v4 Chapter 1573： Ghost crisis, unknown malfunction

Under the cover of the "ghost curtain", the Ghost continued to approach the ring of the α1024 Andromeda star.

Near the orbit of the first planet in α1024 Andromeda, the captain of the Phantom once again slowed down and reported back: "General, if you continue forward, even if there is a ghostly veil, it may be spotted by the gravitational radar.

"We don't have information on the area where the gravitational radar is located near the ring of the alpha 1024 Andromeda star, so it is difficult to evade the reconnaissance of the gravitational radar."

Fang Yuan stared silently at the huge star in the distance and the star ring in the outer layer of the star.

This stellar ring project was once a kind of building in human imagination, but so far, no attempt has been made to build it.

It is said to be a star ring, but the width of this ring is very wide.

Counting the stellar energy absorbing plates, the width of the stellar ring has reached an astonishing one thousand kilometers.

In the orbit of the first planet, one can only look at the star ring from a distance, but it is not clear.

"Try your best to get close to the ring of stars. If you think you have reached the limit, then decisively evacuate. However, for this reconnaissance mission, the closer to the ring of stars, the better." Fang Yuan finally decided to move the Ghost The control is handed over to its captain.

The Captain of the Ghost naturally understood the importance of this reconnaissance mission, stood up and saluted, and responded loudly: "Yes!"

Then, he and the crew drove the Phantom together, turned off the curvature engine and power engine, and took advantage of the gravitational slingshot effect of the first planet to skim past the outer layer of the first planet.

When passing by the first planet of α1024 Andromeda, you can see this planet up close.

When I first saw this planet, I was surprised for a moment.

Because this planet is like a broken planet after being sharply fired.

There are pits everywhere, the surface is already uneven, and even half of the planet's mantle is missing, collapsed under the planet's gravity, and it is tattered and shocking.

However, after a closer look, you will find that this planet was not destroyed by shelling.

"Huh... this planet is about to be hollowed out." Ye Zheyu's observation was the clearest. Under his observation of the Scouting Eye, he could clearly see the entire planet.

"It should be used to build a ring of stars and to dismantle this planet directly." Fang Yuan could also see it.

This planet was not hit by war at all, it was beaten like this, it was hollowed out.

Stellar ring.

A ring on the star.

However, in a star system, the mass of stars accounts for more than 99% of the total mass of the star system.

In other words, in a star system, most of the mass is inside the star.

Therefore, if you want to build a Dyson sphere, envelop the star, and dismantle all the planets in the star system, you may not be able to do it.

Even if the requirement is reduced, it is only to build a star ring, but the material required is also very large.

In order for the Palestine civilization to build the ring of the α1024 star in Andromeda, it will inevitably need enough materials.

Even higher civilizations can already break the boundaries of material types, as long as they have enough mass, they need to tear down several planets to do it.

"When we passed the second planet, we were far away and didn't take a closer look. I guess that the second planet was almost hollowed out." Ye Zheyu guessed.

As the Phantom had already infiltrated the most dangerous area of ​​the defense zone of α1024 Andromeda, Ye Zheyu did not dare to use the Scouting Eye to scout too far.

Therefore, when the Ghost crossed the orbit of the second planet, it did not observe the second planet.

Now, passing by the first planet, I finally saw what this planet looked like.

The Ghost shut down all its power engines, drifting forward relying on inertia and stellar gravity, and slowly approaching the star ring.

The closer the distance, the naked eye is actually not clear.

Because the star's light is too strong, the naked eye can only see the white and dazzling light.

After reducing the brightness of the light through the light filter, the star ring can be clearly seen.

On the ring of stars, not every place has the same thickness and width.

There are stellar weapon turrets built for war on the ring of stars.

These stellar weapon turrets are like islands floating in the outer layer of stars

The stellar ring is like a bead chain, connecting the stellar weapon turrets in series.

These stellar weapons are very huge. Just looking at the size of the cannon, you know that the power is stronger and more terrifying than the Gamma Star Destroyer.

If it were to compete head-to-head with firepower, the firepower of the expeditionary fleet would never be able to compete with the firepower of the α1024 star ring in Andromeda, which was a gap of dozens of times.

