Him and their stars

Speaking of which, after the additional boss battle of the Snake Slayer Operation, after I killed the one who looked like Xia Li plus the existence suspected to be the real master, I seemed to have let go of all my hatred for the real Xia Li.

However, on the other hand, even if the real Xia Li was not the culprit who created so many tragedies in another timeline, the power she possessed was still very dangerous. And the life form of the Zerg is also very different from the social carbon-based mammals, which will definitely bring natural conflicts and hatred.

Sure enough, we should find a suitable opportunity to have a good chat about the future of the universe. The real Xia Li looks like a normal child with reason, so we can talk about it. As for the few times I beat her... they were all misunderstandings, and I hope she won't bear a grudge.

In the future, the Zerg may also be regarded as a special life form in the universe, and it is naturally qualified to imagine the future. Thinking divergent here, Yu Lian couldn't help but laugh. He really never thought that one day he would want to talk to the Zerg! If this continues, maybe we can talk to the predators, or even the snakes, right?

Never mind, let's talk. These days, everyone has a hard time, what can't be talked about?

On the other side, Captain Nemo has already begun to command in an orderly manner: "Fighters and torpedo ships don't need to attack. All ships, move to the direction of gravity well No. 2, prepare honeycomb missiles, and replace space shock warheads."

He learned all the characteristics of this crystal-like space creature from his commander, so he was naturally confident.

As a special mothership, the Relic is not equipped with a powerful main gun, but it still has secondary guns, close defense guns and multi-functional missile cabins.

Soon, more than a hundred missiles hit the crystal clusters in the front range of the Relic. The air shock caused by the explosion set off a powerful space vortex in the crystal clusters, and instantly opened up an unobstructed way forward.

Although the crystal clusters do not have organs like the brain, they can probably show the biological instinct of seeking benefits and avoiding harm. They scattered like wasps driven away by insecticide. In just a few minutes, tens of millions of crystal-like flying objects scattered into the universe, and after leaving the detection range of the patrol radar, there was no sound.

The space of a galaxy is much more vast than imagined. Not to mention tens of millions of crystal clusters, even if there are hundreds of millions or billions, they can still be hidden without a trace.

Yu Lian felt it was a pity. The "corpses" of space crystal clusters can actually be purified into quite good materials, including soda ash and crystalline silicon. With a little bit of folk tinkering, it can be used to make energy packs with excellent versatility, or ion salt bombs with quality above the average line.

In addition, if you collect them patiently, you may even be able to collect zero elements.

If there is enough time, space crystal clusters can actually be regarded as mining areas. In fact, in the late period of the Age of Discovery, the Empire and the Alliance had already regarded them as mobile mines, and even seriously discussed the possibility of breeding.

The Pilgrimage, which had escaped danger, turned its bow and flew to the other end of the galaxy.

Three hours later, according to the prompt given by the omnipotent commander, the navigation terminal captured the signal of the gravity well at the edge of this flickering star system.

This is the route information that the community and even most routes have never mastered. Of course, it is still the narrow and unstable "dotted line" route, but it is enough for the Pilgrimage to pass through.

After a brief shake, what appeared in front of everyone was a red sun, a typical stable star in its prime.

Everyone on the ship seemed to feel the warmth of the universe and felt relieved. Many crew members who had not yet recovered from radiation sickness felt a little more energetic.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the next few days of sailing should be stable." Yu Lian said.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The long and dangerous voyage plus the battle just now was certainly a torment for Yu Lian, the navigator, and it was the same for everyone.

Now, even if the Cruiser maintains a normal cruising mode, it can be considered a rare relaxation for everyone.

"From this point of view, the Abyss Nebula is not as desolate as we imagined." Anne Romanova looked like she had learned something new.

In fact, it was not just her, most of the crew members on the ship, even Captain Nemo, who were crossing the abyss for the first time. They would have thought that since there was such a terrifying name as "Abyss", perhaps every inch of space in this nebula was like a sea of ​​fire in the abyss of hell, which could swallow up all intruders at any time.

It is a forbidden zone for life, a cage for the soul, and a devourer of civilization.

Captain Nemo said: "However, if these rumors are true, there would be no so-called Free City."

"What? It's not a rumor?" Annie said curiously: "I thought it was just a story about the incredible universe, just like the unmanned mecha that can dance by itself, the engine that automatically sprays, the space city elevator with one more level, the mirror that can travel to the depths of the universe, and the archives that can only be entered at 16:00 standard time."

In fact, some of the "universe wonders" you mentioned are true, but the specific forms of expression are slightly different. Yu Lian thought.

The captain said: "It exists. My grandfather who was a seaman... an explorer has been there."

Captain Nemo's composition is indeed quite complicated. However, the good thing about the community is that it was founded very recently, so it can accommodate all rivers.

Feifei said faintly: "The true meaning of the abyss comes from the earliest adventurers in the Age of Discovery. They believe that the dark side of the legacy of the Enlightened Ones is hidden here, like an unfathomable, unpredictable, indescribable, and bottomless abyss. Once you come into contact with it, you can't get rid of it, but can only be swallowed up. The soul cannot transcend, and can only continue to suffer in the spiritual purgatory until it falls into extinction."

Everyone couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

After all, Director Fei is a literary and artistic worker, and he is probably also very good at telling ghost stories.

Anne said helplessly: "Fina, can you change your tone? I don't know whether you are reminding us to pay attention to details or threatening us maliciously."

Feifei looked innocent: "I am just repeating the original words of the early explorers in the Age of Discovery. But in fact, the understanding of the universe in that era was still very shallow, and the understanding of the Enlightened Ones was no different."

In this era where the Enlightened Ones are regarded as gods and navigators, such words are somewhat treasonous. However, after being under Yu Lian for a long time, even the most conservative people will be numb to the occasional outrageous remarks.

