Mecha world.

Five months have passed since the end of the Reaper battle, and under the leadership of the Chinese Federation, mankind has once again begun to embark on a new journey.

Although the Reapers destroyed all the colonies in the solar system, it also gave humans the courage to leave the solar system. The first immigration ship of the Chinese Federation has also left the solar system and headed for an unknown new world.

And now, they are exploring a brand new planet.

"This is the Nadeshiko, calling the Apollo team, how is the reconnaissance going?"

"This is the Apollo team. Everything is normal. No abnormalities have been found so far."

"clear."

Hearing the answer, the captain of the Nadeshiko, Yurika Goto, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Anya."

"nothing."

The person driving the VF fighter at this moment is none other than Anya Alstroem, a former Britannian Knight of the Round Table. Although she has now stayed in the Heavenly Palace, she occasionally returns to her own world to help out, and this time is no exception. Humans are looking for colonies outside the solar system, and the Apollo team is investigating this planet.

"Speaking of which, how is Mr. Fang Zheng doing recently?"

After finishing the business, Yulijia suddenly became curious. As someone who had traveled to another world, she certainly knew about Fang Zheng's situation.

"My Lord is not in Tiandao Palace."

Anya replied calmly.

"Which world are you saving again?"

"No."

However, in response to Yulika's question, Anya shook her head.

"I heard that he started a harem."

"…Huh? What's going on?"

"I don't know either. This is what Little Black Sister said..."

"There are already a lot of girls in the Tiandao Palace... Men really like the new and dislike the old."

Yulijia also sighed, but Anya obviously didn't care. Just when she finished patrolling the last area and was about to leave, suddenly, the signal on the radar made Anya alert.

"An unidentified object was spotted."

After giving a light report, Anya immediately circled downwards in her VF fighter and led her team into the canyon below. Then, they found a huge and oddly shaped battleship lying quietly on the ground in the canyon.

"What is this? Is it an alien spaceship?"

Seeing this, Asuka was immediately excited. After arriving at Tendō Palace, she and Rei Ayanami joined Anya's VF fighter team. Because they had experience operating EVA, they quickly got the hang of flying VF and joined Anya's VF fighter team without spending much time. When Anya said she was going to another world to help, Asuka immediately pulled Rei Ayanami over to join her.

Anya did not refuse this.

In response to Asuka's question, Anya did not answer immediately. She first opened the terminal to scan it, and then opened the contact.

"This is Team Apollo. We have discovered a man-made warship in S-31 of Alpha. Its identity is unknown."

"Is it the product of the Reapers?"

Hearing this, Yutong Yulijia suddenly became nervous. Although the reapers had been completely destroyed, the wounds inflicted by the reapers in the mecha world were not so easy to heal. You have to know that they are now outside the solar system, a place that humans have never set foot on. It is precisely because of this that Yulijia hopes to ask for help from the Tiandao Palace. After all, relatively speaking, the Tiandao Palace is more experienced than them in exploring foreign galaxies.

This is also the reason why Anya came to help. In fact, it's not just them. There are also two destroyers and a battleship of the Blue Fleet in the outer orbit, all of which are here to escort the immigration ship of the Chinese Federation.

"Search completed. There is no information on similar warships in the Tiandao Palace database. It may be a product from another civilization."

Having said that, Anya thought for a moment.

"No signs of life were found. We will continue the investigation."

As they spoke, under the leadership of Anya, three VFs immediately descended, transformed into robots, and landed in front of the battleship.

From the outside, it was obvious that the warship had been abandoned long ago. Not only was the hatch wide open, but the surroundings were also in tatters. It was not obvious from above, but when you got closer, you could see that the warship had obviously crashed to the ground. Although the overall part was intact, it was still in tatters everywhere.

"Be careful."

Anya gave Asuka and Ayanami Rei a few words, then drove the VF and walked carefully through the broken hole with a gun in hand. Asuka and Ayanami Rei followed closely behind, looking around curiously.

