Chapter 288 Ghost Fleet!
In the empty starry sky, the huge fleet moved forward quietly without making any noise.
It was like a ghost wandering in the endless starry sky.
Looking at the fleet outside the porthole, this thought suddenly flashed through Chen Fan's mind.
As Isa said before, the starships in this fleet looked a little tattered, with sharp cracks and craters formed by explosions scattered on each starship. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this nameless fleet had just experienced a war of considerable scale!
But...
the dilapidated style of battle damage did not have any effect on the style of this fleet.
The bright and soft light came from the interior of the fleet, like a warm star constantly dispelling the surrounding darkness, and also set off a bit of tragic atmosphere for this battle-damaged fleet.
It was like a giant whale in the deep sea, moving slowly forward on its own, and did not care about an inconspicuous shrimp that suddenly appeared beside it.
"This fleet..."
Chen Fan's expression became solemn after just one glance: "The level of civilization must be high!"
"At least it's a fleet of level 7 or above!"
The Human Union Main Universe gave him a lot of knowledge - the appearance of a starship is directly related to the level of civilization.
A level 3 civilization, no matter how it decorates its starship, can't show that kind of domineering momentum.
This is the heritage of a civilization. Of course, it can also be called the confidence and confidence of a civilization in its own strength.
The fleet in front of him undoubtedly has this kind of unique heritage that only high-level civilizations have.
Talking to himself, Chen Fan lowered his head and glanced at the main console in front of him.
Swish!
The moment he saw the holographic projection of the main console, his face suddenly changed!
The reason is simple.
The active radar array map on the main console...
is still empty!
Just like before, the active radar of the [Varilla] can't detect this large-scale mysterious fleet at all!
Even at this time, the [Varilla] has reached the edge of the fleet!
Chen Fan felt a drop of cold sweat slowly sliding down his forehead.
The radar of the [Varilla] could not detect this fleet. What does this phenomenon mean?
You know, as an investigator starship, the detection system equipped on the [Varilla] is definitely a high-end model of the human union.
A crazy idea flashed through Chen Fan's mind that he was unwilling to admit.
Could it be that...
the technological level of this fleet has far exceeded that of the main civilization of the human union? !
"It's really crazy..."
Chen Fan raised his hand and patted his cheek hard, trying to make himself more sober: "Is this a fleet of level nine... no, level ten civilization?"
Feeling the burning pain in his cheek, Chen Fan raised his head again and looked out the porthole.
That's right, this huge fleet that was not displayed on the radar was still moving slowly forward.
"One..." Chen Fan swallowed hard and asked the smart terminal on his right hand, "Is our radar... broken?"
...
"The active detection system is normal."
A few seconds later, One gave the self-test results.
"Then what's going on?" Chen Fan pointed to the magnificent scene outside the porthole, "Can you see this fleet?"
"In the visible light band, this machine can see this fleet with the help of a pure visual logic module."
Chen Fan couldn't help but frowned: "Visible light band? You mean..."
Before the voice fell, dense detection data had already appeared on the main console.
"This machine just asked the shipborne main brain to conduct a full-scale detection of this fleet." Yi's voice was rarely confused: "The test results show that except for the visible light band, there is no form of detection method to observe this fleet."
"The other party doesn't even have a gravitational effect, and the surrounding space-time field is also very calm."
"Simply put, this fleet is like a..."
Yi's voice paused slightly: "Mirage."
"Mirage?!"
Chen Fan raised his eyebrows. He was not unfamiliar with this thing. To put it bluntly, it is just an optical phenomenon formed by the refraction and total reflection of light.
From the appearance, the mirage is like a phantom in the air, which cannot be touched and can only be observed with the naked eye.
Chen Fan understood what Yi meant: "You mean... this fleet has no entity, it's just a projection?"
"In theory, that's right." Yi gave an affirmative answer.
This guess is not difficult to verify.
Chen Fan hesitated for a moment, then reached out and held the joystick in front of him.
The next moment.
The belly hatch of the [Varilla] quietly opened, and several ship-borne drones came out one after another. Amid the exclamations of Isa and Gao Yuan, these ship-borne drones slammed into the huge fleet in the starry sky!
Swish!
Chen Fan's eyes widened slightly, and he looked at the fleet in front of him in shock. The drones penetrated the frigate in front of him without any hindrance and crashed straight into the fleet.
The ship-borne drones flew very fast. Under Yi's control, they quickly wandered around the fleet and then came out from the same position.
The huge fleet did not cause any obstacles to their unscrupulous navigation process.
