442 Chapter: Humanity's Combat Attributes_1

"The 'black room' had stealthily arrived at Base Island, a tremendous accident!"

After all, dozens of surveillance satellites were watching in low Earth orbit, and many J195s were standing by, ready to strike at any moment.

Yet the enemy still managed to sneak onto Base Island!

Jiang Yu and others immediately went to the command center. Betrand reported, "The 'black room' is at the northeast corner of Base Island. A worker discovered it, and here is the recording from that worker's helmet camera."

The northeast corner of Base Island also had a small forest formed by Root Tentacle Beasts. As winter approached, the creatures had begun to retract their large leaves and were slowly retreating into the sea.

The temperature on Blue Maiden Star had long reached the lows of winter on Earth, although the sea surface had not yet frozen.

It was estimated that once the Root Tentacle Beasts all entered the sea, the surface would start to freeze.

Through the worker's perspective, the Root Tentacle Beasts were about as tall as a dozen stories and appeared very lofty and grand.

Their thick trunks formed a winding "forest."

Within the forest, various unidentified animals were active, turning the small grove into a simple ecosystem.

The waves gently lapped at the beach. The scene resembled an Earthly beach, except here the sand was blue, and there were no shells or other biological remains.

The worker seemed to hear something, looked back, and then he saw the "black room."

A Mucus Beast covered the top of the "black room," clinging to the ground, mimicking the movements of the Mucus Beast.

No wonder the surveillance satellites hadn't spotted it; from high above, it was impossible to see the "black room" hidden beneath.

Almost at the moment of discovering the "black room," the worker was attacked, and the camera perspective fell to the ground.

Betrand said, "It's possible that the 'black room' didn't know the vital points of a human body, so its attack hit the worker's abdomen. The worker was fortunate to survive."

"The moment the worker was attacked, we received the alert from the intelligent system and dispatched the J195 to eliminate the 'black room.'

"J195 followed the trail to trace the 'black room's' range of activity. It crossed the forest formed by Root Tentacle Beasts and likely paused for a while at a position where it could see the base.

"We can be sure that the enemy has discovered our base, and they may have obtained much other intelligence through the 'black room.'"

Jiang Yu folded his arms and pondered for quite a while, then asked Betrand, "How far is the enemy fleet from us now?"

Betrand brought up the holographic sand table. After accelerating for over two years, the enemy was now over twenty thousand astronomical units from Blue Maiden Star.

They were now traveling at about 25% of the speed of light, and their acceleration had essentially stopped, which might be the maximum speed of their interstellar engines.

According to the information sent back by a large number of probes that followed later, we already have sufficient intelligence on the enemy fleet's approximate location, firepower configurations, and more."

Jiang Yu stood in the command center for a long time, finally making up his mind, "Contact Number Three and Bernice, and call for an emergency meeting."

Once the signal was connected, Number Three, Bernice, Cooper, and others saw Jiang Yu standing solemnly in the command center and knew something significant had happened.

Betrand reported the recent encounter with the "black room." Jiang Yu asked everyone, "Do you realize the urgency of the situation?"

Not only Bernice and the others, but even Cao Yang and Hao Ying didn't quite understand why Jiang Yu would ask this.

No one had guessed Jiang Yu's intention, so there was no response.

Jiang Yu took a deep breath, "I don't know if the Silicon Star People had encountered other civilizations before, but I am certain that after their encounter with us, it must have had a profound impact on them!"

"Just as when we first learned of the existence of the Trisolarans, this will be a precursor to a technological explosion!"

"Now we still have a certain advantage over them, but by the time we meet again, the situation might very well be reversed."

"Even if they haven't experienced a shock in their thoughts due to encountering us, seeing the way we travel at the speed of light, and our weapons, will have a huge impact on their technology!"

"Looking back, one key reason humanity has made such significant progress over the past century or so is that we've targeted the Trisolarans."

"In many research objectives and technological targets, we have stayed completely on course because of our observations and summaries of the Trisolarans!"

"So we absolutely must not let the Silicon Star People's fleet get away!"

"Not a single enemy can be allowed to escape!"

"Starting today, Blue Maiden Star will go all in on building warships, and as soon as we have sufficient combat power, we will strike immediately!"

"The Solar System side must fully support the immigration to Blue Maiden Star. We must fight the Silicon Star People to the end with a do-or-die attitude."

"Even if they run fast, we have to chase after them relentlessly, never giving them a chance to catch their breath! Never letting them have the opportunity to surpass us!"

Hearing Jiang Yu's speech, Cao Yang, Cooper and the other high-ranking commanders all involuntarily straightened their backs, anticipating a series of tough battles ahead.

In the end, Jiang Yu shouted, "Since humanity has begun interstellar colonization, we must face the cold universe with a completely offensive stance!"

"If we are to fight, then we must completely annihilate the enemy! We can't always be cautious, always thinking about how to run away first!"

"Dark Forest and the Trisolarans once brought us immense fear, making us cower as we do now! We must overcome this fear to stand tall in the Dark Forest!"

"Next, let's fight heartily!"

Inspired by Jiang Yu's passion, Cao Yang and the other military officers unitedly roared, "Ao!"

Jiang Yu then made some detailed arrangements; while they needed to be more passionate, they couldn't lose their heads.

The Solar System's substantial support for the New Continent Star System and the large-scale immigration required dropping out of light-speed travel every five light-years, to make contact with the New Continent Star System before proceeding.

On Blue Maiden Star, the economic reform based on distribution according to work that was just about to begin was completely halted, and they returned to the previous wartime state!

The past two years of accumulation had left Blue Maiden Star with some surplus materials, making it a good time to start economic reforms using the market economy to drive the prosperity of Blue Maiden Star.

But now, prosperity can wait; war comes first.

Another thing was to ensure the capability of the Star Accelerator, giving the people of Blue Maiden Star the ability to escape at any time, in anticipation of a likely Dark Forest Strike.

Jiang Yu planned that upon the arrival of the Dark Forest Strike, everyone would immediately head to the neighboring planetary system.

Humanity had previously conducted a preliminary observation of the neighboring planetary system, which contained two stars and lacked stable planets.

However, it had the resources to build industrial systems and colonies; simply treating it as a mining field would do.

Using the resources of that planet for ongoing warfare was no problem, and subsequent immigration would also head to that planetary system to establish a new war machine.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yu ordered Hao Ying to fully commit to military production, while Cao Yang began leading people to establish a frontier base for interstellar travel 6,000 astronomical units away!

Before the Dark Forest Strike arrived, it was still necessary to be cautious and maintain a safe distance of 6,000 astronomical units!