Colonial Suit

Chapter 147: Lost in the Starry Sky

Blood瞳 was not a good-tempered person. In fact, coming from the apocalypse, he valued the law of the jungle more than anyone else. If, just if... the controller of this space station wanted to deal with him, Blood瞳 wouldn't mind giving him a bloody end.

Although this couldn't change the fact that he was about to be hunted down, Blood瞳 was determined to do it.

The efficiency of the Gemini siblings was surprisingly high. In fact, despite their cute appearance, they had probably done more killing and bloodshed than Blood瞳. That night, the two of them left the shuttle leisurely with a small suitcase. The next morning, they returned with smiles on their faces.

They also brought back a bloody head.

“He did it,” the elder sister, Miya, said, licking her ice cream, her expression unchanged. “We found the mission record in his smart brain. This guy was too careless, he even kept such a thing.”

“This guy wanted to beg for mercy when he saw that the situation was not right, but I didn’t give him the chance,” Poshi said with a smile. At the same time, she threw the blood-stained ice cream in her hand to Lie Ya.

Lie Ya swallowed it in one gulp, humming with satisfaction.

With things done to this point, Blood瞳 and the others naturally wouldn't stay here for long. They directly boarded the shuttle, ready to perform a high-level jump.

Because the arrangements had been made, their position was very forward. There were only three spaceships waiting in front of them. So, in just a moment, the shuttle slid into the navigation channel behind the jump launcher.

In the bridge, Blood瞳 and Robbie quietly watched the huge launcher, feeling a sense of awe. This launcher didn't look like much from space, but only when observed up close could one realize how huge and magnificent it was. The shuttle was not even an ant in front of it.

This was a giant launcher constructed entirely of special alloy, with a caliber of an astonishing three thousand meters. It could directly launch large transport ships of tens of thousands of tons. In a sense, it was a turret, and the spaceship was treated as a cannonball. This launcher had extremely high power, and could instantly decompose an object into a molecular state, then launch it into anti-space for recombination. It was an indispensable tool for high-level jumps, and also the most glorious technological achievement below the Fourth Civilization.

Through the high-level jump of anti-space, it was hundreds of times faster than ordinary jumps. The distance problem that plagued civilizations was solved.

However, high-level jumps were not without risks. Anti-space was unpredictable, and even the most sophisticated instruments could hardly guarantee complete safety. Therefore, there were several accidents every year. However, compared to the convenience of high-level jumps, this risk was almost ignored.

Standing on the bridge, Blood瞳 personally saw a passenger ship with a length of several thousand meters slide into a recess, and then be pushed by a robotic arm into the launch position that had been prepared for a long time. In the silent universe, the gates opened one by one, revealing the long 'barrel' of the launcher.

“Do you think the passengers inside are worried?” Blood瞳 suddenly said to Robbie. “They are now being treated the same as the bullets in your gun.”

“It’s okay,” Robbie replied with a smile. “They can’t feel it. They must enter deep sleep during high-level jumps. Otherwise, their nerves will not be able to withstand the difference between space and time. Now, only the smart brain should be working inside that ship.”

As he spoke, the launching device behind the passenger ship began to flash dazzling white light, followed by the alloy rings of the launching channel lighting up one by one. The light became more and more intense, eventually almost exceeding the limit of human vision. With a 'beep', the bridge automatically activated the light filtering device to protect everyone's eyesight.

Under the action of the filtering device, Blood瞳 finally barely saw the shadow of the ship, only to see it gradually blurred in the strong light, and finally turned into a group of light spots that could not be counted.

The next moment, this group of light spots was launched, directly piercing through the darkness of the universe.

The light disappeared without a trace in an instant, making Blood瞳 a little unable to adapt. But he still saw clearly that at the same time as the group of light spots was launched, a small black hole seemed to open in front of the launcher. Presumably that was the passage to anti-space.

Blood瞳 praised in his heart. Next, the launcher began to charge, and then two more spaceships were launched in turn. Each time it took a full half an hour. By the time it was their turn, it was already an hour later.

However, unlike the previous two times, this launch was not just Blood瞳's shuttle, but several spaceships slid into the recess at the same time. Among them were even the Mir race's traveling cocoons that Blood瞳 had seen.

“This is because the shuttle is not large,” Robbie explained from behind. “In order to increase efficiency, collective launches can be carried out, as long as their coordinates are the same.”

“It seems that these guys have the same destination as us.”

Saying that, Robbie cast his gaze to the other shuttles, but was unexpectedly stunned.

“Jules.”

“What?” Blood瞳's eyes flashed, and he looked over. Sure enough, on a shuttle not far from them, Blood瞳 saw that familiar face through the porthole, and Jules had obviously also discovered them, and was showing them a sneer. At the same time, he reached out and made a gesture of shooting.

