Resurrection Empire

Tenglong Nebula, also known as Double Star Cemetery.

According to technical support from the Royal Academy of Sciences provided by the Imperial Intelligence Agency, a complete binary star system consisting of two large main sequence stars once existed here.

The masses of these two main sequence stars are 37 and 66 times that of the source sun respectively, and their volumes are 600 million and 30 million times that of the source sun respectively.

A billion years ago, these two stars suddenly exploded in their prime. The energy released when it explodes even exceeds that of a supernova explosion. Moreover, astrophysicists at the Royal Academy of Sciences believe that the explosion of the binary star system has nothing to do with the black hole above, and there is no trace of a large star passing here. The cause of the explosion was very strange. It can only be speculated that it was affected by some kind of cosmic ray explosion.

The terrifying explosion impact not only released high temperatures to the outside world, but also instantly generated an entire periodic table of elements.

The two stars were torn into fragmented "corpse fragments" and flew out in the universe.

The escaped matter flying upward enters the gravitational range of the black hole and is gradually sucked into the black hole.

After billions of years of cooling, condensation, and other evolutions, the rest of the escaped matter was pulled by the gravitational pull of the black hole above, the large black hole in the center of the ancient disk galaxy, and countless other stars, and became a line of previous generation sources. The shape of the flying dragon in ancient myths of star civilization.

This flying dragon is about 2.2 light-years long, has a diameter of about 0.2 light-years, and has a spin period of nearly 50 million years. At this time, it is almost exactly between the Source Star and the Southern Nine Stars. The fleet needs to cross the dragon's body. .

Within the dragon's body, there are countless scattered stardust and plasma mist clusters. There are also planets of varying sizes.

No, these stars cannot be called planets. A more accurate name is solid, gaseous and liquid spherical stars, as well as a variety of space meteorites with different shapes.

The environment on the surface of these stars is complex and changeable, ranging from low temperatures infinitely close to absolute zero, to high temperatures of a thousand degrees, and "normal temperatures" of hundreds of degrees.

"Normal temperature" and high temperature usually come from reactions such as thermonuclear fusion inside these very large solid stars. Their surfaces are not absolutely dark. There is background light from countless stars in the galaxy, and there may be a faint light released by the reddish magma flowing on the surface.

Ren Zhong, who had just woken up, stood in the combat command room with his hands on his hands.

Zheng Tian, ​​who woke up earlier two months ago, stood on his left side.

Ten years ago, Zheng Tian came back and took over the responsibility of the general person in charge of intensive military training from Ren Zhong and Vincent. He sorted out the training plan from beginning to end and asked each armed warship to make targeted actions. Adjustment, and also adjusted ten transport ships into training ships.

At that time, Zheng Tianduo was busy for half a year before re-sleeping and kept awake for one month every year.

Zheng Tian completed her work very well.

A little further away on the other side, Qian Wangshen, who was in charge of the military scientific research project, was sitting in a wheelchair, looking down at the data with some difficulty.

Unlike other people in Spark Town who followed Ren Zhong all the way, Qian Wangshen entered the game halfway. He had very little contact with ordinary people, and most of his direct subordinates followed the fleet to participate in the Great Migration. He doesn't have such deep feelings for the people who stayed on the Source Star. Or maybe, as a scientific researcher, he is born with more rational thinking. He doesn't care so much about details, he only cares about what is right or wrong in the end. He is not actually opposed to heavy-handed decisions.

In the past ten years, Qian Wangshen has undertaken the heaviest scientific research tasks and never took a day off, which has made him very old.

But just like Sun Miao, Lao Qian's lifelong dedication not only left a lot of achievements, but also cultivated a large number of successors.

In addition to the above-mentioned core personnel, there is also an old face in the command room, it is Zhuo Yihang. Ren Zhong was his personal assistant when he entered the enumerator college.

Ren Zhong saved his life from the time stream and arranged for him to go to Spark Town to start as a low-level manager.

His improvement is not very fast, but it is very steady. He only moves forward slowly one step at a time.

In the past thirty years, Zhuo Yihang has only experienced less than fifteen years of cryogenic slumber, especially after entering the Great Migration Fleet.

After most of the other core cronies chose to sleep, Zhuo Yihang chose to follow Ren Zhong unconditionally and volunteered to take on more responsibilities and help Ren Zhong solve his problems.

This time, he started from the grassroots level of the Fleet Administrative Office.

Ten years have passed, and the once young man has turned into a slightly older middle-aged man, his eyes have become firm, and his thinking has become calm.

He is not particularly talented, and his thinking is not quick, but his greatest advantage lies in this. He never makes risky decisions, but whenever he needs to make a major decision by himself, he always thinks carefully. Today, Zhuo Yihang has grown into a reliable acting administrative officer.

Zhuo Yihang: "Lord Viscount, the Communications Office has received a new detailed star map from the Southern Nine Stars. The latest information in the Tenglong Nebula is as follows... The trade routes and exploration routes have not changed much compared to ninety years ago. . If we take the commonly used trade route, we only need to adjust the navigation parameters at more than 60 nodes such as 391, 644, 1214, etc. to slightly correct the direction. If we take the exploration route..."

In the Tamron Nebula, there are two safe routes. One of them is a commonly used route for interstellar trade between the Source Star and the Empire in the past thousand years. It is called the trade route. There are minimal obstructions along the way and it does not pass through the unstable radiation zone. Ships can basically move at full speed on this route. , the estimated passage time is 2.5 to 2.8 years.

