As the light flashed by, everyone saw that the starry sky in front of them that seemed to be accelerating suddenly disappeared, replaced by a dark, dim metal spacecraft that silently appeared in front of them. It looked like a

A corpse has been placed for a long time, floating silently and alone in space.

"Hiss...is this the Ark?"

Looking at the spaceship in front of her, Theresa took a breath of air, while Cang Xuan nodded with a complicated expression.

"Yes, this is...the Ark."

Speaking of this, Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu's expressions were a little complicated. Although they were not responsible for the Ark Project at the beginning, they still hoped that the plan would succeed. Occasionally, they would also think about those who escaped from the earth, maybe

Maybe he could really take root again on a certain planet.

But unfortunately, reality is often cruel.

Dr. MEI’s four plans, now it seems that Ark, Fire and Stigmata have all failed, and the Hengsha Plan is also far away...

"Leander, scan the entire battleship."

Fang Zheng was not as sad as the two of them, but calmly issued the order. Soon, a beam of light emerged from Leander and scanned the entire battleship from beginning to end.

"Report to Commander, there are no signs of life."

"What about the energy response?"

"nor."

"Um……………"

After hearing Leander's answer, Fang Zheng reached out and touched his chin, frowning and staring at the spaceship in front of him.

"Something's wrong."

"wrong?"

Walter Yang also came over at this time and looked at Fang Zheng.

"What's wrong?"

"This spaceship flew too far."

Fang Zheng replied without looking back.

"According to the data provided to me by Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu, the civilizations of previous generations did not have the technology to activate hyperspace, so it is a bit unexpected that this spacecraft would appear so far away."

"can you?"

Facing Fang Zheng's answer, Theresa frowned in confusion.

"Didn't you get here soon? It shouldn't have been more than two hours since we left the earth."

"Just kidding, do you think the technology tree of Tiandao Palace can be compared with the civilization of previous eras?"

Fang Zheng snorted softly.

"Let's put it this way, if you want to compare, then I can tell you that this ark of the civilization of the previous era is like a steam classic car, and my lovely Leander is like a supersonic fighter - now you understand. I

A place that can be reached in two hours, at the speed of that ark, is probably a question of whether we can reach it in 20,000 years."

"But it's here now."

Walter Yang continued silently. He was also a university teacher after all, and he quickly understood what Fang Zheng meant.

"So...could it be some kind of cosmic storm, or be swallowed by a black hole?"

"It's not impossible, but who can say for sure?"

Fang Zheng stretched silently, then turned around.

"Okay, everyone, let's put on our space suits and go over there to have a look. I hope everything goes well."

There were a total of five people boarding the spaceship. Apart from Fang Zheng, the others were naturally Walter Yang and Theresa, as well as Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu. The former came to check the situation on behalf of their respective forces, while Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu

Zhu Ze is from the previous generation. Although they did not participate in the Ark Project, they still understand the technology of that era. At least they can know what certain things are used for, so that everyone will not be foolishly fumbling around.

Soon, Fang Zheng and others all put on N7-specific space combat armor. As for weapons, Fang Zheng gave everyone an ordinary N7 pistol as a defense. Theresa's Judas was given to Kallen (strictly speaking,

(It was said that he gave it back to Kallen), and after Walter Yang gave the Herrscher core to Bronya, his combat effectiveness also declined. What's more, neither of them has experienced fighting in the weightless state of the universe. Giving them weapons often doesn't work.

It's just a hindrance.

At the same time, Leander also gradually approached the Ark—this spacecraft was larger than Leander in terms of volume alone, similar in size to the Archangel-class Titan. After all, it was considered to leave the solar system and colonize outer space, regardless of

It is always beneficial to make the spaceship bigger. Obviously, judging from the size of the spacecraft in front of him, the MEI doctor obviously also thought that if he could not find a suitable colony, he would simply treat this spaceship as a wandering

s home.

This idea is not surprising. This is the case with the quarians in Mass Effect. Ever since they were driven out of their original home planet by their own creation, the Geth, these miserable wretches have been wandering around the stars.