Yi was right, this was just a phantom without entity.
Like a ghost.
This thought flashed through Chen Fan's mind again.
"Is there a mirage phenomenon in the universe?" He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, unable to help but question.
"...Of course not." Yi was somewhat helpless, "It is impossible to create an environment for the formation of a mirage in a vacuum."
"What's the situation with this fleet?"
"... This machine doesn't know." Yi gave a difficult answer, "There has never been such a case in the Human Union Universe."
Chen Fan frowned and knocked his head: "Strange, there are too many problems with this universe bubble..."
Having said that, after learning this result, Chen Fan still breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it was just a misunderstanding.
If this is really a fleet of a level 10 civilization, then the problem is huge!
"Yi, save all the observation data."
Chen Fan calmed down: "Send it to Academician Song Ziliang together with the mission record. I think he should be interested in this phenomenon."
A communication request flashed in the holographic panel in front of him.
It was Captain Olaya.
Chen Fan's thoughts moved, and the picture on the holographic panel changed rapidly: "Sir Chen Fan, have you found any problems?"
Olaya's face was full of uneasiness. Obviously, the hasty departure of the [Varilla] just now scared the blue-skinned baby fish-the current Swamp Abyss Fleet has completely lost its cruising ability, and Olaya's worry is also normal.
"Nothing, just encountered a strange phenomenon."
Chen Fan said casually, switching the camera to the scene outside the porthole.
To Chen Fan's surprise, when he saw the damaged fleet emitting soft light and moving forward silently, Olaya's eyes widened suddenly.
"This is..."
"Ghost Fleet?!"
Chen Fan was stunned, and then realized something: "You know this fleet?!"
"Well..." Olaya looked at the scene in front of him with amazement, "I just heard of this rumor."
"Rumor?"
"Rumors in the Bray Galaxy." Olaya retracted his amazed eyes, "I heard that many people have encountered ghost fleets in the Bray Galaxy, but because there has been no strong evidence, this rumor has not been confirmed."
Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully.
It seems that this inexplicable fleet projection is still a common phenomenon.
"What does the rumor say?"
Olaya recalled carefully: "... the dilapidated ghost fleet walks in the endless starry sky, trying to confide its suffering to the surviving civilization; any starship that tries to approach the ghost fleet will be dragged into the fleet by the unyielding souls of the ancients, and become the power for the fleet to continue moving forward."
Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly.
What kind of bullshit is this interstellar weird talk...
"That's what the rumor says, of course, not many people believe it." Olaya shrugged and cast his eyes on the slowly moving ghost fleet again.
"Sir Chen Fan, this fleet..."
"It's not clear whether it's a ghost, but it's indeed just a phantom." Chen Fan said in a deep voice, "Except for the visible light band, this fleet cannot be observed in other ways."
Olaya shuddered violently, and his originally calm eyes suddenly revealed a bit of fear: "This, isn't this a ghost fleet?!"
"Chen, Sir Chen Fan, why don't we leave as soon as possible?"
"I'm a little worried..."
Before he finished speaking, the huge fleet outside the porthole had already undergone some special changes.
The soft light released from the fleet began to flicker, and it seemed as if a large signal light was lit in the deep universe.
Although the frequency of the flickering seemed a bit chaotic, Chen Fan still noticed something at the first time.
He frowned suddenly - the frequency of the light flickering seemed a bit familiar! !
"One!"
"Analyze the light flickering pattern immediately!"
As the voice fell, the electronic synthesis voice sounded in the cockpit.
"Identifiable signal detected, signal recognition: AAAAA!"
"Encryption method: Human Union General Type I encryption format!"
...
There was a dead silence in the cockpit.
After a long time, Chen Fan finally came back to his senses and let out a strange cry at the same time: "What did you say?!"
"Human Union General Encryption Format?!"
"One, are you sure there is no mistake?!"
"This machine will not make such a low-level mistake." The electronic synthesis voice continued to come, "This machine is trying to analyze the signal, wait a moment."
Chen Fan sat on the main driving seat behind him, staring at the ghost fleet flashing rapidly outside the porthole with a dazed look.
The situation... began to develop in an uncontrollable direction.
Where did this ghost fleet come from?
Why did it use the information encryption method of the Human Network?
What is the relationship between it and the Human Network?
Countless confusions burst out in Chen Fan's mind.
Dozens of seconds passed quietly.
Under the careful gaze of everyone, the light of the ghost fleet returned to stability again.
(End of this chapter)
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