Chapter Ninety-Six: The Dueling Arena
In the gray cosmic space, a silver-white kilometer starship condensed in a burst of distorted light.
This is a strange star field, within a thousand light years, and Xiao only has a semi-chaotic nebula. These nebulae have a rather strange state, they seem to be very young - because they are still in a star-making motion, and in their core some stars are being created every moment.
But they seem to be very old, because the stars they create are quite short-lived - none of them are more than a hundred years old, and this time is as short as none on a cosmic scale.
The more the nebula spreads to the periphery, the more chaotic it becomes, and all kinds of physical phenomena become obscure. This is just behind the Heavenly Star, northwest of the Northwest Star Sector, at the northwesternmost point of the 180 million light-year long axis of the human star map from northwest to southeast.
This phenomenon has been explored countless times by human scientists, but this chaotic land has not responded to the explorers in the end - no matter how they are explored, the end result is the same.
Desolate, chaotic, vague, uncertain!
Human technology is not yet able to understand such an environment, and can only sigh at the wonder of the universe.
At present, only one natural hop point has been found in this star field, and this natural hop point only leads to the Yanhu area of the northwest star region, so as long as the hop point of the Yanhu area is kept, this area will become a place that cannot be reached by the migration. And everyone understands that without the guidance of the star map, casually move to a strange environment, with the current technology of human beings. The likelihood of a Trek is extremely high.
Add to that the specificity of this area. Guy who dares to make such a leap. Whether it's humans, insects, or star beasts, they only go in, not out.
That's why the Northwest Star Sector is so relieved about this area, believing that this is their safest rear.
However, on this very day, the Berlan Rose appeared in this star field, and after appearing from the transition point, the Rose moved towards the final coordinates. Two hours after entering the faster-than-light voyage, the Rose finally reached its destination.
On the edge of a nebula dust, a black-based space base is low-key hidden in the shadow of nebula dust, and it is impossible for anyone to discover this space base unless it is carefully observed by those who know the direction.
The space base resembles a sword with a gauntlet - two crosses that are intertwined, of course. The space base has a length of 100 kilometers on the long axis and 30 kilometers on the four short axis cross arms. The whole is black, there is no light on the outside, and it is impossible to see it from a little distance, if it is not for the energy reaction that can be detected inside, it almost makes Xiao Ming think that this place has been completely abandoned.
"The hosts. It was found that the target base had a powerful air defense system, of which there were thirty high-energy reaction gathering points. Its firepower is extremely powerful, even the current Beran Rose cannot resist it. However, all of these energy gathering points are now offline. ”
Jelly strengthened the power of the antenna matrix, and together with Peos, he carried out an all-round scan, and even sent an impossible probe to conduct a 360-degree all-round onlooker of the entire target base without dead ends.
"Captain, no form of communication has been found in the signal channel, and there has been no response to the other party's calls. Whether it is electromagnetic waves, photon waves, or gravitational waves, all signals that can be monitored are silent, and it is suspected that even if the other party does not shut down the base host, it only maintains a minimum standby state!"
The results of the scan in charge of Peos were similar, and the entire space base was as silent as a dead field.
According to the scanning results, the other party's power furnace only maintains the most basic survival output, even if it is an instantaneous force, the time required is enough for the Blue Rose to escape! But if the master enters the target base, it will still not have enough time to evacuate. The autonomous jump engine on the Birlan Rose is not powerful enough to use a single carton!"
Jelly was a little worried. The individual teleportation box is the kind of teleportation device that Tifa and the others used when they fought against the Skydome Fleet before, which is a mixture of the Golden Empire's individual soldier teleportation suit and programmable proto-material, although it can't achieve the flexibility of the Golden Empire's individual soldier legendary clothing, but it is also much more convenient than the current way that humans can't teleport with units below the fighter plane.
