Industry: Cthulhu

Chapter 84 Ruins
Fang Yan suggested that he wanted to go and take a look at the battleship.

Brown shook his head mysteriously after hearing this. "Believe me, what I'm going to show you is far more astonishing than what's here."

Fang Yan was speechless and had to let Brown and the other man continue driving the Cobra forward, all the way to the huge and vast asteroid belt over there.

Fang Yan was so excited that he was speechless. The number displayed by the metal detector was enough to drive anyone crazy. Who could have imagined that there was such a treasure in this abyss.

If all the metal veins here were mined, they would probably be able to supply the entire galactic industry for a long time. If all of them were built into starships, they would have to connect from the inner ring of the galaxy to the outer ring.

In short, this is an incredible existence. Not only is the number of metals and various elements huge, but there are also many rare species among them. They are rare treasures in the universe.

However, Brown rejected Fang Yan again, "Not here either. Just follow me. What we want to see is not a starship or a mineral vein, but a real miracle!"

Fang Yan was skeptical and continued to rush on the Cobra, eventually arriving at a mysterious area. The scene before him drove him crazy instantly.

Countless warships floated in the void, and the broken hulls were densely packed, like a huge cemetery.

Battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and even the dreadnought-class battleship known as the Galactic Fortress and the drone mothership known as the Galactic Hive!

They are all scattered here, becoming the wreckage left after a protracted battle. Traces of war can be vaguely seen on each ship, and the broken metal plates and twisted hulls tell the cruelty of the war that year.

Fang Yan's heart beat faster and his eyes were full of surprise.

The scale of the battleship graveyard before him was beyond his imagination. Looking at these huge objects floating in the void, Fang Yan suddenly felt a chill. What kind of war had taken place here? Why did all these battleships fall in the same place?
"This is probably the main battlefield of the Lighthouse Project, or one of the main battlefields," Brown said. "But what I want to show you is not these wreckages, but something else."

Fang Yan was shocked!
The astronomical number of mineral veins and the endless battleship graveyards are already shocking enough, but this is not Brown's goal!
Brown's fingers moved swiftly, adjusting the various scanners.

Soon, an abnormal signal appeared on the display screen, clearly showing a huge space crack.

This crack was very similar to the one they encountered when they entered the abyss before, but it was more stable than the previous crack and seemed to be able to accommodate larger objects passing through.

The scale of the crack made Fang Yan's heart tremble.

It is large enough to accommodate an entire fleet, or even a planetary behemoth, and the abyss actually has two cracks at the same time, indicating that what is in front of us is not only an abyss, but also a passage connecting to other unknown areas.

"The second spatial rift." Fang Yan pondered, "The first rift leads to the edge of the Milky Way, so where does this second rift lead to?"

Brown's eyes sparkled with excitement. "It's simple. Just see it for yourself. The only question is, are you ready?"

Fang Yan was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly.

……

Brown skillfully operated the frigate and crossed the second space crack. The oncoming scene shocked Fang Yan.

The starry sky in front of us is completely different from the edge of the Milky Way. The density of galaxies in this space is far beyond the norm, like a group of stars compressed together, as if every star is competing with each other for living space.

According to the laws of the Milky Way, the closer to the center, the denser the galaxy, but this area exceeds the density of the inner ring of the Milky Way.

Brown calmly glided the frigate between the star clusters. The needle on the scanner kept ticking, indicating a severe shortage of resources within the planets. The planets seemed drained of life, withered and dead, their surfaces dotted with countless pits.

Brown selected a planet that appeared to have been thoroughly mined and slowly approached it.

Fang Yan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, staring at the devastated scene before him.

Below the Cobra was a destroyed city, with broken skyscrapers scattered on the charred surface. The crisscrossing streets were like dead veins, and all life had disappeared.

Fang Yan's eyes wandered along the broken outline of the city, feeling its former glory.

Although only ruins remain now, he can still imagine its former scale and splendor. At least hundreds of millions of people once lived in this city.

The busy traffic and the rows of buildings once lit up the starry sky. The towering buildings can be vaguely seen among the ruins. The once shiny metal surface is now mottled. Time seems to have solidified here into a huge tombstone, silently telling the destruction and disappearance of the city.

Fang Yan was shocked. He never expected that such a huge and developed civilization once existed in this vast starry sky.

"Where exactly is this place?" Fang Yan couldn't help but ask.

Brown thought for a moment and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the Galactic Empire. Williams and the remaining human fleet came here through the abyss and launched the Lighthouse Project."

"And the Lighthouse Project also successfully eliminated the mechanical army, but it also took human civilization with it. Both mechanical civilization and human civilization were destroyed at the same time."

"It's a really sad story. Fortunately, this galaxy isn't the one we live in. Perhaps we've passed through a wormhole and arrived in a parallel world, a world that has long been destroyed."

Fang Yan didn't say anything. There was nothing wrong with Brown's logic, but if Fang Yan could believe so easily that he had entered a parallel world, he would always feel that there was something wrong.

In his knowledge system, latitude and space are two completely different concepts. It seems that so far, he and Brown have only crossed space and not crossed dimensions.

Unfortunately, although Fang Yan had gained a lot of knowledge from his dreams, he still couldn't find the answer to such a mysterious question. Even his knowledge was not enough to fully explain the existence of the abyss.

"We should go back," Brown said. "The scanner shows that this place is already a dead zone. The truly valuable things are the mineral veins in the abyss. For Blue Light Technology, which is committed to large-scale industry, that is a treasure trove."

Fang Yan nodded. Although he also wanted to explore more, his responsibilities reminded him that he could not leave the Earth and the company for too long.

The abyss, this mysterious starry sky, will not disappear just because he leaves. Fang Yan plans to return to Earth first, and the next time he comes, he must be well prepared.

There were no words all the way,
Fang Yan and Brown drove the Sidewinder through the deep cosmic rift and finally returned to the edge of the galaxy.

Just as the Starlink network was connected, the communication device suddenly emitted a series of prompt sounds, and the display screen was full of missed messages and notifications.

sigh~
Fang Yan's fingers slid across the virtual interface, and pieces of information quickly emerged, as if endless.

Li Muyun, Isabella, Rashid, Aliat, almost everyone who knew Fang Yan, sent messages eagerly.

Fang Yan frowned. In just a few days, so many people were looking for him?
Did something big happen during the time I was away?
(End of this chapter)