Missy's voice was filled with resentment. I could imagine how dark her expression was right now.
Based on Sandora's guess, as the Fifth Fleet had bypassed the rules of the void and jumped over in the form of 'stowaways', there was an error at the last step of the jump. Thus, during the entire process, the original communication protocol was rendered ineffective due to the large range of information misalignment. Thus, the communication device on our hands was equivalent to a blank piece of equipment that needed to be reconfigured before it could be used. This might take a few days, and Missy definitely wouldn't be willing to wait for such a long time. Thus, she could only use the connection device that was produced by Tawil's Honor and use herself as a search antenna. I wasn't sure if the power of the miniature interface created by the Bubble wasn't high enough, but it seemed like Lin Xue wouldn't be able to use it this time.
"Well, no matter what, it's good that you guys are fine," Lin Xue grumbled for a while and sighed in the end, "The world almost fell into chaos here. Even the emergency specialist team in the City of Shadows has gone into action. Fortunately, you guys only lost contact for a short while."
Missy's words reminded me that from the moment Sandora and I arrived in this foreign world to the moment I finally used our mental connection to reconnect with Lin Xue, it had already been close to an hour. In this hour, who knew what kind of chaos the other side had become. Think about it, the two of us had rushed into the depths of the void that no one had ever set foot in before, to help a fleet that was extremely wary of the Empire, and to shake off the pursuit of another fleet that might have already committed treason. At this critical juncture, all communication was suddenly cut off, and there was no news for an entire hour. I reckoned that with the personalities of the people in my family, they might have already imagined what had happened in the past hour. Lin Xue probably found a lame excuse and ran out of her house. The City of Shadows seemed to have formed a team of experts in the blink of an eye … It seemed that we had caused quite a bit of trouble by losing contact with them for an hour.
I comforted Missy a little and explained the situation on my side in as much detail as possible. The reply I received was that we could only wait for the communication system to work again before we could discuss the next step. During this period, we had to keep our mental connection open at all times so that we could communicate immediately if there was an emergency.
"That's the situation. They can't track our location through the mental connection." I leaned back in my seat and turned to Sandora. "How's the situation with the communication system and locator?"
"They're all cleaned. The communication protocol is no longer working, and the coordinates are all messed up. I'm currently resetting the system. It seems like we underestimated the phenomenon that might be caused by such a long-distance jump." Sandora rubbed her forehead and pushed away from the control panel in front of her with a look of displeasure. She slid back a little and turned on the autonomous mode of the shuttle. "Let the system search for the rest. The shuttle's built-in positioning database was originally designed to be used within the Empire's borders, but now that we're outside the Empire's borders, the locator will be useless. Coco Kina, report the situation of your fleet. "
Coco Kina was still on the communication channel. He also knew that the fleet might have run to a strange place, but he did not seem too uneasy about it. Perhaps in his long life of exile, this ancient Eldar had long adapted to a more thrilling life than this. After hearing Sandora's question, he replied, "The fleet is in good condition. It's the same as when we set off. As long as we don't get attacked, it won't be a problem to maintain it for a long time. However, the emotions of the civilians are a little unstable, so I hope to get a more accurate answer about our current situation so that I can answer to my own people. "
"Just tell them to treat it as an unplanned temporary stop. We've now shaken off the pursuit of the Merlovan warships, and the fleet will be able to set sail again in a few days." Sandora waved her hand casually, seemingly uninterested in the question. "As for what you fleet leaders need to know … Well, the situation is like this. There was an unexplained accident during the jump, and the fleet should be docked in a world not far from the Empire's borders. The communication device was temporarily frozen after the large-scale jump. I only know the general reason, and the relevant technical details have not been studied yet. The equipment we brought needs time to recalibrate the antenna. In addition, we can also maintain basic communication with the Empire through the spiritual link, so the situation is not too bad, understand? "
"I understand. This way, the situation within the fleet should be more stable." Coco Kina replied in a low voice, and then hung up temporarily: he still had a lot of things to do.
Meanwhile, Sandora looked at the terrestrial planet that clearly had life on the holographic screen, a curious look on her face. "Ah Jun, do you want to go down and take a look? Just treat it as a vacation. "
"Compared to that … the radar seems to have found something."
Out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly caught a glimpse of the conventional radar image, and found that there were a dozen white dots rapidly approaching the Fifth Fleet in high orbit. The scanner showed that they were 'living entities', but due to the low alert level, the system did not alert the white dots when they first appeared. Now that the white dots had clearly shown signs of moving in this direction, the radar had raised the alert level of these unidentified flying objects. These white dots were flying extremely fast, even reaching the cruising speed of a near-Earth shuttle. After checking the system logs, I found that they were actually launched from the planet below.
