Chapter 899: Chapter 672: The True Shadow Base!
Mu Fan was still recalling previous memories, so he just casually asked, “What surprise?”
“The heavy responsibility of resisting the Insect Clan invasion will be handed over to them,” Black replied darkly.
Upon hearing this, Mu Fan finally reacted.
“Wait, what exactly are you planning to do?”
“Mu Fan, didn’t you once say that the Federation’s strength isn’t as weak as it appears on the surface?” Black’s voice carried a full tone of malice.
“That’s right.”
Mu Fan said confidently, especially after he had seen Shura’s memory recollections.
“Then there shouldn’t be any issues, I will vacate the Shadow Base now.” Black’s tone always made Mu Fan feel a bit odd; the agreement came too easily.
“Alright, first evade the Federation’s sight, then gather information on unclaimed planets at the Mercenary Union. Wasn’t the Star Map previously analyzed? We’ll follow the star map of the Three-color Relic to explore the mining situation of that unknown planet.” Mu Fan comforted Black with his line of thought, knowing that Black’s investment in this base far exceeded imagination.
“Hmm, let’s go back first,” Black replied noncommittally.
Mu Fan didn’t know what more he could say, so after agreeing, Shura turned into a stream of light and flew back to the Shadow Base.
The steel jungle gleamed brightly under the star’s luster.
Beneath the steel jungle was the Central Light Computer once buried by the Federation military on the planet, now rapidly calculating.
On the light screen of the underground space, countless data flowed across the screen in a fleeting shadow.
A huge three-dimensional star map was projected inside the underground space.
Two red arrows were currently moving slowly on the star map towards a location marked as [EntranceExit].
At this moment, all space engineering vehicles in the Shadow Base surged towards the base perimeter, beginning special welding operations.
Some heavy engineering vehicles, under Black’s control, emerged from hidden underground warehouses with a rumbling sound, starting a bizarre drive towards the perimeter, moving further away.
Meanwhile, a red line had appeared in the sky, Shura was about to arrive.
“Still 87 minutes of preparation time; during this period, the Shadow Base can successfully evade detection by the opposing fleet.”
When Shura quietly landed inside the Shadow Base, Black inexplicably said this sentence.
“Mu Fan, quickly come to the central control room.”
Dozens of maintenance robots simultaneously surrounded, cleaning Shura’s external armor.
At the same time, the cut-open Taigu cockpit was dragged away by robots, with the Corruptor core inside removed for disinfection and cleaning by mechanical arms.
Shura’s hatch opened, Mu Fan leaped and landed again on the solid metal floor.
Looking down at the blood on his combat uniform, then clenching his fist, feeling the power surging from his arm.
If not for Shura instantly recovering to the Emperor Body state, he would’ve been finished under those bugs’ bone blades.
Listening to the rumbling around, Mu Fan knew Black was already preparing for the Shadow Base’s withdrawal, so he directly stepped onto the floating stairs rising in front of him.
Under the flying craft that covered the sky, Mu Fan’s figure slowly disappeared.
Just as he entered the underground space, in the distance, at several hundred kilometers away, those heavy engineering vehicles suddenly raised their massive mechanical arms high and then pierced down heavily!
One, two, three…
Countless heavy engineering vehicles at this moment surrounded a huge circular area.
Moments later, from the ground pierced by those mechanical arms, came a dull sound.
…
Mu Fan walked into the central control room with a calm gaze, as his footsteps activated the surrounding lights sequentially.
A circular panoramic hall appeared before him.
The 360-degree circular light screen allowed Mu Fan to see clearly from any angle the contents above, the entire ring of the control panel was operated by no one yet constantly flashing lights.
As Mu Fan stood still, a massive three-dimensional light screen projected out, remarkably the image previously projected in the underground space, but now more detailed.
The two red arrow markers directly transformed into arrays composed of numerous small red dots.
The dark cosmic background, the unique shine of many planets Mu Fan had previously seen, the wormhole concealed behind the meteor belt, all were nearly perfectly reproduced by Black.
Mu Fan involuntarily approached the light screen, his gaze falling on those two arrays wrapped by red circles.
“Is this the Federation fleet coming?”
“Yes, the fleet closest in distance is the HZ1 fleet. After retrieving from the Blue Capital Star database, it has been discovered that this is a fleet belonging to a secret sequence of combat fleets, its shadow has appeared around many major events, more vividly put as a treasured dagger of the Military Department.”
Black’s spherical posture image displayed, continuing:
“Another fleet is codenamed Blue Dawn, during new military training, you were once invited by their Mecha Department.”
Mu Fan nodded, “I remember, how many units are in the Blue Dawn fleet?”
“2400 warships, the flagship is an eighth-grade heavy battleship Gladiolus, the lowest equipped is a sixth-grade Falling Light Destroyer.”
“Eighth-grade… on the same level as the Hidden Land warship of the Special Service Fleet back then, Blue Dawn is definitely the Federation’s ace. Now how much time do they have on arrival? What does the 87 minutes you mentioned earlier mean?” Mu Fan quietly stood in front of the light screen, gazing intently at those two groups of red fleets in motion.
“I’ve already dispatched a disguised calculation aircraft, which has tested the radar scanning range of the opponent. If the Shadow Base is to transit through the wormhole without being detected, it must arrive here within 87 minutes.”
On the three-dimensional star map, viewed from a top-down angle, the northeast side of the wormhole was obscured by a staggered distribution of twenty-six stars.
Among them, there were four gigantic planets, possessing wide-ranging ring-shaped star belts.
Beyond that, there was a deep space represented by a gray area.
And Black’s marked position happens to be the transitional area from the ring-shaped star belt to deep space.
“This is the Federation’s undeveloped region, those planets have already been proven unsuitable for human habitation, due to the impact of stellar storms, it’s very challenging to carve out safe routes and no one comes here; any of these planets could serve as temporary bases.”
But upon hearing Black’s explanation, Mu Fan furrowed his brows, walking into the star map and directly landing his finger on the wormhole’s area.
“Black, I have no objections to your plan, but I have one point of doubt in your words.”
“What doubt?”
Mu Fan raised his head, looking resolutely at Black’s spherical image.
“Does the Shadow Base have the qualification to traverse the wormhole? Or are you planning to form a fleet with a Transport Ship for traversing?”
Time paused for a moment, Mu Fan saw the electronic expression of that spherical body turn severely serious, then instantly transformed into a massive smiling face.
Black’s wild and prideful laughter rang out: “Hahaha, finally you asked it. If speaking of the surface Shadow Base, of course, it doesn’t qualify.”
“But since it is the ultimate base meticulously crafted by yours truly, how could it be so simple?”
“Those highly developed High Crystal Stone minerals, how could I simply leave them to the Federation?”
“So, Fan, open your eyes wide, look at the foundation I’ve prepared for you… and the grand gift left for the Federation.”
“Look at what is really the…”
“Shadow Base.”