Due to the urgency of the situation, the spacecraft in the hangar did not follow the normal drone-towing outbound process, but instead rushed out directly by oiling the floor in order.

As soon as they left the hangar, the passengers on the spacecraft were shocked by the scene before them.

Everywhere the sight reached was covered with glowing crystals, and at every moment there were strong flashes of light coming from the ceiling, which were the light from the explosion of the destroyed crystal spacecraft.

Because the hangar was built into the stargate's frame, the fleet was incredibly close to the super-crystal Feima. At this distance, Feima's smooth surface barely showed any curvature, like a shimmering white continent floating in the universe.

No matter how shocking it is, you still have to run away.

The deep space transport ships and shuttles immediately activated the secondary mode of the jump engines.

There are two modes for the jump drive.

The first-level mode is a common jump drive, which compresses the space at the rear of the ship, allowing the space in front to pull the ship forward. This method allows the ship to travel at relativistic speeds within the local universe. As long as the time is long enough, it can theoretically approach the speed of light, but it cannot exceed it.

The secondary mode is Warp Mode, or Warp Drive. This is a modification later integrated into the jump drive. With this upgrade, a ship can use the jump drive to enter the Warp. A ship traveling in the Warp does not exceed the speed of light, but due to the difference in the topological structure of the two universes, the distance traveled in the Warp is projected into the local universe as superluminal.

Although most ships have a full version of the jump engine, some are still equipped with the first-level mode of the engine due to cost and demand considerations.

For example, passenger shuttles and deep space transport ships can enter the subspace, but industrial ships only have the most basic jump functions because their activity range is basically within the galaxy.

But they are not completely useless. Nolan pulled out all the usable spacecraft in the hangar. Although these industrial ships have no passengers and cannot exceed the speed of light, they are an excellent target.

As expected, this huge evacuation fleet attracted the attention of Crystal Storm the moment it left the star gate.

Although a considerable number of crystals were still engaged in a battle with Squadron 12 and the Border Guard fleet, some crystal ships near Feima had already begun locking onto the evacuation fleet.

This is where the fleet's industrial ships came in handy. These ships, with their thin skin, bulk, and slow speed, made them perfect targets. Before setting off, each industrial ship's cargo hold was packed with electromagnetic explosives. These explosives, when detonated, created a dense electronic smoke screen that effectively obscured the presence of other ships without disrupting their equipment.

Under the cover of these smokes, the nimble shuttle activated the jump engine first, while the much heavier deep space transport ship took longer to calibrate the coordinates and recharge the engine.

Although the formation was condensed as much as possible, some deep space transport ships still rushed out of the cover range of the electronic smoke when the jump engine was activated.

The transports that rushed out were immediately attacked by the surrounding crystal ships, but they relied on their heavy armor and shields to withstand this round of attacks. Then, the crystal ships that fired at the transport fleet were destroyed by the firepower of Squadron 12.

Finally, six of the eight deep space transport ships successfully entered the subspace. The electronic smoke formed by the explosion of the conventional industrial ship spread, blocking the view of a considerable area of ​​the crystal storm.

Squadron 12 took this opportunity to evacuate, while the Border Guard fleet charged forward to meet the enemy. Because they were unmanned, casualties were unnecessary. These unmanned craft charged directly towards their targets, their equipment overloaded and emitting dazzling sparks.

Bai Yi also joined the charge. His only remaining frigate was equipped with a powerful plasma weapon. Like the plasma weapon used by the police, it was one of the few methods on the scene that could effectively restrain the crystal spacecraft.

300km away from the enemy, Bai Yi activated his Jump Dagger. A flash of red light passed, and the frigate disappeared from its original position, reappearing out of thin air 200km ahead.

He was only 100km away from the enemy, but the effective range of the plasma weapons on the frigate was only 5km. So he overloaded the engine power to the maximum and rushed in one direction.

The Crystal Storm spaceship did not notice Bai Yi, because at the same time he activated the jump knife, dozens or hundreds of small spaceships also activated their jump knives at the same time, and a large number of spaceships instantly jumped onto the face of the crystal.

But things did not develop in the direction Bai Yi expected. Just when he was about to reach the range, he suddenly lost contact with the spacecraft.

In his last moments of consciousness, he saw a flash of white light so bright and hot that it burned out all his sensors in a matter of microseconds.

…

10 minutes ago.

Stargate main control room.

As the signal from the last manned spacecraft disappeared, Loran breathed a sigh of relief, and as if all his strength had been drained away, he lay back and sat in the chair on the control desk.

"They're all gone." Chang Renfei sighed and pulled an empty chair next to Luo Lan.

His gaze fell on the other people in the control room. Including the two of them, the youngest of the remaining dozen or so people was 130 years old. The oldest was a plant named Anlia, who was over 500 years old.

"Want some apples?" Anlia moved the tree roots and walked over to the two of them. She picked a few bright red fruits from her branches and handed them to them.

"Thank you." The two of them didn't hesitate and started to eat.

The fruit is crisp and slightly sour.

"Anlia, how many descendants do you have?" Nolan asked vaguely while chewing something in his mouth.

"I don't know." An Liya shook the branches. "We spread tens of thousands of seeds every year. Who knows how many have grown. What about you, Chang Gong?"

"Me?" Chang Renfei chuckled. "I can actually undergo mitosis. When I left, I took off a part of my body and gave it to Lao Hu. Guess where it was."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Lao Chang's lower body.

"What are you looking at? I'm talking about the brain." Chang Renfei's skin color quickly turned from red to black.

"I'm not even of the same species as you Homo sapiens. Don't use your narrow ethics to understand the greatness of our species."