Star Chart’s Edge

Chapter 49: The wreckage of the Zeus

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In the command room, everyone put down their work and slowly walked to the floor-to-ceiling transparent portholes. Everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them.

"What on earth happened here?" Binx said in shock as he looked at the scene in front of him.

"Oh, my God" Mars said, shocked by the sight in front of him.

There were large and small wrecks of the Zeus floating around the Nanmen ship. There were fighter planes, carrier aircraft and even human remains. The Nanmen ship began to gradually slow down its speed. The ion shield at the front protected the ship from damage to the wreckage.

"Search for survivors." After Xue Gushan came to her senses, she immediately asked people to start searching for survivors. Although everyone knew that the chance of searching for survivors at this time was almost zero, she had to do it.

"What a tragic interstellar war this must be," Fang Mobei murmured to himself as he looked at the scene in front of him. It is not difficult to imagine that if the Tiangong came here, the final outcome would be like the Zeus.

Through the wreckage, everyone saw a huge dark brown planet in the distance - Planet Tokta.

"Attention everyone, we will enter the outermost orbit of Tokta planet in five days." The announcement sounded in the command room.

"Binx, let your people start searching for the other side's radio frequency band," Xue Gushan said seriously, "Mars, send an unmanned fighter jet to patrol around the Nanmen Ship."

After receiving the order, Binks and Mars each started their own work. At this moment, they could no longer take it lightly. After all, after seeing the tragic situation of the Zeus, no one would want to see the Nanmen Ship follow in the footsteps of the Zeus. .

"What do you think?" Xue Gushan turned her head and asked Fang Mobei.

"I suggest sending a tow truck to collect some wreckage. We don't know what weapons the other party is using yet. In addition, if possible, collect some other party's wreckage. We know nothing about them now," Fang Mobei said thoughtfully. .

After hearing Fang Mobei's suggestion, Xue Gushan hesitated for a moment, then turned to the adjutant next to her and said, "I remember there was a tractor-trailer parked on our ship."

"Yes, it's tractor-trailer No. 17, and the pilots are Li Ziming and Wang Mumu," the adjutant replied.

"Huh, him," Xue Gushan raised her lips and continued, "Let them collect some wreckage, and if possible, look for any wreckage left behind by the other party."

Fang Mobei looked at Xue Gushan, "In addition, is it possible to send a probe to the planet Tokta for close observation? It would be best to learn about the atmosphere, surface and other data of the planet Tokta."

"Okay, there are some debris all around. Let's send one or two detectors under the cover of these debris. We hope to bring back more data before being discovered."

Fang Mobei nodded, looking at the huge wreckage of the Zeus in the distance, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart, "Captain, can you find the wreckage of the Zeus's command room? If possible, I would like to take people with me." Go in there and check it out.”

Xue Gushan looked in the direction indicated by Fang Mobei. She understood Fang Mobei's intention. If the Zeus's command room could be kept relatively intact, then she could find some clues from the database in the command room. "No problem, You take your people on the tow truck."

After saying "Understood", Fang Mobei turned around and walked out, while calling Gu Yiyi and others through the headset.

Nanmen Ship, Apron No. 2

After the seven unmanned fighter jets ejected from the ejection port, they formed a triangular formation and began to fly around the South Gate ship. Wang Mumu was fascinated by the unmanned fighter jets in the universe.

"Wood! How can there be so much curiosity every day

Heart, get out! "Li Ziming scolded dissatisfiedly as he watched the wood being seduced by several drones.

"Brother Ming, you said Captain Fang Mobei is going to bring someone over to carry out the mission with us, right?" Wang Mumu lifted up the two boxes of supplies on the ground and walked to the warehouse.

Li Ziming sighed, "Who are you? Let people from the special service team perform tasks with us. We are obviously cooperating with the special service team to perform tasks, okay?" After saying this, he rolled his eyes at Wang Mumu, who came over.

"Brother Ming, tell me, are we in danger?" Although Wang Mumu is usually a bit dull, he still knows to worry about his life at critical moments.

"Don't worry, there won't be any danger." A cheerful voice came, causing Li Ziming and Wang Mumu to subconsciously look outside the tractor. They saw Fang Mobei and others standing in front of the tractor and smiling at them. Say hello.

"Captain Fang Mobei!" Wang Mumu waved excitedly to Fang Mobei and others. Li Ziming smiled slightly and nodded to Fang Mobei and others.

Blake directed the mechanical engineers to carry some simple materials they needed onto the tractor, while Fang Mobei and Gu Yiyi were discussing the route of the tractor with Li Ziming.

"We will set off in 30 minutes. We are almost 400,000 kilometers away from the target wreckage, which is similar to the distance from the earth to the moon. It only takes 10 minutes for the tractor to arrive after turning on the fusion drive, but there are countless wreckage in the middle. If it is forcibly turned on Fusion-driven flight will probably take a lot of risks," Li Ziming frowned as he looked at the coordinates on the monitor.

"Indeed, but at the original speed of the tractor, it will take at least 3 hours to arrive," Fang Mobei nodded.

