Chapter 538 Triple Killing

Moshu stared blankly at the shocking scene in the holographic interface, and the tiny black and white hairs on his body stood up clearly. From a distance, he looked like a black and white ball.

Before coming to the node universe, he had been in charge of more than one star gate. In a sense, he was also a veteran worker.

But even so, in his memory, he had never encountered a scene where a Genesis Fortress emerged from a branch star gate.

The reason is very simple.

On the one hand, the scale of the Genesis Fortress itself is too large.

Moreover, special function ships like the Genesis Fortress, which do not have much immediate combat power, are usually surrounded by a considerable scale of integrated fleets.

The size of the body, which is often calculated in light years, coupled with the equally large human fleet, is destined to be difficult for it to take the normal starship channel.

On the other hand.

In the pan-universe, 80% of the star gates are actually branch star gates. Compared with the central star gates of the main universe and the main star gates of each key node, the scale and carrying capacity of these branch star gates are very limited.

In order to allow the Genesis Fortress and its integrated fleet to pass normally, all routine transportation tasks must be stopped, which will naturally involve various aspects of the matter - who knows whether some high-priority things will be mixed into those routine transportation tasks, such as the scientific research transportation tasks of the Academy of Sciences...

If the above are all objective reasons, there is actually an extremely important "subjective" reason.

The "working" area of ​​the Genesis Fortress is mainly in the frontier areas of the pan-universe, where there are often no infrastructure, let alone branch star gates.

Instead of making thankless star gate transfers again and again, it is better to use the phase engine to "cross" the hyperspace membrane directly.

"Yes."

Wang Jing's voice came from the communication link that had not yet been cut off, pulling the contemplative Mashu back to reality: "This is a Genesis Fortress temporarily transferred from the main universe, and the other Genesis Fortresses are still on the way."

It was not until then that Mashu realized a strange phenomenon - the star gate only received the jump request from the Genesis Fortress, and the integrated fleet that was supposed to surround the Genesis Fortress did not follow it into the star gate.

"Node universe..."

Mashu swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously, "What happened?"

"I guess so." In the communication interface, Wang Jing looked down at the many parameters in front of him and responded casually, "According to the current situation, the node universe may be an unstable bomb."

"Explode, explode... bomb?!"

"The universe bubble will explode?!" A flash of shock flashed in Mashu's round black eyes, "Also, there is such a thing? This thing... How big is the explosion range?"

"According to the calculation results of the central mastermind, it is conservatively estimated that it will affect most of the pan-universe."

"?!"

Hearing Wang Jing's answer, Mashu felt that he was not well.

So, he has been working next to a bomb of this scale?

Mashu wanted to continue asking, but looking at Wang Jing's unusually solemn expression, he could only silently swallow the uneasiness and panic at the tip of his mouth.

The whole jump process did not take much time. After a short wait, a series of prompt messages popped up on the holographic control panel in front of Mashu.

[The target has successfully entered the Stargate universe. ]

[The Stargate is working normally, and the current output power: 1%. 】

【The Stargate is closing...】

【The one-way blockade of the pan-universe data transmission channel has been successfully implemented. 】

【...】

Looking at Wang Jing, whose mind was still immersed in various complex data, Moshu hesitated for a moment, lowered his voice and reminded: "... Academician Wang, the jump is complete."

"Huh?"

"Oh... You mean the Genesis Fortress..." Wang Jing raised her head and glanced quickly, then turned her attention back to the data that others could not understand at all. She waved her hand casually, "Don't worry, the fortress will leave the Stargate Universe soon."

"My signal is a bit bad here. I'd like to borrow the signal transfer interface of the Stargate Tower temporarily. Is that okay?"

Moshu nodded with a bitter face.

Can he refuse? Does he dare to refuse?

...

More than ten minutes later.

Under Moshu's gaze, the Genesis Fortress, which was 50 light years in size, quietly transformed into a super-three-dimensional gray shadow with a blurred shape.

It upgraded its dimension.

The gray shadow quickly swept across the starry sky, and then completely disappeared in the dim universe with only the Stargate as a light source.

"Attention, all units."

Wang Jing took a deep breath and gave an order with a solemn look: "Start the Genesis unit and prepare to cut the cosmic membrane."

"The cutting area has been successfully uploaded to the shipboard main brain."

Moshu, who was huddled in the control room of the stargate tower, looked at Wang Jing in shock.

As the stargate controller of the node universe, he naturally knew the special features of the node universe - the cosmic membrane was extremely tough, and its structure was also extremely complex, which directly led to the delay in the Human Union Fleet's formal landing on the cosmic bubble in the past.

