Star Hunting Guide

Chapter 35

In the space port of the Imperial Mech Corps, the Brahma is quietly moored. This medium-sized destroyer is Sauter's personal car. It looks inconspicuous, but its functions are very sturdy. His office and bedroom are located in a large cabin at the head of the ship. Here, at this moment, Emperor Soter is standing in front of the holographic projection and flipping through the asteroid scan map.

The devouring star is the youngest star in the entire δ galaxy, it is coquettishly bright blue, because it often devours some small stars and companion stars around it, its energy is extremely powerful, and its rays are also extremely powerful. When the imperial army defeated the army headed by Andreev After the rebels, out of humanitarian considerations, Sauter did not exterminate them, but only imprisoned the remaining nearly 1000 million remnants in this small galaxy, and sent a mecha corps to garrison for a long time.

Although there have been occasional frictions between the two sides for more than 100 years, they have basically lived in peace. In the past two years, the Mech Corps found that Andreev seemed to have received some kind of assistance and began to move around. Not only did they develop industries and mine stars, they also established Devour teaches the development of the congregation.General Charles of the Legion reported all the news to the Military Commission, and Sauter also proposed to clear it up, but it was delayed because of the different opinions of the committee members, so it was delayed. Unexpectedly, Russell was now in danger.

Sauter pressed his temples, and frowned slightly. Even if the Military Commission wanted to eliminate him, he would not agree to it. His family of three was trapped in it. Once the war broke out, it would be fine. Even if there is a war, it must be safe Let's talk about it after the wife is rescued.However, his previous thoughts were still too simple, the asteroids here were all too similar, and it was difficult to determine which one he was looking for through a vague dream.

Although his heart was burning with anxiety, Sauter still didn't dare to look for someone with great fanfare, and he was jealous. Andreev's hatred for him was stronger than gold. If this guy smelled something, Russell would not simply disappear. So he could only send his personal guards and Caton's special forces to search planet by planet in private, and at the same time release the insiders of the corps to inquire about internal intelligence, but doing so is like looking for a needle in a haystack. More than 20 days have passed, and still No news at all.

The doorbell rang, the automatic door slid open quietly, and General Carton walked in: "The guard said you haven't eaten."

"Well, no appetite."

Although Sauter still looked calm and calm, Carton knew very well that his heart was about to break in private, he couldn't eat and couldn't sleep, and forced him into the dormancy cabin the day before yesterday, and ended up having nightmares and cold sweats. All the dormant cabins of the team were short-circuited, alas, God knows, I have never seen him so nervous in all these years: "All the small spaceships of the sixth search and rescue team have returned, but there is still no news. The seventh team will set off immediately. This time The voyage is relatively long, and it will take about seven days to return."

Sauter nodded silently, and Caton pondered for a moment, and said, "And... Sarena, the examiner wants to talk to you."

"Inspector?" Sauter frowned, with a bad feeling in his heart, "What did they find?"

"About food, apart from inhibitors, they found something in it." Caton said, "Maybe not optimistic, you'd better...listen to his report to you."

Sauter thumped in his heart, and turned on the communicator. The inspector of the Sarena Police Station immediately connected the signal, saluted him, and said, "Hello, Your Majesty Sauter!"

Sauter nodded and asked, "General Carton said you found something in those foods?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The examiner said apologetically, "I'm sorry it took so long to confirm its composition, mainly because the content is really too small, and many times of map scans were directly screened out by the machine. It was not until five days ago that we A fragment was found, and then sent to the Institute of Biology of the Academy of Sciences for confirmation, so it took so long."

Sauter didn't care to listen to his self-defense, nodded simply, and said, "Thanks for your hard work." He was always more tolerant of technicians. Many things related to science and technology cannot be solved by manpower, especially in chemistry. It takes a second, but it takes a person's life to distinguish and separate. It's no wonder scientists said, "Let's get to the point."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Seeing that Sauter didn't mean to reprimand, the inspector heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "According to the spectral analysis, the soup contains a compound with a very strange structure. At first we thought it was some kind of spice. Later, it was speculated that it might have a functional role, so it was sent to the Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Sciences believed that it might be a gene disruptor specifically targeting carbon-based organisms."

