The red moon... no, it should be called the blue moon now.
The mysterious blue light filled the space between heaven and earth, making this desolate and silent world seem to have been thrown into a cold tomb. The surrounding blue light curtain made me suddenly have a very strange association. This world is like a morgue.
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I shook my head and put this strange thought behind me, and gave a reassuring smile to Tohsaka and Ilya, who were running towards me in panic.
"It's okay. There's something unusual about the celestial body. It seems I'm busy."
"Brother, is that moon going to explode?" Ilya said in shock, occasionally taking a peek at the huge moon in the sky that had turned dark blue and was expanding and shrinking visible to the naked eye. "I see all around me.
The soldiers looked very nervous."
"Don't worry, the imperial fleet will take care of everything. We have fought in the galaxy destruction war." I pressed lightly on Ilya's little head. Well, it felt really good. "Tohsaka, please don't run around for the time being. I
Scientists are analyzing the situation...Tavel, are the results out?"
"As you wish, my majesty," in such a strange and critical situation, Tavel's face was still filled with the bright smile that a research madman can show when facing precious specimens, "it is psionic energy, it is indeed psionic energy!
An unprecedented energy reaction has occurred on the surface of the huge moon. Your Majesty, look at this. This is the radiation reading of the red moon turning into a blue moon in the past few minutes - "
Tavel said, moving a floating information window in front of me.
"Wow! So advanced! Can you even understand this, uncle alien?" Tohsaka was immediately surprised.
My nostrils turned upward: "Humph, as the head of state, all I have to do is issue orders. These technical things..."
"It seems that the energy waveform has undergone a chain reaction," Sandora nodded repeatedly while looking at the painfully complex data chart, "The unknown energy sea on the surface of the red moon has turned into a nether energy ocean."
Baby, are you comparing yourself to me?
Ignoring Tohsaka's suddenly weird expression and Ilya's impolite behavior of suppressing laughter like a little animal, I coughed twice and said with a serious expression: "What do you mean?"
Shandora rolled her eyes: "In other words, the original red energy sea on the surface of the red moon just had a chain reaction and turned into pure, high-concentration ghost energy."
"And the energy intensity is amazing," Tavel added, "The high concentration of psionic energy has almost formed a plasma-like state. The current surface of the giant moon is like a star that is reacting crazily. Of course, if it is psionic energy, then
It will be more terrifying than the energy on the surface of the star. However, due to the constraints of the giant moon itself, this energy basically cannot escape from the surface of the star. However, only the energy leaked out, the intensity of each beam of flame is no less than that of a battleship.
Bombarded by the full force of the main guns, one of our two detection spacecraft crashed and the other was severely damaged under the attack of these psionic 'gunfire'."
"What's the reason?" I looked up at the huge moon that had turned dark blue. The boiling energy storm on its surface was faintly visible on the ground. It looked like dirty woolen material, covering the entire "moon"
It covers almost half of the sky, and its edges are constantly shaking, stretching and contracting due to various atmospheric refraction phenomena. At first glance, it really looks like what Ilya worried about: It won't explode, right?
"I'm very sorry, Your Majesty," Tavel said with an embarrassed and uneasy look on his face, "We still don't know anything. The energy intensity on its surface is too amazing and extremely dense. The energy binding system inside the giant moon will bind all the energy.
The energy is solidified on its surface, causing every inch of the body's shell to burn with psionic energy equivalent to the barrel of a battleship's main gun. The interference caused has far exceeded the filtering capabilities of our existing analysis equipment. Shadow City's
The host array is connected, but their calculations are also having difficulties."
I know Tavel's words are not a rejection. As a scientific researcher who is extremely serious and dedicated to the point of extremes, she can even say "difficulties abound", which shows how big the trouble is for the "Moon".
What I am most curious about now is, what is that thing hanging in the sky for?
Weapons? Spaceships? Bases? Or something else?
The Xiling Empire's technology had reached its peak in the past, and they could build almost anything, but what was the use of a celestial body that was the size of a small planet and was completely formed of super-intensive energy?
"Could it simply be an energy reactor?" Even Sandora was confused, but she still expressed her conjecture, "Although I have never heard of such a psionic reaction device in the empire.
, but that thing looks too much like an energy furnace now, and it seems that it is not very stable..."
I don’t know if it was the effect of the crow’s mouth, but as soon as Shandora finished speaking, the blue moon actually erupted.
The blue moonlight in the sky suddenly became several times stronger, and the entire world almost turned blue-white. At the same time, a light blue energy shield fell from the sky, covering the entire post and even the more than ten kilometers in the air behind the post.
The long Hyperion was protected together. Looking up, what caught our eyes was a fusiform battleship that was about the same size as the Hyperion battlecruiser, but its shape was far more pleasing to the eye. From its full of
It can be seen from the precise surface and the powerful energy shield that the rough and bulky Hyperion is not a technical thing at all.
It is a scientific research ship from the empire that was transformed from an expedition-class battleship.
