In the deep, dark, and cold space.
A pale blue planet is slowly rotating. Half of it is white; the other half is shrouded in darkness, but in the darkness, there are scattered dots of orange light.
In some places, the light even merged into one.
That is the light of civilization.
It symbolizes the vitality of this living planet.
However, the protagonist at this moment is not the blue planet below.
Instead, it is in low-Earth orbit about 574 kilometers from the blue planet.
Circling the planet below, in the vast universe, a small rod-shaped satellite with a blue surface is making circular motions again and again.
In the silent space, the small blue satellite spins slowly and floats aimlessly, only being bound by gravity and not completely losing itself.
Even so, although it has stopped working and looks quite beautiful and symmetrical in appearance and structure, in terms of function, it is not much different from a piece of space junk that just flew past.
Looks very lonely.
But just then!
Not far behind, a mysterious device with a cone-like head, a bream-like belly, and an overall structure like a shuttle suddenly appeared behind the small blue satellite, instantly breaking the tranquility in space.
And the distance is getting closer and closer.
Until they are less than one meter apart.
Suddenly, a hole opened up in the middle and rear part of the shuttle device, and a flexible mechanical arm stretched out. The three movable metal fingers at the front were like claws, grabbing towards the blue satellite with a palm larger than an adult's palm.
The attitude control engine at the tail of the shuttle device ejected beams of white gas, bringing the two closer and closer.
"Click~"
The metal claw at the end of the robotic arm accurately grasped the blue satellite in front. The upper part of the shuttle device opened a box-shaped space large enough to hold a basketball, as if opening a magazine. Then the robotic arm carefully placed the blue satellite in.
Then close the hatch, retract the robotic arm, continue to adjust the flight attitude, lower the orbit, and head towards the blue planet below.
…
Inside the control hall.
"The satellite has been recovered successfully!"
"Xuntian No. 1 is about to return!"
Pah pah pah~
There was a burst of applause as the scientists excitedly congratulated and applauded each other, their faces filled with uncontrollable excitement.
…
It is also at this moment.
Zoom out infinitely.
From Blue Mercury, quickly moving away to the asteroid belt two or three astronomical units away, meteorites like loose cheese are floating.
Then, we move from the asteroid belt to the Korpí belt, about 30 astronomical units away, where we can also see some celestial bodies mainly composed of icy materials.
Then, the camera is rapidly pulled from the Korpí belt to 0.1 light-years away, to an empty area about 7,000 astronomical units away from the main sequence stars... Logically speaking, this is the place with the lowest density of space matter, close to "absolute vacuum", and there are no celestial bodies.
But in this space, a celestial body about 550 meters long, 80 meters wide and high, with a slightly pointed head and shaped like a rectangular block, is moving forward.
There was a white flame trailing behind it.
The overall smooth rust-yellow surface is flashing with red or green signal lights.
Some square windows like transparent glass on the side and front emit bright yellow light, just like high-rise buildings in the city. The light they emit at night shows the vitality inside.
Obviously, it is not a natural celestial body, but an artificial one!
Anyone who knows the Dark Empire's language will recognize it as a "Scare-class" transport ship based on the words spray-painted on its side.
at this time.
No one knew what had happened, but the tail engine of the moving starship suddenly stopped working and no longer emitted white flames.
At the bow of the ship, inside the brightly lit bridge, there were many figures and it seemed as if some commotion was happening at this moment.
"The signal officer just reported that they received a distress signal from the central region of this star system!"
"The sender of the signal is none other than our noble and great Emperor!"
"Your Majesty's people are stranded on a life planet in this galaxy and are in danger. We are in urgent need of a rescue!"
"Everyone, the time has come to pledge your loyalty to His Majesty! We must turn around immediately and rescue His Majesty!"
Standing in front of a group of subordinates whose structures were completely covered with black exoskeleton armor and looked like armored men, the tall "armored man" who looked like the captain spoke in a dull mechanical voice.
The subordinates were stunned by the news and raised questions one after another.
"Your Majesty, hasn't the Emperor already left with the fleet?"
"Is the distress signal real, Your Majesty? Is the Emperor really still in this system and in danger?"
"Captain Bank, did the signal officer receive the wrong signal? How could this happen?"
"We were the ones who were abandoned. How could His Majesty not leave?"
All kinds of questions arose, and they were all in disbelief.
"The signal officer has confirmed this, it's absolutely true!"
Captain Bank said, "Three dark years ago, due to a malfunction in the antimatter engine of the Dreadnought Bank, we were unable to rendezvous with the main fleet without any prior warning and were abandoned by the fleet."
"Two of the three antimatter engines are damaged. Even if the remaining engine is fully powered, it will not be possible to return to the Empire after traveling through interstellar space for a million years."
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