Under Qu Jianlei's suggestion, everyone unanimously decided to try to go deeper first.
It's just a matter of consuming some energy blocks. The team doesn't know how much it consumes when fighting a battle. It's really not bad at this point.
As the division ship went deeper, everyone discovered that this was indeed the case. The energy became more violent as it went deeper, but it was worse than previously imagined.
However, after moving forward for a day, it is possible to cause damage to the division ship if it goes further.
Xiaohu has adjusted the model, indicating that after waiting here for about three days, he will basically be able to enter the vicinity of Baozhi Star.
Qu Jianlei decided to simply wait for another five days to ensure that the pressure on the battleship would not be too great.
This adventure progressed one day, and the effect was pretty good. At least they didn't have to wait another twenty days at the previous location.
While waiting, there is something to do. In this area, from time to time you can see groups of Linhai aliens.
Of course, the division-level ships would not let go of this kind of remnant and defeated generals, and everyone regarded this as a way of leisure.
These foreigners, Lin Hai, obviously didn't realize what happened to their family, and almost every one of them was in despair.
Some tree tribes and migratory locusts still retain the instinct to fight, and some turn around and run away when they see the division ship.
But more importantly, his reaction was extremely slow and he had no will to fight.
This state of the walking dead makes it hard to believe that these alien races were once extremely vicious and fearless in fighting.
However, Qu Jianlei and the others had nothing to do. Even if they tried to escape, they would be chased and killed.
The only regret is that few of these alien trees are conscious, most of them are in a dormant state.
After several consecutive days of hunting, the team only managed to capture one conscious Tree Tribe in total.
This tree has a diameter at breast height of more than 200 meters and can basically be regarded as the main force of the invasion.
Qu Jianlei was not in a hurry to interrogate this guy, but instead used it to conduct experiments - how to ban the tree clan's cultivation?
Experimenting on living humans is of course cruel, but with living aliens, there is no problem.
In fact, this experiment does not have much practical value, but now that there is nothing to do, idleness is idle.
If it were left to Qu Jianlei alone, he might not be interested in studying this - a dead alien is a good alien!
However, isn’t this Xiaohu also there? There is still a lot of idle computing power.
After two days of research, there is no particularly good solution. The only thing that is certain is that the light cage technique can last for a period of time.
At this moment, he was squatting on the robotic arm of the division ship, studying the captured tree tribe, and the big-headed butterfly was spinning in his mind.
"Boss, an alliance fleet is coming from behind."
This fleet consists of two regiment-level ships and five battalion-level ships. Half of them are injured, obviously having experienced battles.
As for the position where the division-level ship is currently staying, the battalion-level ship provides the strongest protection and can barely break through.
Qu Jianlei ignored it and just used his spiritual consciousness to tell Hua Xiezi, "Send the signal to let them leave and stay out of the way!"
The Alliance fleet did not notice at first that there were warships in the even more violent place ahead.
After seeing the light signal, they were already quite close to each other.
For a moment, the fleet was quite surprised, "There are actually battleships here?"
As for the other party's warning, they did not take it to heart, but continued to approach, and used lights to identify themselves.
The elite reconnaissance detachment of the Alliance military cannot be scared away by just anyone.
Hua Scorpion's answer was even more rude, "Get lost, this is our territory."
The rear admiral commander of the fleet saw the light signal and laughed angrily, "You know the number, how dare you continue to be arrogant?"
"Ignore them and keep getting closer... I want to see who is so bold!"
He is a special operations force directly under the military headquarters. Even if he is facing a lieutenant general, he is worthy.
However, after traveling for a while, the observer screamed, "Sir, it looks like a division-class ship from the empire!"
"I'm stupid..." the major general muttered, he already knew who the other party was.
The Alliance and the Empire are in a semi-truce, and there are also some Empire infiltration troops in the Alliance.
However, among those infiltration teams, there were very few division-level ships in the first place, and the few ships they had had basically all withdrawn to the empire before.
So this must be that team. Besides, would the imperial army be interested in venturing into the occupied area?
So the major general decisively issued an order, "Signal, thank the other party for rescuing our comrades, and then send a communication request."
"Communication requests can't be sent that far," the liaison officer replied regretfully.
The major general continued to issue the order, "Then inform them of the danger ahead and ask them if they need energy blocks."
When Hua Scorpion saw the light signal, he curled his lips in disdain and said, "It's dangerous ahead, do you even need to tell me?"
However, the other party expressed his willingness to support the energy block, which was at least a friendly attitude, so she decided to report it and let the boss decide.
When Qu Jianlei heard this, he just called him. Anyway, his only one division-class ship was enough to wipe out the entire opposing fleet.
After the Alliance fleet approached, they saw the tree tribe held by the mechanical arm.
