In about half a day, all the material sorting work was completed. The shuttle boat went back and forth several times to load all the necessary materials. The large amount of basic metals and rocket fuel carried on the spacecraft were no longer useful and were discarded together with the spacecraft itself. In fact, more than half of the rocket engine's combustion is left, which is a pity.
Judging from the meaning of this reserve, it can completely support the spacecraft to take off and land on a planet midway to resupply supplies.
Lu Niancheng didn't even bother to clean up the battlefield, and gave up the opportunity to look for clues about the ambush. He directly led the small fleet to perform a space jump and returned to the Ninth Fleet's base.
The Ninth Fleet is stationed at a dark star in the constellation Centauri, only a few dozen light-years away from Proxima Centauri. Because it is close to the home planet, the strategic location is very important. The Tang Dynasty stationed heavy troops here, and the Ninth Fleet is also the top three behemoths in the deep space fleet of the dynasty.
After the Shuo Star jumped out of the wormhole, Lu Niancheng ordered: "Notify the headquarters base that we are back. In addition, move forward at full speed and enter the galaxy as soon as possible."
The staff officer next to him was surprised and said: "Colonel Xu's spaceship was seriously damaged and cannot keep up with us."
"Ignore him, just let him go back slowly."
The Zodiac began to accelerate, all ion engines were turned on to maximum power, and even one of the warp engines was turned on. This is a somewhat dangerous move.
The Shuoxing quickly accelerated to one-tenth the speed of light, but Lu Niancheng was still a little dissatisfied. At this time, a notification sounded in the console: "This is the Ninth Fleet base. Your request for entry has been received and entry is allowed. Your curvature engine will be turned off. Repeat, please turn off the curvature engine."
"I will turn it off after entering the galaxy. Now I have something urgent and I have to go back quickly. I can't turn it off for the time being."
The emblem of the Ninth Fleet disappeared from the screen and was replaced by an iceberg beauty. She looked at Lu Niancheng and said expressionlessly: "This is a dangerous move and will be punished accordingly. Don't blame me for not warning you."
Lu Niancheng's demeanor suddenly dropped and he said, "I do have something important to do. I won't do it again."
"How many times has this happened?"
"This..." Lu Chengcheng felt sweat on his forehead.
The iceberg beauty wrote something down, and then said: "I have already handed in the report. Let's wait for the results."
After that, she cut off the communication directly.
Lu Chengcheng stayed on the spot. After a while, the adjutant next to him asked softly: "General, do you want to slow down?"
Lu Chengcheng suddenly burst out and shouted: "Slow down the speed! Didn't you listen to her? The report has been handed in, what's the use of slowing down? Go, let me start the other engine, and wait outside the port. close!"
A moment later, the Shuo Star was like a wild horse, heading straight into the galaxy.
In the center of the galaxy, a huge star emits orange light, illuminating everything around it. The Shuo Xing was also plated with a layer of gold and flew calmly.
On the bridge, Lin Xi stood in the middle, with Lu Chengcheng and Li Ruobai on the left and Meng Jianghu standing beside them. At this time, there is no place for Chu Jungui.
The light of stars shines through the portholes and onto everyone. Lu Chengcheng said: "In this galaxy, it is at dusk most of the time. So the first generation of explorers named this galaxy Twilight Ranch. The homeport of our Ninth Fleet is built between Ranch 2 and Ranch 3. There. It is the stable orbit closest to the jump point.”
"Is the marshal here?" Lin Xi asked.
"I just received the news that he is waiting for you at the home port."
"Okay, I'll go see him immediately after arriving."
At this moment, Chu Jungui was sitting in the cabin, looking at the dazzling scenery outside the porthole window. The Dusk Ranch Galaxy is not only beautiful in name, but also more beautiful in real life. Because the luminosity of the star is not enough, such a magnificent scenery is produced.
The portholes of the starship are naturally virtual, but they are made real enough that even the stars' light shines on them, making them feel slightly warm.
A planet flew past the porthole window. It was a gray-black planet. It was unknown whether there was anyone living on it. Just looking at the moving speed of the planet, you can know how fast the Shuoxing is flying.
At this moment, the ship body shook suddenly, the light in the cabin suddenly dimmed, and then a majestic and cold electronic synthesized voice sounded: "Your ship has entered the home port control area, and the speed exceeds the limit. Now it is forced to slow down."
Is this okay? Chu Jun returned to Daqi.
He changed the porthole screen to the perspective of the ship's bow, and saw a floating fortress faintly appearing in the depths of the distant space.
As the fortress grew larger, details became apparent.
The homeport of the Ninth Fleet is actually not built on a planet, but a base built out of thin air in space!
The home port base is shaped like a top, surrounded by a ring of ring-shaped buildings. The total length of the main pillar-shaped building in the center reaches tens of kilometers, and the diameter of the ring reaches hundreds of kilometers!
Entry and exit ports are located at both ends of the central body, with spacecraft constantly coming in and out. At this time, a beam of light was shot from the base, shining on the Shuoxing, and immediately took over the control of the Shuoxing. The Shuo Xing continued to circle under the tug of the beam until it matched the rotation speed of the home port. Then, under the guidance of the tractor beam, it flew to one of the ports.
As they approached the base, the outer door of the port had swung open, allowing the Shouxing to fly in. This harbor is huge in scale, and the diameter of the entrance channel is more than a hundred meters. The Shuoxing can fly in it with ease.
A faint blue light lit up on all four walls of the passage. As soon as it entered the passage, the Shuo Xing was captured by the force field and slowly slid towards the depths of the harbor. The revolving door at the entrance of the passage was closed again, and the surrounding lights turned red, indicating that the harbor was occupied.
The Star glided in the force field until it reached the rotunda at the end, and then landed slowly. It lowered its landing gear and clung to the floor with a sweet sound. The floor then rotated, allowing the Shuoxing to move sideways, and several passages automatically extended over and connected to the hatch.
"The Shuo Xing has returned to its home port, berthing has been completed, and it is now safe to leave the ship."
Chu Jungui stood up, and together with other members of the winter hunting team, walked out of the room with their luggage, and left the Shuoxing in one file.
Standing in the passage, just a harbor can make people feel the grandeur. This harbor should only be considered medium-sized in the entire base, otherwise the main starships would not be able to park.
The space base where Chu Jungui was located back then was only as big as two or three harbors.
Enter the hall along the long passage, where everyone temporarily gathers to wait for further quarantine. This is a necessary step in interstellar travel to prevent dangerous species from deep space from being unknowingly brought back to base.
While waiting, through the porthole, Chu Jungui saw that all the passages were slowly retracted, the side gates were opened, and the Shuoxing was moved in. That was the shipyard. The battle situation for the Shuoxing was fierce at the moment, and the ship's hull was damaged in many places. It needed to be completely overhauled before it could travel in deep space again.
At this time, Qin Yi appeared out of nowhere, came to Chu Jungui, and said softly: "I heard that something is wrong with you."
