A Mantis Trying to Stop a Chariot

How could there be an Earth civilization here? How did an Earth civilization's fleet end up here? Is this Star System the home planet of Earth civilization? With so many fleets, why didn't they go to support us before?

Or perhaps this was all planned by Earth's civilization long ago; they knew we would flee here? But how could that be! We chose our escape route randomly; did they already know we would fail?

One question after another arose in the minds of the individual beings of the Crimson Flame Civilization.

Those high-ranking officials of the Crimson Flame Civilization, who had devised plans to come to this star system to harvest the technology of low -Low-level Civilization and plunder the resources of their home planets, trembled and fell silent.

They now deeply regret making such a decision and feel even more guilty. If they hadn't made that decision, the Crimson Flame Civilization wouldn't have come here, wouldn't have encountered Earth's civilization, and wouldn't have been in danger of Crimson Flame Civilization.

"Now let the Great Fleet split up and escape as we agreed before. Every bit that can get away is a chance. As long as some ships can escape, our Crimson Flame Civilization still has hope. Great Commander, make the decision!" A voice broke the silence and startled everyone.

"Yes, yes, immediately notify all spaceships to scatter and run. Run as many as you can. This is my last Great Commander. Run out, you must run out! Our Crimson Flame Civilization cannot perish! Run!" The Great Commander seemed to suddenly realize something and immediately shouted.

His voice, transmitted through the internal communication system, instantly reached every single spaceship. At that moment, every single individual of the Crimson Flame Civilization knew that they had truly reached a critical juncture of life and death.

Although the Crimson Flame Civilization's Great Fleet has 70 million spaceships, it only has over 2 million warships, making it absolutely impossible for them to defeat the opposing side's 30 million Main Battleship.

The Great Commander of the human fleet had already witnessed its combat power, and he clearly understood that at this moment, the only way out for the Crimson Flame Civilization was to escape.

The Great Commander's words were so sudden that none of the Residential Spaceship had time to react, or they were quite shocked. So after receiving these words, many ship captains or some administrative district officials were still observing and confirming whether the order was real.

This hesitation caused most of their ships to miss the best time to escape.

The Crimson Flame Civilization fleet originally sailed inward from outside the Star System, while the Strong Artificial Intelligence fleet developed by humans here did the opposite; the two have a relative speed. For the former to escape, it can only decelerate first and then accelerate in reverse.

Of course, one could recklessly accelerate towards the direction of the human -Strong Artificial Intelligence fleet, but that would be gambling that the bullets wouldn't hit me.

The captains' confirmation prompted the extremely anxious Great Commander to deliver a tearful speech, finally confirming that the Crimson Flame Civilization had truly reached the point of annihilation and everyone fleeing for their lives.

Consequently, many captains of the Residential Spaceship and governors of administrative districts no longer hesitated and directly used their authority to order one or more spaceships under their jurisdiction to set off towards the arbitrarily designated star system.

At this moment, the Crimson Flame Civilization fleet, which had been maintaining its formation, became as chaotic as a swarm of bees, with each ship darting about erratically.

Only the remaining fleet of over two million warships continued to advance in the original direction, facing thirty million warships of human-made Strong Artificial Intelligence.

The two fleets drew closer and closer.

As both sides were about to enter the effective range of the Laser Energy Cannon, the Great Commander's expression had long since lost its previous panic and fear, leaving only determination and resolve.

At this moment, the Great Commander had already encased himself in an oval-shaped iron egg armor, manipulated the flexible Mechanical Engineering Department, grabbed a communication device in front of him, and shouted, "Great warriors of the Crimson Flame Civilization, we are about to face death, but in this final moment, we will show Earth civilization our courage, let them see the brave and fearless warriors of our Crimson Flame Civilization! Although our Crimson Flame Civilization has failed, and our people have fled in all directions, our warriors still forge ahead! All warships, follow this Great Commander! Follow this flagship!"

"Rush!"

"Charge! Charge!"

"Charge! Charge! Charge!"

All the captains pushed the thrust to its maximum and, together with their warships, charged headlong into the oncoming fleet.

At this moment, they seemed to have transformed once again into that invincible fleet united against a common enemy. The atmosphere of determination to die infected all the warriors of the Crimson Flame Civilization, and they were ready to die for their cause.

They even suddenly became incredibly enthusiastic and displayed an unprecedented level of unity.

But so what? They only had less than three million warships, while their opponents had ten times as many warships, and their combat power was superior.

Faced with an absolute physical disparity, boundless enthusiasm and a willingness to die for one's cause are nothing more than adding a touch of desolation after defeat; the outcome of a futile attempt to stop a chariot is inevitable.

The battle began with a passionate charge, unfolded amidst silent beams of light, and ended amidst the ruins. The shouts of the Crimson Flame Civilization warriors faded away; their voices didn't even escape their warships.

Those wrecked warships and fragments of wreckage seemed to be the final proof of their efforts.

Humanity's Strong Artificial Intelligence remained unmoved by all of this, simply executing actions beneficial to humanity. Thus, after easily annihilating the last military force of the Crimson Flame Civilization, it immediately sent a communication notification to the humans who had not yet arrived, and then used its own warships to encircle and annihilate the Crimson Flame Civilization's Residential Spaceship that were attempting to escape.

Of course, Strong Artificial Intelligence is different from Intelligent Program; it is already half-life and is no longer the clumsy kind of Artificial Intelligence.

Therefore, after determining that the Crimson Flame Civilization had no military strength and that its 70 million spaceships had scattered and fled, it decisively activated the Intelligent Program of every warship, and then sent all these warships out in full force, like spreading a large net, pressing down on the scattered and fleeing spaceships.

While a spaceship controlled solely by Intelligent Program cannot deal with warships, it is more than capable of dealing with Residential Spaceship and other types of non-combat spaceships.

It is Strong Artificial Intelligence, not stupid, so after launching a siege against the Residential Spaceship Cluster by the Crimson Flame Civilization, it also began a language offensive through the broadcasting system on the warships.

It wasn't a curse against the Crimson Flame Civilization, but rather an attempt to persuade them to surrender.

Destroying all the Crimson Flame Civilization's Residential Spaceship would only serve to vent humanity's anger and would bring no benefit whatsoever. The most advantageous outcome would be for the Crimson Flame Civilization to surrender to humanity and contribute to its development.

The Strong Artificial Intelligence, having received advance notice, was naturally aware of the advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, the warships under its control were very restrained. They did not destroy every ship they caught, but instead ordered those ships that responded or stopped running after realizing they could not escape to move towards a designated coordinate and wait for the war to end.

As for those ships focused solely on escape, the Strong Artificial Intelligence showed no mercy, killing them on the spot. For those lucky enough to escape the hail of bullets, the Strong Artificial Intelligence ordered intelligently controlled warships to pursue and eliminate them.

It is doing its best to leave all the Crimson Flame Civilization's ships here.