Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 911 Tracking and Discovery

The bright stars are like guiding lighthouses in the universe, and also like islands in the sea of ​​stars. Every civilization that sets out on the journey to the sea of ​​stars needs them, either as star maps or as places to stop for supplies.

But even if the stars are shining brightly, they cannot illuminate the darkness of the universe.

The darkness between the stars is always the theme of the universe. Compared with the vast space, the stars are still too small.

Once you leave the range of the star system and look around, all you will see are stars that look like fireflies.

The cosmic environment is like this, empty and lonely, quiet yet weird. Countless civilizations are running in such an environment, but it is difficult for them to discover each other. Sometimes, even if they pass by each other, they can hardly see each other.

Not long after the Star Alliance fleet left, a team of exploration spacecraft appeared in this star field. Just like what they had done before, they chose a star to explore. Then, they discovered something strange in the star system.

"Ship 16, take Ships 7 and 8 back to communication node 52 and tell the 316th exploration team that an abnormality was found at coordinates XXXX. The star number is ***. It is suspected that a civilization has mined the ruins. The preliminary judgment is that it is a level 4 civilization or above. The other party is likely still in this star field. We need support."

"understand!"

Communication information appeared on the exploration team's communication channel, and then three exploration ships left the exploration team, while the remaining dozens of exploration ships continued their meaningful exploration in this star system.

Not long after, the exploration team left this star system and headed straight for a nearby star system. After arriving at the next star system, another communication message appeared on its internal communication channel.

Then, just like before, three more exploration spacecraft left the exploration team.

After exploring the four star systems in this star field, the exploration team again sent several exploration ships away, and at the same time explained through the internal communication channel: "Go directly back to the interstellar communication node No. 12, where you can directly contact the headquarters and tell them that there are suspected traces of an unknown fifth-level civilization in the Perseus edge star field. At present, our third exploration team has detected their warp tail. According to the preliminary detection of the warp tail, the size of their fleet is more than four million, and the majority of them are planetary-class ships. The direction of navigation is... The next step of our third exploration team is to follow their tail and keep a distance."

"Order!"

Warp speed travel has a warp wake, which is caused by the distortion or flattening of the warp engine. This wake lasts for a long time, and the wake of a star-class spacecraft disappears after several years. A level 4 civilization has a certain detection capability with the Grand Unified Force Field technology, and a level 5 civilization has the ability to roughly judge the size and composition of the fleet from the depth and form of the wake with the derivative technology under the framework of the Theory of Everything.

However, this so-called detection cannot be detected from a long distance. It is necessary to detect when the spacecraft actually arrives at the area where the wake is located.

The reason why this exploration team discovered the tail today is because they first discovered many abnormalities in the star systems, and then followed the clues to find the warp track.

The fleet they discovered was obviously the Covenant fleet that had just left this star area not long ago.

Due to the need for large-scale creation upgrades, the Star Alliance carried out large-scale destructive mining in this star field. Basically, all the rocky planets were blown up wherever they went, and all kinds of rubble and rocks were floating everywhere in the star system.

This is how the exploration team was able to easily discover the Covenant's warp trail.

In this way, this exploration team followed the Covenant from a distance, and from time to time sent one or two spaceships to deliver the latest news to its headquarters.

The Star Alliance was unaware of all this because they were rushing forward until the Star Alliance fleet was about to arrive at the star system where Adeli was located. "Commander Yue, the Red Flame Civilization Exploration Team reported that they found an unknown civilization exploration team 13 light years behind the fleet and are currently in a standoff." The voice of the intelligence monitor sounded at the Tianqin Command Center.

Because they were about to arrive at the star system where Adeli was located, Yue Yuan ordered to double the detection range and dispatch more detection teams for safety reasons. This move actually worked.

After hearing the intelligence officer's report, Yue Yuan stroked his chin and thought, "An unknown fifth-level civilization exploration team. Could it be the evil fifth-level civilization that Adley mentioned?"

Then Yue Yuan asked, "What's going on with Adley?"

At this moment, the Covenant fleet is still about 6 light-years away from the star system where Adeli is located. The entire fleet has broken away from the warp speed and is floating in the starry sky. At the same time, it has spread detectors in all directions to guard against the evil level civilization that Adeli mentioned back then.

The intelligence officer replied: "Marshal Yue, Adley is still there."

At the same time, another message was also transmitted to the Tianqin: "General Yue, the 97th Exploration Team of the Red Flame Civilization has discovered another unknown civilization's exploration spacecraft, numbering . They are currently trying to communicate."

Hearing this, Yue Yuan sat back in his chair and waved his hand, then looked at the 3D star map formed by the blue light screen, "Okay, notify them and let them communicate in the name of the Red Flame Civilization."

The star map has synchronized the positions of two exploration spacecraft teams, one behind the Covenant fleet, and the other to the left of the star system where Adeli is located, 13 light-years and 15.6 light-years away from the Covenant fleet respectively.

As he spoke, Yue Yuan stretched out his hand and fiddled with the holographic screen a few times. Then he saw that the holographic screen in front of him expanded several times, and more than a dozen figures appeared in it.

“You have also seen the information. What do you think?” Yue Yuan said as he scanned the dozen or so people in the holographic image.

This method of communicating through holographic image projection has become popular among all mankind, and Tianqin, as the flagship of mankind, naturally cannot be without it.

"I'm afraid it's the evil level 5 civilization that Adley mentioned. We must be prepared for battle!"

The speaker was the commander of the Seventh Fleet.

Then the commander of the Fifth Fleet also spoke up: "I think so too, but I don't know why they didn't take Aderi away. And according to intelligence, the star system where Aderi is located has not encountered their exploration spacecraft at all. It is really puzzling."

"Is it possible that it wasn't them?" In the holographic image, a tall member of the command center expressed a different opinion: "Could it be that Adley lied to us at the beginning?"

"Unlikely. It's possible, but why did Adley lie?" One of the staff members shook his head.

Now the exploration spacecraft teams responsible for training and exploration are just discovering each other, and the distance is still quite far, so it is not urgent.

The staff of the command center considered and said, "When Adley was under the attack of our star destroyer, his life and death depended on our thoughts. Seeking benefits and avoiding harm is the instinct of life, and he is no exception. It is reasonable for him to use lies to get us out of the way."

(End of this chapter)