Federation Galaxy - the thirteenth galaxy.

Major Seale, who was sitting in the main control room of the patrol ship, felt inexplicably anxious.

He didn't know where this feeling came from. It was like he had forgotten something very important, and there was a voice in his heart telling him that he must remember it immediately. However, no matter how he recalled and thought about it, he didn't understand what he had overlooked.

But he didn't dare to ignore this anxiety - this was a sharp intuition developed by a well-trained soldier after long-term training. Moreover, the current 13th Galaxy was no longer as peaceful as it was a year ago. Since they discovered that there were signs of the revival of the "Devil" in the depths of the 13th Galaxy a year ago, their patrol intensity and vigilance had increased a lot, and they dared not let go of any abnormal situation easily.

Frowning slightly, Major Seale called up all the data on the route from the beginning of their patrol to the present and examined it carefully.

However, no abnormalities were found during this inspection, and the fluctuations in some magnetic field data were all within the normal range. At this time, the subordinates also came to report and asked whether they could start returning.

"Don't return for now." Major Seale ordered, "Continue to patrol in depth."

The subordinate was stunned for a moment, but the superior's order was absolute. Moreover, it was not uncommon to change the patrol route when abnormalities were discovered - although according to the information obtained from the pilot, everything was normal during this patrol - the subordinate took the order and left. The patrol ship immediately corrected its route and continued to move forward.

After sailing for more than an hour, the subordinates came to ask whether to end the patrol - the 13th galaxy is a dangerous galaxy that has not been fully explored, not to mention the influence of the "Devil", so general routine patrol missions will not go too deep into the galaxy.

Xier understood his subordinates' concerns and knew that it was time to return, but when he spoke, he still said -

"keep going."

"Sir, the current distance has exceeded the maximum assistance range of the federal base. Going deeper will be extremely risky!" The subordinate couldn't help but remind him.

Of course Xier understood this principle, but for some reason, he just wanted to take a deeper look today.

After a moment of contemplation, Xier turned his head to look at the route map on the screen and pointed to an area ahead of the route.

"We will return after reaching this asteroid belt."

Seeing that the commander was determined to do so, the subordinates had no choice but to do as he was told. Fortunately, the asteroid belt was not far from their current location, and it was only about ten minutes away. As long as they drove carefully, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Five minutes later, an alarm sounded in the control room of the aircraft carrier, and at the same time, the nervous voice of the pilot in front was heard.

"Report to the commander, an abnormal magnetic field has been detected ahead!"

"There is a suspected black hole area!"

The relevant information was immediately transmitted to Sill's console, including not only data information but also images of the front. The area where the black hole was suspected to appear was at the other end of the asteroid belt. There would be no danger as long as it was avoided in time. However, when Sill compared the monitoring data and images, he suddenly discovered that there was a strange magnetic field heat source not far from the black hole.

"What's that over there?"

The image immediately focused and zoomed in. When the latest picture was transmitted to the large screen of the console, everyone was stunned - that thing floating in the asteroid belt, which was thought to be a large piece of rubble, actually... seemed to be a spacecraft? ?

Moreover, it looked very new, not like one of those old scrapped aircraft floating like a ghost in the turbulence of the universe. It just seemed to have lost power and was slowly drifting towards that side under the attraction of the black hole's magnetic field.

It's so weird.

How could a spacecraft from outside appear in such a place? You should know that since the "Demon King Incident", the 13th Galaxy has been completely blocked by the Joint Military Department of the Federation Galaxy. Not to mention entering this galaxy through normal means, even if you make an interstellar jump, you will definitely not escape the military's monitoring. How did this aircraft sneak in? ?

Everyone immediately looked at their superiors, and Major Seale gave the order quickly without hesitation.

"Intercept it." He said seriously.

"At the same time, contact patrol ships in other locations and request support!"

***

Ke Jin felt like he had slept for a very long time.

This feeling was really strange, just like a nightmare, his consciousness was awake, but his body was still asleep. He could hear a noisy noise in his ears, and it seemed that someone was calling his name, but he couldn't open his eyes no matter what.

His head felt dizzy and his body felt heavy, as if he was sinking in the water. Although he tried hard to swim upstream, there was always an invisible force dragging him down. He didn't know how long he had been in this state of confusion. The chaotic sounds in his ears gradually disappeared, and the surroundings became quiet. Ke Jin was no longer half asleep and half awake, and finally fell into a deep and peaceful sleep.

When his consciousness regained consciousness, the heaviness that lingered on his body was gone. Just like every morning after waking up, Ke Jin opened his eyes easily and saw an unfamiliar room.

This is a very small single room. There are curtains on the windows against the wall, and sunlight pours in through the gaps in the curtains. It is obviously daytime now.

