Inside the bridge of the flagship of the Pan-Asian First Fleet, the atmosphere was solemn.
The Yuheng, which was supposed to be on standby on Ceres, was now maintaining a state of radio silence and accelerating toward the Earth-Moon system.
After receiving their warning, the command ship did not stop. Instead, it changed its orbit and tried to escape from their attack radius.
It was clear that they had heard their warning, but they did not intend to execute the order at all. Instead, they wanted to fight the epidemic to the end.
The commander of the Sanya First Fleet stared at the yellow light spot on the star map with a frown. He had a solemn look on his face.
"Get the Qinling cruiser ready, prepare the EMP torpedo."
The base on Ceres had lost contact, and it seemed likely that it had encountered an accident.
No matter how one looked at it, it was not a normal thing for the Yuheng command ship to suddenly leave its position.
It was not only the commander who looked solemn, but the military advisers and other high-level officers standing around the command table also had the same expression on their faces.
Since the establishment of the Pan-Asian First Fleet, this was the first time such a thing had happened.
No one knew what the crew on the Yuheng wanted to do.
"At the current acceleration, they will reach the Earth-Moon system within 7 hours. Judging from their direction, their target should be Earth. "
"The question is, what do they want to do? Even if they are deserters … "
"If they want to be deserters, they will definitely fly to Mars instead of walking into a trap and heading toward the Earth-Moon system." Yang Wu shook his head, crossed his arms, and fell into deep thought. "Speaking of which, the Yuheng was deployed in the orbit of Ceres to support the research of quantum computer arrays, right?"
The commander nodded and spoke.
"Yes."
Yang Wu: "My hypothesis is that in order to prevent research leaks, the signal towers and similar communication channels on Ceres have all been closed. The Yuheng may be the only starship that can get in touch with the ground quantum computer array."
The commander's brows furrowed even tighter. After thinking for a moment, he spoke.
"You mean, the Yuheng may carry the research results of Academician Wang Sicheng's project team?"
Yang Wu nodded and said, "Most likely."
The commander was lost in thought and did not speak. Another adviser standing next to him frowned and spoke.
"But even so, they shouldn't have left their positions without permission, especially for such an important matter. Shouldn't they have asked their superiors first?"
"This involves another hypothesis." Yang Wu put down his crossed arms and said with a sigh, "Or a rumor, I heard it from the Security Bureau."
Commander: "What rumors?"
"Among the rebels in Guanghan City, some special existences have been found."
Commander: "Special?"
"Yeah." Yang Wu nodded and continued, "Unlike ordinary robot soldiers, they have flesh and blood bodies that are no different from humans."
"Is there anything to be surprised about?" With a hint of sarcasm in his voice, a consultant interjected, "Even now, there are voices on the Internet talking about us, saying that our way of dealing with problems is too simple and crude."
"However, they are not fellow humans who sympathize with bionics. In the follow-up investigation, the agents of the Security Bureau found that these people all had a common characteristic, which was that they had an illegal nanochip implanted in their cerebral cortex that was not registered with the relevant department. "
Almost instantly, the entire bridge fell silent.
Many people had already guessed what he wanted to say.
The consultant who spoke earlier couldn't help but ask in a strained voice.
"You mean … they have already infiltrated us?"
"Very likely."
"But … that's a division of the Army, which is full of the elites of the Pan-Asian Army. The difficulty of infiltrating that kind of place is too …"
Yang Wu sighed and said, "I can only say that their disguise is too good, and the popular social atmosphere of implanted prosthetics has also brought them a wide range of living space. I can't even be sure if there will be their kind in the flagship under our feet. "
"Don't make such baseless predictions." The commander stopped him and was about to continue to say something.
However, at this time, a communications soldier walked in from outside the bridge, looked at him, and saluted.
"Report, the cruiser Qinling has sent news that the EMP torpedo is ready to be launched at any time!"
Should we fight?
Although he had already made a decision, the moment before pressing the button, the commander suddenly hesitated in his heart.
After pondering for a while, he spoke.
"Contact the Pan-Asian headquarters, I need to ask my superiors first."
Even if the arrow was on the bowstring, he had to be extremely cautious and careful …
…
"Defection? Yuheng? "
Pan-Asian Cooperation headquarters.
Li Gaoliang, who was walking quickly in the corridor, suddenly received a call from the First Pan-Asian Fleet.
After listening to the whole story, his face was full of surprise.
"Send a destroyer to follow them. The key to the problem now is still on Ceres. No matter what the situation of Yuheng is, we must not let the quantum computer array on Ceres fall into the hands of others! "
With that, Li Guangya glanced at the time on his watch and continued.
"In a few hours, I have a high-level international summit to attend. I may not be able to focus on you. You can make your own judgment according to the situation on the scene.
"If it is determined that the Yuheng threatens the security of the Pan-Asian Cooperation and even the world, I allow you to destroy it."
The captain standing in the holographic beam nodded and spoke with a serious expression.
"Got it."
At this moment, Li Guangya suddenly thought of something and asked casually.
"By the way, is that Yuheng coming to Earth?"
Captain: "Yes."
Li Guangya: "According to the current speed, how long will it take for them to arrive?"
Captain: "If it is close to the edge of the Earth-Moon system, it will take about 5 to 7 hours. Of course, the possibility of them continuing to accelerate is not ruled out, but in that case, they may face the situation of passing by the Earth-Moon system. "
5 to 7 hours?
At that time, I should be participating in the regional alliance summit in Los Leones and discussing the future of robots with the leaders of other regional alliances.
"Just do as I said earlier. At this critical point, it is best not to complicate matters."
The Hippocampus Group had solved the ALPHA virus, and according to the analysis of experts from the Pan-Asian Academy of Sciences, this solution was likely to be safe.
It would not be long before society would re-accept the special group of robots, and he would announce this fact to the public at the appropriate time.
No matter how one looked at it, the war had come to an end at this point.
Just as Li Guangya was making final preparations for the upcoming international summit, everyone on the Yuheng command ship finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They had left the attack range of the First Pan-Asian Fleet. The two sides passed by each other in the boundless deep space, and the other side did not fire in the end.
"This doesn't make sense …" Looking at the fleet group on the star map, the old captain said in disbelief, "They actually let us go."
With a relieved expression on his face, Lu Zhou spoke in a relaxed tone.
"Maybe it's because there are no weapons on the command ship, or maybe they also have their concerns … Of course, I admit that I made a gamble, but obviously we won."
"It's not that simple." Looking at the flashing light spots on the star map, the old captain frowned. "They separated a destroyer from the fleet."
"Are they coming for us?"
Hearing this speech without a sense of crisis, the old captain couldn't help but complain.
"Of course, if they're not coming for us, are they coming for a walk?"
Lu Zhou smiled and said.
"Maybe they just came to say hello to us."
The old captain snorted and said, "I think it's just to save some missiles."
"No matter what their purpose is, our mission is about to be completed." Looking at the Tianzhou space station that was close to the information transmission radius, Lu Zhou looked at Ling, who was standing next to him, and ordered.
"Lift the radio silence, but don't answer any messages."
"Keep sailing at the current speed and turn on the signal transmission equipment."
"According to the preset communication frequency band, send the gift we prepared to our 'friend'!"
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