The Central Star Sea and the Broken Star Ring are separated by several star fields, and there are a large number of desolate cosmic belts in between. The distance is very far. Even if the Ability God's men took high-speed spaceships with ultra-high warp speeds, they had to jump for several years to cross this gap.

If the distance were replaced by conventional non-jump flight, the travel time would probably be measured in hundreds of millions of years.

The first stop of the voyage fleet is the cross-star star gate station built by the Scarlet Empire in Broken Star Ring.

Cross-star star gates can greatly shorten the journey and are the only stable and fast method to cross star fields. Naturally generated wormholes are not included in this.

The longer the star gate spans, the more difficult it is to accurately position it, and it is easy for deviations to occur. Cross-star domain passage is a technical threshold, and star cluster-level civilization cannot achieve it. Super star cluster-level civilization does have this technology, but the three major civilizations

It is stipulated that civilizations other than the three of them are not allowed to build cross-star star gates, so the cross-star star gates between star regions are all products of the three major civilizations, controlled by them, and divided into civilian and military uses.

What Han Xiao and his group are planning to borrow is the military passage, which is more convenient and faster. Senior allies of the empire belong to the privileged class and naturally have authority.

"I have notified the defenders at the Star Gate Station. If you report your identity, they will let you go and help you activate the military Star Gate channel. When you reach the Constellation Corridor, there will be imperial troops there to receive you."

Su Yi said on the communicator.

The Central Star Sea is the collective name for the three major civilization mother star regions, which are the horns of each other and form the central area of ​​the universe. These three star regions are the Abyss of Stars under the jurisdiction of the Radiance Federation, the Bright Silver Spiral Arm under the control of the Ethereal Sect, and the Scarlet Empire.

Territory - Corridor of Constellations.

The Red Empire's military stargate station in Broken Star Ring is located in an edge star cluster. Starting from the Black Star Legion headquarters, it takes more than half a month to arrive by borrowing star gates at each star cluster level and jumping at full speed.

Han Xiao stayed in the voyage fleet and communicated with the elites of the empire such as Taini along the way. His status was here, plus he stayed in the same ship every day without looking up, so most people formed a bond with Han Xiao.

Initial friendship.

Only Tiny's attitude has always been lukewarm and distant. He is suspicious by nature and it is his habit to be wary.

However, Han Xiao knows his character quite well. If he takes the initiative to do what he likes, it will be counterproductive and cause greater alarm. Moreover, it is unlikely that a dignified Transcendent A Grade will lower his status to please an imperial colonel officer, so Han Xiao

He showed an equal attitude and never communicated with Tenny alone.

Based on Tiny's hobbies, Han Xiao decided to wait and see. As both mechanics, Tiny would most likely take the initiative to ask for advice. After all, he is a member of the empire, and getting along day and night is the best opportunity to ask for advice. Although he didn't know about Tiny.

Where does the wariness come from, but there seems to be no need to give up this opportunity.

About ten days after setting off, Han Xiao finally waited until Taini knocked on his door.

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"You want to learn my mechanics?"

In the room, Han Xiao asked Philip to control the floating housework robot and deliver two calming glasses of green plant drinks to the table, looking at Tiny and his adjutant Kerbers across the table.

Tiny nodded slowly, without touching the drink on the table, and said: "It's not really studying, I just want to communicate with you."

This time when he was asking for help, he naturally did not put on a cold face. He put down part of his guard, had a sincere attitude, and lowered his posture.

In his opinion, there is nothing shameful about this. No matter what achievements he may have in the future, for now, he is just a colonel in the imperial military, and there is a huge gap in status and identity from Han Xiao.

Han Xiao was overjoyed, but his face remained calm. He pointed his finger at the table and asked knowingly: "I only know that you are a mechanical superpower. I haven't heard you say which branch of mechanic you are leaning towards."

"Pure mechanic, armed branch, I crossed the A-level boundary two years ago and became a natural disaster level." Taini said.