Ye Zheyu looked at the stellar weapon configuration on the star ring, took a deep breath, and said: "Captain, the initial estimate is still too low. This is not just the firepower of 300,000 battleships, but 300,000 battleships. Firepower."

This data is just spoken out casually and has not been carefully checked, but the estimated difference will not be too big.

Fang Yuan nodded and said: "This reconnaissance is still valuable. We must adjust our tactics and fight the shelling head-on. There is no chance of winning."

As the Ghost got closer and closer to the ring of stars, Fang Yuan suddenly felt that the star power in his body produced a faint fluctuation, as if he had entered a certain environment with a special area.

However, after experiencing it carefully, no abnormalities were found.

There were no special energy fluctuations in the surrounding space, and no strong pressure appeared.

Fang Yuan frowned, not sure if the feeling just now was an illusion, but there was always some anxiety in his heart.

Thinking of this, Fang Yuan prepared to order the Ghost to turn around and evacuate.

Just then.

Suddenly, intensive alarms of "beep..." sounded on the ring of the α1024 Andromeda star.

The turrets on the star ring all moved.

The Captain of the Phantom shook his heart, and said in a hurry, "General, we have been found!"

"withdraw!"

Fang Yuan decisively ordered.

The captain of the Phantom frowned and thought, and ordered: "The power engine is ready to ignite..."

At this moment.

Ye Zheyu reminded: "Wait a minute, the turret on the star ring did not lock our position, the other party did not find our position, but if the power engine is activated, it will definitely be locked."

The Captain of the Phantom said in a deep voice, "There is no other way. If the power engine is not activated, the Phantom will be pulled by the gravitational force of the star and fall to the surface of the star."

"Let's fight it. After adjusting the direction, directly start the curvature engine and rush out. Light can't catch up with us." Eve clenched a fist and suggested.

If the starting power engine is locked, then the curvature engine is also started, and the situation will not get worse.

"Don't worry!"

Fang Yuan's eyes were calm, looking at the turret on the ring of stars.

On the stellar ring turret, the fire control radar is rapidly rotating, obviously it is scanning for directional targets.

This situation is the same as Ye Zheyu said, the fire control radar on the star ring did not lock the target.

There is usually only one reason for this.

That is, the enemy has noticed that the target is approaching, but can't see where the target is, so it activates the fire control radars of all the turrets on the entire star ring, looking for the target.

Obviously, the powerful concealment capability of the "ghost veil" blocked the detection of the fire control radar.

However, this does not mean that the location of the Phantom will not be exposed.

If the high-power fire control radar concentrates on the signal, and the signal just hits the location of the Phantom, it will be locked instantly.

If it is just a high-power fire control radar scanning at a fixed point, the probability of being discovered is not high, but the fire control radar on the entire star ring moves, and the Ghost will be discovered sooner or later.

Fang Yuan raised his foot and stepped on the bridge floor of the Ghost, a circle of star power spread out.

Through his own strength, he forcibly reversed the direction of the Ghost, and at the same time ordered: "The power engine and the micro-curvature engine start at the same time, let's go."

The Captain of the Phantom quickly determined the parameters and counted down three seconds to start the power engine and the micro-curvature engine.

Hum!

The Phantom and Void ejected a tail flame, rushing towards the outer circle of the star system.

The power engine ejected tail flames, and the speed began to soar.

"The start of the micro-curvature engine is complete."

"Go!" Fang Yuan ordered.

The Phantom enters a curvature voyage.

Under normal circumstances, after starting the curvature engine, the ship will immediately obtain a curvature speed exceeding the speed of light and disappear from the spot at a speed that is difficult to see with the naked eye.

However, when the Phantom entered the micro-curvature voyage, the speed increase was abnormal.

Ye Zheyu found the problem for the first time: "Check the curvature engine, the curvature speed is abnormal!"

The tone was eager.

At this critical moment, if there is a problem with the curvature engine, the consequences will be disastrous.

As a special warship, the Phantom uses the most advanced technology and equipment, and regularly checks the operation of the equipment.

In theory, the possibility of failure is very low.

However, there is indeed a problem now.

"No faster than light, check the engine fast!" The Captain of the Ghost also found the problem, with cold sweat on his forehead, but was able to keep calm and command the crew to check the cause of the malfunction.

If it is a usual exercise, you can check it slowly.

However, if it is one second slower, it may be broken into pieces.

