Chapter 448 Half a Planet
At the same time, inside the Xinaluo flagship.
Unlike the investigator starship where Chen Fan was, the interior of the Xinaluo flagship was very quiet at this time.
Whether it was Ophelia or Artesia, every Xinaluo person stared blankly at the broken star system outside the porthole.
This is the mother planet of the Xinaluo civilization and the root of the Xinaluo civilization.
Although she had expected it, Ophelia still felt a pain in her heart when she saw the large number of asteroids scattered around the outer edge of the star system and the several rocky planets that disappeared.
"Queen Ophelia..."
Chen Fan's voice came from the communication channel, attracting Ophelia's attention from the porthole: "...Are you sure that during the defense of the mother planet, the aftermath of the war did not destroy the rocky planets outside the star system?"
Facing Chen Fan's question, Ophelia frowned slightly.
She slowly replied: [The Xinaluo royal family was the last group of people to evacuate the mother planet. Although I was only a candidate for the next queen at that time, I still followed the royal fleet and evacuated the mother planet in the end. ]
[At least, when I left the mother planet, the rocky planets outside the star system were not destroyed. ]
Ophelia paused, and the color of memories in her eyes became more and more intense: [It’s a bit strange. ]
[In the defense of the mother planet at that time, those giant scorpions only attacked the creations of the Xinaluo civilization. ]
Ophelia’s face was a little strange: [So, there have always been rumors in the Xinaluo civilization that those giant scorpions... like to eat the creations of the Xinaluo civilization. ]
In the communication channel, Chen Fan looked at Ophelia with a look of surprise.
"Your Majesty, you have never mentioned such important news before..."
[Important? ] Ophelia was stunned, and it was obvious that she was also shocked by Chen Fan’s words, [Is this news important? 】
Seeing Chen Fan nodding repeatedly, Ophelia smiled a little embarrassedly: [After all, this is just a guess without any factual basis circulated within the Xinaluo civilization, so I didn't take it seriously. 】
In the communication interface, Chen Fan slightly turned sideways and stared at the mother star system that was getting closer and closer outside the porthole.
The asteroid belt covered with gravel became clearer as the distance shortened.
Ophelia's heart moved, and she asked Chen Fan curiously: [Star Envoy, this guess... is related to those rocky planets? 】
Chen Fan nodded to confirm Ophelia's question.
He didn't speak at the first time, but silently looked behind Ophelia.
The wall behind Ophelia was inlaid with gems, and a layer of bright and stable white light appeared on the surface of these gems.
With such a distinct feature, Chen Fan recognized the origin of these gems at a glance-light stones, produced from the mother star of Xinaluo.
[Star Envoy? 】
Ophelia seemed to have noticed that Chen Fan's focus was not on her. She slowly turned her head and looked behind her following Chen Fan's gaze.
After seeing the light stones inlaid on the wall in a special arrangement, Ophelia, who was afraid of being misunderstood by Chen Fan, hurriedly explained: [Sir Star Envoy, these light stones are not decorations. 】
【Because light stones are very sensitive to energy, we have laid them on various technological creations...】
Before she finished speaking, Ophelia seemed to realize something, and the light on her body suddenly paused.
She slightly opened her crimson lips, and her almost perfect face was full of disbelief.
[Sir Star Envoy, do you mean... the giant scorpion is coming for the light stones? 】
Chen Fan did not speak, but just nodded silently.
[This is impossible! 】
Ophelia could no longer remain calm. She stood up from her seat, her beautiful eyes filled with surprise and panic: [Light Stone is a gift from the Star God. How could it be possible...]
"Queen Ophelia, calm down."
Chen Fan pointed to the asteroid belt at the edge of the mother star system: "We have made a full-scale restoration simulation of these asteroids. At present, the giant scorpion does not regard these asteroids as food."
"It is not difficult to guess that the other party's purpose should be to find possible light stones."
As Chen Fan spoke, Ophelia's mind gradually calmed down.
She looked out the window at the mother star system that was getting closer and closer: [What...what is their purpose? ]
Chen Fan shrugged and did not give an accurate answer: "When we get to the mother star of the Xinaluo civilization, maybe we can know the reason."
[Mother star...]
Ophelia's eyebrows were a little sad: [If the giant scorpion's goal is light stone, then our mother star, isn't it...]
Chen Fan's heart tightened.
Let's not talk about anything else, light stone is a resource that Wang Jing has high hopes for! !
If the light stone veins on the Xinaluo mother star are looted... then the research project on material information theory may be postponed again!
"Damn..."
In the communication channel, Chen Fan cursed with an ugly face, and then quickly reached out to adjust the speed of the investigator starship.
Not only the investigator starship.
