Outside the void of the Boötes Constellation, a very small warship arrived through the space portal.
Although it was small in size, its interior was not small at all.
This was a strategic reconnaissance warship that combined the technology of the Dreadnaught-level warship and the Netherworld warship at the same time.
It was also Lin Fan's first attempt to integrate conventional technology and dark energy technology.
After it flew out of the space portal, it immediately blended into the background of the universe like the Netherworld warship until … it completely disappeared.
"Stealth mode activated. EDAC device operating normally."
"Space scanner activated. Target's position has been calibrated!"
"Detected a total of 10.5 billion suspicious targets, 80 of which are high energy reactions!"
"Dark energy scanning array activated … Beginning observation of target!"
"The observation image has been transferred to the bridge's virtual projector!"
In the bridge, as the command team members busied themselves, an image was displayed in front of Shangguan Youlan.
As the daughter of Lin Fan's first commander, Shangguan Yunting, after awakening as a dark energy manipulator, she had been participating in the development of the latest generation of strategic reconnaissance warships in the Starfleet Headquarters.
Of course, she was only there as a test pilot, not a developer.
This time, with the fleet expedition, Lin Fan also brought along this warship that had completed testing but had not yet been mass-produced, and let Shangguan Youlan temporarily assume the role of captain.
After all, she was currently the most knowledgeable person in the entire Federation about this warship, and she was also one of the few B-grade dark energy manipulators.
Looking at the image displayed in front of her, Shangguan Youlan's eyes narrowed.
Even through the image, she could almost feel the terrifying energy from the other party.
This should be the target of this reconnaissance mission, the target that suddenly appeared with a huge amount of energy!
"Captain, 34 of the high energy reactions match the Class 7 Purgatory Creatures that appeared in the Xassar Sector in the database, but there are no matches for the remaining 46!"
"Focus on detecting the 46 new targets and add all their data to the database after categorizing them."
"Yes, Captain!"
"Also, inform the engineering team to be ready to launch the small stargate at any time!"
"Understood!"
Looking at the crocodile-like creature on the screen, Shangguan Youlan did not dare to be negligent. She immediately ordered the deputy beside her.
This way, as long as the other party discovered his actions, he could immediately place a small stargate and quickly retreat.
After all, there was a distance of 30AU between the two sides. No matter how fast the opponent was, they shouldn't be able to threaten him in a short period of time. Furthermore, if he was fully prepared, he would have enough time to retreat!
However, just as Shangguan Youlan was instructing her subordinates to record the data of the new high-energy creatures into the database …
30AU away, Haig could feel that he was being watched.
He didn't immediately turn his head to look in the direction of the spying. Instead, he gave an order to one of his subordinates.
"Douglas, something is spying on me. Don't make any obvious movements. Find the precise location for me!"
"Yes, Commander Haig!"
A creature that looked like a spider suddenly heard Haig's voice in its head. It was shaken.
After he understood Haig's order, he quietly released a flow of special energy to the surroundings.
As a leader level creature that had similar abilities to Olga, but at the same time was much stronger than Olga, Douglas naturally had his own set of detection methods.
It was a method that was similar to the radar of a technological civilization, but the energy it emitted was extremely special. Before a technological civilization reached level 10, there was almost no way to continue hiding in front of Douglas.
"Found it, Commander Haig."
"Where is it?"
"30AU away. It's a technological civilization's battleship. It's very small!"
"Good job. I'll attack. You provide the location for me!"
"Yes, Sir Haig!"
At the same time, everyone on the strategic reconnaissance ship was still busy categorizing and recording all kinds of data into the database. They didn't realize that … the danger had begun to descend!
"Captain, there's something wrong with that crocodile-like creature!"
"What's going on?"
Hearing her deputy say so, Shangguan Youlan, who was observing other creatures through long-range observation, quickly adjusted the image back to Haig.
"Captain, look. Is its abdomen glowing?"
"It's true!"
Although Haig's back was facing her, she could vaguely see that Haig's abdomen was glowing faintly.
"Not good. Activate the space warning radar immediately!"
"Captain, activate the space warning radar and scan it. Our location will be exposed!"
"No, we've probably been exposed. Do as I say, now!"
"Yes, Sir!"
Soon, after scanning the surrounding energy, a cry of surprise came from the bridge.
"Detected high energy reaction. Suspected … suspected to be the energy reaction before an attack!"
"Can you determine what kind of attack it is from the energy reaction?"
"No, this energy reaction is too terrifying. There's no matching type at all!"
"Activate the sub-light engine. Accelerate to level nine and prepare to evade!"
"Yes, Sir!"
At this time, no one mentioned that they would be discovered anymore.
Obviously, the battleship they were on had been discovered …
Shangguan Yun Ting gazed at Haig on the screen. She didn't even blink.
"Engineering team, release the stargate components immediately!"
"Helmsman, steer the battleship away from the stargate!"
"Attention, once you successfully evade the attack, activate the stargate and leave immediately!"
"Yes, Sir!"
It was a distance of 30 AU. Would the enemy really attack?
No, it should be, could the enemy really attack from such a long distance?
No one had an answer. They could only hope that the captain was too worried.
However, in the next second, Haig's action told everyone that he...
Could attack from such a long distance!
In the image, Haig turned around. The huge crocodile mouth opened to the limit and a terrifying light beam shot out instantly. It swept forward at a speed of 10 AU per second. Wherever the light beam passed, the surrounding space collapsed.
At this moment, let alone the time dilation effect, in the face of such an unreasonable attack, all scientific explanations seemed pale and powerless.
"Evade!"
In fact, even without Shangguan Yunting's shout, the helmsman had already evaded.
However, in the face of this attack …
The battleship's evasive speed was as slow as a tortoise's!