Dozens of light-years away from the earth, a small exploration spacecraft is sailing quietly. This is a Salarian spacecraft, and sitting inside is the sixth son of the patriarch of the Fanfan family.

Salarians can also be considered humanoids, with hands and feet like humans. However, it may be because the gravity of their hometown is smaller than that of the earth. They are generally tall and thin. They have no hair on their heads, and their heads are slightly sunken like they have two horns.

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Their entire face is also thin and elongated, with relatively large eyes, no nose, two breathing holes under the eyes, a wide mouth, and thin lips.

In the cockpit of the bow, two Salarian pilots were chatting.

The driver sighed: "Hey, how long has it been since this happened? When can we go back?"

(Of course they speak Salarian, the same below.)

"It has been three years (calculated in earth years, the same below). I have almost forgotten the appearance of my three wives at home. I really want to return to the voyage immediately." The co-pilot felt the same way.

"Why do you think Mariano is so crazy? Is the habitable planet marked by our ancestors hundreds of years ago so easy to find? The family has sent out many expedition ships over the years, but there is no news at all. Let me tell you,

The ancestors must have calculated the coordinates wrongly at that time."

"There's nothing we can do about it. If this damn war hadn't turned our home planet into a mess, we wouldn't have to consider interstellar immigration."

"Yes, over the years, both our family and other big families have sent out many expedition teams to find habitable planets. Let me tell you, maybe our family found it first. After all, our ancestors have found it before.

, I still know the approximate range.”

"Come on, this range is too big, thousands of light years in diameter."

"There is no way, the measurement accuracy was low in ancient times. But if our family really finds that planet, then our family will become the heroes who save the entire race. Not only can we get generous rewards, but we can also become the first

A family.

The clan leader has said that whoever finds it first can become the next clan leader. If Mariano becomes the clan leader, we can also benefit from it and live in the main city. That is my dream!"

"That's true, but it can't be us. Didn't you realize that the area we are searching is the edge of the entire search range?"

"Yes, why are you so unlucky that you got this place by drawing lots? Alas..."

"What kind of unlucky thing is this? Isn't this obviously a deliberate arrangement? Who made Mariano ranked sixth, and he is the one who can't do anything but is the first to cause trouble?"

Suddenly there was a roar from the door of the cab: "You two idiots, are you talking about who is the first to cause trouble?"

The two of them looked back and saw, "Oh no, why is Mariano not training his slave girl Angela from behind? Why are you here?"

Beep, beep, beep...

Just when the two were about to be unlucky, something like a crystal ball in the middle of the cab began to flash and make a faint beeping sound.

"This is……"

Mariano's eyes were wide open, and he was ecstatic. He didn't bother to blame the two men who were scolding him behind his back, and rushed to the console in one stride.

After a few clicks of operation, the source of the spatial fluctuation signal was amplified. The distance was not too far away, only about twenty light years.

"Quickly, compare the spatial fluctuation characteristics left by our ancestors."

Mariano yelled at the co-pilot.

The Salarian in the passenger seat did not dare to neglect, and quickly called up the historical data stored in the database to compare with the spatial fluctuation data just detected.

"Hurry up, you lazy idiot. You know how to play normally, but you are so slow to make a comparison. If I had known better, I wouldn't have selected you to join the expedition team." Mariano cursed.

"Damn it, can I control the running speed of the comparison program? You don't even think about what kind of antique exploration ship this is. It would be nice to be able to run the comparison program. If you don't pick on me, I can't ask for it. I was also in the head at the beginning.

I only agreed to join your lousy expedition team when I got wet!"

Of course, the co-pilot just thought about it in his mind and didn't dare to say it out loud. After all, the other person was also the clan leader's son, so he tolerated it.

After a long period of comparative analysis, the results came out, and the matching degree reached 95%. The probability was basically certain that that place was the habitable planet they had been looking for.

