Lu Yongchang's words instantly extinguished the tension in the laboratory.
"Civilization...is the cleaning service civilized?"
Fang Xu, standing beside him, swallowed hard, his pupils trembling slightly, and he muttered to himself with rapid breathing, "Why would they come looking for us?"
Lu Yongchang didn't speak, but instead rapidly sorted through the known information in his mind.
A few seconds later, he exhaled a long breath.
"I see……"
Lu Yongchang's face darkened, and his once straight back bent slightly at that moment.
He murmured in an extremely low voice, "That message wasn't sent to the pastoral faction..."
"Wh-what?"
Upon hearing Lü Yongchang's words, Fang Xu was taken aback and subconsciously asked, "What information?"
Seeing Lu Yongchang, the backbone of the group, looking so dejected, Fang Xu immediately became anxious.
"Yongchang, what time is it? What are you talking about, information?!"
"We are now..."
Lu Yongchang raised his hand and leaned on the lab table in front of him, interrupting Fang Xu's words in a heavy tone: "Do you still remember the last distress message in the [painting]?"
Fang Xu was slightly taken aback, then nodded: "Of course I remember..."
Before he could finish speaking, Fang Xu's eyes widened suddenly!
He seemed to realize the meaning behind Lü Yongchang's words!
"you mean……"
"Was that message sent to the cleaners, Wenming?"
"Wait a minute, aren't they enemies?!"
Lu Yongchang slowly shook his head and gently corrected, "It's not for the cleaners to be civilized."
"If I'm not mistaken, that incomplete message was a broadcast to the entire universe."
"At the very least, it's a broadcast aimed at advanced civilizations in the universe."
Before Fang Xu could ask, Lü Yongchang continued, "The Type II or Type III artificial intelligence mentioned by [the artist] is a dangerous technology."
"It's understandable that it wants to nip this danger in the bud."
Fortunately, Zero resolved the issue of the drawing in time, as its information was incomplete.
"Human civilization has now become famous in the universe."
Lü Yongchang's voice was somewhat bitter.
Becoming famous at this crucial time is not a good thing!
The thought that all the advanced civilizations in the universe were focusing their attention on a remote corner of the Milky Way sent a chill down Lü Yongchang's spine.
"Professor, I think..."
Tao Yuda's voice came from not far away: "We shouldn't be thinking about things that far ahead right now..."
As he spoke, Tao Yuda stared intently at the giant holographic projection directly in front of him, swallowed hard, and said again, "That detector seems to have stopped."
...
Outside the Gliese 555 star system.
The dark gray spherical probe stopped moving forward and hovered silently in space.
While the antimatter collection device and detectors worked together to investigate, detectors from the Cleaners civilization were also exploring the surrounding technological creations.
The Type I artificial intelligence built into the spherical detector is constantly comparing the collected data with the data from the [painting] in the database.
The comparison will naturally focus on the style of these technological creations.
Every civilization in the universe has a different living environment, different life forms, and different types of technology. Therefore, the styles of creations made by civilizations are also very diverse, and there is almost no possibility of them being the same.
Therefore, the style of a civilization's creations has become its "identity card" in the universe.
At this moment, the detector from the Cleaners civilization is completing this comparison—it needs to make sure it hasn't mistaken the person.
Messages were sent to the central black hole region of the Milky Way in a form unknown to humankind.
[Probe No. 1 has successfully arrived at its target star system.]
[Technological artifact detected, comparison task in progress...]
[Comparison complete, similarity reaches 99%, confirming it as human civilization.]
[Civilization level assessment in progress...]
[Warning: This civilization has mastered antimatter technology. The mission is at risk of failure. Do you wish to continue?]
【warn……】
...
"What's going on?"
Lu Yongchang frowned, staring blankly at the footage transmitted from the camera.
"What exactly does this 'cleaner civilization' mean?"
The laboratory fell silent in response to Lü Yongchang's question.
All the researchers shook their heads, their faces full of doubt.
"Braise!" Lu Yongchang swore, a rare occurrence for him.
It would be much more satisfying to just rush into the Gliese 555 star system!
At least in this way, humans can attack it with impunity.
If you win, everyone's happy; if you lose, you can just wait to die after starting the "Dandelion" plan.
But this limbo has left him feeling completely lost.
What should we do next?
Counterattack?
The person hasn't even stated their purpose yet; perhaps it's all a misunderstanding?
The first shot of war must never be fired by human civilization!
After all, compared to the Cleaners civilization, even as a Level 4 civilization, humanity is nothing more than a slightly larger ant.
What's coming now is just a probe.
Lu Yongchang certainly doesn't want to see the sanitation workers' warships parked in front of his house!
Sitting and watching a show?
This is not like Lü Yongchang's style.
Lu Yongchang put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth in the laboratory, thinking about the next course of action.
...
The region of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
Inside a stationary artificial planet.
A message flashed on an inconspicuous light screen.
[Number: Detector No. 0...]
The next second, a tentacle reached out from a distance.
The tentacle casually swept across, and the light screen flashing with information vanished instantly.
"What's wrong?"
The sound of the cleaner 9527 asking questions came from afar.
"It's nothing, just a data report from the detector," the person who turned off the light curtain replied respectfully. "Just some insignificant comparison data."
Upon hearing this, Cleaner 9527 nodded slightly in agreement: "It's just a low-level civilization. The Type I artificial intelligence built into the detector can handle it on its own."
"Our primary goal now is pastoral civilization."
"According to data transmitted back by the mother civilization, four-dimensional spatial fluctuations have appeared in the Triangulum Galaxy Bridge region."
"They're here."
The atmosphere inside the planetary fortress instantly became tense.
"You mean..."
Another subordinate's voice rang out: "Is this the four-dimensional being [Time]?"
Cleaner 9527 fell silent, its tentacles unconsciously dragging the light screen in front of it.
a long time.
"Very likely."
His expression was extremely serious, and he said in a solemn tone, "Continuing to increase energy reserves could be a tough battle."
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