Inside the Goya Nebula.

An ellipsoidal spacecraft is rapidly traversing the viscous nebula at a speed of 0.3C.

It's not that you can't increase the speed, but if the speed increases, more and more material will gather on the surface of the spacecraft, and the drag will increase...... Even if the surface of this ship is extremely smooth.

"The main component of this nebula is not molecules and atoms, but a much smaller substance, which can be called 'flocculent', which is intertwined with each other and weaves a super-large quilt that is almost impossible to penetrate a quilt several light years thick...... Fortunately, it is not resistant to high temperatures, and the laser can evaporate and disperse it. ”

Lan Xiulong said, releasing the laser droplets in the weapon bay, and after this droplet was released, it would not take long for the "mass of matter" attached to the surface of the Starry Sky to be cleaned up.

"The speed of shuttling through here is so slow, why do merchant ships from all countries have to go through here? I calculated that it will not take longer to take a detour from the outside than it is to go inside, but the distance is shortened. Sugaru was puzzled.

"Of course, it is to open up a shipping channel, the fluidity of the viscous nebula is relatively poor, if a vacuum channel is opened in it, the speed of the merchant ship will drop by a lot, but it is just ......"

Yun Xinghe shook his head: "The star thieves will definitely destroy these waterways, or open one up themselves, as long as they pay a certain fee." ”

"It's a land of great promise, and it's the perfect place to do business. ”

"What if we stumble upon a star thief? Those guys are not easy to mess with, and it is said that they love not only money, but also murder. Du Xiaopang said worriedly.

"That would just smash them to pieces. Weapons officer Gu Fan was eager to try.

"But we can't play our speed advantage here, and the Star Sky can't break through 0.3 times the speed of light. Du Xiaopang was worried.

"Don't worry, the Star Thieves are not strong enough to defeat the Starry Sky, and if they were, they wouldn't be Star Thieves. Yun Xinghe said.

"Hey, Captain, 3 days away, there was a large energy reaction, suspected to be caused by a weapon attack. The communications officer, Mikoto Kaolan, suddenly reported.

"What?"

……

3. Outside the day.

A ship with a scarred hull is being attacked and chased by three star pirate ships, and it is extremely embarrassed.

"Hurry up!"

"Hurry up!"

In the pilot's seat, the man who controlled the injured spaceship desperately stepped on the accelerator plate to accelerate, intending to get rid of the star pirate spaceship behind him.

"Didi, the engine is overheating, please reduce the working power. ”

The brain kept sounding the alarm, but the man ignored it.

"Brother, it can't be any faster! no matter how fast the engine is, the engine will explode, and the energy released by the annihilation of antimatter is very large, and we will all be killed!" the woman next to her reminded loudly.

"Even if you are blown up, it is better than being caught by a star thief!"

The man was ruthless, and the pride of being the crown prince of the Sovereign Kingdom made him unable to accept the shame of being a captive of the Star Thieves.

"Brother!"

The woman screamed again, but to no avail, the temperature of the antimatter engine was about to burn through the engine shell.

"Wow!"

"Hahahaha!"

The star pirate spacecraft in the rear followed unhurriedly, firing two missiles or firing a few lasers from time to time, although the hit rate was not high, as long as it hit, it could attract a roar of ghosts and wolves.

"Run, baby, run!" said Captain Bambi of the Evil Fang, his eyes fixed on the target on the screen, his face full of bloodthirsty sneers.

"There's more and more stuff on the surface of that ship, there's no way they're going to run away!" said Scar, the captain of the Rust, as he operated the weapon system and fired two missiles at it.

"Hahaha, the tail of the prey is on fire, their engine is overheating and burning, we have to start slowing down, don't wait to accidentally overtake it!" said the captain of the Devil on the outside, laughing, it is too normal for the prey to overheat the engine.

This also often means that the prey is doomed.

"Brother, stop accelerating, the engine is about to explode, hurry up and escape into the escape pod, do you want to die at such a young age?"

The woman's eyes were red, and while unfastening the fixed strap on her body, she glared at the man on the side and said: "You are always so stubborn, you can't listen to half a good word, I won't care about you anymore, I still want to live!"

