Chapter 200 Wings of Freedom
Caesar's order paused the fleet's attack, which was inconsistent with the order they had received before they came. However, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, so the order of the direct superior was the top priority without violating the overall goal. Therefore, the soldiers of the Peninglang Empire were only slightly stunned, and then immediately executed the new order.
No one thought that such a small spaceship could break through their blockade. The Peninglang Empire was also famous for its strong military strength among the core planets. But since the other party dared to appear alone, if they were not stupid, they must have something to rely on. In the understanding of many soldiers, this was also the reason why their superiors did not order to destroy the other party directly.
There were hundreds of warships within the range that could cover the spaceship, but in order to prevent a large-scale attack from spaceships lurking in the dark, only ten ships changed their positions in the queue and moved closer to the uninvited guest. At the same time, hundreds of individual mechas kept flying out from under the warships. The weapons they were equipped with were enough to blow the small spaceship to pieces. These individual mechas quickly filled the empty areas between the warships, cooperating with each other to form a queue, leaving no room for escape.
At the same time, the captain in charge of command sent a signal to the spaceship such as "lay down your weapons, surrender, and accept inspection by the Fifth Legion of the Peninglang Empire."
But the speed of the spaceship was getting faster and faster. From the beginning, it was about the size of a bean, but it quickly became bigger and bigger.
——The opponent did not slow down.
Caesar frowned, that wild and resolute aura made him feel something strange. He suddenly remembered that although Geosao had made a request, it was only his own idea that the people inside were the offspring of an old friend or some young children. Geosao had not actually explained who was inside.
The spaceship was approaching faster than expected. A nearly completely black spaceship appeared in the field of vision. It was shaped like a bullet. On the bow of the ship was a giant golden bird with its wings spread out. Its feathers seemed to be burning in a raging fire. The bird had three claws, one of which was stepping on a thorn-like pattern. When the pattern was magnified, Caesar realized that it was not a pattern, but a strangely configured text, a text he had never seen before.
——Wings of freedom!
Rong Yuan personally gave this spaceship a name.
Caesar shuddered all over, and he suddenly realized that the reason why this spaceship was approaching so fast was because it had an unimaginable power system. This was not a spaceship that a mere Biqiu Star could have! What Geosao requested was not a tacit and tender protection action, but the other party really wanted to break through their blockade! He gave the order not to open fire, but in fact it was almost impossible to capture them intact. Once the other party broke through the blockade, it would be impossible to catch up with them at a speed far beyond the warship!
Without time to think about Geoso's concealment and exploitation, Caesar grabbed the microphone and shouted: "Attack! Attack! Aim at it and attack with all your strength!"
How fast is light? People on the ground rarely think about this question, because it is meaningless, and light can always reach in an instant. But in the dark universe, the speed of light has meaning. The blazing white beam drags a long tail, extending to the arrogant black spaceship, and countless shells are burning and rushing back to the same target. In the complete silence, thousands of lights bloom, although there are only two colors, red and white, but it is more gorgeous than any fireworks.
The explosion lasted for more than a minute. If the black spaceship could withstand this wave of attacks, it should have rushed out of the artillery fire. But in fact, there was no movement in the constantly exploding light balls.
——Did they sink the black spaceship?
Caesar couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He now thought that maybe the spaceship had sacrificed other capabilities, including its defense system, to achieve its amazing speed. It looked fierce, but it was actually just a paper tiger. He didn't know why he suddenly felt very dangerous and ordered an attack, but he didn't expect the result to be beyond his expectations... How should he explain this to his old friend?
It would have been fine if he hadn't agreed, but he agreed and then did things like this... If there were only children on the spaceship as he thought, how would he face this massacre?
The flames went out, the smoke gradually dispersed, and the battleship observer enlarged the image and saw only scattered pieces of metal floating quietly in the vacuum.
"It's gone." someone exclaimed.
Caesar rushed forward and confirmed with his eyes. Indeed, the image contained only the remnants of the shells they had fired, but the wreckage of the spacecraft that should have appeared there was nowhere to be seen.
This is irrational. The images they see are not just visual images. The warship's perception system includes most detection equipment, including infrared, night vision, radar, temperature, electromagnetic pulse, etc. Even if the spacecraft is invisible, their warships can detect its existence.
Even if the black spaceship's stealth system was beyond the warship's perception range, it was impossible to change direction drastically under that situation and at that speed. Even if the black spaceship dodged in time, it would definitely be hit by some attacks. It would be impossible for it to be undamaged, let alone disappear without a trace.
——So now, what is going on?
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Not to mention Caesar, even Geoso, who saw it all happen with his own eyes, couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment.
