Although Liu Tao is a bit unreliable, he is not stupid either.
He dared to rush into the Balt galaxy without much information, and he was also confident.
Although...
Without artificial wormholes, these interstellar pirate alliances cannot enter other galaxies within the Sculptor galaxy group.
But this problem cannot be difficult for the federal fleet.
Not to mention the 300 Pangu-class battleships, even the 1,000 Zhurong II battleships also have hyperspace engines.
Although it is impossible to travel tens of millions of light-years across a galaxy group, it is no problem at all to travel around tens of millions of light-years within a galaxy group.
Therefore, even if it encounters a powerful civilization, the fleet can completely use the hyperspace engine to escape and leave Balt directly.
There is no need to rely on wormholes at all.
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Soon, the last month passed.
In the end, only 327 pirate groups participated in this robbery.
Moreover, they all completed their assembly in a star field called Oresis.
Although Liu Tao has participated in six robberies before, he is still shocked every time he comes here.
It was a huge spherical device with a diameter of more than 30,000 kilometers.
Around it, there are countless stars arranged at equal distances.
Yes, they are all stars, without any other celestial bodies. The number is at least one hundred thousand, spread over a large area.
And these more than 100,000 stars are the energy source of the artificial wormhole device.
Every time an artificial wormhole is opened, a huge amount of energy is consumed. The technology of the Interstellar Pirate Alliance is simply unable to support the supply of this energy.
Fortunately, when this area was first discovered, there was already a stellar energy supply system of this scale, so there was no need for them to find another way.
At this moment, the scientists on Liu Tao's ship who were brought from the Federation were all very excited.
Although they already know that this is an artificial wormhole device, through the data read every time it is turned on, and research.
In the end, it was discovered that the wormholes created by this thing were very different from ordinary wormholes.
Apart from anything else, just one month can span a distance of millions of light years, which is beyond what ordinary wormholes can do.
The original wormhole in the Milky Way, connecting the Galactic Center Channel and the Orion Arm, was only tens of thousands of light years away, and it already took a full month.
Therefore, the traffic speed has increased dozens of times, and it is also an artificial wormhole. What kind of technology is it?
These scientists are very curious.
However, it is quite uncomfortable to only have the opportunity to read various data up close once a year.
But this is not important. When the robbery is completed, the Scorpion Pirates will take over the position of leader of the Interstellar Pirate Alliance.
Control of this device will naturally fall into their hands.
At that time, if you don’t want to study how you want to, then how to study?
As the huge device started to operate, the brightness of the surrounding stars seemed to increase a lot.
Immediately, as if entering a state of energy storage, he suddenly calmed down.
Until about three minutes later, the entire device suddenly burst out with a dazzling light, and when everyone's vision gradually recovered, a circular spiral channel with a diameter of at least 100,000 kilometers...
Appeared!
In the distance, Kitamura, who said he came to see him off, was watching this scene from the bridge of a battleship.
At the same time, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Go on, go in, the door to purgatory has been opened for you, Liu Tao..."
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Local group of galaxies.
A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, the Sculptor dwarf galaxy.
Exploit Fleet Headquarters.
Jiang Xingchen was looking at a report from the military department.
This was the last report issued by the intelligence department before the start of Liu Tao's seventh robbery.
"Count the time..."
"Today should be the day that boy sets off for the Balter Galaxy, right?"
Although it is a question, but aside...
But no one answered.
At this moment, a colonel officer stood on his right, with an upright posture and no expression on his face.
This is a staff officer under Gao Tianyang, who was also a major general in the old Star Sea Federation.
Ever since Fu Wanting became pregnant and was recommended by Gao Tianyang, he has been temporarily acting as Jiang Xingchen's aide-de-camp.
Although Fu Wanting gave birth to Jiang Xingchen's first son two months ago, it still takes some time to return to the fleet.
Jiang Xingchen’s biological parents are one who is a senior adviser to the Presidential Office and the other is the vice president of the Central Academy of Sciences.
As for the adoptive parents, one is the president of the Federation and the other is the president of the Central Academy of Sciences.
In other words, the previous generation were all busy people and had no time to take care of their children.
As for Fu Wanting herself, she was born in the Flood Galaxy of the Dark Age, and her parents were bought by other civilizations long before she was rescued.
I still don’t know whether he is dead or alive. Even though Fu Wanting searched for it for a long time, she still couldn’t find it.
You know, it has been almost 40 years since the New Federation was established, and if it still cannot be found, then there is basically no hope.
After all, all federal citizens have detailed records. If her parents are really still alive, it is impossible not to find them.
In short, no one can take care of their children, neither Jiang Xingchen nor Fu Wanting.
Therefore, even if Fu Wanting can return to the fleet in the future, Jiang Xingchen is not prepared to let him continue to serve as his adjutant.
At least, that's the case for a short time.
After all, children have to be brought up, right? So before she reaches the age where she can stand on her own feet, why don't she let Fu Wanting work in a relatively relaxed department in the headquarters for a period of time?
"Ling Xiao, what kind of civilization do you think there will be in the Balt galaxy?"
Seeing Ling Xiao's lack of reaction, Jiang Xingchen sighed slightly and asked again.
This time, I mentioned them directly by name.
"Commander, lacking necessary information, I suggest making random guesses, which makes no sense."
Well, I knew he would definitely say that...
Hearing this, Jiang Xingchen also rolled his eyes and expressed his speechlessness.
"Commander, the Fourth Army has been out of contact for more than ten minutes!"
At this moment, a report sounded from the bridge of the Kaitian.
Fourth Legion, missing?
What's going on?
After hearing the report, Jiang Xingchen immediately frowned.
Today, according to the latest establishment of the pioneering fleet, it is an organization of 41.
That is, four legions and a fleet directly under the headquarters.
Each legion has three fleets, which means that the pioneering fleet currently has a total of 13 fleets.
At the same time, according to the current standard fleet establishment of the Federation, each fleet has 10,000 warships at full strength.
The entire pioneering fleet should be 130,000 battleships.
But in fact, each of the thirteen fleets of the current pioneering fleet only has 3,000 battleships, for a total of 39,000 battleships.
This is also something that can't be helped.
The pioneering fleet has now completed the replacement of Pangu-class battleships, and Pangu-class battleships are currently affected by the production of zero-point energy modules, which is only about 5,000 ships per year.
Therefore, there is still a long way to go to complete the establishment.
As for the commander of the Fourth Army, he is still Mu Qianshan, although he is an acting one.
But as soon as the military rank rises, the word "agent" will naturally be removed.
If I remember correctly, the current mission of the Fourth Army should be at the very edge of this galaxy, Sextant A.
Moreover, the entire legion has been in this galaxy for several months, and the internal situation has long been understood. There is not even a fourth-order civilization.
There should be no problem.
But why did it lose contact?
"When was Mu Qianshan's last contact and what was the content?"
"Report, Brigadier General Mu Qianshan's last contact was three days ago, but the routine communication of the Fourth Army was forty minutes ago. According to regulations, the army that is out fighting must have routine contact every thirty minutes, but
It's been ten minutes longer now."
"Continue to contact the Fourth Army, and prepare two strategic reconnaissance ships at the same time to head to Sextant A."