More and more fleets from the dynasty gathered, and the desolate universe belt outside the Dawn Star Cluster was sealed. The encirclement was slowly taking shape, and the gap left for the Arcane Church fleet was getting smaller and smaller.
With the help of Han Xiao's positioning, the dynasty captured more enemy spaceships. After Rogue divided his fleet into millions of teams, these teams had no way of breaking through the encirclement of the dynasty's search teams. Once they encountered the dynasty, they would only be annihilated or captured alive.
Not long after, hundreds of thousands of spaceships fell into the hands of the dynasty, and countless crestfallen members of the Arcane Church became captives.
However, Rogue's method of escaping by cutting off his tail did increase the difficulty of the dynasty's pursuit.
Lu Xun once said that the best way to hide something was not to lock it in a safe but to hide it in a sea of bait. This was the situation that the dynasty was currently facing.
On the main ship of the pursuit force, Tarrokov was having a video conference, analyzing the situation with Han Xiao and the others.
"According to the confessions of the captives, the enemy's commander, Rogue, abandoned his troops to confuse us. Furthermore, half of the enemy's ships have disconnected from the internet and escaped from our surveillance. They have become a lone army that is fleeing in the dark. We have captured the Glorious Sun flagship, but there are no traces of Rogue and the others on it. Therefore, they should be hiding among the disconnected troops."
Han Xiao rubbed his chin. "Looks like they've noticed my infiltration. They actually chose to cut off their tail and escape, abandoning all their troops and sending them into our hands. Heh, this commander called Rogo is quite bold."
"Black Star, do you have any ideas?"
"As long as the fleet that has disconnected from the network reconnects to the quantum network for an instant, their location will be exposed." Han Xiao shrugged.
When he left the infiltration program, he had not learned [Virtual Creator] yet. Therefore, the function of the program was limited by the firewall. If the virtual technology back then was at its current level, it would not be as simple as leaving the infiltration program. Instead, he would be able to bypass the artificial intelligence defense mechanism and secretly infect the enemy's artificial intelligence with his virus. Even if the enemy had disconnected from the network, he would be able to force the enemy's artificial intelligence back on, which would resolve the current situation to a certain extent.
"I can do divination," Ravenlaude said. "But there are also two sorcerers on the Ethereal side. They must've set up an interference field on themselves to prevent others from peeping."
"Let's try. It's free anyway." Han Xiao raised his eyebrows.
Ravenlaude snorted. He raised his hand and grabbed. A light blue crystal appeared in his palm. Inside the crystal, there was a cluster of gray clouds.
Crack!
The next moment, the expensive Divination Orb broke into two halves.
Crystal crystal crystal crystal crystal of course,...............
Everyone looked at him with a look that clearly said, "You're useless."
Ravenlaude was rather thick-skinned. He put away the divination ball as if nothing had happened and even asked if he could reimburse it.
Tarrokov decided to ignore him for the moment.
At this moment, Heber muttered to himself.
"The enemy has divided their forces, and the number of battleships in each division has decreased. They lack the ability to break through, so the main team led by Rogo may be the only one with the ability to break through. Once a Beyond Grade A makes a move, they will be discovered by our people. However, we have no corresponding eyewitness reports for the time being, which means that they have not touched our blockade line from beginning to end."
"These people are pretty lucky." Beyoni snorted.
Eh, luck … Han Xiao blinked and suddenly had an idea. He turned around and looked at Fu Ding behind him with a burning gaze.
"Fu Ding, pick a few positions. Which direction do you think Luo Ge's troops will escape in? If you're lucky, you might get it."
Fu Ding did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"Black Star, it's one thing for you to tease me about my luck, but how can you be like this in front of outsiders? Don't joke about such serious matters."
"What are you talking about? Which eye of yours saw that I was joking?"
Han Xiao shrugged and said seriously, "As you can see, we have encountered a problem that we can't solve. Why don't we let you give it a try and believe in metaphysics? Who knows, you might really hit the jackpot. It's not a loss anyway, so don't reject it."
Seeing Han Xiao's firm attitude, Fu Ding had no choice. He could only casually point a few times on the star map and circle a few directions under the gazes of a bunch of Beyond Grade As.
"Hey, don't blame me if it's wrong."
Han Xiao laughed and grabbed Fu Ding's shoulder with one arm, pulling the helpless Fu Ding into his arms and hugging him tightly. He then looked at Tarrokov and said with a smile, "Chief commander, focus on the directions he pointed out. Who knows, we might really meet Luo Ge."
"You're taking this too lightly!" Aurora could not help but complain.
However, when she looked up, she realized that Tarrokov, Milizaus, and the other Beyond Grade As were all calm and did not find it strange at all.
"I see." Tarrokov pondered. "At this point, relying on intuition is not a bad idea."
