The Kuiper Belt is located outside the orbit of Neptune, about 30 astronomical units from the sun, and is a dense disk-shaped area of ​​​​celestial bodies near the ecliptic plane.

Because it is twenty times wider than asteroids and has orbital resonance, it is relatively dangerous inside. Pluto also de-orbited from the Kuiper Belt and flew towards the Earth. Therefore, if a deep space probe rashly enters it,

There is a high probability that it will be destroyed by the celestial body inside.

Thus the detection function is lost.

The deep space probes launched by the Alliance mainly conduct observations near the orbit of Neptune.

Transmit the situation in the outer reaches of the solar system back in time.

In this way, due to the distance from Neptune to Mars, humans will have sufficient time to prepare for battle.

But now that the energy fluctuations of the antimatter engine have been discovered, it means that the warships of extraterrestrial civilizations have probably entered the Kuiper Belt and are flying towards the inner solar system.

If this information cannot be confirmed as soon as possible and the enemy's situation is known.

That would undoubtedly be very passive.

As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle.

It was precisely the lack of understanding of Pluto that caused the population of human civilization to be reduced by half.

This battle with extraterrestrial civilization must not repeat the same mistakes.

Even if all deep space probes are destroyed, as long as more information about the enemy can be obtained, this is a very cost-effective deal.

That's why Xu Lei asked the detector to enter the Kuiper Belt.

When it was mainly used to destroy Pluto, the energy fluctuations caused by its internal antimatter engine had already been recorded. Since it was detected from the Kuiper Belt, there was a high probability that there would be no error.

It can be said that the enemy that human civilization has been waiting for for a long time is finally coming.

As for asking Lei Zhan and the others to retreat to the orbit of Jupiter temporarily, it was just as a precaution.

There are a total of six cruisers and one transport ship performing the mission of the solar system defense zone. They have occupied most of the alliance's space power. If there is a conflict with the warships of extraterrestrial civilizations without preparation, it is very likely to suffer huge losses.

Let the originally balanced or even advantageous situation disappear.

After all, extraterrestrial civilizations use antimatter engines as battleship power devices, which shows that the overall performance of the battleship is better than that of the hammer cruiser.

In this case, strategy must be used.

No direct conflict.

Moreover, the solar system defense zone project is just in its infancy and does not have the ability to block extraterrestrial civilizations.

Naturally, we should retreat to internal security.

in addition.

Xu Lei temporarily chose to hide this news.

We decided to wait until we get the exact information about extraterrestrial civilization before announcing it.

Although humans are very angry and hateful towards this alien civilization that destroyed their home planet, and would like to personally go to the battlefield to avenge their compatriots and relatives, if the news is wrong, it will inevitably waste everyone's emotions.

And Xu Lei believes that this news will not keep him waiting too long.

Xing Tong knew how important this matter was to Xu Lei. After receiving these orders, he immediately turned around and left to execute them without any hesitation.

When Xu Lei was left alone in the room again, he decisively contacted the only two remaining heavy cruisers, the Shenzhou and the Future, asking them to prepare first.

As long as the existence of extraterrestrial civilization is confirmed, he will take these two battleships to the orbit of Jupiter to rendezvous with Lei Zhan.

According to the configuration of the Hammer cruiser's thousand-person crew, the number of people participating in the space battle this time will reach tens of thousands.

Perhaps not much compared to the entire human civilization.

But you must know that these tens of thousands of people are all core personnel of the Space Force. In addition to being mechanical life forms, they are also equipped with individual laser weapons such as laser guns.

When necessary, it can even break away from the battleship to fight.

I believe it will definitely bring a big surprise to extraterrestrial civilizations.

Victory must belong to mankind.

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at the same time.

There is no life in the Kuiper Belt.

A large number of asteroids gather here, making it a dangerous place in the solar system.

But in this environment, a huge black object was seen driving, and its flight direction was exactly inside the solar system.

The reason why it is said to be huge.

It's because the length of this object reaches two thousand meters and the width is eight hundred meters. It looks like a cicada larvae golden cicada magnified countless times.

