Electromagnetic Storm
It was like a game of treasure hunting. Xia Fei searched the ancient battlefield for the parts he needed, and he could not help but cheer every time he found one.
In truth, any experienced resident of the Wild Star Region would not be as optimistic as Xia Feis. There were many treasures waiting to be excavated in the shipwreck zone, but the risk involved was far less than the joy of treasure hunting. People knew very well how terrifying those random electromagnetic storms were, and how cruel the ubiquitous pirates were.
There were many parts piled up in the cargo hold, all of which were generic models produced a long time ago. Although they were not as advanced as the new parts Lunar Eclipse was equipped with, they could at least move Lunar Eclipse and fly out of this barren star region.
Xia Fei carefully inspected the condition of these parts. Fortunately, space was basically in a vacuum state, so even though these parts had been in space for over two thousand years, they were still in perfect condition, as if they were brand new.
Just seven more parts, and we can leave this place, Xia Fei said happily.
Phantom nodded indifferently. Find them as soon as possible. I dont want to stay in this d * mn place for too long.
Xia Fei smiled. Youre just a soul; it doesnt matter where you are. Besides, cant you create a virtual space to your liking?
Not the same. Phantom shook his head solemnly. Virtual space doesnt have the smell of sunlight. I dont like it at all.
Xia Fei returned to the command deck after checking the parts and searched the star map.
It had been a full ninety hours since they set off, and Xia Fei had already searched all the yellow danger zones near Red Rock Base.
Now there were two choices. One was to enter the yellow zone, which was further away. In that case, they would have to operate the warship to perform a large-scale warp. Not only would it take a lot of time, but the energy fluctuations produced by such a long-distance warp would also be detected by the pirates' detection system.
The second choice was to enter a red zone four thousand lightyears away. Red zones represented unstable space or frequent pirate activity, which was also very dangerous.
Actually, there was a third option, which was to return to base, but that would mean that the search would fail. Xia Feis did not even consider that option. He was only seven parts away from making Lunar Eclipse fly again, and there was no way he would give up now.
Sitting in the comfortable captain's chair and thinking for a while, Xia Fei decided to take the risk and enter the red zone that was closest to him. The reason was simple. Since there was danger everywhere, there was no need to go further. He might as well go directly to the place that was closest to him. Moreover, the energy fluctuations produced by a four-thousand-lightyear jump were smaller than that of a large-scale jump, so the chances of being discovered would be lower.
Xia Fei stood up and went to the command deck. Just as he was about to operate the warship to warp, the right side of the porthole suddenly flashed with silver light. The red warning lights in the warship suddenly flashed!
Xia Fei took a closer look and could not help but have goosebumps!
Far away from the battleship, a ball of silver light was quietly gathering, the color was incomparably gorgeous! Clearly, this was a sign that an electromagnetic storm was forming!
This was the most famous natural phenomenon in the Wild Star Region, the wrath of the Goddess of Destruction!
"Activate the emergency system! Activate Random Jump immediately! Random Jump! "Xia Fei urgently ordered the ship's AI computer.
"Yes, the emergency warp system has been activated. Entering warp state in fifteen seconds."
An emergency warp tunnel immediately opened in front of the warship, and the Amarr executioner frigate charged into the wormhole at full power.
That was when the electromagnetic storm in the distance suddenly erupted! The silver light was coming straight at Xia Fei from far away! It was like a cloud that was tumbling at high speed! It was majestic!
"Entering warp state in ten seconds."
"Entering warp state in five seconds."
Xia Fei's warship had only just entered the wormhole when the electromagnetic storm was about to reach him!
* Whoosh! *
The wormhole rapidly closed the moment the warship entered, and almost at the same time, the electromagnetic storm swept over like a tsunami!
The entire wormhole suddenly trembled as if it had gone crazy!
The warship was also shaking violently!
Everything was trembling!
Xia Fei gritted his teeth, his two hands gripping the command deck tightly, his expression cold.
* Whoosh! *
The executioner frigate finally entered warp state, and that crazy electromagnetic storm could no longer disturb it.
An electromagnetic storm was caused by the rapid strengthening of a magnetic field for some unknown reason, causing all the radiation and polarized electric fields that passed through the magnetic field to be strengthened as well, resulting in an electromagnetic explosion of unparalleled power.
If the warship was hit by this electromagnetic storm, all the equipment on board would be damaged if they were lucky, and if they were unlucky, they would be buried in the sea of stars or even turned into space dust.
