This large-scale search team flew toward the star field where air battles had occurred before. Taking the location of the destroyed space vehicle as the coordinate center, they searched and detected stars with a radius of nearly 80 million square kilometers. Domain, but ultimately found nothing.
The search results shocked Wesenk and Miki Xingzhi. They could not believe that Li Sujia, Zhou Yun and others would disappear without a trace.
Because the maximum range of the shuttle is only 5 million kilometers, no matter how capable they are, they cannot fly beyond the range.
Unless, the search team missed an area.
According to Wesenk's order, the search team conducted another drag-net search and detection in the above-mentioned area, but the result was still the same. Li Sujia, Zhou Yun and others disappeared without a trace as if they had evaporated. .
The two searches took a full 17 hours. In addition, the energy of the previous empty space vehicle was exhausted, and it took 3 hours to refill the energy pools of Mecha XM1367 and Mecha XM672, as well as 1 time spent on its return. Hours later, 21 hours had passed since Li Sujia, Zhou Yun and others took the shuttle to escape from the destroyed space vehicle.
It was these 21 hours that gave Li Sujia and Zhou Yun enough time to escape from this star field. The tool they carried was not a shuttle, but a small interstellar spacecraft of the Taibo aliens.
As for where this small interstellar spacecraft came from, we have to start before the escape plan was implemented.
As early as in the maintenance hangar of the "Powerful", Zhou Yun persuaded Li Sujia to escape here as soon as possible, but escaping was not easy. Once an aircraft flew away from the spacecraft, the early warning system on the spacecraft would automatically activate.
One or two space vehicles alone cannot resist the thousands of aircraft swarming on the "Powerful". They may be destroyed by ship-borne weapons before they leave its inner defense circle.
Therefore, it is necessary to escape in a covert manner, and this is how to escape using the cover of the shock wave and debris generated by the destruction of the space vehicle.
However, this method still has a fatal flaw, that is, the shuttle has a limited range and cannot fly outside the control range of the "Powerful".
Therefore, there must be a place that can not only make up the voyage, but also not be discovered by the search and detection teams sent later.
Zhou Yun thought of the Tiberian interstellar battleship that was destroyed by the "Powerful". It was destroyed into several larger wrecks.
Although they are debris, according to their size, each piece of debris is as huge as a mountain.
Since it had lost its navigation and repair value, it was abandoned and became a pile of huge space junk floating in the star field about 3.5 million kilometers away from the "Strong".
As a completely destroyed interstellar battleship, it has long been forgotten by the "Powerful", so this is the most ideal hiding place for Li Sujia and Zhou Yun.
In addition, they hope to find an aircraft in the wreckage that can continue to fly.
But they couldn't leave things to chance. Li Sujia concluded that they would be exposed once the empty spacecraft returned.
Next, Wessenk would either send a search team to continue searching for their traces, or remember the starship wreckage and directly dispatch ships to surround them.
Regardless of the outcome, Li Sujia and the others must buy enough time to successfully reach the starship wreckage before Wessenk reacts.
That's when Li Sujia lied about the spacecraft running out of energy, which bought them 3 hours. It was these precious 3 hours that allowed them to successfully reach the wreckage in the shuttle.
After entering the wreckage, they began to search non-stop for an aircraft that could continue to fly. However, they searched several larger pieces of debris and found no aircraft that could continue to fly.
These aircraft were either incinerated during the attack or blasted and destroyed by the crew of the Mighty.
The situation has become serious, and once Wessenk thinks of the wreckage, they will face the risk of being "caught in a urn."
Fortunately, Wesenk seemed to have forgotten about the Tiberian starship that he had destroyed, and all he could think of was continuing to search.
This gave Li Sujia and the others a super long time of 17 hours.
They were not discouraged, nor did they sit still. Inside a wreckage of the starship, they entered the maintenance hangar. Fortunately, there were hundreds of small starships parked inside.
