Little Grey's flagship store.

As the eerie blue laser pierced the ellipsoidal detector's defenses, an alarm sounded inside the flagship.

"alarm!"

"Detector No. 1 has been attacked by an unknown force!"

"The attack type is a high-energy laser beam!"

The alarm did not cause any panic.

Instead, it made every little gray man in the command center act strangely.

excited!

"Found it!"

The gray technician's previously gloomy expression instantly brightened!

It pointed to the large screen ahead and shouted in a slightly shrill voice, "Commander! Commander! We've spotted the enemy fleet!"

"Signal lost."

The electronic audio broadcast was completely flat.

The commander, seated at the head of the table, took a deep breath and stood up from his seat.

How many detectors are left in this area?

The technician quickly extended his finger and tapped a few times on the personal terminal in front of him.

"Report: There are currently 17 detectors remaining."

The commander's face wrinkled slightly as he slowly shook his head and said, "Too little."

"Let's send these 17 detectors over to check the situation first."

"First, we need to confirm that this is the enemy fleet, and not just a small decoy ship!"

"Secondly..."

"Activate all detectors in the vicinity!"

"Conduct a thorough investigation!"

"I'm going to make sure this little bug has nowhere to hide!"

...

Human fleet.

As the 17 bright spots on the star map rapidly rushed towards the fleet, the atmosphere in the command center immediately became tense.

Everyone knew what was going to happen next.

War is imminent!

Fleet perimeter.

Another [Golden Crow] battleship, its stern glowing with the light of its Hall thrusters, departed from its original formation.

Although the ellipsoidal detector just now appeared to be no match for the Type II laser weapon.

However, just to be on the safe side, Zhao Zijie still ordered an additional "Golden Crow" battleship to be dispatched for escort.

After all, no one knows what cards the more advanced civilization is holding.

It's like no one knows that a mere Level 2 civilization actually possesses the attack capabilities of a Level 7 civilization!

Just as Zhao Zijie was lost in thought, the second probe quietly approached.

This time, the Golden Crow battleship did not use the Type II laser weapon.

Instead, they used the Type II coilgun.

Compared to the Type II coilgun, the Type II coilgun is larger and has a faster muzzle velocity.

The miniature nuclear bombs loaded inside the projectiles have also been replaced with small plasma bombs.

Without a doubt, the Type II coilgun was far more lethal than the Type I coilgun.

As the second probe drew closer, the captain of the battleship [Golden Crow] gave the order.

"fire!!"

A series of flashes of fire streaked across the muzzles of the battleship's secondary guns.

Seemingly realizing it was being locked on, the probe quickly changed course and began evasive maneuvers.

However, it is clear that this approach is not very effective for humans.

"Aim assist is enabled."

Zero's voice rang out inside the [Golden Crow] battleship.

At the same time, dozens of white dotted lines appeared in the holographic projection inside the battleship.

At this moment, the secondary gun barrel also began to oscillate slightly.

Each time the angle was adjusted, dozens to hundreds of shells were fired from the cannon barrel!

Several tens of seconds later.

A flash of light from a plasma bomb explosion appeared in the dark depths of space.

This means that a shell successfully hit the tiny detector.

Once it happens, it will happen again.

The second course, the third course...

The detector was instantly engulfed in a series of explosions and flashes.

The flames gradually faded away.

The dilapidated probe had been reduced to space debris, drifting silently in the void.

Upon seeing this, the captain of the battleship [Golden Crow] nodded in satisfaction and turned his attention to the next batch of probes.

"Captain of Ship 746!"

Zhao Zijie's quiet voice suddenly came through the communication channel: "Do you remember what I just said?"

"Professor Lü needs a high-level detector that is as intact as possible. Are you just ignoring what I'm saying?!"

"Do you know how wasteful it is to fire so many shells!"

The captain of ship 746 froze, his face stiffening: "..."

"I...I understand."

"I'll definitely be more careful next time."

...

Little Grey's flagship store.

The commander stared at the scene before him with a grim expression.

Another detector has been lost.

It did not take the loss of the detector to heart.

Their fleet possesses many of these low-quality detectors.

To its embarrassment, the destruction of this probe did not bring any valuable intelligence to civilization.

"Disable active detection devices!"

"Let these detectors move away from each other first, circle around a few times, and then find an opportunity to get closer!"

...

The moment this detector was destroyed, the remaining 16 detectors suddenly shut down their active detection devices.

They disappeared from the passive detection equipment of the human fleet.

Perhaps, for other civilizations, this would be incredibly fatal.

Finding a few pixel-sized detectors in the vast background of the universe is like finding a needle in a haystack.

But for human civilization, especially for zero, this difficulty is not too high.

Since these detectors were observed by optical telescopes, Zero has been constantly controlling the array of optical telescopes within the fleet to track and observe them.

Therefore, the movement of these probes away from the fleet and circling was completely visible to Lü Yongchang and his men!

Lu Yongchang looked at the star map in front of him with a strange expression.

"What's that on the other side...?"

"Trying to mislead us?"

Fang Xu also looked confused: "It doesn't make sense... What's the point of going around in circles?"

Tao Yuda's voice came from afar: "Professor, is it possible that the other side thinks we can't see them after they turn off the active radar?"

Lü Yongchang: "..."

Fang Xu: "..."

"Hiss..." Lu Yongchang scratched his head in surprise, "It can't be that bad, can it?"

"They're at least a level three or four civilization, surely their optical telescopes can do this?"

Tao Yuda, who was standing some distance away, froze upon hearing this.

"Professor, what I mean is, is it possible that the problem lies with Zero?"

Lü Yongchang: "..."

[Painting] Those words from back then resurfaced in his mind.

Could it be... that there's really a problem with zero?

Lu Yongchang's expression was somewhat strange. He waved his hand and changed the subject: "Never mind these things for now. When these detectors get close, shoot them all down."

"Remember to try to leave me a complete one."