With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 448 Half a Planet
At the same time, inside the Xinaluo flagship.

Unlike the investigator starship where Chen Fan was, the interior of the Xinalo flagship was very quiet at this time.

Whether it was Ophelia or Artesia, every Xinalo person stared blankly at the ruined star system outside the porthole.

This is the mother planet of the Xinalo civilization and the root of the Xinalo civilization.

Although she had expected this, Ophelia still felt a pain in her heart when she saw the large number of asteroids scattered in the outer area of ​​the star system and the several rocky planets that had disappeared.

"Queen Ophelia..."

Chen Fan's voice came from the communication channel, attracting Ophelia's attention from the porthole: "...Are you sure that during the battle to defend the mother planet, the aftermath of the war did not destroy the rocky planets on the outskirts of the star system?"

In response to Chen Fan's question, Ophelia frowned slightly.

She replied slowly: [The Xinaluo royal family was the last group of people to evacuate the mother planet. Although I was only a candidate for the next queen at that time, I still followed the royal fleet and evacuated the mother planet at the end.]

[At least, when I left my home planet, the rocky planets on the outer edge of the star system were not destroyed.]

Ophelia paused, and the memory in her eyes became more intense: [It’s a bit strange. ]

[In the battle to defend the home planet at that time, those giant scorpions would only attack the creations of the Xinalo civilization. ]

Ophelia looked a little strange: [So, there have always been rumors in the Xinaluo civilization that those giant scorpions... like to eat the creations of the Xinaluo civilization. ]

In the communication channel, Chen Fan looked at Ophelia in surprise.

"Your Majesty, you have never mentioned such important news before..."

[Important?] Ophelia was stunned. It was obvious that she was also shocked by Chen Fan's words. [Is this news important?]

Seeing Chen Fan nodding repeatedly, Ophelia smiled a little embarrassedly: [After all, this is just a guess circulated within the Xinaluo civilization without any factual basis, so I didn't take it seriously. ]

In the communication interface, Chen Fan slightly turned sideways and gazed out of the porthole at the mother star system that was getting closer and closer.

The debris-filled asteroid belt becomes clearer as the distance shortens.

Ophelia's heart moved, and she asked Chen Fan curiously: [Sir Star Envoy, this guess... is related to those rocky planets? ]

Chen Fan nodded to confirm Ophelia's question.

He didn't speak immediately, but looked silently behind Ophelia.

The wall behind Ophelia was inlaid with gems, and a bright and stable white light appeared on the surface of these gems.

With such distinctive features, Chen Fan recognized the origin of these gems at a glance - light stones, produced from the home planet of Xinalo.

[Master Star Envoy? ]

Ophelia seemed to notice that Chen Fan's focus was not on her. She slowly turned her head and looked behind her following Chen Fan's gaze.

After seeing the light stones inlaid on the wall in a special arrangement, Ophelia, fearing that Chen Fan would misunderstand her, hurriedly explained: "Master Star Envoy, these light stones are not decorations."

[Since light stones are highly sensitive to energy, we have placed them on various technological creations...]

Before she could finish her words, Ophelia seemed to realize something and the light on her body suddenly paused.

She slightly opened her crimson lips, and her almost perfect face was filled with disbelief.

[Master Star Envoy, you mean... the giant scorpion is coming for the light stone? ]

Chen Fan didn't say anything, but just nodded silently.

【This is impossible! 】

Ophelia could no longer remain calm. She stood up from her seat, her beautiful eyes filled with surprise and panic: [The Light Stone is a gift from the Star God. How could it be possible...]

"Queen Ophelia, calm down."

Chen Fan pointed to the asteroid belt at the edge of the parent star system: "We have done a full range of restoration simulations on these asteroids. So far, it seems that the giant scorpion does not regard these asteroids as food."

"It is not difficult to guess that the other party's purpose should be to find the possible existence of light stones."

As Chen Fan spoke, Ophelia's mind gradually calmed down.

She looked out the window at the mother star system that was getting closer and closer: [What...what is their purpose?]

Chen Fan shrugged his shoulders and did not give an accurate answer: "When we reach the home planet of the Xinaluo civilization, perhaps we will know the reason."

[Mother Planet...]

Ophelia's eyes were filled with worry: [If the giant scorpion's target is the light stone, then our home planet is...]

Chen Fan's heart tightened.

Putting aside other things, the light stone is a resource that Wang Jing has high hopes for! !

If the light stone veins on Xinalo's home planet were looted... then the research project on material information theory would probably have to be postponed again!
"Damn..."

In the communication channel, Chen Fan cursed with an ugly face, then quickly reached out to adjust the speed of the investigator starship.

Not just investigator starships.

As early as the moment Chen Fan told Guangshi's guess, the TE1571 research vessel that had been silently following the investigator's starship had disappeared into the visible universe!

