Star Fleet, Starting with Datafication

The Eternal Fleet continued its voyage, and the surrounding energy particles thinned out at a visible rate.

Finally, after breaking through a special energy membrane, the Eternal Fleet appeared in an extremely vast empty area, surrounded by a magnificent torrent of energy particles from all sides!

No matter how steady or violent the flow of energy particles is, it cannot break through that special thin film.

Qingyang's gaze immediately stopped at the center of this area with a diameter of hundreds of millions of kilometers—a special architectural complex stretching for tens of millions of kilometers, composed of hundreds of silver prism-shaped creations.

The channels connecting these creations are solid energy pipes that flow like light, and at the center of the prism creation is a pyramid-shaped megastructure comparable to a small star!

All the silver prism-shaped megastructures were severely damaged, with only occasional flashes of weak energy indicating that very few devices were still operational.

The core pyramid structure is still one-third intact, with dim energy circuits intermittently emitting light, and many areas exhibiting extremely high energy level fluctuations.

"This pyramid-shaped structure still has many important functions in operation, but strangely, it doesn't have any weapon-type energy frequency. It seems to be an undefended research building?"

Chang Xi quickly analyzed.

Research and development building?

No weapon-type energy frequency?

Qingyang was immediately invigorated, as the value of scientific research relics was second only to that of strategic warehouse relics.

Approach the pyramid structure with extreme caution.

The fleet then stopped about 500,000 kilometers away from the pyramid structure, and a large number of reconnaissance machines were launched from the warships and flew quickly toward the pyramid structure.

The probe was not attacked or warned until it entered the damaged area.

After confirming safety several times, the Eternal Fleet immediately headed towards the pyramid structure. Coincidentally, there was an open starport building in the intact area of ​​the pyramid.

As the fleet drew closer, Qingyang frowned as he gazed at the winding architectural structures ahead.

The interior of the complex, spanning over a million square kilometers, is clearly not open to warships. Forcibly breaking through would inevitably damage the ruins, potentially destroying valuable items within and possibly triggering hidden defense mechanisms.

"Valen and Mia, guard the fleet. If any abnormal situation occurs, you can open fire immediately."

Chang Xi, the Extraordinary Squad and Shadow Edge Mech from Ancient Star are preparing to enter this ruin. I will go with you.

Qingyang's individual shield and the shield of the entire Eternal Fleet are from the same source. As long as he is with Gu Xing and the others, they will always have the level of a combined fleet shield!

The safety factor has been greatly improved.

The group quickly formed a team, and the two Shadow Blade mechs transformed into battle armor mode, covering Qingyang and Gu Xue's bodies.

After all, the two of them have severely limited offensive capabilities; one can only provide pure defense, while the other is purely supportive.

More than thirty extraordinary individuals and eight Shadow Blade mechs were forcibly sent into the pyramid's passage by the assault unit. Qingyang's gaze swept over the passage, which still had a faint light, and he braced himself with both hands.

Dark gold particles appeared out of thin air, and then a dark gold light curtain enveloped everyone, with intricate energy patterns constantly circulating on the dark gold light curtain.

As Gu Xing, Gu Xue, and the others watched the light screen around them gradually fade away, a sense of security inexplicably welled up in their hearts.

This is a single-soldier shield that can withstand fleet fire!

Soon, the shuttle from Taiyi was also transported in, and everyone filed in.

Chang Xi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

"We have already compromised the shallow control data, the location of the control room has been determined, and the basic information of the building has been entered."

Sky Drive Civilization - Zero Research Base

Specific details are unclear; further intrusion into the base's intelligent control system is required upon reaching the control room.

Chapter 44 The Bizarre Experiment Log (Please continue reading)

The shuttle sped through the enormous tunnel.

They encountered no life or intelligent machinery along the way, and even the base's defense mechanisms did not hinder them.

According to the information Chang Xi found in the basic information, there seem to be many defense mechanisms inside this base that are usually in standby mode.

Moreover, the area where everyone is currently located is an intact part of this research base, so the defense mechanisms should not be damaged.

Qingyang did not let his guard down.

The Star Commander's immense mental power constantly covered an area of ​​thousands of kilometers around, guarding against any potential dangers.

Ok?

Suddenly, a large number of unusual items appeared within Qingyang's mental energy detection range.

A faint energy reaction emanated from these items, so much so that Qingyang wouldn't have noticed it if they weren't so densely packed.

"That's... a bronze gear??"

Qingyang was a little stunned. Those bronze gears and bearings were considered ancient mechanical parts even in his previous life on Earth.

How could it possibly appear in such a technologically advanced scientific research site of a lost civilization?

