Bairik’s expression turned increasingly unpleasant as he saw Su Mo’s insistence. However, he couldn’t explode in anger, so he could only say in a deep voice,

“Lord Su Mo, twelve hours is too long. Six hours at most. We must leave in six hours.”

“Six hours? That’s not enough time. Even if the Immortal Blade takes the warp gate and returns at full speed, without entering FTL flight, it will take at least five hours to return.”

Su Mo did a quick calculation. That amount of time simply wasn’t enough.

“If there isn’t enough time, there’s nothing we can do. After all, Lord Icaroia’s mission is the most important. You can ask Auglas if you don’t believe me.”

Bairik replied sternly.

Su Mo was momentarily speechless and unable to refute.

Just then, a clear voice rang out.

“Six hours. Just six hours.”

Bairik and the others turned to look, and they saw Lin Zinuo stepping forward.

“Lin Zinuo, six hours isn’t enough!”

Su Mo said with a headache.

“Don’t worry. Give me half an hour, and I can guarantee you a round trip. Isn’t five and a half hours enough for you to search?”

Lin Zinuo said confidently.

“What are you going to do?”

Su Mo’s eyes lit up, and he quickly asked.

“It’s simple. I’ll use the warp fortress to open a warp gate and send you directly there. Then I’ll operate the warp fortress to jump to the Overwatch Base myself and wait for you. Although the warp fortress needs a three-hour cooldown period between each jump, that has nothing to do with you. By the time you finish searching and come back, I’ll have finished cooling down. The reason I said it would take half an hour is because it takes a certain amount of time for the warp fortress to open a warp gate now. The only price to pay is the high energy cost.”

Lin Zinuo explained clearly.

Hearing this, Su Mo’s eyes lit up, and he replied,

“Okay, then I’ll leave it to you.”

“No problem. I’ll go prepare now.”

Without another word, Lin Zinuo hurried off.

...

Half an hour later, the warp fortress was once again in fixed mode, activating the warp gate!

The Legendary-class Star Destroyer Immortal Blade was already prepared. The moment the warp gate opened, the entire ship headed straight inside.

The entire Star Destroyer experienced a slight tremor.

Inside the command room, Su Mo’s nerves were tense. He was also somewhat nervous now. If the warp wasn’t smooth and didn’t immediately arrive at the Overwatch Base, that would be troublesome.

Fortunately, the moment the Immortal Blade exited the subspace tunnel, it was greeted by the very familiar Overwatch Base.

Di Lu calmed down and said,

“Arrived at Overwatch Base.”

Sun Duoxiang couldn’t help but praise,

“This warp gate is really awesome!”

“Alright, stop the nonsense. Lower the ship. I’ll ask what’s going on and then immediately go search.”

Su Mo said decisively.

“Understood!”

Di Lu and the others replied.

Soon, the Legendary-class Star Destroyer Immortal Blade landed at the entrance of the Overwatch Base.

The boarding exit opened, and Su Mo and the others walked down.

General Brikas, who was in charge of guarding the Overwatch Base, came forward.

He was very shocked when he saw Su Mo. “Lord Su Mo, why have you come in person?”

Brikas originally thought that Auglas would come at most, but he didn’t expect Su Mo to come in person. He knew that Su Mo’s status was different now.

Su Mo raised his hand to interrupt General Brikas. He didn’t have time to reminisce now, so he went straight to the point and said, “General Brikas, I have limited time. I want to ask where Lan Xi and the others disappeared and what the search situation is now?”

Without a word of nonsense, Brikas raised his wrist and tapped a few times, unfolding a virtual map.

He reached out and drew a few strokes on it, circling an area.

“According to the approximate location of the distress signal, Lady Haimo should have sent out a distress call in this area and is most likely already dead.”

“Our people have already been searching that area, but due to the large area, I’m not very clear about the specific situation.”

“Okay, I understand. Thank you very much. Then I’ll leave first.”

Su Mo replied in a deep voice.

“Okay.”

Brikas nodded heavily in response.

Su Mo then returned to the Immortal Blade, and the boarding exit slowly closed.

The entire Legendary-class Star Destroyer Immortal Blade quickly gained altitude and headed into the distance.

Brikas watched Su Mo’s departing figure and took a deep breath.

At this time, a sergeant next to him asked worriedly,

“General Brikas, will Lord Su Mo really be able to find them?”

“Don’t worry. If there is anyone in the entire Federation who has the best chance of resolving this matter, it must be Su Mo. Back on the Black Yao, he was our last hope.”

General Brikas replied with some emotion.

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Protoss Cultivation Base Ruins.

Lan Xi suppressed the fear in her heart and ran wildly towards the exit.

But just as she passed a garbage storage area, and the mechanical armor on her body popped up a prompt that it had scanned a pungent gas, Lan Xi suddenly stopped.

She turned her head and glanced at the long passage leading to the exit, then looked back behind her.

Then Lan Xi made a decision. She ran forward for a distance, then turned on the hovering mode of the mechanical armor, then floated back, heading straight towards the garbage storage area.

Soon, Lan Xi arrived at a huge garbage storage area.

All that could be seen here were decayed objects covered in dust.

The long years had completely decomposed the garbage piled up here.

The air here was filled with pungent and toxic gases, but these toxic gases had no effect on the mechanical armor at all.

Without a word, Lan Xi slowly landed behind a pile of rotten objects covered in dust.

After hiding, Lan Xi didn’t feel relieved, but became more and more fearful and uneasy. Because she didn’t know if this little trick would evade that monster.

But Lan Xi knew very well that if she continued to flee towards the exit, then what awaited her would definitely be death.

Because she simply couldn’t outrun that monster.

Time passed second by second.

The shadow of death never descended, and Lan Xi didn’t hear any movement outside.

Her tense nerves slowly relaxed at this moment.

But Lan Xi didn’t dare to leave at all. She could only hide here quietly.

In this way, Lan Xi squatted in this garbage storage room for almost a day. The outside had been calm and peaceful for the whole day.

It was as if that monster had already left.

Lan Xi’s expression changed constantly. In the end, she couldn’t bear it any longer, and she slowly left the pile of garbage.

She walked out little by little.

It wasn’t that Lan Xi couldn’t bear it, but that she couldn’t just hide all the time.

First, she didn’t bring any food with her. If she continued to stay here, her stamina would get worse and worse. Second, although the ruins were very large, if that monster really didn’t give up on her, as long as it searched one by one, she would still be found sooner or later.

So Lan Xi decided to take a gamble and see if she could sneak out.

Of course, Lan Xi herself knew very well that this behavior was very risky, but she had no choice.

Soon, Lan Xi arrived at the exit of the garbage storage area. She poked her head out and carefully looked around.

The passage outside was quiet, so quiet that it made one’s heart tremble.

Ignoring the fear in her heart, Lan Xi gently walked towards the exit.