Warlords: I just made a little fortune, but I didn’t build a country.

"Notify the interstellar exploration fleet and prepare to depart," Qin Lin ordered. "We may not return once we leave, so everyone should be mentally prepared."

Qin Lin has absolute confidence in the interstellar exploration fleet. The soldiers of this interstellar exploration fleet are all Dragon Guard soldiers. The Dragon Guards are carefully selected from the Excalibur special forces. The first requirement is not combat power, but absolute obedience.

Without absolute loyalty and unwavering willpower, interstellar exploration is bound to encounter problems. As the old saying goes, a thousand-mile dam is destroyed by an ant hole. If even one member shows signs of disloyalty, the entire exploration fleet is likely to be wiped out, including Qin Lin.

Therefore, loyalty is very important and is the first priority. The second priority is calm judgment, and the third priority is combat effectiveness.

Although their combat effectiveness ranks third, the strength of each soldier in the exploration fleet is one in a million. After special training and equipped with advanced weapons and equipment, their combat effectiveness is even more amazing.

Of course, the most important thing is that technology has made weapons more and more advanced. With the strong support of the technology tree, the technological level of Blue Star has reached an immeasurable level, because the three upgrades of the technology tree have unlocked a lot of privileges.

The first is that you need relevant technology. For example, if you need to realize the technology of modular energy assault rifle, you don’t need to buy production drawings as before, start from scratch, and let the research institute develop it.

Instead, we can directly exchange out the scientific researcher who developed this technology and let him implement it directly.

Therefore, in the past, if you wanted to realize a technological product, it would take a long time to overcome difficulties from the production drawings to the start of production. For example, for an aircraft carrier, it took more than five years from the exchange of the production drawings to its realization.

But if we now directly exchange the scientific researchers who developed the aircraft carrier and the senior technicians needed to build it directly, there would be no need for time to settle down, and the time spent would be greatly reduced.

For example, the flagship space warship equipped by the interstellar exploration team, Daqin No. 1, is the core force of the fleet, with both strategic strike and regional defense capabilities.

For this type of space warship, Qin Lin spent 6 million technology points to exchange for the necessary technicians and scientific researchers, and it took him 18 years to build six "Daqin No. " space warships.

Daqin No. 1200 is 450 meters long, 820 meters wide, has a standard payload of 1050 million tons, and a fully armed payload of million tons.

Power system, the main engine is equipped with 10 "anti-matter annihilation engines", auxiliary power, 12 sets of compact nuclear fusion reactors (for shield and weapon system independent functions), propulsion efficiency, conventional cruising speed 0.15C (0.35% of the speed of light), super-jump flight speed 280C, maximum range million kilometers.

The main weapon equipment is three "Red Arrow Seventh Generation" ship-borne positron guns with a caliber of 3000 mm. A single shot consumes 350% of the reactor capacity. It can penetrate 130 meters thick alloy armor and has a killing radius of kilometers.

Secondary weapons include 30 "Thor's Hammer" electromagnetic railguns with a caliber of 600 mm, which can fire kinetic armor-piercing shells or high-explosive plasma shells with a range of 10 kilometers. They are equipped with a quantum locking system that can track high-speed enemy ships.

Close-in defense weapons include 460 "National Shield" phased laser array systems with a caliber of 180 mm and a firing rate of 200 rounds per second. They can melt 30 cm thick titanium alloy armor.

In addition to the six flagship ships, there are twelve 'Suzaku' space drone motherships.

The Suzaku space drone carrier is 900 meters long, 440 meters wide, and has an empty displacement of 680 million tons. When fully loaded with 1200 drones and ammunition and fuel, it can carry 920 million tons.

The defense of this "Suzaku" space drone mothership is very powerful. It is equipped with 260 "National Shield" phased laser array systems and a multi-layer shield system. The outer antimatter barrier can offset 10% of kinetic attacks. The middle-layer gravitational deflection field can deflect incoming missiles and cause optical path distortion to laser weapons. The inner layer of nanorobots can repair and actively repair fleet damage less than meters in diameter, and the repair speed only takes ten minutes.

The 1200 drones are divided into four types: reconnaissance, attack, support and engineering.

The reconnaissance type is the Ghost 12 quantum stealth unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, with a wingspan of 200 meters, equipped with a neutrino imager, and a carrying capacity of aircraft.

The attack aircraft is a Phoenix combat drone with a wingspan of 39 meters. Its main weapon is equipped with a variable-focus antimatter cannon, a single shot of which can destroy a 30-ton warship. It has 10 rounds of ammunition and is compatible with 50 Stardust-level micro-nuclear bombs.

