After a huge and blazing electric light, an advance formation consisting of one armed escort spacecraft, five space vehicles, and 15 combat flying mechas led by Li Sujia, Liu Hanyang, and Zhou Yun appeared in a vast and dark hole. .
The surroundings were eerily quiet and endlessly dark, except for a circular halo of light in the far distance, which outlined the shape of the big hole—a perfect sphere.
"Are we in a black hole?" Zhou Yun asked, looking at the halo outside the porthole of the armed escort spacecraft.
Li Sujia shook her head, and her intuition told her that they were still in the gate of time and space. It was still uncertain whether they had been successfully transmitted to the gate of time and space in Proxima Centauri.
A time of 0.03 seconds spanning a distance of several light years is simply an unimaginable "journey". It is so short that the consciousness has not caught up with the gap of distance.
The armed escort spacecraft was launched, and it flew towards the edge of the gate of time and space with 5 space vehicles and 15 combat flying mechas...
As expected, the three of them have been transmitted to Proxima Centauri, but no one can be completely sure.
Fifteen minutes later, the advance formation flew out of the outermost edge of the Gate of Time and Space. The moment the armed escort spacecraft jumped out of the darkness, a dazzling light was projected into the porthole.
The three of them turned around and looked towards the direction of the light, and saw a star similar to the sun standing behind them, with warm orange-red light pouring on their cheeks, which was warm and comfortable.
There are three planets of different sizes orbiting around this "sun", and together they form a stable star system.
In addition, there are two stars scattered around this galaxy, which appear to form a triple star system.
Seeing this scene, Liu Hanyang's first reaction was that this three-star system must be composed of Nanmen A\\b and Proxima Centauri, because it is the three-star system closest to the sun.
If true, it means that the advance formation of the three of them has been transmitted to Proxima Centauri.
Everything needs to be verified with specific galaxy coordinates.
The reason why Liu Hanyang and the others were not sure whether they had been transmitted to Proxima Centauri was because the moment of space-time transmission caused chaos in interstellar navigation, and they had to be corrected before they could work normally.
An hour later, the interstellar navigation calibration was completed. When the galaxy coordinates of the galaxy were displayed in front of the three of them, their hanging hearts finally calmed down.
They were transported to Proxima Centauri.
To the surprise of the three people, the time and space gate located on Proxima Centauri seemed to have been forgotten by the Tiberians. There were no soldiers of the Tiberians here, not even a combat robot.
The three people held a short and simple celebration. Since the voyage, the three people who had almost never drank alcohol made an exception and opened a bottle of wine, tasting wine and singing amidst laughter and laughter...
After the celebration, what to do next once again haunted everyone's minds, and the three of them fell into deep thought...
There are two paths before them. One is to continue transmitting to the solar system through the gate of time and space.
But the solar system is no different from other places. The Tabor people have regarded it as their new home. The gate of time and space in the solar system is an important channel to connect with other extrasolar galaxies, and they will definitely send heavy troops to guard it.
Isn't transmission like a sheep like a wolf?
Second, give up space-time transmission and instead return to the solar system by long-distance voyage until returning to the earth.
But this also faces dangers, not to mention that it takes a lot of time and energy to finally return to the earth. Once they approach the solar system, the Tiberians will definitely monitor the position and heading of the advance formation, and strangulation will be inevitable.
Even if they were lucky enough to escape the encirclement and suppression of the Tiberians and successfully enter the solar system, the journey back to Earth is also full of dangers. Even if they wiped out a task force with limited offensive and defensive capabilities, the Tiberians did not even need to dispatch any aircraft, just once. A long-range strike is enough.
There was silence in the flight control cabin of the armed escort spacecraft, and the three of them were thinking about the most reliable and safe way to return to Earth.
Zhou Yun was the first to break the silence: "I am inclined to give up time and space transmission and return to the earth by long-distance voyage. Although the journey is long, it will not be trapped in a tight siege as soon as the transmission is carried out."
"The long voyage will also be surrounded and suppressed by the Taibo Stars, or even an unpredictable and sudden destruction!" Liu Hanyang said.
"The space is so large and the time is so long that we can completely deal with the Tabor aliens in both time and space. If we are lucky enough to enter the solar system, we should immediately call the Crisis Planning Agency and request the dispatch of an escort fleet. Presumably under the watchful eyes of everyone, Tabor The stars don’t dare to act rashly.”
"Yun, what you said is an ideal state. You overestimated our strength and underestimated the insidiousness and cruelty of the Tiberians."
"Then what do you want to do? Should you stay here and wait for death, or should you teleport immediately, enter the cage of the Taibo people, or even turn into a wisp of smoke?" Zhou Yun became a little angry. After speaking, she glared fiercely. Liu Hanyang glanced at him.
"Don't forget, we are the advance team." Liu Hanyang said helplessly.
His words made Zhou Yun realize something, her expression immediately changed, and Li Sujia also suddenly realized.
"I understand Miyazawa and his party, and I also know his style very well. We are all pawns in his entire return plan." Liu Hanyang said, looking out the window sadly.
After a pause, he continued: "For the safety of the voyage fleet and the smooth return, he will definitely maximize the role of our advance team. Sujia, you have fought against him, you have the most say."
Li Sujia gave a bitter smile, stared at the communication device, and said calmly: "Then wait for his further instructions."
Thirty minutes later, the communication device indeed received a message from Miyazawa and his party. The message was sent using quantum encryption. The message asked Li Sujia to report on the specific situation of the space-time gate at Proxima Centauri.
Li Sujia truthfully told the truth that there were no Taibo people stationed here.
Soon, she received another quantum encrypted message from Miyazawa, asking her, Liu Hanyang, and Zhou Yun to lead the advance formation and stay there until the expedition fleet reached the time and space gate at Lutan 726-6, and then wait for the next step. Order.
The truth was already very clear. Zhou Yun finally understood the true mission and mission of this advance formation. Returning to Earth had nothing to do with them at all.
As Liu Hanyang said, this advance formation is a forerunner and pathfinder. Its role is to test and explore the reaction and deployment of the Tiber aliens located at the two space-time gates in Proxima Centauri and the solar system, so as to provide a basis for the subsequent time-space transmission of the expedition fleet. Spying on information.
According to the speed of the voyage fleet, Li Sujia and the others roughly estimated the time when they finally arrived at the time and space gate at Lutan 726-6, which was about 2 years and 7 months later.
To this end, they developed a scientific and detailed rotation duty schedule. The three people were divided into three groups. Each person was on alert duty for ten and a half months, and the remaining time would be spent sleeping in the dormant cabin.
Time flies and the stars fly. More than two years pass very quickly. In a blink of an eye, Zhou Yun, who is on the last alert duty, wakes up Li Sujia and Liu Hanyang who have entered a dormant state.
Their awakening also heralds that the voyage fleet has arrived at the gate of time and space located at Rutan 726-6.
