Chapter 393

"Zhou Shaoqing."

"Present!"

Zhou Shaoqing stepped forward one step.

You are to serve as the Chief Commander of this expedition.

Zhou Shaoqing's eyes narrowed, his face full of determination: "I will not disgrace the mission!"

"Nangong Lin."

Qin Hao's gaze turned to the girl who had been standing quietly at the side.

A thousand years passed, Nangong Lin had grown from a talented girl into a peerless expert whose aura was as deep as the sea.

Her mental power is the strongest in the Yanhuang Civilization aside from Qin Hao.

You will accompany the army on the expedition.

Qin Hao said, "What we are about to step into is a completely unknown star field. Your mental power is our best barrier against unknown threats."

Nangong Lin lightly nodded, without speaking, but her eyes conveyed everything.

"Qian Yin."

"Here!" Qian Yin, wearing a neat scientific uniform, walked over.

You will serve as the expedition's chief scientist. All newly discovered physical phenomena, unknown energies, and alien technology samples will be under your responsibility for immediate analysis.

Qian Yin confidently smiled: "Don't worry, I've moved my lab onto the ship; I guarantee I won't hold you back."

Personnel assignments completed.

The scale of the expeditionary force has also been determined.

Using the Pioneer as flagship, they drafted one hundred billion of the most elite Godwar Third Generation warships.

Additionally, five hundred billion warships were carefully selected from the servant armies of the four great civilizations to serve as auxiliary and escort fleets.

A massive fleet totaling up to six hundred billion warships has been assembled.

The moment to set out has arrived.

On the bridge of the Pioneer, everyone is already in position.

Qin Hao stood before the huge holographic porthole, taking one last look back at the starry sky behind him.

There, the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy were like two brilliant diamonds, silently suspended on the black velvet of darkness.

That is home.

It is the place they set out from, and also the place they must return to no matter how far they go.

Qin Hao's gaze was deep, as if he wanted to etch that starlight forever into the depths of his mind.

"We can set out now."

Qin Hao withdrew his gaze and said to Zhou Shaoqing beside him.

Zhou Shaoqing took a deep breath and issued a historic command.

"Yanhuang Expeditionary Force, set sail! Target: Laniakea Supercluster!"

Accompanied by the engines' low rumble, the massive fleet began to move, turning into a steel torrent stretching tens of thousands of light-years, charging toward the enormous ring-shaped structure at the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy.

When the Pioneer at the forefront of the fleet plunged headfirst into the dazzling light curtain of the Dimensional Gate.

Everyone on the bridge felt their vision blur.

The universe outside the window disappeared.

In its place was a bizarre, chaotic landscape.

Countless indescribable colors intertwined here, and countless geometries that defied physics flickered into and out of existence.

The concept of time became blurred, and the concept of space was completely scrambled.

"Warning! Warning! Crew members' mental states are showing abnormal fluctuations!"

"Seventh Fleet, Sector C34: crew members are experiencing mental breakdowns!"

Alarm sounds rose and fell on the bridge.

Even the rigorously trained Yanhuang soldiers could not endure for long the mental shock brought by this high-dimensional transit.

Nangong Lin's face turned pale; her mental power barrier had been opened to the maximum, yet against this impact emanating from the dimension itself, it appeared somewhat futile.

Just then, the ever-silent Qin Hao moved.

He slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, a ring of seven-colored light halo centered on him instantly spread out, enveloping the entire massive fleet.

Only I Domain.

Although it was only an extremely small-scale, low-power deployment, it was already enough.

Within the domain, Qin Hao's will is the sole rule.

"Rule definition: Stability."

He softly uttered two words.

The next second, all warships within the domain felt a sense of ease.

Outside the window, the bizarre landscape continued to flash by at high speed, but that soul‑rushing sense of chaos vanished without a trace.

Everyone's mental state instantly returned to normal.

They felt as if they were sitting in an absolutely stable sightseeing vehicle, admiring the bizarre scenery outside the window.

On the bridge, everyone looked at the man standing in the center with a gaze mixed with admiration, awe, and reassurance.

As long as he is there, the heavens will not collapse.

No one knew how long had passed; it felt like an instant, yet also like eternity.

At the end of that chaotic passage, a bright point of light appeared.

The point of light grew larger and brighter.

They are about to arrive.

Accompanied by a violent spatial fluctuation, the massive fleet surged out of the dimensional channel like a giant whale breaching the surface.

The blinding light made everyone instinctively narrow their eyes.

When they opened their eyes again, everyone was stunned by the sight before them.

This is a……extremely "crowded" star field.

Countless stars, like diamonds casually scattered on a black curtain, were densely distributed in every corner.

The distance between them is a hundred times closer than that of stars in the sparse regions of the Milky Way Galaxy.

The entire space was filled with an active and agitated high-dimensional particle energy.

"Is this……the Laniakea Supercluster?"

Zhou Shaoqing murmured to himself, his eyes full of shock.

Qian Yin's team had already begun collecting data immediately, her voice sounding over the public channel with a hint of excitement:

"Spatial curvature, fundamental particle activity, background radiation intensity……even the physical parameters here differ significantly from those of Virgo!"

"This is a……more 'young', more 'vibrant' region of the universe!"

Just then, Nangong Lin's voice suddenly sounded, carrying a hint of gravity.

"The psychic background here is extremely noisy. It's like……a crowded market, with countless voices shouting at once."

As her words fell, a piercing alarm suddenly blared on the bridge of the Pioneer.

"Warning! Detected high-intensity energy reaction! Direction, three light-years ahead, coordinates G-334!"

A tactical analyst shouted the report.

On the massive holographic screen, the distant star field instantly appeared.

There, within that dense sea of stars, a massive war was fiercely underway.

One side's fleet, composed entirely of black liquid, had ships without fixed form, like masses of living liquid.

Their weapons were black-hole spears compressed to the extreme; each strike could easily tear a black rift in space.

Meanwhile, the opposing fleet was even more unfathomable.

They were blazing stars!

They were bound by some unknown force field, forming a vast battle array.

They used the stars' corona as artillery and violent gravitational waves as shockwaves; each attack made the surrounding space tremble.

All the Yanhuang officers on the bridge stared dumbfounded.

"Using……using stars as warships?"

Zhou Shaoqing's mouth hung open; he felt that his millennia-old interstellar warfare concept was completely overturned at this moment.

Qian Yin's eyes, however, flashed with rational light:

"The alternative Fifth-level Civilization technology is truly fascinating; they have mastered force-field technology that directly controls stellar-scale celestial bodies!

Moreover, their weapons have already reached the threshold of Sixth-level Civilization; although their application is crude, their power is immense!