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"What the hell is this? It actually has mitosis?"

Su Wen said with a horrified look.

Ok.

Seeing this scene before him, his first impression was 'mitosis'

Because after the 'Star Stone' was suspected of being destroyed, what flew out from the dust of the explosion were indeed four things that looked like its fragments.

These four 'fragments' looked to be in much better condition than the wreckage normally produced when a ship was destroyed.

Not to mention the traces of smoke and fire, even the structure was not damaged.

The most outrageous thing is that they also have a complete set of ship systems. Driven by an engine that was installed somewhere before, they opened a full-angle spherical shield and rushed towards the New Jersey encirclement at super high speed, trying to break out. A way out.

Clearly they failed.

Once again, he was surrounded and blocked by combat units commanded by the latter.

After being intercepted, their complete appearance was clearly revealed in front of everyone.

Like the previous 'Star Stone' in its complete state, these frigate-level ships, which are several times smaller, are also in the shape of irregular pure white prism crystals.

At most, the former can be regarded as a complete prism, while they can only be regarded as some not-so-large fragments.

The most obvious feature of the latter is their bow:

The bow of the 'Star Stone' has many protrusions. Those large prism spikes are the important firepower of their bow. They have built-in 'large anti-neutron beam' naval guns;

And the entire bow of these 'fragments' is each such a large prism spike.

Apparently after the split, each retained a 'large anti-neutron beam'.

"It's really mitosis..."

Seeing clearly the "fragments" that split apart after the mysterious battleship was "destroyed and sunk" in front of him, Su Wen was a little speechless.

But I also have the same doubts and confusion:

"How on earth is it done? Place a complete secondary hull in the 'Star Stone' hull in advance?

But the 'Star Stone' itself is only a light cruiser, how can it hold so many things?

Even if it is an unmanned autonomous battleship controlled by AI, it will not..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused.

A flash of inspiration flashed through my mind, but I didn't catch the tail of it...

He subconsciously looked towards Guanghui.

The latter looked at Su Wen, with a faint smile in his royal blue eyes:

"'Nanomachines', 'Living Metal', and...'Universal Modular Ship Hull'!"

Su Wen suddenly realized.

"...I see!"

..

Obviously, the Federation of Stars has great achievements in ship structure and automation.

After Guanghui broke it, Su Wen immediately realized that behind this strange 'split hull', there was probably an extremely difficult hull construction technology...

——Modular ship hull is a technology commonly adopted by all civilizations.

But what appears on these mysterious AI battleships is obviously not an ordinary modular one.

"'Living Metal'?"

Helena also heard their conversation,

Hearing this, he shifted his gaze from the terminal in his hand and looked at the projected battlefield with some envy.

"This kind of material is indeed the most suitable for making microscopic mechanical structures, but it's a pity..."

She did not continue.

But Su Wen understood what she meant:

There is no star system in the empire that has such rare mineral deposits.

This is indeed a pity.

The reason why Su Wen is so aggressive and thinks about other people's treasures every day... is largely because his family is really poor.

He does have plenty of conventional resources, but there are too few strategic resources.

...If he didn't believe in agnosticism, he would probably think that such an extremely poor strategic resource reserve is just like heaven forcibly balancing his luck - just an 'uncertain light' is enough All other 'strategic resources' and 'cosmic wonders' have been absorbed.

I have to say that from a metaphysical perspective, this is not unreasonable.

...In short, just like many other types of strategic resources,

There are no living metal deposits in the empire itself, at least in all the star systems that have been discovered so far.

This kind of metal mineral with special properties is not the same thing as the 'memory metal' that was studied by Blue Star human civilization in the last century.

Although the latter does have the same characteristics as the former, from a physical point of view, the former's properties in all aspects are far stronger than the latter.

Living metal minerals that appear in their natural state are often inseparable from special magnetic field environments and special types of cosmic ray irradiation.

therefore.

It tends to form on metallic planets with 'tidally locked' properties and extremely strong local magnetic fields.

Moreover, in the galaxy where this planet is located, the main stars will most likely be pulsars or neutron stars.

At the very least, it has to be an A or B-level, extremely bright main sequence star.

But in comparison, in galaxies dominated by normal stars, the probability of birth of this rare mineral is much lower than in galaxies where neutron stars are located.

...According to this reason, it is not surprising that there has been no empire with neutron stars in its territory until now, and no living metal veins can be found.

