The spacecraft flew into space, and a stream of light white particles dyed a brilliant band of light behind the fuselage.

An empty slice of the dark universe.

Lin Ling, who was sitting in the spaceship, looked back and saw through the glass baffle behind her the dark metal complex that occupied the entire field of vision.

At the boundary, where there is no end in sight, there is a brilliant light that faintly stretches in a straight line across the complex.

Beyond that, there is an endless void.

Whether it is the distant stars or the current spaceship, they are incomparably small under the endless deep space.

Retracting her gaze, Lin Ling looked at the screen.

When it is displayed as "Out of the Celestial Space Sphere of Influence, the Curvature Engine Can Be Started".

She used the information she had just read to skillfully flip a few switches, press and hold the push button on her side to move to the correct position, and the countdown officially began.

“3……”

Rigid electronic voices begin to count.

The light and shadow around the ship are slightly distorted.

“2……”

The distant stars have stretched into a straight line in Lin Ling's opinion, and countless stars will draw strange lines in the universe.

“1……”

"The jump begins."

The brilliant colors born from the distortion of space occupy all the space outside the spaceship at this moment.

Lin Ling looked at the endless colors, but the light that ordinary people would directly burn out her eyeballs was like colorful paint in her eyes, and it had no effect on her.

She leaned back in her chair, looking up at the endless light and shadow, and fell into deep thought.

Finally, I closed my eyes.

At the same time, in the Planetary Fortress, Li Nan is organizing an emergency meeting of the surviving high-ranking figures in various districts.

However, as soon as he finished the meeting, when the people were almost gone, the sudden news directly interrupted his contemplation.

A soldier hurried to the door, leaning on the door frame and reporting, "Report to the sir!" A spaceship has been activated in the spaceship's berthing area and driven to the Star Fortress! ”

"Which one? Who started it? ”

Compared with the panic of the upper, Li Nan is more calm, as a commander, he understands better than anyone that panic cannot solve anything.

"According to staff testimony, it was a man wearing a full-body covered combat suit."

Due to the discrepancy between the voice and the size of the exoskeleton armor, the survivors seem to have agreed that Lin Ling inside the armor is a male.

Including Li Nan thinks so.

When he heard the news, he knew who was starting the combat spaceship, and he shook his head directly and said, "Don't worry. ”

If the other party is really a member of that unit, then there must be a deeper reason for "his" action.

After instructing the soldiers, Li Nan walked out of the conference room, watched the rescue work that gradually came to an end, sighed and continued to guide the arrangements on the scene.

And all this is not known to Lin Ling.

In the left cantilever of the Tianhe system in the eastern star field.

Except for the radiant light of the stars and the fragments of small meteorites drifting at a uniform speed, there is nothing else, and it seems very peaceful.

But a little wave shattered the peace.

An almost imperceptible distortion appeared in the open area, and with a burst of brilliant light, a black-gray battle ship suddenly appeared in space.

Lin Ling, who was leaning on the seat, opened her eyes, rubbed her eyebrows, and combed her long hair, which was already loose.

When I looked up, I saw a deep space with no end in sight.

It's pitch black, it's empty.

As always, she doesn't like it.

Looking at the bridge interface, the spaceship is speeding forward according to the autopilot location.

[Hey, hey? Is the host there? Can you hear the sound? 】

Lin Ling heard the sound of the system, probably because of the distance, the sound of the system seemed to be a little distorted.

Still, she was curious about the structure of the system......

How did it collapse a few star fields and convey it here, there is no delay yet.

However, after Lin Ling thought that every crossing didn't seem to be very scientific, she gave up the entanglement.

Anyway, even she herself is not very scientific, and she is not qualified to complain about the system.

"Can you hear me, what's wrong?"

[Finally connected, just now because of the curvature jump I couldn't connect to the host you at all, have you now arrived at the Yangchen galaxy where the blue planet is located? ] 】

Hearing Lin Ling's response, the system far away in the planetary fortress also breathed a sigh of relief, and the heart that had been hanging for nearly an hour gradually let go.

Lin Ling didn't have much time to cross.

It's only been an hour since I lost contact from entering the curvature jump, but it felt like a day to the system.

It was the first time since the binding that it had acted separately from Lin Ling.

"It's arrived, and it's heading in the direction of the blue planet."

The ship's impulse drive has been activated, and the surrounding scenery has been tossed behind at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Even though the distance is quite long, it is suddenly shortened by the action of traction and propulsion.

[Okay, I've set the destination of the spaceship outside the Blue Planet Defense Circle, and it's up to you how you get into it when the time comes. 】

Lin Ling subconsciously made an "OK" gesture, but suddenly realized that the system was no longer beside her.

She retracted her movements.

"Yes, but I think I might not be discovered before the defensive circle."

Through the detector on the bridge, Lin Ling realized that she was almost at her destination.

For she had seen a spaceship flying towards her, the shape of a silvery water droplet standing out in the light of the stars.

"Because there's already a patrol figure showing up."

【…… What then?! The voice, which originally sounded quite steady, turned back to its original shape in an instant, and the startled emotions of the system on weekdays were completely reflected at this time.

Lin Ling held her chin, looked at the communication frequency from the other party on the bridge, and thought for a while, "I have a way, but I need the program you installed on the spacecraft to cooperate." ”

……

As a patrol leader, Taviji has always been conscientious about his work, especially in this age of fierce warfare against alien lifeforms.

The human defense line is constantly retreating because of the alien lifeforms, and there is no slackening in the defense line.

Because everyone knows that once a missing alien lifeform enters the interior, it will be an immensely great disaster.

Knowing this, Taviji did not let up in the slightest, even if he had never been in such a situation.

But now, his worst fears have emerged.

He recognized the battle ship as a ship from the Planetary Fortress of the Eastern Star Blockade Line, and he had memorized the unique markings on those ships five years ago when he had traveled with his superiors on business.

But only three days ago, the alliance released the news that the planetary fortress had been lost and no one survived.

So in there...... And what is it?

Taviji narrowed his eyes and ordered the ship to be intercepted, while calling out to his varsity team members to walk to the ship bridge with their weapons.

The black-gray spaceship stopped consciously after receiving the news, which made his hanging heart relax slightly.

But he still didn't let his guard down.

The patrol boat protrudes out of the bridge to connect with the combat spacecraft, and the exhaust port is exposed under the rotating metal plates on both sides of the bridge to balance the air pressure.

Then the bridge was silently snapped into the combat ship in space.

With a wave of his hand, Taviji cautiously moved forward, frowning as he looked at the slowly opening door of the ship.

It was empty.

Moving from the other angle, he and his team noticed that there was no figure in either the wheelhouse or the cabin.

Since there is no one...... So how did the ship get here?

Autonomous driving?

And how did the ship stop?

Thinking of this, one of his team members couldn't help but think of the scene in the horror movie and trembled.

Immediately he was glared at by Taviji.

Tavel gritted his teeth, waved his hand and motioned for the team to follow, and walked into the ship.

However, they still haven't found the figure.

As soon as a chill rose in Taviji's heart, he heard screams coming from behind him.

"Ahh

"Damn it!"

"You ......"

With a few muffled sounds, he suddenly realized the truth, and as soon as he turned around, he saw a fist swinging away from him.

With a bang, Taviji fell to the ground unconscious.

Lin Ling was standing in front of this person, surrounded by patrol members who had been knocked unconscious by her.

She moved the wrist she had just used to punch someone, and raised her eyebrows, "Okay, it's settled." ”

【……】

The system did not dare to speak.

But it can guess what its mad host has done.