The image of the astrolabe shows that there is still sixteen hours to go.

Cain was about to return to his desk when he heard a burst of laughter behind him.

It was a giggle, a low voice, like an interstellar whisper distorted in the gravitational field of a giant star.

He looked back, vaguely feeling that it was Kira's surprise attack. And then there was no one behind him.

On Ionan, the Death Omen Scythe Raast had decided to let Kai Yin go, and he had a premonition of the arrival of something stronger.

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Outpost 103 was getting closer, and Cain's brow was getting tighter.

The whole outpost is like ...... It's like ......

The frozen asteroid where the outpost is located is neatly cut in half, and the incision ...... Cain couldn't describe what he saw.

The incision turned out to be completely smooth, reflecting a 1:1 mirror image of the shredded scissors.

A probe drone takes off from the hangar on the upper deck of the Shattered Scissors and takes a sample from the cutting surface with a laser knife to begin analysis.

Ten minutes later, the results of the analysis were uploaded to Cain's interactive panel. The data shows that the cuts are really completely smooth, even on an atomic level!

Cain's brow was already wrinkled into a lump. There is only one phenomenon known to the Empire that can cause this phenomenon, and that is the Space Fracture Disaster. The cut of the affected object on the fracture surface is completely smooth.

But the space break triggers the release of stellar energy, with the highest energy level comparable to a supernova explosion, enough to alarm all the Imperial Testing Centers in the galaxy.

"Kira, search the database, maybe I was too busy with the crackdown to neglect it." Cain said.

"Let's do it."

Kai Yin thought about it and tried to find the relevant fragments of his memories, but in vain. He shrugged his shoulders and sat down in his chair.

Once a space fracture disaster occurs, it will be reported by major media outlets, and even if you are busy suppressing the syndicate forces, it is impossible to ignore the overwhelming information.

Sure enough, the report from the Shattered Scissors confirmed Cain's suspicion that the outpost's alarm was not caused by a spatial fracture at all, but by another cause.

The Shattered Scissors slowly approached Outpost 103, and more information rushed in, causing Kaigakure's eyes to narrow.

The main structure of the space station is gone, part of it is removed after being precisely cut, and the vanished part is gone.

Spatial fracture ...... in a two-dimensional plane Does it extend into three-dimensional?

Cain pressed his forehead, and he realized the seriousness of the problem!

Flat space fractures are very harmful in the empty universe, and the biggest damage is only the cutting of a building thousands of meters high.

And the three-dimensional space fracture has the potential to wipe out the entire planet!

He finally understood why the outpost accident had to be investigated by a cardinal general.

The Shattered Scissors was close enough to Outpost 103 that the detector showed that all of the sentinel's health signals were intact in the hibernation device.

It's weird.

Cain once watched a sci-fi movie about the Fairy Invasion, and there was a scene in the film after the Quantum Ghost attacked the space station. This gave him a sense of déjà vu.

"Maybe I'm on the set of a sci-fi horror movie. But the protagonist in the film can't even compare to one ten-thousandth of mine. ”

"What armaments do you need?" Kira asked. Because he found his master staring at the open arsenal.

Cain shrugged again. He'd practiced every weapon here a hundred times. These weapons bore him. There were only a few that he felt right in his hands...... But even these weapons have their own limitations.

"I'll go down on my own. Tell the captain to prepare a small boat for me and anchor here. ”

"But the reconnaissance team has been assembled," Kira said. "Fifty experienced flying soldiers. I also polished my favorite tomahawk. ”

"No, I'll go down by myself."

"Kai Yin, it could be dangerous." Kira persuaded. "We've never seen anything like it."

"I'll go by myself," Cain said. "I'll call you if you need to."

He chose a chrome pistol and a sleek ornamental spear—two weapons he was familiar with. Then he paused and looked back at Kira.

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With a rapid flash of thruster fire, Cain's ship left the hangar above the hull of the Shattered Scissors.

He flew the DEMAX-3 Superior, a small interceptor that could be used as a deterrent and versatile interceptor. The cardinal's car should have been more imposing, memorable, ceremonial in weight, and spacious enough for squads of soldiers and combat vehicles.

However, Cain prefers the speed and firepower of the DEMAX-3. His preference dates back to his days as a deputy commander in the fringe fleet.

Moreover, the apron of Outpost 103 can only accommodate DEMAX-3 "superior" small interceptors, which is only an outpost after all.

He accelerated around the relatively stationary main ship with unnecessary propulsion. The engine's vents rotated flexibly, and the arrow-shaped ship rolled across a curtain of asteroid formations, dragging a faint arcane trail toward the surface of Outpost 103.

The stars in the distance twinkled like lights and fireflies. Tracking navigation shows Outpost 103 ahead.

Cain rejects the autopilot system, and he manually controls the ship to land, which gives him an even greater sense of accomplishment.

The shuttle gently brushed through the aimlessly tumbling blocks of space ice, followed the working beacons in the outpost, and occasionally fired at small rocks that stood in the way.

Signals and all voyage data are fed directly into his interactive panels—a steady stream of information projected directly onto his retina. Cain confidently held the control wheel and drove the interceptor with ease.

The frozen asteroid was carved out of the cliff by construction machinery as a platform as a tarmac.

Half of the outpost is embedded in the ice platform of the asteroid, close to the cliff and angular. The other half went deep underground, hollowing out the asteroid's interior.

The beacon's signal is flashing wildly. He twisted the thruster nozzle to the braking angle, raised the nose and rocked the fuselage sideways, ready to land.

He lowered the landing gear and descended vertically.

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Cain arrives in the hibernation pod and activates the wake-up program to activate the crew.

The hibernation fluid is rapidly drained by a special pump and returned to the reservoir of the hibernation chamber. As the liquid level continued to drop in the erected hibernation pod, the **** of the sentinels was slowly exposed.

Kai stared intently at the human body in the hibernation pod. Even if his eyes moved to the female soldier, Cain did not change color.

Such is the task of the cardinal general, and no obstacle of any kind can prevent him from exercising his power.

The hibernation liquid is draining, and the wake-up program is waking up the crew.