In the beautiful and lonely night sky, a silver warship was cruising quietly. This was one of the most advanced exploratory warships in the Milky Way Alliance, designed to explore the unknown stars.
This was a star region far from the human world.
Meng Tian opened her eyes from her deep sleep. Taking a deep breath, she waved her hand gently, waking up the lights in the bedroom. She also dispelled the memories of her dream.
The Skylink connected to the external network of the warship popped up, displaying the current situation.
Warship time: 23: 30.
Environmental mimicry, late at night.
Planned mission: 24: 00, command cabin.
Meng Tian got off the bed. Her snow-white feet stepped on the cold floor of the ship, chasing away the haziness of waking up.
Recently, she had been dreaming about the past. The further away she was, the more unsettled she became. Meng Tian laughed at herself.
Taking off the tight combat vest, Meng Tian walked into the square bathroom that could only accommodate one person. Even if he was sleeping, he had to maintain a state where he could be awake and join the battle at any time. Only when he was taking a bath could he slightly relax.
The water slid down her moist body, bringing her true consciousness.
Warship time: 23: 55.
Meng Tian arrived at the command cabin on time.
"Meng Tian." Captain Cameron smiled and nodded at her.
"Major General Cameron." Meng Tian saluted without a trace of laziness. In the army, female officers had to be stricter and tougher than men if they wanted the status they deserved.
"Very good. From 24: 00 to 5: 00, you will be piloting the warship. The route has already been entered into the autopilot system. Your mission is to adjust the details according to the actual situation." Cameron gave his orders.
"Yes."
Meng Tian looked at the time. When the seconds reached 24: 00, she took a step forward and handed over the authority to Major General Cameron.
Standard docking procedures, confirmation of route, confirmation of autopilot safety lock, temporary dynamic key authority …
After completing the handover, Cameron confirmed it again before leaving the command cabin.
Meng Tian sat in the main pilot's seat. Once again confirming the current state of the warship, she opened the star map. With the authority of the temporary captain, she kept recording the current route, as well as the star map references.
At the same time, the adjutant Norm in the co-pilot seat was also recording.
Everyone was carefully guarding their posts.
Because this was a completely unfamiliar Star Field, and they were the first batch of humans to set foot here.
Three weeks ago, the exploration fleet had detected a wormhole signal in this star field, and the battleship that Meng Tian was on had been sent over to conduct a preliminary reconnaissance.
Every wormhole was a great discovery. It was a shortcut to cross star fields. In a matter of seconds, one could cross hundreds or even thousands of light years. Of course, this was under the condition that it was constructed properly.
Traveling in foreign star regions, black holes and interstellar magnetic storms were all extremely dangerous.
Losing one's way was the scariest thing. Once there was a problem with one of the recording links, and the original reference point on the star map could not be confirmed, the entire universe would become your enemy. This was the same logic as when humans lost their way in the ocean during primitive times. The only difference was that the ocean had an end, but the universe did not.
Therefore, the captain and the chief officer recording at the same time, as well as the battleship's automatic recording, were standard exploration procedures, but it was not completely safe. Interstellar storms could always cause the fleet to deviate from the predetermined route and destroy the reference points on the star map. Many times, the captain's instincts and experience were needed.
Noam looked at Meng Tian with a complicated expression. Usually, when Cameron was resting, he was the one in charge of piloting.
But as Meng Tian revealed more and more of her abilities, Cameron began to rely on her more and more. As the captain, he admired Meng Tian's calmness and lack of distractions. In such a dangerous journey, only Meng Tian could maintain her focus.
Noam was still very uncomfortable. He felt that his chief officer's authority had been violated.
But she was an elite of the school. She had no shortcomings in any aspect. She was also pretty and popular. Her scores in a few simulations had far exceeded his.
Noam's only advantage was his seniority. Clearly, that was of no use.
"Discovered ER-type star. Can be used as a reference for the star map. Preparing to activate energy panel. Level 2 shield test. Test results are good. Raising shield to maximum consumption …"
Meng Tian methodically recorded the star's various parameters on the star map.
As they passed by the star, the activated energy panel absorbed the star's radiation and converted it to standard energy for storage. Abundant energy was the guarantee of deep space exploration. The exploration spaceship would not let go of any chance to store energy.
Ten minutes later, the battleship, which had completed the star map recording, began to accelerate. The battleship moved in an arc, attempting to escape the star's gravitational pull and accelerate outwards.
"About to reach breakaway speed."
Everyone's eyes were wide open as they carefully completed their tasks. No one could be sure that this was a safe route. It should be known that the safe route of a non-curved voyage in deep space was drawn by the blood and tears of countless explorers.
The officer in charge of scanning wiped his sweatless forehead from time to time. This action allowed him to relax a little.
The battleship circled the star's gravitational line. Just as the battleship was about to break away, the command cabin's viewfinder suddenly lit up. The optical telescope captured a large amount of material. Hum —
The command cabin sounded a piercing alarm. "Extreme danger! Extreme danger! "
"Enlarge the image!"
Following the command, the image captured by the viewfinder telescope became clear. A ring composed of countless meteorites blocked the battleship's flight path. These meteorites were captured by the star's gravitational pull and were falling towards the star at high speed. The direction in which the battleship was speeding away was facing this meteorite belt.
"Such a large meteorite belt, how could we not detect it?" Kananjic jumped up and cried out involuntarily.
"A blind spot caused by a regional stellar storm!"
The officer in charge of scanning looked at his screen with a pale face. The screen was still blank, and he could not see the existence of those meteorites. In theory, he had done this countless times, but when he actually encountered it, he still felt that it was a fatal disaster.
The battleship continued to accelerate. Based on the current speed, the battleship would hit this meteorite belt in a minute.
It was completely different from the meteorite belt. This meteorite belt was a high-speed meteorite caught by the star's gravitational pull. Even the smallest one had the equivalent of a blast from a top warship's main cannon.
Looking at the image captured by the viewfinder, at this moment, two meteorites, one big and one small, brushed against each other under the star's gravitational pull. It was not a violent collision, but the two meteorites exploded violently!
Seeing this scene, the entire command cabin was dumbfounded. There were actually high-energy ores hidden among these meteorites. In the unstable state of approaching a star, the form of the ore had become unstable. As long as it was slightly scraped, it would be equivalent to detonating a nuclear bomb.
It was over. At this distance, at this speed, they would definitely hit this meteorite belt heading for the star.
There was no way to hide! With the defense of a Lord God-level warship, just the high-speed meteorites were a fatal danger. Now, there were the unstable energy meteorites hidden among them …
The shadow of death made everyone speechless.
"Inform the captain!" There was no time or energy to reprimand the scanning officer responsible. Noam immediately pressed the captain's communicator, but there was a burst of noise from the communicator.
The strange star storm had disrupted the scanning, and also affected the operation of all communication equipment.
"Execute standard evasive procedures. Bypass the meteorite belt, and continue orbiting the star."
Noam's face paled, and he subconsciously gave the order. Only when he finished did he realize that he was sitting in the copilot seat, and did not have the captain's authorization key to complete the order.
Realizing that Noam's order could not be completed, everyone in the command cabin came to their senses. They turned to look at Meng Tian, who should have been the one to speak.
What was she doing? Was she scared silly? Besides the initial order to enlarge the image, she did not make any other sound. She was just a hard-working academic. When faced with real danger, she was stupid!
At this time, Meng Tian was still gesticulating on a screen …
The entire command cabin was in despair!
They were doomed. They could not contact the captain, and the captain's agent thought this was the academy's homework and was doing math!
Was this girl's face really that reliable?
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