Captain, your ship has exploded again.

Communication with Earth was only established when the spacecraft jumped to within three light-years of the solar system.

"Unidentified fleet, this is the Guixu Alliance. Please identify yourselves and submit to inspection."

Zhang Xun looked at Natal beside him with a surprised expression. He felt it was unbelievable that the wanderer who had left home had his home stolen in just two years.

Just as Zhang Xun was charging the fleet's main cannons and questioning the other side with the cannons about what kind of 'Guixu Alliance' was and how dare they set up a roadblock on this route, a cough that sounded like someone choking on water came through.

"Cough, cough, ugh, damn it, you bunch of idiots, don't you know to check the query information before blocking a warning? I almost got killed by you interns!"

Influenced by the Four Evil Gods, Zhang Xun banged on the armrest in annoyance and said, "And who are you? I'll count to three. If you don't explain yourself clearly, go talk to my main cannon. Three!"

"Captain, don't shoot! They're on our side!"

The familiar content made Zhang Xun stop pressing the launch button.

"Tsk, too late."

Clearly, the person on the other end of the communication line understood Zhang Xun's personality quite well. What was this troublemaker all about? He started by counting to three. If he had been a little slower with his knee slide, Zhang Xun might have actually fired a volley at them through the communication line.

As the fleet's charging light gradually faded, the person who had spoken wiped the cold sweat from his brow and continued.

"Major Zhang Xun, this is the Huaxia outpost. I am happy to serve you."

Upon hearing the number, Zhang Xun paused for a moment in confusion and said, "Why does this number look so familiar?"

Marcus, who was maintaining the machine, rolled his eyes and said, "Of course you feel familiar with it. If this number hasn't changed, it should be the policeman who helped us on the moon."

Wang Ge scratched his face and said, "You mean the one who lent us the tablets and we filled out the information?"

Marcus nodded. Unlike the dynamic associative memory of the human brain, Marcus's brain is better at processing precise memories, which may be related to his semi-cyborg identity.

"Yue, it seems you've been promoted! From a police officer at the lunar base to the head of the frontline base."

Zhang Xun's words made Natal, who was assisting him, roll her eyes.

Natal sometimes really wonders if Zhang Xun, when his IQ drops, has two souls, which is why he acts so annoyingly when his IQ is lacking.

It was an awkward moment. He would have preferred the promotion to go to someone else; wouldn't it have been better for him to be a policeman at the lunar base?

"You flatter me, sir. You can just call me Xiao Liang. The coalition government has prepared the assembly point. Here are the coordinates. Your information has been entered into the system. Someone will provide guidance afterward."

His full name is Liang Zhixuan. His rise from a lunar policeman to the head of a frontline base was largely due to luck, with staff shortages being a major factor.

Zhang Xun waved his hand and said, "Alright, I've got it. Xiao Liang, if you ever cause trouble in the future, you can mention my name."

Wang Ge asked with some confusion, "What's wrong? Will mentioning your name guarantee I won't die?"

Zhang Xun looked at Wang Ge meaningfully and said, "No, if he is sentenced to death, he will wait until I return to Earth and ask me before he is executed."

"Tch, as if your name can ward off evil spirits."

"Get lost. At his level, those sentenced to death are usually people who betray humanity. The fact that I've allowed him to live a few more days is already a testament to my immense influence!"

Liang Zhixuan really wanted to shout into the communication channel, "Your microphones aren't off! A perfectly good frontline base commander is suddenly being accused of being a traitor who betrayed humanity!"

There was nothing he could do but silently shut down the communication, at least to ensure that he wouldn't press any buttons due to high blood pressure. If he did, he would truly save on cremation fees.

After seeing off Zhang Xun's massive fleet with great care, Liang Zhixuan vented his anger on the unfortunate intern. This would not only calm his blood pressure but also prevent the frontline base from having to worry about who to send to clean the toilets for a while.

The assembly point was not far from the outpost. In the originally empty space, three large space fortresses floated, their nearly 100-kilometer-long silhouettes standing out conspicuously among the warships that were only ten kilometers away.

"It seems that other recruits have brought back new technology!"

Looking at the space fortress opposite him, Zhang Xun realized that it wasn't entirely based on the technology he had submitted. Clearly, the problem with the materials used to build the Death Star had led the United Nations to choose the self-construction route.

However, this method would make the space fortress's combat effectiveness very unstable in the early stages, since changing materials means changing or iterating on technology.

Zhao Wanyang, who was busy in the laboratory, opened the message sent by Zhang Xun with some impatience after being disturbed.

Three holographic images of space fortresses appeared before Zhao Wanyang.

"Tsk, Zhang Xun is really something. He wants me to analyze every new and interesting thing he sees. Tianwen, can't you just take on this stupid job?"

“Dr. Zhao Wanyang, as you know, Captain Zhang Xun is very hostile to my core underlying code. Not only does he forbid me from accessing a lot of information, but he also reduces the number of times I can train my intelligence.”

Tianwen's answer did not surprise Zhao Wanyang, because Tianwen's underlying code was iterated and upgraded by him and Tony from Jarvis's logic. Ultron was not born in the Marvel Universe, so Zhang Xun's concern that Tianwen would become Ultron was not unreasonable.

"Doctor, according to the spectrum, these space fortresses are made of three different metals, which means they are obviously trying different combat roles."

Zhao Wanyang zoomed in on the holographic image, calculating the armor angles and weapon specifications of each space fortress.

"Clearly, the United Government hasn't decided on the space fortress's role yet. Artillery type, heavy type, and vanguard type—it seems they really have the money."

The three 100-kilometer-class space fortresses, if only the material value is considered, already exceed that of the Death Star II, not counting the Starkiller cannon and the miniature stellar power reactor.

Just then, Zhang Xun's call came in.

"Zhao Wanyang, get ready. We need to transfer to a frigate and dock at the space fortress. We need your analysis of the situation inside."

"Okay, just a moment, I'll finish up what I'm doing and then go."

As she spoke, Zhao Wanyang threw a strange, shaking organic mass into the high-temperature treatment furnace.

"Damn it, how many times have I told you, your biochemical research must be conducted remotely."

"This is not a biological weapon."

Zhang Xun angrily slammed his hand on the control panel and said, "Bullshit! If it's not a biological weapon, what organic matter are you making? Tianwen, tell me what it is!"

"Captain Zhang Xun, that's a variant of the Astartes gene seed that Zhao Wanyang calibrated."

Zhao Wanyang glared at the Tianwen camera in front of her and argued, "I was just trying to iterate on them, and I accidentally gave them the ability to grow."

At this moment, Zhang Xun felt a chill run down his spine. The Astartes gene seed, to put it simply, is a gene seed made from different human cell bodies that have been contaminated in the subspace and then retrieved from usable cell bodies. Of course, some genes from the original body will be mixed in.

Zhang Xun had personally experienced the chaos of the Warhammer Warp. If what Zhao Wanyang said was true, and a complete Warhammer blank Primarch appeared in the original universe, who knows what emotions might cause a new set of four evil gods to emerge.

Zhang Xun didn't want humanity to have to deal with the issue of subspace evil gods while facing the Guiwu civilization.

"Stop your research now, Ms. Zhao Wanyang. Come with me to the frigate immediately."