Chapter 1090: Dark alien space
More than 800 interstellar warships of the Xiaolong Royal Guard Fleet gathered in the enclosed space of the Mechanical Court.
And opposite is the towering Gaia Gate.
Hades Bridge
Zhao Chen sat in the captain's chair, staring intently at the Gaia Gate opposite him. For some reason, the more he looked at the Gaia Gate, the more he felt as if something was calling to him.
“Ah Yin, a high-ranking member of the Machine Race, requests to board the ship,” said the vice-captain of the Hades.
"Let her come up." Although I don't know why Ah Yin would visit at this time, there must be something she wants to discuss.
Soon, A-Yin appeared on the bridge.
"I didn't expect you to decide to cross the Gaia Gate so quickly." Ah Yin walked to Zhao Chen's side and looked at the Dragon Lord.
Zhao Chen shrugged and explained, "Regarding the war against the demon race, my staying here isn't really of much use."
Instead of wasting my time here, I'd rather do something I can do.
Your master speaks in ambiguity, insisting on going to the other side of Gaia's Gate.
Well, here I am, what can I do?
Of course, Zhao Chen only mentioned one reason; the other reason was naturally the last task for obtaining T6 Mall permissions.
Ah Yin didn't say anything.
"How is your master doing now?" Zhao Chen asked with concern.
"Everything is going well so far," Ah Yin replied.
"According to your previous prediction, the Gaia Gate will open within three hours, right?" Zhao Chen stared at the Gaia Gate.
Ah Yin nodded and looked at the Gaia Gate, saying, "Although we cannot control when the Gaia Gate opens."
However, we have detection equipment that can roughly estimate when it will be turned on.
Based on certain spatial fluctuations, the closer one is to a certain waveband, the closer one is to the start of the event, which is then combined with previous data records.
We can be certain that within three hours we will be able to reach the other side of Gaia's Gate.
Zhao Chen nodded in satisfaction.
Suddenly he seemed to realize something.
She looked at Ah Yin beside her in surprise: "You just said... us?"
Ah Yin nodded: "Yes, it's us."
"You're coming over there with us?" Zhao Chen asked in surprise.
Ah Yin said calmly, "Yes, although we also have personnel and fleets stationed at the Gaia Gate."
However, in order to cooperate with your actions and to complete the tasks assigned by our master.
After discussing it with Akin, we decided that I would accompany your fleet to that side, and I would do my best to assist you in the process.
After all, as you said, the fighting here is basically over and won't cause any more trouble.
Compared to what's happening here, I also think the threat on the other side of the Gaia Gate is greater.
In all the previous battles, the master had never suffered such a serious injury.
As he continued, Ah Yin's tone became serious.
This is indeed beneficial to Zhao Chen.
"So you're planning to board my interstellar warship?" Zhao Chen asked.
"Do you mind?" Ah Yin asked Zhao Chen in return.
Zhao Chen shrugged: "Whatever."
Thus, the two of them finalized the matter.
Ah Yin will accompany Zhao Chen on this trip as a high-ranking representative of the Mechanical Race.
"Have you ever been there?" Zhao Chen suddenly asked.
“I’ve been there three times,” Ah Yin replied.
"How do you feel?" Zhao Chen asked curiously.
“That’s a hateful, disgusting place,” Ah Yin gave Zhao Chen a somewhat surprising answer.
How could a mechanical life form say that she hates and loathes a place?
This is really unexpected.
Just then, Zhao Chen suddenly noticed that the Gaia Gate, which had been quiet and motionless, was now fluctuating.
Within the Gaia Gate, countless tiny stars appeared, forming vortexes that spun at varying speeds.
Zhao Chen squinted and stared intently.
Suddenly, he felt as if he were seeing a model of the universe, with those vortices being galaxies, nebulae, and other celestial bodies.
“We can set off now,” Ah Yin said.
"Okay." Zhao Chen sat on his usual sofa and gestured to the seat next to him. "Would you like to sit here?"
"Thank you, but no need." Ah Yin didn't sit down, but stood next to Zhao Chen like a guard.
Zhao Chen didn't say anything more.
He switched to the command channel: "All commanders of the JF-17 Royal Fleet, listen up! Prepare to depart and pass through the Gaia Gate!"
The Dragon Starships, which had been quietly anchored in this interstellar anchorage, started up again, slowly forming a convoy and heading towards the Gaia Gate.
Zhao Chen witnessed the first Xiaolong interstellar warship pass through the Gaia Gate; it was a T5 Holy Redeemer-class heavy interstellar armored heavy artillery battleship.
Then came the second, the third...
Ultimately, the Hades, in which Zhao Chen was aboard, also passed through the Gaia Gate.
It's not quite the same as going through a stargate.
When navigating through the stargate, everything around us was shrouded in mist.
However, after passing through the Gaia Gate, Zhao Chen saw countless miniature stars appearing around him, constantly receding.
Zhao Chen didn't know if these were real or afterimages.
But it possesses a fantastical beauty.
Apart from that, Zhao Chen did not experience any discomfort throughout the entire process.
"The whole process is expected to take ten minutes."
During these ten minutes, the starship does not need to perform any operations, and the crew does not need to go into hibernation.
"It's just like a normal ten-minute flight," Ah Yin said from the side.
Ten minutes.
It's not very long.
But for the members of the JF-17 Royal Guard Fleet, it seemed like an eternity.
Finally, the dazzling celestial spectacle disappeared from sight.
Instead, there was only empty darkness.
Apart from the particle beams emanating from the engine nozzles of the few starships ahead, there was no light at all!
It was even darker than those starless galaxies, even darker than the edges of those galaxies.
Despite being in a ship's environment equipped with a life support and temperature control system, Zhao Chen still felt a bone-chilling cold sweep over his entire body.
It felt as if I had been thrown into a pitch-black ice cave.
"Is this... the other side of the door?" Zhao Chen looked around.
Apart from the eight hundred interstellar warships of the Xiaolong Royal Guard Fleet, which drifted here like a lone fleet, no other buildings or structures could be seen.
“Yes.” Ah Yin nodded.
"Where are your machine race's interstellar warships?" Zhao Chen asked in surprise. "Didn't you build a base and defenses here?"
Ah Yin glanced around at the dark starry sky and frowned slightly as she said, "Because of the instability of the space around the Gaia Gate, no buildings have been constructed."
But logically, there should be a patrol fleet conducting routine patrols on this side of the Gaia Gate.
A patrol fleet?
Looking at the starship radar, Zhao Chen couldn't see a single signal on the radar, not even a patrol fleet, let alone a single interstellar warship from the Xiaolong series!
Suddenly, Zhao Chen seemed to see something flash before his eyes.
"That direction, sail in," Ah Yin said, pointing to the direction Zhao Chen was looking.