star watcher

"Enemy attack?" Milan sat up in the dormant cabin, his head was still a little dizzy, he rubbed his temples, and stretched out a hand to help him rub it, and put the aid on him with the other hand.

"Now we have evacuated to a safe range, a safe range." Hercules added hastily.

The two brothers ran into the main control room, and Demreko was already standing in front of the console, calmly staring at the large and small light screens, and staring outside.

"Captain, what's going on?"

Demreko didn't look back, and raised his hand directly, pointing him to look outside.

The space is not completely dark, there are always stars and nebulae erupting with various colors of light. Although there are few stars in this star field, after all, there are still a few of them hanging there dimly.

In the far distance that can be seen, there is a planet that is almost completely covered in gray and white, like a steamed fish eye that is too hot to dry out, staring at this place.

Of course, it is impossible to attack by sight, and it was even called "enemy attack" by Hercules-in fact, "enemy attack" is a designated word set by Demreco, which makes it easier to raise everyone's vigilance.

The attack came from a layer of membranous structure surrounding the planet, but this layer of membrane did not fully envelop the planet, because more than half of the hundreds of arc-shaped keels supporting the membranous structure had been broken, and the half of the fractured surface had a membrane , the other half is bare and looks very depressed.

The half-residual membrane, together with the off-white stars, is why Demreko looks at the planet like steamed fish eyes.

Another possible reason, I don't know if it has anything to do with him having slept for three days and not eating food.

"This level of enemy attack?" Milan asked.

"There are energy cannons and scouts at the points where the keel intersects. Without any warning, the laser beams are automatically fired, laser beams." Hercules explained, "I sent a signal and no one responded, and the other party didn't warn, and suddenly launched an attack. Attack. We don't have enough energy, and the hull is half damaged, so we can only dodge first." Normally, the defense of this spaceship doesn't care about that little laser beam at all, but now the spaceship is extremely fragile, and they can't be careless in the slightest.

Not all spacecraft are suitable for landing. The gravity field, gravitational force, air resistance, acceleration, etc. of the planet must be taken into account. Of course, the energy carried by itself and the propulsion of the engine must also be calculated.Some large spaceships have never landed on the ground since the day they were built.The Starlight that Milan and Bamboo took back then also had to go through a transfer from the ground to the dock.

This spaceship with the hull of a commercial ship theoretically has the function of landing on some planets, but it is very inappropriate to land at this moment. If you land recklessly without obtaining the information of the planet, it may be due to lack of sufficient information. Energy and unable to fly again.

But since there are automatic defenses, this planet should at least have traces of civilization.They need supplies, not only food, but also repair materials for the ship. If there are supplies on this star, the process of going back can be greatly accelerated. There is nothing wrong with Hercules' attempt to approach and explore.

"There is no corresponding information?" Milan's first reaction, "Your star map even has a record of 'the end of the universe'. Is it difficult to inquire about this planet?"

"I've been searching, searching..." Hercules replied, "But this planet is very contradictory, contradictory!"

"contradiction?"

"On my star map, this position is blank. It's blank." Hercules said as he unfolded the star map, "Look here, there should be nothing at all—the star map was just updated a week ago, there is absolutely no possibility of problems There is a problem. But...my star map is biased towards the territory of the empire, and this place belongs to no man's land, it is too far away, it is not surprising that the Federation has not been updated at any time."

"..." Milan looked at Demreko, who was staring at the planet with a paralyzed face and no expression on his face.

However, under the influence of Bamboo all the year round, Milan has the special skill of "reading faces". Knowing that the captain is thinking and not in a daze, he didn't disturb the other party's thoughts, but just looked at Bamboo worriedly.

Well, although Bamboo also has a paralyzed face, he is in a daze right now.

Milan continued to ask Hercules: "Can you restore the original appearance of the planet based on the current situation? Find out if there are similar planets?"

Demreko, who was thinking, did not ignore the moment around him before turning his head to Milan.

He is tall, and the angle of view moves downwards to see Milan beside him.

When he lowered his head, a different expression suddenly appeared on his paralyzed face.Milan, who was waiting for Hercules' answer, didn't pay attention.

"Milan is really smart. I'm working. I'm working. But the database is limited. I hope I can find it." Hercules, as the intelligence brain of the spaceship, restores it according to the planet's defense system. It's not a problem, it's just the database. According to the reserve required by the captain, the ones he collected on the star network on his own initiative are more humanistic and life-like. Such a small planet will really need to be compared for a while.

——This is also the reason why Bamboo was in a daze. His database is countless times larger than Hercules's, and it is also countless times smaller. He is trying to search and compare.

It's just that he has never eaten unfamiliar things, and he doesn't have the ability to complete them, so he is sharing and exchanging data with Hercules, and at the same time, in order to avoid repeated learning, he is doing other search and matching.

None of the news about membrane structures is new.Bamboo starts with theory——

On the one hand, the keel supports the film, and on the other hand, it provides the detection function. In case of danger, the keel node provides fire cover for the planet - crushing large meteorites to prevent impact on the planet. If an enemy country attacks, it can also provide protection and support. .

The function of the film has three points, one is to absorb energy through light energy and kinetic energy, the other is to filter harmful radiation, and the third is an electromagnetic protection net to rebound the shattered meteorite fragments.

