Three months.

The rebels are already in Hailan III, sending back more than 50 million people.

As more and more transport ships enter service, this speed will be further improved.

At the same time, the four Wuluo-class destroyers were named Boyin, Xiongji, Yuyuan and Yiyin, and Lu Feng also got his wish and became the captain of the destroyer Boin.

On the day he took over the battleship, he even came to the Qingluan ship and snorted, making Mu Qianshan angry...

So, Mu Qianshan, who was angry...

I had to pull Jiang Xingchen to conduct a simulated battle of mecha and vent well.

You know, when he was still in the academy, he was called the next Long Yuchao, and as for Lu Feng or something, he could beat ten!

However...

He wanted to vent, but he was even more depressed.

Mu Qianshan is sure...

Jiang Xingchen can beat ten of himself!!

"Xingchen, I really didn't expect that you even reached this level of mecha piloting skills..."

"Brother Qianshan, you are also very powerful, even if there is a gap of ten years, but your driving skills are in the rebel army, I am afraid that except for Long Yuchao, no one can compare with you."

"Phew, you're not human, are you?"

"This..."

Being scolded by Mu Qianshan like this, Jiang Xingchen also scratched his head a little embarrassed.

In order to allow Mu Qianshan to take over the Qingluan smoothly in the future, under Mu Zhengfeng's arrangement, he was awarded the rank of major and arranged to serve as the second deputy on the Qingluan.

This is also to familiarize him with how to command a battleship as soon as possible.

After all, although Mu Qianshan was very capable, he had just come out of the academy and went to the Hailan Star System, and this stay was a full ten years.

Tick Tick Tick...

Just as the two of them walked out of the training cabin, the portable terminal on Jiang Xingchen's wrist suddenly rang.

"Captain, please come to the bridge immediately, Admiral Mu Zhengfeng of the fleet headquarters is waiting for you."

"Understood, I'll be there shortly."

A minute later, Jiang Xingchen and Mu Qianshan walked into the bridge one after the other.

"Admiral Mu!"

walked to his seat, and turned to Mu Zhengfeng on the main screen to give a military salute.

"Xingchen, about an hour and seventeen minutes ago, the Bi Fang, who was in charge of escorting the thirty-eighth batch of migrant fleets, lost contact!"

"Did you encounter an enemy?"

Hearing this, Jiang Xingchen's eyes narrowed slightly, and then asked.

"It's unclear for the time being, but there has been no news since the last regular contact with the fleet command, and it wasn't until an hour later that we discovered the loss of contact, and because the rest of the transport ships were not equipped with ultra-long-range communication devices, we could not confirm further information."

"For now, the Qingluan is only 0.7 light-years away from the coordinates of the Bifang when it was last contacted, so the fleet command needs you to investigate."

Mu Zhengfeng said as he transmitted a set of coordinates to the Qingluan number.

After receiving the coordinates, Fu Wanting immediately marked them on the star map, and sure enough...

It is only 0.7 light-years away from its location, near the seventh node in the safe passage of the Death Nebula, and the Qingluan ship is currently located at the fourteenth node.

"Understood, our ship will leave immediately!"

"Well, report to fleet command immediately if there is news."

"Understood!"

After the communication ended, Jiang Xingchen also enlarged the star map and began to study it.

"Captain, will you run into an enemy?"

On the side, Mu Qianshan asked.

When he entered the post, he no longer called the stars, but the captain.

This is the same as Fu Wanting.

"No, I think this one might be small..."

"Although this safe passage is only 2.7 light years, it is not a straight line, and it takes a full 38 jumps to finally pass through and reach the Canglan system."

"Therefore, even if the Kairui Empire or other civilizations discover the entrance to the passage, it is impossible to directly explore the location of the seventh node."

"Moreover, we have also deployed a large number of surveillance devices outside the entrance of the passage, and if other civilizations really enter, we will not go unnoticed."

Shaking his head, Jiang Xingchen pointed to the seventh node of the safe passage on the star map and said.

"So, you mean... Starry Sky Zerg? ”

Mu Qianshan immediately understood what Jiang Xingchen meant, since it was not another civilization, it could only be the Starry Sky Zerg that had originally lived in the Death Nebula!

It's just that...

Even if the Starry Sky Zerg attacked, it didn't make sense to make Bi Fang unable to even send a message back...

"Anyway, when you get there, you'll be able to know!"

"Helmsman, set the course, target the seventh node of the nebula channel!"

Pushing away the virtual star map in front of him, Jiang Xingchen ordered loudly.

"Yes, Captain, the goal has been set, and it will take seven jumps, and the total estimated time is 7 hours and 52 minutes!"

Although the distance is not long, the trouble is that the nebula passage is a passage with nine curves and eighteen bends, which needs to be constantly jumped, and after reaching the next node, the course is modified and then jumped, and so on 38 times, before you can really pass through this passage that is about 2.7 light years long.

After each jump, the ship had to wait for about an hour to cool down and recharge the engines before it could jump again.

Of course, if it was a real fourth-level civilization like the Kairui Empire, there would be no need for such trouble.

The main reason why the rebels' jump engine pulls their hips is because this is imitation, and as the prototype of the imitation, that is, the Xinghai Federation Jiang Kai Type 3 patrol ship, it is not a battleship itself, and its performance is slightly poor, and after the rebels imitate it, it can only achieve about seventy percent of the performance of the prototype.

This eventually led to a series of problems such as excessive temperatures and long charging times.

In the final analysis, the lack of basic technology is too serious, and the technology tree is a little deformed...

However, this problem should be fully solved after the rebels slowly absorb the technology of the Star Sea Federation through the Tinder database.

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More than five hours later.

Nebula Channel, Node 9.

The fifth jump has just been completed, and at this moment the Qingluan is charging the jump engine.

However...

"Captain, a large number of gravitational waves have been detected, and the number is more than a hundred!"

"Sound the first-level battle alarm, raise the energy shield, recharge all weapons, and prepare the mech troops to attack!"

"Yes, Captain!"

In the next moment, the battle alarm was already sounding throughout the battleship, and everyone rushed to their combat posts.

"Captain..."

"Don't rush, wait first!"

Originally, Fu Wanting wanted to advise Jiang Xingchen to retreat at maximum combat speed, keep a safe distance and wait for the jump engine to be charged.

However, as soon as he spoke, he was stopped by Jiang Xingchen.

More than 100 gravitational waves are formed at the same time, and the gravitational waves are almost the same size.

This made him have some guesses.

Next, as long as you wait for the other party to exit the jump channel, you can know if your guess is correct.

"Captain, here!"

At almost the same time as the radar officer shouted, one ship after another quickly drove out of the gravitational waves, each of which was at least five times the size of the Qingluan.

"Captain, the identity of the other party has been confirmed, it is his own person!"

With the sound of the report, the more than 100 red dots that were originally displayed on the tactical board also turned green at this moment.

"Whew, it seems that the Bifang and the transport fleet are fine, maybe it's just a problem with the communication device."

Slightly relieved, Mu Qianshan said.

But...

"No, one less!"

Shaking his head, Jiang Xingchen said with a solemn face.

"One missing?"

"Yes, Bi Fang is not among them!!"