Chapter 1235: Handong
After leaving the Burning Legion, White Star and part of the Lunar Fleet departed as well. Less than half a day had passed before they returned, yet dozens of warships that were clearly not from Earth had appeared with them, leaving everyone who witnessed the sight dumbfounded.
Even Xiao Ran felt that the operation against the Zovok had gone far too smoothly. He had never expected the Zovok fleet to be defeated and captured so easily. But in the original storyline, this fleet had only appeared as cannon fodder and comic relief. Once the Native Species appeared, it had been practically wiped out. It was merely an advance fleet, and one entirely composed of Real Robot units, so it truly had not been as difficult to deal with as imagined.
The key was that Xiao Ran had not allowed this fleet to enter Earth. Otherwise, once it scattered across the world and gained the advantage of familiar terrain, the ordinary Earth Defense Force on Earth would indeed have had a hard time handling it. This complete wipeout had also relied entirely on the Burning Legion's Variable Fighter reconnaissance teams, which possessed interstellar navigation capability and had never relaxed their vigilance. If Dinik Sesaynan had not been so arrogant, dealing with them would at least have taken some time. At the very least, the fleet could have managed to retreat.
There had been no deliberate attempt to hide the matter, and it spread throughout the entire Earth Sphere again in a very short time. After the Void Envoys and Frie had appeared on Earth in succession, another extraterrestrial force had made its entrance. Then, in less than half a day, its fleet had been taken down and turned into prisoners by Xiao Ran, the Great President of Satellite