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Chapter 833 Hephaestus

"Treasure hunting? What does that mean, Lin Yuan?"

Although Zhaohong already had a rough idea in his mind when he heard the word "treasure hunting", he still wanted to ask for clarification just to be on the safe side.

"Just as it means." Lin Yuan replied while looking at the tablet in his hand: "It's a coincidence that I received a secret signal some time ago. At first I just checked it out of curiosity, but later I found that the source of the signal was from the universe which is quite far away from Mars, which is where we are now."

"In the beginning, I didn't really take it seriously. I just played around with it, but soon I found that the signal itself was actually an encrypted message. I took some time to decipher it, and found a coordinate and a name inside."

"...What is it? From what I know about you, if you didn't know what it was, you would never have brought us along to look for it."

After a brief silence, Zhao Hong quickly asked again, and was very sure that Lin Yuan must have figured out what the goal was, otherwise he would never have brought them here so rashly.

Unlike Olga and the others, although Lin Yuan sometimes suddenly makes some incredible and seemingly impulsive decisions, in fact, he has been prepared for this and can ensure that there will be no accidents, or even if there are accidents, he has prepared means to deal with them in advance. So to be honest, Zhaohong is actually very confident about the safety of this trip. The reason why he felt worried before was only due to the influence of the surrounding atmosphere.

But even though you know it, you still have to ask, such as the destination and the goal of this trip, so Zhaohong asked this question.

"That's right. Now that we're here, we should explain it." After hearing what Zhao Hong said, Lin Yuan thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case. He had no intention of hiding anything and explained directly: "Before talking about our purpose this time, let's first talk about where we are going. After all, this will help everyone understand better."

"——Hephaestus, a colony satellite named after the god of fire in Greek mythology. Although it is called a colony satellite, it is actually more like a military factory. It was built by people during the Hellfire War three hundred years ago to produce weapons. With the end of the war, it was also abandoned. Until now, the above is the relevant information I have collected."

"Hephaestus? The military factory? In that case, I have a guess about our purpose this time. Could it be..."

"That's what you were thinking. Our goal this time is to see if this military factory is intact enough. The best scenario would be to turn it into a military factory for our Tekkadan. We can even use it to have a base in space. It can be said that there are many benefits."

Although Lin Yuan's words were very attractive, Zhao Hong's attitude towards them was very indifferent, and he even poured cold water on them, saying, "You also said that was the best case scenario. Three hundred years, to be honest, compared to being intact, I'm afraid it's more likely that the satellite has been broken into pieces, or even disintegrated. So to be honest, I'm not optimistic about our gains from this trip."

Although Zhaohong's words were a bit of a dampener, the others had to admit after hearing it that compared to the satellite being intact without too much damage, the possibility of it being in tatters or even disintegrated was indeed higher.

It can be said that in most cases, the satellites abandoned during the Calamity War ended up being destroyed because they were not properly maintained, which led to the aging of parts. In addition, they were hit by meteorites floating in the universe and eventually could no longer withstand the impact and disintegrated on their own.

In the eyes of Zhaohong and others, Hephaestus is no exception. After three hundred years of ravage, he would have turned into a pile of scrap metal and debris, and would be useless.

Lin Yuan agreed with Zhao Hong and the others' opinion. Under normal circumstances, Hephaestus could not have held on until now, but this time it happened not to be a normal situation.

Before Lin Yuan could explain, the ship's radar suddenly responded, and this reaction instantly attracted everyone's attention. Under the operation of a member of the Tekkadan, the thing detected by the radar appeared and was seen first.

"What, what is this?! Is this really correct? But the coordinates match!"

"Hey, hey, hey, hey... This is, a satellite!"

"What a joke! How could it be so intact from three hundred years ago to now? Are you sure?!"

"But the coordinates show it's right here!"

..............................

As everyone was discussing in amazement, a satellite appeared in their sight. It was their destination - Hephaestus.

However, it was a little different from what Zhaohong and the others had imagined. This military satellite not only looked very intact, but it also had very few damaged parts. At most, some places like the antenna looked a little shabby, but the main body and outer walls were intact and even looked very tidy, as if someone had been maintaining it for a long time.

"Lin Yuan!"

After recovering from the shock, Zhao Hong spoke to Lin Yuan seriously, but before he could continue, Lin Yuan spoke first.

"I know what you are worried about, Zhaohong, but you can rest assured that the satellite in front of us is indeed 'unmanned'."

Lin Yuan emphasized the word "unmanned", but Zhao Hong did not relax at all. He asked seriously, "Lin Yuan, stop joking. If it was just intact, it would be fine. But the main body and outer wall of this satellite are so intact. In the past three hundred years, could it be that this satellite has not been hit by a meteorite even once? Who would believe that? That only means that someone is maintaining this satellite, which means that this satellite has not been abandoned, or someone has taken it over before us. Only this can explain what we are seeing now."

The quarrel between Zhaohong and Lin Yuan was obviously too loud, which attracted the attention of others. After hearing what Zhaohong said, the others present also agreed and looked at Lin Yuan, wanting to know how he would answer.

"I admit that what you said makes sense. Under normal circumstances, only what you said can explain the current situation. But it is a coincidence that this time it happens not to be a normal situation."

In response to Zhao Hong's question, Lin Yuan replied calmly: "I have said before that this satellite is indeed 'unmanned'. As for the evidence... now try to contact the other party through communication, then it should be easy to get the answer."

(End of this chapter)