Fifty million ghost soldiers are just one day for this huge underground cloning base.
It's not even operating at full capacity, otherwise it would be able to breed hundreds of millions of adult ghosts every seven days.
You know, these are not just adult ghosts, but they are all qualified soldiers. Whether it is controlling battleships, fighter planes, or hand-to-hand combat, they are all very good at it.
At the same time, Jiang Xingchen was preparing to move out to attack another ghost queen...
But he received an unexpected order.
Sylvie Outpost.
The first airport, command room center.
"Commander, I am preparing to set out to destroy Gwyneth's fleet."
"This action is postponed for now. I have a more important task here, which I want to hand over to your First Fleet."
"Commander, please speak."
It is more important than exterminating ghosts. What is the mission?
For a moment, Jiang Xingchen had no clue, and waited quietly for Lu Weiming to say what was next.
"That's right, a squadron of the Fourth Fleet lost contact while performing a search mission."
"Then, another squadron of the Fourth Fleet was sent to investigate the situation, but soon lost contact as well."
"During the entire process, not even a single message was sent back from the two squadrons. In view of the uncertainty of the situation, the commander has ordered them to send more fleets to avoid expanding losses."
In the communication, Lu Weiming said with a serious face.
"Commander, do you want my First Fleet to go investigate?"
"Yes, compared to other fleets, the First Fleet is stronger. The most important thing is that the Zhurong-class battleships are equipped with hyperspace engines. Even if they encounter any problems, it should not be difficult to escape."
"I understand, I accept this task."
Jiang Xingchen nodded without any hesitation.
However, for the two squadrons to lose contact, they either encountered a civilization with communication and jump interference capabilities, or entered certain specific cosmic environments.
As Lu Weiming said, in this case, continuing to let other fleets go is not only meaningless, but will even bring in more fleets.
Only the First Fleet can still escape by relying on the hyperspace engine, whether it encounters powerful enemies or interference with communications and jumps.
After all, theoretically speaking, hyperspace navigation cannot be interfered with.
Because this is a technology for navigating through multi-dimensional space.
"Very good, I will transmit the briefing to you later. If the lost fleet still exists, try to rescue them as much as possible."
"Yes, Commander!"
Soon, shortly after the communication ended, a detailed piece of information was transmitted.
It is located in the Cordero star system, 588 light-years away from Alpha.
The two missing Fourth Fleet squadrons have 17 and 19 warships respectively, both of which are Wuluo-class destroyers and Qingluan-class frigates.
The most critical point is that even if a fleet is sent ten light-years away from the point where the two fleets lost contact, their existence will still not be discovered through long-range deep space radar scanning.
It's like it has completely disappeared.
"Let the fleet prepare for dispatch immediately. All Xingtian-class and Houyi-class warships will not participate in this operation and will still stay here under the command of Commodore Lu Feng."
"Yes, Commander!"
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A few hours later.
Ten light-years beyond Cordero's star system.
A fleet of hundreds of warships is staying here.
On the flagship, the White Commodore, who was the commander of the fleet, looked worried at the moment.
"Commodore, the First Fleet has arrived."
"Well, quickly, get through the Star's communication."
"Yes, Brigadier."
Soon, under the operations of the communications officer, Jiang Xingchen's figure was projected on the bridge.
"Xingchen, I'm sorry to trouble you this time. If possible, rescue those children."
As soon as the communication was connected, Bai Jun said slightly anxiously.
Although he himself is not too old, only 38 years old, there is nothing wrong with calling those missing soldiers children.
After all, most of the officers and soldiers in the Federation fleet today are people who were rescued from the Orion Arm and have only served for a few years. Almost all of them are only in their twenties.
Among them, thirty years old can be considered the oldest.
"Don't worry, I will try my best."
Jiang Xingchen nodded and answered solemnly.
The two of them didn't talk much and quickly ended the communication.
At the same time, on board the Star...
"Li Yao, have you found anything?"
"No, no battleships can be detected, and..."
"And what?"
"Moreover, after the Star's long-range deep space radar scan, the feedback information I received was very strange."
"How to say?"
Jiang Xingchen frowned slightly and asked immediately.
strangeness...
In Jiang Xingchen's logic, this word means trouble most of the time!
"Commander, you also know that the deep space radar on the Star is more advanced than the ones built by the Federation. It can even detect smaller targets more than ten light years away, although it cannot detect these targets in detail.
What is it?"
While talking, Li Yao projected a picture.
In the picture, there is a large area of light red.
"Commander, look, this is the feedback I got..."
"Can we determine the specific quantity?"
Jiang Xingchen naturally understood the meaning of Li Yao's words.
After all, he has professional knowledge of every position on the battleship, so he knows very well what this picture represents.
It represents countless energy sources gathered together. At the same time, the light red color means that these energy sources are not very strong. At least they cannot be battleships, and at most they can be things like fighter planes.
However, if the feedback results can show such a whole patch of light red, it means that the number is very large, very large, and exaggerated!
"The distance is too far to be very certain. We can only narrow the range to between 5 billion and 7 billion."
5-7 billion...
Hearing what Li Yao said, Jiang Xingchen understood that this could not be a fighter plane.
because...
There are too many.
But if you want to say that it is the energy reaction of life, then this reaction is too strong.
For a moment, Jiang Xingchen didn't have much clue.
"It seems that the trouble this time is not small. Sound the battle alarm and activate the hyperspace engines of the entire fleet!"
"Yes, Commander!"
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At the same time.
Within the Cordero star system.
Dozens of warships that have become wrecks are drifting in space based on inertia.
In one of the battleships, dozens of human soldiers wearing mobile armor or ordinary combat uniforms were holding weapons in a room with a closed hatch.
They all pointed the guns in their hands at the hatch.
Outside the cabin door, bursts of heavy footsteps and the mechanical sound accompanying the footsteps were constantly stimulating everyone's nerves.
"Everyone, stay calm, no matter who appears, give me a hard beating!"
"Yes, Colonel!"
The next moment...
boom!!!
With a loud noise, the hatch was suddenly blown open, and everyone in the room was blown away one by one due to the shock wave.
They all hit the surrounding walls and fainted.
Among them, the man who had just been called colonel lasted a few seconds longer than the others.
And before he lost consciousness, it was the last thing that appeared in his eyes.
There are several people with mechanical bodies and mechanical eyes that emit red light...