Moon activated the black box, and with the help of the peripherals, a vortex began to form in front of the bastion. The edges of the vortex were dotted with nebulae, but the center of the vortex was pitch black.
As the vortex grew larger and larger, the bastion looked like an ant in the face of it.
The area they'd chosen was remote, with no habitable planets nearby. They didn't have to worry about being discovered. This vortex was much larger than the wormhole Genya had encountered all those years ago. Perhaps it was because this was the real thing, and the wormhole was just a trigger.
As the vortex formed, Silin and the others took their seats. They activated their shields and safety equipment, just in case something happened to them before or after passing through the wormhole. Silin had fainted for a long time when he was forcibly transported here. Even Huimao couldn't avoid it.
"Alright, let's go!"
Moon ordered, steering the bastion forward.
This bastion had been built on Xi Kai's electronic planet, and Chip was in charge of it. Every part and interface was intricate and precise. Normal humans would need at least ten people to safely operate this thing, but for Moon, Chip alone was enough.
In other words, the entire bastion was under Moon's control. This was the decision Xi Kai made after his conversation with Chip.
Chip told Xi Kai before he left, "No matter what, we five Original robots will never betray the Xi family."
That was the reason Xi Kai was willing to hand over control of the bastion to Moon. Perhaps Xi Kai didn't trust Moon, but he trusted Chip.
Right now, there were only a handful of people inside the space fortress. Cillin, Wheeze, the Shi siblings, Shusag and his son, Xi Kai, and so on. The rest of the researchers had been evacuated a long time ago, and only the robots remained. These robots wouldn't move until Xi Kai gave them the order.
The bastion headed toward the center of the vortex. As it got closer and closer to the wormhole, Shusag and the others couldn't stop their hearts from racing.
When Silin went to find Shusag, the guy was still asleep. When Silin told him about his plan, Shusag's first reaction was that he was still dreaming. After all, someone suddenly said, "Let's go. I'll take you to another galaxy to live the life you want."
For someone who'd been through so much and dreamed of breaking free from the shackles of nobility, Silin's words were like seeing holy light. After slapping himself a few times, Shusag circled around the house and confirmed with Cillin. Then, he summoned Tesoro, who was still in class at school, back to his room. Shusag was very interested in the world of hunters Cillin spoke of, and Cillin needed a few helpers. Shusag and his son were without a doubt the perfect candidates.
When Shusag notified Tesoro, his teachers and classmates weren't surprised by his abrupt departure from class. But they didn't know that Tesoro was really going to leave this time.
Shi Tang and Sha Rou were looking forward to a new life. Although they didn't know what the situation was like on the other side, they were certain that it was better than the one they'd been in.
On the other side of GAL, Sigma was staying on the rank D planet where Cillin had disappeared. It was the only one left on the planet, along with the instruments and equipment on the planet. Back in the underground base, he had Lovag's guardian beasts to keep him company. Now, even the Lovag beasts were gone. Ever since Silin and Huimao left, he was the only one left on the planet.
Sigma tried to repair the equipment, but found that it couldn't be fixed in a short amount of time. All the settings were messed up, so he had to repair them to kill time. His heart of glass had shattered a long time ago.
At the time, the underground tunnel was almost completely drained of energy, and the connection nodes were in serious disarray. The "machine language" radiation caused by Huimao before he was sucked into the tunnel had nearly paralyzed all the electronic equipment inside the tunnel. Come to think of it, Huimao was the main culprit. Of course, no one else knew about it.
Today, Sigma was quietly repairing its equipment and playing some cheerful music. Otherwise, it would've felt lonely since it was the only person on the planet.
Suddenly, Sigma sensed a familiar signal. The music stopped abruptly, and Sigma confirmed the signal's authenticity. Then, it screamed and ran out of the underground tunnel, arms waving.
When Sigma saw the space-time vortex forming in the sky, the familiar signal grew even stronger. It knew who the signal belonged to. It would never forget it even after a thousand years.
"Yue …" The blue band on Sigma's face flickered like an expectant heartbeat.
When the space-time vortex had expanded to a certain size, a space bastion emerged from it and slowly approached the planet. Once the bastion was out of the vortex, the vortex began to fade away.
"Wheeze!" Sigma cried out in pleasant surprise. In addition to Yue's signal, it received Huimao's signal as well.
This was a great surprise for Sigma.
"Sigma, I'm here to pick you up!" Yue said excitedly.
"Yue!"
Sigma's thrusters roared to life, and an opening opened in the Bastion's hull for Sigma to enter.
The two brothers who had only met each other after a thousand years were waving their arms and circling around each other.
Xi Kai felt like crying when he saw the robot fly into the bastion. This was Sigma. His ancestors could only see Sigma through images. But now, Xi Kai was seeing Sigma for real.
