Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 1548 The target appears
Except for Fang Lanyin and Hall, everyone who knew about Li Chengxi's existence was on the bridge.

Almost all the crew members on the Swan had heard of this man, but had never seen him.

After all, Alyssa joined the Whirlpool Federation Army as a mercenary. Except for herself and the crew members assigned to work on the Swan, no one else had a military rank or salary.

Therefore, even if the Xuanshui Federation gave Li Chengxi boxes of medals, he was a non-existent person in the Xuanshui Federation without a rank.

Although this secret was not like Yang Yiyi's and must not be revealed, Princess Leia said this as soon as she entered the hangar, which made Alyssa wonder if she had intended to find Li Chengxi from the beginning.

If so, how to deal with it?
Just deal with it as casually as you deal with the Whirlpool Federation?
"Your Highness, do you mean the machine spirit on my ship?"

Telling the truth directly is definitely not an option, and casually fooling around is not an option either. This level 81 guy who can destroy a fleet alone can easily determine whether Alyssa is lying or not. Instead, making excuses will cause displeasure.

So, it is best to avoid the main issue, not denying it, but not revealing Li Chengxi's true identity.

"Machine Soul? Do you think so?"

The princess asked back, and Alyssa felt like she was sweating.

"The Swan's machine soul is a very special existence. The specific details are commercial secrets and cannot be disclosed. It is smarter and more powerful than ordinary machine souls."

Princess Leia didn't look at Alyssa the whole time, but just kept looking up and down at the bloated and huge fuselage of GP02.

After hearing Alyssa’s words, she turned around and said very solemnly:
"Captain Alyssa, I understand your thoughts. Every recycler has some hidden cards, but I suggest you don't treat him as a machine spirit."

If Alyssa thought Li Chengxi was a special machine soul at the beginning, she definitely doesn’t think so now.

"This is the first time I have truly confirmed the existence of a spiritual entity. Strictly speaking, it is not a 'sight'. My eyes cannot capture it, but I can feel that the eyes from a higher dimension are staring at you and me."

How should I respond to this?
Alyssa hesitated to speak, but Princess Leia said:
"I hope you can make sure that he has a good relationship with you. I can tell you responsibly that this is definitely the most valuable investment in your life."

The level is as high as 81. Even if this princess cannot master the power of the True Ancestor very well, she is already very close to a demigod and has reached the level of transcendence.

It was not surprising that she could sense Li Chengxi's presence, but the reason for his words was a little confusing.

Alyssa chose to get to the point. She asked:

"Your Highness, what do you mean...?"

"The last time I felt something like this was when I was dealing with our common enemy."

The common enemy is naturally the Red Maple Republic.

"If the Swan also possesses a similar spiritual entity, at least you let me know that we have a way to deal with threats from higher dimensions. This time, I made the right decision."

Alyssa was confused by this. Just as she was about to ask for details, the personal terminal on her wrist beeped twice, and Carlos' voice came:

"Captain, the target has appeared."

It seems that there is no time to ask in detail.

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Alyssa and Princess Leia hurried back to the bridge. At this time, the vague shadow of the reconnaissance station had appeared on the main display of the bridge, and the optical sighting equipment was keeping track of the line of sight.

It is called a reconnaissance station, but in fact, from the outside you can't tell that it is a man-made structure. It feels more like a stray meteorite passing by.

There are many wandering celestial bodies in the dark star field without stars, and things like this will not attract the attention of any ship.

"The unmanned beacon data was transmitted back and a high-density metal reaction was detected." It cannot be seen with the naked eye, and it cannot be seen by scanning with a radar. But if you use a scanner to measure the data, you will find that the quality of this thing is ridiculously high, and it does not look like an ordinary meteorite at all.

Although there are extremely dense meteorites in the void, if a high-density meteorite appears at this time and this place, then the possibility that this is the target is particularly high.

"It came earlier than expected."

Alyssa sat down in the captain's seat and fastened her seat belt:
"Hold steady, keep tracking. How many of the beacons we fired before stopping the ship are still usable?"

"There are only three in the direction the target is approaching."

The unmanned beacon is actually a special torpedo. After being launched, it will begin reconnaissance in the designated area. It will automatically issue an early warning if something approaches and is equipped with a scanner.

Since it came much earlier than expected, Alyssa could not rule out the possibility that a high-density meteorite passed by by chance.

If you want to confirm it, you either have to get closer or wait for multiple unmanned beacons to send data for analysis.

At this time, you have to stay calm. After a while, the meteorite projected onto the main display by the optical observation device became clearer.

At this time, Villania said:
"The data from the three beacons are identical, and a slight attitude change was just detected. This is definitely not an ordinary meteorite."

Ordinary meteorites will definitely not make purposeful turns before they hit something or are affected by gravity.

This is of course not absolute. The meteorite itself may be in a rotating state, and the angular momentum allows the meteorite to have a certain slight turning ability.

If the judgment is wrong, Swan will only be chasing an ordinary meteorite, and it may not be able to catch up when the real target appears.

After all, in order to avoid being discovered, one cannot use pulse flight or warping.

Alyssa hesitated for a moment and immediately gave the order:

"Ditch the hook and start the engine. Let's give chase."

This operation has a tolerance rate. If the unmanned reconnaissance station cannot be captured here, we can continue to wait at the next location. Besides, it is not an extremely urgent situation, so Alyssa's choice is naturally bolder.

"Engine power is up and working fine."

"Departure speed, attitude adjustment in progress."

"Target trajectory analysis completed, waiting for route setting."

Alyssa used the screen next to the captain's seat to set the intersection point between the Swan and the target based on the data:

"Cruising speed."

"Understood, cruising speed."

Carlos gave the rudder a push and lifted the push bar.

The five engines arranged in a V shape lit up with eye-catching blue light. The Swan adjusted its posture and then accelerated.

The unmanned reconnaissance station is not remotely controlled. After the route is set for it, it will automatically make minor adjustments and automatically avoid large celestial bodies such as meteorites. When the Cygnus approaches, it must not go straight ahead, otherwise it will activate the automatic avoidance program.

But it couldn't approach from the rear, because even the Swan couldn't catch up with the speed of the unmanned reconnaissance station.

So if you want to get closer, you have to approach from the side, like two parallel lines that are getting closer and closer.

(End of this chapter)