According to the original plan of the Federation, the reconnaissance operation should not begin until two years later.

That is, a year before the Jingwei base launched a counteroffensive against its Dot Black Cavity Realm.

And the reason why he acted in such a hurry two years in advance was because of the information he inadvertently received when he experimented with communication across the black cavity realm before.

A human civilization that exists within the realm of its Dort's black cavity.

More critically, from the analysis of the information obtained, the ancestor of this human civilization was a man named Liu Tao.

This is where it comes in.

Since the disappearance of Liu Tao and his scorpion pirate group, even if the Federation unified the entire Yanhuang Universe, no trace of them has been found.

It's all about to become a mystery.

Especially the first leader of the Federal Battleship Design Department, Mr. Liu Feng, is even more worried about this matter.

So, is it the same name, or is it that after Liu Tao entered that strange passage, he not only traveled through time, but even crossed the black cavity realm?

These things can only be answered after Shangguan Ningxue arrives.

There is another very important reason.

This human civilization has relied on a device found in a ruin within its Dort Black Cavity to release a protective shield that can encompass the entire universe.

Even the Pretender fleet could not make a breakthrough.

It's just that the energy of this device is about to run out, and it can only last for another 1 or 2 mothers at most.

Therefore, under the discussion of the elders, the original investigation task could only be greatly advanced.

After all, if it was really Liu Tao who had traveled through time and also crossed the Black Cavity Realm, then the human beings of this entire universe could completely belong to the descendants of the same origin as the Federation human beings.

As long as you have this ability, you will naturally have to rescue.

Besides, even the current federation still has a pitifully small population compared to other black civilizations.

And after millions of years of development, an entire universe of human beings, this is undoubtedly a great benefit to the Federation, and will completely fill the absolute disadvantage of human beings in terms of population.

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Crossing the point of departure.

The fleet weaved through the uncontrolled Silola array where the pretenders were dead.

"Admiral, in 30 seconds we will break through this fleet array and leave the confines of the crossing point."

"Well, after going out, all the battleships immediately started the black chamber engine and moved towards the target position!"

"Yes, Admiral!"

The Black Chamber Engine is a dual-purpose engine.

It's like a combination of a sub-light engine and a hyperspace engine in the universe.

Not only can it be used for conventional sailing, but it can also be used for long-distance instantaneous leaps by folding the black cavity space.

Of course, with the Federation's current technology, the maximum distance spanned by each fold is still limited, and can only reach 1,800 black cavity units.

The location of the target universe is about 180,000 standard black cavity units from the crossing point.

That is, the fleet needs to make 100 folding crossings in a row in order to arrive.

The entire voyage took about three months.

During this period, it is impossible to say that there will be many fleet attacks by the pretenders.

It's not going to be a safe voyage.

"Admiral, it has been out of the constraint range of the crossing point, and the folding function of the black chamber engine is no longer restricted!"

"All warships activate the folding system, target the first node!"

"Yes, Admiral!"

A moment later, the entire fleet disappeared in place as black streamers shot out into the distance.

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180,000 standard black cavity units.

Kepler Universe.

This was originally the birthplace of a rudimentary black cavity civilization.

The name of the civilization is the Scorpion Empire.

It is inconspicuous in its Dott black cavity.

But at this moment, this is the only safe harbor in the entire black cavity world.

A scarlet, eerie barrier that envelops the entire universe, and beyond the barrier is a blockade of a large fleet of pretenders.

The fleet here is composed of more than a dozen different styles of warships, but there are no warships of the Silola Empire.

Obviously, the pretender thinks that the blockade of this scorpion empire does not need to dispatch those warships of the high-level black cavity civilization, and it is enough to use the fleets of some weak black cavity civilizations.

Inside the Kepler universe.

In the only Imperial Palace of the Starry Sky Continent, the high-ranking members of the empire were discussing an extremely important matter.

Concerning...

Whether to revive the decision of the ancestor Liu Tao!!

That's right, Liu Tao did not die, but used technical means to enter hibernation.

And leave a word, and if it comes time for the empire to live and die, wake it up.

Survival...

Isn't this the time of life and death now?

Therefore, some people have raised the question of whether to revive Liu Tao, and maybe there will be a glimmer of life.

And this decision has also been supported by the vast majority of people.

It's just that Liu Xun, the emperor of this generation, has never made a decision.

If the ancestor is revived, then what else is there to him?

Sometimes, people who hold the highest power are like this, even at the most critical moment, they are unwilling to let go.

for fear that their power will be damaged, or even deprived.

But today, all the top echelons of the empire are united.

That's right, they want to force the palace!

forced Liu Xun to agree and woke up the ancestor Liu Tao.

"Your Majesty, we don't have time, the scarlet shield can last for a year at most, and outside the Kepler universe, the fleet of hundreds of billions of pretenders is ready to move."

"Once the Crimson Shield is gone, we will never be able to resist, and then the entire civilization will be destroyed."

"The Ancestor had something before he hibernated, and once the empire came to the point of survival, he revived it, and maybe he could still have a way to save it."

"Your Majesty, make a decision!"

After the minister finished speaking, he knelt down directly.

And the rest of the ministers also knelt down.

They shouted for His Majesty's permission.

A proper posture of forcing the palace.

Liu Xun was so angry that his whole face rose.

He knew that he didn't look at these guys kneeling on the ground one by one, but if he didn't agree today, he was afraid that they would be able to rebel directly, and then forcibly push the ancestor to wake up the procedure.

In the end, Liu Xun could only agree.

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Three days later.

Inside a special room in the Imperial Palace.

A man who appeared to be in his mid-thirties, lying inside a dormant device.

This is a device that combines the top technology of the Empire, and theoretically every 10,000 years will only consume the life of the dormant one day.

More than ten meters away from the dormant device, all the ministers of the empire were here, and they were very quiet and did not make a sound.

Burst...

Finally, with the sound of ungassing, the dormant hatch was slowly opened.

"How long did I sleep?"

"Ancestor, you were asleep in the year 7385 of the Imperial Calendar, and now it is the year 1,271,128 of the Imperial Calendar."

The minister at the head didn't even dare to look up at Liu Tao, who had already sat up, and replied respectfully.

After all, the man not far away was known as the existence of the human ancestor.

The ancestors of the entire human civilization ...

"Already... So long? ”

"So, wake me up now, what's going on with the Empire?"