If someone came to see the current state of the Fifth Fleet, and they happened to be someone who knew a little about physics and military knowledge, they would definitely be jumping up and down and cursing. The reason was none other than the fact that these giant starships were now "stacked" together in a rather unscientific and unreasonable way. It would even make one suspect that they were scrap metal that was thrown into some corner of the universe, and then turned into such a huge lump under the influence of gravity. The hundreds of kilometers of warships were squeezed together, and the distance between each other was only a hundred meters. Due to the shape of the large warships, there was a lot of space between them, so the smaller ships did not give up on this little space and gathered inside, like small fish and shrimp hiding in the shadows of coral reefs. Such a large number of large warships stacked together created a huge gravitational chaos, so no ship dared to act rashly, or else they would crash and collapse into a planet of ruins. All warships with gravitational control functions were now connected to a large data network, coordinated by a single mainframe to ensure that the subtle gravitational environment of this huge array would not collapse. Once that thing collapsed, the damage to the core ships would be no less than a gravitational weapon combined with a saturation bombardment.
But Gina was right. If the enemy attacked now, not to mention counterattacking, half of them would be killed by the slightest movement. In Shadora's words, these battleships were now "tangled together like a messy ball of string. Apart from being tightly entangled, there's nothing good about it." But for us, the only condition we need is to bind them tightly.
"Is it okay to support such a large-scale Void Domain?" Sandora had already parked the shuttle at the center of the entire fleet, next to Cocokina's flagship, Haydn III. The shuttle's mainframe was already connected to Haydn III, and all systems were connected to the same network to ensure that the transfer would be fully synchronized later. Sandora confirmed the highly compressed range of the Fifth Fleet's Order Field and frowned. "It's still a little beyond expectations. You've never expanded your Void Domain to this extent … It's too difficult to cover the entire fleet."
"It's still up to me to decide whether it's difficult or not. I think it shouldn't be a problem." I looked at the data on the holographic screen and compared it with the void boundary that I had detected through my mental senses to determine the extent of my expansion. "Besides, we don't have a choice now. Cocokina definitely won't give up on his own people. He has already thrown the unmanned cargo spaceships out of the Order Field. We have to protect the remaining spaceships. And look at them, they're really doing their best. I've never seen such a large spaceship piled up like building blocks in my life. How do you think we're going to disassemble them when they arrive? "
Sandora rolled her eyes at me. "… Don't think about these useless things. Since there's no problem, start spreading it. I'll set the system to start the mass jump in five minutes. Before that, you have to tell me immediately if there's any problem, and I'll stop immediately. Understand?"
I nodded and began to transform into the pure black, faceless man. I'm f * cking sick of this form. I've recently realized something. Maybe before I solve the problem of whether I have a face or not, I should first consider getting myself a set of clothes, at least something that looks like clothes. If it really doesn't work, I'll deepen and thicken the dark mist on my body. Taking Alleria as a reference might be a good choice …
"Cocokina, confirm that all the starships' engines have started the countdown." Sandora pinched me with a smirk. She turned her head, and her tone changed to a dignified one. The topic was smooth and smooth. "You must ensure that the jumps are absolutely synchronized. Once someone leaves the Emperor's protection, they'll definitely die in the long-distance teleportation. Also, the Void Territory has been expanded. Check if there's any abnormal phenomenon in any spaceships. If there's any, report immediately. You have four minutes. "
"The countdown is normal. All the engines have been synchronized by the clock communication system. There's absolutely no delay or error." Cocokina's voice sounded a little nervous because he knew that the fate of the entire Fifth Fleet would be decided in four minutes. How many moments in one's life would be as important as the one that would happen four minutes later?
Through the communicator, we could see that the battleship control panel behind him was also busy. The officers and technicians of the Fifth Fleet were repeatedly confirming the status of the system and monitoring the spread of the Void Territory in the Orderly Field. Many of them had a look of disbelief on their faces. They were amazed as they completed the work at hand with unprecedented novelty.
Cocokina also conveyed his astonishment to us. "This is the second time in my tens of thousands of years that I've been so shocked by something. The first time was when I faced those crazy fallen apostles, and this time, I'm facing such a gentle Void. It's an unprecedented spectacle. The Void Territory is spreading within the Orderly Field, directly touching every spaceship and even penetrating all shields and armors, spreading around us … I can feel that I'm in an environment that I've never been in contact with before … It's incomprehensible and unanalyzable. There's a lot of information that surpasses our senses lingering on the spiritual boundary. Fortunately, only the Eldar are sensitive to such surreal senses. Otherwise, our engineers might not even be able to carry on with their work. This is the genuine Void, but all our senses of Order are still intact. I can still see and hear. If possible, I really hope to know the reason for this. "
"It seems that the Void Territory has the greatest effect on energy lifeforms." Sandora seemed to be smiling as she looked at Cocokina through the communicator. "You're acting a little excited now."
