Chapter 155 Final (Part 9)
Rabbit explained: "..."
The rabbit commentator rubbed his eyes, rubbed his eyes again, and rubbed his eyes again.
Then, with a blank expression on his face, he doubted his memory and pulled up the information screen of the stadium.
"The first stage of the Star Navigation Competition finals will be held in the uninhabited star sea outside of Kash Space City. It spans nearly three hundred star miles from the starting point to the finish line, with obstacles set up along the way using the star sea's terrain. The first obstacle is an energy river, sixty star miles from the starting point and over two hundred star miles from the finish line..."
The commentator looked up at the camera again blankly.
"What did I just say?" he whispered to himself. "I said, today is seven stars, and in a few years it might be seventeen, one hundred and seventy..."
"but……"
…But today it’s already one hundred and seventy? ! ! ! !
The plush rabbit looked at the race information, then looked at the announcement that the colorful team had reached the finish line, and finally looked at the colorful team on the light screen.
The first stage of the competition concluded at a temporary space station. A colorful silver starship had already docked at the station's starport. According to the Star Navigation Competition finals rules, they would receive substantial points and rest in the starport's rest area until all teams arrived to enter the second stage of the finals.
Rabbit explained: "..."
The space station at the race's finish line was also equipped with cameras. Through these cameras, everyone saw them walk out of the starship and head towards the rest area.
All the colorful contestants wore virtual masks, but the identities of the two people walking in the front were still very easy to identify.
Mu Baixing, tall and long-legged, walked with a swagger, moving past the camera and continuing forward. Luce walked beside him, her movements full of youthful energy.
The designer was clearly in a good mood. He followed Mu Bo for two steps, passing the camera, and then suddenly turned around as if realizing something and smiled at the camera.
The young man wore a virtual mask and had an ordinary face, but the look in his eyes was vivid and very contagious.
He stretched out his finger and tilted his head to make a "yeah" gesture.
Audience: “…”
This smile and action helped a large number of audiences break free from the shock of seeing the colorful space travel.
"LU...LUCE gave me a 'V' sign!" They frantically began to operate the screen. "Record! I need to capture the video! LUCE is so adorable when he tilts his head!"
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! --" The colorful-haired guys followed suit, mimicking Mingyu's gestures as they passed by the camera and waving hello. They were extremely excited, cheering and shouting, "I knew Brother LU's space travel would work! --"
In the office of the Director of Star Navigation, Gao Siqi took a deep breath. Su Bing's eyes were red, and he was so excited that he wiped his tears with the back of his hand, while his hand was shaking as he pressed the communicator.
"Leader Musa," Su Bing trembled, "The real-life experiment of long-distance travel in space... was a success!"
"Your fleet can make final preparations before taking off!"
Musa was also breathing deeply.
His eyes were fixed on the backs of the group of people in the Star Navigation Competition, and he seemed to be able to see the faces of Mu Baixing and Mingyu through the image.
Space travel is Wucaibanlan's trump card in the Star Navigation Competition.
It is also the last real-life test before the entire experimental project is declared a success.
This colorful starship is the first starship in the entire human star field to leave the experimental environment and the safe protection area, and to travel through space in the real universe in an energy environment that is not completely stable.
They conducted two shuttles. Although the first one was short, the surrounding energy fluctuated violently during the battle. The second one was a long-distance shuttle that could not be carried out in the laboratory.
This is a dangerous but necessary test.
It is the only way for the entire space shuttle project to be declared a success and for the Second Legion to conduct a visit and rescue operation for the survivors in the Northern Star Region.
Mingyu, the project designer, and their Majesty Lando participated in person.
Musa was deeply worried about this.
"I can conduct a shuttle test in the Free Star Region first," Musa suggested to Mu Boxing. "I'll take my adjutant with me, and you, Mr. Ming, and the Five Colors brothers will wait for our feedback. There's still time, and the experiment can be completed before the Star Navigation Competition."
"No need." Mu Baixing said in a flat voice.
Mingyu leaned over behind him to look at Musa, blinked, and said, "Captain, don't you believe in my ability?"
At that time, Mu Baixing, Mingyu, Wucai Toumao and a few others were about to board the starship to Kash Space City.
After the colorful-haired guys learned that their leader actually had the title of king, they were excited and confused for several days, but later they gradually got used to it.
