Dark, cold and is the main theme of the unknown space.
Eternal darkness shrouds this unknown and mysterious area.
There was no light, no sound.
Absolute darkness, absolute silence.
It's like a black hole, and even more like nothingness.
suddenly--
In this eternal darkness, a ray of light appeared.
A piece of dark space was torn apart, and a warship appeared out of thin air, lying across the boundless black light.
It was the ninth-level battleship that Lin Yang and his men were carrying—the Suzaku.
This was the new name Lin Yang gave to this level nine battleship before setting off.
Previously, this level nine battleship only had a number in the alien tube.
But in view of the need to explore the boundless unknown space, Lin Yang asked for an authorization to rename the battleship "Suzaku".
Suzaku is a creature in the mythology of Blue Star, with the power to be reborn from the ashes.
In this unknown space, choose a good name to get good luck.
"Is this... the location space? It looks very frightening."
Inside the battleship, Lin Yang and his companions looked outside through the porthole.
All I could see was darkness.
A terrifying darkness.
Although the universe is also dark, some stars emit light, so you can still see some pinpoints of light if you look far away.
But here, there is no light, only endless darkness.
Even the lights of the battleships cannot illuminate too far.
This place seems to swallow up light. Even with the battleship's bright lights turned to maximum, I could only barely see a small part of the surrounding area, and it was not very clear.
One can imagine how depressing and desperate the atmosphere would be if the battleship turned off the searchlight and was trapped in endless darkness without even a glimmer of starlight.
"Although the universe is boundless and as dark as night, at least the light of some planets can give people hope. But if you get lost here, there is really no hope of escape." Cai Fei sighed.
Lin Yang and others nodded.
Being in a completely dark space, let alone encountering danger, the absolute dark atmosphere alone can make people feel extremely depressed and even drive them crazy.
“No wonder even after many explorations by the alliance, they still can’t make a complete star map in the explored area. There are no reference points at all here, and we can only rely on luck and experience to avoid dangers.” Que Tian also sighed.
Exploration in unknown space is completely random, and there are no star maps available.
Only when you enter certain explored areas and see some recorded things can you know what kind of dangerous area you are currently in.
With the current strength of the Human Alliance, they can only have a general geographical concept of the exploration area, so that their groups can try not to be in the same large area and explore separately.
"According to the latest intelligence sent by the alliance, we are probably in the third largest area. All the dangers recorded by the alliance exist within this area, so we still have to be careful." Lin Yang also spoke up to remind.
During the three hours and six minutes of the previous jump, the alliance's mission system distributed a lot of new information about the unknown space to them, and Song Qingfeng also sent him some more confidential information separately.
This time, the alliance roughly divided the explored unknown space areas into ten major regions.
The ten teams were deployed to explore the ten different areas separately.
There are dangers in every region, the only difference is that the degree of danger may be lower in some regions.
Some large regions cover areas where all the dangers encountered by the alliance during the exploration process can occur.
This is the case with the third largest area where Lin Yang and his group are currently located.
Of course, this is only a temporary division made by the Human Alliance based on the known dangers within the explored range.
Because some dangers are mobile, exploration in any large area should not be taken lightly.
It's not just the danger that is fluid, even the unknown space seems to be constantly changing and flowing.
For example, Lin Yang and others are now in the third largest area that has been temporarily divided.
During the exploration process, the warship can mark the explored space locations to avoid repeated exploration or going around in circles.
But this mark is only applicable at that time.
After a certain period of time, these marks will become useless and the accuracy will be greatly reduced.
It is for this reason that the Human Alliance speculates that the entire unknown space may be fluid.
This is also an important reason why it is impossible to make a star map.
Everything in the unknown space area may be fluid, so the star map cannot provide accurate guidance at all.
A star map that cannot provide accurate guidance is better off not being used.
Sometimes inaccurate things are not only useless, but can also have a counterproductive effect.
"I heard that although the fluidity and changes of the space are very slow, there are various space vortices or special magnetic fields that cannot be controlled in some places, which cause the sense of direction to completely fail. Sometimes it may be right in front of you, but in fact it is separated by a long distance. In short, this place is full of all kinds of weirdness and mystery as well as some things that cannot be explained. We just need to be cautious." Cai Fei said again.
