The further you go, the more you can feel the oppressive force in the air; even the space itself seems to be distorted.
With a solemn expression, Xiang Wan steadily held her gun as she passed through the connecting passage in the middle of the Glen and arrived at the empty compartment at the stern where the lifeboats were moored.
She moved slowly inside the cabin, her eyes fixed on what was ahead.
As she rounded a bend, a blue boot came into view.
"Don't move, or I'll shoot!"
Xiang Wan shouted sternly, while slowly walking around to the other side of the lifeboat, trying to get a clear look at the person coming.
However, the other party seemed not to hear Xiang Wan's words, and with a slight movement of their feet, slowly turned around.
A long-haired man in a red robe came into Xiang Wan's view. A cluster of fiery red marks on his forehead gleamed slightly, and his eyes seemed to see through people's hearts, yet were extremely cold, sending chills down one's spine.
This was Xiang Wan's last memory of that person, because when she came to her senses, the Gray had already arrived in the Dark Star System, and she felt that not only her, but also Song Yang and the others seemed to have no memory of what had happened.
Xiang Wan felt something was wrong and asked the system, only to find that Xiao Qi was even worse than her.
George suddenly lost consciousness. According to Takagi, he encountered an energy storm while passing through the black hole. George didn't have time to stabilize his body and was hit on the head. However, when Xiang Wan checked him using the medical pod, she couldn't find any external injuries on George's head or body.
The Glai, acting on its own initiative, suddenly accelerated before Xiang Wan and the others were in position. After a few leaps, it flew into the black hole vortex surrounded by countless ships.
Once inside the black hole, although there will be many unstable spatial vortexes around, as long as you keep moving along the main passage with clear coordinates, you will be fine.
This black hole connects not only the Dark Galaxy, but also the baseline solar system, the Muller Galaxy, the Horizon Galaxy, and countless other galaxies. Humans use only a few galaxies frequently, and the Dark Galaxy is one of the few that rarely sees ships.
Centuries ago, humanity discovered the Dark Galaxy. After countless explorations, it was confirmed that there were indeed no planets suitable for human habitation within it. Therefore, it was used as a place of exile, and one of the planets was hollowed out to build a hellish imprisonment for serious criminals.
In the pitch-black galaxy, the only visible light comes from the energy storms released after various meteorites collide.
The dark galaxy is fraught with danger. Countless meteorites, large and small, drift through space, each carrying immense energy. The dangers of meteorite collisions include not only high heat and electric current, but also time collapse caused by spatial distortion. If a ship were caught in a time collapse, it could instantly perish for millennia, or be reduced to the smallest biological cell, swallowed by spacetime; at best, it could shrink or age. Humans can annihilate time in an instant, let alone a warship.
It would be better if the entire ship were swallowed up. What's terrifying is that even if only a small part collapses, there will be gaps in the ship, and the humans hiding inside can only watch helplessly as their energy runs out and they slowly wait to die.
In a dark galaxy, even if a distress signal is sent out, no one will be willing to risk their life to rescue someone in distress.
Most people who go there never return, and the military has taken advantage of this to build the Imprisonment Hell on planets they consider the passage relatively safe. Whether or not those imprisoned are actually criminals is entirely up to them.
Xiang Wan came here because the current leader of Earth, who has been replaced, is here.
Since the current leader of Earth is here, the imposter must be the one issuing orders on Earth. This is the most reasonable explanation Xiang Wan can think of.
With highly advanced technology, longevity and extended lifespan are no longer problems, and even body replacement is a common occurrence.
Cloning and human organ cultivation have always been highly controversial topics. Influenced by moral constraints and traditional beliefs, most people disagree with the unnatural continuation of life. However, some very important figures can obtain the right to a new body if the people petition on their behalf. The Earth's leader, Felin, is the longest-serving leader of humanity.
By all accounts, Felin is nearly three hundred years old, but in people's eyes, he is still very young. The current fake Felin acts almost identically to Felin, and it's almost impossible to find any flaws. It's unknown whether he replaced Felin when Felin changed bodies or at some other time. But Xiang Wan is certain that it must have been before the Crimson Star Project.
The most direct and effective way to uncover the truth in one fell swoop is to have the real Philin come forward and make the matter of Red Star public. Even if few people believe it, the presence of two Philins simultaneously will not be ignored by either the military or high-ranking officials. This is because the Earth's leader must be unique; besides appearance, physique, voice, genes, and blood type, their brainwaves are even recorded. The existence of twins is absolutely unacceptable, nor can two identical individuals appear simultaneously in the galaxy-wide communication network.
The selection of Earth's leader, once finalized, is meticulously documented, with all candidate information encrypted and stored using various technologies. Under such circumstances, twins, in the eyes of advanced technology, cease to be twins. Cloning technology, however, is different. It's a complete copy-paste; aside from slight differences in brainwaves and life experiences, almost no one can distinguish between the real and the cloned.
The fact that the fake film could replace the real film without any difference indicates that the imposter must be very familiar with the real film's daily life, speech and behavior, and could also copy all of his thoughts.
If no one has discovered that the current leader of Earth is a fake after all this time, it means that someone is deliberately helping him to hide it, or that under the same shell as Felin, another brain has taken over that body.
In either case, the real Film must stand up and can no longer be imprisoned in the hell of confinement, watching humanity be manipulated by the fake Film, inciting the public outrage of all living beings in the universe and bringing about its own destruction.
The Glen plunged into the pitch-black Dark Star System and, after flying for about half a month, discovered that several ships were following behind.
That was sent by Osa, because apart from him, the garrisons in other star systems wouldn't catch up with them so quickly.
The USS Glen was much larger than a lifeboat, but still somewhat smaller than a military vessel. It was quite normal for it to be slowly overtaken by meteorites and space storms while dodging them.
The location of the Imprisoned Hell is behind a large meteorite, surrounded by vortexes and collapses. The Gray can barely pass through, but military ships will probably have to send small airships to pursue it.
"Gray, dive down, let's go around."
"yes!"
By constantly maneuvering through the meteorite cluster, Xiang Wan intended to make the pursuers believe that they had simply stumbled upon this place by accident. Once they caught up, Xiang Wan could use the surrounding environment to firmly imprison them in place, making all the energy she had expended to lead them in circles worthwhile.
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