It's reasonable for me to have a two-way foil for a second-level civilization, right?

Augustus sat on his chair helplessly.

The scene he was worried about finally appeared.

At the beginning, due to the unscrupulous linear acceleration of the solar system fleet, they discovered the solar system fleet by accident while observing the sun.

But since the fleet changed course and reduced Hall thrusters and radio power as much as possible, even their observation equipment had trouble finding their bearings.

the reason is simple.

Although their observation technology is sufficiently developed, they can even observe fleets several light-years away, but that is the result of checking one by one under the condition of determining the direction.

And now...

Space is three-dimensional, and fleets can hide in any direction.

Investigating in any direction will consume a lot of time for them.

By the time they finish checking all the pixels in a certain direction, the solar system fleet has already changed its trajectory!

Chapter 268 Is the technology tree crooked?

0.95AU outside.

The human fleet floats quietly in the deep and dark cosmic space.

【Earth】Inside.

Lu Yongchang sat on his chair, quietly looking at the holographic image in front of him.

When he saw countless explosions and flames coming from the periphery of Proxima Centauri b in the image, a trace of helplessness appeared on his face.

"It seems that the opposite side has built a lot of defense facilities on the orbit of the planet."

As time went by, the flames of the explosion gradually dissipated.

Lu Yongchang said softly: "Zero, report the results of the battle."

"Professor, according to observations, 151 projectiles broke through the enemy's defense network, of which 63 projectiles caused damage to the enemy's defense facilities, and 88 projectiles entered the enemy's atmosphere and successfully caused a blow to the enemy's homeland."

With the sound of Zero, a simulated picture appeared on the huge holographic projection directly in front of the command center.

The specific configuration of Proxima b's ring planet defense network was presented to everyone.

"According to observations, the defensive weapons used by the enemy are orbital high-energy laser cannons and orbital electromagnetic guns."

Lu Yongchang nodded thoughtfully.

There is not much difference from the information that was transmitted to the earth at the beginning, and the civilization of Proxima Centauri has indeed entered a period of stagnation.

Even after more than 100 years of development, they are still in the category of first-level civilization.

Moreover, through the above information, a guess emerged in Lu Yongchang's mind.

Proxima civilization does not seem to point out artificial intelligence technology.

The reason is very simple, the first round of attack is a tentative attack, and the projectiles fired by the human fleet are actually not many.

Even so, there were still flaws in their defense network, and even large battle damage.

This is enough to prove his guess.

At least, if you switch to zero, it is absolutely impossible to make such a low-level mistake.

Thinking of this, a bright light flashed in Lu Yongchang's eyes: "Zero, simulate the interception process on the other side and see if we can find any loopholes."

"receive."

After Zero responded, he started his calculation work.

Numerous ballistic trajectories and motion paths appear on the huge holographic projection.

"Do you think Proxima is still using rigid interception procedures to control these space-based weapons?" Fang Xu frowned, and looked at Lu Yongchang in surprise, "It's an interstellar civilization anyway, so it shouldn't be so backward..."

Lu Yongchang shrugged: "Who knows? You can never go wrong if you try."

After finishing speaking, he silently added in his heart: Zero is not something that ordinary civilizations can have.

As the only existence that is directly endowed with codes by the technology tree system, Zero's help to technological civilization far exceeds everyone's imagination.

"Calculation complete."

Zero's voice sounded again: "According to the simulation results, I found the following defensive loopholes:..."

Looking at the text listed one by one on the holographic projection, Lu Yongchang turned his head and raised his eyebrows at Fang Xu: "How is it? Am I right?"

Fang Xu couldn't help being speechless for a while: "..."

"How do you feel that the technology tree of the Proxima civilization is a bit crooked..."

Lu Yongchang ignored Fang Xu's complaints, and directly gave the order.

"All attention, continue to remain silent."

"One week later, change the attack mode and conduct a second round of shelling!"

……

a week later.

Augustus looked at the monitor in front of him in embarrassment.

On the monitor, the words Search Failed appeared again.

During this period of time, they expended countless efforts to find the solar system fleet, but obviously, they did not obtain any results.

The only good news is that they have not been attacked in this week.

Taking advantage of this gap, they activated several spacecraft, carefully climbed into space, performed simple maintenance and replacement work on the ring planet defense equipment, and made up for the loopholes that appeared after being attacked.

Of course, another way of thinking, this also means that the solar system fleet is still shifting its position, and is always ready to launch the same attack again.