During the conversation with Geoso, the Archon had doubts about the most important step in the plan, that is, how Rong Yuan and his team could ensure safe departure. At that time, Rong Yuan said: "I need a safe acceleration distance. If this condition can be achieved, the probability of success will increase to 70%."
After learning the specific value of the so-called safe acceleration distance, Geoso discovered that it was already beyond the range of the Peninglang Empire Army. If hundreds of warships launched an attack at the same time, no armor would be able to withstand it.
——How can we ensure this acceleration distance? Even if Geoso himself was on the spacecraft, he had no right to ask the Empire to give him a break and bring hidden dangers to their homeland.
Geosao didn't say, "How can this be done?" or tell Rongyuan how difficult this was. He was very clear about one thing: the other party had no obligation to sacrifice themselves for the survival of the Biqiu people, but they had done everything they could. All the remaining problems were Biqiu's own problems. Even if there were no conditions, they had to create them. They needed to do their best to clear all obstacles in the way for Rongyuan and the others.
Geosao pondered for a long time and contacted an old friend of his. He had known for a long time that this friend was also on the warships that blockaded Biqiu Star, but he had not made any requests during the two brief contacts between the two sides, in order to leave this opportunity for the future of Biqiu Star. Just as Caesar expected, Geosao had secretly selected a group of children aged three to ten with the best qualifications to protect them, and originally planned to send them out and entrust them to his old friend when the situation became absolutely necessary.
Caesar was originally his last backup plan.
Watching the spaceship that seemed to be rushing towards suicide being destroyed by artillery fire, Geoso's eyes went dark and his body shook involuntarily. He didn't know how he stood firm, but when he woke up, he found himself surrounded by many people, with bloodstains on the corners of his lips and chest.
Geoso wiped away the blood that he had spat out at some point, waved away the people surrounding him, and stared at the screen with despair and stubbornness at the scene of artillery fire that was bursting out one after another, his heart filled with grief and indignation.
——Why? Such injustice has to befall us?
This minute was the longest minute in their lives. The world lost its color and everything seemed gray and suffocating. Something suppressed in their chest was about to burst out and almost tear them apart!
A minute later, the attack paused, but there was no larger piece of debris in the void.
--what happened?
No one spoke or moved. They held on to their shaky hope, and the sound of their heartbeats became louder and louder, as if deafening.
Geoso slowly realized that before the spacecraft was engulfed by artillery fire, it had exceeded the "safe acceleration distance" required by Rong Yuan.
It was as if a candle flame suddenly ignited in the darkness, becoming brighter and brighter, and gradually developing into a raging fire.
“Ding Dong!”
A prompt sounded on the screen , and the assistant to the Archon trembled and shouted excitedly: "Sir, we received an open email!"
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“Oh my God!” Amirida half-lying on the chair, clutching her chest, gasping like a dehydrated fish, muttering with dazed eyes: “Wormhole maker, I want to see it in my dreams.”
Rong Yuan manipulated the spaceship to turn invisible and dodge. The sensor system detected that a large fleet was approaching. He would be crazy to jump into the fire pit just when he had escaped from danger. But the distance between the two sides was not far, and the speed of the spaceship was very fast. He was almost in a hurry to operate the spaceship to change the course to avoid crashing into the enemy's encirclement. He didn't care about Amirida at all.
As he operated, red liquid dripped onto the operating table. His face was almost covered in blood. Even though he had put on a space suit in advance, his fragile facial features could not withstand the huge tearing force of passing through the wormhole. As he moved, large patches of purple bruises appeared under his skin. They were caused by the rupture of capillaries and the leakage of blood from the blood vessels. If he had not taken a pill that violated scientific common sense in advance, he would not have been able to hold on until now. Even so, he felt terrible pain all over his body when he moved. Amirida was kind enough to cry, but her face was also covered with nosebleeds.
In order to operate the spacecraft, Rong Yuan couldn't even fit Amyrida into the nutrition cabin, and of course he stayed outside. If the distance they crossed was longer, they might have died by now.
The wormhole generator was the first merit exchange item he used in front of Amirida. According to Rong Yuan's understanding, only a few core planets in the current interstellar alliance have done some research in this area. Currently, all the space gates used by the alliance are naturally formed wormholes, and artificial ones are limited to laboratories.
To cross a wormhole, one must accelerate to a certain value. He had previously used the unmanned satellites of the Pichu star to send the wormhole generators to the predetermined locations in a triangular distribution. Because Geoso had made up a reason and greeted them in advance, Caesar ignored these little things. After careful calculation, the wormhole it created could only allow them to cross a distance of less than 300,000 kilometers, and they almost collided head-on with Peninglang's replacement fleet.
But fortunately, after a narrow escape, the black spaceship slid lightly past the edge of the range that the Peninglang fleet could perceive.
