"This is …"
In the image, there was a … no, it could not be called a battleship anymore.
It was just a part of a battleship that slowly moved out of the spatial passage. There were fifty mechas of various types around it.
"Report, according to the database, it has been confirmed that this is the bridge module of the strategic reconnaissance ship, Flying Fox, and several modules adjacent to the bridge!"
"Report, according to the scan, the life source of the Flying Fox and the mechas is less than 400!"
Hearing this, Lin Fan frowned deeply.
Less than 400 … That meant that there were about 100 people on the ship!
When the Flying Fox departed, it was full of people. Including the captain, Shangguan Youlan, there were a total of 499 people.
At the same time, Lin Fan finally understood why Shangguan Youlan had not contacted him before and after the return of the ship.
The entire battleship was left with only the bridge and three adjacent modules … Whether it was the battleship EDAC or the long-range space communication device, they were not in these modules.
In other words, the Flying Fox now had no way of communicating with the outside world other than the battlefield command system.
"Immediately send out a battleship to rescue the Flying Fox. After rescuing the people, if Shangguan Youlan is fine, send her to me immediately!"
"Yes, Marshal!"
Soon, several battleships sailed out of the Battle Star to carry out the rescue mission.
The rescue mission was relatively smooth. After all, the Flying Fox had voluntarily disintegrated. Therefore, the rescue mission was simply to pick up the people. There were no cases of people being trapped in the ship and needing to force a way out from the outside.
All the injured crew members were sent to the infirmary of the rescue battleship as quickly as possible.
With the Federation's current technology, as long as they were still breathing and received timely medical treatment, they would not lose their lives.
More than ten minutes later, Shangguan Youlan boarded a shuttle and flew to the third spaceport of the new Gonggong Battle Star. Then, through the light transmission technology, she arrived at Lin Fan's office.
"Tell me, what happened?"
"Report, Marshal, this is what happened …"
In the office, the two of them sat across from each other. Shangguan Youlan continued to narrate the process of the mission, while Lin Fan continued to frown deeply.
Looking at the data that Shangguan Youlan had opened, Lin Fan's expression turned grave.
There were a large number of new races that had never appeared before, dozens of Tier 7 leader-tier creatures that did not exist in the database, as well as high-tier creatures that were even more terrifying than Ipnos …
Especially … That attack that went as far as 30AU!
This time, they should be considered lucky. There was only one warship, the Flying Fox, and they could still avoid it.
However, if it was on the battlefield and the enemy fired a shot at their fleet, Lin Fan would know that there would be heavy casualties even without the need to build a model to calculate!
"I got it. You can go and rest first!"
"Yes, Marshal!"
"Suspected to be a Class 9 biological civilization?"
After Shangguan Youlan left, Lin Fan muttered to himself in the room. However, his voice was filled with dread.
Lin Fan had already seen the individual of a rank 8 biological civilization.
To put it bluntly, it was strong, very strong!
If they really fought to the death, Lin Yu might not be able to take it down easily.
After all, there were many objective factors that contributed to Lin Yu's ability to heavily injure Ipnos. It did not mean that Lin Yu was much stronger than Ipnos even with the help of the Netherworld Warship.
As for the other two Class A dark energy manipulators of the Federation, it was needless to say.
One must know that Lin Yu himself had said that he was already half a step into the realm of Class S dark energy manipulators, while the other two had just become Class A dark energy manipulators. The difference in strength was like heaven and earth.
Therefore, the appearance of a Class 9 biological civilization made Lin Fan feel very threatened.
It was not that there was no way to deal with the other party. There was definitely a way to kill the other party, but the price to pay would be the kind that would hurt the Federation greatly.
"It seems that the plan can't be delayed any longer …"
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Not long after, a basin of cold water was poured on Aliya, who was excited about recovering lost territory.
In the virtual conference room, when Aliya looked at the various images and data brought back by the Flying Fox that Lin Fan had released …
She was completely dumbfounded!
What the hell? She originally thought that there were more than 30 Class 7 biological civilization individuals and a Class 8 biological civilization individual. How did the number suddenly double? There was even a suspected Class 9 biological civilization individual?
"Lin Fan, this might be a Class 9 creature. Can you humans deal with it?"
"As of now, I have no confidence!"
Lin Fan's reply was straightforward without any hesitation.
Even if there was a way, Lin Fan would not say it out loud.
There was no mistake. Although both sides were on the same side, in the end, this was only a temporary alignment of interests. And this alignment of interests was under the premise that the Federation would not pay too much of a price!
As for asking the Federation to go all out for the sake of the Insectoids, even if they might suffer heavy losses, that was simply impossible!
Aliya did not doubt Lin Fan's words. After all, a Class 9 creature was indeed a little out of the ordinary!
However, this made Aliya feel terrible.
What was originally a great situation had suddenly taken a turn for the worse. The feeling of being thrown high up in the sky and then falling back down was really uncomfortable.
So what should she do now?
This was a very realistic problem!
Give up all the recovered territory and retreat to the Kempinia Supercluster?
The key was that even if she retreated to the Kempinia Supercluster and used the favorable terrain of the universe currents to defend, could she really stop the Class 9 Purgatory creature?
Aliya had no confidence in this at all!
Escape to a farther place in the universe?
That was even more impossible. In the Wills Special Supercluster, other than the path to the Kempinia Supercluster, if she wanted to escape further, she would have to go to the Virgo Supercluster where the humans were located!
However, would the humans let her pass?
Obviously, this was impossible!
After all, to the humans, the Insectoids were currently their best moat. Aliya was very clear on this point.
In the conference room, Aliya was about to go crazy. No matter what she did, it seemed to be a dead end!
"Actually, it's not like there's no way at all."
Just as Aliya was about to tear out the hair she had painstakingly evolved …
In the virtual conference room, Lin Fan's demonic voice sounded!