The remaining Three-Body people on the Luscent were subsequently found one by one. Apart from a portion kept for interrogation, all others were unceremoniously exiled into space.
Through interrogation, everyone finally understood why the two warring fleets had suddenly withdrawn.
Those two fleets were actually pirate groups that occupied this area. The previous battle was merely a typical case of pirates preying on each other.
The reason the Three-Body ships appeared here was that they had received advance notice and intended to reap benefits from the conflict, only to have their plans disrupted by Fang Er's casually fabricated lies.
"We must leave here immediately, otherwise, if the Three-Body homeworld learns of what happened here, they will definitely rush over at the first opportunity!"
Looking at the star chart displayed on the holographic screen, Fang Er said with a grave expression.
On the star chart, the Three-Body homeworld was less than ten light-years away!
Li Shimin and the others couldn't offer any input on this matter and sat to the side, chatting softly about other things.
Xi Tong frowned upon hearing this.
The White Emperor could jump and evacuate at any time, but regarding the Luscent, without detailed investigation, no one knew if there were any hidden tracking devices on the ship, not even Luscent himself could guarantee it!
Therefore, the fastest evacuation plan was only one: abandon the Luscent!
The Luscent was the first world-ending class warship they had obtained. If they were to abandon it now, who knew if such an opportunity would arise again in the future?
Thus, the suggestion to abandon the Luscent was immediately and decisively rejected by Fang Er.
Abandonment was out of the question!
World-ending class ships were top-tier warships even for the Three-Body people. Nothing faster than this existed.
Although the maximum speed of a world-ending class ship could reach ten times the speed of light, which was five times faster than what they had inquired about in the black market.
However, at a distance of ten light-years, even if they had already received the news and were rushing over, it would take at least a year.
This year would be enough for them to deal with any aftermath!
"Can the formations on the White Emperor be transferred to the Luscent?"
Fang Er summoned Yuan Tiangang.
To avoid abandoning the Luscent, the best way was to equip it with space jump capabilities as well!
Yuan Tiangang's expression instantly became excited. For him, modifying a top-tier warship like the Luscent was a thrilling challenge.
"I need help!"
After carefully examining the blueprints of the Luscent, Yuan Tiangang stroked his beard and mused.
Fang Er waved his hand, "You can pick any personnel you want!"
"As long as you can transfer the formations to the Luscent quickly, all resources are yours to squander!"
"Hahaha, good! Three months at the most!"
Yuan Tiangang was extremely pleased. After standing up, he immediately drafted Wang Xuance, Xue Rengui, and others.
Modifying a spaceship would inevitably face limitations in space. They found a barren planet nearby to serve as a temporary base and landed the ship.
The modification was managed by Yuan Tiangang, while the inspection of the ship's interior was undoubtedly assigned to Xi Tong.
Time ticked by. After inspecting the ship inside and out, Xi Tong summarized two pieces of information.
Firstly, the ship did not have the tracking devices they suspected, which relieved everyone.
However, the second piece of information made Fang Er extremely conflicted.
They had originally planned to set off immediately after the Luscent's modification was completed and continue their journey to Kepler-452b.
But after calculations, Yuan Tiangang's modification of the Luscent directly increased their demand for Tang Stone several times over!
The White Emperor's single jump originally required 108 Tang Stones, but once the Luscent was modified and due to its larger volume, each jump would consume at least 640!
The modification was not yet complete, and the distance of each jump could not be verified.
To ensure they could reach their destination smoothly, the Tang Stones in Fang Er's warehouse were insufficient!
After speaking, Xi Tong had the Luscent display the star chart of the surrounding area again and pointed to a location, saying,
"There is a discarded mining planet of the Three-Body people here, which contains a large amount of Tang Stone. Shall we go and get some?"
"Are you sure?"
Fang Er was greatly surprised by this.
"I am sure! I showed the Tang Stone to the prisoners on the ship. In their eyes, it is merely a byproduct of mining and utterly useless to the Three-Body people."
"According to their descriptions, and the data analysis stored within the Luscent, that planet has at least hundreds of millions of tons of Tang Stone that can be mined!"
Xi Tong confirmed.
Upon hearing this number, Fang Er could no longer remain calm.
Hundreds of millions of tons!
If they could acquire this Tang Stone, it would be enough for them to make several round trips to Kepler!
Three months later, the White Emperor announced its temporary withdrawal and docked within the Luscent's bay.
The modified Luscent, following the preset route, headed towards the Three-Body's abandoned planet.
After several jumps, the Luscent's fastest jump speed was determined.
1 light-year per 8 hours!
This meant the Luscent could reach a terrifying speed of 1095 times the speed of light!
The distance to the abandoned mining planet was only 17 light-years, and it would only take about six days to arrive!
Fang Er lay on his chair, punching numbers into the calculator. Seeing the results, his heart bloomed with joy.
"This is great. Based on the current distance between us and Kepler-452b, it will only take over 400 days."
"The remaining time is more than enough!"
"Satisfied?" Xi Tong walked over from behind and hooked her arm around Fang Er's.
"Absolutely! I wasn't too confident about this before, but now it's no problem at all!"
As Fang Er spoke, scenes of him lounging on Australian beaches with his concubines and maids, watching his children play after completing the mission, flickered through his mind.
Xi Tong's eyes flowed, and seeing the scene in Fang Er's mind, she smiled slightly.
"It will take six more days to reach the abandoned mining planet. Don't you plan to do something beforehand?"