There was a simple little cabinet on the left side of the bed, and on the right side of the bed was a strange instrument. Ke Jin was stunned for a long while before realizing that his injured right shoulder had been carefully bandaged, and there were a few needle-like things inserted in the wound, and their tails were all connected to transparent crystal tubes, leading to the instrument.

…Is this a medical device?

He looked down at his clothes. This was not the casual outfit he wore on the plane, but a loose blue striped gown, a bit like a hospital gown.

Am I in the hospital? Is this... a single room?

Just as Ke Jin was wondering, the half-closed door was suddenly pushed open. A strange woman whom Ke Jin had never seen before poked her head in and took a look. She found that Ke Jin was looking at her blankly, and immediately exclaimed in surprise.

"Ah! You finally woke up?"

"You are...?" After Ke Jin opened his mouth, he found that his throat was very dry and it was difficult for him to speak a complete sentence smoothly.

The woman had already run out. After a while, she and several doctors in white coats came in one after another. They checked the data on the instrument and gave Ke Jin some other tests. During this time, Ke Jin wanted to ask questions but was kindly stopped by the nurse.

"You are still very weak, don't rush to talk," she said, "wait until the examination is finished."

So Ke Jin had no choice but to accept the examination and had several tubes of blood drawn. After the wound was re-bandaged, the doctors left one after another. The female nurse brought Ke Jin a cup of medicine. After Ke Jin drank it, he immediately felt his throat refreshed and his originally weak body seemed to have strength again.

"Where is this?" Ke Jin immediately asked the question that concerned him the most, "I remember I was on a plane before, and..."

"And your plane was hijacked." The nurse answered skillfully. She had answered similar questions many times in recent days. "Don't worry, you are safe now. Although I don't know how those robbers jumped into the 13th star system, you are really lucky to have encountered a military patrol ship inspecting that area. I heard that if it was a little later, your plane might have been swallowed by the black hole, and everyone on board would have died."

Ke Jin was stunned after hearing this - so many things happened while he was in a deep sleep?

After further questioning and conversation, Ke Jin finally understood the whole story.

At that time, in order to avoid pursuit by interstellar patrol ships, their aircraft was forced to make two interstellar jumps in a short period of time. Perhaps something went wrong, or perhaps it was just a coincidence, but they actually jumped into the 13th galaxy that had been tightly sealed off from the outside world.

It would have been bad enough if they had accidentally entered this unexplored and dangerous galaxy, but they were also unlucky enough to jump near a black hole area. The continuous jumps brought great pressure to the aircraft, and the power system stopped working at one point, making it impossible for the aircraft to immediately leave this dangerous area. They could only watch as they were dragged towards the black hole little by little.

A miraculous turn of events happened at this time - a patrol ship that was supposed to return home changed its route and accidentally discovered the plane floating alone in the asteroid belt. The officer of the patrol ship acted decisively and successfully intercepted the plane before it was completely dragged into the center of the black hole.

What happened next was very simple: after the plane was towed back to the military base, the military personnel who boarded the plane to investigate quickly discovered the fact that the plane had been hijacked. Due to the special blockade of the 13th Galaxy, all the members of the Shadow Hunting Mercenaries were unable to escape by conventional means and were caught red-handed by the military. In order to find out how they broke through the blockade and entered the 13th Galaxy, all of them were locked up and will face long-term investigation and interrogation in the future.

As for the other innocent passengers on the plane, some of them were affected by the interstellar jump and fell into a coma like Ke Jin, but they soon woke up one after another. Only Ke Jin was the only one who, perhaps because of excessive blood loss from a right shoulder injury, has been unconscious until now, becoming the last person to wake up among this group of passengers.

Ke Jin was not in the military base, but on a small satellite next to the planet where the military was stationed. This small planet was called Mobis, with a very small population and was very desolate. This hospital was the only hospital on the planet, and it was built with the help of the military. The nurse was called Bisi, and she was originally a medical worker in the military base. She was temporarily transferred here to help take care of this group of unlucky passengers who suddenly appeared.

"Although your vital signs are normal at the moment, it's better to observe you for a few more days just to be on the safe side." Nurse Biss glanced at the wall clock while speaking. "We have already informed your friend that you have woken up. If he can catch the 10 o'clock bus, you should be able to see him before lunch."

Ke Jin was stunned for a moment.

My friend?

His first reaction was his friends on the Blue Planet, but didn’t Bisi say that the 13th Galaxy was completely closed to the outside world and it would be difficult for outsiders to enter without the approval and permission of the military?

He expressed his doubts to Bisi, who was stunned for a moment and then laughed.

"Of course he's not from another planet," she said. "The friend I'm talking about is a local aboriginal."