Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1624 Homecoming Like a Dream
The solar system has a very unique arrangement of celestial bodies.

Mercury, Venus, Orion, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune revolve around the Sun in that order, from closest to farthest.

Lanxing is always accompanied by its natural satellite, the Moon.

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a vast asteroid belt; and beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a belt far larger than any ordinary asteroid belt.

The two star belts act as natural barriers, hindering the local civilization's outward exploration and serving as a solid defense, making it difficult for external forces to easily penetrate the heart of the solar system.

Of course, with the space travel technology of advanced civilizations, distance is no longer an insurmountable barrier.

However, the ability to teleport is still deeply tied to core conditions such as civilization level and energy supply.

As is well known, a Type I civilization can only utilize planetary energy and has not yet reached the threshold of warp drive.

Although Type II star civilizations have greatly improved their energy utilization, most of them can only master warp drive and antimatter propulsion, and can only make rudimentary short-distance attempts at space jump technology.

Only after reaching the third-level interstellar civilization can stable space jumps be achieved using wormholes, with jump distances starting at several thousand to tens of thousands of light-years.

Even at the level four civilization level, they can still independently construct stable wormholes to travel freely within the galaxy.

For example, the octopus-men, who have already reached the peak of a level four civilization, were able to take the Noah ship and jump out of the solar system from near Lan Star, traversing tens of millions of light-years of the vast star sea, and send everyone to the vicinity of Tiandu Star.

Not to mention the supposedly Type 5 civilization that can manipulate the laws of spacetime and freely roam the universe...

In short, the highly overlapping celestial configuration gave everyone on the Noah's Ark a jolt.

A bold guess popped into everyone's mind: Could they have been accidentally teleported back to the solar system?

If it's true, then it's truly a blessing in disguise, a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune.

Noah has gone too far, separated from Lanxing by an endless sea of ​​stars. Messages can only be slowly transmitted via communication satellites, and the cargo of advanced supplies it has acquired has yet to be sent back to its homeland.

If they manage to unexpectedly return home this time, they'll put all their effort into rushing back and personally delivering the ship's worth of technology and resources back to their country.

The longing for home that had been suppressed suddenly welled up within them, and the Lanxing crew members began discussing what to do upon returning: should they rest first, or report for duty first? Had Lanxing become a completely unfamiliar place to them?

The atmosphere in the control room remained as somber as ever.

Antonio rushed back excitedly and waited for a long time, but did not receive the good news he expected.

"What do you mean we can't find any communication satellites?" He ran his hand through his messy hair in frustration. "Weren't we supposed to be between Mars and Lan? How could we not even get a communication signal at such a close distance? It's one thing to not be able to connect to the satellite network, but how come we can't even connect to Lan's network? You guys..."

"Anton!" Lin Fan stopped him in time, interrupting his increasingly heated words. "No conclusion has been reached yet, please sit down."

Everyone looked grim.

The inability to find a communication satellite points to two possibilities:
First, this is not the real solar system, so there are no communication satellites they have placed here.

The arrangement of celestial bodies, the shapes of the sun, moon, and stars are almost identical; to call it a coincidence would be too much of a coincidence.

Second, Lanxing encountered an accident; its communication satellite was destroyed.

Lin Fan immediately thought of the meteor shower-like satellites falling during Gro's attack, and his heart tightened.

Clearly, she wasn't the only one who made this connection.

Antonio jumped up again, shouting anxiously, "What are we waiting for? Let's go back and check! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

The Noah's engines roared again, accelerating to 0.5 times the speed of light, and headed straight for Blue Star.

Upon learning that Lanxing might be in danger, the entire crew was filled with a mixture of anger and anxiety. Before Cen Fangyuan could give the order, the security guards were already fully armed and stationed at each hatch, ready for action.

The other personnel on board also quickly switched to combat readiness, each performing their duties in an orderly manner.

The Noah spacecraft wasn't far from Blue Star, and about ten minutes later, that familiar blue planet was clearly projected onto the central screen. But what appeared on the screen at the same time was a sight that left everyone utterly astonished.

A layer of green light film is slowly spreading across the surface of Lanxing.

In near-Earth orbit, a massive gray warship suddenly emitted several blinding blue beams of light, heading straight for the area of ​​Blue Star that was not yet obscured by the green light membrane.

The beam of light arrived in an instant, about to pierce the atmosphere. Suddenly, a curtain of light lit up the sky above Lanxing, reflecting the fierce attack like a mirror, leaving countless holes in the warship.

Lin Fan's pupils contracted sharply, and the long-forgotten memories in his mind instantly overlapped with what was in front of him.

This is not...

"Gro?!" Old Dupp's voice suddenly split into a scream, like a shrieking chicken, as he clutched his head in disbelief. "How could it be Gro? Weren't they crippled and ran away back then?!"

Cen Fangyuan completely lost his composure and abruptly stood up: "That's not right!"

Of course it's wrong! Everyone knows it's wrong.

How many years ago was the Gross invasion? How could it be happening again now...?

But the slowly unfolding barrier, the unparalleled methods, and the progress...

“That’s a star!” Antonio saw the tiny white dot below Gros, turned to look at Lin Fan, and suddenly didn’t know what to say.

All that is before them tells everyone an undeniable truth—they did not arrive in the present solar system, but instead strayed into a spacetime rift and returned to the past when Gross invaded the planet Lan.

Just then, Groh charged up again, and three thick beams of light hurtled toward Lanxing.

"Oh no!" Lin Fan knew what was about to happen, gripping the handrail tightly and crying out, "Old Qian is going to..."

Before he could finish speaking, a darkness, deeper than the surrounding starry sky, appeared out of nowhere between Lanxing and Gro.

A black hole quietly formed, swallowing the beam of light aimed at Blue Star. Then, the black hole expanded rapidly, its powerful gravity pulling everything around it closer to Gro.

"No! Old Qian will be exhausted, we can't let him continue! We must go and support him!" Lin Fan urged urgently.

Even though they later successfully found the Chaos Pearl, Qian Lao's future remained uncertain.

Lin Fan had regretted countless times: if he had bought the Chaos Pearl from Sun Mo's shop earlier, Old Qian would not have fallen into a deep sleep and relied on living water to prolong his life.

She had also thought about it countless times in the dead of night: if only she had been powerful enough to help Mr. Qian back then, so that he wouldn't have to bear the burden alone, he wouldn't have ended up in such a desperate situation...

But now, this assumption that never existed has come true!
They have a chance to salvage the situation! They have the ability to turn things around!

With its current size, firepower, and technology, the Noah is more than capable of crushing Gro, this stray dog, eliminating this menace in one fell swoop and reversing the entire outcome!

Groh sensed the danger and tried to escape by revving the engines at full power, but the black hole's gravity clung to him like a leech, and the bow of the ship was still swallowed by darkness...

Just as the Noah was rapidly approaching and everyone was eagerly anticipating its arrival, Cui Yan coldly shouted, "Halt!"

With Cen Fangyuan's tacit approval, the operator immediately reduced the speed and stopped near the moon.

All eyes turned to Cui Yan.

"Why did you call a halt!" Lin Fan was both anxious and furious, pointing at the black hole that was constantly devouring the Grove warship. "That's consuming Elder Qian's life essence, and you know the consequences!"

“I know!” Cui Yan stood his ground, his gaze sweeping over everyone present. “But you must also understand that we are living in a past that has already been shaped. Rashly intervening in history will trigger an unpredictable chain of paradoxes.”

"Can we afford this price?"

Do you remember the second unidentified flying object from outside Lanxing back then?
Did anyone guess it? Haha, it's really too far! I've finally filled the hole I dug back then!