Chapter 30 Ghost Galaxy
However, after Li Qing put aside any subjective thinking and thought about it carefully, he felt that the chance of being intercepted by pirates this time was because of an insider.
The reason is very simple. If it is a spy, he must know the strength of the escort fleet and the talent of the fleet commander Yu Yuefei. Once he takes action, he will definitely be able to strike with absolute certainty.
Although this wave of pirate fleet is quite large, it is still far away from robbing this caravan. Another fleet of this size will not be able to do it.
Therefore, this can only be said to be a routine robbery by a pirate group.
Of course, this does not mean that there are no moles in the fleet. Judging from the value of this caravan, it is definitely worth someone taking the risk, although it is unlikely.
Then, just as Li Qing expected, Lu Qing kept emphasizing the importance of reconnaissance in the channel, constantly reminding them to pay attention, and asked them to increase the number of reconnaissance warships after cleaning up the battlefield and setting off again. Li Qing sent himself to the team The frigates were also transferred over to ensure a distance of 5,000 kilometers from the destroyers to expand the reconnaissance range.
After another two hours, the rotation system was even readjusted. Their team was originally divided into six groups of two, with one group sent out every day, but now they were forced to go out in two groups at a time, and six rounds became three rounds to increase the scope of reconnaissance.
I heard from Li Lie that there is a sub-base of the Lester Pirate Group in this galaxy, as well as a large number of small pirate bases that have been refreshed. There are strong interference and interception force fields, which are just in front of the wormhole leading to the next galaxy, causing They couldn't sail at super-light speed, let alone jump away directly. They could only fly over slowly, which would take more than half a month.
In this galaxy, there are pirates everywhere. They must expand their reconnaissance range to prevent being caught by the main force of the pirate sub-base.
But this has nothing to do with Li Qing, because he is going to take a rest.
The two warships returned to the main fleet, handed over to the four replacements, and then set the two warships to follow the main fleet.
Although this galaxy is within the sphere of pirate influence and there are pirate ships everywhere, the starry sky is too vast and empty. They also have reconnaissance ships to avoid pirates, so there has been no fighting all day long.
It was like this for the next few days. It was his turn every three days. He went through four rounds for twelve days without encountering a few pirates. If the fleet hadn't been in a state of combat at any time, uninformed people would have thought that this was the case. It's a safe galaxy.
There was no fighting for more than ten days, and the battleships kept following him with nothing to do. He accidentally upgraded several theoretical skills related to shipbuilding by one level, from LV7 to LV8, and also took a trip to the palm universe to The final assembly work of ten frigates was completed and the construction of the second batch of frigates was restarted.
Without incident, the huge fleet left the galaxy without alerting the pirate base.
Coming out of the wormhole, the Pioneer defeated a pirate fleet of more than two hundred warships surrounding the wormhole, dived into the starry sky, and started to activate the hyperspace engine to enter the sub-light speed state two hours later.
There was no jump during the rest of the journey, it was all intermittent faster-than-light navigation, which took about a month. The fleet stopped in a certain galaxy and rested on the spot in an unfamiliar starry sky.
At this time, Li Lie warned everyone on the channel:
"Brothers, be careful. The last level is here. After that, we will reach the outpost patrol area."
Li Qing asked:
"Do you want to fight?"
Li Lie nodded:
"It is estimated that there will be a fight. The next dozen or so galaxies are a key intersection area connecting the transit base and the outpost. The Lester Pirate Group has a large base here, and the Shatta Tribe United Civilization also has an outpost here. The forces are complicated, and various monitoring and detection equipment are everywhere. It is impossible for a fleet as large as ours to sneak around, and there will definitely be conflicts.”
"The Shata tribe union? Is it an alien civilization?"
Li Lie nodded:
"Yes, it is one of the three major alien civilizations we need to face. Its home planet is a large swamp planet. Most of its main species evolved from arthropods and are extremely warlike."
Li Qing suddenly became interested and said:
"Can you give us a detailed introduction?"
At this time, Li Qi on the other side suddenly uploaded a piece of information and said:
"This is the basic information on the Shatta Tribe United Civilization. The other two civilizations are a bit far away and the information is not complete. You can take a look at this first to understand it."
