When Barnes arrived, Yang Yi didn't give much explanation. The images in front of everyone had already explained the problem.
It was a three-dimensional projection of a celestial body, sent back by an unmanned detector, and it was less than a light-year away from the route that the fleet will pass through more than a hundred light years away. This is a small celestial body with a diameter of less than 500 kilometers, and its mass is not very large, but the key is not the mass of this celestial body.
On the projection map, those bright parts indicate extremely high temperatures.
This is a small celestial body that does not have enough mass to form a molten core, so the temperature rise of the celestial body is certainly not its own cause.
There is only one explanation, this celestial body has been invaded by silicon-based life.
The question is, are the wild silicon beasts occupying the celestial bodies, or the enemies of the Silicon Charm Alliance
After sending back this image, the unmanned probe continued to fly towards the celestial body, preparing to conduct in-depth exploration of the celestial body, and then lost contact.
However, no inference can be made from this. Even if the celestial body is invaded by wild silicon beasts, it is possible to attack unidentified foreign objects on its own initiative. If the celestial body is occupied by the enemy of the Silicon Magic Alliance, it will also be destroyed immediately after the unmanned detector is discovered.
This was the first unexpected situation encountered by Yang Yi and the others after the fleet set off.
Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time and knew that a similar situation would be encountered sooner or later, Yang Yi was still surprised by the encounter at this time.
Don’t forget, this is the southern part of the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, not far from the Southern Alpha Galaxy, and tens of thousands of light-years away from the Northern Alpha Galaxy. More importantly, according to the information provided by Barnes, the Hidden Spirit Race has been closely monitoring this route, and has not discovered this celestial body that has been invaded before. According to Barnes's previous statement, there will be no accidents before reaching the northern part of the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.
When Yang Yi looked towards Barnes, Yuyang, Lin Feng and Shen Chengwen also stared at him.
"It should be a wild silicon beast," Barnes paused for a while, then said, "It is a small celestial body, even if it is the enemy of the Silicon Charm Alliance, there will not be many. It's just that the location of the celestial body is off course It’s too close and has already posed a threat to the route."
Yang Yi nodded slightly, and looked at Lin Feng and Shen Chengwen.
"Whatever it is, it must be eradicated." Shen Chengwen said very simply. "Even if we can pass safely, the spacecraft that subsequently transports the supplies will be threatened. More importantly, we must figure out what is invading the celestial body. If it is a wild silicon beast, it is nothing. If it is the Silicon Charm army, even The lack of troops also means that the enemy has expanded its defenses, and we have to prepare for battle in advance."
Lin Feng nodded, expressing the same meaning, and then said: "It's just that the situation has not been clarified yet, so it is not helpful to fight. My opinion is that only a few of us will go. Ability is enough to cope."
Yang Yi didn't say much, and looked at Barnes.
"We didn't discover this celestial body in time, and took the main responsibility. I'll go with you." Barnes was refreshed and didn't mean to shirk at all. "In addition, I have to figure out why. If this is not an individual incident, then there is a problem with our intelligence system."
"Then, let's go."
When Yang Yi said this, Barnes was taken aback for a moment, but then nodded.
Of course, Yang Yi didn't bring everyone, but let Yuyang and Shen Chengwen stay and be responsible for commanding the fleet and legion, only Lin Feng. Shen Chengwen was very dissatisfied, but didn't say much. He already knew that Lin Feng was no longer an ordinary Earth Soul fighter as a gift from the Star Soul Queen. In addition, Yang Yi also has a royal fighter tailored for him by the Star Weavers. It can be said that the strength of the two is not weak, even if Barnes is a strong man of the hidden spirit race, with a strong strength close to the heavenly emperor, it may not be able to do the two. Besides, here is a thousand light-years away from the Southern Alpha Star Coefficient, no matter how powerful Barnes is, he can't return alone.
Soon, the "Xinghai" took Yang Yi, Lin Feng, and Barnes to the space jumping node more than 100 light years away.
To be on the safe side, Yang Yi left the "Xinghai".
Like them, Barnes also has a powerful space fighter, and it is a royal fighter. Because the space fighters owned by the three of them can perform short-distance space jumps, there is no need to take a battleship to go to that celestial body, and it will not take more time.
After a short while, the three of them came to the vicinity of the celestial body.
Although separated by more than 100,000 kilometers, it can be clearly seen that magma is everywhere on the surface of the celestial body, and the temperature is very high, which is an environment suitable for silicon-based organisms. However, Yang Yi and the others did not see the silicon beast. Obviously, no matter whether it is a wild silicon beast that invades the celestial body, or the enemy of the Silicon Charm Alliance, they can only stay in the celestial body. This is a small celestial body, the mass is not large enough to form an atmosphere. Even wild silicon beasts need the protection of the atmosphere, and they will die if they are directly exposed to a vacuum. As for whether the wild silicon beast is hidden in the celestial body or the enemy of the Silicon Charm Alliance, it is obviously impossible to judge from the surface of the celestial body.
