A day passed in the blink of an eye.
On the bridge, Tsune Takeshi's expression was a little ugly.
After all, he was the one who said that he could settle this in a day.
However, when he actually did it, he realized that things … were far more complicated than he thought. It was impossible to make a judgment by reversing the model. For some reason, the residual connections that should have been on the surface of the particles seemed to have been wiped clean. Not a single trace could be found!
After a day, Tsune Takeshi was extremely worried.
At the same time, Wang Hai was not having an easy time either.
The Zilun Empire had contacted him several times to ask about the situation.
Therefore, Wang Hai had to use various reasons to delay the operation and not let the Zilun Empire's fleet come directly.
Of course, it was just as Wang Hai had said. One day was the limit. It was impossible to drag it on forever.
"Consultant Chang, how is it? We can't delay it any longer. Otherwise, it will affect the implementation of the [Door Lock Plan]!"
"There's no other way. Although I don't know what's going on, I'm sure that someone has tampered with this place, and the person who tampered with it is far more advanced than the Federation in terms of technology!"
Tsune Takeshi sighed and stopped what he was doing. He said with some worry.
This judgment was not without basis. After all, to be able to wipe out all the residual connections on the surface of the quark particles in such a short period of time, at least the Federation did not have this kind of technology, and it was unlikely that it was a natural phenomenon.
Although the traces were removed and the clues were cut off, Tsune Takeshi still made the most reasonable judgment.
However …
This judgment wasn't all that wonderful.
"Let's not worry about that for now. The most important thing now is to ensure the successful implementation of the [Door Lock Plan]!"
"I understand!"
Tsune Takeshi nodded. In this kind of situation, he was still able to distinguish the priorities. Moreover, the reason why the Barland Research Institute sent him with the ship was to ensure the smooth implementation of the [Door Lock Plan].
"Army Commander, according to the report from the battleship we left at the ocean entrance, the Zilun Empire's fleet has entered hyperspace. Judging from the direction they entered, their target should be here!"
"Estimated time of arrival?"
"Three hours!"
"That's fast. Should I say that as expected of a level 10 technological civilization?"
Even though the human race's dark energy technology had advanced by leaps and bounds and could even compare to a level-10 civilization at level-8, there was still a gap in other aspects.
Take hyperspace navigation technology as an example. At that time, it took Wang Hai half a day to bring the fleet over, but the Zi Lun Empire only needed three hours to arrive.
However, three hours was enough for Wang Hai.
"Open the outer wall of the third cargo hold, activate all UAVs in the hold, and transfer control to the bridge!"
"At the same time, throw in warship-class stargate components. Dispatch all engineering mechas and build them as fast as possible!"
After returning to his seat, Wang Hai issued all sorts of orders.
...
"Yes, Legion General!"
The entire bridge was bustling with activity. Outside the battleship, one could clearly see that at the rear right of the battleship, a part of the hull was slowly being opened. Inside, there were more than a hundred mechas and some unknown large device.
These mecha were all humanoid mecha that could be controlled remotely. Although this method of control was not as flexible as a human pilot, it still depended on the situation.
If it was a battlefield, it was obviously not suitable.
But this was not a battlefield, and these mechas did not need to be very flexible. They only needed to be simple porters under the control of the bridge combat team.
Not far away from the third cargo hold, an engineering ship that had just sailed out of the battleship airport had also arrived here. A large number of stargate components were constantly being transported out of the cargo hold by the engineering mechas.
The construction of stargates was something that the engineers in the fleet were very familiar with.
A warship-type mid-level stargate could be built and put into use in less than ten minutes.
Just as the engineering team was busy driving the engineering mechas, in the third cargo hold of the battleship where Wang Hai was on, more than a hundred mechas had already moved out the unknown device.
"Legion General, the stargate is expected to be built in two minutes. Device No. 1 will arrive at the predetermined coordinates in seventy-eight seconds!"
"The stargate is built. The UAV team will enter with [Door Lock] as soon as possible!"
"Roger!"
"Can the hyperspace radar capture the Zi Lun Empire fleet?"
After giving the order, Wang Hai suddenly thought of something and immediately asked in the direction of the bridge radar team.
"No, they have not yet entered our farthest detection range. It is estimated that we can capture them in ten minutes!"
"Okay, after capturing their position, report the distance to me every ten minutes!"
"Yes, Legion General!"
Not long after Wang Hai gave these orders, a warship-type stargate had been assembled. Without any pause, it immediately locked onto the location of the Purgatory Gate located on the side of Hiravi and activated it.
Although the Purgatory Gate no longer existed after the self-destruction of the Alfate people, the entrance to the small universe was still there.
When the azure water-like space tunnel entrance appeared, the members of the combat team all operated the UAV mechas they controlled and worked together to push the huge unknown device forward to the stargate.
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In the colorful hyperspace, a huge fleet was moving forward. One of the battleships had a gorgeous appearance and was obviously different from the other battleships. The Marshal of the Zi Lun Empire, Ares, was frowning.
A day ago, after confirming that the human fleet had arrived at Helavi, he could not wait to contact Wang Hai. He wanted to confirm whether Garen had been killed.
After all, the humans only gave some vague information about the Terminal Bomb. What Ares knew was that after the Terminal Bomb exploded, it would form a death zone in a large area and it would last for at least ten thousand years. Within this ten thousand years, any creature that entered would die without a doubt.
This was also the reason why Ares did not stop the human fleet from heading to Helavi first.
In any case, there was still too little information about the Terminal Bomb. The humans did not even tell him the exact range of its impact. How could he dare to lead the fleet there casually?
What if he ran directly into the death zone? What would he do then?
Therefore, Ares could only lead the fleet to stay in place and wait for news from the humans.
However …
Ares had contacted Wang Hai ten times over the course of the day, but the reply was the same every time.
"We are still evaluating the impact of the Terminal Bomb after detonation!"
In short, it meant …
Don't come over, wait for my news!