This kind of membrane defense system surrounded by the whole planet is mostly used on planets with strong harmful radiation and many meteorites. However, due to various reasons such as high cost, high risk factor, narrow scope of application, and single function, it was adopted 500 years ago. Eliminated and replaced by regional protective shields. At present, only a few planets have membrane defenses that have not been dismantled due to their own internal reasons, but they are not put into use either, just for display.It's good to collect some energy with the film, but it's not a big deal if you don't have it.

Considering that this place is not far from the "end of the universe", it is reasonable to use the membrane defense, but the planet itself is not marked on the star map, which really shouldn't have happened.

What's more, this broken and incomplete film is still in operation.

Hercules compared the planets that now have membrane defenses, but unfortunately there is no pair.

"Not enough data, not enough." Hercules put on the white coat of a scientific researcher, pitifully, "I want to collect some more on-site pictures for comparison."

Bamboo didn't speak, he expanded his search scope: "I also want to collect. I already have a clue, so I want to go even more."

——The meaning of this sentence is that he knows what's going on and wants to eat more.

"Have a clue?" Hercules immediately cheered up, "Please share, please share!"

Bamboo sent him a complete picture within minutes: the planet under the membrane defense structure.

Compared with the picture restored by Hercules, the similarity of this picture is as high as 93.6%!

This kind of similarity can be judged by the naked eye at a glance, and it can be regarded as the same planet. After all, there will be errors in the completed map, and there will be errors in the original map.

"Where is this place?" Hercules hurriedly leaned over to ask for advice.

Bamboo sent him a screenshot of the corresponding link: "600 years ago, the planet that disappeared."

It was a news article titled "Pearl White Star, Goodbye!" "

The news reported that the Pearl White Star predicted that the central star was about to undergo gravitational collapse and a black hole was about to form, so it took 300 years to gradually transfer the population of the planet.When the last group of people finally boarded the spacecraft safely and were about to evacuate their homes, just in time for the collapse and the formation of a black hole, they raced against gravity and finally managed to escape. With gratitude to the country and regret for their homeland, The story of starting a new life.

News release time: April 1389, 4 in the star calendar.

It is now November 2040 in the star calendar.

In other words, 600 years ago, this planet was swallowed by a black hole.

A planet orbiting a star, getting sucked into a black hole, disappearing...and then appearing here millions of light-years away?

Across space, isn't this just a leap?

In fact, the transition point is indeed usually formed by a black hole or a white hole. It makes sense to think about it this way.

According to news reports, this planet should be a dead star, lifeless, and not worth exploring.But the membrane defense system can still be used here, it doesn't look like it has been 600 years, it is very unreasonable.

This also means that they may gain precious - energy!

Although half of the film has been damaged, the accumulated energy after 600 years is not a small amount.

Just by the diameter and brightness of the laser beam, you can see how full the energy is.

"If we can collect the energy, we can speed up the process of going back!"

"Heracles, do you have an unmanned reconnaissance drone?" Milan asked.

"No more, the warehouse has been destroyed long ago, destroyed."

"Can't get close?"

"The spaceship is very fragile, fragile, and it can't help but can't help it."

"It seems... that we can only rely on manpower." Milan looked at Bamboo, hesitating: "I want to drive the escort plane over there to have a look. There seems to be a lot of omissions in the planet's defenses. Can you find a loophole for me to take advantage of?" Is it?"

He had to take risks, but he didn't want to be separated from Bamboo. After all, he was still a little worried: what if Demreko suddenly attacked and Bamboo couldn't beat him after he left.But with Hercules here, the problem shouldn't be too big...

Bamboo offered: "Let's go together." He would never refuse to go to any place that might produce fresh food.

"Okay. Hercules, is your escort still available?"

"The runway hasn't been repaired yet, so the plane can't get out, but the mecha can be used."

"Mecha? You still have a mecha?" Milan was surprised.

Hercules was triumphant: "Collections, collections!"

"Collection?"

"The conference room showcase, the showcase!" Hercules yelled. "The rest of the place has been destroyed, but there is only one left intact. Well!"

Milan remembered that there were quite a few real guys in the showcase.

It’s just—after the little robot took all the three remaining built-in mecha space buttons, and Hercules took the initiative to call up the mecha to introduce, Milan raised a problem that was not serious but had to be faced.

"Heracles, I need your help, because I have only driven a virtual mecha, and it's just a purely spiritual mecha." He confessed his own shortcomings, "This kind of mecha that can only be controlled by double four levels, my physical strength It may not be able to keep up, is there a solution?"

"This..." Hercules couldn't help but shut his mouth.

The setting and adjustment of mechs is a technology, but also knowledge. Mina’s mecha repair shop handles this kind of repair business every year due to changes in talent values, and the mechas are not adjusted in time and cause damage, accounting for [-]% of the overall business volume. a quarter of.

In the hospital, due to insufficient talent points, the proportion of patients who barely manipulated the mechs and caused various mental or physical injuries accounted for as high as one-third.

Milan knew how much he was capable of. He agreed to Ruben to drive the Warrior, because the Warrior was just a small transport ship, and he and Ruben would take turns without overdrawing their capabilities.

Facing the three mechas, looking at the introduction given by Hercules: "The best configuration for the driver: double five levels of talent. The standard configuration for the driver: five levels of physical strength and four levels of mental strength. The minimum configuration of the driver: The talent value is double four."

The purpose of marking the configuration is to protect the mecha and the driver in two directions.

These three conditions of use made Milan realize his weakness again.