Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 173 - 174 A False Alarm
Chapter 173: Chapter 174: A False Alarm?
Chapter 173: Chapter 174: A False Alarm?
“Don’t panic just yet!”
Captain Zhao, with a stern face, quickly awoke a large group of soldiers and members of the think tank to start checking the surveillance within the spaceship.
Everyone looked uneasy, quietly discussing among themselves.
There were endless guesses about “aliens.”
“The key issue now is that we don’t know how many times the High-dimensional Fragment has been triggered.”
“It’s unlikely… If it were a normal biological invasion, we would have noticed much earlier.”
“…Alien creatures might have unpredictable abilities. We must be cautious.”
But the surveillance in the outermost rooms was destroyed, and it was a headache to get firsthand data.
“How many people awake on our spaceship?”
“Currently, there are more than six thousand… Any missing persons?”
The supercomputer quickly reviewed the surveillance records and, in the past 24 hours, no missing persons cases were found.
“Perhaps… this thing is hiding inside somebody’s body, or in some corner. The spaceship is so big, it’s impossible for us so few to check everywhere.” Major Guo, the highest-ranking military officer aboard the ship, frowned and said, “Should we wake more soldiers?”
People didn’t know whether the hypothetical enemy existed but dared not take it lightly.
Earth Era was as big as a small city, a hundred soldiers truly couldn’t inspect every nook and cranny.
Captain Zhao shook his head, “No, more people would make things even more complicated. The hospital’s X-ray equipment isn’t enough either, it would take forever to scan everyone…”
“If this thing is very, very small, as small as a sesame seed, X-rays might not be able to detect it at all.”
Everyone was at a loss, hoping both to find it and not to find it. The uneasy feeling left everyone helpless.
Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth, “Right, if it’s some kind of… parasite, then let’s see if there are any unusual medical records at the hospital!”
“Don’t underestimate the human’s natural immune function! It wouldn’t have encountered humans before. There’s bound to be some abnormal reactions, like collapses, fever, and so on. Check it out quickly!”
Zhao Qingfeng nodded, “Quickly call Shen Jie over!”
The person responsible for the hospital was woken from his sleep, arrived at the scene bewildered, and turned pale and then purple with panic after being informed of the reason.
“No, there really are no special patients… Let me think.”
There were few patients in the hospital, with a total awake population of only 6000, mostly comprised of young adults. Besides some patients awakened from hibernation, where would there be so many sick people?
“Think carefully, even from the past few days.”
After pondering for a while, Shen Jie suddenly said, “I recall, there were two patients with fevers… I’ll investigate the hospital records again.”
These two unfortunate souls were quickly awakened from their dreams and readmitted to the hospital for thorough examinations. The situation caused panic, disturbing many of the sleeping crew.
But nothing, absolutely nothing!
After watching surveillance videos all night and catching patients all night, no clues were found.
Many people breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Either it was all a figment of their imagination, or… the opponent’s cunning and ability to hide were far superior to what anyone anticipated!
“Sigh, you guys go back and rest for a while,” Captain Zhao sighed lightly. Humans, if they don’t rest for a long time, all their basic abilities decline.
Only Zhang Yuan, Captain Zhao, and Major Guo remained in the office.
Zhang Yuan, frowning, obviously wouldn’t let his guard down so easily. With dark circles under his eyes, various chaotic thoughts raced through his mind, even suspecting that something had been done to the group of soldiers.
“Of course, he couldn’t just blurt it out.
Otherwise, under mutual suspicion and fear, nothing could get done.
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“Major Guo,” Senior Brother Zhao said in a serious tone, “are we really giving up just like this?”
“First, turn off all electronic devices…” Zhang Yuan whispered privately, “Captain, I think if it really is some kind of biological entity… the situation might be far worse than we imagined. We can’t even find it.”
“If it’s hiding somewhere like a sewage system, we definitely can’t find it. Does it even have intelligence?”
“Yes, that’s what we’re most worried about.”
“How long has it already been here?”
“Nine days, if it exists,” Senior Brother Zhao replied soberly.
Zhang Yuan said gloomily, “Think about it, using a high-dimensional prison to detain such a creature, could it be an easy opponent? A super civilization needs to use such means…”
“I even think it might not have a physical form, perhaps, it’s some sort of electromagnetic wave life form, or even a high-dimensional being… completely invisible and untouchable!”
Zhang Yuan thought of an even worse possibility, that if the other party had already infiltrated the spaceship’s main computer, perhaps all the surveillance was tampered with!
Even their conversation might have been fully monitored, including this one!
Thinking about these possibilities, he truly shuddered, merely hoping the situation wasn’t as bad as he feared.
Yes, even high-dimensional fragments were vividly displayed before people’s eyes, what’s so impossible about high-dimensional life forms?
Captain Zhao furrowed his brow: “Even if it’s a high-dimensional being, if it’s hiding on our spaceship, it still has to have a three-dimensional projection point.”
“Think of a solution, carefully consider it, there must be a way.”
Wait a minute!
Zhang Yuan suddenly had a flash of insight and whispered quietly, “When I was pulled into the high-dimensional world, in that instant, I had a higher-dimensional perspective and saw a slew of information. Perhaps… I could see something?”
“Did you see anything?”
Zhang Yuan recalled carefully and smiled bitterly, “No use, I have absolutely no memory of it. I was too panicked and scared at the time, my brain was muddled, I couldn’t see anything else.”
The other two sighed involuntarily.
“However…” Zhang Yuan didn’t finish his sentence and just mouthed the words.
Record…ing!
Yes, the recording on the space suit.
Captain Zhao was immediately thrilled.
“Let’s go, take a look!”
The recording from the space suit had already been uploaded to the central computer. Analyzing these bizarre recordings required strong mathematical knowledge and the construction of specific mathematical models.
This task had been progressing orderly, and the key solution had just been deciphered.
The men ran the recording on the computer for a while, their eyes glued to the screen.
Regrettably, even after converting the higher-dimensional perspective to a three-dimensional one, nothing abnormal was discovered.
“Am I overthinking it?” Zhang Yuan frowned, but quickly thought of another, even worse possibility.
“Let’s hope…” Captain Zhao let out a long sigh of relief, appearing relaxed, “Everyone, go back and rest. If there’s anything, we can think about it after some sleep; there’s no need to scare ourselves.”
Because they hadn’t slept all night, everyone was exhausted. After discussing, they went off to sleep separately.