The positioning of this drone is mainly for precision strikes and cluster saturation strikes, and it is equipped with 800 aircraft.

There are also support drones, which are used for aerial ammunition replenishment, medical logistics, energy replenishment of warships, etc., with 50 aircraft equipped.

The last is the engineering drone, named Mechanical Bee. Its core technology is equipped with a nanomaterial printer, which can reconstruct the battlefield, repair and build defense bases, and can transport 50-ton components. There are 150 of them.

In addition to the flagship ship, the 'Suzaku' space drone mothership, there are two other starships. The first is the main ship of this interstellar fleet, and the other is the space frigate.

The main ship of the interstellar fleet is called the "Pangu" class aerospace fortress. It is made of neutron star forged steel composite armor with a thickness of 280 meters. It took 21 years to build this aerospace fortress alone. This is why Qin Lin has not been dispatched yet, because the construction of this aerospace fortress has not been completed.

The Pangu-class aerospace fortress is 3200 meters long, 690 meters high, and 1130 meters wide. Its standard empty load is 2800 million tons, and its fully loaded load (fuel + carrier-based aircraft + ammunition) is 3900 million tons. It can accommodate 5 people.

Core energy, positive and negative material annihilation reactor, propulsion system universe curvature drive engine, 18 units installed at the bottom, 32 groups of compact nuclear fusion reactors (for shield and weapon system independent functions), propulsion efficiency, conventional cruising speed 0.25C, super jump flight speed 0.35C.

The main weapon is equipped with a 'world-destroying inter-dimensional black hole projector', which forces the space to collapse at the target location, generating a miniature black hole that lasts for 30 seconds. All materials within the range are torn apart by gravity, with a killing radius of 550 kilometers.

This is mainly due to the fact that they have been studying the small black hole on the moon, which has led to the increasing maturity of the research on black hole technology. This is why they developed this killer weapon, the "World-Destroying Inter-Dimensional Black Hole Projector."

Secondary weapons include 24 "Dusk Judgment" antimatter energy cannons. 24 giant gun barrels fire synchronously, and a single salvo consumes 1 gram of antimatter pile. The armor-piercing ability can melt 300 meters thick alloy armor and the range is 18 kilometers.

Area defense weapon, particle beam defense network, equipped with 360 units, with a firing rate of 2000 rounds per second, capable of intercepting missiles, meteorites and beam weapons, with an effective range of 3 kilometers.

In addition, there is a cluster of 512 "Thor's Wrath" electromagnetic railguns that fire "antimatter" armor-piercing shells that can penetrate 200 meters thick alloy armor and have a range of 10 kilometers.

This Thor's Wrath also supports saturation barrage mode, which can fire 30 shells within 2 seconds to form a metal storm and launch an all-round attack on enemy ships.

Finally, there is the Honeycomb Drone Corps, which is equipped with 8000 drones of various types, mainly reconnaissance drones and attack drones.

In addition to weapons, there is also defense. The defensive energy shield system is a trinity composite position. The outer gravitational deflection folding shield deflects 90% of kinetic weapons.

The middle layer, the antimatter barrier, offsets energy attacks and converts them into energy shields with a conversion rate of 70%.

The inner layer, a nano-reconstruction membrane, can automatically repair a diameter of less than 50 meters and complete regeneration within 30 minutes. The shield strength can withstand 105 world-destroying main cannon-level attacks and is immune to conventional weapons.

The armor layer, the surface quantum foam armor, increases the error of the enemy weapon aiming system by 100 times; the middle liquid metal buffer layer increases the equivalent defense against kinetic weapons by 400 times; the core area, black hole alloy, is 50 meters thick and is theoretically immune to direct hits from all known weapons.

In addition, this aerospace fortress is divided into 128 independent energy modules, and damage to a single one will not affect the overall operation.

The most important thing is intelligence. This aerospace fortress is equipped with a "central intelligent system" that can command the entire fleet at the same time, including every artillery piece and every drone.

It can also perform tactical deductions, simulate 1000 battlefield scenarios, and predict enemy actions 30 seconds in advance with an accuracy rate of up to %.

The control authority is in fully automatic mode, without human intervention, it can autonomously execute annihilation, defense, thorough and other instructions, and can also be manually operated.

According to data calculations, the firepower of this aerospace fortress can destroy the Blue Planet once within 30 seconds, completely destroying it.

Defense, can withstand the attack of 8 aerospace fortresses of the same level at the same time.

Intelligent, with an advanced central intelligent system, it can solve more than 99% of the troubles Qin Lin encounters.

