In warped space, the battleship moved at 8,128 times the speed of light.

The news that the destination of this mission was the Orion Nebula spread throughout the ship, along with the content of the suspected super civilization ruins, and the mercenaries were silent for a while, and then they all cheered. Although it is extremely dangerous to enter the hinterland of the Steelmane Empire, even the greatest danger can be overcome for the sake of a super-civilization relic.

Wealth and danger are sought!

For the sake of billions of wealth, not to mention the hinterland of the Steelmane Empire, even the Galactic Empire has to break through!

In the silent room, he sat there speechless for a long time, both shocked by the ruins of a super civilization and worried about his own safety.

He is not a mercenary, and he does not value money more than his life, so he can only lament that he has been on a thief ship.

Telepathically, Zhuang Xiaolin had already left the bridge and returned to his luxurious suite on the top floor of the battleship. Even if there was no one around, Zhuang Xiaolin still had an unsmiling expression, and when he was not cultivating, he often fell into deep thought, not knowing what was being considered in his mind.

While cultivating, Xin Xiao continuously monitored Zhuang Xiaolin twenty-four hours a day.

Most of the time, Zhuang Xiaolin stayed in the bridge, always paying attention to the navigation status of the battleship, and did not show any flaws, so that Xin Xiao could not confirm whether he was the "butcher" of the bloody handprint.

A few days later, the ship left the Federation and crossed the battle line of the two clans into the territory of the Steelmane Empire.

The atmosphere on the battleship was very solemn, and from this day on, everyone was in great danger, and once the battleship had a problem and broke away from the warped space, there was a great possibility that the traces would be exposed, and the outcome was needless to say. Even if the warship sails smoothly, it will leave a warped track in space, and the chance of being discovered by the Steelmane Empire is not low.

Another week passed in fear, and the battleship was still sailing at high speed without incident.

Everyone on the ship breathed a sigh of relief, in the star field bordering the Steelmane Empire and the Federation, the two sides faced off with heavy troops, and there were hundreds of millions of reconnaissance satellites in the interstellar space, and now the most dangerous area had passed, and since then, entering the hinterland of the Steelmane Empire, the security has improved a lot.

Then came the long journey.

The Orion Nebula is 1,600 light-years from Earth, but it is only a little more than 1,200 light-years away from Juling, and the battleship is moving at a first-class warp speed, which takes about two months to arrive.

It was the first time that most of the people on the battleship, including Xin Lone, had left the territory of the Federation and headed so far into the starry sky.

The warship was in warp navigation, but it did not affect the activities of the people, except that they could not go out, and everyone's routine was not much different from usual.

Zhuang Xiaolin also seemed to be a little more relaxed, no longer always staying in the bridge as before, but Xin Xiao never gave up snooping on him.

Half a month later, a phone call interrupted Zhuang Xiaolin's cultivation.

Xin Xiaolin, who was being monitored by telepathy, suddenly perked up, and this was the first time Zhuang Xiaolin's phone rang since the battleship entered the warp voyage. The warped voyage does not affect the operation of the quantum repeater on the battleship, and it can still communicate with the outside world, but only Zhuang Xiaolin has this permission, and his phone can be used as usual.

Zhuang Xiaolin calmly answered the phone, and a woman's figure was projected out, shouting, "Boss Tu." ”

Her appearance is quite outstanding, her temperament is beautiful, she wears a tight leather coat to highlight her bewitching figure, she seems to be only in her thirties, and there is no wrinkle on her face, but there is a sense of age in her eyes, which makes people know that her real age is at least over 100 years old.

This sound of Boss Tu immediately confirmed Xin Xiao that Zhuang Xiaolin was the butcher!

Zhuang Xiaolin nodded and asked, "Fiona, what's going on on with Yiling Star?" ”

"Still hasn't made any progress." The woman named Fiona looked dejected, and said depressedly: "I almost turned over the Yiling Star three times, and more than a dozen people scattered it, but I couldn't find the whereabouts of this kid Xin Lone, as if this person disappeared directly from the Federation, whether it was reality or the Internet, there was no trace of him." ”

Hearing his name come out of the woman's mouth, Xin Silence's eyelids jumped, and he suddenly understood that this woman must also be the killer of the bloody handprint, and had been searching for herself on the Soul Star for the past few months.

His telepathy scanned the hologram, carefully noting her physiognomy features.

