How Much Longer Are You Going to Watch?
'Huan' knew very well that even she was helpless in this situation, and the only result of rushing forward would be the same as 'You', dying silently.
In fact, if the Electron Warship had traveled another 0.2 light-years towards 'Illusion', it would have been gone too. But at that Teleportation, the Electron Warship suddenly teleported 4 light-years and went to another star system to destroy the other retreating Awakener Warship.
'Illusion' was thus spared from disaster.
However, 'Illusion' didn't want to respond to the Harvesters's call at all, because he knew that responding would be pointless.
As the most advanced and powerful civilization in the Triangulum Galaxy, the Awakener Civilization, who dominate the Triangulum, would not hand over their Characteristic Technology with mere intimidation. Of course, the Awakeners were not worried that the Harvesters could analyze their Characteristic Technology from the damaged warships, because so-called Characteristic Technology cannot be analyzed simply by taking a piece of wreckage.
The reason why Characteristic Technology are called Characteristic Technology is that a certain race's research talent in a certain technological path exceeds the scope of understanding of conventional civilizations of the same level, resulting in technologies and applications that other races at the same level simply cannot understand.
If this technology is given to other civilizations, without the wisdom of their own race to maintain it, the Characteristic Technology creations will gradually disappear, unless there is some technological means to transfer this synaptic talent of other races to one's own race.
Of course, the Awakener Civilization was absolutely unwilling to hand over its Characteristic Technology to the Harvester Civilization, because that would mean surrender, which was no different from the extinction of a civilization.
But what could the Awakeners do now? This Electron Warship was too powerful; there was simply no chance of winning. The Awakeners tried many offensive methods, but without exception, none were effective. They also tried many defensive measures, but to no avail.
In this situation, even if the Awakeners is unwilling to admit it, it knows it has failed. Now the question is not whether it can defeat the Harvesters, but whether it can escape.
Ten minutes is actually very short for a Level Six Civilization war, as can be roughly understood from the travel speed of Level Six Civilization. Take the Awakeners, for example; their maximum speed is Warp 2 + 13.75 times the speed of light, and the battlefield has expanded to a range of 600 light-years. At this speed, it would take at least 2.8 years to traverse the entire battlefield. However, it is precisely because of this that the Awakener Civilization was not completely destroyed during the period when the Electron Warship appeared. If they had been clustered together, they would certainly have been wiped out by now.
However, escaping won't be easy, because the Harvesters have more than just Electron Warship. They also have ordinary warship clusters, elite warship clusters controlled by Pseudo-Lifeform, and elite warship clusters controlled by their own civilization's Sentient Life.
With these warship clusters present, they can completely hold back the remaining 500 million-plus warships of the Awakeners. Even if they cannot destroy the Awakener Warship before the arrival of the Electron Warship, just holding them back is enough, and victory will surely belong to the Harvesters.
The Awakener Civilization knows this all too well, which is why they are in such a hurry now.
Ten minutes of thinking gave them a lot to consider.
Including 'Illusion', the individual lives of the Awakeners are now ashamed of their past arrogance, having actually believed that the Top Civilization in such a vast Milky Way Galaxy had little fighting power. And the previous argument that their Civilization Headquarters' decision to 'keep a low profile in the Milky Way Galaxy's was unnecessary has now been completely overturned.
They have come to a profound understanding of what it means to be the most powerful civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy, the Harvesters, and why the Harvesters has become the common enemy of the Milky Way Galaxy's Top Civilization —because the Electron Warship are simply too unsolvable.
"The Milky Way Galaxy is ultimately a large galaxy, while the Triangulum Galaxy is ultimately a small Satellite Galaxy. The ferocious Sea Beast born in the ocean are indeed incomparable to the big fish in a small pond." After a series of reflections, 'Illusion' sighed in the internal discussion channel.
In the past, other Awakeners would have scoffed at such words, but now not one of them objected; they all deeply felt the despair of facing the Electron Warship.
Some of the Awakeners individuals even developed a fear of the Electron Warship. Keep in mind that they were Level Six Civilization individuals, each of them a top existence in the Triangulum Galaxy, and their mental fortitude had been strengthened to the point of being fearless. Yet, they never expected to encounter such an unreasonable being in the Milky Way Galaxy.
"Do you still question my proposal?" After saying this, 'Illusion' continued to say what he had been holding back for a long time in the internal channel.
Unlike in the past, where many people would normally jump out to say that his proposal was completely unnecessary, now not a single Awakeners has spoken up. Perhaps they have tacitly agreed, or perhaps they simply don't have time to consider these matters.
The other Awakeners had no time to consider, as the Harvesters had only given them ten minutes, but 'Illusion' had to, because his so-called proposal concerned humanity. In fact, before he made the proposal, many Awakeners did not advocate helping humanity, and even advocated directly incorporating humanity as an awakened, Fallen Civilization into Awakeners own system, but 'Illusion' suppressed their opinions.
This is one of the reasons why 'Illusion' has been watching humans for so many years.
And this is precisely the question 'Illusion' is asking now. To continue their the Great Voyage, the Awakeners do indeed need a powerful partner, and coincidentally, humanity meets the conditions assessed by the Awakeners' headquarters. Although humanity is still very weak at present, as 'Illusion' often says, the Awakeners have time to wait.
The other Awakeners assumed the same reason. After being brutally defeated by the Electron Warship, they were no longer as arrogant as before. Moreover, the Milky Way Galaxy alone possessed such an unexpectedly powerful existence. If they were to venture into other galaxies, who knew what civilizations awaited them! Unfortunately, it seemed too late now. They didn't even know if these individual Awakeners could escape, let alone cultivate Human Civilization.
Time ticked by, and perhaps because the Electron Warship had temporarily ceased their carnage, the Starry Sky Battlefield entered a strange ten-minute period of peace. The Harvesters, seemingly either toying with the rats or believing the Awakeners would yield, were in no hurry to act, instead quietly waiting for the appointed time.
Finally, the time arrived at the final moment stipulated by the Harvesters, Awakeners finally spoke.
The Awakeners used the same methods as the Harvesters before to broadcast across the starry sky. "How long are you going to keep waiting? If you don't come out soon, our Awakener Civilization will be destroyed, and you will still be living in the shadow of the Harvester Civilization forever, just like before."