Gone and Returned
Hundreds of dazzling warp tunnels suddenly opened, and a huge fleet, including two capital ships, appeared in the darkness of space.
Xia Fei perked up, lightly tapping on the control panel, slowly getting Vampire to approach.
"Hmm? Why does one of the fleets seem to be heading back?" Xia Fei asked in surprise.
Halleh explained, "The first escort fleet is the border guards. They don't have the right to enter the vicinity of the imperial capital, so it's the Internal Defense Fleet that's taking over. Uti has always been a cautious person. Aside from his own troops, no one else is allowed to get close to the imperial capital, or else they'll be charged with treason. "
Xia Fei nodded. Such cases were not rare since ancient times. It was no wonder the fleet was delayed here; it turned out that it was due to the need for a change of defenses.
The two fleets converged and regrouped. The huge warships clumsily turned around, forming a standard marching formation. The two largest capital ships were in the center of the fleet, protected by the other warships.
"What do we do now? Though your warships can turn invisible, it's impossible to get close to the fleet or even board the capital ship. The defense is too tight, and there's no way to break through the formation of hundreds of warships, "Halleh nervously said.
Phantom also said, "Don't hesitate. No matter what you got from the Human Alliance, destroy it! Along with this fleet! "
Time was ticking away. The warships needed about fifty minutes to adjust after each warp, and once that was over, they could set sail again. If he wanted to release the Star of Ruin, he had to do it now!
Xia Fei had never been one to hesitate, but today, he was feeling exceptionally anxious. First of all, he needed to use his precious Stars of Ruin to destroy this fleet. He only had two super bombs produced by the ancient civilization, and it was very likely that they were the only two left in this universe. Every one of them was extremely precious, and Xia Fei planned to keep them to deal with Uti.
Secondly, Xia Fei was very interested in that mysterious item. He had spent so much effort to dig it out of the Pan-human Alliance, and no one would believe that it had no value. If it contained precious information about the ancient civilization or the mysterious Three Great Laws, destroying it would be an irreparable loss.
Thus, Xia Fei was not willing to do this unless he had no other choice.
"We still have fifteen minutes. This fleet will set sail again in fifteen minutes, and any further ahead will be the imperial capital's defensive perimeter," Halleh reminded Xia Fei in a deep voice.
Bang!
Xia Fei clenched his fists together and said somewhat dejectedly, The defenses are too tight. I truly have no chance of boarding the warship.
"Since that's the case, then die!"
"Activate all active equipment and prepare to open the hidden wormhole at any time. Direction 23595, full speed!"
Xia Fei angrily roared!
* Whoosh! *
Vampire sped up, passing right above this fleet at high speed. Under the protection of the stealth system, all of this was naturally silent, just like a ghost.
Xia Fei nervously stared at the radar, searching for the most suitable throwing spot.
"Now! Launch the mine! Activate the Secret Warp System immediately! " Xia Fei commanded loudly. The cloaked warship could not make any unnecessary movements. Even a bomb would cause the cloaking to fail, so the moment Xia Fei threw the mine was equivalent to exposing himself. He needed to leave immediately!
* Whoosh ~ *
An unremarkable and ordinary mine was tossed out from the bomb bay, and it unhurriedly descended. At the same time, Vampire began to remove its camouflage, as well as the shielding of its electronic and energy equipment.
Fortunately, the entire process took thirty seconds, and he did not immediately reveal himself. Otherwise, the moment Xia Fei was locked onto, he would immediately be blasted to smithereens by the numerous warships!
The hidden wormhole silently opened, and Vampire charged in at full speed!
According to Xia Fei's calculations, thirty seconds was just enough for him to complete this series of actions, throw the mine, and warp away. After all, Vampire was just a frigate, and it was much faster and more agile than the Impaler, making it much more convenient.
Even so, everyone was still frightened. This was an attack being launched in front of several hundred warships. The consequences would be unimaginable if they were discovered!
Halleh felt his heart wildly beating, as if it was about to jump out of his chest! Those metal behemoths were so close that he could even see the pitch-black barrels of their cannons from the ship's window!
One second, two seconds, three seconds …
The radius of Vampire's signal grew larger and larger, and just as it was about to reach the critical point of the enemy's radar system, the stern of the ship finally entered the wormhole!
* Whoosh ~ *
The wormhole immediately closed, and a dazzling light began to rise outside the ship's window as it rapidly retreated like a meteor!
Halleh sat back down on the sofa and let out a long sigh. Xia Fei lit a cigarette and took a sip from his teacup.
"Did you just release a super bomb that can destroy half a star system?" Halleh curiously asked.
Xia Fei nodded.
Halleh muttered to himself, "It doesn't look any different, so how could it be so powerful? Do you still have more of these bombs? "
Xia Fei smiled. "These are ancient relics unearthed from some ruins, and there were only two of them. I've used both of them, or else I would have wanted to use them to deal with Uti."
