The moment Milo saw the text on the screen, his neatly flattened fur stood on end!
Like a hedgehog bristling with spines, his already round body seemed to swell a size larger.
"No, impossible. This is impossible..."
Milo murmured softly, his eyes vacant.
Seeing this, Maren felt his heart tighten. He hurried forward, pushed the dazed Milo aside, and looked at the small screen.
Just like Milo, Maren's fur bristled too.
"Two... two..."
The two scientists' reactions immediately triggered the highest alert in their leader Aldan's mind.
He hurried over on his short little legs and turned his gaze to the screen as well.
...He couldn't understand it.
Looking at the dense jumble of data and lines on the screen, Aldan felt a profound sense of helplessness and confusion well up within him.
"Two what?!"
He tugged hard on Maren and demanded an answer.
"Two..." Having recovered a little, Maren swallowed with difficulty and murmured in horror, "Two planets are missing!"
Before Aldan could react, Milo let out a shrill cry beside him.
"It's just like last time!"
"Two planets are missing from the New Stellar System!"
"[Zanka], have you truly abandoned us?!"
Milo collapsed onto the cold deck, crying out in utter despair.
From their fragmented remarks, Aldan gradually pieced together the truth.
He remained silent for a long time, then reached out with his claws and hauled the two furry balls up from the floor.
"Find another stellar system!"
Aldan's eyes were bloodshot as he said frantically, "Didn't you say there were hundreds or thousands of stellar systems in this region?!"
"I refuse to believe we can't find a single safe stellar system!"
"Before that damned invader catches up, we need to hurry..."
A low alarm sounded again, cutting Aldan off.
But this time, the low, unsettling alarm