The atmosphere within the fleet became exceptionally oppressive in the time that followed.

Lu Yongchang had no good solution to this situation.

Let alone ordinary researchers and starship pilots, even he himself found it hard to accept this reality.

The entire solar system was so easily destroyed by an advanced civilization that had never even met them.

A few days later.

A group of scientists began to discuss the attitude of this unknown advanced civilization towards humanity.

The discussion process is best left unsaid; it was chaotic.

Some scientists believe that this advanced civilization's only goal was energy, and that human civilization was simply unlucky.

Many people also hold opposing views.

The reason is quite simple.

The Milky Way has countless stars; there's no need for it to come to this remote corner and target a tiny yellow dwarf.

The two groups argued fiercely until Lü Yongchang shared his previous conjecture.

Speculations about Voyager.

"You mean... the Voyager spacecraft exposed human information, which led to a targeted attack by an advanced civilization?"

Fang Xu frowned, shook his head, and said, "But why did they choose this method to attack us?"

"Isn't this giving us a chance to escape?"

Lu Yongchang looked at Fang Xu with a strange expression: "Are you sure?"

"At our original rate of development, is it possible for us to escape?"

The moment the words were spoken, the meeting room fell silent.

"Or rather, if only a few thousand or tens of thousands of people escape, can human civilization continue to exist?"

Lu Yongchang stood up from his seat and scanned the various expressions on the faces of the crowd.

"I believe that unknown advanced civilizations must harbor malice towards us."

"And the blows we have received are bound to be targeted."

The moment the words were spoken, a commotion erupted in the meeting room.

Lu Yongchang coughed forcefully and spoke again: "However, perhaps in order to save resources or to recoup costs, advanced civilizations have chosen this inconspicuous means of attack."

"Of course, even so, it's not something we can afford."

"Will we still be hit?" a voice rang out from the corner of the conference room.

Lü Yongchang turned his head to look in the direction of the sound.

He is a researcher who doesn't have much of a presence.

Lu Yongchang was silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head: "I don't know, but I think it's probably not going to happen."

"The energy harvesting device has left, proving that in its logic, humanity cannot escape this disaster."

At this point, Lü Yongchang shook his head with a wry smile: "I believe these advanced civilizations aren't so idle as to keep a close eye on us little ants."

"So, everyone, cheer up."

"There's no need to worry about that advanced civilization we've never met. Our primary goal right now is the Proxima Centauri civilization next door."

...

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

The human fleet has officially entered the Kuiper Belt.

[Signal of a phoenix detected]

On the holographic screen in front of the command center, a line of inspiring Chinese characters appeared.

"Zero, proceed to the signal source!"

"Let's go pick them up and take them home!"

Standing on the command platform, Lü Yongchang's eyes were full of excitement as he shouted loudly!

...

somewhere in the Kuiper Belt.

The 1,251 starships slowly slowed down.

Directly in front of these starships, 380 Luan Bird starships remained silently in the depths of space!

"Zero, how is the Luan Bird Starship in condition?" As the distance to the Luan Bird Starship fleet grew closer, Lü Yongchang's emotions gradually became more and more excited.

He asked repeatedly, "How are the physical conditions of the 3.8 billion people? Are any of the hibernation pods damaged?"

As for Ling, she answered Lü Yongchang's questions patiently and thoroughly.

"Professor, the Luan Bird Starship is in good overall condition. It has 58% of its total fuel remaining, and the number of removable and recyclable parts is..."

Lü Yongchang: "...Never mind, why don't you talk about the hibernation pods and the situation of 3.8 billion people?"

Zero's report came to an abrupt halt.

"Okay, Professor."

"The hibernation pods are in good overall condition. Over the past ten years, the failure rate has been 0.78%. However, thanks to the maintenance work of Yihe Robotics, there have been only a few deaths among 3.8 billion humans to date..."

As the announcement of zero came on, all the statistical data from the past few years appeared before us.

Looking at the cases of death caused by various reasons in front of him, Lü Yongchang shook his head helplessly.

For a weak AI like Yi, keeping the mortality rate at this level is already quite good.

"Let's begin the transfer process." Lü Yongchang waved his hand, intending to close the holographic image in front of him. "Once everyone has transferred to the [Homeland] ship, we can prepare to set off."

The holographic projection did not disappear as usual.

"zero?"

“Professor,” Zero’s virtual avatar appeared before Lü Yongchang, “the helium flash has occurred.”

Upon hearing this, Lü Yongchang fell silent.

He instinctively turned his head to look out the porthole.

"Professor, you can't see the helium flash happening yet," Zero whispered a reminder.

"I know."

Lü Yongchang sighed softly.

At this moment, his feelings were incredibly complicated.

There was a mix of sadness, relief, and a sense of ease.

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