Chapter 54: Star Beasts

"Toot toot! ......" The alarm sounded throughout the Starry Sky Cowboy, and everyone put down what they were doing and looked intently at the monitor on the battle station, dotted with stars in the distance, and pieces of pitch-black meteorites lay across the way of the battleship. The lens of the pen www.biquge.info magnified, and the meteorite image was not converted, turning into a huge cosmic creature, a huge individual larger than the length of the Starry Sky Cowboy 500 meters, huge eyes, and a hideous huge mouth that made people feel frightened.

"It's a star beast! And it's a community, at least one community," Zhou Bocai said heavily.

A point on the detector representing a signal of life appeared in the detection range, followed by two, three, ten, thirty-five, fifty...... Hundreds of dots appeared on the detector, densely packed and countless, each of which was as large and hideous as the one seen before.

"What is a Star Beast?" Anna asked. Anna is generally doing research and doesn't know much about this knowledge.

"Starry Sky Behemoths, you can think of them as beasts that live in space. The history of the existence of Star Beasts may be earlier than the entry of civilized creatures into the universe, and no one knows how they came into being, but it is speculated in the database that Star Beasts should have been large flying creatures on living planets at the beginning, and eventually reached the point where they could survive in the universe without living planets as they continued to evolve. It's also the first time we've encountered Star Beasts, and we don't know how their combat power is," Ding Weijian explained.

"There is no air in the universe, how do they survive? Even if they don't need air to survive, how do they move? Anna wondered.

"Star beasts are very strange creatures, they evolve in a different way from intelligent civilizations, they use energy crystals to feed their bodies, and their bodies have evolved propulsion organs, which can migrate and survive in the universe. Star beasts are very fierce, some particularly powerful star beasts have very huge bodies, just like our flagships, their skin and flesh are very tough, even the energy cannon of the battleship can't hurt them in the slightest. A small number of star beasts is not terrible, the most terrifying thing is to encounter the star beast group, if the fleet falls into the star beast group, it will definitely be a lifeless ending. Their sharp teeth can easily shred through the armor of warships, and these alloys are like desserts to them, and they usually live on various minerals in the universe. Ding Weijian made a big show of science in front of Anna.

"So powerful? What about their attacks on the living planet? Something on the living planet is delicious for them, too, right? Anna asked worriedly.

"That's not going to happen, the star beasts have adapted to life in the universe, and they rarely invade the living planet, not to mention that the huge gravitational pull of the living planet may capture the star beast so that it can't leave, the living planet itself is very rare, and the star beasts generally survive in groups, and if they count on the living planet, they would have starved to death. They generally rely on mineral veins for survival, and some groups are even able to replenish their energy through stars. Different Star Beasts evolve in different ways, and maybe they can evolve a jump engine. Ding Weijian said.

"Will the Star Beasts also evolve into a civilization like humans?" Anna asked curiously. After all, there are thousands of strange races in the universe, and even plants and sand (here referring to silicon-based creatures) can evolve civilizations, and there is nothing unacceptable for star beasts to evolve civilizations.

"According to the information of the alliance, it has not been found yet. The reason for the emergence of various civilizations is that the strength of civilized organisms is relatively weak, so they must rely on the power of tools and groups to transform the natural environment to make themselves better survive. With the continuous optimization of tools and the continuous improvement of social structure, civilization has naturally emerged. But the star beasts are different, they are blessed, they are talented, they are born with very strong physical strength, and there is not much danger to threaten them when they grow up, so they generally survive in groups, and they are constantly migrating, which is not conducive to the inheritance of wisdom, so it is much more difficult for star beasts to develop a wisdom civilization. This can be regarded as a kind of balance in the universe, if the star beast is strong and intelligent, the chances of other civilizations surviving are much smaller. Ding Weijian analyzed.

"Having said all this, does the Star Beast Civilization exist or not?" Shi Xiangjian interjected beside him.

"I think it should exist, but it's definitely not much, but if it does, it must be a behemoth, the super tough kind." Ding Weijian thought for a while and said.

"Okay, don't think about it so much, we're going to encounter the star beast in more than twenty minutes. I don't know what the specific strength of this group of star beasts is, I don't know if we can beat it, even if we win, if the loss is large, it will be worth the loss. Zhou Bocai said in a calm voice.

"Actually, we don't need to be afraid of them at all, our ships are fast and can make space jumps, even if we are surrounded by them, we can calmly deal with them. When we go out on an expedition in the future, we will inevitably encounter a group of star beasts, so why don't we try their strength this time? Wang Yang interjected.

"That's right, although there are a lot of them, we can lead them away, so that we only need to deal with a few at a time." Shi Xiangjian said.

"I have a little bit to add," Glasses said with a smile. Glasses is Huang Tao's nickname, a bit of a sissy, is a mineral major, usually likes to fiddle with all kinds of stones, the personality is more wooden, not very talkative.

"Oh? Brother glasses, what do you think?" asked Ding Weijian with a smile.

