A bright light pierced through the darkness, and the Petrachelys left the hyperspace state and entered a new starry sky.
The external monitor showed the scene outside the spacecraft and simulated the entire starry sky around the bridge through a wraparound projection. Hao Ren saw that the starry sky outside was slightly dark gray, which meant that this star area was surrounded by a large primitive cloud belt. On the other side of the starry sky, there was a bright long strip with countless light gathering in the strip, as if millions of stars clustered together to light up the night sky. It should be a star cradle, constantly producing new stars and spewing primitive matter to the entire universe.
"A... magnificent place." Y'zaks finally lifted his head from the newspaper when he arrived at the station. He looked around and said, "It seems that the sirens' galaxy is still very young."
"Io has appeared in front of us. The spacecraft is approaching the target," the voice of the MDT sounded through the on-board broadcast. "Wait a minute... Okay, you can see it now."
In front of the holographic projection, a dim planet was gradually zooming in. Its surface was completely covered by a dark ocean, and the whole planet was shrouded in a grayish-blue hue. Only some fragmented huge white patches were sparsely distributed in the northern hemisphere of the planet, which were the seasonal ice floes of continents. The southern hemisphere of the planet was shrouded in thick clouds. According to the records in the Nasaton database, it was a unique atmospheric phenomenon that moved on the surface of the planet in an annual cycle. The sirens in the past called it the 'sky curtain'.
The sun was on the side of the connection between the spacecraft and Io. The sunlight shone on the surface of the planet at a slanted angle, as if it was plated with a layer of metal.
"This is the home of the sirens..." Lily leaned on the back of the chair and said in a drawn-out tone. She turned her head and glanced at the siren queen. "We have arrived at your home."
Shaqira and Sorma also stared intently at the holographic projection. The strange planet completely covered by the ocean was now the only thing they could see. After a long time, Hao Ren could not help but interrupt. "So, do you have any thoughts?"
"I... don't know." Shaqira shook her head in confusion. "I thought I should be more excited, but when I saw this planet, I didn't feel anything special. I almost didn't think that I evolved from this place."
Nangong Sanba stood up and adjusted his long black trench coat in a particularly flamboyant manner. Then, he said, "That's because you won't be able to experience the feeling of stepping into your hometown from space. Your hometown is filled with mountains and rivers, streets and alleys, and the familiar sounds of the streets. If you don't experience these things, you'll never be considered to have returned home. And this is not something that can be experienced by looking at a 3D photo in space …"
Wuyue looked up at Nangong Sanba and said, "Brother, will you die if you don't show off? Your chicken soup for the soul has gone bad. If I remember correctly, you used the phrase in the middle 20 years ago. Are you trying to get close to the old Chinese? You cheated them of two white jade thumb rings. "
Nangong Sanba was speechless. "… But I also caught an evil spirit for the old man. Why didn't you tell me?"
Watching the siblings bicker was much more interesting than watching Nangong Wuyue poke the floor with her tail.
The spacecraft quickly approached Io and circled to its sunny side. As the planet was completely covered in water, there was no conventional landing spot. So, Hao Ren decided to find an ice floe to land. But as the spacecraft gradually approached the planet, a bright light suddenly flashed across the holographic projection. Hao Ren looked up and saw something shining in the sky above Io's northern hemisphere. He quickly changed the spacecraft's course and approached it.
"What's that?" Lily's ears perked up. She had completely entered the husky's state. "Does it look like a space station?"
The shining space facility was getting closer and closer, and finally a series of clear arcs and arches appeared. It was the size of a giant city, and the overall shape was like layers of shells. There was a towering crystal wall around the facility, but the space above the facility was empty. There should have been something like a protective shield, but now it was gone.
The more Hao Ren looked at it, the more familiar it looked. Finally, he suddenly remembered. "This looks like the shape of Nasaton?"
