The Xuanwu fleet shrank and collectively entered a defensive state. At the same time, it avoided unknown attacks as a whole.
However, the silver beam came too suddenly and had an extremely wide range. Caught off guard, more than a dozen Xuanwu battleships were unable to dodge and bombarded the Xuanwu battleship's huge body.
The defensive energy shield on the surface of the Xuanwu battleship shook and shattered. It was hit by the silver beam and fell into a stagnant state instantly.
Soon, the silver-white substance spread on the Xuanwu Battleship, and the speed became faster and faster. In the blink of an eye, it spread to most of the battleship's body. After being hit by the silver beam, the Xuanwu Battleship's hull seemed to have been eroded by some kind of substance. Performance drops suddenly and drastically.
"Commander, the battleship has been invaded by alien energy, and its overall performance has declined rapidly!" Zhou Xiaozhi looked at Zhou Yu and reported urgently.
"Exotic energy? What kind of energy is it? Is there a way to eliminate it?" Zhou Yu's expression changed and he asked Zhou Xiaozhi urgently.
"Commander, alien energy is a special kind of magnetron. After they invade the ship's hull, they have huge infectious power and incredible magnetic assimilation power. They can cause considerable damage to our spacecraft. They cannot be analyzed in a short time. However, our spaceship also has biological elements, which cannot cause fatal damage to us yet. Xiaozhi is now fully analyzing this abnormal energy and starting to eliminate and clean it up." Zhou Xiaozhi looked at Zhou Yu, Detailed report.
Hearing this, Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Is there another attack from the other side? The fleet should avoid it!"
"Commander! No other attacks have been found yet. The trajectories of unknown attacks have been calculated. They are 1.7 kilometers away from us. The speed of this alien energy is lower than the speed of light. At the current distance, the evasion probability is 97.2%." Zhou Xiaozhi Looking at Zhou Yu, Hui reported.
After listening to Zhou Xiaozhi's report, Zhou Yu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and walked quickly to the command room.
In the flagship command room, after the alarm sounded, the staff had already been in place and quickly entered a tense combat state.
The attack came too suddenly, but the scale of the Xuanwu Fleet was too small. After the attack was discovered, it would be difficult for such a long-distance attack to achieve the attack effect.
The vastness of the universe and the extremely long distance span cannot be crossed by any energy weapon in a short time.
In large-scale interstellar battles, the warships participating in both combatants often reach a huge scale. Both combatants can lock the approximate range of the opponent's fleet in advance, launch over-the-horizon attack weapons, and cover the attack range to achieve the purpose of eliminating the opponent's power. Crush on a large scale and finally reap the fruits of victory.
However, the Xuanwu Fleet only has 100 warships. After detecting the attack trajectory, relying on Zhou Xiaozhi's huge computing power, it is easy to find gaps in this over-the-horizon coverage attack. Now, the fleet only needs to be careful not to be approached by the enemy. , or surrounded by enemies, it is already in an invincible position.
"What kind of civilization is the other party? Quickly analyze the strength gap between the two sides." Zhou Yu looked at the command podium and quickly issued an order.
Suddenly suffering an unknown attack, Zhou Yu's biggest worry was the fear of encountering a super civilization, because he deeply understood that all strategies were ineffective in the face of strength. He only prayed that he would not encounter an opponent that was too powerful.
"Commander, the source of the attack comes from this planet! The opponent's fleet has not yet been discovered, and it is impossible to assess the opponent's strength." An operator looked at Zhou Yu and reported quickly.
As soon as the operator finished speaking, the screen on the large command screen changed, and a silver planet was revealed.
The huge planet is 2.8 times the size of the Earth. It is bright silver and shines brightly under the light of the star. Its brightness reaches the intensity of a -3 magnitude star.
Looking at the planet, Zhou Yu's eyes were a little confused, "The alien energy is emitted from this planet, not from the fleet?"
"Yes, Commander, the attack comes from this planet!" The operator nodded and confirmed.
"Have you detected comprehensive information about this planet? Have you discovered any intelligent biological civilization?" Zhou Yu frowned and asked in confusion.
