pjbooks Chapter 485 Leap!
Chapter 485 Leap!
At 4:00 AM, at the Beijing Overseas Space Launch Site.
There was no grand farewell ceremony, no media, and no flashing lights.
The entire launch site was placed under the highest level of military lockdown.
Zhang Yan and Guan Xing, wearing specially made pressure-resistant suits, entered the cockpit of the Chaos Mech.
"System self-check complete, all modules are showing green."
Guan Xing sat in the passenger seat, his fingers flying across the virtual screen.
"News has come from Qin Xiao's side that the outer airspace has been cleared and the aerospace team of Qingcheng International has taken over control of the launch orbit."
"Okay." Zhang Yan gripped the control stick.
"ignition."
The thrusters on the back of the Chaos Mech emitted a ghostly blue tail flame.
The immense thrust lifted the mech into the air.
It quickly penetrated the clouds and climbed towards near-Earth orbit.
Ten minutes later.
The mech broke through the atmosphere and entered the pitch-black space.
The Earth's curves unfold gently below.
Zhang Yan glanced at the surface coordinates on the screen.
Jinghai is located right on the terminator line.
"Prepare to enter the jump procedure," came the voice of the stargazer.
"Navigation system activated, locking onto safe passage entrance."
On the screen, countless pale green lines appeared against the originally empty cosmic background.
That is the network of shipping routes analyzed by the Heart of Heaven in conjunction with the Guixu Star Map.
30% of the area was marked in green, indicating that it was relatively safe.
The remaining 70% is a glaring red, representing spatial turbulence or high-dimensional energy storm zones.
"Entrance coordinates confirmed, 3,000 kilometers away from us, azimuth 045".
The stargazing report provides data.
Zhang Yan pushed the control lever.
The Chaos Mech traced an arc in space as it flew toward the entrance to the passageway.
"The jump engine is warming up, and the energy output has been increased to 80%."
The mecha's outer shell began to emit a faint golden light.
The Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship beat in Zhang Yan's chest, resonating with the mecha's power reactor.
"Warning: High-energy reaction detected. Observation protocol is scanning."
The system popped up a red notification box.
Zhang Yan triggered the preset program.
An explanation titled "Energy Fluctuations in Normal Scientific Expeditions" was automatically sent to the monitoring nodes of the observation protocol, along with an encrypted identification code.
The scanning beam remained on the surface of the mech for two seconds.
They then withdrew.
"Scan passed, not blocked." Guan Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hold on tight," Zhang Yan said.
"Leap initiation."
The space in front of the mecha distorted like ripples on water.
A huge, spinning, dark vortex appeared out of thin air.
The Chaos Mech did not slow down and plunged straight into the center of the vortex.
A strong pulling sensation came instantly.
Even with the pressure suit and the inertial damper inside the mecha, Zhang Yan still felt his internal organs being squeezed.
The outside world has completely changed.
There are no stars, no Milky Way.
Only countless elongated, flowing streaks of light flashed past outside the cockpit.
That's the visual effect of spatial folds within the hyperspace passage being visualized.
"Entering hyperspace, current speed: 120 times the speed of light."
He stared at the dial.
"The course is stable, and the Heavenly Craftsmanship is continuously resonating with the star map to calibrate the direction."
Zhang Yan relaxed his tense muscles.
His hand remained on the joystick.
The waterway is not absolutely safe.
When the flight reached the tenth hour, a violent tremor suddenly came from the left side of the mech.
"Encountering small-scale spatial turbulence!"
Quick stargazing operation.
"Shield energy decreased by 3%, which has been automatically compensated."
Zhang Yan glanced at the radar.
The turbulence was small in area and was easily neutralized by the Chaos Mech's plasma shield.
"keep going."
The next two days.
They encountered four more similar spatial turbulence events.
On one occasion, it even grazed the edge of a high-dimensional energy storm marked in red.
However, thanks to the precise adjustments made by the Heart of the Creator and the defenses of the Chaos Mech, they escaped unscathed.
Zhang Yan and Guan Xing took turns resting.
Always maintain a high level of vigilance.
The jump was on the third day, about one-third of the total journey.
Zhang Yan is on duty.
Stargazing is done in the back row with eyes closed, resting.
A huge, silent shadow appeared on the radar screen.
"Guanxing, wake up." Zhang Yan's voice was tense.
Guan Xing suddenly opened his eyes and rushed to the screen.
"What's going on? Are we being intercepted?"
"It's not an interception." Zhang Yan zoomed in on the radar image.
"It's a stationary object. It's very large and doesn't react with energy."
As the mech approached.
The optical detector captured the true nature of the shadow.
A spaceship wreckage.
It is extremely large, with a length exceeding ten kilometers.
Its shape is ancient and rugged, resembling a giant whale that has been gutted.
It floats silently in the void at the edge of the shipping lane.
Its outer shell is covered with craters from meteorite impacts and scorch marks from high-energy weapon cuts.
It has clearly been adrift here for countless years.
"Scan its structure," Zhang Yan ordered.
"Scanning..." Stargazing's fingers flew across the keyboard.
"Material analysis complete. It is an unknown ultra-high density alloy with extremely strong corrosion resistance."
"No signs of life, no residual energy."
Zhang Yan stared at the magnified image of a section of the wreckage on the screen.
His gaze lingered on an emblem on the outside of the spaceship's bridge.
It was a pattern consisting of three concentric circles and a zigzag line running through them.
Although it has been somewhat blurred by the passage of time, its general outline can still be seen.
Zhang Yan's fingers tightened on the control stick.
He immediately retrieved the information on the Mo family descendants stored in the Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship.
Footage of the "Guixu" star raft was found.
There is an identical pattern in the Star Chariot's auxiliary identification library.
"Stargazing," Zhang Yan's voice was a little hoarse. "Look at this emblem."
The stargazer came closer.
The two images overlap.
Her hand, which was pushing up her glasses, froze in mid-air.
"This is the Ruins of Return's exploration ship?" Her voice tightened. "But why was it destroyed in a shipping lane so close to Earth?"
Zhang Yan did not answer.
He looked at the lifeless giant ship.
The temperature in the cockpit seemed to have dropped a few degrees.
If this is a ship from the Ruins of Return, what happened to it?
Who destroyed it here?
If this isn't a ship from Guixu, then how come this emblem is exactly the same as the Guixu ship?
Ahead of the waterway, there was still endless darkness.
The answer may lie in the deepest part of that darkness.