Inside the Little Gray Men's flagship.
A crisp notification sounded in the dark red cabin.
"Oh? They've changed course?"
A Little Gray Men looked at the display before him and scoffed. "Don't tell me it's that same old trick again?"
He raised his frail arm and swiped across the screen several times.
The probes leading the advance split into two groups.
The first group maintained its original heading.
The second headed toward the source of the signal.
Lü Yongchang sat in the command center, watching the unchanged Holographic Image with a slight frown.
A year had passed since they captured the probe.
Throughout that year, everything had been quiet.
Not only had no unknown advanced civilization attacked, but the probe captured aboard Black Lady Two had transmitted no unusual signals either.
Honestly.
If Zero hadn't confirmed that the Superluminal Communication Device inside the probe was still operating, Lü Yongchang would have suspected he'd spent the past year matching wits with thin air!
Looking at the Gliese 555 stellar system, which was growing ever more distant from the fleet on the star map, he let out a deep sigh.
"I wonder where they are now..." A trace of worry flashed in Lü Yongchang's eyes.
At first, Lü Yongchang had wanted to use the captured probe to locate the Opponent Civilization.
Unfortunately, he hadn't succeeded.
Their caution far exceeded his expectations.
Even after hacking into the probe and gaining full access, Zero still couldn't obtain any intelligence on the enemy fleet.
Over the past year, humanity had made every preparation for battle.
But!
Even now, Lü Yongchang couldn't determine where the first attack would come from. He couldn't even determine when it would arrive!
That faint sense of dread lingering in his heart was undoubtedly the most torturous part.
It would