Ten days later.

One side of the star.

The thirty-five starships of the Frey civilization have crossed the 'median line' and arrived at the side of the star closest to Dragon Star.

Meanwhile, the Fifteen Starships on the Xiaolong side were ready, poised for battle.

Marshal Chu Xuan was on the bridge of a T1 Snow Bear-class heavy interstellar battleship.

This is a starship, a T1 starship that Zhao Chen specially selected as the most suitable for the current situation. It has good combat capabilities, a high fault tolerance rate, and a short construction cycle, making it very suitable for the current transitional phase of the Xiaolong civilization.

Actually, I didn't expect there would be a battle.

To my surprise, we actually ran into each other.

There are also various types of interstellar warships.

Fifteen interstellar warships can be said to have met the most basic requirements for starship types.

Ten T1 Wolfhound-class medium star destroyers, one aircraft carrier starship, one star battleship, one star heavy cruiser, one star cruiser, and one star missile ship.

Although they are all T1 level.

However, according to Chu Xuan's calculations, the number of these interstellar warships was still quite objective.

"Report.

The approaching enemy interstellar fleet has been detected, and the types of starships can be identified by their shapes.

One starship, one carrier starship, two starship battlecruisers, five starships, ten starship destroyers, and sixteen starship escorts.

"Based on their appearance, we can confirm that these are all biological interstellar warships!" the subordinate reported.

Marshal Chu Xuan said with a serious expression, "When the battle begins, there's no need to rush."

First, launch a probing attack to determine the combat capabilities of the enemy starship.

If the enemy starships are highly capable in combat, we should immediately withdraw from the battlefield.

If there's a chance of war, we'll fight them!

"yes!"

The crew members on each starship were extremely tense at this moment.

Because more than 80% of the crew members of these fifteen interstellar warships are actually natives of Dragon Star.

After all, the Xiaolong civilization only has 10,000 people, and it is impossible to assign them all to starships as crew members.

Fortunately, these crew members were all excellent naval soldiers on Dragon Star before becoming interstellar warship crew members. After some training, they all became qualified starship crew members.

"I've memorized them all."

Don't be nervous.

When the battle begins, we'll proceed according to our training.

Imagine you are on a dark sea right now, and we are on a warship.

Clear your mind, don't overthink.

In each department, there are at least one or two veterans of the JF-17 Thunder series who are in charge of the department's work.

"Yes, sir!" After a pep talk, the crew members from each department waited at their posts for the next battle assignments.

Everyone held their breath and focused, shutting out all thoughts other than fighting.

breathe!

breathe!

breathe!

"Weapons department, prepare. All main guns and secondary guns, turn around..."

The department head received the order from the bridge and immediately relayed it to the various weapons departments.

"Main gun number one has completed rotation!"

"Main gun number two has completed rotation!"

...

All the cannons on the fifteen starships were now aimed at the thirty-five Frey civilization interstellar warships that were approaching from a distance.

Both sides were on the verge of a confrontation.

This battle will inevitably result in a large number of casualties.

Just as both sides were about to give the order to open fire.

Almost one order after another.

The message reached the high command of both fleets.

"Cease the attack immediately, retreat to a safe area, and await further orders!"

The high command of both fleets was stunned for a moment, and then the fleets began to retreat.

"What happened?" Marshal Chu Xuan immediately contacted Zhao Chen at the rear.

The message you just received came directly from Emperor Xiaolong.

“We have received a message,” Zhao Chen said with a serious expression.

"What information?" Marshal Chu Xuan wondered. What information could make His Majesty the King order a retreat so suddenly?

Most importantly, the opposing interstellar civilization also withdrew its troops.

"From a trial civilization that calls itself the Eight Hegemons Civilization."

The message means that in his star system, he encountered a rapidly rising trial civilization that has now entered the T2 technology stage and may even be building weapon starships at the T3 technology stage.

They have acquired the ability to travel between star systems.

This rapidly rising interstellar civilization was called the Dax Empire Civilization. The Dax Empire Civilization appeared in the star system of the Eight Hegemons Civilization and wiped out three trial civilizations, including the Eight Hegemons Civilization!

