After receiving Nymph's report, Fang Zheng immediately put aside the work in his hands and quickly opened his personal terminal.
"What is the current situation?"
"Everything is normal. The signal we are getting from the C-12 relay station remains stable."
In response to Fang Zheng's question, Nymph quickly gave a reply.
For safety reasons, Fang Zheng did not use the method of directly connecting with the outpost drones and probes. Instead, he deployed his research ship Neptune in the uninhabited area on the other side far away from Star City, and established a transfer station in front. This means that the signal of the probe will first be transmitted to the transfer station, and then processed by the research ship, and finally summarized on the terminal interface of Star City... In this way, even if the other side discovers something, they will not be able to immediately find the correct location of Fang Zheng Star City.
Of course, there will be a delay of about a few minutes, but considering security and secrecy, this degree of delay is acceptable.
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng immediately focused his attention on the numbers in front of him.
"What are the results of the analysis of these values?"
"It matches the information the Goddess of Order gave me. The match is about 95 percent."
"Is it an energy leak?"
"A slight energy leak, suspected to be from the interstellar highway."
"Um……"
After hearing Nymph's report, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then tapped the desktop.
"Order Neptune to move the probe to the energy leak point. Do not activate the scanning device. Just disguise yourself as a meteorite and move forward."
"yes."
Although she didn't understand why Fang Zheng gave such an order, Nymph nodded quickly. Then Fang Zheng saw the light dot representing the probe slowly moving on the map, flying towards the energy leak site. Although the previous scan showed that there was nothing there, and this slight energy signal was more like an ordinary energy radiation, Fang Zheng obviously would not miss this opportunity.
The prophecy wizard's intuition told him that this energy point was not simple.
Because according to the map provided by the Goddess of Order, this area is one of the "rest stops" on the Order's interstellar highway, so there might be some "slippery fish" of the Order here.
But the question is, how to contact the other party?
It's not as simple as just going over and knocking on the door. If the other party has been able to hide until now and has not been destroyed by chaos, then it means that they must be very cautious - to put it bluntly, they are very cowardly.
They would never be so foolish as to expose themselves to chaos just because they discovered some signs.
Soon, the probe reached the designated location - passed the designated location - continued forward - no response...
"Owner?"
"Ignore it and continue monitoring the leak."
"yes."
Just like that, one minute passed, ten minutes passed, one hour passed...
No response.
"Master? Shall we try again?"
"No."
In this regard, Fang Zheng has always been incredibly cautious.
"Abandon all contact with that probe and have Neptune send another probe around that area."
"yes."
Of course the little angel was obedient. She quickly followed Fang Zheng's order and asked Neptune to launch another probe again. Then the probe continued to move forward, and then... there was no response.
But that’s not the end.
"Move the second probe close to the first and scan it."
Fang Zheng thought for a moment and gave another order. Then he saw the second light spot circling in the starry sky and falling far behind the first light spot. Then after a moment, a line of numbers appeared in front of Fang Zheng.
"We extracted some information from the surface of the first probe and digitized it to get the coordinates."
"That's right... I knew it..."
After hearing Nymph's answer, Fang Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he thought, if there were really people on the other side, then it would be impossible for them to leave no information at all. But it was impossible to release information actively. Information was a symbol of order. The stupidity of releasing information actively was no different from shouting in a dark and unknown forest - it was only a matter of time before a carnivorous beast would be attracted.
So the best way is to put the information there, and if someone comes, just "pass it on" directly, just like you put a piece of double-sided tape on the ground, waiting for a car's tire to run over it and leave with the tape and the information inside.
As for whether the other party can find it, it depends on luck.
This method is very primitive and relies a lot on luck, but it is very reliable. After all, after putting the information there, the person who releases it can quickly withdraw and not be discovered by anything else. Considering the rampant power of Chaos and the question of whether there are any survivors of the Order Clan, this primitive and backward means of information transmission is still somewhat useful in this situation.
Soon, after obtaining the coordinates, the probe released by Neptune slowly floated over again... Then, under Fang Zheng's gaze, the probe suddenly disappeared as if it had drilled into a curtain used to cover the background, and the picture in front of him was interrupted shortly afterwards.
