Chapter 290 Free Trade Market
Chen Fan stared at Song Ziliang's receding back in a daze, and his eyes twitched slightly.
No, he's leaving now?
What about the ghost fleet?
Thinking of the final destruction mentioned in the ghost song, Chen Fan suddenly felt a chill on his back, and then shuddered violently.
This thing...
shouldn't fall on his head?
In addition--
"Wait!!!"
Chen Fan seemed to remember something and shouted loudly: "Academician Song, I have one more thing!! "
Song Ziliang's footsteps suddenly paused, and turned to look at the inter-universe communication interface that had not yet terminated.
"Academician Song..."
Seeing Song Ziliang looking at him again, a glimmer of light flashed in Chen Fan's eyes: "Has the Academy of Sciences completely completed the analysis of the structure of this universe bubble?"
When asking this question, Chen Fan's mind had already emerged with the scene of the Human Alliance Fleet being teleported into the EL13697101 universe through the star gate-he remembered very clearly that due to the problem of the universe bubble structure, the Human Alliance could only transmit some small starships to this universe before, and it was basically impossible to involve the large-scale transmission of Human Alliance warships.
"Oh, not yet."
Song Ziliang honestly gave an answer that made Chen Fan's eyes go dark: "But thanks to the large amount of early observation data of cosmic bubbles brought back by the TE913 research vessel, the Academy of Sciences has made good progress in the research of cosmic bubble structure."
"Then the analysis work is still not completed?!"
Chen Fan felt bad: "Then what you just told me about calling people..."
"So you are just empty promises to me again?"
"Huh?" Song Ziliang raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Fan in surprise, "Did I say this before?"
Chen Fan: "6."
"Cough..." As if recalling the words he had just blurted out, Song Ziliang coughed awkwardly, "Since you mentioned it, let me briefly tell you."
"I don't know if you have noticed the human fleet in the Stargate Universe."
Seeing Chen Fan nod, Song Ziliang continued: "In fact, if the consequences are not considered, the human fleet can actually enter this universe at any time."
"...What, what do you mean?"
Chen Fan looked at the communication interface in front of him in doubt. No one has ever told him this news!
"Literally." Song Ziliang shrugged. "The fleet can rely on [Genesis] to forcibly destroy the cosmic membrane structure and enter the EL13697101 universe."
"But this is an irreversible process."
"Once the integrity of the cosmic membrane is destroyed, it will enter an irreversible process of self-disintegration."
"In other words, if the Human United Fleet forcibly enters, it will cause the universe bubble you are in to quickly disappear, and the civilization inside it will naturally become extinct."
Chen Fan swallowed and scratched his head embarrassedly: "This... I'm afraid it's not a good idea?"
"On the other hand, in addition to structural problems, the nature of the EL13697101 universe is also quite special. As a universe closely related to broadcast civilization and dangerous technology, the Academy of Sciences and the Administration hope to obtain enough information from it."
Song Ziliang's voice continued: "A rash action by the Human United Fleet is likely to alert the enemy. This is not the scene that the Academy of Sciences and the Administration want to see."
"The cross-universe transfer process of investigators I mentioned to you just now is based on this."
Song Ziliang smiled with a relaxed expression: "Although large-scale settlement is not possible, small-scale smuggling is still no problem."
"As for the war between the two level seven civilizations you mentioned..."
"What's the big deal?"
Song Ziliang waved his hand nonchalantly: "The research work on the cosmic membrane structure has made considerable progress recently. It shouldn't be a big problem to deploy a small warship."
...
The inter-universe communication was hung up.
Chen Fan's heart finally died.
According to Song Ziliang's words, he should not be able to see the scene of the human fleet sweeping everything.
In other words, his hard work of investigation has to continue.
Chen Fan sighed for a long time and casually controlled the [Varilla] to rush towards the Swamp Fleet that was anchored in the distance.
There was no time to mourn for the human fleet. What was about to arrive was the arduous maintenance work of hundreds of starships!
"Brother Fan, look at it more openly."
Looking at Chen Fan's listless appearance, Gao Yuan said cheerfully: "Maybe the final destruction will appear in this universe?"
"Then the human fleet will have to enter the scene on a large scale..."
Chen Fan shuddered violently.
He glared at Gao Yuan on his left, and shouted in unison with Isa on the other side: "Shut up!"
If the large-scale entry of the Human Fleet means that the situation is completely out of control, then he would rather do some hard investigation work - at least it won't cost him his life!
Who would want to work hard all day when they can just slack off? ! Is
n't this asking for trouble!
Having said that, when thinking of the mysterious ghost fleet that quietly disappeared in the starry sky and the moving ghost song, Chen Fan couldn't help but have a bad idea in his mind.
Want to slack off in this cosmic bubble...
This seems a bit difficult!
...
A week later.
With the joint efforts of the maintenance robots and the engineers of the Swamp Abyss, the maintenance work of the Swamp Abyss fleet has entered the final stage.
As for the [Varilla]...
Thanks to the efforts of the onboard robots, all repairs were completed on the day of the accident.
