Chapter 732

Chapter 732: Loss of Communication

About ten minutes after the five two hundred and ten level strong fighters set out, Morris couldn’t help but take out the communication stone to contact one of them.

He wanted to ask about their progress.

Based on the time, the five two hundred and ten level strong fighters should have already reached the blood-colored planet.

If there were no traps, they might have captured Yi Chen by now.

If there were traps, he could still find out what they were right away.

Ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds…

In the blink of an eye, over half a minute passed, and the contacted two hundred and ten level strong fighter had still not answered the communication.

This made Morris feel a bit uneasy.

With such a long time without a response, there could be only two possibilities.

Either they were too lazy to respond, using this way to show their dissatisfaction with him.

Or, they encountered trouble.

Morris understood that if it was the first case, he was clearly not well-liked.

But this was a task phase, and he was the leader of this mission.

No matter how dissatisfied they were, they could only express it through their expressions and words; they wouldn’t directly ignore his communication request.

The second possibility seemed much more likely.

Could it be that they truly ran into Yi Chen’s traps?

Unease crept into Morris’s heart.

He immediately contacted another two hundred and ten level strong fighter, silently praying for the blessings of all past Tree-Dwelling Tribe leaders, hoping the call would connect.

Unfortunately, half a minute passed.

This Tree-Dwelling Tribe strong fighter also had not answered the communication.

Morris’s body started to tremble slightly.

The ominous feeling grew stronger.

He tried again to send a communication request to the third two hundred and ten level Tree-Dwelling Tribe strong fighter.

This time, after waiting for over twenty seconds and finding it did not connect, he switched to the fourth one.

Finally, he tried the fifth fighter.

"Retreat, leave at full speed immediately!"

Morris felt a chill run down his spine and quickly transmitted a message to the Commander of the Space Fortress.

"My lord…"

The Commander of the Space Fortress felt somewhat perplexed.

It had only been a little over ten minutes; why was this leader suddenly ordering a retreat for no apparent reason?

Could it be that the five Tree-Dwelling Tribe strong fighters had already captured Yi Chen?

But if that’s the case, they should wait for the five Tree-Dwelling Tribe strong fighters to bring Yi Chen before leaving!

Moreover, he could sense that Morris’s voice was filled with deep fear and unease.

"Hurry, move faster!"

Feeling that the Commander of the Space Fortress had no response, Morris almost panicked.

He thought if the five two hundred and ten level Tree-Dwelling Tribe strong fighters truly fell into Yi Chen’s trap, he would also be in significant danger.

After all, the location of the Space Fortress was also within the celestial star system of the blood-colored planet.

It wasn’t far away.

The Commander of the Space Fortress was startled by Morris’s roar and realized he couldn’t hesitate any longer.

He immediately gave the order for a quick departure.

The Space Fortress began to accelerate away.

Seeing that the Space Fortress was moving away from the blood-colored planet, Morris felt a bit more at ease.

He then tried to contact one of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe strong fighters using the communication stone.

After half a minute passed with no response, he quickly switched to contact Bunier.

"Has the mission been completed?"

Bunier answered the call quickly, his voice filled with urgency.

Clearly, he had been waiting for news.

"N-No, after we arrived in the celestial star system of the blood-colored planet, I stayed on the Space Fortress to ensure its safety while they set out for the blood-colored planet."

Morris hurriedly explained, "About ten minutes after they departed, I tried to contact them to check on the situation. However, no matter whom I tried to reach, I couldn’t get through. I’m worried they encountered trouble, so I had to disturb you and see if you could contact them."

"What?"

Bunier was taken aback.

Losing contact just ten minutes after departing.

Did this not mean they had just arrived at the blood-colored planet and might have already run into trouble?

Without any hesitation, he immediately ended the call with Morris and tried to contact the other five two hundred and ten level strong fighters.

The result was the same as with Morris; none of them answered.

Not only had they encountered trouble, but it was possible that these five two hundred and ten level strong fighters had also been killed.

How could this be?

Bunier found it hard to believe such a result.

These were two two hundred and ten level strong fighters.

Even when facing off against two hundred and twenty level strong fighters, they could at least escape three or four of them.

To lose contact within just a few minutes was simply unreasonable.

But besides being heavily injured and captured or killed, he couldn’t think of any other possibilities.

"That damned strongest member of humanity actually has a scheme and traps!"

Bunier roared in anger.

What truly angered him was not the scheme and traps, but rather he couldn’t figure out how Yi Chen managed to heavily injure and capture or kill five two hundred and ten level strong fighters in just a few minutes.

Even if the Shadow King cooperated, they could at most take down two hundred level strong fighters.

Logically, two hundred and ten level strong fighters from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe were not unbeatable in the star cluster, but they at least should stand in a position where they wouldn’t fail.

Yet, the fact that all five two hundred and ten level strong fighters were unreachable left Bunier terrified.

It meant that the conflict between the star cluster and the Tree-Dwelling Tribe had now impacted the two hundred and ten level strong fighters significantly.

What to do?

Bunier forced himself to calm down.

He felt a bit relieved that he hadn’t gone there in person.

Otherwise, he might have been caught in a trap himself.

After all, if five two hundred and ten level strong fighters lost contact in such a short time, he wouldn’t be much better off as a two hundred and twenty level strong fighter from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

He took a deep breath, then immediately took out the communication stone and contacted Morris again.

"Sir, what’s the status?"

On the other end, Morris’s urgent voice came through.

"Unable to reach them…"

Bunier said helplessly.

"……"

Morris fell silent.

Unable to contact them.

It was clear that these five two hundred and ten level strong fighters weren’t ignoring him but had encountered some unstoppable danger.

Like Bunier, he felt chills run down his spine, but his heart was also filled with relief.

Being cautious was indeed the right choice.

If he had followed the five Tree-Dwelling Tribe strong fighters, he would also be in trouble.

"Morris, find a way to infiltrate the blood-colored planet and track down what happened!"

Bunier instructed.

"Um… Sir, the Space Fortress has already used the Space Jump System and left the Tianling Star Cluster."

Morris stuttered.

Bunier fell silent.

He certainly didn’t believe Morris’s nonsense.

Because they had to have used the Space Fortress’s Space Jump System to reach near the blood-colored planet.

Once they arrived, they would act immediately, unable to waste hours waiting.

And after using the Space Jump System, the Space Fortress, while not requiring the ten or so hours of maintenance and energy replenishment like a Large Battleship, still needed about seven or eight hours before it could use the Space Jump System again.

How could it be like Morris said, that the Space Fortress had already activated the Space Jump System and left the Tianling Star Cluster?

It was clear that Morris was simply too afraid to investigate the blood-colored planet and came up with an unreliable excuse to deceive him.

"In that case, return as soon as possible!"

After hesitating for a few seconds, Bunier still didn’t expose Morris.

Because even if he did, Morris could just pretend to be working, find a place to hide, and contact him again after one or two hours with an explanation that he found nothing.

He wasn’t Morris’s direct superior and had no way to suppress or target him.

Since that was the case, it was better to let Morris return.

After all, Morris was the only remaining strong fighter from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe aside from him and Blake.

Having one more Morris while escorting the Large Battleship to the super star cluster could only add to their safety.

"Okay!"

Morris eagerly replied.