"Commander, the signal from that exploration fleet disappeared around here."
On a Bat Wing 12-class rapid spaceship, the data monitoring robot pointed at a yellow light on the virtual screen in front of it.
An Ya stood beside it, frowning in silence. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novęlfire.net
Nine days ago, an exploration fleet entirely commanded by the Undying People suddenly lost contact with the transfer signal station during a task in the [Algae Head] star system.
When other nearby exploration ships received the system's emergency alert and rushed to check the situation, the fleet had already vanished without a trace, with not even a fragment of metal left in the starry sky.
This incident immediately drew the attention of the Ancestral Origin Star's Silent Court headquarters.
As a combat commander of the Silent Court, An Ya contacted Bai Fu at the first opportunity and personally intervened in the investigation.
Fortunately, the attack was on the Undying People. After staying on the Ancestral Origin Star for a while, she learned the whereabouts of the missing Undying People through other Undying People.
The missing Undying reported that they had been attacked, the attackers were highly skilled, and first, they hacked into their spaceship through the network. Then, the attackers released several strange white bubbles.
Those bubbles couldn't be shot through or punched away. They hit the spaceship with a pop and wrapped around it like a balloon.
"They tried many methods, but they couldn't break the white bubbles."
"So they didn't even see clearly who attacked them? And they don't know where they are now?"
"That's right, wrapped in the white bubbles, they can't see anything, not even the map."
What else can be done?
An Ya felt she had to investigate personally.
Can't expect the boss to do everything, can we?
The Undying People mentioned that the strength of the white bubbles was only equivalent to a Weak Catastrophe.
Besides, she wasn't afraid of dying, since she could be resurrected from the Heavenly Ark. In a sense, she herself was now also an "undying"!
Thus, An Ya arrived in the [Algae Head] star system.
She did not move rashly and first released a large number of detectors centered on the location where the Undying People had disappeared.
Then, she deployed an engineering team on nearby planets, starting to build a Spiritual Ability Transfer Station and a Miniature Teleportation Array.
Facing an unknown enemy, caution could never be excessive.
After all, she had roamed the Star Sea for over a decade, working in the private armed sector, and wasn't lacking in professionalism.
The investigation continued for two days.
Two days later, An Ya did not receive a report from the detectors; instead, she received an emergency rescue signal from a newly established mining site nearby.
"Commander, we are in big trouble. We've been attacked by a dozen spaceships, and widespread data interference has caused the ground defense system to collapse. We can't rely on manpower-operated coast defense guns to fend off the enemy's invasion!"
Along with the call for help came the battle scenes at the site.
In the fire-lit sky, a dozen spaceships, unlike any model An Ya had seen before, formed a V-shape, continuously bombarding the ground. These spaceships were intricately designed, displaying a different kind of industrial beauty.
"These are clearly not interstellar pirates. Pirate ships wouldn't look so fancy. It seems we are either confronting some Dark Domain civilization or some force is trying to disguise as a Dark Domain civilization like the Supernova Battle Group to trick us. Damn it, whatever it is, we must strike back hard against such arrogant enemies!"
After confirming the location of the combat site, she hastily led a fleet to attack.
The violent explosion echoed through the valley.
The impact of the ship's guns tore the once-flat ground into one massive chasm after another.
In the crossfire, people desperately dodged, yet eventually were blasted to bits, with no time to scream.
"Looks like the battle is almost over."
Onboard a spaceship, a superpower user who resembled an upright lizard, wearing a white helmet, nodded slightly.
He turned to command the spaceship to descend and savor the victory, but at that moment, a subordinate rushed over.
"Officer Badan, it's Governor Ruth's contact!"
The superpower user named Badan hesitated for a moment before pressing the receive button on the communicator handed by his subordinate.
After a beep, a furious roar came from the communicator.
"Badan, do you know what you're doing? Attacking another civilization without reporting to the provisional government parliament, acting on your own will, is a crime! You're going to lead the Rajas Civilization to complete ruin! Fool, a lawless fool!"
The relentless scolding made Badan's face grow increasingly grim.
Suddenly, he interrupted Ruth with a cold snicker.
"Crime? I'm saving our civilization! We didn't carry much supplies when we fled from Rajas. Because of a traitor informing on us, we've lost nearly 90% of our supplies along the way. If this situation keeps deteriorating, more people will become disloyal, and soon, you, me, and all that's left of the Rajas Civilization will be extinguished!"
"We don't have the luxury of time to grow slowly. To strengthen ourselves quickly, we can only seize—seize people, seize resources, seize everything beneficial to us!"