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Thousands of artificial satellites are quietly operating in Earth's near-Earth orbit.

They come in various shapes and sizes and belong to different countries and organizations.

Each of them undertakes multiple tasks, including communication relay, meteorological observation, land surveying, space early warning, and military reconnaissance.

Together, they have woven a global space monitoring network.

However, at that very moment, all military monitoring satellites around the world simultaneously emitted piercing red alerts.

A colossal interstellar structure, far beyond human imagination, appeared without warning in Earth's near-Earth orbit.

It appeared out of nowhere, as if it had always been there.

Black Tower Space Station.

The moment all the satellites appeared on the space station, they all turned their sensors and sent the first-hand data they obtained back to the ground.

The space command centers of major countries sounded the highest alert almost simultaneously, the expressions of all staff members changed drastically, and the atmosphere in the entire command hall instantly became extremely oppressive.

Target locked: Near-Earth geosynchronous orbit.

Judgment result: Not a human creation, no registered orbit, and no matching signals from any known civilization.

Features: Its size surpasses the sum of all existing human space facilities, its material is unknown, and its energy response is extremely stable.

There are currently no weapon lock-on signals, no propulsion overflow, and no electromagnetic radiation interference.

Within ten seconds, data related to the Black Tower space station was sent to encrypted communications between high-ranking military officials in various countries.

In North America, the Space Defense Command immediately entered a state of war.

Inside the command center, senior military officers and research experts rapidly reviewed the data transmitted back from the satellite, their expressions grave.

"Confirmed to be an instantaneous airdrop, with no movement trajectory, belonging to a direct spatial calibration descent."

"Their technological level far surpasses any extraterrestrial civilization we have ever encountered before. They have completely concealed all their energy signatures—we cannot detect their combat capabilities, analyze their technology, or predict their objectives."

The Russian Space Monitoring Center detected the anomaly simultaneously, and the military's space forces immediately went on high alert.

The European Space Agency has activated its joint emergency response mechanism.

Defense officials from various countries held an emergency meeting via a remote encrypted line and quickly reached a consensus: no proactive probing, no proactive sending of any communication signals, silent monitoring throughout, and real-time data sharing.

Meanwhile, in China, the entire staff of the aerospace command center and the military command center have also entered a state of emergency readiness.

Technicians' fingers flew across the keyboard as they analyzed the space station's spatial parameters over and over again.

"The target is stable, with no movement trajectory and no signs of attack lock-on."

"The other party did not send any negotiation signals, did not interfere with our monitoring equipment, and did not take any aggressive actions."

A group of high-ranking officials stood in front of the large screen, their expressions solemn, their eyes fixed on the enormous object that had suddenly appeared on the screen.

The only sounds in the command hall were the low hum of the instruments and the tapping of keyboards; the atmosphere was so heavy it seemed like it could be squeezed dry.

Just then, a communications soldier strode over, stood at attention, and saluted: "Report! News from the East China Division of the Countermeasures Bureau."

The high-ranking officer in charge didn't turn around; his gaze remained fixed on the screen: "Nian."

The communications soldier glanced down at the telegram in his hand and read the short sentence clearly.

They said: "These are friendly forces."

The command center erupted in chaos instantly.