Chapter 150: Tinggus Sector! Sudden Separation.
"Confirm the source of the signal!"
Calvin was the first to react and asked the navigator.
"It comes from three time units ahead, a high-frequency fixed-frequency signal, the time is uncertain, and the range is 15 subspace navigation units."
Navigator Samar opened his eyes and shifted his attention to the real space maintained by the Geiger position inside the ship.
"What is the specific time?" Gavins asked.
"The information is incomplete and the specific time cannot be displayed."
Samar turned his head, and there was not much white in his pale eyes. His skinny body could only survive in the life support cabin for a long time because of the mutation in his flesh and blood.
He replied to the direction of Calvin and others: "The information in the subspace itself has no time attribute. What we receive may be the echo of the past message, or it may be a warning from the future."
"Then the astropath..."
Calvin turned his eyes to the seat on the other side, where the astropath of the Soul Redeemer was sitting. But before he could speak, Samar's next words interrupted the order in his mouth.
"You can't use the astropath!"
"Why?" Tibers didn't care about the other party's usurpation, but asked Samar why he stopped Calvin.
"Because the last sentence in the fixed-frequency signal for help is, don't use the astropath! Don't use the astropath!"
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"God of All Machines! It's a big trouble!" Bishop Klein, who had walked to the holographic screen at some point, said.
She used her authority to click on the four complete Terra's future scheduled navigation locations in the subspace, and the specific galaxy map was unfolded on the holographic screen.
A fan-shaped area dominated by a single galaxy and composed of more than a dozen small galaxies is directly below the route of the Soul Redeemer.
Tinggus Sector!
A large administrative node with a registered population of more than 10 billion in the empire, promoted by the empire's special policy, is used to govern the empire's administrative center for nearly 100 planetary worlds around it!
If there is a problem with the Star Language Court communication network node here, it means that the planetary worlds in the entire sector special administrative region may have problems!
The Tribunal here is definitely stronger than ordinary galaxies or even ordinary star regions.
With the understanding of the Inquisition by the people present, they would not be surprised even if there were Inquisition Lords stationed here and a permanent Inquisition Council was established here!
But with such a configuration, the gathering place and daily office location of at least dozens and at most hundreds of Inquisitors actually had such a problem.
Moreover, the arrangement of this high-frequency fixed-point signal generator itself also shows another thing:
That is, all the attempts of these Inquisitors to purify and save this place have failed!
Only in this case will they give up actively seeking help from outside and instead send the beacon of help into the subspace, hoping for rescue by the passing Imperial friendly forces!
More than a dozen galaxies! Hundreds of worlds! At most hundreds of billions of Imperial citizens!
All the people present had just escaped from the fierce battle, and the state of the Soul Redeemer was far from intact. Are they really capable of participating in such a mission?
"What was the state of the subspace here before?" Calvin asked a key point.
"Everything is normal in the local report, but the surrounding passing ships have only filed a report. There was a short-term subspace storm here that lasted about three years." The navigator said to Calvin after looking through the information.
"Three years!"
Everyone fell silent for a while, and heavy pressure rose to their hearts, but no one pursued the responsibility for this negligence.
The subspace is originally a chaotic and disordered existence. This kind of subspace storm, which can be as short as a few days or as long as a few years, has never stopped in the empire. If it is not blocking an important waterway hub, then such a thing usually no one cares.
It's not that they don't want to manage it, but they can't manage it at all.
In such a vast empire, the communication efficiency between galaxies is already low; coupled with the low efficiency brought by the bloated administrative agencies.
Three years is just enough time for the imperial government to react. By the time the people sent to deal with it arrive at their destination, the storm is generally over...
But if you cry wolf too much, it will become true one day, and this is the case here.
When they thought of the worst possibility here, that the entire sector was corrupted in the astropathic node, resulting in systemic pollution, everyone present was speechless.
If this conjecture comes true, the specific tragic situation there will be in a period of three years, and the words "destruction for thousands of miles" are not enough to describe it.
Do they have the ability to save this crisis?
It is understandable that they are eager to rescue, but it is not a smart move to add fuel to the fire.
"Ask for help!" Calvin raised his head and said firmly.
He pointed his eyes at Jin and his comrades who had been silent, and then said:
"Brothers, we need your help here. Please take this ship and return to Orpheus immediately. Inform the Inquisition! Inform the Holy Hammer Convent! Report to the Imperial Star Region Government! Notify all nearby Astartes Chapters! In a word, let as many people as possible know what is happening here!"
"What about you? Where are you going?" Jin asked.
He smelled an ominous smell from Calvin's words. The other party seemed to have other destinations, but sent them, the Imperial Guards, out at this critical moment.
"We stay, our presence is needed here!" Calvin looked at the scattered galaxies floating in the universe with concern, and said in a heavy tone:
"We need to reach the surface and find out what happened there. If it really happened, we need to delay it as much as possible and wait for your arrival."
"This is not in line with our mission! The order we received is to stay with you! You can send others back!" Jin refused without thinking.
"But this is in line with the needs of the war! Only if you go back can you mobilize the military forces here to the greatest extent!"
Calvin interrupted Jin before he finished speaking and explained to him.
As if he was still worried that Jin would be stubborn, he looked at Jin earnestly again after he finished speaking and said:
"The Emperor taught us not to retreat because of danger and death, didn't he? Your mission is equally important! Only you can do it best!"
Jin was silent. After he and his colleagues confirmed each other's eyes again, he performed the Eagle Salute to Calvin and bowed his head deeply:
"Then before we return, please be sure to protect your own safety..."
Calvin did not respond to Jin's request. He just took the time to take a deep look at the people present, then turned around and threw away the silver cloak behind him, and walked towards the flight deck.
The same thing happened to Gavins behind him. He stared at the people present without saying a word, as if he wanted to remember the appearance of these comrades in arms at the last moment of his life.
He silently performed the Eagle Salute, then turned around and caught up with Calvin's footsteps.
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