Another route was named Discovery Route. According to historical records, the first generation of humans from the Source Star Civilization took this path when they left the Source Star and entered the era of the great universe. Of course, it is not a process that can be achieved overnight, but a winding and hidden path that generations of pioneers have explored with their lives, creating glory and suffering.

The exploration route that has been abandoned for many years is more hidden, has a longer distance, is more blocked by large stars along the way, and has an electromagnetic isolation zone blocking the path, requiring up to thousands of large-angle changes in direction to pass. The fleet must slow down and move forward along the exploration route, and the overall transit time is more than six years.

If the trade routes are the mountain tunnels carved out by later generations, the exploration routes are the intestinal trails measured by the feet of the ancients.

After Zhuo Yihang finished introducing the situation, Zheng Tian turned to look at Ren Zhong, "Sir Viscount, we will enter the Tenglong Nebula tomorrow, and we must decide which path to choose."

Today, Zheng Tian has not completely forgiven Ren Zhong. She stood up again because she wanted to fulfill her responsibilities. She no longer called Ren Zhong boss, brother Ren, president Ren, or boss like before, and also followed the example of others to address him as viscount in a respectful and distant tone.

Ren nodded, "I know."

Zheng Tian asked: "Do you want to have a meeting to discuss?"

Ren Zhong shook his head, "No. There is no need to discuss it."

Sometimes he needs the wisdom of the crowd, but in this case discussion is of no help.

The empire only provided star maps and did not send elite explorers here, nor did it have any military intelligence.

The advance team accelerated into the nebula at full power ahead of schedule, but did not return any valid information.

The small reconnaissance ship is also business as usual.

The Tenglong Nebula looks ordinary and peaceful.

But no one can guarantee whether there will be a patrol of Ascendants lurking among them.

The reason is very simple. Although the armed battleships of the advance team are equipped with additional scanning devices, and the exploration performance of the reconnaissance ships is much better than ordinary small ships, after all, they are only independently developed based on the technology of the C-class tracer colony team. The low-end goods cannot be compared with the high-tech equipment within the empire.

Enemies who dare to be active in these places can even evade the Imperial reconnaissance ships, let alone fringe armies like the Source Star Fleet.

Ren Zhong slowly closed his eyes and tried to make a high-intensity deduction in his mind, or... it was a guess.

After a long time, he gave up, opened his eyes again, and once again observed the complex and detailed star map.

It was just a choice between two options, but it was difficult for him. He had no idea which path to choose, and he failed to activate his talent for prediction.

Precognition is not invincible, and he knows nothing about the enemy. He is not even sure whether he is an ascendant or not, so it is natural that he cannot give an answer subconsciously.

"Let me make an assumption first. If there are really rangers lurking inside, ready to attack and intercept us. This is also the territory of the empire, and rangers are also likely to be hunted by the empire, so let's assume that they only have one patrol team. Then, what will they do? Analyze our dynamics? Where to ambush us? Zheng Tian, ​​what do you think?"

Zheng Tian thought for a moment, "Our information has been leaked. The enemy should realize that we can think of this. Then, according to conventional speculation, the enemy may think that we want to try to explore the route to avoid their ambush."

Ren Zhong smiled, "But is it possible that the other party has predicted our prediction? Presumably, we think that the most dangerous place is the safest place, and instead put the ambush point on the trade route?"

Zheng Tian was stunned, "Uh..."

"So, facing this choice, psychology is meaningless." Ren Zhong waved his hand, "Withdraw the advance fleet, and the rear fleet will advance forward, close to the main force, shrink the formation, and follow the trade route. Retract all reconnaissance ships , turn off all radar scanning devices, adjust to passive mode, turn off all medium engines, adjust to gravity traction engines, and adopt silent navigation. Pick up all ice warriors on each ship, and then summon all combat professionals above level eight to participate in a network conference , Zheng Tian, ​​go and do a war mobilization, tell them that they are not allowed to sleep in the next three years, and everyone is on standby around the clock."

Zheng Tian: "Yes!"

"Zhuo Yihang, send a notice to all civilians and tell them that even transport ships may need to participate in the war. Everyone must be mentally prepared and don't be surprised when a fight breaks out."

Zhuo Yihang: "Yes!"

Afterwards, Ren Zhong walked to Qian Wangshen's wheelchair and said, "Brother Qian, thank you for your hard work."

Qian Wangshen rarely took his eyes off the tablet, raised his eyes to look at Ren Zhong, then raised his hand with some difficulty and pointed at the screen.

Ren Zhong looked along and saw a save progress bar.

An electronic sound sounded next to the wheelchair. It was a sound that Qian Wangshen conceived in his mind and read through brain waves.

"Mr. Ren, I just sorted out my ideas about the new analyzer and saved them."

Ren Zhong: "Yeah."

"By the way, a super-speed missile that can cruise at a quarter of the speed of light has been developed, with a maximum range of 60 billion kilometers. It can also be used as a range extender for the Seeker high-explosive missile."

Ren Zhong: "Yeah."

Qian Wangshen's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, and he said slowly: "Mr. Ren, I can only accompany you here."

"Thanks."

"goodbye."

Lao Qian's head slowly softened, he leaned on the wheelchair and fell asleep permanently.

Lao Qian, the once unruly and unruly No. 1 war artist on the Origin Star, finally slowly burned out his life.

The era of old money has come to an end.

But the knowledge left by Lao Qian is still passed down and circulated on the fleet and Origin Star.