"Well, although I am not an armed branch, I can still teach you some experience." Han Xiao smiled. As a Transcendent A Grade, he still has the qualifications to teach people.

"This is exactly what I asked for." Taini nodded.

Every Transcendent A Grade mechanic has his or her own specialty, some with a special personal style, and some with unique skills. At Taini’s current level, it is usually difficult to come into contact with a Transcendent A Grade mechanic. At this time, there is Black Star

He didn't want to miss the opportunity to consult this person.

When he first learned that he was coming to undergo transformation, he had this idea. After observing Han Xiao for a while, he decided to take action.

Han Xiao exchanged technology with him for several hours, and Taini felt that he had benefited a lot.

"That's it for today." Han Xiao stopped talking, smiled at the corner of his mouth, deliberately tapped his temple with his finger, and said: "I just transferred some theoretical information to your communicator, some of which I summarized

Some of the experience and insights are technical theories that I have collected. Please take a look at them."

Hearing this, Taini nodded and said, "Thank you very much."

"You're welcome." Han Xiao waved his hand, suppressing a smile, and said casually: "There's nothing going on on the road anyway. If you have anything to ask, you can come back to me."

"Okay." Taini smiled and had a better attitude. After all, eating people is short-tongued and soft-handed.

Han Xiao knew that the benefits should be moderate, so he did not continue and expressed his intention to see off the guests. Taini saluted and left the room, his footsteps much lighter.

Looking at Tai Ni's back separated by the door, Han Xiao shook his head and laughed, feeling quite satisfied. With this relationship, the friendship between the two has room to continue to grow, and the favorability level is about to reach "Friendly"

”.

"With my status, it is much easier to make friends with high-level people than before." Han Xiao secretly sighed.

If you were a player, you would have almost no channels to make friends with Tiny, but your situation is different. Now Tiny has not achieved as high a level as in his previous life. His status is higher than that of Tiny, and he is an ally of the empire.

A true one of our own, under various factors, even if Taini seems to be wary, he still takes the initiative to come to his door.

The status gap brings bonuses. With Han Xiao's current status, it is much easier to gain favor with characters than players.

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In the next ten days, Taini would come to ask for advice every other day. The relationship between the two gradually evolved and slowly transformed into friends. As the saying goes, a master is a teacher. The future marshal of the empire interacted with Han in the attitude of a student.

Get along with Xiao.

Of course, due to his status, he cannot really become Han Xiao's student, but Transcendent A Grade has no obligation to teach experience. Han Xiao is so generous, which is a big affection for him. Although Taini is suspicious, he is not

A guy who doesn't distinguish between good and evil, with this little favor in mind, will naturally not stay away from Han Xiao anymore.

However, every time Tiny comes to ask for advice, he will bring Kerbers with him. Han Xiao also has a certain understanding of this character. This adjutant is loyal to Tiny, and Tiny treats his subordinates really well. Let this guy follow him.

There are many additional benefits.

Han Xiao felt that he might be able to do something about Kerbers. Just like chasing a girl, buying her best friend is a shortcut. With Tiny, although he cannot bribe his loyal subordinates, but based on Tiny's attitude towards Kerbers

Take care, if you help Kerbers a big favor, maybe Tiny will be more likely to like him.

More than half a month later, the expedition fleet finally arrived at the empire's military stargate station in Broken Starlink.

In the dark universe, there is a hexagonal star gate suspended. Rich space energy flows inside the gate, appearing as a dark blue vortex. It is surrounded by imperial heavy space fortresses and garrisoned. Different from civilian sites,

There are no spaceships entering or exiting the stargate here, they are only supplied to the imperial troops.

As the fleet approached, the stargate continued to magnify in the field of vision. As it got closer, the upper, lower, left, and right edges of the stargate seemed to extend to the end of the line of sight. It was extremely huge and spectacular.

