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The plan had been devised long ago, and after a period of brewing, it finally required a certain moment to ignite, blossoming into fruition... something.
Dead End Plan. Just looking at these four words, one can sense a decisive air of ruthlessness leaping off the page.
Without a dead end, one ultimately has to rely on luck to determine their fate. Clearly, Shangguan Wangyu and Cao Ke are not the type to leave things to chance; their most genuine thoughts, their essence, still lie in believing that human effort can triumph over fate.
Thus, this Dead End Plan is the lifeline that Shangguan Wangyu created for himself when he found himself at a dead end.
It is hard to imagine that a young man who once stood at the pinnacle of the entire Cosmos, wielding immense power, would strategize so meticulously while also contemplating his escape route.
“If I hadn’t left myself this way out, perhaps today’s Situation wouldn’t exist. Maybe burning bridges is the reason for invincibility.”
Shangguan Wangyu gazed at the predetermined location gradually coming into view, no longer anxious about the pursuers behind him, but suddenly felt a wave of emotion.
Cao Ke, standing beside him, smiled calmly and said, “Although I don’t believe in fate, life’s conflicts may be inevitable. In fact, today’s Situation was destined the moment you killed the Microbiology Researcher.”
Shangguan Wangyu did not feel anger at this sensitive remark; Chuyang was just ahead at the Battleship, and while claiming to be at ease was a lie, his temperament wouldn’t allow him to dwell on it any longer.
Not far away was a desolate planet, barren and uninhabited. However, they were indeed getting further away from the Suihuan Army.
After receiving news from Zhan Xingzi, the Hurricane Army had remained in an excited state. Yet as emotions calmed slightly and they looked again at Shangguan Wangyu’s escape trajectory not far away, they suddenly felt something was amiss.
“Why is Shangguan Wangyu fleeing this way? This place is getting farther from the Large Magellanic Cloud. Does he have another army waiting for him here?”
Tong Bailong, who typically avoided deep thought, was nonetheless a person with military knowledge and could immediately see that Shangguan Wangyu’s actions were out of the ordinary.
Listening to Tong Bailong's question, the doubts in everyone's hearts began to sprout. Ikeda Kenji looked at Jufeng, who fell silent.
Jufeng believed he understood Shangguan Wangyu and Cao Ke. Although Shangguan Wangyu had suffered some emotional damage due to Chuyang's incident and felt a sense of despair, Cao Ke would never give up easily.
So, their escape here was naturally because they thought this place could help them evade their pursuers and gain a new life. However, not far ahead was the border of the Magellan Star System. What lay beyond that Star System was still unknown to current technology. Could Huankezhao's technology really traverse this Star System?
Although Jufeng knew that Shangguan Wangyu had a way out, he couldn't deduce the outcome; he could only make judgments based on observable phenomena.
This feeling was unpleasant, yet there was nothing he could do. Clearly, there was no way to avoid it; why struggle?
"Everyone stay alert; the results will likely appear soon."
Upon hearing this, everyone began to focus intently on the screen, their gazes converging from all directions.
At the same time, Jufeng ordered many soldiers to contact the border troops to check for any unusual movements from the Suihuan Army. He hoped to prepare some defenses before any changes occurred.
Victory had seemed within reach, yet suddenly it felt like a duck had flown away from his mouth. Jufeng despised this feeling. Someone like Shangguan Wangyu, if not thoroughly eliminated in time, would surely come back with a vengeance. It would then become another long process, causing untold suffering and displacement.
Right before their eyes, a Battleship sped past behind a planet. The massive planet blocked the Battleship's view, and then Jufeng and the others lost sight of Shangguan Wangyu and his group.
A streak of ominous thoughts flashed through Jufeng's mind.
Then, the Hurricane Battleship swiftly maneuvered around the planet, but what lay before them shocked everyone: all of Shangguan Wangyu's Battleships had vanished completely.
Indeed, they all vanished, not hiding or burrowing into a planet, but in an instant, they completely disappeared.
Jufeng stood before the screen, desperate to see through it, yet he still found nothing.
At that moment, many in the command room rubbed their eyes, unable to believe what they were seeing.
However, the next moment and the moment after that passed by second by second, and the entire view of the Cosmos remained eerily silent, showing no signs of change. The entire Fleet seemed to have evaporated from existence.
The first to react was Pan An. He slammed his hand on the table and hurriedly said to Jufeng, "We should check the Cosmic Waveband here."
Jufeng heard Pan An's words but didn't immediately grasp their significance. Nevertheless, he quickly instructed the operators in the command room to begin their work.
As everyone operated, Pan An provided a detailed explanation.
"You all know about Spatial Leap. Any stable Interstellar Space can perform short-distance jumps. In fact, Spatial Leap is related to Cosmic Waves; similar Cosmic Waves can connect instantly. There's an even crazier hypothesis: in the entire universe, two regions with the same Cosmic Waveband might be very far apart. If that's possible, could it allow for ultra-long-distance jumps? The standard term for this is Spatial Jump."
After listening to Pan An, Jufeng suddenly recalled having seen similar reports during his two years of focused study. However, those topics were still in speculative research, and he hadn't paid much attention. Now he realized that Huankezhao's technological frontier was far beyond what he and his peers had imagined.
After a while, the investigation results came in; the Cosmic Waveband here was quite strange and very high-frequency.
Pan An felt that his guess was likely correct and continued, "Check again, which waveband here is similar to where?"
After a while, the results came out, and they were quite unexpected.
"It is consistent with the height near Mars in the Solar System."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was once again astonished. They all came from Earth, so they were not unfamiliar with the term "Mars." At the same time, a sense of inexplicable threat and unease emerged in their hearts.
Then, reports regarding the movements of the Suihuan Army also came in.
"The Suihuan Army has begun to change their routes. They are no longer confronting us but are retreating towards the rear. It seems they are heading towards Earth."
(To be continued)
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