It's self-sufficient, carries a three-year antimatter reserve, and can operate indefinitely with drones. This is the power of this aerospace fortress, which took over 3 years to build and cost 20 billion technology points.

Finally, there are 360 frigates equipped. The frigates are 180 meters long, 380 meters wide, and have a full load of million tons. They are mainly divided into four types: assault, defense, electronic warfare, and support.

There are 12 assault-type ships, and their core weapons are 24 particle beam cannons with a range of 2 kilometers, a killing radius of 3800 meters, and the ability to penetrate 50 meters of alloy armor.

The defensive type is equipped with 6 ships, 24 core electromagnetic railguns, and interception lasers.

There are three electronic warfare ships, whose core technology is a full-frequency jamming array that can paralyze enemy radars and quantum signals within 3 kilometers.

There are 3 support-type ships, and the core weapons are equipped with 500 small and medium-sized drones, equipped with nanoviruses and micro nuclear warheads.

This is all the configuration of the Star Fleet. There was originally a supply ship, but because there were only 80,000 people and the rest were unmanned systems, the supply ship was eliminated and the supplies were placed inside the aerospace fortress and major ships, which also provided additional insurance.

"Set off."

In the vast, silent and deep universe, an interstellar fleet is quietly arranged, like ancient warships about to go on an expedition, but with a technological brilliance far beyond imagination.

At the forefront of the fleet is an extremely large aerospace fortress. It is like a giant steel city floating in the universe. Various weapon systems and detection devices are arranged in an orderly manner on the heavy hull, shining with a cold metallic luster.

All around, space battleships followed closely. They had different shapes, but all exuded a deterrent force that could not be underestimated.

"Reporting to Commander Qin, all systems have been checked, the energy shield is fully charged, the hyperspace engine is preheating normally, and everything is ready!"

The adjutant's voice broke the silence of the command center. Qin Lin took a deep breath and gave the order: "Activate the energy shield, and the fleet will set off! Target - the small black hole ahead."

As the order was given, the entire fleet was activated instantly.

The aerospace fortress activated first, a massive energy shield slowly unfurling from its hull, like a giant transparent bubble, tightly enveloping the entire warship. A faint blue glow of energy shimmered on the shield, a culmination of technology and energy, its first line of defense against unknown dangers.

Other warships also activated their shields. For a moment, the fleet was enveloped in a blue light, as if a shining lighthouse had risen in the dark universe.

The fleet slowly accelerated, heading towards the mysterious, small black hole ahead. Like a vast, deep eye in the universe, the black hole continuously devoured surrounding light and matter, forming a vast black vortex. As the distance closed in, the black hole's powerful gravity began to take effect, and the warships began to tremble slightly, as if fearfully resisting their fate of being swallowed.

"Steady the fleet and maintain course!"

Qin Lin shouted loudly, without a trace of panic in his voice. The crew members were concentrating on operating their respective consoles, trying to maintain the stability of the warship.

The situation became even more critical when the fleet entered the gravitational range of the black hole. The surrounding space began to distort and deform, and light was pulled into strange shapes, as if the laws of the universe had lost their effect here.

However, the fleet's energy shield played a crucial role. The aerospace fortress's shield was under tremendous pressure, and the blue light flickered violently under the powerful gravitational force, as if it would shatter at any moment.

But the energy matrix within the shield continuously outputted energy, striving to maintain the shield's stability. The other warships closely followed the aerospace fortress, relying on its gravitational shield and energy field to advance through the black hole's gravitational vortex.

Inside the black hole, the concepts of time and space became blurred. The fleet seemed to have entered an endless tunnel, surrounded by distorted light and constantly flickering energy turbulence.

Suddenly, a powerful gravitational wave struck, like a surging ocean wave, pounding the fleet. Several smaller warships shook violently under the impact of the gravitational wave, and the energy readings of their shields dropped sharply.

"Activate the emergency energy amplifier!" Qin Lin gave the order decisively.

Instantly, the battleship's emergency energy system was activated, injecting additional energy into the shield, allowing it to stabilize again. After a long and difficult voyage, the fleet finally felt the pull of gravity weaken, and the distorted space around them gradually returned to normal.

When the fleet rushed out from the other end of the black hole, the scene before them stunned everyone. A whole new area of the universe appeared before them.

"We made it!"

Cheers erupted in the command center, and Qin Lin showed a gratified smile on his face. He knew that this adventure through the black hole was not only a test of the fleet's strength, but also an important milestone in mankind's journey of exploring the universe.

[Central Intelligence System: Found a planet where humans can survive, 45 kilometers away.]