Ren Zhong's message was not sent only to the Reconnaissance Corps, but announced to the entire fleet.
Everyone in the fleet knew that once again, some brothers and sisters would be leaving them.
This was a new sacrifice.
...
Researchers stopped the experiments at hand, production personnel put down their semi-automatic instruments, and the recruits in combat training all broke off, raising their heads to stare at the huge projection in front of them.
All activities aboard the Source Star Fleet were momentarily frozen at this very instant.
Countless projection screens were displaying the same scene.
One after another, Willow Leaf–like workships detached from the surfaces of different Annulus Ships, accelerated, changed course, and then converged into a swarm-like fleet, setting off onto another path like dandelion seeds swept up by the wind.
From this moment on, the workship fleet and Fleet Headquarters split into two forces and parted ways.
