The Aquila has been guarding the wormhole since late June 2209, and the most important part of this is to send a modified search and rescue boat through the wormhole once a day to see if the Third Fleet has reached the other side of the wormhole.

It wasn't until mid-July that the Third Fleet and the biological warships involved in the wormhole took nearly two months to successfully pass through the wormhole.

Without bothering to check the surrounding environment, the fleet immediately launched a stormy offensive against the enemy.

Although the number of biological warships far exceeded that of the Third Fleet, without the replenishment of the bone mound, the Third Fleet quickly annihilated most of the enemy forces, and the remaining few biological warships ran away, but the Third Fleet, which won the battle, was silent and terrifying.

Qiu Yu, who was completely confused about the situation, immediately contacted the headquarters of the Heavenly Army, and the communication center received a communication from the Third Fleet, which had been missing for nearly two months, and immediately reported the news to the command center.

When Qiu Yu learned what happened, the whole person was completely dumbfounded, and after the news came out, the entire fleet almost exploded.

However, a stunned effort, it was actually two months directly, and anyone should wonder if this news was a prank, especially since the Third Fleet has a large number of foreign soldiers, knowing that April has already passed, many people can't help but ask if today is April Fool's Day.

According to the instructions of the headquarters, Qiu Yu commanded the fleet to rush into the wormhole at high speed, only a few minutes later. The Third Fleet burst out of the wormhole and returned to the familiar starry sky.

Qiu Yu thought that he could continue the return journey, but the strategic command center ordered the Third Fleet to be stationed on the spot, and from now on, all unnecessary personnel were put into a frozen state.

The so-called unnecessary personnel are all personnel except for the fleet's thumb system, regardless of whether they are mercenaries or national soldiers.

Qiu Yu couldn't understand how the headquarters could give such a strange order to freeze all the people, wouldn't these warships be empty? How else to maneuver a battleship?

But no matter what he said, the response from the command center was only four hard words: carry out the order.

Not only the Third Fleet received such an order. After more than four months of sailing, the returning First Fleet happened to fly near the wormhole. Lu Jian also received this strange order, and the First Fleet, which was still in a state of faster-than-light flight, was immediately put into mass freezing of personnel.

Within a few days, the First Fleet had arrived at the wormhole, and the freezing of personnel was only about a third of the way.

The First Fleet, which withdrew to Earth, also brought with it several empty transport ships. By order of the headquarters. Neither the First Fleet nor the Third Fleet. All the cryonics began to move inside the transport ship, with the only difference being that the mercenaries and national soldiers were housed separately.

A week later, nearly 40,000 officers and men of both fleets were frozen in the transport ships. There are only a dozen people left.

The transport, laden with frozen soldiers, flew out of the wormhole alone and returned to the solar system, leaving a dozen giant ships floating around the wormhole.

Lu Jian and Qiu Yu didn't understand the mystery, but Ye Fei knew it very well.

The reason why so many giant ships are left is purely due to the need to build a stargate!

The location of the wormhole is not close to the village or the store, and the nearest galaxy is also a few light years away, and if you want to build a ring gate with a diameter of more than ten kilometers in such a barren place, both the materials and equipment will be astronomical, and the cost of transportation alone can drag down the entire Anthropocene realm alive - after more than a month of natural dissipation, the diameter of the wormhole has shrunk by several kilometers, and now only about sixteen kilometers are left.

Previously, the Chinese side and the Russian side have reached a preliminary intention to sell the giant ship, but the construction of the stargate cannot be delayed, how can the high-level take care of the small profit from the sale of the old ship?

With these dozen or so giant ships returning to the bottom of the furnace, most of the materials for building the Star Gate are raised, and the Celestial Army has begun to replace with new warships, dismantling these giant ships will have no impact on the Celestial Army's force.

After the personnel of the First Fleet and the Third Fleet return, the vast majority of them will enter the Aquila-class or Harrier-class warships to serve, but until now, the existence of the wormhole is still one of the highest secrets of the Chinese side.

