Whether aboard the Expeditionary Fleet or in the Kepler Stellar System nine light-years away, everyone put down their work and stared intently at the Holographic Image before them.
Everyone's eyes were filled with anticipation.
This was Human Civilization's first contact with a lower-level interstellar civilization since becoming a level five civilization!
It also marked the beginning of Human Civilization making its own voice heard in the universe!
This moment was destined to be recorded in the chronicles of Human Civilization!
The Holographic Image gradually sharpened.
One after another, fluffy, round, black-and-white bundles appeared on camera.
They blinked their big, dark eyes, looking into the camera with curiosity, panic, confusion, or despair.
After a brief, stunned silence, cries of surprise rang out both aboard the Expeditionary Fleet and in the Kepler Stellar System.
Needless to say, most of those cries came from the women in the Academy of Sciences and the Expeditionary Fleet.
"Ah!!! They're so cute!!!"
"They're so fluffy!!!"
"I want to take one home!!"
"..."
Countless cries like these rang out.
For a moment, the tense, solemn atmosphere quietly dissipated.
Even the cold looks in Zhao Zijie's and Bai Yixuan's eyes quickly softened.
As people originally from Xia Country, they had a special attachment to pandas.
And it was not just them. Thanks to the cultural integration of the past, the entire Human Federation had developed a special affection for pandas!
Come on, these were panda people!
No one could resist a panda person.
And if someone could, just bring out a whole bunch of panda people!
As for Lü Yongchang, the Human Federation's Chief Scientist...
Looking at the starry-eyed Su Yutong beside him, he could not help raising a hand to rub the tip of his nose with a wry smile.
Well.
Now look what had happened.
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