of transmitting messages still has too much latency and is only suitable for one-way communication.
Naturally, Lin Zhen couldn’t use such slow and unsafe relay methods if he wanted real-time contact with Zi Jiu and the others.
Fortunately, Chicha, as a cyborg from the Military Headquarters during the Empire’s technological peak, still remembered some of the Military Headquarters’ technology.
Among them was a top-tier technology developed by the Imperial Technology Bureau to solve the problem of ultra-long-distance communication between command centers and the military.
Lin Zhen didn’t quite understand the specific principle yet, only that it borrowed from the Courier’s principle, constructing hundreds of millions of stable jump channels dedicated to information transmission, allowing messages to rely on the Empire’s network without needing a Courier, jumping back and forth between positive and negative space to quickly traverse vast distances.
Although Chicha had been expelled from the Military Headquarters, with the help of this quantum supercomputer, he could sneakily piggyback on these jump channels to build a temporary secret chat room, allowing him to chat with Zi Jiu and the others with only a dozen minutes of delay.
And this was also a way for them to contact each other in case of emergencies while training at the Academy.
“Yes, building the chat room will take three hours. Get some rest first, and I’ll call you when it’s ready.”
Chicha’s projection disappeared, and a rumbling sound instantly echoed in the underground space.
One blue light after another lit up in the darkness, and the entire Tide Type III quantum supercomputer was now running at full capacity.
He could now dominate the battlefield of the network, his terrifying computational power transformed into weapons and armor that clad Chicha.
Lin Zhen stared at the quantum supercomputer for a while, then returned to the room he used to store his equipment.
He planned to depart tomorrow. Not only because of his supernatural power, but also to ensure nothing went wrong, he needed to bring a lot of things in advance.
Star energy metal ingots continuously refined and compressed in recent years, melee weapons made from star energy metal, scientific weapon components using the Academy’s latest technology, self-developed combat robot modules…
Looking at the pile of must-bring items he had organized, Lin Zhen showed a confident smile.
With these treasures, not to mention just a second-level star power user, even if he unexpectedly encountered a Three-Star energy user enemy, he was confident he could fight them.
Alright, Lin Zhen actually dared to set up this flag. There will definitely be a scene where he fights a Three-Star energy user later.
It’s normal for the protagonist to fight above his level, right?
‘There is indeed a battle scene with a Three-Star energy user, but if nothing unexpected happens, that Star energy user… should be me.’
Looking at the image in the upper right of her vision, Yun Ruoxi said in her heart.
Her main body was on a long voyage, and her doppelganger had also boarded a carriage. Bored, she had no choice but to keep “peeping” on Lin Zhen.
It had been over a year since they last met, and she missed them a lot.
These people were the first friends she made after that night, and after all… they might possibly be her last batch of friends!
“So far, I’ve had almost no influence on the first episode, so according to the rough outline, I should be able to see the main cast appear later… Hmm, it’s the scene where I appear.”
Yun Ruoxi muttered after flipping through: “Let me recall, the end of the first episode should be…”
As the female villain, she had quite a lot of screen time.
Although the first few episodes predetermined that she wouldn’t directly clash with the main cast, the production team still managed to give her some shots.
But those shots were still too few, just a second. What she wanted was much more!
The girl in the carriage greedily licked her lips.
But just then—
Bang!
A violent explosion suddenly sounded, and the world in Yun Ruoxi’s left eye shook violently.
Her attention returned to her main body.
The girl coldly opened her eyes. The horizontal strip on top of her T-shaped black-and-white mask instantly lit up with two glaring red beams.
“Big Sister!” Shi Linglin, standing by, gently lifted her skirt and said softly, “We have arrived at our destination. The vibration just now came from the enemy’s stubborn resistance. Please step in and deal with them.”
“The secret key is… Night.”
The moment the maid finished speaking, characters flickered on the display screen.
[Key confirmed, activating… Armament]
[Selected: Excitement]
[System begins detecting Armament log, selecting emotional element]
[This granted Battle Armor ability: Fire]
As the unidentified object was selected, the text on the screen disappeared.
A girl’s avatar with adorable blushes on her cheeks and a pouting mouth flashed by, with a flame-like pattern beside it.
The end of the gray pipe extending from beneath the huge iron seat suddenly bulged, as if some kind of energy was surging inside it.
The bulging part continuously fed into the seat, writhing like a python.
The girl curled up on the seat suddenly let out a muffled groan, her hands exposed outside the mask trembling slightly, her black-polished fingertips curling gently.
Her cheeks on both sides of the mask flushed visibly, and her breathing became faster and faster, like a car engine being gently revved up in winter to warm it.
“Battle armor assembly!” The cold AI voice sounded.
“Huff… huff…” She panted in small breaths at first, but her breathing grew heavier.
Thick mechanical structures extended from beneath the iron seat, coiling like giant pythons.
A ring-shaped loading platform quickly moved from not far away to above her head and began to rotate slowly.
***
The next second, mechanical arms extending from the inner ring brought heavy black battle armor, a helmet, and steel boots toward her.
The girl remained motionless, allowing the mechanical arms to piece by piece assemble the heavy armor onto her slender body.
Until… only the helmet remained. The girl’s waist-length hair, which had inexplicably turned completely gray, gently hung down behind the armor.
The mechanical arm clamped the helmet and stopped to the side.
Shi Linglin held a ribbon, bit her lower lip, and walked over, gently tying up the girl’s long hair.
Her movements were practiced and swift; in an instant, the waist-length gray hair was tied into a ponytail.
“All done, Big Sister!”
Hearing the girl’s increasingly rapid breathing, Shi Linglin stepped back.
Click!
The mechanical arm lowered the final helmet. The interior of the helmet was very spacious, a full size larger than the girl’s petite head, so there was no problem even with a bundled ponytail inside.
However… after putting on the helmet, the girl who had been wearing a trench coat and mask, still showing her stunning beauty despite her coldness, had completely turned into a cumbersome iron lump.
Not to mention gender, you couldn’t even tell if she was human.
Hum—
The spaceship wall in front of the seat slowly opened to both sides, exposing the entire interior of the spaceship directly to the complex space environment.