If those foreign mercenaries of the Third Fleet spread the news, there would be infinite variables, so it is really hard to say when the mercenaries will be able to thaw, maybe three or five years, maybe until the Chinese side completely controls the stargate and drags the stargate back to the solar system.

The lesson of Gliese 581 is ahead, and the military is very determined this time, and must firmly control the star gate in its own hands, and will never allow other countries and forces to get involved.

On July 16, 2208, the mechanical civilization finally arrived near the wormhole under the leadership of the Juggernaut.

The mechanical civilization immediately began dismantling the ship and smelting the materials back into the furnace, while the Juggernaut calculated the materials that the ship could provide and handed over a list of materials to the military.

The alloys and other materials obtained from dismantling the giant ship are enough to build the stargates on both sides of the wormhole, and there are not many materials missing, basically rare metals and other raw materials that are not used in high quantities.

This list of materials was highly valued by the military, and the logistics headquarters immediately mobilized enough materials from all over the country as quickly as possible, and the second Skyhawk-class battleship, the Falcon, which had just been put into service, was responsible for transporting them.

However, even the fastest Aquila-class battleship at the moment took two months to fly from the mainland of the solar system to the wormhole, and in order to get to the wormhole as soon as possible, the Falcon abandoned all the auxiliary warships and only took two power shock ships on the road.

It is not surprising that the military has mobilized a large number of rare earths and other resources, but this time the military has mobilized too many to inevitably attract the attention of other countries.

The military also knew that it was impossible to keep this batch of materials completely secret, and in order to keep the secret of the wormhole, the military did not publicize or shy away from it, and the public reason was to build a giant star, and it dealt with the whereabouts of this batch of materials indifferently - covering it vigorously and publicizing it in a high-profile manner would attract the attention of people with intentions, and it was the least likely way to arouse suspicion.

After throwing away a third of the weight. The Falcon's top speed had increased to 94 times the speed of light, but it still took 50 days on the road, which was only about 10 days less than normal.

But for the military, every minute and every second must be fought for - if you want to build a star gate, you must complete the construction work before the wormhole dissipates, but even if the wormhole appears, it will rarely be close to the planetary system, and after this village, there will be no store, and the slightest mistake will be the end of the previous efforts, and it will take more than ten days. It's a race against time!

Fortunately, the wormhole does not dissipate as quickly as expected. After all, it is a cosmic phenomenon, and from the perspective of cosmic time, wormholes can only exist for a short time, but from the perspective of human beings. There is absolutely no problem with maintaining it for a year and a half.

The mechanical civilization that arrived at the wormhole immediately went to work. The robotics technology that has just been obtained from the Chinese side has made a big difference. In a matter of days, tens of thousands of construction robots were built, and they were like industrious ants constantly processing dismantled warships, turning the steel and other materials that were returned to the furnace into pieces of parts needed for the stargate. And it's all double.

One is left here, and the other is sent to the wormhole.

In order to speed up the progress of the project, the Aquila also joined the engineering army under the command of the Juggernaut.

When it comes to destruction, everyone on the battleship is an expert, but when it comes to construction, no one can get involved, even a few engineers on the engineering ship are just as useless.

Fortunately, there is no problem with helping to transport the parts - the construction of the stargate is on the right track, Ye Fei originally wanted to command the Aquila through the wormhole and find out where the other side is located first, but the headquarters considered that the stargate would take some time to complete, and if it dissipated halfway, the Aquila would become an orphan with a home that could not return, so it strictly ordered the Aquila not to enter the stargate under any circumstances.

Fortunately, the construction efficiency of the mechanical civilization is extremely high, and according to the calculations of the Juggernaut, the stargate will be completed when the diameter of the wormhole is reduced to about 12 kilometers, and the boundary time will be convenient and can be put into use.

