Chapter 4, Departure
Long Feng stood at the doorway of a light transport ship, counting.
A deep and calm male voice suddenly resounded: "Major Long Huo, this is your ninety-third violation of internet regulations within the past six months, and you have illegally occupied a significant amount of military bandwidth. According to the regulations, special treatment is applied to members of Class A1, resulting in a deduction of one week's salary. Do not let this happen again."
Twenty-two members of Team A 1 entered in succession
Long Ao was taken aback, turned around, and murmured to Long Feng: "You are Long Feng? The one who is particularly A1?"
Long Feng cast a cold glance at the signals reflected through the cosmic shock waves and said in a cold voice: "Prepare the fleet for combat, disrupt all signals from that cargo ship, and block its communication with the outside world. Once we go down and locate the target, we will completely destroy the enemy."
Long Huo snorted and said, "Pangu, my salary has already been deducted for this year." The male voice, the main control computer Pangu of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, chuckled softly: "Then, starting from next year's salary, I believe you have no objections. I can provide you with the information you need. Major Long Feng, this cargo ship is directly affiliated with an agency of the Supreme Headquarters of the New Sun Empire, the specific number is unclear. This operation requires special caution; according to my probability calculations, there should be no less than one thousand armed personnel on board. I do not wish for any casualties among the members of Team A1 due to this operation."
In the presence of Major General Zhong, whose rank was significantly higher, Long Feng merely nodded slightly and asked, "What is the current situation?"
Long Feng carefully examined the telemetry data and commanded: "Deploy 200 heavy fighter jets and bombers to apply some pressure on the opponent. We will rest for four hours, and after four hours, send someone to wake us up"
A slender young man was furiously typing on a personal computer keyboard with his fingers flying, calmly stating: "There is no information; I have accessed the first layer of the New Empire's highest military headquarters system, but there are no data... This is bad." He frantically tapped a few more keys, then suddenly shrugged helplessly and cast a pained glance at Long Feng.
The three young people rushed forward with laughter, leading Long Feng and the others down the corridor, leaving Long Ao behind, gritting his teeth and cursing incessantly
The transport ship has arrived at the target area. The main control computer on board gently announced: "Attention members, the positioning signal has been received. Prepare for spatial jump, please put on your protective helmets."
March 13, 2505, 5:10 AM
A wave of blue light enveloped the transport ship, causing its silhouette to distort and vanish. Simultaneously, in the Orion star region, hundreds of light-years away, the shape of the transport ship gradually materialized next to a space signal marker emitting white light. The blue glow slowly faded, and the voice of the main control computer announced: "Space jump completed"
The three young men behind let out a long sigh and chuckled, saying: "Long Ao, you lost, 300,000, haha..."
Fully armed, Long Feng stepped out of the lounge door, while members of Team A1 emerged one after another from the nearby cabin.
Within the entire battleship, the voice of the main control computer echoed, announcing: "The combat plan is underway, everyone prepare for action. All personnel, return to your posts. Please note, this is not a drill. Repeat, this is not a drill."
All 23 personnel of Special A 1 have arrived, and beside each person is a silver metal box measuring 1 meter high, 1.5 meters long, and 30 centimeters thick. Long Feng took out a pocket watch from his pocket, glanced at it, and uttered a single word: "Go." He put the pocket watch back into his clothing pocket, picked up the metal box beside him, and strode into the transport ship
Four powerful streams of high-energy particles were ejected backward, as the transport ship headed towards that faint silver light located over ten light-seconds away, where a total of one hundred eighty warships from the 19th Heavy Space Assault Corps were docked.
The transport ship silently approached a 3,000-meter-long battleship, quietly docking with one of its interfaces. Long Feng and the others quickly picked up the metal box beside them and walked along the metal corridor.
March 12, 2505, 21:30
Long Feng said coldly: "Member of Special A 1, no helmet required." The main control computer responded with a sound: "Understood, jump will commence in ten seconds, energy charging in progress, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6..."
After Long Feng and the others left, a middle-aged colonel with a proud expression stood up from his main fire control position and asked in confusion: "Commander, who are they? A mere major, do you really need to show them such respect?"
The transport ship's escalator suddenly transformed into a mass of silvery liquid, slowly covering the hatch. A flash of blue ethereal light passed by, and the hatch had vanished, seamlessly integrating with the structure of the adjacent transport ship, leaving not a single gap to be found
March 12, 2505, 23:10
Major General Zhong nodded and ordered his lieutenant colonel aide to take Long Feng and the others to the residential area
Long Ao strode over, calling out loudly to Long Feng: "Little friend, it has been a year since we last met. Your master has missed you very much. Come, let us have an exciting reunion ceremony." With arms wide open, Long Feng stood frozen in place, looking at him coldly.
