The line of text straight ahead made the atmosphere aboard the [Earth] even grimmer.
"Professor, this core..."
Fang Xu's voice came from beside him.
Lü Yongchang's expression darkened as well.
He turned to look at the viewport beside him.
Outside, a starship barely over 300 meters long floated quietly beside the [Earth].
Compared with the [Earth] and the other Comet-Class starships, this vessel was utterly unremarkable.
It carried no weapons and did not even have a cockpit-the entire ship was controlled by Zero.
It belonged to no formation within the Human Fleet.
[Isolation Ship]
That was its unique name.
As its name suggested, its purpose was simple: to isolate the two-dimensional core from the Human Fleet.
Inside, apart from fuel storage, a Fusion Reactor, and Hall Thrusters, only one enormous machine had been installed.
A Two-Dimensional Fragment Stabilizer.
Unlike the one aboard the [Dimensional Attack Ship], however, this Two-Dimensional Fragment Stabilizer did not hold an ordinary two-dimensional fragment.
Instead, it held a portion of [Hua]'s core.
Although [Hua] had said the core would not rapidly perish like ordinary two-dimensional fragments, Lü Yongchang had still built a dedicated Stabilization Device for it.
For safety's sake, he had even placed the two-dimensional core and its Stabilization Device inside a separate isolation chamber.
The chamber's walls were made of high-strength transparent aluminum.
Inside the chamber, aside from an ever-burning lamp with its own miniature nuclear battery, there were no circuits or ports.
This physically eliminated the possibility of the core invading the computer system through any wiring or ports.
Outside the isolation chamber lay a much larger, empty compartment.
Dozens of high-precision cameras had been installed more than ten meters from the chamber walls.
These cameras surrounded the entire isolation chamber, ensuring that the Two-Dimensional Fragment Stabilizer and the two-dimensional core inside could