After the last jump, Huang Lala's fleet successfully arrived at a distance of only a few astronomical units from the Forgiveness Star.
At this distance, the gravitational interference caused by the gravity field in the subspace has exceeded the frequency modulation limit of the jump core in the jump engine, so through the jump, the fleet can only penetrate to this distance at the closest, and the rest of the journey can only be completed by conventional navigation.
From afar, the depths of space resembled a pitch-black velvet curtain, the distant stars like scattered diamonds. Against the backdrop of the vast mass of the Green Forgiveness Star, a speck of light slowly moved within the green.
This cluster of light is much brighter than the surrounding stars and has different colors. It is the flame ejected from the engine nozzle when the immigrant fleet accelerates.
Because the engines have different power outputs and the mass they need to move, the cruising speed of a fleet is limited by the slowest ship in it.
This is done to maintain the formation and avoid accidents.
At the forefront of the fleet, if you look closely, you can see some tiny bright spots. These bright spots are only slightly brighter than the stars in the background, but they move much faster than the light cluster representing the fleet.
Those were shuttle fleets that were released in advance. They would arrive in Luofan before the immigration fleet and start picking up passengers, and were scheduled to return with the first batch of passengers at the same time as the fleet arrived.
On Luofan Planet, after several months of personnel transfers, the once flat evacuation point was now bustling with people. In the middle of the crowd was an open, flat area for shuttle takeoffs and landings, the ground having been hardened to withstand the weight of the shuttles.
A cordon was set up around the open space, with a reserved opening every 50 meters as a passage for people to enter.
In addition to the police, there were also many armed soldiers maintaining order at the scene, and even the United Nations peacekeeping force was mobilized.
Former UN Secretary-General Liu Shasha is still missing, and UN affairs are currently being managed by Liu Shasha's assistant, Alina. When Pope reported the address given by Bai Yi to his superiors, Alina immediately contacted the local police in Acre and asked them to send someone to the location corresponding to the coordinates.
However, due to the distance, the police arrived a step too late. An Sheng, who was well aware of the UN operation, had already taken Liu Shasha and the others to the tunnel by the time Alina contacted the police. Only scattered household garbage remained in the empty tunnel.
The police extracted some DNA samples from the garbage, but there was no identity information corresponding to these samples in the police database.
This was to be expected. Acre already had a large number of illegal immigrants, and with the recent Galactic Alliance's presence on Lofan, a large number of people from surrounding countries had flocked to Acre to catch up with the evacuation. Despite the customs authorities' best efforts, at least half of the refugees in the country were undocumented individuals who hadn't been registered in the identity system.
These individuals would have emptied their magazines long before they were released, but the current situation is undoubtedly the greatest crisis in the history of Luofan civilization. Seeing it as a prime opportunity to highlight their humanistic spirit and the light of freedom, the Ake leadership showed unexpected respect for these outsiders. At their request, police departments in all states held an overnight seminar on the treatment of undocumented foreigners, stipulating that no officer be allowed to shoot unarmed individuals.
The large number of undocumented residents and the lack of road surveillance, coupled with An Sheng's tactics and collusion with the UN, rendered several criminal police investigations fruitless. Later, as the evacuation approached, the enormous population and security pressures overwhelmed the criminal investigation department, and Liu Shasha's case was put on hold until now.
The shuttle has entered Luofan's atmosphere. Due to advanced materials science and manufacturing technology, the Galactic Alliance's aircraft does not need to consider temperature and pressure issues when entering Luofan's atmosphere of such density. There is no need to make full use of atmospheric friction to slow down like the human spacecraft in Bai Yi's world line.
So, after the shuttle groups were assigned their respective targets, they would dive directly towards their destination. The red light emitted by the group when it hit the atmosphere was very dazzling, and could be clearly seen with the naked eye even in daylight.
There were a total of twelve shuttles that arrived at the evacuation point in the Xinjianuo area, and each one was larger than the largest aircraft ever built by the Luofan people.
These huge shuttles hovered vertically in the air, and after finding the landing spot, they slowly descended in altitude and finally arranged in a V-shape in the center of the open space.
Because it had just passed through the atmosphere in a rude manner, the high temperature on the shuttle's outer shell had not yet dissipated, and visible heat waves were rolling on the streamlined fuselage.
Seeing this, the sprinkler system that had been prepared long ago was activated. Water was pumped into the nozzle through the underground pipes and was broken into a fan-shaped water curtain and sprayed out. The water curtain immediately began to evaporate after coming into contact with the rolling air outside, turning into white high-temperature steam that rose and took away the residual heat from the surface of the machine body.
Everything that is happening now is under Bai Yi's control. This one-step and rough landing method, combined with the spray cooling system, can significantly increase the number of shuttle flights per unit time and maximize efficiency.
This does have some negative side effects, though. For example, as the number of showers increases, the air near the landing zone becomes saturated with moisture, creating an uncomfortably hot and stuffy feeling, much like the heat of a southern summer rainstorm before it sets in. The air is humid and windless, and clothes, soaked with sweat, cling to the skin, leaving you feeling sticky.
But this price is acceptable.
After more than ten minutes of spraying, the temperature of the shuttle's hull had dropped below the dangerous threshold. The rear hatch slowly opened, and several Laron soldiers in full power armor emerged.
The armor covered their entire bodies, and the masks weren't one-way translucent, so the outsiders couldn't tell what they looked like. This was part of the Galactic Alliance's standardized immigration process, designed to prevent unusual life forms from causing panic among the indigenous civilizations.
According to the Alliance's general aesthetic, while the Lalons weren't quite indescribable in appearance, they could be described as unique. If it weren't for the large, primary eye on their foreheads that added a touch of eerie cuteness, Bai Yi would almost equate this race with the goblins in the comics.
The soldiers in power armor did not go too far away from the shuttle, apparently to protect it during the boarding process. They simply stood in a circle around the spacecraft and then signaled via radio that the staff at the evacuation point could begin boarding.
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