Chapter 359: Exit


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    "Still half a month..."


    This was something many people were saying recently. From the data calcted by the AI, the warp drive was ending soon. In about 15 days, the Hope and its vassal spaceships would escape from warp drive, returning from warp drive space into normal space. When that happened, this temporary peace would disappear and the Hope would once again wee their unknown future.


    Time passed by slowly. These 15 days dropped to 14, 13... It crawled slowly by until it was only 12 hours until the designated time.


    In these 12 hours, the higher officials of the Hope and the Barracks were ready to face any situation that woulde up after leaving warp drive. If necessary, they would enter warp drive on short notice... Of course, this was something that would only be done if absolutely necessary. After all, the Hope’s supply and energy storage were reaching dangerously low levels, so if they continued travelling without recharging their supplies for five more years, the internal supply body of the Hope would be in a tense state. If it was ten more years, the Hope’s government would start to copse.


    Therefore, the n after leaving warp drive was to conduct alignment of navigation to begin another warp drive to the nearest sr system in order to refill on supply and energy before moving on to a longer distance travel.


    In reality, the cosmos was a veritable ce of extreme danger, but it also contained innumerable treasures. For level 2 space civilizations, any was an endless treasure. Terrestrials could lead to harvesting of more than 80 percent minerals and asteroid belts would give ess to rare minerals that were absent in terrestrials. For gas giants, after reaching a certain technology level, one could gain ess to unlimited hydrogen atoms, and hydrogen atoms were the lifeline of level 2 and 3 space civilizations; they were the core for their source of energy!


    Therefore, while the Hope might be in serious need of supplies, as long as it had the technology, with a trip to a sr system, this problem would be resolved in a short amount of time and they would be prepared for a long travel thatsted for several hundred years again.


    "In another hour, the Hope will be in a yellow state emergency."


    Barbie once again reported the time to Yao Yuan, who was sitting in his chair. This was in the middle of the grand hall. There were not only Barracks’ members but also members from the House of Representatives. The big screen here would reveal the scenery of the cosmos after the Hope escaped from warp drive so that they coulde to a decision in the shortest amount of time, be it escape... or war!


    "Thest hour, you say... Where is Bo Li?"


    Before Barbie answered, Guang Zhen, who was sitting beside Yao Yuan, suddenly chuckled, then he looked around as if it had nothing to do with him.


    Yao Yuan scratched his head and said, "She should still be fussing over ’that thing’, right? After all, our demand came too suddenly and we gave her too little time toe up with a prototype. The poor girl..."


    Guang Zhen looked at Yao Yuan with a hidden meaning in his eyes and straightened his body to say, "Yes, the poor girl indeed... especially considering the fact that she came across a man who is unable to confess his true love. The poor girl indeed."


    Yao Yuan coughed awkwardly when Guang Zhen continued, "Speaking of which... How is ’that thing’ing along? If we are really going into a war, ’that thing’ will be our ultimate weapon. Honestly, if we had ’that thing’, I would dare to send out ck Star Troopers to ambush a level 3 space civilization!"


    "I would agree if ’that thing’ could be created on time." Yao Yuan nodded. He looked around and changed the subject, "Regardless, I feel like it’s better to give her more time. After all, even though the Hope has a few Whisperers, she is the only one who is in the field of military. I have heard her tell me before that each Whisperer can only hear stuff rted to a few specific fields. For example, Ivan is limited to the fields of biology, viruses, and cells, while even though Bo Li is stronger, she is limited to physics, maths, and weaponry. If only we had a few more Whisperers."


    Guang Zhenughed and pped Yao Yuan on his shoulder. "You’re daydreaming! Didn’t you catch Blue 6’s reaction when he realized that the Hope had Whisperers? That shock and envy was not something that can be described with words, yet you still want more? Other space civilizations need to survive too. Honestly, I am already satisfied with how we are. ording to our current speed, I believe... in the years I am still alive, I will be able to witness humanity be a level 4 space civilization."


