Bernice.
She was one of Elfi's subordinates during the Io Federation era. After Elfi returned to the City of Angels to inherit the throne, she replaced Elfi as the supreme commander of the Io Federation fleet. Now, she also served in the Federation Starfleet and participated in this expedition as the deputy commander of the Angel fleet.
Her shout immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the bridge, especially Elfi.
Finally, there was a discovery. Regardless of whether it was good or bad, there was a discovery!
"What did you find?"
With a swoosh, Elfi stood up from her seat and asked anxiously with both hands on the tactical control panel.
"Commander Elfi, the communication team has received a message with unknown meaning."
"At first, because the message was meaningless, we didn't pay much attention to it. But later, we found out that the message was still being sent and showed no signs of stopping. However, the content was still meaningless, until …"
"Angela has made a bold attempt … Angela, play the content of the communication that you've corrected!"
"Roger!"
Angela was the angel girl rescued by Lin Fan's fleet from the Oxus Empire during the first contact between humans and angels. She was the sister of Commander Catherine.
Now, she was the leader of the communication team on the Alcayne.
After hearing Bernice's order, she immediately started working. After a while, a message was played in the bridge. It was an audio message.
"Bzzt … bzzt … this is … bzzt … 105th … bzzt … galaxy cluster … bzzt … bzzt …"
"This is?"
Although Elfi was excited when he heard the message, he was also very confused.
Because the entire message only said one sentence, what about the rest?
"It's like this."
Seeing Elfi's confused look, Bernice explained.
"At first, it was just a meaningless message, but Angela was very concerned about the message and tried to analyze it."
"Finally, in one of her bold attempts, she played the message we received for an entire day at tens of thousands of times the speed …"
Elfi's eyes widened in disbelief.
If he understood correctly, what Bernice meant was that this day-long audio communication was sped up tens of thousands of times before it was restored to its original state.
Based on what he just heard, it was at most three seconds. That meant it was played at twenty thousand times the speed?
God, what happened to the 105th galaxy cluster?
"Commander Elfi, I have a guess. Can I say it?"
Just as Elfi was confused, Angela spoke and immediately attracted the attention of the entire bridge.
"It doesn't matter if it's correct or not, it's a good idea. Angela, go ahead."
"Yes, Commander Elfi!"
With Elfi's encouragement, Angela no longer hesitated and immediately spoke.
"It's like this. I once read a work on time technology in the Federation. There's an explanation of time bubbles in it."
"And the current situation of the 105th galaxy cluster is very consistent with this.
"Therefore, I boldly guess that the 105th galaxy cluster is very likely trapped in a time bubble. As for whether it's natural or man-made, I don't know!"
Time bubble …
This was a professional term that Elfi had never heard of.
After all, Elfi was not a scientist. Although he often learned about the latest technology of the Federation, he did not always look at the speculations of future technology like Angela.
He called up a virtual interface from his portable terminal and entered the time bubble to search.
Sure enough … He found a lot of results about time bubbles. Among them was a paper published by Li Lizi two years ago, and the content was about time bubbles.
After quickly skimming through the content, Elfi finally understood what Angela meant by time bubbles.
Time expansion …
Time contraction …
Judging from the current situation of the 105th fleet, it was obvious that they were trapped in a time bubble. Moreover, the rule of this time bubble was not time expansion, but time contraction!
Based on the acceleration rate used to restore the communication to normal, the contraction effect in this time bubble had reached a full 30,000 times.
In other words, they had worked hard to find the 105th galaxy cluster for an entire day.
However, for the 105th galaxy cluster, less than three seconds had passed.
After understanding this, Elfi was shocked.
But the problem still remained. Even if he found the truth behind the 105th galaxy cluster's disappearance, this time bubble was not something that he could solve.
"Li Lizi?"
His gaze once again drifted to the signature on the paper in front of him. Elfi had already made a decision!
"Connect me to the Starfleet Headquarters immediately, Marshal Lin Fan!"
"Yes, Commander Elfi!"
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Myers Galaxy Group, Federation Starfleet Headquarters.
Lin Fan was in his office looking at the latest information about the Insectoids. He frowned slightly.
The Insectoids were retreating.
What the hell is Aliya trying to do?
Both sides were now facing each other across a cosmic ocean current. Both sides had deployed a large number of troops on their side of the ocean current.
After all, once the ocean current node was broken, the other side could send their troops to the various galaxy clusters behind the node.
Once that happened, it would be troublesome. Even if they could eliminate all the invading troops in the end, their own territory would have been turned upside down.
However, the Insectoids gave up and retreated at such a crucial node!
This made Lin Fan think carefully. What was Aliya's motive?
Just as Lin Fan was thinking, the Portable Terminal rang with a communication request.
With a wave of his right hand, a virtual interface appeared in front of him.
"Elfi?"
"Isn't she commanding the fleet to attack the Mercia Galaxy Group?"
"I remember the latest report said that they had already taken down all the galaxies except for the Italo Alliance's mother galaxy. They are preparing for the final battle to take down the entire galaxy cluster!"
"Based on the time, the battle should have started a day ago. It can't be that it was done in a day, right?"
As he thought about it, he picked up the call.
Soon, as the call went through, Elfi's beautiful figure was projected in front of Lin Fan.
"Elfi, why are you calling me through the emergency line? What's the matter?"
"Marshal Lin Fan, I wish to conscript Li Lizi to join my fleet in the Mercia Galaxy Group!"
Elfie was very direct, stating her purpose as soon as she opened her mouth.
When Lin Fan heard Elfi's request, his face turned serious.
It was not because he was dissatisfied with Elfi's request, but because Elfi wanted to conscript Li Lizi, one of the three strategic scientists in the Federation.
It was not hard to imagine how much trouble the Angel Fleet had encountered in the Mercia Galaxy Group.
"Tell me, what exactly happened …"