Rapid Movement
He certainly knew that finding a real solution to this situation was asking too much, since all the speculations he had made far exceeded the technological level of Human Civilization.
However, Yue Yuan also understood that all these speculations were based on analyses of phenomena currently observed by humankind. Without these analyses, there would be no solutions; after all, if we don't even know what it is, let alone how to deal with it.
If given a choice, Yue Yuan would rather choose the 'Peculiar Space' theory proposed by the Science Officer, because only this theory suggests that humanity has not yet been discovered by any advanced civilization.
But how can objective reality be changed by human will? "Commander Yue, we have no way out, there's nothing we can do." It was the Science Officer who spoke. He sighed, "If some advanced civilization or Starry Sky Behemoth has discovered us, then we can only pray that they are not malicious. If we have indeed entered or passed through some Peculiar Space, then we can only pray that we will not be destroyed by something we cannot understand."
"I hope it's not the Silver Heart Alliance," Yue Yuan murmured to himself.
He knew perfectly well that there was no way to achieve his goal, but he always felt that he should do something, even if it was in vain, at least he had tried.
After the Science Officer finished speaking, the entire Lyra Command Center suddenly fell silent. It was unclear whether they were considering what humanity should do next or were already pessimistically awaiting their fate.
In the sudden silence, the human fleet activated its Attitude Adjustment secondary engines, slowly changing its formation according to Yue Yuan's previous instructions.
The Residential Spaceship and various functional spaceships slowly moved to the center, while a thousand Lake-Class Warship moved outwards, gradually forming a spherical array.
The outermost layer consists of a ring of Lake-Class Warship, followed by other secondary warships, and the innermost layer comprises Residential Spaceship, Biosphere Spaceship, and engineering spacecraft.
Since the human fleet was already advancing in a square formation, the attitude change did not take much time, and was completed in less than half an hour.
However, after the Attitude Adjustment was completed and the fleet transformed into a spherical formation and continued to advance steadily, human probes still did not discover any new phenomena.
The surrounding sky was ablaze with stars, and there was no obstruction to the view.
It was as if the previously detected darkness was just a dream.
If we don't consider that the reassembled Laser Interferometer Space Antenna array continued to detect Gravitational Wave in the same direction as before, it's fair to say that the entire universe was silent.
During this time, Yue Yuan, who wanted to do something, began to consider how to deal with the situation if it were an advanced civilization.
He thought about it for a long time and even came up with some excuses, but nothing happened.
The predicted Starry Sky Behemoth did not appear, nor did any advanced civilization emerge, and no further phenomena were observed in the Peculiar Space.
For a moment, Yue Yuan and the other executives were all a bit stunned.
But the more this was the case, the more uneasy everyone felt, because anyone with a modicum of rationality knew that everything they had detected before was not a dream.
Filled with various anxieties, time slowly passed.
One day, two days, three days. Because the observation results were not definitive, Yue Yuan chose to keep all the abnormal phenomena observed previously a secret from ordinary people.
After changing formation, the fleet, as always, continued its solitary voyage into the darkness of space.
A month passed in the blink of an eye. Humans observed their surroundings very carefully every day and every moment, but still found nothing unusual.
However, just when Yue Yuan and the others thought nothing would happen and things would continue, an urgent report interrupted everything.
"Commander Yue, something's wrong! The starry sky has become strange—no, it's distorted! Hiss!"
Judging from the sound, it was the Science Officer shouting, but what was that obvious gasping sound at the end?
Yue Yuan, who was on duty at the Command Center every day, didn't wait for the Science Officer to project the discovery onto the big screen. He turned off his Magnetic Boots, then gently pushed off with one foot and floated away to the Science Officer's post.
"What was discovered?"
Arriving behind the Science Officer's post, Yue Yuan placed his hand on the backrest to stop himself, then looked at the independent screen in front of the Science Officer's post.
Yue Yuan glanced at it and found that what appeared to be a group of elongated light spots on the screen were elongated and seemed to be twisted.
What is this? A big question mark appeared above Yue Yuan's head. He then glanced at the upper left corner of the screen, where the description of the content displayed on the screen was located.
"The starry sky?! These distorted and elongated spots of light are stars?" Yue Yuan stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
It clearly states that the Science Officer's independent screen is currently displaying an exterior view of the Lyra, that is, the view seen by the optical telescope.
Generally speaking, a fleet in transit should see a static star map, but now it has become a distorted patch of light.
"Yes, it's the starry sky!" the Science Officer said, raising his hand to press the communicator next to his ear slightly, while speaking into the microphone, "Okay, I understand. Please continue the observation. My ship has also observed the same situation. Okay, I understand. That's all for now."
After speaking into the microphone, the Science Officer turned to tell Yue Yuan about the observations of the other warships, but Yue Yuan waved his hand, indicating that he understood.
Just as the Science Officer was talking to the other Science Officer in the formation, Yue Yuan's communicator also received a situation report from the other formations, which was exactly the same as what he was seeing.
"Commander Yue, it seems we have indeed stumbled into a special space," the Science Officer said.
"No, perhaps not!" Yue Yuan shook his head and then gestured for the Science Officer to look back at the screen.
Just then, the distorted and elongated light spots formed by the stars swept rapidly across one side of the screen, while the stars on the other side seemed to enter through a lens from afar, deforming, elongating, and then speeding across the screen.
Yes, it's speeding.
The situation changed instantly the moment the Science Officer turned around. The elongated and distorted light spots suddenly accelerated, and the entire outdoor screen turned into a shower of fireflies.
Tap tap tap! The Science Officer tapped the control panel a few times, switching the external camera to high-speed mode, but even so, the starry sky did not slow down much.
On the screen, the stars were still transformed into a bizarre and fantastical spectacle.
From a human perspective, distant stars appear to be rapidly approaching, and as they do so, the dazzling stars seem to be filtered through a series of irregular lenses, such as magnifying glasses and funhouse mirrors.
"Are we moving at high speed?" the Science Officer asked incredulously.
Yes, it is indeed moving at high speed, and not in a conventional way, because conventional high speed wouldn't produce the distorted image of stars.
Just as Yue Yuan was filled with shock and disbelief, he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye of a crew member staring at the Command Center's large screen, who exclaimed in disbelief, "My God, this is my God! How can there be such a colossal creature?!"
The Lyra has many detection modules and numerous external cameras.
Clearly, the display here by the Science Officer is not in the same direction as the large screen. These external cameras, combined together, provide the people inside the Lyra with a full external view.
Upon hearing this exclamation, Yue Yuan immediately turned to look at the large screen. That one glance caused his pupils to contract sharply, and his mouth to involuntarily gape open in shock.