In short, whether he is the Celtic King or not, Mu Boxing is their boss.
"Of course not." Musa quickly denied, "But nothing is foolproof. The risk of the first attempt is too high... This has nothing to do with your ability. You are already one of the best starship designers I have ever seen."
"Of course, I personally tested the things I designed and showed them to you." The young starship designer said this to Musa in the communication.
He thought for a moment, glanced at the calendar, and said, "How about I go to the Free Travel Star Sea first and do an experiment with you, and then..."
Mu Baixing frowned, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he looked at him indifferently, "What?"
Mingyu: “…”
Before Mingyu could say anything, Musa immediately shook his head.
"No need." He said seriously, "Of course I can't let you put yourself in danger..."
The red-haired group followed behind Mingyu and Mu Baixing. They couldn't hear Musa's voice from the other side, but from what Mingyu said, they roughly knew what they were discussing.
"Don't worry, Commander Musa." As the boss's current subordinate, Red Hair is very familiar with the boss's other subordinates. He said loudly from behind, "Brother LU will definitely be able to take action—"
Musa still looked heavy-hearted.
But during the holographic communication, their Majesty reached out and put his arm around the designer's waist.
The man did not let the young man who had just said the wrong thing to step aside. He looked at the screen with a cold expression, which made it clear that he did not want to accept his suggestion.
"Once the last experiment is successful, we'll immediately begin the exploration of the Black Tide Star Sea." Mu Baixing's voice was characteristically cold. He made no assumptions about experimental failure and simply instructed Musa on his next mission, "You will be fully responsible for the exploration of the Black Tide Star Sea."
"If you encounter a dark tide creature that's difficult to deal with, don't fight it, retreat immediately."
Now that the experiment was confirmed to be successful, Musa breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart was filled with excitement.
"All space shuttle warships, conduct a final self-check," he said solemnly. "Two hours left, prepare for space shuttle mission!"
"I really want to see the reaction from the Star Navigation Competition." Inside the shuttle battleship numbered 01, Hao Ru and An Qiang had already completed their final check and confirmation. Having nothing else to do after confirming everything was correct, they settled into their seats and resumed their small talk while waiting for Musa's orders.
"We'll see after we get back from the mission," Hao Ru said rationally. "Our exploration mission lasted six hours, but once the space shuttle ship was announced, the public opinion on the interstellar network would last longer than six hours."
"The Interstellar Navigation Department should announce the full details of the space shuttle project," An Qiang said. "Then we'll see what those who mocked LUCE before will say!"
"All starships have completed self-inspections, and the countdown for the space shuttle mission is thirty minutes." Musa's voice came from the communicator.
Hao Ru and An Qiang stopped chatting, their expressions became serious, and they pulled down the seat buckles.
"Fifteen minutes left."
Gao Siqi reviewed the document of the public shuttle starship project and signed to confirm its release.
"Five minutes left."
In the rest room of the Star Navigation Competition space station, Mingyu lay on the sofa and looked at the starry sky outside the window. The competition screen next to him was still displaying the information of each team.
During the race, their communication bracelets were unable to access external communications. The race had only lasted less than half an hour, and the young man wasn't tired at all. He glanced at the time and turned to look at Mu Baixing: "The Second Legion should be setting off."
At the same time, Musa pressed the communicator and said solemnly: "The operation has officially begun."
"Battleship Zero One has left the port." Hao Ru pulled the control switch on the operating panel. "Prepare for space shuttle. Countdown to three seconds. Two—one—"
The starship trembled slightly, and the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.
Thick black.
"The landing point is correct." Hao Ru looked at the star map screen in front of her. "The starship's location is in the outer orbit of the tenth inhabited star in the former Northern Star Region."
“Sizzle—”
As expected, after entering the Black Tide Star Sea, all communication channels were interfered with.
The outer layer of the starship's shield, which had been improved by Mingyu, worked diligently to disperse a large amount of black energy threads in all directions.
An Qiang frowned, feeling excited about the successful space travel just now, but also feeling uncomfortable because of the dense black energy here.
"I haven't seen any moths yet." He endured the discomfort and looked around. "There aren't many black tide bugs here either...? The energy concentration around here is high, but not abnormally high."
