114. Three portraits
This time, Shen Yun took the Streamer No. 3 optical flow shuttle.
Yao Zheng sent her into the shuttle and sat down, then retreated, and stood still behind the security cordon, watching her leave.
The appearance of the Streamer 3 and the 7 is exactly the same, and there is no difference in the voice of the AI robot inside, but because there is only one person in the cabin this time, the space of the manned cabin is automatically reduced by half.
This is another interesting thing that Shen Yun didn't realize before - the space made of light, the size of the space can be automatically adjusted to save light energy. It was only at this time that Cao Fang said that an optical shuttle could carry ten times the passenger capacity of a Boeing 747 civil airliner, and she finally believed it.
When parting, Yao Zheng told her that although the optical flow shuttle can teleport, if it involves the shuttle between different countries and regions, the teleportation may be blocked. This is determined by the geographical environment underground, for example, the roots of some vast mountains are difficult to penetrate even with advanced alien excavation technology, so it will take a certain amount of time to detour.
Therefore, in a small area, it is easy to reach the destination by teleportation, but it will be difficult to reach the destination after extending the distance. But from China to the United States, an hour's sailing time is enough.
Of course, she can also choose to flick the "move" button to revoke this function, so that the shuttle can move at the speed of an ordinary civil aircraft. That way of setting sail allows passengers in the cabin enough time to enjoy the strange scenery of the underground world, and appreciate the natural beauty that is difficult to outline no matter how human beings on the ground imagine.
Shen Yun plans to stay on the return trip for a leisurely sightseeing trip, if she can successfully complete the mountain-breaking mission with Robert and Scott.
More optimistic than Yao Zheng expected, Streamer 3 took only 40 minutes to send Shen Yun to the Joint Military Committee of the International Space Force in New York, USA, where Professor Scott and Robert Gao Shen are said to be waiting.
When I stepped down from the Streamer No. 3 and stepped on the shuttle apron, which was no different from the underground of Daliang Mountain, with the huge word "ATTENTION" painted with special red paint, there were already two US soldiers standing straight and waiting. The base color of their military uniforms is orange, from which Shen Yun deduced that they should belong to the Second Regiment of the U.S. Space Force.
Of course, the light rail capsule tram will not take her to the Second Regiment of the US Army, but will be sent directly to the territory of the Military Commission.
In the area to which the Military Commission belongs, there is no solid light fence erected, but the orderly radar interception array is of astonishing scale. Those small square boxes are like the little mice with spiritual power in the pen of the fantasy writers, which look ordinary, and the invisible light waves shot out of the small eyes can detect the movement of the surrounding area from near to far, and the detection range can reach nearly 1,000 kilometers.
Compared with the low-rise Space Force General Headquarters, the Joint Military Commission can be described as full of grandeur. The main light structure building is called the Military and Political Building, which is more than 40 stories high, and there are two 10-storey towers with Gothic spires in the east and west wings.
Shen Yun was used to all kinds of objects formed by light in the Continent of Light, and it didn't matter to her whether they were tall or short, until she walked into the elevator hall and saw a strange scene, she stopped in shock.
The main color of this hall is gold, the ceiling is more than ten meters high, and the curved dome is set against a dark blue background, mimicking the silent noise of the starry sky on a summer night. Stars of different colors twinkled, and a translucent milky band of light spanned from left to right, more than twenty meters long, looking extremely hazy and beautiful, which should be an imitation of the Milky Way.
In the middle of the hall, an angular fountain of colored crystals encloses it, and the spring does not spew out more than water, but brilliant fireworks, but they flow continuously, not like fireworks. It is called the Photon Water Fountain, and it is also one of the various miracles created by the Light Continent.
With the fountain as the center, a long glossy glass display stand is placed. Under the glass table, a handful of weapons were padded with golden flannel, from the stone tools polished when the apes evolved into humans, used for hunting and fishing, to the heavy swords held by soldiers during the Crusades, which were two meters long and weighed six kilograms, and shaped like a cross, to the later Mauser pistols, AK47 rifles, grenade launchers, and finally the main weapon currently used by the Space Force in the display table, the Rice Instant Fusion 847 ultralight laser rifle.
But neither the star top on her head nor the history of the development of human weapons had anything to do with Shen Yun's horror, and the reason why she stopped was because she saw three golden portraits that looked like waterfalls hanging down from the wall on the left hand side.
In the middle of the three portraits is the great man of the century, Albert Murphy. Albert Einstein, on the left is Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian national liberation movement, and on the right, it is her father, Shen Yunhong.
"Dad...... Daddy......"
Shen Yun covered her mouth tightly with both hands, and could only make a "whine" and unclear sound from between her fingers.
The soldier who had accompanied her did not know what was happening, so he stopped as much as he could, and stood as solemnly as he could, waiting for the lady to walk back in the direction of the elevator, but she seemed to be frozen, and had no intention of moving.
"Child, you are not mistaken, the person in that portrait is your father, General Shen Yunhong from the Chinese Space Force."
An old, but powerful voice came from above, and Shen Yun looked up from the shock and looked in the direction of the sound.
An old man who looked to be seventy or eighty years old, with a kind eyebrow, stood from head to toe in a pure black solid-light military uniform, and stood behind the carved railing on the second floor and smiled at her.
The old man, though he wore a beret, had his silver-white hair coming out from under the brim of his hat and glowing white in the brilliant lights of the hall. His mouth was covered by a curly white beard, revealing only two thin crimson lips, and if he wore a red army uniform, it would hardly be said that he would think that he was Santa Claus from Greenland.
Seeing that Shen Yun understood what he said in English, the old man stopped talking, walked to the nearest step, and walked steadily down to the first floor. It seems that the light crutch is just an ornament for him.
The old man soon came to Shen Yun, stretched out his hand full of wrinkles and age spots to her, and introduced himself in an amiable manner: "Robert Brown, Senior Chief of Staff of the International Space Force Military Commission. Stone, welcome Major Shen. ”
"You...... Are you General Stone? Shen Yun was shocked again, but it was not strange to think that Cao Fang said that he had spoken to him on the phone in advance, so it would not be strange to meet him at this entrance.
Sure enough, Robert said, "Please don't look outside like that, just call me Robert." Because I made an appointment with General Cao in advance, I have been waiting for you in this hall, and I finally didn't miss it. ”
Shen Yun was very sorry for making an old man wait for a long time, and clasped Robert's hand and said, "I'm really sorry, if Captain Cao told you in advance that you would be waiting here, I would definitely speed up my arrival!" ”
"Hehehe, kid, I didn't wait long. Besides, I like the feeling of standing in such a hall with the characteristics of the Light Continent, so waiting has become a kind of enjoyment, so I have to thank you for giving me this opportunity. A few words easily dispelled Shen Yun's self-blame, it seems that Robert is a master of diplomacy.