After the strap was completely unfastened, in the violently shaking spaceship, the woman gritted her teeth, staggered to the emergency escape pod, opened an escape device with difficulty, and squeezed into it hard.

"Ahh

There was a loud scream from the side, and the woman was surprised to see that her brother, who looked crazy, also opened an emergency escape pod, squeezed in faster than her, and pressed the ejection button without half a second.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Near the spaceship, which was covered with a mass of viscous matter, two sealed escape pods flew out.

"Boom!"

Immediately, the tail engine of the Nebula Princess exploded violently, and the antimatter fuel leaked out, and after coming into contact with the positive matter hull, in an instant, the light was hundreds of millions of times brighter than the sun, evaporating the entire spacecraft into the smallest particle state.

Under the impact of the energy wave, the two sealed escape pods were rushed out of the distance, and the viscous mass around the spacecraft was completely evaporated.

Seeing that the spaceship was blown up and there was no scum left, the star thieves secretly said that it was a pity.

However, the two ejected people are worth much more than the spaceship.

So, it took nearly three days for the star thieves to find the two "little dots" back, and it was really a waste of effort.

Then, take these two "loots" and return to the Star Pirate base.

However, halfway back happily, a high-speed trail not far away surprised the three star pirate ships.

"What's the speed?"

Bambi, the captain of the Evil Tooth, squinted at the side and asked the first mate on the side.

"0.35C, preliminary estimates. ”

"Star pirate ship or normal ship?"

"It shouldn't be a star pirate ship, it's a bit like an ordinary civilian spaceship. "First Mate.

"Didn't install a nebula cleaner in front, didn't accumulate nebula matter?"

"It doesn't seem to be, the radar map shows that the nebula material seems to have gathered somewhat, but not much. ”

"It can't be!"

Captain Vicious Fang suddenly shouted, "There is no civilian ship that can fly faster than us in the Gogol Nebula!

"Bambi, my Rust also observed just now, and the ship that passed by was indeed a civilian ship. At that moment, Captain Scar of the Rust sent a message.

"Catch up with it, we must catch up with it right away!"

The Devil's Captain's Scimitar uttered an extremely urgent voice, "If it is allowed to swagger away, the prestige of the Destroyer Star Thieves will no longer exist!"

And...... What's more: once there are more such ships, the Destroyer Star Pirate Group, or all Star Pirate forces, will have no "business" to do in the future.

"Yes, we have to catch up with it!"

Bambi, who was also aware of this, a spirit, yelled and ordered the helmsman to speed up and pursue the mysterious passer-by with all his might.

……

Starsky.

Bridge control hall.

"Captain, the three star pirate ships behind are catching up, and the speed is about the same as ours. Gu Fandao, the weapons officer who has been paying attention to the rear.

"Why are they so fast?" Yun Xinghe wondered.

"This should be related to the structure of their spaceship, the star pirates' spaceships have unusually sharp protrusions at the front end, like the head of a gun, the resistance area is small, and the flight is naturally fast, but the disadvantage of this type of spaceship is that the body is too thin, the size is small, and the defense is definitely insufficient. Lan Xiulong analyzed.

"The mass of matter that has accumulated in front of the Starry Sky has increased again, and this speed cannot be maintained forever, do you want to attack?" Gu Fan proposed.

"What weapon do you recommend?" asked Yun Xinghe.

"Laser droplets, it should solve the problems that follow. Gu Fan said.

"Then release the laser droplets!"

"Yes!"

Hundreds of or so laser droplets were continuously released through the weapon passage under the belly of the Starry Sky.

……

The three star pirate spaceships chasing in the rear, Zhi Brain issued warnings one after another: "The engine is overheating, please reduce the working power!"

"What should I do, the engine has been running at full power for more than ten hours, should we slow down properly?" asked Captain Scar of the Rust in the communicator.

"We can't slow down, it's only a dozen minutes away, we will definitely be able to catch up with it!" Captain Banby gritted his teeth, as long as he caught up with that ship, he could kill it!

"Oh no! The ship seems to have released some missiles down, and it's attacking!" Captain Devil suddenly shouted, sending some pictures.

What the?

Both the Evil Tooth and the Rust were taken aback.

That spaceship, not the so-called civilian spacecraft?