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When the team returned to the New Virginia system, it was very nervous, the whole fleet was in a state of state, all the personnel were in place, and various emergency plans for retreat had been simulated many times before, and if the signs were wrong, they could turn around at any time and return to the Peach Blossom Source system, Major Ralph half-seriously and half-jokingly commented on their preparations: quite determined to compare patience with the Empire to the end.

There is no problem near the space jump point, the fleet lost an unmanned monitor on the space jump point before leaving, if the empire finds the location of this space jump point, the unmanned monitor will alert the fleet, but the empire's search does not seem to have reached this point, they sent an inquiry message over, and soon received a feedback message - safe and sound.

After the message was sent by this unmanned monitor, it didn't take long for it to witness the return of its owner with his own eyes (electronic eye), the first thing that appeared was the keyhole covered by eight lightning fighters, they were not too far away, but near it, it should be said that they circled around the space jump point, to assess and confirm the security situation, and then the fleet that jumped out of subspace one by one in a continuous flash of white light, and the huge mothership in the center of the fleet had just entered the system, A few black objects suddenly appeared in front of the mothership, and if it weren't for the help of the faint ionic tail flame in the tail, it would almost not have noticed, let alone recognize that they were several starfighters, and these fighters did not give it much time to take a good look, they quickly disappeared into the darkness and disappeared from its 'field of vision'.......

"How? How does it feel? Yao Feilun asked, her voice full of concern.

Preliminary reconnaissance intelligence has been reported back. Different from what people expected before, whether it was a lightning reconnaissance plane, a keyhole, or a phantom of a stealth fighter that had gone far ahead, no shadow of the Imperial fighter and warship was found, and the New Virginia galaxy was like a pool of stagnant water, so calm that it couldn't be calmer. It caught people who were ready and nervous a little off guard. Xiang Xiang was stunned.

Yao almost wondered if the fleet had jumped in the wrong direction. Jumped to another galaxy, but repeatedly examined the star map and navigation system, and it turned out that the fleet was not "lost", and this was indeed the New Virginia system, where they had been before. The unmanned monitor placed at the space hop point also illustrates this.

"It's so calm, honestly, it's a little scared." Risen admitted. "What about you?"

"Me too." Yao whispered, "Obviously, the empire has set a trap and is waiting for us. ”

"But, where? What is the trap? We are all ignorant. There was a hint of doubt and confusion in her eyes, "I don't want to unknowingly embark on a road of no return." ”

"Otherwise." Schneier cautiously suggested tentatively. "Let's go back to the Peach Blossom Source Galaxy, and then take a good vacation for a while, if the trap set by the empire is too long, no one will come to drill. It is estimated that they will give up reluctantly, if there is an ambush, they will not be able to wait like this endlessly. ”

The trap is called a trap that others will drill; Ambush must also predict the opponent's actions in order to be targeted. Risen moved in his heart, they have always been very careful in their actions, the empire does not know their location and route at the moment, it is really reluctant to set up ambushes and traps against them, but they have a fatal weakness, that is, the purpose of their actions, no matter how stupid people are, after evaluating their series of actions in the rear of the empire, I am afraid it is not difficult to guess what they are here for this trip to the empire, and their ultimate goal is very obvious.

If he is an Imperial Army, no matter how strange the actions of this fleet are, no matter how difficult it is to catch traces, no matter how many spatial jump points and more hidden routes are mastered, everything remains the same, one thing is certain, this fleet of the enemy will eventually go to one place, and the Empire can completely ignore other places, just wait for them there......

Well, most likely, that is......

"Risson, if you think of something, just say it." Sonia, who had been paying attention, immediately noticed the change in Risson's expression.

"Just thought of something, you saw it so quickly?" Risen was surprised.

"Let's talk about it." Sonia. Yang didn't explain, but urged with a touching smile on his face.

"Well, I think ......" Risen said his thoughts, which immediately caused the others to ponder.

