Surprise cosmic salvage, ready to return to the stars of Yelai.

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"The name of this planet is...... Night Ray. ”

After retrieving some information about the civilization's home planet, Xinglan decided on the name of the planet.

However, compared to Xinglan's leisurely deciphering the language and background information of this civilization, the Yelai people in these engineering ships were not so calm, and the space collision scene that appeared in front of them made them feel extremely surprised.

In the vast universe, the existence of civilization is even rarer than an oasis in the desert, and for a civilization that does not have the ability to travel interstellarly, even if it can come and go freely in its own star system, the probability of encountering other civilizations is quite small.

For these Yelai, the size of the wreckage of the ship in front of them was not spectacular, and it was not even comparable to the engineering ship they were on, but this wreck was not one of the ships registered in their civilization, and it was obviously not a disaster for a smuggler to sneak a ship...... That kind of pit scene can only appear in advanced civilizations that cross the stars or even cross the river system, and it cannot appear here.

The inhospitable area at the edge of the galaxy is actually full of dangers, and the frozen asteroids that seem to fly in dense from time to time are not very harmful, but the main trouble is that it is remote and has no profit at all...... Not to mention the fact that there may be any precious mineral resources here, just considering the cost of shipping along the way, even if you find a diamond, it will be difficult to recover the cost.

Therefore, nine out of ten of the ships that still haunt here are basically official government ships, and this engineering ship is no exception, in fact, it is from a nearby research station on the edge of a star system, and these border research stations similar to the polar research stations of early civilizations are always ...... There are a large number of scientists who come here to carry out research work.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, this is definitely a great discovery!"

It seemed that one of the highest-ranking members of the scientific research team was shouting excitedly at the diorama of the wreckage projected by the faint light in front of him, and not far from him, the real captain of the engineering ship could only silently serve this group of distinguished scientific researchers, without the slightest right to speak.

"But even so, we need to double-check just in case." After calming down a little, the leader of the scientists turned his head to look at the group of Yelai people in indoor spacesuits next to him, and his huge eyeballs seemed to burst into blood with excitement, "Can any of you tell the origin of this wreckage?" Are you sure there aren't any other possible conjectures? ”

After seeing everyone shaking their heads in denial, the scientist solemnly turned to the front and looked at the fragments of the wreckage that could already be seen with the naked eye outside the porthole: "The time of success is coming, and what we have found is likely to be an alien spaceship from another civilization!" ”

"Hiss......"

Except for the high-level personnel who seemed to have guessed this, the ordinary crew members of the Yelai people around them all gasped when they heard this sentence, and subconsciously looked up at the shadow that obscured part of the starlight.

Even to the point where they can navigate freely at the edge of the star system, the civilization of Nightlight has never been able to come into contact with technological civilizations from other planets, and their attitude towards alien visits is similar to that of most civilizations, with antiquity and curiosity on the one hand, and fear of possible invasion on the other.

However, it was a wrecked alien spaceship, and the hull was even blown to pieces! A huge opportunity where there is almost no danger of invasion! What could be more appealing than that?

Even the cosmic technological civilizations that also sail for spaceships have their own characteristics in terms of specific spaceship manufacturing styles, and a fellow spaceship research and development expert, after carefully observing the wreckage photos, is very sure that he has never seen this style of spaceship anywhere, which makes the other Yelai people even more convinced that this is an alien civilization spaceship.

Despite his excitement and joy, the leader of the scientific team lived up to his identity and remained calm and sober. Nightshade Star is a civilization with a completely unified regime, and there is no open and secret struggle between countries, so there is no need to beware of plots from other forces...... You say the terrorists of the Night Lai Star? If terrorist organizations have the strength to find the edge of the galaxy and bring terrorist attacks, what kind of terrorists are they!

Even if there wasn't much intrigue, based on the most basic secrecy regulations, he couldn't immediately release the information that the alien spaceship had been found to the people of Yelaixing, but sent some preliminary speculations to his superiors...... He didn't dare to say too sure, otherwise wouldn't it be a big joke if it really wasn't an alien spaceship?

After taking some photos of the wreckage of the Exploration from afar and discussing it, the person in charge finally waved his pale palm with four fingers, and motioned to the captain to direct the engineering ship to continue to move forward to approach the wreckage of the alien spacecraft, as for the automatic satellite that was accidentally destroyed? In the face of such an earth-shattering event, the damage it caused was completely ignored.

However, as the engineering ship moved on, the ice-covered asteroid that had blocked most of the wreckage moved to the side of view, causing something that had previously been hidden by it to appear in front of the Yelai.

This time, even those scientists could no longer maintain a calm demeanor, their hands and feet trembled and slumped on their respective chairs, and the electronic touch screen that the team leader was originally holding fell directly to the ground with a snap, and the captain on the side could no longer care about the demeanor in front of the leader, stood up and shouted in shock: "What kind of monster is this!" ”

There was only a ray of light from the stars cast here in the dark space, but it seemed to highlight the darkness of the world more than the light it brings, and in the shadowiest corner on the back of the asteroid, the huge corpse of the Star Bird suddenly appeared in front of these Yelai people!

