Beyond 0.95AU.
The human fleet drifted silently in the deep, dark space of space.
Inside the Earth.
Lu Yongchang sat in his chair, quietly watching the holographic image in front of him.
When he saw countless explosions and flashes of light coming from the outer periphery of Proxima Centauri b in the image, a look of helplessness appeared on his face.
"It seems that the other side has built a lot of defensive facilities in planetary orbit."
As time passed, the flames from the explosion gradually dissipated.
Lu Yongchang said softly, "Zero, report on the results."
"Professor, according to observations, 151 projectiles penetrated the enemy's defense network. Among them, 63 projectiles damaged enemy defense facilities, and 88 projectiles entered the enemy's atmosphere, successfully striking the enemy's homeland."
As the sound of "zero" rang out, a simulation image appeared on the giant holographic projection directly in front of the command center.
The specific configuration of Proxima Centauri b's ring planetary defense network was presented to everyone.
"According to observations, the enemy's defensive weapons are orbital high-energy laser cannons and orbital electromagnetic cannons."
Lü Yongchang nodded thoughtfully.
The information transmitted to Earth was largely consistent with what had been sent initially; the Proxima Centauri civilization had indeed entered a period of stagnation.
Even after more than a hundred years of development, they are still at the level of a first-class civilization.
Moreover, based on the above information, Lü Yongchang had a guess in his mind.
The Proxima Centauri civilization does not seem to have mentioned artificial intelligence technology.
The reason is simple: in the first round of attack, which was a probing attack, the human fleet actually did not fire many projectiles.
Even so, their defense network still had flaws, and they even suffered significant losses.
This is enough to prove his guess.
At least, if it were zero, it would be absolutely impossible for it to make such a basic mistake.
Thinking of this, a glint flashed in Lü Yongchang's eyes: "Zero, simulate the other side's interception process and see if you can find any loopholes."
"receive."
After a single response, Zero began his calculations.
Countless ballistic trajectories and motion paths appeared on the giant holographic projection.
"You think Proxima Centauri is still using rigid interception procedures to control these space-based weapons?" Fang Xu frowned, looking at Lü Yongchang in surprise. "It's an interstellar civilization, after all. It shouldn't be this backward..."
Lü Yongchang shrugged: "Who knows? It can't hurt to give it a try."
After saying that, he silently added in his mind: Zero is not something that ordinary civilizations can possess.
As the only entity directly given code by the technology tree system, Zero's contribution to technological civilization far exceeded everyone's imagination.
"Calculation complete."
Zero's voice rang out again: "Based on the simulation results, I have found the following defensive vulnerabilities:..."
Looking at the text listed line by line on the holographic projection, Lü Yongchang turned his head and raised an eyebrow at Fang Xu: "How about that? I wasn't wrong, was I?"
Fang Xu was speechless for a moment: "..."
"It seems like the Proxima Centauri civilization's technology tree has gone astray..."
Ignoring Fang Xu's complaints, Lü Yongchang directly issued the order.
"Attention all personnel, please maintain silence."
"One week later, change the attack mode and launch a second round of shelling!"
...
One week later.
Augustus stared at the monitor in front of him with an embarrassed expression.
The search failed message appeared on the monitor once again.
During this period, they spent countless efforts searching for the solar system fleet, but obviously, they achieved nothing.
The only good news is that they haven't been attacked in the past week.
Taking advantage of this lull, they launched several spaceships, carefully climbed into space, and carried out simple repairs and replacements on the planetary defense equipment, patching up the vulnerabilities that had appeared after the attack.
Of course, looking at it another way, this also means that the solar system fleet is still shifting its position and is always ready to launch the same attack again.
"Lord Augustus, a communication request from Levay."
A Lyle approached him hesitantly and spoke in a respectful tone.
Augustus's face darkened, and he impatiently waved his short forelegs: "Tell him to leave me alone now."
Lyle, who was in charge of relaying the message, looked somewhat flustered: "But, but..."
"Um?"
A cold glint flashed in Augustus's eyes as he glared at Lyle in front of him: "But what?!"
Facing Augustus's gaze, Lyle's panic intensified. His nostrils opened and closed rapidly, and the skin on the top of his brain perfectly reflected his current state of panic.
But he still forced himself to speak, saying, "But... Levi said you must answer the phone, otherwise he cannot guarantee the next counterattack."
The moment the words left his mouth, a scorching breath shot out from Augustus's breath hole and landed directly on Lyle's face.
"How dare he..."
Augustus roared angrily, "You lowly race! Once we've dealt with the invaders, I'll settle this score with you!"
Lyle took a few steps back cautiously.
"You!" After venting his anger, Augustus glared at him fiercely: "Take over the communications!"
Lyle nodded hastily, then turned and fled from this place of trouble as if he were escaping.
...
"August."
A somewhat angry voice came through the communication device: "What exactly happened? Why was our planetary defense network breached so easily?"
"I was on the surface at the time, do you know how dangerous that was?!"
Upon hearing Livay's question, Augustus's eyes flashed with anger.
But soon, thinking of the consequences of Levi's unexpected death, a chill ran down his spine.
"We underestimated the power of the shells, and I never expected those invaders to be so ruthless." To stabilize morale, Augustus suppressed his anger and gave a somewhat vague explanation.
Levi was clearly not satisfied with Augustus's response.
But remembering that he still needed someone's help, Levay suppressed his dissatisfaction.
Is there any solution?
"What?" Augustus didn't understand what Levay meant at first.
"I mean, is there any way to find the invaders' fleet?" When it came to serious matters, Levi's tone gradually calmed down.
His words were filled with worry: "I'm in a difficult position now, as many people want to launch a counterattack."
"But until now, we still don't know the exact location of the enemy ships."
Augustus sighed softly and slowly shook his head: "It's a pity."
"Currently, we have activated full-band active detection equipment and even used optical telescopes, but we have not made any progress."
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