It seemed he had no chance of escaping. All his previous schemes would come to naught, and activating his backup plan, starting anew in other star systems, would be his only option.
It just…
This seemed to contradict the current situation.
If they could truly achieve such a feat, why would they bother coming to the solar system? They could simply launch a probe to confirm the solar system's situation, then determine which star systems were likely targets for the next step, and another probe would confirm his location in the Altair System.
So, why didn't they just go directly to the Altair System instead of stopping in the solar system?
As Tom silently pondered, a possibility emerged in his mind.
"Perhaps… even with stellar communication technology, interstellar communication is still impossible.
Stellar communication technology might also be limited by distance. Although it has no delay, if the distance is too great, it might fail for some reason.
