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Chapter 375 Pioneering the Imperial Fleet
The dim Proxima Centauri galaxy appears dead because there is no life.

The planets are like a never-ending machine.

Always run on its own track.

But if space radar is used to investigate this galaxy, then it will be found that there is an aircraft in the orbit of a certain planet.

Yes.

This aircraft is the light-speed curvature spaceship Golden Crow.

At the beginning, because Xu Lei had a limited number of Galaxy coins, which were only enough to pay for the cost of going to Seitan through the star gate, he had to let the Golden Crow stay in the neighboring galaxy to meet him. Anyway, relying on the intelligent operating system of the spacecraft The galaxies of life are guaranteed to be safe without any problem.

And at this time.

However, the Golden Crow, which had been in a dormant state for an unknown period of time, suddenly woke up actively.

Then speed up and drive towards the surface of the planet.

It took a few seconds to reach the sky above the area where the star gate was located. As soon as it entered the suspended state, it seemed that a major earthquake had erupted on the entire ground, and a huge gully was cracked in the rock layer. It seemed that there was some huge monster deep in the ground trying to get out.

The whole process lasted about ten seconds.

The giant beast finally revealed its true colors.

The black streamlined body, the surface is shining with metallic luster, and the length has reached a terrifying 5000 meters.

The plasma cannon in front of it is like a black hole in the universe.

Enough to easily destroy a planetary fortress.

That's right.

This behemoth is the large warship Star Destroyer built by Star Seitan.

As a star destroyer completely broke through the shackles of the rock layer, two more star destroyers and ten medium-sized battleships flew out one after another.

When these warships lined up neatly over the planet.

Invisibly erupts a strong deterrent.

Compared with these dozen or so warships, the Golden Crow seemed very small.

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"Finally back, I don't know how everyone in the solar system is doing now..."

The Star Destroyer in the middle position.

In the core control hall, Xu Lei stood in front of the console, looking at the familiar red dwarf Proxima Centauri, and a familiar figure began to appear in his mind.

It made him very impatient.

Can't wait to enter the solar system in a second.

After passing through the third-level star gate with the identity of a Seitan star, he successfully returned to Proxima Centauri with these warships.

Even though the stargates in the Proxima Galaxy were completely declared useless.

But it has accomplished its mission.

Speaking of which, Proxima Centauri's star gate is built underground, which is quite confusing to Xu Lei, especially after seeing other second-level civilized star gates.

After all, the most common way to travel through star gates is battleships.

In the process of use, a stargate is needed to open the space channel. Under such preconditions, it must be the most convenient to build in the air, otherwise it will bring disadvantages to the travel of the civilization warships, and it will only waste each other's time and cause interstellar traffic jams.

Especially large warships like the Star Destroyer.

It is impossible to create a big earthquake on the ground every time.

Therefore, Xu Lei guessed that the star gates in the neighboring galaxy should have been built in the sky at first, but as the civilizations in the galaxy moved and evacuated, the ground experienced crustal movement over time, which caused the star gates to be covered deep underground.

But there is no need to think about this issue in the future, after all, the star gate no longer exists.

In the future, the solar system will replace the neighboring galaxy.

Become the new stargate owner.

It is also worth mentioning that after successfully returning to Proxima Centauri, Xu Lei tried to log in to his own Milky Way civilization system.

However, it was found that it was no longer possible to establish contact with civilizations such as Saitan Star and Green Star.

He had expected this situation a long time ago, knowing that the communication link between galaxies is maintained by the star gate. Now that the star gate of the Proxima galaxy has been damaged, it is naturally impossible to connect successfully.

It can only be done after the solar system star gate is established.

Knowing this, Xu Lei didn't think about it again.

Because right now he still faces a problem.

That's how to travel to the solar system.

First of all, the fastest flight is undoubtedly the light-speed curvature spacecraft of the Golden Crow. With its speed twice the speed of light, it only takes two years to reach the planet Earth.

