Chapter 203 Is the starship broken?
Strictly speaking, the [Varilla] can only be regarded as a "public service ship".
It does not belong to any of the main fleets of the Human Alliance, and accordingly, the investigators of the Dangerous Technology Administration do not belong to the Human Alliance military.
Therefore, the starship equipped by the investigators is naturally not a real war-type starship.
But considering that the investigators need to deal with some civilizations that have mastered dangerous technology, there are still many differences between the investigator starship and the conventional "public service ship".
Needless to say, in terms of attack, for the sake of safety, it is definitely not as good as the war-type starship in the main fleet of the Human Alliance.
As for defense...
In order to prevent accidents from happening to the investigators and to give the investigators enough time to ask for help, the defense performance of each investigator starship is directly pulled to the maximum.
Just like the [Varilla] at this time, even if it was directly attacked by a space rift with a strength of the seventh-level civilization, except that the shield output power instantly pulled out a peak value that quickly fell back, there was no problem with the state of the starship itself.
Looking at the space fluctuation warning information that still had not dissipated in the holographic projection, Chen Fan calmly gave the order to continue to rise.
Today he must find out the truth outside Varela!
So, after an extremely short wait, the speed of the Varela starship, which was protected by layers of shields, climbed again and rushed towards the space outside the synchronous orbit!
Perhaps it was because it noticed the alien Varela, the frequency of space cracks increased rapidly, and a series of jagged, deep black marks that continued to extend outward and spread continuously bombarded the starship's shield.
This also made the shield, which had originally returned to dim, bright again.
In this way, under the continuous bombardment of space cracks, Varela seemed to have turned into a constantly flashing lighthouse in the sky.
...
60,000 kilometers from the surface.
40,000 kilometers is the synchronous orbit of Varela.
Compared with the crowded environment full of low-orbit satellites below 40,000 kilometers, the environment outside the synchronous orbit is obviously much quieter.
Outside the porthole of the starship is a dark and deep starry sky. The starlight from the infinite distance is reflected in Chen Fan's eyes. This is the first time he has witnessed the vast universe with his own eyes.
But there was not much excitement and surprise in his eyes. On the contrary, his brows were furrowed, and his face was full of endless confusion: the starship had already arrived in the deep space outside Varila, but Chen Fan did not see any relics of the Roca civilization around Varila.
And...
this was not the scene he expected.
He turned his head to look at the environment around the starship. A star was hanging in the universe in front of the left side of the Varila.
Relying on the high-precision observation equipment of the starship, he could even clearly see the planets in the star system running normally in their orbits.
Varila behind the starship was an ordinary rocky planet that could not be more ordinary.
All the scenes looked normal-except that the light emitted by this star was a bit pale.
Something was wrong, very wrong.
Let alone the relics of the Roca civilization, how could such a normal sky have such a grand scene of sky change?
There must be something wrong!
Chen Fan thought, and the starship turned its direction and headed towards the pale star in front of the left.
After leaving Varela, the Varela automatically switched to the curvature engine under the control of the starship's main brain, and the travel speed was increased countless times.
A few seconds later.
The distance between the starship and Varela had jumped to 100,000 kilometers.
The problem finally appeared:
the starship...can't fly!
It was quietly hovering in the universe 100,000 kilometers away from the surface of Varela!
Looking at the numbers that suddenly stopped in the holographic projection, Chen Fan's eyes widened suddenly.
What the hell?
The starship is broken? !
This was the first thought that came to his mind.
The second thought: Why didn't the starship main brain send any alarm information?
The third thought: How should he go back? This is fucking space!!
After a short reaction time, he jumped up from his seat and gave instructions to Yi and two assistants: "Quick, check the starship power system!"
"Wo Shi's uncle, the starship seems to be broken!!"
At this moment, Chen Fan felt numb all over.
After a burst of chaos, the voices of Gao Yuan, Isa and Yi came one after another.
"There is no problem with the starship's power system."
"The curvature engine is operating normally."
"..."
Hearing this report, Chen Fan was completely stunned this time.
The starship is not broken, so...
why is the starship not moving?
Before Chen Fan could figure out the answer to this question, another magical scene appeared.
The space in front of the starship was slightly distorted, like a transparent invisible film with some wrinkles, and then a deep jagged black mark "squeezed" from it, and then hit the shield of the [Varilla] with great precision.
Buzz!
As the shield output power instantly increased, the shield around the starship also instantly became brighter.
Is this the source of those space cracks?
