The ten thousand surveillance cameras floating near the No. 3 space gate captured the picture of space within hundreds of thousands of square kilometers clearly. After the calculation and analysis of the super crystal processors, they were projected to the enormous light beam in the control center.
It could be clearly seen that on the ninth jump point near the No. 3 stargate, the empty three-dimensional space suddenly burst out like a fountain, spreading circles of black ripples in all directions.
In a moment, the feeble ripples turned into overwhelming, colorful tides that even affected the starships that had already jumped out of the space gaps on the jump points nearby.
Those starships all activated their full power and dodged in panic. The spiritual shields of many starships were emitting glamorous brilliance, indicating that they were under tremendous pressure at first.
At the center of the ripples, or rather, the tides, was a firework that was most glamorous but perished instantly.
When millions of tons of materials reacted violently and were completely obliterated, the energy that was released left an ineffaceable white spot in the dark space and in the eyes of every observer. The white spot gradually turned into the shape of a skeleton, representing destruction and death.
Every piece of surveillance magical equipment in the control center was shrieking, informing all the staff that a devastating 'overlapping jump' accident had taken place!
The two starships that had jumped to the Divine Rain Planet from different Sectors somehow jumped to the same coordinates at the same time. Every unit on the starships, every cell of the crew, and even every atom that constituted the units and the fleshly bodies of the starships overlapped with each other.
The consequences of the overlap were catastrophic.
Even though only 10% of the bodies of the starships were overlapped, the super explosion that it raised still swallowed the two starships instantly. All the crew members did not even have the time to panic before they were ripped into pieces at the cellular and even atomic level.
It was just the beginning.
The space swirl that resulted from the collision of the two space ripples caused by the two starships boasted a tremendous attraction force. Like a small black hole, it absorbed all the materials that were trying to escape in a hurry and turned them into part of destruction and death. Even the starships nearby that did not have enough time to escape were gradually drawn in, showing signs that they were about to be involved in a serial destruction.
"How did this happen?"
The brilliant and appalling picture displayed on the surveillance light beam cast the control center into a moment of suffocation and silence.
The manager of the navigation and dispatch center of the No. 3 space gate roared desperately, "Who's responsible for the dispatch of the No. 9 jump point? Why did they send the same precise jump coordinates to two starships?"
The scale of the universe was far beyond the imagination of human beings. Theoretically speaking, it was impossible for the starships that were performing a space jump to run into each other.
However, in order to increase the precision of the jumps as much as possible, the Pangu Clan and the Nuwa Clan, the ancestors of human beings, created such magical equipment as' star beacons' and 'space gates'. Like lighthouses in the dark night, they attracted travelers from all directions.
As a result, the jump coordinates of the starships that passed through the space gate would be concentrated in a very small range. There was a one in ten thousand chance that the starships would interfere with each other or even overlap and meld.
When two starships overlapped in the same space by brute force, or when two bodies of flesh and blood jumped to the same place at the same time, the consequences would be dire.
The Navigation and Control Center of the Star Gate was a management department set up to prevent such accidents from happening.
Every space gate would divide the space zone nearby into different jump points according to its size and navigation distance. Every jump point boasted unique jump coordinates and control codes.
Under normal circumstances, the starships of the other party would send a jump request to the target space gate before they performed a space jump. After the control center of the target space gate approved the identity and the mission, it would send the starships the jump coordinates, the jump time, and the control codes according to the congestion of the space gate.
In such a way, the safety, order, and swiftness of the space jump could be ensured.
Therefore, in the normal jump missions where the two parties communicated closely with each other, it was rare that two starships crashed into each other.
The identities of the two starships that overlapped and perished had been extracted. They were two carriers that had come to the Divine Rain Sector to deliver assets to the Divine Rain Planet for a monthly transportation mission. Their jump requests had been sent over a day ago!
Then, there was only one possibility.
It was a man-made accident. The dispatcher gave the control codes of the two starships at the same time and at the same coordinates!
The manager of the control center of the No. 3 space gate immediately blushed. He stared at the dispatcher of the No. 9 jump point with sharp eyes.
Perhaps because he sensed the burning gaze of his superior, the dispatcher suddenly began to tremble violently. His throat made a gurgling sound, and his face turned ashen. Large amounts of white foam spurted out of his mouth. With a splat, he fell to the ground on his back and convulsed nervously. He lost control of his bowels and urine.
He seemed to be suffering from a terrible disease.
"Well …"
The manager of the control center was slightly stunned. "Doctor! Call a doctor!"
At this moment, all the workers in the control center of the No. 3 space gate were in chaos.
