Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#654 - Asgard Station

After only half an hour, the group had charged through the asteroid belt and arrived in the starry sky around Jupiter.

Subsequently, under the control of the AI Xiaowu, the spaceship suddenly decelerated, like a firework that had run out of fuel, quietly hovering in the outer reaches of Jupiter's orbit.

The distant, enormous celestial body filled everyone with awe, and they all gathered at the windows, silently observing the planet that was said to be formed from gases.

The streams of gaseous matter flowed and merged like colorful pigments, forming patches of chromatic storms, naturally creating a magnificent and mystical painting.

However, Liang Yue's attention was not on the massive planet at this moment.

Perhaps when his cultivation level reached a certain point, he might impulsively run inside Jupiter to take a look; in such a unique environment, it might be possible to find some rare and exotic treasures.

At his signal, Xiaowu had already quietly deployed a signal transmitter.

From the outside, it looked like a slender isosceles triangle, about thirty meters long. After leaving the spaceship, the bottom surface began to undergo sudden transformations.

The originally flat surface quickly assembled into an engine propulsion device.

On the four inclined sides, layers of silver-gray metal plates suddenly popped up, like blossoming flower buds. As the bright blue plasma tail flames erupted from behind, they slowly began to rotate.

Despite the seemingly gentle motion, the speed of flight was not slow at all.

In just a dozen seconds, it had completely left everyone's sight, becoming invisible to the naked eye.

Eventually, this signal transmitter would turn into something similar to an artificial satellite, captured by the gravity of Jupiter's moons, orbiting around it.

The signal transmitter launched by Xiaowu had a wide range, basically covering the entire solar system as long as this one was present.

However, this was not for the quantum communication devices between Liang Yue, Sam, Gwen, and others; its nature was merely a convenient basic infrastructure.

Soon, after another ten minutes or so, Liang Yue and the others arrived at an area of space between Jupiter and Saturn.

Here, at a position that was not easily noticeable, a dark and silent space tunnel was fixed in place.

Its interior shimmered, filled with chaotic energy fluctuations and colorful rays.

After ordering Xiaowu to drop a few warning devices near the wormhole, Liang Yue asked everyone in the cockpit to return to their seats and fasten their seatbelts.

The spaceship then flashed and plunged headfirst into the wormhole!

Naturally, it was not an easy task to traverse through such a distorted space spanning star systems.

The various forces within were chaotic and unstable, with energy vortices and turbulent flows surging. A slight carelessness could lead to the destruction of the ship and the death of its occupants.

According to the current standards of space vehicles of major countries on Earth, it was absolutely impossible to freely travel through such special terrain.

At the very least, a type of energy shield was required as the minimum entry ticket to this inter-stellar shortcut.

This was under the condition that the space wormhole was stable enough.

Of course, for the AI Xiaowu, this was obviously not a problem. The simple and unadorned gravity shield was activated, immediately excluding most of the surrounding interference.

Although the people in the cockpit inevitably experienced some turbulence, it was not severe, even less than that experienced during sea voyages.

After about half a minute, the spaceship passed through the wormhole.

The chaotic and dazzling scene outside the spaceship suddenly stabilized.

Opening their eyes, what appeared in front of everyone was an unfamiliar starfield.

A sun hung far in the distance, illuminating a meteorite at least several tens of kilometers in radius, making it exceptionally bright.

At this moment, the meteorite was suspended in space in a static posture.

To be precise, according to Xiaowu's observation, the meteorite was maintaining a relatively static posture with the space wormhole behind them.

A transparent energy shield completely enveloped the meteorite.

On one side of the meteorite, there was also a small, ancient palace-style building. Judging from its appearance and structure, it had a bit of a Nordic style.

In front of the palace proudly sat a plaza, surrounded by a patchwork of residential buildings, looking like a market and bazaar.

Further out was a port consisting of about a dozen docks, where seven or eight spaceships of various styles were docked.

However, this was not the only port docking area in the meteorite building complex.

Some tall buildings, mainly in gold, also extended many aerial walkways, where dozens of "ships" were scattered!

They were generally crescent-shaped, about a hundred meters long from front to back, with sails erected on the deck of the ship.

Ancient and elegant, they looked particularly mysterious against the backdrop of the cosmic starry sky~

Liang Yue could immediately tell that these spaceships were from Asgard.

Moreover, despite the relatively ancient design of their ships, their reaction speed was not slow.

When Liang Yue and the others' spaceship had just emerged from the wormhole behind them, several nearby Asgardian crescent ships had already quickly approached them.

Again, when technology, or the power level in other fields, develops to a certain level, the shape of various spaceships and tools is no longer so important; cultural habits are the main influencing factor.

Of course, builders like the AI Xiaowu, who prefer minimalist geometric random styles, always surprise people.

Soon, an external signal was connected and eventually relayed by Xiaowu to the holographic display screen in front of the cockpit.

"Unfamiliar vessel, you have just passed through a space channel that is not authorized for passage. Your actions—嗯?"

A soldier wearing Asgardian gold standard military uniform appeared on the screen, starting with a very serious official statement.

But soon~ when the other party saw the appearance of the passengers in the cabin, the original stiff tone suddenly paused, and instead leaned closer to the front of the screen with a look of surprise.

Liang Yue replied with his hands behind his back.

"You can also speak the universal language? Also, according to our Asgardian understanding, the technology on Midgard does not seem to be sufficient for you to conduct space travel."

"Most countries on Earth do not have this ability, but some people are special. Also, regarding the issue of the universal language, the Earthlings behind me do not understand or speak it.

I can communicate with you because of~ the power of magic."

"Well... In any case, according to the will of our King, you Midgardians are not prohibited from using this space channel, but~ personally.

If you want to conduct space travel, you'd better go to the nearby station to find out about the situation first."

"I have heard that Asgard has been protecting the safety of Earth for a long time, and I express my deep respect for this, and as the first voyage of Earthlings.

We do hope to get some necessary help from you, such as understanding some basic information about the universe, if convenient.

We also hope that you can provide us with some teaching materials on the universal language."

"I will report your request immediately, but it shouldn't be a problem, come with our spaceship, Midgardians."

"Thank you very much~"