With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 385 Puppet?

"Come?"

Chen Fan looked at the lonely text in the holographic projection and suddenly came back to his senses.

"What does it mean?"

He subconsciously took a deep breath and asked the question to himself.

The cool air in the cockpit of the research vessel rushed into his lungs through his nasal cavity, taking away the foul air and also taking away the inexplicable loneliness in his heart brought about by the song.

"Ghost Fleet..."

Chen Fan turned his head and looked at the ghost fleet flashing long fluorescent lights outside the porthole. An astonishing idea gradually emerged in his mind: "It, it wants us to follow it?!"

"It certainly seems so."

Wang Jing followed closely behind, the second one to come back to her senses from the illusion created by the ghost fleet. She was slightly different from Chen Fan, and her face looked a little ugly at this time.

On the one hand, it was because the continuous information interference had put a lot of burden on her brain. Especially after experiencing the impact of the information interference source, Wang Jing's brain had already reached a critical state.

On the other hand, it is because of the concern for the current situation of the Human Union - before mastering the information interference technology, the Human Union has no qualifications to confront the ghost fleet or the broadcast civilization!

"Academician Wang, what should we do now..." Looking at the ghost fleet that was slowly leaving, Chen Fan asked Wang Jing hesitantly.

"You make the decision."

To Chen Fan's surprise, Wang Jing directly gave him the decision-making power: "I don't have much experience in investigations, so I'm definitely not as good as you."

Hearing this, Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

——It’s so worry-free to have a boss like this.

Under the watchful eyes of Wang Jing and two investigator assistants, Chen Fan thought for a moment and quickly came to a conclusion:

"Follow it!"

"So far, there is still no clue about the trace of the broadcasting civilization." Chen Fan explained in a deep voice, "In this case, let's start with the Xinalo civilization and the ghost fleet."

Chen Fan hesitated again and again: "My intuition tells me... since the Xinalo civilization, the ghost fleet and the star bugs appeared in this node universe, they should be related to the broadcast civilization."

"Just like the Bray Alliance and the so-called Ramsey Empire."

Yisha and Gao Yuan were shocked.

As people who had personally experienced the dispute between the Bray Alliance and the Ramsey Empire, Isa and the others naturally understood the meaning of Chen Fan's words better.

"You mean..."

Isa looked a little uneasy: "The Xinalo civilization... and the Star Zerg, have they also been affected by the broadcast civilization and dangerous technology?"

Chen Fan was silent for a long time, then nodded hesitantly: "Although there is no evidence, I... have always had this intuition."

Wang Jing's voice suddenly came from the side: "Wait!"

Compared with before, Wang Jing's expression was even more solemn:
"When did you start to have this intuition?"

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment. Looking at Wang Jing's expression, he hesitated and asked, "Is this matter... important?"

Wang Jing nodded and emphasized again in a stronger tone: "Important! Very important!"

Although he had no idea what Wang Jing was up to, when he heard what Wang Jing said, he frowned and fell into deep memories.

"To be precise, it should be after we left Varela."

"After solving the [Source], similar intuitions would occasionally appear in my mind, but at that time the intuitions were very vague, like fleeting flashes of inspiration, elusive."

"Until now."

"These intuitions are gradually becoming clearer..." Chen Fan's eyes moved, and his voice became more resolute, "Oh, right, the ghost fleet!!"

“It was after encountering the Ghost Fleet that those intuitions became clear.”

After sorting out his memory, his originally stumbling words instantly became fluent: "When I was investigating the Ramsey Empire earlier, it was this mysterious intuition that made me determined to conduct an in-depth investigation of the Ramsey Empire!"

At this point, Chen Fan couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead: "Fortunately, I investigated the Ramsey Empire at that time, otherwise the node universe would sooner or later..."

As for Wang Jing standing aside.

Listening to Chen Fan's description, the academician's face became more and more serious, and Chen Fan gradually stopped his narration.

Chen Fan looked at Wang Jing anxiously: "Academician Wang, what do you mean..."

Silence returned to the cockpit of the research vessel.

After a long while, Wang Jing managed to squeeze out a few words:
"…Information interference."

"And it's very subtle and difficult to detect information interference."

boom!
At this moment, Chen Fan only felt a roar in his mind.

Yes!

Like the broadcast civilization, the ghost fleet also masters the technology of information interference!
The other party was fully capable of giving him psychological hints without him even realizing it! And these psychological hints, in Chen Fan's view, became some kind of unique intuition!
Combined with the current communication information with the Ghost Fleet, the purpose of the Ghost Fleet is already very clear - all of the other party's actions are simply to tell Chen Fan about the Xinalo civilization!
Imagine.