The riot caused by the "overlap" of the two starships was not so easy to settle. Although the main bodies of the two starships had perished and were of no value to be rescued, the space ripples and the thousands of pieces spurted out by the explosion were still sweeping across the entire space zone.
Under normal circumstances, even the carriers boasted spiritual shields of a certain intensity that could resist the scourge of most of the pieces.
But it must not be forgotten that this place was near the space gate. Every minute, starships would jump out of the void and condense into a stable form from the broken state.
It was the most vulnerable moment for the starships and the crew.
Even the Yuanying and the experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage were more feeble than ever in the state between the three-dimensional and the four-dimensional. They could not even completely control their own soul.
If one of the pieces of the explosion happened to hit the power unit or the arsenal of a starship, or rather, if a starship happened to jump to the pieces from the void and overlap with the pieces again, the chain reaction it raised would definitely be a tragedy of serial destruction.
Therefore, both the control center and the bridge of every nearby starship were uttering devastating roars.
Everybody was operating hard as if their hands were cramping. Every surveillance camera was aimed at the starships that had jumped out of the void. More than 90% of the computational ability of the mainframe crystal processor was devoted to replanning the route of the jump and the sequence of the starships' jumps. Both the human brain and the crystal processor were overloaded, with steam popping up.
In the chaos, nobody noticed that in the space zone near the No. 19 jump point, which was the furthest away from the No. 3 space gate and served as a backup, a black warship that seemed to have been melded with the universe appeared out of the void without a sound.
It was a transparent warship that seemed to be made of black gems.
The application of all kinds of energy-absorbing and anti-interference materials minimized the ripples that it raised when tearing apart the three-dimensional space. It was like a crocodile that was slowly craning its head out of a thick swamp.
It was not until the long and strong body completely surfaced from the 'space swamp', revealing the lightning-covered paint on the two sides of the body of the warship and staring at the space zone that was in a mess coldly that nobody noticed its existence.
It was the first crocodile.
Very soon, the second crocodile, the third crocodile, the fourth crocodile … The tenth crocodile all surfaced from the void dozens of kilometers away from it. It was as silent as the first crocodile. Except for the feeble ripples that looked like spreading black fog, there was barely any trace of it. The only thing that could be seen was the lightning-covered paint in the shape of a tiger that was emitting shocking killing intent vaguely.
The paint of 'Tiger Goes Down the Mountain' was the symbol of the Thunder Fleet.
After one space jump, the battleships would be in a battle formation when they were only dozens of kilometers away from each other. It was a perfect group jump.
It was not until this moment that the control center of the No. 3 space gate finally detected the traces of the uninvited guests.
"What — what the hell is going on?"
Looking at the light spots on the surveillance light beam that were quickly congregating into a battle formation like wasps and ants, the manager of the No. 3 space gate turned pale. "How is it possible? So many unlicensed, unknown starships have jumped to the Divine Rain Planet at the same time … Where did they get the jump permission and the control code? It's impossible. It's absolutely impossible!"
For the sake of safety and in case the enemy broke into their heartland with a massive army group, both the Imperium and the Holy League had always had a thorough control over their space gates. The frequency of the mystic rays that the space gates launched was highly confidential, too.
Every space gate was changing the frequency of the mystic rays every day to generate different navigation signals. Only by knowing the navigation signals of the day and even the period, which were the top confidential data contained in the 'jump password', could the navigation function of the space gate be maximized and the precision of the jump be maximized.
Even if the coordinates of the space gate were known, there was a 99% chance that the starships would jump to the edge of the target world if they could not decipher the blinking jump password of the space gate. Perhaps, it would take them ten days to half a month to reach the resource-rich area at the center of the world, which was also the planet where human beings were most active and mainly lived.
But the mysterious intruders had jumped to the Divine Rain Planet so quickly. There must be a reason why they were so close to the Divine Rain Planet.
The manager of the No. 3 space gate was greatly alarmed. He drew his mini storm bolter from his waist out of instinct.
But all the navigators, dispatchers, and operators in front of him were confused. Their hands were carrying out the prescribed operations dutifully without any anomaly.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
The sound of boots that were embedded with iron plates echoed in the corridor. It was the guards responsible for the No. 3 space gate.
The manager of the No. 3 space gate was slightly dazed, thinking that he had not ordered the guards to come. When he looked back, the gate of the control center had been kicked open. More than twenty soldiers in Crystal Suits, armed to the teeth, barged in aggressively. Following them was the deputy captain of the guards. He was not wearing a Crystal Suit but the uniform of the Imperium Army, except that his uniform was stained with blood, as if he had just killed somebody.
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