As early as the moment Chen Fan said the light stone guess, the TE1571 research ship that had been silently following the investigator starship had disappeared in the visible universe!
Short-distance high-dimensional jump! !
Wang Jing, who was concerned about the light stone, directly activated the high-dimensional jump and manipulated the research ship to plunge into the mother star system!
...
In the Xinaluo mother star system.
A shuttle-shaped silver-white starship quietly floated in the empty starry sky.
Buzz...
With the strong space-time fluctuations flashing by, a rounded yellow starship suddenly appeared next to the silver-white shuttle-shaped starship.
"Academician Wang, you are too impatient."
Chen Fan hurriedly shut down the jump engine and complained to Wang Jing in the research ship: "If there are still giant scorpions in this star system, you rush in like this, maybe..."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Fan froze in his place.
"No, no?"
He looked at the scene outside the porthole and swallowed hard: "What the hell is this..."
Half a planet!
Right in front of the investigator starship, a planet with only the northern hemisphere left was quietly running on its orbit.
Under normal circumstances, such a planet would never appear in the universe.
A hemisphere is not a stable shape at all. Under the influence of gravity, this half of the planet will soon become a relatively round and smaller new planet.
But this is not the most eye-catching.
What really surprised Chen Fan was that the other half of this half of the planet - the original southern hemisphere area, suddenly appeared with a dark purple inverted tower!
The inverted tower is cone-shaped as a whole, and the round surface at the bottom just borders the mother planet of Xinaluo.
At first glance, this planet looks like a huge tumbler.
"This... is this the Xinaluo mother planet?"
Chen Fan couldn't believe his eyes. As soon as he came to his senses, he quickly operated the console in front of him, trying to find another planet in the current star field.
"Don't bother."
Wang Jing took a long breath and interrupted Chen Fan's action: "I have confirmed that this is the orbit of Xinaluo's mother planet."
"There is only this planet on the entire orbit."
Hearing Wang Jing's words, Chen Fan slowly stopped his actions and looked at the planetary "tumbler" outside the porthole again.
Until now, he still couldn't believe his eyes: "Is this made by those giant scorpions?"
"Those giant scorpions who are full of eating, killing, killing, can create a technological creation of this scale?"
Yes.
A technological creation.
According to the preliminary detection of the investigator starship, the conical tower hanging upside down under half of the planet was made of dense materials-very similar to the armor composition on the surface of the giant scorpion's body.
Not only that, the interior of this dark purple tower would occasionally light up with flickering black light.
"At least it is an advanced civilization that has mastered dimensional technology."
In the communication interface, Wang Jing lowered her head and operated the console in front of her: "Don't really think of them as simple insects."
"What's more, judging from the previous defensive battle, those giant scorpions have quite high intelligence."
Suddenly, Wang Jing stopped what he was doing, and his face became solemn.
"Academician Wang?"
Chen Fan, who noticed this, asked cautiously: "What did you find?" "
..."
After a moment of silence, Wang Jing responded softly: "I just did a basic scan of this conical tower and the base of the planet below."
"The scan results show that there are very strong energy fluctuations inside this conical tower."
"The energy source is activated dark matter, just like the giant scorpion we have seen."
As he said, Wang Jing raised his hand and called up a holographic interface.
It showed the phantom of the hemispherical base and the inverted tower. Inside the phantom, complex passages intertwined and entangled with each other, eventually forming a series of spiral columns.
On the outer layer of these pillars, there are densely packed egg-shaped phantoms.
The activated dark matter slowly rises from the base of the hemisphere through the spiraling pillars, and finally flows into each slender egg-shaped phantom.
"This is..."
Although the picture in front of him was just an internal image simulated with the help of energy fluctuations, Chen Fan still saw the "identity" of the conical tower at a glance.
"Incubation tower?" Chen Fan looked at the hundreds of millions of egg-shaped phantoms in the holographic interface with horror, and suddenly felt a strong chill rising from his back.
Before this, he thought of various possibilities, but he never thought that these giant scorpions would transform the Xinaluo mother planet into their own incubation base!
"What about the light stone?"
Chen Fan muttered to himself and made a guess: "Does the giant scorpion need the light stone during its hatching process?"
"So they launched an attack on the Xinalo civilization?"
"... This possibility cannot be ruled out." Wang Jing nodded solemnly, "If that's the case, you may have to go into this hatching tower for the light stone."
Chen Fan: "..."
"Me? Go into the hatching tower?"
He glanced at the energy fluctuation simulation diagram covered with long and thin insect eggs again, and then shuddered suddenly.
"Chen Fan..."
Just as Chen Fan was resisting in his heart, Isa behind him timidly pulled at the corner of his clothes.
"Why do I feel..."
"The internal structure of this hatching tower is a little familiar?"
(End of this chapter)
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