After the paleness lasted for about 30 seconds, the command module of the "Lodens" returned to its original normal brightness, but bursts of faint blue light were reflected in the cabin.
The bright lights intertwined with each other and flashed in a spiral shape, and the entire command cabin seemed to have fallen into a blurred dream.
"Report the hull situation?" Captain Lucero ordered.
"The hull has a displacement of 75 kilometers, a tilt of 5 degrees, and the dark matter protective barrier has 30% damage. Everything else is fine." the commander responded.
Liu Hanyang and others in front of the screen held their breath. They could not imagine that just about 30 seconds of paleness would cause such a serious displacement and tilt of the behemoth "Lodens".
"What causes the paleness? What is the faint blue light?" Xiao Hang asked, pointing at the screen.
"The pale color should be the super brightness produced by some powerful weapon launched by the Tiberians. As for the faint blue light, it may be the burning fire of the hit battleship." Liu Hanyang replied.
"Of course, this is just my guess. Maybe the Rodens encountered some kind of cosmic phenomenon at a long distance, such as a pulsar explosion," he added.
His words did not dispel everyone's doubts. They stared at the screen intently, hoping that the pale whiteness and bright light just now was the last thing they wanted to see, that is, the voyage fleet was attacked by the Tiberians.
But there is a hint of ominous omen in the picture.
In the 30-second pale screen, the communications officer on board the "Lodens" kept calling the flagship of the expedition fleet, the "Taimiao", but until the screen returned to normal brightness, there was still no response from the other party.
Everyone's hearts suddenly tightened in their throats. They noticed that Captain Lucero immediately issued an order for the entire ship to enter combat status. Then, an unexpected situation occurred. The interstellar navigation team on the spacecraft discovered that the ship was about 30 kilometers away. A huge unknown object appeared within a 20,000-kilometer star field.
"Report to captain, bearing 137, a huge whirlpool was found at a distance of 21,500 kilometers!" the interstellar navigation officer reported.
Lucero's heart tightened, and he immediately looked at the holographic screen on the command platform. After operating it with his hands, a huge vortex came into view. The center was hot and bright, and the outer layer was ghostly blue. , seems to be pregnant with huge energy.
"The size of the whirlpool?"
"Reporting to the captain, its inner diameter is about 1,500 kilometers and its outer diameter is 8,500 kilometers."
Lucero felt a chill, but what made him even more incredible was that a large amount of metal debris was found around the vortex. They were constantly rotating in a spiral around the vortex, and some of the debris had been sucked into it.
Thinking of the position and distance of the whirlpool, he suddenly became nervous. Isn't the position 137, 21,500 kilometers away, the star field where the main force of the voyage fleet is located?
If this is true, wouldn't the voyage fleet have been subjected to a devastating attack?
Lucero's face became more serious. He looked at the commander, who also had a serious face. He looked at the information officer, who shook his head blankly. The communication with the voyage fleet still had not been restored. .
The commander withdrew his gaze and let out a long breath after making some operations on his console.
"Report to the captain, 10 seconds before the vortex appeared, the main force of the voyage fleet had already started evasive maneuvers, but it is not clear whether they have maneuvered to a safe zone." the commander said.
"reason?"
"The reason is that the super strong magnetic field generated by the vortex blocked the communication signal, and our ship's electromagnetic detection device also failed, making it impossible to locate the accurate position of the main force of the voyage fleet."
Lucero realized that if this vortex that can produce a super strong magnetic field is classified as a weapon, it should not only be a powerful weapon, but also an energy that has the function of a weapon and exceeds human cognition. body.
His eyes returned to the holographic screen on the command podium, looking at the dimly glowing metal debris swirling crazily around the electromagnetic vortex, and an indescribable sense of sadness and regret came to his heart.
If those cloud-like, huge objects are really metal wreckage, they must be the wreckage of interstellar ships belonging to the expedition fleet.
"Can you be sure that the objects near the electromagnetic vortex are metal debris?" he asked.
"It's absolutely certain!" the commander replied categorically. After a moment, he adjusted his tone and said in an almost mournful tone, "We analyzed the wreckage through a spectrometer, and its spectral characteristics are consistent with those of the long-distance fleet. The spectral characteristics of the hull materials of the first, second and even third generation starships are completely consistent, including the wreckage of the armed escort formations responsible for the safety of the long-distance fleet."
The atmosphere in the command cabin fell into a cold silence, and there was an aura of sadness, anger and regret in the air.
"One question, when the electromagnetic vortex attacked the voyage fleet, why was the Rodens not attacked?" Xiao Hang stared at the screen and asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"In the star field where civilization appears, the voyage fleet will adjust its deployment. In addition to the four armed escort spacecraft formations that protect the safety of the main force, the Rodens will form a mobile defense fleet with five starships of the same level. Will it? They regularly cruise at the outermost edge of the main fleet, and once an enemy situation arises, they will attack the enemy as soon as possible." Zhou Yun explained.
Everyone understood that the reason why the "Lodens" survived was most likely because it was performing a patrol mission at the outermost edge of the main fleet, and thus luckily escaped the attack.
Zhou Yun is the commander-in-chief of the first armed escort spacecraft formation. She is well aware of the maneuver deployment of the entire voyage fleet, and her words have a certain authority.
