A large number of engineering mechas are currently collecting the wreckage.
At the same time, some assault ships also carried a large number of mobile infantry and landed directly on some larger wrecks to search for survivors.
And inside the bridge of a Pangu-class battleship.
Liu Tao was sitting on his command chair, frowning deeply.
"How's it going? Is there any news about your return?"
"Captain, we have searched most of the wreckage, but no life has been found. Judging from the internal conditions of some of the wreckage, there is no design to accommodate living things."
"You mean...these are all unmanned machines?"
"Yes, Captain!"
Although a little surprised by this result.
But it can also explain some things.
For example, why can that thing accelerate so violently, and why can it change direction quickly at ultra-high speeds?
If there were really biological beings inside controlling it, it would be impossible to do this.
after all...
Even if the spherical metal body can withstand it, the creatures inside cannot.
So, this is the drone answer.
That is, it is unexpected, but it is reasonable.
"Tug all the wreckage back and hand it over to the scientific team for study."
"Yes, leader!"
"By the way, did the survey team that went to the surface find anything?"
"Not yet. They are currently heading towards the building closest to the airdrop point. According to our detection, there are more than 100,000 life reactions in that building."
"Open image connection."
"clear!"
Soon, several more images were projected.
In each image, there is a picture of the surveillance device on an investigator's combat uniform.
Half a minute later, the assault ship arrived in front of a large building.
The building is entirely made of metal, is about five stories high, and is in the shape of a rectangular cube.
At first glance, you might think it is a large factory.
Interestingly, there is an entrance on the front of this building.
Yes, it is just an entrance, and there is no such thing as a door, so you can enter directly.
As the three investigators entered, the scene on the bridge also went dark.
But as the investigator turned on the lighting on the shoulders of the combat uniform, the scene reappeared.
However, this picture really shocked everyone.
They are devices like dormant chambers, one after another, row after row.
As previously scanned, the distance between every two devices is three meters.
Whether it is left or right, or up or down, it is three meters.
throughout the building.
Soon, the investigator came to one of the dormant chambers and looked inside through the transparent cover.
It was a humanoid creature, very similar to humans, but there was one big difference in location.
That position is its chin.
Has a big beard.
Well, that's not a beard, you can tell even if you don't distinguish it carefully.
It is connected to the body and is completely an integral part of the body, growing on the lower jaw like a tentacle.
If you look at it from a distance, in addition to the color problem, it turns out that he has a long beard.
Another detail is that this man actually has a smile on his face.
Not just him, when investigators looked at other hibernation chambers, they found that everyone had a smile on their face.
This is a bit creepy.
So, what is this?
A moment later, the investigators discovered a detail again.
On each of its devices, there is a transparent tube connected to an unknown device.
There is also a much thicker pipe on these unknown devices, which are all connected to a large device inside the building.
At the same time, some luminous objects visible to the naked eye are being transported in these tubes.
Obviously, these luminous objects were extracted from the bodies of unknown races.
"Captain Liu, do you think this could be someone extracting energy from people of this race?"
"Extract energy, I said you are really imaginative..."
"This... After the liberation of the solar system, a large amount of human historical data was obtained from the old federal database, which also contained a large number of human film and television works, and one of the very old movies contained such a scene...
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"Oh? Tell me in detail."
Regardless of whether this information is valuable or not, Liu Tao is purely interested in the movie mentioned by the captain of the intelligence department.
Then, the captain also talked about the plot of the movie in detail.
"Well, from what you said, it is indeed very similar to this scene, especially those pipelines transporting unknown substances. Could it be..."
"Captain Liu, I suggest that we arrange for several experts to go down and figure out the problems here. I think it is very possible to figure out what is going on in this Balt galaxy."
"Well, that makes sense, let's do it!"
"Okay, Commander Liu, I'll make the arrangements then!"
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It is more than 20,000 light-years away from the Dimensional Galaxy.
On a planet...
No, it cannot be called a planet, because this is a spherical object made purely of metal and an ultra-complex structure.
Its diameter is about 100,000 kilometers.
somewhere inside it.
[Beep beep beep...The Annihilator Team No. 07182 was destroyed...]
[Beep beep...begin to wake up Slaughterer No. 325, the wake-up program begins to execute, the remaining time is 192...]
A very large piece of equipment is constantly making mechanical sounds.
And a few minutes later.
A gate on the surface of the metal planet was opened.
Immediately, a giant battleship tens of thousands of meters long slowly flew out from it.
If you could look inside through the external device, you'd see...
The spherical metal objects that had attacked the pirate fleet and the Scorpion Pirate Group before hit a thousand of them in this giant battleship.
After leaving the metal planet.
In front of the huge battleship, an even larger hyperspace window was opened.
Then the battleship slowly sailed into it.
At this time, the super-large unknown device located inside the metal planet once again made a mechanical sound.
[Beep beep beep...Slaughterer No. 325 has set off, and the scheduled arrival time is 5 days]
[Didi... After simulation, the winning rate of Slayer No. 325 is 97.2%]
[Beep beep beep...The first rule is to eliminate all intruders]
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Three days later.
Two preliminary reports came from the scientific team.
The first is the research report on the remains of the unknown civilization and unmanned weapons.
It has been confirmed that this metal ball is not equipped with any shield system.
However, although there is no shield, it is made of a special metal that is very strong.
Even if it is an energy weapon of a fourth-level civilization, it will take a lot of effort to break its shell. Only space weapons can easily break through its defense.
At the same time, the weapons it uses are space-based technologies.
Somewhat similar to the space penetrating cannon on the Pangu class.
However, due to the energy system and the size of the space penetrating cannon itself, its power is much smaller than that of the Pangu-class.
only...
Although the power is small, it cannot withstand large numbers.
Inside each metal sphere, there are 108 sets of such weapons.
The power of the salvo is also not weak, which is why the previous wave of strikes was able to take out nearly half of the Pangu-class shield integrity.
Finally, its engine removes all limiting components.
However, this is of course right.
The reason why human warships place limits on their engines is because they consider the endurance of Federation soldiers.
If the defense line is restricted, the battleship may be able to withstand it, but the federal soldiers inside will definitely not be able to withstand it.
And this spherical metal body...
There are no occupants inside, so there is no need for restrictions.
Next, another report is about the investigation of the strange situation on the surface of Weidun VI.
It's exactly what the captain of the intelligence department guessed.
Those devices are an energy production plant, and the source of energy is the unknown civilized races in dormant warehouses.
Eventually, all the energy will be transported to the huge energy storage device in the middle.
According to speculation, whoever did all this should collect the stored energy every once in a while.
In fact, based on in-depth investigation over the past few days.
This is not only the case on Dimensional Shield VI, but also on the other two living planets.
The three living planets combined have hundreds of thousands of such energy factories, and the number of that unknown civilized race...
The three planets add up to a total of 80 billion.
Good guy, no matter what the hell that civilization in Bartene is.
But this is a really big deal.
There are more than 80 billion people in one star system.
It takes the entire galaxy combined...
Could it be that all civilizations in the entire Balt galaxy have become batteries for that unknown civilization?