But on the bridges of some reconnaissance ships, the crew members began to look serious.

Whether they were humanoid race crew members or crew members of various alien races, their complexions were not very good, provided that they were familiar with the skin color variation patterns of these races.

"A large area of ​​high-energy reaction appeared near the original coordinate jump node."

Are they friendly forces?

The captain asked with a glimmer of hope.

The observer shook his head helplessly.

"Our communication request was rejected, so I think it's unlikely to be friendly forces."

The captain sighed, not expecting that he still couldn't escape at the last moment.

"Immediately notify the flagship to prepare for battle or relocation!"

Moments later, the escort fleet's central flagship issued an emergency alert to all warships, including the industrial fleet, requesting all ships to prepare for battle.

On the flagship's bridge, the general, as the commander-in-chief, chewed on a substance similar to chewing gum, expressionlessly looking at the endless fleet outside, most of which consisted of mining ships.

"Captain, are we preparing to attack?"

The adjutant hesitated before asking his superior.

"Let's take a look first. The number may not be large, but if it exceeds our ability to cope, we'll use curvature acceleration to retreat and find other nodes."

The adjutants all understood, but the captain's answer clearly didn't provide the real answer to the question they were asking.

"Should we have the mining ships open their holds and jettison cargo? Their warp drives aren't powerful enough to begin with, and if they don't jettison most of the minerals, their start-up speed will be too slow, which will..."

"No! This batch of minerals is very important to us. If the situation is really so bad that we can't get through the node, let them move it with the goods."

The adjutant opened his mouth but didn't say anything more. Instead, he looked at the captain's insect-like compound eyes, a remnant of his evolution.

The captain's implication was that some of the outer mining ships would draw fire when the time came.

The space technology of the aberrant civilization, or rather the aberrant civilization itself, is undoubtedly more advanced than that of the Civilization Alliance. At least based on the currently known information, they are able to make precise jumps to a certain extent without requiring too much cost.

The escort fleet and the mining fleet, mixed together, slowly approached the jump node. In this universe where they had worked for six years, this node was their way back, the only confirmed passage that would eventually allow them to jump back.

Although three other nodes were also discovered, the spaceships that jumped over to explore them could hardly find any reliable way out.

Otherwise, we would turn around right now instead of trying our luck to see if we can get through.

When the distance to the node was 300,000 kilometers, the energy signal of the node ahead began to increase, and a large area of ​​red targets appeared a moment later.

The reconnaissance ship immediately sent the data to the flagship, which relieved everyone.

Only a few dozen large ship targets were detected, and the overall number of space-borne beast targets was within the controllable range of our own fighter jets and mobile forces.

Although the opponent made some sporadic jumps, their follow-up strength was clearly insufficient.

The entire fleet immediately accelerated forward, preparing to catch them off guard.

"Energy field network activated! Deploy all space attack aircraft and mobile forces for a swift and decisive victory!"

All the escorting warships stepped forward, and the tried-and-tested tactical energy network was activated, with a continuous stream of fighter jets and mobile forces flying out of the warships' hatches.

One of the red mech squads that Wu You had encountered ten years ago was also included. Due to lifespan and genetic technology issues, the pilots inside showed almost no signs of aging.

"Go! Go! Go! Add another medal to our shoulders, and be careful to avoid the gunnery paths of the fleet behind us."

Boom~

With engines roaring, the densely packed combat troops set off first, and ten seconds later, the faster-moving naval guns began to fire.

This is to maintain a continuous and effective attack, giving the opponent no breathing room; it is a classic military tactic in space combat.

Amidst the severed limbs and broken bodies struck by naval gunfire, mech units and fighter jets made contact with the space monsters.

This is a clash between metal and flesh, energy and explosion.

"Beep beep beep beep..."

The captain of the red mech squad heard an urgent alarm coming from the mech.

The high-energy response in the surrounding space suddenly increased dramatically.

"What?!"

There was no time to send a notification to the rear fleet, or even to figure out what was going on, when a fleet of monstrous creatures and monsters, numbering more than ten times their original size, suddenly appeared in an arc-shaped area.

On the bridge of the escort fleet's flagship, the general roared in surprise.

"How is that possible! How did they manage to bypass our node-inspired bionic detection? How did they manage to seize this opportunity despite the spatial isolation?"

Yes, once the escort fleet's energy network is activated, it will temporarily confine the entire fleet to this location due to power transmission issues, and it will take a short while before it can be deactivated.

However, this secret offspring should not be aware of it, because the advanced civilization's fleet has never shown this weakness in any battle, let alone seized this opportunity at such a thorny moment.

What worried the general even more was that the dozens of warships that had jumped over earlier should not have been able to communicate with the ambush fleet behind them due to spatial barriers, yet they had so accurately struck at their weak point.

Moreover, they appeared instantaneously, meaning that the biomimetic space probe had not detected much spatial intensity beforehand.

"It's too late to retreat now. Removing the energy shield now will not only take 100 kel time, but we'll also be hit and attacked at that moment. We have no choice but to fight to the death. Turn all the mining ships behind us around and run as many as we can!"

When the order was issued by the flagship, all the mining ships rushed to change course, some even disregarding regulations and began to dump cargo on their own.

...

The human fleet—no, the "Protoss People"—remained in the surreal space of the psionic network formed by the psionic elves. As the psionic power output increased, all the ships began to blur.

This is a unique "interference phenomenon" of psionic technology. As long as interference is completed in the magic network, the spaceship can instantly appear at any location of the magic network.

The location of the magic network had already spread to that destination thanks to Wu You and the Void Patrolman's diligent dissemination and its terrifying rate of growth.

Compared to the leaps of those advanced civilizations or aberrant beings, the Protos fleet at this moment could even see the location of its destination, which was a true beyond-visual-range and beyond-time-space detection.

"That's it! The entire fleet will cross over!"

Swish~

Within the colorful space, the already blurred fleet seemed to have turned into a mirage, gradually disappearing like an illusion.

...

The fierce battles and the constant explosions over the communicators tormented the nerves of the escort fleet. Although sound could not travel through space, the communicators could still receive the final screams of their comrades.

Not to mention the outer fighter jets and mech units, which are now almost entirely wiped out.

The captain of the red mech squad had just exchanged blows with a monstrous beetle, escaping dismemberment at the cost of losing a mechanical leg. In a one-on-one battle against a monstrous beast, this skill was already considered an ace.

On the radar, the insignia of his squad showed only three mechs remaining, including himself.

"Captain...it seems we can't go back. My father can't blame me anymore..."

The captain, panting, was about to reply when he suddenly saw a blurry mass of particles appearing in the distant starry sky beyond the optical window.

A fleet of various unique and peculiar shapes quickly appeared in Girona.

I looked at the well-functioning bionic radar and digital micro-radar, and there was nothing on them except for the known friendly forces and the offspring.

'A hallucination before death?'

Among the remaining warships at the rear, some people also discovered this strange sight, but no equipment detected anything unusual.

It seemed like a long time, but it actually took less than 5 seconds.

All the warships in the human fleet materialized from their illusory state.

The Protos Space Fleet has arrived!

P.S.: Who doesn't know Protoss? If not, I'll tell you next time.