"Thank you."
Li Qing received the information, touched it with his finger, and a strange creature model that was taller than a human popped up in front of his eyes.
At this time, there was a clear 'beep' sound, and Li Qi sent another piece of information and said:
"This is the basic information about the Lester Pirate Group and the large and small forces surrounding the outpost. If you take a look at it, I believe you will have a certain understanding of the outpost soon."
He quickly thanked him and looked at it carefully.
According to the data, the alien subject called the Shatta Tribal Union is not one species, but consists of a total of eight species, so its civilized government system is called the Tribal Union.
It is estimated that in the planet age, the several tribes have not decided the winner. When the nuclear age comes, no one can do anything. They can only form a coalition government and enter the space age.
The home planet of the Shatta Tribe Alliance is a swamp planet, which is a planet dominated by swamp waters. The planet is very warm and humid, which is very suitable for the survival of arthropods. Over hundreds of millions of years of evolution, there have been more than one kind of arthropods. The species evolved intelligence.
Li Qing flipped the pages back and forth with his fingers. Different species appeared in front of him one after another. There were eight species in total, all of which looked strange.
There are shrimp-men that stand upright like humans, beetle-men that look like cockroaches, and there are also some species that cannot be found on earth.
To be honest, if he hadn't looked at the information, he wouldn't have thought that many of the things he saw were aliens.
Speaking of which, alien species are rarely seen in the United Empire of Humanity. This does not mean that there are no alien species in human civilization. There are. How can there be no alien civilization within a range of tens of thousands of light years? It’s just that most of the civilizations that have been discovered have been Humanity has become extinct, and only a few species that have not emerged from the space age and whose looks match human aesthetics are still preserved. Their home planets have been occupied and developed, and those species are raised in protected areas. They are not allowed to learn advanced civilizations or leave the protected areas at will. .
It may seem miserable, but compared to the complete extinction of other conquered species, surviving is already good.
The universe has never been gentle. Although it is not as scary as the laws of the dark forest, most of the time the contact between civilizations is war.
After all, there are too few living planets in the universe that can naturally give birth to life, and the number of living planets is directly related to the strength and evolution of civilization.
There is a saying that the number of living planets is related to the national destiny of the entire civilization.
However, this statement has not been confirmed, but judging from the fact that any force that wants to be promoted to a military leader must occupy more than one living planet, this statement is not completely unfounded.
After all, many major forces have enough resources to transform more than one planet, transforming desolate planets into livable planets that are exactly the same as living planets. If this statement is not true, it is not necessary to have a living planet to be promoted to military leader.
Therefore, if you encounter a living planet in the starry sky, if there is an alien civilization on it, it means a war.
As for the Lester Pirate Group, it turned out to be a force formed by some criminals from the three major alien civilizations, pirates and smuggling groups. It was a group composed of thirteen powerful forces.
As humans came to this area, attracting a large number of human pirates, the strength of this pirate group also increased. Now, three new human forces have been added, for a total of sixteen forces.
Players can join this camp, gain reputation, and gain some benefits unique to the faction.
Of course, most of the players who join the pirate camp are just pirate-style players. They don't expect the benefits of being a pirate force at all. What they value is the convenience of being a pirate.
Join the pirate camp. As long as you don't take the initiative to attack in the wild, you will not be actively attacked by pirate monsters. This can make it easier for them to do many things.
It is said that if one reaches a certain level of reputation and status in the pirate camp, or can unify a pirate force and become the Pirate King, or even temporarily control and command pirate monsters, occasionally pirate monsters will take the initiative to join his command.
It is not certain whether this statement is true, but the theory of Pirate King is indeed circulated among pirate players.
In the Zutar Star Territory and near the outpost, the five strongest forces are the Imperial Expeditionary Force, the Lester Pirate Group, and the three major alien civilizations. But in addition, there are some small and medium-sized forces, mostly transnational forces. The galaxy's super-corporate consortium.
For example, the Central Union Bank, some top arms merchants, some super insurance companies, top industrial groups, etc.
Among them are not only companies from the human camp, but also some neutral forces belonging to other civilizations in the Pan-Human Interstellar Alliance.
These super corporate consortiums have no interest in seizing planets and becoming military masters. They only care about making money. They will be present wherever there is war.
