Warp Drive Engine Test

Liang Xingchen, a five-star admiral in the Federal Fleet.

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

So, the big boss of Mars Base sat in his office and opened the internal forum to browse.

Upon entering the forum, he saw a post that was exploding in popularity, topping the list. The title was [The Fourth Fleet's Most Deadly PDA!].

Driven by curiosity, Liang Xingchen immediately clicked on the post.

But what was this? The post contained a video. That wasn't the crucial part. His daughter was in the video, and that wasn't important either, as the subordinates under him had been posting pictures of his daughter on the forum quite often in recent years.

In the video, Lin Fan and Liang Xue were sitting side by side. That was manageable.

But the key point was that Lin Fan was feeding a piece of chicken to Liang Xue, and Liang Xue, quite naturally, opened her mouth and then showed a hint of happiness.

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

Liang Xingchen immediately imagined the reason and believed it was the only possibility. If Lin Fan hadn't recovered his memories, could things have progressed to this point in just a few hours?

He played the video over and over, looking at the hint of happiness on Liang Xue's face after eating the chicken. Liang Xingchen was deeply moved at that moment. It was the first time he had seen Liang Xue wear such an expression.

However, Liang Xingchen soon remembered that girl from the Campbell family, which gave him a headache.

It seemed he needed to find time to have a good talk with Lin Fan. Since things were already like this with his daughter, how did he plan to handle the girl from the Campbell family? He needed an explanation!

From that day on, Liang Xue gradually adapted to the changes in Lin Fan's treatment of her. Thus, whenever it was mealtime, they would hold hands and go to the mess hall together, then proceed to unleash an extravagant display of public affection.

Alright, all in all, Liang Xue was changing for the better. She was no longer the perpetually cold ice block.

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

In addition to bringing reinforcements of warships and personnel, as well as a promotion order to Major General, he also brought an unexpected surprise for Lin Fan.

It was a silver-white warship, larger than a battlecruiser, almost the same size as an aircraft carrier.

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

Lin Fan fell in love with this behemoth at first sight. Its streamlined hull, silver-white paint scheme, and overall aesthetic were simply beautiful.

With the addition of this flagship, the 101st Task Force Fleet's roster also increased by one ship, bringing its total to 145 warships.

Before Lin Fan could finish admiring his new command vessel, Liang Xue had already gathered the entire personnel of the 101st Task Force Fleet at the spaceport for a commissioning ceremony hosted by Liang Xingchen.

As Liang Xingchen pinned the Major General insignia onto Lin Fan, a system notification sounded in Lin Fan's mind.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the mission: Promote military rank to Major General. Reward: Junior Gene Enhancement Serum Manufacturing Technology!"

"Ding, new mission 1 released: Promote military rank to Lieutenant General. (Reward upon completion: Brain Domain Development Potion Manufacturing Technology)"

"Ding, new mission 2 released: Become the commander of a fleet with over 1000 ships. (Reward upon completion: Explanation of Civilization Levels 1-6)"

"Ding, new mission 3 released: Destroy 3000 Oakes Empire warships. (Reward upon completion: Complete star chart of the Orion Arm, including force distribution)"

Hiss, these rewards were all amazing. The brain domain development potion could greatly enhance the Federation's research capabilities.

The explanation of Civilization Levels 1-6 was also very important, as it would allow humanity to understand how cosmic civilizations were classified, which would be of great reference value for the Federation in planning its future development.

But the most crucial element was the complete star chart of the Orion Arm, including the distribution of forces – this was simply a priceless treasure.

With this, humanity wouldn't be fumbling in the dark after leaving the Solar System; instead, they could formulate the most suitable strategies based on the star chart and force distribution.

However, there was a very important issue: destroying 3000 Oakes Empire warships. System, the armistice is for 7 years, are you playing with me?

"Ding, the system detects that this armistice will last for at most one year. Please abandon your illusions, host."

Uh, what did the system mean by this? Could it be that something unexpected would happen? It seemed he needed to prepare in advance.

As for the Junior Gene Enhancement Serum Manufacturing Technology he had just obtained, Lin Fan thought about it and decided to give it to Bai Zixuan in a week or two.

Otherwise, it would be too abnormal. After all, it hadn't even been a month, and he had already delivered three game-changing technologies.

Soon, Lin Fan's commissioning ceremony was completed, and then it was the turn of the other personnel in the fleet.

After all, after two battles, everyone had earned military merits. Many of them were already on the verge of promotion based on their merits.

In the end, a total of 319 people in the entire 101st Task Force Fleet received military rank promotions, which took a full two hours to complete.

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

Liang Xingchen expressed his satisfaction with this, but he was quickly driven out by Bai Zixuan's disdainful expression.

Liang Xingchen didn't say anything; he was used to it anyway, wasn't he? He left Lin Fan with a word to treat his daughter well and departed.

Time flew by. During the armistice period, Lin Fan lived a very regular life, doing only three things each day.

First, handling daily official duties. Second, undergoing system training. Third, deepening his relationship with Liang Xue.

But today was different. Today was a big day – the test of humanity's first experimental Warp Drive Engine. It had even drawn Lin Zhen himself to observe the test.

In the darkness of the void, a frigate was parked there, its interior already equipped with the experimental Warp Drive Engine.

The test content for this time was to jump from Mars to Earth. The current distance between the two planets was approximately 200 million kilometers.

In a nearby research vessel, Bai Zixuan, along with hundreds of experts, was continuously monitoring various data, carrying out the final preparations before the experiment.

"Elder Bai, all checks are complete. There are no issues!"

"Yes, President Lin, then let's begin!"

Bai Zixuan might not give face to Liang Xingchen, but he had to give face to Lin Zhen, not for any other reason than Lin Zhen being Lin Fan's father.

Watching this scene, Liang Xingchen felt speechless. He thought, Didn't you not even give face to the President before? What happened, now that you know the President is Lin Fan's father, you've become so polite?

Seeing Liang Xingchen's speechless expression, Lin Fan tried hard to hold back his laughter. He could guess what Liang Xingchen was thinking.

"Alright, let's begin!"