Chapter 187 Distress Signal
"Signal for help?" Ilian appeared at the door.
As if there had not been a thrilling duel just now, the big man of the Eye of Supervision looked normal, his body clean and spotless, without any trace of fighting. He scanned the control room with a cold look as if he was reviewing his subordinates, and finally his sights fell on Roken M89.
"Yes." Roken M89 replied, "This is a distress signal from the Ash Guard, from the Glazed Light."
"What's your verdict?"
"My program calculated that it was not wise to go to the rescue. But the decision was made by the ship's owner and captain."
Illian then turned his attention back to Xiaozhen and Captain Madara.
Captain Madara clicked on the holographic image at the command table in the control room. The hologram immediately flashed and showed the whole picture of the surrounding galaxy. Different stars floated in the sky and circled slowly. One of the light spots was marked with a different color of red, which represented the Glass Light that sent the distress signal.
"It won't take us long to get there." Captain Madara pointed at the cursor with his wing and said, "And the current detection shows that there is only one ship, the Glazed Light."
“When we encountered the Ashguard, they had eight ships,” Illian said.
"Yes. It now shows that this is the only ship nearby."
"It's possible this is a fake trap."
"But it's also possible that he really is asking for help," Xiao Zhen said.
"Young man." Ilian looked at him with pale eyes, "The most taboo thing on the battlefield is possibility."
Xiao Zhen blinked. He pulled over the holographic star map and spun the floating planet image with his fingers. "The current detection results show no large-scale energy reaction. The Glazed Light is not engaged in combat, and there is no Izel alien fleet nearby."
"You can't rule out the possibility that the other party is using stealth tactics."
"We can prepare space jumps in advance, and we can escape immediately if things go wrong after arriving at the scene." Xiao Zhen turned around and said, "Just like we rescued you the day before yesterday."
Ilian stared at him with his cold, pale eyes. The control room fell silent for a moment. Xiao Zhen seemed to notice nothing and looked at him fearlessly.
For a moment, the only sound in the room was the buzzing sound of the holographic projection. Xiao Zhen felt the sharp dissatisfaction in Ilian's shallow consciousness. This was not something he intended to detect, but something the other party deliberately revealed.
Then, the corners of Ilian's mouth curled up into an elegant and restrained smile, "Very good."
"Would you like to come with us?"
"Of course." Ilian said in a strangely sarcastic tone, "It's a rare sight to see those useless people on the Security Committee crying and begging us to save them, so of course I have to go."
(So he just wanted to see the Safety Committee make a fool of itself.) Captain Madara sent a message to Xiao Zhen with his mind, (I was really scared just now.)
Xiao Zhen silently said to Captain Madara, (I can already see that he actually wants to go, but he just wants to show off.)
(This weird face is really similar to our Mr. Cat.)
(After all, they are all annoying supervisory eyes.)
At this time, Shark Tooth appeared at the door, leaning against the entrance with his arms folded. As soon as Xiao Zhen saw his expression, she immediately had a bad feeling in her heart.
"Illian, that weird laugh you just made was an imitation of Lord Mansfield again."
Illian turned, his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"I urge you to stop doing this ridiculous and stupid imitation..."
Ilian smiled again, but this time the smile on his handsome face was extremely vicious, making people shudder. "You..."
"Don't fight, don't fight!!!" Xiao Zhen shouted, "For the sake of rescuing the Ash Guards!!"
The Glass Light that sent out the distress signal is next to the Parker Nebula.
When the spacecraft approached, the grayish-white dust diffused in the starry sky like a hazy cloud. Mottled spots of light appeared one after another, but there was an exceptionally clean and harmonious beauty.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu stood in a corner of the control room, talking in low voices while staring at the beautiful nebula. It was obvious that they were very nervous. Considering the life-and-death speed of the last rescue, no one could guarantee that there would be no accidents this time and whether it would be successful as well.
As if to ease the tense atmosphere, Liu Bei said, "It's a beautiful nebula, isn't it?"
Xiao Zhen nodded.
"The Hope Country we are going to has an extremely beautiful nebula," Liu Bei said. "I've seen a documentary about it. The nebula is like a fountain of swirling, sparkling stars. It's like a dream."
"The fountain of stars?"
"Well, there is a saying that there is a star in the middle that is constantly ejecting matter outward, forming this beautiful scenery. The locals in Hope Township call it the Star Fountain."
"Star Spring..." Xiao Zhen muttered the term.
"When we arrive at the Land of Hope, we will be able to see this rare spectacle."
Yes, he arrived at the Land of Hope. He must have been amazed at this wonderful coincidence.
Soon after, the image of the Glazed Light appeared on the screen.
This is a standard escort warship, with the same specifications as the surviving Black Onyx and Judgment Messenger of the Star Order, and faster than a cruiser. It mainly relies on its speed to provide firepower support for the main battleship. Most of the time, it is mainly responsible for reconnaissance and escort.
Now the escort warship was floating alone in the starry sky, like an abandoned object. From the screen, one could clearly see the emblem of the Security Committee on the escort warship - lightning and axe.
"There is obvious battle damage on the hull." Captain Madara said, jumping onto the screen and pointing his wings at the hull. Illian, who was next to the screen, raised his eyebrows slightly, and Xiaozhen felt that he wanted to pick up the chicken and throw it aside.
Roken M89 said calmly, "The damage was caused by the jet weapons of the Izel alien main battleship. They had engaged in battle with the other side."
Ilian asked, "How's the communication situation?"
Ms. Fei shook her head: "Apart from the repeated distress signals, there was no response to the signals we sent."
