Chapter 759 The Ghost Murder in the Unknown Starry Sky
Afterwards, Ina carefully explained to Yu Lian the so-called URW46 ghost hunting incident and the clues behind the incident.
The beginning of the incident came from the strange and terrifying events that occurred in the star field here, such as the unmanned ghost ship floating in the universe, the strange evil shadow in the desert of the planet, the disappearance of residents in the space station, etc.
Yang Xiyi had been pursuing the truth that caused the New Yumen Incident, so he secretly issued monitoring orders to his own guard fleet, deep space exploration ships, and all observation stations. As a result, in August last year, he successfully
An intercepted alert for help from the great pirate "Red Wing General" Hromel.
This is also a famous pirate who can be ranked in the top twenty pirate bounty rankings. He is a native of Kimeyang and was born as an ace pilot of the Imperial Army. He even became a Brigadier General of the Imperial Army.
Such a person who becomes a general by virtue of his military exploits, even if he is a non-human race, will definitely be able to obtain the status of a lifelong noble after retiring, and he can also directly send his immediate family members into the citizen class. A soldier born in an ordinary family of a different race
, his career in the Imperial Army was indeed quite successful.
However, perhaps this was a liberal who yearned for poetry and distant places, but he launched a rebellion during an exploration operation in the New World under his leadership, and led his subordinates to steal six ships and all exploration materials and fled.
...Speaking of this, smart people will probably know why big pirates, black (meow) giant chiefs, and some interstellar chaebol companies always have some information about the New World waterways that the officials are not clear about.
After all, this is a new continent, and there is no real-time seismic wave communication. All newly discovered star maps have to be sent back to the headquarters using the most traditional errand method. This naturally gives some people a chance to get their hands on it. Of course, Hromel also
One of them is just playing in a relatively extreme way.
This great pirate who has become a brigadier general of the Imperial Army may be the most professional newcomer in the industry in the past century. He gave himself the nickname "General Bloodwing" because of the die-hard loyalists he drew from the Imperial Army.
With his subordinates as the backbone, within only seven or eight years, he had nearly forty ships, large and small, and a troop of twenty to thirty thousand people.
Some people say that the star map that Hromel snatched included a space station of ancient enlightened beings that he had used the official power of the empire to find. He used this space station as a base to absorb the refugees and gather the stars, and he had just gathered such a large scale.
of military strength.
He himself should be a very charismatic leader. Although he is not a psyker, he has sixteen known psykers under his command, the sixteen-winged general known as the Bloodwing General.
In short, if this development trend continues, it will only be a matter of time before Heromel grows into the kind of great pirate king who can chat and laugh at the same card table with the nobles of the imperial palace and the wealthy merchants of the alliance.
If he hadn't sent a so-called rescue alert in the first half of last year.
The alert was intercepted by the scientific exploration ship Zhang Heng, which was exploring near the URW46 star field. This ship was not directly affiliated with the Community government or any company, but was supported by the Outer Rim Fleet and the Community Guard. Even the captain and The Chief Scientific Officers are all Major General Azisha Mallowan's juniors in the "archaeological community".
After the Zhang Heng intercepted the information, it did not report it to the Earth. Instead, it reported it to the Outer Rim Fleet Headquarters. As a result, Yang Xiyi, who was still serving as the deputy chief of staff and director of the intelligence department of the fleet at the time, naturally knew that the tenth The big guys in the third fleet naturally knew it too.
The amount of information in this alert is still very rich. There are unknown galaxies, there are undiscovered green planets on the background board, and there are space fortresses that have never been seen before. In addition, judging from the screen, the time when the Zhang Heng intercepted the rescue alert , only three to five minutes apart from the other party's sending time. Doesn't this mean that "General Bloodwing" may have a star field-level source wave communicator or some other hyper-beam communication method in his hands.
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In the New World, where communication basically relies on "beacon towers" and running errands, there is no need to go into details about the strategic advantages that having instant messaging means means, right?
Then came the bug-shaped alien species that the Community Security Command and the Outer Rim Fleet had been searching for for more than a year.
At that time, the Imperial Lion's Den Fortress had not yet fallen, and the term "worm swarm" had not yet formed a consensus across the universe.
The expected income from any item is enough for everyone to make a trip. Compared to the rewards that can be obtained from Heromel, Wansha's treasure map is nothing.
