"3.2 light-years!"
The stars were sparse. Two great fleets formed skirmish formations, their backs to the dark Void as they waited for the coming war.
The fleets consisted entirely of warships: Star-Class Warships, Planet-Class Warships, and small Probe Teams. Other types, such as the Residential Spaceship Cluster, Research Spaceships, and Biosphere Spaceships, had already set out on the journey across the spiral arms.
Human Civilization's 10,000 Residential Spaceships, 3,000 Star-Class Biosphere Spaceships, and other non-combat vessels sped unceasingly into the boundless Void.
Six escort fleets went with them: the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Fleets. A total of 600,000 Star-Class Warships departed, while all Planet-Class Warships remained behind and were temporarily placed under the unified command of the First and Third Fleets.
Only the First Fleet and Third Fleet remained behind to carry out the rearguard plan.
Humanity had few warships to begin with, so leaving more behind or fewer behind made little difference. The Star Sea Grand Alliance's attention was focused on the Daya Civilization.
It was worth mentioning that humanity had successfully separated the Dream Machine aboard the Lyra and placed it within the Residential Spaceship Cluster. Now, humanity no longer had to worry about losing access to the Dream Machine if the Lyra was destroyed.
It was not that humanity had become powerful enough to dismantle an Awakener creation. Rather, the Awakeners' Dream Machine had originally been embedded within the Consciousness Linking Device, and after some research, humanity had successfully removed it.
Of course, this was also thanks to humanity's progress in the field of Mental Consciousness in recent years. Otherwise, they would not have been able to take it apart.
As for the Daya Civilization.
At humanity's instruction, they gathered those who had originally lived on Life Planets onto newly converted Residential Spaceships and