Although the Star Destroyer is extremely large, with a length of 5000 meters, with the help of a powerful anti-matter engine, it can still enter the sub-light speed state when sailing at full speed, but the battleship is a little slower in terms of speed.

If Xu Lei wanted to reach Earth and Star as soon as possible, taking the Golden Crow was undoubtedly the best choice.

"Looks like we're going to fight side by side with our old friends again." Xu Lei quickly finalized the plan, and began to set up locations for all the warships while muttering to himself.

"The coordinates are set to the Earth and Star of the solar system."

"Full speed ahead."

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"Target set."

"Calculating..."

"Estimated remaining time of arrival is 1680 days 23:59:59."

Since these battleships Xu Lei have all set the language to the Earth and Star language system, they can easily understand the information after hearing the system broadcast. According to the sailing time given by the Star Destroyer, it is about four years and eight months.

Basically in line with sub-light speed level.

Of course, the sailing time of the remaining ten medium-sized battleships will be extended.

But relying on these three star destroyers alone, human civilization can easily destroy the fleets of other second-level civilizations, and their safety can be fully guaranteed.

Therefore, it doesn't matter if the arrival speed of the battleship is later or slower.

Relying on his highest authority over the battleship, after setting the relevant instructions, Xu Lei didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately turned and left the core control room to enter the Golden Crow.

"Open the hatch."

Soon when Xu Lei arrived at the belly cabin of the star destroyer.

As the sound came out, the thick hatch in front was slowly opened.

This allowed the Golden Crow to fly in smoothly.

Seeing this light-speed curvature spaceship at close range again after many years, Xu Lei was quite moved.

Speaking of light-speed spacecraft, we have to mention the manufacture of light-speed curvature spacecraft by Xinghuan Heavy Industry. According to Su Changfeng’s introduction at Luyin Star, Xinghuan Heavy Industry has manufactured a total of twenty such curvature light-speed spacecraft in the early stage.

And it will be put into the Orion boom market soon.

With the performance of the curvature lightspeed spacecraft and the popularity of Halo Heavy Industries, it is believed that these spacecraft will be robbed soon.

Especially after the defeat of Chenxing Group, most of the market fell into the hands of Xinghuan.

At that time, the influence will inevitably increase significantly.

According to previous calculations, these [-] curvature light-speed spaceships can bring him at least [-] million influence, and it will be easy to buy technology exhibits in the Science and Technology Museum at that time.

I believe that it won't take long for the solar system to have a production force of warships that is not weaker than that of Green Star.

And still have to build large warships.

Completely establish the position of the solar system in the Milky Way.

Immediately after Xu Lei entered the Golden Crow, when the familiar system sound came, he could no longer control his homesickness.

"Master, welcome back."

"Correction time."

“当前时间为2051年11月22日9时34分56秒，周三。”

Xu Lei looked at the time of the solar system displayed on the main screen of the spacecraft, pondered for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that it has only been a few months since I arrived at Proxima Centauri and returned now. Stargate is really a good thing!"

He originally thought that this trip to Star Saitan would take a long time, and he was afraid that he would feel a sense of strangeness when he returned to Planet Earth.

But I didn't expect that he had only been away from Earth Star for a few years now.

It was indeed far beyond expectations.

Of course, he also understands that now is not the time to reminisce about the past.

Seize the time to return to Earth Star is the business.

After thinking about this point, Xu Lei didn't waste any more time. After resetting the coordinates of the earth and stars, he immediately started the antimatter power engine and the curvature space engine.

As the Golden Crow turned into a streak of light and disappeared into the battleship, the hatch closed automatically.

Then three Star Destroyers and ten battleships started their engines at maximum power at the same time, and followed closely behind the Golden Crow.

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at the same time.

On a certain interstellar route to the solar system, a fleet is sailing at a constant speed.

In the lead are six battleships that look like baby cicada monkeys, followed by several industrial warships.

