Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Unexpected Emerges
"Your Excellency, Captain, this ship is in good condition and ready to go. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"In that case, let's get out of here first." After taking a moment to check the Voyager's data, Zhou Xin opened his mouth and commanded.
With Zhou Xin's order, the Voyager's main engine was quickly activated. A little more than an hour later, the spacecraft was on the outskirts of the star system.
This time, after much deliberation, the destination was finally decided to be a star system 3.5 light-years away. According to the star charts, there were sixteen recognizable planets in the star system they were about to visit. Although there is only one planet on the edge of the habitable zone, and the probability of life is not high, Zhou Xin and they can't find a more suitable planet nearby, so they can only choose it as the next target of Voyager.
"Ready to recharge the warp engine."
"The warp engine starts to recharge, and all systems are working fine." A few minutes later, a man in front of Zhou Xin reported.
Then, a few more minutes passed, and the same person reported again: "Charging is complete, no anomalies have been found." Your Excellency, we are ready to go. ”
After reconfirming the status of the Voyager, Zhou Xin gave the order to depart.
It didn't take long for the familiar spatial distortions to appear around the Voyager, and the starlight began to slowly coalesce.
However, just as all the starlight was about to converge to the extreme, and the spaceship was about to enter warp space, an accident happened.
"Warning! The warp engine was severely disrupted, and a small area of anomalous space warp around the Voyager was detected, collacting with the space warp created by the warp engine, and the ship was about to exit the warp state. "As the warning appeared, the gathering starlight around it quickly dispersed again, and the space on the outer perimeter of the ship began to return to normal.
"Anomalous space warps?" Because it was the first time he had encountered this situation, Zhou Xin was a little surprised and nervous, "How could there be an abnormal space suddenly?" How much of an impact does it have on us? ”
"Judging from the current situation, the reason for the appearance of spatial distortion is unknown for the time being." The moment he heard the warning, Spred had already focused all his attention on the outside world, and he glanced at the large amount of data that appeared on the screen and said, "But although the reason is unknown for the time being, judging from the data reported by the external probe, the space distortion is not serious, and it can only interfere with the start of the warp engine, as long as we fly out of the range of this space warp, we can still start normally." Then, he speculated, "Although we have never encountered this phenomenon before, I guess it is just a natural phenomenon that occurs in the universe, so don't worry too much." ”
After listening to Spred's explanation, Zhou Xin breathed a sigh of relief. And around the Voyager, just in the time of Spred's words, the space has basically returned to normal.
While relaxing, many people, including Zhou Xin, suddenly became curious. After all, while they were already able to artificially create small spatial distortions, they had never seen them emerge from a natural anomaly. At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on the outside perspective of the Voyager, they wanted to see what the outside was like after the disappearance of the anomalous space created by the warp engine, and Zhou Xin did not even forget to remind the Voyager to record the changes in the outside space.
After a few seconds, the screen returns to what it was before the warp engine started. However, at this time, the change of the picture did not stop, and soon, the picture was distorted again. Some of the starlight on the screen began to converge, while the other parted dispersed, and at the same time, all the starlight began to flicker, looking quite similar to the night sky on Earth.
"It seems that the natural spatial distortion is not very regular." Spred said as he looked at the space on the screen where the starlight had just gathered and scattered again, and then he added with a smile, "However, this style is quite in line with 'natural'." After joking, he reminded, "Since it is an irregular space distortion, I would recommend that the Voyager leave this area as soon as possible, lest the hull itself be damaged by the distortion." ”
"Hmm." Zhou Xin nodded, but just as he was about to order the Voyager to leave this strange space, the unexpected happened again.
In the distorted starlight on the screen, Zhou Xin noticed that a space not far from the Voyager suddenly appeared a distinct and familiar vortex distortion. For a short period of time, the swirling twist turned into an irregular black hole. Under the influence of spatial distortions in other areas, the shape of the irregular hole is constantly changing, and it looks like an active monster. However, Zhou Xin and the others had already had no intention of observing any changes in the outside world, and the moment the entrance of the cave appeared, the atmosphere in the command cabin suddenly became tense.
"Is this one of the natural changes in the universe?" At the beginning, Zhou Xin asked with a fluke mentality. However, the corner of the object that appeared from the hole of the cave made Zhou Xin's luck come to naught all of a sudden.
Although the shape of the object that appeared on the screen was irregular due to the spatial distortion, Zhou Xin still recognized it at a glance - a spherical battleship.
"Looks like we've fallen into their trap after all." The moment he saw the spherical battleship, Dart immediately reacted that the space distortion here was most likely made by the spherical battleship, and their purpose was self-evident.
Subsequently, Zhou Xin quickly understood, but at this time, he was no longer allowed to think about it. At this time, the spherical battleship had already revealed half of its body, although the distance between the Voyager and the other party could not be accurately determined due to the spatial distortion, but judging from the visual size, the position where the spherical battleship appeared was probably not very far away from Zhou Xin and them.
"The main engine starts urgently, away from that spherical battleship." Just when many people were still surprised by the appearance of the spherical battleship, Zhou Xin hurriedly ordered, "Once you leave the range of the abnormal space, start the warp engine immediately." ”
Zhou Xin's voice brought back many of the crew members who were still in a state of shock around them, but they didn't hear what Zhou Xin had just said at all. After Zhou Xin had to repeat the order, everyone finally began to operate in a hurry......