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"Humins, I remember you just said that the reason the Riken Race went to LKDW399 was because they detected an unnatural thermonuclear reaction there, which is why they sent an expedition." Cecil seemed to have thought of something and quickly asked Humins.

"Yes, I did say that just now." Humins recalled for a moment, remembering that he had indeed mentioned it.

"Even a nascent civilization that has just left its Mother Planet can detect this, so why didn't our monitoring equipment report this information?" Cecil said to himself.

"I checked. During the last routine inspection, although the patrol team discovered life in LKDW399, those native creatures were not at the level of intelligent life. Therefore, LKDW399 is not at a high level of attention, and the next routine inspection will not be for several hundred years. And it was during this period that the Zerg appeared."

"No, this isn't about the Zerg," Cecil shook his head and said, "Routine inspections are a supplementary system independent of the monitoring and early warning system. Their main responsibility is to maintain the monitoring equipment and regularly record various data from the outer star systems. Unless a nuclear explosion is carried out in front of them, it's normal that they wouldn't notice."

Humins nodded in agreement, and Cecil continued, "But those surveillance devices are constantly monitoring that area. If the appearance of the Zerg is due to their unique technological path, causing the surveillance to treat them as low-level beasts and fail to trigger the alarm system, then an unnatural thermonuclear reaction could not possibly have escaped the surveillance devices. Let me take a look..."

After saying that, Cecil started operating the system on her own again. Various information streams were jumping around at an extremely fast speed, making it impossible for ordinary people to see anything clearly. In fact, Cecil couldn't see anything clearly either. What she had to do now was to use her self-made algorithm program to retrieve what she needed from the countless pieces of information, and then examine them one by one.

She quickly completed the basic search, but the results didn't seem to satisfy her. She murmured "strange" and then started a new search with new settings.

Just as Humins was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard Cecil repeating "Strange, strange..." in his ear, which startled Humins.

"What's wrong?" Humins couldn't help but ask.

"That's strange. I accessed the surveillance network in that area and used my elder privileges to review records from the last hundred years, but I found nothing. I kept extending the review period and narrowing the area, but still nothing. I've even pulled up ancient records from the time of the Original Epoch Clan, and still nothing."

"Could the surveillance system be broken?"

"They have a complex retrieval system. Each point, each surface, each region has its own connection and retrieval mechanism. They mutually verify whether the surrounding systems are functioning properly. Information is collected and sent to regional terminals with quantum communication capabilities, and then fed back upwards. Ultimately, all information is gathered at Ying. Ying will then report any individuals that need repair or are malfunctioning to the relevant responsible agencies until they return to normal. Do you think Ying would make a mistake, Humins?"

Humins shook his head. "Luminous" has been operating normally for millions of years and has never made a mistake. If you were to ask the entire the Alliance to select the most trustworthy person, it would be very difficult to choose. But if the scope is broadened to include non-living entities, then more than 90% of the personnel would cast their votes for "Luminous".

"I also checked the maintenance records for that area. Although the equipment experienced a few malfunctions over time, they were all repaired. Besides, the timing is wrong; the last maintenance record there was over a thousand years ago, and the location is in another star system more than ten light-years away from LKDW399. Moreover, the energy index changes caused by the battle between the Zerg and the Riken Race can be found in the records, which is enough to prove that the monitoring system is intact."

"So the Riken Race's records are wrong, they lied? There was actually no thermonuclear reaction at all." Humins thought for a moment. With the Epoch Clan's technology, although their monitoring instruments were relatively slow to be upgraded and their technology was somewhat backward, the warning range for unnatural thermonuclear reactions should be at least twenty or thirty light-years. The instruments in such a large area did not show any abnormalities, so it was definitely not a problem with the equipment. However, he immediately put forward another guess.

Cecil thought about it carefully, then retrieved some information from the screen in front of him, before shaking his head hesitantly. "Unlikely."

"Why?"

"Because there's no need. The Riken Race had no idea of our existence before. Therefore, these records are original records, and even if they were later deleted or destroyed, it was only to conceal the origin of the Life-Extending Plant. Moreover, of the Zerg, the unknown creatures, and the Life-Extending Plant, two have already been proven to exist. The possibility of the unknown creatures existing is close to infinite. Do you understand what I mean?"

Humins nodded, indicating that he understood. The Riken Race was initially unaware of the existence of the Epoch Clan and the Star Sea Alliance, so there was no need for them to falsify the records. Even after they learned of their existence, deleting those records was merely for their own benefit, and there was no conspiracy or misleading intent involved.

Moreover, most of this data was restored by the Epoch Clan technology. Without understanding the strength of the Epoch Clan, they had no reason to modify and then delete the data.

Of the three elements mentioned in the final document, two are real, and although the third was not witnessed firsthand, video and photographic evidence exists, so it is almost certain that it also exists.

The final conclusion was that these records were most likely genuine, but this presented a contradiction. Where did things go wrong? Humins pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps the unidentified creature is real, but its thermonuclear attack is fake?"

Cecil thought for a moment and said, "It's possible, but very unlikely. It's the same logic: the Riken Race had no idea of our existence back then. Who were they trying to guard against? If it weren't for the Zerg, I might still find it a bit fantastical that a living organism could undergo Controlled Fusion, but with real-world examples, I have to accept this premise."

Their communication fell silent again, the clues leading them into a dead end. The Epoch Clan's equipment records were correct, and the Riken Race was unlikely to lie or engage in baseless targeting, but their records contradicted each other, indicating a secret they hadn't discovered.

"Is it possible that the Riken Race confused the Zerg with some unknown creature? According to records, the Zerg emerged from another planet and defeated the Riken Race in space."

Thank you, young Guigu, for the 100 Qidian coins reward.