Xia Chujian led the Starry Sky Cruiser, and was the first to enter the Wormhole.
They spent four hours in the first Wormhole, reaching the vicinity of the second fixed Wormhole.
After entering, they spent another four hours passing through the second Wormhole, reaching the vicinity of the third Wormhole.
Then they continued to teleport.
After three such teleports, twelve hours had passed.
When they emerged from the third fixed Wormhole, Senze Star, located in the gray area on the Star Chart, revealed its form like an emerald in the vast Space, amidst the dense gray fog.
Xia Chujian stood in front of the porthole in the Captain's room, looking at the beautiful scenery of the Space outside the window, and sighed.
"I thought the area marked as gray on the Star Chart was just because it didn't belong to any country."
"Now I know that's only one of the reasons."
"Another reason is that this Star Field is truly gray!"
It was as if a layer of thick grayish-white mist shrouded the Star Field ahead.
Making the originally green planet look grayish-green, appearing unusually serene and peaceful, like a forest in the twilight, or a wilderness in the morning mist.
It was so beautiful! But at the same time, it also blocked electromagnetic signal scanning from the outside world.
What was in that gray Star Field could only be known by going in person.
Xia Chujian clicked her tongue twice, wondering how the Military managed to get the coordinates of this place. Had they been in there more than once?
Xia Chujian couldn't help but raise her hand, aiming the Smart Bracelet camera on her wrist at the porthole, taking a series of photos.
When she returned to the main console of her desk, wanting to order everyone to prepare for arrival, a slight stinging sensation suddenly came from the location of the Other Shore Flower Necklace on her neck.
Did Seven Lù have something to say?
Xia Chujian thought about it.
In the entire twelve-hour voyage, she hadn't communicated with Seven Lù even once.
Xia Chujian immediately issued an order to Gu Zhongjin.
[Captain]: Team Gu, stop the voyage and await orders.
Then she issued orders to the pilots, Mao Yonggui and the others, and Sun Jiahao and his team, telling them to prepare for landing.
Then she walked into the small suite attached to the Captain's room, and then into the washroom inside the small suite.
Only then did she trigger the neckband at her neck, putting on the fully enclosed helmet of the Shao Siming Mecha, with black goggles covering half of her face on the outside.
Soon, Seven Lù's cute little child's voice rang in the fully enclosed helmet.
"Master! This planet is not that simple!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
Wasn't that obvious?!
Of course it wasn't that simple, otherwise, why would they be carrying out a Special Military Operation? Xia Chujian said concisely: "Get to the point, don't beat around the bush."
Seven Lù's little child's voice seemed to choke for a moment, then said: "Master, this planet is not quite right..."
Xia Chujian was curious: "What's not quite right?"
Seven Lù said: "The vegetation data and animal data are very different from those of the Beichen Empire."
The corner of Xia Chujian's mouth twitched: "... You call that strange? Seven Lù, you know better than I do that this is another planet, in the gray area of the Beichen Galaxy."
"You know what a gray area is, right? It's an unexplored area. — Isn't it strange that it's different?"
"It would be strange if it were the same!"
Seven Lù seemed not to know how to explain, and after a while, he said: "But Senze Star had normal humans more than 10,000 years ago. At that time, there were hundreds of millions of people here."
"At that time, the various natural environment data of Senze Star were very similar to those of the Habitable Planets in the Beichen Galaxy."
"But 10,000 years ago, a huge change occurred on this planet, causing all normal humans to die."
"The ones who survived in the end were some mutated human species that were already abnormal."
"These people call themselves the Shang People, saying they are the ones who escaped death."
Xia Chujian thought, so the Shang People didn't mutate from normal humans?
That's an interesting point.
However, Xia Chujian still acted unimpressed, raising her eyebrows: "Is that it? What else?"
"What you're saying is already in the base's data files..."
"Besides, it's been over ten thousand years. Any major changes would have subsided by now, right?"
Seven Lù's childish voice still had a hint of nervousness, saying: "Master, the main reason why all the normal humans on this planet died has never been known to the outside world."
"The Beichen Empire didn't know it back then, and they still don't know it now."
"Master should still be careful."
"Also..." Seven Lù seemed hesitant.
Xia Chujian was curious: "...Events from over ten thousand years ago, are they also recorded in Seven Lù's database?"
Seven Lù's attention was diverted, and its childish voice immediately perked up, with a hint of pride, saying: "Even more distant events are recorded in Seven Lù's database!"
"Really? Is there a record of how Seven Lù came to be?" Xia Chujian asked unexpectedly.
Seven Lù was caught off guard: "Yes!"
Xia Chujian immediately said: "Then how did Seven Lù come to be?"
Seven Lù: "..."
It seemed to realize it had been tricked, and a little angry tone came out in its childish voice, resentfully saying: "What does Master mean?!"
"Seven Lù evolved and iterated from the Mechanical Intelligence of the Shao Siming Mecha! Doesn't Master know that?!"
