Ever since that battle, Xiao Hu had placed its probes farther out and in much greater numbers.
This place was already destined to be abandoned. They were merely making the most of it now, so they no longer feared others discovering the probes.
If they spotted a starship twenty million kilometers away, they would have plenty of time to get away.
"Have they finally come?" Qu Jianlei muttered softly.
He did not care who had come. As long as they were headed for this planet, it meant the hundred-plus people could be discovered.
Still, he asked, "Have you digested the Smart Lock data fragment?"
Xiao Hu had not been idle lately. Besides carrying out all kinds of calculations, it had also modified the interiors of the two starships.
The internal structures of those two starships differed slightly from the common Imperial designs.
Clearly, the Federation visitors had made moderate alterations to achieve certain effects.
The structures Xiao Hu handled best also differed somewhat from the Imperial mainstream.
Those differences could maximize its capabilities. The most typical example was its use of the recoil force from weapon systems.
Now that the ships belonged to them, it naturally did not hold back with the modifications.
As for "Smart Lock," that was the name Qu Jianlei had given to the two starships' defenses against data intrusion.
This data fragment had once successfully delayed Xiao Hu's infiltration of the systems.
After analyzing it, Big Head Butterfly stated that the fragment used an exceptionally sophisticated encryption method and even possessed a self-destruct function.
It had not rushed to devour the fragment. Instead, it had conducted numerous tests, destroying a total of eight Pioneers and three Storms.
As for testing it with a Vortex... Xiao Hu truly could not bear to do that. Its stinginess was