Yumoyan Deep Space Station, Communication Center.

The door parted to both sides, and Yang Yi rubbed his temples and walked into the communication center. Inside the communications center, A1 and another woman in a white lab coat are standing in front of a complicated-looking communication desk talking to something in a whisper.

The sound of the door opening attracted their attention, and both of them looked back and saw Yang Yi walking in from the outside rubbing his temples, and A1 immediately beckoned to Yang Yi when he saw this: "Commander, here." ”

"Ah............h

"Yes, Commander." A1 turned to the woman in the white lab coat and thick black-rimmed glasses next to him and said, "This is the Commander, the Wind Seeker. ”

The Wind Seeker lifted his glasses and seemed to look at Yang Yi with a scrutinizing gaze. Yang Yi completely ignored this gaze - he had to be looked at by A1 for a long time almost every day when he got up, but A1's purpose was to see if his appearance was up to courtesy, and this wind seeker simply looked at what his commander was.

"Yumoyan 'Expeditionary Class' Research Ship No. 19, 'Wind Seeker' reports to you, Commander." The Wind Seeker quickly put away his somewhat rude gaze, bowed slightly to Yang Yi and said.

Yang Yi also briefly looked at his new ship lady, and then nodded and said, "Well, I'm glad you can join my fleet, Wind Seeker." For some personal reasons, I'm sorry I didn't get to see you first...... Especially as the first scientific research ship of the fleet. ”

"I've heard from A1, but it's force majeure and you don't have to regret it."

"That's the end of the politeness. Commander, the main reason I'm calling you here is because our guys have found a clue in the communications center's database. A1 beckoned to Yang Yi and motioned for him to come over, "After they restarted the space station, they found that the access records of the communication center showed that someone had logged into the communication center of the abandoned space station two days before we came here...... However, because the station's database is highly encrypted, Wind Seeker and I are trying to hack into the database to get information and activity from the people who were logged into the database at the time. ”

"Huh? Isn't there a CCTV footage in the control center? Yang Yi frowned and asked, "Or do you say that all the surveillance footage ......?"

“…… All were artificially deleted. A1 shook his head, "The other party obviously knows that this will reveal their whereabouts." But the problem is ......"

"Why haven't the Communications Center records been deleted, right?" Yang Yi touched his nose, and then patted A1's shoulder, "No matter what, let's go in first and then talk about it." You hurry up first, we need to go back before the boss calls us. Wind seeker, come with me first. ”

"Yes, Commander."

The internal structure of the Windseeker's hull is very different from that of the A1 and Black Rose. Not only are the crew cabins larger than the soldiers' quarters on the battleship, but even the entertainment area is much larger. This scientific research ship, which is only one size smaller than the capital ship, is probably due to its small staff, and its comfort level is two or three grades higher than that of ordinary warships.

"The expeditionary-class research ships are designed to carry out deep space exploration, which can take as little as a few months or as many years as possible. They spend most of their time facing a strange planet and the infinite universe, so in order to prevent the crew from gradually becoming autistic, depressed and even committing suicide due to lack of mental activity, most research ships with similar functions will be equipped with corresponding entertainment areas. "But despite this, there are still a certain number of researchers on deep space exploration missions who show signs of mental breakdown either on the way to the mission or after returning home." As a result, in 2501, the Yumayan Council required that every research ship on a mission to explore deep space be staffed with a professional psychiatrist. ”

“…… Wait a minute, are you saying that there were no psychiatrists on the research ships before? ”

"It should be said that there were no mandatory requirements for civilian scientific research ships in the past, and in the "Eighty-six Regulations on Research Projects on Deep Space Exploration Types" issued by the Yumoyan Scientific Exploration Management Committee in 2467, only all scientific research fleets owned by the Yumayan government were mandatory, and only a psychologist was recommended for civilian scientific research ships."

"Until the year 2500...... You may have heard of that accident, which is commonly known in society as the 'Samoyed tragedy'......"

The so-called 'Samoyed tragedy' is a man-made disaster that occurred on a research ship Yumayan in 2500. At the end of 2498, a civilian research ship named the Samoyed was tasked with investigating a volcanic planet that had just been discovered, codenamed New Redstone. This volcanic planet was originally thought to be a mining planet comparable to Redstone Star, but it was soon discovered that the geological structure of this so-called "new redstone" volcanic planet is extremely unstable, the atmosphere of the entire planet is filled with strong toxic dust, and the entire planet has almost no ecosystem, and only a few magma organisms live in the magma that covers most of the planet with new redstone.

The discovery was almost devastating for the institute. The project was proposed by a research institute on the verge of bankruptcy, and they were trying to regain their life with the new redstone project, but the data from the research ship directly led to the withdrawal of investors, and the research institute, which was barely able to make ends meet, was forced to dissolve in a short period of time due to huge debts, and the director of the institute and the project leader were arrested by the Yumoyan gendarmerie and sent to court.

However, the crew of the Samoyed knew nothing about these things. Since the institute didn't have time to give them any retreat signals, the Samoyed remained moored in New Redstone's low Earth orbit, faithfully sending data back to Yumoyan, even if it wasn't actually in anyone's hands. Due to the arrest of the person in charge and the scattering of other project members, the Samoyed actually entered a state of disappearance. For the next year-long period, almost no one knew about the ship's status and existence.

It wasn't until mid-2500 that Yumoyan was just reaping the effects of the brood war, trying to come to terms with the changed landscape of the star. An anonymous letter was placed on the council's long table, mentioning a research ship that had been missing from New Redstone for a year, with 137 crew members missing, including 64 scientists.

What was mentioned in the anonymous letter was immediately taken seriously. At the time, Yumoyan was in dire need of a focus to distract from Yumoyan's inaction in the Sector War, and a massive rescue operation might be able to divert attention.

The anonymous letter was immediately widely reported, and within a few days it was the focus of media attention, and details about the ship's 137 crew members were quickly unearthed, and it became known that the obscure research ship had been moored in New Redstone in a disconnected state for a year, and that the research ship had never returned to Yumoyan without an order from the research institute.

Amid the cries of public opinion, a rescue fleet formed by the Yumoyan Defense Force and the Civil Rescue Team set out from Yumayan to search for the Samoyed in New Redstone. When they arrived, they were surprised to find that the research ship was still quietly anchored in New Redstone's orbit, but there was no response from the communication channel.

Since the rescue process was broadcast live, some people couldn't help but have some scary guesses. As the rescue team's transport ship approached the ship, the high-resolution footage from the windows showed that the blood-colored handprints on the windows of some of the research ships seemed to confirm their suspicions.

When the rescue team finally connected with the Samoyed, and the rescue team broke down the door, the mutilated corpses and blood on the ground completely confirmed their suspicions.