Chapter 1 Soon

Soon after receiving the device, Su Mo immediately issued the order to set sail. He parted ways with Auglas and others, carrying the hopes of countless people, and sailed towards the dark side of Ceres.

Three days later, inside the Star Destroyer Grey Fin’s conference room.

Su Mo convened a high-level meeting, which was attended by Gress, Captain Salier, and others.

The protagonist of this meeting was not Su Mo, but Gress. Not long after receiving the drifting rescue device, he thoroughly analyzed the information inside.

Gress raised his electronic wristband and entered a series of instructions. Then, he projected a very simple star chart, in which the center was clearly marked as Negative God Star, and the surrounding area was marked as Ceres and so on.

"After my analysis of this distress device, I can basically estimate the target. The target we are searching for should be in the starry sky on the back of Ceres."

Hearing this, Salier and the others looked even more solemn, but they didn't complain.

Su Mo said to Gress, "Continue."

"As far as I know, the Federation's Freedom Fortress has been missing for about two years. The mechanical scale on this device shows that this drifting device was launched one year and two months ago. Ceres revolves around Negative God Star in about a thousand years. The time deviation of more than a year will not be too great, but..."

Gress's expression suddenly became serious.

"But what?"

Su Mo asked in a deep voice.

"Based on the information I have and my speculation, I am sure that there is a high probability that Freedom Fortress has strayed into an absolute forbidden zone."

"Absolute forbidden zone? What kind of place is that?"

Su Mo asked curiously.

"You should all be very clear that both Negative God Star and Ceres are very special existences. According to research, these two will produce a special gravitational field. This gravitational field is usually not very strong, so when we go to Ceres from Star Ring City, as long as we turn on the anti-gravity system, we won't feel it. However, when the special gravitational field of Negative God Star collides with the special gravitational field of Ceres, there will be a violent reaction, which will pull each other and create a special area, which is the absolute forbidden zone: Devil's Eye. Anyone who enters it can almost forget about escaping, and that's the area I broke into before."

Gress said in a deep voice.

Su Mo rubbed his temples and said with a headache, "Then can you determine the range they fell into?"

"No, if they're lucky, they may not have gone in too deep. If they're unlucky, they may have gone in even deeper than I did. No one can say for sure."

"Okay."

Su Mo replied helplessly.

"However, I can tell you responsibly that it is more dangerous inside than you think. The special star environment creates special monsters and unprecedented dangers. I hope that in this search and rescue mission, you can trust me and follow all my suggestions."

Gress warned solemnly.

Salier solemnly stated, "Don't worry, we will follow your command in everything."

"That's good."

Gress didn't say anything more.

At this time, Su Mo stood up and said, "I believe that if we work together, we will be able to conquer this absolute forbidden zone. Let's go!"

"Let's go!"

......

Half a month later.

Inside the command room of the Grey Fin.

Su Mo was looking at the distant starry sky through the optical device.

The entire starry sky was almost dark, and occasionally some drifting meteorites and debris could be seen around.

At the beginning of the voyage, they encountered wandering monsters from time to time.

However, the Star Destroyer Grey Fin had the ability to stealth, avoiding most of the troubles. They spent a lot of effort to solve the few monsters that they couldn't avoid.

But as they went deeper, the number of monsters encountered along the way decreased sharply. Now, they couldn't even see any traces of monsters.

Sometimes Su Mo even had an illusion that the endless deep space in front of him was like a ferocious beast with open fangs, about to devour them. He felt inexplicably depressed.

Salier looked at Gress and asked, "Are we still going to keep going in this direction?"

"Yes, keep it up, and make sure the mechanical level doesn't deviate."

Gress replied in a deep voice.

Since the beginning of the voyage, Gress has stayed in the command room, eating and sleeping there. Except for the necessary sleep, he has been doing everything himself, staring at the screen the whole time. He was a little obsessed, and his eyes were bloodshot.

The people in the command room also felt very depressed.

"Gress, why don't you take a good rest? Such high-intensity work is too much for your body."

Su Mo walked to Gress and said.

"No, no, I have a feeling that we are about to enter the absolute forbidden zone."

Gress shook his head and replied.

Just then, the entire Star Destroyer shook violently.

Tss~

The entire holographic display image was directly chaotic, and even the resolution instrument on the console was completely paralyzed.

You should know that under normal circumstances, although Ceres is heavily interfered with, the most seriously affected are scanning devices and other equipment.

The current situation is obviously that the intelligent devices are all affected.

"What's going on?"

Salier turned his head to look at his subordinates with a dark face.

"Report, Captain, our instruments are being strongly interfered with, and most of them have failed."

The operators on the scene quickly checked the console, and then gave a conclusion in horror.

"Switch to manual mode immediately."

Salier suppressed the anxiety in his heart and immediately issued the order. The current situation was simply terrible. You should know that before the instruments were completely out of order, they could still use the internal instruments to slightly judge and estimate the navigation situation.

Now, they were completely blind.

On the contrary, Gress was unusually calm. He seemed to have expected this situation. He said in a low voice.

"Don't panic. If there are no accidents, we have already stepped into the absolute forbidden zone with one foot. The real challenge has just begun."

Standing aside, Su Mo looked at the distant starry sky through the optical device. From a direct visual point of view.

The starry sky was as usual, and there was no abnormality.

If it weren't for the ship's equipment malfunctioning, Su Mo would even think everything was normal.

Su Mo pondered for a while and said.

"Everyone, cheer up."

"Yes!"

Everyone responded.

......

Inside the central administrative building of Star Ring City.

City Lord Icaroya sat at her desk, on which were placed copies of intelligence.

At a glance, you could see from the titles.

Sleepwalkers·Kaliwan Starfield Nest Distribution Intelligence.

Sleepwalkers·Light Stream Star Sea Nest Distribution Intelligence.

Sleepwalkers·Level 6 Incubation Nest·Qikami Hidden Intelligence.

Sleepwalkers·Ceres Eastern Longitude and Latitude Power Distribution Map.

......

There were as many as one hundred and thirty-two pieces of intelligence, large and small.

It involved almost all of the Sleepwalkers' strategic deployments and logistics bases.