Chapter 48: The Land of Terror
"This mission is to go to NW-AL0083."
When all the members of the team arrived at the club and Hank said the mission, Hilton, Tenning, and Brown's faces immediately changed.
Hearing Brown's exclamation, Yun Yi and Robert were a little puzzled, and couldn't help asking, "Where is NW-AL0083?" ”
According to the tradition left over from the former Galactic Empire, every time a new habitable planet is discovered, the first person to discover it will receive the right to name it, and everyone will not give up this opportunity, after all, a planet that can inhabit hundreds of millions of people is named by themselves, how proud it should be.
However, if the first person to discover the planet dies before they have time to name it, or does not want to name it, or if a habitable planet is discovered by an unmanned exploration spacecraft, the planet will be numbered according to its region and country.
NW-AL0083, which can be literally interpreted as the eighty-third habitable planet in the territory of the Republic of Ori in the Southwest Universe. It's just that why there is no name, Yunyi is unknown.
"NW-AL0083......" Brown muttered the name, a look of unnatural thought flashed across his face, and he sighed, "Hank, are we really going to take on this mission?" Have you forgotten how we discovered it fifteen years ago? ”
This planet turned out to be discovered by Hank? Yun Yi was taken aback, obviously a little unconvinced. If they found out, the dividends from the planet's taxes alone would be enough for them to live a rich life, so why be a mercenary. Besides, I haven't heard them talk about it on weekdays.
"Fifteen years ago, ah......" Hank's face showed a hint of nostalgia, and after a while, he disappeared, regained his composure, and said, "Xiao Zhao and Robert don't know about this yet, Brown, you tell them about it first." ”
Brown gave Hank a complicated look, poured himself a glass of wine, and said as he drank it.
"Fifteen years ago, I, Hilton, and Hank were all part of a mercenary squad. Of course, Hank wasn't a captain at the time, and I was only the pilot of a medium-sized battleship. At that time, because someone had discovered a large number of precious mineral deposits in the Death Shatter Belt, after the news was sent, countless people who tried to make a fortune in the Death Shatter Belt rushed over from all countries in the universe, including merchants, large and small families, various speculators, adventurers, retired soldiers, and so on. People flocked to the Death Shatter Belt, trying to find priceless minerals. At that time, people were simply crazy, and countless ships passed by Kaidra every day to the Death Shatter Belt. ”
"The Death Shatter Belt does not belong to any country, it is located in the southernmost part of the Southwest Universe, bordering the Chutang Empire, the Oli Republic, the Ketra Kingdom, and the Gibled Kingdom. From all four countries, it can be accessed. However, only those who have entered the Shattered Star of Death know the horrors there. It was filled with fragments of broken planets flying at extremely high speeds, a large number of intense radiating cosmic rays that could age the metal hulls of warships dozens or hundreds of times faster, electromagnetic storms that occurred from time to time, and even black holes of all sizes floating around...... But even then, almost every day, hundreds of thousands of people poured into it from four countries......"
"Every day, there are rumors that a certain family has found a large amount of pyroxene, a down-and-out adventurer has found tons of pure pure gold, and a mercenary team has found something, but I don't know why, I rarely hear the news of someone who has an accident in the Death Shatter Star. Watching countless spaceships fly by every day, listening to those magical fortune experiences, the captain of our team at that time, many people, including me, couldn't sit still. However, our team was poorly equipped at that time, so we had no choice but to join forces with the other three teams, accept a mercenary from the northern family of Chu Tang, and enter the Death Shatter Belt through the Republic of Ori from the southwest region of Oli......"
"After entering the Death Shatter Belt, we learned the horrors of this place. Even with the new warships and all kinds of advanced weapons provided by that big family, there was no way to deal with the overwhelming fragments of broken planets. In order to prevent the fleet from being hit by a shattered star, we consume more ammunition per day than in the face of a battle with the same number of ships, and the main guns of the battleships are almost full of energy, but even so, we have ships damaged almost every day. Finally, a week after entering the Shattered Star Belt, a battleship belonging to that family was destroyed......"
"At that time, we thought about giving up, but the patriarch of the family who accompanied us did not agree, because the minerals we found were all low-cost and high-quality minerals, and the patriarch was not satisfied, and still let the fleet continue to move forward, and we had to follow because of the contract. Because the environment was so harsh and there was still to be exploration, the fleet's daily sailing speed could not reach even one-tenth of that of a normal day......"
"On the tenth day of entering the Shattered Star Belt, we discovered a habitable planet that had never been discovered, and the whole fleet was very happy, especially the patriarch, who was already speechless with excitement. However, after approaching, we were all dumbfounded, because of the effect of gravity, around the planet, densely covered with countless broken stars, moving at high speed, we had no way to pass through. After two days of deliberation, the patriarch decided to have all the ships fire their main guns at one point, which would create a gap that would last more than ten minutes, enough for a ship to pass through at high speed and explore the planet. ”
"However, when all the battleships were recharged and the main guns were fired, I don't know why, those broken stars that were originally flying in a fixed orbit actually rushed towards our fleet. The overwhelming shattered stars were too late for us to destroy with artillery, and in panic, we had to flee for our lives. At that time, I only glanced at it, and I saw that the ship where the patriarch was hit by dozens of broken stars with a diameter of more than ten kilometers at the same time......"
"In the end, we fled back to the Republic of Oli in a battered spaceship, and the members of our team, except for me, Tenning, and Hank, as well as two other mercenaries and dozens of crew members, the other two hundred and eighty-six people either died in the impact of the shattered star, or were killed by the intense radiation cosmic rays that entered the battleship through the broken place. And the two mercenaries were also hit by the rays, and finally relied on their advanced martial arts to persist for a few years, and they also died. Our warships, having been waiting in the Republic of Oli for a full month, have not seen any other ships in the fleet, and it seems that they have all died in the Death Shatter Belt......"
"Because of the death of the patriarch who has the right to name the planet, the planet we discovered can only be named NW-AL0083 according to the regulations, and after we reported it to the mercenary union, we were told that because we couldn't reach the planet safely, we couldn't determine whether the planet really existed, and as a result, we didn't get any reward. Hey, it was a big loss, and after paying for the ship's repairs, the three of us were completely destitute......"
Brown whispered a thrilling statement of the year, which made Yun Yi and Robert, who had never known about it, grow their mouths in shock.
"That'...... Didn't you say that hundreds of thousands of people go in every day? What good things did the others find? Robett's eyes lit up, and he couldn't sit still when he heard about the minerals in the Shattered Star Belt that were enough to turn a man from a pauper to a billionaire in no time.
"Others?" Brown smiled, patted Robert on the shoulder, and said, "Robert, listen to me, don't think about the idea of killing the Shattered Star Belt." Although the events of those years have not been announced by the government or on the Internet, I will quietly tell you that no more than 50% of those who entered the Death Shatter Belt and came back alive will definitely not exceed 50......"