The Situation Was Not Optimistic

The Third Fleet and Second Fleet had roughly two million warships combined. If they had continued building ships during the First Fleet's absence, there might have been even more.

But now Zhu Pete said that even both fleets together could not defeat a single warship.

"Be more specific. What did that warship look like? How did it fight? And why did it attack the Third Fleet?" Yue Yuan was deeply uneasy, but he still appeared composed.

Seeing Yue Yuan like this, Zhu Pete indeed calmed down somewhat. He took a deep breath before answering, "We don't know. According to people from the First Fleet and Second Fleet, it may have been an Advanced Civilization Warship. Its displayed Warp speed reached a hundred times the speed of light, so it should belong to a Level 5 Civilization."

"According to the Third Fleet, they had been conducting a normal patrol in that star system when Tachyon Detection suddenly alerted them to a warship that had appeared at some unknown time.

Since they had failed to spot it immediately, the Third Fleet's first thought was that its technological level exceeded their own and that it might belong to an advanced civilization. They then cautiously attempted to make contact.

At first, everything was fine," Zhu Pete said with a sigh. "That warship responded to the Third Fleet's message as well. Of course, they couldn't decipher it at the time, so the Third Fleet tried to establish communications.

But after the Third Fleet sent over the basic information for an exchange, they were met with a savage attack. That was also when the Third Fleet measured its speed."

"The Third Fleet had no idea why it attacked them. Naturally, after suffering such an unprovoked attack, they couldn't simply surrender without resistance, even knowing that the