Nutrient is not very good at space theory, but he still gave a range - fifty million kilometers.
The paranoid is not very familiar with space theory, but for some reason, he likes to argue with nutritional supplements.
"Then why can others accurately locate spatial fluctuations?"
Nutrient replied casually, "As the spatial fluctuations increase, the position will become more and more fixed. Don't you understand?"
The paranoid asked unconvinced, "Where did you come from with this theory?"
The nutritional agent shook his head helplessly, "You can tell at a glance that you have never experienced anything similar, and you have no inheritance."
"You..." The paranoid was so angry that he vomited blood. He was the number two person in Qu Jianlei's team.
It didn't matter if this guy didn't advance before, but now he has reached the highest level. How dare he look down on me?
But Mu Yu stopped him with a voice, "Okay, let the boss concentrate on searching, it's not a big deal."
So Qu Jianlei enlarged the search space and checked it with all his heart again.
As a result, the consumption of energy blocks suddenly increased - it was really energy-consuming.
Another five days passed, but still nothing was gained. At this moment, they were already 80 million kilometers away from Qingyuan Star.
Next, everyone had to change their orientation and go around to the other side of Qingyuan Star.
This is also an adjustment based on the principle of gravitational waves. The premise is that this time the space fluctuation is affected by the Qingyuan Star.
This premise may not be correct, but this is the only choice everyone can make.
Otherwise, space is so big that there is not enough time to explore it.
After changing the direction, the results can be said to be immediate. Only three days later, the probe sounded an alarm.
Nearly 40 million kilometers away from Qingyuan Star, space fluctuations were heard!
The amplitude of the fluctuation is not very large, and the position can wander at any time, but it already illustrates the problem.
However, Mu Yu was a little unsure, "Boss, are you sure it has affected the near-earth jump?"
Only God knows this. Qu Jianlei spread his hands and smiled helplessly, "But I can't find any other possibility."
"It should be!" Nutrients supported him without hesitation, "Your means of near-ground jump should be relatively mature."
"On a high-speed moving starship, precise jumps can be achieved. How could there be such a big error?"
I have to admit that affirmation from others is easier to accept.
About ten million kilometers away from that space fluctuation point, there is a meteorite with a diameter of more than fifty kilometers.
Qu Jianlei discussed with everyone whether we should take a short rest on the meteorite and observe it up close?
Everyone unanimously approved his suggestion. After wandering in space for almost twenty days, everyone was a little tired physically and mentally.
The key is that warships will appear from time to time in the near future, wandering aimlessly in space.
They have five starships, one large, four small, and they have to hide from the warships. It's really tiring.
But now that the space fluctuation point has been found, there is no need to continue to set up an array as large as five starships.
Qu Jianlei put the commercial starship into the cargo hold, removed five more probes, and continued to focus on space fluctuations.
In this way, even if they are discovered by a warship, four starships, one large, three small and four small, can cooperate in the battle.
The key is that without the commercial starship, even if there is a conflict, others may not be able to guess their origins.
Next, the four starships sailed toward the meteorite as silently as possible.
However, just when the meteorite was still more than one million kilometers away, the alarm sounded loudly.
"Alert! There are abnormal energy fluctuations in the direction of the meteorite, which is initially determined to be the power system of the starship."
The next moment, a crack opened in the center of the meteorite, and four starships flew out.
Three are company-level battleships, and one is battalion-level!
Seeing this, Nutrient's face changed slightly, "Damn it, how could it be a mimic shipyard!"
Qu Jianlei didn't care about complaining and directly issued the order, "Evacuate immediately!"
It’s not that he has a craving for escaping, nor is he definitely invincible. The key point is... this place is too close to Qingyuan Star!
Although the straight-line distance is close to 40 million kilometers, this is an unobstructed vast space.
If there are large stars or celestial phenomena in the surrounding area that can block the observation of Qingyuan Star, then we can still fight.
But unfortunately, there is really no obstruction, just an empty space.
Therefore, once a fierce battle breaks out, Qingyuan will definitely be able to observe it and even send reinforcements as soon as possible.
Qu Jianlei was also unsure about the origins of these four battleships. The starships were not painted in the military's standard colors.
But it can be vaguely seen that there are shadows of the military in the painting, but some changes have been made.
In any case, the malicious intentions of these four starships were obvious, and Qu Jianlei felt that there was no need to tangle with them.
Moreover, the meteorite that can be clearly seen at a glance actually has a simulated shipyard built on it. The opponent obviously has a big plan.
The four starships shot away. Nutrient raised his eyebrows, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he remained silent.
