“Report, we have successfully connected to the T3 Huiyue-class Star Gate!” Sister Niu reported immediately, her voice filled with excitement despite her usual composure.
Annie didn't immediately express delight; instead, she said seriously, “Confirm again, is it the T3 Huiyue-class Star Gate?”
“I've confirmed it ten times, and I can guarantee it's the Star Gate signal of the T3 Huiyue-class Star Gate.
Report, we have received a navigation request from the other Star Gate.
A t2 black rhino-class interstellar heavy assault frigate will be performing a Star Gate jump!” At this moment, Sister Niu reported another piece of information.
Annie looked at Zhao Chen, as the authority now rested with him.
“Permitted,” Zhao Chen said.
“Permit the Star Gate jump!” Annie immediately relayed the order.
In fact, even without Annie's relay, Sister Niu had already heard Zhao Chen's words and began operating.
“The Starship is beginning its Star Gate jump.” After Sister Niu finished speaking, everyone's gaze remained fixed on the T3 Huiyue-class Star Gate!
A few seconds later, a t2 black rhino-class interstellar heavy assault frigate with hull number 005 appeared at the T3 Huiyue-class Star Gate.
“Report, this Star Gate jump was stable, with no issues whatsoever!” Sister Niu immediately reported excitedly, looking at the data.
“Oh yeah, we succeeded!” Annie jumped up and down excitedly on Zhao Chen's Bridge.
Zhao Chen also showed a slight smile.
The Star Gate connection between the Owl Dragon Star System and the Lion King Star System was complete.
From now on, the connection between the two places would be even closer, no longer requiring a half-month one-way journey as before, but only a few seconds to directly reach the other side.
“How much resource was consumed for this journey?” Secretary Lilith inquired from the side.
Sister Niu immediately reported a number: “Approximately 200 star coins worth of resources were consumed.”
Star Gate travel also consumes a significant amount of resources.
Compared to Zhao Chen's previous journey with the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser from the Owl Dragon Star System to the Lion King Star System, the Star Gates used along the way cost four to five thousand star coins!
Perhaps some might be surprised, is the toll fee that terrifying?
Yes, Zhao Chen's 200 star coins is just the cost price; when using other people's Star Gates outside, they naturally charge a certain profit.
Moreover, T3 Interstellar Warships require more resources than T2 Interstellar Warship.
If the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser were to use the T3 Brightmoon-class Stargate, it would probably consume around 600 star coins for a single trip.
But compared to the previous half-month single trip and the price of four to five thousand star coins.
This was already quite good.
But just imagine if a large Starfleet were to be transported through the Star Gate in the future, a three-thousand-ship legion-level Starfleet, all T2 Interstellar Warship, that would be nearly six hundred thousand star coins for a single trip!
Indeed, to possess a massive Starfleet, being able to own it is only the first step; if there isn't enough wealth for maintenance and to cover daily navigation consumption.
Then it's just a decoration sitting at home.
“Let's go, we'll go take a look at the Lion King Star System,” Zhao Chen suggested.
Sister Niu immediately made arrangements.
The T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser slowly entered the T3 Brightmoon-class Stargate, and in a flash of time.
The scene before them changed; although it was still space, they had already arrived at the Lion King Star System.
Several Starships of the Xiaolong Fleet were waiting ahead.
A T3 Phantom Assassin-class Light Interstellar Stealth Bomber, a T3 Andromeda-class Interstellar Medical Ship, a T2 Lion King-class Heavy Interstellar Missile Ship, and so on.
“Commander.” Charlotte and Zhao Wan'er immediately opened video windows.
“Now that we have the Star Gate, we no longer have to worry about the distance between the two places.
The Lion King Star System is equivalent to a'satellite' Star System of the Owl Dragon Star System.” Zhao Chen was very satisfied.
Afterward, Charlotte, Zhao Wan'er, and their Starships also tried it out successively, and everything went smoothly without any problems.
With the Star Gate matter settled, there was temporarily nothing within the territory that needed Zhao Chen's concern.
The matter of going to the Star Glory Central Star Region to participate in the Imperial Army procurement was about to be put on the agenda, and Zhao Chen had set the time for mid-September.
Before leaving, Zhao Chen naturally needed to clearly explain various matters.
Secretary Lilith continued to stay in the Owl Dragon Star System to preside over various tasks, while the Lion King Star System was managed by Charlotte and Secretary Allie.
Annie, in addition to overseeing the industrial construction in the Owl Dragon Star System, now also had to manage the industrial situation on the Dwarf Planet in the Lion King Star System.
Before this, it was a quite difficult task, but now it was very convenient.
And when Zhao Wan'er learned that Zhao Chen was going to the Star Glory Central Star Region, she also proposed to go along.
The reason she gave was that she hadn't seen her elder sister for a long time, and this was a good opportunity to go to the Star Glory Central Star Region to find her elder sister!
Furthermore, with no current battles, Zhao Wan'er herself was idle anyway.
Zhao Chen thought about it and agreed to Zhao Wan'er's suggestion.
If he really met his elder sister, having Zhao Wan'er present might make the atmosphere between them a little better.
After all, the number of times Zhao Chen had met and interacted with his elder sister was truly very, very few.
“Then you prepare yourself; your T3 Phantom Assassin-class Light Interstellar Stealth Bomber will remain in the Lion King Star System and will temporarily be managed by your Executive Officer,” Zhao Chen instructed.
“Yes.” Zhao Wan'er was very excited, unsure if it was because she had a chance to see her elder sister this time.
In mid-September, Zhao Chen and Zhao Wan'er began preparing for their journey to the Star Glory Central Star Region.
And just on the eve of Zhao Chen's departure from the Owl Dragon Star System, Zhao Chen received another good piece of news.
With the completion of the two Star Gates, the entire production capacity of thirty T2 Iron Hammer-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ships in September was invested in Starship construction.
In just half a month, more than ten combat-type Interstellar Warship, mostly t2 black rhino-class interstellar heavy assault frigates with extremely short construction cycles, were launched and entered service like dumplings.
In any case, this directly pushed the number of combat-type Interstellar Warship in the Xiaolong Fleet past thirty.
This also meant that Zhao Chen's quarterly mission would be completed half a month ahead of schedule!
【Quarterly Mission: Exchange a T3 Interstellar Warship from the System Mall (Completed)
Number of combat-type Interstellar Warship reaches thirty (30/30) (Completed)
Mission Completed, rewards can be claimed】
Zhao Chen immediately claimed the mission rewards.
He was looking forward to what kind of reward this quarterly mission would give him.
【Claiming mission rewards, congratulations on obtaining a 'T3 Phoenix-class Heavy Carrier Starship' blueprint.】
