Chapter 1: An Unexpected Discovery
The vast universe shimmered with light of various qualities, but the vast majority of the place was pitch black.
In an inconspicuous corner, two spaceships are docked near a jump point. The energy shield on one of the ships had been lowered to a minimum, which was a precursor to preparing for the jump.
But after a few moments, instead of jumping, the ship slowly began to charge the shield.
There was a deathly silence inside the spaceship, Fang Mingwei leaned on the big screen with his hands and feet weak, panting, his hands covered with cold sweat.
Schneider and Zhang Runshui quickly unbuckled their seat belts, came to his side, and helped him crumbling.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Schneider asked in surprise.
Everyone unbuckled their seat belts one after another, and Chrissy and He Linglong surrounded them together.
"It's fine." Fang Mingwei barely squeezed out a smile and said, "I feel the danger, it's on the other side." ”
"I'm Captain Duncan, calling District One." In a flash on the big screen, a middle-aged man appeared.
Zhang Runshui and Chrissy glanced at each other, and the former came to the big screen and stood still, "This is the first district, Mr. Duncan, hello." ”
The first area is the most luxurious area of the Penguin, this time Fang Mingwei and the others live in the first area, and the captain of the Penguin naturally knows the weight of these people.
In addition to the group of elites who represent the future of the group, there are also the little princess of the group, the son of Admiral Robert, and Fang Mingwei, who was named by Marshal Wang.
Duncan, the captain of the Penguin, was an old man in the Carey family, so he knew how difficult the task was this time. None of the people he escorted could be harmed, and even if the Penguin was completely destroyed, the safety of these people must be guaranteed.
If someone in another area makes such a roar before jumping, then the only thing he has to do is to correct the Dharma on the spot and execute him.
However, the voice of this shout came from District 1, so Duncan's first thought turned out to be not anger, but worry, could it be that there was a change in District 1? If this is the case, then his good life as a captain will come to an end.
So when he pressed the communicator, his right hand, which had always been stable, trembled slightly.
Fortunately, the person standing in front of the big screen he recognized that it was Zhang Runshui, a young generation player who is well-known in the Carey family. Moreover, what made him even more relieved was that there was not much panic on the other party's face.
"Zhang Runshui, what's going on?"
"This ......" Zhang Runshui frowned and glanced at Fang Mingwei, how to explain it to the other party?
Chrissy suddenly came to the big screen, took Zhang Runshui's place, and said, "Captain Duncan, we suspect that there is danger on the other side of the jump point. ”
"Dangerous?" Duncan was stunned and asked, "Miss Chrissy, how do you know?" ”
"A hunch, a hunch."
Duncan's face trembled slightly, if it wasn't the little princess of the family in front of him, then he even had the intention of killing the other party.
"Miss Chriss, Escort One has sent a security message, and there is no danger on the other side."
Chrissy groaned and said, "I know that you should not interfere with your command, Mr. Captain, while the ship is sailing. But I'd like you to double-check, with A-level encryption, okay? ”
Duncan hesitated for a moment, then immediately said, "Okay, Miss Chrissy, follow your orders." ”
He turned around and gave orders to his men. But in his heart, he didn't think so, and his evaluation of Chrissy couldn't help but be much lower.
The delicate girl of the family, she really has never seen the world, and she is afraid of even an ordinary space jump.
Half an hour later, however, he immediately changed his mind, and it changed completely.
"Mr. Captain, it's been half an hour, and there has been no response from the other side."
When his men sent the report, Duncan, with his decades of experience in astronautics, immediately sniffed out the danger.
"The energy shield is fully open, escort No. 2 forward, the main gun begins to charge, and the first-level alert state is activated." He gave the order on the spot.
"Yes."
The entire spacecraft was mobilized in an instant, and thousands of people entered the predetermined posts.
The tense atmosphere quickly spread to the first district, although each of those students has strong abilities, but after all, they don't have much experience, and it is the first time to experience such a scene, and their eyes are flashing with panic and excitement.
"Miss Chrissy, can you tell me how you discovered the anomaly on the other side?" Duncan immediately inquired after issuing the order to be on guard.
"Fang Mingwei, tell me about it." Chrissy pushed Fang Mingwei out.
