The Way Back to Civilization

Chapter 36: The Hidden Observer

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Although the experience of being disturbed was terrible, due to the number of enemy fleets, Gu Fan decided to temporarily avoid them and gave the order to temporarily stop the salvage work on the aircraft carrier.

However, he did not choose to leave this place. Instead, after mobilizing a research ship to continue monitoring the galaxy, he ordered the fleet to hide behind a planet far away from the galactic channel.

There must be a reason for this abnormality. This place was an entire star zone away from the pirates’ base. Gu Fan wanted to know why these guys would come all the way to such a desolate galaxy without any warning.

Hopefully, they were just passing by…

Not long after, when Gu Fan’s small fleet had just hidden themselves, a large-scale warp reaction quickly came from the channel in the southeast of the galaxy.

It was the Great Khan’s fleet. With the help of the sensor view of the research ship, the full view of that fleet was quickly displayed in the bridge hall of the Glory Queen.

In order to further confirm the other party’s identity, Gu Fan contacted Lilym, who was far away in the colonial base, and sent her a copy of the scene of the fleet.

Not long after, the other party’s surprised and angry voice came through the ship’s communicator.

“Ah! That’s him! That’s the Great Khan’s personal vehicle!”

Oh? The Great Khan himself had personally led a team here? It was so grand that he did not know what they were up to.

A moment later, under Gu Fan’s confused gaze, the Khan fleet on the screen actually flew straight towards Planet Hera.

In an instant, a bad premonition began to spread in his heart.

‘What the hell?’

These guys couldn’t be here to snatch the ship from me, right?

Just like that, Gu Fan watched with his own eyes as the huge fleet docked in Hera’s orbit. Then, more than ten speed boats used for landing were launched from the fleet into the planet’s surface.

In order to figure out what those people were doing, Gu Fan immediately ordered the research ship hiding in the dark to send out a reconnaissance drone and follow the landing team into Hera’s atmosphere.

However, in the next second, when the drone’s image was transmitted back, what appeared in front of him was a tragic scene that was like hell.

These first passengers did not seem to know the dangers of Planet Hera. Under the continuous erosion of the highly corrosive acid rain, some spaceships did not even last until they landed before they malfunctioned and fell to the surface of the swamp.

As for those who were lucky enough to land, the moment the door of the spaceship opened, the poisonous miasma that had permeated Hera’s surface for hundreds of years poured into the cabin with the change in air pressure.

Those emaciated and slave-like outsiders did not even have time to cry for help before they were killed by the vicious poison amidst miserable cries.

Witnessing this, Gu Fan was shocked speechless for a moment. From their performance, the commander of this fleet did not even investigate the planet’s environment before hurriedly giving the order to land.

It was as if he was deliberately sending them to their deaths…

As the first batch of landing members were wiped out amidst wails, the second batch of passengers carrying breathing aids were quickly sent to the surface of the planet again.

It was only then that Gu Fan understood that this was the method used by the Great Khan to investigate the planet’s environment. However, even if they were slaves, it would be a waste to use them like this.

This was enough to show that the existence called the Great Khan was really anxious, anxious to obtain something from this dangerous environment.

When another batch of spaceships carrying engineering equipment approached the surface and began to speed towards a certain swamp area, Gu Fan was almost certain.

The target of those people was the buried aircraft carrier, because there were no other remnants in that area.

During the silence, the raider soldiers had already thrown several steel cables into the muddy swamp. It seemed that they planned to use the most primitive method to pull the mothership out of the mud.

This time, Gu Fan could no longer sit still. Fishing out my boat in front of me? Who could tolerate this?

It seemed that he had to give them a little surprise.

…

In the orbit of Planet Hera, the fleet personally commanded by the Great Khan was paying attention to the progress of the search for the lost ship.

According to the information obtained by chance from the curator not long ago, a human battleship had accidentally fallen in the rift valley of Planet Hera a thousand years ago, and it had yet to be found.

The Great Khan himself showed great interest in such news, so much so that he specially drew out a fleet from the fleet that was plundering the outside world. After bringing enough slave laborers, he immediately began this treasure-hunting trip.

All the pirates present firmly believed that as long as they could get the help of the lost ship, the war drum of the Great Khan would definitely resound throughout the entire universe one day.

An era that would never end, filled with slaughter and plunder, was about to begin.

However, just as everyone was still looking forward to seeing the true appearance of the ancient relic…

Almost at the same time, every warship present received a lock-on warning from the sensors.

Before they could figure out the situation in front of them, a silver light suddenly shot out from the dark side of Hera’s orbit like a holy spear.

With incredible speed, the brilliant light split the vast fleet into two sides. The point of the spearhead stabbed directly at the Great Khan’s vehicle.

For a moment, the giant ship that sensed the threat quickly activated the Void Shield that was filled with energy a second before the light spear pierced into the armor.

The light purple shield and the silver spear collided, instantly emitting a gorgeous and dazzling light. However, the battle between the spear and the shield only lasted for a few seconds.

Not long after, as the engine of the battleship gradually extinguished, the shield around the ship began to gradually weaken. However, the brightness of the light spear did not decrease at all. Instead, the energy torrent flowing with the light of stardust became even stronger.

Finally, at a certain moment, when the Void Shield’s engine could not withstand any more damage, the huge spear finally shattered the warship’s defense.

The surging energy was instantly injected into the body of the battleship, moving along every pipe inside the ship.

Everything happened so quickly that the huge fleet finally reacted.

The so-called indestructible flagship, the Conqueror , which the Great Khan himself had flown, had been torn to pieces by the surging energy. Not even a complete frame had been left behind.

Looking at the Khan who was sent into the sky by the light spear in the distance, such a familiar scene reminded Gu Fan of the Amarian fleet that had rashly barged into the solar system a few months ago.

So that guy died so easily?

To be honest, Gu Fan originally did not intend to interfere directly. After all, to him, the more chaotic this universe was, the more opportunities he would have to develop.

But he had no choice. Who asked him to target something he shouldn’t have…

While he was thinking, the Viper-class frigates around the Glory Queen had already rushed towards the leaderless Khan’s fleet. He believed that it would not be long before this unexpected battle ended.

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At the same time, while Gu Fan’s fleet was still chasing after the remaining warships, in the distant void.

An Amarian reconnaissance plane tracking the Great Khan’s movements was silently recording this shocking scene.

The scene just now had already been transmitted to Amarian’s royal council.