Outside the Gliese 555 Stellar System.
[Warning...]
The Spherical Probe continued tirelessly transmitting warnings toward the central black hole of the Milky Way Galaxy.
When the wait reached the preset threshold, the probe's built-in Type I artificial intelligence finally stopped its somewhat "rigid" behavior.
[Error: no response.] [Activating backup plan...] [Continuing the Two-Dimensional Fragment recovery plan.]
Ultimately, after several minutes of careful deliberation, Lü Yongchang chose to wait patiently.
Of course, humanity did not sit idle while waiting.
On one front, the Academy of Sciences began discussing solutions to the crisis.
On another, Asteroid-Class Glutton Supply Reserve Ships and Home Ships, equipped with Antimatter Engines and star gold-carbyne composite armor, dispersed toward the outskirts of the Gliese 555 Stellar System.
Much like the Dandelion Plan, these starships would head for previously selected stellar systems the moment the Cleaners Civilization showed hostile intent.
Meanwhile, the remaining armed fleet, including the Golden Crow battleships, Dimensional Strike Ships, and Battering Rams, withdrew to Dawn Star and assumed a defensive formation anchored by Dawn Star and the Light Satellite One Planetary Fortress.
As for Lü Yongchang and the other researchers, they had already boarded humanity's flagship, the Earth, in Dawn Star's synchronous orbit while the Cleaners Civilization's probe was "stalled."
Unlike the migration during the Proxima Centauri era, Dawn Star was now entirely devoid of humans, leaving behind only some plants and animals that could not be taken along.
Lü Yongchang sat in a seat he had not occupied for a long time, brushed his hand over the command chair's armrest, and sighed softly.
"Professor."
Zhao Zijie's voice came from beside him. "All combat units have been deployed."
"Should we now..."
As he spoke, Zhao Zijie turned to glance at the motionless probe in the Holographic Projection and