Eve helped to do the inspection at the first time.

Her palm was pressed on the center control screen of the Ghost, and Xingli extended along the center control screen to every corner of the hull.

In the expeditionary fleet, she likes to communicate with every warship.

In her words, she and the warships in the fleet are friends.

Especially the warships of the older generation of the expeditionary fleet.

The number of newly-built battleships has exceeded 10,000, so there is no way to communicate with each of them with the "Mechanical Heart", but the Ghost can be regarded as an old friend.

Therefore, Eve pressed the palm of his hand on the central control screen, and quickly inspected the Ghost’s curvature engine, dark matter reactor and other systems that affect the curvature of the flight.

"No problem. The Ghost is okay, the curvature engine is running normally." She frowned.

Fang Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, believing the result of Eve's examination.

However, the Phantom did not fly above the speed of light, and the problem did exist.

However, there is no time to study what equipment is out of order.

at the same time.

After the Ghost started the power engine and the curvature engine, the position was immediately locked by the fire control radar on the star ring.

Thousands of turrets on the star ring, the nearest hundreds of thousands of energy cannons turned at the same time, locked the position of the Ghost, and launched the shelling.

Boom boom boom...

Hundreds of thousands of energy cannon beams shot out, converging towards one point.

As if playing slow motion, the beam of energy cannon still shines with dazzling brilliance under the stellar light.

The Ghost was about to be shelled.

With such a large number and such a fierce shelling, the Ghost could not withstand it.

Just then.

Fang Yuan directly released the star power, connected his own star power and the ghost, and directly used the direct force to push the ghost to move.

The power of the Star God level can easily propel a planet.

The Ghost is naturally easier.

The Ghost began to accelerate, and soon out of the orbit of the first planet.

Immediately afterwards, the speed of curvature began to soar, breaking the speed of light in an instant.

Before the star ring hits, the Ghost shot out and disappeared from the star ring's line of sight.

"The curvature engine is back to normal." A ghost crew member exhaled heavily.

He is in charge of the curvature navigation work. There was a problem with curvature navigation just now, when his heart was about to jump out.

Now that the curvature sailing is back to normal, he also exhales heavily.

"There was a problem with the curvature engine just now. Will it enter the restricted area of ​​the curvature blocking generator?" After careful consideration, the ghost member could only think of this possibility.

Ye Zheyu slowly shook his head and said, "It's not like it. If it is a curvature blocking generator, our detection equipment should respond.

"Unless it is a new curvature blocking generator developed by the Palestine civilization, there is no reason why we can't find it."

"After I go back, conduct a comprehensive inspection of the Ghost to find out the cause." Fang Yuan was also not sure what went wrong just now.

Technological reasons like Ye Zheyu said are possible.

After all, science and technology are constantly being updated, and the overall technological level of the Palestine civilization is already high. It is also possible that a new breakthrough will occur in the curvature blocking generator.

...

After leaving the danger zone, the Ghost returned to the Shenzhou.

The ship-mounted scientific research team in the expeditionary fleet began a comprehensive inspection of the Ghost, looking for the cause of the abnormal curvature of the engine.

At the same time, the General Staff also reviewed the logbook of the Ghost to look for possible causes.

Fang Yuan asked the intelligence team to communicate with the intelligence departments of the mechanical empire and the photosynthetic civilization, and inquired about the scientific and technological information of the Palletian civilization on the curvature blocking generator.

Soon I got the intelligence feedback from the carbon-based alliance.

Neither the mechanical empire nor the photosynthetic civilization has any information on technological breakthroughs in the Palletian curvature blocking generator.

Moreover, the curvature blocking generator technology is already a very mature technology in the Palestine civilization and the carbon-based alliance.

From the perspective of comprehensive intelligence, the Palestine civilization has not increased its research on the curvature blocking generator.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the reason for the technological upgrade can be ruled out.

Moreover, Fang Yuan rechecked the location of the Ghost at the time.

The Ghost itself is responsible for infiltrating reconnaissance work, so the Ghost team is very good at avoiding dangerous areas.

At the location where the Ghost is, it is unlikely that there is a curvature blocking generator.

After some inspection, the shipboard scientific research team did not find any abnormalities on the Ghost, and all equipment and systems were functioning normally.

In the end, the accident became a mystery that has not yet been solved.