A Chime Below the Throne [Interstellar]

Chapter 22

royal palace.

The combination of gorgeous retro decoration and post-modern design makes it impossible to guess the age of the palace.

The light-haired woman depicted her appearance in the mirror.

Compared with the beautiful young girl in her youth, the person in the mirror is obviously less energetic and filled with a bit of mature charm. Even if it can be seen that she has been carefully maintained, it cannot conceal the vicissitudes in her eyes.

This is the mistress of the Mein Empire, known as the Mother of Stars—Empress Teresa.Possesses exquisite beauty, a noble birth, and an unfaithful husband.

However, after years of drifting, this small flaw obviously can no longer affect her.

"Your Highness, the eldest prince seeks an audience." The maid bowed and announced the identity of the visitor.

Tereza nodded in approval.

The eldest prince walked in.

Even if she enters the palace, she is still dressed in women's clothing, with long hair reaching her waist, and she is gallant and heroic when walking.

"Mother." The eldest prince Keane gave a military salute to say hello.

Queen Teresa pushed her carefully permed curly hair impatiently: "It's really rare. Why did you think of looking for me?"

Keane raised his head, his raised eyebrows and gorgeous face had nothing in common with Queen Teresa's dignified and exquisite.That's right, the eldest prince was not born of Queen Teresa.

To be precise, neither the eldest prince Keane nor the second prince Casimir was born to Queen Teresa.

Queen Teresa's biological son is actually only Homan.

The current reigning Emperor Urkri, the love of his life is the mother of Keen and Casimir, who succeeded Teresa after his untimely death.

Therefore, the relationship between Queen Teresa and the first and second princes is naturally not that close.

If it wasn't necessary, Keane would rarely go to see Queen Teresa, but now he said: "I haven't seen my mother for a long time, come here to say hello."

Queen Teresa finished arranging her hair accessories and waved her hands: "Oh, since there is nothing to do. Just..."

Keane: "Homan went to White Musk to open up wasteland."

Queen Teresa obviously already knew about this matter. Although she has the title of empress and has no real power, she does care about her son's affairs to a certain extent.

"I know, I persuaded him not to go before, but you also know Homan's character..." Although the queen's favorite has a good reputation, it is not in vain.

After saying this, Queen Teresa frowned, as if she felt sorry for her son.

However, it was not because of this reason that Keane came to find Queen Teresa, but more because of the void grass that should not appear in Homan's prescription.There was also no news about Homan's withdrawal of the drug, and the news was cut off, so nothing was known about it.

In the end, after much deliberation, I decided to report it to the higher authorities. It would be best to let Homan be repatriated early.After all, if the drug is taken by mistake, the situation can be big or small. If it is small, there is no problem, but if it is big, it will be a lifetime thing.Homan is the third prince who has the right to inherit, and he is by no means an insignificant unknown.

Not only that, but Keane has been feeling uneasy about dispensing prescriptions indiscriminately. As a royal pharmacist, the possibility of error is very small, so he always feels that there must be some conspiracy in it.

As for Queen Teresa, although she is idle and has no real power, her position is high enough and she is dedicated to her son, so she is naturally the No. 1 choice.

Just as Keane was about to speak, the queen's communicator received a new signal, and several women in gorgeous costumes appeared on the screen, obviously first-class figures of noble ladies, and one of them knocked on a cigarette: "Three missing, one three Missing one! Speed ​​speed, Tereza! Stop messing with your hair."

Queen Teresa's elegant style of painting burst instantly, she bounced off the chair, rolled her skirt and rushed out of the door with lightning speed.

The eldest prince Keane, who hadn't said the key point, was left alone in place.

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The White Musk Star really deserves to be called a tasteless planet.Even if the climate and resources are not required, if it is used as a large playground, the rolled up white sand will choke into your mouth if you stand in the air.

