Warp Drive Engine Test

Federal Fleet five-star admiral Liang Xingchen.

As the commander of Mars Base and the Fourth Fleet, he had a rather unusual habit: every day, he would set aside at least half an hour to browse the fleet's internal forum.

Thus, the big boss of Mars Base sat in his office and opened the internal forum once again.

As soon as he entered, he saw an explosively popular post pinned to the top. Its title was: The Fourth Fleet's Deadliest Public Display of Affection!

Naturally curious, Liang Xingchen immediately opened the post.

But what did he see? There was a video in the post. That was not the important part. Liang Xue was in the video, but that was not important either. After all, the people under his command had posted plenty of videos of his daughter on the forum over the past few years.

Lin Fan and Liang Xue were sitting side by side in the video. That alone would have been fine.

But the key was that Lin Fan was holding a piece of chicken up to Liang Xue's mouth, and Liang Xue obediently opened her mouth. Afterward, a hint of happiness appeared on her face.

Liang Xingchen's eyes widened in shock. Had Lin Fan recovered his memories?

Liang Xingchen immediately imagined the reason and decided that it was the only possibility. If Lin Fan had not recovered his memories, there was no way their relationship could have progressed this far in just a few hours, right?

He replayed the video again and again. Watching the faintly happy expression on Liang Xue's face after she ate the chicken, Liang Xingchen felt deeply moved. This was the first time he had ever seen such an expression on Liang Xue's face.

However, Liang Xingchen soon remembered that girl from the Campbell family, and a headache began to form.

It seemed he needed to find a chance to have a proper talk with Lin Fan. Since Lin Fan had already gotten this close to his daughter, what was he planning to do about that girl from the Campbell family? He had to give some sort of explanation!

From that day onward, Liang Xue gradually adapted to the change in how Lin Fan treated her. Whenever it was mealtime, the two would hold hands and head to the cafeteria together, then shamelessly shower everyone with all kinds of public displays of affection.

Well, overall, Liang Xue was changing for the better. She was no longer that eternally frozen block of ice.

Three days later, Liang Xingchen arrived at the base of the 101st Task Force Fleet with more than ten warships.

Besides bringing warships, reinforcements, and promotion orders to major general, he also brought Lin Fan an unexpected surprise.

It was a silver-white warship, larger than a battlecruiser and nearly the size of a carrier.

This was a custom battleship-class command ship. It had originally been the new flagship assigned to Liang Xingchen by the Federal Fleet, but for the sake of his daughter and future son-in-law, someone had directly given it away as the flagship of the 101st Task Force Fleet.

Lin Fan fell in love with the big fellow at first sight. Its streamlined hull, silver-white paint scheme, and overall design were filled with beauty.

With the addition of this flagship, the 101st Task Force Fleet's establishment increased by one vessel. It now consisted of 145 warships.

Before Lin Fan could finish admiring his new ride, Liang Xue had already gathered the entire 101st Task Force Fleet at the port, where Liang Xingchen would preside over the rank conferral ceremony.

When Liang Xingchen helped Lin Fan put on his major general insignia, a series of system notifications rang out in Lin Fan's mind.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing the mission: Raise military rank to major general. Reward obtained: Basic Gene Enhancement Potion Manufacturing Technology!"

"Ding! New Mission 1 issued: Raise military rank to lieutenant general. (Reward upon completion: Brain Domain Development Potion Manufacturing Technology)"

"Ding! New Mission 2 issued: Become the commander of a sub-fleet with a scale of over 1,000 warships. (Reward upon completion: Detailed Explanation of Level 1-6 Civilizations)"

"Ding! New Mission 3 issued: Destroy 3,000 Oakes Empire warships. (Reward upon completion: Complete Orion Arm Star Chart, including the distribution of forces)"

Damn, these rewards were all incredible. The Brain Development Potion could greatly strengthen the Federal Fleet's research capabilities.

The Detailed Explanation of Level 1-6 Civilizations was also extremely important. It could allow humanity to understand how cosmic civilizations were classified by level, providing an important reference for how the Federation planned its future development.

And most importantly, there was the complete Star Chart of the Orion Arm, complete with the distribution of forces. It was practically priceless.

With it, humanity would no longer be stumbling around blindly after leaving the Solar System. Instead, they could formulate the most suitable strategy based on the Star Chart and the distribution of forces.

But there was one very important problem: destroy 3,000 Oakes Empire warships. Great System, there was a seven-year ceasefire. Were you messing with him?

"Ding! The system has detected that this ceasefire will last no more than one year. Please abandon your fantasies, Host."

Uh, what did the system mean by that? Was it saying something unexpected would happen? It seemed he needed to make preparations in advance.

As for the Basic Gene Enhancement Potion Manufacturing Technology he had just obtained, Lin Fan thought about it and decided to send it to Bai Zixuan in another week or two.

Otherwise, it would be far too abnormal. It had not even been a month, yet he had already delivered three absurdly powerful technologies.

Lin Fan's rank conferral ceremony was quickly completed, and then it was the turn of the others in the fleet.

After all, after two battles, everyone had earned military merit. Quite a few people had already been on the verge of promotion.

In the end, a total of 319 people in the 101st Task Force Fleet received promotions. The entire process took a full two hours.

After everything was complete, Liang Xingchen and Lin Fan inspected the progress of the Warp Drive Engine project together. Bai Zixuan informed them that testing could begin in three days.

Commander Liang was very satisfied with that, but Bai Zixuan soon drove him out again with a look of disdain.

Liang Xingchen did not say anything. He was used to it, after all. He merely left Lin Fan with the words, "Treat my daughter well," before departing.

Time passed in a flash. During the ceasefire, Lin Fan lived a very regular life, doing only three things every day.

First, he handled routine affairs. Second, he underwent system training. Third, he deepened his relationship with Liang Xue.

But today was different. Today was a major day: the test of humanity's first experimental Warp Drive Engine. It had even drawn Lin Zhen here in person to observe the test.

In the dark void, a frigate was parked in place. The experimental Warp Drive Engine had already been installed inside it.

The test would involve warping from Mars to Earth. At present, the distance between the two planets was around 200 million kilometers.

On a Research Ship not far away, Bai Zixuan led several hundred experts in continuously checking all manner of data and making the final preparations before the test.

"Elder Bai, all inspections are complete. There are no issues!" "Mm. President Lin, then we shall begin!"

Bai Zixuan could disregard Liang Xingchen, but he had to show Lin Zhen some respect. For no other reason than that Lin Zhen was Lin Fan's father.

This scene left Liang Xingchen rather speechless. Didn't you used to disregard even the president? What, now that you know the president is Lin Fan's father, you're suddenly so polite?

Seeing Liang Xingchen's speechless expression, Lin Fan desperately held back his laughter. Naturally, he could guess what Liang Xingchen was thinking.

"Good, then let's begin!"