Lin Yang nodded: "Well, now turn on the cruise mode of the battleship and keep moving at a constant speed. Our purpose is just to explore. If we encounter any danger, we will bypass it if we can. If we can't bypass it, we will solve it according to the situation. If it really doesn't work, we will just return home. Is everyone okay with it?"
"No."
"No comment."
Everyone shook their heads.
The purpose of their mission was only to investigate whether the Dark Night Clan was conducting other activities in the unknown space area.
Before the mission, the alliance had specifically reminded them that they could avoid fighting, and of course they would have no other opinions now.
As the cruise mode was activated, the interior of the battleship became calm.
Exploration is actually very boring.
Especially in a place like this, it was dark outside and you couldn't see anything. After everyone discussed the topic of the unknown space twice, there was nothing else to talk about.
"Team Leader, I have a question."
Cai Fei was obviously a chatterbox, and he didn't endure it for long before he spoke again:
"You said that if we explore like this, unless we go close to the base of the Night Clan, it will be difficult to find them if we are a little far away, right?"
"Don't worry. All the warships and spaceships of the exploration team have been temporarily equipped with additional detection tools specifically for the Midnight Clan and the Spirit Clan. Although the light here cannot reach too far, the range of the detection tools can still detect relatively far." Lin Yang explained.
"Oh... okay, then can I just go to sleep? Can you call me when something happens? This is really too boring." Cai Fei said again.
"It's up to you, just don't sleep too deeply." Lin Yang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Haha, thank you, team leader. I will definitely not sleep too deeply." Cai Fei smiled and ran to the lounge.
Lin Yang turned and looked at the main screen.
Whether Cai Fei sleeps or not has no effect on the exploration mission.
Their exploration this time was carried out in groups of warships, and no single person was required to carry out the mission.
It can be said that only one person is needed to monitor the data images fed back by the detector, and the others can be completely dormant.
When you get tired of monitoring, just find someone to take over.
Seeing Cai Fei going to sleep, Lin Yang thought for a moment, then turned to Que Tian and the others and said, "If you feel bored, you can go to sleep first. I will call you if something happens."
As the leader of this group, Lin Yang was of course responsible for the first round of duty.
"Not for now. This is our first time entering an unknown space, and we want to see the many mysteries here." Que Tian shook his head and stared at the images continuously transmitted on the monitor.
Yuan Hao naturally followed Que Tian.
He does whatever Que Tian does.
As for Ding Hui, although he was not talkative, he was watching the surveillance camera screen silently at the side.
Obviously, he is also very curious about everything in the unknown space.
Only Cai Fei didn't care and went to sleep soundly.
Time passed slowly. In fact, in the unknown space, one could not feel the passage of time.
It can even be said that time has no meaning here.
But for Lin Yang and the others, they still need to use time to judge how long they have stayed in the unknown space.
Half a month passed, and the detector did not detect any special images.
It was almost completely dark.
People watching it feel drowsy.
“This is too boring.”
Yuan Hao began to feel a little bit unbearable and simply went into hibernation.
Although Que Tian and Ding Hui are still holding on, it can be seen from their expressions that their initial curiosity about the unknown space has completely disappeared after more than half a month of exploration.
The same goes for Lin Yang.
However, mediocrity is actually the best state for everyone.
After all, once things start to get unusual, that means something is going to go wrong.
A few more days passed.
Lin Yang planned to take a rest after he had been on duty for a full month.
There is no time limit for this exploration mission, unless the spacecraft runs out of energy or is forced to return, so unless there are any accidents, they will have to stay in the unknown space for a very long time.
Each person is on duty for one month, which is a relatively reasonable time arrangement.
We are not ordinary people, so there won’t be any big problems if we work on duty for a month.
However, just a few days before Lin Yang had been on duty for a full month, some alarms suddenly sounded from the warship's detection system. Soon after, the monitors transmitted back some images that were different from the past.
A huge stone statue appeared in the picture.
The statue was so large that it was beyond the monitoring range of the detector, and only one toe of the statue was captured.
But this also made Lin Yang and others instantly excited!
Lin Yang directly woke up Cai Fei and Yuan Hao and asked them to come and watch.
"It's the mysterious statue recorded in the alliance intelligence!"
Cai Fei became excited again.
