In the days that followed, the atmosphere within the fleet was exceptionally oppressive.
Lü Yongchang had no good solution for this.
Even he found this reality hard to accept, let alone the ordinary researchers and starship pilots.
The entire Solar System had been so easily destroyed by an advanced civilization they had never even encountered.
A few days later.
The scientists began discussing the unknown advanced civilization's attitude toward humanity.
There was little need to describe the discussion beyond one word: chaos.
Some scientists believed that the advanced civilization had only wanted energy, and Human Civilization had simply been unlucky.
Many others disagreed.
Their reasoning was simple enough.
There were countless stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. There had been no need to come to this remote corner and target a tiny yellow dwarf.
The two groups argued fiercely until Lü Yongchang shared his earlier hypothesis.
His hypothesis about Voyager.
"Are you saying... Voyager exposed information about humanity, leading to a targeted strike by an advanced civilization?"
Fang Xu frowned and shook his head. "But why would they choose this method to attack us?"
"Didn't that give us a chance to escape?"
Lü Yongchang looked at Fang Xu with a strange expression. "Are you sure?"
"At our original rate of development, could we possibly have escaped?"
The moment he finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.
"Or rather, if only a few thousand or tens of thousands of people had escaped, could Human Civilization have continued to exist?"
Lü Yongchang rose from his seat and surveyed the varied expressions around the room.
"I believe this unknown advanced civilization must harbor ill intent toward us."
"And the strike we suffered must have been targeted."
The moment he finished speaking, a clamor of discussion filled the conference room.
Lü Yongchang coughed loudly