Chapter 224 Return to the Star
"Your Highness, we have already docked with the fleet that is here to greet you. The one who is here to greet you is Colonel Edwin." Horus stood on Klein's right and whispered.
“Hmm…” Klein nodded and said to Li Yu on his left: “Edwin is a senior officer of the Civilization Army and my cousin.”
"Sounds like an officer with a promising future," Li Yu agreed, his eyes unconsciously passing over Horus.
Horus had a blank expression on his face, and there was no ripple in his eyes, but Li Yu felt his scalp tingling from time to time.
Ever since he talked with Klein yesterday, Klein asked Li Yu to follow her, one on each side of Horus, like two door gods.
But Li Yu did not seem happy at all. Klein seemed to want him to check and balance Horus. Although her methods were rather immature, her transformation could be seen.
Horus was the only one by her side, which could easily cause a bad influence.
But the problem is that Li Yu doesn't want to compete with Horus, the old villain, at all. Horus didn't respond to Klein's immature means of checks and balances.
As the Black Knight exited the jump mode, the small fleet led by Edwin appeared in the porthole view.
At the same time, a link request was initiated to the Black Knight, and a holographic screen popped up, revealing Edwin's young and calm face.
"Your Highness, welcome back." Edwin's voice was calm, without any emotion.
“Colonel Edwin, you’ve worked hard.” Klein smiled gently and said, “I’m sorry for the long delay on the road.”
"This is what I should do." Edwin shook his head, his eyes moving slightly, sweeping across Li Yu on Klein's left, but not deliberately staying.
"The one-time directional stargate is ready and can return to the central system at any time." Edwin added: "Do you have anything else to say?"
"There are still some victims on the ship. If there is any life-bearing planet nearby, let them go first," Klein said.
Edwin frowned slightly when he heard this, but he did not hesitate at all: "There is a planet with life nearby where the one-time directional star gate is located."
“Then let’s go.” Klein nodded.
Edwin then proceeded to dock. He came to the Black Knight fleet from the command ship of the small fleet, and the remaining warships became frigates of the Black Knight.
Edwin acted decisively and without any delay, and went to the top cabin in his combat uniform.
“Your Highness…” He clasped his hands together and placed them in front of his chest to show respect to Klein, who returned the salute.
"Lord Horus..." Edwin saluted Horus respectfully again. This was the etiquette of the Guixing military. As one of the former military leaders, Horus still had considerable prestige.
"Well, Connor has a successor." Horus was also very considerate and expressed his admiration.
Li Yu blinked, but Edwin ignored him and didn't even ask who he was, clearly ignoring him.
But Li Yu was not angry. Edwin was of noble birth, so there was no need for him to ask everyone he met. Most of the time, it was others who took the initiative to greet him.
He's not also thinking about why I'm ignoring him, is he? Li Yu's thoughts are scattered, and he's bored.
According to Edwin's coordinates, the group drove towards the location of the directional star gate.
As one of the four elder statesmen of the Civilization Alliance, Guixing Civilization’s internal territory is not as vast as that of the Xingyao Empire, but it is also very vast.
It would take a lot of time to reach the central galaxy simply by relying on spacecraft jumps.
A directional stargate can only be transmitted to fixed stargate coordinates, and the manufacturing process is not complicated. A disposable stargate is even simpler, and basically you only need to unfold the module.
It didn't take long for the fleet to arrive at the coordinates. The star gate was built near a life planet.
In the starry space, the stars emit brilliant light. Not far away, a hexagonal star gate is suspended. Rich space energy flows inside the gate, appearing as a deep blue vortex, relying on the stellar energy to maintain its own existence.
There were also several warships patrolling nearby, just in case.
As the fleet approached, the star gate continued to expand in the field of vision. As it got closer, the star gate appeared to be extremely large and spectacular.
The Black Knight fleet did not jump immediately, but sailed to a nearby life planet.
The castaways in the lower cabin had been gathered together. They were somewhat panic-stricken and looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.
