In the unknown depths of the starry sky, a small spaceship is dodging something at all sorts of tricky angles. Even though there is nothing behind it but the starry sky, the spaceship is flying as if it were desperate.
"Beep beep beep beep..."
The piercing alarm blared incessantly, and the operators inside the spaceship were covered in dark green sweat.
This is a dark green intelligent life form with wrinkled skin, its body size is close to that of a human, but it appears thin and long.
"It's over, it's over, we can't escape, we can't escape!"
"Shut up! Do you think you're acting like an Imperial soldier?! Pay attention to the monitor screen!"
The commander of the small hunting boat shouted at his adjutant, though he himself was also extremely nervous.
"Damn it! How can they locate us when we don't even know where we are? Isn't the jump device ready yet?"
"The mainframe has not yet calculated a suitable spatial node."
No sooner had the words been spoken than the left rear corner of the spaceship suddenly shook violently, causing the crew inside the small hunting boat to stagger and fall.
From space, it could be seen that the small frigate seemed to have been swept by something, causing the entire spaceship to lose its balance and spin several times before regaining its balance and continuing to escape forward.
The spacecraft's warning sound rose again.
"Warning, warning, left engine damaged, energy compartment leaking, warning, bionic scanner damaged..."
On the screen of the spaceship's main pilot, in addition to the starry sky in various directions, there were also strange and distorted red lines. Shortly after the spaceship alarm was issued, the lines dimmed and disappeared.
Inside the spaceship, apart from the incessant alarm, all other sounds suddenly fell silent.
"We've gone blind..."
The captain muttered to himself, a look of despair in his eyes.
The lead pilot clearly hadn't given up, relying on experience and intuition to maneuver the spaceship through highly challenging, unpredictable flight.
However, this textbook-level operation and flight of a small frigate, without the support of the bionic scanner, would be completely unable to evade the unknown presence behind it.
"Boom!"
The spaceship was hit by something again, this time it was cut in half, the front half of the cabin and the rear half of the main engine completely separated.
The crew members in the middle of the spacecraft screamed as they were sucked into the space environment, but before they had drifted away for long, they disappeared one by one.
The front half of the cabin continued to tumble forward due to the inertia of the explosion.
"The spacecraft's self-rescue procedure has been activated. All non-sealed compartments are now closed. The bridge escape engines are now engaged."
As the mainframe's mechanical voice came, the front end detached from some of the fragmented compartments and opened several small engines that emitted exhaust flames on both sides.
"Sir, the energy chamber that broke off from the hull is expected to explode in 30 kel, potentially creating a suitable node on the periphery. We only have one more disorder jump left. Shall we give it a try?"
The captain straightened his clothes and hat.
"Do we have a choice? Be prepared. Hopefully, we won't get caught before we get close to the edge of the blast. Gudo, it's up to you."
The driver didn't reply, but instead fully closed his helmet and then focused entirely on operating the device. Six sub-control panels appeared on the touch screen.
These are the six jet engines currently on the spaceship, and he has surprisingly classified them all as manual.
"Master, all computing resources are being concentrated on node operations. We only have one chance."
In space, the front of the spacecraft, which had been flying forward, suddenly turned with the rhythm of its engines. After a short, irregular change of direction, it made a sharp turn and flew back in the direction it had come from.
Viewed through the optical interface, the severed stern of the original small frigate was emitting a large amount of sparks, indicating that the energy reaction chamber had clearly reached its critical point.
A sudden bright light appeared in space, followed by a violent explosion that spread from the half-tailed part of the spacecraft.
The explosion not only illuminated the void, causing everyone in the bridge of the approaching spaceship to cover their eyes, but also, due to the violent energy fluctuations, illuminated the distorted shadows following closely behind the spaceship.
The shockwave from the explosion was getting closer and closer to the wrecked spaceship, and magnetic forces caused by energy deflection were even beginning to form inside the bridge.
"Now! Initiate the jump!"
Swoosh~
The moment the flames touched the wrecked spaceship, it vanished from its spot.
The subsequent explosion and its energy covered that area and a large area beyond.
"Roar~~~"
In the void, a silent roar emanated from this place.
...
In the starry sky, on the outer edge of a planet, space seemed to bulge out, and after a tremor, a spaceship that looked like a piece of space junk appeared, constantly scattering various fragments outwards.
All the crew members on the bridge were slumped over. The alarms on the mainframe had stopped ringing, not because there was no problem, but because the mainframe had completely failed.
The entire spaceship—no, the remaining half of the small frigate—lost all power and all means of active observation; only the life support system on the bridge continued to operate intermittently.
After shaking off their grogginess, the crew members waited anxiously in place for something to happen.
While the small frigate was still in good condition, the jump they made to a spatial node did not allow them to escape; instead, they were soon caught up by that thing.
100 kJ, 1000 kJ, waited for a while but there was no other reaction.
"It seems...safe now?"
"Wait a little longer. Our bionic scanner and all observation methods have failed. Perhaps we just can't see it."
Upon hearing the captain's words, everyone waited anxiously again, their handheld weapons still firmly in their hands.
This is not for attacking enemies, but for suicide.
A short while later, instead of being pursued, the constantly churning spaceship revealed the planet that was right in front of it through the bridge window.
The entire planet below was a pale amber color. The pilot took out his personal telescope, which he had bought as a hobby, and took advantage of the brief time each time the spaceship rotated to observe the planet.
"This is... the ocean?"
Yes, this is a planet without land on its surface; the entire surface is covered by amber-colored seawater.
"An ocean? Could it be a planet with life?"
Oceans, or large amounts of water, are one of the basic requirements for a life-bearing planet, as they can form the most common basic carbohydrates for life.
The emergence of life depends on a certain material structure, and among known substances, carbon can form the most diverse and complex material structures. Other elements are unlikely to form such a wide variety of compounds as carbon.
While it's undeniable that life can exist in extremely extreme environments, and it certainly does, the probability is extremely low.
"Since there's no way out, let's go to this planet."
"How do we get there? The spaceship can't move."
"Gear manual control, seal off and isolate the bridge and all the compartments behind it, and then wait for the spacecraft to turn to the right angle before detonating the sub-engines to distribute fuel to the tanks."
"Great idea! With six engines, we can blow it up six times!"
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