Chapter 366 Ambush

In just a few days, a thick layer of green seaweed has been laid on the five ocean planets.

Tens of thousands of drones are flying low over the sea, dragging a huge trawl at their tails, scooping up the seaweed on the sea into the net.

When the huge trawl is full, the drone will pull up to the sky, carrying the full trawl towards the incubator on the planet.

At this time, dozens of transport ships floating on the sea have appeared next to the incubator.

These transport ships have been specially modified to convert seaweed into nutrient solution for incubators.

The drones in the sky lined up above dozens of transport ships, opened the lower trawl, poured all the collected seaweed into the huge open cabin of the transport ship, and flew away again.

After the seaweed arrived in the cabin, it was converted into nutrient solution and flowed into the incubator through huge transparent pipes connected to the incubator.

The incubator, which obtained a lot of energy, began to produce battleship alien eggs frantically.

The drones waiting on the side will drag the eggs with "umbilical cords" to the open space on the side and stack them neatly, waiting for the hatching of these battleship aliens.

There are hundreds of such hatching bases on the entire ocean planet, and each hatching base can produce 2,000 battleship alien eggs a month!

Three months later

Just as the Empire was in full swing in expanding its military, three fleets jumped out of hyperspace and came to the periphery of the star system two light years away from the coordinates of the Eva fleet recorded in the future information.

"Calling headquarters, we are the first fleet, we did not find any traces of enemy troops near the target point," Lei Ming connected to the holographic communication with the Empire and reported.

"Sir, there are no planets in this star system!" Before Lei Ming finished speaking, a soldier on the side suddenly shouted.

"What's the matter, are you sure the system is not wrong?" Lei Ming frowned.

"No, sir, our gravity scanning device shows that there is only one gravity point in this star system, the middle star!" The soldier turned around and put the scan map on the main screen of the bridge.

As expected, in such a large star system, there is only one red star hanging alone in the sky.

"Maybe it's a natural phenomenon, let's continue to the next star system!" Lei Ming felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.

"You three fleets are on alert and ready to fight at any time." Li Mingze, who was on the other end of the holographic intercom, felt nervous, as if he had thought of something, and ordered Lei Ming.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"All warships listen to the order, enter combat status immediately! Beware of possible enemies, target the next star system, and move forward!" After receiving the commander's order, the warships of the first fleet began to slowly turn their bows and fly towards the next jump entry point.

The other two fleets had just received Li Mingze's order, and they also dispersed into battle formations and followed behind the first fleet.

The three fleets flew quietly through the empty star system, and the empty space seemed extremely gloomy, without a trace of life.

In the star orbit that these warships did not notice, the lens of a spherical satellite kept rotating, aiming the lens at the high-speed flying imperial fleet.

However, because the satellite was too close to the orbit, the gravity of the star covered its own gravity, and with a layer of stealth paint, the extremely small satellite was not noticed by the imperial fleet at all.

A day later, the imperial fleet crossed the empty star system and arrived at the next jump point, disappearing in the universe.

Only then did the satellites next to the star dare to send the collected intelligence back to their home planet.

A few days later, the three fleets of the empire jumped out of hyperspace and came to a star system closer to Eva's coordinates.

"Sir. There is still nothing here. There are no planets. This is definitely not normal." The soldier swallowed and reported to Lei Ming.

"This is definitely not a natural phenomenon. All fleets are upgraded to the highest alert level and are ready to meet the battle." Lei Ming nodded solemnly.

At this moment, accompanied by waves of space turbulence, square and angular white warships began to appear one after another on the periphery of the three fleets of the Empire!

"No, the enemy is really ambushing! All warships open fire immediately!" Lei Ming reacted immediately when he saw the first warship appear, and decisively ordered the fleet to start attacking.

Beam cannons and mass acceleration shells were fired madly at the warships that kept appearing.

These warships that had just left the warp jump were blown up in space before they could react.

In less than ten minutes, the wreckage of warships floated in front of the three fleets of the Empire.

The muzzles of the Empire's warships also turned slightly red due to high-speed shooting.

"Cease fire!" After seeing that there were no more enemy fleets, Lei Ming waved his hand and ordered the fleet to stop shooting.

"Report to the Imperial Headquarters, we were ambushed in a star system 1.2 light years around the target point!"

"The enemy is too few in number and appears one after another, and our fire density is too high. We are currently unable to determine the defensive capabilities of the enemy's warships."

"And the enemy's warships did not open fire, so we also cannot determine their attack capabilities." Lei Ming saved the information and prepared a satellite to launch it toward the periphery of the star system.

Then the fleet entered a signal silence state, and all the lights of the warships were turned off. A layer of faint holographic images wrapped the three fleets of the Empire, and the three fleets disappeared from the universe.

This is exactly the stealth mode of the Empire Fleet. The satellites launched previously will send signals to the Empire only after the fleet leaves, which can effectively prevent the fleet from exposing its coordinates.

In the star orbit of this star system, another spherical satellite seemed to have lost its target and kept scanning the entire star system in a panic, hoping to find the figure of the Empire Fleet.

However, the Empire Fleet has been hidden in the barrier of the holographic image, and the visual figure has been lost. The satellite that relies on optical equipment for exploration has suddenly lost its target.

A few hours later, the satellite reluctantly sent a message back to the mother star that the target was lost.

After the message was sent out, the satellite was finally exposed to the sight of the Empire Fleet.

Lei Ming, Yi Yun and Wang Rongtao were shocked. They didn't expect that there was a monitor hidden in the empty star system.

And this detector was so close to the star, using the star to hide its traces!

No wonder our fleet encountered the enemy fleet as soon as it jumped out!