Chapter 380: The Tur Fleet’s Perilous Voyage

After this speech, the Tur Fleet set off, leaving the Solar System and sailing toward an unknown destination.

Soon, the fleet repeatedly encountered various civilization fleets—each with its own unique style—under the banner of the Ge Ya Alliance.

A titanic battle then erupted.

As everyone already knew, ever since its inception the Tur Fleet had been thrust directly into combat with the Dominant Civilization.

Some soon realized that if this battle took place on the opposite end of the Milky Way, then how could this fleet have traversed tens of thousands of light years through some kind of time-space storm?

These people didn’t consider time travel at all; they assumed it was purely spatial—perhaps the fleet had passed through a wormhole.

The thought alone stirred great excitement.

“I believe the Tur Fleet must have accidentally entered a wormhole,” someone speculated.

“Exactly, I think we should immediately deploy our exploration fleet to thoroughly search the region where the Tur Fleet appeared. Who knows, we might even discover the wormhole’s source.”

“Yes, imagine—covering 25,000 light years. With that, we could quickly reach the far side of the galactic core.”

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As various ideas spread among the group, Du Qiu, watching via video link, couldn’t help but chuckle silently.

They, unlike us, remained unaware of the current positions of the Dominant Civilization and Ge Ya Civilization, mistakenly thinking this was a recent battle—a mere spatial transit—never suspecting it was a full-blown time-space leap.

A fleet that had fought thousands of years ago had now reappeared thousands of years later, 25,000 light years from its original location.

Wait a minute—could the Dark Matter Lifeform also have been hurled out by this time-space storm? Otherwise, why had it never appeared before?

Huh, the Dark Matter Lifeform seems oddly familiar with the Ge Ya Civilization. Could it be receiving information directly from the Tur Fleet?

Although Du Qiu doubted that a wormhole existed where the Tur Fleet emerged, he still thought it worth investigating—perhaps the time-space storm had brought along something else entirely.

Thus, Du Qiu sent orders to Lin Feng in the Solar System, instructing him to dispatch a small fleet to carefully search the area where the Tur Fleet had appeared, to see if any anomalies could be found.

With the flagship logs of the Tur Fleet, the fleet’s original appearance had long been recorded on star charts.

Immediately, Lin Feng ordered a fleet of 100 main warships to set out.

The target was still half a light-year away from the main Tur Fleet. This small fleet first accelerated to faster-than-light speeds until only about one astronomical unit away, then proceeded at conventional speed, activating all detection systems.

Not wanting to miss anything, when they reached within 10 million kilometers, the 100 warships arranged themselves in a semicircular formation, shut down their engines, and gradually coasted closer relying solely on inertia.

“Beep beep—Critical gravitational anomaly! Critical gravitational anomaly!”

Before they could advance much further, an alert from the warship AI triggered all captains to immediately fire their reverse engines and back away.

The alert was issued because the warships’ gravity detectors registered abnormal readings, and following protocol, the AI had ordered all ships to execute corresponding maneuvers.

However, every captain quickly realized something was amiss with their ship.

Despite the reverse engines operating at full power, the warships hadn’t retreated very far.

No, aside from an initial retreat of several tens of thousands of kilometers, the ships were now slowing down even further!

Clearly, the full power of the reverse engines was being almost entirely counteracted by a massive gravitational force, and judging by the situation, it wouldn’t be long before the gravity completely overpowered them.

Recognizing the dire situation, the lead captain immediately sent a report to Lin Feng.

“Commander Lin, we are caught in an ultra-strong gravitational field. Despite full reverse engine power, we can’t resist its pull. We’re on the verge of losing control of our warships!”

Alarmed by the report, Lin Feng immediately convened a meeting with the experts.

“Everyone, this is critical. All 100 warships are being pulled by this mysterious gravitational force. Considering the region where the Tur Fleet first appeared, there might indeed be a wormhole. Now, how can we rescue our ships from being sucked in?”

Lin Feng quickly outlined the predicament facing the 100 warships and shared his own hypothesis, seeking any insights from the experts.

Stunned by the sudden turn of events, the experts fell silent, deep in thought.

Suddenly, a voice broke the silence.

“Commander Lin, I don’t think this is a wormhole at all. The fact that the Tur Fleet was flung out from there suggests a repulsive force, not gravity.”

“Sun Chunyi, the gravitational pull is clearly affecting our warships. If it weren’t gravity, what force could it be?” the head of the expert group retorted sharply.

Lin Feng frowned as he looked toward Sun Chunyi, who had spoken first. “Researcher Sun, are you hinting at something with your question?”

Sun Chunyi, a bespectacled middle-aged man—remarkably distinct in an era dominated by gene modulation and modern technology—responded,

“I believe there might be a massive celestial body emerging from the wormhole, which would explain the intense gravitational force!”

Everyone immediately grasped the implication: if the Tur Fleet could emerge from that region, then perhaps a massive star was also on the verge of appearing.

The expert group leader, who had just countered Sun Chunyi, suddenly exclaimed in terror, “That’s bad! A massive celestial body triggering a critical gravitational alert must be at least a white dwarf!”

Sun Chunyi continued, “Exactly. It’s possible that a white dwarf is about to emerge, and it could obliterate our Solar System!

Commander Lin, order our warships to launch Negative Matter Interstellar Missiles and Negative Matter Space Mines immediately—it’s our best chance to neutralize it!”

This position is only about 3.5 light years from the Sun. The sudden emergence of a massive white dwarf would throw the entire Solar System into chaos.

The white dwarf’s formidable gravity could prove fatal for all the planets in the Solar System.

Even if they somehow evaded being captured by its gravity, their orbits could be so altered that the best outcome would be the evolution of the Solar System from a single-star to a binary-star system.

The worst-case scenario? The white dwarf, after emerging from the wormhole, could wreak havoc on the Solar System, leaving nothing but ruin if it collided with the Sun.

Lin Feng paused, then asked, “Could we be mistaken in our assumptions?”

He asked because it all seemed too coincidental—just as he had sent out a fleet to probe the wormhole, a white dwarf was about to emerge right there.

The sudden turn of events left him utterly unprepared.

Sun Chunyi remarked, “Other than white dwarfs or neutron stars, we’ve never defined any celestial bodies with such a critical gravitational pull!”

Sun Chunyi’s words left Lin Feng with no time to waste. Moment by moment, the 100 warships were being dragged uncontrollably toward the wormhole marked on the star charts.

Lin Feng immediately ordered the 100 warships to launch their onboard Negative Matter Interstellar Missiles and Negative Matter Space Mines toward the marked point on the star map.

At the same time, he commanded the entire fleet to rush over for support.

After all, Lin Feng’s flagship was armed with a Negative Matter Cannon—crucial for striking the emerging white dwarf.

This was to ensure that if the white dwarf was too massive and the 100 warships’ Negative Matter ammunition proved insufficient, the reinforcements could provide additional firepower in a timely fashion.

After all, the Solar System is our home, and it must not be destroyed by this unexpected white dwarf.

As reinforcements swiftly approached, the 100 warships had already expended all their Negative Matter ammunition.

The first to take effect were the Negative Matter Interstellar Missiles.

As this wave of Negative Matter Interstellar Missiles neared the marked point on the star map, they suddenly vanished without a trace.

All the captains observed that the warships, which had been inching toward the marked point, jerked violently.

Yet this jolt was in the opposite direction—suggesting that the reverse engines were, after all, managing to counteract some of the gravitational pull.