Things Are Getting Hairy, Let's Scram

While the people on the Lyra were discussing and speculating about the Virtual Consciousness,

But another voice emerged. "Chief, although the arrival of the Nair Civilization does seem quite convincing, I think we still cannot let our guard down. Right now, there are no flaws in either the composition of the Nair Civilization's fleet or their account of their history. But it is precisely because there are no flaws that we must be most careful."

Yue Yuan pondered for a moment, "Are you saying that this move by the Nair Civilization might be a scam?"

"Yes!" the man said.

"Then what should we do?" Yue Yuan wanted to hear his opinion.

"We just won't get involved in their affairs." After thinking for a moment, the man continued, "Regardless of whether they have any ulterior motives, we'll give them the supplies and then leave."

If they obstruct us verbally or in any way, there must be some ulterior motive. If their actions are as they say, urging us to leave as soon as possible, then it's most likely true.

Of course, we can't judge the truth based solely on guesswork. After we leave, I think we can leave some probes behind. Didn't the Nair Civilization say that their fleet would arrive here in thirty years? Let's have the probes wait and see.

"That's one way, but it would really tie us to the Nair Civilization. I'm afraid they'll lure that Virtual Consciousness to the direction we're heading!" A member of the Think Tank who hadn't said much before chimed in.

"We've already established a connection!" Yue Yuan shook his head, then nodded slightly. "But given the current situation, this is the best solution."

Next, humanity held further discussions and finally decided to cede Great White Star to the Nair Civilization, but the Nair Civilization had to agree to humanity's request to leave some probes behind.

As soon as the news reached the Nair Civilization, Nair People Grand Governor agreed without hesitation. Clearly, for the Nair Civilization at this point, replenishing their supplies and fuel as quickly as possible and leaving the area as fast as possible was their primary objective.

When Governor Niel heard that humanity had requested to leave a batch of probes behind after they left, he understood that human civilization still had doubts. However, he couldn't think too much about it, because Niel civilization only had thirty years left.

The Nair Civilization must complete its fuel and supply replenishment within thirty years, and then, once the pursuers begin to slow down, immediately accelerate the entire fleet to leave the star system.

Based on his previous experience fleeing, the Nair People knew that the Virtual Consciousness seemed a bit foolish and wouldn't slow down the fleet in batches. So he planned to wait until the Virtual Consciousness's fleet slowed down before accelerating away, which would consume their fuel as much as possible.

Because many scientists escaped from the Third Star Region, the Grand Governor had a fairly good understanding of Virtual Consciousness entities. Generally speaking, since the fleets of Virtual Consciousness entities did not require the life-sustaining resources of various life forms like the fleets of the Nair Civilization, their resupply time would be much shorter.

However, the fleet still needs fuel, so only by consuming its fleet's fuel to the maximum extent possible, forcing it to stop and resupply, and wasting time on resupply, can the Nair Civilization have a chance to escape. Otherwise, in the subsequent pursuit, the time difference will gradually shorten, and it will eventually be caught up.

Since the Virtual Consciousness fleet is so large, it's impossible to defeat them in a fight. So, ever since their initial defeat, the Grand Governor of the Nair Civilization has been single-mindedly focused on escaping.

In fact, it wasn't just the Nair Civilization; after hearing that the Virtual Consciousness fleet actually had 48,000 Lake-Class Warship, humanity was also focused on making a quick getaway.

This matter is not a human affair.

And so, the two sides reached an agreement.

First, the Nair People fleet must remain outside the Warning Line. Only after all human Engineering Ship, Biosphere Spaceship, and Residential Spaceship Cluster have left the vicinity of Great White Star can they enter Great White Star to mine resources.

The second issue concerns the placement of the probes. The Nair Civilization is not allowed to interfere with where humanity's probes are placed. The Nair Civilization agreed to this, but they made one condition: the human probes cannot carry any weapons.

Of course, when two civilizations of similar level meet in interstellar space, one side must be extremely cautious about evacuating. For example, the current evacuation of humanity's so-called Residential Spaceship Cluster doesn't simply mean accelerating the Residential Spaceship Cluster towards a direction free of the Nair People fleet. Instead, it involves severing a separate fleet, which first travels in the predetermined direction and deploys numerous probes to ensure that no fleet that hasn't yet entered deceleration mode is in the direction it intends to travel.

After that, another fleet would be needed to cover the rear, in case the Nair Civilization's fleet followed and attacked the civilization's Residential Spaceship Cluster.

Although the Nair People seem to be overwhelmed with their own problems in the current situation, it is always better to be safe than sorry.

We still need to take necessary precautions. Otherwise, if we leave an opening and cause people to have no desires, it will only arouse their greed, and then we will lose more than we gain.

In this way, while both sides were on guard against each other, they gradually completed the exchange of positions.

Oh, it's not a role reversal. After all, humanity's next destination isn't where the Nair People came from; it should be said that humanity is leaving and the Nair People are moving in.

So far, things are going very well.

Such a smooth process made humanity realize that perhaps they had been overthinking things; the Nair Civilization had not come to cause trouble, but was genuinely fleeing.

Of course, even though they understood, humanity wouldn't turn around and do anything to the Nair Civilization. Instead, they resolutely accelerated their Great Fleet and slowly left the White Giant Star.

As is well known, fleets are most easily detected during acceleration and deceleration, which is also the most effective and conventional means for Aerospace Civilization civilizations in the universe to discover each other.

The human fleet was a massive fleet, and its exhaust flames were directed directly towards the direction from which the Virtual Consciousness was coming when it set off. If the White Giant Star hadn't been so bright that it had overshadowed the exhaust flames generated by the fleet's acceleration, the Virtual Consciousness might have discovered the humans' departure during this acceleration.

Humanity's current target is the closest star to this White Giant Star. According to our own star map, the dynamic distance between the two is only 13 light-years. This distance is considered very close in such a sparsely stellar region as the edge of a spiral arm.

This target star is also the closest star to White Giant Star, making it an ideal destination.

Humans had originally planned to replace the Electromagnetic Railgun shells on the Lake-Class Warship with those at White Giant Star, but this was interrupted by the hastily arriving Nair Civilization, so they had to turn their attention to this destination.