With everything prepared, the Wind Star warships set sail again, returning to their original star system at a speed a thousand times faster than light. This was a special infiltration mission in the interstellar era. These Wind Star warships and cloned Wind Star People would penetrate deep into the territory of the Wind Star Civilization Wind Star Civilization to ascertain its combat strength and deployment, so that Hu Yu could launch an attack in the future.
After the Wind Star warship sets sail, it will arrive at the territory of the Wind Star Civilization in four years. Hu Yu and Academician Zeng and their group also set sail to catch up with the Deep Blue. The construction work that will be carried out soon will be extremely busy. Facing an old Advanced Star System-Level Civilization, defeating them will not be an easy task.
The fleet has been developing abnormally for years. In order to survive in the cruel universe, everything has been tilted towards war, resulting in almost no improvement in the living standards of the people. Everyone has been living in the fleet. Although the Deep Blue is more than 20 kilometers long, is large enough to provide enough living space for the people, living in this environment for a long time is like living in a crowded city. It has been a long time since they have been able to relax in the open countryside.
Although the people were very understanding of Hu Yu and the fleet's situation and never complained, they had been making silent contributions to the fleet's development. It was thanks to the efforts of every citizen that the fleet had won victory after victory in the plundering wars against other civilizations. The less the people asked for anything, the more Hu Yu wanted to find a real place for everyone to settle down as soon as possible. However, with the war against the Wind Star Civilization about to begin, this wishful thinking would probably have to be postponed again.
The JD3 Planetary System was named by Academician Zeng, meaning humanity's third base in the universe. Tau Ceti was the first, Alpha Centauri the second, and this planetary system, which did not appear in previous star charts, is the third. These planetary systems will be systematically named after the star charts are enriched in the future. JD3 is a single-star system and a very stable galaxy.
" Academician Zeng, could we terraform one of these six planets in the JD3 Planetary System, giving our people a real home? The Wind Star Civilization is unaware that we will attack them. We'll be staying here for hundreds of years. If we can give our people a real planetary home, I'm willing to postpone our attack on Wind Star for hundreds of years."
"General, I will assess these planets. Currently, Planet Six appears to be the most likely candidate for terraforming into a habitable planet. It has glaciers, a magnetic field, and a thin atmosphere, although its gravity is more than twice that of Earth. We need to find a solution. Most importantly, we must ensure that this mission into the Wind Star goes undetected. If we are exposed, we may need to evacuate immediately. With our current strength, we are no match for an established, Advanced Star System-Level Civilization."
"I've discussed this with Academician Xiao. The chance of being discovered is less than one in ten thousand. Let's wait and see; we'll have results soon. Even if we are discovered, we'll gain a lot of useful information, which will greatly help our future attacks. After conquering the Wind Star Civilization, we must find a stable planetary system to settle down in. The people need a stable environment, and the fleet's other technologies have been hampered by resource issues. We also need to catch up with military technology as soon as possible; only then can we be considered a normal civilization."
"This battle against the Wind Star Civilization is no small matter. If we can win and integrate their technology, we estimate that we won't be far from becoming Small Star Sector Civilization. At that time, we will also be able to settle down, and it will be time to find our leader and Minister Luo Zhigao."
"Yes, it's been over 400 years. I wonder how the leader and Minister Luo are doing. I hope they're not living in constant fear like we are," Hu Yu sighed.
"General, there's no need to worry. I believe the Leader and Minister Luo will be alright. We can discuss contacting the Leader and Minister Luo once we've settled down."
"Yes, once we acquire the technology of the Wind Star Civilization, we'll work even harder to break through to the level of Small Star Sector Civilization as soon as possible. Then we can reunite with Leader Minister Luo. With the leader's guidance, we'll definitely be able to stand at the top of the Milky Way."
" The Wind Star Civilization is a tough nut to crack."
"No matter how tough it is, we must overcome it. This is a tremendous opportunity, but the Wind Star Civilization is also a huge hidden danger. If we don't eliminate them, they will become another Sand Python Civilization in the future."
A thousand light-years away from the territory of the Wind Star Civilization, just as 5,000 Wind Star Civilization warships passed by, Hu Yu detected a surveillance satellite. Following protocol, Hu Yu sent a brief confirmation message. The space around the satellite began to distort drastically, pulling a point a light-year away to its vicinity. At that point, there was another satellite. The two satellites made contact and exchanged information within a second. The first satellite stopped releasing energy, and the second satellite instantly disappeared back to its location a light-year away. Then, the space around the second satellite began to distort, pulling a third satellite to its vicinity. This process repeated for two hours until the information was transmitted back to the Wind Star Civilization headquarters; everything was normal.
While this method of using ultra-high power and energy levels to pull space in distant places is not as fast as human four-dimensional communication networks, it is still a very fast method. When the satellite is working, it is as if an invisible hand is grabbing space in the distance, transmitting information, and then putting space back in the distance. Hu Yu was itching to grab a few satellites to analyze them.
If humanity mastered this technology, they might be able to remotely project warships, covering a light-year in seconds—a speed tens of thousands of times faster than the Stealth Killer. However, Hu Yu was just thinking about it. Even the Wind Star Civilization couldn't remotely project warships; the space they had acquired could only hold one satellite. Clearly, it wasn't that the Wind Star Civilization didn't want to teleport its fleet, but rather that they couldn't.
The fleet continued its journey. Along the way, Hu Yu discovered dozens of satellites, and even several fleets hidden in the star systems along the route. The closer they got to the territory of the Wind Star Civilization, the more satellites and hidden fleets they found. It seemed that a sneak attack was almost impossible; at least, a Star System Level civilization could not silently send a large-scale fleet into the territory of the Wind Star Civilization.
One light-year from the territory of the Wind Star Civilization, control of the warship was taken over, and it was abandoned from warp drive and switched to conventional power engines.
Only now did Hu Yu understand why it was called an old-fashioned Star System-Level Civilization. It was still a light-year away from the core territory, yet patrolling Wind Star fleets could be seen everywhere. Keep in mind that this place was still a light-year away from the core territory. Without the power of hundreds of millions of warships, it would be impossible to deploy a fleet to such a distance.
Besides the patrol fleet, there are even more space-based artillery batteries and interstellar mines. If the fleet does not rely on guidance to navigate through special routes, the mere 5,000 warships would probably not even be able to advance a day before being blown to pieces by these space-based artillery batteries and interstellar mines. Moreover, the density increases the further in you go, and the number of these things is even larger than that of the patrol fleet, probably in the hundreds of billions.