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"Hyperion, report your status."

Audio playback, emitting a slightly hoarse and muffled sound characteristic of radio stations.

"Reporting from Santiago, all systems are normal, we can begin testing the warp drive."

The reply also sounded like it was coming from inside a can, muffled and dull.

Lin Fan: "So, they're testing warp technology?…"

"Okay, commencing engine warm-up now."

"Hyperion acknowledges, initiating engines one and three, energy shields are ready."

"Maintain status, command center will follow up with auxiliary power activation. Don't forget precaution 34-3 in the operations manual."

"Roger, conducting checks now… All systems normal, warp test ready to commence."

"Very good, you may begin."

……

"An unknown starfield, did we succeed?"

"We succeeded!"

……

"One piece of good news, one piece of bad news… The good news is the warp jump was successful, the bad news is there's a significant deviation from the projected destination… Communications with Santiago are also down, attempting to re-establish contact now."

"……(Heavy breathing and silence)"

"We still have enough fuel… Don't be too discouraged."

"Hyperion calling Santiago, please respond!"

"Hyperion calling Santiago, please respond!"

……

Ethereal piano music began, the sound of dripping water and bubbles could be heard. Lin Fan couldn't help but close his eyes, as if he were in the deep sea, slowly falling, the light above him gradually receding, the darkness below becoming increasingly profound, even if he reached out, he couldn't touch the world that was leaving him.

"We're out of fuel. Perhaps, this is our final resting place."

"Space, it's really beautiful."

"Our home planet, I wonder which direction it's in?"

The strings of a wooden guitar were plucked, the melody tinged with a faint sadness, the surrounding small and enclosed space was collapsing bit by bit, yet surprisingly, there was no sense of despair, only a detachment from life and death.

"What do you miss most about our home planet? Is there anyone longing for you?"

"I haven't seen my wife for a year because of this mission, and I feel a bit sorry for her. What about you? Is there anyone looking up at the sky, missing you?"

"I have a lovely daughter, she's four years old this year. She's probably in kindergarten right now, playing hide-and-seek with the other kids."

"That's nice."

The black box recording finished, and Lin Fan fell into silence.

An achievement called "Pioneer" popped up in the lower right corner of the screen, the icon was a coffin drifting in space.

The options reappeared.

"1. Play the contents of the black box.

2. Dismantle the spaceship and salvage some usable materials.

3. Continue forward."

He moved the mouse to 2, hesitated for a moment, and ultimately chose 3, to continue forward.

"Let's not disturb their eternal slumber!"

This time the warp jump took him to the location marked for the escort mission from the bar.

Yellow-haired Lin Fan: "Sir, we have arrived."

"I think we could have arrived safely even without your escort," said a slightly chubby human merchant, smoking a cigar, next to the dialogue box.

Lin Fan opened his mouth in astonishment: "This is… are you trying to go back on your word? You're not planning on paying the reward?"

Yellow-haired Lin Fan: "What do you mean?"

"Your reward isn't worth 30 scrap. I think 15 is enough."

"1. Okay, I agree. (Receive 15 scrap)

2. If you don't intend to pay the promised reward, I'll take it back myself.

3. Display spaceship weapons as a deterrent. (Grayed out, requires spaceship to be equipped with advanced weapons to unlock option.)"

"What the heck! You want to go back on the agreed mission reward?!"

Lin Fan immediately selected the second option, combat began!

Lin Fan was already very familiar with the combat operations. After a round of beatings, the enemy's spaceship's health was reduced to one-third!

The chubby caravan owner begged for mercy: "Don't hit me! I was just joking! If you let me go, I'll give you compensation!"

"If you agree to a truce, you can receive 30 scrap, weapon: small ion pulse cannon, do you accept?

1. Accept surrender and cease fire.

2. Continue attacking."

Lin Fan carefully examined the information about the small ion pulse cannon: "Charging time 12 seconds, consumes two units of energy, fires two shots per attack, can temporarily cause the hit enemy spaceship's systems to malfunction for 2 seconds, does not cause direct damage… does not cause damage?"

He thought for a moment and rejected the surrender conditions: "What garbage weapon, I've already launched two missiles, and you're only compensating me with this little? Too weak!"

Under the beam shots, the enemy spaceship was billowing smoke, and was torn to pieces in explosions and flames.

"You searched the wreckage of the spaceship and obtained 13 scrap, 1 fuel."

Lin Fan's gaze was blank: "What the heck, it would have been better to accept the surrender! This was a huge loss!"

Although he was a bit depressed, he could only accept the result.

Now, the shortest distance to the exit beacon of this nebula still requires two warp jumps, and the rebel's red zone has covered more than half of the star map.

Lin Fan decided not to delay any longer and headed straight for the exit.

Warp!

A blue-green planet appeared before him.

"This planet appears to be a primitive life planet, no anomalies detected. Investigate further?

1. Every planet has its own unique features, let's do a quick investigation.

2. It's just a very ordinary planet. We have more important things to do, don't waste time on meaningless things."

Lin Fan naturally chose the first option.

So the spaceship entered the atmosphere and docked on a grassland near a lake.

At this time, patches of clouds floated in the sky, absorbing the strong light, and combined with the approaching sunset, presented a delicate lavender purple, mixed with hazy pink and pure blue, like a fairy tale dream.

The shimmering lake water was also dyed purple, drawing faint ripples under the breeze, against the backdrop of the distant low valleys, the green grass leaves gently swayed underfoot, white butterflies fluttered, creating a leisurely and peaceful atmosphere, making people's mood relax.

The next scene startled Lin Fan, only to see agile… cats running from afar?

Although their appearance was undoubtedly that of cats, their size was too big! The Stone People were already the tallest of the cosmic races, but these cats looked taller than the Stone People.

Giant cats surrounded the spaceship, watching this strange-looking outsider, some of the bolder ones even reached out their paws to play with it.

"Your spaceship is surrounded by some strange-looking creatures, but they only seem curious about the spaceship and have not shown any intention of attacking.

1. Try to communicate with these creatures, release signals of goodwill.

2. Nip the threat in the bud. Open fire!!

3. This might be a very dangerous creature, let's leave as soon as possible."

Lin Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "…What is all this?!"