“Lost contact.”
"Normal, we'll know the situation after a while."
Fang Zheng was not worried about this situation. He had long ago ordered the little angel to write an automatic path-finding program in the probe's program. Once the probe lost contact, it would automatically return to the last recorded coordinate contact point. Now it depends on whether there is any danger here.
Not long after, the picture reappeared, and the probe appeared quietly from the empty dark starry sky and slowly turned back.
Then, an image appeared in front of Fang Zheng. It was the picture taken by the probe. In the picture, there was nothing except the starry sky in front of him. However, in the next moment, as if someone suddenly switched the picture, a huge dice-like space station suddenly appeared in the empty starry sky. It just sat there quietly without moving, and except for the occasional flash of light, there was no reaction.
Then the probe's built-in program was activated, and it started moving again. Soon the picture jumped again, and then the huge space station disappeared instantly, returning to the endless starry sky.
The Order Clan really likes to hide things in this way.
Fang Zheng was not surprised by this. After all, this was not the first time he had encountered a similar situation.
"Do you need me to send someone?"
"As expected, I still have to take care of the Order Clan's affairs... um..."
Halfway through his words, Fang Zheng immediately noticed a look of uneasiness and worry in Nymph's eyes, so he also changed the tone.
"Then let's find a team of magical girls and let Red Ponytail lead the team to check out the situation."
After all, magical girls are one of the gods' favorites, so they are just right for this purpose.
Anyway, that space station isn't called Ishimura, so what is there for him to be afraid of, right?
Soon, a stealth bomber flew out of the star city silently and headed towards the depths of the vast universe.
"It's finally our turn to play. I always feel a little nervous."
While biting the chocolate bar in her mouth, Xingzi looked at the shooting stars flying outside the window and couldn't help but sigh.
"To be honest, I never thought that one day I would be fighting in the universe. I wonder what our enemies will be? Alien monsters? Or aliens?"
At this moment, in addition to the battleship's mental model, the goddess of fate, there are a total of five magical girls on the bridge, led by Red Ponytail, and the rest are Tamaki Iroha, Akemi Homura, Sakura Kyoko, and Nanami Yachiyo. Basically, this time Red Ponytail brought all the magical girls who had signed contracts with her in Kamihama City. As for why she didn't bring Fate and Nanoha... Let's talk about this question next time.
"Wow... Could there really be alien monsters, like in the movies?"
Hearing what Xingzi said, Xiaohuan was obviously a little nervous, and the red ponytail patted her shoulder.
"Don't be so nervous, we are just here for reconnaissance. If we encounter any trouble that we can't handle, we can just leave!"
"Um……"
Hearing the voice of Red Ponytail, Xiaohuan's cheeks blushed slightly, then she nodded. At the same time, the voice of the Goddess of Destiny also sounded.
"We have arrived at the designated location."
As the goddess of fate finished speaking, the next moment everyone looked out the window in front of them, and the empty void suddenly jumped, and then a huge white space station suddenly appeared in front of them as if it was hitting them in the face. Then they saw the goddess of fate lightly turn a corner, and then hover steadily at the entrance of the passage next to the space station.
Immediately afterwards, an elliptical pipe emerged from the side of the ship, quickly connecting the Goddess of Destiny to the space station.
"Connected successfully, searching..."
The goddess of fate closed her eyes, then opened them and looked at the red ponytail in confusion.
"Reporting to the commander, it has been detected that all systems in the space station are offline, the energy supply has been cut off, and it cannot be connected."
"Wow... Why do I feel like this is becoming more and more like those space horror movies..."
Hearing this, Kyoko's face turned pale, and although Yachiyo didn't say anything, he also gripped his spear tightly.
"What's the situation inside?"
"At present, it seems to be maintaining the most basic life mode, but the details are unknown."
"very good."
Red Ponytail nodded, then she picked up the big sword in her hand and swung it hard.
“Let’s go!!”
The next moment, accompanied by a flash of light, everyone quickly disappeared into the air.