Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 589 Silicon Beast Invasion
"Although all unmanned probes were used and it took ten days, so far, only the search work within a hundred light-year range near the route has been completed, and there is no guarantee that all existing celestial bodies have been discovered." Yuyang paused for a moment before saying, "Of course, compared with the entire Greenwich Meteorite Belt, the area we searched and detected is still a very small part."

Yang Yi didn't say a word, and asked Yuyang to continue.

It took ten days, but the search area was so small. The responsibility was not on Yuyang, but on the fact that the fleet carried too few unmanned detectors.To be precise, before setting off, Yang Yi didn't expect to encounter such a situation, so he didn't make extra preparations for it.

"The details are all here." Yuyang displayed a map of the starry sky. "Each point of light represents a celestial body with a diameter of more than [-] kilometers, and the red light point indicates that it has been invaded by silicon beasts, the green light point indicates that it has not been invaded, and the yellow light point indicates that the situation has not been ascertained yet."

Yang Yi glanced at the starry sky map, and his brows were locked together.

The expressions of other people are similar, because among the dense light spots, most of them are red, and there are very few green and yellow ones.

"Only these?" Shen Chengwen asked.

In the past ten days or so, Shen Chengwen led the officers and soldiers of the Special Investigation Brigade, and with the support of warships, they destroyed more than a dozen celestial bodies that had been occupied by silicon beasts.Although they were all small celestial bodies, and the battle went smoothly without any trouble, Shen Chengwen already thought that in the vast Greenwich Meteorite Belt, not only the celestial bodies near this route were invaded by silicon beasts.If something similar had happened elsewhere, then the number of feral silicon beasts entering the Greenwich belt from the Northern Alpha system must have been frightening.There is no doubt that this is by no means a natural phenomenon.You know, there is no planet suitable for silicon beasts in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.In other words, only under the persecution and threat of external factors, wild silicon beasts will leave the planet where they live and multiply, and venture to other galaxies.Even so, wild silicon beasts will not actively enter the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.Only go to the Greenwich meteorite belt if there is no suitable habitat.Obviously, the large-scale southward movement of wild silicon beasts must have something to do with the Silicon Magic Alliance.

"The unmanned probes surveyed those celestial bodies that have not been invaded, and made a major discovery." Yuyang took a long breath before saying, "These celestial bodies that have not been invaded have a common feature, that is, the mass is too small , and some even have hollow structures. Simply put, these celestial bodies are not suitable for the survival of silicon beasts, even after being transformed by earth dragons, they are not ideal places for silicon beasts to lay eggs."

"what do you mean……"

"That is to say, after excluding these celestial bodies that are not suitable to be beast dens, all larger celestial bodies within a hundred light-years near the route have been occupied by silicon beasts. Since no large celestial bodies have been found so far, we cannot be sure Whether large celestial bodies are also occupied by silicon beasts."

Shen Chengwen was taken aback for a moment, and his expression immediately became gloomy. What Yuyang said later was the key.

"Obviously, we cannot rule out this possibility." Yang Yi said at this time, "Perhaps, what we have discovered now is just the tip of the iceberg."

"The point is, what can we do?" Lin Feng followed up.

Yang Yi nodded slightly and didn't say anything more.Lin Feng rushed to speak, but he was actually reminding Yang Yi not to mention his plan in front of Barnes.

"What we can do is to do our best to ensure that the flight path is unimpeded. Although these celestial bodies are far away from the flight path, and some are still tens of light-years away, as long as there is enough time, the silicon hatched on these celestial bodies The beasts will pose a threat to the route, especially those high-level silicon beasts. The attack power of a tenth-level silicon beast is equivalent to a small battleship, and a twelve-level silicon beast is equivalent to a capital ship. More importantly, The silicon beast has no mind, and will attack any enemy that threatens it indiscriminately." Yang Yi let out a long breath before saying, "Obviously, we have to spend a little time to deal with this trouble, and it seems that we cannot pass the Greenwich Meteorite Belt as planned. gone."

"From a long-term perspective, it's not wrong to spend more time." Yuyang said.

Yang Yi nodded and looked towards Shen Chengwen.

"As long as there is something to do, no matter what, we can't leave the threat to the transport fleet behind. Even if we can't pass the Greenwich Meteorite Belt as planned, as long as we can ensure that the logistics transportation is unimpeded, the time we delay here can be recovered in the future." return."

"Your Highness?" Yang Yi turned his gaze to Barnes.

"Whether it is to ensure the safety of the route or to eliminate the threats ahead, it will take a lot of time. In addition, the current discovery has proved that there is a problem with our intelligence system." Barnes sighed secretly, and said, "You have no objection If so, I plan to go back."

"Now?" Lin Feng immediately looked at Barnes.