As the shuttle continued to move forward, more and more bronze gear parts appeared throughout the passageway, and not only in the passageway, but also in many warehouses and rooms, where a large number of bronze mechanical parts appeared.

These bronze artifacts, bearing the marks of age and wear, stand out starkly against the backdrop of the surrounding silver-white research base.

Even using the Star of Truth to investigate only revealed an ancient and mysterious bronze artifact.

As Qingyang's spirit swept over these objects, the faint energy fluctuations seemed to be merely due to the long-term presence of the research base and the constant influence of particle radiation.

The shuttle continued flying at full speed and soon arrived at the control room.

This is a huge spherical area, with a white sphere of light composed of countless nanomachines suspended in the center.

There were no other devices around.

"This sphere of light has all control over the research base and is an integrated core."

Chang Xi flew out of the shuttle and floated in the air.

Endless streams of data surged through her pale golden eyes, and the central sphere of light suddenly contracted, but this was because it had been out of contact with the Civilization server for a long time.

In addition, a large number of auxiliary equipment were damaged.

Faced with the all-out offensive of Chang Xi, a high-dimensional data being, the data firewall of the core light sphere quickly collapsed, and Chang Xi ultimately succeeded in seizing access to the intelligent control system.

That's right, it's just access permission.

After all, it is an important research base of a lost civilization. Even if it loses the network, loses 90% of its auxiliary equipment, and loses 95% of its computing power, it will still be able to survive.

Its core control authority is still covered by layers of extremely complex data defense modules. If Taiyi reaches the T6 ship level, Changxi may have a chance to seize control of it.

At most, access rights can be granted now.

Chang Xi returned to the shuttle: "Commander, access has been granted. The local database only contains research logs and research project origin information, but no detailed technology data."

Qingyang was startled.

Without technical data and scientific research information, the value of scientific research relics will be greatly reduced.

"Alright, let's unfold this information."

Chang Xi smiled and said, "I understand."

However, just as Chang Xi was about to unfold the screen to display information, the StarNet panel suddenly unfolded.

[Commander of the Stars, you are about to come into contact with dangerous data containing memetic infection. We are verifying whether you currently possess independent consciousness.]

[Confirmed to have intact self-awareness]

[It is recommended that Star Commanders view this data through the StarNet, which will block data containing memetic infection and high-dimensional contamination.]

Qingyang and the others were visibly shocked.

High-dimensional pollution, meme infection?!

Although it is unclear exactly how dangerous it is, it is ranked above most cosmic natural disasters in terms of danger within the alliance!

Not to mention these people, even the commander of the T6 fleet would be in extreme danger if he encountered them.

Unless one possesses a higher-dimensional life form.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to resist this pollution.

However, as long as it is within the Alliance territory, even if it is unfortunately contaminated, the StarNet can be directly eliminated.

However, such a powerful cleansing has a certain probability of causing some impact on mental health, and it is undoubtedly a negative impact.

Qingyang and the others were shocked by the research project at this base; even just recording data posed a risk of meme contamination.

How terrifying must those specific research projects be?

Because of the StarNet blocking, Qingyang couldn't suppress his curiosity and decisively chose to check it out.

[Project Origin]

The conflict between [unclear] and [unclear] has grown increasingly large, affecting the entire Milky Way galaxy region. The empire's territory is facing a crisis of annihilation due to the struggle between [unclear] and [unclear].

Vast amounts of [illegal substances] have spread throughout the empire, contaminating countless citizens.

Ultimately, to ensure the survival of this race that had survived two cosmic time travels, the Empire initiated Project Zero.

The ultimate goal of the plan is—spirit possession!

[Communication and the power associated with the Empire ■■■, resisting threats from those terrifying beings]

Qingyang's eyes narrowed, and he felt a strange excitement rising within him. This vague information was the dangerous data.

Just knowing this will lead to contamination!

It's amazing, one day he'll find out what this information means!

[Experiment Log]

[Time: ■■■, Initial research began to show some progress, however, many researchers suffered from inexplicable contamination, turning into ■■■]

It's all worth it. For the survival of the empire and even our race, even if we all die, as long as there are results, as long as we can successfully develop the Divine Body...

[Date: ■■■ The recent anomalies have become increasingly severe. As a precaution, we have activated an artificial space storm to shield this research base and prevent ■■ from leaking outwards.]

The base already has a quarter of its personnel and machinery. I can feel that we are getting closer and closer to success.

[Time: ■■■, the anomaly is completely under control, and the first batch of test subjects has been completed, but something still feels off.]

The data from the core controller started to become disordered, and things were getting increasingly wrong.

But we will definitely save this empire.