The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

The screen was blurry, and the particles floating in the air were engulfed by the atmosphere mainly composed of hydrogen and helium, galloping from east to west, tearing everything in front of them.The colorful, wavy clouds are complexly changing and flipping violently in front of the eyes, and the boundary between up and down is completely unclear. In the turbulence that is so hazy up, down, left, and right, it seems that all the colors in the world are integrated here.

In the roaring atmosphere, the clouds are constantly opening and closing gaps, and from those gaps, you can see the low-lying clouds tens to hundreds of kilometers below—that is like an ocean, an ocean of endless clouds.Countless clouds of various colors gather there, colliding and squeezing, slowly and softly churning and undulating, giving people an illusion of silence.

But in fact, if there is no protection there, human beings will be torn apart by the roaring atmosphere in an instant.The wind speed here is not comparable to those weak storms on the earth.You know, the strongest typhoon on Earth in the 21st century was Haiyan in 2013, with a wind force of magnitude 78 and a speed of over [-] meters per second.

The wind speed of more than 120 meters per second has exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.

Looking at the effect on the screen, Oregana could just see the déjà vu of something she saw in Tzeentch's Labyrinth... and some paintings by the great artist Van Gogh.

I have seen things that humans can never believe. I have traveled dangerously among the most distant planets. I have witnessed the birth of a black sun. I have seen magnificent warships crashing into nebulae. I have seen storms Roaring around Jupiter... It's an illusion, but it's also a reality that exists in that starry sky, beyond any attempt by Byzantine or Roman artists to represent the mysteries of Christianity, that's fantasy, that's fire, That was rotation, that was explosion, that was brilliant dimming and death! ——Van Gogh

(Note: Van Gogh did not say this - Lu Xun) (Bow)

emmm... Looking at Van Gogh's paintings from this angle, I always feel that I can read something that seems very powerful. (meditation)

"Hmm... the wind speed is weaker than expected." Oregana replied while thinking about messy things, "We thought it would reach 150 meters."

Liu Lizi shook her head, and she zoomed in on the screen. From the grotesque picture, she compared the radar map to find the huge man-made object:

"It's already powerful enough. It is absolutely impossible for such a strong wind to appear on a habitable planet-this shuttle is not suitable for flying in this environment. The attitude controller has exhausted all its strength to maintain stability...In this case Probably the only ones that can fly well in the environment are aircraft specially designed for this kind of environment, right?"

"You mean the Naval Academy's recent equipment, the single-person variable-wing jet sailboat that claims to be able to surf inside the wooden box Great Red Spot?"

Oregana thought of the kind of small single-person spaceship, the 'Windbreaker' type.She was designed to conquer the huge gas waves on gaseous planets, but until now, everyone usually only uses her to enter the atmosphere of ecological planets, and there is no brave man who really drives this to challenge the Great Red Spot.

"It's just a claim, but no one really knows what it is. Personally, I think there is little hope." Liu Lizi thought of a series of exciting summer activities being planned by the Sailing Department of the Naval Academy. She shook her head and said, " The shield energy has been reduced to 70.00% [-], the distance is [-], the opponent has no response, continue to approach?"

The behemoth can already be seen on the screen, it is like a mountain, piercing straight out of the sea of ​​clouds.The sunlight that penetrated through the thick atmosphere hit his smooth shell piece by piece, reflecting a dim white light.The airflow engulfed the floating particles and hit the heavy metal shell, causing a turbulent flow.

There is not a single window on it, and there are many signs of damage and fractures on the surface. It should be that in the long years, some of the surface structures were destroyed by the roaring storm.No one knows how long it has been here, let alone how long it can stay here.But what is certain is that its internal energy system should still be running, at least the anchoring function is still normal, otherwise it would have fallen into the depths of the invincible atmosphere under the impact of the storm.

The closer you get to that building, the worse the screen shakes.The shipboard AI of the Very Leopard seems to be confused by this harsh flight condition, the alarm has not stopped, and the shield of the shuttle has dropped from 74 to 30.00%.

After approaching within 1000 meters, the behemoth still did not respond.