No one interrupted the brothers' reunion. After a quick scan, Huimao turned to Silin and said, "There's no signal from Czedow, and there's no one else on the planet. However, there was a monitor not far from the planet that was constantly monitoring the situation on the planet. Fortunately, because of the space-time vortex, those monitors will be affected and work abnormally. "
Silin suspected that there were monitors on the planet, so he told Huimao to interfere with their signals. Now that Sigma had been picked up, and there was no one else on the planet, Silin ordered Yue to take the bastion and find a place where there was no one watching. Silin needed to understand what had happened in the League of Stars during the two or three years he was gone.
The League of Stars's media was a bit scattered, but Silin was able to get a general idea of what was going on.
Silin knew that there would be chaos before he left, but he didn't expect it to be this big. Almost the entire League of Stars was affected, and the situation was complicated. The Galactic Alliance was now divided into several parts. The political, military, and other major families were involved in a reshuffle that hadn't ended just yet.
The League of Stars was no longer the same League of Stars as before. The smaller forces had a hard time surviving in this chaos, so some were absorbed, and some merged to form new organizations.
Right now, Silin was only concerned about the Sixth Division, no matter what the politicians and strategists were plotting.
Sigma was in a very low mood after the reunion with Yue. Only two and a half of the five brothers were left, and Chip was only half of them. Xi Kai didn't know what to do. Although he wasn't the one who did all those stupid things, he was still the head of the Xi Family. He had to shoulder all the responsibility.
To Xi Kai's relief, Sigma wasn't as scheming as Moon. Just like he knew, Sigma wasn't as scheming as Moon. Since Xi Kai was his master's descendant, Sigma would treat him well.
"Where's Czedow, Sigma?" Silin asked.
Xi Kai and the others were carrying the translation device Silin made, so they could understand the language Silin was using right now.
Sigma's mood dropped even further when the topic was brought up.
"Czedow has left the Sixth Division. He left Vanguard after the Sixth Squad changed hands."
"The Sixth Division changed hands?!" Silin hadn't expected this to happen.
"Yes. Due to the beginning of the Great Chaos, some small Hunter regiments were absorbed by Vanguard, and the ten B Squadrons under Vanguard were reorganized accordingly. The current commander of the Sixth Division is a member of the A Squad. The original commander, Shotton, has been transferred to the A Squad, and two new lieutenants have been replaced. However, due to an internal conflict, Czedow left with Dias and Assia. Rikulab went home, and he left with Doctor Mernicci Tico. The other familiar faces seemed to have left one after another, but since they were only a minority and the entire Sixth B Squadron was in the midst of reorganization, we didn't bother with them. Those who wanted to leave have already left. "
"Did Ji Feng give any explanation for my disappearance?" Silin asked.
"No. Part of the reason Eudy and the others left was to search for you. I don't know anything else, but I can contact the Sixth Division's base. Czedow was the one who told me the rest of the information. "
"Can you contact Czedow?"
"Yes! Wait a moment. "
Sigma quickly pulled himself together and contacted Czedow. The two robots had their own unique way of contacting each other. Back then, Czedow had told Sigma to contact him if Silin and Huimao returned.
It didn't take long for Sigma to contact Czedow.
In the video, Czedow was dressed in sportswear. No one knew where he was. The usually expressionless Czedow smiled brightly when he saw Silin and Huimao. His eyes were bright and full of life. He was already rushing over after receiving Silin's current star map coordinates.
Xi Kai stared at the brightly smiling man in the video and asked a little hesitantly, "Is that Czedow really a robot?"
"Yeah, he's a robot. He's very similar to Sigma and the others," Silin said.
Czedow had learned more emotions now, and he was able to express them like a human.
Shusag and the others' jaws nearly hit the floor when they learned the truth. They really couldn't tell which part of Czedow looked like a robot. Moreover, when Silin and the others were talking to Czedow, it didn't feel like they were talking to a robot at all. It was like they were old friends.
"What do you plan to do next, Silin?" Sigma asked. Sigma and Moon shared the same thought when they learned that their master was long gone, and that their brothers and sisters were either dead or "crippled". They would stay here and observe the situation for now. If Cillin and the others were to return to the Mist Bodhisattva Empire, they would follow them. The black box was in their hands, so they could go back anytime they wanted.
Xi Kai also said that he would stay here for a while. He wanted to learn more about this star system, and he was very curious about Czedow. He hoped that he could learn something from his interaction with the Origin robots.
Silin thinks for a moment before saying, "Can you contact Ji Feng for me, Sigma? He told you how to contact him, right?"
"He did."
Sigma contacted Ji Feng, but Silin told it to send him an encrypted message first.
Meanwhile, on planet Z-J100, Ji Feng was holding a meeting with the leaders of the A Squad. Suddenly, his communicator rang with a message. Ji Feng didn't mind it at all. He only checked the message after he was done talking. But after reading the encrypted message, Ji Feng couldn't stay calm any longer. He abruptly rose to his feet, left the meeting room, and went to his personal lounge to contact Sigma.