"Turn immediately and go to the nearest transfer station." Mariano finally gave an order that was not so outrageous.

There is also a space jumping device on their ship, but because the spacecraft is relatively old, the distance it can jump is very limited, and it requires a lot of energy, so it is unrealistic to just rely on the spacecraft to jump directly.

The transfer station is different. There is a huge wormhole generator there, which can jump through dozens or hundreds of light years. The only disadvantage is that the energy consumed is also astronomical, so it is usually built close to the star.

, convenient for replenishing energy from stars.

Of course, another disadvantage is that it requires a cooling period after use. The length of this period is not fixed and is usually related to the distance of the jump when it was last used.

Transfer stations in remote places like this are generally unguarded. Only the maintenance spacecraft from the relevant departments will inspect them regularly. Normally, the use of the wormhole generator is operated by the spacecraft to be transferred.

Mariano is currently only two days' drive away from the nearest transfer station at full speed, which is already very close.

But we still need to hurry up. Who knows if this space fluctuation has been detected by others? Although other people's spaceships are more advanced and their range of activities is further away from the transfer station, their spaceships are fast, so they might be able to get there first.

Fortunately, when they arrived, they checked the usage records of the transfer station and found that the destination of the wormhole in the past two days was not the direction they were going.

This means that no one has opened a wormhole in that direction before them, and they are the first to go there.

"Enter the coordinates immediately and open the wormhole!" Mariano ordered quickly without taking a rest.

"However, the wormhole generator has not yet finished cooling down..."

According to the usage records, the last time the wormhole generator was used was 3 hours ago, and it was an ultra-long-distance transmission back to their hometown. This resulted in the wormhole generator having to cool down for at least 3 days before it can be used again.

However, Mariano did not dare to wait so long.

The performance of the expedition ship in his hand is very poor. If someone else comes back in the past three days, even if they don't do anything wrong and go through the wormhole with him, his spaceship will not be able to escape after exiting the wormhole.

people.

Due to the influence of the star's gravity, the Salarians' wormhole technology can only allow them to open the wormhole far away from the star. After exiting the hole, they have to run for a while before reaching the second planet in the inner circle.

At that time, someone else will definitely arrive on the planet first and collect enough data to send back to his hometown. Then he will have nothing to do. Obviously, only the first person to send back complete data will be rewarded.

"Don't worry so much, open the wormhole quickly!"

"But if it is used again without cooling, the wormhole generator may explode, and we will also be affected." The driver explained quickly.

However, Mariano didn't listen at all. Instead, he took out a laser pistol and put it on the back of his head. "It might not explode. Three hours is long enough. Don't lie to me. Open the wormhole for me!"

Based on what the driver knew about Mariano, it was possible that the bastard actually shot him.

Faced with the imminent threat of death and the only possible danger, the driver made a decisive choice.

The wormhole generator began to charge, and a wormhole gradually formed in the huge ring...

"Get in!" The gun in Mariano's hand hit the driver's head.

Looking at the obviously unstable space around the wormhole, the driver hesitated for a second, then gritted his teeth and pushed the accelerator forward.

The spacecraft flew forward, and as the distance approached, the wormhole gradually grew larger in front of our eyes, and finally "engulfed" the entire spacecraft.

Finally came in...

The driver breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the pistol on the back of his head had been removed.

At this moment, the wormhole generator trembled suddenly, and a large number of sparks burst out in the next moment, and burned down.

Without the maintenance of the wormhole generator, the wormhole collapsed rapidly behind the spacecraft. The pilot was so frightened that he desperately pushed the accelerator to the bottom, and the spacecraft accelerated forward.

Considering their luck, the spaceship barely managed to get out of the wormhole, and the entire wormhole collapsed.

However, the spacecraft was not unscathed.

Affected by the space collapse, the outer shell of the spacecraft was damaged, a lot of internal equipment was damaged, and even several crew members died.
Chapter completed!