If you carefully observe the symbols on the exterior of the battleship, you will find that it is exactly the same as the battleship that Mesti drove back then, and they are the fleet of the Herald Empire.

After receiving the coordinates and request for help from Mesti, the nearest Herald Empire fleet immediately went to support them. If there is no accident, they will enter the solar system in about 30 years, and then completely conquer the entire galaxy.

They should have sailed at full speed.

But on the way, they received a new message.

Galactic civilization has added new members.

And this new member is exactly the target they want to raid.

In this situation, their situation becomes awkward, and they don't know whether to continue to the solar system or choose to return to the pioneer star.

Mainly, for all civilizations within the Galactic Civilization Administration, no matter what the level of civilization is, other galaxy civilizations must submit a war application to the Galactic Civilization Administration in addition to having a legitimate reason to launch an interstellar war.

Only after the Authority has passed can war be waged.

First of all, this process is relatively slow, and the solar system, as a newly registered civilization, will normally be taken care of by the Authority.

Applications will generally be rejected.

However, if an attack on the solar system is forcibly launched, it will violate the regulations of the Authority.

Regardless of success or failure afterwards, the pioneer civilization will be severely punished.

Therefore, in the face of this complicated situation, as the fleet commander, the bishop-level pioneer Fogli, a member of the royal family, had no choice but to temporarily slow down the speed of the fleet and wait for the final decision of the empire.

The Herald Empire only knew that the solar system had been registered with the Galactic Civilization Administration, but in the end it was still a first-level civilization, and it was a very easy target for them to bully. In addition, after they learned more about the solar system, their hearts Greed is magnified countless times.

The population of the pioneer civilization has already exceeded [-] billion.

And all live on the pioneer star.

It can be said that the resources of the planet are extremely scarce.

Because of this, they frequently send fleets to search for suitable galaxies for invasion.

Now we have finally found the goal of the solar system. If we can occupy it, it will solve the problem of the pioneer civilization to a large extent, and even use the new galaxy to make the pioneer empire enter the ranks of the third-level civilization. would be too intimidating.

So in the end, facing the temptation of such a star system, the pioneer empire decided to continue to invade the solar system.

The reason is to save members of the royal family.

With such a very legitimate reason, the fleet can enter the solar system openly, and even if it does not directly launch a war, it can slowly erode human civilization.

If they are counterattacked by the solar system, they can justify their actions.

Even if he is interrogated by the Galactic Civilization Administration at that time, there are still enough reasons to prevaricate.

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"My lord Bishop Fogli, we have received an order from the Imperial Military and Political Department, let us continue to march towards the solar system and rescue Bishop Mesti."

The control hall of the main ship of the Herald Empire Fleet.

Fleet Commander Fogli, who was sitting on the chair, was overjoyed when he heard the news, stood up subconsciously and said, "It's really great, that idiot Mesti actually fell on a weak first-level civilization. The shame of our pioneer empire is over, and this time, I, Fogli, will wash away the shame."

Fogli and Mesti are both members of the royal family and belong to the bishop rank among the pioneers.

So the two of them are equivalent to a competitive relationship.

They all want to earn enough merit to enter the Military and Political Department.

Originally Mesti sent a request for help, and Mesti's fleet should be in charge of this matter, but since his fleet is the closest to the solar system, after Fogli learned the news, he took the initiative to send The task was taken down.

Thinking of humiliating Mesti severely at that time, he felt extra excited.

But halfway through, he learned that the solar system had entered the Galactic Civilization Administration, so he had to temporarily slow down the speed of the fleet.

Seek advice from the Ministry of Military Affairs.

I have to say that during the period of waiting for the news, he was quite suffering, for fear that the empire would ask him to return to the pioneer star.

In this way, he not only lost the opportunity to humiliate Mesti, but also lost a very big credit. After all, winning such a smart civilization star system for the empire is enough for him to enter the military and political department of the empire, and even wield great power.

