Colonia Storm Tour

At the same moment, all the warships were bathed in a white-pink light and temporarily disappeared from normal space, embarking on an extraordinary faster-than-light journey.

One thing that must be admitted is that... the jump range of the psionic jump engine of the idealist idiots is larger than that of a normal jump engine, totaling +50% faster-than-light jump range.

The Colonia flanking fleet, which had just completed its warp drive, immediately readjusted its course based on Lin Haiyuan's humanoid Exile-specific probe after bursting out of the warp space.

The pink ring of undulation and light he saw was not fixed in front of his field of vision; it would deviate from the center depending on the movement of the warship. Lin Haiyuan's main task, besides commanding the battle, was to readjust the course to ensure that the fleet's direction of advance was straight toward the light emitting the pink ring of undulation and to avoid deviating from the course.

"The course has been readjusted. Continue forward."

After saying what he was doing as usual, Lin Haiyuan decided to stop what he was doing and relax.

Dididi! The alarm sounded again.

"Warning—Large-scale warp signal detected! The Ring Messenger fleet is warping into the battlefield!"

Walker.com AI warned.

"Holy crap, how did they catch up with me so quickly?"

Lin Haiyuan stared in astonishment at the virtual warp points on the holographic image of the corresponding scanning array.

"There is a greater than 90% chance that the Ring Messenger used technology unknown to us to locate our warship, which is why they were able to accurately find our position and warp over to us."

Walker.com's AI offered its only deduction based on its analysis.

"Do they have subspace probes or tachyon probes? Walker.net AI, execute tactical warp jumps across the entire ship to create distance first."

Lin Haiyuan had no intention of being overwhelmed by those Protoss fleets.

"Yes, Master."

WalkerNet AI controls the Colonia's flank air base and coordinates tactical warp jumps with other Kodiak warships.

Just as the Destroyer battleship, the Decayer battleship, and the Skybreaker carrier jumped over and took up their combat positions one after another, all that could be seen was the Colonia's flank air base and the Kodiak battleships patting their backsides and entering warp space, leaving behind extremely blinding pale flashes before disappearing again.

"We have lost our target once again. The unknown force's ships have once again entered faster-than-light travel and disappeared."

The Void Crystal Core reported.

"Huh? They've escaped again. Keep moving forward and continue scanning with the subspace probe. Let's see where those bastards run off to."

This time, the Agent was not angered by the opponent's escape, because as long as the opponent did not run far beyond the range of a standard planetary system, the Agent could find the thing by the subspace probe on its core.

The Colonia flanking fleet's tactical warp also has a limit to its distance, so it quickly ejects from the warp space.

Once all the warships were ejected from the warp space, what impressed even experts was that the formation was not broken by the emergency tactical warp.

The subspace fluctuations generated the moment the warship completed its warp and returned to real space were instantly detected by the large subspace detection array on the command ship.

"Subspace fluctuations of the target ship have been detected and located. The fleet is advancing at full speed."

The Void Crystal Core reported and corrected the fleet's course, then charged back towards the Colonia flanking fleet that had warped to another direction.

"We are still not safe now. If the other side has a subspace probe or a tachyon probe, we should still be on the display of the other side's probe. Walker AI, continue to accelerate forward."

Lin Haiyuan compared the size and fluctuation of the light he had just remembered with the light now.

"Upon arriving at this position, I have seen the light and the circular fluctuations growing larger, approximately 30% larger than before, proving that we have already traveled some distance beyond the 'seeing the mountain but running to death' journey."

In fact, the distance between the two is far from being as far as the saying goes, "looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death." Moreover, the bright light emitting circular fluctuations, which is called "sensor marker," is not a real star. It does not have effects such as redshift or blueshift; it will only get bigger as it gets closer.

Lin Haiyuan only hoped that the sensor mark would disappear quickly after they got closer to Exile's sealed place, because it was too blinding.

The second episode will be released tonight.

Nuclear fusion missiles are only considered T2 explosive weapons in the universe. T3 explosive weapons are antimatter missiles, and T4 are quantum missiles that use vacuum zero-point energy to cause explosive damage...

