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"impossible!"

Ferma suddenly felt a little incredible when he heard that the third star gate in his spiral arm had been destroyed.

"How come it's so fast?"

But even though Fermat said this, he was still a little shaken in his heart. What can shake this mechanical ascender from the cruising fleet is the leap technology that Luo Xiu has demonstrated twice, which can be carried out directly without a star gate.

The emergence of this kind of technology made Fermat feel that it was not very difficult to make three consecutive jumps and destroy three star gates.

"If this continues, the base camp will have fallen before we even leave this star system."

Because the star gate in the Cygnus spiral arm was destroyed so quickly, Fermat was in a daze for a while. He even felt that he didn't need to make any moves and could just stay in place and wait for the attack of the solar system civilization.

"That's not right!" Just when Fermat was already a little frustrated, he suddenly realized a problem.

"The first sudden blow, the star gates sent signals outward. Although the signals sent out were very short, they still had content."

"Now the major star gates are paying more attention to unknown attacks. Even if they encounter another attack from a sudden jump, it won't be impossible to transmit a word, right?"

After Ferma analyzed this, the mechanical ascendant next to him also nodded slightly and said: "That's right. No matter how weak we are, there is still no problem in triggering the alarm proactively."

"But if it wasn't a blow, how did the Star Gate fall?"

Regarding this issue, the two ascendants didn't know how to explain themselves for a while.

"Forget it, let's leave this problem to the base camp to deal with." Ferma couldn't think of a reason for a while. As a mechanical ascender, his thinking and imagination ability was not as good as before.

Most thinking is done using processors, and these processors can only simply call data and can only analyze based on existing experience.

Fortunately, Ferma is only a semi-mechanical being, so he can still make some responses when encountering such an emergency.

"We still have to pay attention to those ships."

The ships that Ferma mentioned were Luo Xiu's two test ships and the two warships that had just jumped to Alpha Centauri.

These four battleships certainly do not pose much of a threat to the main fleet.

But Ferma and another mechanical ascensioner both felt that the opponent's battleship shell was just a facade, and the technology used by the opponent was definitely more than just such material technology.

As for why this happened, Fermat couldn't explain it.

"If the other side doesn't attack, we will stay here."

Ferma stared at the four battleships on the big screen on the bridge, and said in a deep voice to another mechanical ascender on the side.

Due to its own material reserves, Fermat certainly did not dare to sail away from Alpha Centauri easily. Because once they leave this star system, the main fleet under his control will not know when they will arrive at the next star system.

As a result, there is no possibility of survival for a large number of Kasakuk members in the fleet.

What's the point if just two mechanical ascendants reach the next galaxy hundreds or thousands of years later?

Even if the two mechanical ascendants can still continue civilization, they may only exist in the form of mechanical civilization.

As a former member of the Kasakuk civilization, Ferma and another Ascendant certainly did not want such a thing to happen.

The current main fleet can only wait and wait for things to turn around.

The best result is that the opponent withdraws from Alpha Centauri. At that time, the main fleet will be able to excavate the material in this star system and store the total amount of material that can sail to the next star system.

Of course, Fermat only thought about this idea for a moment and didn't think much about it.

After all, this star system is only four light-years away from the solar system. This distance is of course very far away for primitive civilizations, but it is very simple for civilizations that have mastered the transition technology.

Judging from the current situation, Alpha Centauri is the opponent's back garden. As long as the opponent does not give up this information, the main fleet will not have any chance.

"The connection with the base camp cannot be cut off. I need a real-time model of the star gate in the Cygnus spiral arm."

Although Fermat focused his main attention on Alpha Centauri at this time, he was still very concerned about the situation of the star gates in the Cygnus spiral arm.

The main reason is that Fermat is worried that after part of the star gate is destroyed, he, who is still ascending in the Orion cantilever, will not be able to return to the Cygnus spiral arm.

Of course, Luo Xiu, who was observing the changes in Alpha Centauri at this time, could not know the information that another star gate had been destroyed in Cygnus, but he had a rough guess from the way the main fleet stayed in place. , the other party should have been affected by the 'space battleship' and the anti-matter annihilation bomb, so they did not launch an active attack.

"How many ships can we jump at most at one time, and how many times can we do it in a short period of time?"

Since the cruising fleet appeared at Alpha Centauri at this time, Luo Xiu had nothing to worry about if there was a battle.

Even if all the planets in the galaxy are destroyed by then, Luo Xiu will not feel the slightest bit sad.

In the virtual world 'Dream', Cao Guolin, Xue He and others who were floating over Alpha Centauri in the virtual world heard Luo Xiu's question and immediately responded: "With the diameter of our battleship and the jump ring, Judging from the power, it can jump nearly forty warships at one time."

"And if there is sufficient energy, there will be no interval between transitions and it can run at high intensity for a long time."

Fermat's last words are of course referring to the jump ring itself. Only this thing can allow ships in the solar system to successfully reach Alpha Centauri.

"In other words, as long as there is no obstruction, we will be able to manifest a complete fleet in another star field in a short time." Luo Xiu was quite satisfied with Cao Guolin's reply. This ring has both endurance and leap. Judging from the effects, they are far superior to the star gates of the cruising fleet.

"Space is indeed a technology worth exploring."

After seeing the jump ring's ability to directly make space jumps, Luo Xiu became more interested in space energy.

After sighing with emotion, Luo Xiu did not stop, but directly said to the lunar research base control system in the void: "Assemble the fleet and jump all remaining Xia Qi-class battleships to Alpha Centauri."

At this time, the Xia Qi-class battleship was no longer a weapon that could keep up with the times for Luo Xiu. The most that this type of battleship could do now was to be dismantled for parts and used as a souvenir.

"Okay, Commander."