It would be a pity to return to the pioneer star in such a disgraceful manner.

Fortunately, the things that worried him did not happen. With this order from the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, he no longer needed to be afraid. There was only one thing to consider right now.

That is to travel to the solar system at the fastest speed.

Turn it into a new colony of the pioneer civilization.

Compared to Mesti, Fogli is undoubtedly more cautious.

Even after learning of such a happy event, he still kept a clear mind.

He didn't immediately let the fleet speed up, but instead looked at the many ambassador-level pioneer subordinates in the control hall, and asked them for specific plans for invading the solar system.

I intend to determine the specific plan first, and then launch a surprise attack on the solar system.

"You all know the current situation, everyone, let's talk about your views, how can we win the solar system at the lowest cost."

As Fogli's voice fell, several ambassador-level pioneers beside him no longer remained silent, and opened their chatterboxes one after another.

"According to the information disclosed by the information treasure house of the Galactic Civilization Administration, the solar system is only a first-class civilization with a total population of 30 billion. With the strength of our fleet, there shouldn't be any problems, and we can easily solve the opponent."

"Bishop Mesti is our lesson after all, we must be cautious."

"I don't agree. Bishop Mesti went to the solar system with only one battleship back then, which is simply incomparable with our fleet's level of force."

"The structure of this solar system civilization life body is very special. It is half carbon-based and half mechanical. If we don't pay attention to this, we may fall into a disadvantage."

"Under our neutral particle flow main cannon, even a mechanical body can't resist it."

Fogli listened to the words of his subordinates, nodded in agreement, and replied: "That's right, we must not make the same mistake as Mesti, we must find a way to reach the solar system in advance, without giving the other party time to prepare .”

I have to say that Fogli's proposal is really good.

First of all, the side of the solar system knew that it would face the threat of the pioneer empire fleet, and formulated a series of plans for this.

In this case, the later they arrive at the solar system, the more they leave enough time for the enemy to prepare, which is definitely not good for them.

If they could reach the solar system ahead of time and launch a surprise attack before the various planetary fortifications were built, it would definitely have an unexpected effect, and even win this victory at the smallest cost.

But it is very difficult to achieve this level.

A puzzle needs to be solved.

Soon, some ambassador-level pioneers took the initiative to bring this problem to the surface.

"But Lord Bishop, our fleet's speed is limited, even if it sails with full power and overload, it will not be able to reach the speed of light."

"It will take at least ten years to enter the solar system."

The sailing speed of medium-sized battleships is limited, but if they want to reach the solar system as soon as possible, they must find a way to increase the sailing speed of the fleet.

This is almost unsolvable.

Fogli also knew the trouble, but he was really unwilling to give up, so he fell into deep thought.

Want to see if there is any other way.

that's it.

After the entire control hall fell into silence for nearly half a minute, Fogli suddenly raised his head, as if thinking of something, and asked quickly, "Did the wormhole we discovered earlier detect anything?"

"For example, is the structure stable?"

"Where?"

When their fleet was sailing, they accidentally discovered a naturally formed wormhole.

But because it is not known whether the wormhole is stable for the time being, no one dares to enter rashly, so it is temporarily put on hold.

You must know that wormholes are special existences in the universe.

It functions like a stargate.

If the stability of the wormhole and the coordinates leading to it can be determined, then it is possible to shorten their flight route into the solar system.

It was with this hope that Fogli brought up this matter on purpose.

The ambassador-level pioneer next to him immediately understood Fogli's meaning when he heard this, and immediately replied: "My lord bishop, we can send a small frigate to enter the wormhole to try, so that we can determine the wormhole in the shortest possible time. Hole condition."

"Very good, let's do it like this." Fogli nodded in agreement.

At this time, Xu Lei, who was still on his way to the solar system, did not know that the Herald Empire fleet not only chose not to return home, but also planned to use natural wormholes to raid the solar system.

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(End of this chapter)