Chapter 1430: 1430
The planet-sized ships took on different routes, patrolling all areas within the light barrier . As Jiang Fei had been pushed more than ten lightyears away, there was no way he could have seen this spectacle .
After expanding several lightyears away, the barrier stopped and stabilized . While there was not a single living soul inside the barrier, there were countless smaller ships .
These ships were different . Incredibly so . Unlike the previous ships, these new ones looked extremely fragile, as if they were made from the cheapest materials .
They were so poorly constructed that even the worst ship in the Trade Federation military force—a Second-Class Patrol Cruiser—could do more damage . At most, these new ships were only as good as the ships used by lowly space pirates .
If Jiang Fei had seen these ships come out from the same wormhole as the galactic-sized cube, he would wonder why a civilization would deploy such useless spacecrafts . The cube itself was more than enough to conquer all there was in this universe .
So why would they even bother to deploy such tiny crafts?
“Am I in? I’m in!”
“Haha! I’m so excited! I can’t believe it! I’ve been waiting for this for so long!”
“Gaaaahhh! This is awesome!”
“What should we do next? Are there any orders yet?”
“Not yet . Calm down . Just wait for the announcement . ”
…
Communication between these ships seemed to be without mediation . There was no encryption of any kind, anyone could tap into their line and listen to every word . Even though they were using a language that Jiang Fei and 0541 had never heard, the two of them could still understand what the newcomers were saying .
Speech was but one of the common methods to transfer information . Even the cheapest universal translator could detect a person’s brainwaves and translate the aforementioned information into a comprehensible language .
“That’s odd . There’s no system order until now… you know what? I think I’m going to go for a spin . ”
“Don’t you think that’s risky? There’s no defensive line here . What happens if you encounter an enemy?”
“If I get destroyed, I get destroyed . I can always redeem another one, since this ship was given out for free!”
“That’s true! When you put it that way, there is literally nothing to lose!”
…
At the same time, Jiang Fei was trying his best to enter the barrier, only to find himself failing at every attempt . He had been waiting there for far too long and had not discovered anything interesting .
Taking out his shuttle, he left the edge of the barrier . Right now, he needed to talk to someone, to discuss the nature of this incoming thing . Whatever it was, it was clear that there was a new civilization with mastery of technology that no one had ever seen .
For once, Jiang Fei had no idea what to do .
Just as he was about to pull the lever to activate warp jump, several small ships leaped out of hyperspace and appeared right next to his ship .
“Look! There’s something here!”
“Try shooting at it!”
“Hold on! This crappy ship’s auto-targeting system is so bad that I need five seconds to lock onto my target!”
…
As soon as they talked, all of their communications had been intercepted by 0541 . There was no need for decryption . Everything was as open as if they were talking next to Jiang Fei .
Jiang Fei bellowed, “0541, now would be a great time to get us out of here!”
His shuttle didn’t have any weapons or armor . Even if those ships were as crappy as can be, a simple shot from its weakest weapon would tear a hole in Jiang Fei’s ship . Without a ship, no matter what sort of realization Jiang Fei came to about these invaders, he would never be able to travel to safety and would die right there .
“Diverting all powers to the impulse engine . Brace for acceleration, Captain!”
0541 recalled all power he had channeled into the warp core and diverted it into the main impulse engines and thrusters . With a loud burst, the shuttle accelerated to the fastest sublight speed a ship could reach in just 0 . 3 seconds . Such a speed was blazingly fast .
“Shoot! He’s running away!”
“Go after him!”
“Don’t joke around . Unless we know where he is going, there is no way we can chase him without warping . ”
…
The last thing he heard before he vanished into the darkness of space was a disgruntled moan . Jiang Fei’s shuttle was just too fast for them to target . They did open fire but without a secure lock-on target, their beam weapons were only as accurate as firing a pea shooter in the middle of a storm .
“What the hell was that? Where did they come from?” said Jiang Fei, once he was sure that he was safe from the enemy .
“I am not entirely sure about that, but if there’s one thing I’m certain of… is the fact that they came out of the barrier,” replied 0541 .
“From inside the barrier?”
Jiang Fei failed to comprehend that logic . If those ships belonged to a band of pirates or bandits, who were sneaking in during the chaos to rob smaller ships of their property, Jiang Fei could understand . Though, he still would not acknowledge such a random event happening to him .
However, to say that those ships belonged to the same people that sent the gargantuan cube was absurd .
“I need tangible proof! I need to go back! If you say those ships are from inside the barrier, then I shall capture one and question the pilot!”
Jiang Fei engaged manual control and turned the ship around .
…
“Huh?! It’s that guy! He’s coming back on his own!”
“Lock target and shoot him!”
The enemy’s communications, or rather, just blatant yelling, was heard as clear as day .
0541 received an alert and tried to warn Jiang Fei, “Captain, they are trying to target us!”
“Noted . ”
Jiang Fei pulled the accelerator lever higher and zoomed in between the enemy ships . When he was literally in between their ships, he put his ship into the ring, leaving himself floating in the vacuum of space .
“Where did he go?!”
“Did he warp away?”
“I don’t think so… we would have heard it . ”
“Gah… this stupid ship is so crappy that it can’t even calculate the enemy ship’s trajectory!”
0541 diligently relayed all communication between the enemies to Jiang Fei . As he listened, Jiang Fei tried his best not to reveal his presence . That being said, he would not have been detected even if he moved about .
Unless they were purposely trying to find him, it would be hard for even a powerful Hypercruiser to detect a single life form in the middle of space . Not impossible, but improbable .
Jiang Fei grunted . “Come on, show me who you are…”
The crease in the middle of his forehead slid open . Omnisurge was activated, and coupled with the Blackhole Core, Jiang Fei’s combat level surged beyond 9,000,000 in an instant .
Truth be told, it had been too long since Jiang Fei had been in a fight or participated in any form of training . Even so, his combat level was still climbing . Every time he was aggravated or agitated, his combat level would rise up and the effect was permanent .
“Alert . High energy presence detected!”
“Alert . High energy presence detected!”
Detecting Jiang Fei’s enormous surge of power, the ship’s alarm system went off like crazy . However, because of his size, the ship’s sensors were unable to accurately determine his position .
Jiang Fei burst forward like a torpedo and crashed violently into one of the ship’s sides . He drew his hot plasma blade and sliced open the hull, as easily as sliding a hot knife through butter .
The ship’s integrity was not strong and Jiang Fei imbuing the plasma blade with Origin Force was certainly overkill . Putting the blade away, he pried the hull open with his bare hands and crept inside .
“0541, break in! I want information!” ordered Jiang Fei .
“Aye, Captain . ”
The ship was about ten times the size of Jiang Fei’s shuttle . It wasn’t small but it could not be considered large either . Leaving 0541 to hack into the ship’s system, Jiang Fei dashed to the bridge to apprehend the pilot .
“What of the ship, 0541? Have you seized control?” asked Jiang Fei when he was about one or two corridors away from the bridge .
0541 reported back with disappointing news, “Something is wrong… the ship’s system is something I have never seen before . It’s using technology that is different from what I know . I cannot break in!”
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