However, the next moment, the public channel was forcibly cut into a communication.
"Warning, this is the Confidential Operations Team directly under the Imperial Military Headquarters. This is the Confidential Operations Team directly under the Imperial Military Headquarters!"
"Order your fleet to stop immediately for inspection, stop immediately for inspection!"
"Otherwise, all consequences will be borne by your fleet, all consequences will be borne by your fleet!"
"Get out!" Qu Jianlei snorted coldly, and then issued an order, "Cut off communication!"
I have to admit that the opponent's strength is indeed extraordinary, and he can actually forcefully access the public channel.
But that's it, Xiaohu didn't stop the other party from intervening, just because he thought it was not an important issue.
——Mainly because it has never encountered such access before.
Forced calls look aggressive and give people the impression of high authority, but in fact they don't have much technical content.
After the interruption, the four starships were speeding towards the distance as if they were desperate.
The four starships that emerged were furious when they saw this, "Full firepower, no regard for survival!"
The next moment, the four warships opened fire, and the overwhelming artillery fired over them.
The firepower of these four starships is far superior to that of ordinary battleships. The firepower is fierce and powerful, and the distance is also far.
Especially the battalion-level battleship, its dense firepower weaved a large net and cast it towards the four small fishes in space.
Qu Jianlei and his group were also a little stunned when they saw it, "Is this still a battleship? It's purely a flying firepower platform."
Even though the distance was more than one million kilometers, the starship's firepower spread over and its power did not decrease much.
The paranoid has more contact with the military and frowned slightly, "Fire support ship...are you really going to start a war?"
The main task of most of the empire's armies in peacetime is to maintain security.
But the current ferocity of the firepower is at war level, even if it encounters a star thief, it will be nothing more than that.
However, in this situation, the four fleeing starships dodged up and down, left and right, as nimble as fish in the water.
Many times, artillery fire nearly hit the starship, but it was always narrowly avoided.
The four starships behind them were chasing and attacking, and they soon discovered something was wrong ahead.
"Which force cultivated such flexible positioning?"
"So what about being flexible? This kind of dodge cannot last forever... No one can be so lucky forever."
They originally wanted to capture him alive after being injured, but if the other party ran away regardless, they really didn't care whether he lived or died.
However, some people still saw the clues, "The other party has a fire evasion system... very powerful!"
Artificial intelligence is not accessible to ordinary people, but to the really big shots, this is no secret.
In fact, there is no clear distinction between artificial intelligence and control systems with powerful computing power.
More strictly speaking, if there is not enough independent personality consciousness, it cannot be considered artificial intelligence.
The empire prohibits research on artificial intelligence because many forces have poor control capabilities and may cause uncontrollable disasters.
For those forces that can truly control the situation, limited research is nothing.
At least on these four starships, someone identified that the escapees used super powerful algorithms and computing power.
Immediately afterwards, seven or eight small attack ships appeared, "Attack the opponent! No matter life or death!"
Originally, between a chase and an escape, the difference in speed between the two sides was not very big.
The Chaser's starship is better equipped and slightly faster, but not significantly so.
But once the small attack ships appeared, it was different. The escaping starships had no choice but to fight.
"You're really shameless," Qu Jianlei gritted his teeth and secretly ordered Xiaohu, "Go as close as 500,000 kilometers away and fight back!"
Our own ultimate attack range is one million kilometers, and the effective range is 800,000 kilometers, but the best effect is to close it to 500,000 kilometers.
The opponent's small ships pursued them very quickly, and their attacks were quite fierce, with more firepower than ordinary attack ships.
These attacks are coordinated very well, and the timing is quite good. It can be said that there are no blind spots in all directions.
Qu Jianlei's four starships had to throw out decoy bombs from time to time to barely block the opponent's rounds of fire bombings.
Hua Scorpion couldn't help but comment, "This fleet's skillful coordination is the strongest I have ever encountered!"
Paranoid nodded when he heard this, "This attack ability is indeed too powerful."
Mu Yu looked at Qu Jianlei, "You can't keep hardening like this, right? Just being beaten won't last long!"
Even she, who is not good at space combat, can see that if she keeps dodging, problems will occur sooner or later.
"Wait a moment," Qu Jianlei replied in a deep voice, "We are still a little close to Qingyuan Star now."
Mrs. Jia frowned, "Why do I feel...the cooperation of these attack ships is a bit too perfect?"
“Isn’t it also driverless?”
At this moment, the big-headed butterfly started to spin, "Boss, the opponent's offensive and defensive model is too standard."
"Would you like to check whether the other party is driverless?"
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