So... there is a thin film that is invisible to the naked eye blocking the starship's progress?
In other words, let alone the infinitely distant starry sky, even the stars and planets near Varela were just flowers in the mirror and moons in the water that Chen Fan could not reach! !
"One?"
Chen Fan subconsciously looked at his smart terminal for help.
Damn, this technology was not introduced in the information he had read!
After a moment of silence, the voice of One sounded from the cockpit: "This machine is not clear."
"But this machine can give you a suggestion."
"Hmm?"
"Call someone. This thing is definitely not something you can figure out."
...
A few minutes later.
Space cracks continued to bombard the shield of the [Varilla] tirelessly, and the shield output power curve on the starship's main console turned into an electrocardiogram that fluctuated up and down.
The huge holographic projection in the cockpit clearly showed a rather tacky dial-up interface.
- Call someone.
A "dong" prompt sounded, and Song Ziliang's face appeared in front of Chen Fan.
"Oh, you have already run out of Varela?"
The moment he saw Chen Fan's surroundings clearly, Song Ziliang winked at Chen Fan with a beaming face: "How is it, how does it feel to drive a starship into space?"
"This is recognized as one of the top ten unforgettable moments of investigators. Come on, come on, tell me about your personal experience?"
Perhaps he noticed that Chen Fan's expression was a little solemn, he patted his chest: "Don't worry, the information you reported earlier has attracted the attention of Director Moore, and there are also a batch of new unknown characters. I heard that the Academy of Social Sciences has made some progress."
"I guess, when you solve the problem of this planet, you should be able to be promoted to a formal investigator of level II."
Looking at Song Ziliang's unserious look, Chen Fan pulled the corner of his mouth slightly.
Now he didn't have the heart to chat with Song Ziliang.
Chen Fan ignored Song Ziliang's chattering and straightened his face: "I have a more important question to consult you." "
..."
Song Ziliang's voice stopped abruptly.
Under Chen Fan's gaze, the smile on his face gradually disappeared. He stretched out his hand to push the decorative glasses on his nose. After hesitating for a moment, he whispered: "...Did you blow up Varila?"
Chen Fan: "......?"
God damn, did you blow up Varila!
Stereotype!
This is definitely a stereotype!!
"No, no, no." Chen Fan waved his hands repeatedly, "It's not that serious, but it did use the ship's main gun to fire a few shots at Varila."
"But these are not the point."
Song Ziliang: "......? !! "
This is not the point!
Song Ziliang's face suddenly became horrified: "What did you do?!"
"This is not my problem." Chen Fan stretched out his hand to operate the starship's main console and sent a piece of data to Song Ziliang, "I just encountered a strange phenomenon."
"My starship seems to be trapped near Varila."
With that, Chen Fan briefly reported the current progress of the investigation.
Song Ziliang: "..."
He didn't say anything, but just silently opened the file sent by Chen Fan.
Just one glance, and the expression on his face became serious.
"The curvature engine can't move forward?"
"Have you tried wormhole jump?"
Chen Fan shook his head: "There is a [space-time trap] around Varela."
"The output power of the investigator starship is too small, and the jump cannot be carried out at all. Even the power of the curvature engine has been limited a lot."
"Hiss..." Song Ziliang took a breath of cold air, raised his hand and gently rubbed his temple, "Let me think about it..."
"I do have a guess."
"You may be in a small universe created by the Roca civilization now. The curvature engine cannot break through the edge of the small universe. This situation is normal."
"But the scene in front of you will not appear in the small universe. Those stars and planets that can be seen but not touched... Logically speaking, these things are impossible to appear in the small universe."
After a moment of silence, Song Ziliang stretched out his hand to operate the holographic projection beside him: "Wait a minute, I'll shake someone."
Chen Fan: "......?" It seems
that the tradition of the Lovers' Union is to shake people, right?
After a short wait, the communication on Song Ziliang's side was connected.
Unlike before, this time Song Ziliang's expression was obviously more serious:
"Teacher, I have something to ask you..."
A few minutes later.
Song Ziliang hung up the call with the teacher.
In Chen Fan's expectant eyes, his expression was extremely solemn: "Boy, your information is wrong."
Before Chen Fan could react, Song Ziliang's voice came again:
"The Roca civilization you mentioned is definitely not a level 7 civilization."
"It is at least a level 8 civilization."
Perhaps because he felt that this conclusion was too absolute, Song Ziliang's voice paused slightly: "At least, it has the strength of a level 8 civilization in some special fields."
(End of this chapter)
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