?Chapter 1287: 416. Infiltrating the Hazardous Area_2


    Doris pressed several buttons on the control console in front of her while speaking:


    “The Star Gate willplete its preheating in 15 minutes. After preheating, we need to wait another 3 minutes to charge. We’ve arranged a Clone Fleet to escort you through the Star Gate. If there’s any deviation in the destination of the warp, the fleet will bring you back here for a re-jump. The likelihood of an incorrect destination is about 2%, which is unavoidable, as this is a Star Gate from the Angel Enterprises Alliance, not ours. I hope you can understand.”


    Nnd Lee nodded to show his understanding and casually sighed:


    “The Undying don’t have to worry about identally dying due to a warp destination deviation—that’s enviable.”


    “Yes, that’s right. Fortunately, the United Bureau has clone pilots, which can somewhatpare with the Undying,” Doris said with a smile.


    The appearance of the Star Gate, resembling a palm, began to change. <div>


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    Thin, long, luminous strips lit up on the Star Gate.


    On both sides of the strips, countless dots sparkled like stars.


    In less than 10 minutes, the originally dim Star Gate turned into a hand adorned with a shiny gemstone glove, emitting a dazzling pearlescent glow all over.


    Nnd Lee’s shuttle ship moved slowly to join a clone fleet, and together with the other ships, it stopped at the center of the palm.


    Beams of strong light emanated from the center, spreading towards the fingers.


    The tips of the five fingers each shot out a beam of light toward the direction of the fleet.


    The five beams converged into a bright sphere, enveloping the entire fleet.


    Nnd Lee could only see a white expanse outside his ship, filled with turbulent and dangerous energy fluctuations.


    This statested for nearly ten seconds before Nnd Lee felt lighter, with the sensation of weightlessness intensifying as the fleet entered the Quantum Leap Channel.


    The warp process this time could be described as lengthy.


    Colorful spots of light streaked through the Quantum Leap Channel, the ship trembled slightly amidst the surging energy, and the needles on the control console’s dashboard swayed back and forth.


    A full 10 minutes passed before the shuttle left the Quantum Leap Channel.


    Looking around, Nnd Lee saw through the optical observation window of his ship a bizarre starry sky set against a background of dark green.


    “Bzzt—”


    The holographic screen popped up, disying the face of a United Bureau captain in 3D; it was Leighton.


    To be precise, it was Captain Leighton’s clone.


    “Your Excellency, the warp was sessful. We have reached the frontier star system of the Angel Enterprises Alliance. The United Bureau has designated it as the Motuoli Gxy. Our Invisible Battleship is shielding us from the radars and detectors of the Angel Enterprises Alliance. In 3 minutes, the fleet will return. Please prepare to leave Invisibility Status,” said the captain.


    Nnd Lee nodded slightly and stood up. He pulled the mechanical switch of the shuttle, manually opened the cabin door.


    The moment he exited the ship cabin, his body rapidly transformed into a transparent phantom andpletely vanished without a trace, leaving Captain Leighton with an astonished expression.


    “Magic is truly astonishing… He just entered Outer Space like that.”


    On the holographic screen, Leighton turned to a crew member beside him:


    “Sergeant, can our detection equipment locate our guest?”


    “Report, unable to detect. We have found no trace of any humans in the vicinity.”


    Leighton nced at the slowly closing shuttle door and cut off themunication.


    Three minutester, shielded by the Invisible Battleship, the fleet as a whole activated the Quantum Leap Engine and entered the Quantum Leap Channel.


    Without the help of the Star Gate, they would need to spend at least 1 hour to reach the territory of the United Bureau.


    The Invisible Battleship could help suppress the spatial signal anomalies caused by the warp, but the effect was somewhat limited.


    The moment the Invisible Battleship entered the Quantum Leap Channel, the unbound spatial signal anomalies inevitably propagated in all directions.


    Within 10 minutes after the entire fleet warped away, several visible points of light moved towards the area where the fleet had been.


    As they drew nearer, the outlines of the lights became clearer—they were rightfully five gigantic humanoid creatures towering like mountains.