"My lord Augustus, a communication request from Levi."

A Lyle walked up to him hesitantly and said in a respectful tone.

Augustus' face sank, and he waved his short forelimbs impatiently: "Tell him to leave me alone now."

Lyle, who was in charge of reporting the news, showed a bit of panic in his eyes: "But, but..."

"Ok?"

There was a bit of coldness in Augustus' eyes, and he glared at Lyle in front of him: "But what?!"

Facing Augustus' gaze, Lyall's eyes became even more flustered, his breathing holes opened and closed rapidly, and the skin on the top of his thinking organ perfectly reflected his panicked mood now.

But he still forced himself to speak: "But... Levi said that you must answer, otherwise, he cannot guarantee the next counterattack."

The moment the voice fell, a scorching breath sprayed out from Augustus's breathing hole, and sprinkled on the face of that Lyle.

"How dare he..."

Augustus growled angrily: "You lowly race, when the intruder is settled, I must settle the score with him!"

Lyle took a few steps back timidly.

"You!" Augustus looked at him fiercely after venting his anger: "Take over the communication!"

Lyle nodded hastily, turned around and left this land of right and wrong as if fleeing.

……

"Augus."

Levi's angry voice came from the communication device: "What's going on? Why was our defense network around the planet so easily breached?"

"I was on the surface at the time, do you know how dangerous it is?!"

Hearing Levi's question, Augustus' eyes suddenly burst into anger.

But soon, thinking of the consequences of Levi's accidental death, he couldn't help but feel a chill behind him.

"We underestimated the power of the shells, and I didn't expect those intruders to be so mad." In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Augustus suppressed the anger in his heart and explained a little vaguely.

Levi was obviously not very satisfied with Augustus's response.

But thinking that he still needs others, Levi also suppressed his dissatisfaction.

"Is there any solution?"

"What?" Augustus didn't understand the meaning of Levi's words for a moment.

"I mean, is there any way to find the invader's fleet?" Speaking of business, Levi's tone gradually calmed down.

His words were full of worry: "It's very difficult for me now, and many people want to fight back."

"But until now, we have no specific location of the enemy ship."

Augustus sighed softly and shook his head slowly: "It's a pity."

"At present, we have activated full-band active detection equipment and even used optical telescopes, but we still have not made any progress."

Chapter 269 Micro Detector

There was silence in the communication equipment.

Obviously, this news is also a huge blow to Levi.

After a long silence, Levi's voice sounded again.

"Your Excellency Augustus, I have a suggestion."

There were wrinkles on the top of Augustus' thinking organ, and he looked at the communication equipment in front of him with disdain: "You say."

He couldn't believe that an ordinary Proxima Centaur of ordinary birth could give any useful advice on such a matter!

"I think we can manufacture a large number of miniature detection equipment to conduct a blanket inspection of the surrounding area." Levi said in a low voice, "Only the most basic detection and signaling functions are required."

Augustus was slightly taken aback.

That's a good idea.

But immediately, he shook his head and rejected his proposal in a low voice.

"A little difficult."

"Our factories are already at full capacity, and it is difficult to make room for so many disposable detection devices."

"What's more, even with the help of the central computer, it is difficult for our personnel to process the complicated information sent back by so many detectors."

As soon as the voice fell, a rapid and high-pitched siren sounded.

"Enemy attack! The second enemy attack!!"

The observer's sharp shouts sounded again.

Unlike last time, they were well prepared this time.

At the moment the alarm was issued, the observer reached out and pressed the white button on the side.

……

After a few minutes.

Alert lifted.

Augustus looked at the observers aside with a gloomy expression: "How is the interception?"

The observer quickly taps the console buttons in front of him.

After seeing the data, he responded with some helplessness: "The damage is more serious than last time."

"The damage to the hit area reached 15%."

"To make matters worse, a projectile landed near our giant land-based laser cannon."

"The laser cannon doesn't do much damage, but it will take some time for repairs."

Augustus' face became more and more ugly.

"How could this be?"

Logically speaking, this time they have enough time to react and intercept, the damage should be greatly reduced!

The observer tapped the keyboard-like buttons again and called up a piece of data: "Unlike the last time, the attack lasted longer this time, and the density of projectiles has also dropped a lot, which has added a lot of interception pressure to us."

"The opponent should have adjusted their offensive methods."

"We were not programmed well for this type of attack."