Do Not Stand Beneath a Crumbling Wall

When Yue Yuan arrived at the Command Center, several people were already standing next to the Rhomboid Unknown Object; they were undoubtedly the personnel who had been on duty earlier. At that moment, these people were whispering among themselves, seemingly discussing something quietly but not daring to approach.

Upon hearing the sound of the Command Center hatch opening, they all looked toward Yue Yuan, who was drifting towards them.

"What's going on?" As soon as he arrived at the Command Center, Yue Yuan floated down to the group and asked, focusing his gaze on the Rhomboid Unknown Object two meters away.

Faced with this unexpected situation, the personnel in the Command Center were tense, but they did not panic, nor did they all crowd around the Rhomboid Unknown Object. Apart from a few people such as the Science Officer, the First Mate, Second Mate, everyone else remained seated, simply turning their heads to look in this direction.

Pointing to the large screen, the First Mate replied, "I don't know. It appeared here when we noticed something was wrong. This is footage from the cameras inside the Command Center, Commander Yue, take a look."

Following his gaze, Yue Yuan looked over and then he got the answer to how the Rhomboid Unknown Object entered the Lyra, although he didn't know how to explain it.

The scene shows the location of the Rhomboid Unknown Object. The place was originally empty, but as the video progressed, at a certain moment, a phantom appeared in the empty space. It was a rhombus-shaped phantom, similar to the one that had faded before, except that the former faded while the latter appeared.

The rhombus-shaped phantom appeared from nothing, and then it showed what it would look like if it disappeared outside the Lyra. First, a pair of pixel-like spots appeared, and then it solidified into a complete Rhomboid Crystal. The whole process was exactly the opposite of when it disappeared.

Teleportation? Spatial teleportation? Upon seeing this, Yue Yuan had these two words pop into his mind, but he immediately shook his head. Teleportation is moving from one place to another in an instant. This kind of movement is on the Three-Dimensional Space level, and it is impossible for it to pass through the closed Three-Dimensional Space of the Lyra.

Could it be Four-Dimensional Jump? Did it travel from the fourth spatial dimension to the Lyra?

Yue Yuan had never seen what Four-Dimensional Jump was like, and it wasn't just him; the entire Human Civilization, including several of Human Civilization Affiliated Races, had never seen one, so no one could answer him, and of course, he didn't ask.

Because there will be no answer to this question unless the Rhomboid Crystal tells him.

After brainstorming for a fraction of a second, Yue Yuan immediately addressed the communications staff. "Xiao Huang, connect me to video Video Communication Yu Nanfeng, Gan De, Su Song, Li Zenglu, Liu Miyan, Yi Kai, and, um, a few Language Cryptographer."

"Yes!"

While the communications officer was operating the system, Yue Yuan immediately turned around and walked towards the captain's seat of the Lyra. The captain's seat was only seven or eight steps away from where the Rhomboid Crystal was floating.

After arriving at the captain's seat, Yue Yuan did not sit down. Instead, he tapped the side of the armrest to make the automatic program extend a keyboard, and then skillfully operated the keyboard a few times.

As he operated the device, a screen appeared in front of the captain's seat, displaying the portraits of various personnel. At the top was Man Yuemei, followed by Bu Guiyu, and then the portraits of the administrative managers of the Residential Spaceship.

These weren't fake profile pictures, but rather images of people who had just connected to the Video Communication and entered the channel. Judging from their expressions, some of them seemed unaware of what was happening on the Lyra.

Without wasting words, Yue Yuan spoke directly and solemnly, "Order! All ships except those in the First Fleet must immediately change course. Specific course information will be sent to you later."

After saying this, the flight path information was sent out. Only then did Yue Yuan explain, "The Lyra encountered something. I want you to follow this route first. The First Fleet will then slow down and change course. We don't know what this thing is, and we don't know if it's dangerous. I hope the Residential Spaceship Cluster will stay far away. The relevant video data about what the Lyra encountered has been sent to you. Okay, this is the order. Execute it immediately."

"Yes!"

"Clear!"

"Receive!"

Since it was an order, these people didn't ask any questions and simply nodded to carry it out.

Just as he received Yue Yuan's order, the communications officer's voice came through. "Chief, communication is connected."

"Okay, turn around!"

As soon as Yue Yuan finished speaking, the small screen in front of him displayed the images of the sciences he had mentioned, just like before.

"You all come to the Lyra immediately, and your respective Research Ship come with you. This is an order!" Looking at the people appearing on the screen one by one, Yue Yuan didn't say a single unnecessary word.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

These scholars also noticed Yue Yuan's expression and knew that this was not the time to ask questions, so they answered crisply and without any hesitation.

After this series of actions, Yue Yuan turned around and went back to the First Mate and the Science Officer, refocusing his gaze on the quietly floating Rhomboid Crystal.

Yue Yuan didn't know what this thing was, but judging from the way it entered the Lyra, it must be some kind of technological creation, with an extremely high level of technology, so high that even he didn't know what kind of technology it was.

Faced with this unknown entity that crashed into the Lyra without any apparent reason, Yue Yuan's first thought was not how to decipher it, nor his immediate curiosity to poke it or study it like a cat. Instead, he thought of getting the main human body out of the Lyra first.

The farther away, the better.

He didn't know if this thing was dangerous, or how dangerous it was, but it was always better to keep most of humanity away. His past experience with the Silver Mist, and the baffling actions of protagonists in various disaster movies from Earth Era, all kept him very clear-headed.

We must never allow humanity to fall into such unknown danger.

Apart from the Lyra and a few other warships equipped with Strong Artificial Intelligence, the rest of the First Fleet, where the Lyra was located, consisted of Unmanned Warship controlled by Strong Artificial Intelligence.

The scientists and scholars whose names were mentioned, along with their Research Ship, had to stay behind, because knowledge from all disciplines was essential in the face of such unknown phenomena.

Of course, there's also the research force on those Research Ships, all prepared to deal with Rhomboid Crystal, even though no one knows whether such preparations will be useful.

Just as Yue Yuan finished issuing the orders, the Command Center hatch of the Lyra was opened. Looking back, they saw Zhu Pete and several Security Department guards entering.

Following that, the scientists on the Lyra also arrived one after another, including Zhao Youqin, who was already working on the Lyra.

Yue Yuan remained silent throughout, until the scientists he had previously named entered the room.

"First Fleet begins to turn!"

"Yes!"