Starships of All Realms Online

Chapter 146 Anomaly Zone: Discovering Cosmic Treasures

In the main world, in the cosmic sky, a massive stream of light appeared, and the next moment, thousands of warships appeared on the scene.

On the hull of one of the massive Titan motherships in the fleet, a cyan dragon shadow flashed, adding to the fleet's mystery and imposing presence.

Inside the Azure Dragon Titan mothership, Legion Commander Li Tianjiang frowned as he looked at the star map.

"Lieutenant, have we found the Parliamentarian legion yet?"

"General, still nothing. Their trail disappears here."

"Disappeared?"

"Yes, we followed the other's curvature navigation path, but the path ended here."

"Is there anything unusual in the radar scan of the surrounding area?"

"No, it's completely quiet, even the cosmic microwave radiation is much less."

"Um?"

Upon hearing his adjutant's words, Li Tianjiang suddenly felt uneasy.

"Cosmic microwave radiation has decreased? I remember that shouldn't decrease, right?"

"General, it will actually decrease, especially near planets like Earth, but not by much, it's negligible."

"Because of mass and gravity?"

"Yes."

"So, the reduced cosmic microwave radiation here is either due to a strange region of the universe or it's man-made?"

"Based on current speculation, yes."

Upon hearing his adjutant's reply, Li Tianjiang closed his eyes and thought for a while before immediately issuing the order.

"Order to send out the probe to explore the region where cosmic microwave radiation is reduced and to map the detailed extent of the region."

"Yes, General."

Soon, a massive number of probes flew out from the legion and quickly spread throughout the surrounding universe.

An hour later, as data was gradually transmitted back, the area was completely mapped out.

"General, the mapping is complete. The entire area is about 0.1 light-years in diameter, which is quite large."

"So big? Can you be sure it was man-made?"

"It's uncertain; none of our detection devices that entered this area have sent any messages."

"Interesting. Report the situation here and await assistance."

"yes!"

The situation on site was reported and immediately attracted the attention of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, because cosmic microwave radiation is a remnant product of the Big Bang and is uniformly distributed in the universe.

Now, it's surprising that some places are experiencing a decrease in such numbers. If it's a natural wonder, then it's very valuable for research. If it's man-made, then it's even more valuable for research.

In response to the situation, a solution was quickly devised.

"General, according to the Academy of Sciences' calculations, we can use gravity equipment to force this area to recover, and then we will be able to see what's inside."

"We'll find out soon enough whether they're human or ghost. Order the engineering corps to move out immediately."

"yes!"

The engineering unit acted swiftly, completing the installation of all the gravity devices in just three hours.

"General, everything is ready."

"Very good, activate the gravity device immediately. I want to see what's inside."

"yes!"

As the devices were fully activated, the area where microwave radiation decreased began to change.

The initial hazy feeling gradually became clearer, allowing the Azure Dragon Fleet to directly observe the situation inside.

"General, we've investigated thoroughly. There's a planet inside, and on it, we've discovered many crashed warships. Through analysis, we can confirm that it's the Parliament fleet we've been pursuing."

"I didn't expect it to appear here, and even crash. It seems there's something here. Has the gravity inside returned to normal now?"

"It's back to normal now, but it won't last long. The power of the surrounding gravity devices is increasing, and it's expected that the gravity devices will all be overloaded in 12 hours, and this place will return to its original state."

"Twelve hours should be enough. Send a warship over to check it out. Be careful, and return immediately if anything seems amiss."

"Yes, General."

Soon, a warship was dispatched and arrived at the target planet shortly afterward.

"Azure Dragon, this is Azure Dragon. Our unit has arrived at our destination. The gravity around us is normal, but the planet is littered with crashed warships, and there are a great many of them."

"Azure Dragon, do not enter the target planet's orbit. Send drones to scout ahead first."

"Azure Dragon received!"

Soon, a formation of drones flew out of the Azure Dragon and headed towards the planet.

The moment the drone entered the planetary synchronous orbit, it became extremely difficult to control.

Fortunately, the drone's AI is very powerful. After detecting the anomaly, it took over control and stabilized the situation, preventing a crash.

Soon, the drone broke through the atmosphere and entered the planet's surface.

At the same time, the condition of the planet's surface was also revealed to everyone.

"Hiss, it looks like the entire Parliamentary Legion crashed here."

