Zero's electronic synthesized voice was utterly flat, without the slightest change in emotion, yet it made every academician's heart clench.
"What?!"
Tao Yuda cried out instinctively, "Why would the quantum entanglement effect suddenly disappear when everything was working fine?"
It was not just Tao Yuda. Most of the academicians present wore expressions of shock, some more pronounced than others.
In the hundreds of years since quantum communication technology had matured, Human Civilization had never encountered anything like this!
With its stability and speed, quantum superluminal communication had rapidly taken over the vast majority of communication devices aboard starships.
Electromagnetic Wave Communication Devices had become the fleet's emergency backup option.
For safety reasons, this communication module was still mandatory aboard every starship, but its usage had dwindled to a pitiful level.
And the most crucial aspect of quantum communication technology was the quantum entanglement effect.
If the quantum entanglement effect could suddenly disappear for some reason, it would be nothing short of a devastating blow to quantum communication technology!
At the same time, it would deal an immensely heavy blow to the Human Federation fleet!
To ensure reliable communications, the fleet might need to switch communication methods immediately to prevent sudden interruptions in its communication links.
Yet electromagnetic wave communication, the backup option, propagated far too slowly to meet Human Civilization's current needs.
Therefore, if quantum communication technology was confirmed to have some kind of vulnerability, developing a new communication technology would become the Human Federation Academy of Sciences' most important task!
"Zero, have all the Black Hole Probes run into trouble?"
Lü Yongchang asked gravely.
"Yes. All probes approaching the black hole have experienced the conditions described above."
The scene from when the Black Hole Probes were first built instantly surfaced in Lü Yongchang's mind.
With a somewhat grim expression,