    They had pure white wings, the feathers on the wings were thick and lush, and long tails of me jetted from the ends of the wings, propelling them at high speeds.


    The metal armor, radiating a milky white luminous glow, protected their bodies, while the holy white firearms in their hands enhanced their majestic and sacred appearance.


    They were expressionless, their pupils glistening like crystals crafted from ss balls, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.


    These were five Artificial Angels belonging to the Guardian Angel Group.


    Based on their appearance, armor, and firearms, they were likely the Warrior-ss Gunnery Angels, capable of high-speed maneuvering in space and attacking enemies withser beams.


    A team of five Warrior-ss Gunnery Angels was the standard patrol unit for the Guardian Angel Group.


    Upon detecting unfamiliar anomalous spatial signals in space, they immediately rushed to the area to detect residual spatial signals in all directions.


    The five Artificial Angels suspended themselves at five different positions, forming a circle.


    Together, they cast a glow that created a round, drum-shaped white barrier of light, enclosing the residual spatial signals.


    After maintaining this action for a few minutes, they seemed to have analyzed some result from the spatial signals and turned towards a celestial body set against the dark green universe.


    None of the Artificial Angels detected thepletely transparent figure that had blended into their group.


    The vastness of the universe is beyond imagination.


    Even with the information provided by the United Bureau, Nnd Lee had difficulty pinpointing the exact location of his target in unfamiliar territory.


    He decisively used the quantum leap fluctuation of the United Bureau fleet and awaited the arrival of the Artificial Angels who came to investigate.


    Now, he was clinging to the back of one of the Artificial Angels, following them to the next destination.


    The “Veil of Different Worlds” became Nnd Lee’s barrier, preventing him from being discovered by the Artificial Angels.


    Data about the Artificial Angels shed through his mind, and following the content in the data, he gradually moved toward the head of one of the Artificial Angels.


    The back of the Artificial Angel was as vast as a ser field, while its head resembled arge round ball of an observatory.


    Nnd Lee paused at the back of this Artificial Angel’s head, using his spiritual power to permeate the outer shell and carefully sensing the situation inside the head.


    “Hmm… just like what’s written in the data. The head of an Artificial Angel is equivalent to a normal warship’s cockpit. I sense two pilots submerged in the ster body fluid…”


    Nnd Lee pondered for a moment, feeling intently.


    An image formed in his mind.


    Two pilots were wearing tight suits, their eyes closed, with breathing apparatuses in their mouths, the whole person submerged in a yellow-green Artificial Angel body fluid.


    There were silver-white tubes at the back of their heads.


    The other end of the tubes extended into the muscles of the Artificial Angel, connecting to its neural center.


    Nnd Lee nodded slightly:


    “That’s right, these two pilots control the Artificial Angel through a neural connection. This method of operation requires a very high rate of mind synchronization between the two pilots.”


    Regarding the skill level of pilots, there is a saying:


    Third-ss pilots rely on AI, second-ss pilots on brain chips, and first-ss pilots control neural impulses.


    yers, relying on Krypton Gold, can barely squeeze into the second-ss standard.


    But such first-ss beings as Artificial Angel Pilots will remain out of reach for yers for at least two years.


    The reason is simple: controlling a ship through neural connection is an art that consumes time, effort, and lifespan.


    Third-ss and second-ss pilots can extend their lifespan with clones, but not first-ss pilots. Not only is their average lifespan only 30 years, but they also cannot extend life with clones.


    This is because, once the pilot’s consciousness is switched to a clone, they would need to undergo a decade-long arduous process to adapt to the ship again for a smooth neural connection.


    First-ss pilots,bined withrge-caliber pulse-based ship-mountedser cannons and a cruising speed of 3000 meters per second in outer space, make thebat power of Artificial Angels undeniable.


    Nnd Lee had no intention of confronting these powerful artificial beings head-on.


    He only wanted to use the movement of the Angel Enterprises Alliance’s ships as a stepping stone to quickly approach the Main Brain Controller that sealed the Assassin Angel. Once he confirmed the n to destroy the Main Brain Controller, he would immediately guide yers toe and help.