"Level eight civilizations..."
Wang Mingyuan's pupils widened slightly. He swallowed hard and murmured to himself.
"It could even be an alliance formed by several level eight civilizations," Academician Tang said with a quiet sigh. "For humanity to survive in this universe..."
"It's hard. Far too hard!" Academician Tang shook his head repeatedly as he spoke.
"But why would something so powerful take notice of humanity?" Qin Sheng's face was full of confusion.
At those words, Academician Tang let out a deep sigh.
"Back at Ross 154, humanity was already forced into this conflict..."
As he spoke, Academician Tang hesitated, then shook his head and corrected himself. "No. More precisely, humanity was dragged into it back on Earth."
"Never mind. That's for the Academy of Sciences to worry about." Looking dejected, Academician Tang turned away and waved a hand. "Follow the Academy of Sciences' arrangements."
"Professor Lü won't lie to you."
Qin Sheng and Wang Mingyuan watched Academician Tang leave the office.
"..."
They looked at each other in silence.
Meanwhile, at the Human Federation Academy of Sciences on Dawn Star.
"Professor, the hibernation plan has been successfully initiated."
A synthesized voice came from a nearby speaker. "The Dyson Sphere Phase II project has been halted. The Dyson Cloud's antimatter production system is operating at full capacity."
"The star gold mining project on Ice Giant and the gas giant harvesting project are proceeding simultaneously."
Lü Yongchang watched the projects running in the holographic projection, a trace of exhaustion in his eyes.
"Any news from He Bilin?"
"Not yet," Zero replied promptly. "Academician He is working at full capacity to sift through the observational data."
Lü Yongchang fell silent for a moment, then slowly rose from his chair. "Zero, have Fang Xu come see me."
"I want to restart the research