"Academician, could you be more specific?"
"Yes, look at this star." Academician Xiao zoomed in on a corner of the Boötes Galaxy, clearly revealing the territory of the Crimson Flame Civilization. "General, the powerful Consciousness Field emanates from inside this star. I dare say the base of the Fish Horse Star Civilization is definitely hidden inside."
"Could there be other reasons for this to happen?" Hu Yu asked cautiously.
"While other reasons cannot be ruled out, the possibility of the Fish Horse Star Civilization being located here is the most likely."
"Thank you, Academician!"
"No need to thank me, General. You've worked hard all these years."
Without further ado, Hu Yu immediately returned to his command room.
" Jianchuan, do our photons still exist in the Boötes Galaxy?"
"Yes, a large number of photons have been released into the Boötes, General. We've been working to open up photon channels for years, but we haven't found anything."
"Hmm~" Hu Yu pondered for a moment, "I know, it must be the star affecting the photons. Photons have a hard time entering the interior of a star, so we can't see anything. Jianchuan, suspend the photon channel operation and keep a close watch on this star. Remember not to attract attention." Hu Yu pointed to the star that Academician Xiao had marked.
"Isn't this star the home of the Crimson Flame Civilization?"
" The Fish Horse Star Civilization is hiding within this star. Academician Xiao already has ample evidence. Li Zhixiong, you personally make a trip to the Secondary Universe and inform the Chief of the General Staff that the Fish Horse Star Civilization's lair has been discovered. Tell him to accelerate the construction of warships. Also, notify the other civilizations in the Star Ring Alliance and tell them to prepare for battle. They know what to do with the rest."
"Yes, General, I'll go right away."
" The Fish Horse Star Civilization, you've hidden yourself well enough, for over 80,000 years. It's time for you to pay for your crimes in blood."
Hu Yu recalled the grievances with the Fish Horse Star Civilization. The first time, the Fish Horse Star Civilization's Patrols destroyed 16 Polaris, resulting in the loss of more than 80 million people. For a Early Stellar-Level Civilization that had just entered the interstellar age and was on the run, 80 million people was a huge loss. If it weren't for Dongdong from the Carina Civilization arriving in Dongdong, humanity might not have survived.
The second time Earth was pursued by the Fish Horse Star Civilization, a cannonball hit Earth Two, causing the loss of more than 5 billion people and injuries to 1 billion. Fortunately, Prince Ninety-Seven of the Tree Race risked his life to save them, and humanity escaped death for the second time.
The third population loss reached as high as 5 trillion. This time, it was the old patriarch of the Tree Race and countless elders who saved humanity, along with the help of the Xuan Star Civilization. Ninety-Seven still hasn't come out. Hu Yu has been sending energy to Ninety-Seven time and time again, but Ninety-Seven doesn't show up at all. He just sends people to receive the energy. Even Hu Yu doesn't know what Ninety-Seven is doing.
With so many people killed by the Fish Horse Star Civilization, Hu Yu never stopped thinking about avenging his fallen compatriots. However, he had been powerless due to the technological gap. Now that humanity finally had the strength to fight the Fish Horse Star Fish Horse Star Civilization, and having found their lair, Hu Yu's heart was already boiling with excitement.
Not only Hu Yu, but everyone in the fleet had their eyes redden, their fists clenched, and their teeth clenched. They had a blood feud with the Fish Horse Star Civilization, and now they finally had a chance for revenge. How could they not feel their blood boiling?
"General, go home and rest. You haven't been home for months," Gao Jianchuan said with concern. Ever since discovering the location of the Fish Horse Star's lair, Hu Yu had been like a fully wound-up machine, never quiet for a moment. Attacking the Fish Horse Star Civilization was no easy task, and Hu Yu tried his best to do everything personally, hoping to make the best preparations.
"Let's talk about it later. Have you heard anything from Academician Zeng?"
" Academician Zeng said it will be soon. The academicians are working on creating detailed images of the star's interior for final confirmation."
"Um."
Although Academician Xiao had determined the location of the Fish Horse Star Civilization's lair from the perspective of Consciousness Field, Hu Yu still hoped to confirm it through normal channels just to be on the safe side. After all, Consciousness Field is not a very reliable thing. It's not that he doesn't trust Academician Xiao, but he's afraid of other changes, such as the Nebula Main Consciousness. The strength of the Consciousness Field of a Main Consciousness exceeds the sum of the Consciousness Field of all the organisms in the Fish Horse Star Civilization.
More importantly, Hu Yu hoped to obtain more information about the Fish Horse Star Civilization Fish Horse Star Civilization without alerting it. Knowing your enemy is half the battle. As an ancient civilization that has existed for countless years, it would be almost impossible for the Fish Horse Star Civilization to not have relevant defensive measures at its base.
Although the Fish Horse Star Civilization possesses advanced space compression technology, Hu Yu knows that the Fish Horse Star Civilization would never place all its base security on this technology. While compressed space is relatively more stable than folded space, it is still based on spatial concealment and is easily disrupted by external energy.
However, it is extremely difficult for photons to travel backward into the interior of a star. The energy inside a star is extremely high and the environment is extremely complex. Photons are constantly being captured and released. It takes countless years for a photon emitted from the core of a star to reach the outside of the star and be released.
For example, the photons produced by the core reaction of the Sun take 70,000 to 80,000 years to escape and then take more than eight minutes to reach the earth. In other words, every Sun on earth was emitted more than 80,000 years ago, but they have been inside the Sun for too long.
The academicians now want to reverse the process of sending photons into the interior of a star. The only way is to inject more energy into the photons. However, even if the photons are injected with energy, it is still very difficult to get them into the interior of a star. Detection is even more difficult because no one knows how much the Fish Horse Star Civilization's base has been compressed.
The star of the Crimson Flame Civilization is roughly the size of 20 Sun, making it an absolutely dazzling presence in the serene Boötes. Its light has spread to every corner of Boötes over the long course of time, and the planet can be seen from anywhere in Boötes.
Thus, the Crimson Flame Civilization was born. On the surface, thanks to its abundant energy supply and strong adaptability, it became one of the three Star System-Level Civilization in the Boötes. No other civilization in Boötes dared to provoke the Crimson Flame Civilization until the arrival of civilizations from the Milky Way, at which point they realized that there were other, even more terrifying civilizations.
Hu Yu didn't want to attract the attention of the Fish Horse Star Civilization for the time being, because he wasn't prepared for anything. If he were to trigger a full-scale attack from the Fish Horse Star Civilization, not only would revenge be impossible, but humanity might also face a new crisis. Therefore, the density of photons was strictly controlled. The connection was made instantly, and after the information was collected, it was immediately shut down again.