"What's going on?" Spider Queen Elise looked in surprise at the several glowing dots on the map in front of her.

Chief Engineer Nana glanced at it and immediately put on a serious expression.

"This is a dynamic monitoring instrument that synchronizes the entire universe."

Although the equipment has already been delivered to the military.

However, as a researcher, I have always maintained the right to share and monitor relevant real-time data.

He paused for a moment.

Chief Engineer Nana said, "The current situation indicates that there are huge fluctuations in the universe, and these fluctuations are not spatial warps within the universe."

It is a space warp from outside the universe.

Simply put, someone is trying to enter this universe!

Just as Chief Engineer Nana was speaking, Zhao Chen received an urgent communication from Lilith.

The video window opens.

Lilith appeared on the other end of the video window and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, an emergency has occurred."

We detected five points of anomalous fluctuations in the universe.

It is suspected that an extraterrestrial fleet is conducting space deployment.

I have already dispatched advance and reconnaissance fleets to these five locations to monitor them.

We will report back immediately if anything happens.

The next step is to determine the contingency plan for this emergency.

Zhao Chen nodded and looked at Chief Engineer Nana beside him: "Can you estimate the approximate time required for the enemy to conduct inter-universe space projection?"

Chief Engineer Nana nodded: "Based on the abnormal fluctuations in space on the space dynamic monitoring instrument, we can understand the strength of the relevant equipment used by the enemy."

This is like having a bucket of water to fill a pool, and by looking at how much water is poured out, we can roughly estimate how long it will take to fill the pool.

Currently, monitoring is being conducted on these five spatial fluctuation anomalies.

We anticipate it will take at least half an hour to create an opening large enough for Starfleet to pass through.

Half an hour.

Zhao Chen muttered to himself.

This amount of time is sufficient to prepare contingency plans.

Zhao Chen then asked, "Can you confirm that this spatial warp is a one-time deployment like our interstellar warp ships?"

Or is it that the other side is building another permanent spatial portal, similar to our stargate?

Chief Engineer Nana replied, "That can be confirmed."

You only need to look at the wave texture at this location of spatial fluctuation.

If it's a fixed-space delivery, like our stargate, then these ripples will gradually show a stable trend.

But if it's just a single instance, it's like throwing a stone into the water.

The ripples are large at first, but they gradually disappear.

Based on current observations, it appears to be a single event; however, its size and duration require further observation to determine.

This is the advantage of this type of equipment: it allows you to win battles from afar.

To obtain as much useful information as possible before the war begins.

"Then you can continue eating."

"I need to take care of something first." Zhao Chen wiped his mouth, stood up, and took his leave.

Both Chief Engineer Nana and Chief Engineer Elise, the Spider Queen, stood up to see Zhao Chen off.

Chief Engineer Anne, with her mouth full of food, waved her hand without even looking up.

It was as if Zhao Chen's presence or absence was completely unimportant, as long as someone had paid the bill.

Eat less.

"It's like you haven't eaten at all." Chief Engineer Nana sat down again, looked at Chief Engineer Annie's useless appearance, and said irritably.

"What's wrong?"

I worked for that landlord for the past six months.

I didn't eat well, and I didn't sleep well.

What's wrong with me enjoying myself?

"This is what I, Annie, deserve!" Annie pouted, picked up a 2L bottle of beverage, and chugged it down.

He wiped the water from the corner of his mouth with his arm, let out a loud burp, and looked at the food in front of him as if he were looking at his own kingdom.

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After Zhao Chen left.

Early on, an interstellar warship was already hovering in the outer space.

That was the ship he was supposed to be on.

T6 Dragon Emperor Star Command Ship.

During the previous war against the Order Zerg, this Dragon Emperor interstellar command ship was undergoing a technological upgrade from T5 to T6 in the shipyard.

So it's been quite a long time since we last met.

Zhao Chen's shuttle landed in the hangar.

Ship crew members immediately came to greet them.

"Your Majesty." The officer stood before Zhao Chen and saluted.

Zhao Chen nodded.

The sergeant immediately summoned a floating elevator.