In order to ensure the safety of the node universe and not to alert the enemy, the Human Union has been conducting conservative research on it, but now it has suddenly used such a tough cutting method.

Thinking of Wang Jing's previous mention of the "cosmic bubble bomb", Moshu's heart suddenly moved.

Could it be that...

the problem lies with the cosmic membrane?

As this thought flashed through his mind, the Genesis Fortress, which was already hovering on the periphery of the node universe, had already taken action.

Buzz!

The artificial singularity produced by the dimensionality reduction began to vibrate violently. Under the precise control of the Genesis Fortress, the strings of special frequencies turned into a scalpel invisible to the naked eye, slowly stretching towards the thin cosmic membrane in front.

This was a cosmic-level operation.

Thanks to Wang Jing, Moshu also successfully witnessed this grand scene that others had no chance to see.

He stared with wide eyes, staring at the real-time image after the secondary transfer in the holographic interface - in the bizarre natural order field, a cosmic bubble embedded in the hyperspace membrane, like a crystal clear water drop, suddenly had a shallow dent.

For the universe itself, this dent is not big.

But for the civilization in the universe, this inconspicuous dent is enough to easily swallow a medium-sized river system!

This is the lethality exclusive to the five-dimensional level.

As long as the operator of the Genesis Fortress makes a small mistake, a river system-level civilization mass extinction event will occur in the node universe!

[Output power: 20%. ]

The output power gradually increased, and the shallow dent became more and more obvious.

Looking at the scene in the holographic interface, Mochi couldn't help but take a breath.

Although he had never seen the scene of Genesis Fortress cutting the cosmic membrane, as the controller of the stargate, he knew one thing very well - in front of Genesis Fortress, the cosmic membrane was just a big bubble that would break at a touch.

Being able to withstand 20% of the output of the sub-flagship Genesis Fortress...

the strength of this thing is higher than the hyperspace membrane!

"Oh my..." Looking at the output power that was still slowly rising, Mochi suddenly felt his scalp tingling, "This damn, where did this monster come from..."

Puff.

As soon as the voice fell, the dent that spanned tens of thousands of light years quietly broke.

A deep crack suddenly appeared on the smooth cosmic membrane.

Just like a balloon that was blown up and then cut open with a small hole, countless microscopic particles gushed out from the crack.

Although Wang Jing specially chose a relatively open area to conduct the experiment, accidental injuries were unavoidable. Some of these particles were floating particles in the starry sky, while others were condensed into clusters of various celestial bodies, including stars, planets, and even... possibly some unlucky planets with life.

Under high-speed friction, these particle clusters produced an effect similar to that of a black hole accretion disk.

Streamers flashing with golden and red light were ejected from the cracks, and then quickly fell back under the influence of the cosmic bubble's own gravity, and finally scattered on the intact cosmic membrane around it, forming a temporary particle barrier with a faint luster.

"Drip-drip-drip-"

Just as Mochi was immersed in this gorgeous scene, a piercing alarm sounded without warning in the control room of the Star Gate Tower!

"Warning!!"

The previously lively electronic synthesized voice became extremely stiff at this moment: "Unknown data attack detected!"

"Abnormal logic error occurred in the secondary control block!!"

"Warning! Firewall failed! Warning! Abnormal logic error occurred in the primary block!!"

"Fuck!"

Moshu screamed in a shrill voice and jumped towards the circular control console in front of him.

He didn't have time to think about it, and quickly stretched out his claws and quickly dialed the virtual buttons in the holographic panel.

"Master brain, force restart the abnormal block!"

There was no response.

"Damn! How can this thing crash again?!"

Something happened!

What if the core control center of the star gate is out of control...

Looking at the control blocks that are falling rapidly, Moshu suddenly felt a thin layer of cold sweat seeping out of his palms.

"Cut it all off! Cut off all the data exchange channels between the core block and the outside world!!"

"Quick!"

Wang Jing's distorted voice came from the shaky communication link. Moshu shuddered and subconsciously pulled down the emergency button on the side of the console.

Boom!!!

A slight vibration came from the control tower under his feet. Outside the porthole, the brightly lit star gate quickly dimmed from the end of his sight.

In the end, only the star ring of the star gate and the control tower facing it were still emitting a faint light in the dim little universe.

The alarms that came one after another slowly stopped.

Mashu looked at the dense red warning pop-up windows on the console with tears in his eyes: "Academician Wang, this..."

"Don't worry about your star gate for now." Wang Jing interrupted Mashu with a gloomy face, "Genesis Fortress has also had problems!"

Mashu was startled and subconsciously looked up at the holographic interface that he had ignored.

