Lü Yongchang stared blankly at the robot before him.
After a brief moment, his expression changed drastically!
His already pale face looked even worse.
His breathing quickened.
"Did something happen to the two-dimensional core?"
That was the first thought that sprang into Lü Yongchang's mind.
As he spoke, he struggled to sit up in the Deep-Sea Pod.
The robot before him shook its head in a humanlike gesture. "It isn't the two-dimensional core."
"It's an artifact from an alien civilization."
"The Type I Emergency Protocol has already been activated."
Lü Yongchang froze, muttering to himself, "An artifact from an alien civilization?"
A holographic projection silently unfolded before him.
At the center of an array of dozens of Spherical Probes was a battered, "ancient" probe.
Yes, an "ancient" probe.
The arrangement of its exposed wires, the structure of its circuit boards, and its various sensors reminded Lü Yongchang of his days on Earth.
He vaguely recalled how, hundreds of years ago, humanity had relied on such antiquated probes to explore the universe.
A trace of wistfulness flashed in his eyes, and his tense body relaxed a little.
Lü Yongchang forced himself to climb out of the Deep-Sea Pod. "Are the others awake?"
"The Awakening Program is underway. The personnel currently awake are..."
Looking at the long list before him, Lü Yongchang nodded in satisfaction. "Tell everyone to gather in the command center as soon as they've physically recovered."
"Oh, and send a Black Lady Two to examine this probe up close."
Zero responded without hesitation. "Understood."
Meanwhile, a heart-stopping scene was unfolding in space, one AU away!
The unidentified Square Probe moved under the power of the Hall Thruster at its rear.
But the Hall Thruster it carried clearly could not compare with humanity's Hall Thrusters.
Compared with the Spherical