In this message, they released the star system coordinates of the Eight Hegemons civilization.

"It's...very close to us!" Zhao Chen said with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this...

Marshal Chu Xuan immediately understood why the two civilizations had withdrawn their troops at the same time.

Because there was a powerful external enemy.

A powerful civilization capable of annihilating three trial civilizations simultaneously is very likely about to enter the T3 technology stage.

If their Dragonfly Civilization continues its civil war with another Trial Civilization, then they will have to wait until the other civilization arrives.

The outcome will be the same as that of the civilization that sent the message.

"The purpose of the trial civilization that sent this message is to incite other surrounding interstellar civilizations to attack the Dax Empire civilization together."

"They must have used some means to send this cosmic broadcast to the surrounding area," Marshal Chu Xuan said in a deep voice.

Zhao Chen nodded: "Yes."

During the broadcast, we were able to calculate that we were directly connected to this destroyed trial civilization.

Meanwhile, along the offensive route of that Dax Empire civilization, they had already mastered the ability to conduct interstellar warfare.

It won't be long before they find our galaxy coordinates and launch a war against us.

This could take years or it could be as short as six months!

Marshal Chu Xuan frowned: "Given the number of starships we currently have, and the speed of development..."

If it's a six-month period...

We have no chance of fully reaching the T2 technology stage, and even if we did, the number of T2 interstellar warships would be limited.

"Therefore, we cannot go to war with that interstellar civilization; we must form an alliance with them," Zhao Chen said solemnly.

Marshal Chu Xuan nodded, agreeing with this opinion.

Prior to this, there were only two trial civilizations in this star system, so they were naturally rivals, and each other's priority was to eliminate their target.

And now, a powerful enemy has suddenly appeared.

That would naturally give them a reason to join forces.

"Chu Xuan, find a way to make contact with the opposing fleet."

"Let's express what we want to talk about," Zhao Chen said.

"good!"

Next, the JF-17 fleet dispatched a starship to approach, while simultaneously releasing information on the public channel.

Almost simultaneously, a starship from the opposing fleet also approached.

The two starships approached each other at a very close distance, like messengers.

At this moment, relying on the communication methods between the two sides, Zhao Chen met the commander of the trial civilization on the other side.

"Hello.

"Let me introduce myself. I am the leader of the Xiaolong Civilization." Zhao Chen got straight to the point.

"Lord of the Frey Civilization," Lord Frey said calmly.

"I think you all received that cosmic broadcast that just came over."

I'll get straight to the point.

There is a powerful enemy, and our strengths are evenly matched.

Although your fleet is larger than mine.

But if we really fight, I can still bite off a few pieces of your flesh.

If all else fails, I'll focus on defense.

This will inevitably slow down your development speed significantly.

Therefore, let's coexist peacefully for now.

"Using the star as a boundary, each should develop independently to better deal with that Dax Empire civilization," Zhao Chen stated his thoughts directly.

"I agree." Lord Frey wasted no time and immediately agreed to the condition.

What was supposed to be an interstellar war would end in such a way.

But this made it feel like a sharp blade was hanging over everyone's heads.

Zhao Chen immediately approached Chief Engineer Annie.

"Anne."

I'm asking you.

"If a T2 interstellar civilization wanted to conduct interstellar warfare, how long would it take them?" Zhao Chen asked Annie.

Anne thought for a moment and said, "For a T2-level interstellar warship, we can rule out space warp and wormhole technology."

Furthermore, there is no stargate.

It must be using a warp drive.

The warp drive measures the distance between the two galaxies.

I have reviewed the materials you provided.

If we were to depart directly from the Dax civilization's star system, it would take a month to reach us.

This is the time it takes to determine our coordinates.

However, they do not currently know the coordinates of our galaxy, so it depends on whether they have the equipment to detect galaxies.

Whether galaxy-detecting equipment can find galaxies is also a matter of probability, and the timeframe cannot be calculated.

After listening to Anne's string of words.