Suddenly, another bright light lit up in the command module of the "Lodens", followed by another dozens of seconds of paleness. After the paleness, Liu Hanyang and others noticed that the command cabin had returned to its previous state. Brightness, but different from before, the spacecraft seemed to be rolling violently, and the rapidly rotating starry sky outside the porthole confirmed all this.
In addition, intermittent black screens and flickers appeared on the screen, and various screens and holographic screens in the command module of the "Lodens" also experienced violent screen flickers.
"Stabilize the ship...turn off the 4-unit engine...release the recoil..." Captain Lucero's anxious voice came from the command module.
Suddenly, the screen in front of the chest of mecha XY2653 went completely black, and the wreckage of the command module of the "Lodens" fell into a dead silence.
Everyone was eagerly hoping that the picture would be restored again, but five minutes passed, and deathly silence still enveloped the wreckage.
"What happened? Was the Rotons attacked?" Xiao Hang asked eagerly.
Liu Hanyang and Zhou Yun did not respond to him. Their expressions were solemn. Their expressions were enough to explain what had just happened.
About three minutes later, the screen was restored after a burst of continuous flashes. Everyone looked at the screen nervously and saw that the command module was in chaos, with various objects scattered on the floor, and some crew members lying staggering on the seats. , and another part of the crew was hanging upside down on the seats, but they did not fall down because of the restraints of their safety belts.
Although 20 of the crew members did not have any wounds on their bodies, they had their eyes closed forever.
After a brief adjustment, the crew returned to their normal sitting positions, but their faces were still in shock.
"Report the damage to the spacecraft!" Lucero ordered.
"The triple engine was damaged, the dark matter protective barrier was completely lost, and a large number of tiny cracks appeared on the ship's hull!" the commander responded.
"Slight crack?"
"Yes, the diameter of the cracks is between 0.3-0.5 microns. Although it seems insignificant on the surface, a large number of fine cracks still caused certain damage to the structure of the hull, and the strength of the hull was reduced by 15%."
"What are the casualties?"
"2,352 people died! There were no wounds on their bodies."
Lucero's face became solemn. He glanced at the 20 sacrificed crew members on the seats, and an inexplicable sadness surged into his heart. There were nearly 1,000 cabins on the "Lodens", and it seemed that the weapons were unknown. All cabins were attacked.
"Can you detect what weapon hit us?" Lucero asked.
The commander shook his head: "It is currently impossible to determine whether it is an offensive weapon."
He adjusted his mood and continued: "Binding 92, bearing 262, two huge electromagnetic vortices were found in the star field about 17,300 kilometers and 49,100 kilometers away from our ship. They are the culprits that caused the damage to our ship. .”
Lucero nodded and judged from the distance, combined with the fact that the "Lodens" was attacked twice, the two electromagnetic vortices were 21,500 kilometers and 17,300 kilometers away from the spacecraft respectively, and the last one was more destructive to the spacecraft. Big, it seems that electromagnetic vortex attacked them both times.
But one thing is certain, that is, the target attacked by the two electromagnetic vortexes is not the "Lodens", but the voyage fleet, and their spacecraft can only be regarded as being affected.
If this is true, then when the electromagnetic vortex attacked the voyage fleet for the first time, the voyage fleet was not completely destroyed. Some ships should have broken out, so they were attacked by the electromagnetic vortex for the second time.
Based on time and speed calculations, combined with the previous position of the expedition fleet, it is very likely that some of the surviving starships of the fleet will appear at position 92.
This also indicates that the second attack of the electromagnetic vortex may not be able to completely wipe out the voyage fleet, and some interstellar ships may also break out.
Thinking of this, Lucero was a little relieved. He breathed a long sigh of relief, but soon his brows tightened again because he discovered that there were a small number of alien ship wreckage at position 262. From the spectrometer The scanned data revealed that its hull material did not belong to any interstellar ship in the Expedition Fleet.
According to previous inferences, there were two electromagnetic vortices attacking at the same time, located at position 92 and position 262. The former has been determined, so who did the latter attack?
"At position 262, who did that electromagnetic vortex attack at a distance of 49,100 kilometers? Lucero asked, looking at the interstellar navigation officer while speaking.
"It's not certain yet, but before the second attack of the electromagnetic vortex, six Tiber star warships appeared at position 259 and a distance of 36,300 kilometers." The interstellar navigation officer responded.
Lucero understood. Judging from the position and time, the six interstellar warships of the Tiberians were most likely attacked by the electromagnetic vortex.
Suddenly, the alarm in the command module of the "Lodens" buzzed, and the scarlet light reflected the entire command module in flickering light, which also reflected on the nervous faces of everyone.
"Bearing 246, distance 13,000 kilometers, three Tiberian star battleships found!" the commander shouted loudly.
"Full left rudder, heading 246! Activate peripheral defense!" Lucero ordered.
"Heading 246! The hull is facing the enemy from the side!" the flight control team ordered back.
"1,000 space vehicles have been released! The 4th echelon of heavily armed flying combat mechas will be released within 15 seconds!" the weapons team ordered back.
15 seconds later, when the outer defense circle composed of 1,000 space vehicles and 4 echelons of about 2,000 heavily armed flying combat mechs rushed towards the three Tiber star warships, the latter changed course and accelerated to 30 times the speed of light. %, disappeared into the star field in front of the "Lodens".
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Chapter 457: Attacked Again Free Reading.