"Captain, an unusual distress signal has been detected. There are still signs of life inside the crashed legion."

What is the gravitational pull of this planet?

"10 times the gravity of Earth."

"impossible!"

Inside the bridge, after reviewing the data, a crew member exclaimed that it was impossible.

"Why is it impossible?"

"Based on the scan data, this planet is about the same size and mass as Earth, but its surface has such strong gravity, which means that there must be something inside the planet that is causing the abnormal surface gravity while the orbital gravity is normal."

"Send down the robot army to investigate and search for any living people."

"yes!"

As the order was given, the captain of the Soryu looked at the gravity data curve transmitted by the drone and felt a strange sensation.

"This curve looks so familiar!"

Upon hearing his captain's words, the adjutant beside him also looked at the gravity curve and felt a sense of familiarity.

"Yes, I feel like I've seen this somewhere before."

As they pondered, the two exchanged a glance, as if they had just realized something.

"Do you think it's that thing?"

"They look somewhat alike; a comparison will tell you the difference."

"good!"

"Pull out the curve of spatial crystallization."

Following the captain's command, a gravity curve was projected onto the control panel, alongside the gravity curve that had just been detected on the planet.

"Captain, the curve match is 95%. The remaining 5% error should be due to the mass of the planet itself."

"Azure Dragon, Azure Dragon calling."

"Azure Dragon received, please proceed."

"Azure Dragon, we think we've discovered a spatial crystal."

"What? Are you sure?"

"Yes, General, the gravity data from the planet's surface matches the curves from the teleportation device extracted from the Punisher with a 95% accuracy."

"It's that high, it seems very likely. Contact headquarters and report the situation here."

"yes!"

Soon, Fang Heng received a report from the Azure Dragon Legion, and he was very excited.

In the past, there have been relevant reports, but never before has the level of consistency been so high.

So he took the disciplinary vehicle directly to the scene.

"How's the situation now?"

"Your Excellency! We have increased the number of gravity devices around us, and we can now sustain this for up to a week."

Meanwhile, we have also launched a drilling program on the target planet. Drilling is currently underway, and we expect to reach the location of the planet's core in one hour.

"Should we bring it out along with the star core?"

"Yes, according to current detection results, the thing causing the gravitational anomaly is inside the star's core."

"Okay, then I'll wait a bit."

"Your Excellency, please follow me. This is the best vantage point for the view."

"Lead the way."

An hour later, with the star's core extracted, the anomalous gravity on the planet disappeared, and not only that, the entire...

The planet also began to disintegrate.

However, they paid no attention to any of that; their focus was entirely on the extracted star core.

"Begin to untie the restraints."

"The star's core is collapsing."

"Report: The gravity data is starting to change; the agreement has risen to 97%!"

"Report: The accuracy is still rising; it's already at 98%."

"Report: The accuracy rate has now risen to 99%."

After a series of reports, the final gravitational curves showed a 99.9% match and stopped rising.

"Report! Something has been found inside the star's core!"

As the report was announced, everyone finally saw what was inside the star core.

"It's a spatial crystal, that's right, it's this."

At this moment, Fang Heng looked at the thing in the center of the star core, and his heart was filled with excitement.

"I never expected that the spatial crystal would be hidden inside the star core. No wonder we couldn't find it after searching for so long."

"Your Majesty, not only that, but it also requires a region with reduced cosmic microwave radiation for it to appear; such a condition is also essential."

A researcher who came with Fang Heng also determined how to search for spatial crystals after reviewing the data.

"However, Your Majesty, although there are such obvious conditions, the reduction in cosmic microwave radiation is very difficult to detect. This time it was just a coincidence, which is why space crystals are so rare."

"It's alright. What I was most worried about was not knowing how to find it. If we hadn't compared the gravity curves, we wouldn't have been able to find it. Now that we know how to find it, the chances of finding it have greatly increased."

"Alright, now that I have the items, I'll take them with me. The remaining rewards will be distributed after the calculations are completed. Thank you all for your hard work."

"It's not hard work, it's just serving the empire."

"Okay, I'm going now!"

As Fang Heng left, everyone present was very excited, especially the captain of the Azure Dragon. Although his merit this time would not promote him to the position of fleet commander of the One Night Fleet, it would allow him to be promoted one rank. When his abilities are sufficient, he will naturally be able to command a fleet.

It can be said that this achievement saved him from taking 10 years of detours.

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