After receiving Nimf's report, Fangzheng immediately put aside his work and turned on his personal terminal.
"What's the current situation?"
"Everything is normal. The signal we received from the C-12 transit station is still stable."
Nimf quickly replied to Fangzheng's question.
For the sake of safety, Fangzheng didn't use a direct connection with the probes. Instead, he deployed his research ship, Neptune, in an uninhabited area far away from Star City. At the same time, he built a transit station in front of him. This meant that the probe's signal would first be transmitted to the transit station, then processed by the research ship, and finally sent to the terminal interface of Star City …. This way, even if the other side discovered something, they wouldn't be able to immediately discover the exact location of Fangzheng's Star City.
Of course, there would be a delay of about a few minutes, but considering safety and concealment, this degree of delay was acceptable.
With that thought in mind, Fangzheng immediately focused his attention on the data in front of him.
"What's the result of the analysis?"
"It matches the information given to me by the Goddess of Order. The match is about 95%."
"Is it an energy leak?"
"A slight energy leak. Suspected to be from the interstellar highway."
"Hmm …."
After hearing Nimf's report, Fangzheng narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment. Then, he tapped the table.
"Order Neptune to move the probe to the energy leak point. Don't turn on the scanning device. Just disguise yourself as a meteorite."
"Yes."
Although she didn't understand why Fangzheng gave such an order, Nimf quickly nodded. Then, Fangzheng saw the light dot representing the probe slowly moving on the map, flying towards the energy leak point. Although the previous scan showed that there was nothing there, and this slight energy signal was more like an ordinary energy radiation, Fangzheng obviously wouldn't let go of this opportunity.
The prophet's intuition told him that this energy point wasn't simple.
Because according to the map provided by the Goddess of Order, this area was one of the "rest stops" along the interstellar highway of the Order race. In that case, there might be a "fish that slipped through the net" of the Order race.
But the problem was, how was he going to contact the other party?
It was not as simple as just knocking on the door. If the other party could hide until now without being destroyed by Chaos, it meant that they must be quite cautious — to put it bluntly, cowardly.
They would never foolishly expose themselves to the Chaos just because they discovered some signs.
Soon, the probe reached the designated point — passed the designated point — continued onward — there was no response.
"Master?"
"Ignore it. Continue monitoring the leak point."
"Yes."
Just like that, one minute passed, ten minutes passed, an hour passed …
There was no reaction.
"Master? Shall we try again? "
"No."
In this regard, Fangzheng had always been infuriatingly cautious.
"Give up all contact with that probe. Let Neptune launch another probe to bypass that area."
"Yes."
The little angel obeyed Fangzheng's order. She quickly followed Fangzheng's order and asked Neptune to launch another probe. The probe continued onward, and then … there was no response.
But that wasn't the end.
"Let the second probe approach the first and scan it."
Fangzheng thought for a moment and gave another order. The second dot made a big circle in the starry sky and fell far behind the first dot. After a while, a line of numbers appeared in front of Fangzheng.
"We've extracted some information from the surface of the first probe. After digitizing it, we've obtained the coordinates."
"That's right … I knew it …"
Hearing Nimf's answer, Fangzheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he thought, if there were really people on the other side, there was no way they wouldn't leave any information behind. But it was impossible to actively release information. Information was the symbol of Order. Actively releasing information was no different from shouting in a dark and unknown forest. It was only a matter of time before carnivorous beasts were attracted.
Therefore, the best way was to leave the information there. If someone came, they could directly "transmit" it. It was like placing a piece of double-sided tape on the ground and waiting for a car's tire to run over it. Then, the car would leave with the tape and the information inside.
As for whether the other side would discover it, that would depend on luck.
This method was very primitive and relied on luck, but it was very reliable. After all, after leaving the information there, the person who released the information could quickly leave without being discovered by other things. Considering the rampant forces of Chaos and the question of whether there were still any members of the Order race alive, under such circumstances, this primitive and backward method of information transmission was a little useful.
