Chapter 403: Boarding the Ship
In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed, and the Ji fleet arrived on schedule. It was said they departed from another Ji outpost, though the exact distance from there to the Riken System remained unclear.
This was a small fleet with the distinctive style of “Treasure Starships,” consisting of two massive transport ships over 6,000 meters long and twenty 3,000-meter-class escort ships.
The Ji ships had undergone significant advancements in miniaturization and precision engineering, incorporating space-bending technologies to achieve their current scale. Even among 3,000-meter-class warships, the Ji’s vessels far outclassed those of the Troi civilization, which couldn’t even compare.
The fleet docked at the spaceport of the Twin Star Colony in the Riken System. Perhaps it was a trick of perception, but from afar, the imposing presence of the dozens of Ji warships seemed to overshadow the nearby thousand-ship Riken fleet.
Everything had been meticulously preplanned. Since this was the Riken civilization’s first formal appearance on the Confederation stage, their leadership had taken the matter seriously, assigning a specialized team to oversee the event.
With rehearsals completed many times beforehand, the entire process unfolded without delays. Orderly and efficient, the personnel in charge directed the researchers to begin boarding the Ji transport ships.
The transport ships, with their unprecedented 6,000-meter length, dwarfed the nearby 2,000-meter Riken fleet, making them appear even more massive. To Luo Wen, these were the largest vessels he had seen so far.
Rumor had it that the Ji also possessed super-transport ships exceeding 10,000 meters in length. However, to Luo Wen, these were mere curiosities; compared to the Swarm’s megastructures, they were nothing but scraps.
Apart from being faster, their size was truly unimpressive—child’s play compared to the Swarm’s titans.