Chapter 5: Radio Wave

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The collection of supplies lasted about two days.

During this period, the construction ship sent by the Glory Queen was like a diligent worker bee, bringing all kinds of strange things into the cargo hold of the warship.

For example, the equipment left behind by the Amarians and some intact corpses.

After all, in the eyes of artificial intelligence, these corpses could also be processed and made into replaceable wet parts that could be integrated into the power grid to display their residual value.

Initially, Gu Fan had imagined that he could collect some information about the outside world from the wreckage of the foreign battleship.

Unfortunately, after careful salvage by the engineering ship, the electronic systems inside the wreckage had long been messed up by the particle impact of the light spear.

At the moment, the value of this pile of scrap metal was not even as important as a toaster in the staff dormitory.

In addition, the mining of Earth was going quite smoothly.

Due to the long cooling of the exposed core, large quantities of basic minerals can easily be collected with the deep-core collectors equipped on engineering ships.

Most of them were iron, nickel, diamond, gold, and so on. Although they did not have much value, they were indispensable structural elements for synthesizing some high-level materials.

Minerals collected by engineering ships were packed into high-density compressed ore, which was now stored in the factory’s raw materials warehouse.

This was the last gift that Mother Earth could give to Gu Fan, the son of humanity.

As for the three stellar fortresses, Gu Fan ordered them to remove their external armor as much as possible, especially the six cannons.

Although the Glory Queen he owned was a functional ship that was biased towards commanding and logistics, this did not stop Gu Fan from arming it into a violent beast with powerful firepower.

After all, there was an old saying from Earth.

The intensity of firepower determined the strength of one’s words. This was naturally applicable in the universe where danger lurked everywhere. This would not change no matter how much time passed.

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On the dark bridge, Gu Fan was staring at the silent universe in front of him. At this moment, the Glory Queen was slowly driving in the direction of the Death God Star.

“How’s the engine running?”

Hearing the question, Xue Feng, who was sitting in front of the map, quietly raised his head.

“It’s very stable. Do you need to increase the power output of the engine?”

Gu Fan did not hesitate to reject such a suggestion.

“There’s no need for that. I don’t want to break down halfway here. Besides, we’re almost there.”

In order not to put too much burden on the already damaged engine, the Glory Queen, which had already lost its ability to warp, adopted a unique way of moving under Gu Fan’s orders.

That was to use the propulsion force generated by the short-term full-power output. Then, when the force was turned off, they would rely on the inertia of the ship’s own weight to advance in a way similar to drifting water.

Although it was somewhat inefficient, to an old-timer from a thousand years ago, it was the gentlest and most reliable method.

According to the star map on the ship, there were several star ports and space stations near the target planet. It used to be a rather prosperous border area, and the contact information just now was sent from there.

If they were lucky, they could find many useful resources there. They might even be able to find living humans.

From the beginning, Glory Queen would send long quantum communication signals to the orbit of the Death God Star from time to time.

However, the result was that even when the outline of the planet of the Death God Star was visible to the naked eye, Gu Fan still did not receive a reply from the other side. The public communication channel was silent.

This caused him to have a bad premonition.

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Not long after, just as Gu Fan began to debug the channel, trying to send out a call at a higher power level.

Dang!

A dull knocking sound came from the communicator again. It sounded like it came from a busy workshop.

Perhaps it was because of the distance, but the signal this time was even stronger than before.

Almost at the same time as the signal was received, the Glory Queen’s onboard computer took the initiative to analyze its precise source.

—Information was transmitted from the Dragon Gate Forging Factory on Death Star No. 3.

However, the strange thing was that after a more detailed analysis, this information was not spread in the common quantum superposition state.

Instead, it was released freely in an ancient and primitive way, which was radio waves.

This time, Gu Fan was confused. He did not expect that there would still be people using this kind of communication method.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally made a decision.

“Xue Feng, change the navigation target. The new target is the Dragon Gate Forging Factory.”

Immediately after, Gu Fan gave an additional order to the Glory Queen.

“Raise the shields and order the entire cannon arm to be on alert.”

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The Dragon Gate Factory was located on the dark side of the planet of the Death God Star. According to the star map, the main function of this building was to be responsible for the maintenance and production of battleships.

When the Glory Queen appeared near it in the form of a pseudo-warp, just like those worthless abandoned buildings, this cold factory showed no signs of activity.

Judging from its appearance, this was a medium-sized spatial structure. It clearly could not accommodate a huge creature like the Glory Queen. The size did not match.

Just as the warship was slowly approaching the factory at docking speed, Gu Fan sent many frequency signals to it again, but he still found nothing.

However, strangely, according to the ship’s sensors, there were several active unknown signal sources in the depths of the factory.

In order to investigate more safely, Gu Fan entered the activation interface of the bottom installation cabin through the central control computer. After a short wake-up program.

A team consisting of 12 heavy-armored Iron Guards was successfully awakened. Along with the hibernation pods where they were placed, they were thrown onto the factory’s landing platform like torpedoes.

Perhaps this commotion attracted the attention of the existence in the factory.

A moment later, under Gu Fan’s gaze, the originally silent factory quickly regained its vitality.

Lights, conveyor belts, and mechanical arms…

Everything seemed to have returned to its former prosperous appearance.

At the same time, the signal from the factory was sent to the Glory Queen’s channel again.

It was a disjointed voice, as if it had just woken up from a long sleep.

“Welcome… back…”

“301, current batch of missions completed… Please proceed to the next step, instructions…”