"Commander, the structure of this planet is very strange. Their surface temperature is very low. The entire planet is surrounded by an atmosphere 40,000 kilometers thick, so hydrogen, helium and other gases will become liquid. Due to the increase in density, these The liquid material will pass through the dense atmosphere, fall to the ground, and then be turned into gas again by the temperature inside the planet, and then start to float to the outer layer of the planet. In this way, a unique atmosphere is formed inside the planet. Circulation system, no extraterrestrial life has been found yet." The technician looked at Zhou Yu and introduced.
"Is there no intelligent biological civilization? What attacked us? Is it an accident?" Zhou Yu frowned and asked in confusion.
"Commander, the climate environment of this planet is too harsh. Unless an unmanned reconnaissance ship is released for close observation, detailed information on the planet cannot be obtained." The technician looked at Zhou Yu and replied: "Commander, we have to continue to approach This planet?”
On the command console, everyone looked at Zhou Yu, waiting for his next order.
This unknown attack comes from this planet. In the absence of any intelligent biological civilization, it may be an unexpected explosion of energy from the planet, or it may be a test of them by a potential civilization, or it may be a trap... for further investigation. , or just retreat to avoid trouble, Zhou Yu frowned, unable to determine an answer for a while.
"Have the abnormal energy results been analyzed?" Zhou Yu looked at the data analysis team and asked.
"Commander, the alien energy has been analyzed. It is a kind of magnetic particle energy that can easily invade our spacecraft and cause an imbalance of metal elements. This attack looks more like an accident than an intentional attack. ." The leader of the monitoring data analysis team immediately replied.
"Well! How is the condition of the damaged Xuanwu ship? Xiaozhi!" Zhou Yu asked Zhou Xiaozhi.
"Commander, most of the alien energy has been rejected. However, due to the influence of its elemental assimilation, it cannot be eliminated in the short term. The outer layers of the fourteen Xuanwu hulls have peeled off. They are currently being repaired urgently. It is expected that it will take twelve days to complete the overall repair work. ." Zhou Xiaozhi reported in detail.
"Twelve days!" Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, looked at everyone, and arranged one by one: "Send out the unmanned reconnaissance ship immediately. I want to obtain all the data on this planet, especially how this unknown attack occurred. Science Team, you should immediately start research on the energy of the opposite sex. It is a fatal threat to us, but it is also a good weapon."
"Yes, Commander!" Everyone responded in unison and took action.
As Zhou Yu said, this alien energy is too threatening to living mechanical structures. It can actually affect metal elements alone. If this energy is larger, it will have a fatal blow to them. Likewise, , it is also a deadly interstellar weapon against mechanical civilization.
Soon, a "Xuanwu" battleship broke away from the fleet and rushed towards the location of the planet.
Time passed bit by bit, and everyone watched intently as the Xuanwu ship continued to approach the target on the large command screen. The worrying attack did not happen again.
Soon, several million kilometers after the Xuanxu battleship arrived at the planet, the huge hatch at the bottom opened, releasing a large number of detection ships, which swarmed towards the planet ahead.
In the flagship command room, everyone stopped what they were doing and paid collective attention to the reconnaissance footage coming back from the detection fleet ahead.
Soon, the reconnaissance fleet entered the interior of the planet at high speed and plunged into the thick atmosphere.
In the flagship command room, the large command screen immediately dimmed.
The surface of the planet was revealed. The thick gas had cut off a large amount of external light, and the place turned into a world of white ice flowers, violent air currents and countless lightnings.
Entering the interior of the planet, the temperature is getting colder and colder. It is about 10,000 meters below the dividing line. When the reconnaissance fleet enters the dividing line, a world of bright silver ice crystals appears in everyone's field of vision, with stripes of light blue. The river flows slowly.
Everyone couldn't help but squint their eyes, fearing that they would be blinded by the endless silver light.
With a "boom", a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, illuminating a space of hundreds of kilometers in radius. Immediately afterwards, electric snakes flashed across the sky, as if welcoming these uninvited guests from the alien world, and frantically moved all the reconnaissance fleets together. Come.
"Commander, the temperature of this planet is too low for life to exist!"
"Most of the rivers on this planet are liquid nitrogen. How can there be an intelligent civilization?"
