The spacecraft was swiftly approaching the area. In this serene environment, the massive object appeared to be an irregular formation of ice crystals and meteorites clumped together. If one didn't know any better, they would mistake it for a common meteor in the starry sky.
However, Jia Yan heard Daphne's words and knew that it was their target.
In this place, many celestial substances of varying sizes floated around. It seemed difficult for the spacecraft to approach from a distance.
If the other side was a civilization base similar to Daphne's, they should have detected them. But after so much time had passed, there was still no response!
"We haven't approached their defense zone yet. They don't want to waste energy, but it will be different soon! Mr. Mosquito, if the spacecraft gets blown up later, don't panic. Your body can survive in vacuum for a while. But let's hope that doesn't happen."
Daphne looked solemnly at the scenery ahead. At this moment, she seemed to be gathering her strength, knowing that this was a battle of life and death for her, too.
"I will make it to the Empire!" She clenched her fist under Jia Yan's curious gaze.
This woman seemed to have an extraordinary conviction to reach her ideal empire.
The spacecraft seemed to have slowed down immensely. The area in front, the region of the planetary ring, appeared to be a place composed of small celestial substances with a width of over thirty kilometers. Countless ice crystals and meteorites floated around Neptune.
In the background was the azure Neptune, with massive storm flares visible, devouring everything around rapidly even in such high space. Neptune's storms were the most powerful among the gas giants in the entire solar system. Its maximum wind speed could exceed two thousand kilometers per hour, surpassing the speed of sound!
The cause of the storms on the planet was actually due to the enormous temperature difference within it. Neptune, at such a remote distance from the sun, was not supposed to have such high temperatures. After all, it couldn't receive energy from the distant sun.
However, it defied human understanding. It possessed extremely high temperatures. Humans knew that within Neptune's liquid surface, there were 'diamonds' formed due to condensation from the high temperature. These diamonds could fill the entire surface of Neptune and were larger and more valuable than the diamonds produced on Earth.
These substances were quite common; similar situations existed in other gas giants as well.
The Ostos might have been interested in these substances on Neptune. But when they realized they weren't the materials they needed, they quickly shifted their exploration base. It became the signal base represented by Earth.
Perhaps their exploration of the major planets in the solar system didn't yield anything meaningful, so they abandoned this star system and flew into the vast universe, not knowing where they were now!
Nowadays, Earth had discovered the highly prized substance called 'Stellar Essence'.
As long as this signal base transmitted a signal, the exploration spacecraft that had been away for three hundred years would return and collect the Stellar Essence from Earth. Moreover, for them, if they could collect the Stellar Essence, they could receive accolades from the Ostos civilization. Perhaps they wouldn't have to continue with these arduous tasks in the future and could retire in peace in their civilization.
But Daphne couldn't give them that chance!
Her condition was the same. As long as she could make her civilization's exploration spacecraft receive the signal, she might be able to obtain the coveted status of the Empire and live the life of a normal imperial citizen.
Hearing Daphne's words, Jia Yan knew that the spacecraft beneath his feet might be blown up, which was like a bolt from the blue. He thought Daphne had come over such vast distances only with some certainty to attack this base.
But who would have thought that she actually came here with a sense of luck.
Jia Yan couldn't understand the feeling of loneliness this woman had endured for three hundred years. She was desperate to reach the so-called empire, almost as if she had gone mad.
"Alright... Later. I will try my best, in battle," Jia Yan's voice sounded at this moment.
Besides accepting the reality, he had no other choice. After all, at this moment, his life was in the hands of the other party. What else could he say!
"Mr. Mosquito, I know you're uncomfortable, but if things go smoothly, I also have a great reward for you! Some things that are extremely useful for your evolved beasts!" Daphne suddenly turned around and said sincerely to Jia Yan.
Looking at the determination in the woman's eyes, as if she was determined to complete the mission even if it meant death, Jia Yan felt a bit overwhelmed.
"Okay!" He had no choice but to agree, albeit in a subdued tone.
If he weren't in space, he wouldn't have said such words. After all, he was being coerced into doing all this. If given the chance, he wouldn't mind tricking this woman, or even killing her, without any hesitation!
But Jia Yan's thoughts wouldn't be revealed at this moment.
As the spacecraft continued to approach, just when the distance between the two sides was about to be within five kilometers...
Buzzing...
Jia Yan heard a strange buzzing sound suddenly coming from the spacecraft he was in.
Then, he saw a gap appear at the front of the spacecraft. This gap appeared exactly below the video screen, so he could clearly see that within the gap, there were metal mechanical creatures similar in size to metallic monsters!
These mechanical creatures appeared in the gap, their size similar to those metallic monsters, but their designs were completely different! It could be seen that the specifications of these metal machines were much more refined compared to those so-called 'mining robots', which were the metallic monsters.
These seemed like armored strange insects. Jia Yan noticed that the civilization of this so-called empire, in its manufacturing of machinery, had some similarities with the Ostos civilization over there. Perhaps it was due to previous conflicts, or maybe the two civilizations were inherently related.
As these thirty-something insect-like machines appeared in the gap, flames immediately spewed from their tails, silently flying forward in the vacuum.
A total of more than thirty monsters, arranged in a queue, charged towards the massive meteorite-like object over there!
The moment these thirty-something monsters moved, the massive object over there, also responded!
With its huge body of over two hundred meters, in this vast space of the universe, it seemed like a behemoth. A large hole appeared in its middle, and in that instant, a group of metallic machines very similar to the metallic monsters on Earth's surface emerged from it!
The appearance of these metallic monsters was very similar to those on the Earth's surface, but the metallic material covering their surface seemed so different!
They had a very pleasing streamline sense, and these metals, needless to say, were extremely strong in defense.
Moreover, they seemed to have more weapons, spewing flames from behind, and their speed wasn't slow at all!
Their number was even greater, reaching a hundred!
And as Jia Yan looked in astonishment at the two sides' 'launches'!
On the opposite side, behind that two-hundred-meter giant base, a flash of light appeared!
Under Jia Yan's gaze, a humanoid metal object appeared before him!
Jia Yan was stunned.
This object was about five meters tall, with a streamlined body similar in size to Jia Yan's current size, but its entire body was made of metal, and its biggest feature was that it was incredibly similar to the mechas in science fiction anime on Earth!
Could this be the real humanoid mecha of the aliens? But why did the aliens choose this design? This so-called Ostos civilization looked so much like humans!?
"Be careful, this is the humanoid mecha of the Ostos civilization. It's very powerful. Later, I will let my mimetic combat robots entangle these things. We'll take the opportunity to attack their base!" Jia Yan wanted to say, with such an obvious difference in combat power, and with the other side having that seemingly powerful mecha-like thing, could they win?