"Gene disruptors... so the person who injects the drug should target the eggs, not just the mother?" Sauter turned pale.

"Yes." The inspector said sadly: "Combined with the previous findings, we have reason to believe that the person who put the medicine in the soup probably wanted to use inhibitors to prolong the maturation of eggs, and then use disruptors to affect the mother's DNA, and then It can cause teratogenic effects on eggs. Now the Academy of Sciences is synthesizing a compound of this structure, and conducting biological experiments, we will soon know whether it will have a lifelong effect on the mother's constitution."

Sauter stood there with a stiff face, and Caton was also stunned. The bleak expressions of the two top politicians in the empire made the examiner very frightened. He quietly wiped his sweat and said in a low voice, "Fortunately... the soup interfered The dosage of the dose is really very small, almost a trace amount, if you don’t take it for a long time, everything should be in time, and the people of the Academy of Sciences are already researching the salvage medicine.”

After a moment of silence, Sauter nodded with a cold face, and said, "I see." It was rare for him to have such a stern expression on the scientific and technological personnel. The inspector was ashamed and said goodbye to Sauter, and the holographic image disappeared.

"Help me draw up an application to the Hall of the Elders and the Military Commission." Sauter quickly returned to his usual expressionless appearance, but his face was slightly pale, and his eyes contained unprecedented anger.

"What, what?" Caton didn't react yet.

"I am sending an official note to Andreev to hand over my legal partner, Russell."

Carton was stunned. Once an official note is issued, it means that this matter has risen to the scope of the country, and it is no longer Sauter's private matter. Russell is no longer an ordinary citizen, not even Sauter. wife, but the first mate of the entire country.The result of doing so is tantamount to exposing his weakness to Andreev, giving him an invincible weapon, and then negotiating with him.Russell is impossible for Sauter to give up. The empire has no room for bargaining in this regard. If Russell wants to survive, he can only accept all the conditions he offered.

Carton felt that Sauter was crazy, so he wanted to use the entire empire to make a deal with Andreev. Fortunately, he was not crazy, at least he knew that he could not make such a decision by himself, and he had to get the Senate. agree.

"With all due respect to Sauter." Caton said, "Even if the Senate agrees to your note, it will be difficult to negotiate fairly with someone like Andreev. The final result is likely to be your personal sacrifice."

"I know." Sauter remained expressionless, opened the closet and began to get field uniforms and extreme equipment, and then opened the arsenal to select weapons.

"You, what are you going to do?" Caton looked at him tongue-tied.

"Let the pilot overhaul my small spaceship and send a message to the people in the seventh team. I will dispatch with them and let them keep in touch with my channel."

Caton was dumbfounded. Sort wasn't crazy, he was crazy. Where is this?Devour the star system!Andreev's territory!who is he?He is the commander-in-chief of the empire!Andreev's sworn enemy! !

"I won't allow you to do this!" Caton yelled angrily, "I'll send an application to the Hall of Elders immediately, and you have to stay in the Brahma to preside over the overall situation!"

"I'm well aware of the approval process of the Hall of Elders. It will take more than five days before they send the results. It's enough for me to go back and forth. And...you have no right to stop me from getting stuck. I'm your boss." Sauter He said coldly, and began to change clothes as he spoke, with his slender upper body naked in front of him, Caton couldn't help drooling, then wiped it off in shame, and said, "I'll go with you."

"No, you stay here. Once there is any news from the Hall of Elders or the search and rescue team, report to me immediately." Sort finished dressing up and tilted his head at Carton, "Now, go and prepare me some food, I have already I haven't eaten for three days."

Caton opened his mouth, and finally turned and left without saying anything to dissuade him.

Sauter returned to the projector, turned off the scanning map, and opened the three-dimensional holographic map of the swallowing star system. A vast sea of ​​stars appeared in front of him. Even as a great emperor, he had to feel helpless in the face of the vast universe, but time It's really running out, he can afford to wait, Russell can't afford to wait, even though the hope is slim, he still has to give it a try.

