Chapter 1575 Visit

To be honest, Asuman's blabbering words made Hao Ren feel fuzzy in his heart - if Lily were here, the girl would probably be fuzzy again.

"When you say that, I can't help but think of the time when I watched a horror movie in the middle of the night. Before watching it, I felt like I wanted to die in the deserted big house. After watching it, I felt like it was so busy in the big house. I felt like I was hiding wherever I went. "It's amazing," Hao Ren hugged his arms and sighed, "I never thought that one day the job I would do would be even more indescribable than in the movie."

Vivian gave Hao Ren a strange look: "Are you watching horror movies at home alone when you have nothing to do? What's the subject?"

Hao Ren was a little embarrassed. He tried to deal with it, but when he saw Vivian's serious and curious eyes, he couldn't help but said: "It's about vampires..."

Vivian: "...Hey!"

"At that time, I never thought that vampires would have such cute models as you," Hao Ren laughed dryly and quickly brought the topic back to the normal direction, "Asuman, we didn't even see the situation you mentioned with the detection equipment. Come on, could it be the special energy released by those dormant Star Citizen spacecraft?"

Vivian was confused by Hao Ren's "Such a cute model" and didn't know what to say. She could only glare at him, and then looked at the Asuman Crystal curiously.

"I'm not sure," Asuman said frankly, "Star People are a complex and changeable race. In order to adapt to the environment, we can semi-actively change our life forms or characteristics. I have been away from the race for too long. And this X star cluster... the environment is very special. Before I know the reason for those dormant spacecrafts here, I don’t know whether they will release those whispers. But one thing I can be sure of is that those whispers come from countless different Individuals are very noisy, and even if the dormant spacecraft is the source of these whispers, it is definitely not the only source."

"All in all, this X star cluster is full of mysteries, and there are mysterious things everywhere. Please be more vigilant." Hao Ren shook his head and tapped the control panel lightly. "Today is our first real exploration of this area, so be careful." . Nolan, put all the detectors online, adjust the power to the maximum, keep the jump engine semi-activated, and the artillery system is also fully warmed up. If there is a situation, just blow up the road and step on the accelerator."

"Nolan understands."

Following the guidance beacon left by the detection drone, the Giant Turtle Yantai soon arrived near the "luminous cloud" closest to the agent's home planet.

The black barrier caused by the curl of space quickly subsided like a soap bubble bursting. Normal starlight was transmitted to the bridge's holographic projection through the external monitor, and in the center of the projection, there was a huge glow that could not be ignored by the naked eye. Clouds.

Just like the picture sent back by the remote device before, this luminous cloud looks very similar to the original dust cloud in the universe at first glance. Not only does it have a common flat disk shape, but there are countless irregular, as if A "ribbon" structure like a material ejection belt. Seeing this scene, Hao Ren could only sigh that the universe is so vast and full of wonders. The people of the starry sky are really a life form that is unimaginable for ordinary races.

Such a huge "interstellar dust cloud"... turns out to be a sleeping citizen of the starry sky.

"Approaching at low speed." Nolan's voice sounded on the bridge, and the conventional engine of the Giant Turtle Yantai was started. This "small ship" hundreds of meters long seemed to have no weight and went directly from a stationary state to the predetermined speed. , and approached the "cloud" in space with a series of afterimages caused by the quasi-coordinate drive.

It is said that it is approaching at a low speed. This low speed is also compared with the hyperspace jump. Facing a behemoth with a diameter of more than a thousand kilometers, the little Giant Turtle Yantai looks like it is in space even if it rushes towards it at ten times the speed of sound. As if crawling.

When it got close to a certain distance, the data terminal suddenly reminded: "The drone received the signal at this distance."

Sure enough, as soon as the data terminal finished speaking, the console projection equipment in front of Hao Ren lit up, and Nolan's voice sounded at the same time: "Received full-band communication from external source... decoding completed, start playing."

"Unauthorized unit approach detected - please submit proof of access clearance or identification code.

"Have not received contact clearance or identification code, not a member of this fleet.

"Scanned other types of identification signals...analyzed...determined to be an unidentified unit of the same species. It is being determined whether it is contaminated.

"No contamination detected, no hostile behavior detected, no target signature retrieved in attack list, neutral unit determined.

"Issue a second-level contact permit, compatriot, you can enter the coverage area of ​​​​this unit. Please move carefully, this is currently a war zone."

The external communication ended here. After that, there were some incomprehensible information fluctuations, which seemed to be some reactions inside the luminous cloud. However, the previous attack on the detection drone did not come.

"It seems that I passed the test," Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Vivian with some confusion, "Did the other party just mention the 'war zone'?"

"Yes, the war zone was indeed mentioned," Vivian frowned, "Does that mean who is fighting here? And the people of the starry sky are one of the warring parties?"