Very overwhelming momentum.

A total of six running anti-matter engines on both sides prove that this behemoth is a battleship, and its size is top-notch even among medium-sized battleships.

If you compare the heavy hammer cruiser, it is basically no different from a toy.

Even the Kunpeng transport ship, which barely reaches the level of a medium-sized battleship, cannot compare with it.

Although Xu Lei's prediction was correct, extraterrestrial civilization did not send much force to take over the solar system, but with such a powerful battleship and the space power of human civilization, the outcome is still unknown.

View through the battleship's armor into the interior.

You can see a strange-looking alien life form busy.

Their average height is about three meters, they look like aquatic insects, and they walk upright.

In addition, they have four arms in total, and there are translucent wings on their backs, just like the crustaceans on Earth, whose bones grow outside the body.

Especially the spindle-shaped crown on the head looks even more weird.

In the core control hall of the battleship, several alien life forms wearing light red light exoskeleton armor were seen standing respectfully in front of a glass-like transparent cylinder, and an alien life form with the same appearance could be seen inside.

body, but his fusiform crown is larger than anyone else's.

It seems to be a symbol of status and power.

Half a minute later.

When the alien life form inside the transparent cylindrical box opened its eyes, the people outside immediately lowered their heads.

And spoke a jerky and difficult-to-understand language.

If you translate it according to human language, you will find that it is a name.

"Mr. Bishop Misty!"

As the voice fell, the hatch of the transparent cylinder device opened automatically, and Misty stepped out and looked around at the familiar subordinates in front of him.

Finally, he focused his gaze on the person closest to him, and said in his own civilized language: "Uzi, how is this star system called the Solar System doing?"

"For your information, Your Majesty the Bishop."

"The civilization in this star system belongs to the first-level civilization."

"And it is a weak carbon-based life form."

"According to the information I stole, they call themselves humans and have never had contact or communication with other civilizations in the galaxy."

"It's a very suitable target for invasion."

"My subordinates use the powerful chemical technology of the Pioneer Empire to integrate elemental substances targeting carbon-based life forms into the asteroids here, and make them hit the planet where the other civilization lives."

"This so-called human civilization now probably no longer exists."

Perhaps it was because of the absolute hierarchy in their civilization that when faced with Bishop Mosti's question, the pioneer named Uzi did not dare to hesitate and quickly answered in detail what he had done during this period.

Thinking that these are all contributions to the Pioneer Empire, the translucent wings on his back couldn't help but tremble slightly with joy in his heart.

He comes from the Precursor Empire, which is light years away from the solar system.

Because the star system where they are located is short of resources, it is impossible to maintain the operation of an empire with a population of tens of billions. In order to ensure the development of civilization, members of the imperial royal family have to wander around the galaxy after they reach adulthood, looking for suitable galaxies to invade and plunder resources.

And their extremely long lives just ensure that this method can continue stably.

As a subordinate of Bishop Misty, a member of the pioneer imperial royal family, he was the first to discover the solar system and determine the existence of human civilization through his own unique method.

However, since Misty's fleet is not in this star field for the time being, in order to show that he drives a small warship to hide in the dangerous Kuiper Belt, he transforms asteroids into space kinetic energy weapons to attack the Earth.

After transmitting the location coordinates to Misty, he has been waiting here for the battleships of the Pioneer Empire.

As long as he can successfully capture this star system, as the greatest hero, his status in the empire will definitely rise.

Misty trusts himself as a subordinate.

After the fleet received the location coordinates of the solar system, he immediately set off there.

However, the location of the fleet was relatively scattered, and Uzi clearly stated in the message that the civilization in the star system was no longer capable of resisting. Therefore, in order to occupy the solar system as soon as possible and enhance his prestige in the empire as a member of the royal family, he finally took only one ship.

A medium battleship arrived.

Although there are not many battleships, his battleship is the latest generation of the empire's battleships, and its combat power is enough to wipe out a civilization.
To be continued...