Chapter 797: Chapter 424 Everything for the Varo Civilization!_2
Even with transcendent abilities to help, I’m afraid it would take months to calculate progress.
"The opponent is clearly running out of energy, and now only that Golden Light Monster is still capable of continuing the fight,"
The Varo Commander’s adjutant revealed a look of joy:
"Commander! Give the order!"
"Yes, Commander!"
"Hurry and order the Pioneer to retreat, let’s go back to Varo Star!"
"Only when we, who have experienced this firsthand, return, can we make those committee members take it seriously!"
The Pioneer was the codename for the flagship of the Varo Fleet.
Noticing that the terrifying enemy’s offensive had slowed down, whether it was the gigantic creature, the previous mysterious intelligent entity, or the energy weapons, they all actively kept some distance away.
All of a sudden, realizing that no one present needed to sacrifice their lives for their country, the survival instinct of these fleet leaders instantly swelled up.
The Varo Commander, however, was still hesitating.
With its rich combat experience, it always felt that something was not quite right.
But it couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong.
After glancing at the 3D spherical projection, watching the green dots disappear one by one, and the red dot representing the Golden Light Monster.
The Varo Commander shook its head:
"We know nothing about this terrible civilization."
"What if, our retreat leads them to appear in the Varo Star System... What then?"
"Unprepared, we would surely pay a heavy price."
Hearing this, although it also seemed likely, survival instinct ultimately took over, and the adjutant stepped forward to say:
"We don’t need a full retreat, as long as the Pioneer can get away safely."
"Before we retreat, we can have the remaining energy supply ships self-destruct to block the opponent’s line of sight."
"Moreover, we can set a program to launch the remaining Annihilation Bombs immediately after a successful transfer."
"According to scientific research, an Annihilation Bomb can cause spacetime nodes to remain chaotic for at least ten to twenty Varo years."
"That’s enough time for our civilization to gain some ground."
"Yes, Commander, on the contrary, in the opponent’s Constant Star System, our Annihilation Bombs may become ineffective again, and we might not even gain this much time,"
"If the escape pods fail to transfer successfully, or aren’t discovered by our civilization, given the level of the opponent’s civilization."
"It’s very possible that in one Varo year, our civilization will face a fully-armed invading fleet from them!"
Several experts also voiced their suggestions.
Even the great scientist sighed and agreed with the experts’ opinions.
The Varo Commander looked around and realized that perhaps it was the only one still hesitating.
The Varo Commander gave a wry smile, knowing that it couldn’t defy the general trend, it also had to suppress the uneasiness in its heart, and convinced itself that just after the spacetime transfer and immediate release of the Annihilation Bomb,
everything would get better.
At the same time, the last words of the great scientist also became the reassurance for all the Varo leaders.
"Commander! Even if the enemy’s energy weapons do manage to sneak through,"
"Can our Varo Civilization not withstand one or two energy weapons in a home-ground battle?"
"As for their reinforcements... as long as there are no spacetime nodes,"
"Are they going to manage a Space Jump over here?"
"The distance between our Varo Star System and this mysterious Constant Star System... is not this mere few billion kilometers!"
"The distance of hundreds of light-years, besides gravitational wave detection equipment, even the best astronomical equipment can only see light from hundreds of years ago."
"Their space jump is already showing energy deficiency after just a few billion kilometers, interstellar jumping... if they truly had such technology..."
Pausing, the great scientist spread his hands:
"The Varo Civilization might as well not fight, this entire galaxy would have to submit to them."
"Whether we retreat or not, it’s all meaningless."
The Varo Commander nodded in agreement.
Yes, if the opponent could indeed cross interstellar distances with a space jump,
the Varo Civilization, regardless of what it does, cannot escape fate as prey, can it?
The Varo Commander made a difficult decision.
The flagship began to retreat, while the other ships actively approached the Golden Light Monster, which was still attacking.
Several supply ships positioned themselves in front of the flagship, ready to self-destruct as a shield at any moment.
The Tovaro Civilization Fleet had only appeared for a short time before encountering the Rabbit-Eared Female Cultivator.
The flagship Pioneer quickly entered the spacetime node radiation space.
With several experts taking over the controls voluntarily.