Ji Feng was very happy to see Silin in the video.
Silin didn't hide the fact that the Mist Bodhisattva Empire was located in another star system. Silin knew that Ji Feng wouldn't provoke the Mist Bodhisattva Empire unless he was an idiot. The Mist Bodhisattva Empire was an entire empire.
It was an entire empire, a whole entity. If they hadn't taken care of their own side, they absolutely couldn't afford to let the Mist Bodhisattva Empire take advantage of their weakness. If the Mist Bodhisattva Empire intervened forcefully, not even the Vanguard would have an easy time. In fact, they might even face annihilation. It was only after the situation in the League of Stars was stabilized that he could make contact with the Mist Bodhisattva Empire.
Cillin didn't say too much about his life on the other side. Ji Feng didn't think that Cillin would be able to live well in an unfamiliar and huge empire ruled by nobles in just two or three years.
That being said, Ji Feng's attitude towards the Mist Bodhisattva Empire was exactly as Silin had predicted. He wouldn't make contact with them for now.
That being said, Ji Feng was very happy that Silin was able to bring back such big news. He had high hopes for Silin in the first place, and now that Silin had returned, Ji Feng planned to give Silin the Sixth Division's captain position or transfer Silin back to the A Squadron.
Silin turned down Ji Feng's suggestion.
"According to the information I've gathered, the current Sixth Division is no longer the Sixth Division of the past. My old squad has either disbanded or left. Even if I were to return now, I'd probably have a hard time getting along with my current teammates."
"So?" Ji Feng waited for Silin to say something.
"That's why I want to apply to form the Eleventh B Squadron."
Ji Feng raised an eyebrow when he heard Silin's words. A moment later, he smiled and said, "Alright, I agree. Your old base is perfect for the new Eleventh B Squadron. The Sixth Division has already established a base on another planet. The old base is just a backup. "
"Why?" Silin was puzzled. That base was pretty good. What was the point of not going to another planet to build a stronghold with such a good base?
Ji Feng looked meaningfully at Silin. "You'll have to ask a certain person or an inhuman."
Silin looked at Sigma. Sigma turned its head away and pretended to communicate with Huimao, but the blue bars on its face kept glancing at them from time to time.
Silin had a feeling that the "certain person" Ji Feng was referring to was Eudy, and the "inhuman" was definitely Sigma, Czedow, Xueqiu Miantuan, and the Lovag Beasts stationed at the base.
"How much money do you need? Let me be clear. The situation is chaotic right now, and everyone is short on funds. The amount we can give you is limited, "Ji Feng said.
"Then let's not talk about that. I'm sure some people in the regiment will have objections to the establishment of the Eleventh B Squadron. You can handle it, commander."
"Don't worry. Just do what you need. I'll take care of the regiment. Give me a list of the funds you need, and I'll transfer them to you. "
After the call ended, Ji Feng lay on his recliner with a smile on his face. "Don't disappoint me, Silin."
Huimao was the happiest when he learned that Silin was going to form a new B Squadron. It was his own B Squadron, which meant that it was completely his territory! He was the landlord!
By the time Silin told Moon to pilot the bastion to the planet where the underground base was, Ji Feng had already ordered everyone from the Sixth Division to evacuate.
In fact, there weren't many people left in the first place. After Sigma, Silin, and the others left, the residents of the base were constantly harassed. The entire base was like a mischievous hand, teasing them from time to time. For example, some people were locked inside for several days due to the malfunction of the passageway door, the walls of the toilet would move, and there would often be some very strange sounds, etc. Some people were so "teased" that they almost had a nervous breakdown.
Both Sigma and Moon were overjoyed to be back on this planet. Xi Kai, on the other hand, was finally able to see his ancestor's handwriting.
Huimao was so happy that he ran around and played with the Lovag Beasts who came out to greet him.
"So this is a new life!" Shusag spread his arms and looked forward to the coming days. Then, he glanced at his son, who was staring at everything around him with glowing eyes and slapped the back of Tesoro's head. "What are you thinking about?"
Oddly enough, Tesoro didn't respond to Shusag's slap. He simply stared at the base rising from the ground. After a long time, Tesoro finally spoke up, "I can fly a fighter too, can't I?"
Shusag chuckled and slapped the back of Tesoro's head again. "You're still too young. You're not even as good as Sha Rou."
Tesoro was about to retort when Silin turned to them and said, "Go pick a room. This little guy will take you there."
"Yiyaaa —" A little Lowag Beast hopping around Cillin waved its pincer legs and called out to Shusag and the others to catch up to it.
While Silin, Moon, Sigma, and Xi Kai were setting up the base, a spaceplane flew toward them.
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