But this kind of teleportation and migration still has a huge flaw, only with the super strong autonomous migration engine on the Dark Moon can it be teleported within a light year, although the Rose is new, but because of the size, it is impossible to install the huge S-class autonomous migration engine on the Dark Moon, so the teleportation box is not available.
"It's okay! Don't worry about that. Let's go up!" Xiao Ming waved his hand indifferently: "Peos, you don't have to get any closer, Jelly and I will go directly to the photon armor." You're waiting outside the safety line, and if there's any trouble, we'll need your support in space!"
Peos looked at Xiao Ming: "Captain, your behavior is not attached to safety procedures!"
"Are you worried about me?" Xiao Ming smiled: "Don't worry, I know it in my heart." You can't get too close, or you won't be able to run away if this base gets active, I don't want you to be just reborn, and I'm waiting for me to find a way to revive you!"
"But ......" Peos, as a personality intelligent light brain, still maintains Xiao Ling's personality and the memory of roses, so naturally he will not be like a rigid shipborne host, although he will unconditionally carry out any of Xiao Ming's orders, he will still show his worries.
"No but, so be it. Oh yes, do something while you're waiting outside, assemble some simple fire points. Maybe when it comes to use, even if it can't deal with the main guns of this base, it is necessary to prevent possible near-airspace defense fighters!"
Xiao Ming finally thought of a task for Peos, so that the girl would not be too worried because she had nothing to do.
"Yes Captain, honor your orders!" Peos finally nodded.
Xiao Ming's original set of fifth-generation photon armor had already been fused with his Golden Angel Lingwu under the action of programmable protomatter, so there was no time to prepare. After leaving the bridge, he went straight to the ejection compartment. Then he flew towards the black base in deep space.
The Blue Rose stopped at a fairly safe location from the space base and began to release autonomous robots for space. The most basic firepower point manufacturing was carried out, and at the same time, there was a small Starfire fighter production line in the New Rose, and at this time, this production line also began to move, quickly producing those self-detonating little madmen.
This is thanks to Jelly's use of programmable protomatter technology on the New Rose, which allows the New Rose to take and reassemble the surrounding nebula matter at the atomic level, so as to obtain sufficient production resources.
Xiao Ming's speed was not slow, and after flying for more than ten minutes, he finally came to one of the external interfaces of the space base. This pair is reserved for starships. Jelly invaded the nearby wiring as Xiao Ming approached the interface, opening the closed hatch.
At the same time as Xiao Ming entered, Jelly also released countless nanopole probes and began to scan the situation in front of him. Similar to the results of the scans they conducted outside, the entire base maintained only the most basic life support system.
Artificial gravity is only half of the standard value (the standard gravity of the earth), and there is no big problem with the air itself, but the air in this non-self-circulating ecological base environment needs to be artificially circulated and promoted, and now this push has stopped, so even the oxygen content and other standards required for survival have not decreased, but the air of the entire base still seems turbid.
The light source in the base has been switched to emergency mode. In the dim light, the entire base was plunged into a gloomy and cramped atmosphere. Warning lights can be seen flashing everywhere. In some places, the sirens are constantly emitting low warning sounds.
"Warning, the base host is offline, the base defense system is offline, and the base life support system detects abnormalities!"
When he officially stepped into this base in deep space, Xiao Ming felt even more desolate in this base, desolate like the star field outside, like a ruin forgotten by the world.
But this base is not a ruin, because the ability of jelly allows her to read the energy decay progression of this base, from which it can be inferred that this base did not become like this five hours before Xiao Ming came here, and this time is almost the time when Xiao Ming set off from the Thousand Domains Plain to travel here.
This is the result of intentionality. That person was waiting for him here, in this weird, absurd, awkward way, just like the contradiction and pain in that person's heart.
"Master, has scanned the entire cross arm where we are, without any personnel, without any combat robots and without any open facilities. All defenses are completely offline. She's telling us ...... that way"
Before Jelly's words were finished, Xiao Ming took it and sighed lightly: "Welcome!"
