The distant starry sky was dark and quiet, empty and lonely, and there was nothing but the light of the shining stars in the distance.

Suddenly, the space began to fluctuate, and ripples rippled out in circles, as if to twist this endless space into pieces.

Of course, this is not a spatial fluctuation, but a visual illusion caused by the excitation of particles disturbed by faster-than-light flight.

When the shock wave subsided, a spaceship suddenly appeared in this space, and the bright five-star red flag on the bow showed that the battleship belonged to the Republic of China.

"Immediately correct the course and check the position of our ship." Captain Fang Datong commanded loudly.

This fast reconnaissance ship No. 01110 belongs to the same batch as the No. 01108 ship, and Fang Datong and Ma Baoyu are also old comrades-in-arms who joined the army together, trained together, and were assigned together.

At the beginning, the two made an appointment to explore the Southern Cross together, and they also bet on who would gain more, so they chose different directions to explore.

It turned out that Ma Baoyu won the bet, but he could no longer drink the wine invited by Fang Datong.

"Report to the captain, our ship is located in the stellar field of Southern Cross 63026, about 6341 light years away from the solar system, and has not deviated from the preset course!" The observer reported quickly.

Hearing that the position was correct, Fang Datong was a little happier, and continued to order: "Report the location of our ship to the general headquarters, and at the same time check the operation of the ship's equipment and energy reserves." ”

"After the self-inspection and manual inspection of each system, there is slight wear, which is a normal situation, and nanorobots have been arranged to repair it. Fifty percent of the energy reserves, which need to be replenished! Soon, the chief engineer made a report to Fang Datong.

Hearing that there was only half of the energy left, Fang Datong couldn't help frowning, and after thinking for a while, he continued to give orders: "Observe the surrounding environment, find resources, and set up temporary supply points and observation points!" ”

"Yes!" The first mate went down to arrange it after receiving the order.

After a brief observation, the spacecraft flew towards a massive planet twenty light minutes away.

During the flight, microsatellites are constantly scattered to continuously collect information about the surrounding airspace.

These microsatellites are less than 100 kilograms, they are not very large, and they are carefully camouflaged to look like ordinary space meteorites.

There is no power on it, and its flight power depends on the gravitational pull of the stars except for the initial speed, and even if it is observed, others will only subconsciously think that this is a meteorite and will not pay much attention to it.

Soon, the spacecraft reached the sky over the planet.

It is a pure rock planet, with no atmosphere on the surface, but there are ice blocks in the depths, and various elements, especially metals, are abundant.

"We'll stay here for three hours, and when the time comes, no matter how much energy is replenished, we will take off immediately!" Fang Datong gave an order to the entire crew of the ship.

Subsequently, the spaceship began to drop a large number of mining robots, and under the transportation of small traffic boats, it landed on the surface of the planet and began to collect various resources.

After the self-destruction of the ship 01108, the spacecraft 01110 received an order from the general headquarters to change course and probe close to the self-destruction point.

It's less than 500 light-years away from the target point, and it's not a safe place, and maybe there's an enemy in the next moment.

"Report, Robot 1058 has found an artificial round hole at the work point!" The second mate suddenly walked into the captain's room and reported to Fang Datong.

The resource collection task is managed by the second officer, and all relevant information is also summarized to him, and after receiving the information from the robot, the second officer is also full of surprise, and hurries over to report to Fang Datong.

As you can see from the picture transmitted by the robot, this round hole is very standard, with a diameter of twenty centimeters, a straight aperture, a smooth hole wall, and no craters formed by meteorite impact at the entrance of the cave.

Hearing this news, Fang Da was tense in his heart, but he was not in a daze, and decisively ordered: "Immediately conduct atomic spectroscopy analysis to further determine the cause and time of formation!" ”

"Yes!" The second mate saluted and went out.

Fang Datong's heart became more urgent, and the sense of crisis also increased.

This round hole must have been discovered by that unknown alien civilization, and it doesn't matter whether it is for scientific research or resource collection.

"Captain, the results have come out, and it can be determined that this hole was artificially made, and it appeared less than ten years ago!" The second officer reports directly through the communicator.

Alloy molecules were found on the walls of the holes that were different from those naturally formed on the planet, and the residual molecules were distributed in a spiral pattern, which, together with mass spectrometry analysis, could confirm that the probe was shot ten years ago.

"Report this discovery to the General Headquarters immediately and request instructions from the Command!

At the same time, all shipborne unmanned reconnaissance equipment will be released to comprehensively inspect the entire planet to determine whether there are other traces.

Also, quickly inspect all the planets, comets, and asteroid belts in the galaxy to look for traces left by each other. Fang Datong gave a further order.

With Fang Datong's order, the spacecraft flew out in all directions, like an open beehive, and hundreds of millions of small scouts flew out in all directions to investigate.

Soon, the results came in, and a total of five holes were found, all identical.

According to his own exploration experience, depending on the utilization value of the planet, the exploration holes are from one to ten, which are used to study the formation time of the planet, the geological structure, the distribution of elements and resources, etc.

"Retrieve all unmanned scouts and operational robots, and go to inspect the other stars!" After the completion of this planetary inspection, Fang Datong issued an order to take it back.

For the fastest way to inspect all the stars in that star system, the mothership is undoubtedly the fastest means of transportation, allowing it to reach all places in the shortest possible time.

All the equipment flew back to the spaceship like a swallow, and the spacecraft was like an arrow from the string, speeding towards other stars.

Although the ship's top speed can reach 800 times the speed of light, the number of equipment on board is limited, and it will take at least a month to explore this star system.

Inside the command ship, Wang Dao was communicating with Yi Xiaoxiao and his two children.

"No... Not ......", "Wood... Wooden ......"

Listening to the muffled voices of the two children, Wang Dao only felt that his heart had melted.

Wang Yuanli and Wang Yuanzheng were just born at the fourth order, which is worth the kung fu of many people who have practiced for thirty or fifty years.

It still looks like a small baby, but it is not an ordinary baby inside, from the outermost skin, to the muscles, internal organs, to the bones that support the human body, it is all the strength of a fourth-order cultivator.

The same is true for brain development, it can be said that two children are born prodigies, and if it is not for the limited information received in the mother's womb, it is completely possible to work directly.

"I'm going to work hard for you in my absence!" Wang Dao said to Yi Xiaoxiao.

Holding a child in each hand, the happiness and satisfaction on Yi Xiaoxiao's face were already overflowing.

"Don't worry, baby is sensible." Yi Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

The only fly in the ointment is that Wang Dao is thousands of light years away, and the family of four cannot be reunited.

"Mr. Wang, ship 01110 is urgent!" Zhang Qian pushed open the door, walked in, and shouted loudly.

It was not that Zhang Qian was incomprehensible and deliberately disturbed, but in military operations, all intelligence that might affect the outcome of the war must be reported as soon as possible.

This is the iron law of the royal road, and all people, including himself, must follow it.