Earth Two.
" Academician Zeng, Academician Liu, how about it? Are you confident you can rescue Minister Luo and the others from this predicament?"
"I have some ideas, still under study. What, General, are you really planning to wait for Minister Luo's fleet to come out so we can act together?"
"Yes, we don't have any advantage right now. If both sides act together against the Xuan Star Civilization, we have a better chance of success."
"General, Minister Luo and his crew don't have a four-dimensional communication network; the warships are all operated by the crew. If war breaks out and they win, all will be fine, but if they lose, they could be completely wiped out."
"It was my oversight. In that case, you continue your research on how to escape the vortex. Once you've figured out a way, I'll launch an attack immediately. That way, even if we can't defeat the Xuan Star Civilization, we can buy Minister Luo time to escape."
"Should we talk to Minister Luo?"
"No need. Knowing Minister Luo's personality, he definitely won't agree to us doing that."
"Alright, I can't offer you much advice on the war, but be careful. This time our opponent surpasses us on every level, so we must be extremely cautious."
"I understand, Academician, please rest assured. But you need to hurry. Even if we send the energy in, Minister Luo won't be able to hold on for long."
"After communicating with Academician Gao Zhengyang, we obtained a lot of data on vortices. We now have a preliminary idea, but the actual implementation will take some time."
What's the plan?
"To prevent the whirlpool in the water from flowing out of the bottom of the container, we only need to plug the leaking hole. The whirlpool will disappear naturally."
"Academician, this spatial vortex isn't a water vortex; it's more like a tornado."
"Yes, that's right. Whether it's a vortex or a tornado, we just need to place a large enough plank in the center, and the vortex will disappear. But right now, we don't need to plug the leak or place a plank; those are methods to make the vortex disappear permanently. The spatial vortex is too big; we don't have a plank that big, and we don't need to make it disappear permanently. We just need to slow down its rotation for a period of time."
"Academician, slowing it down is also difficult; this is a space vortex with a diameter of two light-years."
"General, did you play with firecrackers when you were a child?" Academician Zeng asked with a smile.
"No, Academician, you know me, I've always been a good student."
"Haha, it's normal that you grew up in the city and never played with firecrackers. I grew up in the countryside, surrounded by rice paddies. Those were truly beautiful times. We often found whirlpools in the ditches beside the rice paddies. A bunch of us silly kids would light firecrackers and throw them into the whirlpools. Bang! Water would splash all over everyone's clothes, and the whirlpool would disappear for a moment. Ah, looking back, those were truly wonderful times."
"Academician, are you planning to use an energy sphere to blast the center of the spatial vortex?"
"That's right. We just need to control the amount of energy spheres to cause chaos in the vortex for a period of time, thus slowing it down. This way, Minister Luo's fleet can escape smoothly. We have the data they provided, and they have our energy spheres. After preliminary calculations, both sides agree that this is a feasible plan."
"In that case, I will launch an attack immediately. You are responsible for sending the energy ball to the center of the vortex."
"Not yet, General."
"Why?"
"Because the energy spheres cannot reach the center of the spatial vortex, they will be warped and disintegrated once they enter a position close to the center. We can only detonate them near the center, but this requires a large number of energy spheres."
"As many as needed, draw some from the fleet."
"No, we can't take them from the fleet. We're already lagging behind the Xuan Star Civilization, and each Wind Master only has ten energy balls. If we reduce that, how can you fight this war? Besides, the number of energy balls needed is enormous; we have to convert them all."
"Alright, some bases will immediately halt production of Wind Master and focus all their efforts on manufacturing conversion equipment. There's still over 90% of the matter remaining in the extinct stars. Is that enough? If not, bring over another one."
"That's enough, that's enough. Just a thousand large energy spheres should be enough to stop the rotation of part of the space."
"One thousand of them. Each energy ball, ten meters in diameter, would require a transport ship to make nearly 5 million round trips. One thousand would be 5 billion trips. We currently have 10,000 large transport ships, meaning each ship would need to make 50,000 round trips. The transportation and conversion would take at least one hour per trip, and it would take at least five or six years to complete the manufacturing of these energy balls. Moreover, there can be no interruptions in between." Hu Yu quickly provided the calculation results.
"Yes, more or less, so we need Minister Luo to hold on for a longer period. But as long as we keep sending in the energy, I believe Minister Luo and his team should be able to hold on."
"Alright, I'll think of a way. If the Xuan Star Civilization hadn't been so careless, even small spaceships would have had a hard time getting in. Once a large transport ship appears, it will be immediately detected by the Xuan Star Civilization Xuan Star Civilization. They might then try to destroy Minister Luo's fleet. It seems we can only provide Minister Luo with technology so they can obtain energy locally."
From that day on, the area around a star that was once a star, 3,000 light-years away from Luo Zhigao, became bustling with activity. In addition to the 10,000 large transport ships that Hu Yu had mentioned, various small transport ships also joined the transport fleet. They worked day and night, regardless of autumn or winter, maintaining a high level of intensity at all times, just to produce enough energy balls as soon as possible.
Luo Zhigao Luo Zhigao slightly pleased to hear the news of the rescue from Hu Yu, but he was still worried about Hu Yu. Although Hu Yu repeatedly emphasized that his fleet could defeat the Xuan Star Civilization, the more Hu Yu emphasized it, the more worried Luo Zhigao became. He knew that Hu Yu would never abandon him, and would fight to the death even if he knew he was no match for them.
However, after learning that Hu Yu's fleet was entirely unmanned, Luo Zhigao felt somewhat relieved. Even if they failed, Hu Yu would only lose time and wouldn't lose a single member of his clan.
Creating the energy ball would take five years. Luo Zhigao told Hu Yu not to worry, as his energy could still hold out. He advised Hu Yu not to risk premature exposure by sending energy, as Luo Zhigao currently lacked the ability to absorb and convert the energy for transmission. Within the vortex, there were significant limitations in all aspects.
After confirming the energy issue of Luo Zhigao's fleet several times, Hu Yu finally felt relieved. This was a strange phenomenon: both sides trusted each other implicitly, yet neither wanted to tell the truth. Even for something as small as the energy issue, Hu Yu had to verify it through multiple channels before believing Luo Zhigao's words.
This kind of lie is the most beautiful lie in the world, and only the closest of people can have such a beautiful lie. In interstellar space, people of the same race are family, at least that's true for humans.