Under Mullen's control, the ship's computer began to rapidly analyze dictionary and electromagnetic wave information.

The last video footage from the probe was also analyzed and began playing on the large screen in the command center.

A dark, cold, yet familiar universe appeared before all the Talodans.

The scene on the screen was so peaceful and serene, without the slightest sign of an attack.

"this……"

Aldan frowned, paused the video, and muttered in confusion, "Where is the enemy?"

"I don't know..."

The crew members' faces were also full of doubt.

One of the crew members even operated the computer in front of him, carefully reviewing various data from before the detector was attacked.

The result was predictable.

No matter how many historical data he retrieved, he could not find any abnormal data.

"Alright, stop this nonsense." Aldan stopped the crew's futile attempts. "Let's continue observing."

As he spoke, a deep sense of unease flickered in the depths of Aldan's eyes.

His years of experience as a fugitive taught him that the unknown is the most terrifying aspect of war!

This often means that the enemy's strength far exceeds that of one's own.

Just like when invaders first invaded their star system, the Talodan civilization, which had long lived in a peaceful environment, didn't even know what those various weapons were for!

The level of danger now far exceeds that of back then!

After all, they hadn't even found where the enemy was!

The last video footage left by the probe began to play again, and Aldan stared intently at the large screen in front of him.

suddenly!

Aldan felt a blur before his eyes, and three silver-white spherical aircraft suddenly appeared in the frame.

They are arranged in a triangular pattern, surrounding the probe and maintaining a state of parallel flight and relative stillness with it.

Exclamations, some loud and some soft, came from beside me.

"How did they appear?! Why didn't the probe detect their flight path?!"

“【Zanka】ah…”

"What the hell is this thing...?"

Aldan's expression darkened slightly; as the leader, it couldn't reveal too much of its personal emotions.

It suppressed its shock and panic and carefully examined the frozen image on the screen.

At close range, it can clearly observe the patterns on the surface of these spherical aircraft—although the overall shape of the aircraft is spherical, the patterns on its surface are basically sharp squares.

This alone greatly increased its sense of unease.

In the culture of the Talodan civilization, squares and sharp angles were considered devoid of beauty, and in the past, in times of ignorance, sharp angles were even regarded as symbols of evil!

Sure enough, the scene on the screen confirmed its intense unease.

Three silver-white spherical aircraft each had long mechanical arms extending from their sides.

From its appearance, the main body of the robotic arm is very slender, which gives it the impression that these robotic arms are very fragile.

But the next scene brutally revealed to Aldan that it was all just an illusion!

The slender robotic arm reached towards the detector at an extremely high speed!

Although Aldan was not a scientist, his basic scientific literacy still made him aware of the problem.

A robotic arm that can withstand such acceleration is definitely not fragile!

What happened next confirmed its suspicions once again.

The robotic arm smashed through the incredibly hard outer armor of the probe with extreme ease!

Just when Aldan thought the probe was about to be completely torn apart, the three robotic arms quickly retracted into the spherical spacecraft.

The next moment, the screen went black, and the video feed stopped.

"Leader, the preliminary assessment is that the quantum long-distance communication device was damaged, which caused the communication connection to be interrupted."

Aldan did not respond to the report from the crew member beside him, but instead turned his gaze to Milos and Malen not far away.

At such times, the electromagnetic wave information emitted by the three spherical spacecraft becomes particularly important.

Although the other side directly destroyed their probes, the huge gap in strength between the two sides gave Aldan a glimmer of hope—it hoped that the unknown civilization was just giving a warning.

As the translation program began running, information flowed continuously onto the computer in front of Milo.

When Milo saw the first line of information, his soft fur stood on end!

"Milo, is the information parsing complete?"

Aldan noticed Milo's unusual behavior and quickly asked him a question.

Its body trembled slightly as it turned around, looking at Aldan behind it, and whispered in a high-pitched voice with a tremor, "It's...it's finished..."

As he spoke, Milo operated the computer.

The information was projected onto the large screen in the command center.

[WARNING! This is human civilization. You have invaded the territory of human civilization. Please leave immediately!]

[Repeated! This is human civilization. You have invaded our territory. Please leave immediately!]

Please leave immediately! Otherwise, it will be considered a provocation and declaration of war against human civilization!

[...]

[Warnings ignored, enforcement measures in progress!]

Lines of strongly worded text were clearly displayed on the large screen in the command center, deeply moving every Talodan resident.

But more than anything, it was a strange sense of confusion.

"This..." Aldan, the leader, heaved violently, and the fur on his body stood on end. "From the first warning to the implementation of coercive measures, not even a second had passed!"

"We haven't even done anything yet, and we're already being accused of provocation and a declaration of war?"

"Isn't this human civilization a little too domineering?!"

“Chief, they have the right to be domineering.” Maren interrupted Chief Aldan, “Before the detector lost signal, the sensors detected extremely strong gamma rays.”

"This means that these spacecraft are propelled by antimatter."

"And the way the aircraft appeared... I don't even know how those three aircraft appeared!"

Aldan frowned. "Then what do you think we should do?"

"Apologize to the other party, or..."

“No!” Malen interrupted Aldan again. “We don’t need to worry about anything.”

"The fleet's navigation has changed. As long as we do not respond, the enemy will not be able to find us in the vast universe."

"After all, our fleet is too small."

"I don't think an advanced civilization that has mastered antimatter would expend a lot of energy to search for a low-level civilization that doesn't even know its coordinates, without any conflict of interest."