"Understood!" The crowd shouted in unison.

As soon as Li Mingze waved his hand, all the team members trotted behind him and entered the spaceship.

"You can choose one of these rooms and come to the bridge as soon as you put your belongings away." After Li Mingze finished speaking, he left everyone with a back.

His room was not with the crew, and the captain's room for each ship was located on the left side of the bridge.

After Li Mingze put down his luggage, he went directly to his command chair and sat down.

Due to the difference between this mission and the war mission, each ship will no longer continue the layout of the Imperial warships with no room to move.

Because of the limitation of Shenzhou's flight speed, it is destined that the pioneers will spend decades or hundreds of years on their respective spacecraft.

Therefore, the Imperial Government has specially strengthened the habitation and endurance functions of the Pioneer spacecraft.

After a while, all the team members came to the bridge and found their assigned positions and sat down.

"The ship's integrity has been inspected!"

"The spacecraft weapon system is normal, the propulsion system is normal, the life support system is normal, the defense system is normal, the construction system is normal, the acquisition system is normal, the take-off and landing system is normal, the gravitational application system is normal, and the stealth device is normal!" Charolo looked at the green lines on the screen and reported out loud.

"The helmsman and co-helmsman are ready!" A pair of twins also shouted loudly.

"The navigator is ready!"

"The main and secondary weapons are ready!"

"Maintenance engineer ready!"

"Radarman ready!"

"Intelligence analysts are ready!" The people in the bridge answered one by one.

"Very well, Nautilus departure!" Li Mingze waved his hand.

"The Nautilus?" Charolo turned her head in confusion.

Li Mingze touched his nose and said, "This is the name I gave to our spaceship, what's wrong, don't you agree?" ”

"Agreed." Charolo glanced at Li Mingze with interested eyes and nodded.

The four mechanical arms that held the Nautilus in place slowly released the electromagnetic chuck attached to the Nautilus's armor after making sure that the ship's anti-gravity engine had been activated.

The Nautilus sank, then suddenly pulled its bow upwards and rushed towards the exit of the harbor.

And they were followed by nearly a hundred Pioneer ships....

The Nautilus crossed the exit of the port and flew towards the outside of the Shenzhou.

After bypassing hundreds of towers connecting various planets, the outermost layer of crystal armor of the Shenzhou spacecraft appeared in front of the Nautilus.

The crystal armor seemed to be able to identify the ship's affiliation, opening a hole for the Nautilus to enter and exit only as it approached.

Without hesitation, the Nautilus accelerated directly through the hole and came into the cosmic void.

At this time, everyone can finally see the full picture of the Shenzhou that they have not left since they were born.

The outer layer of crystal armor seemed to absorb the light from the surrounding stars, and when viewed from the outside, Shenzhou seemed to be a cloud of black charcoal, so quietly hidden in the dark background of the universe.

The stellar light obscured behind Shenzhou seems to have been refracted and reappeared on the front of Shenzhou.

In other words, if someone uses a telescope to observe Shenzhou, he will find nothing, and all he can see is a complete starry sky.

"Why is Shenzhou like this?" Charolo and the others looked at the behemoth in front of them in disbelief.

In their understanding, since the outer layer of Shenzhou is a layer of armor composed of unknown crystals, and there are so many stars inside Shenzhou, it stands to reason that the outside of Shenzhou should be a "gem" that exudes dazzling light.

No matter how bad it is, it has to be a little handsome, after all, it feels very good from its name, Shenzhou Shenzhou must not be a little Shenzhou?

But what is the matter with this piece of "black charcoal" in front of them now.

"The Shenzhou was too dazzling when it was just built, in order to be able to hide its traces, His Majesty the Great Emperor imposed a stealth function on it, and the crystal armor on the outer layer of the Shenzhou can refract the starry sky on the other side, and can also absorb the light emitted by itself."

"That's why the Shenzhou you see is so ugly, when we find the anchor point of the Shenzhou so that the Shenzhou can be deployed in this river system, you will be able to see its true appearance!" Li Mingze praised himself without blushing and heartbeat, and explained the reason by the way.

"Alright, it's time for us to go, set course, coordinate the nearest star system, and get ready to enter hyperspace!"

The Nautilus adjusted the bow to the same direction as Shenzhou and went directly into hyperspace.

Once in hyperspace, the group left the bridge, leaving only the twins on duty.

The rest of the group returned to their respective rooms to rest, and the jump would take two days, so everyone could move around as much as they wanted until the ship jumped out of hyperspace.

A day later, Li Mingze, who was sleeping lazily in his bed, was suddenly woken up by a bell.

"What's the matter?" Li Mingze casually picked up the bedside intercom and asked.

"Captain, Shenzhou has just sent an order, they found a large spaceship on the route we are on and is moving at sub-light speed, and the command center ordered us to go and check." Charolo's voice rang over the intercom.

"I'll go over here." Li Mingze hung up the intercom, put on the power armor, opened the door, and came to the bridge.

"We'll be out of hyperspace in ten minutes, and we'll approach the ship at sub-light speeds." Charolo sat in the first mate's seat and turned his head to Li Mingze.

"All shields are turned on to the maximum, check if the stealth system is functioning properly, and all weapons are in readiness!" Li Mingze nodded, came to his command chair and fastened his seat belt.

Ten minutes later, the Nautilus leapt out of hyperspace on time and entered the universe.

"The other party is right in front of us and is approaching us at a constant speed of 70% of the speed of light."

"We have to turn around and synchronize with them." Radar officer Liu He looked at the scanner screen and reported.

The twins, who were in charge of the ship, nodded, turned the ship around, and began to accelerate a little, facing the rear.

At this time, the ship of the unknown civilization had already flown below the Nautilus, and the Nautilus also maintained 70% of the speed of light at the same time.

From the ship's holographic screen, the unidentified ship resembles a duck's egg, with the pointed side being the ship's bow.

Behind the ship, tens of thousands of jets are spewing blue flames.

"The spacecraft is a full 100 kilometers in diameter, and its outer armor is as thick as 10 kilometers, and our scanners can't scan structures under such thick armor." Charolo put down the tablet and shook her head.