A day passed by quietly.
Arnaud's fleet was still in the maze interference formation, not daring to move at all.
According to the previous test with the Brent Empire's fleet, the humans' weapon would continue to work, and it would last for at least thousands of years.
Arnaud did not dare to move at all. One had to know that the humans had released that terrifying weapon in all directions around the fleet, so Arnaud's fleet was trapped in the middle for a day.
However, after a day, Arno seemed to have come to his senses.
In order to set up such a spherical net to trap him, the humans must have used hundreds of those terrifying weapons.
If there were so many of them, there would be countless better ways to get rid of him, and there would be no need to make things so complicated.
The more Arnaud thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
"Go, send a few reconnaissance ships to scout in all directions!"
"General, this …"
Hearing this, the adjutant was stunned.
Although his general had a bad temper, he had never sent his subordinates to their deaths in vain, right?
Even when he was in the Brent Empire, he had forced the Brent Empire's battleships to die for him to scout the area covered by the humans' weapons.
But what was the situation around them now? What was the difference between this and sending their own people to their deaths?
"What are you waiting for? Go!"
"Ah … Yes, General!"
Arnaud, who was already in a bad mood because he felt that he might have been fooled by the humans again, was furious when he saw that his adjutant was still in a daze. He immediately shouted.
And with this shout, the adjutant immediately sobered up.
No matter what order his general gave, no matter how unreasonable it was, he could not hesitate.
Thinking of Arnaud's usual tyrannical manner, the adjutant could not help but tremble. He did not dare to hesitate and immediately went to do as he was told.
A few minutes later, dozens of reconnaissance ships sailed out of the fleet and set off in different directions.
"Ship 39 has arrived at the mission coordinates!"
"Ship 18 has arrived at the mission coordinates!"
"Ship 25 has arrived at the mission coordinates!"
...
Soon, the bridge rang with the reports of the various reconnaissance ships arriving at the corresponding coordinates. However, Arno did not respond. He just sat in his command seat and tapped the table rhythmically with the fingers of his right hand.
"General?"
Seeing his general's expression, the adjutant mustered up his courage and asked carefully.
However, Arnaud did not react at all, as if he did not hear his adjutant's voice.
The entire bridge was silent. Only the rhythmic tapping of Arno's fingers on the table could be heard. Five minutes later …
"It's been five minutes, hasn't it?"
"Yes, General!"
"Very good. Order the reconnaissance ships to head to the coordinates of the previous energy explosion and conduct a comprehensive search. Don't miss anything."
"Yes, General Arnaud!"
He still didn't understand what his general was doing, but the adjutant immediately passed down the order.
At this moment, Arnaud was almost certain that all of this was just a smokescreen by the humans. Once again, he had been completely tricked by the humans. However, he still had to confirm how the humans had tricked him!
Time …
Minutes and seconds continued to pass. More than ten minutes later, a report from a reconnaissance ship finally broke the silence in the bridge.
"Reporting, Scout Ship 17 has discovered a strange device at the designated coordinates!"
"Retrieve the device immediately and determine its general purpose!"
"Understood!"
As mentioned before, the Moi were a very special race. Their special racial talent allowed them to be both soldiers and scientists.
Therefore, even the crew of this reconnaissance ship had the corresponding scientific research ability. If they wanted to determine the general purpose of a certain device, as long as it was not from a civilization of Rank-10 or higher, it would not be a problem.
Just over ten minutes later, a preliminary report of the results was sent to Arnaud.
"A device that simulates the characteristics of energy … It's just a low-level product, and it completely tricked me?"
Looking at the report sent back by the reconnaissance ship, Arnaud almost vomited blood.
Simulating the characteristics of energy was not a novel technology. It was more accurate to say that as long as a Rank-6 technological civilization had such technology, and he had been tricked by this extremely low-level technology …
This was not good …
The reason the humans used such a strategy must be that there were not many superweapons, and they had to do it in order to slow down the speed of his army.
The attack that he had encountered before was most likely the last superweapon carried by the human fleet.
"Immediately follow the original plan and order the fleet to continue moving toward the Aristide System!"
"Yes, General!"
The adjutant also saw the report. Although he did not understand the situation as thoroughly as Arnaud, it did not prevent him from realizing the seriousness of the problem.
Of course, even if Arnaud was in a hurry to reach the Aristide System's ocean current, he could not directly reach it. After all, there was still about 20,000 light-years of interference ahead, and he still had to fumble his way forward like before.
Finally …
After more than ten hours, after breaking through five interference blocks, the fleet finally entered the Aristide System.
However, at this time, the Aristide System was no longer as lively as before. The void was abnormally clean, and nothing was left behind …
"Smack …"
"Damn it!"
Arnaud looked at the scene in front of him and slammed the table hard as he cursed.
He understood that the fleets of the humans and several other civilizations had all fled into the ocean current and were on their way to the Renault Superstar Cluster.
Chase?
That was impossible. Who knew what the humans had set up on the other side of the ocean current? If one of the superweapons detonated at the ocean current on the other side, wouldn't his fleet be destroyed?
However, Arnaud was very reluctant to just let the humans go.
After all, this was no longer just a problem for him, but a problem for the entire Moi Alliance. The humans … were too much of a threat!
It seemed …
It was time for him to convene a meeting of the Moi Alliance Supreme Generals!
"In my name, through the Supreme Line, send a message to the other nine Supreme Generals. Convene the twelfth Supreme Generals meeting of the Moi Alliance!"
"Yes, General!"