A few days later.
The massive solar wind storm caused by Venus plunging into the sun moved beyond Jupiter's orbit and headed toward the more distant Saturn.
After confirming that there was no danger and replenishing their helium-3 reserves, the human fleet resumed its journey toward the Kuiper Belt.
Under Zero's control, the Hall Thrusters at the sterns of all 1,251 starships blazed with intense light, gradually propelling them away from the enormous Jupiter.
Within a stellar system, the starships' acceleration and cruising speed were not particularly high.
The reason was simple.
They needed to use the asteroids within the Solar System for "training."
Although they had already passed through the relatively dense Asteroid Belt, they could still run into a few asteroids anywhere along their route through the Solar System.
Like right now.
Shortly after they left Jupiter, a shrill alarm rang out in the command center of the [Earth].
[Asteroid collision warning!]
A row of large, highlighted text appeared on the holographic image at the front of the command center.
[Maximum asteroid diameter: 5 kilometers] [Asteroid coordinates: X (573.4267 kilometers); Y (-328.7123 kilometers); Z (1038.3422 kilometers)]
The coordinates were precise to 0.1 meters, and the numbers continued changing as time passed.
Naturally, these coordinates used a three-dimensional coordinate system with the [Earth] as its origin. The X-axis represented its left and right sides, the Y-axis represented up and down, and the Z-axis represented forward and backward.
With this positioning method, starship pilots could locate a target extremely quickly.
"An asteroid five kilometers across..."
Lü Yongchang raised his eyebrows slightly, then turned to Zhao Zijie beside him. "Take it out with electromagnetic cannons and high-energy lasers."
At Lü Yongchang's order, Zhao Zijie's expression grew serious. He nodded and pressed the communications button on the console