Dazzling light once again flared at the bow and stern of the flagship.
"Gravitational field generators ready."
"Spacetime curvature bubble forming..."
An emotionless Electronic Synthesized Voice sounded inside the flagship.
"Wait!"
A technician's shout rang out in the command center.
"Countdown to Curvature Navigation: 60...59..."
The Electronic Synthesized Voice continued its countdown without interruption.
"Technician!" The Little Gray Men commander looked at the technician before him in displeasure. "What are you doing?!"
The technician raised his head and met the fleet commander's gaze for two seconds.
"Commander, I have a proposal."
"It could greatly reduce the amount of searching we need to do!"
The commander remained silent, staring fixedly at the technician.
"10...9..."
The cold Electronic Synthesized Voice continued to echo through the cabin.
"Abort Curvature Navigation!"
The commander reached out and pressed a button, speaking in a low voice.
"...Curvature Navigation abort confirmed."
"Gravitational field stabilizing..."
The technician instinctively glanced at a nearby viewport.
Outside it, the distorted starlight gradually returned to normal as the Electronic Synthesized Voice spoke.
The dazzling light at the flagship's bow and stern also began to fade.
Just before entering Curvature Navigation, the Little Gray Men's flagship disengaged from the spacetime curvature bubble.
"Technician!"
Seeing the technician's movements, the commander grew even more displeased, his tone turning somewhat irritable. "What are you looking at?!"
At the commander's rebuke, the technician quickly turned his gaze away from the viewport and answered respectfully.
"Commander, I suggest we turn their scheme against them."
"What do you mean?" The skin on the commander's face bunched into wrinkles.
"They infiltrated our Superluminal Communication Device and used it to send us false location data."
A gleam flashed in the technician's eyes. "And that is precisely where our opportunity lies."
"Since the Opponent Civilization is only a level two civilization, they