"950 knots!" Chu Xuan couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, but then she awkwardly noticed that Zhao Chen and the other crew members around her all had calm expressions.

It was as if she was the only one who hadn't seen much of the world.

Uh...

What's wrong with them?

Aren't they excited?

This was the fastest speed ever achieved by a T4 starship, and it was done by a T3 Starship!

If this news got out, it would be enough to shake the entire Starlight Empire.

However, matching isn't as good as surpassing, and if they could break 1000 knots, that would be truly creating history.

Chu Xuan continued to watch the speed expectantly.

955 knots!

Just as she was hoping the speed would continue to increase.

Suddenly, the speed began to drop.

"Why is the speed dropping?" Chu Xuan asked subconsciously.

Zhao Chen looked at Chu Xuan as if she were an idiot, pointing to the star map beside them: "Didn't you see that we're almost at the last signal coordinates of the Two Academies Fleet?"

Only then did Chu Xuan realize that because she had been so focused on the speed, the cursor representing the Starship on the star map was now very close to the last known coordinates of the Two Academies Fleet.

Chu Xuan didn't speak, feeling a bit embarrassed, secretly thinking it was a pity not to have seen the Starship's fastest speed.

From the previous situation, the T3 Blizzard, under this Blizzard Extreme Cruise Mode, should still have had reserves, and it was highly likely that it could have broken 1000 knots.

"Begin exiting 'Blizzard Extreme Cruise Mode'," Charlotte ordered.

"Understood, exiting and shutting down 'Blizzard Extreme Cruise Mode'..." a crew member reported.

Due to the excessive speed, the deceleration couldn't happen instantaneously. It took several minutes to reduce the speed to 210 knots.

According to the pre-designed route, after the speed normalized, the T3 Blizzard's position was exactly at the last signal coordinates of the Two Academies Fleet.

"Report: 'Blizzard Extreme Cruise Mode' has been shut down."

"Report: Starship weapon modules deploying."

As the 'Blizzard Extreme Cruise Mode' was exited, the T3 Blizzard's hull weapons were once again revealed.

At the same time, multiple energy signals appeared on the Starship's radar.

"Report: Three T2 Zerg Hive Mothership signals and twelve T1 Zerg Hive Mothership signals have appeared in three directions.

These swarms are heading in our direction.

The first wave of swarms is expected to encounter our ship within half an hour!" Adjutant Lilith reported important news.

Now was the critical moment.

The Starship Zhao Chen was on was currently in the 'Zerg Hive.' They had to quickly find the teachers and students of the Two Academies Fleet and evacuate them. Every minute of delay meant another minute of danger.

"Scan the surrounding planets, detect all surrounding communication frequencies! Simultaneously broadcast on all channels," Zhao Chen ordered.

The Interstellar Insectoids' magnetic field could interfere with signals, but if the distance was close, some signals could still be received.

He looked at the star map. In this ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) area, there was one planet, two dwarf planets, four moons, and one hundred eighty asteroids.

Assuming the Two Academies Fleet was indeed here, the search area was quite large.

But for now, Zhao Chen and the others could only wait.

Time passed minute by minute.

One minute... three minutes... five minutes...

During this time, Zhao Chen and the others did receive several communication signals, but these were all distress signals sent by local residents of the Water Lily Star System or other interstellar forces.

Zhao Chen was powerless to help these people. His current capabilities were limited to saving his sister and fulfilling the system's mission requirements.

Seven minutes... eight minutes... 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

The distant swarms were getting closer and closer on the Starship's radar. Once entangled with these swarms, it would undoubtedly be the most dangerous situation for the T3 Blizzard.

Nine minutes...

"Hiss, hiss, hiss... We are the survivors of the North Star... Academy and Tianyao... Academy Fleet, we request assistance... we request assistance..."

The communications officer suddenly shouted in surprise: "Commander, we've received a communication from the Two Academies Fleet!"

"Connect immediately and lock onto the communication coordinates," Zhao Chen said at once.

"Yes!"

A video communication window appeared before Zhao Chen, but it was very blurry, making it impossible to clearly see the person on the other side.

"Great! Someone finally received our communication request! Are you the Imperial Fleet sent to rescue us?" The surprised voice came, immediately implying that it was the Imperial Army's rescue fleet.

"We are not the Imperial Army, we..." Just as Zhao Chen spoke, the communication was cut off.

"What happened?" Zhao Chen frowned and looked at the communications officer.

The communications officer said frantically: "I'm not sure, but it's highly likely there was a problem on their end, and the communication was unilaterally cut off.

However, I've already locked onto the coordinates based on their communication signal.

It's the Seventh Planet of this Water Lily Star System!"

Zhao Chen immediately brought up the star map.

Water Lily Star System's Seventh Planet!

Zhao Chen pointed to the planet on the star map. Unfortunately, it was right at the edge of their T3 Blizzard Starship's radar detection range.

The lucky thing was that it wasn't in the direction of the Zerg swarms.

"Go there immediately!" Zhao Chen ordered.

The T3 Blizzard immediately headed towards this Seventh Planet, and relying on its high speed, it quickly arrived at the planet's location.

From an overhead view, several T1 Zerg Hive Motherships could be seen on the planet's surface, along with a large amount of Starship wreckage, indicating a major battle had taken place.

They even saw a huge'scar' on the planet's surface, like a crimson chain striking the planet's surface.

But a closer look revealed that it wasn't a'scar,' but a fallen Space Elevator!

It seemed that the planet's space defenses had completely fallen, and it had entered the ground combat phase.

And it's important to know that for the Interstellar Insectoids, ground combat is essentially their main battlefield!

Unless you conduct orbital bombardment of the planet, it's very difficult to defeat the numerous Interstellar Insectoid ground forces, unless a large number of troops are deployed!

"Can you pinpoint the exact location?" Zhao Chen asked Lilith.

Lilith quickly brought up the detailed coordinates of that signal on the planet, showing it was located between mountains.

"Bad news, detecting a large number of Zerg ground forces gathering around the signal location, and there's also a small group of Zerg at the signal location. According to energy fluctuations, they should be in fierce combat!" Lilith reported nervously.

"Commander, although entering a planet's atmosphere poses a great danger to our Starship, this is currently the fastest way for us to rescue people, because without using the Starship to enter, shuttles alone simply cannot break through," Charlotte reminded.

Zhao Chen looked at the Zerg swarms covering the planet. Indeed, as Charlotte said, it was a vast, hazy expanse, terrifying to behold.

T1 Interstellar Warships and T2 Interstellar Warships can enter a planet's atmosphere due to their smaller size, but generally, T3 Interstellar Warships would not enter a planet's interior unless absolutely necessary, as it would greatly affect the Starship's combat power and consume a lot of energy.

But now, Zhao Chen had no choice.

"Enter the planet's atmosphere, prepare for battle!" Zhao Chen ordered.

The T3 Blizzard's secondary cannons opened fire, killing a large number of Zerg and clearing a path for the T3 Blizzard, which charged directly towards the planet!

The scene was as spectacular as a comet about to strike a planet.