After the negotiations between the Outer Rim Fleet and the Thirteenth Fleet were completed, the Earth received the news with a "slight delay". However, in addition to Marshal Paris himself at the Military Command Headquarters and Major General Mallowan of the Community Guard, the earth's big shots It didn't attract attention. In other words, if those Gonggun princes didn't pay attention to it, that would actually be a good thing.
All in all, with the tacit approval of Marshal Paris, the Outer Rim Fleet sent out scientific research ships and the Thirteenth Fleet sent out escort ships. The seven-month long-term exploration operation of the entire URW46 galaxy began.
Not only to hunt for treasure, but also to explore the clues of the insect swarm. Of course, it would be great if Heromel himself could be rescued and get the truth from his mouth.
Of course, it is not a one-time exploration, but multiple explorations in a month. This is certainly for safety reasons, but it also takes into account the upper limits of the psychic abilities of the two underage girls who are the main force in the exploration of mysticism.
In the first three explorations, we have cleared more than half of the unknown channels in the URW star field. And this last exploration is the harvest period of the results.
"Looking at you, you should have found the galaxy where Heromel is located from here, and you have gained a lot!" Yu Lian looked at his friends in the exploration team.
After this period of fighting and exploration, these young comrades have grown a lot, and they know that professionally trained officers cannot laugh casually. However, Yu Lian can still feel the excitement of everyone, as if he had just been shot.
Like a lottery jackpot.
If they had just dug a big tomb and unearthed 2 billion worth of loot, they wouldn't be so happy.
"It went very smoothly." Ina nodded: "It was even smoother than when we dug the grave."
"It's not digging graves, it's archeology," Gan Jiang said.
"Although we took away valuables, we still handled them protectively," Mo Xie said.
"If another hundred or two hundred years pass, and the URX46 star field becomes a serious administrative star unit, with a large population, safe waterways and prosperous trade, it will be converted into a museum immediately," Gan Jiang said.
"Yes, although we are members of the Sword Man Sect, we respect and protect the civilization of the ancient gods." Moye nodded.
"So you can't get along with this swordsman sect?" Gan Jiang glared at his sister.
"It's not hard to get through. I'm obviously trying to be complacent."
Yu Lian also feels that the difference between "archaeology" and "tomb robbing" is actually very big. People who forcefully think that these are the same thing must be a fool. If there is time, we still need to clear up the source, but that is not the case now.
When considering this issue.
He asked: "And where is the Bloodwing General Horomer himself?"
"There are no more Bloodwing Generals." Miss Ganjiang said.
"Well, when we arrived, we saw his dehydrated body. Even the blood was gone, so of course there was no general left." Mo Xie shrugged his graceful nose, obviously feeling a little physically uncomfortable with the situation at that time.
Yu Lian felt that this was not very reasonable. If that guy's secret base was really attacked by a swarm of insects, theoretically nothing should be left.
"He locked himself in a cabin in the deepest part of the space station and locked the door on the sixth floor. When we arrived, the bug monsters were still attacking the door and had already reached the last two floors.
." Mengjiao said.
"What kind of bug?" Yu Lian asked.
"You saw it last time." As Ina said, she operated on her communication terminal and played a one-minute short video on the projection in the conference room.
In the spacious space station tunnel, dozens of springtails and hydralisks are attacking the door at the end of the tunnel with their sharp claws, teeth and highly corrosive acid.
As we all know, the claws of springtails can break armor, and the acid of hydralisers can corrode even battleship-level armor plates. If it were a normal armored door, it might have been broken through at this time. However, these bugs continued to
Digging and spraying, but at least 70% of the attacks were reduced and fused by the halo flowing on the armored door.
This is an energy shield, and it vaguely has some mysterious effects that are difficult for everyone to understand.
Now, even the two major countries are not wealthy enough to carry out occult treatment on the armor plate of the space station. Look at the gorgeous interior decoration in the corridor, which can only show that,
This fortress is truly the legacy of an enlightened being.
"It seems that Heromel really got an Enlightenment space city, but I don't know how it compares with the legendary free city in the Abyss Nebula?" Eleanor said.
It should still be far away. The free city in the Abyss Nebula is indeed an ancient ruin, but its main body is a huge space city comparable in size to the Sky Castle Fortress. The current "controllers" are still far away.
He has not yet figured out the function of his space city, but he has been able to turn it into the only "peaceful city" in the Abyss Nebula, and accommodate 20 to 30 million residents.
