[Earth United News Agency: Special Emergency Report.]
On camera, the host wore a professional smile, but deep in her eyes there was still a faint trace of lingering shock:
"Good evening everyone, and welcome to this special episode of 'Horizon'. In the past 24 hours, the shadow of an alien fleet invasion hanging over the entire globe has terrified us all. That steel tide that blotted out the sky once forced our near-Earth orbit defense system to light up its highest-level red alert…"
On the holographic screen behind her, footage supplied by the Earth Joint Operations Command showed the Mechanical Army fleet.
But it quickly switched to the now tranquil starry sky.
The metallic dust that had once encircled Earth like a Star Ring had also vanished without a trace.
There was a note of confusion in the host's voice:
"What we find incredible is that this crisis, which looked like it could bring devastating disaster, has once again ended in utter silence."
