After copying a piece of data from Sidonia and conducting a comprehensive scan on it, Fang Zheng teleported Xing Baixian to Sidonia and left.
To be honest, Fang Zheng was not very interested in the Sidonia ship. It was just another refugee civilization like an ark. He had seen too many such civilizations, such as the immigrant ship in The Matrix and the Fang Zhou plan in the Collapse World, but generally not many of them were successful.
Of course, ordinary immigrant ships can be put into cryosleep, but Sidonia doesn't have such good conditions. They are like the ancient humans being chased by the Flood in the Halo world, almost panicking and at a loss. In this case, cryosleep is simply courting death. Who knows, when you all fall asleep, someone may infiltrate you and play a live version of Alien.
If you have the halo of a protagonist, you might be able to escape, but if not, just wait for your annihilation.
To be honest, Fang Zheng did not think highly of Sidonia's escapism. He understood that she wanted to escape from the attack range of the Honkai beast, but the problem was - what if she was chasing you?
You play the protagonist, kill the invading group of Honkai beasts, and then happily find a place to live. How can you guarantee that they won't send another group in two or three hundred years?
When the enemy army arrives, won’t the tragedy happen again?
Of course, the technological level of this world is really not good. Fang Zheng just took the time to glance at Sidonia's technology tree. Almost all of it is focused on survival and reducing consumption. There are not many in the military field. It may also be because they don't have a good environment for improving technology.
To Fang Zheng, this spaceship is poor and miserable. Facing the Honkai beasts, there is nothing they can do but run away...
So he didn't plan to contact the other party anymore. The two sides had different goals. Sidonia was escaping, while Fang Zheng was going to settle accounts with the core of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers. Secondly, everyone knows the principle of repaying kindness with gratitude. It's okay to help them occasionally, but if you really give them too much face, the poor and crazy guys on the other side might take advantage of you.
Fang Zheng was unwilling to do such a time-wasting and frustrating thing.
So after returning Xing Baixian, he fled with his fleet, and headed towards the earth based on the information found in the battleship - after all, according to Xing Baixian's statement and records, the first contact between humans and Qijuzi (Fang Zheng felt that it would be more comfortable to call it Honkai Beast) was the other party's attack on the earth, so the only clues they could find were from here.
Fang Zheng left, but Sidonia was in chaos.
First, an inexplicable warship appeared, then scanned them, and even invaded their system. This was enough to make people nervous.
However, the most unbelievable thing is that after the other party finished scanning, a beam of light appeared out of thin air, and then Xing Baixian, who was supposed to have died on the battlefield before, actually appeared in front of them alive? ! !
At that time, half of the people on the bridge were so scared that their legs went limp and they collapsed to the ground and couldn't get up!
Are you kidding? They saw Xing Baixian being killed by Qi Juzi with their own eyes, so how did they survive? ! !
Is this a ghost? ! !
Fortunately, the masked captain still retained some rationality. She hurriedly ordered her subordinates to imprison Xing Baixian, and then she and her adjutant personally interrogated him.
"What on earth is going on? Xingbai?"
Sitting in front of the table, staring at Xing Baixian opposite her, the masked woman's eyes were extremely sharp.
"Or, are you really Xing Baixian? I saw you being killed by Qi Juzi with my own eyes."
"I don't know what happened..."
Xing Baixian was also confused. She had just come back and had not had time to be happy before she was handcuffed and brought here. However, because she had always been well-behaved, she answered the masked female captain's questions obediently.
"Just as you said, Captain, I was indeed killed by Qi Juzi... At least that's what I thought, but when I opened my eyes again, I was already lying in a very comfortable room..."
"A comfortable room?"
"Yes, it's very comfortable and has lots of beautiful furniture..."
Xing Baixian also reported to the masked female captain what he saw in the blue battleship. As the latter listened to Xing Baixian's report, her expression became more and more solemn.
As the captain of this Sidonia, the masked woman certainly knows what kind of technology a warship needs.
Take Sidonia for example. On the surface, it looks like an iron pipe lying there, but the gravity inside is not set that way. Because there is no gravity in the universe, the interior of the Sidonia warship generates gravity by rotating, so that the crew can stand stably in the ship.
In other words, although Sidonia is a horizontal iron pipe, the crew members inside do not stand vertically in this iron pipe, but maintain the same direction as Sidonia, standing "horizontally" inside to maintain the center of gravity.
In this case, the furniture inside Sidonia is fixed, after all, the gravity of Sidonia will be adjusted, if there is a sudden change, it will be an accident. So if the furniture is not fixed to the wall and the floor, when there is a problem with the gravity, these things will become murder weapons.
Because of this, Sidonia does not have any particularly luxurious layout and furnishings, but according to Xing Baixian, the other party does not seem to have this problem at all.
But soon, the masked female captain's attention was shocked by what Xing Baixian said later.