"Oh, looks like we've found a primitive civilization that developed space technology. That's rare. Is this also the reason why the navigation system automatically led the fleet to this place after the error?" Sandora muttered to herself, and focused the surveillance of the shuttle on one of the white dots. After zooming in, we saw what it was.
A white-bearded old man.
… A white-bearded old man!
I almost choked on my own saliva, and Sandora also showed a stunned expression. Then, we zoomed out and noticed that it wasn't just a white-bearded old man. In fact, it was an old man standing in some kind of small aircraft. He was stepping on a silver disc with a radius of about four to five meters. The bottom of the disc was in the shape of an inverted cone, and the top half was covered by a translucent shield (We had zoomed in too close earlier, so we didn't see this aircraft). Inside this simple but obviously high-tech space aircraft stood an old man in a purple robe, with white hair and a beard. The old man was hale and hearty, and he held a curved silver-white alloy scepter in his hand. On his purple robe, I saw the patterns of stars, the sun, and some kind of plant.
If this old man didn't appear in space, then he could only appear in Hogwarts …
"… A … magic-powered orbital shuttle." The corners of Sandora's lips curled up slightly. After all, she was experienced and knowledgeable, so she wasn't as surprised as I was. She only found it interesting. "Looks like we've arrived at an interesting place."
There was a group of white dots approaching us at high speed, and the white-bearded old man was only one of them. The other white dots were similar small space aircraft, and all of them were operated by a single person. Everyone was wearing the same purple robe, and they held an alloy scepter in their hand. It seemed like it was their uniform. Other than the old man that we first saw, the others were very young, and they looked to be in their twenties or thirties. These strange aircraft that we suspected to be "mages" quickly approached the Fifth Fleet's defensive perimeter. However, Sandora indicated to Cocokina that there was no need to pay them any attention. She even asked him to temporarily stop his starship formation work.
The small group of strangers in the single-person aircraft approached the Fifth Fleet under our tacit approval. They stopped at a place that they thought was very far away, and they seemed to be at a loss as to what to do. Everyone had astonished expressions on their faces, and they looked at the Fifth Fleet with the same expression that I had when I first saw the Empire's warships. The white-bearded old man who first appeared on the surveillance screen seemed to be the leader of this group, because all of their aircraft were following him. Those aircraft were truly agile, and they moved as freely as a human's limbs. The scanning equipment detected distorted gravitational fields near these aircraft, which meant that they had at least mastered anti-gravity technology … Yep, this wasn't a big deal. As far as I knew, it seemed that the mystical side's anti-gravity technology was slightly easier to achieve than the technological side's.
"So? Are we just going to watch from here? " I glanced at Sandora and saw that the queen's face was brimming with interest. I could not help but remind her, "We might have to stay here for a few days."
"Let's wait and see what they want to do first. Anyway, the warning system has determined that they are a group of non-threatening targets." Sandora seemed to have a plan, and her expression was not entirely playful. "Based on the operation of their aircraft and the rate of energy loss, this civilization should not have the ability to leave the solar system. However, they clearly have the passion and curiosity to explore space. When they see the alien creations that suddenly appeared above their home planet, their reaction can generally be seen as the civilization's' true feelings' in an unguarded situation. This is a small method that we occasionally use when observing unfamiliar native civilizations. We used to do this in the past, where we would randomly throw something that we don't understand at the edge of the native civilization's reach, and observe their reaction to determine the potential of the target civilization, as well as whether there is value in direct contact … "
I felt that my expression was a little twisted now. What was the Seven Deadly Sins of Aliens?
At that moment, a native who was riding a disc-shaped flying craft was cautiously approaching the Fifth Fleet under the instructions of the elderly leader, but there was still a distance of several kilometers between the two parties. It seemed very far, but one had to consider the colossal size of the Fifth Fleet. Even under such a highly 'compressed' situation, the size of the Fifth Fleet far exceeded the size of a dozen Earths! In other words, in the eyes of the explorers, the Fifth Fleet was a dozen times larger than their home planet. Instead of saying that we were docked in their planet's orbit, it would be more accurate to say that their planet was now a rock beside the Fifth Fleet.
For a fleet of this scale, a few kilometers was actually equivalent to landing. Although the explorer had yet to come into contact with any starships, he was now at the docking zone for small warships, and from his angle, he could not even see the full view of any of the giant ships. I assumed that he could only see an unending stretch of steel land, as well as countless giant artificial creations of the same scale floating around it.
"Alright, communications have been cracked." Sandora fiddled a few times on the control panel before her — it turned out that she had been busy with that. "Listen to what they say."
