The Record of Unusual Creatures
chapter-610

Chapter 610: A Mysterious Spaceship

A huge black wreckage lay ahead, and the lush, glowing deep-sea plants surrounding it revealed the details of the wreckage. It was about 10-km long and it had a slender body as well as a large number of crystalline sheet metal distributed around it. The crystalline sheets of metal were of different sizes, ranging from about dozens of meters to even hundreds of meters wide. They were spread like petals or sails along the axis of the wreckage and in all directions. On the back of the wreckage, there were some strange metallic structures, which had swelled up. Something like radiator grids were arranged neatly on it.

The wreckage lay on the seabed, and it was supported by a large number of buildings so it did not completely collapse. Some of its crystalline sheet metal were probably smashed in the process of falling. They ended up broken apart and scattered all around. They did not see any interpretable markings on the wreckage, except for a large, abstract symbol that resembled the sun. It was on one of the black crystalline sheets, but they did not know what it meant.

Hao Ren knew that it was a spacecraft the moment he saw it. This was a result of him taking some time to study those educational manuals diligently. After a further scan, the MDT came to a more precise conclusion, “It’s a spacecraft, but its materials are completely different from that of the sirens’ spacecraft.”

“Well, it’s obvious. The style isn’t the same as well,” Hao Ren said as he slowly navigated the Petrachelys closer to the wreckage. As they approached the wreckage, the steel monster of more than 10 km long gave them an even greater impression. Its bizarre “petal” structure and black paint were impressive. “This thing’s really big… Is it a battleship or a common spaceship?”

“I assure you that it’s not a coincidence that a common spacecraft crashed on this place. And judging from its structure, it’s more like a battleship,” the MDT said while it circled Hao Ren’s head. “Well, not bad. I didn’t expect you to already be so skilled at navigating a spacecraft. I thought I’d have to assist you my entire life.”

Hao Ren waved his hand to push the MDT aside. “Of course. I’ve studied the instructions too. I can’t operate it in a battle, but I can still do something simple, like move it.”

The gigantic black wreckage was obviously not built by sirens. This made Hao Ren think of the Zalazarn, which blew up in orbit, and he doubted if this spaceship was the alien warship that attacked Io. However, there was one more question that could not be explained: why did it crash there?

The small and light Petrachelys quickly traveled through the crystalline sheet metal. Several small detectors were released to look for an entrance. Suddenly, Nangong Wuyue’s voice sounded in the communicator. “Landlord! We found something!”

“You found the teleportation portal?”

“No, I found another fugitive ship,” Nangong Wuyue quickly said. “It’s blown up and torn apart. There’s another strange thing here… It’s really huge!”

Hao Ren immediately navigated the spacecraft and said, “Stay there, don’t move. I’m tracking your position.”

The siren’s speed was staggeringly fast in the water. In just one or two hours they had already swum for hundreds of kilometers respectively. Hao Ren found Nangong Wuyue on the edge of Evadurant. She waved to the spacecraft, raised her hand and pointed to a huge relic outside the city.

That was another immigrant starship. It lay still there, close to the city of Evadurant. Because of its large size, it looked like another city lying on the seabed. This ‘city’ had been torn apart, more miserable than the Zalazarn on the orbital station. A huge tear stretched across the entire starship, almost breaking it in half. And countless shattered wreckage was scattered radially around there.

“This is the Palasion.” Hao Ren concluded when he found the wreckage to be the same model as the wreckage of the orbital station, “We’ve found the ship… It didn’t escape. It was blown up directly on the launch pad. ”

If there was no interference of the “Wall of Reality” that caused the entire region in the cloudy state and the poor “visibility”, Hao Ren could confirm the structure of the seabed from high altitude. He would see the Evadurant in the middle of a plain, and the four large platforms comparable to the size of the city distributed symmetrically around the capital of sirens. It was the launch pad that launched the ark.

There used to be four starships there. Now, Nasaton had settled down on earth, the Zalazarn was floating alone in Io’s higher orbit, and the Palasion was lying there miserably, torn apart by some powerful force. The huge starship was left with only broken walls.

And the Antwern, which was said to be specially designed… Its launch pad was empty, and no one knew where it had gone to.

“The whereabouts of the three exiled spacecraft, including Nasaton, have been confirmed,” Y’zaks counted silently and said. “And the last one, Antwern, right? Haven’t found it yet.”

“Maybe it had been blown up somewhere, too, but I sincerely hope that it was successfully launched, and had landed safely somewhere, just like Nasaton,” Vivian said, shaking her head and sighed, “From the wreckage, we can see that how hard those sirens had tried… Too bad.”

“That’s the ‘strange thing’ that Wuyue mentioned?” Nangong Sanba pointed to a dark shadow near the wreckage, “It looks like… another black spacecraft.”

“Well, yes, it’s the same model as the unidentified spacecraft we just found,” Hao Ren turned the external monitor and magnified the shadow, and found that it was also a black giant spacecraft. It was more than 10 kilometers long, with distinctive, sail-like crystal sheet metals arranged neatly on it. It lay still beside the ruins of the Palasion and pointed a series of gun muzzle-like structures towards the ruins as if it was still firing at the last minute before it crashed, perished together. “I think… We need to take the spaceship back as a sample.”

“I agree,” the MDT said, “This unidentified spacecraft is closely related to the destruction of Io, and should be sampled and analyzed.”

“How many gravity regulators do we have?” Hao Ren tapped on the MDT and asked. “I remember we left a lot of gravity regulators with us when we helped Wang to move home, should be enough to lift this thing from the sea to outer space.”

The MDT did a simple calculation and said, “The quantity is sufficient, but we need a towing ship. Petrachelys can do it.”

“Okay, let’s get it out of the water now.” Hao Ren decided immediately. “I don’t want any accident to happen and damage the sample later.”

Suddenly, the voice of the Queen came from the communicator. “Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?”

“Katreina?”

“Yes. I found the teleportation portal… It’s very messy. I can’t get closer.”

“The main course is coming.” Hao Ren looked at the people around him, and then glanced at the wreckage of the huge black battleship on the holographic projection. He weighed then nodded, and said, “Data Terminal, you’ll handle the spacecraft. Get it out of the water. Now give me an integrated engineering machine. I send the explosives to the teleportation portal.”

Lily jumped excitedly and asked, “Landlord, can I go with you?”

Hao Ren pinned her down and said, “You’re too slow, just stay on the spacecraft. Vivian, you stay here as well. I’m just going to place a bomb. I’m familiar with this, shouldn’t have any problem.”

Then he beckoned to Y’zaks and said, “You come and give me a hand. Help me to cope with any accidents. And the rest, including Wuyue, stay on the spacecraft until I detonate the bomb.”

“Oh…” Lily said bitterly. Everyone agreed but Lily. All Huskies had the similar reaction when they were left at home. She glanced at the control desk and asked, “Then can I…”

“Cannot,” Hao Ren pinned her back to her chair. “Don’t press anything. MDT, lock the operating system. Limit the access to everything except for movie player and Super Mario.”

After distributing the tasks, Hao Ren and Y’zaks left the bridge together.

Petrachelys began to approach the black spacecraft lying at the bottom of the sea. Many doors were opened on one side of it and lots of autonomous robots coming out and pushing the anti-gravity devices and swimming to the wreckage, preparing for related installation and operation. Meanwhile, the second half of the Petrachelys opened another gate, and a small probe of about 10 m flew out of it.

A silver shiny cube was pushed in front of the probe — it was the fiery gift that Hao Ren had prepared for the teleportation portal.