Port Ten, Mars City.
The port, once connected in every direction, now had all its passageways cut off by countless tightly sealed airtight doors.
With its air circulation equipment shut down, Port Ten had become a unit isolated from Mars City.
Following Zero's warning, everyone inside had evacuated.
All that remained inside Port Ten were countless robots standing ready.
Outside the port.
The functional area originally used to transport supplies had been temporarily converted into a makeshift biological laboratory.
Like Port Ten, this biological laboratory had also been placed under a complete lockdown by Zero.
Dressed in a protective suit, Lü Yongchang stood before Port Ten's sealed main doors with a grave expression.
"Professor, a call from the Head Councillor."
A mechanical arm equipped with a camera and a Holographic Image projector slowly moved over to Lü Yongchang.
Light flared, and the Head Councillor's image appeared before him.
"Yongchang." The old man's face was filled with worry. Clearly, he had also seen the bright red Level One Alert. "How serious is the situation?"
Lü Yongchang's expression grew slightly more solemn at the Head Councillor's question.
"The Black Lady Two craft haven't returned yet. I don't know how Bai Yixuan and the others are doing."
"But this emergency is a necessary trial for our Human Civilization as we enter the Interstellar Era."
Lü Yongchang stopped speaking.
He left the rest unsaid.
This was not merely a necessary trial for Human Civilization, but a life-or-death crisis it would have to face again and again.
In the years since his rebirth, his original views had changed completely.
Life was far from uncommon in this universe.
Faced with all manner of bizarre life-forms, Human Civilization would have to endure more and harsher trials in the future.
Any mistake would deal a devastating blow to