Soon, after obtaining the coordinates, the probe released by Neptune once again drifted over …. Under Fangzheng's gaze, the probe suddenly disappeared as if it had drilled into a curtain used to conceal the background. The scene in front of Fangzheng was cut off not long after.
"We've lost contact."
"That's normal. We'll know the situation later."
Fangzheng wasn't worried about this. He had already ordered the little angel to write an automatic pathfinding program in the probe's program. Once the probe lost contact, it would automatically return to the last recorded coordinates. Now, it all depended on whether there was any danger in there.
Not long after, the scene reappeared. The probe quietly appeared from the empty starry sky and slowly turned back.
Then, an image appeared in front of Fangzheng. That was the image captured by the probe. In the image, there was nothing but the starry sky in front of them. But in the next moment, it was as if someone had suddenly switched the image. In the empty starry sky, a space-like object the size of a die suddenly appeared. It just sat there quietly and motionlessly. Other than the occasional flash of light, there was no reaction.
Then, the probe's built-in program was activated, and it moved again. Soon, the image jumped again, and the huge space station from before instantly disappeared, returning to the endless starry sky.
The Order race really liked to hide things this way.
Fangzheng wasn't surprised. After all, this wasn't the first time he had encountered such a situation.
"Do you need me to send someone?"
"As expected, I still have to deal with the Order race … Hmm …"
Halfway through his sentence, Fangzheng immediately saw a look of uneasiness and worry in Nimf's eyes, so he changed his tone.
"Then let's find a team of magical girls and let Red Ponytail lead the team to check out the situation."
After all, magical girls were also a race of Divine Kin, so they were just right for this purpose.
Anyway, that space station wasn't called the Stone Village, so what was there to be afraid of?
Soon, a stealth bomber quietly flew out of Star City and flew towards the depths of the vast universe.
"It's finally our turn to fight. I'm feeling a little nervous."
Apricot bit the chocolate bar in her mouth while looking at the meteors flying by outside the window. She couldn't help but sigh.
"To be honest, I never thought that one day I would fight in the universe. I wonder what our enemy will be? Was it an alien monster? Or aliens? "
At this moment, in addition to the Goddess of Destiny, who was the mental model of this battleship, there were a total of five magical girls on the bridge, led by Red Ponytail. The rest were Huan Caiyu, Xiao Meiyan, Sakura Akiko, and Chihae Nankai. Basically, the ones with Red Ponytail this time were all the magical girls who had signed contracts with her in Shenbin City. As for why she didn't bring Fithia and Naiya … Let's talk about that next time.
"Hmm … There won't really be alien monsters, will there? Like in the movies?"
Hearing Apricot's words, Xiao Huan was obviously a little nervous. Red Ponytail patted her on the shoulder.
"Don't be so nervous. We're just here to investigate. If we encounter any trouble we can't deal with, just leave!"
"Hmm …"
Hearing Red Ponytail's voice, Xiao Huan's cheeks turned slightly red. She nodded. At the same time, the Goddess of Destiny's voice sounded.
"We've arrived at the designated location."
As soon as the Goddess of Destiny's voice fell, the empty void in front of the porthole suddenly jumped, and then a huge white space station suddenly appeared in front of them as if it was right in their faces. The Goddess of Destiny nimbly turned a corner and hovered steadily at the passage next to the space station.
Then, an oval pipe emerged from the side of the hull and quickly connected the Goddess of Destiny to the space station.
"Connection is successful. Searching …."
The Goddess of Destiny closed her eyes, then opened them and looked at Red Ponytail in confusion.
"Commander, it has been detected that all systems in the space station have gone offline. The energy supply has been cut off.
"Hmm … Why does it feel more and more like those space horror movies …."
Hearing this, Akiko's face turned pale. Although Chihae did not speak, he also clenched his spear tightly.
"What's the situation inside?"
"It seems to be maintaining the most basic life mode, but the details are unknown."
"Very good."
Red Ponytail nodded, then picked up the big sword in her hand and swung it hard.
"Let's go!"
The next moment, with a flash of light, everyone quickly disappeared into thin air.
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