Barnes nodded and said: "This route is provided by us, and there are hundreds of space nodes ahead. If there is a problem with our intelligence system, it means that all the information related to the route is available." Problem. If I can’t find out the reason, I’m afraid there will be more troubles in the future. Not only for you, but also for myself, for the sake of the Hidden Spirit Race, I have to find out the situation.”

Lin Feng wanted to say something else, but Yang Yi shook his head at her.

"Your Highness, I believe in you." Yang Yi stepped forward and said, "But, you should also know that we can't keep delaying."

"Ten days, at most fifteen days." Barnes said with a long breath, "I will return within fifteen days whether or not the situation is found out. If everything goes well, ten days will be enough."

Yang Yi nodded slightly, and said: "Okay, we will have a period of fifteen days. At that time, no matter whether His Highness returns with reliable information or not, we will continue to move forward. But, please also remember, Your Highness, if we fail Now, then it’s not just the Human Federation that suffers losses.”

"Of course."

Yang Yi didn't say anything more, and Barnes also knew that everyone didn't have absolute trust in him, so he didn't make fun of himself, so he left immediately.Because all the space jump nodes on the route back to the Southern Alpha galaxy have been mastered, even if there is no battleship, Barnes can rely on his space fighter to return to the "advance" outpost.Of course, with accurate route information, it doesn't take much time.

After Barnes left, Yang Yi reopened the topic.

"We have already done exploration, and there are no large celestial bodies near here." Yuyang first introduced the situation. "The nearest large celestial body is about 150 light-years away. According to the information sent back by the unmanned probe, it can be roughly concluded that this celestial body has not been invaded by silicon beasts."

"How big is it?"

Without further ado, Yuyang brought up a three-dimensional structural map of the planet.

After looking carefully for a while, Yang Yi let out a sigh of relief.

This is a planet with a diameter of about [-] kilometers, and it has naturally occurring water.Just because the temperature was too low, everything froze into ice.In addition, this celestial body has existed for billions of years, and the conclusion drawn from the detection data is that the celestial body was originally a planet in a certain star system, and it broke away from the star system under the influence of external factors.The key is that the celestial body has the necessary conditions for human reproduction.

"Now, we have only done preliminary exploration, and it will take more time to complete a full-scale exploration to determine whether the celestial body is suitable for transformation into our home."

"how long?"

"The exact circumstances are unclear, and Carlson has yet to submit an assessment report."

Yang Yi nodded slightly, and said: "Send a few more detectors to find out the situation of the celestial body as soon as possible, and then let Carlson make an evaluation. If the conditions are ideal, let him be responsible for the transformation work. Even if the conditions are not ideal, Also closely monitored."

Yuyang nodded, indicating that he understood what Yang Yi meant.

The point is that in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, large celestial bodies are really rare, and celestial bodies like this with water and the size of a planet are even more rare.If you plan to make your home in the Greenwich meteorite belt, then any such celestial body must not be let go.

In a sense, these celestial bodies are the hope of mankind.

At first, it was difficult for Yang Yi to speak out directly when Barnes was there.In any case, we can't let outsiders know yet, not to mention Barnes, even the Queen of Star Soul doesn't know Yang Yi's plan.

"What do you think of this?" Yang Yi changed the subject.

No one spoke, everyone was thinking.

"Just say what you have." Yang Yi sighed and said, "We can't go back, so no matter how dangerous the front is, we can only keep going."

"Obviously, something bad must have happened to the Silicon Charm Alliance." Yuyang said first, "Otherwise, so many wild silicon beasts would not have entered the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. Normally, as long as there is no place to live If it is destroyed, wild silicon beasts will not leave. As for the legendary high-level silicon beasts with extremely high intelligence, they may have been extinct long ago, at least we have not encountered them."

Yang Yi smiled lightly and didn't say much.

"Maybe, we have to consider another situation."

"what's the situation?"

"This is not the natural migration of wild silicon beasts, and it has nothing to do with changes in the living environment. Maybe the Silicon Magic Alliance deliberately drove these wild silicon beasts into the Greenwich Meteorite Belt." Influence the Greenwich Meteorite Belt to stop us. In any case, the Silicon Magic Alliance is unable to guard the entire Greenwich Meteorite Belt. Letting wild silicon beasts invade the celestial bodies in the meteorite belt will not only cause us trouble, but also allow us to It is impossible to establish a stronghold. It is just a route, and there are not enough strongholds along the way, so the value of this route is obviously not that great."

Yang Yi nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with Shen Chengwen's point of view.

"Why are all celestial bodies, including those so small that they have little value at all, affected?" Lin Feng asked, and then said, "Also, I think we should pay more attention to the incidental effects of this matter, to be precise, Why now, why in this way."

(End of this chapter)