A huge red fireball carrying intense nuclear radiation started from the Horizon and instantly bloomed near Neptune.
Turning an area of dozens of kilometers around into a sea of fire.
Then because there was no combustible material, it quickly extinguished.
The "Horizon" was revealed with only some wreckage left inside.
As for the "Rosk", not even the wreckage was left. It was burned into countless tiny metal residues in an instant.
You have to get a filter to fish it out.
Wait until everything around you becomes silent.
Accompanied by a weird, somewhat angry roar, an inexplicable wave suddenly appeared on the wreckage of the Horizon.
Just like a living thing recovering from an injury, countless scarlet flesh and pale bones emerged from the extremely mutilated wreckage of the spacecraft.
Not long after, a flesh-and-blood version of the Horizon was slowly reorganized into a crudely constructed, shrunken, and somewhat unattractive appearance.
After all the structures were completely stabilized, the flesh-and-blood battleship sailed quickly towards the earth without any pilot.
Obviously, the current owner of [Horizon] was very unhappy after suffering a big loss.
Get ready to do something.
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Earth, UK.
NASA's control room.
Watch the sudden changes displayed on the screen.
An employee who was sitting on a leather seat and drinking coffee was immediately shocked.
The coffee in my hand was almost unsteady.
He yelled crazily at his colleagues around him: "Oh no! The signal from [Losk] is gone!"
When the employees present heard this, they were immediately in a panic.
As an experimental spacecraft [Horizon] that can be sent to rescue [faster-light navigation], [Losk], although its status and importance is slightly lower than [Horizon], is still a national treasure-level rescue ship.
Basically, no matter what kind of equipment is used, it is of the best grade. And the personnel above are naturally elite, and every one of them is an experienced elite.
Therefore, in the face of their loss of contact, the Aviation Administration will naturally pay special attention to it.
I had already lost one [Horizon], and now I have added another one [Losc].
The loss is not unbearable.
You know, a spaceship that can travel long distances is completely different from a common spacecraft that travels to Mars, the moon, and the earth.
It represents the most cutting-edge science and technology and huge investment of resources.
As long as there is a slight chance, we must save it!
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at the same time.
Orshiga, who was monitoring various information from the space agency, also learned that the Losk was probably doomed.
"Looks like trouble is coming?"
After touching her chin, Orshika said to herself.
After saying that, he casually tapped the keyboard a few times on the computer.
Through Fierla's power, he rented a venue, and then ordered some supplies for the other party to pile up there.
Fierla, who was sitting next to him, asked in confusion: "Trouble? What trouble?"
Orshiga chuckled and said: "The trouble you don't understand~~"
In his premonition, the other party only has a certain probability of causing trouble for him, and the actual threat should not be great.
So he doesn't need to panic.
More just curious.
I'm curious if the other party's appearance can make things more interesting.
I'm curious if there is anything special in the depths of the starry sky in this plane.
alien?
Or something else?
He was just mildly interested in it.
After Philla lightly punched his solid chest, her curiosity was aroused: "Mysterious..."
As for Elsa, who was sitting on another sofa, she was sitting not far away with a look of disgust on her face, watching the two of them flirting there with displeasure.
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More than twenty days later.
After a series of discussions, NASA's second search and rescue team has set off.
In the main control room of the spacecraft, the pilot was whistling and reading a book leisurely.
As an interstellar voyage that has already determined a safe route, there will be no roadblocks along the way.
Even if there is a small meteorite, the spacecraft's own intelligent AI system is enough to deal with it in a microsecond.
As a pilot, his biggest role is to ensure the normal operation of the spacecraft when the spacecraft is in motion.
There is no need to pay attention to traffic conditions all the time.
You only need to occasionally check the overall condition of the spacecraft.
As for the other crew members except him, they are sleeping.
This is a rotating duty system adopted in order to minimize the loss of resources within the spacecraft. Except for the necessary personnel on duty, the rest of the crew must go into hibernation, and the crew must be switched every five days.
'Made, there is no Internet... If I had known better, I would have brought my computer over and played games for a while...'
The reason why he can read is not because the books are good-looking, but simply because they are the only books he can read.
Just as he was aimlessly turning the pages of the book, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw an object similar in shape to a spaceship appearing inexplicably on the spacecraft's detection radar.
‘?’
The pilot turned his head and took a look at the location of his spacecraft on the route map, and confirmed that this was an undeveloped and uninhabited area. Normal civilian spacecraft could not reach this location at all.
He thought a little doubtfully:
'Mining rare minerals? There seems to be no space mining area nearby...'
'Then what is it doing here?'
'Is it possible that a certain company is testing a new type of spacecraft?'
Just when the driver was thinking and making various guesses, he suddenly saw a character flashing next to the radar.
A trace of surprise immediately appeared on his face.
That's the spacecraft's life detector.
It is usually used to search for nearby living creatures to carry out search and rescue missions.
But at this moment, during the detection of that thing, the spaceship-like object in the distance turned out to be an entire ** creature.
And in the data displayed by the detector, the opponent's body length is close to three hundred meters, and its traveling speed is more than twice that of their spacecraft...
As the guy responsible for inspecting the life detector before departure.
After thinking for two seconds, he immediately eliminated the option of instrument failure.
Various plots that appear in many science fiction stories kept flashing through my mind.
As a result, a bad feeling suddenly emerged in my heart.
Without hesitation, I pressed the emergency wake-up button directly.
Accompanied by the sound of the dormant chamber being opened.
In the control room, he spoke loudly: "
All crew members!
Please prepare for emergencies immediately!
There are unknown creatures that are rapidly approaching the spacecraft in space!"
The captain had just woken up and found that he had woken up at the wrong time. He was about to ask the captain what happened. When he heard this, he was shocked: 'Aliens?'
Don't dare to stay where you are.
Quickly ran to the control room.
When he opened the door, he had not yet walked in.
The sight displayed on the main screen of the main control room stunned him.
It was a ferocious warship with its outer layer covered with flesh, blood and bones.
Its irregular hull is dotted with various gun ports, and countless skeletons form a conspicuous emblem on it.
No guesswork is required, no analysis is required.
When anyone sees this battleship, they will instinctively feel a sense of malice, as if it does not belong to this world, but comes from hell.
"quick……"
The captain immediately and instinctively wanted to give orders.
Lead the spacecraft to evacuate.
The next moment.
Before he could say anything, the Skeleton Battleship's guns roared.
Dozens of artillery fire were fired rapidly.
Amidst the flames and explosions, the rescue ship turned into a ball of fire before it had time to react.