【Mission Triggered: 'Rescue the Trapped Teachers and Students of North Star Starship Military Academy and Tianyao Noble Starship Military Academy'】

【Mission Content: Rescue the trapped students of North Star Starship Military Academy and Tianyao Noble Starship Military Academy

Mission Difficulty: B-rank

Mission Reward: 20 mission points and 6000 credits

Additional Mission: Rescue at least one hundred teachers and students from the Two Academies, including Zhao Wan'er, Su Lan, and Xue Xiaoxiao

Mission Penalty: Deduction of 6000 credits

Mission Time Limit: 100 hours】

The system prompt that suddenly appeared in Zhao Chen's mind made his heart tremble.

The system issuing a rescue mission meant that this was not a hopeless rescue.

After all, the system wouldn't give an impossible mission.

Moreover, this was the first time a system mission had a detailed time limit: 100 hours.

Did this mean that within 100 hours, Zhao Wan'er and the others would not be in mortal danger?

"No, we cannot give up!" Zhao Chen said firmly, "Right now, for those trapped teachers and students, we are their only hope!

If even we abandon them, then who else can they expect to save them?"

Hearing such indignant words from student Zhao Chen, some of the instructors and professors present were moved, but the expressions on their faces remained helpless.

"Student, your idea is good. But reality is cruel, I won't hide it from you!

Our academy also dispatched a Starfleet to support, but look... look! This is the latest information we have on the Water Lily Star System.

This whole area is crawling with ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) bugs!

And the last message sent by our trapped students was from this location.

Unfortunately, it's right in the center of the area currently controlled by the Interstellar Insectoids!

Even if we really dispatch a large Interstellar Fleet to rescue them, what a huge price would we have to pay in such haste?" an instructor stepped forward and said gravely.

Dean Qin sighed beside him, his aged body sinking into a chair, remaining silent for a long time.

For them, it was already a lost cause.

From a strategic perspective, dispatching a Starfleet without sufficient Interstellar Fleets would be suicide!

Was losing a group of excellent students not enough? Did they want to send more lambs to the slaughter?

No one dared to hastily issue such a rescue order.

"Zhao Chen... you need to calm down... perhaps... perhaps when the Imperial Army Fleet has assembled and launched a clearing operation against these Interstellar Insectoids... your sister and the others... might still be alive." Chu Xuan tried to comfort him, but she didn't quite believe her own words.

"It's too late! Even if their Starfleet hides in a safe place, their combat power can only last for five days at most.

And for the Imperial Army Fleet to fully assemble and launch a full-scale attack, it will probably take ten days or so.

By then... it'll be too late!" Zhao Chen retorted.

"Why are you so stubborn, student! Are you satisfied if more people die trying to save those who can't be saved?" an instructor angrily rebuked.

The surrounding instructors and professors also shook their heads, helpless and sighing.

A tragic atmosphere spread throughout the office.

"Can you confirm that this is their last known location?" Zhao Chen pointed at a marked spot on the holographic Star Map.

Around that spot were numerous dense red dots, all of which were intelligence reports of Interstellar Insectoids detected in the areas of the Water Lily Star System that had not yet fallen!

"This was their last contact with us an hour ago. The intelligence received was that their Starfleet encountered and was severely attacked by Interstellar Insectoids, with over eighty percent of their Starships destroyed in the battle, requesting our support.

After that, communication was cut off.

Interstellar Insectoids themselves possess a biological magnetic field. When their density reaches a certain value, they can block signals and even act as a 'Warp Scrambler'.

Based on the situation, if they are still alive, they should be in this vicinity.

If I were them, I would choose to land on a planet and use the remaining Starship weapon resources to hold out there, waiting for support," Vice-Dean Hong analyzed.

Zhao Chen stared at the Star Map, standing there like an old monk in meditation.

"Alright, student. We can understand your feelings. Leave this matter to the teachers. You should go out first." An instructor comforted Zhao Chen.

"I have a way!" Zhao Chen suddenly spoke.

But the instructors and professors present only thought it was the student's worried nonsense.

"First, we use the fastest Starship to reach the Star Gate of the nearest Star System to the Water Lily Star System, then cross the interstellar boundary space.

After that, we continue to use the Warp Engine to get as close as possible to this location.

Because of the Interstellar Insectoids, warp travel cannot take us to our destination, so we will directly use Normal Engines to traverse these bugs and reach the destination directly!

Find the stranded teachers and students, bring them all onto the Starship, and evacuate immediately!

Compared to mobilizing an entire Starfleet, a rescue operation with a few, or even just one, Starship is the fastest and most agile!" Zhao Chen stated his idea, drawing a line on the Star Map.

The red line passed through the area with the fewest Interstellar Insectoids according to the intelligence.

"Are you joking? Crossing a swarm of bugs with just one Starship! Even a t4 level Starship wouldn't have that confidence, not to mention most t4 level Starships are under the control of the Imperial Army, and they wouldn't risk a t4 level Starship to save these teachers and students!" an instructor retorted.

Every t4 level Starship is extremely important to the Empire. Although the students of the Two Academies are the flowers of the Empire, if flowers are gone, they can always be replanted, right?

"No t4 level Starship is needed, just a T3 Starship that is fast enough!" Zhao Chen said firmly.

"Too risky, I don't agree with this rescue method."

"Too idealistic. A slight mishap would be like moths flying into a flame."

"A fast enough Starship, an Interstellar Cruiser? But how would it break through the swarm? It's unrealistic."

Listening to these instructors and professors, who, based on their intuition, deemed Zhao Chen's plan unfeasible and too naive.

Zhao Chen frowned. He glanced at everyone present. He knew he couldn't persuade these people, and he also knew that his next actions would be very risky, and the secrets he exposed might put him in a dangerous vortex.

But there were some things he had to do!

Zhao Chen said seriously: "In the interstellar universe, what isn't a risk?

If we were unwilling to take risks and only did safe and steady things, then our ancestors would not have left their home planets to embark on interstellar voyages, nor would they have crossed Star Systems to usher in the Interstellar Era!

If you won't save them, I will save them myself!"

With that, Zhao Chen angrily turned and walked out of the office.

The moment he stepped out of the office, he sent a message to Charlotte, who was far away at the Owl Dragon outpost.

"Immediately bring the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser to North Star Academy Starport to pick me up!"