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

Before Lu Yongchang could speak, there was extremely warm applause behind him!

……

11 light minutes apart.

(Light points, the distance that light travels in 1 minute.)

The last probe-type starship stayed quietly at the end of the "runway".

It needs to collect relevant data when [Curvature No. [-]] exits the state of curvature.

Time flies.

10 minutes are almost here.

"Professor, No. 30 probe starship has detected space-time curvature fluctuations!"

He Bilin's excited voice came from the side: "The experiment was successful!"

"We have successfully mastered the curvature navigation technology!"

"Wait a little longer!" Lu Yongchang took a deep breath, suppressing the agitation in his heart, "It's not too late to celebrate when [Curvature No. [-]] exits the curvature state safely."

In the distance, another broadcast sounded again.

"The gravitational field is beginning to weaken."

"Curvature bubbles are working fine!"

"Ready to exit the state of curvature!"

"Countdown: 10,9,8..."

The bright red countdown beats up and down in the huge holographic projection, which affects the heartbeats of all the academicians present.

The moment the countdown reached zero, the announcement sounded at the same time: "[Curvature No. [-]], has successfully escaped from the curvature state."

"Everything on the hull is normal."

Before the smiles appeared on the faces of the academicians, harsh sirens filled the entire laboratory!

The azure blue holographic projection instantly turned blood red.

"warn!"

"The No. 30 probe-type starship signal is lost!!!"

"Re-establishing connection..."

"Connection re-establishment failed!"

"Correction, no.30 detection starship has not been observed yet."

"Repeat! The No.30 probe starship has not been observed!"

"Suspected to be under unknown attack!"

"The fleet has entered a first-level alert state!!"

Accompanied by the blood-red warning light constantly flashing, the extremely rapid electronic synthesis sound echoed in [Earth].

At the same time, sailing around 【Earth】, the silent 【Golden Crow】 started to move under Zero's control.

Countless muzzles began to turn slowly, pointing at the test site 0.1 light years away!

Chapter 654 Advanced Civilization?Anomalies?

Everything is done in just tens of seconds.

It took less than a minute, and under the control of Zero, the People's Federation Fleet completed the transition from a semi-dormant state to a first-level alert state!

Even most of the academicians in the laboratory have not yet broken free from the joy of the success of the curvature experiment.

What is this called?

People in the laboratory, you tell me that alien civilization has invaded?

"Zero, what's going on?!"

Lu Yongchang's face changed drastically, and he asked loudly: "Why did you order the fleet to enter the first-level alert state without authorization?!"

"Professor, No. 30 observation starship has been confirmed lost contact."

A slightly stiff electronically synthesized voice responded: "According to the information sent back by various detectors, it is basically certain that No. 30 observation starship has been attacked by an unknown."

Lu Yongchang hurriedly asked: "Where is the source of the attack?!"

"unknown."

"Attack method?"

"unknown."

Lu Yongchang clenched his fist tightly.

This series of "unknowns" made him feel powerless again from the bottom of his heart.

Is it the hands and feet of the higher civilization?

The experience of human beings over the past few hundred years made him think of this direction for the first time.

Not only him, but almost all the academicians present turned ugly.

"Zero, release the picture of the No. 30 probe starship being attacked." Lu Yongchang gave the order in a heavy tone.

The voice fell, and the picture in the holographic projection changed instantly.

When the countdown ended, [Curvature No. [-]] successfully escaped from the curvature state and appeared in the center of the camera.

In the far corner of the screen, half of the No. 30 probe starship is displayed.

One second, two seconds...

When the time came to the third second, the surface of No. 30 probe starship suddenly released a burst of extremely dazzling white light, as if it had been attacked by something!

The white light quickly dimmed.

But the No. 30 probe starship disappeared from the screen.

The playback screen ends here.

This weird scene shocked everyone in the laboratory.

He Bilin, who was standing beside Lv Yongchang, looked very solemn, turned his head and whispered: "Professor, do you think it is the sweeper...or the pastoralist?"

Lu Yongchang didn't speak, he stared at the holographic projection in front of him with a sullen face.

Judging from the information currently held by the Academy of Sciences, a civilization that can quietly wipe out a small starship under the surveillance of countless detectors is probably not much different from [painting].