"What a pity, truly a pity," Halleh muttered.
The radar system displayed a powerful energy wave. The energy wave produced by the explosion was like a boulder being thrown into water, ripples of energy rapidly spreading outward. The shock was indescribable.
Xia Fei, Halleh, and Phantom all stared at the display on the screen. Glancing at the timer, Halleh excitedly yelled, "Success! The escort fleet will definitely be destroyed by the powerful explosion! "
* Whoosh ~ *
Vampire emerged from the wormhole, hiding in the darkness of space as it slowly moved forward.
Halleh let out a sigh of relief. "That was truly a close call. I didn't think that piloting a warship would be even more exciting than fighting bare-handed. When you dropped that bomb on top of the fleet, you were only a dozen or so kilometers away from the nearest warship, and I thought that you were going to crash into it."
Since ancient times, be it the Pan-Human Alliance or the insectoids, their warriors had always rejected technology, believing that martial prowess was the strongest. After experiencing what had happened today, Halleh had a whole new understanding of warships, the hegemon of the universe. He was even more envious of Xia Fei's strange and invisible Vampire.
Xia Fei did not say anything, instead staring at the display on the radar as he pondered.
Suddenly, Xia Fei stood up and ordered the AI computer, "Turn the ship around and set the coordinates to a hundred kilometers from where the explosion occurred. Shut down all non-essential systems and replenish energy!"
* Snap! *
The lights in the command deck went out, and even the temperature control system was shut down. The air gradually turned cold, and all the energy was quickly being replenished into the warp engine. The fridge, the smart washing machine, and all the other facilities that had nothing to do with navigation had all stopped working.
Every time the warp engine was activated, it would consume a lot of energy. This energy was normally stored in the backup unit, and once it was used up, it would take around fifty minutes to replenish it. Xia Fei gathered all the energy he had, hoping that he could bring the replenishment time to within forty minutes.
Halleh was shocked, his voice trembling as he said, "Xia Fei! Are you crazy?! If we return to the explosion site now, we might bump into the emergency fleets that are rushing over from all directions! That'll be the end of us! "
Xia Fei very calmly stared at the radar and said, "The nearest fleet will arrive in seventy-two minutes. If I'm not mistaken, we have around twenty minutes to search when we return, and twelve minutes to leave the battlefield."
Halleh could not believe what he was hearing. In his eyes, dropping the bomb right next to the enemy fleet was already a crazy move, and now they were risking their lives to return? This was madness to the extreme!
This fleet was Uti's secret escort fleet, and if something happened to this fleet, there would definitely be a large number of reinforcements rushing over. Moreover, this place was so close to the Venoscorpion Swamp military base, so they would definitely be rushing over in a frenzy.
Xia Fei stared closely at the display on the radar, grasping the whereabouts of every ship around him. The AI computer was frantically calculating the ships that could arrive before Xia Fei.
"A small patrol team will arrive three minutes before us, but this team isn't too strong, so Vampire will be able to deal with them," Xia Fei sternly said, seemingly trying to dispel Halleh's doubts. Phantom helplessly shrugged.
He would not try to persuade Xia Fei when he was about to flip out, for he knew very well that once Xia Fei decided on something, no one could change his mind. Xia Fei was as stubborn as a boulder.
Halleh sighed. "Can you at least tell me why we're turning back?"
Xia Fei softly replied, "It's simple. I'm not willing to see that mysterious item be destroyed just like that. If that thing really is some divine artifact, it shouldn't have been destroyed."
…
* Whoosh ~ *
Vampire emerged from the wormhole once more, and what appeared in front of him was a sky full of wreckage!
The warship anchorage from before had now become a cosmic graveyard!
Due to the immense power of the Star of Ruin, many of the fragments had already been pushed millions of kilometers away by the shockwave. These fragments were very small, like snowflakes dancing in the sky.
To be able to tear a giant warship into pieces was enough to show just how powerful the Star of Ruin was!
Roughly three hundred kilometers away, two passing insectoid warships were staring at the wreckage in a daze. The shock in the hearts of the crew could no longer be described with words. They had just happened to pass by, and upon discovering the massive explosion, they had immediately rushed over to check out the situation. Who could have imagined that the scene they saw would be so tragic!
"Approach at full speed! Fire control system locked onto the enemy warship!
"Raise the energy shields! Preheat the booster system! Prepare to operate at any moment!
"Activate the energy draining system! Aim the pulse laser cannons and fire at the target!
"Release the combat drones! Attack the first target!
"Radar system at one hundred percent! Search the vicinity for any suspicious targets!
"Find anything with abnormal signal fluctuations, energy fluctuations, or more than three times the average size of the fragments!
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