Maren's words acted as a reassurance, temporarily quelling Aldan's unease.
Just as Aldan was about to order the fleet to remain silent and continue toward the target star system, a muffled alarm once again triggered its incredibly fragile nerves.
However, before it could even ask a question, Milo's exclamation echoed throughout the entire command center.
"The fleet's central computer has been hacked!!!"
The next moment, Milona's round body soared into the sky with the help of the power-up device.
It traced a crooked arc in the air and stumbled towards the communications control room on the other side of the command center.
Milo, who hadn't yet learned how to land smoothly, used its face to stop its forward momentum as always. Then, under everyone's gaze, it frantically tore off one cable after another.
The muffled alarm grew louder, and the deep purple warning lights began to flash incessantly.
The entire fleet was thrown into chaos because of Milo's actions!
No one blamed it for this; in fact, after realizing what had happened, everyone in the know expressed their gratitude to Milo for his actions!
"Chief!" Milo, clutching several cables in his little paws, turned and shouted to Aldan, "Immediately conduct a full inspection of the central computer!"
Aldan, regaining his composure, quickly nodded and issued an inspection order—to conduct a comprehensive check of the shipboard computer system, while ensuring the fleet's normal navigation!
...
A few days later.
The comprehensive investigation has been fully completed.
After confirming that there were no hidden dangers in the central computer, the maintenance personnel breathed a slight sigh of relief and left the large computer room where the central computer was located.
The lights were dim, and the server room, which had undergone several inspections, returned to its usual tranquility, with only the faint sound of the cooling system working.
Suddenly, a small screen quietly lit up.
Lines of characters that did not belong to the Talodan civilization appeared on the screen.
[Troy 1.0 program, running successfully.]
Basic analysis work has been completed.
[No commands received from the mother system; entering silent mode...]
The screen, which had been flashing with fluorescence, went dark again, as if nothing had happened.
...
Inside the Talodan Civilization Command Center.
Each black and white fluffy ball of fur slightly bristled and trembled in the air with its movements, vividly displaying the inner state of these pandas at that moment.
"leader."
Milo stopped pacing back and forth, gently touching the swelling on his face, and said indistinctly, "We're not sure how much information we leaked."
"If the coordinates are exposed, it could very well attract an attack from human civilization."
Aldan's face didn't show much emotion, but the slightly swaying fur on its body betrayed its true feelings.
Milo was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Continue sailing!"
"This is our only way to survive!"
"Next, we need to accelerate at all costs! Accelerate!! Accelerate again!!!"
With that, Milo glanced around at everyone and shouted, "I've already calculated it. Even at full speed, our energy is enough to support us until we reach our target star system."
"only……"
Milo shook his head with a wry smile: "We might face a massive energy crisis then, but for the survival of civilization, these are minor matters."
“That’s right,” Aldan’s voice suddenly rang out, expressing his agreement. “Energy and supplies are for the survivors!”
"Talodan Fleet, full speed ahead!"
The order has been issued.
The light from the Hall thrusters at the stern of the starship intensified once more.
...
Behind the Talodan fleet.
A strangely shaped, haphazardly styled fleet, propelled by Hall thrusters, followed the Talodan fleet at a leisurely pace.
Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded, and at the same time, a crew member's report came through.
"General, they've accelerated again!"
"What?! It's accelerated again?!" The general sitting in the center suddenly raised his head, squinting his orange-yellow vertical eyes at the large screen in front of him.
When it saw the line of distorted text on the screen, an extremely intense murderous aura immediately appeared in its eyes.
"Damn it, didn't those scouts say the enemy's energy reserves were running low?!"
"Why can it still accelerate?!"
Faced with his superior's questioning, the crewman trembled violently, waving his claws covered in fine scales in utter terror and crying out, "No, no, General, this isn't my fault, I..."
The general didn't speak, but waved his hand impatiently.
The next second, two subordinates waiting nearby dragged the crew member who was speaking away from his seat.
"Wait!" the general suddenly called out as he watched the struggling crew members slowly sail away.
"General!" The crew member's orange-yellow vertical pupils widened slightly, and his struggle intensified instantly. "General, please spare my life!"
"Tsk!"
"It's so noisy..."
The general swept his men across his men with his menacing, vertical pupils.
"Bang!"
A dull thud was heard, and the struggling crewman collapsed limply to the ground.
"Kill those two scouts too." The general lightly stuck out his forked tongue, then quickly retracted it, a sinister smile spreading across his face. "These useless scum who give false intelligence should be canned."
"yes!"
Watching the trail of blood receding into the distance on the deck, it narrowed its eyes again, its vertical pupils slowly contracting.
"Help me contact the mothership."
"Tell them that there has been a minor mishap, and the capture plan has to be brought forward."
The moment the words fell, a strong smell of blood filled the air inside the starship.
...
Kepler-452 star system.
"Professor, the Troy 1.0 program has been successfully implanted. Should we attempt to activate it?"
Synthesized electronic voices rang out in the command center.
Lu Yongchang pondered for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Zero, are you sure this program won't be detected?"
"Given the enemy civilization's computer technology, the probability of this program being discovered is less than 0.001%," Zero replied matter-of-factly. "Please rest assured."
"And what happens after it's activated?"
"The probability of it being discovered is greater than 99%."
Zero quickly explained, "Due to hardware limitations, the Troy 1.0 program can currently only be activated via electromagnetic wave signals. The long communication time and extremely high intensity electromagnetic wave signals will cause the program to be quickly detected by enemy civilizations."
Lü Yongchang nodded thoughtfully.
"Then let's wait a little longer."
"We'll talk about it once the expeditionary fleet finds them."
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