Xia Fei let out a long sigh and collapsed into the captain's chair.
Fortunately, the emergency warp program was in a state of preparation, or else there was no way he could have survived this disaster.
It was just that the coordinates of this emergency warp were completely randomly selected by the computer, so no one knew where Xia Fei would be sent to.
Under normal circumstances, the distance of a random warp would not exceed fifty thousand lightyears, but this standard was not fixed. The moment he entered the warp, the wormhole had been hit by the electromagnetic storm, causing a temporary distortion. This could very well cause the wormhole to deform, ultimately sending Xia Fei millions of lightyears away.
The last time Xia Fei went through the wormhole opened by that insectoid warship, he was directly sent to the Wild Star Region due to the distortion of the wormhole, crossing a distance of hundreds of thousands of lightyears in an instant.
Lighting a cigarette, Xia Fei calmed his nerves and waited quietly. This was the only thing he could do at the moment.
It did not take long. About two minutes later, the executioner frigate came out of the wormhole.
Xia Fei looked through the porthole, and his heart, which had just returned to normal, began to beat wildly again!
The wreckage of an entire fleet was floating in the dark of space!
To understand whether a fleet was in a unified state or not, one only needed to look at one point: whether or not this fleet had a capital ship.
The fleet that appeared in front of Xia Fei was made up of about a thousand warships of various sizes, and more importantly, there was a carrier among them, a true capital ship!
Furthermore, this capital ship was in perfect condition!
Why? Why is there a capital ship in perfect condition floating in the wreckage of a fleet? Xia Fei's eyes were wide open, completely shocked!
Phantom swallowed a mouthful of saliva and walked to the porthole to look at the incomparably huge aircraft carrier. "This flagship doesn't seem to have suffered any damage?"
What made a capital ship so different was that it had a volume and firepower that far exceeded other warships. Take this Gaian Thanatos-class carrier for example.
Its mass was 105.75 million tons, and its volume was more than 130 million cubic meters.
The other battleships, cruisers, and frigates were like ants standing next to an elephant, not even worth mentioning.
All the warships were in a circular shape, surrounding the capital ship as if they were protecting it in a strategic formation.
Xia Fei put out his cigarette and began tapping his fingers on the command panel. Although a capital ship in perfect condition gave Xia Fei a great shock, he still needed to do everything step by step.
The damage done to the Executioner class frigate was not too serious. Only a few insignificant parts of the equipment were destroyed. The radar and communication system were all squeaking, and the frigate could not locate its current position or contact the outside world.
Xia Fei carefully checked again and found that the radar system was not damaged. The reason it had malfunctioned was because of some inexplicable reason.
Frowning, Xia Fei decided not to think about the malfunction of the radar system. He steered the warship closer to the capital ship and used the detector to scan its current state.
The time needed to scan a capital ship was much slower than that of a normal warship, because it was too big and had an uncountable number of equipment.
It took a full twenty minutes before the report of the capital ship appeared on the screen.
Xia Fei used about half an hour to finish reading the hundreds of pages of the report, but the doubts in his heart did not lessen at all.
According to the report, be it the outer shell or the internal parts of the capital ship, everything was in perfect condition. If someone boarded the ship, they could even immediately drive it away.
This is too strange. Why would the Navy leave a capital ship in perfect condition here? If the capital ship is in perfect condition, why are the other ships in the fleet so badly damaged? Phantom shook his head and muttered to himself.
Xia Fei also realized what he said. Not only that, but Xia Fei also noticed something even stranger. There was only the Pan-human Alliance fleet nearby, and there was not a single insectoid ship wreckage to be seen.
There was no way such a well-organized fleet could not even take down a single enemy warship. This did not make sense at all. Could it be that these ships were not destroyed by the insectoids?
Shaking his head, Xia Fei turned on all the detection devices on the warship, including life detection, energy detection, and infrared detection, doing a comprehensive inspection of the capital ship.
Why don't you go and take a look? Phantom egged Xia Fei on.
Xia Fei shook his head. Ill not get on this capital ship before I get to the bottom of things.
Just take a look. Aren't you curious about what happened to this ship? Dont you want to know the answer?
Of course I'm curious, but I still care about my life. Youre a ghost; why dont you go and take a look? You're already dead anyway, Xia Fei said.
Sigh. Phantom sighed. Do you think I dont want to? I cant be more than twenty meters away from that Moore Stone on your neck, or else I'll dissipate.
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