Chapter 1385: Wraith

The high-frequency electromagnetic radiation beam detected by the scouting device left behind by Chen Ming was not something particularly rare in the universe.

After all, stellar activity inherently means that a large amount of radiation is emitted by the star.

Such a high-frequency electromagnetic radiation beam could only be counted as one of the many natural phenomena that a star would exhibit.

There was nothing inherently noteworthy about it.

However.

The high-frequency electromagnetic radiation beam Chen Ming was observing at this moment was not just an ordinary high-frequency electromagnetic radiation beam; its existence was accompanied by a special pattern.

That was, the time interval between two bursts of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation from the star was shortening at the same fixed interval, and it was estimated that three hours later the interval between two emissions of the radiation beam would be completely reduced to zero.

And this situation was not occurring on just one star, but on three stars at the same time.

Of course, it was not that there was a triple-star system within a single Star System, but that the stars of three relatively close Star Systems were experiencing this simultaneously.

The stars in these three Star Systems themselves had no particular problem; they were simply relatively common types of stars in the universe.

But when viewed together, they became quite special.

They were, in astronomical terms, an A-type star, a G-type star, and an M-type star, just happening to cover the broadly defined bright, dim, and intermediate categories on the spectrum.

Their color differences were also very distinct: the blue-white of the A-type star, the yellow-white of the G-type star, and the red of the M-type star.

The mere fact that three kinds of stars with different spectral intensities appeared within such a very close range of three Star Systems was already quite unusual; the fact that they were simultaneously exhibiting outward periodic emission of electromagnetic radiation beams was even more outrageous.

Not to mention the periodicity of these radiation beam emissions.

This was almost enough for Chen Ming to be one hundred percent sure that something was definitely going to happen in those Star Systems, and he had to go and see.

Chen Ming immediately brought in two Supreme Point ships, and together with his own one, performed a jump, arriving separately at three different Star Systems to begin scanning the electromagnetic signals within each Star System, confirming that the data he had just received from the scouting equipment he had previously left behind was correct.

The stars in these three Star Systems were emitting electromagnetic radiation beams outward at the same frequency.

Moreover, the radiation beams emitted by these three stars rather coincidentally all pointed toward a Star System that was not exactly far away.

According to the preliminary scouting results from the fleet Chen Ming had dispatched over this period of time.

There was no star in that Star System, only a Pulsar occupying the position where a star should originally have been.

A Pulsar could be regarded as a type of Neutron Star.

And a Neutron Star is a kind of stellar remnant formed at the end of a star’s evolution, after gravitational collapse and a supernova explosion, when the stellar mass does not reach the threshold required to form a Black Hole and the star, at the termination of its life, collapses into an object with a density lower than that of a Black Hole.

A small fraction of Neutron Stars periodically emit electromagnetic pulses outward; these are Pulsars.

A Neutron Star that clearly should have been emitting electromagnetic pulses outward was instead bizarrely absorbing the electromagnetic radiation beams coming from distant stars.

This situation made Chen Ming, who had not encountered anything significant for more than two months, suddenly recall that period from two months ago.

So he immediately set out in person, piloting the Supreme Point to jump straight to the Pulsar’s Star System.

His ship had just arrived at the edge of the Star System when it was already subjected to a large amount of radio radiation.

Once this radiation penetrated the ship’s Armor and hull, it could potentially damage the ship’s electronic circuits and even injure the personnel aboard.

However, Chen Ming was not afraid of this.

The Supreme Point was, after all, a dedicated exploration vessel; its design from the very beginning had taken into account the possibility of encountering stars of different types, different ages, and even those in senescent stages. Pulsars were clearly within the scope of consideration as well.

Therefore, the outer layer of the Supreme Point’s ship Armor had a dedicated stellar-protection coating that could be used to guard against various types and intensities of radiation.

If necessary, Chen Ming could even activate the Supreme Point’s Shield, which could also provide a certain degree of defense against radiation.

Not to mention he also had Spiritual Energy that could be used for the Maintenance of the ship.

In addition, the body he was currently using had been shaped with advanced biotechnology, so he was simply not afraid of radiation.

No matter how much of a life-forbidden zone this place was, it was not that big of a problem for Chen Ming.

He immediately had the ship continue forward, proceeding deeper into the Star System to conduct a more detailed investigation.

However, he did not act too recklessly; he still chose his route of advance with some care, allowing the ship to hide as much as possible behind those completely lifeless planets within the Star System, in regions where it would not be swept by the terrifying pulses emitted by the Pulsar.

He also deployed some smaller-scale ships equipped with scouting devices, sending them closer to the Pulsar along paths where radiation levels were higher.

These small ships were a new type he had just finished Manufacturing; he had never used them before.

But the ship technology should not have any issues.

Because there were indeed Pulsars within the Empire’s territory, research on Pulsars had always been ongoing, and of course similar ship technologies existed as well.

This type of ship could almost completely isolate the massive radiation emitted by a Pulsar and carry out reconnaissance of the Pulsar’s Star System without interference.

Chen Ming happened to possess such technology and could conveniently put it to use now.

Using it to record the situation inside the Star System and that eerie electromagnetic pulse signal fired from distant Star Systems.