Half a year later.
An immense fleet from the black hole region glided silently through deep space, propelled by its Antimatter Engines.
Several asteroids that had "come a long way" hurtled toward the fleet.
The next second.
Before they could even touch the starships' armor, an invisible barrier blocked their path.
Their own inertia, combined with several distorted gravitational fields, tore their fragile bodies apart.
Reduced to countless fragments, the asteroids traced graceful arcs and drifted toward the rear of the fleet.
"Professor, the black hole's gravitational influence has fallen below the standard threshold."
An electronic synthesized voice rang out in the Command Center aboard the Earth.
Lü Yongchang nodded and checked the spacetime curvature readings transmitted by the probes once more.
After confirming that all the readings had returned to normal, he drew a deep breath and spoke in a solemn voice.
"Attention, all units!"
"Fleet, prepare to enter curvature navigation!!"
The moment he finished speaking, the previously quiet Command Center sprang to life.
"Antimatter Engine output increasing, 20%, 35%..."
"Curvature Bubble forming. Current spacetime curvature: 0.167."
This spacetime distortion phenomenon was caused by the fleet's own mass and Gravity Shields.
As the Curvature Bubbles gradually strengthened, the spacetime curvature readings began to drop rapidly.
"Correction, current spacetime curvature: 0. Curvature Bubble operating normally!"
"Preparing to activate the Warp Drive."
After completing his report, He Bilin solemnly "pressed" the virtual button in the Holographic Projection.
"Positive and anti-gravitational field forming..."
As Zero's electronic synthesized voice rang out, a faint tremor passed through the deck beneath their feet.
A slight, floaty sensation of weightlessness followed.
This was normal.
Because the starships were "getting on in years" and some of their equipment was relatively outdated, there were minor flaws in the Antimatter Engines' power supply.
"This ship is about to