The command center fell silent once more.
Clearly, the battle had reached a stalemate.
Everyone present knew that the longer this war dragged on, the worse things would become for humanity.
The remaining quantities of various supplies displayed in the holographic projection before them made that plain.
The disadvantages of a nomadic civilization were now laid bare.
At least at lower levels of technological development, an ordinary nomadic civilization could not sustain an evenly matched interstellar war.
"Professor, radio communications detected from the direction of Proxima b."
Zero's voice broke the deathly silence in the command center.
Lü Yongchang's gaze flickered, and he immediately asked, "Another meaningless request to communicate?"
Thanks to the Proxima Centauri dictionary they had deciphered long ago, they could interpret the Proxima Centauri Civilization's messages without any difficulty.
The Proxima Centauri Civilization naturally knew this.
Ever since the battle had reached a stalemate, they had constantly sent communication requests to Human Civilization, trying to arrange a face-to-face discussion.
Unsurprisingly, Lü Yongchang had rejected all these meaningless requests.
"No."
To Lü Yongchang's surprise, Zero contradicted his guess. "Unlike the previous attempts, this radio transmission contains substantive information."
As Zero finished speaking, the holographic projection at the front of the command center quietly changed, presenting a string of Chinese characters to everyone.
[Greetings, unfamiliar civilization. We are the Proxima Centauri Civilization.] [...] [War is not what we seek. I hope we can sit down and talk things through.]
Lü Yongchang read through this "surrender letter" with a grave expression.
Indeed, in his eyes, the message from the Proxima Centauri Civilization was nothing more than an unconventional surrender letter!
It was not stated outright, but Lü Yongchang could still read between the lines and see how confident the Proxima Centauri Civilization was about this war of attrition.