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Chapter 309 Investigation
"We have to inspect more than two hundred star systems in total?! Are you sure you're not joking?"

Wang Zhifan's expression suddenly changed slightly when he heard the middle-aged white man in front of him say such words.

He clearly remembered that the mission of this dungeon was to assist the spacecraft named Brave in completing the inspection work. So if there were more than two hundred star systems to be inspected in total, he would undoubtedly have to start working hard again, and it was destined to be a long time. prison.

"Captain Wang, this number does sound a bit much, but don't panic."

A middle-aged white man in his fifties wearing a pair of glasses immediately smiled and said:

"Based on the empire's experience in interstellar expeditions over the years, most star systems in the universe lack value and only contain some uninhabitable planets and very common minerals. In these systems, our spacecraft will only briefly collect some planet data. Just leave, so the overall inspection is not expected to last more than five years.”

"Five years..."

Wang Zhifan felt even more speechless after hearing what he said. He had never stayed in a dungeon for five years, but when he thought about it, he could inspect more than two hundred star systems in five years. The interstellar navigation capabilities of this spacecraft should be... How powerful is it? Does this also mean that the Brave is extremely powerful in combat and has a very safe and stable platform?

"Chief, who are our potential enemies? Please let me prepare mentally."

Since this suspected spaceship leader seemed to value him very much, Wang Zhifan took the opportunity to ask him. After all, his identity was just a small security force captain, and he certainly didn't know as much as this person about the overall situation.

"Did the copy also load the text translation module? The recent copies seem to have this treatment."

"About 190 years ago, humans discovered the remains of an unknown civilization underground on Mars, and obtained large-scale gravity control technology from which the underlying principles have not yet been understood. The use of this technology has improved human interstellar navigation capabilities. Obtain a leap-forward improvement..."

Wang Zhifan was secretly surprised by this situation, but he was not too surprised, because he had encountered this situation in the last dungeon, and it was regarded as a default convenience for players in the dungeon.

After the chief cheered up, he talked about some more realistic things, letting Wang Zhifan understand that his potential opponents were all kinds and had more changeable forms.

Therefore, his subsequent intelligence investigation was much simpler. He only needed to check it in the spacecraft's network database, and did not need to find someone to ask.

"However, some other small problems may hinder our progress, such as the alien creatures that quietly parasitized our scientists this time, and the geological disasters that wiped out our expedition team during the extraterrestrial expedition last month, including even Your boss, these unpredictable factors will be our biggest enemy at the moment."

"About three hundred years ago, mankind ended the world war on the Earth and the planet, established a unified and powerful government on the Earth and the planet, and began to set its sights on the vast outer space, ushering in a relatively arduous early era of space exploration..."

"My job is actually quite leisurely. Most of the chores are taken care of by the clones. I will only be asked to take part in more complicated matters... I should take this opportunity to learn more about this dungeon and find other players. The location..."

His words are full of hidden passion, as if he is not only not afraid of encountering alien civilizations, but is also very eager to meet opponents of sufficient level.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he asked this question, the middle-aged white man with glasses showed a proud look on his face and answered without hesitation.

"Although we have discovered many relics of extraterrestrial civilizations in the hundreds of years since we entered the interstellar era, and have benefited greatly from them, we have not discovered any truly surviving extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations. So for now, our Brave There is no real opponent, unless we can find equivalent enemies in these two hundred or so star systems."

The middle-aged white man wearing glasses chatted with Wang Zhifan for a few words and encouraged him before letting him leave. It seemed that he paid attention to Wang Zhifan because he discovered the hidden parasite problem on the spacecraft.

"Young man, please remember that the Empire's spaceships are unrivaled in this universe."

"Two years ago, the giant scientific research ship Brave, which took fifty years to build by the unified government of the Earth and Star, sailed into deep space. This huge spacecraft, 3.8 kilometers long, 1.1 kilometers wide, and 106 meters high, carried about 6 people. Man has embarked on a journey, shouldering the historical mission of investigating a large number of star systems..."

