Chapter 1287 (1/2)

Chapter 1287: 416. Infiltrating the Hazardous Area_2

Doris pressed several buttons on the control console in front of her while speaking:

“The Star Gate will complete its preheating in 15 minutes. After preheating, we need to wait another 3 minutes to charge. We’ve arranged a Clone Fleet to escort you through the Star Gate. If there’s any deviation in the destination of the warp, the fleet will bring you back here for a re-jump. The likelihood of an incorrect destination is about 2%, which is unavoidable, as this is a Star Gate from the Angel Enterprises Alliance, not ours. I hope you can understand.”

Noland Lee nodded to show his understanding and casually sighed:

“The Undying don’t have to worry about accidentally dying due to a warp destination deviation—that’s enviable.”

“Yes, that’s right. Fortunately, the United Bureau has clone pilots, which can somewhat compare with the Undying,” Doris said with a smile.

The appearance of the Star Gate, resembling a palm, began to change.

Thin, long, luminous strips lit up on the Star Gate.

On both sides of the strips, countless dots sparkled like stars.

In less than 10 minutes, the originally dim Star Gate turned into a hand adorned with a shiny gemstone glove, emitting a dazzling pearlescent glow all over.

Noland Lee’s shuttle ship moved slowly to join a clone fleet, and together with the other ships, it stopped at the center of the palm.

Beams of strong light emanated from the center, spreading towards the fingers.

The tips of the five fingers each shot out a beam of light toward the direction of the fleet.

The five beams converged into a bright sphere, enveloping the entire fleet.

Noland Lee could only see a white expanse outside his ship, filled with turbulent and dangerous energy fluctuations.

This state lasted for nearly ten seconds before Noland Lee felt lighter, with the sensation of weightlessness intensifying as the fleet entered the Quantum Leap Channel.

The warp process this time could be described as lengthy.

Colorful spots of light streaked through the Quantum Leap Channel, the ship trembled slightly amidst the surging energy, and the needles on the control console’s dashboard swayed back and forth.

A full 10 minutes passed before the shuttle left the Quantum Leap Channel.

Looking around, Noland Lee saw through the optical observation window of his ship a bizarre starry sky set against a background of dark green.

“Bzzt—”

The holographic screen popped up, displaying the face of a United Bureau captain in 3D; it was Leighton.

To be precise, it was Captain Leighton’s clone.

“Your Excellency, the warp was successful. We have reached the frontier star system of the Angel Enterprises Alliance. The United Bureau has designated it as the Motuoli Galaxy. Our Invisible Battleship is shielding us from the radars and detectors of the Angel Enterprises Alliance. In 3 minutes, the fleet will return. Please prepare to leave Invisibility Status,” said the captain.

Noland Lee nodded slightly and stood up. He pulled the mechanical switch of the shuttle, manually opened the cabin door.

The moment he exited the ship cabin, his body rapidly transformed into a transparent phantom and completely vanished without a trace, leaving Captain Leighton with an astonished expression.

“Magic is truly astonishing… He just entered Outer Space like that.”

On the holographic screen, Leighton turned to a crew member beside him:

“Sergeant, can our detection equipment locate our guest?”

“Report, unable to detect. We have found no trace of any humans in the vicinity.”

Leighton glanced at the slowly closing shuttle door and cut off the communication.

Three minutes later, shielded by the Invisible Battleship, the fleet as a whole activated the Quantum Leap Engine and entered the Quantum Leap Channel.

Without the help of the Star Gate, they would need to spend at least 1 hour to reach the territory of the United Bureau.

The Invisible Battleship could help suppress the spatial signal anomalies caused by the warp, but the effect was somewhat limited.

The moment the Invisible Battleship entered the Quantum Leap Channel, the unbound spatial signal anomalies inevitably propagated in all directions.

Within 10 minutes after the entire fleet warped away, several visible points of light moved towards the area where the fleet had been.

As they drew nearer, the outlines of the lights became clearer—they were rightfully five gigantic humanoid creatures towering like mountains.