When Zhang Yuan was on a mission at New Blue Castle, Xia Xiyan led the new fleet with the Lancet interstellar carrier as the core and also arrived at the star field near the mouth of the No. 3 high-speed interstellar channel.

"Turn on the detector and receive data."

"Receiving data from the vicinity of the probe base station....... Everything is normal, no signs of invasion have been found. The main brain replied.

Xia Xiyan's heart was slightly relieved, and he nodded: "Very good, set the alert cruise mode and start cruising." ”

"Understood, Commander."

After all the preparations were made, the fleet cruised back and forth within 10 light minutes of the passage mouth with a minimum energy consumption.

Everything was very calm, after about 3 hours of cruising, Xia Xiyan's mind relaxed slightly, she turned on the communication, and said to the deputy captain: "Lin Mu, you come to replace me, I'll go and rest." ”

"Yes, Commander."

After a while, a handsome young man walked into the command cabin of the starship, and after handing over his duties to him, Xia Xiyan returned to his captain's room, took a shower, and after eating something casually, she put on her combat uniform again, and then lay down on the chair and closed her eyes.

She didn't fall asleep, she just closed her eyes to recuperate.

Just lying in a daze, I don't know how long it took, the communication suddenly wanted to sound: "Commander! Commander! ”

It was the voice of Deputy Captain Lin Mu.

Xia Xiyan bounced up from the chair and immediately rushed towards the command cabin, trotting while replying to the communication: "Lin Mu, report the situation!" ”

"There is an anomaly, we found that there are traces of use on the high-speed road!"

"What?!" Xia Xiyan was shocked.

Although the No. 3 high-speed corridor is not adjacent to the Red Moon Province, it is not too far away, only about 5 light-years apart, and just in case, the No. 3 corridor has been closed half a month ago.

In the past half a month, there have only been 3 military passes, and all of them have been reported, and now there are suddenly traces of traffic, who did this? Is it a shapeshifter?

She didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Within 2 minutes, Xia Xiyan rushed to the command cabin. Lin Mu saw her coming, pointed to the monitoring data displayed on the holographic screen and said: "Commander, look here, yes, this is it, the other party is very well disguised, and there are no traces at all from our original previous direction, but when we cruise to the current position, we can see clearly, you look here, this is the trace left on the quantum field by the large spacecraft after passing by, judging from the freshness of the traces, this illegal passage happened 4 hours ago!" ”

Xia Xiyan's heart was beating faster, she took a deep breath and let herself settle down: "Who used it 4 hours ago?" Adjust the data! Tune up the data! Look where he's gone! ”

Lin Mu shook his head: "There is no data, the other party is using it illegally, it is an intruder!" His technique is quite neat, we only found a trace here at the entrance of the passage, and there is no sign of energy fluctuations in the nearby airspace, there is no trace at all, there is no trace at all. ”

Hearing this, Xia Xiyan's heart moved: "There is no trace at all?" ”

"No, this intruder is like a ghost!" A deep look of shock flashed in Lin Mu's eyes, and the faces of several assistants in the command cabin turned a little pale.

If the intruder is a shapeshifter and has been in the area for 4 hours, they don't even know where the other person has gone, and once these shapeshifters enter a busy area, such as raiding the Giant Bear Fortress, it will be a catastrophe!

Everyone knows what that means.

Unexpectedly, Xia Xiyan shook his head and said: "No, no, the lancet is equipped with the most advanced Eagle Falcon probe, and with the third-generation supercomputing center of the galaxy, it is impossible not to find traces." I've dealt with shapeshifters, and they're definitely not that hidden! ”

Vice Captain Lin Mu realized something, and he asked hesitantly, "Commander, what do you mean?" ”

Xia Xiyan's eyes stared at the dark starry sky around the interstellar mothership, her delicate eyebrows frowned slightly, and her dark eyes narrowed slightly: "There is only one possibility, before the invaders left, they are hiding nearby!"

“.......”

The command cabin was silent, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and finally Lin Mu said: "Commander, what should I do?" Are we going to report to the Governor? ”

Xia Xiyan nodded: "Lin Mu, you go and report the situation to the governor." Ladies and gentlemen, turn the probe to the maximum and release the cruise probe eye to comprehensively search the nearby star fields. ”

"Yes, Captain!"

The crew sprang into action, and after about 10 minutes, one of the scouts shouted, "I found it, look, it's here!" ”

The crowd immediately looked at the area pointed out by the investigator, which was pitch black at first, but as the detection image zoomed in, there was an unnatural ripple in the area.

Xia Xiyan glanced at it and immediately ordered loudly: "It's a holographic disguise!" It's hiding there! Weapon system unlocked! Battle Formation! Get ready to meet the enemy! ”

For a while, the mothership and frigate quickly adjusted their positions, and one after another small warships came out of the mothership, and all the weapons loaded on each battleship were aimed at that dark area, and the entire fleet was like a great enemy.

After the fire was aimed, everyone was waiting for the commander's new order, and as long as she gave the order, all kinds of artillery fire could completely flood the area.

The clock ticked by, and for the past three seconds, there was still no reaction in the dark area.

"Commander, do you want to open fire?" Lin Mu asked in a low voice.

