Stellaris: Earth Alliance

Chapter 23 The Lost Empire
50 years ago, the first-generation spacecraft equipped with a hyperdrive engine made its first manned flight.

The person sitting on the spacecraft was Xu Xinyi, the father of Xu Jianxia, ​​the current commander-in-chief of the human deep space fleet.

When Xu Xinyi went to war, Xu Jianxia was only a 17-year-old high school student.

With the college entrance examination coming soon, Xu Xinyi went directly to participate in the experiment without disturbing his son.

After the college entrance examination, Xu Jianxia returned home with his excellent college entrance examination transcript and learned that his father was busy outside and needed to come home later.

Just waiting like this has been a full 50 years.

The former young man has now become the commander-in-chief of the human deep space fleet.

It's just that this achievement may be the same as the college entrance examination transcript that has been erased by time. He can't wait for the person he wants to tell...

And now, the same thing may be about to happen again.

The soldier was afraid that Xu Jianxia would not be able to survive this test. He knew that the captain of the research ship Mozi and Xu Jianxia had a good comrade-in-arms relationship.

Now he has to face the same situation he had with his father again.

The difference is that Su Lixuan may only come back in 20 years, but Xu Jianxia's father still hasn't come back in 50 years.

Can his father come back?no one knows.

But if his father comes back in a few more decades, the black-haired man may really have to give away the white-haired man.

However, the one with white hair is the son, and the one with black hair is the father.

"Seal the information of all personnel on the Mozi research ship for 20 years, and then unblock it after 20 years."

"Yes!"

The soldier carefully observed Xu Jianxia's face and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there was nothing unacceptable.

He stood at attention and responded loudly, then turned around and went to do something immediately.

Xu Jianxia, ​​the commander-in-chief of the human deep space fleet, stood up and looked at the endless deep space of the universe. He was silent for a long time towards the star system where the Mozi research ship disappeared.

He slowly gave a military salute.

"Second Lieutenant Su, I hope you can return safely..."

"But no matter what, when you come back again, I may be a retired old man, haha."

Xu Jianxia laughed self-deprecatingly, but fell silent after this smile.

He took a sip of tea in silence without saying a word.

The scientific research ship that entered the super-light speed tilted left and right. Everyone spread their hands and barely kept their balance.

There was a fantastic scene on the huge glass in front of the command room. Everything visible to the naked eye was elongated. The entire universe was stretched into long strips, and the scenery outside the window could no longer be distinguished.

Although every exploration of a new galaxy will warm up the hyperlight engine, when it comes to actually starting it, this is really the first time for everyone.

"Is this faster than light travel?"

Chen Xiaomeng gradually stood up, took a few steps forward, almost pressed her face against the glass, and carefully observed the world outside.

"Qin Xu."

Su Lixuan stopped Qin Xu.

"what happened?"

"Sorry, I guess I should believe you."

Su Lixuan thought about the words and said.

Qin Xu waved his hand, "No, you have your own considerations."

Qin Xu walked to Chen Xiaomeng and asked, "How many years will we travel through time?"

"You have to ask 550A."

Chen Xiaomeng said.

"20."

The voice of 550A sounded.

"Twenty years..." Wang Xueer read the number in a daze.

Chen Xiaomeng touched her head and said, "It's good to be alive. If we don't start it at that time, we will be dead."

"I know...I just can't accept it for a while."

"Okay, okay." Chen Xiaomeng hugged Wang Xueer and comforted, "I'm not asking you to wait for 20 years. We can go out in a few days and a half at most. 20 years is nothing to a long-lived creature like a space creature. Woolen cloth?"

"Then will it forget me?"

Wang Xueer really likes Bubbles. On the one hand, she hopes that she will not spend 20 years slowly. On the other hand, it is too long and she is afraid that Bubbles will make her forget it.

how could I know……

Chen Xiaomeng was thinking this in her heart, but she said with great certainty: "Don't worry, you are so kind to it and so caring, I think it will definitely remember you."

"Ok!"

One day inside, one year outside.

When Qin Xu and his team's research ship reappeared in the universe, 20 years had passed.

During these 20 years, Qin Xu only felt that 20 days had passed.

Others have similar feelings. They have no idea of ​​the past 20 years, and they don't really feel that they are 20 years in the future.

As soon as the scientific research ship exited the super-light voyage and appeared in the deep space of the universe, all the sensors on the ship immediately sounded the alarm.

"Alert alert, the scientific research ship is locked by a large number of fire control radars. The scientific research ship is locked by a large number of fire control radars."

Everyone was shocked and hurried forward to check.

But in fact, they no longer need to go through the computer screen, they just need to look up at the scenery outside the glass window.

In the cosmic sky, a huge battleship spanning the entire universe appeared in front of everyone.

In terms of size alone, it is even larger than the previous Ether Dragon that spanned the center of the entire universe.

"Is this a spaceship?"

Someone exclaimed in disbelief.

"Look, it's not just this one. There, there and here are all such big spaceships. It's so big that I can't even imagine what adjectives should be used to describe it."

Everyone looked at the words, one ship, two ships, three ships, four ships, five ships.

There are nearly thousands of giant spaceships like this, which instantly destroyed everyone's world view.

The research ship Mozi passed through directly and arrived in the center of a fleet group of several thousand people.

At this time, all resistance was in vain, and even the hyperspeed engine did not dare to restart.

Because the continuous activation of the hyperlight engine requires re-preparation, and the preparation time is enough for the opponent to defeat them countless times.

Chen Xiaomeng looked out the window at the huge and unimaginable space battleships.

He involuntarily took a step back and instinctively retreated to Qin Xu's side.

He looked at Wang Xueer who was completely stunned, and stretched out his hand to pull her to Qin Xu's side.

Chen Xiaomeng also knew that in a cosmic war of this level, even if Qin Xu really had the ability to reach the sky, he would never survive.

What she did was just a subconscious act.

After all, Qin Xu had said countless times that wherever he was, that was the safest place for her.

There were constant alarms in the scientific research ship, but everyone did not dare to make the slightest move. They sat there as if facing a formidable enemy, not daring to take a breath.

After a while, the opponent didn't attack.

Su Lixuan took a deep breath, walked firmly to the communication desk, and sent a communication request to the other party.

After sending the communication request, Su Lixuan also raised his head and glanced out the window.

From this angle, he could only see a huge battleship spanning the entire universe, and this battleship was just the tip of the iceberg, and there was a large part that could not be seen outside the window.

But there are three thousand battleships of this level on the opposite side.

(End of this chapter)