After some quick and heated debate, the matter of the search squadron was settled.

The entire Salarian fleet was divided into two. The large force continued to move forward to the place where Leonardo had encountered the Borg before. The great elder of the Fanfan family led a small mixed fleet to the Orion Arm to launch a search operation.

Although the commander of the small fleet is Grand Elder Pedro, the spaceships in the fleet are still allocated according to the original strength balance, and the Royal Fleet's spaceships still account for more than half.

So...if Pedro really discovered something, it would be impossible to take action without permission and take the fruits of victory alone.

The Fanfan family didn't dare to make any sense of such an arrangement. After all, Hanal's request was reasonable and reasonable. If he didn't agree, wouldn't it just mean that he had different intentions?

Charge, hyperspace jump, recharge, jump again...

This boring life lasted for about a month, and the Pedro Squadron finally arrived at their destination—a star system only a dozen light-years away from the solar system.

It was here that Zhao Chui's fleet began their mission of "attracting monsters" and made a big mistake for Leonardo, a rising star of the Fanfani family.

Since it has not been many years since Zhao Ming moved the celestial sphere, if you look towards the solar system from here, you will still see only one Earth.

The Salarian spacecraft that escaped from hyperspace needed to be charged close to the star. This did not require Pedro's personal command, so he began to think about how to start the search operation next.

This star field was also explored by the Salarians hundreds of years ago, and there is no relatively developed civilization. If the guy named Zhao Chui makes his own spaceship to travel to other galaxies, he should not be from here.

civilization.

But when it comes to appearance, there are quite a few living planets in this star field, and the natives there look more like Zhao Chui...

After thinking for a long time, Pedro found that the old information from hundreds of years ago was of little help. It seemed that he could only take the safest approach - sending out multiple investigation teams to search separately.

As long as you look through all the nearby star systems, I believe you can always find some new clues, and then you can decide what to do next based on the situation.

After making up his mind, Pedro convened a video conference and communicated his ideas with the captains of the fleet. Everyone did not have any particularly good ideas, so they each chose a direction to prepare for after the recharge was completed.

Act separately.

Since they have to act separately, necessary "personnel exchanges" are inevitable, so many traffic boats shuttle back and forth between the major spaceships, transporting representatives of each family to the spaceships of other families.

Fortunately, recharging the spacecraft also takes time, and this "dog running around" behavior did not slow down the entire operation.

…

At the outskirts of the solar system, a small spacecraft less than 20 meters in length suddenly appeared.

This is a cutting-edge salarian reconnaissance boat with a very powerful stealth function and good concealment effect in multiple electromagnetic bands.

If someone is near it, it is impossible to observe its existence with the naked eye, because visible light is also a type of electromagnetic wave.

Although this kind of reconnaissance boat is small in size, it is very powerful. First of all, it has the ability to jump into hyperspace, and can jump to the vicinity of another star dozens of light years away with a single charge.

Then there are complete detection methods, a very long detection range, and a highly automated design that allows the detection boat to complete all operations with only two crew members.

"Wow, this gas planet is so beautiful. It actually has colorful stripes, such a big ring around it, and a huge red spot on the surface."

The speaker was a tall and lanky Salarian.

Well, actually compared to the people on Earth, every Salarian is tall and thin, but this person is just a little taller than his companions.

"Hey, we're not here to see the scenery. Let's get down to business." The shorter navigator next to him said dissatisfiedly.

"Why are you so anxious? Didn't it say that all unusual celestial bodies and out-of-phase objects should be scanned? I think this planet is quite abnormal. Let's fly over and have a look."

"Look, look, look, how can there be intelligent life on this kind of gas planet? I think the satellites around it still have a little possibility."

The two were chatting animatedly when the short man suddenly became shocked.

"What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost." The tall man said with a smile.

"Hey, it's really a ghost, look!"

The reconnaissance boat had completed the celestial scan of this star system at this time, and saw that among the main planetary trajectory diagrams displayed on the screen, there were two planets located in the same circular orbit, symmetrically distributed on both sides of the star.

"This is so rare. I remember that in the same orbit, matter usually comes together to form a planet. How could there be two planets?"

"Yes, and if you look at the parameters next to it, the masses of the two planets are almost equal, as if one planet was copied from the other."

"Wait a minute, you said copy?" The tall man felt a chill running down his spine. "No, let's zoom in and take a look."

The short man made one operation and locked the detection equipment on the reconnaissance boat on the two planets respectively, and soon obtained more detailed information.

"The composition of the atmosphere...is basically the same."

"The rotation periods...are exactly the same."

"The land areas are... almost the same. Hey, even the outlines of the continents are the same! Damn it if it's natural."

The tall man was excited, "Haha, it seems we are going to make a contribution. Quick, report the information to the mothership. I'll fly closer to take a look."

"Stop!" the short man quickly stopped, "How advanced is a civilization that can copy the entire planet? Maybe people have discovered us long ago, and the interception spacecraft may have been sent, so why don't you go forward alone?"

"Hey...that makes sense, let's retreat quickly."

After saying that, the tall man used his reserved energy to restart the hyperspace jump and disappeared on the spot.

After reporting at all levels, the information obtained by the reconnaissance boat quickly came to the commander of the Salarian main fleet, the third prince Hanal.

"Great, this information came so timely, hahaha."

It turned out that the large army led by Hanal had already reached the place where Leonardo retreated last time, but the Borg had long since disappeared.

This is not surprising. Who would park the spacecraft in this place where there is nothing and be in a daze?

So the technicians in the fleet immediately began to detect the hyperspace jump traces left by Zhao Chui's spacecraft, preparing to calculate his location out of hyperspace, just like Leonardo used to track Zhao Chui.

However, something unexpected happened to them - this escape position could not be calculated!

It's as if Zhao Chui's spaceship is still flying in hyperspace.

Of course, this is impossible. Hyperspace is not a calm place suitable for staying for a long time. In fact, it is full of all kinds of dangers.

When a spacecraft navigates in hyperspace, it needs to consume a lot of energy to protect the people inside, and it also consumes energy to avoid the dangers inside.

It has been a long time since Zhao Chui and the others entered hyperspace. Not to mention that Zhao Chui's spaceship was a scrap purchased from the Fan Fani family. Even the latest model of the capital ship Hanal had on hand would not be able to survive.

Staying in hyperspace for so long.

Then the only explanation is - something happened to Zhao Chui's spaceship in hyperspace. It never came out after it entered. The ship must have been destroyed and everyone was killed.

When there is no light in the east, there is light in the west. At this time when everything is at the end of the road, Hanal suddenly receives such a piece of information. How can he not be elated?
Chapter completed!