Prologue

He vigorously rubbed his sharply defined long face with his hand, while taking out a pack of tobacco from his pocket and lighting it, he quickly walked up to his old friend and partner, Li Daolu.

From the expression on his friend's face, it was clear that the situation had reached a dead end. Li Daolu, a seasoned adventurer with remarkable resilience, would never fear death when faced with dire circumstances, replied with a bitter smile: "Old friend, how could I have imagined that in just 80 years, the quality of graduates from 'Beihai Aviation University' would decline so severely? Back in the day, when Kuo Yuansheng graduated and embarked on his first voyage, he managed to carve out a path through the B-class meteorite cluster."

Once the ultimate execution sequence is initiated, even the captain, who holds the highest command authority in spacecraft navigation, cannot contravene it

At the moment when two friends were laughing and preparing to welcome the death of the book, an emotionless voice emanated from the "Astronaut Coordinate Instrument": "Newly discovered 'Administrative Star' suspected to be a purely 'Natural World', S-level coordinate automatic collection initiated. Warning, warning, the ship's status is not suitable for A-level or above coordinate collection; warning, warning, the ship's status is not suitable for A-level or above coordinate collection... Newly discovered 'Administrative Star', coordinate collection automatically upgraded to the ultimate execution sequence; newly discovered 'Administrative Star', coordinate collection automatically upgraded to the highest execution sequence. Warning, warning, the ship's status is not suitable for A-level or above coordinate collection; warning, warning, the ship's status is not suitable for A-level or above coordinate collection... Newly discovered 'Administrative Star', coordinate collection automatically upgraded to the ultimate execution sequence; newly discovered 'Administrative Star', coordinate collection automatically upgraded to the highest execution sequence..."

Calming his emotions and feeling the abnormal tremors of the spaceship beneath his feet, Captain Li Daolu of the "Orange Seagull" and also the initiator and commander of the "Daobo Interstellar Exploration Team" cast a cold glance at Zheng Dehai, who, due to negligence, failed to avoid the "https://m.hetushu.com.com black hole," resulting in everyone falling into a dire situation. He said in a deep voice: "Do not celebrate too early, Zheng Hangshou. Although we have escaped the 'black hole,' the spaceship is on the verge of disintegration, and we cannot speak of safety at this moment."

Although he reprimanded others in this manner, when he saw that pressing the start button did not immediately display the coordinates of the star domain but instead began the coordinate collection, Gong Boming's expression turned somewhat pale

As this inspection progressed, with various damaged locations being displayed one by one on the instrument screen, Zheng Dehai's previously relaxed expression gradually turned pale again

Realizing that his own negligence had put everyone in danger, Zheng Dehai did not dare to retort upon hearing the cold remarks of the commander. He hurriedly lowered his head and frantically began to check the damage to the spacecraft using the inspection and reference materials.

"Daolu, you are shrewd in the big matters but foolish in the small ones. This time, in order to save money, you hired such an inexperienced person to steer the boat, and it has caused us a lot of trouble." He lit a cigarette and handed it to Li Daolu, speaking indifferently.

Upon hearing the words emitted from the "Aerospace Coordinate Instrument," a trace of uncontrollable astonishment appeared in the eyes of Li Daolu and Gong Boming, yet they found themselves unable to make any useful decisions or commands verbally.

The hull armor loss is 89%, the front engine has completely lost its kinetic energy, and the rear engine's energy compartment is leaking..." Unconsciously reciting the damage displayed on the instrument screen, Zheng Dehai said in terror: "We are going to die, we are going to die, at most in 75 minutes, we will..."

Unable to endure the immaturity of the pilot any longer, Gong Boming, co-investor and deputy leader of the *Map* Exploration Team, strode quickly to the cockpit with a pale face. He forcefully pressed the "coordinate instrument" activation button and said loudly, "Stop shouting, Zheng Hang. Since the spacecraft can still support for 75 minutes, as long as there are administrative stars within two 'light weeks' around us, there is a chance for escape"

A few seconds later, a blue arc appeared on the surface of the hull of the "Orange Seagull" ship, while waves of supercharged energy emanated from the "Orange Seagull".

"We have been saved," said Zheng Dehai, the pilot of the expedition ship named "Orange Seagull," who was sweating profusely, overweight, and had a round face. With a somewhat dazed expression, he gazed at the control panel and murmured, "We have actually become the fortunate ones who have escaped the constraints of the 'black hole' with a total of 163,879,212."

The immense stars radiate a scorching and brilliant light, while the relatively small planets emit a dim glow, filling the interstellar space that has never been traversed by intelligent beings.

After another 4 minutes, the arcs of electricity surrounding the armed exploration vessel "Orange Seagull" had intensified into a dazzling white light. The hull of the "Orange Seagull" gradually disintegrated into dust, ... solidifying in the vacuum of interstellar space. Moments later, this part of the universe returned to its eternal silence.

However, as a newly appointed "Great Explorer" and an outstanding individual who has faced life and death for many years, Bow Boming's expression returned to normal within a few seconds

Suddenly, a medium-sized civilian armed exploration spacecraft, made of blue titanium steel and in a state of utter disrepair, broke through a "space node" by sheer coincidence, appearing in this expanse of starry sky like a dying seabird