"Oh, yes, I know. I noticed." Cocokina quickly calmed down after Sandora's reminder. "It's mainly because this feeling is too mysterious. The Eldar are a race that's extremely sensitive to external information. Although the Void that permeates the Orderly Field is doing its best to simulate an orderly aspect, I can still sense a lot of things that are beyond logic. It seems that it's not a mystery that the mind of mortals can understand directly. I can feel them, but I can't read any meaningful information. "
"So, you should feel lucky that choosing to believe in our goodwill is the right decision." Sandora leaned back in her seat and flashed a faint smile. "I'm not sure if you've thought of it, but if my partner wills it, the gentle Void Territory that shrouds the entire fleet could instantly turn into a real Void. He could control everything within his power — don't be nervous, that won't happen. I'm just saying it casually to ensure that the last bit of insecurity is eliminated. Now, prepare for the jump. "
As soon as Sandora's voice fell, the system entered the fifteen-second countdown. Cocokina had no time to care about anything else as he focused all of his attention on the device before him. I glanced at Sandora — of course, I assumed that I had eyes. She flashed me a faint smile. "I've scanned the entire fleet with my mental connection. A large number of spiritual sources are in a state of intense unease and even paranoia. If I don't suppress them with a strong dose of medicine in the last few seconds, there might really be some idiots who cause trouble."
I shrugged and didn't say anything. At the same time, the system notification sounded at the right time. "System countdown in five seconds. Four, three, two, one. Activate the engines!"
What appeared to be an instant in the eyes of others was infinitely elongated in my eyes. After the jump began, the familiar dizziness struck me again. However, with my previous experience, I regained control of my will in the blink of an eye. I realized that I had really entered the state of returning to the Void once again. As expected, a clear female voice sounded in my mind. "Aiya, you're back again? Are you alright running around like that? "
"Sister Hilla … I'm busy."
"Oh. Send my regards to Seiji." Hilla muttered before logging off. I didn't have the time to continue studying the wondrous "scenery" of the Void, because a deep sense of exhaustion that came from the depths of my soul had struck me.
It was just like the first time I transformed into a Void creature and expanded my domain to its maximum range to fight against Icetis. Even though my physical body didn't consume any of my power, I felt from my soul that all of my power was flowing away like water. I knew that this was because I had expanded my Void Domain to such an extent that when it came into contact with the real Void, it couldn't help but assimilate and fuse with the real Void. Every bit of fusion was the equivalent of using up a bit of my own power. At such a time, I actually still had the time to slow down. That was because I had magically thought of a piece of soap that had fallen into a basin of water. I was that soap … I was soap, ice, sugar, and anything else that would melt if thrown into water.
I was soap, ice, sugar, and anything that would melt in water. Sheila was right. Taking a stroll was good for one's body and mind, but taking a bath too much would cause one to have a nervous breakdown. Right now, I was really having a nervous breakdown … I was so weak that I was kicked out of the Return to Void state. My vision blurred, and the dizziness instantly dissipated. I found myself back in the cockpit of the shuttle. A pair of beautiful, ocean-blue eyes blinked in front of me, as well as a head of dazzling blonde hair that almost took up all of my vision. The girl's warm breath brushed against my cheek, making me feel a little ticklish.
"Sandora, you're scaring me. Why are you so close to me?"
Sandora blinked her large ocean-blue eyes as she finally pulled away from me. She had an expression of lingering fear and relief. "The teleportation is over, but you didn't react for so long. I was a little worried."
"It's over?" I smiled happily, but soon discovered that smiling without a mouth was quite technical, so I canceled my Void form and added a silly smile. "How's the situation with the fleet? Did we arrive safely? "
At the same time, I also began to inspect my body's condition. Yep, basically everything was within my expectations. Of course, my body wouldn't have suffered any injuries, but I had used up a lot of mental energy and my soul was fatigued. That feeling of powerlessness that came from the very source was similar to when I had been hit by Icetis's tortoise punches. However, there was also a good side to this situation. All of my training and studying hadn't gone to waste. My mental energy had already gotten used to such a high level of exhaustion, so I didn't feel as weak as the last time. Not only that, the power that I had used up was rapidly recovering — I probably wouldn't need to lie down in a medical pod after I returned. Regarding this question, I felt that it was necessary to formally mention it. It wasn't a problem that the designer of the medical pod was a scientist, but it was a little strange that the users and maintainers of the medical facilities were still scientists. Especially when our family accidentally entered the medical pod, the attending physician was actually Tawil. Just thinking about it gave me goosebumps. When Sis Glasses looked at us lying in the medical pod, her gaze was like a sister looking at the fish on the chopping board when she was cooking … I had definitely gone off topic.
"Well, the fleet is in good condition, even a little better than expected. None of the spaceships were left behind," Sandora's expression was a little strange. "It's just that some of the spaceships drifted a little within the tolerance range, resulting in partial collisions and fusion. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Now, they are busy disassembling the fleet in space. The spaceships are tangled like a ball of string. Disassembling them is probably a technical job. However, in other aspects … we seem to have encountered an accident. "
I suddenly became nervous. "Accident?"
