Somewhere in the Broken Star Ring, three small battleships with the Black Star Legion logo were patrolling in the star space. The models of the spacecraft were all Lightning-class shuttle ships, known for their speed.

The duty of this force is to track suspicious transport fleets. Now the Black Star Legion has deployed such tracking teams in many galaxies in the Broken Star Ring, setting up dragnets.

In the command room of the lead ship, the captain carefully stared at the star map in front of him, which marked the team's patrol route. Once suspicious troops were found in the jurisdiction, or a new mission was assigned, it would be displayed on the star map.

"I heard that there seemed to be traces of a suspicious transport fleet in the next star sector two days ago. The clues were intermittent and it seemed that I had lost track of them. Do you think it ended up in our jurisdiction?" An adjutant next to him spoke to his colleagues.

Chat.

"It would be great if we really came here. As long as we track the suspicious fleet, it will be considered a meritorious service. We have been patrolling here for several months and have not carried out a serious mission. If we are unlucky, we don't know when we will be able to achieve meritorious service.

"

The other person's tone was not without envy.

The patrol mission was boring, and the captain did not stop his men from chatting. He thought so in his heart. Although he was only a low-level member of the legion, he had an enterprising heart. As long as he accumulated enough merits, he could exchange for the elite training qualification of the legion.

, investing in yourself is conducive to promotion.

Dudu

At this moment, a rippled red light spot suddenly appeared on the star map, and a prompt sounded simultaneously. This was a field inspection mission issued by the surveillance department, and generally meant that the space buoy had monitored suspicious troops.

"Here comes the mission!"

The captain's eyes lit up, and he knew the opportunity had come. He immediately ordered the fleet to change direction and sail towards the marked coordinates.

The three spaceships immediately turned around, and their engines sprayed rainbow light, shooting towards the depths of the starry sky.

After sailing for a while, the team arrived at the target location and turned on the detection device. Thirty or forty traces of space folds appeared on the radar view.

These are traces left by high-speed jumps. Each trace represents a spaceship. This trace will disappear over time, but it has not completely dissipated at this time. It stretches out in a long way, pointing out the course of these dozens of spaceships in disguise.

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"There are forty-one jump tracks in total. They are a small and medium-sized fleet. Follow the tracks and catch up!" The captain did not hesitate.

The team used full power and followed the jump traces. After two hours of tracking, a desolate asteroid jumped into view.

The trace is broken here, which means that the target exits the jump mode here.

"Report, the trace of the target has disappeared. It may be temporarily staying on this planet to collect resources, or it may be hiding on the back of the planet to ambush. Please give instructions on the next step." The adjutant looked at the radar without warning and said.

The captain pondered for two seconds and said: "Ship No. 2 scans the surface of the planet. Ship No. 3 circles the back of the planet. Ship No. 1 where I am is on standby and keeps the engine started to ensure that we can evacuate at any time."

"receive."

The three spacecraft immediately split up and took action, and it didn't take long for the results to be obtained.

A docked fleet was found in a certain area of ​​the planet. The power symbol on the outer armor represents a local business consortium. At this time, it is collecting underground gas resources. The scale is exactly the same as the number of jump traces. It is the target of the team's tracking.

"Publish wide-area communications and ask for their identity codes," the captain said.

The transportation fleet of the Transcendent Star Cluster Alliance uses various methods to hide the truth. Disguising as troops from other organizations is one of the most common methods. If the legion's tracking team catches up with the suspicious fleet, they will usually ask to check the identity of the other party first. If there is a misunderstanding, then

It will be released.

Generally speaking, it is the responsibility of the civilized security team to check the identity of the transit fleet. As a private armed organization, the Black Star Legion does not have this authority.

However, fists are power. Now that the Black Star Legion is tracking down the transport fleet of the Modo civilization all over the star field, normal organizations will give face and are unwilling to cause trouble. Most of the civilizations in the Broken Star Ring will not have any objections and turn a blind eye.

Close one eye.

Occasionally, the tracking team encounters the real thing, and the enemy will strike first. This is an unavoidable risk. Therefore, the tracking team generally does not fight, and at the same time maintains communication with the Intelligence Department.

, even if the tracking team is in trouble and disconnects, the message can be sent back, allowing the surveillance department to confirm the identity of the target's enemy.

At this time, the tracking team sent a communication request to the transport fleet, but it was like a stone's throw, and there was no response from the other party.

The captain immediately became vigilant, "The situation is not right, prepare to evacuate immediately, report the situation..."

But before he finished speaking, his brain suddenly became confused and his vision suddenly became chaotic. This state lasted for a moment before he regained his clear thinking.

However, when he saw the scene in front of him clearly again, his whole body froze, and the horrifying fear burst out from his heart, instantly destroying his reason.

He saw that his surroundings had turned into a prison, and his body was firmly fixed in a prison cabin, unable to move.

He was shocked.

