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Volume 1 Chapter 233 The Weird Herbie Nebula

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    Chapter 233 The Weird Herbie Nebula

    Yi Lexiang shook his head.

    The fleet's energy reserves do allow for several short-range space jumps.  However, the space environment inside the Herbie Nebula is too complex, and the fleet does not have detailed space information about the jump point, so the risk of doing so is too great.  If they are not careful, they may be annihilated.

    "Let's evacuate normally toward the nebula core. The fleet's energy reserves can at least last for a while. We will play a hide-and-seek game with the Imperials for a few days." Yi Lexiang finally rejected Chen Yatian's proposal.

    The combined fleet slowly started again, heading towards the unknown space.

    The huge energy fluctuations when the fleet started spread out like ripples in the water. The imperial detection equipment quickly discovered this abnormal energy fluctuation, and the imperial fleet rushed towards the location where the energy fluctuations were detected.

    Over the past three days, the mesh of Charpian astronomy has become increasingly dense.  Along with the S-class fleet came a war supervisor from the Empire's Supreme Command, a forty-member senior observation group, and hundreds of interstellar tracking experts drawn from various legions.  They carried a special reconnaissance ship equipped with the latest interstellar tracking system and searched along the Sagittarius 3 space gate.

    The A-class fleet near the planet Yetsyak is one of the eight support fleets. As the first fleet to find the Charno people, Tomasko seemed to feel that the goddess of luck was waving to him.

    Tomasko, a veteran in his seventies from the Merrick Empire.  For a general of his age, this will be the last battle in his life. As a soldier, he longs for a gorgeous ending.

    Amid his constant urging, the fleet arrived at the location where the energy fluctuations were discovered in just two hours.

    "Yes, it should be the Charno fleet." The fleet science and technology officer said with certainty, holding the spectral image just scanned.

    "Follow me!" Tomasko double-clicked his palms excitedly.

    "I will report to the theater command immediately." The adjutant standing behind Tomasko also looked excited. This time, the empire's high command offered quite attractive rewards to the fleet commanders for General Charnow.  condition.  Not only will you be promoted one level in military rank, but you will also receive an ecological star as your private territory after the war.  This is enough to drive most imperial generals crazy.

    "Wait," Tomasko stopped the adjutant, "I'll report back in half an hour!"

    The adjutant hesitated for a moment and immediately understood what the veteran meant.

    "Where is the War Supervisor"

    Tomasko put on a serious expression on his face and said, "Lieutenant Colonel, I think this may be a trap by the enemy. There is no harm in confirming it."

    "Yes, General." The adjutant replied solemnly, with an expression of admiration on his face, as if he admired Tomasko's arrangement very much.  However, when he turned around, he muttered secretly, "Old fox!"

    The Herbie Nebula didn't take long to form, and the gas and dust still carry energy radiation left over from the Big Bang, which greatly interfered with the Empire's tracking.  But there was no relaxed expression on Yi Lexiang's face. The imperial fleet followed closely behind the combined fleet, like a tail that couldn't be shaken off.  Several consecutive tactical deceptions were discovered by the opponent's commander, and the fleet's energy index was slowly declining at a speed visible to the naked eye.

    "What's going on?" Chen Yatian was grabbing Wang Shaodong who was sweating profusely and asking about the reason. Several fleet technical officers standing next to Wang Shaodong were also sweating profusely and looked anxious.

    "There's something weird about this nebula!" Wang Shaodong didn't bother to wipe the sweat from his head, and pushed away Chen Yatian with some annoyance, who was obviously interfering with his work. "In principle, the nebula is just gas and dust, and the material density is quite low. For the fleet,  , should be about the same as the energy consumed by sailing in a vacuum environment.¡±

    Chen Yatian did not speak, but pointed at the energy meter on the console.  This kind of technical problem is not of concern to him. He just wants to know why the fleet's energy consumption is so high.  According to the rate of decline shown on the energy meter, the fleet can only persist for a week at most, instead of a few months as originally imagined.

    "I just extracted some dust material and found that the quality of this dust material far exceeds the normal indicators."

    "What's the meaning?"

    "It's like under normal circumstances, we should be traveling in the air, but due to the abnormal increase in the mass of dust material, we are actually traveling in the water, and the energy consumption will of course increase."

    "Why wasn't it found earlier?" Yi Lexiang asked.

    "It is estimated that we have been in a stationary state since entering the Herbie Nebula, so??Not found.  and¡­¡­"

    Yi Lexiang glanced at Wang Shaodong, "And what?"

    "I estimate that the closer to the nebula core, the greater the mass of the nebula dust."

