Earth

Looking at the words displayed in the holographic projection, Lü Yongchang smiled faintly.

It was a success.

Using the two-dimensional fragments provided by the [painting], they successfully fooled a level three civilization!

Thinking about the various advanced technologies that humanity could obtain from it, Lü Yongchang's eyes immediately lit up with excitement!

On the star map, the gleaming light from the cannons of the wrecked fleet, led by two secondary flagships, gradually dimmed.

It seems that the other side is sincerely surrendering.

Even so, Lü Yongchang still did not let his guard down.

He pondered for a moment, then edited a message and publicly sent it to all enemy warships.

...

[Immediately open all network ports and relinquish control of all warships!]

As the captain of the No. 1 secondary flagship looked at the text on the screen, he felt a surge of excitement rush to his head!

"No!"

"Absolutely not!"

It growled in a low voice with extreme intensity: "Once we relinquish control of the network ports and the warships, our lives will be completely in their hands!"

"I disagree!!"

This practice of human civilization is all too familiar to it.

In the past, when faced with weaker civilizations, the Lator civilization would usually use various excuses to gain control of the enemy's warships.

Then……

Forcefully shut down the life support system.

It can be described as an excellent method of eliminating the enemy without bloodshed and eradicating the root of the problem.

That is why it is both excited and apprehensive about this demand from human civilization!

The next moment, a sigh came from the third ship's captain over the communication channel.

"Look around us."

"We have no other choice."

The captain of the No. 1 ship subconsciously raised his head and looked again at the portholes around the command center.

Outside the porthole were countless enemy warships.

The muzzles of every enemy ship emitted a faint, eerie blue light.

It was clear that this was a sign that the plasma weapon was accumulating energy.

These are nothing.

What truly made it feel its hands and feet go cold and its mind go blank were the 48 small starships directly in front of it.

It can be clearly seen through optical observation equipment.

Among the 48 small starships, two starships each had a long cannon barrel protruding from their bows.

The cannons were clearly pointed at the No. 1 and No. 3 secondary flagships!

Meanwhile, perhaps because the wait was too long, another line of text appeared on the screen in front of me.

[Repeat: Immediately open all network ports and surrender control of all warships!]

Otherwise, you will die!

The two short lines of text made it feel cold all over.

“But…but…” Its lips trembled a few times, and it murmured to itself with despair in its eyes, “You know how we did it before…”

"...Give up."

After a moment of silence, the voice of the third ship's captain came again.

This time, the third captain's voice sounded particularly low: "There's no chance anymore."

"and……"

“There’s even worse news.”

"What?" The captain of the No. 1 ship turned his head blankly to look at the communication device next to him.

It couldn't imagine that, under these circumstances, there could be any news worse than bad news!

"We do not have the highest authority."

The third captain's voice rang out again: "Don't forget, these warships were stolen from other civilizations."

"At the time, in order to crack the control of that fourth-tier flagship, the technicians stopped all hacking work on the secondary flagships."

...

'What?!'

'Does not have supreme control privileges?'

Inside the deep-sea cabin, Lü Yongchang's face was filled with astonishment: 'Are you kidding me?'

'Zero, are you sure there are no problems with the translation?!'

The moment Lü Yongchang saw the translation, this thought flashed through his mind.

There must be a translation error!

“Professor, if the dictionary they provided is correct, then the translation will be correct.” Zero responded to Lü Yongchang’s question with absolute certainty.

Even after receiving a completely affirmative answer from Zero, Lü Yongchang was still incredibly surprised by the situation.

For an interstellar civilization, this situation is simply impossible!

What about the network port?

Lu Yongchang composed himself and asked again.

“The other party has opened all network ports,” Zero replied immediately.

"That's good." Lü Yongchang breathed a slight sigh of relief. "Now it's up to you."

'I need to gain ultimate control of all of the enemy's starships!'

"receive."

Zero remained as calm and composed as ever.

...

The captain of the first ship frowned as he looked at the unchanging screen.

Then it looked out the porthole at the scene.

Just like the screen, nothing has changed.

Perhaps it was just psychological, but it even felt that the light from the gun muzzles of those warships was getting brighter!

It was as if... those plasma shells would be fired from the muzzle at any moment and blast directly into the warship it was on!

It swallowed hard, then abruptly turned its head and glared at the technician beside it: "Are you sure the port is open?"

“Yes, Captain,” the technician said nervously, “five minutes ago, all network ports on all warships were completely unblocked…”

"Then why isn't there any reaction at all?" The captain of the No. 1 ship waved his hand, interrupting the technician. "Look at those warships outside!"

"Did you do something to it?!"

Faced with the captain's relentless questioning, the technician broke out in a few beads of sweat, and his gray skin quickly turned grayish-white.

"I...I don't know."

The technician's mind raced as he considered possible causes.

Suddenly, as if it had thought of something, it said excitedly.

"Perhaps...perhaps their computer technology is relatively outdated! Even if we open the ports, they won't be able to analyze the warship's computer system for a while!"

Because the flagship was destroyed so suddenly, countless important pieces of information did not have time to be exchanged with the secondary flagship.

In addition, technicians themselves have a low social status, and in the face of war, these technicians have very little say.

Thus, an incredibly strange phenomenon occurred.

Neither the captain of the secondary flagship nor the lowly technicians knew about the recent quantum communication system intrusion incident that occurred on the flagship!

As for the other warships...

Needless to say.

In the eyes of the fleet commander, who had become a paper doll, these "cannon fodder" warships, large and small, only needed to perfectly execute his orders!

Upon hearing the technician's words, the captain of the No. 1 ship was stunned for a moment.

Then, a look of sudden realization appeared in its eyes!

That makes a lot of sense!

After all, the other party is only a level two civilization. It is normal that they are helpless against the creation of a level three civilization in the short term!

Perhaps this could be a chance to turn things around?

The captain of the No. 1 ship frowned slightly, quickly considering the appropriate countermeasures.