It wasn’t until they saw Klein that hope dawned in their eyes and they all rushed forward.
"Your Excellency Klein, why don't you come to see us?"
"Beautiful Her Majesty Klein..."
Klein had an indifferent expression. She did not move despite the constant calls of the victims. She was blocked by the soldiers with guns and no victim dared to step forward.
The sounds gradually died down, and the victims keenly discovered that Klein had no response to their calls.
Many of them looked at each other with flickering eyes, and they all had a bad premonition.
"Were these people rescued by His Highness Klein?" Although Edwin seemed to be asking, his tone was affirmative.
Li Yu glanced at Edwin, wondering who he was talking to. Horus ignored him, so he couldn't be talking to him.
"I'm talking to you." Edwin looked at Li Yu. His tone was not aggressive, but there was a sense of unquestionableness.
Horus looked over with interest, as if wanting to see what would happen.
"Yeah." Li Yu nodded as a response.
"You too?" Edwin continued to ask.
"I guess so..." Even a fool could see Li Yu's perfunctory attitude.
"Yes, then no. No, then no." Edwin said with a slightly heavier tone.
Li Yu felt puzzled and a little unhappy. What was wrong with Edwin?
"He is Klein's friend..." Horus suddenly spoke, as if to rescue Li Yu.
Edwin's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, and he stopped talking and looked away.
Li Yu looked at Horus, who had already turned his head away. His words did not sound like they had any extra meaning. Li Yu was indeed Klein's friend.
But Li Yu always felt something was wrong. Would Horus be so kind as to help him out?
"There is a life planet below. The environment is pretty good. According to the [Universe Planet Measurement Standards], it is considered a first-class planet." Klein told the many victims: "I will put you on this planet."
"Why is it a first-level planet?"
"My hometown is all level three planets. Level one planets are just habitable, and there is no other infrastructure."
“…”
The victims became noisy again. Some of them looked extremely unhappy as they listened to the noise around them. These idiots hadn't noticed anything was wrong yet.
"The Classification and Labeling of Planets in the Universe" divides life planets and mineral planets into ten standards, which is very authoritative. Level one is just barely considered habitable.
Klein listened to the noise around him without changing his expression. He continued, "However, not everyone is qualified to go down."
"Before, some of you secretly formed a group and used my name to bully the weak and even insult me. You turned a blind eye to my kindness, so I will punish those people."
Suddenly, a large number of the victims turned pale and kept retreating, as if they had foreseen something.
Edwin's eyes suddenly lit up as he stared at Klein, somewhat incredulous, as if it was hard for him to believe that this was something Klein could say.
"David, Mal, Soren..." As Brown recited the names one by one, people kept stumbling and falling, their eyes blank.
" All of the above people... should be shot to death!" Klein's face was cold and he uttered a cruel order from his lips.
Edwin took a deep breath and his whole body trembled slightly. Li Yu looked at the crazy Edwin and felt puzzled.
Horus withdrew his gaze, everything was under control.
"No, you can't do this to us."
"What evidence do you have that we committed a crime!?"
“…”
The people whose names were called let out hysterical roars and cursed loudly.
"I have the right to deal with you in this way, and I don't need any evidence." Klein exuded domineering power. The surrounding soldiers rushed into the group of victims and dragged them out.
There were a huge number of them, almost accounting for two-thirds of the castaways. The remaining ones were the real castaways. They were ragged, shivering, and their eyes were full of fear.
Li Yu can be sure that there is no injustice or wrongful conviction here.
That old bastard Horus must have collected all the evidence in secret and is waiting to hand it over to Klein.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gunshots and wailing continued to be heard.
Klein's expression softened a lot. "Don't panic. I will put you on the life planet below. You are free now."
However, with such background music, no one dared to speak, or even express gratitude.
"Thank you...big sister..." A childish, trembling voice came from the remaining crowd of victims.
Klein saw the skinny child through the gap in the crowd. He was also very scared. He was held in his mother's arms, but he kept repeating this sentence.