His commands were executed rigorously, one by one
Major General Zhong issued a series of commands: "Prepare to launch the high-frequency jammer, notify Major General Wen, and request his fleet to dispatch one hundred heavy fighter jets to cooperate with our air force in a comprehensive blockade of Planet No. 13. Deploy three hundred high-explosive space mines to prevent the enemy cargo ships from escaping"
March 12, 2505, 21:00
A gate gently closed, and the transport ship that had completed its mission quietly glided into the distance, making yet another jump through space before vanishing
The male voice disappeared, and Long Nu coldly said with great dissatisfaction: "We have never heard any good news from Pangu."
Long Feng suddenly revealed a charming smile, reminiscent of a glacier's frost, and softly said: "Brother Long Ao, it has been a long time since we last met, I truly miss you." She held onto Long Ao tightly.
Major General Zhong suddenly stood at attention and said loudly: "Yes."
Long Feng glanced lightly at a display screen behind the seat in front of him and said softly: "Galaxy-class large cargo ship, standard crew capacity of 300 people, capable of carrying 20 million tons of goods. Long Huo, do you have any information about this cargo ship? It seems that the New Sun Empire has no need for large-scale transportation in that vicinity recently"
After Long Feng organized the team, twenty-three young individuals directly proceeded to the lower-level aircraft cabin
The four rectangular nozzles of the transport ship suddenly expelled a stream of high-energy particles, and a blue flame tail over twenty meters long trailed a white vapor band in the air. The transport ship howled as it shot straight into the blue sky, breaking through the atmosphere of the second planet of the Centaurus constellation within ten seconds, racing towards a jump point on the outskirts of this planetary system
Major General Zhong cast a cold glance at him and said word by word: "Remember, you may not respect me, but you must respect them. They are... you do not have the military rank to know their identities."
Major General Zhong respectfully stated: "The cargo ship of the New Empire suddenly experienced an engine failure and is currently docked in space, three hundred light-seconds away from us. Additionally, three days ago, one of their compartments was struck by a small meteor and fell into the atmosphere of Planet No. 13. Major General Wen and I believe that their armed personnel are inside that compartment"
Long Feng quietly opened his eyes, swiftly opened the silver metal box beside the bed, and took out a piece of dark-colored individual combat armor, which he put on. Following that, he equipped himself with a high-energy laser emitter, miniature thermonuclear missiles, and high-energy particle cannons, among other individual combat weapons
What left Long Feng extremely astonished was that at the end of the passage, waiting for them in a small square, was Long Ao, who wore a faintly lazy and sinister smile on his face, idly fiddling with a crystal card, along with three young men dressed in black Zhongshan suits beside him.
Long Ao helplessly shrugged his shoulders and turned to the three young men behind him, saying: "I already mentioned it. After a year of hard work and effort, I finally taught him the essence of the heart's secret. Yet these kids still act as if they don't recognize each other when they meet. You all lost. Remember, each person owes 100,000 yuan, and there will be no excuses."
The lieutenant colonel was taken aback; he understood what the phrase 'military rank insufficient' implied. His expression turned serious, and he quickly returned to his post
Long Feng restored his cold demeanor and said in a chilling voice: "In any case, being able to make you lose money is always something that brings me joy. You spent a week teaching me the formula, and then wasted fifty-one weeks loafing around the base, receiving three hundred and forty-three love letters, only to disappear without a trace. Someone asked me to teach you a lesson, but I can't defeat you, so this is the only way. Having explained everything, take us to see Major General Zhong"
Long Feng coldly said: "It is to be expected. Nuwa is the main control computer of the base, having incorporated emotional virtual feelings, while Pangu is the supreme control computer, who does not need and cannot possess such programs. Long Nu, you have already violated the rules three times, but Nuwa has not recorded this in your file. If it were Pangu, you would have been sentenced to one month of confinement." Long Nu immediately fell silent, not daring to speak.
The spacecraft accelerates at nearly 200 meters per second, and apart from the members of Special A1, even the most elite special forces cannot easily withstand such a high acceleration. Yet, Long Feng and the others are conversing freely within the cabin.
Major General Zhong, who was checking the telemetry data in the spacious and grand main control room of the Chen Tang-class main battleship, quickly walked to the entrance to greet Long Feng and others