Chapter 1804 Jiji, I’m back
Speaking of which, after the additional boss battle of the snake-killing operation, after I killed the existence that looked like Charlie plus and was suspected to be the True Master, I seemed to have let go of all hatred towards the True Charlie.
But then again, even if Real Charlie is not the culprit of so many tragedies in another timeline, the power she controls is still very dangerous. The life form of the insect swarm is also very different from the social carbon-based mammal independent animals, which will definitely bring about natural conflict and hatred.
Sure enough, we should still find a suitable opportunity to talk about the future of the universe. Real Charlie seems to be a reasonable and normal child, so we can talk about it. As for the times I beat her... they were all misunderstandings. I hope she won't hold a grudge.
In the future, the insect swarm may also be regarded as a special life form in the universe, which is naturally qualified to imagine the future. When his thoughts reached this point, Yu Lian couldn't help but laugh. He really never imagined that one day, he would actually want to talk to the insect swarm! If this continues, maybe we can talk to the predators or even the snakes, right?
That's all, let's talk. These days are not easy for everyone. What is there that we cannot talk about?
On the other side, Captain Nemo has already started commanding in an orderly manner: "Fighters and torpedo ships do not need to attack. The entire ship will move to the direction of gravity well No. 2, prepare hive missiles, and replace space concussion warheads."
He learned all the characteristics of this crystal-like space creature from his commander, and he naturally had a good grasp of it.
As a special mothership, the Preview is not equipped with a powerful main gun, but it is still equipped with secondary guns, close-in defense guns and multi-functional missile bays.
Soon, more than a hundred missiles hit the crystal clusters in the front range of the patrol. The air shock caused by the explosion set off an astonishingly powerful space vortex in the crystal group, and instantly opened a clear path forward.
Although the crystal clusters do not have organs similar to the brain, they may still show the biological instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. They dispersed like wasps driven away by pesticides. Within a few minutes, tens of millions of crystal-like flying objects dispersed into the universe. After leaving the detection range of the Pilgrim's radar, they became silent again.
The space of a galaxy is much wider than imagined. Not to mention just tens of millions of crystal clusters, even if there are hundreds of millions or billions, they can still be hidden without a trace.
Yu Lian felt a bit pity. In fact, quite good materials can be purified from the "corpse" of space crystal clusters, including soda ash and crystalline silicon. With a little bit of homespun work, an energy pack with excellent versatility can be produced, or one whose quality is above average. Ionic salt bomb.
In addition, if you collect patiently, you may even be able to collect zero elements.
If enough time is given, the space crystal clusters can actually be regarded as mining areas. In fact, at the end of the Age of Exploration, the Empire and the Alliance were already treating them as mobile mines, and even seriously discussed the possibility of breeding them.
Out of danger, the Preview turned its bow and flew towards the other end of the galaxy.
Three hours later, according to the prompt given by the omnipotent commander, the pilot terminal captured the signal of the gravity well at the edge of this flickering star system.
This is waterway information that the community and even most shipping routes have never mastered. Of course, it is still a narrow and unstable "dotted line" channel, but it is enough for a mere ship of the Patrol to pass through.
After a brief shake, what appeared in front of everyone was a bright red sun, a typical stable star in its young adulthood.
Everyone on the boat seemed to feel the warmth of the universe, and they all just felt relieved. Many crew members who had not recovered from radiation sickness felt a little more energetic.
"If nothing goes wrong, the navigation should be stable in the next few days." Yu Liandao.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The long and dangerous voyage coupled with the battle just now was certainly a torture for the navigator Yu Lian, but how could it not be for everyone?
Now, even if the cruise ship maintains the normal cruising mode, it can be regarded as a rare relaxation for everyone.
"Looking at it this way, the Abyss Nebula is actually not as desolate as we imagined." Anne Romanova looked like she had learned new knowledge.
