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Chapter 1600: Chapter 905: Subspace Navigation

Gu Hang expressed his concerns about Robert’s plan.

Gathering the forces from the Infinite Starfield and directly charging towards Holy Terra without any regard?

Conducting warp travel directly?

Navigating whether to rely on aliens?

Gu Hang felt uneasy thinking about it.

Robert elaborated his plan in detail to Gu Hang.

It still sounded pretty reliable.

Robert would not lead his most crucial troops into an unprepared adventure.

But he would undertake a prepared venture.

The preparations of the army, the modification of the subspace engines needed for warp travel, all of these take considerable time and are extremely crucial.

Especially the warp travel modifications.

The Empire had not engaged in large-scale warp travel for too long. From Robert’s perspective, the preparation on the ships was far from adequate, with many areas needing improvement.

Especially the engines.

The current star realm warp engines are not suitable for warp travel. Fortunately, they don’t need to be completely dismantled. There are corresponding modification technologies that can grant them warp travel capability at relatively low costs and methods.

Meanwhile, on the Super Sea Star and several other industrial worlds within the five hundred worlds, Robert used his authority to open several secret strategic arsenals.

These treasures were unknown to even the Infinite Warriors’ battle group leaders. They were automatically maintained, and at the inception, Robert ordered their burial for future emergencies, with preparations for extremely high confidentiality known to only a very few.

He initially harbored little hope, even for himself, before unearthing them.

After all, ten thousand years is a long period.

Despite being prepared for ultra-long-term storage when the secret arsenal was initially constructed—almost utilizing a static field, the internal automated maintenance facilities were complete— under the erosion of ten thousand years, who knew if the contents had deteriorated into a pile of scrap metal.

But, luckily, most of the items preserved in the arsenal were miraculously still usable!

Thus, the Terra Expeditionary Force saved a significant amount of time on warp travel preparations. After all, many of these ancient treasures were specifically meant for warp travel, including subspace engines.

Back then, warp travel was mainstream. It was reasonable that supplies and equipment related to it were found in the ten thousand-year-old arsenal.

Besides preparing for warp travel, the arsenal also holds a substantial amount of ancient equipment from ten thousand years ago.

For the Empire’s current situation, the older the technical equipment, the more powerful it tends to be—technology has significantly regressed over the millennia.

These ’ancient’ pieces of equipment can significantly elevate the overall strength of the Terra Expeditionary Force.

However, none of this preparation is as important as the final task—navigation.

Too long without conducting warp travel; it’s possible for humans to manufacture, modify, or unearth antiques when lacking equipment.

But nobody understands warp travel anymore, which is a substantial problem.

It’s possible to learn anew; some ancient technical documents are available. Robert himself understands warp travel, but he can’t be on every ship, and as a commander, he can’t personally handle navigation.

Here, they must depend on the Spirit Race.

The Spirit Race is willing to provide assistance.

In fact, initially, Robert hoped for the Spirit Race’s so-called ’webway.’ Despite being ’alien technology,’ Robert wasn’t overly concerned. From the guests who saved him, he learned how they traveled an immense distance from the Cartier Fortress World explosion to the Super Sea Star.

The wonders of the Spirit Race webway left a profound impression on him.

Of course, he could comprehend the inherent risks.

First, the webway isn’t necessarily reliable, or how could they have gotten lost in it for decades?

Second, the Spirit Race may not be trustworthy. Despite saving him, expressing goodwill, and proposing an alliance, Robert remembers this race’s nature. They’re arrogant and capricious. Although they’re among the rare alien races that can communicate well within the star sea, they’re still aliens.

However, after much consideration, he chose to trust the Spirit Race this time.

After all, they too are on the brink of annihilation.

Still, the Spirit Race refused to let such a large human fleet use the webway.

If the numbers are too high, the webway can’t handle it.

The Spirit Race webway can accommodate tens of thousands to potentially hundreds of thousands at its limit.

This tool is indeed convenient and practical, but it can’t hold such vast numbers. Transporting hundreds of thousands at once would require decades to repair the webway from the Super Sea Star to the vicinity of Holy Terra before reuse.

Even transporting two to three thousand requires nearly a year’s repair.

And how many are in Robert’s Terra Expeditionary Force? Over a billion is the preliminary planned number! Plus, those massive warships and the massive resources needed to maintain such a substantial army… The Spirit Race’s webway cannot support such transportation volume.

Whether it’s the Spirit Race or the Dark Spirit Race, they use the webway primarily for small elite deployments—their population scale only supports such warfare.

If the Spirit Race does go mad, wanting to gather forces for a frontal battle involving millions or even tens of millions, they must obediently conduct conventional warp navigation.

Due to this, they are relatively skilled in warp travel, providing navigational assistance.

Then let’s do it!

…

After listening to Robert’s plan, Gu Hang no longer persuaded him.

On one hand, the Son of God has a justified assessment of Holy Terra’s importance.

On the other hand, he already has a comprehensive plan with feasible possibilities.

Of course, if Gu Hang had the choice, he wouldn’t make such a risky decision.

Nevertheless, persuading him is unnecessary.

A Son of God has spent a long time, forming a complete plan, with even the Infinite Starfield moving according to his will, making this mission unstoppable. Consulting Gu Hang is more of a notification between allies. No matter how much Gu Hang speaks, the opposition won’t listen, potentially straining relations.

It’s better to cooperate gracefully.

If successful, the Human Empire’s situation will improve significantly.

The benefit is also why Gu Hang supports it.

Then, they discussed specific cooperative measures.

Where will the western front army strike; what is the estimated time, and will they be able to rendezvous with the Terra Expeditionary Force completing warp travel?

And how can Gu Hang assist during the Terra Expeditionary Force’s warp travel?

The discussion lasted long, settling on a series of major strategies before concluding.

During this process, Blood Angel Corps Leader Dante listened from the corner.

Even when he saw Gu Hang, after the conversation ended, standing and pondering as if forgetting him, he didn’t feel neglected.

Internally, after the initial shock and turbulence subsided, he appeared much calmer now, yet it brewed more complex emotions beneath.