"That's why I've been circling around the solar system all the time," Xu Fuhang said, "I speculate that they must be split up and look for opportunities to enter the solar system to exploit resources, so we can keep an eye on them, and as soon as they relax, we will go up and annihilate them with all our might." ”

Xu Fuhang finally summed up: "While continuing to pursue the third quadrant, the earth side cannot stop expanding in scale, and when it can reach a powerful group of aircraft, it will start an expedition to cross the stars." I don't know what the Eastern Sect Master thinks of my proposal. ”

Dongfang replied: "Elder Xu does have a lot of opinions. Our saints are now in this part of the outside world, and they can't develop their scale, so they can only rely on the Earth side to defend them. Shangguan, do you have any pressure? ”

Shangguan replied: "Sixth brother who has no problem with me, now that the Earth Defenders have grown to the scale of 256 aircraft regiments, if we start large-scale development from now on and make every effort to develop the scale of the battle armor, then it will not be a problem to reach 512 aircraft regiments in ten years." ”

Dongfang said: "But the expedition to their lair will require at least 512 regiments, so there will be a shortage of troops left behind on the earth, will it take a few more decades?" ”

Xu Fuhang said: "There is no need, we can go on an expedition in advance." There is an idiom called 'eunuch ears and eyes'. ”

When Xu Fuhang said this, he couldn't understand it anymore, and after summing it up, Dongfang made a final decision: "The team I led will continue to pursue the third quadrant until it has a flaw, and then go all out to wipe it out." And what about you, Shangguan, continue to stay on the earth and make every effort to develop the scale of the battle armor, we will limit it to ten years, and then make a decision after ten years, what do you think? ”

Xu Fuhang expressed his support, and everyone had no opinion, and the meeting ended here, leaving Xu Fuhang alone in the east, and in the comprehensive administrative command center of the human race, only Xu Fuhang was left alone, as well as some robots around.

Dongfang incarnated into one of the robots, came to Xu Fuhang's side, and said meaningfully: "Old Xu, over the years, thank you for giving me so many constructive suggestions, so that my saints have taken a lot of detours. ”

Xu Fuhang sighed deeply and said: "It's a pity, the years are urging people to grow old, I am about to die, and time is running out." Sometimes, I envy you, although you don't have a human body, you can prolong your life indefinitely and realize your dreams. ”

The two of them were touched, and Dongfang asked, "Does Elder Xu have any suitable candidates to recommend to me?" ”

"After I leave," Xu Fuhang said, "Sun Li, from the General Staff, he is my student, and I am more optimistic about him." ”

In the 65th year of the New Era, Xu Fuhang died of illness at the age of 100, and his student, 42-year-old Sun Li, took his place as the second chief of staff of the Saints, advising the East.

The pursuit of the third quadrant is still ongoing, and Shangguan has grown to 512 regiments on Earth, which is on par with the expeditionary force led by Dongfang.

At this time, when the pursuit of the third quadrant was in its 20th year, due to various reasons such as the long-term flight of the third quadrant, the huge consumption of resources, and the slower and slower speed, the distance between the teams led by Yue Dongfang was getting closer and closer, from 0.5 light-years at the beginning to only 1 light-hour distance, this distance

East, the Dawn Group, and even the General Staff to the Dawn Supreme Council, are ready to discuss once again whether to pursue the third quadrant and whether to set out on an expedition to cross the Raiders.

The system computer in the east found a very important information, in the direction of the planet, 72 AU from the Sun (Note 1), the place where the orbit of Eris (Note 2) coincided with the orbit of Eris (Note 2), and it was found that the third quadrant of the Pluto celestial sphere (Note 3) was flying towards the suspicious signal source.

According to the system measurement, the third quadrant is about 20 AU away from the suspicious signal source, less than 3 light hours, and it takes about 28 hours to reach it if you fly at full speed. When the east is 1 light from the third quadrant, it will take about 36 hours to reach the suspicious signal source if it flies in a straight line.

From the current flight paths of the third quadrant, it is obvious that they are trying to fly to this suspicious signal source.

Although the saints are full of reconnaissance outlets in the solar system, they must know that the universe is three-dimensional, and the same is true of the solar system, so such a large solar system will have the phenomenon of being dense and sparse, so this suspicious signal source, judging from the current intelligence, only knows that it is a suspicious signal source. As for its specific situation, it is not yet known, and only a reconnaissance ship can be sent to obtain more detailed information.

Dongfang immediately convened the Dawn group to discuss the matter, and the information flow asked, and the four people in the group were also confused, and they couldn't figure out how a very powerful signal source would suddenly appear in the solar system.

Dongfang immediately called the detection system, and the nearest reconnaissance post from the signal source was about 10 light minutes, and within the radius of the signal source 1 light, there were about 20 reconnaissance posts, all of which were ten-meter-level attack and reconnaissance dual-purpose UAVs.

Dongfang immediately dispatched these 20 drones to quickly approach the suspicious signal source, and let his 512 aircraft group team run without slowing down. Shangguan said a little worriedly: "Sixth brother, be careful that this is a trap." ”

Dongfang also realized this and said: "We will see the detection of the drone later." If you're really not sure, let's do it again. ”

The rest of the Dongfang and Dawn teams also felt that this was the only way to do it for now.

From the discovery of the signal to the decision of several people, it took less than a second in total, which is the point of high-speed communication of machine civilization. While flying to the suspicious source, the East brought the Human Staff and the Supreme Council of the Dawn World all online.

Although it is human beings who are connected, in the highly informationized saint civilization, the speed of human assembly is also very fast, and in less than five minutes, all the personnel have been online. Dongfang gave a general introduction to the suspicious signal source.

The new chief of staff, Sun Li, said: "Sect Master, the third quadrant is desperate to fly to the suspicious signal source, all signs indicate that this is not simple, whether it is a trap or not, I think that the Shangguan who stayed on the earth, you should immediately start all the engines of the group, and be ready to take off the Star Voyage at any time to support the Eastern Sect Master." ”

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Note 1: AU, the astronomical unit, that is, the average distance from the earth to the sun, 1 AU≈ 150 million kilometers≈ 8.33 light minutes, 72 AU = 10 light hours.

Note 2: 阋 (xì) Shen, a dwarf planet in the solar system, is on the ecliptic discrete disk, orbiting around Pluto, details can be consulted at a certain degree.

Note 3: Pluto's celestial sphere, which is a term coined by the author, that is, a sphere formed by the radius of Pluto's average distance from the Sun.

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