Chapter 1090 Crystal Gap
“The signal flare was successfully launched into the air.”
"The radar signal was strongly interfered with and all targets were deformed."
"The anti-air defense self-check is completed and can fire at any time."
"The gravitational wave is abnormal and the shock is coming."
After An Yun said this, there was a violent shaking on the bridge of the Swan. The surrounding meteorites seemed to be attracted by huge gravity. As the gravitational waves swept over them, they slowly floated upward.
"Visually confirmed that the space rift has taken shape, and a large number of unknown signals have appeared."
Holding the device attached to his temple, An Yun's eyes lit up with spiritual light.
"What is that? It has no will at all, like..."
"Natural phenomenon."
Alyssa said:
"Should we find a reliable god to worship recently? What's going on with luck?"
Villania actually wanted to say that you can go directly to worship Li Chengqi, but considering that Emma and Sun Lin were still sitting on the bridge, he swallowed his words.
Speaking of these two people, they also saw the huge diamond-shaped curtain with purple flash through the bridge, and they couldn't help but stand up and poke their heads around.
"Is that the crystal gap? The crystalline life form is coming?"
Alyssa sighed:
"It's very unfortunate. You are right. The probability of encountering it is one in a hundred billion. In a sense, it is considered lucky."
At this time, Villagna said:
“It is confirmed that the lionfish is approaching and is returning.”
"Let Hall, who is in charge of security, come back as well. We need to run away immediately. We have no time to worry about the warships of the Constellation Alliance."
In fact, the warships of the Constellation Alliance are also turning around with all their strength, and they don't even bother to chase the Swan under the meteorite belt.
"Lionfish recovery confirmed."
Almost at the same time, Li Chengqi’s voice appeared on the bridge:
"What the hell is that? There's a lot of signals on the radar. Damn it's almost covered in radar!"
"That's a crystalline life form. If you're curious, talk later. You have to run away now."
Alyssa immediately ordered:
"Turn the ship and fly in the direction of the star. Don't worry about the meteorites blocking the way. Raise the shield strength to the highest level and let's rush over!"
Crystallized life forms, this special thing, are structurally related to crystalline humans and silicon crystal humans to a certain extent, but this affinity is like that between humans and pigs.
Although the genetic similarity between humans and pigs is as high as 99%, you can’t say that they are the same thing, right?
This kind of crystallized life form is known as the cosmic locust plague. They cannot communicate and have no consciousness. Any psychic exploration will be fruitless.
The only thing that is certain is that the crystallized life forms will chase the living creatures, but they will have no other reaction.
However, the threat of crystallized life forms to the planet is very low. Their crystal-like bodies cannot resist the heat barrier caused by air friction. They will basically burn before they fall on the ground. Even if they occasionally fall on the ground, they will In a short period of time, it turns into a real stone and is no longer a living thing.
In the void environment, once a ship encounters them, it will be a disaster.
Just like the assimilation ability of crystallized people, crystallized life forms also have similar abilities. They will chase the life signal and crash into the spacecraft. Once they break through the shield and hit the steel shell of the ship, they will immediately begin to assimilate.
The assimilated part not only loses control, but also continues to spread in other directions, turning a battleship into a crystal block floating in the void in the blink of an eye. The people inside naturally have nothing to eat. It is said that after being crystallized, even the soul will be permanently sealed, which is eternal torture.
The origin of crystallized life forms is a mystery. Some say they come from an undiscovered star field, while others say they come from another world. Regardless of where they come from, this thing does not appear recently.
As early as the ancient elves, there was a powerful crystal magic. It is said that it is a forbidden technique developed by the elves with reference to crystallized life forms.
Crystalline life forms will appear along with space cracks. These cracks are diamond-shaped, of different sizes, and will emit strong purple light. Because the characteristics are very obvious, they are also called crystal gaps.
The good news is that as long as there is a way to close the rift, the crystalline lifeforms pouring out of this rift will disappear immediately.
The bad news is that neither the Swan nor the three warships of the Constellation Alliance have the means to close the rift, which requires special devices.
As Alyssa said, the probability of encountering a rift during normal navigation is one in a billion.
Who on an ordinary ship would spend a lot of money to buy a special device that would only be used with a one-in-a-billion chance?
Got a problem with your brain?
But when you encounter them, you can only run away, run away quickly, don't think about rushing in, unless it is a well-organized fleet, otherwise no matter how many ships there are, they will be swallowed up by the crystallized life form.
In order to get away as quickly as possible, the Swan didn't even bother to avoid the meteorite and hit it directly.
The three warships on the other side of the meteorite belt were about to complete their U-turn at this moment, as if someone had farted between the two sides, and they hurried away back to back, running as far as they could.
Since when a space rift appears, jumps and pulse flights will be greatly interfered with, so we can only rely on conventional power to stay as far away from the place where the rift opens as possible, and wait until the distance is far enough before we can jump and escape.
After rushing out of the meteorite belt, Alyssa immediately ordered the Swan to sail at full speed. Although it was faster to sail at super speed, it had been used once just now. If the reactor was overloaded and melted, it would be really doomed.
The location of the Swan actually has some advantages. It is relatively close to the star and moving in the direction of the star. The glass in the bridge automatically adjusts to the light-blocking mode to prevent excessive star light from causing blindness to the people on the bridge.
The appearance of crystalline life forms is a standard hexagonal or tetragonal structure. Their speed is very fast. It is still not clear what principle they rely on to propel themselves in the void.
But according to the folk method passed down by word of mouth, it is said that crystallized life forms are afraid of light, so flying in the direction of the star and away from the space rift is the best way to escape.
"The UFO entered the range of anti-aircraft fire."
"Air defense gun fire!"
"With all the shield generators activated, we must not let a crystallized life form get close, otherwise the Swan will be completely destroyed."
The purple-red crystals passed through the meteorite belt like a huge tsunami, almost like a giant wave that wanted to swallow the Swan.
This is the source of the dense signals on the radar. The number is meaningless and cannot be counted at all.
The anti-aircraft cannon controlled by Long opened fire immediately, but as mentioned before, the machine soul of the anti-aircraft cannon is artificial intelligence. A small number of space fighters will be destroyed if they approach the Swan, but when such a large number of targets approach, the firepower of the anti-aircraft cannon will be reduced. It is difficult to maximize efficiency.
"Turn on the searchlights!"
Alyssa said to others while operating:
"Shoot out the flares, flares, and everything that can shine!"
I hope that the methods spread by word of mouth will be effective, otherwise the Swan, which has not yet accelerated to its maximum speed, will really be unable to get rid of these crystallized life forms.
(End of chapter)