T5 Dragon Emperor Starship - Bridge

"We have identified three Zerg jump points so far."

However, unlike the Zerg that appeared during the Starshine Empire's civil war and could warp-transfer Zerg fleets, this is a special Zerg hive mothership capable of establishing and maintaining itself for a period of time, possessing stargate functionality. Lilith reported the latest intelligence beside Zhao Chen.

"So, we didn't receive any information before this? Not even spatial fluctuations?" Zhao Chen frowned.

“No,” Lilith replied seriously.

This is a very bad situation right now.

The Zerg's technology is incredibly well-hidden.

The universe is so vast that without any spatial fluctuations or energy reactions, the relevant detection equipment simply cannot detect it.

In this way, the Zerg could launch an attack on Zhao Chen's rear defenses without him noticing.

This time, it was only after a fleet of three hundred interstellar transport ships was attacked that Zhao Chen and his group received the distress call.

Unfortunately, even though a combat fleet was dispatched to provide support immediately.

They didn't even have time to save the three hundred interstellar transport ships.

After that, Zhao Chen ordered some interstellar fleets in the rear to conduct large-scale patrols, and only then did he discover two more Zerg jump points.

This is only what has been discovered so far.

How many of those have not been discovered?

"These are the images transmitted back from the Zerg warp points that we breached and destroyed." Lilith pulled up a file.

Zhao Chen looked at the footage that had been taken.

The footage shows many Zerg mothership wrecks, with a large chunk of flesh in the very center, resembling the ruins of some kind of giant building.

Other footage shows the giant building before it was destroyed.

It was a fleshy worm with its gaping maw wide open, the inside of which was pitch black, as if connected to another space.

"What kind of insect is this?" Zhao Chen frowned.

Lilith shook her head: "I don't know. We contacted the Angels, and they didn't know about these insects either."

Even the insectoids capable of carrying Zerg fleets through space jumps, which were present during our Star Glory Empire's civil war, have never appeared in their universe.

Zhao Chen's brows furrowed with seriousness as he immediately looked at Xiaolongnu: "Xiaolongnu, use your system to calculate the simulated data of this insect."

“Okay.” Little Dragon Girl nodded and immediately began to calculate.

Because there is too little relevant data available at present, we can only rely on Xiaolongnu's system computing power for simulation calculations.

"Lilith, notify the reserve interstellar fleets in the rear, and have them conduct high-intensity patrols of all our rear routes and important locations in groups of three hundred interstellar warships."

If any interstellar Zerg are detected, do not engage in prolonged combat. Notify us immediately, and we will dispatch an elite fleet to eliminate them.

Then, assemble the elite fleet and deploy an emergency mobile fleet specifically responsible for clearing out these insects that appear in the rear within a certain area.

"If you discover the Zerg, eliminate them immediately. If you discover a Zerg jump point, you must also eradicate it in the shortest possible time!" Zhao Chen was well aware of the terrifying nature of this threat.

Like a spark dropped into a grassland, it must be extinguished as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be endless.

However, this will inevitably affect the operations on the front lines.

Hopefully, this impact can be minimized now.

Soon, Xiaolongnu obtained the calculation results.

"Commander, according to our calculations..."

This Zerg jump point is probably a functional Zerg hive mothership unit, similar to our T4 Glow-class interstellar jump ship.

However, its operation is highly covert.

Even the starship radar of our T5 Dragon Emperor interstellar command ship and the starship radar of our T4 Banshee-class light interstellar stealth reconnaissance ship have difficulty detecting its operational fluctuations.

However, its delivery capacity is limited.

Based on the battlefield intelligence we have received so far, the total number of Zerg fleets appearing behind our lines is estimated to be no more than 100,000.

If we combine this with the record of the last time our starships sailed to these Zerg jump points, we can make calculations.

This Zerg warp point can probably drop around a thousand Motherships per hour, but it's highly unlikely to be able to drop Tier 5 Motherships.

After hearing Xiaolongnu's analysis, Zhao Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

There's good news and bad news, but overall it's not too bad.

Just as Zhao Chen was pondering his next move...

Xiaolongnu's expression changed, and she said urgently, "Report to the commander, the starship's network system has been invaded by an unknown signal, but I have already blocked it."

The ultimate source of the network intrusion signal was traced back to... the territory of the Mech Race.

A cyber intrusion by the Mech race? 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Before Zhao Chen could speak...

Xiaolongnu then said, "The other party has stopped the intrusion and sent an access request. Commander, shall we grant access?"

"Scan the communication channels, and if it's secure, connect them," Zhao Chen said.

"Yes." After a short while, Xiaolongnu raised her hand and tapped lightly in the air.

A video window also appeared in front of Zhao Chen's eyes.

At the same time, Xiaolongnu gave the commander an OK sign, indicating that everything was safe.

"Hi, long time no see." The little girl sat on a high stool, happily swinging her legs and waving at Zhao Chen.

"What is it?" Zhao Chen asked expressionlessly.

The little girl pouted and said with a wronged expression, "Why do you say that as if we have no feelings for each other at all? Can't I come to you for no reason?"

You weren't this cold when you contacted me before.

Are you one of those scumbags in human society who use girls and then discard them?

As she spoke, tears instantly streamed down the little girl's face.

Zhao Chen's lips twitched slightly; this guy really was a drama queen.

"I would never hack into a friend's starship's network system," Zhao Chen said calmly.

The little girl's crying face vanished instantly. She stuck out her tongue at Zhao Chen, showing no shame whatsoever for what she had done.

She said with a grin, "I just heard that you built a very powerful T5 interstellar warship, so I wanted to try it out."

It turned out to be surprisingly good.

You actually managed to create such a top-notch artificial intelligence.

However, compared to me, they're still just average.

Upon hearing the little girl's words, Xiaolongnu flew directly to the video window and pointed at the other party aggressively: "You're just average."

Your whole family is just so-so!

Looking at the two little girls' provocative gestures from afar.

Zhao Chen glanced around and muttered to himself.

Actually, both of them are pretty average.

However, he couldn't say this to her face, otherwise Zhao Chen would be in for a lot of trouble with Xiaolongnu's talkative nature.