Getting off the spaceship, Luoqi and Lucy said their goodbyes.
Lucy didn't stay long, while Luoqi still had to carry out the next step of his plan here.
After Lucy left, Luoqi prepared his equipment and boarded the spaceship alone.
The spaceship's launch thruster activated.
The pulse thruster activated.
In just an instant, the spaceship Luoqi was piloting was already within the Solar System.
Using the pulse thruster to fly the spaceship away from Earth, Luoqi arrived at the edge of the Solar System.
The spaceship hovered in space.
And Luoqi's attention was also focused on the system.
As Luoqi redeemed a module.
A ripple was stirred up in the cosmic space in front of the spaceship.
After a brief fluctuation, a giant black sphere appeared in the universe.
[Space Anomaly]
[A giant space station from the Deep Space universe, it is the hub connecting travelers in Deep Space.
Unlike ordinary space stations, the Space Anomaly, in addition to having larger internal space, also possesses the ability to warp and move, allowing it to travel to other locations in the universe through warping.]
This giant black sphere before him was the Space Anomaly Luoqi had redeemed.
It was a giant cosmic space station.
Luoqi also planned to use it as the true base for Ascension Technology in the universe.
To develop into the universe, there must be a foothold within the universe.
Although Luoqi could choose to establish a new base on another planet.
But the current Ascension Technology has not yet fully explored space.
Coupled with the fact that finding a habitable planet in space is incredibly difficult.
So establishing a production base on another planet would be fine.
But when it comes to establishing a base suitable as a headquarters, it is more appropriate on a space station.
The Space Anomaly perfectly met this requirement.
In appearance, the Space Anomaly was a giant black metallic sphere.
Flying into the interior through the circular entrance on the sphere, one could see the vast space within the sphere.
Although in Deep Space, the range of activity available to players within the Space Anomaly was not extensive.
But beyond these areas, there was also a very large space.
This space was sufficient for Luoqi to build a small city.
It was more than enough to serve as the headquarters for Ascension Technology.
Of course, the main reason Luoqi chose the Space Anomaly was its mobility, which other space stations did not possess.
At the same time, the external defense capabilities of the Space Anomaly were also very strong; although it wasn't equipped with offensive weapons, its giant metallic shell made it extremely sturdy.
Who would refuse a base that is sturdy, large, and can escape at any time?
Looking at the redeemed Space Anomaly, Luoqi didn't hesitate and piloted the spaceship towards the Anomaly's entrance.
Detecting the spaceship's approach, the Anomaly's entrance opened.
Under the control of the docking program, the spaceship's direction was corrected to align with the Anomaly's gravity.
Then, it flew into the Anomaly at a constant speed.
Passing through ring after ring of floating metal hoops, the spaceship piloted by Luoqi steadily docked at the Anomaly's internal spaceship port.
Opening the cockpit door, Luoqi stepped off the spaceship.
Upon arriving inside the Anomaly, the Space Anomaly at this moment was not as lively as in the game, with a large number of travelers docked here.
Now, there was only one life form present in the entire Anomaly: Luoqi.
At this time, the Anomaly was like an unpowered computer; aside from the port docking program and gravity system functioning normally, all other systems were silent.
There was almost no other light source in the entire Anomaly, nor the hum of operating machinery.
Arriving at the platform near the port, there was a metallic spherical eye suspended within a transparent cube.
As Luoqi approached, the metallic eye activated and opened its eye.
The metallic eye emitted two parallel beams of light, scanning Luoqi's body.
"Anomaly owner identity authentication successful... Welcome, Anomaly Master."
This was the Anomaly's central hub intelligence.
Of course, as the Anomaly's hub, it did not possess its own conscious thought.
It was merely a pre-set control program.
After the hub system authenticated Luoqi's identity, the metallic eye then issued instructions.
"Space Anomaly starting...."
"Anomaly gravity system running... Normal."
"Anomaly warp system initializing... Normal."
"Anomaly life support system initializing... Race: Human."
"Anomaly Deep Space Network connection initializing..... Connection failed!"
"Anomaly Master, initialize Anomaly name?"
The Anomaly's initialization program was continuously executing.
At this point, the central system asked Luoqi if he wanted to initialize the Anomaly's name.
Initializing the name was like uploading the base's name when establishing a base.
The current Space Anomaly could also be understood as a large base.
Although it was not currently connected to the Deep Space Network, the name setting still existed.
Facing the hub intelligence's question, Luoqi pondered for a moment.
Since he was initializing the Anomaly's name, he might as well use the Space Anomaly's characteristics.
A giant black spherical space station, just like an artificial planet.
Since that's the case...
"Initialize Anomaly name: Black Star."
Luoqi replied to the hub intelligence.
"Command received, initialization program executing..."
"Initialization complete. Welcome, Master of Black Star."
As the hub intelligence's voice fell, it also signified that the initialization process for the Space Anomaly, or rather, Black Star, was completely finished.
The flowing light strips on the floor below the hub lit up with brilliant colors, then spread outwards like blood flowing through veins.
The light illuminated the interior of Black Star, and the entire Black Star seemed to awaken.
Ascension Technology's space headquarters, Black Star, was officially activated at this moment.
...
Passing through the plaza where the central hub was located, Luoqi continued walking towards the interior of Black Star.
Since this was a brand new Space Anomaly space station redeemed from the system, its internal structure was not entirely the same as in the game.
There were no more rooms or interior structures here, but a larger platform plaza.
Just like a fresh plot of land, waiting for Luoqi to create his ideal base upon it.
However, although the original structure and buildings were gone.
There was one thing Luoqi had specifically added and kept when redeeming the module.
Arriving at the leftmost side of the central plaza.
There was a giant double-ring device here; the outer ring was continuously rotating counter-clockwise while suspended.
And the center of the inner ring was continuously emitting a blue, ethereal radiance outwards.
As if the center of the ring was a vortex leading to a dreamlike space.
This was the iconic Space Anomaly structure that Luoqi had specifically kept—the interstellar beacon.
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