Ludwig threatened Homan and took the old path he had come before.However, when Homan came from the northeast, it was obviously blessed by the aircraft, and he was not exposed to the wind and rain.But now, having withstood a fierce battle, the aircraft was in a semi-fragmented state, and Ludwig's previous act of pressing on the gas pedal accelerated the scrapping speed of the aircraft, and now it is impossible to fly for a long time.

This indeed made His Royal Highness the third prince, who was raised with a golden spoon in his mouth, suffer the crime of not having enough to eat and not to wear warm for the first time since his birth.

As they headed towards the northern hemisphere, the source of food became a problem.Fortunately, Simon is definitely a natural hunter, and he can always hunt animals that ordinary people can't detect in this harsh environment.

For example, the fat rat that often digs holes and lurks under the white sand, Homan calls it the white gerbil.Of course he said it casually, the military optical brain has been smashed to pieces, and most of the information is unknown, so who knows if they are called by this name.

As a dragon, Simon, who was used as a low-end gun, felt that his self-esteem as a dragon was torn apart.It's a pity that for some reason, it couldn't resist Ludwig.This strange bondage had followed it like an untouchable psychic suggestion since the first attempted attack.

As a result, Ludwig is more accustomed to directing Simon than Homan, and a look can make the crazy bird player understand what he is doing, and it makes His Royal Highness vomit blood with a tacit understanding.

The more it looks like going north, the less vegetation there is and the less oxygen it has. Homan put on an air mask, but Ludwig didn't respond.

At first, Homan thought that he was short-handed and finally had a thin skin, but as a big man, he couldn't wrong his "wife" so much, so he took the initiative to mention: "There is an air mask in the spare box inside the aircraft."

But he didn't expect this guy to cut it: "The current oxygen density is only half of that of Silver Rose, so there is no need for this thing at all." After speaking, he gave Homan a strange look, "Is it necessary to be so life-threatening? ?”

His Royal Highness, who was ridiculed for "sacrificing his life", became furious, and threw it away casually: "Don't use it, don't use it, don't beg me when the time comes." Within a few minutes, Simon was forced to take it back with a reluctance on his face.

I have been very free these days, and I don’t eat much. With Simon, I directly set up an exclusive position on his head, so I don’t have to fly with short wings. The only thing that consumes calories is talking and singing Rap, and these two pleasures It was completely deprived by the furry Homan, so the belly grew fat at a speed visible to the naked eye, and gradually developed into a spherical shape.

Once fat, the mouth is not easy to talk about.The one who usually likes to make trouble, gloats and stutters: "Hurry up... Hurry up! Fight! Rip, tear, tear! Tear his face! Homan!" Then he didn't watch No matter who made the move, the bird was photographed on the ground again, and got up with a sad face.

Homan looked at this silly bird with the size of a palm and understood it. He probably won't have a long memory if he does it again.

If one day the parrot dies, the cliff will be killed by its mouth.

After surpassing the location where Homan landed, even the red zigzag-shaped mobile vegetation that could survive without drinking water for a year disappeared.

After walking for too long, Homan gradually felt physical pain, numb limbs, nausea, and heart beating wildly.Looking at Ludwig who was walking like flying, he had no choice but to break his teeth and swallow, secretly hating his inferior body.

Ludwig missed the white musk beast that Ludwig wanted to catch and eat, and the number of white gerbils that burrowed into holes became less and less.Therefore, they had to store a certain amount of white gerbil flesh before moving on.It didn't seem unusual for the white musk beast to find Homan. When he first arrived, he only saw a white musk beast cub a few days ago. It can be seen that the "frequent haunts" mentioned on the military optical brain is not true. Is it just "frequently haunted" relative to the southern hemisphere?

Homan shook his head, but he didn't take this matter too seriously. The information on the military optical brain was far from the truth.Presumably it has been too long since the investigation, and the current information has long since been updated.

But this didn't explain Homan's doubts. Can a low-level species produce huge changes without the influence of the outside world?

If Keane was here, maybe he could still find some traces.Although Homan is known as a biological science, he is actually more interested in weapon research and development.

Just as he was about to move on, he found that Ludwig had stopped.Homan breathed a sigh of relief. He kept moving forward with great difficulty, and he could be considered to be able to slow down a bit.

