From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 659: Mud King

Long jumps are very boring, especially when Amber is the only one left on the ship, the process becomes even more boring.

The bizarre scene outside the panoramic porthole has long lost its novelty after experiencing it countless times in the game of the previous life and in this life. It can even make people feel physically nauseous if they look at it for too long.

So after waking up, Amber simply turned off the display of the panoramic window and changed it to other dynamic wallpapers.

In addition, the "Eternity" will abandon a large number of modules, which means that it is impossible to go to places where people can have fun, such as warehouses, hangars, and deployment bays. In the past boring jump processes, Amber had nothing else to deal with, so she would just stay in the hangar except for eating and sleeping.

Firstly, it allows for more communication with the maintenance team to adjust 'ATLAS' to the best condition; secondly, multiple HCPs can be connected in parallel via a local area network to conduct simulated combat training.

At this time, we usually find a few fully prepared HCPs, connect them to a dedicated local area network, and then use the ship-borne control personality to allocate some computing power, so that we can achieve 8% of the simulation effect in the Babel Tower Training Center.

But unfortunately, this last bit of fun disappeared when the hangar was abandoned and turned to ashes in the explosion of Alpha Serpens.

So Amber basically just lay quietly in the captain's seat and counted down silently - this was a certain psychic training method that Saleh taught him, which was said to be from the royal psychic training method of the "Ancient Empire" period.
"What kind of bullshit is this royal psychic training method? No wonder the ancient empire eventually perished!"

Amber suddenly sat up from the captain's seat and couldn't help but complain.

24 hours had passed since the start of training. He just lay motionless in the captain's seat and counted the seconds silently. Amber had to admit that this period of time was the time when he was the calmest but also the most focused. He entered a very mysterious state, as if he was the only one left in the world.

But the problem is that the spiritual energy deep in the brain has not changed even the slightest.

"Master, what's going on?"

Lilith's voice sounded doubtful. Although she and Amber had been bound together for a long time, she was unable to detect his psychic powers and mental reactions. However, judging from the physiological test data, everything seemed normal just now.

"After using the 'Ancient Empire' Royal Psychic Training Method that Saleh gave me, I now know how this 'Ancient Empire' perished."

Amber stood up and continued while stretching her body:
"I guess it will be counted down all day long."

"Hahaha, Master, you sound very resentful." Lilith's pixel man covered his mouth and chuckled.

Amber sighed, "It's mainly because I've been holding it in all day. I feel like I'm going to get sick. It'll take another seven days to get out of the warp. If I don't find something to do, I'm going to die."

Hearing his words, Lilith seemed to have thought of something interesting and said in an informal tone:
"Master, we have a lot of fun things here. Would you like to try them out?"

"Stop messing around, we are still in the middle of a combat operation, be serious and don't do anything unnecessary."

Before Amber could finish her words, the bridge of the Eternal suddenly opened, and an in-cabin worker bee robot slid in, placed a set of equipment next to the captain's seat, and then left without a sound.

For some unknown reason, Amber picked up the equipment, which was a set of "full infiltration equipment" taken from the officers' entertainment room near the bridge.

Brand new, unopened.

Since this voyage of the Eternal was also its maiden voyage, this officers' entertainment room had not yet been put into use.

"It seems that it is not impossible to do something like this."

Amber muttered to herself as she very honestly put the device on her head and also put the neural patch on the back of her neck.

"Let me make it clear first. I'm here to see the results of your recent work, not to play around!"

"I know, Master, please come in. I have learned a lot of new things recently and I need your guidance~"

Amber lay down again and quickly entered the 'full submerged state'. The bridge became quiet again, leaving only Ceris to faithfully monitor the super flagship.
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Five days later.

When Amber regained consciousness, he felt as if he were in another world.

He put aside all his affairs for the first time in a long time and devoted himself to relaxing in the virtual space. He and the "learned" Lilith had a lot of fun for five days and played everything there was to play.

They even created a short-term script in which Lilith played multiple roles, and then asked Amber to guide them. Compared with traditional intelligent situational interactive games, the role played by Lilith was obviously more vivid and lively.

As she adjusted herself to the sensations of her entire body and all her senses, Amber realized that she was lying flat on the fully extended captain's seat. The cabin suit she was wearing had been taken off at some point, replaced by a loose and comfortable uniform and some life-support equipment - the latter was also the guarantee for Amber to have fun in a 'full submerged state' for five consecutive days.

"Wait. Who changed my clothes?"

Amber suddenly jumped up from the captain's seat and looked around the bridge vigilantly, but the next second, Ceris's virtual image appeared in mid-air.

"Commander Amber, your changing of clothes and putting on of life support equipment were completed by the 'Worker Bee' equipped with a small mechanical arm. Please rest assured that the 'Eternity' is still in the process of jumping and there is no abnormality."

Ceris, who had already guessed Amber's question, quickly answered his question and continued:

"According to the jump navigation plan, the 'Eternity' will leave the jump in 8 hours, 12 minutes and 45 seconds."

"We're finally at the station~" Amber, who had just recovered from the false alarm, lay down again. His heart rate had indeed quickened a little.

At the same time, Lilith's pixelated figure also appeared on a virtual screen, and the delicate facial painting even showed a "satisfied" expression.

"Master, your script for Autumn Rhapsody is really great. I want to play it again next time~"

"Slow down, Lilith. Playing for five consecutive days is still too much. Although I am in 'full stealth mode', my body still can't take it."

Looking at the little man of Lilith who still maintained the appearance in the script of "Autumn Rhapsody", Amber's mind was suddenly filled with some charming images and "yellow waste", but he also knew that it was time to focus, so he quickly stood up and walked towards the direction of the bridge door.

