Section 18

"9——" "…" "1——" "Warp drive initiated!"

As the final sound faded away.

The space outside the composite window seemed to distort.

The starship brilliant jumped toward its target direction at an incomparable speed.

It took only about thirty-some minutes.

The distorted space around it instantly returned to normal.

When looking at the scene outside the window again…

The familiar Solar System had long since disappeared, leaving only the twinkling river of stars in the distance and the boundless, deathly silence of the deep space surrounding it.

The Universe.

It is full of passion, yet it is also full of loneliness.

The Universe is truly too vast.

So vast that the billions of races and countless lives in the Universe living simultaneously still only occupy an infinitesimally small range.

Most of the area is a dead, silent deep space.

Looking back, at a terrifying distance of 1.2 light-years away, the vast Solar System had already become a tiny speck of light.

Only at this very moment did Xu Zian truly feel the extreme insignificance of humanity.

He looked around with great interest, waiting for the cooler to cool down the pulse propulsion engine.

There were no planets around, nor any danger.

The closest planet was a planet nearly half the size of the Moon—

Because it rotates on its own and does not orbit any other star, even if it is smaller than the Moon, it is still a planet.

Overall, it looked like an ordinary barren planet, with nothing special about it.

But as a person with strong curiosity, Xu Zian still activated the detection radar, preparing to scan it.

A turquoise halo flashed at the speed of light, and in a short while, it enveloped the planet.

Soon, information was transmitted back, and the optical computer displayed the planet's information—

"Unknown Planet" "Rich in common Ore like copper, iron, gold" "Contains extremely trace amounts of rare Materials: Starlight Crystal"

Seeing the transmitted information, Xu Zian smiled.

This was all within expectations.

In some news reports, it is often said that so-and-so accidentally discovered a super precious Ore vein or a super precious Heaven And Earth Treasure on some planet, becoming rich overnight…

Xu Zian did not think he had that kind of luck.

As for the Starlight Crystal…

It is indeed a very rare type of Materials, with transparency and hardness similar to diamonds, but it also emits a faint fluorescence on its own.

But in such trace amounts… I'm afraid I'd have to dig up the entire planet just to get a few pounds?

The cost of mining would be enough to buy a ton.

At this time, the cooling was complete, restart!

Subsequent multiple pulse jumps.

Xu Zian gradually lost the excitement and curiosity he had at the beginning.

The surrounding darkness and loneliness remained unchanged, and he really couldn't muster much curiosity anymore.

Jump after jump.

Just at the sixth jump, when he was only two light-years away from the target galaxy…

An accident came.

In the Universe, accidents are common, especially in the era of great interstellar navigation.

Accidents are even more numerous.

Not long after the sixth jump was completed, while waiting quietly for the pulse engine to cool, a "crackle, crackle" sound suddenly rang out from the communicator!

Xu Zian's expression shifted, and he immediately became vigilant.

First, he checked the detection radar… There was no response.

He looked around, and apart from a few lonely planets and patches of asteroid belts, there didn't seem to be anything unusual.

But the next second! "Crackle…" "Save…" "Crackle…"

After a few electrical sounds, the voice became clearer.

"brilliant, save me!"

A young woman's voice rang out urgently from the communicator, filled with panic.

"You…" "Crackle…" "What kind of crappy communicator is that… Uh, sorry, sorry, brilliant, please save me!"

The woman spoke in frustration, but finding the communication had returned to normal, she hurriedly apologized and asked Xu Zian for help again.

Xu Zian blushed.

What communicator? It was a communicator I dug out of a trash heap on a junk planet back in the day! So what! It's not like it doesn't work!

He coughed lightly and immediately asked: "What's the situation on your end? Describe it in detail!"

Xu Zian remained vigilant inside.

In the Universe, danger and traps are everywhere.

A society governed by law only applies to the areas where human civilization exists in large numbers.

In deserted places like deep space… how safe do you expect it to be?

News has reported more than once that many people have been deceived by calls for help.

It turned out that after arriving, they discovered the other party was a group of Interstellar Pirates, faking it.

Xu Zian naturally had to be cautious and careful.

The other party was clearly aware of Xu Zian's worries.

She immediately said urgently: "I am from the Tiangong City on the Moon in the Solar System of the Earth Federation.

I have been attacked by Interstellar Pirates. The enemy has a total of two Elementary biological reconnaissance ships and four Elementary Mechanical Reconnaissance Ships!

We can simultaneously initiate an SOS emergency review to the Federation, and the Federation will definitely approve it for me!"

Hearing the other party say this, Xu Zian's vigilance immediately diminished significantly.

At the same time, the blood in his body began to boil!

Chapter 17 brilliant, Fight!

Under the circumstances where the various traps of Interstellar Pirates make most captains afraid to easily rescue fellow humans in distress…