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"The course remains the same, take protective measures."

The captain of the battleship of the Nimonle civilization gave this order, and the huge battleship ignored the asteroids flying towards the preset position, and continued to adjust the routine adjustment of the assembly queue towards the preset airspace.

In the captain's opinion, although these asteroids are very close, it will be some time before they reach the predetermined position, and this time is enough time for the fleet of the Nimunle civilization to assemble. What's more, those asteroids are not too big, and with the capabilities of their warships, as long as they take good precautions, there will be no problem at all.

From these two points, there was nothing wrong with the captain's order, but it was a pity that he did not know that these asteroids were not naturally formed in space, and the direction and orbit in which they flew were not inherently present. In addition, these asteroids are not ordinary asteroids, but "big killers" equipped with shaped engines and dark matter bombs.

As the ship began to adjust its course and fly towards the preset position in the assembly queue, new ships kept breaking away from the jump passage and appearing in the airspace behind it.

A ...... Two ...... Three ...... Ten ships...... Twenty ships...... Thirty ships .......

The dense battleships and other spaceships continued to fly out of the jump, and they began to adjust to the preset position according to the assembly queue after the first battleship, and those captains also saw the asteroids that flew in, but because the order given by the captain of the first battleship had been received by the other warships, the follow-up battleships did not think much about it, and began to follow and move forward.

In the airspace 10 astronomical units away from the assembly point, the Homeland spacecraft paid close attention to the appearance of the huge expeditionary fleet of the Nimunle civilization, Su Li had to sigh that the Nimunle civilization was powerful, after all, it was an advanced cosmic civilization, and the other party's fleet size and the scientific and technological power of the warships were unmatched by the Earth civilization. Su Li imagined that once this fleet appeared directly in the solar system, then the resistance of the earth civilization would be of no avail, and there were only two paths in front of the earth civilization, one was surrender, and the other was destruction.

Luckily, Su Li got this important information from Robin and Nathan in advance, so she laid a wide net in this airspace, waiting for the other party to throw herself into the net. And now, the "guest" she has been waiting for for a long time has finally arrived, and then it will be time for the big drama to be staged.

After about a few minutes, the first battleship to fly towards the preset position of the assembly queue was about to arrive, followed by hundreds of warships and other ships, as for the jump channel, countless warships continued to appear at a rate of several per second, if there were no accidents, the assembly of the entire fleet would be completed in half an hour, of course, not including those warships and ships that deviated from course during the jump march.

"Sir, something is wrong." The crew member in charge of navigation reported to the captain.

"What's going on?"

"The trajectory of that meteorite belt is a bit strange."

"Strange? What's a strange way? The captain raised his eyes to look at the asteroid belt that was still a certain distance away, and from his direction, those asteroids were still no different from what he had just seen, and the captain couldn't help frowning. Could it be that his subordinates are nervous? Or is it something else? However, the crew soon came up with a confirmed number to indicate that the asteroid belt was indeed a bit strange.

"What? Are they accelerating? When he got the report that the asteroid belt was accelerating, the captain couldn't help but be stunned.

"Yes, sir, the calculations show that those meteorites and asteroids are accelerating, although their acceleration is not large, but this is not logical at all." The crew reported in a puzzled tone.

It is true that natural celestial bodies in the universe have a certain velocity, but this velocity will not change theoretically, for example, if a thing is launched into space, then this thing will have a certain initial velocity and acceleration at the beginning, and when the acceleration is completed, its velocity will become a constant velocity, if there is no accident, it will always have this speed and continue to fly in space.

Of course, this is theoretical, in fact, the universe is not a complete vacuum, plus the presence of celestial bodies everywhere will also affect the change of constant velocity, but this change is very weak, and it will only be reflected after a long time, and the result of the embodiment is that the constant velocity continues to decrease weakly.

In addition, there are other reasons, also because of the celestial factors of the universe, the celestial body that maintains a constant speed will change its speed due to various factors such as collision, gravity, radiation, etc., the simplest example is two meteorites colliding with each other, and the force generated by the collision will cause a certain amount of energy, which will change the direction of flight and gain acceleration or deceleration. There are also planets or star explosions, and these factors will also lead to changes in constant velocity, but in general, ordinary meteorite belts or asteroid belts should have very stable trajectories and constant velocities without special circumstances.

This is also the reason why the captain didn't pay much attention to the discovery of these asteroids flying towards the preset position, but now his subordinates actually told him that he found that these asteroids are constantly accelerating, and the flight trajectory is also weakly adjusting while accelerating, this situation is theoretically impossible to happen, and the captain has not found any changes in the planets and stars around this airspace, so what is going on?

"Quick! Jump in and explore! The captain hesitated, but quickly gave this order, and the battleship's exploration equipment was turned on as soon as possible, and the distance exploration of these asteroids began. The situation with these asteroids is so bizarre that the captain has to figure out what it's all about.

It takes time from the beginning of the preparation of the exploration to the completion of the exploration, and this is also the case with the Nimonle civilization even if it is an advanced cosmic civilization. However, it didn't take long, and when the information explored was clearly displayed in the three-dimensional image after a few minutes, the captain instantly set his eyes on the image, and then observed it carefully.

"It doesn't seem like a problem, but it's ......." The captain looked at it carefully and felt a little puzzled, because the asteroid displayed in front of him was obviously a natural cosmic celestial body, as the captain of a warship, he was completely sure of this, if he couldn't even distinguish between natural and artificial celestial bodies, then he would not be the captain of the battleship.

