Chapter 22: The Bombing of the Green Star
"Not yetβ"
"Look, what's that?" Dart interrupted Zhou Xin's words. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhou Xin immediately turned his face back to the screen, and at this time, he saw a small spherical spaceship flying out from the side of the spherical battleship. A few minutes later, the spherical ship broke away from the battleship and flew towards the Green Star.
"What do they want to do?" This move of the spherical battleship also did not conform to the previous laws of action, so Zhou Xin was now full of doubts.
"Could it be that they want to explore the Green Star?" Spred uttered a speculation that he didn't even believe.
However, as the spherical spacecraft quickly entered the landing orbit, Atlas screamed, "How come the landing position chosen by the spherical spacecraft is just above our spacecraft on the Green Star?" β
With this exclamation, everyone in the command cabin suddenly became nervous, and Zhou Xin subconsciously asked, "Are you sure you read it right?" Our ship is just below it? β
"The landing trajectory of each spacecraft is determined by others, how can people be wrong." The little girl replied.
"Could it be that our ship on the Green Star has been discovered by them?" Dart uttered one of the worst guesses for them right now.
"Don't panic just yet." Zhou Xin forced himself to comfort himself in the midst of nervousness, "Maybe it's just a coincidence." Moreover, even if the spaceship on the Green Star is discovered by them, with the current distance between the two sides, we will still have time to escape. After saying this, he immediately ordered, just in case, "Charge the engine and be ready to leave at any time." β
However, unexpectedly, this time it seems to continue Zhou Xin's usual good luck. The spherical ship deviated from the position of the ship on the Green Star halfway through the landing, and according to Atlas's calculations, it should have landed about two hundred kilometers away from his own ship. Although two hundred kilometers is not a long distance for anyone, it can basically be determined that the spherical spacecraft is not heading for the spacecraft on the Green Star.
However, even so, at this time there is still not a single person in the command cabin who will take it lightly. Because the distance between the two ships is so close that even close to the spherical ship can be detected when it is in the air. Therefore, Zhou Xin's mood is still a little up and down.
"You say, will they find our ship on the Green Star?" Spred asked, slightly uneasy.
"Who knows." Zhou Xin stared at the screen and replied, "I hope they didn't find out, otherwise those who are still stranded on the green star may suffer." β
"By the way, have you thought of any way to get the people on the Green Star back?" Since Zhou Xin mentioned those people, Dart asked casually.
Shaking his head gloomily, Zhou Xin replied: "What can be done now, now I can only take one step at a time." After finishing speaking, he added in a disappointed tone, "If there is really no way, then it can onlyβ"
Although Zhou Xin's words were not finished, the people present had already understood what he meant, and their faces also showed a weak look.
Feeling uneasy, everyone waited in the command module for nearly three hours before finally seeing the spherical spaceship again. The spherical spacecraft at this time has not changed much from three hours ago. Within a short time, the ship was back to the spherical battleship, and then everything returned to its previous calm, and the spherical battleship still flew silently around the green star as if it had never sent the ship.
During this time, Zhou Xin and the others secretly got in touch with those who were stranded on the Green Star. Many of them noticed the spherical ship that had landed, but none of the people scattered around the ship had noticed that the spherical ship had ever sent an exploration team in the direction of their ship. Although he couldn't be completely sure that the other party hadn't found out, Zhou Xin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
However, Zhou Xin's good mood did not last long. More than half an hour later, the spherical battleship once again made a new move.
In just a few tens of seconds, Zhou Xin saw that many engines on the spherical battleship had started. Soon after, the battleship departed from its orbit around the green star, and flew in the direction of Zhou Xin.
"Looks like it's been discovered." Zhou Xin exhaled deeply, although he knew in his heart that the other party would be able to find out sooner or later, but he didn't expect this moment to come so quickly. At the same time, he was also wondering what was exposing the whereabouts of the Voyager, although the most likely of them was the spaceship staying on the Green Star, but judging from the other party's actions in the past period, Zhou Xin felt that this possibility was not high. If they had found out, they wouldn't have been able to take action for so long.
However, at this time, Zhou Xin didn't have to think about it for long, and soon he began to order, "Has the engine finished charging, use the simple start procedure, and prepare to leave here as soon as possible." β
"The engine is fully charged, but the warp engine is temporarily unable to work due to the presence of massive objects around the ship." The Voyager's voice was as serious as ever.
"Then get ready to start the main engine. Direction-" Zhou Xin said after thinking for a few seconds, "Stay in the blind spot of the spherical battleship, in the direction of the star, how long can we hide." β
"Perform the easy startup procedure and skip the minor steps." The Voyager reported, and after a few moments, its voice rang out again, "Critical checks completed, main engineβ"
"Wait!" However, before the engine could really start, it was stopped by Zhou Xin's sudden command.
The reason why Zhou Xin suddenly changed his order was, of course, because at this time he saw that the spherical battleship on the screen had stopped again.
"What are they doing? Trick us? Dart's emotions were slightly agitated.
"I don't think they're in that mood." Zhou Xin replied helplessly.
"I'm afraid we're too concerned, and their actions now shouldn't be aimed at us." Spred guessed.
Looking at the spherical battleship quietly parked in space at this time, Zhou Xin felt a little overwhelmed. The battleship that appeared in front of him this time was really a little abnormal, and he really couldn't guess the other party's next move. This was a kind of torment for Zhou Xin and them, because they had to pay attention to the whereabouts of the battleship in front of them all the time, and they didn't dare to relax for a moment.
