Urban Sims

Inside the Goya Nebula.

An ellipsoidal spacecraft is rapidly passing through the viscous nebula at a speed of 0.3C.

It's not that the speed cannot be increased, but if the speed is increased, more and more material clusters will accumulate on the surface of the spacecraft, and the resistance will become greater and greater... Even if the surface of the spacecraft is extremely smooth.

"The main component of this nebula is not molecules and atoms, but a smaller substance, which can be called 'floccule'. This substance is intertwined with each other and weaves a super large quilt. , it is almost impossible to penetrate this quilt that is several light years thick... Fortunately, it is not resistant to high temperatures, and the laser can evaporate and disperse it."

Lan Xiulong said, releasing the laser water droplets in the weapon bay. After these water droplets were released, the "material clusters" attached to the surface of the Starry Sky were cleaned up in a short time.

"The speed of traveling here is so slow. Why do merchant ships from all over the world still go through here? I calculated and found that taking a detour from the outside will not take much longer than going inside. It's just that the distance is shortened." Su Garu said in confusion.

"Of course it is necessary to open a channel. The fluidity of the viscous nebula is relatively poor. If a vacuum channel is opened in it, the speed of the merchant ship will not drop much, but..."

Yun Xinghe shook his head: "The star thieves will definitely destroy these channels or open one themselves, as long as they pay a certain fee."

"This is really a land of promising wealth, perfect for business without capital."

"What if we accidentally encounter a star thief? Those guys are not easy to mess with. It is said that they not only like property, but also like to kill people." Du Xiaopang said with a worried look.

"That can only smash them into pieces." Weapons Officer Gu Fan was eager to give it a try.

"But our speed advantage cannot be used here, and the Starry Sky cannot break through 0.3 times the speed of light." Du Xiaopang looked worried.

"Don't worry, the Star Thieves are not powerful enough to defeat the Starry Sky. If they were, they wouldn't become Star Thieves." Yun Xinghe said.

"Hey, Captain, three days outside, a large energy reaction occurred, suspected to be caused by a weapon attack." Communications Officer Mikoto Koarashi suddenly reported.

"What?"

…

3 light days outside.

A spaceship with a scarred hull was being attacked and chased by three star pirate spacecraft, and it was in an extremely embarrassing situation.

"hurry up!"

"Hurry up!"

In the driver's seat, the man controlling the damaged spacecraft stepped on the accelerator pedal and accelerated, intending to get rid of the Star Thief spacecraft behind him.

"Didi, the engine is overheated, please reduce the operating power!"

Zhinao kept sounding alarms, but the man ignored them.

"Brother, we can't go any faster! The engine will explode if we go any faster. The energy released by antimatter annihilation is so great that we will all be killed!" the woman next to her warned loudly.

"Even if you get blown up, it's better than being caught by a star thief!"

The man became furious. His pride as the prince of Sovereign Kingdom made him unable to accept the shame of becoming a prisoner of the Star Thieves.

"elder brother!"

The woman yelled again, but it had no effect. The temperature of the anti-matter engine was about to be so high that it would burn through the engine casing.

"Whoa whoa!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The Star Thief spaceship behind followed unhurriedly, firing two missiles from time to time, or firing a few laser beams. Although the hit rate was not high, as long as it hit it, it would cause cheers like howling wolves.

"Run, baby, run!" Bambi, the captain of the Maltooth, stared at the target on the screen, with a bloodthirsty sneer on his face.

"More and more things are accumulating on the surface of that spaceship. It's impossible for them to escape!" Scar, the captain of the Rust, said, and then operated the weapon system and fired two missiles at it.

"Hahaha, the tail of the prey is on fire. Their engines are overheated and burning. We have to start slowing down. Don't accidentally overtake them!" Scimitar, the captain of the Devil on the outside, said with a laugh. The prey was panicking and overheated its engine. , it’s really normal.

This often means that the prey is about to die.

"Brother, stop accelerating. The engine is about to explode. Hurry up and escape in the escape cabin. Do you really want to die at such a young age?"

The woman's eyes were red. As she unfastened her belt, she glared at the man beside her and said, "You are always so stubborn and can't even listen to a good word. I won't care about you anymore. I still want to live!"

