Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 85: Magical Dark Realm

"Warning, warning! A massive fleet is sailing this way through warp space and is expected to arrive in three hours." The alarm issued by the artificial intelligence distracted Zhou Yuan.

"All warships, leave this place. The scientific research experiments are almost complete. Recover the research vessel," Fleet Commander George ordered.

"Yes, Master."

Zhou Yuan, Wei Shan, and Lefia were already in the command room, watching Jones use his mind to control and operate those virtual light keys.

The Alpha Fleet did not go into stealth mode; it simply waited quietly on the outskirts of the Spider Nebula for the massive fleet to arrive.

The massive fleet had just emerged from warp space and showed signs of slight panic, but soon accelerated and flew straight toward the Alpha fleet.

Alpha Fleet's scan revealed that the intelligent beings in this fleet were large in size, with a pair of human-like feet, a pair of huge, bright red eyes on their foreheads, a head connected to their shoulders, and a pair of huge, bat-like wings on their shoulders. Their fur was grayish-brown.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" The Alpha Fleet received a full-band optical polarization broadcast message.

"We are a scientific expedition team, and we are about to begin studying this black hole."

"This is the Holy Light Divine Realm; outsiders are not allowed to trespass!"

"Holy Light Divine Realm?" Zhou Yuan couldn't help but think of the Holy Temple Legion, but it seemed that this fleet was different from the Holy Temple Legion.

The Alpha Fleet did not respond.

"This is the Holy Light Divine Realm. Outsiders are not allowed to trespass!" The massive fleet repeated itself, fearing that the Alpha Fleet might not have understood.

"Okay. We'll leave immediately." The Alpha Fleet prepared to depart.

"No, you have to come with us to the Interstellar Federation headquarters."

Interstellar Federation? Zhou Yuan and the others admitted that they didn't know which interstellar system this referred to; perhaps it was the Federation of the Large Magellanic Clouds.

"I'm sorry, we have to leave."

The moment the Alpha Fleet sent out this message, the artificial intelligence issued a warning that the enemy warships were activating their weapon systems.

The Alpha fleet remained motionless, seemingly indifferent.

Tens of millions of super-powered laser beams instantly attacked the Alpha fleet. Before the super-powered laser beams had even traveled halfway, they suddenly disappeared completely, as if falling into an abyss.

"My God, they can even use magic?!" Alpha intercepted this communication between the massive fleet.

George, Zhou Yuan, Wei Shan, and the others were speechless, while Lefia burst into laughter.

The massive fleet ceased firing its lasers, merely staring at the Alpha fleet, seemingly hesitant, unwilling to fire yet reluctant to leave.

"They said we can even use magic. Could there really be a magical world?" Wei Shan muttered to herself.

"Sister Shan, you've mentioned the elves on the 'Special Ability Star,' even that Lylas, doesn't he know 'magic'?" Lefia patted Zhou Yuan's shoulder. "Brother Zhou, don't you know magic too?"

"I wonder if these 'owl-men' can use magic? If not, then they must be some other race. Hmm, interesting. Let's find out." Even George was intrigued.

"We are willing to go with you to the Interstellar Federation headquarters," the Alpha Fleet sent out a message.

The other party seemed skeptical and did not respond immediately.

"Okay." The other party replied more than ten minutes later.

The Alpha Fleet followed the opposing fleet out of warp space, and another "interstellar fortress" appeared. This "interstellar fortress" was much larger than the Roman Empire's "interstellar fortress" in the Canis Major Dwarf System, with a diameter of one trillion kilometers.

The Alpha Fleet was naturally blocked on the outskirts of this "interstellar fortress".

After a series of diplomatic formalities and complex negotiations, the Interstellar Federation dispatched a spaceship to pick up Zhou Yuan, Wei Shan, and Lefia.

The conference center of the Interstellar Federation fleet base was already filled with various intelligent beings, somewhat resembling the Roman Empire's parliament. This was Lefia's first time attending such an alien civilization conference, and she couldn't help but look around curiously.

"Gentlemen, a warm welcome to our neighbors, three humans from Earth in the Small Magellanic Cloud," an older owl-man in military uniform began.

A commotion arose below, "The Small Magellanic Cloud?" Everyone started discussing.

“Yes, we are from Small Magellanic Cloud,” Zhou Yuan said. “Not long ago, we discovered a huge black hole suddenly appearing in the Tarantula Nebula of your Large Magellanic Cloud, so we came to take a look. Just as we were about to conduct a scientific investigation, we encountered the Federation fleet. I apologize for trespassing into your Holy Light Domain.”

"You come from Small Magellanic Cloud and are unaware of the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is understandable. However, this is a one-time exception."

"clear."

"Commander-in-Chief, the Holy Light Divine Realm has indeed become a giant black hole; the Holy Light has vanished." An owl-man reported to the elder who had spoken first, his tone somewhat unusual. Zhou Yuan analyzed from a human physiological perspective that this was likely grief and indignation.

"Sekar, are you sure?"

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."

The intelligent beings who had been whispering just moments before suddenly fell silent, as if their mouths had been forcibly gagged.

