The three warships maintained their stealth status and began to sneak forward, intending to take advantage of the chaos of the nuclear explosion to pass through the enemy's defense line and enter the interior of the Horsehead Nebula.

Due to the impact of the nuclear explosion, many air defense forces went to the nuclear explosion area. However, the series of explosions caused by the fifth nuclear bomb had not completely stopped. The shock wave carrying the explosion flames was raging everywhere in the universe.

More transport spacecraft were destroyed by the explosive air mass.

However, our attack seemed to arouse the enemy's anger. Suddenly, a rapid early warning siren sounded from the Dauntless's detection system.

"Crane Moon, more support warships and drones flew in from another space defense area of ​​the enemy. The number is close to 60,000, which is three times the previous defense force directly in front of us." Duoduo quickly informed me of the latest situation.

Report.

"It seems that the explosion attracted the attention of the Central Galaxy Army Group Command. So many supporting forces were dispatched so quickly. The response was quite fast." Baron Hughes added at the side.

"Only 60,000 drones came. There were tens of millions of drones. Doesn't this look down on our performance?" Zhang Baoer said nonsense on the side.

"Brother Paul, the defense distance here is one light year. It would be more appropriate for you to think it through before speaking." Baron Hughes teased Zhang Paul.

"This guy always has bad eyesight." Surprisingly, Daum's voice actually sounded in the communication system.

"This is a command and communication system. Idle personnel can use this system to chat." Zhang Baoer immediately yelled at Daum.

"Fat man, I'm really sorry. I'm now in charge of the side security of the Skyhawk, and I must report the situation to the captain at any time." Daum said proudly to Zhang Paul.

"Zhang Xingxing really doesn't know how to arrange work." Zhang Baoer didn't dare to say it loudly and complained to me in a low voice.

The conflict between Paul and Daum was well known to everyone. At this time, the military situation was urgent, and no one cared about Zhang Paul's feelings.

"Cangyue, we have already sneaked into the enemy's frontal defense position. It will take about fifteen minutes of flying without speeding up to avoid the enemy's detection system." Duoduo continued to report to me.

In order to avoid being scanned by the enemy's detection system, the three stealth warships slowed down together and passed through the enemy's defensive positions at a constant speed.

At this time, the serial explosions of the transport ship have been blocked and controlled by the empire's drone swarm. The defense system in the outer circle is gradually recovering. The scattered drones around us are also regrouping, trying to conduct a comprehensive search of the current space.

Find the attacker.

The detection system shows that the supporting drones are quickly approaching our area. If they arrive at our current location, given the density of the enemy troops, they will be able to find our traces without scanning.

But now, in order to maintain a strong stealth state, the three warships cannot accelerate. They can only carefully avoid any objects that may detect us and continue to move forward.

Behind us, the enemy warships have begun to rearrange their defense lines, and the afterglow and mushroom clouds of the nuclear bomb explosion have not yet dissipated. This form can continue to exist for a long time in space without strong winds, perhaps from the astronomy on the Blue Star.

Looking through a telescope, you will mistakenly think that this is the birth of a new nebula.

At this time, the shock wave of the nuclear bomb has spread farther away, and the central area of ​​​​the nuclear explosion has begun to gradually calm down. However, our nuclear explosion sneak attack must have annoyed the imperial army. A large-scale search operation has begun, but the enemy may not be there yet.

We expected that we had entered their hinterland.

"Crane Moon, the enemy's defense circle has regrouped and we have no way out." Baron Hughes reminded me.

"I never thought about being able to exit the same way after coming in. Only entering that black area is our escape route." I pointed to the towering Horsehead Nebula in the distance and replied to Baron Hughes.

"Wangyue, we are already close to the enemy's space base. Please use manual driving to avoid contact." Duoduo reminded me in the communication system.

After hearing Duo Duo's words, everyone's attention suddenly turned from the rear of the battleship to the front, and the magnificent space base of the Holy Empire clearly appeared in front of all of us.

When I looked at this space base from a distance before, I thought it was an unparalleled space fortress. Now the three warships are slowly approaching here with the help of their stealth state. Everyone can take a closer look at this steel building from a close distance.

observation.

"Oh my God, look at the construction technology of this base. It is at least several centuries ahead of us." Looking at the magnificent space base in front of us, several of us exclaimed together.

A thick circular pipe with no end in sight seems to be built around the Horsehead Nebula and suspended in the universe.

On the outer ring of this pipe, huge three-dimensional squares float in the air at equal distances, and the circular pipe surrounding the Horsehead Nebula passes right through the center of these cubes. The distance and size of each cube are exactly the same.

, at the same time, we can also clearly see that the casting craftsmanship is very fine in the appearance of each building. There are millions of nuts on the outside of each cube, but the size and distance of the nuts in the appearance of each different cube are different.

It's exactly the same.

"This is simply a beautiful handicraft, so beautiful that people can't bear to destroy it." I looked at this space base and couldn't help but admire it from the bottom of my heart. This kind of scientific technology is indeed many years ahead of us.