Klein didn't make any movement, his eyes revealed a complicated look, and he waved his hand.
The remaining victims were put on small aircraft and sent to the life planet below.
"Klein...what happened?" Edwin calmed down at this moment, suppressed his inner excitement, and murmured in confusion.
The next second, he frowned slightly, knowing that he had said something wrong. He looked around and his eyes fell on Li Yu, who had an expressionless face beside him, but he did not say anything. He looked away after a moment.
Could this guy be a sister-con? Li Yu was quite close and heard Edwin's murmurs, and he secretly complained in his heart.
Guixing seems to allow marriage between non-direct blood relatives.
No one could answer Edwin's doubts, because Horus had already issued a gag order. Anyone who dared to spread the news of Klein's collapse at that time would be punished by military punishment.
Military punishment is still light, the evil old man Horus's thoughts are the most frightening.
After dealing with this group of victims, the Black Knight Fleet began to return and gradually entered the star gate.
An extremely strong pulling force came from the other side of the star gate, which was unknown how far away, like a black hole, trying to pull them all in.
The fleet entered the star gate, and the world outside the porthole suddenly lit up.
The interior of the star gate channel is filled with violent space energy, but it is restrained by star gate technology, forming a stable channel, as if it has changed from a ferocious beast to a tamed pet.
The movement of the warships seemed to have stopped, and there was no sense of speed, as if the fleet was stationary in the star gate.
However, it seemed like only a moment had passed, the hull suddenly shook, and the surrounding space energy light disappeared like the tide, and the scene outside the porthole once again turned into a dark universe dotted with jewel-like stars.
The star gate that was originally located in front is now behind the fleet.
A large number of star defense fortresses also appeared around, and the scale of the garrison was extremely large.
A special fleet was waiting in front of the Black Knight battleship. It had a unique appearance and was not a main battle model.
Didi…
At this time, all the warships of the Black Knight Fleet simultaneously received the message sent by this special fleet:
"Welcome back, the pearl of the Returning Star - Her Royal Highness Princess Klein."
The holographic screen popped up, and the blue-skinned York officer saluted everyone. "Your Highness Klein, welcome back. I am the captain of the No. 3 ceremonial fleet - Boerf."
“I know you.” Klein nodded, but his attitude was not too gentle.
This made Boerfu mutter to himself, isn't it said that Her Royal Highness the Princess always smiles when she sees everyone? Is there something I did wrong?
The central galaxy of the Guixing civilization is called Guixing. It has been transformed through special technology. A huge main star stands in the center, and the stars and other planets all revolve around the main star.
A deep blue galaxy flows around the galaxy, like a ribbon, covering the entire Guixing. This is Guixing's cutting-edge defense - [Galaxy Veil]
Among the top civilizations, there are galaxy-level means available. As a base camp, they naturally have to deploy the best defense means.
[Galaxy Veil] can protect Guixing from any attack. Before the veil is broken, Guixing is absolutely safe.
At the same time, if you want to enter the veil, you need a special method and you must have an access protocol. The access protocol will randomly assign secret keys. Only with the secret key can you avoid being annihilated by the veil.
The main star of Guixing is extremely large, with thirty-six relatively small satellites and eight life planets orbiting it. The surface is covered with buildings, and the satellites are also inhabited by a large number of Guixing citizens.
The planet is also dotted with large orbital stations and a large number of space hubs. Special energy orbits move with the operation of satellites, and fast movers shuttle back and forth among them. Although it is complicated, it will not go wrong.
"It's really spectacular." Li Yu couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the Guixing star that was gradually approaching.
"Guixing consists of thirty-six satellites, eight life planets, seven hundred and sixty-three space hubs, and five thousand eight hundred orbital stations. It is the fifth tenth-level planet in the interstellar space."
Klein then introduced, which made Li Yu feel guilty again. Stop talking, I think Edwin is about to draw his gun.
Horus is the boss, Edwin is the upstart, and Guixing is their home.
Only he had just arrived here, so it was obvious who Klein was introducing him to.
