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Chapter 1707: Chapter 969: Terra in Peril

To prevent Bas Sol from ascending, seizing the necessary fragments of the artifact is essential.

Of course, Gu Hang will dedicate significant research effort to the localization technology for the artifact fragments.

But compared to Bas Sol, who has unknowingly prepared for long eons, Gu Hang is just now starting to catch up. It’s feared that even if he develops some usable localization technology, it would be far less efficient than the opponent’s.

However, besides directly localizing the artifact fragments himself, there is another direction humanity can pursue to thwart the enemy.

The Chaos side collects those artifact fragments by dispatching the Calamity Fleet to plunder across the universe. In the past, the Alliance didn’t know what the frequent activities of the Calamity Fleet meant, thinking they were just like typical Chaos enemies, merely causing havoc and spreading Chaos corruption—with low efficiency.

But now, the Alliance knows that the Calamity Fleet’s goal in cosmic activities is the artifact fragments.

So why not just follow the Calamity Fleet?

Of course, easier said than done.

The Calamity Fleet, a Chaos Fleet using subspace engines for interstellar navigation, is elusive and difficult to track. Once they appear, they often quickly rush to their target, accomplishing their mission with a strike and some destruction, then swiftly retreat.

Indeed, they are difficult to handle.

But isn’t that convenient?

During the Komarr War, the Dark Spirit Race launched two pirate raids against the Alliance, which were not small in scale, being desperate efforts of their entire race.

Moreover, speaking of elusive movements and ship maneuverability, compared to the Chaos Fleet, which can utilize the Veil Spirit Gate for faster interstellar travel, the Spirit Race’s ships are generally faster and more agile in the real universe.

Furthermore, the Dark Spirit Race being pirates and conducting such operations is not something new but backed by tens of thousands of years of experience.

Over this long period, their entire race accumulated extensive tactical and strategic experience, along with many excellent commanders and leaders.

Overall, aren’t the Dark Spirit Race’s pirate fleet clusters much more difficult to handle compared to the Calamity Fleet?

Nonetheless, during the Komarr War period, the Alliance managed to effectively curb the Spirit Race pirates’ actions by setting up the ’Hunting Fleet.’

Of course, there was a price for it.

To form a force capable of countering the frantic Dark Spirit Race, humanity had to give it their all. Not only was the Central Front Army in combat, but many high-speed ships from the Southern Line, Angel Corps, and Eastern Line were also pulled out.

These ships being redeployed genuinely affected the efficiency of the Dark Side Expedition.

Logically, after the Komarr War ended, there shouldn’t be much need for the ’Hunting Fleet’ to continue to exist.

However, since there is still the Calamity Fleet to deal with, the ’Hunting Fleet,’ which has accumulated rich coping experience, can still play a role.

Only, the scale doesn’t have to be that large.

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Currently, Gu Hang’s methods to face Bas Sol and the Calamity Fleet include, firstly, researching new localization technology, but this is a long-term tactic; secondly, using the already established ’Hunting Fleet’ specifically to counter the Chaos Calamity Fleet.

Ultimately, the threat of the new Evil God is a long-term threat, not immediate.

However, right now, a bigger problem lies before Gu Hang—Robert’s side is not progressing smoothly.

The Komarr War’s second stage is marked by the departure of the Terra Expeditionary Army from Komarr, at which moment the Dark Spirit Race of Komarr suddenly betrayed, tearing up the peace agreement that had only short-lived effects and launched a blatant attack against humanity.

And during this process, there were some losses for the Terra Expeditionary Army.

As the entire fleet left through the Veil Ridge Gate, the Dark Spirit Race violently closed the door, leading to a section of the fleet’s tail not passing through the Veil Spirit Gate and getting lost in the Veil.

Though termed ’lost,’ it can essentially be considered ’lost.’

Having just arrived in the real universe and yet to do anything, Robert abruptly suffered such a severe blow and was certainly displeased.

The total losses amounted to about 1% of the entire fleet.

Though not particularly huge to the point of being crippling, it indeed counted as an inauspicious beginning.

But Robert had no other choice; he could only send a message to Gu Hang via a Star Speaker, expressing his dissatisfaction.

Then, he led the fleet, heading at full speed to Holy Terra.

That was his ultimate goal.

Where the Veil Spirit Gate opened, it was said to be already close to Holy Terra, but in fact, it was in the neighboring system. Flying there, logically it would take about two standard Terra Days to locate the warp point, then another half day to warp into the Solar System, followed by three days to reach the Human Ancestral Star.

During this process, Robert constantly tried to contact Holy Terra.

Initially, there was no connection.

The psychics on the ship discovered that there were very fierce subspace waves in the Solar System.

At this time, there was already an ominous feeling—could the most feared situation have still occurred?

Robert held onto a shred of hope because, although he couldn’t contact Holy Terra, he managed to contact Satellite V.

From Satellite V, he learned that inside the Solar System, the subspace turbulence was a ’normal’ occurrence.

Since the great cataclysm and the appearance of the Scarlet Scar in the real universe, subspace turbulence had started appearing in the Solar System, and over these hundred years, it grew stronger and stronger.

Previously it didn’t heavily interfere with communications, but now, communications became increasingly difficult.

On Satellite V, the last communication with Holy Terra happened approximately three standard Tera Months ago.

At that time, the message from Terra was that everything was normal, urging the Imperial Army on Satellite V to dutifully perform their tasks.

Upon hearing this news, Robert was not relieved but became even more anxious.

He kept urging the fleet to speed up.

And when they arrived in the Solar System, they immediately attempted to establish communication with Holy Terra and Mars.

Holy Terra said everything was normal there, questioning Robert’s identity, and claimed, ’If you are a loyal Son of God, please have your army remain at the edge of the system to await identity verification.’ frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

But the message from Mars was different. freēwebnovel.com

"Terra is in trouble, come quickly!"