Final Strike
In order to deliver a fatal blow to the Kun-Tai Civilization that would later put up a stubborn resistance, humanity engaged in several dialogues with them in the following period, with the aim of feigning wrangling over the Kun-Tai Civilization's demands.
For example, they did not fully agree to the Kun-Tai Civilization's demand for half of the Asteroid Belt. The excuse was very simple: humans still have a lot of mechanical equipment in this half of the Asteroid Belt and cannot give it to the Kun-Tai Civilization.
The Kun-Tai Civilization, which believed it had already threatened humanity, naturally disagreed, and the two sides held several exchanges and consultations on this issue.
After intense and in-depth discussions, humanity was finally "forced" to agree to the revised terms: the Kun-Tai Civilization in the Asteroid Belt would own one-third of the planets. Of course, the moons of the two Giant Gaseous Planet would remain under human control.
However, in order to cover up the lies in the communication, the agreed condition did not take effect immediately, but instead left a certain time window for humans to remove the previously mentioned "instruments and equipment," which was to be done in half a month.
In addition, human warships must also retreat to the other half of the Asteroid Belt. There is no objection to this, since humans also need to repair the Mountain-Class Warship, and the two mobile Space Dock are located at the Residential Spaceship Cluster, so it's convenient to retreat there to carry out the repairs.
After finalizing the details, the Lyra, along with a group of warships, turned around and slowly sailed away from the battlefield area, as did the Kunlun-Class Warship.
Three days later, the human warship arrived on the other side of the Asteroid Belt. After the maintenance engineers assessed the damage to the warship, the Mountain-Class Warship began repairs in the mobile Space Dock.
On the other hand, after the human warships withdrew to the other side of the Asteroid Belt, the Kun-Tai Civilization fleet also began their operations.
First, the few surviving warships reappeared after the asteroid and headed to nearby locations, seemingly to confirm whether humanity had completely evacuated.
After several days of observation, its Residential Spaceship Cluster finally began to move.
To humanity's surprise, the remaining Residential Spaceship Cluster of the Kun-Tai Civilization did not all set sail for the Asteroid Belt; instead, only a small portion of them set sail with the ten warships.
Because of the removal of the probes, humans did not observe the specific situation, but it is not difficult to guess.
Humans believe there are two possible reasons for the Kun-Tai Civilization's actions: one, they wanted to prevent the remaining Residential Spaceship from being wiped out by humans; two, they were short of fuel, and the previous few days might have been spent scavenging fuel and transporting resource extraction equipment.
The second possibility is the most likely.
However, it doesn't matter which possibility it is.
Because as long as those ten warships arrive, the other Residential Spaceship that don't come won't escape anyway.
Meanwhile, aboard the Lyra, the Acceleration Buffer Fluid had been removed, and the Lyra returned to normal.
"Commander Yue, the Kun-Tai Civilization has arrived!" After observing the Kun-Tai Civilization's actions, the observer immediately reported the situation to Yue Yuan.
"Hmm, it seems they really are out of ammunition and supplies." Yue Yuan muttered, then connected with the maintenance supervisor. "How long will it take to repair the damaged warship?"
"It would take about five months to restore them to brand new condition. If we just need to repair those three warships to the point where they can rejoin the battle, then twenty days will be enough," the person in charge replied. "The main reason that those three warships cannot continue to fight is that their main guns or engines are damaged. We have these things in stock. We just need to remove the broken ones and replace them with new ones."
"Then let's do it this way. There's no need to restore it to brand new condition at this stage," Yue Yuan instructed.
In twenty days, Kuntai estimates that it will only be able to complete part of the asteroid resource exploration, just in time to obtain Hydrogen Element as fuel.
While humanity was struggling to repair its warships, the Kun-Tai Civilization was beginning to explore resources in the Asteroid Belt.
During this time, while repairing their warships, humans also observed the Kun-Tai Civilization from a distance. The distance was too great to see the specifics, but humans didn't need to see the details; a general outline was sufficient.
Because humans only need to grasp the approximate resource development progress of the Kun-Tai Civilization to determine when to launch another attack.
Time passed day by day.
On the fifteenth day, humanity discovered that the Kun-Tai Civilization's resource extraction progress seemed a bit too fast. It appeared that they were not conducting comprehensive exploration and mining, but rather focusing their efforts on mining Hydrogen Element.
The presence of numerous spacecraft near asteroids rich in helium-3 reserves is a telling indicator.
Seeing this, Yue Yuan decided not to wait until the last warship was repaired. After all, if they waited any longer, and the Kun-Tai Civilization managed to refuel it, it would be troublesome.
Moreover, the seven Mountain-Class Warships have now been restored to combat readiness. Well, the Close-In Weapon System are basically unrepaired, but that's enough. After all, the Kun-Tai Civilization only has 21 Mountain-Class Warship.
With 7 ships against 21, it's a sure win.
As for the one that wasn't repaired, it continues to be repaired in a mobile Space Dock located on the far side of the asteroid.
After repairs, we'll see if we can rejoin the battle.
"Let's go! Let's wipe out the Kun-Tai Civilization completely!"
With Yue Yuan's command, seven Mountain-Class Warship slowly emerged from the back of their respective hidden asteroids, then turned and headed towards the Kun-Tai Civilization's warship fleet.
This time, Yue Yuan did not bring the Callisto-Class Warship with him. He only brought a number of Escort Ship for reconnaissance. After all, Callisto-Class Warship were not very useful, so it was better not to bring them to reduce unnecessary losses.
The movements of the human warships naturally did not escape the notice of the Kun-Tai Civilization. And they detected the humans as soon as they moved, given how clearly the warships' exhaust plumes were visible at that distance.
As expected, just as the human fleet of seven Mountain-Class Warships and about a hundred Escort Ship turned around, the Lyra received a message from the Kun-Tai Civilization.
[Human Civilization, do you know what you are doing! On behalf of the Kun-Tai Civilization, I issue you this final warning: immediately cease your provocative actions, or we will immediately import the Silver Heart Alliance's Intelligent Broadcast into our Central Computer and perish together with you! Human Civilization, please do not challenge our resolve!]
The message was brief, Yue Yuan ignored it, continuing to urge the fleet to accelerate.
Sure enough, a short while later, another message from the Kun-Tai Civilization arrived.
[Human Civilization, we reiterate: Do not doubt our resolve. If your fleet continues its advance, we will sound the death knell for both our civilizations in five minutes!]
Based on speed, five minutes later, the human warship formation will be exactly within the effective range of the Energy Weapon of both fleets.
Yue Yuan still ignored the second warning message.
Shortly after, the third warning message arrived.
The content was almost the same, reiterating and emphasizing their determination. However, compared to the first two messages, the third message was much more intense, as if they were really going to perish together at any moment.