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“About sixty-five years ago, humans discovered a broken alien spacecraft in the orbit of Proxima Centauri b. Although they could not find any complete alien life tissue in it, they successfully copied the first super-light speed machine. The engine gives mankind the most critical weapon in its journey of space development..."

Unfortunately, he found that he seemed to be the only one in his office, and his subordinates were all clones. In addition to asking about the clones, he could only check computer information. In fact, this spaceship should have a very high level of technology. There was also a computer on the computer, and it still looked little different from what he remembered.

In the office, Wang Zhifan began to look for channels to obtain more information. He originally wanted to do this when the dungeon started, but the old man's incident disrupted his rhythm. Now he has to seize his free time to figure out everything.

Wang Zhifan did not continue to pester this person. He expected that the copy had just started and would take a long time, so he returned to his original office.

"Work hard, Captain Wang. As long as you make a sufficient contribution again, I will propose to the empire to promote you to the Minister of Security Department. You should understand that as a scientist, I also have to be in charge of the work of the Security Department. This Very unreasonable.”

When he looked at the keyboard of his office computer, he soon discovered that although it was the first time he saw the words on the keyboard, he somehow understood their meaning. The words that appeared on the screen after turning on the computer also made him realize It was as if he had a natural translator in his mind that he could actually read the language of this copy world without any problem.

By reading the information on the computer, Wang Zhifan quickly learned that the situation in this copy was different from what he initially suspected.

First of all, in terms of technological level, this Brave spacecraft can be said to have either extremely high technological level or average technological level, because the most critical technologies used in it, such as gravity control and super-light speed, are all obtained by humans from some extraterrestrial ruins. What we can get from this is that humans have only figured out how to use these technologies but do not know their true principles. That is to say, the level of technology that humans truly understand is not much higher than the real world where Wang Zhifan lives. This is why he can easily use it here. computer for one reason.

Then there is the interstellar civilization. Originally, Wang Zhifan thought that in such a highly developed world, aliens would be everywhere, and the various races in the universe would have been fighting or communicating frequently. However, this is not the case in the current dungeon. Although the alien ruins have already Several have been discovered, and some alien creatures have been encountered, but humans have not encountered even one of the truly surviving intelligent alien civilizations. I have to say that this situation seems a bit strange. "Based on all the information, we can deduce that the most powerful enemies I will encounter in this dungeon are aliens. Since many alien ruins have been discovered, there is no reason why aliens don't exist. Perhaps powerful aliens. The fleet has been secretly observing, and at a certain period it will suddenly pop out to prevent the Brave from entering their territory..."

Wang Zhifan, who had obtained a large amount of information, began to think about it. He even wanted to use the Destiny Gua Book to infer something. However, considering that these things would inevitably involve copies, he still did not take the risk.

"Let's look at the personnel information. What is the position of the previous chief... What are my specific responsibilities, and how many useful soldiers are there under my command..."

After understanding the background of the dungeon, Wang Zhifan focused on personnel information. However, he did not delve deeply into this aspect of the information. He only obtained the profiles of the people he could access within his authority, which naturally included the leader of the spaceship.

"Ran Lei Luo, the chief scientist of the Brave, has the highest command authority of the entire spacecraft and is responsible for planning and carrying out interstellar expedition projects..."

Looking at the face of the middle-aged man he had seen not long ago on the computer screen, Wang Zhifan immediately understood why he was called chief, because his main position was chief scientist, and this position turned out to be the most senior position on the Brave spacecraft. The senior, non-conventional captain position is the largest, probably because this spacecraft is a very large scientific research ship, and the scientific research and exploration mission is greater than anything else.

"Wang Zhifan, the commander of the Brave Warrior's security team, has the authority to command a combat team and is responsible for maintaining the safety of personnel on the spacecraft. He is required to undertake field inspection tasks during interstellar exploration..."