Chapter Thirty: Rapid Sprint (II)

Imagine looking at an incandescent light bulb right up to your face. It would feel like nothing but blindness. Of course, a blind person wouldn't have much to say. But just because you see light doesn't mean you can ignore its effects. You'll feel your face getting warmer from the light, and I won't go into details.

After the Colonia flank air base and the Kodiak warships underwent two faster-than-light journeys, their faster-than-light travel speed and warship firing speed did not decrease. Therefore, the fleet that made two consecutive jumps was still able to maintain a high acceleration and fly towards the target.

The Ring Messenger fleet, which had just undergone a psionic leap, also did not experience any reduction in sublight speed of travel or firing speed. However, like the Colonia flanking fleet, it needed to wait for the faster-than-light engines to cool down or recharge before it could perform another psionic leap to pursue them. It had been using artillery for most of its time and had almost never engaged in direct combat with any of its opponents.

Now that the subspace detection array is on the Royal Ship, it can quickly detect unusual subspace fluctuations and thus locate the direction of the guy who has been playing guerrilla warfare all along.

Therefore, the agent is not in a hurry to see the target warp away and get angry. Now that unknown force is like Sun Wukong in the palm of Buddha's hand. Where can it go if it keeps jumping around in the palm of Buddha's hand?

As long as it's still within your "palm's reach," why worry about that guy who also has designs on the post-wormhole world leaving easily?

The End of Reincarnation knows what the universe beyond this wormhole looks like, and the warship of that unknown force also knows what things in this universe look like. Only he himself is stuck in his own thoughts, completely clueless about what things are there. This feeling of being kept in the dark is truly awful.

The agent wondered if there were some rare treasures behind this wormhole that had attracted that guy and Lord of the End of Reincarnation. But Lord of the End of Reincarnation's reaction was strange. Why did he want to conduct the cleanup himself instead of finding something and handing it over to the Void Realm?

The agent, who sensed the discrepancy between the two actions, ultimately arrived at a confused and perplexing conclusion.

An unknown force's warships are searching for something of value in the universe beyond the wormhole. There are also things here that pose a threat to Lord of the End of Reincarnation and must be eliminated.

Could they be looking for the same thing?

The Executor developed an intense curiosity about that mysterious "thing." He was extremely curious about what could arouse the fear of the boss above him and the desire of an unknown force, making the latter risk being captured and destroyed by his own fleet just to find it.

"When the time comes, we must capture them alive to read their actions and see if these guys are looking for something that can make Lord End of Reincarnation wary."

He said this to himself, and his resolve hardened.

It's worth noting that "capturing alive" here doesn't mean capturing a living person to read their mind or read their memories, because it's very likely that high-ranking officers or generals like captains or fleet commanders won't be captured. Therefore, the goal is to use a "predictive interface" to read their purpose. So, all that's needed is to capture a warship or a warship equipped with a predictive interface, get close to it, and then analyze and read its contents.

Lin Haiyuan, who was still moving forward, was unaware of the little schemes of the agent who was still in the virtual world of "Blue Star," but even if he knew, it wouldn't matter.

The "Aurora" plasma thrusters at Colonia's flank air base station emitted several engine nozzles that spewed out bluish-green plasma tail flames, leaving several distinct yet brief trails in the void.

The two propulsion engines at the stern of the Kodiak warship also emitted a distinct bluish-green light, leaving two long, thick, and short trails in the air.

In the absence of sound wave propagation mediums in outer space, these massive warships and an even larger one did not make any earth-shattering sounds as they passed by; instead, there was only a silent, empty desolation. In this silent environment, people could only hear the sounds of their own bodies, such as the sound of blood flowing and heartbeats.

Only when you are inside a cabin with a stable life support system can you hear sounds that can travel through the warship. You still can't hear sounds from outside the warship. However, this does not mean that you can't hear any sounds in outer space. It just means that the sound travels in the form of electromagnetic waves. You need a special set of equipment and researchers to operate the equipment to convert the electromagnetic waves into audible sounds for you to hear.

Therefore, you can learn about the sound of everything from a meteoroid to a star by using the sound waves generated by that equipment; each one has its own unique sound.

The focus now shifts away from the sounds of space, after the long-range warp engines of the Colonia flank air base and the Kodiak warships are ready again.

