CHAPTER 1511: CHAPTER 26: SETTING SAIL AMONG THE STARS (PART 2)

"At that time, many companions were as disheartened as I was. It was arguably the organization’s most perilous period, but we slowly emerged and rebuilt precious trust, which is the foundation of everything we have today."

"Unlike the ’Children of Man,’ who emphasize centralized core structures, the foundation of trust is the most crucial cornerstone for the ’Children of the Stars.’ Lies will destroy any sincere collaboration, causing us to fall from the sky."

"The federation led by Evelyn of the ’Bai Mei Vertical Harp’ hardly brought any surprises to the major interest groups. She disappointed many expectations, but we alone cannot say that. At least the last piece of our ’Children of the Stars’ puzzle for heading towards the future was placed in our hands by her."

"To her, it might have been a fleeting act, forgotten as soon as it was done. Perhaps she never anticipated today’s outcome."

"To us, however, that small goodwill transformed into the sweetest fruit, so we shall repay with candied gifts."

"Now let me provide you with the answer."

"Rescue Evelyn! Shoot down that rising Red Lotus Fire Sun! Today is the moment when the stars set sail!"

The piercing sound echoed from the star harbor cabin door, as a blue magnetic electric flash streaked by, and a spacecraft sped from the space station, transforming into a newly rising meteor heading toward the distant Star Sea.

This scene appeared in every corner, with one by one bright spots on the star map deviating from their intended paths. They continued advancing, nearing light speed, surpassing the limits, becoming dazzling stars in the universe.

These stars now drew close, opening their cabin doors at high speed, with sophisticated and white modular parts dropping into the Star Sea.

One...

Ten...

A hundred...

Many sophisticated components manipulated by invisible force fields, interlocking and fitting together, assembling continuously until the final sharp triangular flying wing emerged, with a sleek and almost dreamy fuselage. It’s a completely beyond-real Superluminal Fighter, far advanced in technology compared to the federation’s current level, with silver-white vortex blades spinning and displaying special space-time curvature, propelling the aircraft forward as if reconstructing shattered space-time.

This space-time propulsion method unknown to the current federal officials stems from the realization of ’Allen Space Twist Conjecture,’ finally granting humanity a method to superluminal travel without relying on the Sea of Aijieka and Extraordinary Power. This technological achievement also signifies that the existing super-space-time network will break free from the Sea of Aijieka’s constraints, truly achieving synchronization throughout the Star Sea, reaching a state of omnipresence.

On the white fighter jet, marked with the ’Cloud of Tracing’ insignia, they accelerated from every corner of the universe, surpassing limits and penetrating the barriers of distant space-time, reaching the frontline of the fiercest battlefield.

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In the night sky chased by golden-red meteors, the fragmented Silver Star was on the verge of shattering, with Evelyn’s spacecraft disintegrating imminently. Numerous tiny Mars particles grazed past her beside the rescue capsule, illuminating the sleeping face.

On the ground, nearly ten billion people gazed at the sky, watching the dazzling meteors with long tails chasing each other. Some silently prayed, others remained dazed and speechless, while others felt only discomfort, as this indicated internal strife among the federation’s Songstresses.

"Look!" someone suddenly shouted, redirecting all the attention back to the sky.

Several snow-white fighter jets burst out from the void whirlpool, with their trajectories neck and neck with the meteor tails. In an instant, they caught up with the golden-red meteors. The snowy wings and the meteor clashed, producing fierce sparks, gradually adhering to the crumbling ship’s outer edge.

A pale blue shield lighted up, protecting the heavy central Evelyn until she was completely enveloped.

Two jet fuselages dovetail, protecting the tiny elliptical object within, starting to accelerate again.

In the tail of the fighters, shattered space-time emerged, ripping apart the pursued golden-red meteors layer by layer, turning into dispersed fire rain.

This sudden disruption shocked not only the planet’s inhabitants but also took Prin Coco by surprise. She had never heard of the federation having such unique Superluminal Fighters with such special performance.

Even the best fighter jets couldn’t withstand the Crown of the Sun. She shifted her thoughts, and the red glow shrouded the sky. The fighters guarding Evelyn ignited with colorless flames and began crashing one by one, becoming burning fireballs.

Although she easily destroyed several, the remaining two fighters still escorted Evelyn to the depths of space, beginning to disappear at the Star Sea’s edge. Such speed made even the attacks from the Solar Crown somewhat unable to catch up unless she raised the Moon Crown controlling Space-Time Authority.

This is impossible!

Prin looked at the Silver Star about to leave this Star Domain, hardly believing it. Who on earth possessed such unique means to snatch a Songstress under everybody’s, including her, gaze?

Watching the increasingly distant silver-white starlight, Prin Coco poured out all her energy, and the Red Lotus Crown in space suddenly shot out a dazzling torrent, striking along the departing trajectory. This time, without reservation.

The torrent tore through the Star Sea, shattering the rearmost fighters, striking the tiny silhouette protected by the fighter jets.

In the blaze, silver light flashed, and suddenly, a brand-new pure white fighter jet dashed out from the whirlpool, seizing the drifting light point, swallowing it into the belly of the machine.

Moreover, in the vast Star Sea, one after another pure white fighter jets tore through the ripples of the void.

Compared to the grand fiery red Sun in the Star Domain, these fighter jets were micro entities smaller than grains, one by one emerging, with thousands of light dots densely arranged. This was just the beginning.

The ’Children of the Stars’ combat units assembled from every corner of the Milky Way, from the Northern Star Region’s distant edge, the Southern Star Region’s most conservative sector, and even the Western Star Region’s unobserved corner.

Tens of thousands, millions, reaching tens of millions of fighters constructed a grand array in the Star Sea, their lights flickering, forming the vast screen in space, a magnificent scene that all inhabitants of the Twin Trees Star Domain could see.

Sharp-edged blocks layered, forming clouds patterned configurations, with a sci-fi avant-garde style, revolving luminous in the darkness of space.

Facing this provoking declaration-like spectacle, Prin Coco regained control of the Red Lotus Crown, inducing intense solar winds across the Stellar System, washing the system with massive flows of high-energy particles.

Yet, these particles could only leave faint halos on the fighter jets’ shells, making them even more luminous and scorching.

Most of the Rose Federation’s research personnel were ’Children of the Stars,’ and as the ’Children of the Stars’ alliance, they possessed technology far beyond the federal ordinary residents’ imagination.

After absorbing energy from the solar wind, these fighters moved again. Their flight trajectories spiraled like a thousand stars, painting an elaborate canvas in the Star Sea.

’Fancifully redundant,’ Prin Coco furrowed her brow.

Under the glow of the Red Lotus, numerous fighters began to burn, one after another vanishing in space into destruction.

Yet soon, her expression changed, as an extremely familiar, yet unfamiliar sensation surged towards her.

Countless tiny ’stars’ arranged cyclically in the Star Sea, interwoven like myriad star trails, with innumerable stars linking together into a grand circle, scattering will integrated here.

They were like myriad tiny candles, illuminating this dark world. Stars, circle, light spheres, and when countless light spheres overlapped brightly, an indistinct Sun gradually flickered in this Star Sea.

It resisted the corrosion from the Red Lotus fire, the entire Sun ethereal and beautiful, for it wasn’t a solid entity but composed of countless stars shining together.

Thousands of stars like a city, gathering sand into a tower, this is the ’Children of the Stars’ most splendid masterpiece, perhaps calling it—

’Shattered Star Crown’