Yu Lian said: "The danger is always there, but the situation is not so mysterious. It is nothing more than a larger and more ferocious Leviathan, and some out-of-control Enlightened Ones relics. Many of you have participated in the Battle of Judgment, and you should have experience in dealing with this."

Indeed, the huge mining drones sent by the plunderers at the time were also the legacy of the Enlightened Ones. In fact, they are not more difficult to deal with than the advanced fighters of the Empire and the Alliance.

As for Leviathan and the like... Anne Romanova Zhang Xiao said that since she had seen the giant beast that grew out of the giant planet and tried to devour the star, she would never be surprised to see any special space creatures now.

"The so-called paradise of pirates and criminals, Da Zi Zai City, is actually built on the space city left over from ancient times." The captain said.

Anne suddenly realized: "In other words, the pirate ship is actually equivalent to another Unity Fortress."

Yu Lian nodded: "Of course it is the kind without weapons. It has been several centuries since the city was built, but no supernatural weapons and black technology have been found."

In fact, since the city was built, there are still large areas in the mysterious ancient space city that have not been unlocked. When Yu Lian took refuge in that fortress on another timeline, his job to earn a living was to explore the dangerous unknown areas inside the space city. Black technology and lost magic weapons were not found, but some urban areas were indeed unlocked, and a lot of extremely pure zero elements were picked up.

After working for a year, he even earned enough money to build a pirate... no, an exploration ship.

"That is to say, the so-called abyss ghost ship may also be an ancient dreadnought or something like that?"

It's hard to say. Yu Lian has heard of this rumor in both of his lives, but he has never dealt with it.

"I always feel that once the truth is known, many romantic rumors will no longer be true." Annie sighed slightly, but her tone was more excited: "But this is a good thing. With the correct explanation, it means that this nebula can actually be explored."

Fei Fei smiled and said: "I have known you for many years. I didn't even know that you still have the dream of becoming an explorer. What a changeable woman."

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"Women are changeable. Maybe in a few years, I will suddenly be interested in wearing an apron to make tea and bake cakes?" Miss Romanova smiled and said: "But even if I really want to explore the pirate city, it has to be after the war is over. Commander, we won't go there, right?"

If it was according to the original plan, Yu Lian would certainly keep his cruiser as far away from the pirate city as possible. The underworld chieftains of the Abyss Nebula are not necessarily more sturdy than the great pirate kings of the Spiral Cross. On the contrary, they have a lot of connections with the big men of the white world, and they seem to be much more reasonable.

However, because of this, it is even more necessary to stay away from them now.

Everyone checked the communication system again and found that although the route has stabilized, the communication interference still exists. The communication speed is still in the era of dial-up Internet access, and it often gets stuck and disconnected.

However, this does not affect the action of the Xunli. In the following week, the Xunli continued to move slowly along the route re-established by Yu Lian.

Everyone met a group of huge Tiyangkai space squids unexpectedly, and after saying hello to each other, they went their separate ways. Then they encountered another stellar energy explosion, which caused a shield generator to overload and crash, but it was immediately repaired successfully. Of course, a wide-area communication signal was also received, but it was found that a ship from the Tuos Merchant Corps was passing by nearby and advertising.

The large trading ship of the Tuos Corps actually moved in the Abyss Nebula, which once again refreshed the cognition of many friends. Of course, their behavior of advertising while passing by really made many people admire them.

"But who is this advertisement for?" Annie asked, but then she immediately realized that she had asked a very stupid question, which would make her look like a hopeless naive person.

"No matter how powerful a pirate is, he still has to consider how to sell his stolen goods." Captain Nemo laughed and said, "I heard from a colleague that the merchant ship he bought from the Tuos Merchant Corps was robbed, and the ship and the goods were taken away. However, the pirates were still loyal and did not hurt anyone. After a few years, he paid off his debts and bought a cargo ship of the same model from the Tuos Fleet, but the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became. In the end, he found that even the hull number and the paint were erased later, but after scratching it, he found that it was the same ship."

Well, the Tuos Fleet can do such a thing. If the upper echelons of the alliance are a group of chaebol capitalists who first position themselves as rulers, the Tuos Fleet will be a traditional merchant. As long as there is space for mutual exchange in any field, they will definitely be there.

However, since the Tuos Merchant Corps' fleet will appear here, it means that the nearby star field is already active for smugglers and pirates. In this way, perhaps it will not be too far from the Empire's polar star region.

The captain found a star map and began to locate it according to the astronomical instrument, and soon confirmed this. The current location of the Relic has overlapped with the marching route of the plunderer expeditionary army.

Of course, this is also the place where Yu Lian lived and fought.

Captain Nemo said: "We can find places to infiltrate the Empire's extreme frontier system at any time in the intersecting galaxies, but we cannot rule out that the Empire has also built a monitoring network of the same scale there."

Yu Lian nodded slightly and asked again: "What about communication with the outside world?"

"It will be a little smoother, but we can only listen to the starry sky broadcasts in the extreme frontier areas at present." The communications officer said.

In this way, the intelligence that can be collected is very limited.

"Hang up again and see if we can contact the Commission... Forget it, contact New Shenzhou." Compared with the Commission, the National Commission and the unknown Earth, Yu Lian has begun to regard the remote areas of New Shenzhou as his greatest backing.

"Continuous calls may expose our location. I think it is more appropriate to keep calling once every half a day." The captain suggested.

Yu Lian thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Let's do it."

Fei Fei stretched out her hand and pointed at a nearby galaxy: "This is less than 150 light years away from us. This is where you let Cypherus go. Do you remember?"

Yu Lian was puzzled: "Cypherus? Who would have this name? It's a very arrogant name, but it's a beastly name. I don't know such an undecent person."