Zhao Chen walked up.

Despite being called a suspended elevator, it's actually more like a luxurious 'mini-car'.

Because there's a sofa up there, and even a wine cabinet.

Zhao Chen sat on the sofa, watching the various ship compartments recede into the distance.

The upgraded T6 Dragon Emperor starship is much larger than before.

Soon, this luxurious floating elevator brought us to the outside of the bridge.

Zhao Chen slowly walked into the bridge.

A massive portal of light opened.

It was arguably the largest bridge of all the interstellar warships in the Xiaolong series, which appeared before Zhao Chen.

Predominantly white with gold accents.

It gives people a very holy and sacred feeling.

The uniforms of all the crew members here are also somewhat different.

The crew members here are mostly staff officers and secretaries, and most of them wear white military uniforms.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

With Zhao Chen's arrival.

From the bridge, a sound like waves could be heard, growing louder as it receded into the distance.

"Okay, back to work," Zhao Chen replied quietly.

Everyone then continued with their work.

They all revered the emperor, but their professional ethics told them what they should do now.

Led by his accompanying sergeant, Zhao Chen arrived at the command center.

This is a space with huge floor-to-ceiling windows on all four sides; it's like a brain within a brain.

There is also a miniature golden throne here, which naturally belongs to Zhao Chen.

"Your Majesty." Lilith, who had been waiting there, immediately bowed to Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen glanced at Lilith's slightly protruding belly.

More than half a year has passed since Zhao Chen left, and Lilith has been pregnant for at least half a year now.

He was very concerned about Lilith's health.

Words of concern are always on their lips.

But now he is not just Zhao Chen.

He was still the emperor of the Xiaolong Empire.

Zhao Chen sat on the throne, looking at the huge interstellar sandbox in front of him, and said, "I already know the current situation."

Share your thoughts.

"We are basically certain that this is an enemy plan involving an inside attack."

I suspect that this rebellion within our empire was influenced by the Order behind the scenes.

As for why order can still affect our world, we do not know.

After all, their power is too great and mysterious.

Perhaps all along, what we know is only a drop in the ocean.

But as things stand, the only ones capable of attempting to enter our universe from the outside are most likely the army of Order.

We are tentatively defined as the Dark Legion of Order.

The enemy's goal is to first create chaos in our empire through internal rebellion, and if they can completely paralyze our empire, that would be ideal.

Once the subsequent military forces arrive, we will be completely unable to resist.

Zhao Chen nodded; this was also what he had in mind.

Lilith continued, "But now, we've basically crushed most of the major rebels within the Empire."

The rest were just small fish and shrimp, which weren't too difficult to clean.

We originally planned to clean it up ourselves as a warning to others.

But now this problem has arisen.

Our idea is to hand over these small fish and shrimp to the local kingdom fleet, lord fleet, and security fleet.

This can also be seen as a test for them.

They are more than capable of dealing with these small fish and shrimp.

Meanwhile, we began preparing to gather our forces to deal with any enemies that might appear at these five locations of abnormal spatial fluctuations!

“I agree,” Zhao Chen said directly.

"Marshal Charlotte will report to you on the military plans."

"She has already begun the relevant war preparations, and I will ensure that the logistical preparations are kept up," Lilith said.

Just as they were speaking.

A beam of light appeared directly in front of Zhao Chen.

It is a full-body holographic image.

Charlotte, dressed in military uniform, looked dashing and heroic.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Marshal Charlotte gave a military salute first.

"Get to the point," Zhao Chen said.

"Our four legion fleet groups and five elite fleet groups are all ready."

"We are ready to deploy at any time," said Marshal Charlotte.

As he spoke, Marshal Charlotte pulled up all the data and information on these fleet groups.

Because Zhao Chen hadn't seen these things for half a year.

Although it has only been half a year, it has brought about tremendous changes for these JF-17 fleet groups.

First, there are the four fleet groups, all of which are currently at full strength.

The size of a legion fleet of the Dragon Empire is 500,000 interstellar warships, consisting of ten legion fleets of 50,000 ships each.