Liu Lizi looked back at Oregana:

"What next? No answer to calls or scans."

"Keep getting closer. It's a shuttle anyway. If it's damaged, it will be damaged." Oregana stared at the large-scale building on the screen. a protruding part, but now a violent storm has taken it away, and ripped off a chunk of the armor plate to "attach it, and put the multirobot in that hole."

Putting the robot in that hole means you want to touch it in and see what's going on?This is indeed a very good method. There are as many multi-functional robots used to maintain ships, with basic artificial intelligence, and easy to move. It is more than enough to explore outposts that are no longer on duty.The only problem is that if you encounter a thicker reinforced gate, it may take a long time for the multi-robot to open it with a maintenance welding torch.

I hope it's not too closed inside.

Liu Lizi raised her eyebrows, and transferred the control of the ship from the main engine to her own hands. She clenched her fists hard, and four blue flames spewed out from the propeller, and violently pushed the shuttle towards the hole. .

She felt very entangled now—the ship couldn't sail at all, and there was no other way to maintain stability here except to fight against the storm with brute force.So she drove this brute force to the end, and the entire shuttle almost rushed over in a collision posture.

With a violent shaking, the shuttle hit the thick armor, the shield went out on the spot, and the bottom hit the armor plate heavily. Rolled away, disappeared at the other end of the sea of ​​clouds.

At the same time as the impact occurred, the hangar of the shuttle opened, several containers were thrown into the turbulent flow, and quickly flung into the big hole with the help of negative pressure.As soon as this was done, every joint in the arm that threw the container exploded with sparks, snapping in seconds.Immediately afterwards, the rear wing, headlights, and external accessories were torn off one by one and swept away.

Because it is not equipped with a damage control system, under the power of nature, this small boat has no power to fight back.But anyway, the robot has been thrown in.

Even in this way, the building still doesn't seem to respond—probably it is indeed dead.

"..."

"...I really didn't respond."

"This shuttle can no longer be retrieved," Oregana asked tentatively, crossing her arms, "Why don't you...explode yourself?"

"Don't... If there is something wrong with the explosion, the anchor is released, and this thing falls directly, then there is really no way to study it. Just throw it away..."

As Liulizi let go of the control of the shuttle, this small aircraft with a length of nearly 50 meters was like a flat boat in the turbulence, blown away from the surface of the giant building, whirling and making the sound of metal breaking everywhere.It was thrown far away, cut into two pieces in the air, submerged into the clouds, and disappeared into the beautiful scenery.

The pressure, gravity, and strong magnetic field at the bottom of the gaseous planet, no matter which one is the enemy of the spacecraft, even if you can race in the surface storm, once you pass that line, the gravity will hold you back. Never come up again.A big guy with a length of more than ten kilometers, once it falls, you want to pick it up... What kind of traction device do you need to pull up three Orobas at once?

Pull the refinery over and anchor it here, let it wrestle with the gas giants?It sounds quite romantic, but in reality it definitely can't be done... in terms of preparation time or something. (cover face)

The robot was thrown into the hole, and there was a passage inside. The dust in the atmosphere was covered in a thick layer in the passage. The wind howled and poured in from the big hole above. The dust fell and rose again, and the visibility was extremely poor.The multifunctional robots move their complex legs, and move forward slowly in the wind that is much lighter than outside.The searchlight next to the viewfinder shone beams of light in the dust fog, and the roar of the wind echoed in the passage, like a huge beast howling.

Unexpectedly, the gates were not closed, and all the gates were open-this is equivalent to the entire system being connected to the outer planetary atmosphere.Aisle after aisle, hall after hall, the robots walked unimpeded.

All places are empty, and the searchlights illuminate the dark interior indistinctly.Closed machines, stopped equipment, tables and chairs that have gradually decayed, beds, rest areas, and daily necessities that have turned into ashes.All the clues point to people living here, but they have been gone for a long time.

Exactly how he left and where he went, no one can speculate based on the current clues.

No matter from which angle you look at it, the news you get is not particularly pleasant.