Zhuang Xiaolin's expression was not very good-looking, and he said in a deep voice: "With the power and means of the Lu family, it is too simple to hide a person, how can you find it easily?" As far as I can tell, Xin Lin should have been out of Soul Star for a long time. ”

Fiona suddenly clapped her hands and said hatefully: "It's all to blame on the evil wolf, there is more than enough success and more failure, tell him not to be impulsive and wait for us to arrive before we do it together, he just doesn't listen, and wants to swallow the 100 billion bounty alone." As a result, he died, and he was a hundred, and he didn't even know who he died in, and he scared the snake and scared Xin Lin away. ”

"What's the use of blaming the wolf now?" Zhuang Xiaolin raised his hand to stop Fiona's complaints, thought for a while, and said, "You have to find out Xin Lin in another way, such as starting with his parents......"

"I have already sent someone to Mars, but it came to naught, and his parents were taken to Earth by the Lu family to protect them."

Fiona looked helpless, and sighed: "Boss Tu, you also know that the earth has always been our forbidden area, I won't say how terrifying the defense force on the Lu family is, there is no way to start, maybe Xin Lin himself is hiding inside." ”

Zhuang Xiaolin didn't think so, and said: "He is the number one warrior of the Federation, famous all over the world, and proud of the others, how can he swallow this breath and hide under the wings of the Lu family all the time to survive?" I have studied his biographical information, and this man seems to have a peaceful and mediocre personality, but in fact his heart is higher than the sky, and he is more arrogant than anyone else, and if my expectations are correct, he should be looking for us everywhere to try revenge. ”

"Boss Tu also thinks too highly of him, right?" Fiona sneered, and said with disdain on her face: "Even if he is the first samurai of the Federation, he is only a high-ranking samurai, and he still wants to seek revenge on us?" What if he finds it, if he dares to appear in front of me, I will crush him with one finger! ”

Zhuang Xiaolin glanced at her and shook his head, "You must not say this kind of thing too much, if Xin Lin really finds you, it may not be who crushes whom." ”

Fiona's eyes were round and unconvinced: "Boss Tu, what do you mean by this?" With him, a high-ranking samurai, can he kill me? ”

"How sure are you that you can kill the wolf when you fight him?" Zhuang Xiaolin asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Fiona didn't know why Zhuang Xiaolin suddenly asked this, but she still thought seriously for a few seconds, and said truthfully: "Evil Wolf and I are both mid-level generals, although he is a little neurotic, but I have to say that his strength is really strong, most of the time we will tie, and the chance of killing him is less than one percent." ”

"But Xin Lin killed the evil wolf." Zhuang Xiaolin then said.

Fiona almost jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on, the hologram shook, and she looked incredulous and shouted, "Is this real? Don't lie to me, a high-level samurai kills a mid-level general, how is this possible? ”

"What's the point of me lying to you?" Zhuang Xiaolin said coldly: "I found the place where the evil wolf died on Gasmanda Island before leaving Yiling Star, and there are still traces of fighting nearby, it is not difficult to see that the evil wolf was killed by a person wearing power armor. He went to ambush Xin Lone, but he ran into someone wearing power armor, and I think you can guess why. ”

"The subspace of the Blue Sky Tree Species!"

Fiona reacted immediately, she couldn't help but be very envious, subspace and power armor are really a perfect match, and the combat power that has been improved is too much. But she still felt incredible, the difference in strength between high-level samurai and mid-level generals was too big, and it was by no means something that could be smoothed out by a pair of power armor.

"He is the first samurai of the Federation, known as the first genius in the history of mankind, if he wears another set of powerful power armor and uses the cultivation of a high-level samurai to kill the evil wolf, it is not incomprehensible." Zhuang Xiaolin explained calmly.

"First Samurai ...... of the Federation"

Fiona muttered to herself, suddenly her body shook slightly, her face showed a look of worry, she looked at Zhuang Xiaolin, and said: "Boss Tu, with the cultivation speed of Xin Lone, I'm afraid it won't take a few years to be promoted to a general, plus carrying power armor with him, his strength will be too terrifying at that time, shouldn't we be prepared?" ”

Zhuang Xiaolin nodded slightly, and said solemnly: "So you can't stop searching for his traces, you must kill him before he is promoted to a general, otherwise it will be his turn to hunt us down in the future." ”

"I see." Fiona suddenly found that she was not as safe as she imagined, she let out a sigh and sighed, "Boss Tu, why did you accept this bounty at that time?" ”

"If we don't have bloody handprints, naturally other organizations will." Zhuang Xiaolin's eyes flashed, and he asked rhetorically: "Whether it's the 100 billion bounty or the subspace equipment, are you not tempted?" ”

Fiona was stunned for a moment and did not speak, and the answer was self-evident.

