The first main spiral arm, located 275 light-years from the imperial capital.

There is a galaxy that does not exist on the star map.

Hamiston.

Generally speaking, in this interstellar age, it is easy to lock down a galaxy, but it is extremely difficult to hide a galaxy completely.

Even a third-level civilization already has a very complete star detection technology, if it is an alien galaxy, it is easy to say, but if it is in this galaxy...

What galaxies are there, and where they are, can all be located very accurately.

However, in the Milky Way, there are three star series outside the series.

The first two are the galaxies in the Death Nebula, one is the Canglan Galaxy, the former home of the Human Resistance, and the other is the star system where the Starry Sky Zerg were originally located when they came to the Milky Way.

In addition to these two, the last one is Hamilston.

Its location is located in the territory of the Kairui Empire, 275 light-years away from the imperial capital.

At the same time, the environment here is very complex, and the entire area of more than 20 light-years is covered by a special kind of radiation.

Even deep-sky radars cannot penetrate.

At the same time, in this area, after any ship enters, this special radiation will erode the entire warship in a very short time.

Neither the energy shield nor the heavy armor of the battleship could stop this erosion.

And once the battleship is eroded, all the creatures in it...

None of them will survive for a minute.

Therefore, it has also been nicknamed by many people...

Corroded airspace!

Ships are inaccessible, and neither can radar or other detection devices.

Therefore, no one knows that there is a star system called Hamiston in this area.

Until hundreds of years ago, an Imperial warship jumped directly into the interior of the corroded airspace due to a system failure that caused the coordinate data to be incorrect during the jump.

When the Imperial soldiers on the battleship found out that they had plunged headlong into this terrifying area, they were in despair.

Jumping straight in, this method has not been tried before.

But here's the problem...

Even with the Empire's leap technology, the interval between jumps takes a full ten minutes.

And in the corrosive star field, it only takes two or three minutes for that special radiation to erode and completely penetrate the battleship.

In other words, the people on the ship, before they can wait for another jump, will all hang up.

So, what about using an unmanned battleship to go into exploration?

Naturally, there are people who have thought of it and tried it.

Unfortunately, it's not just radars that can't penetrate this particular radiation zone, almost all signals can't penetrate it.

As a result, remote control simply can't be done.

What's more, even if it can be done, it is useless, because all the devices of a battleship eroded by this special radiation will quickly damage in a matter of minutes.

In short, more than a hundred years ago, the soldiers on that battleship were extremely desperate.

But soon, they found that after a few minutes, nothing had happened, not even the battleship.

In the end, after detection by various instruments, it was found that in the area where the battleship was located, there was no special radiation found at all.

The most important thing is that at this moment, the battleship is still in the interior of a star system.

This is a huge discovery.

In the corroded airspace, there is even a safe zone, and in this safe zone, there is a star system.

After noting down the coordinates, the battleship jumped away and quickly reported the matter.

More than a hundred years later...

This has become a top-secret scientific research institute in the Empire, and now, as Jiang Xingchen guessed, it is conducting research on hyperspace technology.

Or even...

Within Hamilston, a prototype of a hyperspace engine has been built.

It's just that this prototype still has a lot of problems, big and small, and it needs to be solved before it can be officially finalized and mass-produced.

But in any case, the Empire has already stepped half a foot into the threshold of hyperspace technology.

"You said that the Imperial Capital Circle was raided by humans?"

"Yes, this is news from the Imperial Palace, His Majesty Gulren has issued a royal decree to all administrative districts, once the Imperial Palace falls, you will be the next legitimate emperor of the empire."

Hear this.

Celter froze.

He was Selter, the chief scientist of the Empire, and the head of the Hamilston Institute.

At the same time, he is also the son of Gruen, the only legitimate heir of the empire.

He knew his father, Gren, better than anyone else.

If there was still the slightest possibility, his father would never talk about letting himself succeed to the throne.

It can be seen that the situation in the Imperial Capital Star is far worse than he imagined.

And his father, Gu Ren, has already judged that there is no possibility of reversal, so he will use the last time to issue orders to all administrative regions to ensure that the empire will not fall into complete chaos after the imperial capital falls.

"Damn, let the test ship set off and bring my father back!"

"Your Highness, there are still many problems with the test ship, and the possibility of successfully navigating in hyperspace is not even one percent, and now that the imperial capital has been surrounded, even if the test ship arrives at the imperial capital star, it will be destroyed immediately, and it is impossible to rescue Your Majesty!"

Hearing Celt say this, the deputy on the side suddenly became anxious.

"So what do you say? Am I here to watch my father being killed by humans? ”

"Humans shouldn't kill His Majesty Grune directly, otherwise, they can directly bombard the entire planet, but when they attacked, they specially retained the Imperial Palace and the surrounding area of ten kilometers, which is obvious, their purpose is to capture alive, not kill."

"That's not good, the emperor was captured alive, which is even more humiliating for my father!"

"Your Highness, if you use the test ship now, not only will you not be able to save Your Majesty, but it will also expose our research project, thus losing the possibility of saving Your Majesty in the future."

"What do you say about saving your father in the future?"

Hearing this, Celter calmed down a bit, looked at his deputy and asked.

"Your Highness, as long as we don't expose it here, with 5,000 Derek-class warships and the garrison fleet just sent by His Majesty, if you can, let the fleet on Kyle's side also find a way to come quietly."

"In this way, we have 8,000 warships, and once the hyperspace engine project is completed and all these 8,000 warships are replaced, then we will have the strength to turn the tables."

As Selter's deputy said.

Although the imperial capital of the empire fell, there were still a lot of troops.

A regular fleet of 20,000 ships stationed at the entrance to the main spiral arm.

5,000 Derek-class warships responsible for Hamiston's security for several years, the new warships of the Empire.

A thousand garrison warships that were sent by Gruen a few days ago to strengthen their defenses.

More than 2,000 garrison warships in Kyle's hands, as well as regular warships.

And...

Scattered in various administrative regions of the empire, the number of more than 300,000 garrison warships.

The strength of the empire is still online, and it is not difficult for the Federation to raid and destroy the emperor, but it is still not easy to take down the entire empire.

The regular fleet, as well as the garrison fleet, do not speak.

But as his deputy said, there are now 5,000 Derek-class warships in Hamiston, and 1,000 garrison ships, plus Kyle's forces.

It was already possible to make up 8,000 warships.

Moreover, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of these warships far exceeds that of conventional warships.

And once the hyperspace engines are completed and these warships are equipped, there are countless ways to turn the tide and force humanity to release their father, Gren.

So, now all Celt has to do is...

Endure!

Bear with it, and then go as fast as you can...

Completed the research and development of hyperspace technology.

"Inform Kyle to cancel his planned return plan and make sure he is not being tracked by humans, and then we'll guide him to Hamiston."

"Yes, Your Highness, I'll arrange it immediately!"

At the same time.

The Kerry Empire, the Imperial Capital Star.

Imperial Palace.

At this moment, all the remaining forces in the vicinity have all been concentrated on the side of the Imperial Palace, and outside the Imperial Palace, three lines of defense have been set up.

And thirty kilometers away from the first line of defense.

An encirclement of tens of thousands of mechs and tens of thousands of motorized infantry...

They have been surrounded in it.

The final battle...

Imminent.