A dazzling light shone once again at both ends of the flagship.

"The gravitational field generator is ready."

"A space curvature bubble is forming..."

A perfectly neutral, synthesized electronic voice resounded inside the flagship.

"etc!"

Inside the command center, the shouts of technicians rang out.

"Warp Drive Countdown: 60...59..."

The electronically synthesized voice continued its countdown methodically.

"Technician!" The little gray man looked at the technician in front of him with displeasure. "What do you want to do?!"

The technician looked up and made eye contact with the fleet commander for two seconds.

"Commander, I have a suggestion."

"This can greatly reduce our search workload!"

The commander remained silent, staring intently at the technician in front of him.

“10……9……”

The cold, synthesized electronic voice still echoed inside the cabin.

"Stop warp drive!"

The commander reached out and pressed a button, speaking in a deep voice.

"...warp drive confirmed to have ceased."

"The gravitational field is stabilizing..."

The technician glanced instinctively at the porthole next to him.

Outside the porthole, the distorted starlight gradually returned to normal as the electronic synthesized sound began.

The dazzling lights at the front and rear of the flagship gradually dimmed.

Just before entering warp drive, the Grey flagship detached from the space warp bubble.

"technician!"

Seeing the technician's actions, the commander grew increasingly dissatisfied, and his tone became slightly more irritable: "What are you looking at?!"

Upon hearing the commander's reprimand, the technician quickly averted his gaze from the porthole and responded respectfully.

"Commander, I suggest we turn the tables on them."

"What do you mean?" The commander's face scrunched up.

"The other party hacked into our long-range communication device and used it to send us false and incorrect location information."

A glint of light flashed in the technician's eyes: "And that's precisely where our opportunity lies."

"Since the other civilization is only a level two civilization, they must be thinking about escaping as soon as possible."

"And those baits must be moving in a direction that is far away from the other civilization."

"As long as we obtain enough samples, we can completely eliminate most of the wrong options."

"As for the possibility of the fleet turning back midway..."

"Commander, I believe that for a Level 2 civilization, energy resources are not so abundant that it can change course at will!"

The wrinkles on the fleet commander's face gradually disappeared.

Instead, a strong sense of excitement filled the air.

"good!"

"Do as you say!"

"If we successfully locate the enemy civilization, you will have contributed to this battle!"

...

Two months later.

Human fleet.

"Professor, this is the last decoy."

Lu Yongchang shook his head helplessly: "The opponent is getting faster and faster."

"Fine, since we've been discovered, let's just self-destruct!"

"receive!"

...

Little Grey's flagship store.

With a flash of white light, the decoy ship on the screen exploded violently.

The commander stared blankly at the scene before him.

This is the fifteenth time it has seen the same scene.

After the explosion, it instinctively turned its head to look at the screen next to it and began to wait for the alarm to sound.

One second, two seconds...

Nothing happened.

The alarm did not sound.

No new signal source has appeared!

After a two-second pause, the little grey commander's eyes lit up with excitement!

there is none left!

Finally, the bait is gone!

Damn bugs, if you're so capable, release another dozen or twenty baits!

He excitedly stood up from his chair: "Technician! Can we start the calculations and derivation now?!"

The technician pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded.

"Currently, we have obtained a total of 18 sample data."

"Although it's a bit small, it should be enough for simple simulation calculations."

As he spoke, he entered the location information of 18 decoy ships into his personal terminal.

On the large screen directly in front of them, a deep star map appeared.

In the star chart, bright white dots appear one after another.

Subsequently, a dotted line extends from each white dot.

This is the direction the decoy ship was traveling when it was spotted.

Eighteen white dashed lines intersect sequentially in the star chart.

The calculated data flashed by rapidly.

Soon, several areas were highlighted on the star map.

"command."

The technician smiled slightly and said with a hint of pride, "Because the sample size is small, I can only confirm these few directions at the moment."

"Next, please send detectors to search these areas carefully."

"If nothing unexpected happens, this little bug must be hiding in a corner of these areas!"

...

The human fleet, in defensive formation, sailed silently through the endless dark universe.

In pursuit of stealth, the human fleet did not activate any active detection equipment.

Even after reaching 25% of its maximum speed, Lü Yongchang directly ordered the starship engines to be shut down, allowing the entire fleet to "glide" through space using inertia.

Although this will cause a slight decrease in the speed of the starships, it greatly increases the safety of the fleet!

Inside the command center of the Earth.

Each researcher sat solemnly in their seat.

Their attention was entirely focused on the holographic projection in front of them.

In the projection, apart from some images observed by optical telescopes, most of the images are various signals from passive detection devices.

If an advanced civilization were to attack, these signals would be the first warning sign for human civilization.

"Click".

In the quiet command center, the sound of the electromagnetic adsorption device unlocking was particularly noticeable.

Lü Yongchang raised his head and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

Fang Xu rubbed his eyes, yawned, and stood up from his seat.

Seeing Lü Yongchang's puzzled look, he pointed to the outside of the gate and mouthed a gesture.

……bathroom?

After understanding Fang Xu's lip movements, Lü Yongchang chuckled, waved his hand casually, and turned his gaze back to the holographic projection in front of him.

Seeing Lü Yongchang's actions, Fang Xu shrugged and gently walked towards the command center's entrance.

suddenly!

The curve in the holographic projection, which was originally as steady as a rock, began to fluctuate wildly!

A piercing alarm sounded!

Fang Xu was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face twisted slightly.

He then hurriedly turned around and ran back to his seat.

But at that moment, no one noticed his micro-expressions.

Everyone's attention was focused on the holographic projection in front of them!

"It's a detector sent by the other side!"

Lu Yongchang quickly swiped the holographic projection in front of him and brought up several key data points.