But they didn't take it seriously. The Alliance has been fighting against the aliens for so many years, and there is no shortage of this stuff in their hands.
After establishing communication, the major general took the initiative to express his intention - no way, he couldn't expect the digital phantom to take the initiative.
The military came here because the alliance discovered not long ago that strong abnormal energy fluctuations were coming from this occupied area.
The main reason is that the magnitude of the energy fluctuation is so terrifying that a rough analysis can lead to the conclusion that it may destroy a small galaxy.
Of course, because this is an occupied area and is a bit far from the alliance's actual control area, the analysis results may not be very accurate.
But no matter what, when this abnormal situation occurs, the alliance must figure out what happened.
If it's an abnormal celestial phenomenon, that's fine, but if it's a foreign race trying new methods, you must take precautions in advance.
In fact, the alliance officials also know that in the event of the latter, the research and development of relevant preventive measures will be extremely difficult.
However, even so, doing it is better than not doing it, and the alliance cannot turn a blind eye.
The fleet commanded by the major general originally consisted of three regiment-level ships and twelve battalion-level ships. After fighting all the way, this is all that is left.
Fortunately, they were the elite among the elite, and they were also equipped with a small number of people on the ship. The starships suffered a lot of losses, but the casualties were not huge.
According to the major general, there is "more than one" such fleet, which shows how determined the alliance is to find out.
After listening to their explanation, Hua Scorpion just asked lightly, "Then you can just go investigate on your own. Why are you provoking us?"
Fortunately, the team is in a good mood this time, otherwise it would only take a matter of minutes to destroy you.
When the major general heard the word "provocation", he almost broke down in sweat. Don't let this team regard it as a provocation. Will the result be good?
In fact, as a senior member of the alliance's military, he is quite familiar with the Digital Phantom's behavior.
This team is arrogant and arrogant, but they usually don't take the initiative to provoke others.
However, if someone is blind and seeks death on the other side, then it will be useless no matter how big the backing is.
In any case, the major general knew that he had taken a risk this time, but the risk was not particularly great, and the result was not bad so far.
So he replied respectfully, "You and I can be said to be comrades-in-arms in fighting foreign races."
"We would like to take the liberty of asking, have you ever found out where this violent energy fluctuation comes from?"
"This is a strange question," Hua Xiezi replied coldly, "Why should we tell you?"
"Not even the imperial military would dare to reach out and ask us for information so plainly."
The major general was silent for a few seconds when he heard this, and then he thought, "We can pay for the consultation."
"We don't care about your little money," Hua Scorpion refused simply.
How much money can the commander of a fleet responsible for conducting deep reconnaissance behind enemy lines spend?
The major general pondered for a moment and then spoke decisively, "Is 10 billion enough?"
"Haha," Hua Xiezi smiled when she heard this. She really didn't expect that the other party could actually offer such a price.
For ordinary forces, ten billion is definitely not too little, but for digital phantoms, it is better than nothing.
But since there is money, it is nothing if not earned. "It's too little, unless it's settled in cash."
When the Major General offered this price, he was not just talking about it, because he knew very well how big the appetite of the Digital Phantom was.
Not to mention anything else, the last time the other party rescued its own fleet, they casually lent two regiment-level ships.
A basic regiment-level ship is worth tens of billions.
Regardless of whether we borrowed one to repay three, or said that this regiment-class ship originally belonged to the Alliance, the key is that it was loaned out casually.
Even if such a regiment-level ship is sold to the empire, it should cost more than 10 billion, right?
But why didn’t the Digital Phantom sell? Because in people’s eyes, this is a consumable for fighting aliens!
Wouldn't it be insulting to negotiate a fee of less than 10 billion with such a team?
However, if it is higher than 10 billion, then it is really not the major general’s decision.
However, when he heard Xian Jie's request, he could only sigh, "Sir, we risked our lives to find out the truth."
Not to mention that the fleet has to fight along the way. Even if it is an ordinary adventurer exploring space, who will carry 10 billion with him?
"Then tell me this..." Hua Scorpion was a little speechless.
"Okay, don't pester us. We all have things to do. Go about your business. Don't make me say it a second time."
The last sentence is an understatement, but who can ignore the warning?
She has tolerated the other party's unruliness once, and there is a high probability that she will not tolerate it a second time.
The logic in the words is also very clear: if you have money, you can ask for information, but if you don’t have money... get away quickly.
The major general was still a little unwilling, but he didn't dare to take risks. After much deliberation, he made up his mind.
"Last question, was it your side that caused the disturbance?"
Hua Scorpion was really too lazy to pay attention to him, but then he thought about it and realized that the Federation also knew part of the news, so he answered indifferently.
"You can go ask the federation, why don't you get out of here?"
Obviously she could answer casually, but she couldn't - if the Alliance wanted to inquire about information from the Federation, it would definitely have to pay a corresponding price.
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