Urban Sims

Chapter 367 Chaos Zone: Star Thief

Goya zone.

It is a nebula region spanning 200 light-years, with a width and thickness of 1-5 light-years.

The nebula here is neither a common emission cloud nor a dark gray dust cloud, but a very special "colloidal cloud".

These colloidal clouds are viscous and resilient, like man-made spider silk. Any spacecraft that enters the Goya Nebula has to slow down.

Even if you don't slow down, those colloidal nebulae will slow you down-because the greater the speed, the greater the resistance.

Moreover, the Goya area is just at the junction of several civilizations, and it is an important traffic artery, with many passenger and commercial spaceships passing by.

The surrounding civilizations were unable to extend the tentacles of order into this viscous Goya Nebula.

then……

There are many star thieves, and looting is prevalent.

This place has become an unsettling chaotic zone.

When the forces of star robbers were so rampant that they seriously threatened the commercial roads of several countries and caused heavy economic and human losses year after year, several civilizations joined hands to launch a large-scale joint clean-up operation in the area, vowing to eradicate All star thieves!
As a result, in the away game, lack of awareness of the environment, and the star thief forces have formed a climate, the joint encirclement and suppression ended in a disastrous defeat, and the countries also blamed each other for the reasons for the failure, and broke up unhappy.

Afterwards, various countries independently organized several encirclement campaigns, but for thousands of years, the star bandit forces in the Goya Nebula have risen and fallen, and have never disappeared... Unless all the spaceships of various countries have detoured, they will not pass through this way.

The Destroyer Star Thief Group.

It is a large-scale star thief group whose comprehensive strength can enter the forefront among thousands of star thief forces in the Geya Nebula.

It has more than ten advanced modified spaceships, and more than ten thousand vicious star robbers.

The leader of the Star Thief Group, Manquila the Destroyer, is a giant over three meters tall, with muscles all over his body and an ugly face. It is said that he was thrown into sulfuric acid by his parents when he was a child.

Naturally, Manquila, who has never felt any warmth and love, but is only full of hatred and anger towards the world, soon showed his "talent" after joining a group of star thieves.

He is brutal and bloodthirsty, and when he takes down any spacecraft that resists a little, he usually just says one word - kill, no matter men, women, old or young, he kills not a single one.

Even if the non-resisting spaceship chooses to surrender, he has to decide "not to kill one", kill some, or kill all of them according to his mood... But Manquila is always in a very bad mood.

Over time, he gained the title of "The Destroyer", gathered around him a group of equally brutal and bloodthirsty subordinates, and made a sensational change in the Goya area, making passing spaceships tremble, And in some nearby civilized planets, it can stop the prestige of children crying at night.

Manquila the Destroyer.

Manquila also enjoyed the feeling that people were afraid of him, fearful of him.

In a white-gray nebula, a dark star pirate ship shaped like a fishing trident is inside.

In the bridge control hall, on the communication panel of the podium in front of Manquila, a middle-aged man in gorgeous and noble clothes appeared.

The middle-aged man said in common language on the screen: "Manquila, as long as you help me kill those two people, I will give you a bounty of 1000 million bardus (bardu, currency unit, similar to star coins), As well as the right to move freely within the Kingdom of Sovereign, in addition, I will hire you with a high salary as the commander-in-chief of the Free Fleet of the Kingdom of Sovereign, to help you control the entire Goya region... all of this will be your future fief."

Hearing this, Manquila plucked his ears with his fingers, and said in a mocking voice: "Frega, the usurper, 1000 million Bardos, just want me to help you secure the throne? Add another The commander-in-chief with no real meaning, and the entire fief that I need to conquer by myself... Usurper, do you think I, Manquila, am an idiot?"

"No, no, Mr. Manquila, I never meant that."

The middle-aged man waved his hand embarrassingly, and was very annoyed that the other party kept calling "usurper", but he still had to say: "The Nebula Princess is the fastest flying ship in the Sovereign Kingdom, and our fleet can't catch up with it. If the brothers and sisters want to go to the Norton Kingdom, the Goya Nebula must pass through, and our star map experts also found that the most likely place for the Nebula Princess to pass is near the station of the Destroyer Star Thief Group... ..."

"Mr. Manquila, that spaceship will definitely pass by your place. There is a young prince and a beautiful princess on it. Please send them home safely, or..."

A cold murderous intent flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged man: "Whatever you want to do with it, it's best... to kill them!"

"Requests can be discussed casually. There are enough Batu in the treasury of the Sovereign Kingdom."

In the tone of the middle-aged man, he tried his best to seduce.