"Alert! Alert! The psionic energy annihilation cannon is detected and locked!"

The main ship where Han Xiao was located intelligently sounded an alarm, and everyone remained calm. They already knew that once they entered the range of the military star gate, they would be locked by the defenders.

"Stop advancing and report your identity." The main ship intelligently received the message from the defenders.

"Black Star." Han Xiao verified his identity.

After a while, the identity confirmation was received. The defenders lifted the bombardment lock and signaled the fleet to move forward.

At this time, the main ship received a communication request from the defenders. After connecting, a stern-looking guy who seemed to be the commander appeared on the screen and spoke in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency Black Star, Special Envoy Sui has ordered us to set up a route for you in advance. This time the star gate transmission is in direct mode. The transmission location is the eighth star district of Erythropod, directly entering the territory of the empire. There is an army there.

The guards sent by the home star will pick you up, and they will open a specific phase flight channel for you and take you to the second jump. Only in this way can you pass through the psionic energy restriction ring outside the home star and reach the empire's home star."

Han Xiao nodded.

The cosmic-level civilizations each possess powerful weapons. In order to prevent the other party from going crazy one day, they use beyond-visual-range primitive nether energy to destroy their home planets with one shot that penetrates the soul. Therefore, the home stars of the cosmic-level civilizations have arranged various arrangements.

The high-tech restrictions and defense measures seem to be covered with layers of filters. Only specific methods can enter and exit, and normal flights cannot enter at all.

Then the commander looked at Tiny beside him, and a smile appeared on his paralyzed face, "Tenny, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"It's you." Taini looked a little weird, "Why are you guarding the Star Gate here?"

"This is an order from the superior." The commander shook his head, with a bitter look in his eyes, which was immediately suppressed by him.

This commander and Tiny were graduates of the Empire's "Zhengtu" Advanced Military Academy at the same time. They knew each other and their grades were very good. They were supposed to have a bright future, but Tiny didn't expect that he would be sent to guard the Star Gate.

Guarding a star gate is not an easy job, especially a military star gate. There is no chance of meritorious deeds. If something goes wrong, you have to be responsible. However, for the safety of the star gate, elite troops have to be sent to guard it, so the officers stationed at the star gate must

Either they were randomly assigned, or they were the unlucky ones who were ostracized in factional battles. No one would take the initiative to choose this position.

Hearing this, Taini knew that his friend had obviously suffered a serious blow in the factional struggle, so he shook his head helplessly, "Then you can stay here, since he will be transferred away in a few years anyway, and he will be training with peace of mind."

The rotation period of the Stargate garrison troops is not long, usually every six to ten years, and the Empire will not sit back and let its elite troops be wasted at the Stargate Station.

After a brief chat, the garrison commander ended the communication. At this time, the voyage fleet was about to enter the star gate.

An extremely strong pulling force came from the other end of the star gate that was unknown how far away, like a black hole, trying to pull them all in.

The fleet entered the stargate, and the world outside the porthole instantly lit up.

The interior of the star gate channel is filled with violent space energy, but it is restrained by star gate technology, creating a stable channel, as if it has transformed from a ferocious beast into a tamed pet.

The movement of the spaceship seemed to be at a standstill, and no one could feel any sense of speed, as if the fleet was stationary in the star gate.

However, as if only a moment had passed, the ship's hull suddenly shook, and the surrounding space energy light disappeared like an ebbing tide. The scene outside the portholes once again turned into a dark universe dotted with gem-like starlight.

The stargate that was originally located in front was now located behind the fleet.

The distribution of the surrounding fortresses has also changed. The size of the garrison at this Star Gate Station is more than ten times larger than before.

A special fleet was waiting in front of everyone. The appearance of the spaceship was unique, and it seemed to be some kind of unpopular and rare spacecraft model.

Didi...

At this time, each quantum network receiving terminal simultaneously received the regional broadcast from this special fleet:
Chapter completed!