You know, there is the Abyss Nebula where space monsters are infested, underworld bosses are rampant, and all kinds of cosmic cultists are causing chaos!
If Hromel really had mastered such a huge inheritance, he would have either become depressed long ago, or he would have died countless times.
No, Ina replied: "It's very small, less than one-tenth the size of the new Lushun Star Port."
That is just the size of a small to medium-sized space station. Generally speaking, it is used as a trading supply station on a branch channel or a semi-permanent scientific research station.
Even the Enlightenment's space ruins, if they are only small sites, must lack sufficient weapons. What's more, Hromel and his men may not have unlocked the weapon functions on the space station.
All in all, when everyone landed, the space station was basically occupied by various insect swarm monsters. Even the last rescue hatch was about to be breached. However, the members of the "Science Research Fleet" had already
After being prepared, the four psykers were also equipped with four self-produced Type II heraldic machines sent by Major General Mallowan, and the ensuing battle to exterminate the insect swarms was considered a near miss.
"They are indeed the most difficult-to-understand creatures I have ever seen." Meng Jiao said: "Those things like armored raptors can even tear apart the armor of the hussar mecha. The attack team I lead has
Two comrades had their hands cut off. The acid sprayed by the basilisks actually flew three to four hundred meters away. Although it was still unable to break the shield of the heraldry machine, it actually connected with the shield vehicle we used to attack the enemy.
The front side of it can be corroded.”
He paused and said with some lingering fear: "What's more important is that those things are obviously the appearance of living creatures, but they seem to have no fear at all."
Although Brother Mengjiao seemed to be frightened, in fact, he was the most powerful one when clearing the insect swarm. The descendant of the Hanhai Sword held the sword he obtained from Mr. Grant.
Looking at the alchemical sword that is about two meters long and almost the same as the door panel, he is leading the way wearing a heraldic machine. Behind him is Ina's cover and the buffs given to him by Gan Jiang and Mo Xie. Everywhere he goes, he is really scratched and bruised.
If you die, you are literally invincible.
It was precisely because of his efforts that it only took everyone five or six minutes to kill the swarm of insects attacking the last gate and rescue General Bloodwing.
It's just that it's his body.
This big pirate is very miserable. He only knows that the place where he is hiding is very strong, but perhaps because of the emergency, he has not brought enough water and supplies. In addition, although he has been entrenched in this relic space station of the Enlightened One for a long time, he has not yet done anything.
I understand the internal function, but of course I don’t know that it is the life-support device inside the cabin.
"We have checked. He actually died of a loss of pressure in the cabin due to extreme weakness due to malnutrition," Moye said.
"The life-support device in the cabin failed, and the temperature and air pressure were out of control. However, before he died of the extreme cold, the organs and blood vessels in his body burst due to the loss of pressure, and the blood floated out of the body."
What a tragedy! A great pirate king who was among the top ten on the bounty list died in such pain and humiliation. One can only imagine how desperate he was before he died.
Meng Jiao said: "In addition, we also found more than two thousand corpses on the space station, all of which were members of the Bloodwing Pirates. These gangsters were wiped out with little resistance. They were so powerful and terrifying, but they haven't yet.
It’s really hard for me to imagine a creature that has the slightest sense of fear.”
"Isn't this normal? Wasps and ants don't have any fear," Mo Xie said.
"But have you ever seen such big wasps and ants?" Gan Jiang asked.
"Space plankton and amoebas are much larger than those insect swarms."
"Have you ever seen plankton and amoeba with teeth and claws?" Gan Jiang just retorted, and then he immediately felt that something was wrong: "No, those things are actually more alert than herbivores when they should be afraid.
Well. At least I have never encountered a herbivore that can fight."
Mo Xie nodded: "So, Junior Uncle, we basically believe that this alien species should be a swarm-like creature."
Yu Lian thought to himself that I already knew it. Moreover, I had even talked and laughed with their master.
Of course, in order not to make his niece and friends sad, Yu Lian still nodded with a thoughtful expression: "Then what?"
"They may have the ability to sail in the universe." Ina paused and said in a stronger voice: "Yes, they can sail independently and do not need to be transported by starships."
Yu Lian raised his eyebrows slightly, while the other comrades looked at each other with different expressions. Although it was a bit unbelievable, the universe is so big that it is not surprising that any strange things happen. In comparison, everyone is more willing to think about it from a military perspective.
, this kind of alien monster similar to a swarm really has the ability to navigate the space independently, what impact will it have on national defense security?