"What the hell does this mean?!"
Uncertainty and alarm filled Fang Xu's eyes. "Could those Cleaners have discovered his presence?"
Lü Yongchang looked grim as he slowly shook his head. "Probably not."
"If he really had a formidable enemy at his doorstep, he probably wouldn't have the leisure to send us a message."
"Perhaps..."
His gaze shifted as an incredible thought suddenly arose in his mind.
"Did you figure out why?" Fang Xu immediately noticed the change in Lü Yongchang's expression.
"No, I'm not sure yet." At Fang Xu's question, Lü Yongchang pondered for a moment before slowly saying, "I suspect he's already in his final moments."
"Don't forget, he mentioned his injuries during our previous conversations."
As he spoke, Lü Yongchang rapidly composed a message.
[Respected [Hua], what happened?]
Unlike last time, this message traveled through the superluminal communication device to a communications satellite orbiting Ross 154.
Two years earlier, the Academy of Sciences had specially built this single-purpose communications satellite and launched it into Ross 154 Orbit.
The satellite's function was very simple.
Receiving, transmitting, and converting signals.
It could convert signals from the Human Fleet's superluminal communications into electromagnetic signals, then transmit them toward Ross 154 before it.
And vice versa.
Though its function was simple, the technology involved was extremely advanced.
Ross 154 was a young star. Besides having an extremely high flare frequency, it was also a massive X-ray source.
As a result, receiving and transmitting radio signals became an exceedingly difficult task.
To ensure reliable signal reception and transmission, Cao Liangcai had personally led the team that developed this communications satellite.
As for why they had devoted so much effort to building it...
The communication delay was too long.
Although Ross 154 and Ross 2 were only 5.8 million kilometers apart, a