Nolan was shocked upon hearing the news. Zorm's reception of the signals from deep space was totally out of her expectation. Her reservation about Hao Ren's speculation did not prevent her from believing that the incident was not a mere coincidence.
Perhaps it really had something to do with the giant antenna on orbit.
After a while of silence, the long-range cognition array became busy again as its various components began to hum while the electrical switches did their work. Hordes of autonomous robots and engineering drones began to flow out of their resting bays to physically connect the long-range cognition array to the crystal resonant antenna. The forward base itself was not spared of disruption as lights in some areas had temporarily gone out, and the base was announcing the energy control plan and the shutting down of some areas.
