It was precisely that caution that let the Pudolad Civilization notice something strange as they continued their charge.
They discovered an additional icon marked as a warship on the Tachyon Radar, roughly two light-years behind and to the side of the Star River, thirteen light-years in a straight line from the Pudolad—right at the edge of the Tachyon Radar's detection range.
This was a sparse stellar region of the Houqi Galaxy, where the average distance between stars reached twenty-one light-years. Before it was detected, the unknown warship that had appeared on the Tachyon Radar had just so happened to be behind one of those stars.
The tachyon scan had been blocked by the star, so the Pudolad had failed to discover it immediately.
"Oh, let me see what this is. A warship? Is this your backup plan? Or an ambush? Looks like you're at the end of your rope!"
In the video window, a Pudolad didn't take it seriously at all. He even had time to keep launching a verbal barrage at the Silver Heart Civilization.
Of course, he had considered that it might be the Silver Heart Civilization's fallback, but he paid it no mind, because they did not believe the Silver Heart Civilization had any trump card more powerful than the Star River.
On the other side, upon discovering that the Pudolad still dared to charge toward them even after noticing the problem, the Silver Heart Civilization Leader was almost amused. He blinked his four eyes brightly and looked at the Pudolads on the communication screen, saying leisurely, "There's a saying: weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival. Arrogance is."
After a pause, the Silver Heart Civilization Leader seemed to recall events of the past. Since there was still a little time, he spoke in the tone