Hearing this, the corners of Manquila's mouth smiled slightly, wrinkles appeared, and his sulfuric face became even uglier. He thought for a while and said, "Tell me the coordinates of the Nebula Princess, and I will estimate the approximate time when they will arrive."

"OK, alright!"

With ecstasy on his face, Frega quickly asked the star map expert to send the coordinates over.

He still didn't forget to win over and said: "Mr. Manquila, thank you for your help. You will be the most distinguished guest of the Sovereign Kingdom. I have decided to confer a noble title and give you a rich fief."

Manquila sneered: "Don't be in a hurry to thank me, usurper, I just won't let it go, passing by every lamb near the Destroyer Star Thief Group."

Especially the lamb who threw himself into the snare.

……

Nebula Princess.

In the Sovereign Kingdom, the most luxurious, most advanced, and fastest flying civilian spaceship.

Its lines are elegant, smooth and round, like a perfect work of art.

The maximum speed can reach 0.65 times the speed of light, so there is no need for any weapon protection, because no spaceship or weapon can catch up to it except light.

In case of danger, just speed up and escape.

But now, this high-speed spacecraft is about to enter the chaotic zone - the Goya Nebula.

Because of this decision, the two crew members on the spacecraft had several heated arguments.

"Brother, the Goya Nebula is too dangerous, there are star robbers everywhere, we may encounter them, why don't we go around here." The female voice said.

"No, it will take at least another ten years to get around here. Ten years later, my kingdom has already been firmly controlled by that damned usurper Ferrega. We must hurry up and go to Norton Kingdom to find Aunt, let her help us restore the country!" The male voice gritted his teeth.

"However, once we enter the Goya Nebula, our speed will slow down, and those star thieves can easily catch up to us. There are no self-defense weapons on the Princess."

"No, the Princess is equipped with an anti-matter engine that can only be found in level [-] civilizations. Her power is three times that of conventional engines. Under any circumstances, it is impossible for a spaceship to be faster than the Princess!" the man said confidently.

"Brother, it is said in the "Encyclopedia of the Galaxy" that in the Goya Nebula, there is no spaceship that can be faster than the modified spaceship of the Star Pirates, unless it has also undergone a special design to reduce drag. Civilized spaceships insist on passing through it, but very few succeed in coming out... This place is not as simple as you think."

The woman stomped her feet and said, hoping that her brother would change his mind and make more detours, which is better than facing the danger head-on.

"Shut up for me, men's business, women don't interrupt!"

The man interrupted rudely, continued to control the spaceship, and went straight into the Goya Nebula.

But as soon as they entered, the huge negative acceleration almost caused the shoulders of the two of them to be strangled by the immobilization belt.

"Drip~"

"The spaceship is slowing down, slowing down..."

“当前加速度为-186m/s2、-187m/s2、-189m/s2……阻力还在增加，预计将减速到0.1C以下。”

The siren of the spaceship continued to sound.

"This is impossible!"

The speed of the spaceship dropped so fast that the man couldn't believe it. Enduring the severe pain caused by the negative acceleration, he slammed on the booster rod under his feet to increase the output power of the antimatter engine to offset the negative acceleration.

"Boom~"

After the power was increased, the tail of the Nebula Princess emitted light ten thousand times more dazzling than the sun's light. Under the huge thrust, the negative acceleration was greatly reduced.

The backs of the two leaned against the back of the seat again.

But this state lasted only 10 minutes, and the brain issued a warning: "The engine is overheated, please reduce the engine power!"

Looking at the screen showing the engine temperature, the red highlighted area representing high temperature was rapidly encroaching on the orange area, the man had no choice but to relax the pedal and reduce the power.

The body involuntarily leaned forward again, and it was painful to be strangled by the immobility.

a few days later.

The speed of Nebula Princess dropped to less than 0.1C.

At this time, from the perspective outside the spacecraft, it can be seen that the surface of the spacecraft is covered with a sticky substance with a diameter of more than hundreds of kilometers, which is like a ball of cotton candy, and as the spacecraft moves forward, more and more gather.

In order to return to normal speed, the speed of the spacecraft must be reduced to 0, and the sticky mass must be cleaned before moving forward.

While slowing down, the man regretted it. If he knew this, he should have slowed down before entering Nebula.

Well now, we have to stop the spacecraft completely and clean up all the goo before we can move on.

This will take several days.

I hope I won't be targeted by star thieves.

……

Less than three light days away.

"Our baby stopped, hahaha, baby, here we come!"

Three star pirate ships with strange shapes are coming straight to the Nebula Princess...

(End of this chapter)