"Lilith, focus, the break time is over, it's time to get down to business~" "Hey! Sage Time is always tough when he speaks, cough cough cough. Got it~, but Master, what are you going to do?"

Lilith quickly changed her words when Amber glared at her.

"I'm going to change some pants."

8 hours later, Amber changed into her cabin clothes and sat back in the captain's seat, looking at the world outside the panoramic porthole with full alert.

The elongated colored lights around were slowly becoming shorter, and some slight space fluctuations began to appear at the front of the ship. These were all signs that the ship was about to exit the jump.

It was at this moment that Amber suddenly realized a problem.

The time when the main fleet entered the jump was actually not much faster than that of the 'Eternity'. By the time the 'Eternity' had completed its unarmoring and successfully launched all of its 'Disaster-class' tactical nuclear bombs, it was less than an hour late in its final rush into the jump.

The time it took for both sides to jump to their destination was the same, which also meant that the main fleet and the pursuit fleet behind them had broken away from the jump less than an hour ago.

This problem is actually not a problem in the previous life's "Starry Sky OL" game. The time for players to jump can be skipped. After all, this is a game. If the players are tied to the boat and forced to watch the jump scene for more than ten days, they will be exploded.

Therefore, although the time difference of these jumps and long-distance communications in the game settings will only appear in the game background and plot, the players will not be affected.

This also caused Amber to not react to this problem until just now.

"Fuck, they shouldn't have finished fighting yet. Ceris, are our jump coordinates the same as the main fleet's?"

Ceris, who had been standing quietly by the side, nodded: "Yes, Your Excellency Commander Amber."

"Exactly?"

"Of course, exactly."

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Amber didn't know what to say about Cerise's sudden pride, but he was too lazy to say anything now. After all, the jump coordinates were exactly right, which meant that the moment the "Eternity" left the jump, it might just rush into the battle zone between the two sides.

Thinking of this, Amber immediately gave the order.

"Cerris, activate the deflection field array and vector control system. After the ship leaves the jump, the deflection field will be deployed at super power! And prepare for emergency evasive maneuvers!"

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander Amber, the order has been issued."

The moment they heard Amber's order, Ceris and Lilith understood what Amber meant, and the former, who was in charge of controlling the 'Eternity', quickly executed his order.

Since the Eternity has already abandoned most modules except for a few core modules, the energy supply is very sufficient at this moment. According to Cerise's calculations, even if the deflection field, main propulsion array and vector control unit are operated at super power, the Eternity will still have enough surplus energy output.

Ten minutes passed quickly. As the space fluctuations at the bow became more and more intense, the stretched light around it finally revealed its original appearance, which was none other than the hundreds of billions of stars in the universe.

"Countdown to leaving hyperspace, 10987"

Ceris' countdown began to sound on the bridge, and Amber also grabbed the armrest of the captain's seat. The destination after the jump was still unknown. Although he had arranged a backup plan in advance, he could not guarantee whether this identity-sensitive "backup plan" was reliable.

Not to mention that the current state of the 'Eternity' is indeed not suitable for continuing frontal combat.

"654321 exits hyperspace, jump ends."

As a violent white light flashed outside the panoramic porthole with space fluctuations, the next moment, a burning space appeared in front of Amber's eyes.

Just as he worried, a large number of warships were engaged in battle in this area of ​​the universe. The light spots composed of countless HCPs, combat boats, anti-ship missiles and plasma torpedoes, as well as the violent explosions that occurred from time to time on the battlefield, all told Amber that a fierce battle was in full swing here.

Amber recognized at a glance the navy blue-painted warships that barely formed a formation. The Federal Navy's iconic paint job proved their identity as the Second Fleet.

However, the current situation of this "pursuer" is different from what Marshal Trafalgar judged before his death. They did not quickly wipe out the remnants of the Atlas special operations fleet after catching up, but instead fell into the "joint attack" of the latter and another mysterious fleet.
The mysterious fleet, which was nearly the size of 1.5 standard fleets, had already made preparations here. After receiving the encrypted message from Amber, it launched an annihilation battle and set up an ambush.

Therefore, the Second Fleet of the Federal Navy was attacked by enemies more than twice its size the moment it emerged from the jump, and suffered heavy losses.

The full-band interference of battlefield communications was completely blocked, and the fleet was unable to send any distress signals to friendly forces, although sending a signal at this time was useless.
When the "Eternity" arrived, the Second Federation Fleet had already been defeated, but the fleet commander was still making a last-ditch effort to break out.

However, his choice of the direction to break out was obviously not so suitable, or lucky.

Under his command, the flagship of the Second Fleet, the 'Citizen', took the lead as the spearhead of the formation and led the remaining fleet to attack in the direction of the weakest encirclement. Then they saw a sudden space fluctuation in front of them and heard the warning of 'abnormal mass growth detected' issued by the shipboard control personality.

Strange ripples began to appear at the boundary of hyperspace. Those were not ordinary fluctuations, but a disorder that made the rules of time and space tremble. It was as if a pair of invisible giant hands had torn a hole in the fabric of the universe.

Then, circles of blue-white energy halos surged out from the cracks. The halos twisted and expanded like living things, with complex energy lines flashing in between, as if the ancient code from the beginning of the universe was slowly emerging.

As the energy halo continued to spread, the outline of a super flagship gradually emerged from the hyperspace. It was like a god descending from another dimension, surrounded by circles of chaotic silver-white arcs.

As the 'Eternity' completely left the hyperspace, the space around it seemed to be overwhelmed and emitted a low humming sound. Of course, this sound could not be transmitted. What was actually transmitted to the communication channel between the Atlas fleet and the mysterious support fleet was Amber's slightly panicked voice.

"The Eternal has arrived at the combat zone. Friendly ships please take precautions. Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! It's about to collide with us again!!!"

(End of this chapter)