The two were silent for a while, and Zhuang Xiaolin said again: "I have more urgent matters to deal with here, and the task of 100 billion rewards will be handed over to you, I should be able to rush back within half a year, and I hope you can make some progress at that time." ”

"I will." Fiona agreed, but her tone was not as sure as before.

Zhuang Xiaolin hung up the phone, looking at the phone in a daze, with a thoughtful look on his face.

However, he would never have dreamed that Xin Lin was on top of his battleship, and that he was watching him from dozens of cabins, eavesdropping on his phone with Fiona.

Xin Xiao continued to observe Zhuang Xiaolin, but his heart was very uneasy.

He had to admit that Zhuang Xiaolin's inferences about himself were very accurate, whether it was killing the evil wolf or finding the blood handprint for revenge, these things were all guessed correctly by Zhuang Xiaolin.

This is a terrible enemy!

Xin Lin didn't dare to imagine that if he didn't have telepathy, he might not even know how he died, let alone seek revenge on Zhuang Xiaolin and the bloody handprint behind him.

Originally, he just wanted to find out who was behind the 100 billion bounty, and he didn't want to be an enemy of Zhuang Xiaolin, but he dared to hit his parents with his idea, and let people continue to search for his whereabouts and try to kill him, so don't blame him for making the first move.

During the subsequent voyages, Xin Xiao constantly locked his telepathy on Zhuang Xiaolin, carefully observing his every move, from the inside out, Zhuang Xiaolin's cultivation progress, martial arts realm, living habits, and many subtleties were all in his hands.

It didn't take long for Zhuang Xiaolin to have no secrets to speak of in front of Xin Lian, like a transparent person.

Xin Xiao believes that one day, he will give Zhuang Xiaolin a big surprise.

Two months later, the battleship successfully crossed a distance of more than 1,200 light years, and appeared in a field of space, out of the warped sailing state.

At this moment, everyone on the ship turned on the holographic screen in front of them, pointed the camera at the front of the battleship, and the first thing that caught their eyes was the boundless light, which was the radiation emitted by hundreds of stars after being absorbed by the nebula dust, and then displayed in the form of visible light in front of the world.

After people's eyes adjusted, the focal length of the lens was adjusted, and suddenly, an endless red starry sky filled the surroundings.

No matter which direction you looked, everywhere you could see was an endless stream of red and purple light, and the battleship was in it, like a little lost dust. If an intelligent race were born in this nebula, they would think that this universe was red, not a dark void.

The Orion Nebula as a whole resembles a firebird with its wings spread, so it is also called the Firebird Nebula.

In this nebula, hundreds of stars shine brightly, and these stars, together with gas and dust within 16 light-years, have a total mass of 100,000 times that of the Sun!

At this time, the battleship was still on the periphery of the nebula, and did not venture into it at the speed of light, which was similar to suicide.

In normal interstellar space, the average distance between stars is four to ten light-years, but in nebulae, the distance between stars is much less than one light-year. In the depths of the nebula, there are several stars within a light year, which is almost close together by the standards of the universe.

The dense density of stars makes the gravitational field extremely chaotic and distorted, and the spacecraft must find a safe route between the stars, travel short distances faster than light, and then adjust the course frequently to avoid the stellar gravitational field.

Of course, the safest way to sail in the nebula is to fly slowly on its own, without relying on the speed of light, and many expedition ships use this method to find a safe route within the nebula. But the Orion Nebula has a range of sixteen light-years, and it will take at least ten years for a spacecraft to reach the nebula without going faster than the speed of light.

Zhuang Xiaolin can't wait for ten years, and he can't wait for a month.

Thankfully, the message he received provided a safe route into the Orion Nebula, and the ship adjusted its direction according to the data, accelerating again, and entering warping space.

The battleship was constantly accelerating and slowing down in the nebula, entering and detaching from the warp, sailing short distances faster than light again and again, shuttling through the gaps of one star after another. In many cases, the accretion disks of some newly generated small stars, or protostars, are less than 100 million kilometers away from the battleship, almost passing by, making everyone on the battleship tremble.

It took nearly half a month for the battleship to finally pass through the chaotic gravitational field and dust turbulence and enter the densest area of stars inside the nebula.

Finally, the battleship once again broke away from the warped space, and the pilot reported loudly in surprise: "Commander, it's here!" ”

Everyone on the ship was shocked, looking at the vast space in front of the battleship, and they were all stunned.