Although the unmanned space facilities appearing in a large area are well hidden, they have lost most of their functions, and only the anchoring system is still working.This always makes people have some bad associations—a large area of ​​space facilities is abandoned, and it is too late to take them away, which shows that the situation has become so serious that it is difficult for people to pay attention to details.

As for the serious problem of letting an advanced civilization that can set up bases in more than 20 galaxies give up these serious problems in a short period of time, Oregana really knows one...

By the way... When Temiao educated low-level civilizations, he even specially taught them to hide underground to avoid demons from the sky!

Thinking of this, Oregana picked up the cat at her feet and rubbed it vigorously, which would make her relax a little.But this made the uncle cat into a panic all of a sudden, he raised his cat fist and slapped Oregana on the forehead.

While fighting wits and courage with the cat, she asked:

"Scan the surrounding area carefully, is there really no response from the dark worm?"

"No, no reaction related to the dark worm was found on any planet... There seems to be traces of mining on one planet, and they left some mining machines there." Liu Lizi curled his lips, "Let's go It was done in a hurry, and all that was left was the large equipment that was hard to take away.”

Oregana touched the cat's chin and thought for a long time, but she couldn't figure out why. After a long time, she raised her head:

"How long will it take for a robot to fully search this outpost or something?"

"No matter what, it will take more than 48 hours, after all, it is so big." Liu Lizi tried to track down the wreckage of the shuttle that was blown out by the wind, but gave up after a while. "Maybe we can put some more in?"

"No, there's no need, and I won't have any clues if I continue here." Oregana shook her heart and ordered, "Liu Lizi, go to the edge of the galaxy and deploy a fixed hidden guidance system in the rubble belt. Call A scout ship comes here to carry out the search mission we didn't complete. Then we set sail to the home system of that civilization."

"Eh? Go straight there?"

"Yes," Oregana nodded resolutely, "I guess there should be something left over there... Maybe there are observation posts left over there."

If there is anything that may be left behind, there is only an observation station left behind - in order to monitor low-level civilizations, there must be an observation station near the parent star, and the observation station must be difficult to detect of.If the technology gap between the two parties is too large, even if the other party goes to the sky and starts marching out of the galaxy, it still cannot find the observation station above its home star.

If the observation post of Tartarus was placed there, they would never have found it (if they hadn’t said it in advance, they probably wouldn’t have found it)... The information provided by Mooreston did not mention the observation station, maybe it’s not because there is no The Observatory, but the Observatory was not found at all.

An observatory that is still in operation must be an excellent point for obtaining information.

But anyway, it won't be until we get there to find out how... maybe nothing, or—

See the truth behind the legendary myth.

"Yes." Liu Lizi replied loudly, "The jump engine is charged and ready to go."

Chapter 591 Chapter 535: Unreliable contact of the first kind

When the Very Leopard arrived at the target galaxy, the fuel reserves were already more than half full.The jump engine can indeed quickly traverse the starry sky, but it needs to consume a large amount of isotope fuel, and the fuel carried by each ship is limited, which directly determines the range of the battleship.Therefore, when the flagship team is conducting a long-distance raid, the commander will organize several strategic cargo ships and let them use them to deliver fuel to the fleet to ensure the voyage.

But this time the Very Leopard did not carry a transport ship, coupled with the long journey, when it arrived, the fuel tank was more than half empty.

As soon as she entered the galaxy, Oregana said:

"It's really a long way. How much fuel is left?"

Liu Lizi immediately activated the stealth action device, hiding the entire ship.Tartarus' stealth works great, and every pilot loves it.She doesn't believe that this civilization has the technology to detect Tartarus' hidden action device:

"It should be enough to go back. Even if it's not enough, it's just a little bit. We don't have to worry about this."

Oregana nodded, and with the help of the shipboard scanner, she carefully observed the galaxy——

It looks like a very ordinary galaxy, with only one planet in the habitable zone, and the blue planet should be the home star of the settlers.In addition, there are four rocky planets and a gas giant planet.

