Ariston System, near the entrance of the cosmic ocean current.
"Commander, the evacuation progress has reached 72.9%. It is expected to be completed in another 18 hours!"
"Mhmm, maintain the passage channel of the ocean current. Don't have any collisions!"
Elfi nodded and said.
At this moment, she was not worried about Arnaud's fleet. Instead, she was worried about the channel in front of the ocean current entrance.
After all, Arnaud's fleet was already on the way to the preset trap. On the channel of the ocean current, if there was a dense and uninterrupted flow of spaceships, in case there was a large-scale chain collision that caused the ocean current entrance to be blocked, it would greatly affect the entire evacuation schedule!
In any case, the maze interference array and the Terminal Bomb might be able to scare Arnaud for a while, but they definitely could not scare him for a lifetime.
Therefore, the evacuation schedule was quite important. Every hour of delay increased the probability of an unforeseen event.
"Understood, Commander!"
The adjutant was also clear about the stakes involved, so he immediately responded.
At the same time, more than 20,000 light-years away from the Ariston System.
In the colorful hyperspace, Arnaud's fleet was constantly moving forward.
"General, we are about to reach the end of the area that has been explored by the reconnaissance ship. We are expected to exit hyperspace in ten seconds!"
"Okay, after exiting, immediately arrange for people to continue to decode the interference parameters in all areas!"
"Yes, General!"
Ten seconds later, the fleet that was originally sailing in hyperspace was once again forced out of hyperspace due to interference with the hyperspace engine and came under the starry sky.
Moirin was already very experienced with this change. After all, they had gone back and forth more than a dozen times and were already used to it.
However, they did not realize that the situation this time was different.
This was also the reason why Elfi placed the Terminal Bomb so deep in the maze, instead of on the periphery.
Arnaud's fleet, which was already used to this operation, did not do a comprehensive scan of the entire area like when they first entered the maze. Instead, they only scanned to see if there were any local warships. They did not notice that although there were no enemy warships, there was something more deadly not far from their fleet … beeping!
"General, an energy burst has been detected. The location is about 10 light-years away from the front of our fleet formation!"
An energy burst from 10 light-years away?
Hearing this, Arnaud was slightly taken aback. Then, he seemed to have thought of something and was instantly shocked.
"Hurry up! With the energy explosion as the center and a radius of 5,000 light-years as the radius, calculate how many warships of our fleet will be covered in the sphere. Now! Now!"
"Yes, General!"
It didn't take too much time. He just operated the virtual interface in front of him, and the result was already out. It only took three seconds from start to finish.
"General, according to our calculations, this range will cover more than half of the fleets at the front of our formation. It is estimated that more than thirty billion warships will be included in this range!"
"Damn it! Inform all fleets immediately to adjust the direction of the bow and activate the hyperspace engine to return to the previous interference area!"
"Yes, General!"
'I hope I'm just overthinking things …'
Looking at the busy bridge, Arnor could not help but think so in his heart.
Yes, he wasn't very sure, but he did have some guesses.
This maze-like interference array was deliberately set up by the humans to lead them to a predetermined location.
In the end, he thought that he had found a loophole in the human's deployment and foolishly entered it …
Although Arnor's reaction was very fast and he immediately took action, it was still too late.
Half an hour later, when the entire fleet returned to the previous interference area, after a round of counting, a total of twelve billion warships did not make it back.
Obviously, those warships had already been hit before they escaped …
What was even more terrifying was that among the warships that successfully escaped, there were also about twenty billion warships that became ghost warships.
Yes, these warships successfully escaped, but the problem was that they had already been hit when they escaped. It was just that the attack had not completely taken effect, and in the process of returning …
Therefore, the warships did return, but it was a warship that carried a pile of corpses.
This unforeseen event made Arnor dare to give the order to advance again.
Who knew if the humans had deployed more of these terrifying weapons in this maze?
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At the entrance of the ocean current to the Tear Nooth Supercluster, the warship Seale.
"Commander, the Final Bomb has been confirmed to have detonated. It is estimated that it will affect 32 billion enemy warships. Currently, the enemy fleet has returned to the previous node of the maze!"
"Very good. Is the energy simulation device ready?"
"It is ready!"
"Then detonate it, all of them!"
"Roger!"
As the adjutant went to carry out the order, Elfi turned his gaze to the virtual star map in front of him.
In the star map, with Arnor's fleet as the center, more than ten thousand light-years away, there were constantly flashing red dots that were distributed in a spherical shape and surrounded Arnor's fleet in the middle.
Not long after, these red dots suddenly began to disappear one by one …
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Where Arnor's fleet was.
"General, there is a sudden large amount of energy reaction around my fleet, the same as the previous one!"
"What, are you sure?"
Hearing this, Arnor was shocked. It was the same reaction as the previous one, and it was a large amount?
How could he not be shocked?
Just now, he had lost more than thirty billion warships, and now there was a large amount of energy reaction around his fleet?
Did that not mean his entire fleet was going to be destroyed?
"Yes, General. About ten thousand light-years away from our fleet, there is an energy explosion reaction in all directions, and this reaction is exactly the same as the previous one!"
"Wait, you said ten thousand light-years away?"
"Yes, General Arnor!"
"Bastard, can't you make it clear from the beginning?"
Hearing this, Arnor was instantly furious.
How could the area around the fleet be the same as ten thousand light-years away from the fleet?
She almost had a heart attack from the fright, okay?
Wait …
Didn't his adjutant say that it was in all directions?
Could it be …
"Immediately bring up the star map and mark all the detected energy reactions on it!"
"Yes, General!"
Soon, under the adjutant's control, a virtual star map appeared in the bridge.
After seeing the content of the star map, Arnor's face suddenly became very ugly.
Just as his adjutant said, the energy explosion reaction appeared in all directions around the fleet, with him as the center, forming a sphere.
In other words, his fleet could not go anywhere now …
They could only stay put!