"Walker AI, next we'll make a warp to this position. If there are no problems, we should be closer to her location than before."

Lin Haiyuan specified the warp coordinates.

"Yes, Master."

Walker.com's AI activated the warp drive based on the warp coordinates input into the navigation system. The entire fleet entered the warp space amidst a flash of light, achieving faster-than-light travel through the warp space and rushing towards the designated location.

This long-distance jump was longer than before, so instead of just jumping out of the jump space a few seconds later, correcting the course, flying for a while, and then continuing to fly after the jump driver was fully charged, it didn't continue flying.

"Actress, the fleet of the unknown force has once again entered a faster-than-light travel state. We detected the last subspace fluctuations, indicating that they are traveling forward."

The Void Crystal Core detected their movement via a subspace probe.

"Their warships have plenty of energy reserves. They've used so many warp jumps in a row, reaching the maximum warp distance ahead. If we're quick enough, we can stop them."

The acting leader gave the order.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The Void Crystal Core replaced the Traveler in controlling all the warships, once again entering a psionic leap state to pursue the Colonia flanking fleet, which was also traveling at faster-than-light speed.

Within the warp space, Lin Haiyuan constantly paid attention to the sensor markers in his field of vision, carefully observing any possible changes.

The light emanating from the circular ripples gradually expands, and the number and geometry of the ripples become increasingly clear.

They were clearly closing the distance between themselves and Exile, and the rate of approach was increasing even more than before.

"We're getting closer now..."

Lin Haiyuan removed his hands from the table and placed them on the thighs of Hei Yu, who had been sitting quietly in his lap, and slowly leaned back in his chair to relax for a moment.

There's no need to worry about enemies launching surprise attacks during the warp, and there are practically no enemies capable of entering the warp space to launch a sneak attack.

"However, once we find her, how to break the seal is another matter entirely, and how long will it take to break the seal..."

Lin Haiyuan's main concern was the series of problems he would face after finding her and breaking the seal.

Facing an opponent who may possess a subspace probe and can endlessly spawn troops, wasting a lot of time on breaking the seal seems like a bad outcome.

As he relaxed and pondered, Lin Haiyuan stroked Hei Yu's hair gently, as if petting a cat.

After ten minutes of contemplation, Lin Haiyuan's eyes noticed the prompt message on the holographic image at the edge.

"Expected arrival at the target location in 0.1 minutes."

Lin Haiyuan stopped stroking Hei Yu's hair, placed his hand back on the table, and was ready to handle any messages or buttons that might pop up.

The streak of light moving backward in the scene disappeared completely and turned into pure white after the remaining time of the warp became 0. Then Lin Haiyuan continued to see a universe composed of pink nebulae, stars and darkness.

The moment he returned to the center of the normal state, the sensory markers in Lin Haiyuan's eyes magnified further, and began to affect his control of the ship.

“Very good, this blind sensor marker is getting bigger and bigger. Walker AI, have you detected any floating land ahead?”

Lin Haiyuan asked.

"Scanning..."

Walker.com's AI has begun scanning the area for possible floating land ahead using a scanning array. The basic characteristics of Exile's sealed land are a dark pinkish-gray land with hexagonal bluish-gray stone brick floors, on which are engraved irregular and mysterious patterns that emit a dim green hue.

After conducting a wide-ranging scan of the surrounding area, Walker.com AI arrived at the expected conclusion.

"Master, we haven't detected any floating continents ahead. There's a very spacious and empty area ahead of us. We need to get closer to the target you can see."

Walker.net's shipboard scanning array also returned the corresponding results, showing that no terrain contours appeared inside the holographic projection.

"Hmm, no need to adjust the course, continue accelerating."

Lin Haiyuan nodded.

"Yes, Master."

Walker.com AI responded.

The Colonia's flank air base and the Kodiak warship continued to accelerate, their engine exhaust trails gliding through the background filled with irregular pink nebulae, empty dark space, and geometric stars.

As he sped forward, Lin Haiyuan stared intently at the content on the holographic projection, waiting for a warning signal that might appear, or rather, was certain to appear.

Dididi!

"He's here as expected," Lin Haiyuan thought to himself.

"Warning - Numerous warp signals detected ahead! The Ring Messenger's warships are moving faster than us!"