"What's going on?" An Qiang asked curiously. "The Tenth Residential Planet is already at the farthest end of the original Northern Star Region, deep within the current Black Tide Star Sea. I was prepared for a fight the moment I entered. Could it be that the last battle at the star line caused such great damage to the Black Tide that even this place was greatly affected?"
Hao Ru shook her head.
"Let's go check out the underground base on Planet Ten first." She controlled the starship to descend. "Because this place is close to the border, there's an underground defense base inside the planet. It's very similar to the laboratory on Planet Five."
"This way, 100 degrees to the left." An Qiang pointed out the direction. "The vertical track leading to the underground base should be around here. I wonder if it can still be used."
He squinted his eyes as he spoke, "The black tide energy here is too strong, it's a little hard to see... Slow down your descent, Xiaoru."
"There seems to be something down there."
“Hiss——”
A sudden, sharp electrical crackle from the starship's internal communicator interrupted his words. Immediately afterwards, the lights in the cockpit suddenly went out, and the front control screen also shut down.
It seemed as if some special energy was passing through their starship, and all the instruments inside the starship malfunctioned, emitting a shrill sound.
"Energy flow overload! Alarm! Energy flow over--"
“Click.”
All alarm systems went off at the same time.
"...What happened? The star map is gone! The operating instructions are gone too." A layer of cold sweat broke out on Hao Ru's forehead. She gripped the starship's joystick and panted, "The joystick still works! The mental connection isn't broken..."
"It could be energy interference," An Qiang said hurriedly. "I can already see the first docking platform outside the vertical ladder of the base below! Now all the detection systems have stopped working. We'd better descend first to make sure the starship can work normally!"
Before he finished speaking, a light green light suddenly shot into the starship cockpit.
That was not the brilliance of the light cannon.
A parallel grid of light green light penetrated the starship's hull without causing any damage. It cast a shadow across the cabin, moving across Hao Ru and An Qiang like a scanner.
Immediately afterwards, before Hao Ru and An Qiang could react, there was a sudden blinding white light outside the window.
Huge searchlights lit up on both sides of the starship, illuminating the cockpit through the portholes as bright as day. At the same time, a sudden gust of energy wind blew around, almost causing the starship to totter.
"What the hell!" An Qiangda yelled, "Xiao Ru! Adjust your flight attitude! Pull up!——"
He closed his eyes tightly due to the blinding light, but a sudden energy gust blew away the black tide energy, allowing him to see the surrounding scenery in his mental vision.
On either side of their starship stood a massive, circular, concave space radar. A concentrator was mounted in the center of the radar. Energy winds emanated from the concentrators, while bright light came from a large array of high-powered tubes arranged around the radar's outer perimeter.
There are many such large radars.
These massive detection devices spread out in all directions from the starship where Hao Ru and An Qiang were stationed, covering the entire surface of the planet and the area An Qiang could see. These radars were shabby in appearance, their metal plates bearing large marks of corrosion from the Kuroshio energy and scratches from attacks by Kuroshio creatures.
This is undoubtedly a trace left by human civilization.
The large radars spread out in a continuous line make the area near the base look like a giant detection point.
"It should have been built after the Battle of Dawn!" Hao Ru shouted as she tried to adjust the starship's flight attitude. "The surface of the Tenth Planet is all residential areas! How could there be such a large area of these things—"
A large light screen suddenly popped up from mid-air.
"Scan completed, human organism detected. System activated."
"Hello, I am the 3311th generation base intelligent defense system. You can call me Xiaofang. Welcome to the underground shelter on Planet 10."
"Number of survivors remaining in the shelter: Zero. Transferable research data: 3,611 GB. Estimated transfer time: 3 hours and 51 minutes."
"To receive data, please enter the base and connect to the communication plug."
"Also, urgent reminder. According to system data feedback, the energy activity in the Kuroshio core area is 2,897 times higher than the last monitoring data. Spatial stability has decreased by 899 times."
"A massive energy explosion has been detected in the core area of the Kuroshio. There's a fifty percent chance that the explosion will encompass the area between the tenth and third stars. The explosion is approximately thirteen hours and fifty-nine minutes away."
"The energy burst range exceeds the tolerance of the base's defense facilities."
"It is recommended that humans return home immediately."
“I wish you a happy life.”
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