Due to the attack by the "Powerful", the place was in a mess. In addition, the rolling wreckage caused many aircraft to be crowded together and severely damaged. It was impossible to judge for a while whether they still had the ability to fly.
It is precisely because of this that the aircraft here are protected from violent destruction by the crew of the "Powerful".
Of course, this is no wonder the crew. Destroying the combat effectiveness of enemy ships is a necessary procedure for both the enemy and ourselves. Except for some aircraft with research value, all others will be destroyed.
On the surface, these aircraft were crowded together, but after careful identification by Li Sujia, Zhou Yun and Xiao Hang, and with the aerial assistance provided by Mecha XM1367 and Mecha XM672, they still found 5 or 6 relatively intact ones among them. of small starships.
After testing these spacecrafts, 3 were able to start successfully, and 2 of them were fully functional except for some damage to the body.
After two hours of hard work, Mecha XM1367 and Mecha XM672 finally cleared away the aircraft that were clustered around one of the small starships.
After another five hours of hard work, they used large equipment in the maintenance hangar to hoist it to a landing platform.
After that, with the help of Li Sujia, Zhou Yun and Xiao Hang, the two mechas replaced and simply repaired the damaged parts of the spacecraft. At this point, a small interstellar spacecraft that integrated parts of three spacecraft of the same model was completed. .
In order to increase the endurance of the small interstellar spacecraft, Li Sujia ordered two mechas to disassemble 5 energy groups from the energy cabins of 5 spaceships of the same model. In addition, they also collected a large amount of food from different food cabins in the wreckage. , loaded into the small interstellar spacecraft together.
This process took another nearly 3 hours.
Ten minutes later, the small interstellar spacecraft flew out of the wreckage like a bolt of lightning and disappeared into the dark starry sky.
Six hours later, the large-scale search team dispatched by Wessenk arrived belatedly. They searched several pieces of wreckage and found nothing except some traces of repairs in the maintenance hangar. .
At this time, the small interstellar spacecraft piloted by Zhou Yun had just flown out of the detection range of the "Qiangli" and was traveling in the vast interstellar space.
For three days, the small interstellar spacecraft did not detect any electromagnetic signals from any of the spacecraft pursuing the "Force".
Wysenk gave up pursuit of them.
Everyone's high-spirited hearts finally calmed down, and they were in the mood to appreciate the beauty of the bright and deep starry sky.
In order to save energy, Zhou Yun reduced the speed of the spacecraft to economical cruise mode and set up an autopilot program. First, to maintain necessary vigilance, and second, to discuss the final destination.
Zhou Yun, Li Sujia, and Xiao Hang sat around a round table on the side of the cockpit. Behind them stood Mecha XM1367 and Mecha XM672.
At this time, the two mechas had separated from the nested large mecha shells and turned into small mechas about the same height as humans, similar to combat robots made by humans, but with superior intelligence and weapons and equipment. the latter.
"The energy we have stored is enough to fly a distance of 5 light years. Let's all vote on where we should go next?" Zhou Yun said straight to the point.
"Tell me what you think." Li Sujia said.
"Me?" Zhou Yun smiled lightly, spread her hands and then continued, "Xiao Hang and I belong to the voyage fleet. Returning to the fleet is of course the first choice, but we have to take you into consideration, so I must ask for your opinion first."
Li Sujia nodded, but before she could speak, Xiao Hang spoke: "Are we just going to leave like this?"
The two looked at him in surprise, not knowing what he wanted to express.
Xiao Hang coughed dryly, and then added: "I mean, although we have
We have some understanding of the current situation, but the mystery has not been completely solved. If we just leave like this, it will pose a certain threat to subsequent human spacecraft or starships passing through this star field. "
Having said this, his face suddenly turned serious, as if he was aware of a more serious problem.
He put his hands on the table, leaned slightly, and said in a disturbing tone: "Have you ever thought about the Saiqua people who control the Powerful? Will they be the next aggressive Tiberians? As we have discussed before, Tianchen 5, which is 70,000 light-years away, is a trap to lure humans."