The two of them continued to move forward without any obstacles, and coupled with Jelly's powerful scanning ability, the speed of the two was not slow, and after half an hour, they were in the core area of the base - a kilometer in the direction of the tip of the sword. After a jelly scan, there is the core area of the line for the entire base.
In other words, even if it is not a command center, it is the key to the power furnace, and the most likely thing is that the two are in the same place.
Unlike starships, most of the command centers of Deep Space Fortresses are close to the Power Furnace, as they do not require the agility and mobility of starships, and can protect their cores regardless of weight and materials.
The most important thing in the fortress is the command center and the power furnace, which are not difficult to understand when put together for protection. As for saying that the command center and the power furnace are not safe together - in fact, according to the specifications of the power furnace of any deep space fortress, once the power furnace explodes, let alone the command center is placed elsewhere in the fortress, even if the people in the command center leave, as long as they do not run ten astronomical units away, they will die.
The power furnace of any fortress is dozens of times that of the largest starship, and there is no comparison between the two in terms of function. Only a guy like the Dark Moon, which can no longer be regarded as a starship and is dressed in black technology, can have a power output comparable to that of a fortress because it has two super-large source power furnaces.
Xiao Ming's thoughts suddenly drifted to this topic, and his heart moved: "Jelly, go and see if the power area is a source power furnace!"
Jelly was stunned for a moment, then understood: "Do you need me to lock it completely?"
The technology of the source power furnace is provided by jelly, and she is very clear about its advantages and disadvantages, and it is not too difficult for her to completely lock a source power furnace.
Xiao Ming pondered for a moment: "Try it, but I don't think there is much chance of success." As long as she dares to use it, there must be a way, even the stupidest way, she will definitely be able to stop you!"
"I understand!" Jelly, who has always been proud of the technology of the motherland, did not refute this time, she could fully understand Xiao Ming's mood at the moment, and the well-behaved little girl would not add any trouble to Xiao Ming at this time - even if it was theoretical.
Xiao Ming walked forward while waiting for Jelly's response. And the speed of the jelly was also extremely fast, and the news soon came back: "Master, there is really a super-large source power furnace, and it has undergone special modifications, and it is now in a deactivated state, it may be detonated at any time, it is very dangerous here!"
The little girl looked worried, she knew very well what the consequences of the self-detonation of the source power furnace would be, and with the level of the source power furnace of this deep space fortress, the power of the self-explosion was equivalent to the self-explosion of a sun, and its self-explosion power would even spread to the plains of the Thousand Domains.
The source furnace itself is an artificial star, and the violent reaction inside it is even more violent than that of a normal star. If it weren't for the detonation theory, it would have blown up a galaxy into the sky the moment it took shape.
Hearing everything that came back from the jelly, Xiao Ming suddenly smiled mysteriously: "It's okay, don't worry." Let's go. She's still waiting for us!"
Seeing Xiao Ming like this, Jelly didn't say anything more, sat on Xiao Ming's shoulder, and began to move forward at high speed with Xiao Ming - there was no need to make any exploration. There will be enemies, but there will be no more intrigues. Because everything is clear.
A deactivated source power furnace, a super bomb with the same self-detonation power as the sun's self-detonation.
It's a conspiracy!
It's more of an attitude.
At the end of the long passage, the eyes suddenly opened up, and what appeared in front of Xiao Ming and Jelly was a renovated hall, which was supposed to be a place similar to the main engine room, or the conference hall, as wide as a square.
At this time, the entire hall was completely transformed, and there were traces of strengthening everywhere, and there were several layers of shields alone, and they were all inward shields.
It's easy to think of something.
Dueling Arena.
As soon as this thought arose in Xiao Ming and Jelly's hearts, a pop sounded repeatedly, and dozens of platforms rose on the ground, and hundreds of figures walked out of the platforms. (To be continued.) )