Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

Dazzling lights once again lit up at both ends of the flagship.

"The gravitational field generator is ready."

"The space curvature bubble is forming..."

A waveless electronic synthesized sound sounded inside the flagship.

"etc!"

In the command center, technicians shouted.

"Countdown to warp navigation: 60...59..."

The electronic synthesized sound is still counting down in an orderly manner.

"Technician!" The gray man commander looked at the technician in front of him dissatisfied, "What do you want to do?!"

The technician raised his head and looked at the fleet commander for two seconds.

"Commander, I have a proposal."

"This would significantly reduce our search effort!"

The conductor was silent, staring intently at the technician in front of him.

"10...9..."

The cold electronic synthesized sound still echoed in the cabin.

"Stop warp sailing!"

The conductor reached out and pressed a button and said in a deep voice.

"...Warp navigation confirmed to have ceased."

"The gravitational field is stable..."

The technician subconsciously glanced at the side window.

Outside the porthole, the originally distorted starlight gradually returned to normal as the electronic synthesizer sounded.

The dazzling light at the front and rear of the flagship also gradually dimmed.

Just before entering the curvature voyage, the Gray flagship broke away from the space curvature bubble.

"technician!"

When the conductor saw the technician's actions, he became increasingly dissatisfied, and his tone became a little more irritable: "What are you looking at?!"

Upon hearing the commander's scolding, the technician quickly retracted his gaze toward the porthole and responded respectfully.

"Commander, I suggest that we take advantage of the situation."

"What do you mean?" The skin on the conductor's face wrinkled.

"The other party hacked into our long-distance communication device and used it to send us false and incorrect location information."

A glint flashed in the technician's eyes: "And this is where our opportunity lies."

"Since the other party's civilization is only a second-level civilization, they must want to escape as soon as possible."

"And those baits must be moving in a direction away from the other party's civilization."

"As long as we get enough samples, we can rule out most of the wrong options."

"As for the possibility of the fleet turning midway..."

"Commander, I believe that for a second-level civilization, the energy is not abundant enough to change the course at will!"

The wrinkles on the fleet commander's face gradually disappeared.

Instead, there was a strong sense of excitement.

"good!"

"Just do as you say!"

"If you successfully find the other side's civilization, you will have a share of the credit for this battle!"

…

Two months later.

Human fleet.

"Professor, this is the last bait ship."

Lu Yongchang shook his head helplessly: "The opponent is getting faster and faster."

"Forget it, now that you've been discovered, let's blow ourselves up!"

"receive!"

…

The Grays flagship.

As a white light flashed, the bait ship on the screen exploded violently.

The conductor looked at the scene in front of him expressionlessly.

This is already the fifteenth time it has seen the same scene.

After the explosion, it subconsciously turned to look at the screen aside and began to wait for the alarm that was about to sound.

One second, two seconds...

Nothing happens.

The siren didn't sound.

The new signal source did not appear either!

After the Little Gray Commander was stunned for two seconds, excitement suddenly appeared in his eyes!

there is none left!

Finally no more bait!

Damn bugs, if you have the ability, put out more than ten or twenty baits!

He stood up from his chair excitedly: "Technician! Now we can start the calculation and derivation!!"

The technician pondered for a moment and nodded slowly.

"Currently, we have obtained a total of 18 sample data."

"Although it is a little less, it should be able to carry out simple simulation calculations."

As he spoke, he entered the location information of 18 bait ships into his personal terminal.

On the big screen directly in front, a profound star map appeared.

In the star map, bright white dots appear one after another.

Then, a dotted line extends from each white dot.

This is the direction the decoy ship was traveling when it was spotted.

18 white dotted lines intersect in the star chart.

The calculation data flashed rapidly.

Soon, several areas were highlighted on the star map.

"command."

The technician's mouth raised slightly, and he said with some pride: "Because the number of samples is small, I can only determine these directions at the moment."

"Next, please send detectors to search these areas carefully."

"If nothing else happens, this little bug must be hiding in a corner of these areas!"

…

The human fleet in defensive formation sailed quietly in the endless dark universe.

In order to pursue concealment, the human fleet did not activate any active detection equipment.

Even after reaching the maximum speed of 25%, Lu Yongchang directly ordered the starship engines to be shut down, allowing the entire fleet to "slide" in the universe relying on inertia.

Although this will cause a slight attenuation of the starship's speed, it greatly increases the safety of the fleet!

Inside the [Earth] command center.

Every scientific researcher sat in his seat with a serious expression.

Their attention was all focused on the holographic projection in front of them.

In the projection, apart from some images observed by optical telescopes, most of them were various signals from passive detection equipment.

If a high-level civilization attacks, these signals will be the first warning of human civilization.

"Click."

In the quiet command center, the sound of the electromagnetic adsorption device unlocking was particularly noticeable.

Lv Yongchang raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound.

Fang Xu rubbed his eyes and stood up from his seat yawning.

Seeing Lv Yongchang's puzzled eyes, he pointed outside the door and made a lip shape.

... Toilet?

After understanding Fang Xu's lip language, Lv Yongchang laughed dumbly, waved his hand casually, and then cast his eyes on the holographic projection in front of him again.

Seeing Lv Yongchang's action, Fang Xu shrugged and walked lightly towards the door of the command center.

Suddenly!

The curve in the holographic projection that was originally as stable as an old dog fluctuated wildly!

A shrill alarm sounded!

Fang Xu was stunned for a moment, and his expression was slightly distorted.

Then, he turned around and ran back to his seat.

But at this moment, no one noticed his micro-expression.

Everyone's attention was on the holographic projection in front of them!

"It's the detector sent by the other party!"

Lu Yongchang quickly swiped the holographic projection in front of him and called up several key data.