"You can't tell. These Star Citizen spaceships are all in a dormant state. There is no sign of war." Hao Ren shook his head. "It can't be the war on the agent's home planet... That war is very important to the agent. It is indeed fatal, but it should not be on the stage in the entire X star cluster."

After confirming that the "identity verification" worked, Nolan carefully started the engine again and flew towards the glowing cloud disk. While accelerating, he accepted Hao Ren's words: "Currently, our detection of this star area is greatly restricted. , the power of the divine storm is still interfering with all detection methods. For us, outside the range of the drone group's activities, it is chaos - this 'undetectable zone' is far beyond what we can currently detect. So even if the X star cluster is deep Even if there is really a war, we may not be able to observe any phenomena, and the dormant starships we see so far cannot explain anything."

As he spoke, the Giant Turtle Yantai had arrived at the edge of the luminous cloud disk and touched its material boundary. Hao Ren saw that the spacecraft was flying under a huge material ejection belt. The material ejection belt was like a distortion. Hanging above like a gauze curtain, the upper antenna of the Giant Turtle Rock Platform stirred this "gauze curtain", bringing up a strange sparkling light, as if a stone was thrown into the lake.

"I feel like I'm getting into the belly of a huge jellyfish," Nolan said about his feelings. "Boss, when will I become so big... Such a big 'spaceship' looks so cool!"

"Why do you have a problem with the data terminal?" Hao Ren rolled his eyes at the ship girl, "I never heard that a PDA can grow up to become a starship host, and a frigate can grow up to become an aircraft carrier!"

The data terminal flew up and hit Hao Ren on the head: "Just tell me why you brought this computer with you!"

"He should have been asleep for a long time, maybe even fell into sleep shortly after the fall of the Goddess of Creation," Asuman sensed the surrounding environment through the split crystal, despite being separated by the thick armor and shields of the Giant Turtle Rock Platform. Shield, but through the unique senses of the starry sky people, he can still clearly "see" and "feel" that he is in the body of a compatriot, and he can also feel some conditions of this compatriot. "The mental skeleton presents It appears to be in a uniformly divergent state, all traces of material solidification are quite blurry, and I cannot perceive orderly thinking..."

Hao Ren asked casually: "What does this mean?"

"This means that we can't wake him up by yelling," Asuman explained in a way that is easy for ordinary races to understand. "This compatriot's hibernation is very complete...even so complete that it is a bit strange. , I have never seen a dormant state where even the mental skeleton is highly divergent."

Hao Ren suddenly became a little worried: "Did you sleep to death?"

Asuman: "...Although it is dormant, it is not the same concept as sleep as you understand it. Moreover, we also underwent identity verification before entering here, which shows that the basic functions of this dormant spacecraft are still operating. It’s just that the main consciousness is completely asleep.”

Hao Ren frowned and did not continue to dwell on this topic, because the Giant Turtle Rock Platform had already entered the interior of the luminous cloud.

After entering the inside of the cloud, he found that the material density of this thing was much higher than imagined. At first, the picture from the external monitor could still vaguely see the starlight outside the cloud, but soon the picture All that could be seen was the rolling and flowing "fog" that looked like a curtain of sand and dust. The Giant Turtle Rock Platform seemed to be moving forward in a large-scale sandstorm, with vastness in all directions.

However, soon, something strange appeared in this vast world.

Hao Ren saw something shiny emerging from the light and clouds, drifting and rotating around the Giant Turtle Rock Platform. From those fleeting silhouettes, he seemed to see an arc of crystal texture. Vaults, flying beams, suspended bridges and huge pointed cluster structures seem to be condensed from the light mist, and then quietly return to the light mist.

Vivian also saw the same scene and immediately asked Asuman: "What is that?"

"This sleeping place has been partially 'awakened' by our visit," Asuman explained. "However, this awakening is limited to a small area and has nothing to do with the main consciousness of the spacecraft. What we see It is like a projection of the past awakened by external stimuli, except that this projection is visible and tangible."

"In other words, if we fly a full circle within this cloud with a diameter of a thousand kilometers, we can see its entirety?" Hao Ren raised his eyebrows, "Then we won't hit some structures? ? What if a pillar happens to appear in front of you?"

"That won't happen, because we can only awaken a small part, and the things awakened are not the real spaceship structure. Although they can be touched, they will shatter and disappear if they are slightly damaged, just like fakes, so Even if we really bump into each other, it doesn’t matter..."

As if to confirm this statement, while Asuman was speaking, an unavoidable crystal pillar actually appeared in front of the Giant Turtle Rock. Nolan had no time to react and bumped into it. Hao Ren saw The pillar smashed into countless crystal-clear fragments on the bow of the Giant Turtle Platform, and then disappeared silently into the air.

"I was scared."

Miss Kan Niang said with lingering fear.