That was the spacecraft that Tavel brought when he came over a few hours ago. While the latter was busy adjusting the sensors on the ground, it had been hovering in low-Earth orbit and served as an information platform between the Red Moon Exploration Ship and the ground station.
The moment the explosion started, the ship responded in time and jumped over time and space to establish an energy shield above us.
At the same time, piercing sirens also sounded throughout the station: "Serious warning! Serious warning! The highest level of psionic energy has been detected, and it is determined to be an Imperial cruiser main gun-level attack! It is determined to be an Imperial cruiser main gun-level attack! All personnel enter
Combat position..."
"Bang!" There was a gunshot, and I followed the sound, and saw Tykes not far away shooting down the loudspeaker hanging on the flagpole that sounded the alarm.
"Boss, if you can, I really hope you can help us improve our artificial intelligence technology. This idiot-like automatic alarm system is simply stupider than Megatron!"
He still has time to find trouble with that unfortunate alarm - can anyone explain to me the problem of Megatron's IQ?
Outside the energy shield, the earth has long turned into a purgatory. The blue-white light falling from the sky looks extremely magnificent, but it contains the energy to destroy everything. The rocks and land within sight melt one after another, and even directly turn into steam. The earth
It was melting at an alarming speed, just like ice cubes placed on a red-hot iron plate. The gravity was obviously out of balance, and large groups of molten rocks broke away from the ground and rushed towards the blue-white giant moon in the sky.
, despite the protection of the spacecraft shield, the ground under our feet was still shaking violently, which showed that the entire geological structure was on the verge of collapse under the irradiation of this huge amount of psionic energy.
Such a bad situation immediately attracted the attention of Renault and Tex. Almost instantly, they realized: Even with the protection of imperial warships, this place is almost doomed!
"Quick, quick, quick! Abandon the outpost bunker! The siege tank transforms and carries the nearest marines back. The ground is going to melt! Little bastards! Run!" Tykes stood in the air of the outpost that was in chaos due to landslides and ground cracks.
On the ground, he loudly assisted Renault in commanding the soldiers to retreat, "Everyone go back to the mothership! Move faster, move faster, move faster! The empire only has one scientific research ship, and the time it buys for us is limited. We don't want to end up in this ghost place."
If you are ashes, run faster!"
Although the wording was a bit rude, Tykes' command was effective. Under the dual threat of the mountains and mountains outside the shield instantly melting into a torrent of rolling magma, and the shield above their heads constantly erupting with energy sparks, the Marines broke out.
With the potential of Liu Xiang, wearing a power armor weighing several tons, not only can they walk like flying, but they can also climb and jump omnipotently. Facing the ammunition boxes or armor plates lying in front of them, some of them will take off with both legs on the spot, and some will do a leap-forward jump with one side.
Yes, there are some who take off in a hurdle style, and some who hold hands and do a double fly...
Are the instructors of these marines all Imperial soldiers?
The energy burst of the Blue Moon has reached its peak, which is equivalent to the continuous energy torrent irradiated by the main gun of a battleship. Even if it is fired from a distance as far as the lunar orbit, it is enough to evaporate a layer of the earth's crust. A mere scientific research ship, even if it is the chief researcher's "
"Queen's Vehicle" cannot be indestructible under an energy bombardment of this scale. Fortunately, Renault's soldiers moved very quickly. Before the shields of the scientific research ship were exhausted, all personnel had returned to the Hyperion and the Imperial Scientific Research Ship respectively.
on the ship, and then completed the jump despite the energy storm.
One minute later, the back side of the earth in the inner world.
"Wow, wow, wow!~!~What a beautiful spaceship!!"
Ilya's continuous exclamations echoed on the bridge. Perhaps it was because she had not valued her life since she was a child. The thrilling experience just now did not scare her at all. Tohsaka, on the other hand, was leaning against him with a pale face at the moment.
Sitting on the seat, breathing heavily.
"Uncle Alien, to be honest, being with you is too scary..."
"Little girl, it seems that you are just a civilian." Tavel tilted his head slightly and looked at the strange girl. "Such a thing is not even a small spark compared to the war that His Majesty once led."
"Ah——" Tohsaka was startled, and it took him a long time to react. He looked at me and Sandora with stars in his eyes, "It's so powerful...it turns out that I thought that the so-called Holy Grail War I experienced was already very powerful.
...It seems like it’s really not worth mentioning to you.”
If you get serious with guys who are outside the standard, you will lose.
"Take over the images from outside." Feeling that the vibrations of the spacecraft had gradually subsided, I knocked on the armrest of the seat and ordered the operator in the control hall below.
According to the conventional design of the imperial warship, the upper part of the command hall is the officer's platform we are on, and in front of the platform is a large holographic projection system. When the thrilling picture is displayed on it, even the people who have been unable to calm down are
Elijah finally returned to his seat honestly.
The position we are currently in is the back side of the "Earth". At this position, a small part of it is on the sun-facing side. The land in front of us shows a deep black-red color, even though one-third of it is under the sun's rays.
There is always a sense of dilapidated grayness. The surface of the star that has been ravaged by the red moon is covered with vague cracks, just like an ancient clay bottle. And on the edge of the dark side of the planet, near the horizon, it is dazzling.