"Hahaha..." A burst of dull laughter pierced the cockpit. Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was Mecha XM1367 laughing, and Mecha XM672 couldn't help but laugh.
"What's so funny?" Xiao Hang scolded sternly.
He thought the two mechs had offended him.
"A trap 70,000 light-years away? Even if it's not a trap, with humanity's current technology, do you think we will go there?" Mecha XM1367 said.
"Don't let your machines get involved in our, our human affairs!" Xiao Hang's eyes were like fire, and he retorted angrily.
The eyes of the two mechas immediately became vicious. Fortunately, Li Sujia waved her hands to them and restrained herself.
"Xiao Hang, calm down. Mecha XM1367 just questioned your hypothesis. No offense was intended. However, your reminder made me aware of this problem. We need to re-examine it." Zhou Yun said. Circus.
"My point of view is that we can discuss it, but we must not return to the powerful ship. Doing so is tantamount to throwing ourselves into a trap." Li Sujia warned seriously.
"We spent a lot of effort to escape the control of the powerful ship, and we certainly can't return easily. My idea is that as witnesses, we need to make a preliminary judgment on this situation and send this to Crisis planning agency or expedition fleet." Zhou Yun said.
"Tell me your judgment?"
"I tend to think that this is a trap set by the Saiqua people. It should not be limited to us humans, but all civilizations in the universe that have the ability to interstellar navigation."
"What is their purpose for doing this?"
"Let me add this." Xiao Hang stood up and said with a mysterious face, "I think the Saikui people should be a more advanced civilization hidden somewhere in the universe. Their actions may be to attract other advanced civilizations. civilization, once they are exposed, annihilate them in one fell swoop.”
The cockpit fell into silence. Everyone seemed to have 10,000 reasons to refute Xiao Hang's point of view, but they seemed unable to refute it.
Xiao Hang's statement was finally recognized by everyone, and a set of rigorously worded and detailed conclusions were formed. After debugging the communication equipment of the Taibo people, this conclusion was sent to the Crisis Planning Agency and the Voyage Fleet respectively.
Xiao Hang was only half right. The Saikui people were indeed a very advanced civilization, but their level of civilization was only comparable to that of the Taibo people. The obvious difference between them was that they benefited from the suitable and perfect natural conditions of the planet and the Due to the strong maintenance capabilities of their galaxy, the Saiqua people only live within the confines of their galaxy and have no intention of invading other planets.
Living peacefully in their galaxy does not mean that the Saiqua people can sit back and relax. They also have a strong sense of crisis.
To this end, they developed a tool to control thinking and consciousness - the magnetic storm array. In order to protect themselves, they sent tens of thousands of magnetic storm arrays into the vast interstellar space.
This behavior occurred 200 years after the Tiberians implemented the "Cosmic Pioneer" plan. The Tiberians' invasion and wanton rampage in the universe awakened the Saiqua people's sense of crisis.
Since you have nothing to desire and are unable to fight with it, hide yourself perfectly.
When the magnetic storm array controls the crew on the starship, these crew members will become the tools of the Saiqua people. With their hands, the position coordinates and galaxy data of the distant and non-existent Tianchen 5 can be sent. To the homeworld or Starfleet of the accused crew.
With the endorsement of their own people, the civilization where these crew members live will naturally believe it. When they believe it is true, they will ignore it.
The location of the star system in which the Llosequas reside.
The main goal of the Saikui people is to confuse the Tiberians. Of course, it is by no means limited to them. All civilizations with aggressive behavior are the goals of the Saikui people.
In addition, the Saikui people have also sent tens of thousands of electromagnetic shields around the galaxy where they are located. They perfectly shield the electromagnetic waves and rays from the universe as well as the electromagnetic waves generated by their own civilization.
Even the light is absorbed by the shield, so that the existence of the galaxy cannot be glimpsed from outer space, forming a dark field similar to the void of the universe.
