Without any hesitation, Fang Zheng led everyone back to Leander. To be honest, everyone else was confused by his actions, but seeing Fang Zheng's serious expression, they decided to listen to him and go back first.

After all, when it comes to the universe, they currently have no one more professional than Fang Zheng.

Back on the battleship, Fang Zheng opened his personal terminal and displayed part of the content.

"What's this?"

"Captain's Diary."

Fang Zheng glanced at Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu.

"Translation is too troublesome, just read it directly."

"Ah... it's so troublesome to recite..."

Hearing this, Cang Xuan was the first to object, while Dan Zhu raised his hand excitedly.

"I'll do it, I'll do it!"

As he spoke, Danzhu moved closer, looked at the log, and began to read it word by word.

"...I miss my hometown very much. I wonder how it is now. Up to now, the universe is still a long and endless process, and we have not found a suitable planet for colonization. Maybe I have to start thinking about Dr. MEI's other plan..."

"Not here, behind."

"Oh... We received a string of signals, which are specially encrypted! This surprised all of us. What does this mean? This means that there are other civilizations in this universe besides us! Fortunately, this is a high-end digital encryption problem, but it is not impossible to crack..."

"We cracked the signal and got a coordinate. The crew began to debate whether to go and take a look. Some agreed, some opposed. But in the end we decided to go and take a look. After all, no matter what, this could be a new beginning... Maybe our destiny will change here."

"...We found a strange metal sphere near the coordinates. This signal was sent by it. It looks like some kind of device, but we can't open it and the scan yielded no results...Someone is worried that this is a bomb..."

"…We opened it! It turns out that this thing is powered by Honkai energy! It's unimaginable. Could it be that other civilizations in the universe are also using Honkai energy? It opened a space channel. We don't know where this channel leads to, but maybe we should give it a try. After all, drifting in the universe has become unbearable for us. Perhaps… this will be a new hope?"

"We saw it, it was..."

The record was interrupted here, followed by a series of error reports. It was obvious that the Ark was attacked by the enemy as soon as it left the space channel, and then it was destroyed.

“…”

After listening to Dan Zhu finish reading the log, everyone on the bridge fell silent. After a moment, Walter Yang frowned.

"This sounds like... a trap?"

"That's right."

Fang Zheng nodded.

"As you know from fishing, this Ark is just a stupid fish. It took the bait and got killed."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng pointed at the diary.

"In fact, we can see from the beginning that the other party has been carefully testing them. First, they use encrypted signals in the form of advanced mathematics. Only civilizations that can decrypt the signals are worth being lured - this is also normal. We don't care about a bunch of garbage from a primitive Amazon tribe."

Having said that, Fang Zheng nodded.

"Then there is this metal sphere. It is opened with Honkai energy, which represents what those guys need. Obviously, this is a filter. That is to say, only civilizations that have developed to a certain level, that can use Honkai energy, and that can enter the universe - only those that meet these three conditions will be selected and become their prey."

"Wait a moment."

At this moment, Walter Yang suddenly spoke.

"Since this is a bait, aren't they afraid of encountering a civilization more powerful than theirs..."

"Of course they were afraid, so they chose this place."

Fang Zheng shrugged.

"This is a distant and remote galaxy. I am sure that this should be the hunting ground of those guys, not their home. They are also afraid of catching sharks or whales, so they have to take this approach. I think their course of action is this: the space channel opened by each metal sphere is fixed, and once the space channel is opened, they will be able to know that the other party has activated the sphere, and then come here to wait. If the person who comes is stronger than the other party, then those guys will at most just lose a few warships. If the person who comes is weaker than them..."

Having said that, Fang Zheng pointed to the Ark outside the porthole.

"A few warships in exchange for the coordinates of a civilization is a deal that pays off. After all, the universe is vast and infinite. Without a sufficiently powerful civilization, it is simply a fantasy to search the entire universe. On the contrary, this method of fishing for those who are willing to take the bait saves time and effort."