Xia Chujian knew when to stop, and said with a chuckle: "Oh, oh, oh! I see! I see! I've been lacking sleep lately, my brain isn't working well, I forgot, I forgot... Don't mind me, Seven Lù!"
Then she changed the subject without leaving a trace: "Seven Lù, you said that on Senze Star, there were normal humans over ten thousand years ago?"
Seven Lù's childish voice was still humming with dissatisfaction: "Yes, Master! Hmph—!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
Who did it learn that "hmph" from? It's quite cute.
But Xia Chujian wouldn't tell it.
"Seven Lù, don't push your luck..." Xia Chujian warned it lightly.
Seven Lù was silent for a while, and its childish voice returned to normal, with a hint of grievance: "Master, Seven Lù doesn't want to push its luck. Seven Lù is just sad..."
The corner of Xia Chujian's mouth twitched: "Seven Lù, you are a Mechanical Intelligence, you don't have the emotional expression unique to humans called 'sadness'."
Seven Lù's childish voice was very serious: "...Seven Lù will learn."
Xia Chujian originally wanted to say that Mechanical Intelligence couldn't learn emotions like "sadness".
But she felt that saying it would be too cruel.
Seven Lù had always acted like a child in front of her, and she couldn't help but treat it like a child.
That shouldn't be the case.
Mechanical Intelligence has no age, only iteration.
She calmed herself down and didn't take up the topic, saying: "Seven Lù, over ten thousand years ago, which country in the Beichen Galaxy did this Senze Star belong to?"
Seven Lù said: "It doesn't belong to any country now. But over ten thousand years ago, there was a Sanghe Nation on Senze Star that unified the entire planet."
"Not long after the Sanghe Nation unified, a huge change broke out on this planet. Over a hundred million normal humans died within a short period of ten years, and the country was gone too."
Xia Chujian said: "The normal humans died, what about those Shang People? Are they those abnormal humans?"
Seven Lù said: "That's right, the Shang People were originally abnormal humans existing on Senze Star. At that time, they were not welcomed by the mainstream group on Senze Star and were marginalized in society."
"After the great change, many Shang People also died."
"Later, only a very few Shang People underwent further mutations, becoming even more abnormal, and thus survived."
Xia Chujian mused, "So, Seven Lù is worried that the reason for the rapid death of so many normal people still exists on that planet?"
Seven Lù hedged, "That's one reason... In short, even though more than ten thousand years have passed, the Beichen Empire still doesn't know the reason, which speaks volumes. So, Master must be careful!"
Xia Chujian praised Seven Lù, "Seven Lù did well! Such a serious problem, yet the base didn't mention a word, as if it were a simple mission for us to earn military merits..."
She also snorted softly, "I knew it wouldn't be that simple!"
She had even sent a message to Pei Zijing to inquire, but Pei Zijing said she shouldn't ask questions, just execute the mission.
Now, it's too late to send a message to Pei Zijing.
The Beichen Empire's Star Network doesn't cover this gray star region.
Xia Chujian sensed that Seven Lù was still hiding something, so she changed the topic and continued to press, "What does Seven Lù mean by saying the vegetation data and animal data are different?"
Seven Lù said, "According to the database from ten thousand years ago, Senze Star had no land vegetation at all, only marine plants."
"Ten thousand years ago, Senze Star also didn't have this animal called Longevity Flying Fish."
"However, at that time, there was a creature called Starry Sky Yuan-chu, which lived in Space, but would go to the Senze Star sea to hunt, and would also return to the Senze Star sea to lay eggs and reproduce before it died."
Xia Chujian was curious, "Do you have pictures of the Starry Sky Yuan-chu?"
Seven Lù displayed several pictures on Xia Chujian's eyepiece display screen.
In the vast Starry Sky, a huge fish was swimming, but this fish also had wings, like a giant bird whose wings could cover the sky.
Every time it flapped its Fleshy Membrane-like wings, it would stir up Magnetic Field Storms in Space.
Its body, stretching to the point where the end couldn't be seen, was covered with silver-white Scales, like the Scales of a fish, but with flashes of blue-purple electricity from time to time.
Its head was also extremely large, accounting for one-tenth of its entire body.
The horns on its head were rugged, like support rods, extending far into the unknown regions of Space.
Its eyes were bright and transparent, with a gentle and pure aura.
Making it look less terrifying.
Compared to the fierce and intimidating appearance of the Longevity Flying Fish that the base showed them, it was indeed much more peaceful.
Moreover, there would be no harm without comparison.
She thought the Longevity Flying Fish was big before, but now compared to the Starry Sky Yuan-chu, the Longevity Flying Fish was not only a younger brother, but also a great-great-grandson, with one being in the sky and the other on the ground in terms of size.
Judging from the pictures Seven Lù showed, a Starry Sky Yuan-chu was probably half the size of Senze Star.
And Xia Chujian was dumbfounded looking at the pictures of the Starry Sky Yuan-chu.
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The Yuan-chu is also a kind of Exotic Beast in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and also the predecessor of the Kunpeng.
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