In fact, it was not just her, but most of the crew on the ship, including Captain Nemo, who had crossed the abyss for the first time. They would have thought that since there was such a terrifying name as "The Abyss", maybe every inch of space within the nebula was like the sea of fire in the abyss of hell, capable of swallowing up all intruders at any time.
It is the restricted area of life, the prison of the soul, and the devourer of civilization.
Captain Nemo said: "However, if these rumors are true, there will be no so-called Free City."
"What? That's not a rumor?" Aniqi said: "I thought it was just an incredible story in the universe, just like the drone armor that can dance on its own, the engine that automatically sprays, and the space city elevator with one more level, which can travel through time. A mirror to the depths of the universe and an archive that can only be entered at 16:00 standard time are the same type.”
In fact, some of the "universe is incredible" you mentioned are true, but the specific manifestations are slightly different. Yu Lian thought.
The captain said: "He exists. My grandfather who was an explorer also went there."
The composition of Captain Nemo is indeed quite complicated. However, the good thing about the community is that the founding of the country was short, so it was open to all rivers.
Feifei said quietly: "The true meaning of the abyss comes from the earliest adventurers in the Age of Discovery. They believe that the dark side of the legacy of the Enlightened Ones is hidden here, as if it is unfathomable, unpredictable, indescribable, and deep. It is like a bottomless abyss. Once it comes into contact, it cannot escape, but it can only be swallowed up. The soul cannot escape and can only continue to suffer in the spiritual fire of purgatory until it falls into death."
Everyone couldn't help but swallow.
After all, the Philippine director is a literary and artistic worker, and he is probably very good at telling ghost stories.
Anne said helplessly: "Fina, can you change your tone to a normal tone? I don't know anymore whether you are reminding us to pay attention to details, or whether you are threatening us with a vicious tone."
Feifei looked innocent: "I was just repeating the exact words of the pioneers in the early Age of Discovery. But in fact, the understanding of the universe in that era was still very shallow, and the understanding of the enlightened ones was not the same."
In this era where enlightened people are regarded as gods and pilots, such words are somewhat treasonous. However, after staying under Yu Lian's command for a long time, even the traditional people will become numb to the occasional violent remarks.
Yu Liandao: "Although danger is always there, the situation is not so mysterious. It is nothing more than a larger and more ferocious Leviathan, and some relics of the Enlightened Ones that have gone out of control. Many of you have participated in the Conviction Battle. Have experience in this area.”
Indeed, those powerful mining drones sent by the predators can be regarded as the legacy of the Enlightened Ones. In fact, it is not more difficult to deal with than the advanced fighters of the Empire and Alliance. As for Leviathan and so on... Anne Romanova Zhang Xiao said that since she saw a giant beast that grew out of a giant planet and tried to devour stars, she would never recognize any special space creatures she saw now. Surprised.
"The so-called Freedom City, a paradise for pirates and outlaws, is actually built on a space city left over from ancient times," the captain said.
Anne suddenly said: "In other words, the pirate ship is actually equivalent to another unity fortress."
Yu Lian nodded: "Of course, the kind without weapons. It has been several centuries since the city was founded, but no otherworldly weapons or black technology have been discovered."
In fact, even since the city was established, large areas of the mysterious ancient space city have not been unlocked. When Yu Lian took refuge in that fortress in another timeline, his job to earn living expenses was to explore the dangerous and unknown areas inside the space city. The black technology and the lost divine weapon were not found, but we did unlock some urban areas and picked up a lot of extremely pure zero elements.
After working like this for a year, I even earned enough money to save a pirate... ah no, an expedition ship.
"In other words, the so-called abyss ghost ship may also be some kind of ancient dreadnought?"
It's hard to say. Yu Lian had heard this rumor in his entire life, but he had never had any experience with it.
"I always feel that once the truth is known, many romantic rumors will no longer be true." Anne sighed slightly, but her tone was more excited: "But, this is a good thing. With the correct explanation, This shows that this nebula can actually be explored.”
