Gaixi and Huo Yier departed Arasi zr Zr22 with a portion of the warships.
This was both a retreat and an effort to protect the safety of the departing citizens and officials.
The fleet had only 300,000 warships.
However, that was enough.
The enemy's primary target was Arasi zr Zr22, and it was unlikely they would spend time pursuing them.
On the warship, Gaixi sighed as she watched Wolf Pavilion grow increasingly distant.
"Gao Yuxing was once a legend."
"He was already very famous when I was very young."
"Of course, not throughout the entire Federation, but only in our Stellar System."
Her voice was filled with melancholy.
Then, with a hint of infatuation, she said, "He really looks exactly like he did when he was young."
"If only I could sleep with the legend from my childhood."
Huo Yier couldn't help but retort to her.
"Forget it, you're not of the same race."
People only truly reveal their true selves after they've become familiar with each other.
Some people who appear cold in public, who knows if they are passionate and proactive behind the scenes.
Gaixi belonged to this type of person.
However, Huo Yier knew she actually had another side to her.
If the first, serious military officer persona was her disguise, then this current flirtatious one was also a disguise.
She was just talking; this woman wouldn't actually do what she said.
Just like her age, this layer of disguise was mostly to deceive herself, to tell herself that she was still young.
"Who knows if he has other preferences?"
"Have you tried?"
Gaixi said indifferently.
Then, she looked at the long queue of ships behind the warship, and her expression turned cold.
"What's going on?"
"Allowing the fleet to stretch out this long, are you afraid the enemy won't catch up?"
A long fleet is difficult to protect; if the enemy truly catches up, it will be every ship for itself.
"Host, notify all fleets to have the ships in the rear accelerate; do not save energy."
"If there are any stubborn ones, then abandon them directly; the fleet's length must not exceed 0.5 astronomical units."
Arasi zr Zr22 has a very large population; a Stellar System with over a dozen Star Cities, each Star City having hundreds of billions of people, totaling over 3 trillion.
A single ship can carry 5,000 to 20,000 people, depending on its size.
There were at least over 100 million ships in the rear.
0.5 astronomical units, 70 million kilometers, is actually quite compact.
Gaixi intended to abandon some ships.
After all, good words are hard to convince a doomed ghost.
After Gaixi's order was given, more than half of the ships still lagged behind.
People have herd mentality.
When many people decide to save energy and fall behind, others will imitate them, brainwashing themselves that it's fine, and even if the enemy comes, they can still escape.
The speed of the ships in the rear was even less than 150,000 kilometers per second overall.
Ships themselves are much lighter than warships, with a top speed of nearly 180,000 kilometers per second; some ships might be slower, but as long as they share some energy, their speed can definitely be increased.
And in the front, to go faster, Gaixi also increased the average speed to 170,000 kilometers per second, a 20,000 kilometers per second speed difference between front and back, causing the rear ship cluster to fall further and further behind the front.
About 4 months later.
The distance between the two sides had expanded to 1400 astronomical units.
Just as many people on the ships in the front were regretting wasting energy.
In the warship's observation, over 60 million ships in the rear completely disappeared within a single day.
Gaixi was not surprised to receive this news.
"It can be considered a contribution to us, reminding us of the enemy's distance."
1400 astronomical units of distance.
At the speed of a Flying Civilization warship, they could catch up in about 1 month.
This also considers having to chase to close range.
In fact, about 500 astronomical units would be enough, so the actual time needed should be around 18 days.
This is still the speed of Flying Civilization warships; Advancing Civilization warships are even faster.
"War will begin in half a month, enemy numbers unknown, formation distribution 127, 6211 fleet to slow down and cover the rear."
127 means 10% in the front, 20% in the middle, and 70% of the fleet pressing in the rear.
"Yes, officer!"
"Notification has been sent."
Gaixi glanced at Huo Yier, who was sitting in a corner of the command cabin.
"Those above want me to protect your safety; you are a very suitable candidate for Kofedai."
"However, I don't think you'll stay in a safe place, will you?"
Whether it was Huo Yier's proactive attack when encountering the Flying Civilization, or Huo Yier's rescue of Arasi zr Zr22 last time, Gaixi knew that this was a guy who couldn't stay still.
Huo Yier sat there, simply spacing out.
When Gaixi asked, he nodded, then shook his head.
"I really want to go."
"But I'm different."
"Some people die just to get relief and to give themselves a good enough excuse."
"As for me, I must at least truly die for a worthy cause."
"You think too highly of me; I don't need to go to my death."
Gaixi was somewhat surprised to hear this, and her impression of Huo Yier changed.
In fact, she and Huo Yier didn't chat much.
They had known each other for one or two hundred years, but most of the time their meetings were for business, not truly private conversations.
For example, if a person has worked at a company for 5 years, does he have to be very familiar with his colleagues, superiors, or even the boss?
Plus, Huo Yier wasn't a person who liked to chat.
He often spaced out alone.
Gaixi realized she truly didn't know enough about Huo Yier.
"Someone who is so strict with himself is either a saint or a weirdo."
"Then consider me a weirdo."
Huo Yier asked himself, was he weird?
Perhaps.
After all, he was a person who had reincarnated hundreds of thousands of times.
...
About 11 days later.
The rear-guard units discovered traces of the enemy; the number of warships was between 70,000 and 120,000.
Such a large discrepancy was because this fleet's offensive rhythm was very well-controlled; they suddenly appeared from the ultra-microscopic world and then launched an attack on the 6211 fleet.
The 6211 fleet, with about 2,000 warships, was annihilated in less than 10 minutes.
This speed told Gaixi about the discipline of this fleet.
"Advancing Civilization."
"Last time was a long-range battle; I didn't truly experience the strength of this Civilization."
"This time, I need to thoroughly investigate."
Gaixi ordered the rear fleet to disperse.
The enemy's fast attack style was somewhat aimed at dense warship clusters; spreading out would be better.
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