Lin Feng was about to step forward and was stopped by Yang Yi.
"This is a beast den." Yang Yi flew out of the cockpit of the space fighter, and then put away the space fighter. "There is no obvious fluctuation of the original energy, and judging from the surface of the celestial body, this should be a newly formed beast den with an earth dragon hiding in it."
"Are you sure?" Barnes also flew out of the space fighter.
Yang Yi nodded slightly and said, "Before the war broke out, I served in the post of the Greenwich Defense Line and encountered a similar situation. These wild silicon beasts all come from the Northern Alpha Galaxy, and some were even deliberately rushed by the Silicon Charm Alliance. It was to invade the celestial bodies in the Greenwich meteorite belt and cause us trouble. But before that, the human legion had never penetrated into the Greenwich meteorite belt. Unexpectedly, there was a den of silicon beasts in this place."
"You started to say that this animal den was just formed?" Lin Feng asked.
Yang Yi nodded again and said, "After the earth dragon invades the celestial body, it will use the resources of the celestial body to grow, and in the process transform the celestial body into an environment suitable for the survival of the silicon beast. Normally, the earth dragon will eat the celestial body first. The core of the celestial body produces extremely high temperatures. When other wild silicon beasts come here to lay their eggs, the earth dragon will guard the celestial body and eliminate all external threats. Because the beast’s eggs absorb heat during the incubation process, the celestial body’s The temperature will drop accordingly, at least the surface temperature will drop a lot. Now, the surface temperature of this celestial body is still very high, indicating that it has just formed and no other silicon beasts have laid eggs inside."
"What should I do now?" Barnes asked directly.
Yang Yi smiled faintly, and a blue light shot out from him.
When Barnes reacted, the blue light had fallen on the celestial body and then disappeared.
"This… "
"Wait patiently."
Barnes was still very confused, but Yang Yi refused to say more, and he didn't ask too much.
At this moment, Lin Feng had already seen it. It was not a light beam that shot out from Yang Yi, but a small, immature blue blood wolf.
After a while, the temperature of the surface of the celestial body began to decrease, and the molten magma slowly solidified.
After about a few minutes, the surface of the celestial body had completely solidified, and the blue light appeared again, and it disappeared after it hit Yang Yi.
Although I didn't see it clearly at first, Barnes saw it clearly this time.
"That is… "
"The legendary blue blood wolf is extinct." Yang Yi didn't hide his armpit. "At the beginning, we found it in a den of the Greenwich meteorite. It was an egg to be precise. Of course, I was lucky. When the egg was corrupted, I was nearby, so it treated me as a relative."
Barnes swallowed, looking very envious.
"Okay, let's go back." Yang Yi glanced at the celestial body. "If I am not mistaken, this is not the only celestial body that has been invaded by silicon beasts."
"You mean..." Barnes regained his senses abruptly, his expression also becoming solemn.
"If this is the case, then we will have more trouble. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing." Yang Yi smiled faintly and said, "Besides, we can't stop because of some wild silicon beasts. Let's go. Well, we have had enough time here."
Soon, the three returned to the "Xinghai" and then contacted Yuyang and Shen Chengwen.
After the fleet arrived, Yang Yi asked Yuyang to make arrangements. As in the past, unmanned detectors are still dispatched first, and after confirming that there is no abnormality at the space jump node ahead, the space jump will be carried out. Because there are only a hundred warships, the fleet is moving very fast.
As for the transformation of large celestial bodies, Yang Yi handed it over to Yuyang and Carlson, and did not personally intervene.
In the next few days, Yang Yi's guess was confirmed.
Near every space jump node, the unmanned detectors sent out found celestial bodies invaded by silicon beasts, and most of them just happened, that is, the celestial bodies were invaded by earth dragons but were not invaded by other silicon beasts. No eggs laid by other silicon beasts were found in the celestial body.
On the fifth day, Yang Yi stopped the fleet.
This time, the unmanned probe found not one celestial body in front, but more than a dozen, all of which were invaded by silicon beasts, and the surfaces of several of them had cooled.
So many celestial bodies were invaded by silicon beasts and developed into animal dens, which is definitely not an isolated event. Although it is not difficult to deal with these celestial bodies, it is not necessary for Yang Yi to act personally and send warships to destroy these celestial bodies. However, Yang Yi had to pay attention to the threats represented by these events.
After the fleet stopped, Yang Yi immediately arranged for Yuyang to send more unmanned detectors. In addition to continuing to detect the situation ahead, he also conducted extensive surveys of the surrounding area. Simply put, it is to find out how many celestial bodies are invaded by silicon beasts near this route.
Of course, this will take some time, and Yang Yi can only wait patiently.