Feifei smiled and said: "I've known you for several years. I didn't know you still had the dream of being an explorer. What a changeable woman."
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"Women are inherently changeable. Maybe in a few years, I will suddenly be interested in wearing an apron to cook tea and bake cakes?" Miss Romanova said with a smile, "But even if I really want to explore The pirate city must be after the war. Commander, we won’t leave from there, right?”
If he had followed the original plan, Yu Lian would of course have kept his cruise ship as far away from the Pirate City as possible. The underworld chieftains in the Abyss Nebula are actually not necessarily tougher than the great pirate kings of the Spiral Cross. Instead, they have a lot of connections with the big shots in the White Way, and they seem much more reasonable.
However, because of this, it is even more important to stay away from them now.
Everyone checked the communication system again and found that although the waterway had stabilized, communication interference still existed. The communication speed is still in the era of telephone dial-up Internet access, and the connection is often stuck and dropped.
However, this does not affect the patrol's actions. In the following week, the Preview continued to move forward slowly along the course re-established by Yu Lian.
Everyone accidentally encountered a group of giant Tiyankai space squids, and then went their separate ways after saying they were safe. Then another burst of stellar energy caused a shield generator to overload and crash, but it was repaired immediately. Of course, the wide area communication signal was also received, but it turned out that there was a ship from the Toss Merchant Group passing by nearby and advertising.
The large trading ships of the Toss Fleet can actually operate in the Abyss Nebula, which once again refreshed the perceptions of many friends. Of course, their behavior of advertising while passing by really impressed many people.
"But, who is this advertisement for?" Annie just asked, but then she immediately realized that she had asked a very stupid question, which would make herself look like a hopeless fool. .
"No matter how smart a pirate is, he still has to think about how to sell his dirty goods." Captain Nemo said with a smile: "I heard from a colleague that the merchant ship he bought in the Toss Merchant Group was robbed, and all the goods were on board. They were all robbed, but the pirates still acted ethically and did not harm anyone. A few years later, after paying off his debt, he bought a cargo ship of the same model from the Toss Shipping Group. But after he got it, he became more and more familiar with it. Finally, he found that the hull number and painting were painted later, but after scratching it off. But they found that it was basically the same ship.”
Well, the Toss Ship Group can do this kind of thing. If the upper echelon of the alliance is a group of plutocratic capitalists who first position themselves as rulers, then the Toss Shipping Group is a traditional businessman. As long as there is room for exchange of needs in any field, they will definitely be there.
However, since the ships of the Toss Merchant Group will appear here, it means that the nearby area is already a star area where smugglers and pirates are more active. In this way, perhaps it may not be too far from the empire's extreme star sector.
The captain found a star chart and began to locate it based on the astrological instrument, which was soon confirmed. The current location of the Pilgrimage has overlapped with the marching route of the original Marauder Expeditionary Army.
Of course, this is also where Yu Lian lived and fought.
Captain Nemo said: "We can find places to penetrate into the Empire's extreme galaxies at any time in the bordering galaxies, but we cannot rule out that the Empire has also built a surveillance network of the same scale there."
Yu Lian nodded slightly and asked: "Where is the communication with the outside world?"
"It will be a little smoother, but currently we can only listen to starry sky broadcasts from extreme places." the communications officer said.
As a result, the intelligence that can be collected is very limited.
"Hang up again and see if I can get in touch with the Weitong...forget it, contact New China." Compared with the Weitong, the Kuomintang and who knows what happened to the earth, Yu Lian has begun to regard the remote areas of New China as... My biggest supporter.
"Continuous calls may expose our position. I think it is more appropriate to keep calling once every half a day." The captain suggested.
Yu Lian thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Just do it."
Feifei reached out and clicked on a nearby galaxy: "This is less than 150 light years away from us, and this is the place where you let Severus go. Do you remember?"
Yu Lian asked doubtfully: "Sephorus? Who would be a decent person with this name? It's such a funny name, but it's a beast. I don't know such an irregular person."