The feeling here is very similar to the galaxy where the outpost was discovered before. Although the radio waves are indeed very lively, it is not quiet in terms of the space environment-there are only four tracks left by the warp drive, and three of them It's so faded it's almost invisible.According to Captain Mooreston's information, the latest track should be left by settler [-].

That's pretty weird - it doesn't look like they're using this sublight drive on a regular ship at all, only the four settlers have a warp drive!

That's pretty weird for a civilization.It stands to reason that the warp drive is not a particularly difficult thing to make, and it is not the ultimate decisive weapon that can never be made again after one is built.Or we, after knowing the principle of this thing, it is very easy to manufacture. Let alone the performance, it will definitely be usable.

Just imagine, with this kind of engine, will it be difficult for you to develop your own home galaxy?So what if the performance is worse?

You can make it, so just make more, put one on each ship, and then you can successfully develop the entire galaxy.After the development of the entire galaxy, everything will become more convenient - resources will come in a steady stream, and technology will continue to develop. With these things, wouldn't it be good for you to emigrate to other planets?

However, they did not do so.The four warp tracks said it all - that's all they did.

"Hey..." Liu Lizi scratched her head, she thought of this, but she couldn't understand it easily.The Very Leopard's probe covered the entire galaxy. As she scanned, the expression on her face became more and more strange, "There is basically nothing here!"

There are no colony bases or domes on the nearby planets. The only large celestial bodies that have been developed are the satellites of the parent star, and the space stations are only one or two near the parent star.

It's hard to believe that this is the mother galaxy where a civilization that can colonize ten light-years away lives.There is a sense of haste in their approach, as if they are in a hurry to do something.They seem to be completely ignorant of the meaning of step-by-step, and they step out in one step, so big that they seem to twist their waists.

Skip the development of the parent galaxy, complete the earliest resource accumulation process, and directly enter the era of interstellar immigration, but the engine is still from the previous era.

Oregana said with a blank face:

"Basically there is nothing that should be there, only the two natural satellites of the parent star have buildings." She said, "The other planets have not moved. There seem to be a few mining stations in the asteroid belt, but the scale seems to be not enough at all. .”

"Aren't they a little panicked? Why are they running around without the development of the parent galaxy?"

No one can answer this question.

"I don't know..." After thinking for a long time, Oregana could only shake her head. "In short, let's launch the probe first, using the proximity launch mode."

"clear."

If you use the normal launch mode and let the probe jump over by itself, you may be discovered due to space fluctuations, but you will jump over by yourself. With stealthy actions and the subspace water pressure technique you just learned, the probability of being discovered is very small.

Liulizi carefully controlled the ship and jumped to the back of the planet, where the home planet of the settlers could not be directly observed.End the transition outside the planet's gravitational circle, then launch the probe directly at close range, and use the original thruster to push back and approach the planet.

And in the process, Oregana carefully read the completely undisguised communication waves—after all, she was in her own home, so there was nothing to hide.This radio wave is so weak that even the parent galaxy can only go out a little bit after the attenuation is taken into account, and it is mixed with the clutter of the cosmic background, so there is no need to worry about being discovered.

emmmmm... By the way, they firmly believe that they are the only civilization in the universe, and if there is only one civilization, then there is no need to worry about being discovered.

Of course, this unabashed wireless network system was exactly what Oregana had hoped for.

As an alien with a high-level civilization, it is only natural for Oregana to learn about various information about the indigenous people through the network system, just like catching cows and drawing crop circles.In this process, their communication protocol, data encoding, and language that Xiaobao obtained played a big role.

As the data was gradually translated, Oregana gradually learned about every aspect of this civilization.

This surprised her even more——

In this civilization, there is obviously an extremely serious technological gap, and the technological level of various fields varies greatly...

She sees ads—ones selling smartphones, virtual reality headsets, and electric cars for the family.It is an electric car with excellent performance that claims to be able to run about [-] kilometers on a single charge.

Indeed, this is already very powerful in the eyes of some civilizations.But pay attention to one thing - the sky has already started to use warp speed here!Colonize outer space!Still talking about a battery car with a thousand kilometers here?