Chapter 278

"Forget it, I won't think about it."

"Anyway, it's still a bit away from the guarantee."

"Let's go meet Himeko first."

Lin Qi checked the time; it was already evening.

Then there's nothing to say.

Off work!

Not long after.

Lin Qi arrived at the "date" location.

But this is neither a high-end restaurant nor a popular tourist attraction.

Instead, it is...

The space elevator.

"Lin Qi, I thought you would wait a while longer before coming over," Himeko's eyes lit up as soon as she saw Lin Qi, and her tone was very happy.

"No matter how busy I am, I have to make time to accompany you; it's rare to meet," Lin Qi said directly.

Himeko's pretty face flushed, and her joy was self-evident.

However, she wasn't a little girl anymore, so she wasn't shy, but looked at the elevator and said.

"Do you know why I chose this place?"

"Because this is the starting point of the tower towards the starry sky?" Lin Qi guessed.

"Guessed right!"

Himeko was very happy that Lin Qi could guess it, which meant Lin Qi knew her very well.

"I have been interested in the starry sky since I was a child, so I chose interstellar navigation studies in university, but my hometown didn't have the resources to build such a large space elevator."

"It's a pity..."

"This space elevator seems to be abandoned? Can't take a ride."

Himeko said regretfully.

As for the reason, she actually knew it very well.

Because of the Anywhere Door.

After the Anywhere Door was built, the space elevator became completely useless; not to mention the time it consumed, it was even more resource-intensive.

So it was shut down after not being used for a few years.

Important components were also dismantled, with only a part of the main body left, representing that Jarilo once had such a development stage.

But in a few years, even this part of the main body might be dismantled.

At this time.

Seeing Himeko a bit regretful, Lin Qi glanced at the space elevator and said, "Want to ride it? I can restart it."

"That's not necessary, right?"

Himeko waved her hand hurriedly, indicating there was no need for that.

She didn't want to consume Jarilo's resources because of herself.

But Lin Qi had already started operating it.

An order was issued, and Jarilo's intelligent system began to allocate materials here and quickly transported them over through the Anywhere Door.

Then.

Under Himeko's surprised gaze, the space elevator, which had been silent for several years, actually started operating again in less than half a system hour.

"Are you surprised?" Lin Qi smiled, "Compare it to the megastructures you can see when you look up; they only take a few years to build, how much engineering is a space elevator? Half a system hour is even considered slow!"

"That's true..."

Himeko thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

After all, some of those megastructures are larger than stars.

Higher by I don't know how many orders of magnitude.

In comparison.

A space elevator is nothing, really.

"Ms. Himeko, are you willing to ride the elevator with me 4.8 and roam the space?" Lin Qi extended a hand and invited.

"Of course!"

Himeko nodded heavily, extended a soft hand, and agreed to Lin Qi's invitation.

However, she also had a request.

After her hand was held, Himeko leaned towards Lin Qi, and leaned very close, able to feel each other's body temperature and breathing.

Then.

Himeko leaned close to Lin Qi's face and said softly.

"The long night is long, don't let the space elevator go too fast~"

Lin Qi was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted.

He held Himeko's slender waist with one hand and smiled.

"Don't worry, my driving speed might be very fast, but the space elevator definitely won't be fast; you should be able to handle it."

"Pah!"

Himeko spat with a blushing face.

Not long after.

The space elevator, which had been sealed for a long time but was modified by Lin Qi and almost became a residence, started again.

But the speed was less than one-tenth of the original; if he wanted to let it complete the whole journey, it would probably take a whole night.

If it were at any other time, the passengers would feel it was long.

After all, the speed was too slow.

Fortunately, the "speed" inside the space elevator was very fast.

And until the daytime of Belobog was about to arrive, the "car" didn't stop.

Until...

Boom!

In the dark.

A heaven-shaking hammer sound rang out; no matter where one was in the universe, one could hear this sound.

Lin Qi was no exception.

Then he stopped his movements.

"Mm~ Huh?"

"Dear, why did you stop..."

Himeko recovered from her infatuation.

"The Amber King strikes, the 2157th Amber Era ends, the 2158th Amber Era has arrived?"

126, Robin: Penacony? Why would I go back there?

There are too many planets in the universe, and their orbital periods are all different.

So.

It is difficult to use the stellar calendar as a unified calendar.

In the currently recognized time measurement in the universe, one comes from the time of Akivili's hometown, which is system time and system years, etc.

But this can only record time in the short term.

Because the order in which civilizations connect to the Star Rail varies greatly.

Some are early, some are late.

So it cannot be used as a unified recording method.

However, there is an Aeon's "wall-building" behavior that has unified this difference.

That is Preservation!

The Aeon of Preservation, Qlipoth, builds "walls" to defend against unknown threats in light-year units, and every time He strikes, the entire universe can observe this movement.

In some places, records are even left behind.

Thus.