The enormous Shadow Island appeared on the reconnaissance ships' radar for only an instant before vanishing.
The two captains rubbed their eyes. "It's gone again?"
Five seconds passed, then ten...
"The target has disappeared."
This time, they were finally certain.
Yet they had both seen what had just happened. They could be sure it was not an illusion.
So how to handle this immediately became a problem the two of them had to face.
They exchanged a look. Both understood the unspoken thoughts in each other's minds, but neither exposed them.
The battle that had erupted here had already been on a high level. What had just happened suggested that it really might have been caused by someone.
If they investigated according to that assumption, they might indeed find the other side's trail. But on the other hand, they would also face tremendous danger.
They had merely been dispatched by the escort fleet for a temporary reconnaissance mission. They had not come here to die.
Even if they were going to die, they did not want to pave the way for the hz1 Fleet.
With external and internal reasons combined, both men waited for the other to speak first.
"I think we should continue..."
They spoke at the same time. Upon hearing the identical words, they both stopped, then looked at each other and burst out laughing.
They both understood what came next.
But at that very moment, a dense cluster of red points flashed across the radar star map again.
Alert! Energy reaction detected!
Hm?
The two men jolted in alarm and turned toward the light screen at the same time.
"It appeared again?"
"This time, it's at the wormhole entrance."
The spherical Star Mines drifting through space saw the countdowns on their internal chips reach zero at the