Obviously, this cosmic creature formed directly by the stimulation and evolution of the source spores was far beyond the imagination of ordinary civilizations, a giant bird the size of a spaceship spread its wings and suspended in the starry sky, considering the contrast between birds of the same size and airplanes, these Yelai people had no doubt that if this giant beast was at its peak, it could at least easily tear apart any spaceship with a size difference of less than three times, and the opponent's attack would barely hurt it.

The starbird's bulging silver octagonal eyes could not see the pupils, as almost the entire surface of the bird could function as pupils, and when a close-up photo of this part was projected inside the control room, the Yelai people couldn't help but take a step back, feeling as if the eyes of the giant beast on the screen were sweeping over their bodies with a chill to the bone.

Of course, this was just their delusion, the migratory bird was dead, dead forever when it was split in half by the spatial decaying blade of light, but the huge neat cut of 100 meters long shocked the scientists of the Yelai people. Cosmic creatures, just by the name one can imagine how alert and thick-skinned these creatures will be, so what attack can cut it so neatly?

Looking at the wreckage of the black spaceship all over the starry sky, and then at the corpse of the giant beast that was cut into several pieces, the person in charge felt as if he was in a science fiction blockbuster conceived by a certain director, and trembled and said the conjecture in most people's hearts: "Could it be that this alien spaceship and this space monster are fighting each other and ending up together?" ”

"No, I think it's the same thing that cuts through the metal ship and cuts through the corpse of a giant beast, because the rifts are very similar." One researcher shuddered and uttered a terrifying speculation, "It's very likely that there is an unknown third party that has used a powerful weapon to destroy both of them at once. ”

The scene fell silent instantly, and these high-ranking scientific researchers all looked at each other, and no one was speechless.

However, in the face of the unknown, the experienced captain of the engineering ship first thought of the point: "Sir, no matter what these are...... What has happened to the strange things, let's do the salvage work first, and then slowly study the wreckage after transporting it back to the home planet. ”

"Oh yes, you're not wrong at all." The leader of the team thought about it and thought that it was right, the top priority was to quickly protect these precious samples from continuing to wander in space and be destroyed, and after being transported back to the vicinity of the home planet, they could not study as much as they wanted.

After receiving the approval, the captain quickly gave the order for the engineering ship to slowly change orbit...... They didn't know the limit of the force the wreckage could withstand, but it was always a good idea to get closer to the two and try to get closer and keep them relatively stationary.

The huge mechanical arms underneath the engineering ship began to move, but these giant-like mechanical arms became dexterous under the control of professionals, constantly capturing the debris fragments of the surrounding space to fit into the inner body of the ship's cabin.

Instead of trying to communicate with them, or control the nervous systems of the Nightlais, Xinglan methodically deciphered the voices while silently watching them collect the wreckage and corpses.

She was the one who built the Discovery, and she was naturally not curious about the space technology that might appear in the wreckage, and the only thing that surprised Xinglan was a strange object discovered in space by a Nightshade mechanic: a diamond-like crystal with tiny cracks all over the surface.

"Haven't they been completely destroyed?" Xinglan muttered to herself, watching the Yelai people turn this piece of wreckage that was distinctively different in appearance...... A portion of the fragments of the Jump Engine were carefully stored in a special preservation pod, "This original chaotic Jump Engine is still filled with a lot of energy, and it always feels like something is going to happen......"

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The Yelai were very efficient at collecting the wreckage, and it only took two days to load most of the wreckage of the Discovery and the corpses of the Star Birds into the hold of the engineering ship, and from their conversation, Xinglan learned that they were ready to leave for the vicinity of their home planet...... There is really no need to collect all the screws and stuff that are left.

Originally, after carefully scanning the hull structure, seeing that there was no dormancy equipment prepared on this spaceship, Xinglan thought that it would be a quick matter for this spaceship to return to its home planet, because it did not need to prepare a hibernation pod for the crew at all.

However, the truth quickly shattered Xinglan's illusions, and when the ship was ready to return, the Yelai people seemed to have deliberately lowered the temperature in some of the cabins, and Xinglan watched as the crew inside soon began to yawn and lay down lazily in their respective beds...... The reason why this engineering ship doesn't need to prepare a dormant cabin at all is immediately obvious, the Yelai people actually have the characteristics of some cold-blooded animals, and as soon as the temperature drops, they will naturally enter a state of hibernation!

In the end, looking at the control room where only three or four necessary members were left on duty, Xinglan suddenly felt that he had been severely pitted, but fortunately, it could be seen from the ship's logbook that the time it would take to reach Yelai Star......

That's about a month.

(Thanks to the 100 starting point coins for "Doraemon No Ending A" and the 588 starting coins for "Abyss Disaster" and "Matsuri Crystal...... ）