Chapter 1228: Catch the Prey

Sagittarius spiral arm, dark cosmic night sky.

The human fleet is rushing for thousands of light years, gradually approaching the Talindar fleet.

On the optical detector of the Shenzhou, a Palesian fleet gradually emerged.

"Caught it! It's in the front, I saw it!" Ye Zheyu was the first to spot the Tarin Dahl fleet from the naked eye level.

Fang Yuan heard Ye Zheyu's report, and looked up at the screen projected by the detector.

In the picture, there is an endless cosmic background.

In the extreme distance, there are several very tiny points of light moving.

These light spots are very small, and it is difficult for ordinary people to notice them.

"Zoom in." Fang Yuan ordered.

The picture on the screen began to zoom in, bringing those light spots closer.

As the picture zoomed in, those tiny light spots gradually became bigger and clearer, and finally they could be identified as the light of the spacecraft engine.

When the battleship is flying in curvature, it cannot completely shut down the propulsion engine, and it will run at low power, so the engine light emitted is not very large.

After the picture is zoomed in, it is clear that it is the light of the battleship, which is basically equivalent to catching the prey.

"Youwei, activate the photon transition and stop them." Fang Yuan gave an order after seeing the engine light clearly.

The human fleet shot out a bright band of light and accelerated to catch up.

As it got closer, the picture became clearer and clearer.

First see the engine light clearly, then slowly see the outline of the battleship around the engine light, and finally see the complete battleship.

"The target is confirmed, it is a battleship of the Tarin Dar Fleet." The reconnaissance team reported.

"Intercept." Fang Yuan gave the order in a steady tone.

The fleet continued to speed up, passed the Talin Dahl fleet, rammed directly from their battleships, smashed their battleships like bubbles, and continued to chase forward.

After the image of the Taryn Dahl fleet shattered like a bubble, the human fleet did not stop chasing,

Continue to accelerate forward.

"Large curvature blocker is ready." The expression on Fang Yuan's face did not change because of the shattered image of Talin Dahl's fleet, and he continued to issue interception orders.

In the human fleet, no one raised any doubts.

The reason for this is that the Taling Dahl fleet seen by the naked eye is the real Taling Dahl fleet, but the real location is different from the seen location.

Because of the curvature sailing, the curvature speed has exceeded the speed of light.

When the human fleet saw the Tallindall fleet from optical detection, in fact, the Earl Tallindall's fleet was no longer in that position, and it needed to continue to chase forward.

"The predicted distance is 3 light-seconds, 2 light-seconds, 1 light-second..." Lang Xiaonian calculated the distance from the star map and predicted the distance to the Tallindall fleet.

This distance can only be predicted from the collected information, and it is impossible to obtain an accurate position from the optical level.

However, the position prediction of the warship of advanced civilization on the curvature flight is already very accurate, and the error is within a controllable range.

"Activate the large curvature blocker!" Fang Yuan gave the order decisively.

hum!

Shenzhou emits a huge energy, which distorts the curvature of space and blocks the curvature drive of the curvature engine.

buzz buzz...

Under the action of the large curvature blocker, the curvature flight of the human fleet was greatly resisted, and the curvature speed began to decrease rapidly.

"The curvature decreases, 20 times the speed of light, 10 times the speed of light, 5 times the speed of light..." The curvature engine group notifies the fleet of the curvature speed in real time, and keeps all warships in the fleet at the same curvature speed.

As the curvature speed decreases, the curvature engine is increasingly loaded.

This process consumes a lot of energy, especially the energy reduction rate of the Shenzhou, which is almost off the charts.

Because the Shenzhou not only has to maintain the power of the curvature engine, but also maintains the operation of the large curvature blocker.

And the two are against each other, which is a huge internal friction.

However, this is necessary to capture warp-flying fleets.

The ones that can do this are at least flagship battleships.

The Shenzhou is more special. It is a star destroyer with fast speed and strong firepower. It is also equipped with a large curvature blocker. It is a very ferocious hunter in the universe. The disadvantage is that the cost performance is not flattering.

As the curvature speed of the fleet became lower and lower, the fighters on the human fleet became a little nervous.

Because before the curvature speed drops to the critical point, it is difficult to observe the fleet of Earl Tallindall with the naked eye.

Therefore, no one knows whether the arrest was successful or not.

This process is a bit like a blind man guessing the location of the prey and then catching it.

Of course, it is said to be blind, but the target's position is also calculated and deduced through rigorous calculations.

It's just that we can't be sure until the answer is revealed.

"3 times the speed of light in curvature..." The curvature engine group announced the speed again.

"I caught it! I saw it!" At this moment, Ye Zheyu suddenly shouted.

Fang Yuan looked up, and sure enough, he saw Palesi's warship appearing 70,000 kilometers away from the Shenzhou.

This time it was a battleship visible to the naked eye. As the curvature speed became lower and lower, the outline of the battleship became clearer and clearer.

The current Shenzhou has opened the large curvature blocker, forming a curvature blocking field.

The curvature blocking field covers a distance of 100,000 kilometers, just covering the front battleship in the curvature blocking field.

With the blockade of the large curvature blocker, the curvature speed of the spacecraft within the range continued to decrease, and finally dropped below the speed of light, and stopped operating.

The battleship moves forward with propulsion engines.

On the screen, every detail of the target warship can be clearly seen.

At this moment.

Fang Yuan frowned, feeling something was wrong.

"Why is there only one battleship? Is our network leaking?" Eve said directly, with a puzzled tone.

Something is really wrong.

The captured battleship in front was indeed only one, not a fleet.

Fang Yuan looked at Ye Zheyu and asked, "What you saw was the engine light of a battleship?"

"No, I saw three dots. After getting closer, I saw five dots. There can't be only one." Ye Zheyu was also very strange.

He was pretty sure he had seen five engine lights before.

In other words, there should be at least five warships.

Moreover, in the dark cosmic night sky, because the distance is too far, the light is too dark, and the size of the battleship is different, the size of the engine light emitted is also different.

Usually, seeing a light point is likely to capture an enemy fleet.

And if you see three light spots, or even five light spots, you can basically be 100% sure that it is a fleet.

Ye Zheyu saw three light spots at first, and after getting closer, he saw five more.

Observationally, this is the sign of a fleet.

However, now that only one ship has been caught, the situation is a bit strange.