Qin Hu's starship began to pursue the retreating star frigates.

But at that moment, five T3 interstellar warships appeared out of nowhere in their pursuit route.

Interstellar stealth bomber!

Upon seeing the ship's shape, the captains of those interstellar warships immediately recognized this rare type of interstellar warship.

What followed was a barrage of interstellar torpedoes and interstellar bombs launched by the enemy.

The explosions and fireworks created a continuous burst of light.

However, compared to the previous interstellar missile bombardment, this is considered small-scale.

But after the explosions ended, they were shocked to find that the five T3 interstellar stealth bombers had vanished without a trace.

The interstellar escort ships that could previously see the sterns of enemy ships have already gone far away, and can only be tracked by the energy signals of those interstellar warships on the starship radar.

Clearly, those stealth bombers were covering the retreat of their friendly ships.

"Hold on to them! Anyone who dares to lose them, I'll kill their entire family!" Qin Hu gave the order.

After that, his remaining six thousand-plus interstellar warships followed closely behind the fleeing interstellar warships on the starship radar like shadows.

Just over ten minutes after they had been following them. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Sudden!

Something terrifying happened.

On the starship radar, the energy signals of those interstellar warships had all vanished into thin air.

"Report! All the energy signals of the enemy ships we were tracking have disappeared!" the adjutant reported in alarm.

"Missing? How is that possible!" Qin Hu jumped up from the captain's chair and ordered, "Deploy the long-range signal acquisition device immediately!"

Find it for me!

"How could those interstellar warships just suddenly disappear!"

The accompanying interstellar reconnaissance ships began deploying small black boxes, a special type of reconnaissance equipment.

Long-range radar belonging to space.

Its detection range far exceeds that of starship radar, but due to its large size, it is generally only equipped on interstellar reconnaissance ships and used when necessary.

Soon, a larger starship radar detection map appeared before Qin Hu.

However, apart from his own interstellar warships right under his nose, there were no energy signals from any other interstellar warships in the surrounding star system.

It's gone!

Those three hundred interstellar warships of unknown origin, along with the less than one thousand interstellar warships of the Princess Fleet, all disappeared.

It's as if it evaporated in this cosmos.

"How could this be..." Qin Hu was stunned, his eyes filled with confusion and anger.

He refused to believe the result and continued to issue search orders. He wanted to search every inch of this star system and find all the missing interstellar warships.

"Um... Your Highness, I have some good news..." The adjutant looked tremblingly at Qin Hu, whose face was gloomy.

"Good news? They found those interstellar warships!" Qin Hu stared at his adjutant.

The adjutant shook his head: "No... I couldn't find it."

"What news is that?" Qin Hu frowned.

The adjutant raised his hand and brought up images of several interstellar warships.

"We searched the starship database and eventually found starship data that were very similar to the starships that just appeared."

"Your Highness, please look." The adjutant pointed to the comparative data of several interstellar warship images.

Qin Hu stared at the several comparison windows in front of him.

On the left are the interstellar warships of the attacker's interstellar fleet, and on the right are similar interstellar warships found in the starship database.

'Suspected to be a T3 Blizzard-class light interstellar battlecruiser, first appeared in the Northwind Sector, and the Xiaolong Fleet in the Xiaolong System has a small number of them.'

78% similarity!

'Suspected to be a T3 Phoenix-class heavy aircraft carrier starship, first appeared in the North Wind Star Region, and the Xiaolong Fleet in the Xiaolong System is equipped with one.'

87% similarity!

'Suspected T2 Black Rhino-class interstellar heavy assault frigate, first appeared in the North Wind Star Region, and was once equipped by the Xiaolong Fleet in the Xiaolong System.'

94% similarity!

"North Wind Star Region, Xiaolong System?" Qin Hu was surprised: "How could an interstellar warship from the Xiaolong System appear here?"

"I... I don't know either." The adjutant scratched his head.

Qin Hu frowned: "And you mean that powerful interstellar fleet just now came from a small star system that doesn't even have a stargate?"

Or is it just a viscount's interstellar fleet?

The adjutant pulled up several intelligence reports: "I just checked on this Lord Xiaolong. He was just conferred the title of Imperial Marquis. He has performed very bravely in the two battles against the interstellar insectoids and has made many outstanding contributions!"

They rely on powerful interstellar warships.

In particular, this interstellar warship, known as the T3 Blizzard-class light interstellar battlecruiser, is considered a legendary warship.

It looks very similar to the T3 starship battlecruiser we just fought!

Another piece of information is that the Dragon Lord's older sister serves in the little princess's royal fleet and is highly regarded by the princess.

Qin Hu looked thoughtful; these two did indeed seem to have many clues.

Furthermore, those interstellar warships are indeed very similar, and given that they have only appeared in the JF-17 fleet, this is highly suspicious.

But Qin Hu simply couldn't believe that he had just been bullied by a lord's fleet.

"Forget it, I'll investigate this Dragon Lord properly when I get back."

If he really is behind this, then I will personally apprehend him and make him pay the price!

Qin Hu plans to investigate this Dragon Lord thoroughly after he returns.

Now, what's troubling him is how to explain this incident to his mother and elder brother.

He still can't understand how those interstellar warships could disappear without anyone noticing.

Even warp drive requires preparation time, not to mention that the royal princess's fleet contains a large number of damaged interstellar warships, which would require even more preparation time to enter warp drive mode.

At that time, the two sides were too far apart to have enough time to prepare for warp drive.

Where did those interstellar warships go?

...

The princess fleet that Qin Hu couldn't find was currently located in the Xiaolong star system, thousands of miles away.

Not to mention Qin Hu, even the protagonists Zhao Ruyue and Qin Xiaolei themselves found it hard to believe what they were hearing.

"Are we really in the Xiaolong system now?" Zhao Ruyue stared in astonishment at Lilith on the other side of the video window.

“Yes,” Lilith said. “We are safe now. Your starships can rest on the spot. If any wounded need treatment, our interstellar medical ships can provide assistance.”

Our interstellar industrial ships can also provide starship repair services for you.

Zhao Ruyue and Qin Xiaolei exchanged a glance.

Zhao Ruyue immediately ordered her subordinates: "Confirm our current coordinates."

"Yes, we are determining the coordinates..." The subordinate quickly reported a coordinate location that surprised even herself: "According to calculations, we are currently located in the Xiaolong system of the North Wind Star Region..."

Zhao Ruyue and Qin Xiaolei looked at each other, and they both looked at the interstellar warship that was not far from them, recalling the scene a few minutes ago.

The strange interstellar warship created what appeared to be a stargate, and then, following Charlotte's orders, led the fleet through it.

Then, they appeared here.

What exactly is that interstellar warship?