Ye Fei silently calculated, this time was not long after the Falcon arrived at the wormhole, and what he didn't expect was that the Juggernaut had built a star gate with a diameter of twelve kilometers from the beginning, and she had already calculated the natural collapse of the wormhole.

On September 25, 2209, the Falcon finally arrived at the wormhole after 50 days of full-speed flight, and after the materials carried were handed over to the mechanical civilization, the construction of the stargate entered the most difficult moment, and tens of thousands of construction robots with different functions and different shapes were busy working on both sides of the stargate to make the most final preparations.

On October 2, 2209, everything was ready.

The one-sided stargate is divided into twenty-four different independent segments, and the forty-eight segments on both sides of the wormhole are under the control of the master, and the fusion reactor is started at the same time, and the moment each segment begins to work, a strange state similar to resonance is generated between the equipment in the segment and the wormhole, and the edge of the wormhole instantly extends to the segment, and some of the segments that come into contact with the wormhole are even submerged in the wormhole.

Ye Fei was amazed.

If you change to other substances, whatever will enter the wormhole and fly to the other end at the first time, but the parts of these stargates can keep in contact with the wormhole but do not enter it!

The first step of closing was successfully completed, and then the stargates on both sides of the wormhole began to close synchronously, and the time difference between the two sides was no more than 0/1 second.

After all the segments were connected into a ring, the wormhole in the stargate shone brightly, and the original translucent texture completely disappeared, completely turning into an opaque white light.

Moreover, the wormhole before the formation of the stargate was the same from any direction, but after being bound by the stargate, it became a thin membrane.

Without the control of the master and the immediacy of resonant communication, such a sophisticated project would never have been possible.

However, the completion of the stargate was only the first step, and then the stargate had to be equipped with a thick layer of armor to prevent the impact of small celestial bodies, and after the armor was installed, the originally thin ring-shaped stargate gradually became thicker, from a thin squid ring to a bagel.

The necessary weapon systems should also be installed on both sides of the stargate, and in order to ensure the normal operation of the stargate, it is also necessary to prepare an independent fusion reactor for the weapon system as an energy source.

In the end, a large number of weapons and equipment removed from the giant ship dressed the stargate as fierce, and the four reflective laser main guns that can rotate around the outside of the stargate at will are full of power, and a large number of missiles are hidden inside the stargate, ready to give the enemy a fatal blow at any time!

On October 14, 2209, the Star Gate was officially completed.

More than 100 staff members brought by the Sky Harrier were stationed at Stargate. These people are all from the military, and the conditions for personnel selection are extremely strict, the first is that all people are innocent within three generations, and blood relatives and close friends within three generations do not have any international relations, which is extremely demanding.

Since the military could not draw more warships, only the Aquila and the Sky Harrier were currently guarding the satellite gate, Ye Fei won the qualification of being the first to pass through the star gate by virtue of his merits in guarding the construction of the satellite gate, and the Aquila slowly flew to the star gate with more than 100 staff members.

While the stargate is still a wormhole, the battleship must speed up in order to pass through the stargate as quickly as possible. But the completed star gate fixed the range of the wormhole at twelve kilometers. If it passes through at high speed, the ship will crash into the stargate if it is not careful, ruining all efforts.

Fortunately, the stargate itself has the ability to control the speed of the crossing, so it will not take months to reach the other end.

The Aquila bowed into the stargate. Bright, blind, white light soaked into the battleship like water. And as the battleship deepened, it slowly swallowed the battleship bit by bit.

There's a stargate. The Wormhole Active Devouring Craft feature is also negated.

When the bridge entered the wormhole, Ye Fei only saw a calm film of light appear like a rising water, and then quickly drowned all the people.

He wanted to get a good feel for what it was like in a wormhole. I didn't expect to wake up after appearing in a normal space, and when I recalled it carefully, there was only a blank in my mind.