"It won't take 3 hours, just 2 hours..." Wang Mumu was frightened back by Li Ziming's eyes as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Oh?" Fang Mobei looked at Wang Mumu and Li Ziming, and there was obviously something fishy.

"Um, it doesn't take 3 hours, it can be there in 2 hours," Li Ziming explained with an awkward smile, and kept glaring at Wang Mumu as he spoke.

Fang Mobei raised his eyebrows, "It seems that your tractor is different from other tractors." Fang Mobei looked at Li Ziming teasingly, and he had already guessed in his mind.

"I usually have nothing to do. I just thought I could do a few more trips within the prescribed time and earn some contribution points when I'm working."

"Don't worry, we have nothing to do with this matter," Fang Mobei said with a smile.

There are many relative loopholes in Tiangong's system. The time and cost it takes for a pilot to fly an interstellar spacecraft from a junior to a senior level is still not low in this era, whether it is a carrier aircraft or a towing aircraft. They are all managed by a senior pilot or pilot with several junior or intermediate pilots.

According to the responsible person system, a senior pilot like Li Ziming is in charge of the tractor-trailer No. 17. The person in charge of the aircraft is responsible for task execution, daily maintenance, etc. Some knowledgeable senior pilots have some knowledge of the aircraft they are responsible for. Although the modification does not comply with the Tiangong's law prohibiting private modification of the aircraft body, as long as there are no serious accidents or exaggerated changes, those in power will choose to turn a blind eye. After all, the Tiangong's manpower and material resources are limited.

Li Ziming looked at Fang Mobei gratefully, and felt a lot more favorable towards him in his heart.

An hour later, the tow truck No. 17, escorted by three unmanned combat aircraft, left the Nanmen ship and headed towards the target wreckage. This mission could not help but be the most important to Fang Mobei and others. It was also the most important to the entire Nanmen ship. They also attach great importance to it. The entire special service team is on the tow truck. If anything goes wrong, even Xue Gushan will be blamed.

"Captain, Mars team is escorting you" Mars

The sound sounded in the cockpit.

"Mars, you are controlling the drone on the Nanmen ship, and you are talking as if you have made a huge sacrifice," Fang Mobei said disdainfully.

A burst of ridicule came from the communicator: "Captain, I can't tell you are still a serious person."

"Come on, but to be honest, you don't need to be so close to us. You can let a drone go to the target wreckage first to explore it." Fang Mobei looked out the window at the largest wreckage of the Zeus getting closer and closer. vocal channel.

"No problem," Mars said with a smile, "Fox No. 2, you go and check it out first."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Mobei and others saw an unmanned fighter jet speeding towards the target wreckage...

Nanmen ship, command room

"Captain, professor, come here and take a look," Zhang Ziming suppressed the fluctuations in his heart and shouted while looking at the band in front of him.

"What did you find?" Xue Gushan and Binx hurriedly gathered around Zhang Ziming and looked at the holographic picture in front of him.

"There are many similar bands that our acoustic detector detected from the planet Tokta," Zhang Ziming said excitedly. If confirmed, he will be the first person in human history to receive clear biological radio waves from extraterrestrial civilizations. People who say “This is not a radio band but a biowave”

"Go on." Xue Gushan was already prepared in her heart, but at this time she really received a signal from an extraterrestrial civilization, and she still couldn't calm down.

"Judging from the intensity of the waveband and our distance from the planet Tokta, we can guess that there are giant creatures and tiny creatures on the planet Tokta. The gap is huge." Zhang Ziming frowned and shook his head. Obviously He had little confidence in his guesses.

"Your bold guess is that this is the first time in human history that we should not be limited to our own world view." Binks stood behind Zhang Ziming and patted his shoulder lightly.

"Have you seen "Godzilla"? A movie from the beginning of the last century. I guess the giant creature on the planet Tokta is similar to the size of Godzilla." Zhang Ziming looked at the captain and professor with incredible expressions. "Of course , and there are other creatures, which are almost the same size as humans. Judging from the received bio-waves, there are at least five kinds of creatures on the planet Tokta."

"Is it an intelligent creature?" Xue Gushan asked.

"No radio signals have been detected. From the analysis of bio-waves alone, I am afraid that no language content has been found." Mieko sighed and continued, "Of course, it is not ruled out that they communicate and socialize through other means."

"Where's the exploration team? Did you find anything?" Xue Gushan straightened up and looked at the exploration team.

"There is nothing. The planet Tokta is covered with dark brown thunder clouds. The clouds are extremely thick and we cannot see clearly. However, the data from the detector shows that the oxygen content on the planet Tokta reaches 29.8%. "The person in charge of the exploration team replied.

"The oxygen content is 29.8%, no wonder. It seems that Ziming's guess is correct," Binx murmured.

"Similar to the Cretaceous Period of Earth? How is that possible! How could a group of dinosaurs destroy the entire Zeus!" Xue Gushan said in disbelief.

Zhang Ziming frowned, "Then there is only one possibility. These Godzillas are intelligent and extremely destructive."

While everyone was arguing endlessly, Xue Gushan's heart began to raise, "Where is Fang Mobei currently?"