The Pioneer, along with the escape pods floating around, began to blur under the influence of some mysterious force.
In that moment, the True Martial Demon-suppressing Heavenly General raised a huge hand and shot a Golden Light across.
The adjutant was so frightened that he immediately detonated the supply ship acting as a shield.
Still, it couldn’t stop that beam of Golden Light.
Fortunately, the Golden Light merely grazed the edge of the Pioneer and flew past.
Only a feeling lingered as if the aftermath had hammered his head.
Fortunately, it didn’t affect the stability of the spatial node.
As the Pioneer’s resonance and the spatial node reached some kind of equilibrium.
Whoosh!
The pitch-black hull of the Pioneer disappeared from the solar system, returning to its home.
However, this spatial transfer.
Resulted in aftereffects that caused at least two-thirds of the crew to faint on the spot.
The Varo Commander was among them.
The ship itself also suffered multiple malfunctions, with half of its thrusters entering a halted state.
Thankfully, the pre-set programs were still operational.
After confirming its return to the Varo Star System.
Upon entering a safe distance.
The Pioneer launched two Annihilation Bombs.
As the missiles detonated successfully.
A dazzling sphere of light appeared in the starry sky of the Varo Star System.
After the sphere rapidly dissipated, what emerged was a scene resembling a miniature black hole.
Of course, this was not an actual black hole but a spectacle of chaotic space, where a mass of temporal-spatial turbulent flows collided with each other.
...
The Varo Commander was awakened by an emergency call.
Rubbing its head and waking up, it found itself in the medical bay.
Quickly getting up, it immediately saw its deputy handing over the control device.
After a slight nod, the Varo Commander quickly learned what had happened while it had been asleep.
Relieved to see its biggest concern hadn’t materialized, the Varo Commander breathed a sigh of relief.
Fifteen Varo Times had passed since the Pioneer’s return.
During this time, the Varo Civilization’s upper echelons had received their messages and dispatched an emergency rescue fleet.
It was estimated they would rendezvous in three days.
"The great scientist... is dead?"
The Varo Commander suddenly noticed an urgent reminder.
"Yes, unfortunately, the doctors had fainted at the time as well, and no one could administer emergency aid,"
the deputy confirmed somewhat awkwardly.
The hastily performed space jump had occurred not long after the previous one.
The severity of the jump’s side effects had doubled.
Those with underlying conditions, the elderly, and those with poor physical fitness were particularly prone to problems.
Unfortunately, these researchers had both of these characteristics.
The Varo Commander sighed, knowing its career was definitely over.
Recalling the recent great battle, the Varo Commander suddenly felt that if it was over, then let it be over.
Its mood brightened up at once.
Meanwhile, on the Mother Star of the Varo Civilization, the Varo Star.
The upper echelons of the Varo Civilization were engaged in a vigorous confrontation.
They had all reviewed the combat report from the Pioneer.
And had dispatched a team of experts for a detailed analysis.
Then... the results of the analysis naturally polarized.
Some experts believed that the enemy was ostensibly strong but actually weak, suggesting that the miraculous energy weapons and attack patterns were likely the creations of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
The Varo Civilization had such creations as well.
It was well aware that once these items were used up, they were truly gone.
This could also explain why the offensive of the adversary civilization suddenly weakened in the latter stages.
Considering that the other civilization had only recently ventured out from their Mother Star.
This group of experts believed that the enemy had already shown all their capabilities and that if the Varo Civilization dispatched a grand army without regard for losses.
Victory and glory would surely belong to the Varo Civilization!
The other faction, the cautious one, firmly opposed using stockpiles to repair the spatial node and sending fleets to continue the invasion. Instead, they advocated preparing defense and production plans on the assumption that the enemy would invade.
By the time the Varo Civilization was sufficiently prepared for war, regardless of whether the enemy invaded or if they were indeed a paper tiger.
The Varo Civilization would undoubtedly stand on invincible ground.
Both factions had valid points, and both were acting in the Varo Civilization’s best interests.
However, at this moment.
All the Varo people were blissfully unaware.
That the Su Ping’s avatar, which had been lurking on the Varo Civilization’s Pioneer.
Had already opened its eyes and stretched leisurely.