Chapter 5: Unexplained Arrival in the Milky Way

The Milky Way.

In addition to the two small satellites that have accompanied the planet for countless tens of thousands of years, a huge planet has recently added an object in its near-Earth orbit, which is slowly rotating around the planet. Looking closely, it is not a meteorite or a small satellite, but a huge dark gray interstellar battleship.

"Energy can be absorbed. Do you want to absorb it?" An automatically synthesized female voice suddenly came from the dark cockpit.

After a while.

"No command has been issued. Energy collection will automatically start in ten seconds."

"Ten."

"Nine."

"Eight."

"..."

"..."

"Start collecting energy."

…………

…………

An unknown amount of time has passed.

"With 1% energy stored, the optical computer can be started. Do you want to start it?"

"No command is issued. The optical computer will automatically start in ten seconds."

"Ten."

"Nine."

"Eight."

"..."

"..."

"Where is this... I'm not dead!" Rubik's Cube just woke up and found that he was not dead. Thinking back, it was so terrifying. It was as if he had entered a time-space tunnel. The protective shield lasted for a moment under the powerful unknown energy and then completely disappeared. Fortunately, he survived, but he didn't know where he was now. There was no star map data here in the database. Before he had time to celebrate his survival, Rubik's Cube discovered something. The hull was severely damaged. There were seven huge cracks around the battleship. The interior was also in chaos. Many robots were smashed to pieces and lay on the ground out of control. Miraculously, the four frigates were less damaged.

"All maintenance robots should repair the damaged parts of the warship, with priority given to maintenance robots. Mining ships should search for the nearest mineral source and start mining. Fighters should defend the vicinity. Reconnaissance aircraft should draw star maps and pay attention to finding intelligent life."

The Rubik's Cube quickly issued instructions, and then the hatch opened. The intact fighters came out one after another and began to patrol the vicinity. The mining ship took the mining vehicle and headed straight for the giant planet. All the maintenance robots in the warship started to move. A small number of robots took the severely damaged robots back to the repair workshop for repair, and most of them began to repair the hull.

"The hull is seriously damaged and requires a lot of metal. The completion time of the repair depends on the mining situation." The synthetic female voice came again.

The Rubik's Cube was speechless. In this completely unfamiliar star field, it can only rely on mining ships to slowly explore. It is unknown how long it will take to fully recover. Alas... Forget it, anyway, no danger has been found, so it will be repaired slowly.

The long wait was boring. Since the required metals were not found on the planet it was orbiting, the mining ship had to go deep into space to find mineral sources on other planets, which greatly extended the repair time. The Rubik's Cube, which had lost power, could only slowly circle around the giant planet. Fortunately, it did not crash on the giant planet at that time, but became a meteorite-like satellite. There is a saying on Dragon Star. Yes, if you survive a disaster, you will have good fortune in the future.

After an unknown amount of time, the bored Rubik's Cube was controlling two robots to play a dice game, and suddenly received a report from a reconnaissance plane.

"A low-level technology satellite was found. According to data analysis, it was made by intelligent creatures. Should we bring it back?"

"Hmm? Low-level technology satellite? Bring it back immediately!"

"Yes!"

It's a bit interesting. Low-level technology, could it be a product of Dragon Star a long time ago? But the reconnaissance plane called this thing made by intelligent creatures, so it couldn't be a product of Dragon Star, otherwise it would be called Dragon Star Satellite.

Soon, a small reconnaissance plane landed inside the battleship, with a satellite tied to its back with a manipulator. The Rubik's Cube controlled a robot to come forward to check.

"Human?"

The magic cube was startled. The satellite depicted a naked man and a woman. He thought they were Dragon Star people. He looked more closely and found some strange characters, but they were definitely not Dragon Star characters. The magic cube was a little overwhelmed. According to normal data analysis, even if there are intelligent creatures in the universe, they definitely cannot have the same characteristics. However, this satellite has the same appearance as the Dragon people, but with different characters. In addition to humans and characters, the magic cube also found something shocking, that is, a simple star map carved on the satellite, marking the planet where humans are located, and that simple star map is very similar to the hometown described by the ancestors of the Dragon people. The magic cube felt that he had done what everyone in Dragon Star wanted but could not do. However, exposing the location of the planet you are on is so stupid that it is beyond the calculation of computers. It is okay for a peaceful person like you, but if this satellite falls into the hands of the Zerg, isn't it a way to welcome the butcher in...

"Space telescope, immediately conduct a comprehensive reconnaissance of the entire galaxy, draw a star map, and look for traces of intelligent life."

"Yes!"

A platform rose in the middle of the battleship, and the defense deck opened, revealing the space telescope inside, and began to conduct video analysis of the star field. The Rubik's Cube now has only this method. The detection equipment cannot detect long distances. Only equipment such as telescopes can explore at ultra-long distances. Although primitive, it is very effective, but the speed is a bit slow.

With a simple star map as a reference, the space telescope soon discovered a planet with life. Rubik's Cube quickly made a decision to explore the planet. Due to the long distance, he could only separate a trace of his consciousness to live in a small robot more than 30 centimeters high, and take a reconnaissance plane to explore the planet, while the main consciousness stayed on the interstellar battleship, which was equivalent to separating a clone from his soul. As for threats, Rubik's Cube was not worried at all. From this low-tech satellite, he knew that the technology of this planet was not developed and it could not threaten him at all.

For the safety of his clone, Rubik's Cube replaced the small robot with the latest materials, which could be transformed into any shape and color. After all the upgrades were done, Rubik's Cube looked at his new body and nodded with satisfaction.

Sitting in the cockpit of the reconnaissance plane, Rubik's Cube felt that he should say goodbye to himself. He just stretched his little arm out of the cabin, but thought about it and gave up. This was simply too much. He quickly started the engine, flew out of the battleship from the hatch, adjusted his posture, and drove the reconnaissance plane straight to the distant blue planet.