"Whew..."
Lü Yongchang let out a long breath, buried his doubts, and gave the order.
"Zero, have Black Lady One self-destruct."
"At the same time, transfer the location signal to Black Lady One."
"Understood!"
After hearing Zero's response, Lü Yongchang slowly closed his eyes.
Before his eyes shut, a blinding white flash streaked across the holographic projection.
Black Lady One was reduced to ashes by an extremely high-yield plasma bomb.
Several probes that had just approached were caught in the blast, their armor instantly pierced by the scorching plasma flow.
Inside the Little Gray Men's flagship.
A shrill alarm rang out.
The Little Gray Men seated at the head impassively glanced at the screen ahead.
"A decoy, just as expected."
"Never mind. They're only a few cheap probes. Let them be destroyed."
As the commander spoke, their gaze shifted to the holographic projection off to one side.
It showed footage transmitted by another group of probes following the original route.
In the image, the boxy Black Lady Two cruised silently through the void.
Strangely, however, there were no other starships beside Black Lady Two.
The commander's expression darkened slightly, but remained composed. "A reasonably clever civilization."
"Prepare to deploy all probes."
"They won't get away..."
Before the commander could finish, another alarm rang out.
Hearing the familiar alarm, the commander froze for a moment.
They whipped their head toward the screen beside them.
When they saw the newly appeared signal source, they finally lost their composure.
"What's going on?!"
"Why is there another signal?!"
"Technician!"
"Someone! Drag the technician over here!"
The Little Gray Men Commander's piercing voice rang through the flagship!
A few minutes later.
A Little Gray Men with even more frail limbs approached the commander with a comical gait.
"Technician!"
"Tell me, why are there