Apparently, human civilization in this previous century had similar ideas.

But unfortunately, this is already a thing of the past.

As they got closer, under the illumination of Leander's lights, everyone could clearly see the huge ark ship in front of them. At this moment, its body was riddled with holes, and it looked like it had suffered a violent attack.

explode.

"Well...it seems it was destroyed."

Fang Zheng glanced at the porthole twice, and then pointed at the big hole in front of him.

"I can even guess how these unlucky guys died. They were sailing in the universe, and then they were suddenly blocked by something, and then... bang, it was like a sailing battleship from the Age of Discovery being destroyed by World War II.

A cannon fired from the steel battleship."

Having said this, Fang Zheng pointed at the big hole.

"This shot directly penetrated the entire Ark ship. It's no wonder. After all, no matter how advanced the civilization was in the previous era, it was just a surface civilization. It is estimated that the spaceships they built were all armor-resistant, but they were directly hit by someone else's shot.

structure, and then it’s completely finished.”

"Then who is the other party?"

"God knows, it may be space pirates, or it may be a certain ethnic group that is very sensitive to its own territory. It may even be a secret race that does not want to be exposed. Not all races in the universe will be curious about humans.

You'd better remember this truth and don't use human values ​​​​to measure the practices of alien races - it may even be just a test."

"test?"

"That's right, I don't know what you are, so let's see if you can resist it first. If you can resist it, it means that we are close in strength. If you can't resist it - hahaha, a fully armed modern soldier will care about how the Amazon savages die.

Of?"

"………………"

Teresa stretched out her hand to cover her mouth. To be honest, she was looking forward to this space journey at first, which is why she was willing to put aside her work as a bishop and come here all the way.

But now Theresa feels that her journey may be a bit...well, rash.

"If the entire universe is compared to a forest, then this ark seems to me to be a doe that poses no threat. Maybe it attracted the attention of a predator and then hunted it, or maybe they killed it themselves.

I picked up something on the way, and then I was hung up like a fish..."

After saying this, Fang Zheng sighed.

"Okay, let's get ready. Let's go in. Once we get in, we'll know everything."

Soon, the hatch opened, and then Fang Zheng drove the shuttle to leave the battleship, then passed through the huge destroyed hole, went directly to the interior of the battleship, and found a relatively empty place that looked like a warehouse.

After stopping, everyone stepped out of the shuttle and began to carefully look at the battleship in front of them.

"It feels... really bad."

Looking at the dark, silent huge battleship in front of her through her helmet, Theresa felt a little depressed in her heart. She thought that this was the crystallization of human civilization in the previous era, but in the end it turned into a huge steel here.

The coffin made her feel depressed and uncomfortable.

Is this the ultimate fate of mankind?

Just like this ark, it will only be destroyed in the end?

"Okay, what are you thinking about?"

Seeing Theresa's silence, Fang Zheng patted her helmet.

"Everything has an end. Human beings may one day face their own ending, but at least not now. Well, let's move on."

If it were a space science fiction horror movie and game, then the spaceship should be filled with all kinds of monsters and the like at this moment. But unfortunately, it is obviously not so exciting in reality, and the entire cabin is empty.

There were not even a few corpses in one piece - the opponent's shot directly penetrated the Ark from the middle. Under the action of air pressure, most of the crew must have been pulled into the universe at that time. Even if there were occasional

It's impossible for a few unlucky guys to survive until now.

With Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu guiding the way, Fang Zheng and his party didn't spend much effort, and soon arrived at the captain's room - it was relatively well-preserved, and there was even a weak emergency light on the floor.

Reflection. It seems that even after being shot, the ship's energy supply was not destroyed.

"Um……………"

Seeing this, Fang Zheng felt even worse. Generally speaking, space battles either attack the engine or the command center, but the opponent specifically chose to attack the middle - this is not a naval battle, and there is no such thing as splitting it in two.

It can even sink into the sea.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the other party specifically avoided the energy core and command center to attack the warship.
To be continued...