He then looked at his information interface and found that his authority was not clearly stated. The number of people in a team was not clearly marked. Perhaps he used as many people as he was given.

"The basic situation is understood. The only thing that makes me curious now is where are the other players in this instance?"

At the end of the investigation, Wang Zhifan wanted to determine who were players by looking up the names of the people on the spaceship, but the result was not smooth, because he found that there were not very few East Asian people like him on the spaceship. There are thousands of them. Does this mean there are a thousand players in this instance?

"But in the previous parasite incident, I didn't notice a single player appear from beginning to end... Could it be that the dungeon separated me from other players? Did they perform other tasks?"

He didn't understand this very much. Although this spaceship was very large and had tens of thousands of people, players could easily meet each other according to the usual style of the dungeon. They had even been together from the very beginning, but now he didn't even have a hair on his head. See, this situation is extraordinary.

"Go outside and patrol, maybe you can find some clues."

After thinking about it, Wang Zhifan got up and left his office, leading two clone soldier boys to wander around in the spaceship. For him in the security department, this was not considered lazy, but could be said to be a sign of hard work.

So on the Brave One, where most people were very busy, Wang Zhifan started his business openly and openly.

He passed by laboratories with frequent people coming in and out, and saw that there were people in the biological area transporting corpses to clean up the entire area. There were also restaurants scattered throughout the spacecraft waiting for people to come and eat, and there were even batches of them. The clones were eating fast food together, and they could be seen eating very quickly.

Wang Zhifan knew that people with his position, like most people on the spacecraft, did not have special meals, so he stopped by to try the delicacies of the interstellar exploration era.

"Sir, what would you like to order? Fast food? Or a nutritious meal?"

The waiter in this restaurant is a young and beautiful white girl with a sweet smile, but the uniform she wears indicates that she is also a clone, a non-combat clone who focuses on service.

"Three nutritious meals."

Wang Zhifan answered casually, walked to the long table in front of the white girl and pulled up a round stool to sit down. The two clone soldiers following him stood upright behind him, even though Wang Zhifan ordered food for them.

"OK, just a second."

After hearing this, the girl turned around and went to the counter to prepare the food. Her speed was so amazing that Wang Zhifan put a plate of nutritious meal in front of him before he could carefully observe the other diners here.

"Is this a nutritious meal?"

Wang Zhifan then looked at the three tubes of arm-thick "big toothpaste" on the plate in front of him with surprise on his face. He couldn't believe that this kind of thing would be his first meal in this dungeon.

"Yes, sir, our nutritious meal is specially prepared by biological scientists. It has sufficient and balanced nutrients and is suitable for people with all kinds of physiques. Moreover, it is colorless and odorless, and people with any taste will not reject it physiologically. , the efficiency of eating it is also very high, it only takes three minutes for each person to finish it on average..."

The girl boasted that the three tubes of "toothpaste" food she brought were so high-end that Wang Zhifan couldn't help but look embarrassed when facing them.

"This is the standard scientist style. Everything is done for efficiency, without considering whether it tastes good or not... It's hard to imagine that I will have to eat this for several years in the future..."

Feeling a little embarrassed, he quickly asked the girl to remove the nutritious meal and replace it with fast food that more people choose to eat. The appearance of the fast food was much more normal than the toothpaste just now, including lunch boxes and hamburgers. But there are only two or three specific meals that can be chosen for each type.

Not long after, Wang Zhifan, who was sitting at the dining table and started to pull barbecue rice, discovered that the fast food here didn't taste right. The main reason was that the meat in it was not normal meat, but synthetic meat. It had a bad texture and a strange taste. He realized that he could only rely on the food he had stored to satisfy his appetite in this instance.

However, in fact, he was interrupted before he even finished the fast food. The message was sent by the clone troopers who were following him. They said that they had received a latest message through their earphones. They had just discovered an unknown ship parked in nearby space. The spaceship needs a security team to investigate.

(End of this chapter)