"Beep."
Just as the academicians stared at the holographic projection in horror, a crisp alert sounded.
Time was up.
Under the highest-priority directive, the probes began slowly retreating-they had to return to their home universe within the allotted time.
At the sight, Lü Yongchang and the academicians let out a great sigh of relief.
Without Zero and the Academy of Sciences in control, who knew what conclusions that weak artificial intelligence, One, would calculate!
If it sent some message that caused a misunderstanding...
They would be in real trouble!
Fortunately, after requesting identification, the distant multi-ring structure took no further action.
This eased Lü Yongchang's worries a little more.
At the same time, he came up with a simple conjecture.
Could it be...
Had the [Troy Civilization] already died out completely?
Or had they escaped before the four-dimensional cavitation bubble became a micro-universe?
Initially, Lü Yongchang had planned to begin researching a way to control movement along the fourth axis after this exploration and data-gathering mission-the probes needed the ability to travel along that axis to explore further.
At the same time, he planned to attempt dimensional ascension on simple objects during their next entry into the four-dimensional cavitation bubble.
But the appearance of the [Troy Civilization] had completely disrupted the Dimensional Research Center's original research plans.
Now, the Research Center not only had to work on its established projects, but also devote considerable effort to studying the [Troy Civilization].
Time was tight.
According to their earlier estimates, Human Civilization now had less than eleven months left for research.
And so...
At Lü Yongchang's command, large numbers of academicians from the Academy of Sciences were urgently reassigned to the Dimensional Research Center.
Although their understanding of dimensions was somewhat lacking, they could at least handle a good deal of