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nChapter 162: Advance Party (1)

nTranslator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

nTwenty days later.

nA fleet of ten thousand warships appeared from the Proxima Centauri galaxy’s wormhole.

n“Alert!”

nAs soon as the fleet arrived, they activated their energy shield at full power.

nFortunately, there was no movement around them, they weren’t attacked.

n“Good, it seems we are the first to arrive!”

nKris scanned the area, looking at the empty universe with a smile on his face.

nThen, the gravitational wave detector was activated, scanning the entire Proxima Centauri galaxy, there was no other spaceship-like object besides them.

nHowever, he didn’t let his guard down and quickly said, “Let the reconnaissance team spread out and search every planet…”

nAs expected, they found nothing. With their level of technology, it was hard to detect the Great Whale Legion, who had hidden ahead of time.

nKris was satisfied, he issued the same command as Dugo, letting the whole fleet hide near a planet.

nThe universe fell silent again.

nWhat they didn’t know was, when their fleet was hiding, the Great Whale

nLegion had secretly marked their spaceships.

nA month later, another fleet appeared in the Proxima Centauri galaxy.

nLike the early arriving Great Whale Fleet and Fire Fleet, thinking their fleet was the first to arrive, they also did not directly invade the solar system, instead choosing to hide.

nThe tiny Proxima Centauri galaxy was simultaneously hiding three fleets from different civilizations.

n“Haha, this fleet thinks they’re the first to arrive, they’ve also hidden on this planet…”

nKris was in the newly constructed underground hideout, laughing endlessly.

nLittle did they know, not far from their hideout, the members of the Great Whale Fleet were also laughing at them.

nTime trickled by.

nIn the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.

nIn the solar system, 2 million kilometers away from the wormhole, there was a military base built on the fragments of Pluto.

nZhao Yu was lying on a couch, bored, asking, “How many groups now?”

nHe had been near the wormhole for more than half a year. At first, he was very nervous, worried about being destroyed.

nWho knew, all these days, there had been no fleets coming in, he felt somewhat idle.

n“Including the Level-3 civilization, seven fleets have entered Proxima Centauri, judging by their arrival times, they didn’t come together…”

nColonel Chu said with a smile, his demeanor much more relaxed than before.

nAfter more than half a year of development, they now had enough confidence to handle any attacks from Level-2 civilizations.

nMoreover, during this time, they had figured out how to delay Level-3 civilizations from targeting them.

nAfter Pluto exploded, millions of meteorites formed, most of which were transformed by Zhao Yu into military bases.

nCountless warships were produced, even twenty sets of laser defense systems were established.

nThis ensured that a second set could quickly replace any destroyed system.

n“Beep Beep Beep– !”

nAt that moment, the base’s alarm sounded. The two men quickly stood up and entered the command center.

nInside, several staff officers were standing in front of the equipment with serious faces.

nSeeing them enter, they quickly approached, “We have a situation, a fleet has emerged from Proxima Centauri…”

nZhao Yu turned to look at the screen. Sure enough, in the formerly empty universe of the neighboring star system, not too far away, some larger warships had appeared.

nThe distance between each warship was significant, there must be many small warships in between that they couldn’t see.

n“Are they finally taking action?!”

nZhao Yu perked up. After preparing for more than half a year, their plan was finally about to start.

nProxima Centauri Galaxy.

n“Damn, our civilization isn’t the last one to arrive, is it?!”

nOn a command ship, an intelligent life form muttered.

n“It’s been so long since the two-star explosion, there’s been no movement…”

n“What if we’re the only civilization within a thousand light-years that dares to come here?!”

n“It’s possible, but I tend to believe that fleets have already entered and are waiting for us…”

n“Captain Kote, why don’t we send a squad to check it out?!”

nThe advisors turned their heads, looking at the man at the forefront.

nKote stroked his beard and nodded slightly, “Let’s send a squad to check the situation…”

nSoon, a squad of ten warships left the main force, arrived near the wormhole, activated it, and passed through in an instant.

n“What are they doing?!”

nZhao Yu was a bit puzzled. Over at Proxima Centauri, the fleet that left the planet was circling around a certain area, unclear about what they were doing.

n“Commander, that should be Proxima Centauri’s wormhole. They are likely constructing military fortifications around the wormhole…”

nColonel Chu, having heard the robot’s way of addressing Zhao Yu, had gradually started to do the same.

nSuddenly, he thought of a possibility and quickly said, “Could they have sent a spaceship over?!”

n“Possibly, note down the time. Let’s see how long it takes to cross four light-years through a wormhole…”

nZhao Yu nodded slightly.

nThese days, seven fleets had arrived at Proxima Centauri, each time appearing in the same place. Therefore, they had basically pinpointed the location of Proxima Centauri’s wormhole.

nJust as they predicted, a day later, ten warships appeared within the Solar System.

n“Enemy attack—!”

nAlthough this squad came with the idea of scouting, they believed it was highly unlikely that there would be any other civilizations within the Solar System.

nLittle did they know, they had walked right into an ambush!

nFrom all directions, countless lasers rained down upon them.

n“Hurry, activate the wormhole!!!”

n“We can’t, it’s a downward channel right now, we need to wait for the wormhole to disappear before we can activate it again…”

nThe energy shields of the ten warships were pushed to the limit, trying to withstand the onslaught.

nUnfortunately, there were simply too many lasers and they were just 1000 kilometers away from the wormhole, making it impossible to dodge.

nIn no time, the energy shields of the ten warships were breached.

n“Damn it, explode!”

n“Boom!”

nWith a dazzling explosion, the scout squad, which had not even been in the Solar System for a minute, completely disappeared.

nTaken along with it was the first set of laser defense systems.

n“Hurry, install the second set of laser defenses!”

nFrom the military base 2 million kilometers away, Zhao Yu quickly dispatched an engineering ship to install the second line of defense.

nIn reality, there were more than one line of defense outside the wormhole. Following the advice of the advisors, Zhao Yu had set up three layers of defense.

nThe first defense line was 1000 kilometers away from the wormhole. It was the smallest in range and required few bases, but it was very effective and gave enemies almost no chance to escape.

nThere were only two ways out: get killed by the laser beams or self-destruct the alien spacecraft.

nThe second defense line was located 800,000 kilometers from the wormhole. It was a contingency line for when the first wave of enemies entered and self-destructed their ships, making it impossible to replenish the first line in time.

nThe third defense line was 1.5 million kilometers away, which was the last line of defense within the safe distance of the temporary base.

nIf this line was also breached, Zhao Yu and the others would have to consider escaping on their shuttles.

n“It took them approximately 29 hours to traverse the wormhole and arrive in our Solar System…”

nColonel Chu also finished his calculations and said, “Based on current data, it seems that traveling through a wormhole covers about 0.13 light-years per hour, or 3.3 light-years in a day…”

nZhao Yu nodded and laughed, “In that case, they should learn about the loss of their fleet by tomorrow…”

n“Not necessarily, if they had agreed on a return time in advance, they might not know until several days later, or even a week…” Colonel Chu also laughed. As of now, all the enemies’ movements were within their expectations.

nIf things continued like this, it wouldn’t be a problem to delay for several years. By then, the more advanced technology of the Pangu civilization should have been transmitted over..

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