One second I was in the shuttle ship's command room, and the next second why was I suddenly here?!

Before he could figure it out, his head felt dizzy again, and the surrounding environment changed again. He was actually in a transparent glass room, with a group of huge black beetles next to him, causing a lot of commotion.

Looking through the transparent room wall, he was immediately horrified. He saw huge giants walking around outside the room. He couldn't even see their heads at a glance, and couldn't tell how tall these giants were.

Wherever you look, everything seems to have grown countless times larger.

"What the hell..."

The captain muttered to himself subconsciously, but instead of his own words ringing in his ears, a subtle hissing sounded.

He was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and looked at himself, and a cold air suddenly rushed into his mind. He was frightened out of his wits and couldn't believe it.

His body turned into a black beetle, just like the bugs around him!

In an instant, he understood something.

It’s not that the world has gotten bigger, it’s that I’ve shrunk!

At this moment, orange-red high-temperature flames fell from the sky and filled the entire glass room, freezing his mind in a blazing white.

boom

With just one breath, all the black beetles were burned to ashes.

An operator in a white coat moved the experimental flame spray gun, took a look at the residue in the glass box, and made an "ok" gesture to the team leader not far away.

The team leader nodded and reported to the communication screen: "Report to commander, the target has been eliminated."

"Um."

In the main ship, the commander of this fleet nodded and turned to look at the scene outside the porthole.

I saw only three shuttle ships in outer space. Two of them had been blown up by their sudden attack and concentrated fire, turning into fireworks in the universe. Only the No. 1 ship, which served as the command ship, was left under their deliberate release.

Jump to escape the scene.

As for the escaped spaceship, all the members on board had a different soul under their body!

"The plan went well."

Nodding slightly, the commander turned his head and looked to the side, only to see a dark crystal-colored mirror suspended in mid-air, with a diameter of about fifty centimeters and a thickness of only three centimeters.

The two soul-turning twins were standing in front of the mirror at this time, their palms immersed in the mirror, until their wrists, as if they had been swallowed, and the mirror surface was rippling with ripples.

This mirror is a miraculous cosmic treasure called the Soul Transformation Instrument!

"Okay, stop!"

The commander shouted.

Hearing this, the Twin Souls slowly retracted their palms, and the soldiers around them immediately stepped forward, removed the Soul Transformation Instrument, and placed it in an extremely sophisticated safe, away from the Twin Souls.

Seeing this, the Soul-Changing Twins casually glanced at the mechanical turrets protruding from the walls and the ground aimed at them, and laughed as if nothing had happened.

These turrets are safety devices to prevent them from moving. They are controlled by remote intelligence. The Soul Transformation Device only works on biological souls. It is useless against mechanical intelligence.

The commander then retracted his gaze, looked towards the direction in which the shuttle ship was escaping, and whispered:

"The dead soldiers prepared in advance have already penetrated into the enemy's interior. Together with our bait, it should be enough to fish them out..."

…

"A tracking team in the Qianguang Galaxy was ambushed while tracking a suspicious fleet. Two spaceships were destroyed on the spot, and only one ship escaped..."

At the headquarters of the Black Star Legion in Broken Starlink, Nile finished reading the report in a low voice, looked up at several cadres in the room, and said:

"Everyone, what do you think?"

Mia's tone was decisive: "The situation is obvious. This transport fleet has taken action. It is basically possible that they are from the Transcendent Star Cluster Alliance. They immediately mobilized troops around the incident site to track the target."

"I think it's a little weird. The troops of the Transcendent Star Cluster Alliance generally don't take any physical measures, because once they engage in a fight, their identities are exposed. Most of the time, they try to get rid of the pursuers. The reason for encounters is usually that they didn't find the pursuers.

, I accidentally got caught up... But since they took action, they shouldn't leave anything alive. This has been the case in previous cases."

Tomar muttered.

He has learned magic from Lackey for decades. Although his teacher was a fool, he couldn't stand his talent. Now he has become a high-level cadre. He has a good relationship with Nero and is now considered to be Nero's team.

"Perhaps the surviving spaceship escaped in time, and the Transcendent Star Cluster's troops knew that the information would be leaked, so they did not want to waste energy chasing, and would rather spend their time escaping." Mia guessed.

"That makes sense." Tomar did not doubt that he was there.

"Let's ask the survivors for details first."

Nile thought for a while and asked his assistant to contact the captain of the surviving spacecraft. After a while, the communication screen was connected. The person in the screen was the captain of the tracking team.

"Retell what happened to you exactly, I want to know all the details."

The captain in the picture flashed his eyes, nodded, put on a frightened and angry expression, and recounted his experience.

The soul under this body has been replaced by a dead soldier prepared by the Modo civilization. The effect of the soul-turning instrument is not to simply transfer the souls of two bodies. The soul that "seizes the body" can also inherit most of the target's memories. After all,

The physical brain is also a memory store, like a library.
To be continued...