Chapter 970, Terra is in Trouble

To prevent Bassol from becoming a god, it is essential to obtain the necessary fragments of the relics.

Gu Hang will certainly devote a lot of research energy to the technology of locating artifact fragments.

However, compared to Bassault's extensive preparations over countless years, Gu Hang is only now beginning to catch up. Even if they eventually come up with a usable positioning technology, its efficiency will likely be far inferior to theirs.

However, besides directly locating the artifact fragments themselves, humanity has another way to stop the enemy, which they can strive for.

The Chaos forces collect the fragments of those relics by dispatching the Calamity Fleet to plunder and plunder throughout the universe. In the past, the Alliance did not understand the meaning behind the Calamity Fleet's frequent operations, assuming they were just like ordinary Chaos enemies, simply causing destruction and spreading Chaos corruption—and not very efficiently at that.

But now, the Alliance knows that the Calamity Fleet's target in space is the fragments of the Relic.

Why don't humans just follow the Calamity Fleet?
Of course, it's easier said than done.

The Calamity Fleet is a chaotic fleet that uses subspace engines for interstellar travel. They are elusive and difficult to track. Once they appear, they often rush towards their target, strike successfully, cause some damage, and then quickly retreat.

They are indeed difficult to deal with.

But isn't this just a coincidence?
During the Comoros War, the Dark Eldar launched two raids against the Alliance, which were no small-scale operations and represented the desperate efforts of their entire race.

Furthermore, in terms of unpredictability and the agility of their ships, the Chaos Fleet is faster and more swift in space travel compared to those that can utilize the Veil of Spirits; in the real universe, Eldar ships are also generally faster and more agile.

Furthermore, the Dark Eldar have been pirates for tens of thousands of years, not just a matter of a few decades or a few hundred years.

Over a long period of time, their entire race has accumulated a wealth of experience in similar specific tactics and strategies, and they have produced many outstanding commanders and generals.

In general, the Dark Eldar pirate fleet is not much more difficult to deal with than the Cataclysm fleet.
Even so, the 'hunting fleet' formed by the Alliance during the Comoros War effectively curbed the activities of the Eldar pirates.

Of course, there is a price to pay.

To build a force strong enough to counter the rampaging Dark Eldar and their full-scale counterattack in the real universe, humanity has gone all out. Not only is the Central Front Army fighting, but large numbers of high-speed ships have also been mobilized from the Southern Front Army, the Angelic Front Army, and the Eastern Front Army.

The relocation of these ships significantly impacted the efficiency of the Dark Side Expedition.

Logically speaking, after the Comoros War ended, there should have been less need for the 'hunting fleet' to continue existing.

However, since we still have to face the Calamity Fleet, the 'Hunter Fleet', which has accumulated a wealth of experience in dealing with it, can still play a role.

However, it doesn't need to be on such a large scale.

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Currently, Gu Hang's methods for dealing with Bassol and the Calamity Fleet are twofold: first, to research new positioning technology, but this is a long-term solution; second, to utilize the already established 'hunting fleet' specifically to deal with the chaotic Calamity Fleet.

But overall, the threat of the new evil god is a long-term threat, not an immediate one.

But right now, an even bigger problem is facing Gu Hang – things aren't going too well with Robert.

The second phase of the Comoros War was marked by the departure of the Terran Expeditionary Force from the Comoros. At that moment, the Dark Eldar of the Comoros suddenly turned against humanity, breaking the peace agreement that had only had a short-lived effect and launching a brutal attack.

The Terra Expeditionary Force also suffered some losses during this process.

As the entire fleet departed through the Veil Ridge Gate, the Dark Eldar violently closed it, causing a small contingent at the rear of the fleet to be unable to pass through and become lost within the veils. Although it was 'lost,' it could essentially be considered a 'loss.'

Robert, who had just arrived in the real universe and hadn't even had a chance to do anything yet, was suddenly hit with such a huge blow, so he was naturally very dissatisfied.

All the losses combined amounted to about 1% of the entire fleet.

This wasn't a particularly big loss, not enough to cause serious damage, but it could be considered an unfavorable start.

Robert had no other choice but to send a letter to Gu Hang through the Star Speaker to express his dissatisfaction.

Then he led the fleet at full speed toward Holy Terra.

That was his ultimate goal.

The place where the Veil of Spirits opens is said to be very close to Holy Terra, but it is actually in a neighboring star system. Theoretically, it would take about two standard Terra days to find the jump point, then about half a day to complete the jump to the solar system, and another three days to reach humanity's home planet.

Throughout this process, Robert repeatedly tried to contact the Holy Terra.

At first, we couldn't get in touch with them.

The psionicists on the ship discovered extremely violent subspace waves within the solar system.

At this point, I already had a bad feeling—would the worst-case scenario still happen?

Robert still held onto a sliver of hope, because although he hadn't been able to contact Holy Terra, he had managed to contact his own location, V.

According to information from Titan V, it is quite 'normal' for subspace to be turbulent within the solar system.

Since the cataclysm occurred and the Scarlet Scar appeared in the real universe, subspace waves have begun to appear in the solar system, and have gradually become stronger over the past hundred years.

It didn't interfere with communications much before, but now it's becoming increasingly difficult to communicate.

The last communication between Taiwei V and Holy Terra was approximately three months ago, marked as Terra.

At that time, the message from Terra was that everything was normal, and the Imperial troops on the Skywarp V were instructed to perform their duties diligently and do their jobs well.

Upon hearing this news, Robert was not relieved; instead, he became even more anxious.

He kept urging the fleet to speed up.

Upon arriving in the solar system, they immediately continued their attempts to communicate with the Holy Terra and Mars.

The Holy Terra said that everything was normal here and questioned Robert's identity, claiming, "If you are a loyal son of God, then stay at the edge of the galaxy with your army and wait for confirmation of your identity."

But the news from Mars is quite different.

"Terra is in trouble! Come quickly!"

(End of this chapter)