Seeing this, the humans aboard the Lyra were somewhat confused, but they quickly understood what had happened.
Most likely, news of the Lyra's victory had not yet reached them, so they assumed the Lyra was still fighting the Electron Warship. No one could possibly approach while those two were engaged in battle.
In the end, the Divine Matrix Civilization was the bolder one.
After wiping out a vast swath of warships, their Neutron War Star used Space Elastic Leap to jump toward the Lyra. Over the restored communication channel, they asked, "Human Civilization? Why have you returned? Where is the Electron Warship?"
"We defeated the Electron Warship!" Yue Yuan replied on behalf of Human Civilization.
"What?!"
The Divine Matrix Civilization reacted with great excitement. Even though Yue Yuan could not understand the expressions of their individual life forms, he could still sense the emotional fluctuations.
"We defeated the Electron Warship!" Yue Yuan repeated.
This time, the Divine Matrix Civilization saw it clearly. They confirmed that they had not misheard and that their translation system had not malfunctioned.
Yet they still found it hard to believe. "Really?"
"Really!"
"Then where is the Electron Warship? Was it destroyed, or did it flee?"
"Uh, neither."
"Hiss... Did you really exile it?"
"It seems so!"
Humanity's answer made the Divine Matrix Civilization hesitate. After a moment of uncertainty, they asked, "Human Civilization, can you now tell us exactly how many Characteristic Technologies your Lyra possesses? Also, we know little about technology in the Microscopic High Dimension domain. Perhaps you can tell us the probability of the Electron Warship returning?"
Before the humans could answer, a message from Awakener Huan appeared on the communication channel. "Human Civilization?! Where is the Electron Warship?"
Previously, the Lyra and the Electron Warship had fought too far away, while