"That's not right! What is it? Suddenly, the captain's eyes suddenly widened, because he found something in the image that should not be stored zài, and in an instant the captain pointed to the found place and shouted, and his crew members hurriedly operated, and after only a few seconds, the image began to zoom in, and the position began to adjust at the same time.

"This ...... Is this a thruster? "Finally, the captain saw what it was, a small man-made object embedded in a part of these natural celestial bodies, and this man-made object was obviously an engine-like thing, what did it mean to install such a thing on an asteroid? It means putting thrusters on the asteroid. Asteroids with thrusters are no longer ordinary asteroids, and in a sense they have become indistinguishable from the most basic spacecraft.

Immediately afterwards, the captain found the same propulsion equipment in some parts of other asteroids, and in this case, there is an answer to the strange orbits of these asteroids, including the source of their acceleration, which is caused by these things.

So, who exactly installed these propulsion equipment? The captain was puzzled and vigilant at the same time, it is not technically difficult to install propulsion equipment such as engines on an asteroid, not to mention an advanced cosmic civilization such as the Nimunle civilization, even a primary cosmic civilization can do it with a little time. But what is the purpose of this? The captain began to panic a little in his heart, this must not be done out of idle and boring, and the person who made these things must have a purpose.

Could it be a coincidence that these asteroids appeared near the airspace where the Nemonle civilization had jumped away, and that they were flying in the same direction as the queue they had assembled? Fools can know that this is definitely not accidental, so since it is not accidental, there is a big problem!

"Debrief! Hurry! Urgent report to the flagship! Our rally queue point has a large number of thruster-mounted meteorites and asteroids flying in! The captain's face changed instantly after pondering it carefully, and then he hurriedly shouted to report this information to the flagship.

"Sir, are we going to do something?" One of his subordinates hurriedly reminded.

"Yes, yes, yes! I almost forgot about it. The captain patted his head and hurriedly gave an order, he ordered the battleship to immediately attack those meteorites and asteroids, and they must be prevented from approaching, when the order was given, the battleship's weapon system began to activate, and soon high-energy rays pierced the dark universe and shot towards the asteroid belt that was getting closer and closer.

"It's a pity, I didn't expect to be discovered by them...... At 10 astronomical units away, Su Li shook her head regretfully on the Homeland spaceship, she didn't expect the other party to find out so quickly, now the opponent's expeditionary fleet has not been fully assembled, and even the battleships and spaceships that have escaped from the jump channel have not been completed, and the opponent's fleet in the predetermined airspace is only about 60 or so in size.

Su Li sighed that the other party found out a little earlier, if it was found a little later, even if it was a few minutes at night! By that time, the opposing fleet would be even larger, and the consequences of her strike would be even more brilliant.

Now that the other party has discovered the problem with those asteroids, Su Li can no longer plan perfectly. But fortunately, at least most of her plan has been completed, and although the opponent's high-energy weapons are powerful, it is not easy to inflict devastating damage on those asteroids.

After all, an asteroid is not a battleship, its volume and mass are destined to withstand its destruction, plus the location and volume of the fusion engine installed by Su Li are in a less vulnerable position, unless it directly attacks the engine, it can stop the asteroid's continued acceleration.

But even so, the speed that the asteroid already has can still allow it to fly in space according to its predetermined course, unless it is offset by the opponent's huge energy, or even completely destroyed. But it was very difficult to do this in a short period of time, but Su Li also knew that with the strength of the fleet of the Nimonle civilization, it could be done.

Su Li didn't hesitate too much, she quickly activated the detonation device of the dark matter bomb, and when the detonation order was given, Su Li stared intently at the airspace, silently counting down in her heart.

10 astronomical units, it does not take too long from the detonation command to the start, about ten seconds later, that is, the first battleship of the Nimunle civilization began to attack the asteroid with high-energy weapons, and when the rest of the warships just reacted and prepared to attack, the surface of an asteroid that burst forward was hit by the first battleship's high-energy weapons one after another, and countless large and small fragments flew out in all directions of the universe, and when another high-energy beam hit it, The asteroid, which was four or five times larger than the warship of the Nimunle civilization, suddenly shook, and then a dazzling light shot out from its interior, and the huge asteroid began to break apart like an egg broken by ......a giant hammer.

"Hooray!" There was a cheer from the battleship of the Nimunle civilization, most people thought that the asteroid had been destroyed by them, and now that other warships had begun to attack, this small asteroid belt would soon be wiped out by the attack of the fleet.

But at this moment, the captain's face showed a kind of doubt and consternation, because he felt that the asteroid did not seem to be destroyed by his battleship, because if it was destroyed by the battleship, then it should not be this reaction, and the asteroid's disintegration and the light coming from its interior were too strange, this kind of picture seemed to be familiar to him, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"What's going on? Could it have exploded on its own? The captain thought suspiciously, and in an instant a thought crossed his mind.

"Explosion! That's right! Own explosion! Detonate! The captain finally reacted, his face changed drastically and he just wanted to shout something, but unfortunately, all the pictures were frozen at this moment.

I saw that in space, the explosion of this asteroid spread outward at an extremely fast speed, but when it just spread to a certain distance, the explosion wave of diffusion suddenly stopped, and then contracted inward, and at the same time, the entire space began to collapse, and countless energy substances surged towards the center of the explosion as if they had fallen into ......a black hole.

This is the way the dark matter bomb is trapped, and this way is extremely terrifying, the captain of the battleship and his subordinates, even his battleship and several nearby warships were torn apart the moment they were trapped, and then disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye under the pressure of the huge amount of matter and energy. (To be continued.) )