Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 522 Explorer ([-])

The emptiness of the universe brings endless loneliness, and the brilliance of the stars is just an unattainable comfort. There is no up, down, left, or right, only the illusion of falling into the abyss.

Ma Wu stood quietly in the cockpit. He looked at the infinite starry sky in the distance, and there was darkness among the stars. At this time, 334 days, a full eleven months, had passed since the explorer was immediately at the Herik planetary fortress.

It was February 3, Galactic Year 2.

At this time, they are already more than 8000 astronomical units away from the Herik planet at the edge of the solar system, which is equivalent to 1.2 trillion kilometers.

"Captain, a huge asteroid has been detected ahead, with a radius of about 3200 kilometers, with a strong metal reaction..."

"Slow down and prepare to land." Ma Wu calmly ordered.

"receive."

Masayoshi Kobayashi came over with a holographic document: "Captain, the Supreme Command has sent us a document."

"What?" Ma Wu asked while looking at the situation of the asteroid.

"It's our next voyage arrangement. The latest instructions from the Supreme Command require the Explorer to turn due east after reaching 1 AU, continue sailing for 1 AU, and then turn southwestward to return to the solar system." Reported by Masayoshi Kobayashi.

"Understood, just record this matter on the voyage memorandum and set a conditional reminder." Ma Wu ordered.

"Okay." Masayoshi Kobayashi recorded the incident in the voyage memo.

Ma Wu looked at the preliminary detection data of this asteroid. This is a rocky asteroid with a metallic core, strong geological activity, and a strong magnetic field. The surface gravity of this planet is 1/4 of that of the blue star. , with trace amounts of atmosphere.

Judging from the radius, the size and mass of this asteroid are larger than that of the moon, and the geological activities are also very strong. In the space around this asteroid, a large amount of volcanic ash components from volcanic eruptions were detected.

This kind of large asteroid is relatively rare in the interstellar void. This is the largest asteroid discovered by the explorer so far.

"Name this Ice God 12941 asteroid Candle Yin Star." Ma Wu entered the name in the asteroid database system, and the discoverers of large asteroids have the right to name it.

"The god of Zhongshan is called Zhuyin, and Captain Ma has also read the Classic of Mountains and Seas?" Zhang Handong asked with a smile.

"Occasionally." Ma Wu replied with a smile.

"This asteroid, do you want to go up to collect mineral supplies?" Zhang Handong asked looking at the holographic star map.

Ma Wu nodded: "The storage materials of the battleship are close to the first warning line, and we just have a rest here for a day."

The exploration satellites are still orbiting the Candle Yin Star for surveying and mapping. After completing the detailed surveying and mapping, Ma Wu immediately ordered the resource collection team to set off.

Huang Yaozu led the four soldiers of the resource collection team and directly landed in the A9 area of ​​Candle Yin Star, and the mechanical spiders immediately started mining near the landing area.

This is a typical plain on the side, somewhat similar to the lunar maria, but there is an active volcano about 67 kilometers southwest of the landing. According to the survey and mapping of the exploration satellite, there are currently 39 active volcanoes on Candle Yin Star, and 3 geologically active ones. bring.

The volcano that is constantly erupting has brought a layer of gray volcanic ash atmosphere to Candle Yin Star.

Huang Yaozu suddenly felt a shock, he quickly turned on the communication system, [There is a volcanic eruption in the A9 area, the landing crew should pay attention to safety. ]
[receive. ] After Huang Yaozu returned the signal, he continued to supervise the mining progress.

Although this is a geologically active asteroid, because it is not in the star system, there are some ice layers in its other areas except for the volcanic belt. The mining spacecraft landing area is such a place.

"Captain, the collection of water resources has been completed."

"Okay, we..."

[alarm! CKZZ43 is damaged, with a damage rate of 12.6%, mainly due to damage to the energy system...]
[alarm! CKZZ41 is damaged, the damage rate is 16.9%, the drive system and energy system...]
Huang Yaozu frowned: "What's going on? Activate the shield immediately."

"Yes." The soldier immediately activated the shield protection, and the mining spacecraft immediately bounced off a football-shaped shield, wrapping the mining spacecraft.

[alarm! CKZZ67 is damaged, with a damage rate of 36.7%, mainly due to damage to the energy system...]
[alarm! CKZZ04 is damaged, the damage rate is 24.8%...]
Huang Yaozu already sensed that something was wrong, and immediately activated the comprehensive detection system. The system immediately popped up some situations, and some weak heat source reactions appeared nearby.

"Captain, is this a biological reaction?"

"I know, you monitor these unknown creatures immediately, and I will report the relevant situation to the explorer." Huang Yaozu ordered decisively.

"Good captain!"

Huang Yaozu immediately activated the communication system to contact the explorer.

……

"An unknown creature was discovered? The unknown creature attacked the mining mechanical spider." Ma Wu frowned and asked.

"Yes." Huang Yaodong nodded and replied.

"Yaodong, pay attention to safety and adapt to the situation." Ma Wu ordered.

"Yes."

Ma Wu turned his head and ordered: "Activate the yellow alert state, the first combat team is ready to respond to the resource collection team, and the second combat team is ready to defend against emergencies."

"receive."

"receive."

The atmosphere on the explorer suddenly became tense. Although in this case, it is more likely that it is a protozoan, it cannot be ruled out that it is an alien species.

The gravitational wave and neutrino detection system immediately sweeps to the surroundings, carefully detects the detailed situation of the surrounding 10 astronomical units, and prevents enemies that may suddenly appear.

the other side.

Huang Yaozu and his team finally saw the appearance of these unknown creatures. Hundreds of jellyfish-like creatures were attacking the mining machinery spiders. These creatures were large and small, with the big ones at about 5-4 meters and the small ones at 5-1 meters. Left and right, translucent under searchlights, glowing red, waving tentacles.

"Captain, these alien jellyfish seem to absorb electricity and heat energy through their tentacles and have light-chasing properties."

"Try attacking with a laser cannon." Huang Yaozu ordered.

"it is good."

The mining spaceship has two built-in laser cannons, and the laser cannons that are activated instantly shoot towards two of the alien jellyfish, and instantly countless gamma-ray photon streams hit the alien jellyfish.

"How is it possible?" Huang Yaodong suddenly exclaimed.

The gamma-ray photon flow enough to melt steel was actually absorbed at the moment when the alien jellyfish was concentrated.

"Continue to increase the energy level." Huang Yaozu calmed down and ordered.

The soldier operating the laser cannon immediately pulled down the power switch blade of the laser cannon to maximize the energy output efficiency.

But something happened that made Huang Yaozu and others dare to make mistakes. Hundreds of alien jellyfish rushed towards the stream of photons like moths, as if they were absorbing the energy of the stream of photons of gamma rays.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Huang Yaozu immediately shouted: "Stop firing the laser cannon."

The soldiers immediately turned off the laser cannon. As the laser cannon stopped firing, the alien jellyfish seemed to grow bigger, and they were rushing towards the condensed matter shield, and then became suckers, attaching to the condensed matter shield.

[alarm!The energy loss of the condensed matter shield exceeds the normal level by 136%... 237%...]
"Grass, these ghosts are absorbing our shield energy."

Huang Yaozu calmly pressed the condensed matter shield to expand the attack system.

(End of this chapter)