Xia Chujian had no choice but to believe it now.
She really did bring four warplanes from Kanli Star to Cangge Star.
What would have normally taken eleven days only took her... twelve hours, or half a day.
Xia Chujian's lips twitched as she began preparations.
First, she had to remove the Mechanical Intelligence of the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha.
This was something even her roommates couldn't know.
Then, she switched the color of the Shao Siming Mecha from fiery red to Black Silver, removed the Phoenix-shaped exterior of the mecha, especially those two flamboyant mechanical wings, and pulled down the helmet to use as a neck brace, while also putting on the warplane's own helmet.
Next, she retracted the Optical Fiber Data Cables connecting the four warplanes, disconnected the wired connection to the four warplanes, and activated the wireless connection.
Finally, she connected to the other party's communication channel and woke up her three roommates.
...
For Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi, they really just felt like they had taken a nap, but it was a bit long, nearly ten hours.
Mao Yonggui rubbed her eyes first, sat up straight, and said, "Chujian, I'm awake, you get some sleep. Sorry, I slept for too long."
If the four of them took shifts, each person only needed to be on duty for six hours a day.
Chu Qingjuan also woke up, looked at the time, and smiled wryly, saying, "Chujian, I'm sorry, I fell asleep too. And I slept for so long, I won't do it again!"
Sang Yadi said directly, "Chu... Chujian, I'm sorry."
This was also an apology for falling asleep.
Xia Chujian waved her hand and said with a smile, "No need to apologize, everyone. You might not believe it, but we've already reached Cangge Star's airspace."
Mao Yonggui: "..."
Chu Qingjuan: "..."
Sang Yadi: "..."
After a brief silence, they said in unison, "That's impossible!"
Mao Yonggui rushed to add, "Chujian, have you been lacking sleep for too long and started hallucinating?"
Chu Qingjuan continued, "Yeah, Chujian, are you too tired? I know that if you don't get enough sleep in space, you can really hallucinate. I had it once, I thought someone was knocking on the hatch, and I almost went to open it and jump out..."
Sang Yadi typed a message in their private group chat: "Even if you don't lack sleep, you can still hallucinate in space."
The three of them unanimously believed that Xia Chujian was talking nonsense.
Xia Chujian propped up her chin, her lips twitching, and said, "I wish it was a hallucination too, but listen..."
Soon, the Cangge Star Interstellar Terminal began broadcasting again.
"Attention, warplanes ahead, attention, warplanes ahead, you have reached Cangge Star's airspace, please cease flying, report your Interstellar Fleet designation, and await verification."
Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi were stunned for a moment, then frantically connected with the Cangge Star Interstellar Terminal.
"Cangge Star Interstellar Terminal, this is Mao Yonggui, Thunder-class Fighter pilot from the Kanli Star Galuo City Flight Training Base. We are carrying out Starry Sky Fighter flight training under the command of the Flight Training Base, and have just flown through the Asteroid Belt to reach your airspace. Please verify our warplane frequency."
Then Chu Qingjuan and Sang Yadi gave the same reply.
Only Xia Chujian remained silent.
The staff at the Cangge Star Interstellar Terminal were very surprised to receive the information.
The leader of the flight port team at the terminal responsible for docking said, "That's impossible! We only just received the report from the Kanli Star Galuo City Flight Training Base. They sent the docking request twelve hours ago, and we're still processing it. They estimated that it would take at least nine to ten days to reach us. When did you leave the Flying Base over there?"
Mao Yonggui looked at the time on the warplane again.
It had only been twelve hours since they left the Flight Training Base in Kanli Star Galuo City.
So, what Xia Chujian said, that they had already arrived at the Cangge Star Interstellar Terminal, was true.
Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi finally came to their senses.
But when they came to their senses, they were even more shocked, so shocked that they couldn't speak.
How was this possible! That Asteroid Belt was the largest Asteroid Belt in the entire Beichen Galaxy.
Although the name includes the word "small," it doesn't refer to a short distance, but rather to the vast expanse of space filled with billions of incompletely formed small asteroids.
The Asteroid Belt between Kanli Star and Cangge Star has a shortest distance of 21 million kilometers.
With the controllable nuclear fusion engine running at its highest efficiency, a warplane can reach a speed of 1,500 kilometers per minute, allowing it to traverse the entire Asteroid Belt in ten days.
Of course, most warplanes can't reach that peak efficiency, so the estimated time is usually eleven days.
Even a slight increase over 1,500 kilometers per minute would reduce the time to less than eleven days.
But no matter how fast they go, everyone hovers between 1,500 and 1,600 kilometers, with the fastest reaching only 1,700 kilometers per minute. No one has ever reached 1,800 kilometers per minute.
But if it's true that they reached their destination in twelve hours, then their speed is...
Sang Yadi quickly calculated it and sent the information to their private group channel.
[Sang Yadi]: If it's true, then our speed is 30,000 kilometers per minute.
[Sang Yadi]: We all know that our warplanes can't reach that kind of speed. Forget 30,000 kilometers per minute, even at 3,000 kilometers per minute, our warplanes would disintegrate.