Not only Ye Fei was curious about wormholes alone, but the dozens of physical and astronomical experts who followed the Sky Harrier to the Star Gate had already begun to study what was going on with the wormholes. However, there is still a long way to go before the results of their research project are achieved - a few years later, when the results of the research on wormholes change human life, such as the "refrigerator" made by using the time still technique, no matter what is put in, it will remain in the state it was just put in. The steaming soup and ice cream are placed next to each other, and even if they are left for ten or eight years, nothing will change.

When the Aquila arrived on the other side of the gate, it sent the staff on this side into the gate as soon as possible, after which the Aquila began to perform its duties of protecting the satellite gate.

Needless to say, the importance of Stargate to the country is needless to say, if it weren't for the fact that the military is currently in the stage of refitting and can't draw more warships, it won't only send two warships to serve as the garrison fleet of Stargate.

Considering that the current situation on the home side is relatively stable, it is enough for the Harrier to defend it. The nebula side is still not well understood, and in order to prevent accidents, it is more appropriate to be guarded by the more powerful Skyhawk.

In addition to protecting the satellite gate, the Aquila also has another mission, which is to find out which nebula the stargate leads to!

Ye Fei completely handed over the work of personnel transportation to He Jian, stayed in the bridge by himself, and observed the nearby situation through the spherical panoramic screen.

The nebula near the stargate is very beautiful, and the place above is not hazy, but very clear; Not far from the feet is a nebula that rises completely still, and the light that comes out of the road dyes the nebula in all directions into different shades of color, like the world in a dream.

It looks like this place is supposed to be a large depression in the nebula, and the stargate is at the bottom of the depression.

At this time, Ye Fei had a feeling that he was in this mountain and Yun Shen didn't know where to go, because he really couldn't see where this place was.

In the past few months, he has not been idle at all, he has made up a lot of astronomical knowledge, and memorized the various nebulae observed by human beings, but this place is inside the nebula, and he can't see what the outside of the nebula looks like, and he can't tell where it is.

And all the nebulae observed by humans are photos of only one direction, and if you want to know where this place belongs, you have to fly out of the range of the nebula and observe all directions, and if you are lucky, you can figure it out once, and if you are unlucky, you may have to fly for three or five years to figure it out.

But the stargate is here, and the Aquila can't do without it at all. Moreover, it has been almost two years since the Aquila left the solar system, and everyone, including Ye Fei, is reluctant to leave here, waiting for friendly troops to take over the shift, return to the mainland to rest and reunite with their families for a few months.

"Tell me, how can you figure out where this place is?" Ye Fei decided to turn to the wisdom of the masses for help.

"Otherwise, let's fly out and see." He Jian was the first to suggest.

The directions are divided into six directions: front, back, left, right, and up, and down, and only one side of this place can see the normal universe, and the remaining five directions are all thick nebulae!

If you can see the whole picture of the universe, you can determine your current position through a series of methods.

For example, find the direction of the nuclear sphere and locate it by observing the major spiral arms; Look for pulsars known as cosmic beacons, supermassive stars, and so on.

But now you can only see one-sixth of the starry sky, you can't see the nuclear ball or spiral arm at all, there is only one starry sky, and you can't judge the specific location at all.

"Let's talk about it when we have a chance, let's guard the star gate first." Ye Fei sighed and said.

Humans have not been out of the sun for a long time, but they have already encountered a variety of different exospecies such as exoskeletons, mechanical civilizations, parasitic sea urchins, and giant stars.

He Jian also sighed: "I hope that such days will end soon." ”

"Boss!" Cha Qi suddenly put the only starry sky on the big screen, "Look at it! ”

"See what?" Ye Fei subconsciously glanced at it, but didn't see anything.

"Here!" Che Qi circled a few stars in the starry sky, and after magnifying it, several dark stars that were originally indistinct were also revealed, "Look, is this Gemini?" And this, isn't it Taurus? ”

"That's right, it's the Twins and the Taurus!" Jiang Xue, who was most familiar with these two constellations related to astrology, immediately shouted out loudly. (To be continued......)