Sandora pointed at the holographic image in front of the control panel. "Look at it yourself. We seem to have run off somewhere."
Only then did I notice that the display in front of the control panel was no longer the complicated diagram of the state of space travel. Instead, it was directly displaying the scene outside the shuttle. We had now escaped from the messy 'garbage heap' of the Fifth Fleet. We should have stopped near the fleet's formation. From the image, I could see the giant spaceships in the distance rearranging themselves into a loose formation according to the normal spaceship formation. On the other side of the image, there was a blue planet floating in the deep darkness of space. The distribution of land and sea on the surface of the planet were rather unfamiliar. One look and I knew that it was definitely not Earth.
It was also not the destination that we had originally planned to: Planet Kailudak.
"I have just calibrated the star map and confirmed that this is not within the territory of the Empire. This universe is not registered, not even in the macro world." Sandora frowned. "In other words, we have arrived at a place where we have no idea where we are."
"D * mn, how could there be such a huge deviation …" I looked at the unfamiliar planet below me, dumbfounded.
"Actually … it's not too unexpected." Sandora didn't look too pessimistic. "This situation is still within expectations. After all, when we are carrying the entire Fifth Fleet on a jump of such a long distance, all unexpected circumstances have to be taken into account. Now, we can confirm that although we have not entered the territory of the Empire, we should be roughly heading in this direction. However, for some reason, there is a problem with the jump location … We may be stuck on a fork in the road, but we have definitely shaken off those Mellowa spaceships."
"In any case, the Fifth Fleet is temporarily safe," I thought quickly. Sandora was right. Even if something unexpected happened during the jump, at least our general direction should be fine. We have not entered the territory of the Empire, so we should be somewhere nearby. However, since we have left the Empire's data network, we can't check the fleet's current coordinates. To find out where the fleet is, the first thing we need to do is to reestablish contact with the Bubble. "Is the communication system still working?"
"The equipment is not broken, but it needs some time to adjust." Sandora shrugged. "It might be due to the failure of the jump. Right now, all the communication devices we have on hand seem to have been flooded with erratic information and are in a state of shutdown. However, you can try using the mental link. "
"Mental link?" I was stunned. "Can that still be used?"
"Mine has been cut off. I can't contact the Bubble and the others, but you might be able to." Sandora knocked on her forehead. "Have you forgotten? Your power doesn't seem to be weakened at all in the void. Perhaps your mental link can be used to communicate with someone. "
I only remembered this after Sandora reminded me. Thus, I focused my attention to search for the spiritual imprint of Shallow Shallow and the others that I had left in the depths of my soul and tried to send a message. This was very difficult because all the communication devices on hand had been destroyed. I was unable to use the Empire's network to strengthen the mental link. Under such circumstances, Sandora had simply cut off the network. What about me?
Sandora was right. My power didn't seem to be weakened at all in the void. Besides, perhaps the fleet was really not that far away from the Empire's territory. After trying to communicate many times, I vaguely felt a response.
"Blockhead! Blockhead! Is that you? "
After focusing my attention to the limit, I finally heard the other party's voice. This was a unique "nickname" that no one else could replicate. There was no doubt about it. It was definitely my Milady.
Actually, I had already guessed that in such a situation, the one who would be the most likely to successfully establish a connection with me would be Lin Xue, followed by Xiaoxue. This was because both of their abilities just happened to amplify this sort of super logical communication.
"It's me, it's me. Thank the heavens, we're finally connected. We're fine."
"… I didn't even ask. Well, it's good that you're fine." The Milady obviously heaved a huge sigh of relief. "You bastard, do you know that you almost scared me to death … Where the hell are you now!"
Listening to the Milady's unreserved venomous tongue, for some reason, I actually felt warmth in my heart. This stubborn fellow … even had a sobbing tone in the latter half of her sentence.
"We should be outside the borders of the Empire. The distance shouldn't be too far, but it's already beyond the range of Sandora's mental link. We can't confirm the exact location since we don't have any reference here. Sandora is currently calibrating her communication device. She'll probably be able to relocate us after that. Don't worry, the situation here is fine. Oh, we're currently docked in the high orbit of a planet. It seems to be a terrestrial planet with life. The automatic navigation system must have locked onto the nearest planet with life according to predetermined rules and mistook this place for Kailudak. "
Lin Xue paused for a moment. Through the bits and pieces of information that she had leaked out, I knew that she was communicating with the experts. Then, she spoke again. "I really don't know which corner you're in. Based on the state of our mental link, I can't tell either. You didn't teleport here through the normal route, so the positioning system can't be calibrated according to the normal procedure … Sigh, it looks like I'll have to lie in that coffin again … You damned blockhead!"
I was speechless.
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