She, Mao Yonggui, and Chu Qingjuan asked Xia Chujian, "Chujian, what exactly is going on?"
Xia Chujian thought, if she knew what was going on, she could definitely come up with a convincing explanation.
The problem is, she doesn't know what's going on herself, so how can she make something up? So the best approach is to plead ignorance.
She coughed and said truthfully, "I don't know what's going on, do you believe me?"
Mao Yonggui said, "Of course I believe you, but..."
Before she could finish her "but," Xia Chujian continued, "I've been watching the time, and it's only been twelve hours. I was even thinking of waking you up to take turns sleeping! But then I heard the warplane's Mechanical Intelligence announce that we've already reached Cangge Star's airspace!"
Mao Yonggui said in surprise, "So you didn't sleep, but you don't know how the warplane flew so fast?"
"If I knew, I'd already be gloating," Xia Chujian said without hesitation. "I'm still confused. Could we still be dreaming? Am I sleep-deprived?"
Chu Qingjuan shook her head. "You're not dreaming, and neither are we. But this twelve-hour thing is really perplexing!"
Xia Chujian suddenly remembered the surveillance in her warplane and planned to check it later.
She wanted to know what had happened here after she left the warplane.
So she said, "Let's all check the surveillance on our warplanes. If they don't believe us, we have to show them something to convince them."
Her three roommates agreed and began checking the surveillance in their warplanes.
After Xia Chujian disconnected from her roommates, she opened the surveillance video in her own warplane.
As a result, she found that all the surveillance footage on the warplane was empty. After suffering that severe Magnetic Field Storm interference, all that was left was static...
Whether it was when she first entered the warplane, or during the last three hours when she went to that miniature planet, pretending to be a Mechanical Intelligence from the future to save Meng Guanghui and his group, nothing was recorded. It was just static.
Xia Chujian breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little regret.
This meant that the video they had recorded of Jiang Yongbai firing an Ion Beam Cannon at them was also gone.
If someone connected Jiang Yongbai's matter to them, they wouldn't be able to explain themselves even with reason.
The surveillance footage that her three roommates found, which they thought would just show them sleeping, turned out to be the same as Xia Chujian's: nothing was recorded, just static caused by severe Magnetic Field Storm interference.
Moreover, the Mechanical Intelligence of everyone's warplanes determined that the electromagnetic equipment on the four warplanes was severely damaged and needed extensive replacement.
To this end, the warplane's Mechanical Intelligence temporarily repaired the radar system, barely restoring it to its factory settings, to avoid even being unable to confirm their identity as Starry Sky Fighters.
Xia Chujian was completely relieved.
She hailed the Cangge Star Interstellar Terminal and said, "I am Xia Chujian, a Ghost-Class Starry Sky Fighter pilot from the Kanli Star Galuo City Flight Training Base. We are indeed conducting flight training, and we departed from the Kanli Star Galuo City Interstellar Terminal twelve hours ago. You can verify this with the Flight Training Base immediately."
The people at the Interstellar Terminal scanned their four warplanes and found that they did indeed have the warplane frequency reported by the Kanli Star Galuo City Flight Training Base.
But the other party had sent the warplane radar frequency report twelve hours ago. How could they believe that these four warplanes had crossed the 21 million-kilometer-long Asteroid Belt in just twelve hours! Even if they wanted to achieve that speed, their warplanes couldn't withstand it! The staff at the Cangge Star Interstellar Terminal couldn't believe this fact at all, and they certainly didn't dare to let them in just like that.
What if these weren't training warplanes from the Kanli Star Flying Base, but warplanes disguised by some enemy country? It wasn't impossible...
They immediately reported the matter.
First, it was reported to the supervisors at the Terminal.
These supervisors also couldn't believe it was true, and immediately ordered them to contact the Kanli Star Flying Base while continuing to report to the higher-ups on the Cangge Star side.
The capital of Cangge Star, Changliu County, was located directly beneath the Interstellar Terminal.
At the same time, Cangge Star was also the Quan Family's fiefdom, so the news was also reported to the Quan Family's main residence.
The Governor's Office of Cangge Star, upon receiving the news, immediately contacted the Quan Family.
This was not only because the head of the Quan Family resided here, but also because the Qilin Child of the Quan Family's main branch, Quan Yuxun, had returned from Beichen Star and was vacationing here.
These were all spokespersons for the Quan Family. Quan Yuxun was also the Chief Legal Counsel of the Senate, and concurrently served as a legal advisor to the Governor's Office of Cangge Star. Therefore, any security issues concerning Cangge Star had to be reported to them.
Unfortunately, it was already past midnight. Quan Yuxun had been playing chess with his grandfather all night and had gone to bed early.
Only Quan Caiwei had been dispatched by the family to the Interstellar Terminal to receive Zong Ruoan, who had just disembarked from his private Interstellar Spaceship.
The Quan Family's staff on duty dared not delay and reported the matter level by level, until it finally reached Quan Caiwei.
The second update is here. There will be a new update at 12:05 tonight.
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