The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

The Starlight Future Interstellar Spaceship, which is 100 kilometers long, resembles a steel continent floating in space.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Suddenly, all the external hatches of the Starlight Future closed simultaneously.

The staff members who were performing routine maintenance on the outside of the warship suddenly found that the spaceship beneath their feet was moving. They all lost their balance and fell backward.

The drive engines at the tail of the spacecraft began to glow.

The light grew brighter and brighter, so dazzling that anyone nearby could not look directly at it; even a single glance would cause blindness.

As the Starlight Future began to accelerate, the light emitted from its tail engines became so intense that it resembled a white sun hanging over Mars, clearly visible even from the Martian surface.

"What?!"

The First Expeditionary Force, which was assembling, was shocked.

Even Dongfang Ziqing, a senior colonel, was momentarily at a loss.

Lu Xinghui rushed over and pointed at Dongfang Ziqing, questioning her.

"Hey! What's going on here! Fourth acceleration mode, do you know what that means?!"

"The entire ship accelerates towards a warp speed of 2.0, a process that lasts ten years, eventually reaching 19 times the speed of light..."

"Quickly go to the cockpit and see if the acceleration can be reversed!"

Dongfang Ziqing calmed down and issued orders to the entire ship.

"All personnel, enter the acceleration protection chamber. No one is permitted to leave without orders!"

Allowing the crew to enter the protective cabin was a precaution.

Dongfang Ziqing went to the cockpit alone to see who was controlling the spaceship.

Her actions were very risky.

When the acceleration becomes so great that she can no longer move normally on the spaceship, she will be pressed against a wall by the force of gravity and unable to move until the pressure exceeds her body's limit and she explodes and dies!

Lu Xinghui didn't go to the protection cabin either, but followed Dongfang Ziqing to the cockpit.

"Professor Lu, get to the protection pod quickly! The spaceship has entered its fourth acceleration mode; there's no way to open the outer hatch!"

"Who told you I wanted to go out! Hmph, your proud interstellar spaceship has such a big problem, of course I have to record it! So you can't cover it up later!"

Dongfang Ziqing was speechless as she watched Lu Xinghui pull out the camera ball.

I don't know whether to praise this old professor for his courage or his high level of political awareness.

The large plaza of their spaceship was not far from the main cockpit; they could reach it in less than half a minute by taking the high-speed maneuvering sphere inside the cockpit.

Through the closed glass door, Dongfang Ziqing saw a familiar figure.

Zhang Beihai!

With a calm expression, he single-handedly controlled this behemoth in front of dozens of screens on the control panel.

He was clearly a civilian staff officer from Earth, but he only listened to three days of introductions to the spaceship's functions.

At this moment, he was able to control this colossal spaceship with such precision and composure!

No, to be precise, he hijacked the spaceship!

"General Zhang, what are you doing? Is this a mistake? Open the hatch! You can still cancel it now, but any later and the acceleration command will be impossible to cancel unless you detonate the engines. But if you do that, the entire spaceship will..."

"It can no longer be canceled; I rewrote the control code."

"Wh-what...?"

Dongfang Ziqing was puzzled. What kind of operation is this? I don't know how to do it!

Just then, Chu Qiu, the captain of the Starlight Future, also arrived.

He was a high-ranking interstellar officer with the rank of lieutenant general.

Chu Qiu had just arrived when he heard Zhang Beihai's words, and his expression was the same as Dongfang Ziqing's.

I can't do it either!

Chu Qiu questioned, "Zhang Beihai! Why did you hijack the spaceship? Are you a double agent, sent by the Blue Star Federation to steal our spaceship?"

Zhang Beihai's hands moved like dancing sprites, operating back and forth across dozens of screens with such skill that one might doubt he was the captain.

"I am not a spy."

"Then who are you?!"

"I am just an ordinary person who wants to leave behind a spark for humanity."

at the same time.

Because the Starlight Future did not notify the Spaceport Administration before accelerating, a large number of small and medium-sized warships docked at the spaceport were unable to avoid the route in time and were smashed to pieces on the spot. Large sections of the positioning cables were also easily broken.

The entire spaceport was instantly engulfed in sparks and lightning, a scene of utter chaos.

"Starlight Future has defected! Starlight Future has defected! Third Fleet Combat Team, intercept immediately! Third Fleet Combat Team, intercept immediately!"

"Unable to intercept! Unable to intercept! The enemy is at full firepower readiness; any target closing in will be covered by heavy fire! Our firepower is insufficient! Requesting backup! Requesting backup!"

"The Starlight Future is in its fourth acceleration mode! Its acceleration is about to exceed the maximum acceleration of a normal warship. If we don't intercept it now, we won't be able to catch up!"

At this moment, the military quantum communication network of the Sky Man experienced a surge in traffic, with commands and feedback from all sides constantly flowing through the network.

Among them, one voice was exceptionally firm.

"I am Shi Qing, captain of the Gamma Fantasy. Requesting to enter fourth acceleration mode to intercept the Starlight Future!"

"Application approved!"

Another interstellar spaceship has been launched.

And it is also in the fourth acceleration mode, which means that, ideally, the distance between it and the Starlight Future will remain constant after both of them reach cruising speed.

However, both sides are at full energy levels.

The former starts first and will inevitably consume all its energy first.

Therefore, there is a chance to catch up.

"What exactly happened?"

Three minutes after the Starlight Future was launched, all the high-ranking officials of the Celestial Beings had received the news.

They reunited using a holographic conferencing system.

Peng Yu looked at Shan Hao.

"Commander Shan, is it still impossible to communicate with the Starlight Future's interior?"

Attendees could only see Shan Hao's image; in reality, he was in the command center of the Spaceport Administration, surrounded by countless technicians working busily.

"The other party is very capable. They rewrote the communication protocol in less than a minute. It will take us time to crack this protocol."

Peng Yu was puzzled.

"On the Starlight Future, there are no more than three people with access to the fourth acceleration mode. Could there be an enemy spy among them?"

Shan Hao shook his head firmly.

"Impossible! Colonel Dongfang Ziqing and Captain Chu Qiu are both subordinates I trust implicitly; they have no reason to defect! However, at this moment, there is another person on that spaceship who also possesses the highest authority..."

Just then, Zhang Beihai appeared before all the attendees.

He certainly didn't teleport there; he simply added his holographic image signal to the high-level meeting's channel.

"I am Zhang Beihai. I am the one who launched the Starlight Future. The 45,687 people inside the ship are forced to fight on the same side as me. Please do not make things difficult for their families or friends who are stranded on Mars."