At this moment, Zhao Chen was unaware that because of his 'missing whereabouts,' the outside world had already descended into chaos.

Upon hearing the little girl utter that word.

creativity?

When I heard this word.

Zhao Chen was clearly taken aback.

He noticed Zhao Chen's confusion.

The little girl continued, "Let me give you an example."

If we, the Mech race, were to be placed in an interstellar era with only conventional engine technology...

We might be able to develop the conventional engine technology of starships to the highest level, making it more efficient than your carbon-based life forms.

However, we are unable to develop more advanced warp drive technology, let alone space warp drive technology.

Zhao Chen suddenly realized.

It turns out that intelligent mechanical life forms have such drawbacks in this area.

"Then where did your mechanical race get the technology you have now?"

"And you clearly possess T5 interstellar warships, so why did your machine race fleet never send out T5 interstellar warships when you attacked the three great empires of the Galactic Alliance before?" Zhao Chen asked directly.

The little girl blinked and looked at Zhao Chen: "Join us, and I'll tell you."

Zhao Chen rolled his eyes.

He was now certain that the machine race held many secrets.

"Alright, your starship's communication equipment is almost repaired."

You should go back now.

"I will arrange for a fleet to escort you." The little girl waved her hand at Zhao Chen, effectively dismissing him.

Zhao Chen knew that it would be difficult for him to get the information he wanted from the other party again.

Zhao Chen turned around and walked out of the main hall.

Just as he was about to reach the front door, he suddenly turned around and looked at the little girl on the bench under the light: "Will I still be able to contact you in the future?"

The little girl blinked: "Contact me? Why?"

"If one day I figure it out..."

"If I want to join you, I need some way to contact you, right?" Zhao Chen shrugged and said.

The ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) little girl smiled slightly, though it was unclear whether she had seen through Zhao Chen's little scheme.

She raised her hand and tapped it lightly in the air.

Zhao Chen's handheld terminal vibrated.

"I put a small program in your communication software."

When you want to contact me, you just need to launch this mini-program.

"Also, you can rest assured, I haven't installed any backdoors on your device," the little girl said innocently, swinging her legs.

Zhao Chen opened his handheld terminal and indeed found a small program on his device. It had a cartoon avatar of a little girl on it, and someone who didn't know better might mistake it for a game.

The main hall doors opened.

Two mechanical beauties stood outside the door, seemingly having been waiting there.

Afterwards, Zhao Chen returned to the shuttle along the same route he had taken.

The hatch closed.

A few minutes later.

The hatch opened again, just as it had when we arrived.

The transparent glass dome floated into the hangar of the Zhao Chen Hades.

Zhao Chen saw the crew members anxiously waiting in the hangar, their faces lighting up with surprise when they saw him.

The glass cover is opened.

Zhao Chen got down.

The disc-shaped machine returned to the shuttle outside the hangar, and the shuttle sped away.

"Commander!"

The crew looked at the commander with excitement.

It was clear that they were genuinely worried about the commander.

"Continue with your work," Zhao Chen said before returning to his bridge.

The moment I stepped onto the bridge.

All eyes in the bridge were on Zhao Chen.

Xue Xiaoxiao, Secretary Nancy, and the bodyguard Leopard Girl all ran up to Zhao Chen and looked him up and down.

"Commander, you're back!"

"Commander, are you alright? Those machine race people didn't do anything to you, did they?"

Everyone asked with concern.

"I'm fine. Has the communication equipment on our Hades been repaired?" Zhao Chen asked.

Secretary Nancy nodded: "The communication equipment has been repaired, and the other faulty starship modules... with the help of the machine race's repair robots, are expected to be fully repaired within an hour."

"Immediately contact the other missing interstellar ships, and also contact Charlotte's side."

"yes!"

Shortly after, the thirty Falcon Dragon interstellar warships that accompanied them were the first to establish communication.

The captains of the thirty Xiaolong interstellar warships were all relieved to learn that their commander was safe.

If the commander was indeed accompanied by them, and something unexpected happened...

Even if they manage to return safely, they will not be able to forgive themselves.

They knew very well that their starship was able to safely escape the cosmic storm largely because the Pluto had provided them with a star shield.

Otherwise, all thirty of their Dragon-type interstellar warships, as well as the Angel race's interstellar warships, would have been destroyed in the cosmic storm.

"According to the intelligence we have, all the interstellar warships that accompanied us this time are still there, but the hulls have been affected to varying degrees."

"All the interstellar warships' communication equipment has malfunctioned. So far, only a handful have managed to repair short-to-medium range quantum communication, and they are still unable to establish communication with us or the Angel race," Secretary Nancy reported to Zhao Chen.

"Let them tell us their coordinates, and then we'll head over and meet them," Zhao Chen said.

"yes."

Then, a video window appeared in front of Zhao Chen.

Two anxious faces appeared before Zhao Chen.

Charlotte and Lilith, seeing their commander unharmed and smiling at them, found themselves speechless, unable to utter a single word of the countless thoughts that had been swirling in their minds.

"Okay, I know you're all worried about me."

I'm perfectly fine here right now, aren't I?

"What's the situation on your end?" Zhao Chen asked.

From the little girl from the machine race, Zhao Chen knew that Xiaolong must have known about his disappearance, and he could foresee that Charlotte and Lilith must be very anxious.

Who knows, they might even do something extraordinary in their search for themselves.

Lilith calmed herself down and told Zhao Chen about the current situation.

Zhao Chen helplessly covered his head.

He never imagined that his brief period of being out of contact for only a few dozen hours would almost ignite a war between the Falcon and the Angels.

Fortunately, none of this has happened yet.

Zhao Chen also explained that their loss of contact was due to a cosmic storm, not some conspiracy by the angels.

Fortunately, it wasn't beyond repair.

"Since I'm safe and sound, you can put everything back to normal now," Zhao Chen said.

"Are you still going to the Angel race?" Charlotte asked worriedly.

"Since we're already here, we should get things done." Zhao Chen nodded.

“Then I will personally lead a Dragon Legion to protect your safety,” Charlotte volunteered.

Zhao Chen shook his head, rejecting Charlotte's suggestion.

"Execute according to the original plan."

"Don't worry about me." Zhao Chen finally managed to calm the two women down.

This interlude has finally come to an end.

Escorted by the Machine Race, the Hades quickly arrived at the coordinates of the lost fleet.

Zhao Chen watched as the mechanical race's fleet sailed away.

He immediately gave orders to Xue Xiaoxiao and Nancy's secretary: "Conduct a data scan of the entire Hades and perform a full-body examination on me."

After confirming there are no problems, then rendezvous with the fleet.

One should always be wary of others.