    "In other words, we will consume more and more energy."

    "I'm afraid it's more than that. According to the increasing rate of dust mass, the gravitational pull of the Herbie Nebula core will increase by a considerable energy level."

    "Doesn't this mean that we will fly faster and faster?" Chen Yatian interjected.

    "To be precise, it should be that the gravitational effect from the nebula core will gradually offset the resistance of the gas and dust to the starship."

    "Isn't this just right? Wouldn't this solve the problem of our energy consumption being too fast?"

    Wang Shaodong shook his head with a wry smile, "Unless we keep moving in a circular motion along the point where gravity and resistance are balanced, otherwise after passing this point, we will have to consume energy to resist the suction from the nebula core."

    Yi Lexiang understood what Wang Shaodong meant. The speed bonus that the starship can withstand is one third of the speed of light. If no measures are taken, the starship will become faster and faster under the influence of gravity and eventually disintegrate due to exceeding the load.

    "Can you calculate what the gravity value is near the core of the nebula? Will it cause devastating damage to the fleet?"

    Wang Shaodong shook his head with a wry smile again, "It can't be done! The external nebula dust is like a huge protective layer. Our instruments cannot detect information within the gravitational equilibrium point at all. Only when we really enter the range of gravity can we calculate  . Moreover, these nebula dust are not evenly distributed. This is an astronomical calculation magnitude, and the central intelligence brain on the starship alone is not enough to complete calculations of this magnitude."

    "If we jump to the vicinity of the nebula core at once" Chen Yatian thought of the starship's jump thruster again.

    "Then there are only two outcomes, either we are torn to pieces by the huge gravity, or we are safe and sound." Wang Shaodong interrupted Chen Yatian unceremoniously.

    "Life or death!" Chen Yatian murmured, "The risk seems a bit too great."

    Everyone in the command room turned their attention to Yi Lexiang, who was contemplating and silent. At this moment, Yi Lexiang finally understood why the space gate in the starry sky map obtained from the Xia family did not record information about the space on the other side.  It's not that the Xia family doesn't want to know the secret, but that all their explorations have failed.

    Turn back?  It's no longer possible.  The Imperial fleet was chasing after them, and if they turned around, it would definitely be a fierce battle with an uncertain outcome.

    Turn?  There is not much energy left in the fleet. Even if it can get rid of the enemy behind it, the fleet that finally runs out of energy will still inevitably become a prisoner of the Empire.

    But as we continue to move forward, the unknown dangers are also not small.  For so many years, the Xia family has not obtained information about the space door on the other side, which undoubtedly shows that the future is dangerous.  How to choose?

    "General, the detectors we left outside have detected a large number of signal sources." A young staff officer carefully came forward and gently placed the latest information in front of Yi Lexiang.

    Tomasko finally informed the theater command of the discovery of the combined fleet, and the imperial fleet swarmed in from all directions.  The first to arrive at the Herbie Nebula were the two B-class fleets that passed through the Yetesiyak Space Gate.  At this moment, the Herbie Nebula is like a huge magnet, attracting the Imperial fleet.

    "Then there is no other choice!" Yi Lexiang sighed deeply. At this moment, he deeply realized the wise saying that good fortune and misfortune come together, and misfortune never comes alone.  The joy of successfully rescuing the Sixth Corps on Crete was gone.

    "General?"

    "Order the fleet to warm up the jump thrusters. It looks like we are going to give it a try!"

    "yes!"

    Inside the starship, the orange indicator light began to flash silently and rapidly, which was a reminder to all ship members that they were about to enter a space jump.

    Yi Lexiang walked to the porthole of the bridge. The external protective armor was slowly falling, and the colorful starry sky was gradually replaced by jet black steel armor.  Standing in his position, he could clearly hear the beeps emitted by the flagship's large central brain. Wang Shaodong and several technical officers led a dozen data entry clerks to continuously write new data into the brain.  , hoping that with these incomplete data, some of which are just human speculation, Zhinao can choose a relatively safe space escape point for the fleet.

    In the command bridge, the operators and staff officers were doing the final monitoring work in an orderly manner, and the sound of instruments being ready continued to sound in the spacious space.  The faces of several commanders of the academy's new army became a little unnatural, and the knuckles of their clenched fists turned pale due to excessive exertion. Several starships hurriedly passed byThe plotter patted their stiff shoulders in a friendly manner, indicating that they should not be too nervous.

    In outer space, the diffuse nebula dust seemed to be driven by some kind of force and fluctuated like waves. Everything around it began to become illusory. As a white light flashed from the outside to the inside, the starry sky became empty.
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