Edge Star, a lonely planet.

A blinding light suddenly appeared, piercing the pitch-black space, but did not illuminate the lonely planet, and then disappeared.

Soon, everything returned to calm as if nothing had happened.

On the back side of the Edge Star, a simple-looking spaceship is sailing slowly.

It was the "Star Sea".

Not far away, there were nine identical warships, that is, the other nine Shadow Ships.

Inside the "Star Sea", Yang Yi looked intently at the route map in front of him, Shen Chengwen and Jackson stood behind him, and Otis was with several officers of the guards.

No one spoke, everyone waited patiently.

The Edge Star, as the name suggests, is a planet on the edge that has been completely forgotten.

Of course, the Edge didn't start out like that.

Thousands of years ago, when the Galactic Alliance came to the Southern Alpha Galaxy, Edge Star was one of the most environmentally friendly planets in the star system and home to an indigenous civilization. However, shortly thereafter, the Galactic Alliance launched a war to sweep through the entire Southern Alpha system, and the star system where the edge star is located was also attacked. It's just that the indigenous civilization here did not choose to surrender, but fought to the death against the invading Galactic Alliance. After suffering heavy losses, the attacking Cantons turned to the top civilization for help, using destructive weapons to destroy the star directly. Although the Cantons wanted to keep the edge star before attacking, after all, it was a planet with a suitable environment, but the result was not controlled by the Cantons, and after the star was destroyed, the environment on the edge star was also devastated. Soon after, the Cantons abandoned the planet, which had lost its life.

However, the disaster encounter on the edge star did not end there.

Although abandoned by the Canton tribe. However, according to the rules, the edge star still belongs to the Canton clan, and has since been placed under the jurisdiction of the Canton clan.

For the first thousand years, the edge was ignored.

Quite simply, with the technology at the time, even if it was possible to develop edge stars. The cost is also enormous, and the resources that can be obtained from the edge stars are extremely limited.

It wasn't until the outbreak of the Third Greenwich War that the Edge was taken seriously again.

In fact, it was also at this time that the name "Edge Star" was born, and before that it was just a code name, without an official name.

Although for the Galactic Alliance, the third Greenwich War is the only victory in the last five Greenwich Wars. At least a limited victory, that is, through this war, the Galactic Alliance successfully forced the Silicon Alliance to retreat and gain a foothold in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, and it was after this war that the Greenwich Meteorite Belt became a must for both sides. But this war completely changed the fate of the edge star, that is, after that, the edge star was valued by many civilizations, including the Human Federation. And this led to several wars, but they were all civil wars that broke out for the self-interest of the civilizations of the Galactic Alliance.

The fringe star went from being underappreciated to being in the limelight. The reason is also simple, the location is too critical.

This inconspicuous planet is right between the two regions, right next to the northern region, and it happens to be on the shortest route to the northern fourth region. Although there is more than one route to the North 4th District, it is necessary to travel from the Western Region to the North 4th District. And the shortest route has to pass near the edge star. To put it simply, whoever controls the edge star controls the gate from the Western Region to the North Fourth Region.

Obviously, here's the problem.

After the end of the Third Greenwich War, the civilizations of the North Fourth District felt the importance of life routes. They all hope to be able to control the life route in their own hands, rather than being controlled by others at a critical moment, and they also hope to control all the important nodes on the life route, at least the nodes near the North Fourth District. The problem is that the marginal star is the territory of the Canton family, and the home planet of the Canton family is in the Western Region. Although the Rim Star is a dispensable desert planet for the Canton Clan, it is not even worth colonizing and exploiting it, but after the Third Greenwich War, the Canton Clan realized the importance of expanding the defense zone, and thus planned to build the Rim Star into a peripheral fortress.

In fact, the contradiction between the civilization of the North Fourth Region and the Canton people is not irreconcilable.

Under the circumstances at that time, as long as both sides were willing to compromise, this contradiction could be resolved, for example, the civilization of the North Fourth Region would provide a certain degree of support to assist the Canton clan in building the edge star into a frontier fortress, and the Kanton clan would set the edge star as a joint management of all civilizations, so that the civilization of the North Fourth Region could deploy defensive military forces here, at least nearby, to ensure the safety of the life route through it.

The problem is that the belonging of the edge star involves the top civilization, and it is the Lei Ling clan and the Weaver clan.

In the Western Region, the Weaver Clan has a strong influence, and almost all the high-level civilizations here are allies of the Weaver Clan, and most of the civilizations in the North Fourth Region at that time were allies of the Lei Ling Clan. Although it is beneficial for all civilizations to make the Edge Star a frontier fortress and be managed by civilizations such as the Canton Clan, it will inevitably have an impact on the Lei Ling Clan and the Weaver Clan, and the result is not under the control of the two top civilizations.

