Discovery

"Celia, notify the maintenance crew to do a final check on the satellites, then launch them," Captain Regi ordered after the ship came to a stop.

"Receive."

The Cat Ear Spaceship is 360 meters long, but its diameter is less than 10 meters. Because it is mainly propelled by Light Sail that is tens of kilometers in size, turning is very difficult, so it is necessary to minimize the collision area. As long as the spaceship itself is not hit, some damage to the Light Sail is not a big deal, as it can be repaired.

More than ten minutes later, a cabin door of the Cat Ear Spaceship opened, and a small spacecraft more than 20 meters long flew out, dropping satellites about three meters long into their designated orbits.

With the satellite in place, the command center sprang into action. Dozens of crew members nervously checked the messages on their instruments at their respective positions before reporting to Regi, who was seated on the captain's chair in the center of the hall.

"Strange," Captain Regi muttered to himself.

The Cat Ear Spaceship was coated with a layer of advanced stealth material. Unlike the Swarm's Optical Camouflage, its main function was to absorb various radio waves, making it undetectable by radar. It was actually of little use for visual observation.

In Captain Regi's mind, since the civilization on planet T853 had already reached the stage of using fusion reactions, their radar technology couldn't be too bad.

He was somewhat apprehensive the entire way to planet T853.

Although he spoke with great confidence, he could not guarantee that the Riken's technological level would completely overwhelm the T853 civilization.

If the stealth coating on the spaceship fails to work and it is detected by enemy radar, resulting in the firing of several Nuclear Bomb, it's uncertain whether the Cat Ear Spaceship, given its capabilities, can evade them.

But as the spaceship drew closer, his doubts grew.

It's so quiet here; there's not a single piece of space debris in the planet's orbit.

His original plan was to approach slowly, observe gradually, and maintain a safe distance. This way, even if the enemy fired a missile, he would have ample time to respond.

However, as the spaceship drew closer, the plan was overturned time and time again, and in the end, it simply and brazenly docked in the planet's orbit.

Even now, when the spaceship has safely returned to orbit, Captain Regi still finds it hard to believe.

That's far too easy.

Aren't they curious about the sky above them? Does such a civilization even exist?

However, as the satellites continued to transmit various data back to the spacecraft, Captain Regi became even more puzzled.

"Captain, satellites 1 and 5 have not yet detected any traces of civilization on the surface of planet T853."

"Captain, satellites 2 and 3 have also detected no trace of civilization."

"Captain, satellites 4 and 7 have also failed to detect anything."

"Reporting to the captain, same as above..."

Regi's forehead was practically covered in question marks. What was going on? Had they come to the wrong place? Impossible! This wasn't a place where they could find their way by sight alone.

"Celia, is our flight path normal?"

A few seconds later, a mechanical female voice sounded, "Reporting, Captain, the actual course deviation from the planned course is less than 0.01%, the data is normal, we have not deviated from the course."

So what's going on now? No civilization has been found on the planet, so where did the fusion reaction come from? Regi had a few more question marks on his forehead.

"Captain, two sites of residual radiation have been detected on Continent 3!" a crew member suddenly announced loudly, instantly drawing everyone's attention in the room.

Most people's hearts skipped a beat, because the atmosphere had been rather strange. Not only Regi couldn't figure it out, but the other crew members were also confused about what had gone wrong.

This provides a clue, proving that the fusion reaction they observed did indeed occur on this planet. Previously, the atmosphere blocked their view, so they could only observe data and didn't know exactly what was happening. However, the actual situation seems to differ from their expectations.

"Order the Guard Team to take the research team and go see what's going on," Regi ordered.

In addition to the regular crew and research team, the spacecraft also has a 500-person mobile response force for protection.

The Cat Ear Spaceship was built directly at the space factory. Its unusual shape prevents it from penetrating the atmosphere. However, it is equipped with several small escort ships and Transport Craft, which would be capable of performing this task.

Soon, the side hatch of the spaceship opened, and a frigate and a Transport Craft set off, heading towards the area with abnormal radiation.

"They've arrived."

All of the Cat Ear Spaceship's activities were under the surveillance of the Swarm. However, the Swarm had too few observation units deployed in the space of the Proxima Star System; they could only pinpoint the spaceship's location, and were completely unable to conduct any specific reconnaissance.

Although the Great Apocalypse Bug Queen possesses the ability to produce catapults and swarm meteorites, using this device within the atmosphere would be suicidal. Its immense kinetic energy would cause the air to become an indestructible wall the moment it is activated, causing it to crash and destroy itself.

The three Swarm Meteor Proxima the Planet A7 could land, hatch Creep, and then be launched into the orbit of planet A3. However, the technological level of the target planet was uncertain, and time was too tight. After discussion, Rowan and the Intellect believed that rashly launching the Swarm Meteor might attract unnecessary attention and trouble, and ultimately rejected the plan.

However, the Swarm have few reconnaissance units in space, but on Big Origin Star, that can be considered the Swarm's home ground.

Although a large number of combat units that were not easy to conceal were recovered earlier, reconnaissance Flying Bug and many Worker Ant and Worker Bee were preserved. They hid in their own biological corps in places far from the radiation zone, weaving a three-dimensional surveillance network.

And now, the fish have arrived.

Two mechanical spaceships, each over 20 meters long and resembling iron boxes, roared down from the sky. The energy jets emanating from their bottoms flattened the weeds, which were about two meters tall, onto the ground.

One of the ships has a clearly visible gun hull structure on its surface, suggesting it is an attack vessel. The other ship, however, is only equipped with two machine gun-like external weapons, making it less of a threat and likely a transport ship.

After the two spaceships landed, the transport ship's hatch opened, and a group of humanoid creatures carefully disembarked.

It was daytime, and visibility was excellent. Some Flying Bug, under the cover of the grass and trees, quietly moved closer, providing Rowan and his companions with an even clearer view.

The team consisted of more than 50 people, including more than 20 who were between 2 and 2.4 meters tall. They carried various instruments and wore full-body protective suits that were not bulky. Their faces could not be seen because of the face shields that blocked the light.

The rest of the team carried guns and wore protective suits that offered significantly greater protection. This made them generally much taller than the other team, ranging from about 2.3 to 2.7 meters.

Even without the Intellect's analysis, Rowan, who had seen many "blockbuster" movies, could easily recognize that this was clearly a team of researchers, under the protection of an armed guard, coming to collect data.

Unfortunately, the radiation level in this area is very high, making it impossible for ordinary creatures to approach. Otherwise, he could have driven some wild animals to attack these people and see how effective their firearms were, and what methods they used.