"Greetings, unfamiliar civilization!"
Those few short words jolted the Sulfur-based Civilization, which had already entered navigational silence, awake as though its fur had stood on end.
When the personnel on duty saw the massive, terrifying ships on the display, their scalps went numb.
The starry sky was vast. They had never expected to encounter an Alien Civilization at such a time.
Though horrified, the personnel on duty reacted quickly and immediately notified the entire civilization's Power Center. Perhaps fearing that an encounter with aliens sounded too bizarre, they also transmitted the recorded footage along with the report.
What those personnel did not know was that they were not the only ones who had seen the footage of the alien ships. The Space Station in planetary orbit, serving as a navigation guide, had also seen them clearly.
The enormous Space Station was instantly thrown into bustling activity. Bucket-shaped Sulfur-based lifeforms hurried back and forth inside, some contacting the ground, others activating the emergency wake-up system to rouse astronauts from hibernation.
Every Base Chief of the Underground Base received the news at once. For a time, the entire Rogue Planet's communications system became frantically busy, while the Space Station, the bridge connecting heaven and earth, entered an unprecedented state of tension.
"Aliens! They really are aliens! We've truly encountered an Alien Civilization! Aliens actually exist!"
The news spread quickly. Before long, a group had gathered at the Rogue Planet's Central Authority and begun discussing the matter at a rapid pace.
"I never expected Alien Civilizations to truly exist, much less that we would encounter one. And they seem to be from the Spaceship Faction. What should we do?"
"The Spaceship Faction and the Planet Faction are irreconcilable. I'm afraid we've encountered an Alien Civilization fleet this time. Could they be the Interstellar