Short-distance high-dimensional jump!!

Wang Jing, who was concerned about the light stone, directly initiated a high-dimensional jump and controlled the research ship to dive into the mother star system!
……

In the galaxy of Xinaluo's mother star.

A silver-white starship in the shape of a shuttle is quietly floating in the empty starry sky.

hum...

Accompanied by a strong flash of space-time fluctuations, a sleek khaki starship suddenly appeared next to the silver-white shuttle-shaped starship.

"Academician Wang, you are a little too impatient."

Chen Fan hurriedly shut down the jump engine, and complained to Wang Jing in the research ship: "If there are still giant scorpions left in this star system, if you rush in like this, you might..." Before he could finish his words, Chen Fan froze in place.

"No, isn't it?"

He looked at the scene outside the porthole and swallowed hard: "What the hell is this..."

Half a planet!

Directly in front of the investigator starship, a planet with only its northern hemisphere remaining was quietly orbiting in its orbit.

Under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for such a planet to appear in the universe.

A hemisphere is not a stable shape at all. Under the influence of gravity, this half of the planet will soon become a relatively round and smaller new planet.

But that's not the most eye-catching thing.

What really surprised Chen Fan was that in the other half of the planet - the original southern hemisphere, there suddenly appeared an inverted tower that was completely dark purple!

The inverted tower is cone-shaped as a whole, and the circular surface at the bottom just borders on the mother planet of Xinalo.

At first glance, the planet looks like a giant tumbler.

"This...is this Xinaluo's home planet?"

Chen Fan couldn't believe his eyes. The first thing he did when he came to his senses was to quickly operate the console in front of him, trying to find another planet in the current star field.

"Don't bother."

Wang Jing took a long breath and interrupted Chen Fan's action: "I have confirmed that this is the orbit of Xinaluo's mother planet."

"There is only this one planet in the entire orbit."

After hearing Wang Jing's words, Chen Fan slowly stopped what he was doing and looked at the planetary-level "tumbler" outside the porthole again.

Even now, he still couldn't believe his eyes: "Was this created by those giant scorpions?"

"Those giant scorpions whose minds are only focused on eating and killing can create technological creations of this scale?"

Not bad.

Technology creation.

According to the preliminary detection of the investigator starship, the conical tower hanging upside down below half the planet was actually made of dense material - very similar to the armor composition on the surface of the giant scorpion's body.

Not only that, the interior of this dark purple tower would occasionally glow with flickering black light.

"After all, they are an advanced civilization that has mastered dimensional technology."

In the communication interface, Wang Jing lowered her head and operated the console in front of her: "Don't really think of them as simple bugs."

"Moreover, judging from the previous defensive battle, those giant scorpions have a very high level of intelligence."

Suddenly, Wang Jing stopped what he was doing and the expression on his face became serious.

"Academician Wang?"

Chen Fan noticed this and asked cautiously: "What did you find?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Wang Jing responded softly: "I just did a basic scan of this conical tower and the base of the planet below."

"The scan results show that there are very strong energy fluctuations inside this conical tower."

"The energy source is activated dark matter, the same as the giant scorpion we have seen."

As he spoke, Wang Jing raised his hand and brought up a holographic interface.

There were shadows of a hemispherical base and an inverted tower. Inside the shadows, complex passages intertwined and entangled with each other, eventually forming a series of spiral columns.

And on the outer layer of these pillars, there are densely packed egg-shaped shadows.

The activated dark matter slowly rose from the base of the hemisphere through the spiraling columns, and finally flowed into each slender egg-shaped shadow.

"This is……"

Although the scene in front of him was just an internal image simulated with the help of energy fluctuations, Chen Fan still recognized the "identity" of the conical tower at a glance.

"Incubation tower?" Chen Fan looked at the billions of egg-shaped shadows in the holographic interface with horror, and suddenly felt a strong chill rising behind him.

Before this, he had thought of all kinds of possibilities, but he never expected that these giant scorpions would transform Xinalo's mother planet into their own hatching base!

"What about the light stone?"

Chen Fan muttered to himself and made a guess: "Could it be that the giant scorpion's hatching process requires light stones?"

"So that's why they launched an attack on the Xinalo civilization?"

"...We can't rule out this possibility." Wang Jing nodded solemnly, "If this is the case, you may have to go into this hatching tower for the light stone."

Chen Fan: "..."

"Me? Into the hatchery?"

He glanced again at the energy fluctuation simulation covered with elongated insect eggs, and then shuddered violently.

"Chen Fan..."

Just as Chen Fan was resisting in his heart, Isa behind him timidly tugged at the corner of his clothes.

"How do I feel..."

"The internal structure of this incubation tower looks familiar?"

(End of this chapter)