"Star beasts live on minerals in the planetary belts, so does it mean that where there are star beasts, there must be a large amount of mineral reserves? Moreover, the energy spar reserves in these places should also be very abundant, otherwise how could they supply the consumption of so many starry sky beasts? They consume as much resources as the fleet. Even their need for precious minerals is higher than that of the fleets of interstellar civilizations. Because they don't know how to process deeply, they are all used extensively. If the suspicion is confirmed, when exploring in the future, it is enough to find a large star beast settlement. Huang Tao analyzed.

"Don't say it, it makes sense! It's a game of stones, why don't we give it a try? Ding Weijian said.

"You can give it a try, but don't rush in, or you'll be doomed." Zhou Bocai said.

"In this way, let's use the battleship to lure the star beast group out of the meteorite belt first, and then the battleship jumps over directly, isn't it over after scanning it?" Zhang Hui, who has been paying attention to the warship detector, said. Zhang Jianwu and Zhang Wenhui are two siblings, and they have been participating in the training of warship command before, and when they saw that the team encountered problems, they immediately suggested.

Everyone thought about it and kept nodding their heads. After the plan was settled, the Starry Sky Cowboy rushed straight towards the Star Beast, and after reaching the range of the naval gun, the electromagnetic main gun took the lead in charging, and the electric light flashed, and the fist-sized projectile rushed towards the leading Star Beast at a rapid pace. There was a large tattered lump on his forehead, and blood-like liquid kept gushing out, and when it came into contact with the vacuum outside, it immediately froze into a hard ice cube. After more than twenty seconds, the wound slowly healed, and the blood erupted at a slower rate, and then gradually stopped.

"The electromagnetic cannon is useful, but it doesn't work much, Qin Na, let's try the C-level energy cannon in the next interview," Zhang Jianwu said.

The miserable white energy cannon beam shot towards the crazy starry sky giant beast at the front, directly piercing a hole in its neck, causing the speed of the star beast to drop directly, howling in pain, but it did not die immediately, and still rushed towards the starry sky cowboy. Another beam of light rushed through, and the neck of the giant beast was directly broken, and the huge head flew to the side like an asteroid, directly knocking a nearby meteorite far away. Blood gushed out from the severed neck, forming a long fountain in the universe, but it was quickly frozen into a long icicle.

"The energy cannon is effective, Qinna, aim at the head and neck of the giant beast, fire at full power, and at the same time, the electromagnetic cannon is also fired at full speed, don't seek to destroy the enemy, just create chaos for them." Zhou Bocai said excitedly after seeing the effect of the blow.

After Zhou Bocai's order was confirmed, ten pink B-level energy cannons and fifty miserable C-level energy cannons opened fire with all their might, and dozens of energy beams and projectiles fired from the electromagnetic cannon flew towards the star beast group together, and the originally neat star beast group suddenly became a mess, blood flew, and from time to time large pieces of limbs were broken and separated from the body. But instead of being scared away, the Star Beasts collectively fell into a rage, and all the Star Beasts sped up and rushed towards the Starry Sky Cowboy.

"Captain, try the A-rank energy cannon, right? The power of these naval guns was too low. Zhang Jianwu saw the scene and frowned and said. The A-class energy cannon and other B-class main guns were recently installed by the battleship, and the A-class energy cannon was mainly prepared to deal with emergencies, and the fleet limited the purchase of A-class energy crystals, so the fleet's stock was limited, and each expedition ship was only equipped with two bases.

"A-grade energy spar is a limited purchase, and it is expensive, and there is no replenishment in the short term when it is used up, and it is also purchased from the fleet, but ordinary energy companies do not have it," Zhou Bocai said embarrassedly.

"After this fight, we applied for a purchase and got it," Zhang Jianwu said.

"Okay, let's take a look at the power of the A-class energy cannon." Zhou Bocai said.

Then a thick crimson beam of energy swept through the group of star beasts, and everywhere it passed, all the star beasts were cut in two, and some even broke into pieces. Not only that, but after the beam passed through the star beast group, it smashed more than a dozen meteorites in a row before completely dissipating.

"It's so strong, it's worthy of being an A-level energy cannon." Wang Fatzi exclaimed.

"What is this, the main guns of the First Fleet are all SSS-class, which can directly penetrate a dwarf planet." Zhang Jianwu pouted and said.

"Let's continue with the plan, hurry up and finish the exploration, we're going to return." Zhou Bocai reminded.

Then the Starry Sky Cowboy retreated while fighting, gradually moving the group of star beasts into the nebula for a long time, and then jumped into the star beast lair with a jump, and then turned on the probe to investigate. The lair of the star beast is in the center of the meteorite belt, the lair is empty, and there are meteorite-dense areas all around, and countless meteorites of all sizes almost surround the lair, and there are colorful lights flashing in the center from time to time, and then disappear.

"Captain, after the scanning, the meteorite near the star beast's lair contains a large number of precious elements, and the content is expected to be no less than the mineral reserves found by the bull team, and a small amount of 'Ki' crystals have been confirmed in the lair." Qinna reported......