Fortunately, this tense mood did not last long, and with the next move of the spherical battleship, everyone in the command cabin was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
At this time, another spherical object was detached from the spherical battleship. In the lens of the probe, Zhou Xin saw that compared to the previous spherical spaceship, the spherical object that appeared in front of him was slightly smaller in size, and the surface was much smoother than the spherical spacecraft. There are no obvious patterns or lights on the sphere, and it looks very ordinary. However, after taking a few looks, Zhou Xin's heart subconsciously felt that the sphere did not seem to be simple.
"So what?" Spred asked, "Is it another spherical spaceship?" β
"It doesn't look like it." Dart said thoughtfully, "But maybe it's a different type of ship?" β
"I don't think it's a spaceship, it's a bit like a probe." A voice came from front of Zhou Xin.
"Probe?" Zhou Xin stared at the spherical object intently, "If it's a detector, it's too big." β
In the eyes of everyone, the harmless sphere slowly detached from the spherical battleship, and then quickly flew in the direction of the green star.
As the sphere detached, the spherical battleship moved again, but this time it wasn't in the direction of the Voyager. Instead, he made a big circle and flew to the other side of the green star. Then, on the other side of the Green Star, they also launched a spherical object, and immediately after launching the second sphere, the battleship began to fly away from the Green Star, which kept them away from the direction of the Voyager as well.
As the spherical battleship moved away, Zhou Xin and the others couldn't help but feel relieved, after all, the pressure brought to them by that battleship was too great, and they naturally wanted to get as far away as possible. However, while breathing a sigh of relief, Zhou Xin and the others soon began to wonder again.
"Do you think the battleship's move just now looks a bit like an emergency retreat?" Dart asked with a skeptical tone.
"How could it be an emergency retreat." Spred didn't believe it, and he casually responded.
"I think there's something in there, too." Zhou Xin replied uncertainly, "But why did they retreat urgently? Are they afraid of something? Then he instructed Atlas, "Carefully search the space around the Green Star to see if there are any anomalies around." Especially at the moment when the spherical battleship retreated. β
After a few seconds, the little girl replied, "Everything is normal in the vicinity of the Green Star, and nothing unusual has been found. β
"Strange, is it really that we are overthinking." Atlas's answer made Zhou Xin feel a little confused, "Are they really just leaving normally?" However, although there are so many words, there is always an indescribable sense of unease lingering in Zhou Xin's heart.
Sure enough, Zhou's uneasiness in confidence was soon fulfilled on the Green Star.
While the discussion in the command module was still in full swing, suddenly, a white point of light lit up on the surface of the green star. Before Zhou Xin and the others could react, the point of light quickly spread across the surface of the planet. After only a few seconds, the familiar dark green planet in the center of the screen disappeared completely, replaced by a bright "sun". With the appearance of the "sun", the picture also began to be violently distorted.
Looking directly at the distorted "sun" in front of them, everyone in the command cabin was stunned for several minutes before they gradually realized what was happening, and their faces slowly changed from sluggishness at the beginning to shock.
The shock lasted for a while, and then an unbelievable voice rang out in the crowd, "What did they- what did they- ?!" β
"They- blew up the Green Star?!" To this day, Dart still doesn't believe what he's seeing. Spred shook his head vigorously beside him, trying to dispel the "hallucination" in front of him.
It wasn't until Dart's voice sounded in his ears that Zhou Xin came back to his senses. But even after coming back to his senses, Zhou Xin looked at the "sun" on the screen and was still silent. At the same time, a heavy heart came over him.
Not only Zhou Xin, when everyone finally understood what was happening on the Green Star, a sad atmosphere began to spread in the command cabin.
With this sad atmosphere, the "sun" on the screen began to slowly dim, and the picture began to gradually return to normal. At this time, the command module sounded the Voyager's faithful report, "A high-energy particle flow explosion has been detected, and due to the obstruction of the planet, this outbreak will not have much impact on the ship." β
"Why are they doing this!" Immediately behind the Voyager, Dart's angry voice rang out, "How could they do this!" A living planet, why would they destroy it. β
"Who knows." Zhou Xin's sad tone revealed a hint of helplessness, "From the beginning we met them to the present, we have never understood each other, who knows what their intentions are in doing this." After a pause, he added, "However, at least one thing is certain for now, the target of their trip is not us, but Green Star." β
As he spoke, the planet on the screen lit up again, this time from behind the planet, and the bright light formed a bright circle of light at the edge of the planet. Without thinking about it, everyone already understood that it was the second time that the sphere fired by the spherical battleship exploded.
However, although the light of the explosion was gone, the surface of the green star did not dim because of this. Zhou Xin and the others saw that near the first explosion point, an extremely large round dark red bright spot appeared on the green star, and the area of this bright spot was gradually expanding as time passed. On the periphery of the bright spots, an even larger ring of dust swept outward at a faster rate the dark green area that was already left.
Zhou Xin recognized at a glance what that dark red bright spot was, and he gasped, "Is that bomb so powerful?" Actually blew up such a large magma pool on the Green Star? This power seems to be far less than even the original explosion in the central city. β
"The power of this explosion is estimated to be more than 1,000 times the power of the big explosion in Yangcheng." Atlas replied after assessing it.
"What kind of weapon can cause such a powerful explosion?" Dart asked.
"The cause of the explosion is unknown, and it is impossible to determine what substance caused the explosion." Atlas replied.
"This is not the time to discuss the cause of the explosion." At this time, Spred's slightly anxious voice sounded from Zhou Xin's side, "The key now is, what about those people we left on the Green Star...... β