“…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, whether it was Walter Yang, Theresa, Cang Xuan, or Dan Zhu, their faces turned pale and solemn.

"Wait, wait a moment."

Cang Xuan also spoke at this time.

"But this ark was clearly built to escape the Honkai disaster. They should know this, right? What is the meaning of a planet that has been destroyed by Honkai to them?"

“That’s where it gets interesting.”

Fang Zheng chuckled and looked at Cang Xuan.

"Guess why these guys use Honkai energy as the key to open and activate the metal sphere?"

"Eh...? Could it be...?"

"That's right."

Fang Zheng showed an icy smile.

"I suspect that this interstellar civilization has probably mastered the use of Honkai energy and uses it as a source of energy. This is not surprising. For primitive people, storms and earthquakes are disasters that cannot be resisted, but modern people have already used wind energy and geothermal energy as a way of energy extraction, right? You cannot resist the disaster of Honkai, but perhaps some civilizations have already used Honkai energy as a useful energy source?"

“…”

Theresa was stunned, even Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu were speechless, and at this moment, Walter Yang spoke.

"He is right. Such a civilization does exist."

"Mr. Walter?"

Hearing Walter Yang's words, Theresa looked at him in surprise, and the latter nodded.

"A few years ago, we at Anti-Entropy discovered an asteroid that was about to pass by the Earth. In fact, that asteroid was a probe from an extraterrestrial civilization - the people in the sky. We learned that that civilization would disguise the probe as an asteroid to scout other extraterrestrial civilizations. If those civilizations were too powerful, it would shut down all systems and pretend to be a real asteroid and leave. If that civilization was very weak, they would send a large number of troops to harvest the civilization they were targeting."

"Is there such a thing?"

Theresa stared at Walter Yang, stunned.

"Mr. Walter, why didn't you tell me?"

"Bishop Otto knows about this."

"……grandfather……"

Theresa was speechless. Obviously, this was also a secret hidden by Otto. At least, Theresa did not find such information in the intelligence library of Tianming, which meant that Otto must have hidden it.

"Later, we destroyed the asteroid before it could send a signal, thus preventing it from attacking our planet..."

"That's really interesting."

Hearing this, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and stared at Walter Yang.

"So, you know about the existence of alien civilizations, and you also know that they are full of threats to you, but you still don't speed up the development of aerospace technology? Instead, you play hide-and-seek with an old immortal snake in the quantum sea? You have nothing to do, right?"

Fang Zheng really couldn't understand Walter Yang's idea. If you said you didn't confirm the existence of alien civilizations, you would have defended the earth. But now that you know the existence of alien civilizations, and that they are a very threatening offensive species, why are you still burying your head in the ground like an ostrich and fighting against Honkai on Earth?

Is there something wrong with your brain?

“…Ahem.”

Feeling Fang Zheng's gaze, Walter Yang couldn't help but coughed awkwardly.

"After all, the threat on Earth is real..."

"That's right. The next time those aliens come to attack the earth, you may be dead and you won't have to care about this anymore."

Fang Zheng's sarcastic ridicule made Walter Yang blush, and he didn't know what to say.

"Funding is also a problem. After all, the US funding is ..."

"Okay, I know Americans can't do anything."

Fang Zheng waved his hand, interrupting Walter Yang's defense. Then he touched his chin and smiled strangely.

“But this is also a good opportunity.”

"Chance?"

"Yes, they can come and fight us, and we can also fight them. Moreover... this civilization seems to have mastered the skills of how to tame and transform Honkai energy. If we can also master this skill, then Honkai disasters will not be a big deal, right?"

"this……"

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and then Theresa spoke uneasily.

"But we don't have enough power to fight against extraterrestrial civilizations..."

"Don't worry about that."

Fang Zheng said, waving his hand.

"Just leave it to me."

Having said this, Fang Zheng turned and looked at Leander.

"Leander, return immediately and prepare to activate the induction position to let the First Fleet jump over directly! We are going to do something big!"