"What did you say? You said that our world is a bubble on a world called the Imaginary Number Tree? And Qijuzi is a monster created by the Imaginary Number Tree to destroy us?"
"Yes, yes... That's what the commander said..."
Xing Baixian was also startled when she saw the female captain suddenly stand up and stare at her. Although the mask blocked her view of the other person's face, the masked female captain's ghostly and pressing aura made her feel scared.
“…”
The masked female captain clenched her hands tightly and said nothing. Although the other party's words sounded fantastic, if she thought about it carefully, she had to admit that this was really possible!
After all, Sidonia herself is like this!
Take corpses for example. According to past records, people on Earth would bury corpses and make tombs for commemoration. But Sidonia does not have such a good environment. If they are not very important elite members, the bodies of ordinary Sidonia crew members will be placed in organic reactors to be made into fertilizer after death.
Not only corpses, but also criminals and even those who harm Sidonia will be dealt with in the same way, because they waste Sidonia's resources and cannot bring any benefits.
If the Tree of Imaginary Numbers sees them as criminals who will endanger its own safety, then...it is only natural that it would do so.
But... no matter how you look at it, this is too fantastic!
"Do you know where they are going?"
"I'm not too sure, but the commander did say that it's not just us. Many worlds have encountered similar things, so they want to eliminate the culprit behind this."
“…I see…”
Hearing this, the masked female captain understood why the other party was unwilling to have any contact with her. They were planning to go to the battlefield, while she was planning to escape. The previous scan was probably also to check her combat effectiveness... But it was obvious that she and others were not favored by the other party.
"Oh, that's right."
Having said that, Xing Baixian seemed to remember something and took out a pendant from his arms.
"This is what the commander gave me before I left. He said it was observation data from the previous battlefield... It's quite interesting."
"Somewhat interesting?"
The masked female captain frowned, took the pendant, then stretched out her finger and pressed it lightly. Then, a light appeared, and then a 3D image appeared in front of them.
That was the scene of Sidonia and Kijuzi fighting, but the whole scene was reduced several times, but even so, it was still clearer than their live broadcast at that time. There was even an image of the pilot inside next to each Guardian machine, which was no different from a movie.
Seeing this, the female captain's expression became unhappy. It was obvious that the other party not only "watched" the entire process of their battle, but also detected everything from inside to outside, and she and others were completely unaware of it... When she thought that while she was fighting, there was such a terrifying fleet standing next to her and staring at her silently, that feeling was really enough to make people's hair stand on end.
But, what was this for? Was it just to show them the technology of the force called the Blue Fleet?
Just when the female captain was confused, it seemed that the cameraman also noticed her thoughts. Soon, the camera pulled to the four-person team responsible for installing the blasting piles at the tail. Seeing this, the female captain and Xing Baixian's faces changed slightly. They certainly knew what happened next. They were supposed to detonate the shell of Qijuzi at the same time to attack the core, but one of the four people detonated in advance, resulting in the failure of the operation.
After that, Xing Baixian was also killed by Qi Juzi for protecting his companions.
But what does this paragraph mean now?
However, at this moment, suddenly, the situation changed.
The long-haired man who was in charge of the four-man team spoke.
"Explode at the same time as soon as I give the order. Everyone, don't miss the opportunity!"
"learn!!!"
Hearing the long-haired man's order, the other three answered at the same time.
However, what happened next was beyond everyone's expectations. The long-haired man reached out and opened a limited communication with someone.
"Prepare to detonate, three, two, one!"
"boom!!!!"
The next moment, the blasting pile inserted into Qi Juzi's body exploded instantly. However, due to limited communication, the others did not hear the long-haired man's order, so they naturally did not start the blasting.
"Failed to detonate simultaneously!?"
"Tanifuze-kun?"
"Didn't we agree to detonate it together?"
"this……"
Looking at the noisy information coming from the screen, Xing Baixian and the female captain looked at each other in bewilderment. They originally thought it was just an accident, after all, accidents always happen on the battlefield. But if this video is real, then it is not an accident, which means that the long-haired man, as the captain, deliberately framed the members of his team! !
The female captain stood there, motionless. Although the mask covered her face, the low-pressure aura she exuded was chilling. And Xing Baixian's expression was also complicated. After all, strictly speaking, after the detonation failed, her companion was too shocked to stand there, so she had to save him, but was killed by Qi Juzi.
If this was not an accident, then doesn't that mean that his captain was the culprit who killed him?
Even though he didn't mean to...
"Go check on the guards of Qi Shen Hai Tai Fu and Gu Feng Chang Dao immediately."
After a long while, the female captain raised her head and spoke in a cold tone.
As long as the cockpit records are checked, it will be possible to prove whether this is true. This was not done before because everyone just regarded this as an ordinary accident, and Gu Fengchangdao, as the victim, did not defend himself. But if this video is true, then the nature of the matter has become much worse!
No matter what the reason is, framing your teammates, even at the cost of causing the failure of an important operation, is absolutely intolerable!