Line after line of Chinese characters appeared in the holographic projection for everyone to see.
Lü Yongchang went pale. He instinctively tried to stand, but the Electromagnetic Adhesion Device held him firmly in his seat.
Even if the Central Computer's systems had not been breached, even if they had not been living under the other party's surveillance...
Before this unknown civilization, humanity was still like a lamb stripped bare, without a shred of privacy.
He did not even dare imagine what this advanced civilization had been thinking throughout those sixty-four years!
Had it been toying with ants, or harboring some other twisted motive...
Lü Yongchang dared not dwell on that question!
"Z-Zijie, wait." Lü Yongchang took several deep breaths, tamping down his terror before stopping Zhao Zijie from pressing the attack button.
Like Lü Yongchang, Zhao Zijie's eyes were sunken and his face deathly pale. Beads of cold sweat as large as beans had even broken out on his forehead!
But there was still a difference between them.
A savage madness shone in Zhao Zijie's eyes!
Like an animal driven into a corner, he was filled with a desperate urge to sink his teeth into someone!
That madness-the determination to tear a chunk of flesh from his enemy even as he died-made Lü Yongchang's heart tremble.
At the sound of Lü Yongchang's voice, some of the madness faded from Zhao Zijie's eyes.
"Professor?" His voice was terribly hoarse.
Lü Yongchang shook his head stiffly. "It's no use."
"Any rash action will only hasten humanity's destruction."
"..." Zhao Zijie fell silent for a few seconds, then lowered his raised hand.
He threw himself backward, slumping hard against the backrest. Staring blankly at the command center's "ceiling," he murmured, "Then what do we do now?"
Lü Yongchang fell silent as well.
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