    Yao Yuan thought about it but did not share his thoughts. In reality... His ambition was bigger. If possible, he wished humanity could be a high tier space civilization in his lifetime. If that happens, then he would be able to pass away without regret!


    In the nervous atmosphere, the time dropped down from one hour to one minute. This was apletely different experience from space warp. Space warp happened in an instant, and even though they both led to uncertainty, there was no waiting for space warp. Now it felt like they were waiting for death or war to arrive as the seconds ticked by...


    Finally, as thest secondpleted, in everyone’s bated hearts, the Hope exited space warp and returned from super light speed to an idle state. Everyone’s heartbeat could be heard if attention was paid.


    At the same time, one of the adjutants apanying Blue 6, who was in the grand hall,ughed under his breath. Then he heard Blue 6 whisper to him, "You find this humorous? Mocking them because they are afraid of warp drive?"


    The adjutant immediately mumbled in return, "No, Your Highness, I..."


    "There’s no need to hide it." Blue 6, who was sitting gracefully in his seat, turned his neck slightly to say, "This is nothing worth mocking. How many space civilizations have not gained ess to warp drive technology before they disintegrated into endless space? Even if they had such technology, they did not dare to use it, or they are unable to calcte the most urate navigation when they are in warp drive due to theck of AI and implode within empty space. Just how many are those? So mocking is not necessary...


    "Furthermore," Blue 6 looked at this adjutant and exined seriously, "Human beings have ess to something more powerful than warp drive, wormholes, and even star gates, so who are we to mock them? Just like how we, the Blue Race, have our own prehistoric means of transportation known as the bicycle, wouldn’t those who have experience going through warp drive be afraid when using the bicycle? It is the same thing here. Remember this... Prehistoric species have no right to mock the fears of the civilized! Because the civilized... have their own style of bravery!"


    The adjutant lowered his head and answered in a serious tone after a long time, "Yes, I understand, Your Highness."


    At the same time, the Hope and the few vassal spaceships’ surveince devices were all activated to scan their surroundings. All the videos and images were disyed on screen, and everyone in the Hope was looking at the surrounding space around them.


    This was a piece of dark space, but at a location not far away from the Hope was a glowing star whose glow could be seen with the naked eye. It was a sun. Even though the Hope was not in the range of its sr system, it was not far from it. At least they were close enough to be able to survey the whole sr system with the naked eye.


    Instantly, everyone in the Hope cheered. Many people on the streets cheered and hugged each other when they saw this. They were cheering for their good luck. This time the Hope would not need to run into any danger before reaching its destination.


    A few minutes after the cheering, Barbie whispered a message into Yao Yuan, one which froze Yao Yuan on the spot.


    "What do you mean? Wasn’t our pre-set destination close to that sr system? Aren’t we lucky to exit near our designated destination? What is the meaning of this?"


    Yao Yuan, Guang Zhen, and a few others left the grand hall and entered the secret meeting room. Yao Yuan thenmunicated with the surveince room.


    "Yes, Chancellor, theoretically speaking, we should be heading towards that sr system. Even if our warp drive entrance was a bit unconducive, the most it would affect was the angle and, theoretically speaking, the distance is a variable that shouldn’t be affected, but... It seems like we were mistaken. Our Hope is no longer near the sr system we were supposed to head to, we have passed that sr system and havended ourselves closer to the other sr system beyond it! This warp drive crossed a wayrger distance than what we have predicted!


    "It was as if... the space has shortened!"


    At the same time, in this sr system, in a ce far away from terrestrials and gas giants was a giant floating, metallic, circr te which was spinning on its own axis. Due to the ginormous size of the te, instead of calling it a mechanical creation, it was more suitable to call it a metallic, but that was not entirely true either because from certain perspective, it was even bigger than an actual...


    Within the circr te, there were many alien lifeforms, and each race had their own active space. Other than that, there were public ces, and some dark and bloodied ces. These were amenities which were preserved due to certain reasons after a mass massacre...


    This circr te had an alternative name among low tier space civilizations...


    Shelter!