interstellar fairy tale

The Royce Object is a 860-kilometer-diameter planet-like object located [-] light-years away from the Muse Galaxy.It is an important energy supply base and military stronghold of Seth, the seventh planet of the Muse galaxy.

Space distortion caused by meteorite groups, cosmic black holes, and star explosions, magnetic field anomalies and other problems have long plagued humans in the Muse galaxy. Newly, more than 300 Mars border cruisers were instantly destroyed in that magnetic storm, and fell into the abyss of the universe together with 530 officers and soldiers on board.When the rescue ship arrived, all they found were fragments floating in the darkness along with the meteorite swarm.

In order to find a safe shipping route, the government of the fourth planet and the government of the seventh planet worked together, and finally found two relatively safe shipping routes among the dense clusters of stars and meteorites.Considering the maximum mass point and other factors that the spacecraft jumps in the cosmic subspace, one of them had to be discarded, and a relatively narrow safety belt was selected.The Royce man-made celestial body is located in the center of this safety belt, 600 million kilometers away from it, is the Canon military fortress of the fourth planet Mars.From the names of the two, its main function and the original purpose of the builder can be distinguished.

Fortunately, the current relationship between the fourth planet and the seventh planet is not too bad. The soldiers stationed on Royce and Canon have occasional friction, but it is not harmful.

Captain Erfei walked into the command cabin of the cruiser and looked around. In the spacious room, the front of the command platform was a huge semi-arc screen, under which radar monitors, smart computers, communication devices, etc. were regularly distributed.The correspondent was making the final confirmation, and the cruiser commander, Lieutenant Colonel George, stood in front of the screen, staring at the space projected on the screen thoughtfully.

"Reporting to the commander, we have confirmed with the ground control tower that the supply is complete and can take off at any time."

Colonel George turned his head and looked at Elf for a while, "Elf, relax, young people don't always be so tense, be careful that no young girl will like you."

Elfy blinked helplessly at the blonde girl next to the communication device. After boarding this cruise ship for nearly half a year, Elfy has learned how to deal with the commander's untimely nonsense, that is, turn a blind eye and listen without hearing, the red The bearded colonel with long hair always enjoys himself and sometimes feels bored.

"What an unlovable young man, it's a shame he has a handsome face."

The bearded colonel talked to himself in a low voice, and walked to the command platform and sat down. The correspondent reconfirmed the situation of the cruise ship's organ room and the front and rear forts.

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Commander George gave the order to sail.

With the roar of the engine, the Fourth Fleet of the Seth Republic, the seventh planet of the Muse Galaxy, a total of 230 eight cruise ships left Royce and headed for the α-system colony planet of the Seth Republic.The mission this time is to suppress the civil riots that occurred on the second planet of the Alpha system.The irony is that the Republic of Seth holds high the banner of democracy and freedom, and never misses any opportunity to criticize the militaristic tyranny of Mars, but uses violent means to suppress the people of its own colonial planet.

Passing through the Kanon military fortress, Lieutenant Colonel George left the command cabin, waved to the stunned Elf, and temporarily handed over the command of the entire fleet to this handsome young man.

"Commander, you are joking!"

"It doesn't matter, it will take two days to reach Planet Alpha, as long as you don't deviate from the course, I just want to have a glass of wine."

"Commander!" Alfie raised his voice, and his forehead was full of veins. He didn't understand how the Republic government would hand over the command of the Fourth Fleet to this wanton and irresponsible guy in front of him!

Suddenly, the radar operator exclaimed, "Commander, an unknown object was found at three o'clock, and it is rapidly approaching us. It is probably a meteorite group!"

George walked to the console in a few steps. On the huge curved screen, countless light spots clustered together, and the density and speed were astonishing.

Is this really just a group of meteorites?This speed and scale are beyond common sense.

If it wasn't a meteorite group, what would it be?

Is it...

This is impossible!This number, if it is a fleet, there are at least tens of thousands of ships, even if the power of the entire Muse Galaxy is gathered, it is impossible to gather such a huge fleet.

George was silent for a long time, and the staff in front of the console all turned to look at him.Perhaps because they sensed that something was wrong, everyone's expressions were very solemn.The atmosphere in the command cabin instantly became impetuous, and the long silence stimulated everyone's nerves.

Captain Elfy told himself he had to put some dire speculations behind him, reminding the Commander to make the wisest judgment as soon as possible.

Going forward or turning back?Regardless of whether the front is a meteorite group or a fleet group of other unknown galaxies, it is impossible to temporarily change the course, and with the current strength of the Fourth Fleet, it is completely unable to compete with it.

"Commander, please give me an order."

"Order everyone to return immediately, return at full speed, maintain formation, and not allow any cruiser to fall behind!"

"Yes!"

"All return, return at full speed!"

The 230 eight cruise ships, led by the flagship, maintained a wedge formation and turned back at the fastest speed.

On the screen, the dense group of light spots suddenly disappeared, but Colonel George did not feel relieved.Some kind of terrible premonition made his mouth dry, uncharacteristically anxious, and kept saying the same order: "Return at full speed!"

"commander!"

The voice of the radar officer sounded again, with inexplicable panic.

The group of light spots on the screen reappeared, shortening the distance with the fleet at an incredible speed.George is completely sure that this is definitely not a group of meteorites!The next moment, his premonition came true.

The light wave formed by the particle weapon tore through the black cosmic space, and the cruiser hit suddenly shook violently. The strong light emitted from the main screen illuminated the faces of everyone in the command cabin, and the terrifying particle pulse eroded the cruise ship. The ship's main control computer sparked, and the console lost control.Another wave of attacks came, the cruiser's thick wall was torn open a gap, the two closest correspondents were pulled out by pressure, and the terrified screams were drowned in the huge explosion...

The same scene happened in the different cruisers of the Fourth Fleet. The sporadic counterattacks did not hurt the enemy's attack, and despair and fear began to shroud.

"...Call the command module! Call the command module!"

Elfy woke up with the roar of his brain, his retina was burned by the strong light, and his vision was a little blurred. The back of his hand brushed his cheek, and there was a dull pain. He spread his five fingers, and a thick liquid slowly flowed in his palm.

In the command cabin, the smell of burnt electrical circuits was flying together with the pungent smoke. Erfei leaned on the command platform, and when he raised his head, he could see half of the radar officer's intestines flowing out of his abdominal cavity.He retched, but couldn't spit out anything.

The body of Commander Lieutenant George was lying not far away, his body was crushed into two from the waist, his eyes were wide open, as if he didn't believe what happened to him.

Alfie looked at everything in front of him, and suddenly had an illusion that this was just a dream, as long as he closed his eyes and woke up from the dream, everything would return to the original.

Including the bearded commander who always likes to joke, the blonde correspondent with two dimples when he smiles, the radar officer who just graduated from school... By the way, there is also the sweet girl waiting for him in Seth...

The pain and despair seemed to have gone away, and Elfy closed his eyes with a happy smile on his face.

Five seconds later, the entire fleet was surrounded by white light, like the most greedy eaters, devouring 230 eight cruise ships.

On August [-], [-] in the Milky Way Calendar, the Fourth Fleet of the Seth Republic, the seventh planet in the Muse Galaxy, disappeared on its way to the colony planet. The reason is unknown.

Only 28 hours, ten minutes and 36 seconds had passed since the Fourth Fleet set off from Royce until it disappeared.