"I almost couldn't recognize it from the sky!" Vivian was also surprised. "This … is another colony ship? How did it stay in orbit? "
"Slowly approach it. MDT, search the database of Nasaton that we copied earlier to see if it has a sister ship or something like that. "
All of Hao Ren's interest was on Io itself and the fragments of the sirens' history. Even though he had copied a lot of things from Nasaton's database, he did not have the time to look at them in detail. So when he saw the other colony ship, he suddenly thought that he should pay attention to whether the sirens had created other exiled spaceships — and what the fate of those exiled spaceships was.
The Petrachelys gradually approached the giant spaceship that was almost identical to Nasaton, and the MDT's voice sounded. "Searching … confirmed that there are three sister ships in Nasaton, namely the Zalazarn, the Antalion, and the Palatheon. Of the three ships, except for the Antalion, which is specially designed with a symbolic core fusion tower, the other two ships are the same structure as Nasaton, and were built using the same blueprint. "
"So it should be one of the two mass-produced ships," Hao Ren suddenly became interested. "Are there any signs of threat on it?"
"Preliminary scan, there are no signs of life on the spaceship, but we can't rule out the existence of a special life form that is difficult to identify."
Although the Petrachelys was advanced, it was only a few hundred meters long. After flying near the wreckage, it looked very inconspicuous. Hao Ren let the spaceship slowly fly over the wreckage, carefully observing the condition of the giant spaceship. Of course, the latter had completely lost power, and was now flying in Io's high orbit without power, and rolling along the central axis at a very slow speed. The siren queen observed for a long time and said softly, "It doesn't have a water dome."
"Not to mention a water dome, it doesn't even have a drop of water." Lily smacked her lips and shook her head.
The shield of the spaceship had disappeared, and there seemed to be many damaged walls on the side, and the water that once filled the cabin had already dissipated into space. A large number of the spaceship's buildings and facilities were exposed to the dry vacuum of space, mercilessly burned by the scorching sun and cosmic rays.
Hao Ren saw a series of tear marks after a series of explosions on the side of the wreckage, which was no doubt the cause of the spaceship's crash. But who caused those explosions?
Was it the brain monster that destroyed the spaceship, or the First Born?
Hao Ren looked up at the console and asked, "MDT, have you found any response from the teleportation portal?"
"No, it may be hiding at the bottom of the sea, or it may be hidden in an abnormal space like Nasaton. I need to conduct a major scan of the entire planet. Also, I'm serious, I'm a MDT, you can't just call me by my nickname … "
"Have you found any signs of life from the brain monster?"
"This has to wait until the entire planet has been scanned. Also, I'm not finished yet, you have to respect a PDA … "
"You go scan the planet and drop a few more probes. Maybe those big heads have already set up an ambush waiting for us to land," Hao Ren said as he walked to the door of the bridge. "I'll take two people to the wreckage to confirm the cause of the explosions. I'll be back soon."
"Oh, okay. But I also want to emphasize that I'm a MDT … "
Hao Ren ignored it and strode to the teleportation room. As he walked, he called out, "Who else wants to follow me? Put on the life-support collar and come with me. "
Lily skipped to catch up with him. "Mr. Landlord, wait a minute, I'll go with you! Also, Mr. Landlord, I've added a little bell to the collar, do you think it looks good … "
Vivian sighed and followed behind Lily. "I'll go too. Neither of you is reassuring."
The three of them left the Petrachelys and were directly "launched" by the teleportation projector to a section of the outer wall of the giant wreckage. The Petrachelys flashed a few light signals and quickly disappeared at the end of the horizon. It was going to conduct a comprehensive scan of Io.
The wreckage had no power, and of course, there was no artificial gravity. To explore it, some technology was needed. Hao Ren looked around, looking for the best route to the explosion zone. At the same time, he told the two girls through the communicator, "Be careful, don't hit the pillar. You're not used to space activities."
Before his voice trailed off, Lily had already flown out in excitement and crashed into a thick alloy beam. Her head was stuck in the metal and could not be pulled out for a long time.
"Well, it's okay if you hit it."
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