Attack from Heg

At the outskirts of the empty Boötes Void, a remarkably small warship arrived through a Space Teleportation Channel.

Though it looked small, its interior was anything but.

This was a Strategic Reconnaissance Ship created by combining the technologies of Dauntless-class Warships and Nether Class Warships.

It was also Lin Fan's first attempt at integrating conventional technology with Dark Energy technology.

After emerging from the spatial passage, it immediately began blending into the cosmic background like a Nether Class Warship, until it vanished completely.

"Invisibility mode activated. EDAC device operating normally."

"Spatial scanner activated. Target coordinates calibrated!"

"A total of 10.5 billion suspicious targets detected, including 80 high-energy signatures!"

"Dark energy scanning array activated. Beginning target observation!"

"Observation feed redirected to the bridge's virtual projector!"

Inside the bridge, an image appeared before Shangguan Youlan amid the busy activity of the command crew.

As the daughter of Shangguan Yunting, one of Lin Fan's earliest commanders, she had participated in the development of the latest generation of Strategic Reconnaissance Ships at Interstellar Fleet headquarters ever since awakening as a Dark Energy Manipulator.

Of course, she served more as a test pilot than as a researcher.

This time, as the fleet set out on its expedition, Lin Fan had brought along this warship, which had completed testing but had not yet entered mass production, and appointed Shangguan Youlan as its temporary captain.

After all, she was currently the person in the Federation who understood this warship best, as well as one of the few B-Class Dark Energy Manipulators.

Staring at the image before her, Shangguan Youlan's gaze sharpened.

Even through the screen, she could almost feel the incomparably terrifying energy emanating from the other side.

This should be the target of their reconnaissance—the object that had suddenly appeared carrying immense energy!

"Captain, thirty-four of