The blue-white light band is shining continuously, giving people the illusion that there is another sun rising there.
"The energy explosion of the giant moon has reached its peak. Now one-third of the shadow earth's crust has been exposed to its light. It is expected that in ten minutes, that part of the crust will be in a semi-melted state, and the appearance of the shadow earth will be forever changed as a result -
"If it still exists in the future," Tavel quickly reported to us the latest developments of the Blue Moon, "analysis has confirmed that this kind of destruction is not a dedicated attack on the stars, but should only be caused by the energy imbalance of the giant moon itself.
Leak, that is to say, what we see so far is just the aftermath of the giant moon’s explosion.”
"How strong can the energy of that thing be?" I asked the question I was most concerned about now, even if I don't understand those professional things. A planet composed entirely of psionic energy, with a volume several times larger than the moon.
, I can still somewhat relate to the threat level.
"The energy intensity per unit area far exceeds that of the sun's surface. The total energy cannot be calculated, but it certainly exceeds any energy furnace we can currently create," Tavel said in a very serious tone. "Although it cannot be measured, the most conservative estimate is,
After removing the control device that may exist in its core, at least two-thirds of the volume of the giant moon itself is a thick sea of psionic energy, and its energy source is most likely to be a device such as the endless psionic abyss, even if its size
It is only one tens of millions of times that of the sun. Once it explodes, its power will exceed that of the sun. However, the current giant moon still maintains a fragile balance. Some kind of energy stabilizing device in its body prevents the energy from overflowing.
But as you can see, the device has actually been damaged and the giant moon has begun to leak - in theory."
Whenever Tavel declares, "That's the theory," he means that that's the reality.
"In other words, once that energy source explodes, the other world will be wiped out by an energy storm that far exceeds the explosion of a supernova." Sandora narrowed her eyes slightly, "If the giant moon is the control core of this out-of-control shadow space, then what will happen next
What is coming is the simultaneous collapse of the shadow space - Tavel, if a shadow space of this scale collapses, what is the chance that the fragments will be connected to the real world?"
"More than fifty percent."
"There is a half chance that the world will end," Sandora frowned, "I don't like playing dice, Arjun, we have to find a way to stop that celestial body."
I think so too, but the problem is that now we can't even get close to it!
Every square inch of the surface has the energy intensity equivalent to the main gun of a battleship. If you want to force a landing under such terrifying radiation, I am afraid that even the Eternal Class or even the Glory Starship will have to be burned through. After all, it is psionic energy.
ah!
Although he couldn't understand what we were talking about, the terrifying scene of the entire planet slowly deforming in the blue flames and the "end of the world" mentioned by Sandora just now were really before his eyes, even if he was naive enough
Ilya, who lacked some common sense, looked pale, let alone Tohsaka's expression.
"Perhaps it is not completely impossible to land," Tavel hesitated for a moment, and then said carefully, "According to the conjecture of my subordinates, the energy source of the giant moon has a certain cycle. Its normal state is a red moon, with the opposite phase on the surface.
Although psionic energy is powerful, it is relatively stable, and the range of harmful radiation is only one thousand kilometers. Beyond this distance, even the spacecraft of the New Eden Federation can be safe and sound. In the blue moon state, the energy on its surface is activated into psionic energy, even if
We won't be able to get close without it erupting, but this state shouldn't last long...According to my inference, it should return to a red moon in one day, and at that time..."
Shandora raised her eyes: "You mean to land when the giant moon turns red - but you said it yourself, at that time it only bound the energy to a thousand kilometers on the surface.
Within this distance, our landing spacecraft is still unable to approach."
"No, it's not completely inaccessible...theoretically..." Tavel said cautiously, and then glanced at me secretly.
"I can get close," I understood. "As long as the Blue Moon is not in a violent state, I can enter its interior."
There was a "click" sound of metal breaking. Sandora actually crushed the super alloy armrest of the seat into powder, and then looked at Tavel with sharp eyes: "You actually proposed to let Arjun enter a runaway place alone.
Energy furnace!?”
"This is just a theoretically feasible plan." Tavel immediately became nervous, but she knew very well what kind of actions Her Majesty the Queen in front of her would take if she proposed such a plan.
"I should throw you into the furnace just for this plan!"
"Sandora," I suddenly pressed the shoulder of the girl next to me, making the already angry girl calm down. "You have to admit that this is the only feasible way, and it just sounds dangerous. The void can do anything to me.
It’s nothing, let alone a small psionic energy reactor.”
"But that's different!" Sandora's tone left no room for maneuver, "Arjun, I know your ability is very strong, but it has its limit. What if it suddenly explodes when you go deep into the center of the moon?
The energy of the giant moon is far more powerful than what we see now. It only did not explode due to internal constraints. Once such a nether energy celestial body collapses, the energy storm formed can even tear apart the void! Such intensity of energy
Can you survive the storm unharmed? And you just admitted that in the blue moon state, even your ability cannot penetrate the astral shell..."
Shandora said in a hurry, but I just responded with a smile.