Sort closed his eyes and sketched the interstellar map in his brain. A faint subconsciousness rose up in his heart. Gradually, the interstellar map in his brain began to rotate, float, and finally stopped, freezing a small piece of star sea.

Is it here?Sauter opened his eyes and looked at the space on the three-dimensional map. The data showed that there were no registered ore stars, and there were no signs of biological survival. Most planets had thin atmospheres and poor ecology.

Well, Sauter clenched his fist. Although it seems unlikely, sometimes the subconscious is more trustworthy.

Half an hour later, an inconspicuous small spaceship left the Brahma among Caton's special forces. In the spaceship, Sauter adjusted the course on the navigator, then turned on the autopilot, and lay down in the dormant compartment. The spaceship The engine roared, accelerated, and entered superluminal flight.

When Sauter was awakened by the timer, it was already two days later. When he opened the navigator, the target space did not appear in the field of vision.

"What's going on?" Sauter turned on the central control system, "System, why did you wake up early?"

"A large-scale meteor shower is found directly in front of the established channel, and it will arrive in 5 minutes. Please activate the manual control and open the anti-force field protective cover."

"Damn it!" Sauter frowned, lowered his flying speed to the speed of sound, opened the anti-force field protection cover, and a layer of dim blue fluorescent light enveloped the small spaceship. After 5 minutes, it sailed into the dense meteor shower.

The meteor shower was much bigger than expected. At the beginning, they were all relatively small meteorites. A few seconds later, a batch of large-scale giant meteorites hit. The warning light of the anti-force field system flashed red, indicating that the However, before Sauter had time to turn around, the energy tank of the auxiliary engine was scratched by a meteorite the size of a spaceship, and the system issued an alarm, requiring an emergency landing for maintenance.

It’s impossible not to land, there is no space station nearby, Sauter had to intuitively designate an asteroid on the navigator, and the small spaceship quickly changed its course and flew straight to the khaki ore star.

The spacecraft entered the atmosphere, and the probe showed that the oxygen here is thin, and the surface temperature at the landing site is about [-] degrees. It is recommended to wear thermal clothing to go out for activities.Sauter sent a distress signal to the rest of the seventh search and rescue team through the communicator, and then the spacecraft landed on the wasteland.

After turning off the engine and turning on the infrared scanner, there was no sign of life activity nearby. Sauter couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, so he put on his thermal suit and walked out of the spaceship.

At dawn, dim bands of clouds floated across the gray sky, and devouring stars revealed a glimmer of dawn on the horizon.Sauter came under the auxiliary engine and saw a thin crack on the energy box. He took out the welder from the emergency repair box and was about to ignite when he heard a faint "meow!"

Soter lowered his head, and saw a one-foot-square stone lying across his feet, and two shining eyes could be vaguely seen in the crack of the stone.

It turned out to be a rock cat, no wonder it wasn’t scanned. It’s a cold-blooded animal. Sauter shook his head and turned on the welding torch. The moment the flame lit up, the rock cat turned pale with fright. The sound of “bang” became several times louder, and it screamed, “Meow~ Dad !" As soon as the cry fell, a half-grown boy ran over from a distance, pointed the ray gun in his hand at Sauter, and shouted: "Stop! Don't move! Raise your hands!"

Someone here?A hint of surprise floated in Sauter's heart, could it be the missing congregation of Devouring Cult? "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"Who are you? Duolulu's subordinate?" The boy asked back, "What are you doing here?!"

How much?The eighth quadrant vice-president of the Devouring Cult?Sauter was overjoyed: "You are a member of the Devouring Cult? What's your name? Who else is here?"

"Shut up! You are not qualified to ask me questions." The young man waved the ray gun in his hand, "I declare that you are now my prisoner! Put your head in your hands, come out, obediently follow me to see Lord Russell, otherwise I'm about to blow my head off!"