Zhao Chen frowned slightly.

In this way, they would have no idea when the enemy would appear.

If the enemy is lucky, it might be a month from now.

"If we don't consider the situation inside the enemy's territory."

"At the latest, three years!" Anne added, "This is the result of scanning the surroundings under the lowest efficiency conditions of a T2-level galaxy detector."

It's like you're making dots on a blank sheet of paper with a black pen, and there's a treasure hidden behind the paper.

So even with the worst luck, they'll find our galaxy's location within three years.

One month to three years.

This timeline spans a really large area.

But for them, the only option is to rapidly expand their own power.

"Annie, can you devise the most comprehensive and fastest development plan?"

I need to reach the T2 technological civilization stage in the shortest possible time.

"And build a large number of T2-class interstellar warships!" Zhao Chen said with a serious expression.

Annie thought for a moment: "We need to coordinate the resource planets we can find in the future. The efficiency of subsequent resource mining will directly affect the development of interstellar industry in the later stages."

Based on my estimates.

It will take us at least six months to reach the T2 technology stage, and another six months to build a fleet of thirty T2 interstellar warships.

If we want to reach a scale of 300 ships, it will take about fifteen months.

The timeframe is a bit tight.

But I have to push myself.

"From this moment forward, our Dragon Kingdom and the entire Dragon Star system will devote all our efforts to the industrial sector."

Whatever you need, I'll have Barbara's secretary provide unconditionally.

"What I want is to see a T2-level interstellar warship within six months!" Zhao Chen said seriously.

Anne knew the urgency of the situation, and she nodded, saying, "I understand. I'll get ready to take care of it."

In the following period, both the Xiaolong civilization and the Frey civilization on the other side entered a new era.

In the first month, the Xiaolong civilization developed its first resource planet and established a habitable site on it.

In the second month, the number of resource stars increased by three.

In the third month, the Xiaolong civilization discovered a second habitable planet with decent resources, but no intelligent life.

The Xiaolong Civilization has officially launched its Second Homeland Immigration and Expansion Plan.

One after another, interstellar transport ships carried the settlers to their second home planet.

The fourth month.

The first T2 Iron Hammer-class heavy interplanetary industrial ship has been completed.

The fifth month...

At this moment, even the other countries in the Dragon Star Alliance felt a sense of crisis.

Those leaders also noticed the rapid pace of development that the Dragon Kingdom had been making during this period.

Sometimes, in order to develop, they are willing to invest a lot of resources, just to pursue more time.

This project could have been completed in a month with an investment of one billion.

We're investing 3 billion yuan now, and the requirement is to complete it within a week!

This is an attitude of racing against time.

Huo Lidia stood at the Dragon Palace Starport, looking at the starship base under construction in the distance. She was already wearing the military uniform of the Owl Dragon Kingdom's interstellar crew.

She handed over all her affairs in the Frost Dragon Kingdom to her subordinates and resigned from her title as Commander-in-Chief of the Frost Dragon Kingdom Navy.

They chose to join the Star Academy system of the Dragonflight Kingdom.

After much study and hard work, she is now a member of the JF-17 Dragon Fleet.

He is currently serving as a secretary on Marshal Chu Xuan's starship.

This is a rare moment of rest for her. She's strolling around Dragon Palace Star Harbor and keeping in touch with the ground.

"Hey bro, how have you been lately?" Huo Lidia asked, looking at her brother, Huo Fengx, on the other side of the video window.

Phoenix rolled his eyes at his sister and said, "You're asking me how I am?"

We agreed before that the two of us would govern this country together.

Now it's all right.

You went out to play by yourself, leaving me here all alone.

You have no shame!

"Hehehe, what can I do? You're my brother."

I've been thinking about it, how can a country accommodate two adults?

As the saying goes, "Two tigers cannot share one mountain."

That's how it's always portrayed in TV dramas. Wouldn't I become too powerful in the Frost Dragon Kingdom, leading to infighting between you and my sister?

My sister doesn't want to be a king.

Therefore, I'm entrusting this important task to you.

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