"It is said that some of these statues are as big as a small universe. Although the one in front of me doesn't look that big, it must be bigger than a large galaxy. Otherwise, we can only see an area as big as a toe each time."
The battleship's monitoring system is so powerful.
Even a super-large planet can be photographed in its entirety.
But now, the images transmitted back every time are only as big as the toes.
This is enough to show that this statue is also extremely large.
Lin Yang also stared at the screen.
Although he had seen some related images when Song Qingfeng showed him the intelligence before, to be honest, they were not as shocking as what he saw now.
It was an indescribable shock.
One toe is larger than several large stars!
This is something that is hard to imagine until you see it with your own eyes!
"Suzaku, get a little closer and shoot, and try to send back as complete images as possible."
Lin Yang spoke and asked the battleship's intelligent system to temporarily stop cruising. He wanted to see the statue as completely as possible.
Que Tian and the others naturally had no objection, because they wanted to see it too.
According to the records of the Human Alliance, although these statues are oddly large, they are actually not dangerous, so you can stop and take a look.
After the cruise mode ended and shooting was prioritized, the images Lin Yang and his team could see became slightly clearer.
Now, through the picture, everyone could see that the surface of the sculpture seemed to have been sculpted in gold.
Although it is mottled, it is still recognizable.
This made Lin Yang and the others look at each other in confusion.
"Could this sculpture be man-made?"
A terrifying thought popped up in everyone's mind.
This strange and boundless statue looks like it was carved by humans and is even coated with a layer of gold.
This is really incredible.
"Wait a minute, the records of the statues in the alliance don't seem to show that any statues have been plated with gold!"
Suddenly, Que Tian spoke with a serious expression.
These words made Lin Yang's heart jump, and he couldn't help but ask: "Quetian, do you mean that this statue may be discovered for the first time?"
"Probably!"
Que Tian nodded, narrowed his eyes, and watched carefully again, saying:
"Although we thought the statues might be man-made before, there was no further evidence. After all, the uncanny craftsmanship of nature is sometimes hard to imagine. Perhaps this kind of stone carving could appear under the operation of some natural laws, but now this statue actually has obvious traces of gold plating, which further proves that these statues are indeed very likely to be man-made. We may have discovered new statues and new evidence!"
"This... then won't we make a lot of contribution?"
Cai Fei became even more excited.
The discovery of statues that had never been recorded before and the discovery of more sufficient evidence are definitely a great achievement.
"We need to make further records for comparison." Lin Yang was also quite surprised, and then let Suzaku move closer again.
Although the primary goal is to explore the Dark Night Clan, discovering new things is naturally not something that can be ignored.
As the warships continued to get closer and closer for filming, the full picture of the current statue was revealed more and more.
As more and more of the statue's full appearance was revealed, Lin Yang's expression became more and more solemn.
Because the traces of mottled gold plating become more and more obvious.
Even when the chest of the statue was photographed, there was a huge word "Zhen" in the center of the heart.
It is an ancient seal script.
But Lin Yang still recognized him at a glance.
"town?"
Que Tian and the others also saw these words and frowned.
If the mottled traces of gold plating are not enough to completely prove that the statue was made by human hands, then when the word "Zhen" appears, it can be 100% certain that the sculpture is indeed man-made.
This shocked everyone, and they looked at each other, with the same thought in their minds.
That is--
"What kind of horrible existence could carve a statue that is larger than a large galaxy?"
Cai Fei murmured.
Ding Hui, who had not said much, couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Not only that, if it can be proven that these statues were made by human hands, then wouldn't the existence of those statues that are larger than small universes be even more terrifying?"
As the two spoke, the battleship fell into a brief silence.
After a moment, Que Tian stared at the word "Zhen" and suddenly broke the silence and said:
"I think what we should consider first now is not how terrifying the existence of the carved stone statue is, but what exactly does the word 'zhen' mean? Is it suppressing something, or is it just written casually?"
"Quetian, what you mean is..." Cai Fei and others' faces changed.
"Team Leader, I think we need to share something with each other, what do you think?"
Que Tian did not answer, but looked at Lin Yang.
Lin Yang's eyes moved slightly, and he also looked at Que Tian. After a moment, he smiled slightly:
"Just to my liking."
(End of this chapter)
