funbook-pk Chapter 309 Interstellar Travel and the Crisis of the Ruins
Chapter 309 Interstellar Travel and the Crisis of the Ruins
The fleet departed the energy harvesting station and headed towards the star system containing the ancient ruins with special crystals. During the long interstellar voyage, Lin Yu and Ellie dared not slacken their vigilance, constantly monitoring the ship's data and remaining alert to any potential dangers.
While traversing a vast interstellar dust belt, the fleet's detectors suddenly detected unusual signals. "Captain, multiple unidentified flying objects have appeared ahead and are rapidly approaching us!" The communications officer's voice shattered the tranquility of the bridge. Lin Yu quickly glanced at the screen, where countless points of light flickered within the dust, gradually becoming clearer.
"Activate shields, prepare for battle!" Lin Yu decisively ordered. The fleet quickly adjusted its formation, charging its weapon systems, ready to respond to any attack. As the unidentified flying objects drew closer, everyone could see their appearance clearly: these objects were sharp triangular in shape, emitting a cold, eerie blue light, and surrounded by a strange energy field.
"These things look tricky, everyone be careful!" Ellie stared intently at the screen, analyzing the energy characteristics of the flying objects. Just then, the triangular flying objects launched their attack first, beams of energy shooting out from their front ends, striking the fleet's shields like dense raindrops, emitting a blinding light.
"Retaliate!" Lin Yu shouted. The fleet unleashed a volley of weapons, energy beams and missiles weaving through the dust cloud. However, the triangular flying objects were extremely agile, easily dodging the attacks and continuing their relentless assault. One Azerian warship suffered damage to its shields during the attack, and its energy readings plummeted.
"No, at this rate we'll be picked off one by one!" Ellie said anxiously. "I've discovered that these objects seem to be controlled by some kind of signal. Maybe we can interfere with that signal." The research team acted quickly, using the spacecraft's electronic warfare equipment to scan and interfere with the signal source of the triangular objects.
With the transmission of jamming signals, the triangular-shaped objects slowed down and their attacks became less precise. The fleet seized the opportunity, intensified its attacks, and finally destroyed some of the objects. Seeing the situation was dire, the remaining objects quickly retreated and disappeared into the interstellar dust.
Despite sustaining damage in the battle, the fleet escaped danger. They continued their journey and finally arrived at the star system where the ancient ruins were located. This was an ancient and mysterious system, with faint stars and numerous asteroid belts and abandoned space structures.
Guided by the probe, the fleet arrived above a planet covered in craters, where ancient ruins were hidden in a vast canyon on the planet's surface. Lin Yu led the landing team in landing craft, slowly descending near the ruins.
As they stepped into the ruins, a stench of decay enveloped them. The ruins were ancient and weathered, their walls covered with mysterious symbols and patterns. Ellie took out her detection equipment and scanned the surroundings, trying to locate the special crystal.
“The signal indicates that the crystal is in the core area of the ruins, but we must be careful; there seems to be unknown danger lurking here,” Ellie warned.
The team cautiously advanced towards the core area, the surrounding environment growing increasingly eerie along the way. Suddenly, the ground began to shake, and swarms of mechanical spiders poured out from the walls of the ruins. These spiders were enormous, covered in hard metal exoskeletons, their eight eyes flashing red, and they slithered rapidly towards the team.
"Fire!" Lin Yu shouted. The team members quickly raised their weapons and fired at the mechanical spiders. Energy beams struck the spiders, sparks flying, but these spiders had extremely strong defenses, and ordinary attacks were unlikely to cause fatal damage to them.
A mechanical spider leaped at a team member, but Lin Yu reacted quickly, deflecting it with his energy sword. However, the number of mechanical spiders increased, gradually surrounding the team. In the fierce battle, Ellie discovered the mechanical spiders' weakness: the energy core in their abdomens.
"Attack their abdomens!" Ellie shouted. The team adjusted their attack direction, concentrating their firepower on the mechanical spiders' abdomens. Under the precise strikes, the mechanical spiders fell one after another.
The team finally broke through the mechanical spiders' encirclement and reached the core area of the ruins. In the center of the core area, on a huge stone platform, lay the special crystal they had been searching for. The crystal emitted a soft light, and energy seemed to flow within it.
Lin Yu stepped forward and carefully picked up the crystal. The moment he grasped the crystal, the ruins suddenly trembled violently, the surrounding walls began to collapse, and beams of energy shot out from the ground, as if trying to stop them from taking the crystal away.
"Damn it, we've triggered the ruins' defenses! Evacuate immediately!" Lin Yu shouted. The squad quickly ran towards the landing craft, with the crumbling ruins and deadly energy beams behind them. Could they escape the ruins successfully and return to the fleet with the crystal? Once back on the fleet, could they successfully use the crystal to open the secret chamber sealing the "Star Core Power"? Everything was shrouded in uncertainty.