Milizaus and the others nodded in agreement.
They were all knowledgeable and experienced experts. They believed in intuition more than ordinary people.
Luck was also a part of strength!
…
Luo Ge's team only had a dozen small spaceships. After the network was cut off, they had already lost contact with the other fleets. They did not know what had happened to the other teams and could only flee alone.
"We're not far from the secret stargate. We haven't encountered the dynasty's fleet yet. As long as we continue to bypass the dynasty's defense line, we'll reach the secret stargate very soon."
Luo Ge looked at the star map and said with a deep voice.
"Looks like we're quite lucky," Taylor said.
"It's not all luck. We pretended to be escaping in the direction of the dynasty's fleet, so the dynasty's defense line is weaker," Luo Ge said.
Sagman nodded slowly. "Based on our current progress, we'll be able to …"
Woo!
Before he finished, the alarm of the spaceship rang!
"Warning! Radar response detected. Concealment has been detected. Please prepare for battle! "
Everyone turned around, only to see an imperial fleet charging toward them from the side on the radar screen.
"Damn it!" Luo Ge slammed the control panel angrily.
Stealth mode could cover their tracks, but if they were too close, they would still be detected by other people's radars. A dynasty fleet that was also in stealth mode had just brushed past them, and both sides had detected each other at the same time.
Luo Ge turned around and shouted to Sagman and the others, "There are 50 enemy fleets.
"The enemy has fifty battleships. Everyone, please get rid of them quickly!"
Although the speed of the Arcane Church's battleships was slightly faster, the technology of the Red Empire was still at the standard of a Universal Civilization, so it would not be so easy to shake them off.
If they continued to chase after them, the surrounding dynasty fleets would be able to lock onto their exact location. Thus, they could only eliminate this dynasty fleet that had discovered them first.
Sagman and the others nodded with a solemn expression.
Both sides encountered each other, and with the help of five Beyond Grade As, Luo Ge's team wiped out this tracking team effortlessly. However, they had also exposed the existence of Sagman and the others.
"The dynasty already knows that we're in this direction. We have to hurry toward the secret stargate and escape before the enemy Beyond Grade As arrive …" Luo Ge clenched his fists.
…
Due to their location being exposed, Luo Ge's team was heavily locked down. They could no longer play any tricks and could only fight their way out.
They originally wanted to increase their speed, but they were held back and slowed down instead.
Tarrokov, Han Xiao, and the others, who received the news, immediately changed their direction and chased after them.
The distance between both sides was quickly shortened, and they were also getting closer to the secret stargate.
This time, Luo Ge and the others were escaping toward the secret stargate. The dynasty's search fleet finally discovered the location of the secret stargate, and a battle broke out between them and the Arcane Church.
Luo Ge and the others happened to arrive at the battlefield midway through the battle. After their location was exposed, they forced their way through and finally arrived at the secret stargate with the strength of five Beyond Grade As.
Beside the huge stargate station, the Arcane Church that was guarding this stronghold was fighting fiercely with the dynasty's fleet. Reinforcements were constantly arriving from the other side of the stargate.
In the distance, Luo Ge and the others watched the battle. With the hope of escaping right in front of them, Luo Ge, Sagman, and the others were all excited.
Luo Ge opened the quantum network again and contacted the defending army of the stargate station. He then commanded his team to charge toward the back of the dynasty's fleet and join the battle, wanting to open a bloody path to enter the stargate.
However, at this moment, the main fleet led by Tarrokov finally arrived. Han Xiao and the others immediately noticed Sagman's group of five, who were using their Beyond Grade A strength to advance through the battlefield.
"Do it!"
Without hesitation, Han Xiao and the others left the spaceship and charged toward Sagman and the others.
Luo Ge was the first to notice this. His face turned ashen, and his heart sank to the bottom.
Those Beyond Grade As still had a chance to escape into the stargate with their own strength, but he … had nowhere to run!
He had even abandoned his troops, but he still could not escape!
The powerful energy wave attracted the attention of Sagman and the rest. They all turned around to take a look, and their expressions changed drastically.
"They've caught up!"
"Don't let them hold us back!"
Sagman and the others did not even dare to turn around and fight. They quickly increased their speed and fled. They did not even care about the dynasty's fleet that was fighting with the defending army of the stargate station. They only wanted to charge into the stargate before Han Xiao and the others caught up to them.
They all knew that once they were held back by someone of the same level, their chances of escaping from the Flickering World would be extremely slim.
Five shooting stars fled in the front while the other five were in hot pursuit. Both parties, one in front and one behind, flitted across the chaotic interstellar battlefield.
"Attack the stargate!"
Those on Han Xiao's side who had long-range attacks fired at the secret stargate.
The Mech Legion's attacks, Star Shaking Punch, Arcane Impact, and other Beyond Grade A attacks headed straight for the secret stargate. The planetary shield covering the stargate cracked and would not last for long.