"You do have a point

Energy is very "sexual". Yao said, "As for whether it is true or not, we will soon find out, but our actions must be very careful, the Empire may be waiting for us at the final destination, but it is not ruled out that we will be ....... at a certain point on the route."

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It has to be said that the fleet's movements are slower and more cautious than before, stop-and-go, stop-and-go, and before each action, Phantom and lightning reconnaissance planes will be dispatched to never stop until the surrounding area is thoroughly investigated, and the invisible enemy is even more terrifying.

High-intensity continuous hours of duty, even if there is a rotation, also makes the pilots generally feel quite tired, and the physical exhaustion is still a small problem, more psychological, the voice of worry among the ordinary crew is also quietly spreading, after all, this situation in the history of the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet, or the first time, people can feel the seriousness of the problem from this unprecedented caution and caution, but fortunately, the confidence accumulated for a long time has not disappeared, at this critical moment, the pilots still believe in Rise, The crew unreservedly trusts Yao Feilun, these two people are together, leading the fleet, through so many ups and downs, this difficulty and crisis, they will definitely be able to survive.

The trust and support of pilots, crews, and captains of other escort ships is a kind of motivation for Ruissen and Yao Feilun, but it is not a kind of pressure.

"Tired?" Risen saw that the girl had already "rubbed" his face and temples with his fingers for the first time, and his hands gently put his hands on the girl's shoulders and the back of her neck, loosening and gently massaging them.

"Sort of." Yao turned around and gave him a comfortable smile, "We know that there are tigers in the mountains, and we prefer to go to the tiger mountains, can we not work hard?" Remember what happened to Captain Aristide and the Liberator in the XY-1987 star field a few years ago? ”

"Of course," said Risson, feeling the warmth of the girl's body, "how could he not remember?" Although the process is dangerous, without that ambush by the Imperial Army, you are not so quick to command the Archangel, and the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet does not know where it is. ”

"Our current situation is somewhat similar to that investigation."

"Similar?"

"Yes! Our mission, in fact, can also be said to be an investigative mission, Captain Aristide and the Liberator are investigating the space hopping point, and we and the Archangel are investigating the Omega Project. Yao closed his eyes, leaned his head on the chair, enjoyed the comfort of Risson's massage, and slowly recalled, "Captain Aristide also understood the situation of the Liberator after we discovered the Empire's unmanned monitor, and also knew that the Empire was waiting for us to throw itself into the net, but he couldn't help but move on, just like us, he tried his best to be careful and cautious, but in the end he couldn't prevent it, after all, others are active, we are passive, I was thinking, in the front, what will be waiting for us?" Unmanned monitors? Camouflaged quantum torpedo firing device? Imperial Starfighter Fleet and Imperial Fleet? Still is...... Sunset? ”

"We still haven't been able to confirm the existence of Project Omega." Risen forced to laugh.

"I think from the analysis of all the signs we have encountered, it is basically certain that it exists, and now it is only the confirmation of the last step." The girl suddenly thought of the shattered wreckage of the ship that might have been the missing Sodi diplomatic representative ship in the Nightingale system, and she suddenly shivered, with a hint of fear in her voice, "Sunset, planetary destruction-level strategic weapons, I remember that the report said so, if that thing is aimed at us?" ”

"......," Risen didn't answer, but said gently, "You're thinking too much, and you're under too much pressure." ”

"Maybe...... I just want ...... It won't come to this point......"

"It's nothing, if it really comes to this point, at least we still have company on Huangquan Road...... However, I believe not, our luck didn't run out so quickly. ”

“......”

As the two spoke in a low voice, the communications officer's report caused Yao to reopen his eyes.

"Captain, Phantom Team Angel Fifteen reported that at coordinates 220.451 Delta, an unknown space jump point was found, which should be the jump point between JP3, and there is no sign of Imperial Army activity near the jump point at present."