Dealing with a Tiger

The Orange Star Civilization quickly realized something was wrong after obtaining the data on the anomalous stellar trajectories. But they faced the same problem as humanity: they wanted to figure out why the anomalies existed, yet did not want the other two civilizations in this starfield to find out.

As for silencing the Buke Class that had given them the information, the Orange Star Civilization was not in such a hurry. It was not out of mercy, but because acting now might alert the Dynamic Image Civilization. Their actions on the planet as guests had been watched closely by the Dynamic Image Civilization.

A rash move would not only fail to silence them, but might also make the Dynamic Image Civilization notice something was amiss. If they got the information too, things would become troublesome.

Besides, if those Buke Class had managed to hide this data from the Dynamic Image Civilization—the Gurji Civilization—for so many years, they certainly would not foolishly expose all their bases after telling them. They might even have backups of the data.

Trying to silence them rashly would not keep the secret. It might instead drive the Buke Class into a desperate gamble and make them reveal all the information.

If that happened, the Buke Class would certainly have no hope left, but they had little hope to begin with. They would simply disgust everyone before dying and make sure nobody had an easy time.

Since silencing them was unrealistic, how could they avoid the watchful eyes of those two damned civilizations?

At that moment, the Orange Star Civilization's fleet leadership, like humanity's, was suffering from quite a headache over the matter. Neither leadership knew that the other had already learned the secret they knew. Only the Dynamic Image Civilization remained in the dark.

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