As a result, the Cantons did not surrender the Rim Star, and dozens of civilizations in the North Fourth Region then went to war.

Although this is only a small-scale war, if it is a conflict by the standards of a full-scale war, it is not wrong to say that it is a conflict, but this small-scale war that lasted for less than ten years, and the final winner is not the Canton Clan, nor the civilization of the Northern Fourth District, but the Lei Ling Clan and the Weaver Star Clan.

That is, the edge star was devastated, losing its foundation as a frontier fortress, and the route it passed through was also taken over by the Weavers and Thunderlings.

According to the armistice, the Weavers took over the southern route, while the Thunderling took over the northern route.

Although this situation did not last long, before the outbreak of the Fifth Greenwich War, the Weavers handed over the management of the route to the Canton Clan, and the Thundering Clan also handed over the management of the route to other civilizations, and after the end of the Fifth Greenwich War, because only the Human Federation was left in the North Fourth District, the management of the northern end of the route naturally fell into the hands of the Human Federation, but this segmented management made this route completely abandoned.

Actually, this is also related to the Federation of Mankind.

That is, after taking over the North Fourth District, the Human Federation does not attach importance to this route. Quite simply, the route ends in the colonial system, thousands of light-years away from the home system, and the voyage to the center is tens of thousands of light-years away compared to the route through the Green Star. In peacetime, these tens of thousands of light-years mean higher transportation costs, and in wartime, it means life and death.

Besides, most of the civilizations in the western region are allies of the Weavers, and the relationship between the Human Federation and the Weavers is very average.

In addition, after the Fifth Greenwich War, the Human Federation defected to the Hidden Spirits, and was in ruins, leaving no resources to maintain other routes.

The millennium-long era of peace and prosperity has made this route an ornament.

To put it simply, in peacetime, it is difficult to maintain any route without sufficient commercial interests, after all, it takes a lot of resources to maintain the hopping nodes on the route.

Under the influence of these factors, the shipping route was abandoned, and the edge star was completely marginalized.

Of course, the course is still there, and the essence of the edge star has not changed. That is, from here to the north, you enter the North 4th District.

Yang Yi was calm and did not feel excited about the imminent return to the North Fourth District.

Quite simply, there are still more than a thousand light-years from here to the home galaxy, and according to the information previously obtained, most of the colonial systems along the way have been overrun by the Silicon Charm army. Although with the performance of the Shadow Ship, it is not a problem to avoid the colonial galaxy occupied by the enemy and go directly to the home galaxy, it will definitely take a lot of time, and Yang Yi is now eager to immediately return to the home galaxy through the space jump.

Of course, it's not just him, it's everyone else.

"Major?"

"I'm here, got the result?" Yang Yi let out a long breath and forced himself to calm down.

There is complete route information on the "Xinghai", but Aaron has to spend some time planning the route, and he can't return to the North Fourth District unprepared.

"You need to make at least five space jumps, and it's best to add three to avoid colonial systems that have already been taken over by the enemy and not be detected by the occupying forces. As it stands, it will take about seven days, and it will take five days at the earliest to reach the home system. ”

"Can't it be shorter?"

"This is the limit, if we speed up, even if the battleship can withstand it, there is a good chance that we will be discovered by the enemy before returning to our home system."

Yang Yi frowned, they had already spent a month, although it would take another five days, but he couldn't wait.

"Major?"

"Focus on safety, plan the route back to your home system." Yang Yi let out a long breath and said, "We have spent a month, and we have not received any other news for the time being, and we are not in a hurry in these few days." Either way, you have to get back safely first, and then think about the rest. ”

"Major, I've discovered an unknown Origin Wave."

Yang Yi was slightly stunned, and did not react for a moment.

"From the edge of the star, and beneath the surface, very faint, but regular, not natural."

"You're saying there's a Primal Energy Converter working on the Edge?" Shen Chengwen took a step forward and asked directly.

"You can say that, but you can't tell the nature of the Origin Converter."

"Get the landing craft ready."

"Colonel ......"

"Do as the Colonel tells you." Yang Yi gave an order to Alun for Shen Chengwen, and then looked at Shen Chengwen. "Old Shen, one of us has to stay on the battleship."

"Obviously it won't be me."

Yang Yi was a little speechless and helpless, and turned to look at Jackson.

"Is this necessary?" Jackson sighed to himself.

Yang Yi nodded slightly and didn't say anything.

"Okay, I'll stay, but be careful."

"Be careful of what?"

Hearing this, Yang Yi and the others came back to their senses, remembering that Otis and other female warrior guard officers were there, and they heard their conversation. (To be continued.) )