My empire of stars

"Understood!" everyone shouted in unison.

Li Mingze waved his hand, and all the team members trotted behind him and entered the spacecraft.

"You can choose any of these rooms. After placing your personal belongings, come to the bridge immediately." After Li Mingze finished speaking, he left his back to everyone.

His room was not in the same room as the team members. The captain's cabin of each ship was located on the left side of the bridge.

After putting down his luggage, Li Mingze went directly to his command chair and sat down.

Because this mission is different from the war mission, each spacecraft no longer follows the layout of the imperial warships with no space for movement.

Because of the limitations of Shenzhou's flight speed, the pioneers were destined to spend decades or hundreds of years on their own spacecraft.

Therefore, the imperial government specially strengthened the habitation and endurance functions of the pioneer spacecraft.

After a while, all the team members came to the bridge and found their assigned seats and sat down.

"The integrity of the spacecraft has been inspected!"

"The spacecraft weapon system is normal, the propulsion system is normal, the life support system is normal, the defense system is normal, the construction system is normal, the collection system is normal, the takeoff and landing system is normal, the gravity application system is normal, and the stealth device is normal!" Charlotte looked at a line on the screen. Green news will be reported loudly.

"Helmsman and co-helmsman are ready!" a pair of twins also shouted.

"Navigator ready!"

"The main and secondary weapons hands are ready!"

"Maintenance engineers are ready!"

"Radar guys ready!"

"Intelligence analysts are ready!" Everyone on the bridge responded one by one.

"Very good, the Nautilus is setting off!" Li Mingze waved his hand.

"Nautilus?" Charlotte turned her head in confusion.

Li Mingze touched his nose and said, "This is the name I gave our spaceship. What's wrong? Don't you agree?"

"Agreed." Xia Luoluo looked at Li Mingze with interest and nodded.

The four mechanical arms holding the Nautilus slowly released the electromagnetic chuck attached to the Nautilus's armor after confirming that the spacecraft had started its anti-gravity engine.

The Nautilus sank first, and then suddenly the bow of the ship was pulled upwards and rushed towards the exit of the port.

And closely behind them were nearly a hundred pioneer spacecraft.

After the Nautilus passed through the port's exit, it flew towards the outside of the Shenzhou.

After bypassing hundreds of towers connecting various planets, the outermost crystal armor of the Shenzhou spacecraft appeared in front of the Nautilus.

This layer of crystal armor seemed to be able to identify the spacecraft, and when the Nautilus approached, it opened a hole only for it to enter and exit.

The Nautilus accelerated directly through the hole without hesitation and entered the void of the universe.

At this time, everyone could finally see the whole picture of Shenzhou, which they had not left since they were born.

The outer crystal armor seems to absorb the light from the surrounding stars. When viewed from the outside, the Shenzhou looks like a ball of black coal, quietly hidden in the dark background of the universe.

The light of stars blocked behind the Shenzhou seemed to have been refracted and reappeared in front of the Shenzhou.

In other words, if someone uses a telescope to observe Shenzhou, he will find nothing. All he can see is a complete starry sky.

"Why is Shenzhou like this?" Charlotte and others looked at the behemoth in front of them in disbelief.

In their understanding, since the outer layer of the Shenzhou is an armor composed of unknown crystals, and there are so many stars inside the Shenzhou, it stands to reason that the outside of the Shenzhou should be a "jewel" that exudes dazzling light. .

No matter how bad it is, it has to have a handsome appearance. After all, judging from its name, it looks very awesome. Doesn't Shenzhou Shenzhou look a bit like Shenzhou?

But what happened to the "black coal" in front of them now.

"The Shenzhou was too dazzling when it was first built. In order to hide its traces, His Majesty the Great Emperor gave it the function of invisibility. The crystal armor on the outer layer of the Shenzhou can refract the starry sky on the other side and absorb it. its own light."

"That's why the Shenzhou you see is so ugly. When we find the anchor point of the Shenzhou so that the Shenzhou can be deployed in this river system, you will be able to see its true appearance!" Li Mingze said with a blushing face. Tiao Di praised himself and explained the reason.

"Okay, it's time for us to set off, set the course, coordinate the nearest star system, and prepare to enter hyperspace!"

The Nautilus adjusted its bow to the same direction as the Shenzhou and entered hyperspace directly.

After entering hyperspace, everyone left the bridge, leaving only the twins on duty.

The remaining people all returned to their respective rooms to rest. This jump will take two days, so everyone can move as they please until the spacecraft jumps out of hyperspace.

One day later, Li Mingze, who was sleeping in his bed, was suddenly awakened by a ringing sound.

"What's the matter?" Li Mingze casually picked up the intercom on the bedside and asked.

"Captain, Shenzhou has just sent an order. They found a large spacecraft moving at sub-light speed on our route. The command center ordered us to go and check." Charlotte's voice sounded on the intercom.

"I'll be right over." Li Mingze hung up the intercom, put on his power armor, opened the door and came to the bridge.

"We will jump out of hyperspace in ten minutes, and then approach the spacecraft at sub-light speed." Charlotte, sitting in the first officer's seat, turned to Li Mingze and said.

"Open all shields to the maximum value, check whether the stealth system is operating normally, and all weapons enter the ready state!" Li Mingze nodded and came to his command chair to fasten his seat belt.

Ten minutes later, the Nautilus jumped out of hyperspace on time and entered the universe.

"The opponent is right in front of us, approaching us at a constant speed of 70% of the speed of light."

"We must turn around and synchronize with them." Radar operator Liu He reported while looking at the scanner screen.

The twins responsible for controlling the spacecraft nodded, turned the spacecraft around and faced backwards, and began to accelerate little by little.

At this time, the unidentified civilization's spacecraft had flown below the Nautilus, and the Nautilus also maintained at 70% the speed of light.

Judging from the holographic screen of the spacecraft, the unknown spacecraft looks like a duck egg, with the pointed side being the bow of the spacecraft.

Behind the spacecraft, tens of thousands of jets are emitting blue flames.

"The diameter of this spacecraft is a hundred kilometers, and its outer armor is ten kilometers thick. Our scanner cannot scan the structure under such thick armor." Charlotte put down the tablet and shook her head. .