Ilian switched to the communication channel of the vast space, and the technical officer above gave the same reply: it was impossible to determine whether there was still life on the ship.
“This is a trap,” he said.
Xiao Zhen stared at the screen. Just as Ilian said, a ship floating here, constantly broadcasting distress signals, and with no clear information about life, this could indeed be a trap. But what about the other ships? Where are the other seven ships, Inspector Sheying and Captain Xia? Where are the crew members on the ships?
…
All of a sudden, a signal came on on the console.
Fei shouted, "Look! There's an escape pod floating over there."
A silver-gray escape pod was floating slowly in space, with the same lightning axe emblem of the Safety Committee on it.
Bang!
A spray of colored gas emanated from the rear of the capsule. Green. Red. Green.
This is Galactic military code, meaning "there is a trap."
Captain Madara shouted, "It's a trap!! Liu Bei, prepare to jump immediately!!"
“Yes, sir!”
Ms. Fei shouted, "A high-energy reaction has been detected on the Glazed Light!!"
Ilian said: "It is a trap. We must evacuate immediately!!"
" How long until the jump?" Xiao Zhen asked.
"Two minutes."
Xiao Zhen rushed out of the control room.
"Where are you going?" Illian asked.
Sharktooth, who was leaning against the wall, said, "He's going to save that escape pod."
"Tsk!!" Ilian chased after him.
Quickly putting on the breathing helmet, Xiao Zhen floated out of the Zejin.
The escape pod was floating not far away. The other party sent them an alert regardless of his own life, and he just wanted to take it away with him if possible.
He picked up the anchor gun and calmly fired at the escape pod. He aimed at the target, controlled his fingers, and bang!
The locator hit the escape pod precisely.
At this time, the glass light began to shake violently, and the energy began to gather. The reactor was generating powerful destructive power. The energy bursting from this warship as a trap was distorting space, the light gradually became brighter, and countless plasma light balls began to twist. Its destructive power was enough to instantly devour all the matter around it.
I had to get back to the cabin quickly.
But the speed of floating in space is really hard to control.
"We are going to leave Yan Zhen behind!! He is still outside!!" Guan Yu shouted.
"Oh my god!! Six seconds left!!"
A firm and strong hand grabbed Xiaozhen.
Illian was standing on the hull of the Zekin, holding Xiaozhen in one hand, and his magnetic boots firmly attached him to the hull. Under the light of the impending explosion, he looked calm and full of anger.
The Glazed Light exploded.
The flash of light dyed the world white.
The Zekin and its companion ships all jumped successfully.
This included the escape pod where Xiao Zhen had temporarily located it.
After pulling Xiaozhen back to the Zejin and jumping to a safe location, they recovered the escape pod.
Lying in the escape pod was a familiar figure to them—Inspector Sheying.
His whole body was wrapped in a black mist and he looked like he was about to die.
Roken M89 and Gamor, a versatile crew member with a medical certificate, immediately treated him.
Gamor said that this black mist was actually the blood of the Sheying Inspector's race, and their blood would vaporize when it came into contact with the air. During most of the treatment, Sheying Inspector was unconscious and kept talking incoherently. In his few words, he seemed to have been separated from Captain Xia in the battle with Izel's alien fleet.
The brother and sister among the refugees were very excited when they heard that the new person on board was Inspector Sheying. This legendary inspector had a very high status in the hearts of the children. The two children wandered around outside the ward curiously. Zhang Fei said that the brother and sister both wanted Inspector Sheying's autograph. But now was not a good time. Xiaozhen comforted them and said that Inspector Sheying would give them autographs when he recovered, and then sent the two children back.
After a long day of treatment, Inspector Sheying finally regained some consciousness. However, the attitudes of two of the people he faced were not very friendly.
Ilian stood beside his bed and said coldly, "You have actually fallen to the point of needing an underage child to save you. Has the Security Committee become so depraved now?"
Detective Projection stared behind Illian and said, "Are my eyes hallucinating? The one next to you is!!!"
"Hey, long time no see, Sheying." Shark Tooth waved at Sheying sarcastically.
"I'm going to arrest you!!" Sheying immediately sat up from the bed, but this action made him fall back onto the bed with a scream.
"Captain, you can't move now." Jia Moer said as he adjusted the medical equipment nearby, "If you want to get better soon, just lie down and rest."
"Ilian, what's going on!!" Inspector Projection, who was lying on the bed, shouted, "Why is Shark Fang in this room?"
"Don't be so excited." Shark Tooth held an apple in his hand and slowly peeled it. "You should feel honored that your savior came to see you."
"Savior?"
"The equipment that takes you to jump has the support of Shark Tooth." said Roken M89.
"..." Sheying looked at Ilian, signaling with his eyes that he should give an explanation quickly.
Ilian said coldly: "Not only Shark Tooth, but all the crew members on this ship participated in your rescue. Among them, the one you should thank the most is that child."
"So? What's the situation now?" Sheying asked, "Wait, have you already controlled Shark Fang?? I tell you, Shark Fang should be handed over to the Security Committee..."
“Sharkfang is currently under the control of the Eye of Overseer,” Illian said, “but not me.”
"Who is it?"
"The kid who saved you and Roken M89 are supervising Shark Fang."
Shark Tooth began to eat the apple with a crunching sound.
"Why?? Your level is much higher than Roken M89."
"Well," said Ilian, "he stole the boy's dog."
"I didn't steal the dog. It wasn't his dog."
"What?"
"He stole the dog."
"I don't!!"
"Oh! Don't frighten the patient. He cannot bear too much stimulation," cried Gamor.
Inspector Sheying lost consciousness again and fell into a coma.