While waiting for the repairs from the Swamp Fleet, Chen Fan piloted the Varela to travel around the surrounding star fields for a few rounds, trying to find the cause of the wormhole collapse.
But...
the results of the investigation were not very ideal.
There were only some level 4 and level 3 civilizations in the surrounding star fields. These low-level civilizations that had not yet mastered the Grand Unified Theory could never be the culprit for the wormhole collapse.
After eliminating the interference from the surrounding star fields, Chen Fan could only take the risk of opening the wormhole again - unlike before, this wormhole jump did not bring the Swamp Fleet.
After all, the [Varilla] can easily resist the collapse of a small wormhole, but the Swamp Fleet cannot.
The wormhole jump did not encounter any interference, and the [Varilla] successfully arrived at the empty star field outside the Bray galaxy.
The wormhole collapse incident encountered before seemed like an illusion.
In order to ensure safety, after the first wormhole jump was successful, Chen Fan performed several wormhole jumps without stopping.
Without exception, every wormhole jump was a complete success.
The stability of the wormhole that had been running up and down like an electrocardiogram before was now like dead, and it was maintained at 100% without any waves.
The unknown interference source disappeared.
After returning to the vicinity of the Swamp Fleet, Chen Fan frowned and thought about the reason while checking the power recovery of the Swamp Fleet.
"Could it be..."
Thinking of the fleet's experience after the emergency landing, a thought emerged in Chen Fan's mind: "The cause of the wormhole collapse is the ghost fleet?"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out."
Yi gave a positive answer: "According to the current situation, the ghost fleet, or the process of the ghost fleet's formation, is likely to cause great interference to the wormhole."
"After the ghost fleet disappears, the wormhole jump will return to normal."
Chen Fan silently recorded the conjecture in the mission log, and then sent a communication request to Captain Olaya who had been waiting for a long time.
"Olaya, notify the fleet to prepare to enter the curvature navigation state."
During the words, accompanied by the dazzling light flashing, a wormhole of not large scale appeared in front of the [Varilla].
The fleet continued to advance towards the free trade market of the Bray Alliance!
...
Time passed quickly, two weeks later.
"Yi, how far are we from the free trade market?"
Chen Fan's bored voice sounded in the starship cockpit.
In order to avoid being detected by the advanced civilization near the free trade market, the end point of the wormhole jump is not near the free trade market.
The last section of the journey relies on curvature navigation to cross the domain.
Since the maximum speed of the Swamp Fleet was only 10c, this short journey took two weeks!
Looking at the starry sky outside the porthole without any change, Chen Fan's expression was numb.
The previous idea of riding a starship to travel the starry sky had long been thrown out of the sky. Now Chen Fan only had one idea in his mind-if he had known that this interstellar journey was so boring, he should have put himself in the medical cabin to "freeze"!
"We are about to arrive at the destination."
Yi's voice came from his ear, causing Chen Fan's numb face to fluctuate slightly: "It is expected to arrive at the designated location in 30 minutes."
"Sir Chen Fan!"
Olaya's voice sounded in the communication channel at the same time: "We are here!"
In order to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts, the active detection radar had been turned off, and a large number of signal sources slowly emerged on the interface of the passive radar.
"A recognizable electromagnetic wave signal was detected. Do you want to receive it?"
"Sir Chen Fan, that is the broadcast of the free trade market." Olaya sent a prompt to Chen Fan through the ship's communication channel.
Chen Fan's thoughts moved, and lines of text information began to emerge in the holographic panel in front of him.
[Swamp Civilization, welcome to the Bray Alliance Free Trade Market. ]
[This market adopts the principle of free trade. Except for some prohibited items, all materials can be traded freely. ]
[The following are the rules of the free trade market. Please read carefully...]
[...The final right of interpretation of the above terms belongs to Bray Civilization. ]
Chen Fan quickly glanced at the content of the terms and his eyes stopped at the last line.
Good guy, it's still a unilateral overlord clause.
But...
it's not a problem. After all, Bray Civilization is the only seventh-level civilization in the entire galaxy. These low-level civilizations can only obey his arrangements unconditionally.
Chen Fan laughed dumbly and threw the terms information in the holographic projection aside.
Half an hour passed in a flash.
The true appearance of the free trade market gradually emerged in front of Chen Fan.
This is a large-scale "market" built in the starry sky!
The super-large platforms cast with steel are like floating islands, quietly suspended in the starry sky. Each floating island is equipped with a corresponding protective force field and power device.
The steel floating islands vary in size. The largest ones are even larger than regular rocky planets, while the smaller ones are only a dozen kilometers in size.
There is a certain distance between these floating islands, and each one looks like an independent stall in a "market".
In the gaps between the steel floating islands, starships of different sizes and shapes are slowly moving towards their respective goals.
At the outermost edge of the steel floating islands, huge and strange starships that look like book nails are quietly docked in place.
A faint protective barrier flickers between these uniquely shaped starships.
Like a huge soap bubble, this barrier completely covers the large-scale free trade market.
There is a gap in the center of the barrier.
That is the entrance to the free trade market!
(End of this chapter)
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