I nodded, and almost at the same time, a monitor voice rang in the cockpit. According to the system indicator, the explorer closest to the fleet was reporting to the old leader. "… Master, there is no gravity here. I feel as if I'm still in a gravity-free zone, and these huge ships do not produce any gravity …"
"To ensure safety, don't go any further. Release two probe balls … I've already sent a report to the Association, and the Association will send more people to take over here." This was the voice of the old leader, and he sounded rather calm. "They did not react at such a close distance. Could they be … Specter Ships?"
I poked Sandora's arm. "Look, if we don't speak, we'll be treated as a death scene."
"Master, the probe ball has fallen! When it was within a kilometer of these giant ships, it suddenly sensed gravity, and it was very chaotic … The probe ball has failed, and the internal environment of these spaceships is very dangerous. The probe ball seems to have been damaged … "
"Following your orders, no one opened fire, but the small ball fell into the cooling grid of Grimmar IV. The engineers are trying to dig it out, but I don't think it can be used anymore," Cocokina quickly explained.
"Retreat!" The old leader, who was referred to as the Master, immediately ordered. The brave explorer, who had unfortunately lost a Master Ball, quickly retreated to a safe zone — it was a distance that they thought was far enough, but to the fleet's cannons, it was as if they were face to face. I noticed that when the enemy's spaceship accelerated, the passengers inside did not seem to feel any inertia at all. Obviously, this was proof that the enemy had used magic to develop advanced space technology.
"Could it be that these giant spaceships are all in a gravitational field?" The old leader's voice rang out. "This is already unimaginable technology … and the way they move is unheard of … Don't get any closer, we are still not sure if there are any living people in these spaceships. Even if there are no living people, I'm afraid their automatic systems are still operating …"
Sandora and I watched from the side. It seemed that the exploration team had no plans to take any further action, and it seemed that they were going to send more people from the surface of the planet to check on this huge fleet that was far larger than their own planet. I could already imagine the scene of us being surrounded by groups of natives from another world, and there might even be a primary school teacher leading a group of naughty children to take a group photo outside the shuttle, followed by two expert professors blabbering in front of the camera, "This is the most unbelievable discovery in human history, and it fully proves that my theory is logical and forward-looking …" Then, there would be Hollywood from another world shooting two hundred blockbusters based on our group of UFOs floating in orbit, with basically the same plot, and the craze for outer space exploration would continue for fifty years … Thinking about this, I felt that I could no longer remain silent, so I decided to call the exploration team's internal channel. "Ahem, can I say something?"
"Noha, is that you talking?" The old leader looked surprised, but he was calling the name of one of his team members. Obviously, no one spoke. He suddenly became nervous, and ordered everyone to move away from the unknown fleet again. "Check the communication stone!"
"Erm, don't get too excited. I just wanted to say that we are not at the scene of a traffic accident … Erm, okay, it is the scene of a traffic accident, but we are not dead yet … You guys are making me feel pressured."
Sandora simply leaned on the control panel, unable to read my diplomatic language.
"Master, it seems like … these spaceships are talking?"
"Be careful, it's the people in the spaceships talking." I wanted to quickly dispel their wariness. "Don't be nervous, we are just passing by. There was an accident on the way, so we were forced to stop at your planet. But don't worry, the fleet is in a state of gravitational isolation, so there will be no negative impact on your star system. Speaking of which, you have never encountered such a thing before, have you? "
The exploration team was in a daze, and the old leader seemed to have finally come back to his senses. He fumbled in his pocket for a long time, took out a metal plate, and pressed on it for a long time before he slowly said, "Welcome to the Azure Star, we express our goodwill to the visitors from outer space, and hope to maintain mutual understanding in the following exchanges. We hope to have more dialogue, to ensure that we understand the way of thinking of both parties, and to avoid misunderstandings. If possible, we hope that you will respond, and ensure that the above sentence has been interpreted correctly … "
I turned to look at Sandora, "… What does this old man mean?"
Our momentary silence might have caused the other party to misunderstand. One of the female members of the exploration team said to the old leader, "Master, I still insist that there is a logical problem with the basic communication manual for visitors from outer space that you wrote. It uses too many virtual models and conversion models …"
The old man stared at the huge fleet in front of him, with the demeanor of a fearless scientist. (To be honest, this exploration team is really fearless. Now I am amazed. Just a dozen people, what kind of fearless spirit do they have to gather in front of such a huge fleet of spaceships to communicate?) He said quickly, "Yes!" @ @ # ¥% ¥#% …% ¥# @&*&… &! "
I was speechless.
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