Each legion fleet consists of fifteen combat legion fleets of three thousand ships each, and two logistics legion fleets.

This is the formation of a conventional fleet group.

If it's an elite fleet, changes will be made based on their specific needs.

"What is the current status of the active interstellar warships in each regular legion fleet group?" Zhao Chen inquired.

Charlotte replied directly: "The current regular legion fleet has been upgraded since the war."

All T3-class interstellar warships have been phased out; the current fleet consists exclusively of T4, T5, and T6-class interstellar warships.

Zhao Chen nodded in satisfaction.

These decommissioned T3 interstellar warships were not scrapped. Those with good performance were transferred to local security fleets, while those with less good performance could be repaired and reused as export versions.

Even the interstellar warships that were phased out by the JF-17 Legion were very popular as export versions.

Charlotte was still telling Zhao Chen her story.

"Among these, the conventional corps-level fleet consists of three thousand interstellar warships, including approximately three thousand T4-class interstellar warships and over eighty T5-class interstellar warships, with one T6 Thunderlord-class heavy interstellar destroyer serving as its flagship."

If there are specific missions or combat positions requiring additional spacecraft, other types of interstellar warships can be deployed to replace those of the same class, but the number of spacecraft will remain roughly the same.

For example, the T6 Thunderlord-class heavy star destroyer might be replaced by our newly commissioned T6 Wind Elf-class light star cruiser.

There are also elite corps-level fleets, which often exist as the main corps fleet of a legion-level fleet.

It remains at a scale of around three thousand interstellar warships.

However, the number of T5-class starships will increase two to three times, and the number of T6-class starships will increase to three to five.

Above that is the flagship corps-level fleet, which often exists as the flagship corps of a legion-level fleet, that is, the corps fleet where the legion commander is located.

The size of this fleet will increase; while maintaining the original number of T4 starships, the number of T5 starships will increase to around six hundred.

The number of T6-class interstellar warships will increase to around ten to fifteen.

The most elite are super flagship-level fleets.

There are only a handful of these corps-sized fleets at present.

It mainly consists of the corps-level fleets where the supreme commanders of each legion fleet group and the deputy fleet group commanders are located.

They are all equipped with T5-class interstellar warships, which is three thousand T5 interstellar warships, and an additional sixty T6-class interstellar warships.

As for the flagship, separate arrangements will be made.

This is the current standard organization of the Xiaolong Empire's fleet, which is basically composed of legions of three thousand interstellar warships.

Charlotte then added, "In addition, there will be some special regiment fleets."

For example, special interstellar missile carrier fleets, interstellar gunnery fleets, interstellar cruiser fleets, and carrier fleets.

This is also to ensure that the legion's fleet has comprehensive combat capabilities.

So far, within the Imperial regular fleet groups.

We possess twelve super-flagship-class fleets.

Forty flagship-level fleets

One hundred and twenty elite corps fleets,

Five hundred and sixty-three regular fleet units.

"Five Imperial fleet groups, exactly at full strength?" Zhao Chen asked, somewhat surprised.

Lilith chimed in, "Yes, there are also some spare interstellar warships being used as training ships, assigned to various military academies for intensive combat training of new recruits preparing for service."

At the same time, preparations began to be made to form a large-scale imperial fleet.

Four Imperial fleets, with nearly two million interstellar warships.

This is a force that the Dragon Empire should not underestimate.

"Taking into account future circumstances."

Four Imperial Legion fleets are indeed not enough.

Or rather, they're good at defense but lack offense," Zhao Chen said, rubbing his chin.

Marshal Charlotte said from the side, "According to our future plans."

Without further institutional reforms, we will need a total of twenty Imperial Legion fleet groups in the future.

Ten million interstellar warships.

Only then can we deal with any potential dangers and threats we face.

Tens of millions of interstellar warships.

Zhao Chen closed his eyes.

I'm imagining that scene.

I must say, just thinking about it is incredibly exciting.

You must understand, this was during the universe's golden age.

The combined strength of regular legion fleets is estimated to barely reach the ten million mark.

Moreover, this is while pursuing the quality of the Dragon Empire.

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