“…”
After seeing the planet's landforms and environment, Professor Smith and Professor Yang Yi breathed a sigh of relief and became loud.
"Really? Then the question is, what happened to the alien energy that attacked us? Isn't it emitted from this planet?" Zhou Yu frowned slightly and looked at everyone and asked.
Hearing this, everyone suddenly said, "Yes!" If this kind of alien energy is going on, they are very targeted and are by no means an accidental product.
Suddenly a voice said: "Commander, is there an analysis error? This energy passed by the planet and then accidentally hit us?"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be startled. Being discovered by a more powerful civilization was like dying, and everyone was immediately filled with a sense of crisis.
"It is possible, but in this case, how far should the range of this energy be? 500 million kilometers? 1 billion kilometers?" Professor Smith frowned and asked in confusion.
"If we passed by each other, then our understanding of this star cluster is wrong! There is an intelligent biological civilization in this star cluster!"
"They have discovered us a long time ago, and this attack is a warning?"
"Impossible. With our size, what kind of detection technology can detect us at such a long distance?"
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As soon as Professor Smith finished speaking, there was a commotion at the scene. Everyone started making guesses, looking increasingly uneasy.
"That's enough. Stop talking. We'll discuss it after the surveillance ship's monitoring results!" Zhou Yu scolded everyone, then turned to look at Zhou Xiaozhi and ordered: "Xiaozhi, reanalyze the trajectory of the alien energy and determine its true origin." Origin of emission.”
"Yes, Commander!" Zhou Xiaozhi obeyed the order, let go of his calculation power, and started deducing and calculating with all his strength.
The professors looked at each other and stopped talking. They each got busy and started investigating more seriously.
"Hydrogen... Helium, iron, silicon... This one has a lot of elements. Unfortunately, the climate is too harsh, making it difficult to develop!"
"Wow, this planet has high-purity star crystal compounds. This crystal is the best catalyst for the infinite appreciation of biomechanical structures. This place must be developed!"
"It's impossible. We are on our way. We must pass through this star cluster as soon as possible and send out a signal to contact the exploration ship."
"We missed a great opportunity for development! However, the location of this planet must be recorded. With this resource star, upgrading the fifth-generation Xuanwu ship will be just around the corner!"
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Following Zhou Yu's order, everyone carefully analyzed the findings from the reconnaissance fleet. They all stared closely at the monitoring screens from the reconnaissance ship on the large command screen. There was a heated discussion about the planet's resource reserves, environment and climate. .
As time goes by, the detection fleets scattered throughout the planet conduct a blanket search and monitoring of the planet, draw maps, deploy prospecting robots, and collection robots to conduct a comprehensive investigation of this icy galaxy. .
"Hey, look at that crack in the earth. The detector can't detect the depth, and the temperature of its internal space has changed dramatically." An operator who was staring closely at the surveillance screen suddenly warned loudly.
"Really? That's the picture, call it up quickly."
"The temperature has risen. Where is it?"
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Hearing this, the professors were shocked and asked questions in droves, almost at the same time.
Zhou Yu couldn't help but look over. The increase in temperature means the possibility of life. Although this planet is very cold, there are many elements necessary for life - water (ice), oxygen...
If there is an independent and integrated space with a suitable temperature, then intelligent life is likely to exist on this planet.
Seeing this, the operator quickly adjusted the surveillance to the large command screen, and suddenly a deep crack in the earth appeared, as if it was about to cut the entire planet in half. The entire crack in the earth stretched for tens of thousands of kilometers. The edge is far from visible.
If it weren't for the icebergs covering both sides, the black line of the crack in the earth would be particularly clear. In this dim planet, it would be difficult to detect the existence of this crack in the earth.
"What are the specific details of the crack in the earth? Isn't it possible for the detector to obtain its depth data?" Zhou Yu looked at the operator and asked impatiently.
"Commander, the total length of the crack is 2,279.7 kilometers. The highest internal temperature has been detected: 2,381 degrees Celsius. The deepest depth still cannot be determined. An underground detection robot army has been dispatched to conduct a comprehensive survey!" the operator reported to Zhou Yuhui.