To be honest, this battleship doesn't look beautiful at all. From the outside, it looks a bit like something that elementary school students put together with building blocks, and the interior is really not beautiful. Asuka and Rei Ayanami stayed in Tiandao Palace. After all, they had been on the Ark of the Star Spirit and had seen the blue battleship. Compared with the Tiandao Palace, this battleship is like the difference between a jeep in the 1950s and a top sports car in the 21st century.

“It seems quite backward.”

Asuka glanced at it and then started mumbling, while Ayanami Rei silently responded.

"But these people are definitely much bigger than us."

As she spoke, Rei Ayanami turned on the lights in the mecha and pointed to the door next to her - that door was more than twice as large as the doors on ordinary battleships. Although it was still a "small door" for a mecha, it was a "giant" for a human.

"Release the detector."

As Anya spoke, several small balls of light were soon seen falling from the fighter plane. They disappeared into various channels as quietly and quickly as butterflies. Before long, they had scanned the entire spacecraft.

"No biological reactions were detected, no bodies were found, and the main engine was destroyed... This is the situation at present."

Looking at the data fed back by the detector, Anya nodded, and then immediately contacted Yulijia to report the situation on her side. After listening to Anya's report, Yulijia was silent for a moment, and then asked.

"Is there any danger?"

"It's hard to say at this point, but it looks like this battleship has been abandoned."

"I see. I'll send someone to repair it and see if I can collect some information."

Yulijia also made her own decision.

Anya didn't say anything about this. After all, the Tiandao Palace was only there to help, not to take the lead, so they just had to watch from the side.

Not long after, a spaceship was seen descending from the sky and coming to Anya and the others. Then several soldiers and researchers from the Chinese Federation walked down from the spaceship and entered the spaceship with excitement - this was normal, after all, this was the first wave of traces of civilization they had discovered outside the solar system.

Soon, the investigation team's report came out - the main engine was damaged, obviously by human intervention, but the power system and operating system seemed to be fine. They were trying to repair and start it to see if they could find any clues.

Not long after, a low roar was heard, and then everyone saw that the spaceship began to flash lights, as if a sleeping beast had awakened again.

Asuka observed carefully and finally gave her own opinion.

“It’s still ugly.”

After that, everything was normal - until a warning came from a patrolling Javelins nearby.

"A large number of unknown signals were detected at twelve o'clock!"

"Everyone prepare for battle!"

Upon hearing Javelin's warning, Yutong Yulijia immediately became nervous.

"Notify the immigrant ship immediately, and all fleets must prepare for battle! Do not open fire without my order!"

Soon, before long, everyone saw hundreds of strangely shaped alien warships appearing in front of them. These warships looked like green pods and looked weird, but their large numbers made them look terrifying.

And then, they saw two small alien warships breaking away from the rear and flying towards them.

“…”

Seeing this, Yulijia also swallowed her saliva.

"Contact the other party and ask them why they came..."

However, before Yulijia could finish her words, Hoshino Ruri in front of the operating table suddenly reported in a low voice.

"Unknown high-energy reaction detected from the ground S-31 area!"

Almost at the same time, a voice suddenly rang out.

"This is the investigation team. If you hear me, please answer, Nadeshiko!"

"What?"

Hearing this, Yulijia was also shocked and quickly started the call.

"Investigation team, this is the Nadeshiko, what's going on?"

"We don't know either!"

On the other side, the investigation team was also quite terrified.

"Everything was normal before, but just now, the battleship's main gun suddenly started automatically! It's charging! We can't stop!"

"What's going on? Quick..."

However, before Yulijia could say anything, the next moment, everyone saw an orange-red beam of light whizzing out from the ground and blasting directly towards the two green alien warships. The two alien warships obviously did not expect to be attacked by surprise, and the beam of light swept through them, and then the two warships exploded instantly.

“…”

Finished!

Looking at the two balls of orange-red flames, Yulijia was sweating profusely, and at the same time, she had a bad feeling. You know, Fang Zheng had told her about the precautions when exploring alien planets, and the current situation was almost the worst start for the first contact between two civilized races!

Thinking of this, Yulijia gave the order without hesitation.

"Everyone, prepare to fight!"

As soon as Yulijia finished speaking, the alien fleet on the opposite side opened fire instantly.