Industry: Cthulhu

Chapter 79 Space
When Brown drove the frigate to the predetermined coordinates, the scene before him stunned him slightly.

All that could be seen in the field of vision was endless darkness, without the twinkling light of any stars, planets, meteor belts, or even the faintest reflection of dust.

All scan results showed that the area seemed to have been completely hollowed out, with only deathly silence remaining.

Brown frowned. This feeling of emptiness made him feel uneasy. Fortunately, there was still a weak signal in the Star Network, so he sent a video request to Fang Yan as agreed.

Soon, Fang Yan's image appeared on the screen.

Brown explained his situation to Fang Yan, and Fang Yan quickly formulated the next course of action for Brown.

He asked Brown to use multiple scans to carefully examine the area.

According to Fang Yan's speculation, there should be a space bubble here, which is an independent subspace isolated by the laws of the universe. It is like a soap bubble floating in the universe, connected to the outside world through cracks.

In other words, as long as Brown can find the space crack, he can enter it smoothly.

Brown first used gravitational wave scanning to detect spatial deformations and potential energy fluctuations by capturing faint gravitational ripples in space.

Next comes high-frequency rays. The existence of space bubbles may cause some kind of high-energy radiation to leak, thus appearing as abnormal radiation beams in the X-ray scan.

The second is the detection of quantum field fluctuations. In the exploration of subspace, the fluctuations of quantum states may expose disturbances at the edge of space rifts.

Finally, there is hyperspace pulse reflection, which repeatedly detects abnormalities in the hyperspace structure.

However, after several rounds of scanning, all the data was blank.

Brown was a little frustrated. He checked the accuracy of the detector again and even manually adjusted the parameter range, but still found nothing.

When all the results were added together, no abnormalities were found.

Fang Yan's smile began to fade gradually. He stared at the screen silently with a frown.

"This shouldn't be the case..." Fang Yan whispered to himself.

According to the data model in his brain, there must be an independent space bubble in this area, but now it seems to be completely sealed, and all possible entrances have disappeared without a trace.

At this moment, the scanner suddenly issued a short alarm tone, and Brown sat up suddenly, his eyes fixed on the main screen.

The alarm came from a quantum field fluctuation detector, which had just captured an extremely weak quantum state fluctuation.

Brown subconsciously checked the navigation data.

Just now, the frigate was sailing at a constant speed, but suddenly there was a slight deviation in direction. The deviation was not enough to affect the overall route, but the fluctuation of the scanner seemed to be related to this deviation.

An absurd guess came to Brown's mind. He took a deep breath, pushed the engine to a very low speed, and then gently twisted the rudder to make the frigate move slowly to another angle.

As he operated, the wave curve on the scanner began to change. Every time he adjusted the sailing direction, the intensity and frequency of the quantum fluctuations seemed to respond to the movement of the frigate.

Brown's heart began to beat faster, and he realized that he might have found a clue to enter the space bubble.

"It's not an ordinary crack." A bold idea flashed through his mind, "It's an active crack that can only be triggered at a specific angle and speed!"

The frigate moved slowly in the darkness, at an extremely slow speed, but every tiny movement made the quantum fluctuation curve more complicated.

A vague outline gradually appeared on the scanner. It was a thin arc, like a whirlpool, floating in the void.

Brown stared at the arc, which seemed to disappear at any moment.

"It's now!"

Brown took a deep breath, calmed himself, and increased the thrusters to their limit.

As the roar of the thrusters sounded, the frigate sped through the darkness like a streak of light.

Brown's heart beat faster, his palms sweated slightly, and his eyes were fixed on the arc that was becoming clearer on the screen.

The arc seemed to have life, sometimes flickering, sometimes disappearing, as if tempting humans to go deeper into it. "Just a little closer, just a little bit!"

Brown was so focused that it seemed as if everything around him had disappeared and only this mysterious arc was guiding him.

As the frigate approached, Brown felt a subtle tremor.

The data on the scanner fluctuated violently, the frequency of the quantum state climbed, and the alarm sounded again, echoing in the small cockpit.

"Steady, stay steady..." Brown muttered to himself, trying to calm his accelerating heartbeat.

At this moment, a dazzling light suddenly flashed on the screen.

Brown's pupils dilated instantly, and he was shocked to find that the arc had turned into a rotating vortex, swallowing up all the light and matter around it.

The mysterious vortex slowly unfolded, emitting a strange light.

Brown's mind was filled with curiosity and fear. He could feel the strong attraction, as if the vortex was calling him.

"Fang Yan, I found the entrance!" Brown shouted, his voice full of tension and excitement.

However, there was no response from Fang Yan on the communicator. It seemed that their communication had been completely cut off at some point.

……

Earth.

Fang Yan sat at the table, his hands involuntarily clenching the armrests, staring at the screen where Brown disappeared, an inexplicable panic spreading in his heart.

The spacecraft's positioning signal was completely lost, leaving only dead silence.

Time passed minute by minute, Fang Yan forced himself to calm down, quickly retrieved the interstellar database, and compared all the scan data with the knowledge in his brain.

Swish swish～～
His fingers slid rapidly across the light screen, and lines of data and images flashed before his eyes.

The analysis results show that the quantum state in this area fluctuates abnormally, far exceeding normal subspace activities, which is inconsistent with the characteristics of space bubbles.

Fang Yan's brows were furrowed, and alarm bells were ringing in his heart.

Isn't it a space bubble?

If not, then what is it?

Fang Yan went crazy, further retrieving all relevant information from the space system and carefully comparing the existing data of the Milky Way with the database in his brain.

In the end, he even closed his eyes and entered a trance-like state, his mind completely immersed in the endless ocean of data in his brain.

The previous scanning results clearly showed space bubbles, so why did something go wrong with the quantum fluctuation?
What is going on here?
Suddenly, a mysterious and terrifying word appeared in Fang Yan's consciousness.

abyss!

Unlike space rifts and space atmospheres, the abyss is some kind of unpredictable cosmic anomaly that remains dormant all year round and is only triggered under very rare conditions.

Fang Yan held his breath, cold sweat oozing from his forehead.

He compared Brown's scans with the features of the abyss one by one.

The extremely low quantum fluctuations, the sudden disappearance of the gravitational reaction, and the strange space vortex...

All these signs point to the most terrifying conclusion.

Fang Yan's face began to turn pale, and he suddenly realized that what Brown had just entered was not a subspace bubble, but an existence more dangerous than any known structure.

As one of the most mysterious and powerful phenomena in the universe, the abyss is not a simple space crack, but a door connecting to some unknown realm!
(End of this chapter)