Just as Wang Jing said.

The situation at Genesis Fortress is much worse than that at the star gate tower!

Crackling! Crackling!

Under the gaze of Mashu and Wang Jing, a series of dark blue arcs extended from the tip of the front half of the cone of Genesis Fortress, like a dragon swimming across the surface of the fortress, and quickly spread to the entire fortress.

Wherever the electric arc reaches, all the mechanical equipment inside the fortress is in a downtime state!

"This... what is going on..."

Mochi asked in a trembling voice.

"High-intensity polluted information flow." Wang Jing's face was a little ugly, "Chen Fan was right, the cosmic membrane of the node universe is also mixed with this kind of polluted information flow..."

Hearing the familiar name, Mochi's ears moved slightly.

In the holographic interface, the streams of blue electric arcs finally stagnated after covering nearly a quarter of the Genesis Fortress.

They were like encountering a barrier that was invisible to the naked eye, and completely stopped on the surface of the fortress.

"Fortunately..."

Wang Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

She raised her hand and gently wiped away the sporadic cold sweat on her forehead: "The information barrier was successfully activated..."

Information barrier?

What kind of technology is this?

Mochi's ears moved again, and the doubts in his eyes became more and more intense.

Why does it feel like...

the Human Union suddenly has a bunch of technologies that he has never heard of?

In the distance.

As the Genesis Fortress was forced to stop cutting, without the interference of external forces, the self-repair ability of the cosmic membrane finally began to take effect.

The small gap that stretched for tens of thousands of light years gradually shortened.

In just a few minutes, the node universe bubble returned to its original smooth state.

"Okay, the experiment is over."

In the communication interface, Wang Jing hurriedly stood up from her seat: "Mahjong, the aftermath of the star gate is left to you."

Mahjong stood in the spacious control room, staring blankly at the communication interface that had been unilaterally cut off, then looked at the control panel with a full screen of red, and finally looked at the Genesis Fortress that was staying outside the node universe and didn't know whether it was alive or dead.

"...Ah??!"

...

Anti-universe.

"The test results are out."

Under Chen Fan's gaze, Wang Jing looked extremely serious: "You guessed right, there are indeed a lot of polluted information flows hidden in the cosmic membrane of the node universe."

"And..."

"From the test results, its intensity is even far greater than the anti-universe bubble."

"Although only a small cut was made in the cosmic membrane, the polluted information flow that escaped from it almost caused the Genesis Fortress and the Stargate Hub to crash at the same time."

Chen Fan calmed down and asked: "The problem of the macro channel..."

"It is not clear what the macro channel affects the cosmic bubble." Wang Jing shook her head, "The Academy of Sciences is conducting a comprehensive analysis."

"But one thing is certain."

"If the node universe and the anti-universe bubble collapse at the same time, the polluted information flow released will be enough to complete a blanket strike on more than 60% of the territory of the Human Union!"

A breath of air was suddenly heard in the investigator starship.

60% of the territory, what the hell is this concept?

Simply put, if this one goes down, the Human Union is probably ruined.

Beside him, from under the slightly swaying wide hood came Isa's timid voice: "Academician Wang, if you say so..."

"The combination of the node universe bubble and the anti-universe bubble will become a time bomb specifically targeting the Human Union, won't it?"

The moment the words fell, Chen Fan and Wang Jing's pupils suddenly dilated.

"Yeah..."

Chen Fan's voice was a little trembling: "The cosmic membrane of the anti-universe bubble is not tough enough. Once an external invasion occurs, it will undergo irreversible collapse."

"It's like a fuse, indirectly detonating the node universe inside the territory of the Human Union."

"And..." Wang Jing took over Chen Fan's words, "According to the report of the TE913 research vessel, the node universe drilled out from the inside of the cosmic membrane..."

Chen Fan shuddered, and his voice became more ethereal: "In other words..."

"As long as the Human Union discovers the node universe, as long as the Human Union explores it, as long as the Human Union tries to land by force, it is possible to trigger this bomb."

"Even if they don't land by force, the invasion of the anti-universe by the Apophis Scorpion may also trigger this bomb."

"No, it's not over yet!"

The chill behind Chen Fan became even worse: "There is one more thing, even if the Human Union does not forcibly land in the node universe, the ghost fleet will guide the Human Union into the anti-universe, thereby triggering this bomb!"

"This is a triple kill game against the Human Union..."

"Enemy..."

"Even the ghost fleet from the future is taken into account!"

Chen Fan's murmur echoed in the cockpit of the Investigator Starship:

"Who exactly is the enemy?"

(End of this chapter)