If Chen Fan did not continue to investigate the Ramsey Empire, he would not be able to discover the existence of [Suzheng] and the Star Zerg. Correspondingly, Chen Fan would not focus his attention on the pan-universe, and there would be no Academician Wang Jing's high-dimensional signal reverse tracing experiment!

Thinking of this, Chen Fan suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, with waves of chills constantly surging into his heart from behind.

If it is true as Wang Jing said, then all his actions are most likely under the "remote control" and calculation of the ghost fleet!

This feeling of being a puppet is not pleasant.

Chen Fan's expression quickly turned ugly.

It seems that it is actually very simple to get rid of the "remote control" of the ghost fleet. All he has to do now is refuse to follow the ghost fleet.

but……

Faced with an opponent who seemed omniscient and omnipotent, how could he know whether his refusal was part of the plan?
"... What surprised me is that these actions of the other party have indeed brought a lot of benefits to the Human Alliance." Wang Jing's voice was full of confusion, "Could it be that... the civilization behind this ghost fleet and the broadcasting civilization are mortal enemies?"

Wang Jing's eyes moved, and she continued, "This is undoubtedly good news for the Human Union."

Compared with a three-way competition and a two-way competition, a three-way competition always has more room for operation.

Especially when two of the parties have a common enemy!
The Human Union can even form an alliance with the forces of the Ghost Fleet to jointly resist the Broadcasting Civilization!
As for what happens next...that's not something we need to consider now!

When these thoughts flashed through Wang Jing's mind, Chen Fan also realized the hidden opportunity in it.

He took a deep breath and gave up the idea of ​​"resisting" the ghost fleet in his heart - the ghost fleet could "remotely control" his thinking through information interference technology, and conversely, he could also use the ghost fleet to investigate the truth about the broadcast civilization!
It's just mutual use.

"go!"

Chen Fan calmed down and gave another order: "Follow the ghost fleet and see what it wants to do!"

……

in the starry sky.

The connection between the TE1571 research vessel and the Varela slowly disconnected. Beside the two, a blood-red crystal-shaped starship quietly performed the escort mission.

On the planet, a large number of investigator starships were taking off and landing in the atmosphere - the ghost fleet left, the phantom disappeared, and after the crisis was resolved, the Star Plains returned to its former tranquility. The Varela people who had just completed their refuge migration began to migrate back to Star City with the help of the investigator starships.

As a wave of space-time ripples spread out in all directions, the Varela, the research ship and the blood-red crystal starship quickly entered the curvature navigation state, chasing after the ghost fleet that was silently traveling to the edge of the star system at a speed slightly lower than the speed of light.

As if the ghost fleet had noticed that Chen Fan and his group were chasing them, the speed of the fleet began to increase rapidly.

suddenly.

Under the gaze of Chen Fan and his group, the ghost fleet disappeared very cleanly into the visible universe.

The starry sky returned to darkness.

At the same time, shrill alarms sounded in the cockpits of the three starships.

【warn! 】

【Target lost! ! 】

Swish!
With the help of the curvature engine, the three starships suddenly broke away from the curvature state and docked silently in the edge area of ​​the Varela star system.

Looking at the bright red warning message that popped up on the starship's main console, Chen Fan felt terrible.

We haven't even left the star system yet and the target has been lost.

Listen to me, does this make sense?
"Sir Chen Fan, what should we do now? Continue to maintain the original course?" Red Stone's voice came from the communication channel, throwing a fatal question to Chen Fan who was scratching his head.

Chen Fan was silent for a moment, then turned to Wang Jing in the research vessel and asked for help: "Academician Wang, is there any way to determine the movements of the ghost fleet?"

Wang Jing: “…”

She looked at the detection interface in front of her that covered multiple frequency bands but showed no signs of ripples, then looked at Chen Fan who looked confused on the communication interface, and finally, she sighed and shook her head.

——The ghost fleet can only be observed in the visible light band. Once it disappears, even the most sensitive detection equipment of the Human Union will not be able to find its whereabouts!
"No..." Chen Fan's eyes widened slightly, staring blankly at the empty starry sky in front of him, "Brother?"

"You're just going to lead the way like this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a ray of soft light appeared again in the dark starry sky—the ghost fleet appeared in the starry sky again without any warning.

The fleet was still the same fleet, in ruins and emitting a sense of tragedy after a great war from the inside out, but for some reason, looking at the soft fluorescent light slowly flickering in the depths of the fleet, Chen Fan actually sensed a sense of embarrassment and awkwardness from it.

It seems... the Ghost Fleet is apologizing for its previous actions!
Died young.

The ghost fleet has become a spirit? !

As soon as this thought flashed through Chen Fan's mind, Yi had already proactively displayed the translated information above the main console.

That is a string of coordinates.

A string of coordinates that perfectly meet the Renlian positioning standards.

As the coordinates emerged, the ghost fleet once again hurriedly disappeared into the visible universe.

(End of this chapter)