"Who did this?" A frogman below puffed out a cloud of mist from his large mouth.

"Humans of Earth, Seka said you possess 'magic,' is that true?" The Commander-in-Chief turned to Zhou Yuan and the others, his enormous red eyes seeming to spit fire.

"Commander-in-Chief, that's not 'magic,' it's just an invisible gravity bomb."

"A gravity bomb?" The commander-in-chief and the intelligent beings below seemed somewhat surprised.

"Yes, it's a gravity bomb."

"So you have no connection with the Holy Temple Legion or the Dark Domain of Magic?" It was clear that the Commander-in-Chief's owl-like face had softened somewhat, and his gaze was no longer so ardent.

"Everyone, let me emphasize again that we come from the Small Magellanic Cloud and are here only to investigate that black hole."

"Hmm. So, would you be willing to exchange technology with us? Or join our Interstellar Federation?"

Zhou Yuan, Wei Shan, and Leifia exchanged glances. "Commander-in-Chief, thank you for your kindness. However, this is not a decision that the three of us can make alone; we need to consult with higher authorities."

"Understood. We'll wait for your news."

After chatting about some trivial matters, the three were sent back to the Alpha Fleet by a Federation fleet ship.

"George, this Large Magellanic Cloud is divided among three major powers: the Interstellar Federation, the Templar Legion, and the Magic Dark Domain. However, the first two seem to worship the great sun's light, while we currently know nothing about the Magic Dark Domain."

"Then how about we use some technology to exchange for intelligence from the Interstellar Federation?" Lefia seemed very interested in magic and spoke first.

“Princess, this is no small matter. If they master a technology that seems insignificant to us, it could trigger a series of technological explosions for them.” George was quite rational.

“Princess, the commander is right. We humans are a perfect example.” This time, Wei Shan didn’t speak up for Lefia.

"Hmm, that's true." Lefia was a little deflated. "Brother Zhou, say something." Lefia nudged Zhou Yuan's shoulder slightly and gave him a charming smile.

"Before we fought the cluster of light in the core region of the Spider Nebula's star-rich cluster, I remember the information the Lunar Empire gave us said that at the moment we were fighting a large number of stars, apart from the Spider Nebula region, thirty-five abnormal stars appeared in other parts of the Large Magellanic Cloud. These thirty-five stars did not suddenly disappear, but all of them exploded."

“Yes, that’s true.” George nodded.

"Brother Zhou, do you suspect that the sudden explosion of those thirty-five stars was caused by the Dark Domain of Magic?" Wei Shan also fell into deep thought.

That's just my guess.

"George, please contact the Lunar Empire. We need the exact locations of those thirty-five stars."

"Okay. Jones, contact the Moon Empire."

"Yes."

About ten minutes later, the exact locations of thirty-five stars were sent over, using the supermassive black hole in the Spider Nebula as a reference.

Zhou Yuan and the others examined the positions of the thirty-five stars, which were basically within a diameter of 3,600 light-years. The sudden, almost simultaneous explosion of thirty-five stars within a 3,600 light-year range seemed highly improbable; the only explanation was the activity of an intelligent civilization.

The Alpha Fleet then surveyed this 3,600 light-year region, finding only white dwarfs from exploding stars, but no large-scale intelligent civilization artifacts or warships. This puzzled Zhou Yuan and his group. However, more than thirty years had passed; perhaps that intelligent civilization had left that area? Zhou Yuan and his companions couldn't help but speculate.

The Alpha Fleet immediately contacted the Federation of Interstellar Space and then sent the location of the thirty-five white dwarfs.

How do you know about the Dark Domain of Magic?

Zhou Yuan and the others couldn't help but feel secretly delighted; that place was indeed the Dark Domain of Magic.

"Before we came to the Large Magellanic Cloud, we discovered that in addition to the Sanctuary Black Hole, we also found that these thirty-five stars exploded almost simultaneously. We found this very strange, so we wanted to ask you what happened."

"Aren't you all wondering why there's nothing there now except for a white dwarf star?"

"Yes, that's right. We suspect they left that area."

"No, they're just hiding. You just can't find them."

"Hidden?" Zhou Yuan and the others felt strange. Even if it was hidden, the Alpha Fleet's technology could detect a hidden warship, but the Alpha Fleet did not find a warship or any sign of intelligent civilization in that place.

"The Dark Magic Domain and the Holy Light Domain were originally one race and civilization. Later, they split into two branches. One liked to play big and the other liked to play small. The one who played big developed towards the direction of stars, and the one who played small developed towards the direction of tissues, cells, molecular clusters, molecules and even atoms."

The Alpha Fleet had never heard of this before and was dumbfounded.

"Why would the Dark Magic Domain destroy a star?"

"Destroying stars is a necessity for self-evolution."

"So what size level are they at now?"

"do not know."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the Interstellar Federation's end, and then they cut off the signal, seemingly unwilling to discuss the matter further.

George, Zhou Yuan, and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

(PS: No updates tomorrow, taking a break. Wishing all readers a Happy New Year in advance.)