Sagman and the others gritted their teeth and took the initiative to receive some of the long-range attacks from Han Xiao and the others. They would rather be injured to reduce the damage to the secret stargate and make use of the recoil force to speed up their escape.
Now, it was Sagman and the others' turn to protect the stargate. They were in a very difficult position.
The focused fire of the Mech Legion caused extremely high damage, and Mercer was in the worst state. He did not have any long-range energy defense like Sisko, Sagman, Ninjia, and the others. Most of the time, he could only use his body to take the attacks head-on. He spat out mouthfuls of green blood, and his condition kept deteriorating.
Sagman and the two Mages were the fastest. They passed through the battlefield and charged into the stargate. Psyker followed closely behind and used his psychic shield to take a round of attacks from the mechanical army's Planet Destroyer Cannons head-on before flying into the stargate.
The four of them escaped through the stargate, and only Mercer was left on the battlefield. Not far away from the stargate, Han Xiao and the others finally caught up.
Heber stepped forward and grabbed Mercer tightly. The two giant beasts wrestled and rolled in the universe. Their flight path deviated, and they flew past the stargate, smashing through the shattered shield and breaking a corner of the stargate.
Han Xiao waved his hand, and a small mechanical army charged into the stargate to scout ahead.
However, the next moment, they lost contact with this mechanical army and were wiped out.
Under Mercer's despairing gaze, the space vortex of this stargate suddenly disappeared and was closed from the other side.
Seeing this, Milizaus flapped his dragon wings and snorted. "The four fellows who escaped destroyed the stargate on the other side. Humph, it seems like they abandoned Mercer."
"Hmm, at least one of them is left behind." Ravenlaude's lips curled up.
Everyone looked over. Mercer was the only Beyond Grade A left on this battlefield. He was heavily surrounded and had nowhere to go.
Heber was currently fighting Mercer, who was in despair and rage. The muscles of the two of them were rubbing against each other, and the splashing flames were like the sun.
Sensing the gazes of Han Xiao and the others, Heber said with a deep voice, "This is my prey. Don't interfere."
The others did not mind. Mercer had nowhere to run. Since Heber wanted to fight him one on one, they did not mind watching the show and observing the strength of the two of them.
Han Xiao clicked his tongue and joked, "You're so energetic, Little Ty-Ty."
"… Don't call me that!"
Veins popped out of Heber's forehead. He ignored Han Xiao and focused on dealing with Mercer.
He finally had the chance to capture a Beyond Grade A alive, so he was not going to give up.
The stargate passage had been destroyed, and the enemy had no way of retreating. The stubborn garrison of the secret stargate had been crushed by Tarrokov, and it wouldn't take long for them to be completely defeated. There was no suspense in the outcome of the battle.
This time, Tarrokov joined the call and nodded with satisfaction. "Four escaped, and one was left behind. Rogue was also captured. The result of this battle is not bad. Even if Sagman and the other three escape from the Flickering World, they will have to face a new round of pursuit."
Escaping from the Flickering World did not mean that Sagman and the others were safe.
The Red Empire was setting up an interception force in the Shattered Star Ring. The Black Star Corps, Bloodshed Land, Klent, and the other dynasty allies were also on the move, not to mention the Radiant Federation.
Sagman and the others' escape was far from over. If they wanted to be truly safe, they had to cross the vast Shattered Star Ring.
Hearing this, Han Xiao spoke.
"I just hacked into the stargate database and obtained the coordinates of the other side of the stargate."
Tarrokov's eyes sparkled.
"This way, we can uproot the secret stargate of the Arcane Church and lock onto their location. Black Star, good job!"
Han Xiao smiled and turned to look at the battlefield between Heber and Mercer.
Capturing Mercer was only a matter of time.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Han Xiao's eyes sparkled.
This was the second Beyond Grade A captive that the dynasty had captured!
He wondered if the Arcane Church would be satisfied with his return gift!
…
At the same time, somewhere in the desolate universe belt outside the Shattered Star Ring, at the secret stargate exit of the Arcane Church.
Sagman and the other three fell into silence as they stared at the destroyed stargate in front of them.
"Mercer … didn't escape …"
Sagman gritted his teeth so hard that they almost broke.
If the ambush plan had succeeded, killing Milizaus, Black Star, and Beyoni, the dynasty would only have three Beyond Grade As left in the Flickering World, and they would have been able to escape easily.
But now …
One careless move, and they would lose everything!
"Don't stay here. Black Star will definitely be able to track this location. Leave quickly," Ninjia hurriedly said.
Sagman recovered from his shock and said with a gloomy expression, "Let's go. We have to bring the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter back."
After being a Beyond Grade A for so long, they had not been in such a desperate situation for a long time!
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