After the fixed belt was completely untied, in the violently shaking spacecraft, the woman gritted her teeth and staggered to the emergency escape cabin, opened an escape device with difficulty, and squeezed in.

"ah!"

There was a shout from the side, and the woman was surprised to see that her brother, who looked like a madman, also opened an emergency escape cabin, squeezed in faster than her, and pressed the ejection button within half a second.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Two sealed escape capsules flew out near the spacecraft covered with viscous material.

"boom!"

The Nebula Princess's tail engine exploded violently, and the antimatter fuel leaked out. After contact with the positive matter hull, in an instant, light billions of times brighter than the sun evaporated the entire spacecraft into the smallest particle state.

Under the impact of the energy wave, the two sealed escape cabins were rushed far away, and the viscous material around the spacecraft was completely evaporated.

Seeing that the spacecraft had been blown up to nothing, the star thieves all secretly expressed their pity.

But the two ejected people were worth much more than the spaceship.

So, it took nearly three days for the star thieves to find the two "little ones", which was a waste of effort.

Then, take these two "trophies" and return to the Star Thief base.

However, halfway back happily, a high-speed trajectory not far away surprised the three star pirate ships.

"What's the speed?"

Bambi, the captain of the Maltooth, asked the first mate on the side with a sideways glance.

"0.35C, preliminary calculation."

"Star pirate ship or ordinary spaceship?"

"It's not a star pirate ship, it looks a bit like an ordinary civilian spaceship," the first mate said.

"Has a nebula cleaner been installed at the front? Has any nebula material accumulated?"

"It seems not. The radar image shows that the nebula material seems to have gathered some, but not much."

"This is impossible!"

The captain of the Bad Teeth suddenly shouted, "No civilian spaceship can fly faster than us in the Songya Nebula! This is absolutely impossible!"

"Bambi, my Rust also observed it just now. The passing spacecraft is indeed a civilian spacecraft." At this time, Scar, the captain of the Rust, sent a communication channel.

"Catch it, we must catch it immediately!"

Scimitar, the captain of the Devil, made an extremely urgent voice, "If we let it leave in such a swagger, the reputation of the Destroyer Star Thieves will cease to exist!"

And... more importantly: once the number of such spaceships increases, the Destroyer Star Thieves Group, or all Star Thief forces, will have no "business" to do in the future.

"Yes! We must catch up with it!"

Bambi, who also realized this, was so excited that he yelled and ordered the helmsman to speed up and pursue the mysterious passerby with all his strength.

…

Starry Sky.

Bridge control hall.

"Captain, the three star pirate ships are catching up behind us, and their speed is about the same as ours." Weapon Officer Gu Fan said, who had been paying attention to the rear.

"Why are they so fast?" Yun Xinghe asked puzzledly.

"This should be related to the structure of their spacecraft. The spaceships of the Star Thieves have extremely sharp protrusions at the front, like the head of a gun. They have a small resistance area and naturally fly fast. However, this type of spacecraft has shortcomings Because the body is too thin and small, the defense is definitely insufficient." Lan Xiulong analyzed.

"The mass of matter accumulated in front of the Starry Sky has increased again. This speed cannot be maintained forever. Should we launch an attack?" Gu Fan suggested.

"What weapon do you suggest using?" Yun Xinghe asked.

"Laser water droplets, it should be able to solve the troubles behind." Gu Fan said.

"Then release the laser droplets!"

"yes!"

Hundreds or so of laser water droplets were continuously released through the hole-like channel under the belly of the Starry Sky.

…

The three star pirate spacecraft chasing behind, Zhinao issued warnings one after another: "The engine is overheated, please reduce the working power!"

"What should we do? The engine has been running at full power for more than ten hours. Should we slow down appropriately?" Scar, the captain of the Rust, asked through the communicator.

"We can't slow down. It's only a dozen light minutes away. We can definitely catch up with it!" Captain Bambi of the Maltooth said through gritted teeth. As long as we catch up with the spaceship, we can kill it!

"No! The spaceship seems to have released some missiles, and it launched an attack!" Scimitar, the captain of the Devil, suddenly shouted and sent some pictures.

What?

Both Fang and Rust were surprised.

That spaceship is not a so-called civilian spaceship?

The third update has been completed this month. A total of 19 chapters have been added. I have not broken my promise and thank you for your support!