In the vast and deep depths of the universe, a small dwarf planet orbits, and on the observation deck of the "Keck" spacecraft, there are two Blarneys used to feel visible light, and two for feeling infrared rays, a total of four His eyes were full of worry.
He quietly looked at the bright star hanging above the sky in the distance and remained motionless for a long time. However, there are about dozens of other large spaceships beside him, and there are more small spacecrafts shuttled between the dwarf planet and those large spacecrafts.
Blarney has experienced this vast and deep starry sky for many years. In his eyes, this scene was just like the ceiling he saw when he just woke up. There was nothing special about it.
But since he came to this galaxy, this starry sky that was so familiar that it had lost its sense of mystery made him feel a special meaning.
Depressed, heavy.
It seems that there is some monster hiding in the dark. It seems that as long as the noise made by one's side is a little louder, the monster will be aware of one's existence, and will jump out of the darkness, killing what little remains of the "Kadira" civilization has survived. The ones were devoured completely.
This forces us to be as careful as possible in all our actions. Anything that emits relatively strong radiation - whether it is electromagnetic wave radiation or nuclear radiation, etc., is prohibited. Even the fusion reactor can only maintain a low power, and even the engineering operations carried out on this dwarf planet unconsciously lower the lighting power. Even in the spaceship, when people talk to each other, they will always lower their voices unconsciously, as if the louder voice can attract the monster.
"well."
Blaney sighed softly.
Originally, my own civilization was also flourishing on the home star, and even broke through the large-scale preparation technology of antimatter, and truly entered the interstellar era.
But the arrival of the "Star Disaster" changed everything. A powerful and prosperous civilization was brought to the brink of extinction as a result. Fortunately, I don’t know whether it was due to natural phenomena or a passing super civilization came to the rescue. The last few hundred large immigrant spacecraft left by the civilization were inexplicably transferred here from thousands of light years away, and came to a large next to clouds of interstellar dust.
There are many stars and many planets in that large interstellar dust cloud. But... there are also many signs of civilization. As the supreme leader of the Cadira civilization whose strength had reached rock bottom, Blarney finally made the decision to give up the idea of entering closer interstellar clouds and instead head to the remaining star systems in order to survive.
They chose the nearest star system.
But the disaster seems not far away, and misfortune has once again befallen civilization.
When the distance to this star system was less than 2.2 light-years, the remaining scientists of the Cadilla civilization were shocked to discover that there were traces of civilization in this star system!
Moreover, through comprehensive analysis of the radiation emitted from this star system, various flashes, changes in the elemental structure of rocky planet atmospheres and gaseous planets, changes in stellar spectra, etc., the conclusion reached is actually Yes, the civilization stationed in this star system has a technological strength that at least exceeds our own, and is in its prime!
Such a powerful civilization might be able to wipe out all of its own by simply dispatching a squadron!
However, at this moment, our fleet's energy has almost been exhausted, and it is close to the point where it is running out of gas and light. In order to gather enough energy to slow down, our fleet even has to abandon more than half of the spaceships in the fleet.
It is impossible to change the destination and sail to other galaxies. However, if we continue to travel to this galaxy, we will only be able to escape the enemy's mouth.
No matter which choice you make, it’s a desperate situation.
At the critical moment, Blarney gritted his teeth and made a decision.
Continue to go to this star system, but do not enter the core of the star system, but only on the periphery of the star system, in a place extremely far away from the inside of the star system, look for an asteroid or dwarf planet, collect some resources there, and once there are enough, set sail again to the next one. Star system, then set off immediately.
No matter how you look at it, the risks of this plan are quite high. However, in desperate situations, we can only choose to take this path.
For this reason, the fleet has to start the deceleration process quite far away from the destination - because only by pulling the deceleration process far enough can the power requirements of the deceleration maneuver process be low enough and the radiation released can be low enough. To be concealed enough. Moreover, the fleet had to allocate a considerable part of its strength to search the edges of the galaxy and select a suitable destination.
Fortunately among the misfortunes, the fleet finally found a suitable target.
It is a dwarf planet 220 billion kilometers away from the star.
In fact, with the technological strength of our own fleet at the moment, it is almost impossible to search for such a dim and insignificant target. But I have to say that maybe good luck finally started to come, and I actually found it.
