CHAPTER 909: CHAPTER 154: INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE ROYAL COURT

Su Zhan exhaled deeply, his virtual body slowly leaning back into the soft chair, relishing the hard-won relaxation.

The electromagnetic signals simulating chemical substances danced between his neurons, elevating his sense of happiness to new heights.

Ah, of course, of course, such simulated signals also have their limitations.

For the "consciousness" and "thought" of a Benchmark Man, chemical signals and electromagnetic signals can be interchangeable. It’s like the song coming from outside a room; you don’t need to care whether the song is played by speakers or sung by a person. The Dyson Principle explicitly prohibits the use of psychotropic drugs, and equivalent signals are somewhat ambiguous, but in the Godspeed Court, such matters are strictly regulated.

It is said that in his childhood, His Highness Godspeed King was once controlled by villains of the Old Era with psychotropic drugs, serving those ant-like creatures.

The King does not like this at all and is even quite taboo about it.

It is said that it was thanks to the invention of the Restoring Enzyme by His Majesty Yawgmoth that the King escaped control.

Therefore, in the virtual space of the Godspeed Court, the psychotropic drug simulation signals available are limited to a few, such as caffeine and alcohol, with strict limitations on the signal strength and duration of use.

But Su Zhan still had his share of a few good drinks.

These drinks were also provided by memory files of his colleagues.

Su Zhan let out a contented sigh.

At this moment, a series of irregular color blocks suddenly appeared opposite Su Zhan. Soon, a person appeared along with a sofa in front of him.

Similar to Su Zhan, this Protector officer also chose the appearance calculated from his genes when entering virtual space—of course, taking the upper limit of attractiveness.

"You found time to be here too..." Su Zhan lazily kicked at the opposite side: "Isn’t this the great backbone of the Royal Court?"

This guy was a friend of Su Zhan, who entered the Godspeed Court at the same time as him.

If it weren’t for the incident with Argon II, where the Godspeed Court needed to expand its manpower, they might not have been able to secure a spot.

However, unlike Su Zhan, who was immediately sent by the King to Argon II—moreover, being thrown out first and flying in a small spaceship for nearly a decade, then spending another decade or so on research.

This friend, on the other hand, entered the driving team of the Godspeed Court. When the Godspeed King rests, this team has to use the Ship Mastery Art to help the King maneuver the Godspeed Court.

Throughout the entire journey of the Godspeed Court, only the dozens of hours between the Asteroid Belt and Neptune’s orbit require the King to pilot personally. The Lightspeed Highway within the Asteroid Belt can be handled by these teams.

The King is quite fond of piloting the starship himself, so he often pilots personally.

However, the King also gets tired.

Not everyone is as crazy as King Aqini.

This team’s capability to undertake such heavy responsibilities is a testament to their ability and status.

"Come off it." The officer teasingly kicked the opposite side. Both of their sofas shook.

But amazingly, the drink in Su Zhan’s hand, in a way that aligns with human intuition yet defies physics, remained in the glass without spilling a drop.

The officer said, "I heard... the final report shown to the King was penned by you. What a great opportunity, huh?"

"Exactly, exactly..." Su Zhan squinted his eyes: "I recently looked into history... the Martial Ancestor also started out writing reports."

The officer widened his eyes, laughing and crying: "Are you crazy? You just made an absurd comparison! This is cyberspace!"

The sophisticated distributed technology means not only that "power is decentralized at a technological level," but also "law enforcement is omnipresent." It’s two sides of the same sword.

Unless one possesses powerful Inner Strength to transcend the rules constructed in cyberspace.

"Alright, alright, haven’t you been staying here for twenty or thirty years?" Su Zhan waved his hand, "Does the King care about this? Or are we near the Earth-Moon system?"

"Passing the Earth-Moon system" is also humorously referred to within the Godspeed Court as "stop talking nonsense."

His Highness Godspeed King doesn’t care what nonsense you say, but "the Firewall of Humanity" certainly does.

However, the Godspeed Court rarely approaches the Earth-Moon system. Everyone’s most vivid memory is instead the abandonment ceremony of the previous generation of the Godspeed Court. It is said that after the last generation of the Godspeed Court was scrapped, the final project they participated in was the "Lunar Impact Experiment." Although nominally a scientific project, theories abound underground, some say it was a deterrent to King Aqini, some say it was a protest by King Aqini to Yawgmoth, and some say it was a demonstration of the Godspeed Court’s forbidden "Moves" to Hero, intending to dissuade Hero from opposing the Godspeed Court’s plan.

In short, in the final task of the previous generation of the Godspeed Court, by accelerating to its peak, a small piece was torn from the Moon’s surface, forming a thin Star Ring.

"Alright, alright. Let’s not discuss this." The officer shook his head: "Besides, my workload isn’t that heavy... How’s your research over there? I heard that next time we return, we’ll be near Earth to unload that core."

"I’m somewhat reluctant..." Su Zhan sighed: "All the information has been recorded and can be recreated at any time in virtual space, so no details should be missing."

"Ah, that’s good." The officer remarked: "Once this thing is unloaded, the Godspeed Court can finally speed up!"

Argon II is simply too weak and frail. Whether it’s materials, structure, or otherwise, it’s nothing compared to the Godspeed Court. After Argon II was disassembled and loaded into the Godspeed Court, the Court dared not accelerate to full speed, fearing the gravitational acceleration would cause Argon II to deform severely.

Maneuverability was also greatly affected.

"We haven’t experienced the ’full speed’ of the ship since loading this outer space junk." The officer sighed.

It’s said that Yawgmoth is mobilizing resources to replicate an Argon II Shell near the Lagrange Point, installing this original core inside, and having robots reset, allowing Argon II to follow the normal process to crash into Earth to see how this alien industrial system works under normal conditions.

Of course, all recordable information must be documented and researched before this crash.

The Scientific Knight Order initially argued about "who should research" this. It remains unknown how it was accomplished, but the King managed to keep this core for research inside the Godspeed Court. The Scientific Knight Order within the Godspeed Court forms its own system, separate from the various Sanctuaries of Mars. And Conquest Heavenly King, who usually takes a strong interest in such research, surprisingly did not insist to the end, but only took away all the original Shells. In hindsight, it’s quite remarkable.