Three months passed by quietly.
"Commander, we're about to arrive at the mission coordinates. We'll launch hyperspace travel in ten seconds!"
"Okay. Inform the other warships to prepare for any emergencies!"
"Yes, sir!"
In the bridge, Waston sat on the captain's seat with a serious expression.
The story of this mission started a week ago …
Just a week ago, when Lin Yu was still busy integrating the civilizations on the spiral arm of the Andromeda Galaxy, Li Lizi developed a galactic-level anomaly detection instrument based on the data obtained from destroying the neutron battle star of the Purple Cloud Empire.
When the instrument was activated for the first time, it detected that there was an anomaly at the end of the spiral arm of the galaxy. It was extremely abnormal, as if …
There was a neutron battle star at this coordinate!
When this report was handed to Lin Yu, it immediately attracted his attention.
This was no small matter. If Li Lizi's deduction was correct, there was either a neutron battle star or a neutron star at that location!
There was a possibility that there was a second neutron battle star in the Andromeda Galaxy. This was simply mind-numbing.
Fortunately, this location was not within the Purple Cloud Empire but within the territory of a level-4 civilization. There was even a chance that it had not been discovered yet.
After thinking about this, Lin Yu immediately opened the star map and civilization distribution map he had obtained from Emoni.
"The Inferno Civilization?"
"When it first appeared in front of all civilizations, it was a thousand years ago and was already an early level-4 technological civilization. Now, it is suspected to be a late level-4 technological civilization!"
"In the past thousand years, there have been many neighboring civilizations that have set their sights on this Inferno Civilization because of a lack of tributes. However, the strange thing is that these civilizations have all been destroyed by the Purple Cloud Empire for various seemingly reasonable reasons before they could make a move."
"It seems that they have always been in danger, but they have been able to mysteriously escape danger every time. Until today, no civilization has dared to set their sights on the Inferno Civilization. To other civilizations, the Inferno Civilization is simply an unlucky civilization. Whoever goes there will be unlucky!"
After reading the information, Lin Yu frowned.
Good luck?
Nonsense!
There was clearly something wrong with this Inferno Civilization!
Most importantly, no matter which civilization provoked the Inferno Civilization, the Purple Cloud Empire would be the one to make a move in the end. Although every time, it was for seemingly reasonable reasons!
However, Lin Yu had already connected the two civilizations in his heart.
Was it a civilization loyal to the Ziyun Empire?
Was it a civilization completely controlled by the Ziyun Empire through special means?
Or could it be that the Raging Fire Empire was actually the Ziyun Empire in disguise?
In an instant, Lin Yu thought of many possibilities.
Regardless of whether the Fire Empire and the Purple Cloud Empire were related or not, the abnormal coordinates that Li Lizi had detected could not be ignored.
It seemed that he had to send someone to take a look!
Soon, under Lin Yu's orders, a task force of only a hundred warships set off.
Their commander was the stern-looking Worston.
Regarding this mission, Lin Yu had clearly explained it to Worston.
Therefore, he was very clear about how important this mission was. Similarly, he was also very clear about how dangerous it was!
This was a star system without any life-bearing planets. It had not undergone any development and was extremely desolate.
At its edge, many vortex-shaped windows suddenly appeared in the void, and then a hundred warships quickly rushed out from them.
"There is no deviation in position. We are currently 10 AU away from the mission target. No abnormal gravitational field is detected!"
"Turn on all the scanning devices and observe the target's position!"
"Yes … All scanning devices have been activated … We have obtained the target's position. There is a large man-made object, suspected to be a space base. We also have the observation image, project it to the bridge!"
Under the control of the command team on the bridge, a large virtual image appeared in the bridge!
It was a large flat space base, and its style was very sci-fi!
Obviously, it did not match the architectural style of the Fire Civilization at all. The center of this base immediately caught Worston's attention.
If one had to describe it simply, this base was a hollow disc in the middle. In the hollow position in the center, there was a spherical blue barrier, and it was impossible to see what was inside the barrier.
However, Worston very keenly discovered that the spherical area covered by the blue barrier was almost the same size as the Neutron Battle Star of the Ziyun Empire.
Could it be that there was really another Neutron Battle Star?
Thinking of this, Worston's expression became more and more serious!
"Have you found any fleets of other civilizations around?"
"No, commander!"
"What about the unknown base, are there any signs of life?"
"Commander, the target seems to have an isolation method that we don't understand, and we can't scan the situation inside!"
Worston was not very satisfied with this answer, and he frowned deeply.
The thing he hated the most was the unknown. After all, the unknown represented danger!
"Commander, seven million kilometers away from our fleet, three hyperspace windows are forming, and the size of the windows is abnormally large!"
Just as Worston frowned and thought about what to do next.
In the command team in front, the voice of the radar officer suddenly came from the command team.
"Activate the space radar and sound the level one combat readiness alarm. All fleets, prepare for battle according to the third preparation plan."
"Yes, commander!"
Hyperspace windows, this was not a good thing!
Hyperspace navigation was originally a technology of a level seven civilization, and the reason why the Federation had it was actually learned from the Dark Star in the Milky Way.
And it was unlikely that this was a warship sent by Lin Yu, otherwise, Lin Yu would definitely have told him, as the commander of this mission.
Finally, coupled with the abnormally large hyperspace windows, a sense of crisis arose in Worston's heart.
Soon, three huge warships emerged from their respective hyperspace windows.
This was not an ordinary size, and even the 100 warships led by Worston were as small as ants compared to these three warships.
Inside the bridge, Worston stared at the three spaceships that were as large as planets in the video feed. His eyes widened in disbelief.
This size, this shape!
No matter how he looked at it, it was very familiar!
Just like the one stored in the Large Magellan System …
Dark Star … and there were three of them?
How was this possible!