Fang Mingwei stepped forward, touched his nose, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Captain, I don't know, it's just that when I saw the jump point, my heart suddenly beat like thunder, and I felt that there seemed to be some danger on the other side, so I would make such a reckless move in a hurry, please forgive me." ”
"It's me who should apologize." Duncan shook his head at him, his gray hair trembling slightly, "If it weren't for your timely reminder, I'm afraid we would have been in trouble." ”
"Huh......" Fang Mingwei let out a sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Captain, how is the situation over there?" ”
"I don't know, we sent out two A-level encrypted communications, but none of them got a response, if I'm not mistaken, they should be more than lucky."
"Isn't there a way to determine the situation on the other side?"
"Yes, there is no way." A hint of sadness flashed in Duncan's eyes, and he said, "I'm going to sail back now, please get ready." ”
"Return? Don't you care about them? Chrissy asked.
"My priority is to keep you safe, and I have to abandon them for that purpose."
"No, the Carey family is not in the habit of leaving their family behind."
"I'm sorry, Miss Chriss, but I'm the captain of the Penguin, and you have no right to interfere with my orders until the family removes me as captain."
"Really?" Chrissy raised her eyebrows and said, "Then now I will remove you from the position of captain." ”
"I'm sorry, but you don't have the authority to do that right now." Duncan turned off the video while ordering, "All crew ready, in ten minutes, we will turn around and return to Karim at maximum speed." ”
"You ......" Chrissy looked at the large pitch-black screen, her teeth clenched, and her eyes lit up with anger.
"Miss Chrissy." Zhang Runshui suddenly interrupted her and said, "If I were Captain Duncan, I would do the same." ”
Chrissy's face flushed, she took a deep breath and said, "For me?" ”
"For you, for Mr. Fang Mingwei, for Mr. Schneider, and for Dr. Yuan Ning." Zhang Runshui looked at her fearlessly.
Chrissy's face gradually calmed down, and she spun around the faces of the crowd, and then gave up her insistence in despair.
Fang Mingwei shook his head, and was about to speak, when he suddenly noticed that something was wrong, he turned his head to look in the direction of the jump point. It was blocked by thick steel plates, and nothing could be seen, but Fang Mingwei just felt the mysterious thoughts coming from there.
Chanting softly in his mouth, in the mysterious space that everyone could not see with the naked eye, another ray of white light quickly flew into his forehead.
Feeling the information contained in the two white lights before and after, Fang Mingwei suddenly understood what was happening on the other side.
Natural disasters, indeed natural disasters, and very coincidental natural disasters.
Just after Escort One crossed the jump point and signaled safety. A strong cosmic magnetic storm suddenly erupted in the star field over there.
The range of the magnetic storm is not large, but it just happens to block the exit of this jump point.
As a result, all the machinery on that ship lost all of its functionality at the same moment. And more than 100 of the personnel in Escort No. 1 also died in that instant.
These two white lights were actually the souls of those dead crew members, they died separately under the influence of the magnetic storm, and with the help of the power of the magnetic storm, they passed the jump point one after another and came to this star field, thus being easily subdued by Fang Mingwei.
According to the description of the second soul, the magnetic storm on the opposite side lasted less than thirty minutes before it ended, and hundreds of souls and hundreds of unconscious crew members were there, and if they could not be rescued quickly, then someone in these crew members would continue to die at any time.
Thinking of those hundreds of souls, Fang Mingwei's heart was beating rapidly.
After this period of experience, he clearly knew how important the power of the soul was to him. Darkly, he seemed to have the feeling that the more souls he mastered, the greater his own strength.
Before today, he only had two souls in his mind, but these two souls had already given him enough benefits, and now, on the other side of the jump point, there were hundreds of souls. It's like a man who has been hungry for three days and three nights, and suddenly finds a big pot of fragrant braised pork in front of him, and he can't resist such a naked temptation.
Fang Mingwei's throat squirmed slightly, and his face changed several times in an instant.
Hundreds of souls...... Get them, be sure to get them.
At this moment, his hands, his feet, his face, his body trembled, and from the deepest part of his heart, a devilish wail emerged:
Gotta get them......
(To be continued)