beep beep beep

Zhao Chen, who was originally in a dormant state, was alerted by a piercing sound in his ear.

"Warning! Warning! Warning! A large-scale cosmic storm has been detected. Warp drive mode has been immediately shut down. Please replan your route!"

The bridge was flashing red emergency lights everywhere.

Zhao Chen climbed out of the hibernation pod and watched as the crew members on the bridge hurriedly returned to their posts.

Some of them may not even understand what happened.

However, long-term training has given them a kind of muscle memory, so that when this happens, no matter what, they will subconsciously rush back to their posts.

"Commander, a large-scale cosmic storm has appeared on our original planned flight path," Xue Xiaoxiao said seriously to Zhao Chen, explaining the situation.

Zhao Chen frowned slightly as he looked at the scene being filmed outside the starship through the holographic projection.

A large area of ​​chaos could be seen in front of the fleet, with fantastical purple and blue halos everywhere, which looked beautiful but were deadly.

Even a T5-class interstellar warship would be in great danger if it accidentally wandered into it.

Moreover, their fleet included T4 starships, while the accompanying Angel fleet consisted of T3 starships.

Fortunately, the warp drive's warning function detected this danger in advance; otherwise, it's hard to imagine what would have happened if warp drive had entered this area.

"Why wasn't this danger anticipated when the flight route was planned?" Zhao Chen asked.

Nancy's secretary, standing to the side, said with a guilty look, "We...we calculated and probed many times back then, and we were sure...sure that there was no problem with this route."

We...we never expected...this would happen..."

It's clear that Secretary Nancy is also very flustered. If she were in another fleet, she might have been able to remain calm.

But right now, the person next to me is the Commander!

“It’s not Nancy’s fault. After this route was reported to me, I also checked the data and confirmed that there was no danger at the time.”

The Angel Fleet's confirmation has also been received.

Based on the current situation, this should be considered a sudden cosmic disaster.

This shipping lane is normally a region prone to cosmic disasters, and we just happened to be unlucky enough to encounter this kind of sudden cosmic disaster that only occurs once every few hundred thousand years.

"And we just happen to be within the affected area," Xue Xiaoxiao said helplessly.

"So what can we do?" Zhao Chen asked.

Nancy's secretary replied, "Although we are not currently within the scope of the cosmic catastrophe."

However, according to our detectors, within ten minutes this area will be affected by a cosmic catastrophe.

We must evacuate this area as soon as possible.

However, our way back has been blocked by a cosmic catastrophe, and now even warp drive cannot be guaranteed to be safe in this space.

The only way we can retreat is...

Secretary Nancy hesitated for a moment, then pointed to the other side of the waterway.

Direction towards the Machine Race territory!

At this moment, both Xue Xiaoxiao and Zhao Chen remained silent for a moment.

But Zhao Chen quickly made a decision: "Immediately contact the Angel Fleet, inform them of our decision, and have them evacuate and seek refuge with us immediately!"

"Yes!" Upon receiving the order, Xue Xiaoxiao and Nancy's secretary immediately began to make arrangements.

With a cosmic catastrophe looming, now is the time to race against time.

The Angel Fleet also agreed to this solution, since there was no other choice given the current situation.

The two fleets, comprising over sixty interstellar warships, changed course in the shortest possible time and began rushing toward the Machine Race territory at top speed using conventional engines.

Meanwhile, the cosmic catastrophe behind the fleet, like a giant wave chasing a fleet, began to spread and follow behind the fleet.

If this fleet were to be engulfed by this terrifying giant wave, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"It's too late! The cosmic catastrophe is spreading far faster than our speed!"

According to the system calculation, it will take a maximum of ten minutes.

"Our fleet will be caught up!" Nancy's secretary said anxiously.

Zhao Chen said solemnly, "Send orders to both fleets, instructing all interstellar warships to approach the Hades."

No matter what happens, charge forward at all costs!

Little One, activate Star Shield when we're caught up, and cover the entire fleet as it charges out!

Hearing the commander's words.

Nancy's secretary immediately looked at the commander in alarm: "Commander, this won't do! What about your safety?!"

I believe that the Pluto should be protected by other interstellar warships, and its safety should be ensured at all costs.

As long as we can manage to escape the reach of this cosmic catastrophe, at least... at least you're safe.

Zhao Chen sat on the sofa and smiled slightly: "Nancy, you still don't know my personality."

I am afraid of death, but I, Zhao Chen, cannot hide behind my crew and live a life of ignominy.

The Hades' hull is made of T5 technology materials, making it more defensively robust than T4 and T3 level interstellar warships, and its star shield energy is more abundant.

It is most appropriate for the Pluto to undertake this task.

Enough said, execute the command.

Xue Xiaoxiao glanced at Zhao Chen, said nothing, and silently carried out the order.

Compared to Nancy, she knew her classmate's personality much better; he had done even crazier things than this.

Time passed little by little.

Soon, the cosmic catastrophe behind them began to catch up with the fleet in terms of its impact.

The deathly, multicolored glow began to engulf the unfortunate fleet.

At this moment, the Pluto also activated its Star Shield, blocking all dangers outside the Star Shield and protecting the more than sixty interstellar warships under the Star Shield.

At that moment, everyone on the bridge of the Pluto unconsciously looked at the constantly fluctuating Star Shield energy level.

It changes from green to yellow, and then from yellow to red.

This terrifying, multicolored light seemed endless, unable to break through at all. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Warning! Warning! Warning! Star Shield's remaining energy is less than 1% and it will shut down soon."

The system's warning sound left everyone feeling utterly hopeless.

Zhao Chen kept his eyes closed and remained silent, showing no sign of panic on his face.

Without needing a system notification, Zhao Chen knew that the Star Shield's protection was gone.

As the bridge began to shake violently, Zhao Chen could even hear a creaking sound, which was the ship's armor being impacted.

Even the bridge's electronic systems were affected and remained unstable.

At this moment, the orders of this fleet can only be left to fate.

A starship suddenly emerged from a region covered by cosmic catastrophe.

Although the ship bears many signs of damage, its ability to sail normally is enough to show that the interstellar warship is not in serious trouble.

Once there's a first ship, there's a second, a fifth... and a tenth.

There are JF-17 interstellar warships, and there are also Angel interstellar warships.

At this moment, the cosmic disaster zone has stopped spreading outwards.

"We made it out." Angel Tebbsa leaned back in the captain's chair and breathed a sigh of relief.

Who would have thought that they would encounter something so dangerous?

Fortunately, the lord had protected them with the star shield of the T5 starship beforehand.

Otherwise, relying solely on the star shield energy of these T4 and T3 interstellar warships, they would have been exhausted long ago and disappeared forever in this cosmic catastrophe.

It would have been impossible for them to hold on until now.

"Yes, we're finally safe," the adjutant beside him said thankfully.

"Um... um... that T5 interstellar warship from the Dragon Fleet... seems to have never come out..." an angel officer suddenly reminded him.

Angel Tebbsa abruptly stood up, her tense gaze sweeping over the fleet of survivors.

The Dragon Fleet and the Angel Fleet are mostly here, except... that T5 Hades-class interstellar dreadnought.