Xia Xiyan thought for a moment and said, "Rabbit hound, interstellar main cannon, tentative attack!" ”

The Harehound is the code name for a Warhawk ship, and upon receiving the order, the interstellar guns of one of the Warhawks fire instantly.

"Boom~"

A blue-white light flashed across the eagle's head, and a blue-white light sprinted towards the dark area, and two seconds later, the high-speed shell hit the target.

The fierce artillery fire uncovered the opponent's disguise, and the dark area appeared a distortion, and after a faint light and shadow flickered, the opponent's true face was revealed.

It turned out to be a huge interstellar mothership, with a length of 4 kilometers, and it looked exactly like the main mothership of the Crimson Empire. The only difference is that around this mothership, there are countless bubbles around.

"Shapeshifter!" Everyone gasped.

The first strike is stronger, the interstellar battlefield is still applicable, Xia Xiyan didn't care much, and immediately shouted: "Free mode!" Attack with all your might! ”

"Boom Boom Boom~"

The various units of the fleet had been preparing for a long time, and as soon as they heard the order, they immediately began to frantically pour war on their opponents.

The mothership continued to burst into flames, but in half a minute, the hull was hit with thousands of holes, but the strange thing was that it didn't fight back, nor did it move, seeing that the hull was about to be pierced, it still lay there motionless.

"What's going on?"

"It seems to be paralyzed?"

"Could this be a deformation ruse?"

"Captain, what now?"

Xia Xiyan was also a little confused, the appearance of the mothership in front of him was exactly the same as that of an ordinary mothership, but he couldn't fight back, could it be that the assembly was not completed?

But that's not right, she's dealt with shapeshifters, and it only takes less than five minutes for those things to assemble a warhawk, and now it's not enough to assemble an interstellar mothership, even if it's a lot bigger, but it doesn't take more than 4 hours, right?

What's even more strange is that the bubbles around the mothership are stupid when they don't dodge or dodge in the face of attacks.

"Zoom in and see what's going on?"

The image was immediately zoomed in, and soon, everyone could clearly see the details on the mothership, and they saw that the breach of this battered interstellar mothership that had been battered was gathered with a large number of bubbles, which were constantly changing shape, repairing the damage on the mothership.

As can be seen from the images, the repair speed of these shapeshifters is amazing, and a large breach more than ten meters wide is intact in less than half a minute. The main guns equipped on the mothership are faster to repair, and it takes no more than 15 seconds before and after.

But the strange thing is that after these bubbles were repaired, they did not make any attack movements, and those extra bubbles did not rush to attack the fleet, they were like headless flies, constantly circling around the mothership.

Deputy Captain Lin Muqi said: "Are they brains broken?" ”

Xia Xiyan took a deep breath: "Keep attacking!" Once you've lifted the mothership's outer defenses, drop a giant fusion nuclear bomb into the hole! ”

"Yes, Commander!"

There was another barrage of bombardment, and after about 5 seconds, the shapeshifters had just repaired the interstellar mothership that had become full of holes again, with twenty or thirty holes, and a total of 15 giant fusion nuclear bombs flying through the breaches.

"Boom~"

There was a flash of light in the hologram, and then the whole image became white, and after about 5 seconds, the fleet group felt a shock wave of energy, and the hull of the ship shook slightly, and after another 20 seconds, the light slowly dimmed, and the scenery after the nuclear explosion slowly appeared.

The frames of the starships are still intact, but the wandering shapeshifters are basically invisible, and if you look closely at the frames of the battleships, you will find that these frames have been severely melted, and the internal structure has been basically destroyed.

"That's it?" Someone on the public channel asked.

Xia Xiyan spoke: "Wait a little longer, see if there are any transformation monsters." ”

The entire fleet was on standby and began to wait.

Time passed second by second, and soon, 10 minutes passed, and during the whole process, not a single shapeshifter appeared,

There were no shapeshifters who came out to repair the damage of the starship, and the wreckage of the starship, which was always lifeless.

"It's supposed to be over, right?" Deputy Captain Lin Mu said softly.

Xia Xiyan was still not sure, when she detonated the energy core of an interstellar mothership, the intensity of the explosion was at least 10 times stronger than just now, and she couldn't kill all the transformation monsters, she couldn't believe that the transformation monsters in front of her would be destroyed so easily.

She suspects fraud!

After a few seconds of silence, Xia Xiyan spoke: "Group 1 and Group 2 remotely control mecha warriors, set off and check the results!" ”

"Yes, Commander!"

Two groups of remotely controlled mechwarriors ejected the starship and flew towards the wreckage of the transformer mothership at high speed, and after about 3 minutes, the mechfighters reached the edge of the wreckage, and more detailed information kept coming back.

"Report, no active shapeshifters have been found in the outer wreckage."

"It was reported that the main structure of the mothership showed honeycomb melt marks, and the strength decreased by 90%."

"Report...... Wait, Commander, here's something! ”

Xia Xiyan's spirit was shocked: "Image! ”

An image immediately appeared on the holographic screen of the command module, which was already at the very heart of the wreckage, which had also suffered a nuclear blast and everything turned gray and white.

At the feet of the drone mecha warrior, there was a gray-white sphere with a diameter of about 20 meters, and a gray-white shell on the surface of the sphere was revealed, revealing a touching cold white streamer from the opening.