Such a powerful advanced civilization, at least in human cognition, should belong to one of the two factions of the sweepers or the pastoralists.

Time passed little by little.

In the holographic projection, [Curvature No. [-]] quietly stayed in the empty and dead interstellar space.

Inside [Curvature No. [-]], mice, gorillas and a group of experimental animals live peacefully in their respective spaces as usual.

They don't know that they are currently the only group of creatures that surpass the speed of light in the entire history of mankind!

Of course, even if they knew, they wouldn't feel much about this historic moment.

"drop!"

With a crisp sound, Zero began to feed the experimental creatures according to the preset program.

The interior of [Curvature No. [-]] gradually became lively.

"It appears that at least our curvature experiments were successful."

"[Curvature No. [-]] successfully entered and safely exited the curvature navigation, and the organisms were not significantly damaged or affected during the period, and the quantum communication compensation scheme has also been verified..."

Lu Yongchang looked at the alive and kicking experimental animals, and murmured in a low voice: "The price paid for all this is nothing more than a detection starship..."

"Wait!" His eyes moved slightly, as if realizing something, "It's just a detection starship? Why didn't the higher civilization that launched the attack directly destroy our [Curvature One]?"

"Or, maybe it's because..." Fang Xu hesitated, he said unconfidently, "Maybe it's to give us a warning?"

"No, no, not like."

Lu Yongchang's originally heavy eyes suddenly came alive.

He rubbed his hands vigorously, and quickly organized his thoughts: "Do you think, since leaving the earth, when has human civilization encountered such a well-intentioned civilization?"

"Even the Nus civilization showed a lot of malice at the beginning."

"You mean..." Fang Xu's eyes also showed a little expectation, "Is there a problem with the experiment?"

"Yes!" Lu Yongchang said firmly, "It must be!"

"During the curvature voyage, there should be some phenomenon that we haven't discovered yet!"

"Zero, continue to replay the scene of the detection starship being attacked!"

……

"..."

Laboratory number one.

In the holographic projection, the scene of the disappearance of the detection starship was replayed over and over again.

"Hiss..." Fang Xu gasped, raised his hand and rubbed his sore temples vigorously, "Professor, do you see what's wrong?"

"This is already..."

Fang Xu turned his head and glanced at the holographic projection on the side, and after confirming it, he said again: "This is already the 798th replay."

"Wait, wait a little longer!" Lu Yongchang raised his index finger and made a silent movement, with a faint light shining in his eyes, "I can probably understand the reason behind it!"

Fang Xu: "???"

"What the hell?"

"What the hell..." Lu Yongchang glanced at Fang Xu with some dissatisfaction, "What are you talking about, can you calm down?"

"No." Fang Xu swallowed, and looked at Lu Yongchang in shock, "You can understand the reason behind it just by looking at this thing?"

"Are you sure you're not just guessing?"

Lu Yongchang twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a slightly mocking smile.

"that is you."

"Sometimes you have to admit that there is a gap between the two of us."

Fang Xu: "...???"

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"So, what amazing discovery did you make?"

The corners of Fang Xu's eyes twitched again and again, and he asked Lu Yongchang word by word.

Lv Yongchang chuckled, stretched out his hand and dragged a holographic image.

With a few strokes, he outlined a simple space-time model.

"Guys, we have overlooked an important issue."

"When the curvature engine is activated, under the action of two opposite gravitational fields, a large number of particles will be sucked into the gravitational field in front of the starship."

As he spoke, Lu Yongchang tapped an area in the projection with his index finger.

"Eventually, these particles all converge in front of the curvature bubble."

"As the curvature travel time increases, the number of particles will continue to accumulate."

"At the same time, during the course of curvature navigation, the energy stored in them will continue to accumulate!"

"Wait!" He Bilin frowned and interrupted Lu Yongchang, "Where does their energy come from?"

"Curvature engine?"

"Yes." Lu Yongchang nodded in affirmation of He Bilin's words, "Just now I checked the energy consumption of [Curvature No. [-]] after entering the curvature state, and found that it is slightly higher than I expected."

"At first I thought it was an error."

"Now it seems that this is not an error, but these particles are playing tricks."