Feng Jun teleported directly to the waters near Hawaii. When he arrived on the seafloor, it happened to be daytime.
So he had to wait until nightfall before surfacing and releasing the battleship formation from the Spirit Beast Bag.
When Feng Jun agreed to escort these people back to Blue Star, he had made it clear that once he began the escort, the battleships had to enter hibernation and everyone had to enter the ships' life-support pods. Otherwise, he would not go to Mars with them.
This life-support equipment was standard on battleships. Besides handling the possibility of ship damage, its more important purpose was that fleet personnel had to enter it when a battleship performed a Warp Jump.
Otherwise, although the spatial distortion caused by the jump had little effect on the battleship, it could inflict fatal harm on organic life.
Wu-Grade Battleships lacked Warp Jump capabilities; only the two Class-D Battleships possessed them. But a battleship could not jump as a lone commander, so warships of every lower grade would form a joint formation and jump along with it. That was why lower-grade warships also had life-support pods.
There was no need to explain all that in detail. When Feng Jun proposed this condition, he met fierce opposition—these were national assets. If everyone entered the life-support pods, wouldn't Feng Jun alone decide where the fleet ended up?
Feng Jun's attitude was equally firm—if they did not agree, that was fine. He did not care, but he would not go to Mars to join in the excitement.
It was definitely impossible for him not to go. After careful consideration, the higher-ups felt that compared to triggering global panic or even attacks, gambling on Feng Jun's character seemed more worthwhile.
As an aside, no one actually doubted Feng Jun's character.