No wonder Helena is envious of these guys:

——You can use living metal to make this weird 'mitotic' battleship, so the local reserves are definitely not ordinary rich!

No other civilization would give priority to supplying various precision equipment with this kind of rare mineral.

Who would be so full that they would use it to build such a weird ship hull that has no purpose other than to scare the battleship when it splits and add an extra second stage?

"...This is so unfair. All the good mines have been taken over by dogs..."

Su Wen recalled all the strange experiences he had when getting IDs in his previous life, and couldn't help but talk about them.

Within the empire's territory, the only strategic resource currently discovered is 'dark matter'.

...Of course, that may be a little strange to say.

exactly,

It was the discovery of a place that is "relatively speaking, particularly easy to extract dark matter."

——Dark matter and dark energy have extremely huge reserves almost everywhere in the material universe.

Strictly speaking, this almost ubiquitous substance cannot be described with words such as 'mineral veins'.

This is common sense.

But then again, the inertness of dark matter and dark energy is also common sense.

Therefore, in the endless sea of ​​stars,

In a normal context, for the 'storage place' of strategic resources like 'dark matter',

It actually refers to 'an unstable point suitable for extracting dark matter'.

Such unstable points often appear near black holes or celestial bodies such as quasars.

They have extremely large masses that can cause extremely terrifying interference to the surrounding gravitational environment.

Under such interference, the nearby space structure will also be affected.

Within the spatial structure in an abnormally distorted state, dark matter will become slightly more active, which provides a lot of convenience for the facilities to extract it.

...In fact, most people's 'interstellar era strategic resources' are of a nature similar to this.

For example, the 'zero prime' on a neutron star;

For example, the 'degenerate electron element' on a white dwarf star.

It does not mean that this is the only place in the universe where zero prime can be found.

To put it bluntly, many civilizations can probably create zero elements on their own.

It's just that, relatively speaking, it's more economical to extract it from neutron stars.

The same is true for other special resources.

The reason why those places can become strategically necessary places is because scarce resources can be more easily obtained there.

In a certain three-ringed galaxy in the Empire, there is a massive black hole in the center of the star system.

And near it, at the end of the huge accretion disk, very close to the horizon limit, there is such an 'unstable point'.

This "unstable point in space structure" with the characteristics of "gravitational anomaly" was only discovered after careful inspection when Hipper led the team to explore.

Until now, it has been the only strategic resource point within the empire.

Don't talk about it.

Even the black hole next to it is currently considered one of the few 'special celestial objects' owned by the empire.

This made Su Wen very depressed.

I feel that in some aspects, there is a faint aura of 'poverty' surrounding me and lingering.

When seeing other wealthy people, it is inevitable that there will be some psychological gap...

...Fortunately, just thinking about 'what's theirs is mine, what's mine is still mine' will make you feel better.

Unfortunately.

The out-of-control omnics in the Sea and Venus Star Territory don't seem to be willing to do this.

because...

"Warning, abnormal readings detected in deep hyperspace!"

In the New Jersey flagship, the master control brain suddenly spoke.

With the sound of the alarm, everyone's eyes immediately gathered.

Su Wen, who was a little distracted just now, saw it immediately.

Outside the battle line surrounding the mysterious battleship that was about to be defeated and almost all of which were beaten into 'split bodies'.

A fleet with the same irregular angular hull suddenly emerged from deep hyperspace.

Like a ghost ship rising from the depths of the ocean floor.

and...

Their models, although unclear, are larger than the previous four 'Star Stones'.

In terms of quantity, it is far more than before.

Fifteen enlarged mysterious warships suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

Immediately disrupted New Jersey's preset battle lines.

The latter quickly embarked on a dizzying series of redeployments.

To prevent these guys from breaking through the defense line.

But oddly enough.

These fifteen mysterious battleships are at least the heavy cruiser class.

There seemed to be no immediate plans to rescue the four 'compatriots'.

Instead, the route was modified as soon as it surfaced from the depths of hyperspace.

Faintly moving towards, already protected or detained by the empire's reinforcement fleet,

Wu Meng dispatched the remaining ships of the 2nd Squadron of the Thirteenth Front.

If their direction is drawn as a clear route.

can be seen,

The location pointed by the 'arrow' is the Umeng cargo ship that stores a certain encrypted shielded cargo hold.