These super companies can activate their own unique reputation system, and improving their reputation will have some unique benefits.
Li Qing didn't study for long, because the fleet had already arrived near the wormhole, and after passing through the wormhole, it was the most chaotic star field near the outpost.
If someone is interested in caravans, the greatest possibility comes from here.
This time the fleet directly transferred the main force with fourteen battleships, and also borrowed a number of battleships from other teams to form a coalition and dived into the wormhole.
The remaining warships and merchant ships were all waiting outside the wormhole.
And it took a full three hours for the three small fleets to return from the wormhole one after another. This was the previously scheduled signal. Only the three small fleets must return in stages to be considered safe, and the remaining warships began to prepare. Enter the wormhole.
The time it takes for a battleship to pass through a wormhole is actually variable. The minimum is half an hour, and the maximum is two or three hours. If the other end of the wormhole is very far away, the crossing time will be longer.
It took Li Qing an hour and a half to follow the large army through the wormhole. When the sensor showed that countless kaleidoscope-like wormholes in the surrounding void slowly turned into void, he had not had time to observe his surroundings and was surprised by the sudden drop in temperature entering this galaxy. , the light curtain popped up in front of his eyes, Lu Qing appeared in the communication channel, and shouted an order:
"Li Qi, Li Qing, Li Min, Li Zhenghai, Li Xiaolu, you guys set off immediately to conduct reconnaissance in the original direction as a small team."
Half a minute later, a dozen large and small warships broke away from the team and formed a small formation to dive into this strange starry sky.
The picture detected through the battleship's sensor was displayed on the bridge glass, as if observing the outside directly through the glass. Li Qing discovered that in addition to the ubiquitous dust clouds in the starry sky, there was also a faint blue mist. In this dust cloud Under the influence of fog, not only the detection range of the spacecraft's sensors dropped by nearly 30%, but also the flight speed dropped by 20%.
But this is not the point. The point is that Li Qing discovered that as soon as he entered
Looking up, the entire starry sky seems to be covered with a layer of thick fog, and the distance is gray.
At this time, Li Qi's voice came from the channel:
"Li Qingqian has never been to this galaxy. Pay attention. This galaxy is also called the Ghost Galaxy. It is said that there is a crack leading to the unknown subspace in the center of the galaxy. From time to time, some ghost-like subspace monsters will emerge and wander in the starry sky. That thing Not afraid of kinetic attacks, ignore shields and armor and enter the battleship directly Within, only energy weapons such as laser cannons can cause damage, but the power will also be greatly weakened. If you encounter that thing, if your ship is equipped with energy weapons, focus fire to kill it immediately. If it is a kinetic energy weapon, turn around immediately. Get closer to Li Min, both of us are equipped with energy weapons.”
"Ah, there is such a thing?"
"The universe is so vast that it contains many wonders."
"By the way, after killing this thing, there is a small chance that it will condense something called a ghost crystal. It is very valuable. One crystal is worth at least one million. Therefore, there are many players who specially configure pure energy weapon battleships to hunt in this galaxy. So you have to pay attention to whether the player you find is an enemy."
"Okay. Uh."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing suddenly looked at the image transmitted by the sensor. A light blue and white figure was looming in the void filled with blue mist.
He looked closely and said to himself:
"Is this it?"
"Li Qing, there is a ghost approaching you. Come closer to me or Li Min."
He did not feel much threat from the light blue and white shadow, but even if Li Qi's reaction was so strong, he did not dare to take risks and decisively ordered the fleet to retreat.
But as soon as he withdrew, the ghost seemed to notice him, and his body swayed, turning into a stream of light and shooting towards him.
He immediately sent the picture to Li Qi:
"That guy seems to have discovered me."
Li Qi immediately replied:
"Come closer to me. Do you have energy weapons on your ship? Concentrate fire to attack and intercept."
"No, I'm all kinetic weapons."
"That"
Li Qi looked at the suddenly accelerating ghost in the sensor transmission picture and fell silent. Li Min in the split light screen on the other side shook his head and said:
"It's too late. Judging from the speed, this is a level two or above ghost. It will probably be gone by the time we get there." (End of Chapter)