"Wu Zhou, let me try to see if you can have this kind of skill." Zhang Baoer started talking nonsense to Wu Zhou again.

"This kind of equipment requires the cooperation of a very large space construction machine to be completed, and it requires powerful energy support for this base to operate smoothly. They are arranged so neatly. They do not rely on dark matter in the sky to fix their positions, but rely on energy support.

To achieve positioning." Wu Zhou said other contents to Zhang Baoer.

"What, Wu Zhou, you just said that this base relies on energy power to maintain balance, doesn't it rely on the levitation force in space?" After hearing Wu Zhou's words, I was very shocked.

"Yes, according to your statement, how much energy does this military base need to consume to support such a huge scale?" Zhang Baoer also expressed his doubts.

"The most indispensable thing in the universe is energy. If a base of such a grand scale relies entirely on the levitation force caused by the dark matter in the universe, it only needs one cube to malfunction, which may cause the entire space base to be destroyed. It is so delicate.

This project must have the strongest energy and power guarantee." Wu Zhou's analysis convinced everyone.

"I observed the entire base and found no auxiliary power system. Where is the power source you are referring to, Wuzhou?" Zhang Baoer continued unconvinced.

"I think it may be electrical energy. These cubes use a powerful electromagnetic levitation system to fix their positions and ensure that they do not shift." Wu Zhou told Zhang Baoer his analysis.

"It's really strange. What is the purpose of the empire spending huge resources to build such a large-scale space fortress?" After listening to Wu Zhou's description, I looked at this aerial bunker and was puzzled.

"Wangyue, look at those transport ships, what are they transporting?" Baron Hughes pointed at the transport fleet above his head and said to me.

At this time, everyone could clearly observe that the transport ships under the cover of a bunch of drones passed through the cube space and stopped at the far end. About five minutes later, these transport ships turned around and returned.

"It's so weird. These transport ships didn't do anything. They just came here and then withdrew. I don't understand what it means." Zhang Baoer's attention at this time also shifted to the strange behavior of the transport ships.

"Wangyue, there is no need to analyze anything. Maybe if we pass through this giant pipe, we can discover the secrets here on the other side. I think there must be the answers we need on the other side of this fortress." Commander Zhang Xingxing reminded me through the communication system.

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After receiving Zhang Xingxing's reminder, everyone stopped speculating and drove three warships to slowly carry out the crossing operation. At least the good news so far is that we have not been discovered by the enemy.

"Duoduo, adjust the distance between the route and the pipeline, and pay attention to the electrical energy on it. If we touch it, we may be discovered by the enemy." Wuzhou reminded Duoduo cautiously.

After listening to Wuzhou's suggestion, Duoduo immediately began to make some adjustments to the route, trying to keep the spacecraft away from the giant pipe.

This is an extremely delicate job, because the three warships cannot get too close to the giant pipe, nor can they leave too far away. After all, the upper and lower spaces are covered with invisible magnetic mine arrays. As long as we accidentally touch anything, it will

Eaten alive by a swarm of angry drones.

I believe that Duoduo must have maximized the power of his computer at this moment. I feel that the three battleships are steadily passing through the exquisite space fortress in front of me along a golden distance channel.

A few minutes later, with God's blessing, we safely crossed the central axis of the giant pipe and gradually arrived at the other side of the fortress.

As soon as we crossed the central axis, everyone felt that the universe seemed different from the previous one. There seemed to be a strange luminous object in the sky covering our three infiltrated warships from top to bottom.

"Duoduo, what kind of light is this?" I immediately asked Duoduo about the abnormality I discovered.

"The specific spectrum is still being analyzed. I will provide feedback as soon as the results are available." Duoduo answered me quickly.

The battleship continued to move forward, and the hull had completely crossed the ring pipe and was approaching the end of the cube.

After a while, we arrived at the coaxial position where the leading transport ship was staying. Looking at the dark space in front of us, everyone always felt that there was some huge object hidden here, but no abnormality was found by any detection system.

"Wangyue, we have reached the critical point of the movement of the transport ship. I have observed that there is not a single Imperial aircraft moving forward. Please tell me if we should continue moving forward." At this time, Duoduo asked for instructions.

At this time, the teammates in the Dreadnought looked at me again. There may be a terrifying abyss ahead, but everyone has gone through all kinds of hardships to get here just to go deep and understand this place. Asking me, maybe I just follow the instructions

A necessary action for process management.

"There is nothing for us to hesitate. Let's move on. This is just the outer space of the Horsehead Dark Nebula. The Dauntless will enter first, and the other two warships will follow after receiving our safety information." I said to Duoduo.

issued his own order.

"The waning moon, there are a group of drones approaching us on the left and right, and they seem to be scanning the area around the pipeline." At this moment, Daum, who was on guard aboard the Skyhawk, sounded the alarm.

"The Dauntless quickly launched a infiltration operation. You must pay attention to safety. The other two ships will wait for your orders before entering." Zhang Xingxing once again issued a confirmation urgent order through the communication system.
Chapter completed!