A Leisurely Stroll

The aftershocks of the war are still spreading, and the turbulent Gravitational Wave can be detected thousands of light-years away. If a civilization a thousand light-years away has a detection method Beyond the Light Cone, then it will have to wait hundreds or thousands of years to detect the Gravitational Wave that are traveling at the speed of light to its location.

The same is true of the stars innocently ignited by the aftermath of war within hundreds of light-years; their light spreads throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, telling all civilizations within the Milky Way Galaxy that a major event has occurred here.

This is indeed a major event— the Harvesters, the most powerful civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy, have been brutally defeated. Previously, it was the Harvesters attacked other civilizations; now the tables have turned.

"'Illusion,' do you see that? At coordinates XXXX, there's a fleet of 13,000 ships, wandering around 6 light-years away. Judging from their movements, they seem to be the superior fleet of our ordinary fleet. They're very likely the Harvesters' Ace Fleet. Do you dare to launch an attack?"

During the battle, a communication message from an ally appeared on the Awakener 'Illusion''s' private channel.

'Phantom' immediately responded, "Why wouldn't we dare? It's true that there's no point in fighting these stupid, Strong Artificial Intelligence warships, but the Harvesters's Ace Fleet is not to be underestimated. We'd be in trouble with just the two of us!"

Good heavens, two warships dare to charge at 13,000 Harvesters, and they only say it's unlikely, not impossible.

"It's not like we're just charging straight into their fleet. Don't you understand tactics? And like you said, there's really no point in fighting these ordinary warships. It's time to give this so-called Harvester Civilization a boost." He said after receiving the information.

'Phantom' easily navigated through the Space Cutting Black Lines that moved faster than the speed of light, controlling its Rectangular Warship with ease, while replying, "You're right, 'You,' it's time to strengthen this so-called Harvester Civilization, hahaha. It seems this Harvesters is nothing special after all. They can dominate the Milky Way Galaxy with this, and they even dare to provoke trouble, trying to harvest our Characteristic Technology. I really don't know how weak those Level Six Civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy are."

Upon hearing what 'Illusion' said, the Awakeners 'You' actually agreed, but he felt he should correct it, so he recounted his encounter with the Star River of the Silver Heart Alliance.

While talking about the Star River, 'You' used a stream of particles Beyond the Light Cone to blast apart the invisible shield of a Harvesters warship, and then finished it off.

"The Star River? The flagship of the Silver Heart Alliance?" The Awakener 'Illusion'' controlled his Rectangular Warship to send a Black Lines millions of kilometers long towards a certain place in the starry sky. When the Black Lines reached a certain open space in the starry sky, a Harvesters warship suddenly passed by at half Warp and was Space Cutting in half by space along with space itself.

It looked as if the warship had run into 'Illusion's' Space Cutting attack on its own.

"Yes, that flagship called Star River seems to be very powerful. Although I don't know its exact combat strength, that's the feeling it gives me. If I hadn't dealt with that Harvesters fleet from back then, I think that Star River could have easily wiped them out."

While dealing with enemy ships from all directions, the Awakeners 'You' also managed to explain to 'Illusion': "Moreover, that warship has a very strong stealth capability. If it hadn't shown itself, I would have had a hard time spotting it. In fact, I suspect that the state of the Star River that I saw back then might have been a form it deliberately presented to me."

"I understand, but so what? We're still being crushed by the Harvesters, and the Harvester Civilization they claim is the most powerful in the Milky Way Galaxy is nothing special." The Awakener 'Illusion'' said nonchalantly, as he destroyed three more Harvesters warships. "I thought a galaxy as large as the Milky Way Galaxy would give rise to a civilization more powerful than ours, but I never imagined they would be so easily defeated."

If you ask me, back then we didn't need to hide our tracks so carefully. We could have just called out to the most powerful civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy, wiped them out, and then what civilization in the entire Milky Way Galaxy would dare to covet our path of exploration?

While he disagreed with others, 'You' wholeheartedly agreed with this statement. He maneuvered his Rectangular Warship through the starry sky, arriving near a Harvesters fleet. He then dodged the fleet's attack with a pre-planned maneuver, followed by a series of precise Space Cutting at point-blank range, completely destroying the entire fleet.

After this series of actions, 'You' sent a message to 'Huan': "Eliminating them now is just as good. Even if we can't eliminate them, we can cripple them no matter what. Once we defeat the Harvesters, no civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy will dare to covet our exploration of the Previous Generation Voyager."

Upon hearing 'You' mention the Previous Generation Voyager, 'Huan' immediately shared the latest information he had obtained. "Speaking of the Previous Generation Voyager, I recently received some news that the Previous Generation Voyager were indeed a civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy called the Precursor Civilization. They may have visited our Triangulum Galaxy during their the Great Voyage, but they probably discovered that there were no Star Gate in our Triangulum Galaxy leading to the voyage route, so they returned to the Milky Way Galaxy to find other routes and embarked on their the Great Voyage Road again."

The two Awakeners chatted back and forth, fighting and talking at the same time, but it did not affect their speed in destroying the Harvesters warships. They seemed to be strolling through this battlefield with ease.

"Oh? Where did you get this information?"

"Human Civilization was supposed to send this message to headquarters, but we forgot because we were too busy preparing for war."

"Human Civilization... the one you've been watching that's native to the Milky Way Galaxy? I remember them as a Low-level Civilization, so how come you have news about the Previous Generation Voyager?"

"I said it was just good luck, but you definitely couldn't do it. But that's the truth. I was so bored that I took a nap. It wasn't until I went to find the Harvesters and dragged them into the Small Universe that I discovered they had encountered an artifact left behind by the Previous Generation Voyager, a Drift Bottle from ancient times. Unfortunately, by the time I found out, the Drift Bottle had already disappeared. Otherwise, we might have learned more about the Previous Generation Voyager."

"That's a bit of a pity, but it doesn't matter. The Milky Way Galaxy is only so big, we have plenty of time, we'll eventually find the way they left back then." After easily destroying another elite Harvesters warship squadron, the Awakeners 'You' continued to send a message to 'Illusion': "By the way, 'Illusion', is this Human Civilization, which isn't even Level 4 Civilization, really worth all this care?"

Without hesitation, 'Phantom' replied, "Of course, headquarters' judgment is never wrong. Besides, don't forget 'You'. Beyond the starry sky, there are other Andromeda Galaxy; beyond the Galaxy, there's the even larger Andromeda Galaxy, and countless other distant galaxies. You don't think that civilizations in other galaxies are as weak as those in the Milky Way Galaxy, do you? It's always good to have another kindred spirit on our journey. The Racial Talent of Human Civilization dictate that they will inevitably become our partners. Although their development may take a long time, we don't lack time, do we?"