What happened next went smoothly. Under low-power maneuvers, the fleet quietly approached the dwarf planet. In the process, it most likely did not alarm the powerful civilization in its heyday that was just around the corner. Moreover, there are no technological creations on this dwarf planet.
This means that that civilization most likely did not include it within the scope of its rule.
So the fleet was stationed here and began to collect resources carefully but as quickly as possible.
"In power, water resources have been completely collected, 15 antimatter plants have been built, 26 supporting fusion power plants have been built, and 7 A-36 steel plants have been put into operation..."
The officials serving as executive assistants reported a long list of information to Blarney, who was in charge. Finally, he concluded: “According to the current process, it will take us about 10 to 15 years to fully complete the resource reserves and start the next interstellar voyage.”
"10 to 15 years..."
Blaney sighed again: "We have been here for 17 years. I hope that civilization hasn't discovered us yet..."
The assistant's expression was also a little gloomy: "There is no way. This dwarf planet is too small, and some of the necessary resource reserves are very small and very scattered. We have to smelt huge amounts of ore to collect them bit by bit. "
Blaney knew this.
This is the inevitable characteristic of small planets. Otherwise, why would any civilization prefer to be stationed around major planets?
"Hopefully good luck is still on our side."
…
At this moment, located hundreds of millions of kilometers outside the orbit of Planet H1 in the Deep Space 7 scientific research base, an ocean patrol ship sailed into the berth in a dusty manner, ending its 10-year ocean patrol. .
Some scientific researchers and logistics staff staying here are not surprised by this. After all, although this place is called a scientific research base, it is actually used for both military and scientific research.
"Wow! Finally, his stupidity is over. If he keeps patrolling like this, I will fall in love with that robot cook!"
"Damn it! Lao Liu, didn't you already propose to that cook? I saw it with my own eyes that day!"
"Go away! You are still talking about me, who dragged the robot nurse to the storage room that time!"
"I was looking for a nurse to show me the wound...the wound!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Looking at the patrol boat soldiers who behaved like gangsters, several scientific researchers frowned unconsciously.
"Well, it's just an ocean patrol. If we were in a serious fleet, we would have been locked up in solitary confinement until we died."
"Stop talking, Old Wang. That's an ocean patrol. If you don't go wild, you'll go crazy."
…
"Hey! Guys! Good luck!"
"There are mermaids in the deep space! Be careful not to be lured away by the singing, hahahaha!"
"I'll teach you a trick. When you can't hold it in any longer, you can propose to the robot and unlock new features. Hahahaha!"
Wang Qi, who was lining up neatly with his comrades and heading towards the passage, couldn't help but frown when he heard these words.
"Although the superiors are indeed relatively relaxed about personal discipline on ocean patrols, it's not to this extent, right? Is this still a soldier?! Shame! When I come back in ten years, I'm sure I will be different from you!"
Thinking in his mind, Wang Qi and his comrades still kept their eyes straight and marched forward in formation, forming a sharp contrast with the seniors around them who had just returned from ocean patrols and were arm-in-arms.
But Wang Qi soon understood why those seniors became like this.
boring! so boring!
It’s called Ocean Patrol, but there’s really nothing to do!
In order to ensure combat effectiveness and maneuverability, and to ensure that emergencies can be dealt with at any time, most of the space in the ocean patrol ship is occupied by combat readiness supplies and weapons, resulting in no entertainment facilities at all. In addition to hundreds of strong men, Apart from taking a look at the readings of the remote observation equipment every day and occasionally adjusting the forward trajectory, there is nothing to do!
Even daily military training, where one can vent excess energy, can only conduct a few subjects.
After all, this is a battleship, not a training ship.
Gradually, Wang Qi's heart gradually became relaxed.
In the dark starry sky and boring life day after day, one day, Wang Qi, who was fighting in the ring for fun, suddenly heard a piercing siren.
"alarm!"
He was shocked at first, and then an uncontrollable excitement burst out from deep inside.
"There's an alarm!"
A group of strong men immediately started commotion, and the next moment they rushed towards the weapons console with howls.
"Finally something has been done! Finally we have an enemy! Finally we can fight!"
At this moment, Wang Qi was filled with such thoughts. As for who the enemy is, how many there are, and whether our side can win, it is not within the scope of consideration.