The next moment, the shuttle under their feet vibrated slightly, and several robotic arms came over.

“We are going to prepare for hibernation. Let’s meet this guy again after we pass,” Robbie said with a sneer. A flash of killing intent flashed in his eyes.

This mission was related to the retainers of several of them, and there could be no loss no matter what. If this Jules intended to be detrimental to them, then even he, who had a good temper, would not show any mercy. Blood瞳's expression was calm. He returned to his seat and sat down.

In the buzzing sound, a steel needle flashing blue light stretched out from behind the seat and pierced into the back of Blood瞳's neck. Immediately afterwards, he felt a darkness in front of him and entered deep sleep.

The entire shuttle was silent in an instant. Only the main control smart brain was faithfully carrying out its mission.

“Confirm the status of the members in the ship, all have entered deep sleep.”

“Safety lock is on, all valves are locked. The engine enters hibernation.”

“Docking with the jump launcher, synchronizing jump information. Recombination coordinates input.”

“Start entering the jump program. Enter the launch position.”

“Waiting for the jump launcher to respond, five, four, three, two...”

“Warning! Warning! The response information is abnormal, the recombination coordinates have been modified!! The coordinate synchronization data has been destroyed!! Serious warning!! This behavior will cause the shuttle to fail to recombine normally!!”

“Automatically connect to the launch control center, requesting to reset the coordinates...”

“The control center has no response... Warning... Our information is being shielded!!”

In the silent cabin, the smart brain's alarm sounded shrill. But now everyone on the entire shuttle was asleep, and no one could detect it. And the step of waking up the crew, which should have been in accordance with the safety procedures, seemed to have been ignored by the smart brain at this moment. The red light of the alarm flashed rapidly in the cabin, reflecting Blood瞳's face, sometimes bright and sometimes dark. His eyes were tightly closed, completely unaware of the danger he was facing. If this continued, I am afraid that in just a short while, everyone on this shuttle would turn into cosmic dust.

This was murder... a sinister and vicious murder...

The alarm sound became more and more urgent. On the outside, the shuttle had slid into the launch position. The launching device behind it also lit up with dazzling white light. Visible to the naked eye, the outline of the shuttle began to distort...

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At this moment, an abnormality occurred.

A crystal clear crystal slowly emerged from the skin above Blood瞳's forehead. At the same time, a faint thought began to flow in the cabin.

“Smart brain information... was maliciously modified?”

“Host... deep sleep... unable to correct?”

“According to the first sequence rule, Tropos starts the emergency program... Adjust the fluctuation frequency, try to dock with the smart brain.”

“Docking successful... start to obtain the highest authority...”

“Authority acquisition successful... start to reset the coordinates...”

“Coordinate location... determined, use the smart brain system to dock with the launch control center... Docking failed... adjust the wavelength, re-synchronize with the center...”

“Synchronization successful. Enter new coordinate location...”

A series of faint thought fluctuations were sent out. No one in the entire space station knew that at this moment, a ghost that did not belong to them was changing everything. This ghost had a civilization inheritance that surpassed them, and their so-called safety measures became so ridiculous in front of this ghost.

At this moment, the energy of the jump launcher finally reached the critical value. The acceleration rings lit up with dazzling white light in turn. Several spaceships gradually turned into light spots in the white light. The next moment, they were launched.

Time passed little by little, and I don't know how long it took. Blood瞳 finally woke up in his sleep.

He felt a little dizzy, so he slowly moved his body. With a "buzz", the safety device that bound him unlocked. Blood瞳 stood up.

“This is… where?” He looked at the strange star field outside with some confusion. His thoughts had not yet synchronized with reality.

“I don’t know.” A serious voice came from behind. Blood瞳 turned around and immediately saw Robbie.

He had already woken up for a long time and was quickly reading something on the control terminal of the captain's seat. After a while, he raised his head, his face extremely bad.

“A good news, a bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?”

“Tell me the bad news first this time.” Blood瞳 rubbed his eyebrows, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.

“Our launch failed. This coordinate is not where we are going.” Robbie stared at the star map, his eyes serious. “I don’t know who changed these, but there is no doubt that he succeeded.”

“You mean… we’re lost?” Blood瞳’s eyes sharpened and he asked in a low voice.

This was really bad news. Getting lost in the universe was different from getting lost on a planet. The vast universe was boundless. Once lost, the greatest possibility was to drift for a lifetime. This was simply a disaster for interstellar travelers.

“What about the good news?”

“We are still alive… that’s the only good news.” Robbie replied seriously.