The fleet drifted in the endless darkness for another week.

And Proxima Centar civilization spent another week of worry.

2146.6.21

"Zero, help me connect all the starships."

Lu Yongchang, who was sitting in the command center, took a deep breath and turned on the over-distance communication equipment in front of him.

After confirming that the communication equipment is working properly, he coughed gently and then spoke.

"Hello, fellow compatriots."

"I am the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Lu Yongchang."

...

The first fleet, a [Golden Crow] battleship.

Bai Yixuan sat in the captain's position with a serious expression, silently feeling the heavy atmosphere in the cab.

"White Team, the war is about to begin, are you afraid?"

Hong Fan's faint voice came from the side.

Bai Yixuan turned his head and looked at his teammates sitting in the deputy captain's position. Like Hong Fan, Xia Wanyi's eyes were full of anxiety.

He was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Scared, of course I'm afraid."

Hong Fan opened his mouth and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Bai Yixuan's subsequent words.

"I'm afraid I'll die on the battlefield, I'm afraid you'll die in front of me because of an accident..."

"But more than these, I'm more afraid of the demise of human civilization!"

Hong Fan didn't say anything, just listened quietly to his captain's confession.

Bai Yixuan's voice continued: "So, I will not avoid this war."

"Even if my life is only last few days, I hope that human beings will last forever."

Hong Fan's eyes were filled with excitement, he stretched out his hand and clenched his fists, and repeated in a low voice: "Humans, glory lasts forever!"

On the side, Xia Wanyi showed a slightly helpless smile on her face.

"Wanyi, where are you?" Hong Fan turned his head and looked at his teammates and asked softly.

"Me?" Xia Wanyi laughed in silence, "Guess why I was sitting on this [Golden Crow] battleship?"

"Captain, an over-distance communication from [Earth]." A report interrupted the conversation between the three.

"Connect." Bai Yixuan said in a deep voice.

"……cough!"

A cough sounded.

A trace of surprise flashed in Bai Yixuan's eyes.

He heard it, it was Professor Lu's voice.

"We are about to go to the battlefield. This is the first interstellar war for human civilization and the most important war."

"Win, human civilization can continue to survive in the universe."

"If I lose, I don't have to say the result."

"Here, I declare war on Proxima Centar civilization!"

"Everyone, the time to make achievements and glorify the ancestors is here!"

"Fleet, set sail!"

"May mankind last forever!"

Automatically cut off over-distance communication.

In the cab, the originally heavy atmosphere was swept away.

"The professor said so well." Xia Wanyi's emotion came from the side.

Bai Yixuan turned his head and threw a puzzled look at her.

Xia Wanyi didn't say anything, but just whispered to the side.

Bai Yixuan looked in the direction she pointed out.

The driver, who was originally gloomy, had a blush on his face at this moment!

He could even hear their whispers.

There are only a few big words.

Glory the family and make achievements.

Feeling the atmosphere completely different from the beginning, Bai Yixuan chuckled and turned his head to look at the holographic projection in front of him.

...

A dim light lit up at the tail of 501 starships at the same time.

Five years later, Hall thrusters are started again!

In order to prevent the discovery of traces by Proxima Centar civilization, the power of the Hall thruster was reduced to a minimum.

An expeditionary fleet consisting of 250 [Taotie], 250 [Golden Crow] and a [Earth] left the original track with weak thrust and silently sailed in the other direction.

The remaining [Taotie] ships and [Home] ships were left in place.

0.01 light-year is already a very safe distance for first-level civilization.

The expeditionary fleet's goal is to reach 1 astronomical unit (au) from Proxima Centauri.

Although there is only 1 astronomical unit (au), it is still an extremely long distance for Proxima Centauri.

Proxima Centauri b is 7 million kilometers away from Proxima Centauri. In terms of conversion, it is only 0.047 astronomical units (au).

Therefore, in a certain sense, being close to Proxima Centauri means being close to Proxima Centauri b.

...

2147.1.6

After more than half a year, the expeditionary fleet finally "touched" the target area.

[Earth] Command Center.

Lu Yongchang stood by the porthole and looked at Proxima Centauri, which was much brighter than before.

Next to the red dwarf, there was a slightly dim spot of light.

That is Proxima b, their goal.

Under the light of the main star, Proxima b emits a crystal light throughout.

It can be clearly seen through optical telescopes that, similar to the Earth, the surface of Proxima Centauri also has extremely abundant water resources.

"Alarm! Alarm!"

The sudden alarm made everyone's nerves tense!

【High-intensity electromagnetic wave signal detected】

A bright red alarm appeared on a huge holographic projection directly in front of the command center.

Lu Yongchang's face darkened and he immediately returned to his seat quickly.

He reached out and dragged the holographic projection in front of him, and separated the detected active electromagnetic wave signals from various messy electromagnetic signals.

"Zero, what does this signal mean?"

Lu Yongchang asked in a deep voice.

With the Proxima dictionary mastered, they can fully interpret the captured Proxima signal.www.bǐqυgetν.℃ǒm

Soon, Zero gave his own answer.

"Professor, there is no information contained in the signal."

“It’s more like an active detection method.”

"Similar to our active detection radar, except that there are slightly different frequency bands."

Hearing this, Lu Yongchang's face darkened: "How effective is our radar wave absorbing coating on it?"

Active detection methods have both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it can detect surrounding enemy targets in real time and deal with upcoming strikes in advance.

The disadvantage is that once it is turned on, it exposes itself to the opposite side's line of sight while releasing high-power electromagnetic waves.

Therefore, the Earth Fleet has not activated active detection methods for a long time, just to prevent it from being discovered by Proxima Centar civilization.
To be continued...