After the control system was restored, a large number of Xia Qi-class battleships that were already dormant began to gather and headed towards the jump ring in the outer reaches of the solar system.

There is still a long distance from the inner part of the solar system to the location of the jump ring. Even if it sails at the highest speed, it will still take some time to reach the ring.

However, during the period when the Xia Qi-class battleships were gathering, the cruising fleet in Alpha Centauri was very quiet. They neither approached the two planets Proxima Centauri b and c, nor sailed away from Alpha Centauri. the meaning of.

They were just lying quietly in the outer orbit of Alpha Centauri, as if waiting for something.

But this situation is a very depressing time for the Proxima b civilization, which is the member of the self-proclaimed triple star civilization.

After Luo Xiu's battleship began to jump to Alpha Centauri, the entire civilization of Proxima Centauri B became nervous.

As the number of Luo Xiu ships continued to increase, the Proxima b civilization became more and more worried that the two civilizations would fight in Alpha Centaur.

Under such anxiety, for more than half a year, the Proxima b civilization, which was still in the period of technological explosion, did not make any progress in technology.

However, neither Luo Xiu nor the Proxima b civilization knew that the most anxious and nervous person at this time was neither Luo Xiu, the starship human, nor the Proxima b civilization in Alpha Centauri.

The most nervous thing now is the cruising fleet, which is superior to Proxima b civilization and Luo Xiu in terms of appearance and overall strength.

The reason why the fleet of 20,000 warships is nervous is mainly because the battle situation in the Cygnus Spiral Arm is constantly deteriorating.

At this time, nearly 40% of the star gates in the Cygnus spiral arm were destroyed, and the location where the star gates were destroyed was gradually moving closer to the base camp.

The reason why the Stargate was only destroyed by 40% was mainly due to the reduction in the frequency of unknown strikes, rather than the improvement in the defense situation of the cruising fleet itself.

For more than half a year, most of the star gates that were attacked have built civilization ships. However, compared to the unknown blow, the civilization ships that are famous for their power in the cruising fleet only came from the destroyed star gates. signaled three times.

The transmission of these three signals is almost a straight line in the star map, and the front end of this straight line points in the direction of the base camp of the cruising fleet.

This situation is very strange. If all the star gate coordinate points can send out signals, then it doesn't matter. But the signal only came from one star gate, while the other destroyed star gates did not make any sound.

This in itself is a very strange thing, and now this situation has been discussed many times in the Ascended Council of the cruising fleet, but no reason has been discussed.

"Another stargate has been destroyed."

Fermat, who had been waiting in the Alpha Centauri star for more than half a year and had received countless reports of the destruction of the star gate in the Cygnus spiral arm, was also a little numb at this time.

Now perhaps Fermat's passion can be aroused only if the base camp of the cruising fleet is destroyed, or if the Cygnus civilization goes directly to fight with the opponent.

"One step closer." Another mechanical ascender was still very concerned about the destroyed star gate. While looking for the location of the destroyed star gate, he calculated the time for the opponent to approach the base camp, "From now on, the advance speed It seems that in just one month, the base camp will face this terrifying existence."

At this time, all the senior officials of the cruising fleet, including the ascendant, knew that the approach of the unknown civilization was extremely terrifying.

In their opinion, the destruction of so many star gates meant that the opponent did not attack from one point, but had several fleets.

With such powerful force and the way of showing off one's power, one can tell at a glance that the opponent has an overwhelming advantage over the cruising fleet in terms of technology.

In fact, when the unknown civilization was rapidly approaching, some mechanical ascensioners had already proposed to evacuate the base camp and evacuate in civilization units toward the Cygnus Arm or even the Orion Arm.

But this proposal was rejected by the speaker of the parliament, or the omnic life number one behind him.

However, except for the Speaker, all the ascended people do not know the existence of 'Number One'. After their proposal was rejected, of course the only person they resented was the speaker.

Cruise fleet base camp, in the virtual world.

"I'm tired"

Demigod, the Speaker of the Ascended Parliament, lay in the virtual sand and whispered to the empty sky.

Just as Demigod finished speaking, the model of 'No. 1' with the appearance of a member of the Kasakuk civilization also appeared again, suspended in the air not far in front of Demigold, "Your mission is still there. not end yet."

Demigod did not answer the words of 'No. 1', but said to himself, "Star Gate, was it you who destroyed it?"

When Demigod said this, the scene was very silent for a time. There was no sound of wind here, let alone the hustle and bustle of discussions among members of various civilizations. Demigod only raised his head slightly and looked at 'No. 1' in mid-air.

In mid-air, ‘No. 1’, who looked like a member of Kasa Cook, smiled slightly.

"Don't make unnecessary guesses, why should I destroy the Star Gate?"

"The star gate belongs to the cruising fleet, to the Ascended Council, and to me, and to the Cygnus civilization."

"I have no reason to destroy any stargates."

The voice of 'No. 1' was very gentle, and Demigod could not detect any fluctuation in it. Of course, the other party is originally an omnic civilization, and it is impossible to hear the emotional fluctuations from its mouth.

"Demigod, the cruising fleet should build civilized ships."

"We will wipe out each other at the base camp."

After saying that, 'No. 1' disappeared into the air without waiting for Demigold's reply, and left the space belonging to Demigold.

"I know you're still here."

Although the other party disappeared, Demigod still stood up and began to chant into the void, "No matter who destroys the Star Gate, the base camp must hold on."

"Since you won't let us leave, then I'll apply for higher-level permissions."

“I need to use the tech library.”

After Demigod finished speaking, there was no reply in this space. It seemed that 'No. 1' had really disappeared.

However, Demigod did not leave immediately, but looked steadily at the direction where 'No. 1' disappeared just now.

"Your application is granted."