Ludwig frowned rarely, as if he was enduring some pain.

Homan snorted: "What? I threw away the oxygen mask just now, and now I can't stand it anymore? I can't stand myself and die~"

The sarcastic words didn't seem to have reached Ludwig's ears, he opened his eyes, and suddenly said, "The radiation here is too high."

"What?" Homan was alert, his eyes widened, "Ionizing radiation?"

Ludwig's long eyelashes fluttered, and he looked at Homan meaningfully: "The radiation in front is ten times that of here." Homan is a sentinel with developed senses but no response...

Homan spit out a mouthful of blood on the ground, Ludwig's face became serious, and he picked up Homan and fled back a few miles.

"What are you trying to do!" Ludwig yelled.

Homan's pupils were dilated, his eyes were blank, and he coughed a few times with rapid panting, which made Ludwig hold his arms tightly: "Hey! Don't die here!"

At some point, the old man above Simon's head fell into a coma, trembling slightly in a ball.

Homan didn't answer his words, but looked into the distance. The white sand on the ground was so dry that it lost all moisture, floating on the surface like...

Compared with the previous soft and thick sand layer, the surface here is obviously abnormal.

radiation... radiation...

"There's something underground!"

Homan ignored him and fell forward, but was pushed to the ground by Ludwig again, and ordered: "Do you want to die?"

Ludwig's tone was a little hasty, but he regretted it after he finished speaking. He intended to dispel Homan's plan to be tough, but it sounded like a mockery.

But Homan didn't care about his tone at all, and swallowed the fishy salt in his mouth: "There is something under the ground, it should be ore!"

"Okay, I'll get it. You wait here." After speaking, Ludwig ran back.

Homan supported Simon to get up, and felt awkward when the wind blew suddenly...he is a sentinel, not as good as a guide...

Before he finished blushing, Ludwig returned with great efficiency.

With a more serious expression, he took out the insulating box from the aircraft, put a bright red stone in his hand into it, and handed it to Homan.

The moment Homan picked up the ore, his expression changed, and his mouth opened in surprise: "This is, this is the rough stone of ice steel!"

Ice steel, the original stone is also called ice uranium mica, and ice uranium mica is divided into three, six, and nine grades. The poorer ice uranium mica can be fused with other lightweight materials to make advanced transportation tools such as starships and spaceships; High-quality ice steel, if handed over to a weapon master, can be made into a weapon that can be encountered but not sought after.

Most people know that the ice steel itself is hard and light, but they don’t know that the raw stone ice uranium mica of ice steel is extremely radioactive, and it is forbidden to get close to the human body without processing.

Homan raised his head, looked around, and looked at Ludwig in a daze, "Go over and see, how many of these things... are there?"

Ludwig's deep pupils flashed: "It's hard to say. I just circled the border for a long time, and I couldn't get to the end. It will never be less."

This thing... is by no means naturally contained in the White Musk Star.Homan is well aware of the conditions for the production of ice uranium mica ore, and he knows very well the galaxy that the empire belongs to that produces this ore.The geological conditions of the White Musk planet are completely irrelevant. The anomaly of the white musk beast in the northern hemisphere he encountered before and the extinction of the white gerbil in this area also show that the mica is artificially stored.

Naturally, the empire would never allow military school students like them to open up wasteland where the ice uranium mica mines were stored, so this batch of ice uranium mica would never belong to the Mein Empire.

So--

A non-fortress planet on the border of Mein stores a huge amount of raw materials for armaments. The reason for this is naturally not simple...

Thinking of this part, Homan broke out in a cold sweat.He looked at Ludwig, and the other party's eyes flickered, and he couldn't tell the depth at all.Homan stood in awe, waiting for the other party's opinion.

"Ha!" Ludwig narrowed his eyes, "No wonder there are no white musk beasts, so there is radiation. Let's take a detour."

Homan:  …

He must have a brain cramp to feel that Ludwig can think two more steps!