On the first day of the war, in twenty-four hours, the artillery fire from both sides bombarded each other for 86,400 seconds, never pausing for a moment.
It seemed like the great decisive battle was already underway.
But humans knew that this was just the first step in the Compound-Eyed Observer's attempt to probe humanity, a probing so intense that it was difficult to bear and caused great pain.
Humanity had proven its ability to learn rapidly and exploit the depths of the galaxy throughout the Hundred Years' War.
Humans took a wholly different path from the "borrowing" approach of the Compound-Eyed Observer, focusing less on frantic utilitarianism.
When the Compound-Eyed Observer decided to absorb some technology, they usually solved the problem directly with their knowledge of biology, making what belonged to others their own.
